Quote from: Billy's bayonet on November 05, 2017, 12:29:41 PM
I'm wondering if this isn't some sort of crackdown on terror financing that certain members of the House of Suad have engaged in over the years. I think this AL Waleed was also a big supporter of Obamao and a Hillary donor as well.
Maybe the King has decided that since Trump has his back it is time to kick a little ass and take some names.

Well, I hope you're correct, but I think there's a lot more to this ... meanwhile the region is more unstable than ever and the Saudis are declaring that the bomb fired at Yemen from Iran is an act of war.  What a mess this could wind up being ... hopefully Trump and Putin can come to some sort of agreement this weekend; though Putin shouldn't be trusted.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/world/middleeast/yemen-saudi-iran-missile.html

...and to add fuel to the fire; the UN is as usual dissing Israel.  Yes indeed, the ME is a ticking time bomb and we have the Pillsbury Pop'n Fresh dough boy over in Asia throwing a hissy fit; add to this the unhinged left in the U.S. and we have a recipe for complete chaos.  God help us.

Nikki Haley: Unless UN rights council reforms, US is out

.......The United States is ready to pull out of the UN Human Rights Council unless it institutes reforms, including removing Israel as a permanent item on its agenda, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley told an Israeli American audience.

"The Human Rights Council will either adopt these reforms, or the United States will leave," Haley said to applause at the annual Washington conference of the Israeli American Council. ....

https://www.timesofisrael.com/nikki-haley-unless-un-rights-council-reforms-us-is-out/

Quote from: Ms.Independence on November 06, 2017, 04:21:23 PM
...and to add fuel to the fire; the UN is as usual dissing Israel.  Yes indeed, the ME is a ticking time bomb and we have the Pillsbury Pop'n Fresh dough boy over in Asia throwing a hissy fit; add to this the unhinged left in the U.S. and we have a recipe for complete chaos.  God help us.

Nikki Haley: Unless UN rights council reforms, US is out

.......The United States is ready to pull out of the UN Human Rights Council unless it institutes reforms, including removing Israel as a permanent item on its agenda, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley told an Israeli American audience.

"The Human Rights Council will either adopt these reforms, or the United States will leave," Haley said to applause at the annual Washington conference of the Israeli American Council. ....

https://www.timesofisrael.com/nikki-haley-unless-un-rights-council-reforms-us-is-out/

I say lets do it right, pull out of the UN all together!

Quote from: walkstall on November 06, 2017, 04:44:33 PM

I say lets do it right, pull out of the UN all together!

Absolutely agree with you !00%!

Quote from: Ms.Independence on November 06, 2017, 04:21:23 PM
...and to add fuel to the fire; the UN is as usual dissing Israel.  Yes indeed, the ME is a ticking time bomb and we have the Pillsbury Pop'n Fresh dough boy over in Asia throwing a hissy fit; add to this the unhinged left in the U.S. and we have a recipe for complete chaos.  God help us.

Nikki Haley: Unless UN rights council reforms, US is out

.......The United States is ready to pull out of the UN Human Rights Council unless it institutes reforms, including removing Israel as a permanent item on its agenda, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley told an Israeli American audience.

"The Human Rights Council will either adopt these reforms, or the United States will leave," Haley said to applause at the annual Washington conference of the Israeli American Council. ....

https://www.timesofisrael.com/nikki-haley-unless-un-rights-council-reforms-us-is-out/

Who's that?

Quote from: Solar on November 06, 2017, 05:44:23 PM
Who's that?

Quote from: Ms.Independence on November 06, 2017, 05:55:37 PM

Ah, you said Asia, not NK, so I had no idea who you meant.

Quote from: Ms.Independence on November 06, 2017, 05:55:37 PM

The three in back look fill with astonishment that something got off the ground.  The fat boy looks happy something did get off the ground.   

That's one non hairstyle.

Quote from: Ms.Independence on November 06, 2017, 04:21:23 PM
...and to add fuel to the fire; the UN is as usual dissing Israel.  Yes indeed, the ME is a ticking time bomb and we have the Pillsbury Pop'n Fresh dough boy over in Asia throwing a hissy fit; add to this the unhinged left in the U.S. and we have a recipe for complete chaos.  God help us.

Nikki Haley: Unless UN rights council reforms, US is out

.......The United States is ready to pull out of the UN Human Rights Council unless it institutes reforms, including removing Israel as a permanent item on its agenda, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley told an Israeli American audience.

"The Human Rights Council will either adopt these reforms, or the United States will leave," Haley said to applause at the annual Washington conference of the Israeli American Council. ....

https://www.timesofisrael.com/nikki-haley-unless-un-rights-council-reforms-us-is-out/

Getting back to the topic.
This is just one more piece of Trump's move for MAGA, (Make America Great Again) by telling the world, we're in charge, we will put American interests first, and screw those that don't agree.
I suspect another move will be to cut funding to nations, that neither need nor deserve our support.

I swear, I'm really starting to warm up to Trump.

The end of Wahabi Terrorists? I like this Prince!

BURAIDA, Saudi Arabia — For decades, Saudi Arabia's religious establishment wielded tremendous power, with bearded enforcers policing public behavior, prominent sheikhs defining right and wrong, and religious associations using the kingdom's oil wealth to promote their intolerant interpretation of Islam around the world.

Now, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is curbing their power as part of his drive to impose his control on the kingdom and press for a more open brand of Islam.

Before the arrests on Saturday of his fellow royals and former ministers on corruption allegations, Prince Mohammed had stripped the religious police of their arrest powers and expanded the space for women in public life, including promising them the right to drive.

Dozens of hard-line clerics have been detained, while others were designated to speak publicly about respect for other religions, a topic once anathema to the kingdom's religious apparatus.

If the changes take hold, they could mean a historic reordering of the Saudi state by diminishing the role of hard-line clerics in shaping policy. That shift could reverberate abroad by moderating the exportation of the kingdom's uncompromising version of Islam, Wahhabism, which has been accused of fueling intolerance and terrorism.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/05/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-wahhabism-salafism-mohammed-bin-salman.html

Telling the UN to GTFO of America will likely be Trump's grandest achievement.  The wall will be a close second.

The caterwauling of the left upon hearing of the eviction of the UN.... may rival the hysterics for Hillary's loss.

It will be every holiday ever rolled into one.

Moving the UN HQ to Lebanon or Africa, where it's actually needed, will cause 99% of the people involved to say "fook dis, I'm not doing this if I can't live in NYC, and I have to actually talk to the rabble".

Saudi authorities net $106 billion in corruption settlements

A wide-reaching anti-corruption campaign shrouded in secrecy and intrigue has netted more than $106 billion in financial settlements with 56 people remaining in custody, Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday.

Saudi Attorney General Saud al-Mojeb said the settlements reached include seizure of real estate assets, commercial entities, securities and cash.

The statement did not disclose further details on the types of businesses or real estate that was acquired. An earlier statement by the government incorrectly identified 65 people as still being held.

Al-Mojeb said a total of 381 people had been questioned in connection with the anti-corruption campaign, which began Nov. 4 and is being spearheaded by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Last week, al-Mojeb said 90 people had been released after agreeing to financial settlements and that 95 were still being held. It appears close to 40 were released since then.

Among those released over the weekend was billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, who is chairman of Kingdom Holding and has investments in major Western firms such as Twitter, Apple, Lyft and Citigroup.

He had been detained for more than 80 days at the luxurious Ritz-Carlton hotel in Riyadh, where dozens of high-profile figures were held, questioned and pressured into forfeiting significant financial assets in exchange for their release. It was not immediately known what kind of settlement Prince Alwaleed had agreed to.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/saudi-authorities-net-106-billion-corruption-settlements-52699924

Quote from: Solar on January 30, 2018, 05:34:08 PM
Saudi authorities net $106 billion in corruption settlements

A wide-reaching anti-corruption campaign shrouded in secrecy and intrigue has netted more than $106 billion in financial settlements with 56 people remaining in custody, Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday.

Saudi Attorney General Saud al-Mojeb said the settlements reached include seizure of real estate assets, commercial entities, securities and cash.

The statement did not disclose further details on the types of businesses or real estate that was acquired. An earlier statement by the government incorrectly identified 65 people as still being held.

Al-Mojeb said a total of 381 people had been questioned in connection with the anti-corruption campaign, which began Nov. 4 and is being spearheaded by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Last week, al-Mojeb said 90 people had been released after agreeing to financial settlements and that 95 were still being held. It appears close to 40 were released since then.

Among those released over the weekend was billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, who is chairman of Kingdom Holding and has investments in major Western firms such as Twitter, Apple, Lyft and Citigroup.

He had been detained for more than 80 days at the luxurious Ritz-Carlton hotel in Riyadh, where dozens of high-profile figures were held, questioned and pressured into forfeiting significant financial assets in exchange for their release. It was not immediately known what kind of settlement Prince Alwaleed had agreed to.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/saudi-authorities-net-106-billion-corruption-settlements-52699924

Talk about draining the swamp!

Quote from: supsalemgr on January 31, 2018, 04:17:46 AM
Talk about draining the swamp!

There went the DNC money men. This literally kneecapped the DNC, Saudi Arabia was what brought us the Illegal Marxist.