Reader’s links, November 22, 2017

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80 Replies to “Reader’s links, November 22, 2017”

  1. 14:56 / 24:08
    Covertly , Are our freedoms diminishing in front of our eyes ?
    redpill phil
    redpill phil

    • I’ll worry about these bills if I repeat if they make it out of committee and then are approved by the House and sent to the Senate. I rate the chances of either happening as slim and none. The longer between the voting and the Vegas Massacre the lower the chances of the bills being approved.

  2. EXCLUSIVE: ‘American mercenaries are torturing’ Saudi elite rounded up by new crown prince – and billionaire Prince Alwaleed was hung upside down ‘just to send a message’ (express, Nov 22, 2017)
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5108651/American-mercenaries-torturing-Saudi-princes.html

    “Saudi princes and billionaire businessmen arrested in a power grab earlier this month are being strung up by their feet and beaten by American private security contractors, a source in the country tells DailyMail.

    The group of the country’s most powerful figures were arrested in a crackdown ordered by Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman three weeks ago as he ordered the detention of at least 11 fellow princes and hundreds of businessmen and government officials over claims of corruption.

    DailyMail can disclose that the arrests have been followed by ‘interrogations’ which a source said were being carried out by ‘American mercenaries’ brought in to work for the 32-year-old crown prince, who is now the kingdom’s most powerful figure.

    ‘They are beating them, torturing them, slapping them, insulting them. They want to break them down,’ the source told DailyMail.

    ‘Blackwater’ has been named by DailyMail source as the firm involved, and the claim of its presence in Saudi Arabia has also been made on Arabic social media, and by Lebanon’s president.

    The firm’s successor, Academi, strongly denies even being in Saudi Arabia and says it does not engage in torture, which it is illegal for any U.S. citizen to commit anywhere in the world.

    The Saudi crown prince, according to the source, has also confiscated more than $194 billion from the bank accounts and seized assets of those arrested.

    The source said that in the febrile atmosphere in the kingdom, Prince Mohammed has bypassed the normal security forces in keeping the princes and other billionaires at the Ritz Carlton hotel in Riyadh.

    ‘All the guards in charge are private security because MBS (Mohammed Bin Salman) doesn’t want Saudi officers there who have been saluting those detainees all their lives,’ said the source, who asked to remain anonymous.

    ‘Outside the hotels where they are being detained you see the armored vehicles of the Saudi special forces. But inside, it’s a private security company.

    ‘They’ve transferred all the guys from Abu Dhabi. Now they are in charge of everything,’ said the source.

    The source said that Salman, often referred to by his initials MBS, is conducting some of the interrogations himself.

    ‘When it’s something big he asks them questions,’ the source said.

    ‘He speaks to them very nicely in the interrogation, and then he leaves the room, and the mercenaries go in. The prisoners are slapped, insulted, hung up, tortured.’

    The source says the crown prince is desperate to assert his authority through fear and wants to uncover an alleged network of foreign officials who have taken bribes from Saudi princes.

    The source said that the name ‘Blackwater’ is being circulated as providing the mercenaries.

    The controversial private security company, however, no longer exists under that name and is now Academi.

    A spokesperson for Constellis, Academi’s parent company, denied the claims…”

    • Remember what Yucki said about not trusting reports coming out of the Middle East, there are a lot of people who will give fake news to the media to create problems between the US and Saudi.

    • Why would they need American Mercenaries to do the torturing? The Saudi police are well know for doing things like this to other Saudi’s.?

  3. Richard: Is it real? If it is real does it work as advertised?

    China unveils 19,030mph HYPERSONIC scattergun nuke to strike ‘ANYWHERE in world’

    CHINA has revealed its next generation of nuclear weapon capable of striking “anywhere in the world”, state media reports.

    The Dongfeng-41 will be capable of hypersonic speeds up to Mach 25 and has been in development for more than 30 years.

    Chinese scientists have tested the weapon eight times since 2012 – and carried out their most recent tests deep in the desert earlier this month.

    State media reports the missile is due to enter the arsenal of the People’s Liberation Army in early 2018.

    Carrying 10 nuclear warheads, the weapon is believed to be 33 tons and approximately 15 metres long.

    China’s state-owned newspaper The Global Times claims the weapon will be able to strike “anywhere in the world”.

    https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/662008/China-War-US-Nuclear-Missile-Hypersonic-Dongfeng-41-Xi-Jinping-Donald-Trump-Test-Nuke-Mach

    Richard: We can thank Bill Clinton for the Chinese having the ability to MIRV the warheads on the missle, he gave them that technology back in the 90s.

  4. Seattle’s income tax on the wealthy is illegal, judge rules

    Seattle’s income tax on wealthy households failed its first legal test Wednesday, with a King County Superior Court ruling that the measure is illegal.

    In a summary judgment, Judge John R. Ruhl agreed with multiple challengers that the city ordinance adopted in July is not authorized under state law.

    Opponents of Seattle’s so-called “wealth tax” immediately hailed the ruling as proof that the city long has known the tax was legally flawed, but nonetheless pushed it into law.

    “The city knowingly violated several laws in imposing this tax,” said Brian T. Hodges, a senior attorney for the Pacific Legal Foundation, which represented several Seattle residents challenging the law. “This ruling is probably the worst scenario for the city and the best scenario for the opponents of the income tax.”

    https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/seattles-income-tax-on-the-wealthy-is-illegal-judge-rules/