Saudi King Abdullah Dies

CNBC link only ^

[22202NOVA]

http://www.cnbc.com/id/102292477

[NFHale]

Well, you know what they say about the Middle East...

Never an abdull moment....

[a fool in paradise]

When are Obama and Jimmy Carter leaving for the funeral?

[NFHale]

RE “When are...leaving..”

As soon as they can “Sheik” the dust off...

[Doogle]

"SHAME REALLY....the last few months he sucked a ping pong"

[Lazamataz]

Witty.

No actual laugh generated, but I am a tough customer.

Still, a hat tip.

[Lazamataz]

Never an abdull moment....

That, on the other hand, sucked. Never do that again.

[Lazamataz]

Heck, I expect Obama to order flags be lowered to half-staff.

[NFHale]

Do I get a cookie??? Or a smiley button, at least???

[NFHale]

You always say that, allah time... and never prophet from it...

[Lazamataz]

You keep this up sand I will desert you.

[Lazamataz]

Do I get a cookie???

Check your browser. You should have a new cookie.

[MrB]

‘bammers WILL attend this funeral.

[NFHale]

HA!!!!!!!!

NICELY DONE!!!!! :^)

[NFHale]

How many sons did that guy have??? Gonna be a power struggle there, for sure.

[editor-surveyor]

I was speaking of local Arabs that see no more manual labor, nor sun than the Saud royals. Accountants, doctors, engineers, etc.

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[editor-surveyor]

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>> “Gonna be a power struggle there, for sure.” <<

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Kind of like North Korea?

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[stephenjohnbanker]

” Prince Charles hopes he doesn’t have to wait that long.”

LOL......why the queen will live to 116.

[ELS]

I have to say, the al-Sauds look pretty elegant, compared to Bill Gates.

With all of his money, one would think he could afford a suit that fits and a decent haircut. He still looks like a geek.

[Genoa]

What’s with the black dye jobs?

[PieterCasparzen]

If you analyze the body language of the pics where Western power elite or their senior people meet with leaders of small countries, you'll see them appearing as a "counselor" type, leaning to the side or forward. You'll not see the "ruler" of the nation show a condescending or leadership body language, but that of a local vassal.

When wealthy, powerful Westerners like Bill Gates go meet rulers of small countries that are key for the West, it's a way of sending them as an emissary of the top Western financial elites. The top elites don't make such visits when they are older and senior, though they do when they are young and in their "apprenticeship", learning to run new world order. The current top elites typically have face-to-face meetings only with the leaders of the nations most important to them, i.e., UK, US, European, Russia, China, Japan.

Now note the difference in this pic - can you determine who is the Royal: imagine you don't know who the people are -



The people the Queen is meeting seem as comfortable in the situation as she is, at least. If you didn't know better, and I told you the man in the center with the blue tie was king of a greater Empire than the Queen's, I don't think one could argue differently based on the picture. Actually, his empire bankrolls her empire and the empires of all her nation's allies. Now the picture makes more sense. If you think of it in business terms, she's CEO, but he's the lead investment banker and chairman of the board of directors.

Now let's see the supposed reigning rulers of America meeting that Queen's grandchild and his wife:



The kids look far more authoritative, comfortable and self-assured than those "rulers" - who basically look like tourists, one yammering on about the food on the plane or something, the other trying to follow the royal small talk of the elites' future primary vassal.

Here's a real amazing one: this guy is much more uncomfortable than she is, and he's a billionaire mayor, and she's come to visit his town !



Even with his billions of net worth, Mike seems like he's having a hard time dealing with the meeting. He's definitely not "in charge".

Relax already - Phil looks like he just wants to go hang out on the terrace and knock back a Famous Grouse.