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What’s it like playing chess with Obama? – asks a top official of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin replies – “It’s like playing chess with a pigeon. First it knocks over all the pieces, then it shits on the board, and finally it struts around like it won.” That was, of course, a popular joke in […]
... written on Oct 05 2016As a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Aleppo was Syria’s largest city with a population of 2.5 million people. That was in early 2011 before the conflict starts. The Syrian Civil War started in March 2011. But it wasn’t until 19 July, 2012 that the Battle of Aleppo officially began. And since then hundreds of thousands […]
... written on Oct 03 2016President Barack Obama thought his “veto” power means he was the most powerful man in the world, or at least in the United States. Of course, the U.S. system, being one of the most democratic, was designed in such a way that nobody can possess absolute power. And Obama learns it the humiliating way, less […]
... written on Sep 29 2016Ten months ago in November 2015, the Chinese Air Force sent 11 war machines – 8 bombers, 2 intelligence gathering planes and 1 early-warning aircraft – towards Japan in a drill simulating an attack on the Japanese. The Chinese military fleet flew near Miyako and Okinawa, but without violating Japan’s airspace. While China conveniently […]
... written on Sep 26 2016The result was out and the Germans have spoken. After losing to Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) party in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania state election on September 4, Angela Merkel’s own CDU (Christian Democratic) party won 17.6% of the vote in Berlin state elections, down 6% from the previous 2011 election – its “worst-ever result” – since the […]
... written on Sep 20 2016A United States Central Command (CENTCOM) official declared they had been watching what they believed was the ISIS forces for a few days. Confident with their assessment, they launched an airstrike using two F-16 fighter jets and two A10 ground attack aircraft. KABOOM! As many as 62 soldiers were killed and 100 more injured – […]
... written on Sep 19 2016It takes a thief to catch a thief, goes the saying. In the case of the Philippines, the people needed a “Dirty Harry” to terminate drug pushers, therefore, they voted for Rodrigo “Rody” Roa Duterte as their new president. One man’s meat is another man’s poison. To the world, Duterte may be a thug, even […]
... written on Sep 14 2016About a year ago, Najib Razak proudly declared himself as the only prime minister ever recorded to be able to play golf with U.S. President Barack Obama. The Malaysian Prime Minister made the statement in front of a group of Malaysian students in New York, because Najib believed (Malaysian) students could easily be conned, which […]
... written on Sep 11 2016He is known as the Philippines’ “Dirty Harry” and the Filipinos love their new president. Also known as “The Punisher”, President Rodrigo “Rody” Roa Duterte is no ordinary badass law enforcer who shoot first and ask (if he’s still alive) question later. Mr. Duterte is a Filipino lawyer and politician who has been mayor of […]
... written on Sep 07 2016Top oil producers Saudi Arabia and Russia made a joint statement at the G20 summit in China on Monday aimed at stabilizing crude prices. The joint statement was signed by Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak and Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih. That alone should convince you to invest in oil immediately. Have you done that? […]
... written on Sep 06 2016
