The Kitchen

The Kitchen Chicken & Veg Korma (Improvised) Click to Enlarge ---------------------- ---------------------- COMMENT No fun today.   Kitchen hell. Headache.  Probably result of bad hours again.  Was tired but then I forgot and went to sleep at some insane hour.  Waiting for headache tablets to kick in. Tired, unmotivated (it would be the insane hours).  Was told I was lazy.  Well, maybe I am.  I don't know.  I just didn't feel like cooking.  And it's not like making do would have harmed me.  I'm more in need of boot camp than fattening curry. But ... I was asked to cook and I felt guilty not wanting to, so I launched into the "Do something with the chicken" suggestion. Chicken Korma wasn't a smart pick, as prep is a bit involved.  But I pushed past my reluctance and got things started ... only to find a single chicken fillet in the refrigerator. WTF?  What am I supposed to do with that? "Who the #$@! buys a single chicken fillet? What's wrong with you?," was my pissed off response. "Who the #$@! doesn't look in the frige?," was what I got back. Well, ... I do have a consistent record of not really looking in the refrigerator. With a big job toasting nuts, caramelising onions, pulling out food processor & grinding etc, I wasn't going to do all this work for a single chicken fillet. But I'd started already, so I had to improvise. The above contains fried potato slices & carrot slices, as well as broccoli.  Otherwise it is a normal korma ... almost. One disaster after another.  Usually, I'm quick and can monitor something cooking on the stove-top, while I prep the next stage.  But I must have been too slow this time.  Burnt the potato and carrot slices -- badly.  Tipped out what was not stuck to bottom of pot.  Filled the pot, containing charred remains, with cold water. Disaster struck:  proceeded to tip a large pot of water all over myself, the kitchen cupboards and the kitchen floor. One false move wearing killer-slippery plastic (sorta) 'Crocs', and it could have been ugly. Seasoning the pan I had to swap to, I forget the pan was mega-hot ... and I put my fingers on the base, intending to steady the pan that I was moving.  Ouch! Reflexes must be really quick, because the burn isn't bad.  It's sore, but it's passing and there's no finger tip damage (I think). Next f*ck-up was putting in cumin powered instead of coriander. Just as I don't look in the refrigerator, apparently I don't always read jar labels. Was ready to throw in the towel ... or throw the pan across the room, more like it.  But I persevered, hoping my mistakes would go unnoticed.  Taste test indicates I just might get away with it.  :) Made the mistake of cooking down the liquid without tasting first, thinking dish ought to be done.  Yes, it ought to be ... but it wasn't because the potato slices were still hard (despite pre-frying that involved burning what was on the base!).  Remedy:  more water and more cooking time.  But that means broccoli that has just about fallen apart.  Can't be helped.  Dislike hard bits of potato more than I dislike mushy broccoli. Cooking longer didn't help:  now there's hard potato & mushy broccoli.  It's granite slices.  But it will have to do. If I ever throw potato in anything like this again, it will probably be microwaved in advance.  Thought about it, but opted for the pre-fry, thinking it would make a difference.  Nope.  Not effective.  Not in this case.  Messed it up. Taste was OK, but it's not something I'd do again.  It only turned out like this because it was too late to make a special trip to the supermarket for more chicken (likely closed early for holidays). Think my initial pissed-off chicken fillet outburst was justified:   while the food is edible, it's meh. It's not what I intended.   Having mushy broccoli and other bits that don't belong messes up the anticipated 'uniform korma' experience:  the nice texture isn't there, nor is the intensity and the visual appeal. Cooking without being in the frame of mind to cook is a sh*tty experience.  But it has its up side:  the food is average and uninviting.  I'm also in such a bad mood that I'm unlikely to overindulge. *Hybrid Korma was acceptable, but the hard potato didn't go unnoticed.  LOL *Frozen meals set aside. *Depression marks on fingers from burns I don't feel after that initial sting -- how weird.

Former MI6 Boss Backs Brexit - Ease of Deportation & Border Control

Article SOURCE Former MI6 Boss Backs Brexit - Ease of Deportation & Border Control Daily Mail Quitting EU would make Britain SAFER, says former MI6 chief: Sir Richard Dearlove suggests Brexit would make it easier to deport terrorists and control our borders By James Slack and Tamara Cohen for the Daily Mail Published: 10:53 EST, 24 March 2016 | Updated: 12:38 EST, 24 March 2016     Former head of MI6 demolished the security case for staying in the EU     Sir Richard Dearlove said Brexit would make it easier to deport terrorists     Added British intelligence services 'give much more' than they get in return     Washington was a more important counter-terror ally than the EU, he said By James Slack and Tamara Cohen for the Daily Mail Published: 10:53 EST, 24 March 2016 | Updated: 12:38 EST, 24 March 2016 The former head of MI6 yesterday demolished the security case for staying in the EU – saying Britain could be safer out. Sir Richard Dearlove said Brexit would make it easier to deport terrorists and control our borders. He added that Europe could not turn its back on Britain if it left the EU because our intelligence services 'give much more' than they get in return. In any event, Washington was a more important counter-terror ally, he said. The former spy chief also dismissed suggestions that Brexit would harm our relationship with the US and likened the EU's various intelligence bodies to the 'leakiest ships of state' and colanders riddled with holes. David Cameron and other senior ministers have relied heavily on claims that Britain is more secure inside the Brussels club because of measures like the European arrest warrant. But, in a devastating intervention, Sir Richard said: 'Few would notice its passing.' His assessment was backed by a government minister and London Mayor Boris Johnson – who warned EU judges were making it harder to throw out fanatics. Sir Richard, who was chief of the Secret Intelligence Service from 1999 to 2004, wrote in the current affairs magazine Prospect: 'Whether one is an enthusiastic European or not, the truth about Brexit from a national security perspective is that the cost to Britain would be low. 'Brexit would bring two potentially important security gains: the ability to dump the European Convention on Human Rights – remember the difficulty of extraditing the extremist Abu Hamza of the Finsbury Park Mosque – and, more importantly, greater control over immigration from the European Union.' He adds: 'Britain is Europe's leader in intelligence and security matters and gives much more than it gets in return. 'It is difficult to imagine any of the other EU members ending the relationships they already enjoy with the UK.' He says liaison between allies is partly driven by 'moral considerations' – so that if Germany learns of a terrorist plot against London, it would not withhold the intelligence from MI5 simply because the UK is not in the EU. Sir Richard concludes: 'Would Brexit damage our defence and intelligence relationship with the United States, which outweighs anything European by many factors of 10? I conclude confidently that no, it would not. 'There would be disapproval of Brexit in Washington, and some disappointment too, but the practical consideration of living in a dangerous world and depending on true friends would win out. In short, Europe would be the potential losers in national security. But if Brexit happened, the UK would almost certainly show the magnanimity not to make its European partners pay the cost.' Theresa May yesterday said EU membership – and access to its intelligence – was 'of benefit' in thwarting terror plots. The Home Secretary told MPs: 'I think there are a number of mechanisms that we are part of within the EU that do enhance our security.' But Boris Johnson and farming minister George Eustice both warned that EU membership was harming national security. The London Mayor told MPs: 'I've seen various people quoted as saying that remaining in the EU is essential for security. 'I think it's important to put a countervailing point which is that there are some ways now that the European Court of Justice is militating against our ability to control our borders in the way we want to and indeed to maintain proper surveillance. 'If you look at the case of Abu Hamza's niece, who tried to smuggle SIM cards to him in prison, we couldn't deport her not because of the Strasbourg Court of Human Rights but because of the European Court in Luxembourg, which is now able to adjudicate on the entire corpus of the Charter of Fundamental Rights.' Mr Eustice said the Schengen zone of passport-free travel on the continent meant terrorists could move more freely within the EU.' Yesterday Belgium's ambassador to the UK, Guy Trouveroy, also conceded that free movement increased the risk of terrorist attacks. He said: 'There is no hiding... It is an issue.' But No.10 pointed to comments by David Anderson QC, the independent reviewer of terror laws, and former Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind, who both insisted Britain would be safer inside the EU. Mr Anderson told the BBC that the UK, which is not in the Schengen zone, is 'much easier to defend' because of our sea border despite the huge cost and inconvenience to travellers. Last night former Home Secretary Lord Howard called the EU a 'failing project' that is 'failing to keep its people safe'. The former Tory leader said Schengen was akin to 'hanging a sign welcoming terrorists to Europe'. Attempts by some Out campaigners to link the EU's free movement rules to the atrocity were criticised by Mr Cameron, who said it was 'not appropriate' to score political points. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3506991/UK-safer-Europe-says-former-MI6-chief-Sir-Richard-Dearlove-suggests-Brexit-make-easier-deport-terrorists.html -------/\/\/ ---------------------- ---------------------- COMMENT It's the perfect time to push the issue that Dave Cameron's trying to dismiss: "Mr Cameron ... said it was 'not appropriate' to score political points." Even though the ex-MI6 guy, Richard Dearlove, is associated with what they call the 'sexed up' intelligence report ahead of the Iraq invasion 2003, what he says re Brexit makes perfect sense. That David Cameron is a slimy weasel. Sir Malcom Rifkind doesn't sound much better: "Two years later, Rifkind advocated British military intervention in the Syrian Civil War, with or without a mandate from the United Nations." [source] Rifkind was also involved in lobbying for the destruction of Libya, by 'neutralisation' of Gaddafi's conventional forces. So Europe probably has him to thank for the tidal wave of non-Europeans pouring into Europe, together with the terrorists among them. Why is he so bent on remaining in the EU, when Dearlove has made it plain that Brexit's the go and the security gains outweigh the non-existent costs? Rifkind was appointed Chairman of Armor Group (US-owned), one of the largest security groups in Iraq -- here. So this is the British-American revolving door? There's something unseemly about such an appointment, as it gives the impression that former politician war-hawks get rewarded by the sector that they previously enriched by lobbying for war while in office. Perhaps Rifkind has an American bias, now that he works for an American firm? Americans are described as likely to be 'disappointed' should Britain exit the EU, so the EU thing must serve them and their interests. Bet the Americans are behind the invasion of Europe -- as in, they're most likely funding and arranging the mass movement, whether directly, through third parties, or in partnership. Read somewhere that the US and Britain want a weakened German EU partner.  But that doesn't explain the destruction of Sweden. Maybe they just want a weak European native population?

Anonymous v. Islamic Cyber Army

Article SOURCE Anonymous v. Islamic Cyber Army Daily Mail - Extract(s) Anonymous v. Islamic Cyber Army http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3506345/Anonymous-issues-threat-ISIS-Belgium-terror-attacks.html#comments ...  ISIS's online unit, the Islamic Cyber Army, hit back, branding the group 'idiots' and declaring: 'What they gonna hack…all they can do is hacking twitter accounts, emails, etc.' ISIS militants use a number of encrypted messaging services, email providers, and GPS blockers to communicate under the radar. The list of apps used by the jihadists was revealed last year after a 34-page ISIS fighter handbook was obtained by independent military research group Combating Terrorism Center (CTC), and published on Scribd by Yahoo. Combating Terrorism Centre academic institution at:  US Military Academy (USMA) West Point, New York speciality:  counter-terrorism, domestic security etc est. 2003  - subordinate to:  Dept. of Social Sciences https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combating_Terrorism_Center United States Military Academy at West Point (USMA) aka West Point Army The Academy The Point 4-year co-educational federal military service academy -- campus a NATIONAL LANDMARK -- Norman style buildings, grey & black granite -- tourist destination -- 1778 - West Point, NY - first occupied by:   Continental Army -- Polish engineer / military figure constructs garrison defences 1778-1780 -- Continental Army  created by Second Continental Congress -- on outbreak of 'American Revolutionary War' -- est. by x13 colonies -- later, USA -- resolution passed to coordinate military of 13 colonies -- versus rule of Great Britain -- Continental Army backed up by local militias -- under control of colonies or independent -- Gen. George Washington commander-in-chief throughout rebellion -- disbanded in 1783 after the Treaty of Paris West Point's Cadet Honour Code:  'A cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Army ---------------------- ---------------------- COMMENT I thought this was interesting, as I don't know anything about what I like to call the 'Cyber Caliphate' (lol ... I never get sick of giggling at that term, since seeing it somewhere).   I guess (from the above name) they don't call themselves that, so I'm not sure where that CC term came from.  For some reason, 'Cyber Caliphate' doesn't sound at all scary.  It's sort of funny, unreal and completely detached from real life.   The entire thing is surreal.  There's guys out there that must have high-tech know-how (which is a hell of a lot more advanced than I'll ever be), but it's like they're stuck in history and in their traditions from hundreds of years ago, which is really incongruous. I'm finding myself not liking the current times much (the liberal left, Marxist, preachy, utopian crap, the controlled media propaganda,  the indoctrinated cut-out politicians that are paying lip service to the same lunacy with a straight face, and the dedication of key state institutions to models & indoctrinators of more of same, is very disturbing, once you are aware. Imagine what it would be like for someone from an entirely alien culture that is hundreds of years out of alignment, trying to adjust to the funny farm. Not that this is an issue for the the committed religious fundamentalists like these guys must be:  assimilation isn't even on their radar.   Their issue is political, but sort of amped up and even more dangerous because it's also backed by and maybe even driven to a degree by what are their religious convictions.  I think. I don't know.  I'm just imagining. Anyway, I sort of find the war between Anonymous and the Islamic Cyber Army funny. Some of the comments in the Daily Mail article are hysterical ... or I'm easily amused.

"U.N.'s top men in bribe case ..." - Francis Loreno - John Ashe - Ng Lap Seng

Macau billionaire, Ng Lap Seng Bill & Hillary Clinton  MAFIA NEWS Francis Loreno, 48, described as US citizen but in other reports described as US 'resident'. Presumed dual citizenship. Former foreign diplomat from the Dominican Republic, tried in relation to United Nations bribe case at the Manhattan federal court, agrees to cooperate with the US government against co-accused, including former UN General Assembly president (John Ashe 2013-14), and Chinese billionaire:   Ng Lap Seng. The string of charges include:  conspiracy, bribery and money laundering +. John Ashe, former UN General Assembly president and former UN ambassador (Antigua & Barbuda - same location, island Caribbean), allegedly received over $1 million in bribe money. Chinese billionaire Ng Lap Seng and John Ashe are on bail, having pleaded 'not guilty'.   Francis Loreno has, however, determined it was in his interests to plead guilty on the weight of the US government's evidence. KEY: US District Judge Vernon Broderick ruled that Francis Loreno may not use shield of diplomatic immunity in relation to the charges. That Lorenzo is a US citizen is cited in article as partially material to the court's decision. SUMMARY of material from source (orig. Assoc. Press): http://www.newson6.com/story/31485512/us-citizen-who-served-as-diplomat-pleads-guilty-in-un-case Ruling: Lorenzo nonetheless: -- may claim immunity from prosecution re:  official acts performed in relation to diplomatic position -- is not subject to extradition from USA (as he is a US citizen) * non-U.S. citizen would be extradited, if accused of criminal acts * it appears that Lorenzo is a dual citizen Source:  Salon Friday, Feb 5, 2016 01:46 PM AEDT Judge: US citizen serving as foreign diplomat can face trial Larry Neumeister, Associated Press http://www.salon.com/2016/02/05/judge_us_citizen_serving_as_foreign_diplomat_can_face_trial/ -------/\/\/ U.N.'s top men in bribe case met at Macau event prior to arrest, it emerges, as Ban Ki-moon expresses 'shock' at corruption allegations Conference in five-star hotel partly organised by NGO that billionaire tycoon allegedly used to funnel funds to ex-General Assembly president PUBLISHED : Thursday, 08 October, 2015, 2:30am UPDATED : Thursday, 08 October, 2015, 9:39am Three of the men at the centre of an alleged bribes-for-influence racket at the highest levels of the United Nations involving a billionaire Macau property tycoon attended a major conference in the city just weeks prior to their arrest by US federal agents. The conference - in a five-star hotel on the city's casino-dominated Cotai Strip at the end of August - was staged in part by a non-governmental organisation US prosecutors allege Macau tycoon Ng Lap-seng and others used to funnel corrupt funds to former United Nations General Assembly president John Ashe. More than 200 delegates from 50 countries - including diplomats and politicians - attended the conference. Among them were real estate tycoon Ng - who has long-standing high-level connections to Beijing and Washington - Ashe and Francis Lorenzo, a UN deputy ambassador from the Dominican Republic, who has also been charged in connection with the case. The conference was also sent a message of support from UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who yesterday expressed "shock" at the corruption allegations. A 37-page US indictment made public yesterday also outlines multiple bribery charges against American-Chinese Shiwei Yan and Heidi Hong Piao. Prosecutors allege that in exchange for corrupt payments, Ashe made a written request to Ban claiming there was a need to build a UN Conference Centre in Macau. It was never built. The former UN General Assembly president, who holds Antiguan citizenship and is a US resident, was an ambassador when he wrote the letter, a position he held until November 2014. Last night a Macau government spokesman said: "In view of the ongoing legal proceedings, the MSAR Government has no comment on the issue. The government has no details regarding the construction project mentioned in news coverage." News reports from the conference quoted Lorenzo - who is also president of Ng's Sun Kian IP Group Foundation - as saying the event offered an "historic opportunity". Last night a web link to a full list of participants at the conference was not working. Phone calls to the United Nations went unanswered. Both individually and through the foundation, Ng has worked with the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation, an official arm of the UN that focuses on partnerships among developing countries. Ng, who is also a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, was arrested on September 19 in New York along with associate Jeff Yin for smuggling more than US$4.5 million in cash into the US over a two-year period. The six are accused of using a fake non-government organisation to carry out the bribery scheme. Lorenzo, the NGO's honorary president, was paid a US$20,000 salary. This article appeared in the South China Morning Post print edition as: U.N. bribe case accused were at Macau forum http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1865091/ban-ki-moon-shock-allegations-evidence-show-uns-top-men-bribe -------/\/\/ Macau ('Bay Gate') aka Macao  /  Macao Special Admin. Region People's Republic of China 64 km from Hong Kong previously known as: Haojing ('Oyster Mirror') or Jinghai ('Mirror Sea') [comment:  jing is 'mirror' - that's my first Chinese word, I think]     Macau perhaps derived from 'A-Ma Temple' - Taoist     -- erected 1448 - to goddess Mazu (seafarers & fishermen)     -- Mazu Chinese patron goddess     -- began in Song dynasty     -- Mazu widely worshipped:  China, Taiwan & other East/Southeast Asia     -- Mazu born 960 - family name:  Lin     -- born silent     -- given name 'Silent Girl'     -- martial arts skills / conquers two demons in love with her     -- Mazu would marry one who defeated her     -- defeated them both; platonic     -- red is Mazu's colour     -- d. 987     -- young lady in red dress who would roam over the seas forever     -- Mazu (媽祖) - 'Mother-Ancestor'     -- 1,500 Mazu temples - 26 countries in world     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazu_%28goddess%29   Macau history can be traced back to 221 BCE previously:  Portuguese Macau from mid 1500s to 1999 1557 - Macau rented to Portugal as trading port Portuguese admin city under Chinese sovereignty & authority to 1887 Macau became a colony 1887 Macau has own legal system, security, monetary, customs, immigration but is under Chinese military defence Macau one of world's richest cities economy heavily dependent on gambling and tourism + manufacturing Portugal controlled western trade with India, Japan, and China -- trade limited by Chinese to Macau Chinese indifferent to the Portuguese 1600s - 5,000 slaves lived Macau Roman Catholic Diocese of Macau est. 1576 Dutch kept attacking - early 1600s / faithful slaves of Portuguese drove Dutch out Portugal hold expanded after First Opium War 1839-1842 more details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macau Francis Lorenzo founder Model UN program -- Dominican Republic high school and university programs * Model United Nations ('MUN')    -- UN indoctrination program:       diplomacy, international relations, United Nations       teaching, researching, public speaking, debate ... etc       high school / college students       -- began as:  League of Nations indoctrination       -- League of Nations 1920-1946       -- result of 'Paris Peace Conference' post WWI       -- collective security, disarmament, arbitration       -- pretext:  diplomatic philosophy        -- blame Immanuel Kant 'community of nations' notions       --  & blame BLATANT US-Anglo agenda: Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson, political 'scientist' pusher with:  with Lord Dickinson & Lord Bryce Dickinson:  Willoughby Hyett Dickinson, vote for women pusher Bryce:  James Bryce, academic, jurist, historian, b. Belfast     believer of:  'Teutonic freedom' - binding Germany, UK & US together     foreign affairs under Gladstone / later Pres. Board of Trade (Rosebery)     Ambassador to USA 1907 to 1913     efficient strengthening Anglo-US relationship     personal friend of US president Theodore Roosevelt & others     book:  The American Commonwealth (ref: travels Alexis de Tocqueville)     *key popularising view USA history as distinctly Anglo-Saxon     WWI - under PM Asquith, commissioned to produce report:     Bryce produces 'Bryce Report' re allged German atrocities Belgium pub. 1915     report damning of German behaviour against civilians     [note:  from the concentration camp killers of Boer women & children?]    Bryce propaganda account confirmed as 'true' by:  Vernon Lyman Kellog, Dir. American Commission for Relief in Belgium     - told NYT German military enslaved 100s of 1000s workers     HOWEVER, MUCH OF BRYCE REPORT WAS WAR PROPAGANDA   lies.     *Bryce strongly condemned Armenian Genocide Ottoman Emp. 1915     *also claimed half pop. of Assyrians in Ottoman similar cruelties     -- served at International Court at The Hague     -- supported establishment of League of Nations     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bryce,_1st_Viscount_Bryce       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_United_Nations Francis Lorenzo -- United Nations Ambassador for the Dominican Republic -- Dominican Republic in support roles with the United Nations -- then appointed Ambassador -- member of Advisory Board of:     --  BidGive International Inc.     --  former member of Advisory Board of Rolfe Enterprises Inc.    med one oak inc (MOAK:Grey Market) HQ The Woodlands, Texas, USA http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=29859928&privcapId=10175920 Rolfe Enterprises Inc. Dallas, Texas, USA f. 1996 - 2 employees -- 2004 - Rolfe Enterprises, Inc. acquired by BidGive Group http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=8296212 bidgive group llc Communications / Media Internet Based Services BidGive Group LLC retails goods and services -- charitable contributions / portion of the price BidGive product or service to the charity of choice http://www.bloomberg.com/profiles/companies/323110Z:US-bidgive-group-llc Address:  Dallas, Texas Officers: JAMES P WALKER Registered Agent JAMES P WALKER Manager MICHAEL JACOBSON Manager http://www.texasregistry.org/bidgive-group-llc BidGive International Common Shares Begin Trading Under Symbol "BDGV," Developer and Administrator of Unique Funding Press Release | Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:08pm EDT http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS189136+19-Mar-2008+MW20080319 from above press release (2008): Michael Jacobson, BidGive Chairman of the Board Jim Walker, Jr., BidGive President and CEO -- developer and administrator of -- sustainable funding programs -- for not-for-profit organizations (NFPs) & other entities -- creating and managing tailored programs -- designed to establish consistent revenue streams for NFP orgs -- projects involve several high profile accounts -- relationships include: --  United Nations related agencies --  Office Depot(R) (NYSE: ODP) --  Visa/MasterCard merchant services --  Montessori Schools community --  China's fabled Shaolin Monks --  Lyreco -- World of Hope -- Public-Private Alliance Foundation, a United Nations related entity -- DotComFilm Festival -- & ors ---------------------- ---------------------- COMMENT Suddenly, the UN is more interesting than I thought. How cool is the League of Nations backdrop? OMG ... the UN and all those supranational bodies are some kind of US-Anglo conspiracy!!!!! That's what I'm backing right now. The Chinese seem more interesting than I thought. My concept of things is really tiny ... as in it's a limited sort of black and white little boxy view of things.  And then I discover tiny bits of information (like the temple at Macau) that sort of remind me how tiny or limited the overall impression of things is. It's hard to imagine how big everything is out there ... historians must have amazing 'stretched' brains that can put all the pieces together into some large, cohesive whole, I would think. I would guess that it is just history repeating itself. The Portuguese fighting over Macau, the domination of the local population, the monopolisation of trade, the get-rich schemes of the rich and so on, must just be earlier versions of what is happening today. The scale of things is hard to imagine.  It is hard to imaging the vastness of the wealth of individuals, families, corporations etc. Eg. Bechtel -- impossible for me to picture just how big Bechtel must be, after all those years as a huge contractor across the world. Corporations and wealthy individuals/families have become the modern-day kings. And ... I've forgotten what the point of this was. UN ... the allegations are interesting.  But as Americans are involved, I'm inclined to think maybe it's some kind of set-up?  Wish I could just keep looking, but I think I need to crash.  :(

The Kitchen - Carbonara

The Kitchen Pasta Carbonara Click to Enlarge ---------------------- ---------------------- COMMENT Improvised Carbonara. Would have been better I've I'd gone easier on the eggs (used x6). It was well received, but I found it too runny for my liking. Threw mine back in the pot to set the egg more. Ate most of it, but the initial runny 'egginess' put me off ... as did getting interrupted posting something while juggling my plate. Had a bit of frustrated tanty ... and it's kind of made me uptight and queasy. Not sure why I'm so uptight.  Super on edge.  Horrible feeling.

UK - Philip Hammond - Interferes With Independence of British Judicial System

UK - Philip Hammond Interferes With  Independence of British Judicial System British State Bullies British Justice -------/\/\/ PHILIP HAMMOND -- British Conservative, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs -- is INTERFERING WITH THE INDEPENDENT DECISIONS OF THE BRITISH JUDICIARY (article below), attempting to politicise and PRESSURE British justice. Has he no shame? Apparently not ... Whenever justice decides against British government agenda, the result is PREDICTABLE ...  Like a well trained pooch, Hammond barks on command. Here he is barking for his masters before the controlled British media, at politically persecuted Australian journalist, Julian Assange. Note, also, the backdrop of a spot of  British bother over Afghanistan. And let's not forget illegal war on Iraq. Psssssssssssst ... notice how the reaction is entirely welcoming when the agenda suits. Oh, dear. No wonder this naughty doggie is yapping ... Bad doggie! Hammond Background / Summary info source - bbc http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-28310255 Philip Hammond -- big prize in govt. reshuffle -- gained 'great office of state': foreign secretary ISRAEL: *Expect Hammond to continue support of Israel.  [Comment:  as if anyone would expect otherwise, BBC.] AFGHANISTAN: Huge controversial UK sacrifice in Afghanistan. Hammond, ex Defence Sec., familiar with front line, as frequent lying visitor etc. IRAN: Rebuilding of UK bilateral relationship with Iran on agenda. [comment:  same for USA, but ... CIA & MI6 brought down an elected Iran PM in 1953 so I would be very cautions of this 'rebuilding' business more likely:  they want to get close enough to effectively undermine Iran from within *there's a policy of getting close to Iran & Cuba for a reason:  they're targets for exploitation or destruction for sure.] SYRIA: Slap head William Hague humiliated by MP refusal to back UK military action against Bashar al-Assad over the .. ehem ... false flag 'chemical weapons' LOL ... BBC reports Hague was 'scarred' by: -- the sensible decision of fellow MPs (which was ignored) -- "Western failure to prevent" "civil war" Yeah.  Sure. BBC's a joke that falsified film footage BBC knows the West is responsible for what it refers to as 'civil war' terrorism fomented & supported by the West in Syria EUROPE: Hammond reportedly 'Eurosceptic' How does Hammond inspire Commons rebellion against Brussels while not alienating other EU states & entrenching refusal to give ground over key UK change negotiations, BBC asks ... ...  leading the sheeple to believe that this is a genuine matter of choice. William Hague also described as 'Eurosceptic'.   Hague was a devoted US lackey. Watch what Hammond says for key breaking points (or propagandised ones) re in or out of EU, we're told. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-28310255 COMMENT:   I don't believe this for one minute.  As if they're being straight. The European Union is probably a US-Anglo bankers and economists project. -------/\/\/ Other: Hammond on: French port of Calais: "millions" of "marauding" migrants No mention of British, US, Israeli, Saudi, United Arab Emirates & Gulf friends' part in conflicts across both the Middle East and Africa -- nor mention of who is collectively responsible for failing to secure European borders. And there's the French and the Italians in the thick of it, as well as the European Union, NATO and the corrupt United Nations clowns. Oh, and the dutiful US-Anglo empire colonial war teams. And last, but not least, I'm sure that International Monetary Fund and World Bank would deserve some credit somewhere (probably somewhere in Africa) ... and most definitely for support and encouragement of the migration tsunami at its height in Europe, in IMF's case. It's not the 'international community' -- it's a SUPRANATIONAL MAFIA. -------/\/\/ RT News https://www.rt.com/uk/336904-saudi-billionaire-diplomatic-hammond/ British FM berates judge for stripping Saudi billionaire of diplomatic immunity Published time: 23 Mar, 2016 15:17 Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has criticized a High Court judge for stripping a Saudi billionaire of his diplomatic immunity so that he can face divorce proceedings. Hammond bluntly said the ruling “should not be upheld or endorsed” and warned it could have repercussions for British diplomats posted abroad. The High Court dismissed as “spurious” claims from Saudi businessman Sheikh Walid Juffali that he has diplomatic immunity due to his work with the International Maritime Organization (IMO). Juffali is being sued for a share of his £4 billion (US$5.65 billion) fortune by his ex-wife, the former Pirelli calendar model Christina Estrada. The couple divorced in 2014 following 13 years of marriage. Juffali began divorce proceedings in 2012 after he married Lebanese supermodel Loujain Adada in Saudi Arabia, where men can legally have up to four wives. Juffali’s name first appeared on the London Diplomatic List as a permanent representative to the IMO for the Caribbean island of St. Lucia in September 2014, according to the Telegraph. A November 2015 investigation by the newspaper found there was no public record of Juffali attending any meetings of the IMO and stated he possesses no known qualifications in maritime law. [ ... ] Hammond is quoted in the Guardian as criticizing the original legal decision to strip Juffali of his diplomatic immunity. The cabinet minister said the judge “erred in concluding that it was necessary (or permissible) for the court to ‘look behind’ the Foreign and Commonwealth Office certificate, which confirmed that [Juffali] had been appointed to the post of permanent representative of St. Lucia to the IMO and to consider whether (he) had taken up the post or exercised any functions in connection with it.” He argued that only an executive acting through the FCO using the royal prerogative can decide who is a diplomat. Last month, the High Court ruled the former prime minister of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber al-Thani, was protected by diplomatic immunity from a lawsuit which claims agents acting on his behalf falsely imprisoned and tortured a British citizen. Following that ruling, junior FCO minister James Duddridge said that “it is ultimately for the court to decide whether a foreign diplomat in the UK enjoys immunity in any particular case.” https://www.rt.com/uk/336904-saudi-billionaire-diplomatic-hammond/ -------/\/\/ Decision Neutral Citation Number: [2016] EWCA Civ 176 Case No: B6/2016/0548 IN THE COURT OF APPE AL (CIVIL DIVISION) ON APPEAL FROM THE HIGH COURT FAMILY DIVISION MR JUSTICE HAYDEN FD14F00410 https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/approved_judgment_rhd_estrada_v_juffali.pdf ---------------------- ----------------------

CIA History of Subversion of Democracy

CIA History of Subversion of Democracy -------/\/\/ CIA History of Subversion of Democracy Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II By William Blum pg. 120 to pg.122 "Covert funding was the name of the game." "Victor Marchetti former executive assistant to the Deputy Director of the CIA, has revealed that in the 1950s the Agency "spent ..." .... Expenditures ... came to about $10 million annually." "The CIA itself has admitted that between 1948 and 1968, it paid a total of $65,160,000 to the Christian Democrats and other parties, to labor groups, and to a wide variety of other organizations in Italy.  It also spent an undisclosed amount in support of magazines and book publishers ..." "It is not known when, if ever, the CIA ended its practice of funding anti-Communist groups in Italy.  Internal Agency documents of 1972 reveal contributions of some $10 million to political parties, affiliated organizations, and 21 individual candidates ... that year." " ... in the 1980s, CIA Director William Casey arranged for Saudi Arabia to pay $2 million to prevent the Communists from achieving electoral gains in Italy." " ... largest oil company in the United States, Exxon Corp., admitted that between 1963 and 1972 it had made political contributions to the Christian Democrats and several other Italian political parties totaling $46 million to $49 Million.  Mobil Oil Corp. also contributed to the Italian electoral process ..." [Money given by CIA to Italian political parties since WWII]: "... ended up "in villas, in vacation homes and in Swiss bank accounts for the politicians themselves." [The Italian Communist Party]: ".... all those years, the party was proceeding along a path revisionist enough to make Lenin turn in his grave ..." "The path was marked by billboards proclaiming "the democratic advance to socialism" and the "national road to socialism", the abandonment of "the dictatorship of the proletariat" ..." "The party pushed it's "national" role as responsible opposition, participated in "the drive for productivity", affirmed its support for a multi-party system and for Italy remaining in the Common Market and in NATO ..." "... files of the State Department and the CIA ... testify to the reality of the Communist Party's "historic compromise" and the evolution of its estrangement from the Soviet Union known as "Eurocommunism." [comment:  misnomer - should be "CIAcommunism".   That explains all those sh*tty fake left political parties in every country.  The ones disavow material socialism (or whatever you call it) and, instead, stand for pretty much what their conservative opposition represents, while both support all facets of Balkanising Cultural Marxism ... presumably on the basis that all gullible plebs are equal. Oh, and as confirmation of their 'legitimacy' as forces for 'good' and 'noble intentions', and evidence of their clear moral superiority,  that's at one with the sacred authority that is the  "international community", in bullsh*tting politician jargon.  Playing Spot-the-Lies, looking for key bullsh*t phrases uttered by politicians would be a good game to play, if I watched enough -- or any -- commercial TV.  ] Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II By William Blum pg. 120 to pg.122 ---------------------- ---------------------- COMMENTS How appalling is this? Check out corrupt Saudi Arabia, right in with the CIA -- Saudi Arabia is just another CIA state. Does anyone actually believe that the CIA have stopped funding media publications and political parties,  and that they've stopped bribing and otherwise infiltrating  the media and political parties, across the globe? I don't. So the great 'democracy' debate is itself a LIE -- it's just ruse to distract the masses with to and fro senseless, going nowhere argument to create the ILLUSION of CHOICE as well as the ILLUSION of ACTION.