Robert Mueller’s crusade against internet trolls and Russian meddlers just claimed its third victim – 28 year old internet scammer Richard Pinedo. He confessed to identity fraud and on October 10th was sentenced to 6 months in Federal prison. The courts found that Pinedo had been selling the bank account information of over 200 people, to cut corners on PayPal’s ...
The disappearance of Saudi journalist, US resident, and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi at the Consulate General of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul and the news of his “mysterious” death have become the most discussed topic for the mainstream news outlets around the world. Mixed signals and leaked information about the butchery of Khashoggi at the Consulate General of his own ...
In a heated speech delivered in Krakow on October 6th, the ex-Polish PM turned European Council President, Donald Tusk, let loose an extremely telling admission: “Never before in my life has America been a problem for Europe. What has happened under the administration of my namesake, Donald Trump, is a new phenomenon – America is sailing away from Europe today and ...
The Khashoggi ordeal Saudi Arabia has finally recognized the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The authorities of Saudi Arabia denied their participation in Khashoggi’s disappearance for more than two weeks. He disappeared on October 2 after entering the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul. “A discussion with other persons during his presence in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul led to a ...
Why Saudi Arabia will get away with the murder of Jamal Khashoggi Despite the absurdity of such allegations, there are people, among them is US President Donald Trump, who believe the version presented by the Saudi authorities… likely not because they are actually that gullible, but because it is profitable to agree. The time and place The killing of Khashoggi ...
The US’ withdrawal from the JCPOA and declaration of a new set of sanctions has been hard to swallow for those planning Iran’s energy sector, as they had been relying on the deal as a means of revivifying Iran’s oil and gas production capacity. These new sanctions are set to be implemented against Iran’s oil and gas sector on November ...
INDEX Historical background The diplomatic dispute since 1945 to the Malvinas War. After the war: international organizations, diplomacy and territories of colonial remanence Conclusions Sources Historical background Discovered by Magellan in the sixteenth century, the Islas Malvinas (The Falkland Islands in Spanish) were a Spanish overseas territory, disputed by the United Kingdom in the late eighteenth century during its period ...
“White privilege” refers to a whole constellation of extralegal, unearned, at times invisible benefits conferred to people by virtue of their whiteness. Philosophy Professor Shannon Sullivan and others made the attempt to move the discussion to “white priority,” as “privilege” seemed to rankle too many poor people and is so easily sneered at. The concept of “white priority” has yet ...
On Monday, October 8, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Budapest. Of course, the meeting of two illiberal leaders provoked hysteria among the powerless liberals who oppose them. Hungarian MPs of a party credited with 1% support displayed a banner at parliament denouncing the new “dictators”, Putin, Erdogan and Orbán. Generation Identity, a tiny anti-Islam group unhappy with Erdogan’s visit, ...
On the morning of October 2nd, the famous Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, together with his fiancee, a Turkish woman named Hatice Сengiz, came to Consulate General of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul. Since then, nobody has seen him -numerous versions of his disappearance began to emerge, including suspicions of murder. To date, Saudi officials have strongly denied any involvement in his ...