Thanks for the thread as usual bud.
Lots going on this week from the Soros funded mob of 18-30 year old males from Honduras headed to the US to the death of Muslim Brotherhood terrorist Jamal Khashoggi.
Jamal was also a Saudi intel operative and who knows what relationship he had with the CIA. He also hadan uncle named Adnan Khashoggi who was a major league smugler of arms,drugs and humlans.
IT now Appears he was accidentally killed by enhanced torture by the old Saudi guard undoubtedly called in by the Saudi King and not MBS Mohammad ben Salman.
More later.
Was this why he was being interrogated:
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-10-14/did-saudis-cia-fear-khashoggi-911-bombshell
The macabre case of missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi raises the question: did Saudi rulers fear him revealing highly damaging information on their secret dealings? In particular, possible involvement in the 9/11 terror attacks on New York in 2001.
Even more intriguing are US media reports now emerging that American intelligence had snooped on and were aware of Saudi officials making plans to capture Khashoggi prior to his apparent disappearance at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last week. If the Americans knew the journalist’s life was in danger, why didn’t they tip him off to avoid his doom?
Jamal Khashoggi (59) had gone rogue, from the Saudi elite’s point of view. Formerly a senior editor in Saudi state media and an advisor to the royal court, he was imminently connected and versed in House of Saud affairs. As one commentator cryptically put it: “He knew where all the bodies were buried.”
For the past year, Khashoggi went into self-imposed exile, taking up residence in the US, where he began writing opinion columns for the Washington Post.
Khashoggi’s articles appeared to be taking on increasingly critical tone against the heir to the Saudi throne, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The 33-year-old Crown Prince, or MbS as he’s known, is de facto ruler of the oil-rich kingdom, in place of his aging father, King Salman.
While Western media and several leaders, such as Presidents Trump and Macron, have been indulging MbS as “a reformer”, Khashoggi was spoiling this Saudi public relations effort by criticizing the war in Yemen, the blockade on Qatar and the crackdown on Saudi critics back home.
However, what may have caused the Saudi royals more concern was what Khashoggi knew about darker, dirtier matters. And not just the Saudis, but American deep state actors as as well.
He was formerly a media aide to Prince Turki al Faisal, who is an eminence gris figure in Saudi intelligence, with its systematic relations to American and British counterparts. Prince Turki’s father, Faisal, was formerly the king of Saudi Arabia until his assassination in 1975 by a family rival. Faisal was a half-brother of the present king, Salman, and therefore Prince Turki is a cousin of the Crown Prince – albeit at 73 more than twice his age.
For nearly 23 years, from 1977 to 2001, Prince Turki was the director of the Mukhabarat, the Saudi state intelligence apparatus. He was instrumental in Saudi, American and British organization of the mujahideen fighters in Afghanistan to combat Soviet forces. Those militants in Afghanistan later evolved into the al Qaeda terror network, which has served as a cat’s paw in various US proxy wars across the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia, including Russia’s backyard in the Caucasus.
Ten days before the 9/11 terror attacks on New York City, in which some 3,000 Americans died, Prince Turki retired from his post as head of Saudi intelligence. It was an abrupt departure, well before his tenure was due to expire............
more at the link.
If O’Rourke and Cruz are going on This Week together, there should be some fireworks.
Correction, please. His name is Robert Francis O'Rourke. He calls himself Beto as an adult so he can pretend to be a Mexican in Texas. He was originally called Beto as a very small child so his family would not confuse him with his grandfather.
How grownups could not tell the difference between a grown man and an infant is beyond me, but apparently it was an issue in that family.
Chef Andres takes every opportunity to bash POTUS and his family. He is an ongoing critic about the administration’s hurricane response in Puerto Rico.
https://www.eater.com/2017/12/27/16721290/jose-andres-trump-twitter
Best TV ad I’ve seen!
Rand Paul and McSally will be on FNS? Nice....
McSally kicking wall ass all over the studio he’s gonna be black and blue when she gets done with him.!!
Dems take over...we've got data that supports that.
Republicans hold: we've got data that supports that too.
THOUGHT BUBBLE: We don't have an F'N clue, but we'll interpret it the way we want to see it...which is: Trump loses !
Anyone catch that ?
Checking in from Oregon...Good morning, all...looking forward to reading all your comments!
The Sunday political talk shows 10/21/18
Below the FreeRepublic Sunday talk show thread link.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3698473/posts?page=2
The major talking points of the day
Mostly the murdered Saudi “Journalist” with some talk about the invasion of the USA from Central America.
Highlight of Fox News Sunday:
Rand Paul warns America to stay out of Saudi murders and other foreign entanglements.
A chip off of the old block.
Link to Fox News Sunday Below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMCVM-HAct8
Highlight of Meet the Press:
the very handsome Anthony Scaramucci tells about “Trump The Blue Collar President”-his book
Link to Meet the Press show below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxMcfuIq6sE
Highlight of This Week with George Stephanopolous
Discussion of Saudi guy and Muslim brotherhood, ole shifty eyes Adam Schiff said secrecy in Saudi is related to president not releasing tax return. He really said that.
Link to This Week below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCBGUljYrUg
Highlight of State of the Union
Ben Sasse tells us about his book. Well who doesn’t have a book?
Link to This Week below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4iAxlXnefs
SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES (FNC): Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va.; Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; John Solomon, journalist. The panel will be former Sen. Al D’Amato, R-N.Y., and David Avella, GoPac chairman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcLzATDZUos