Did you get wind and rain Blew both rockers off the porch and raining very hard. One rental has leaks from wind and rain. Glad we’re not TExas It’s bad enough!
1. Holy cow.
State media in Oman is reporting that Sultan Qaboos has died at 79. The challenge is he has never had an heir.
One week after the death of Qasem Suleimani...this is a significant event.
Both Iranian and American leaders will be at his funeral— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) January 11, 2020
2. This is a major event because Oman has been an island (not literally) of tranquility in the Middle-East and the Sultan was one of the few people who could mediate between the US and Iran.
The Sultan has no apparent heir...a council will likely decide who his heir is— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) January 11, 2020
3. The Sultan was always rumored to be gay and he never had any children. He married once and that ended in divorce in 1979.— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) January 11, 2020
4. The Sultan did apparently leave envelopes with the name of his choice but that is only if a council failed to come up with a choice of a successor.
The point is though, there is no natural heir. And that causes some stress and concern.— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) January 11, 2020
5. The reason this is a bigger deal now is tensions are at an all time high with the US and Iran. If he had died a year ago, it would have been a major moment (he's been in power for 50 years), but not as significant as this.— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) January 11, 2020
6. Oman has a new Sultan
Sultan Qaboos cousin, Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, who previously served as Cultural Minister, has been chosen to succeed his cousin.
He is 65-years-old. I am not sure if the new Sultan has any children...that would solve future succession concerns— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) January 11, 2020
I agree, he communicates like people do amongst themselves. He doesn’t threaten and wish great harm to people and their families like the left does.