Wednesday, June 07, 2023

This is about Earth you idiots. What is so threatening it requires spies?

The climate crisis is real, not a game. I cannot believe the level of distrust that has to exist in order to try to contain the crisis that is obviously before the world. Arabia should be at the top of the donor list to serve the impoverished countries. THEIR OIL HAS BEEN A REAL PROBLEM!

Don't act as if the petroleum was necessary. It never was. NEVER WAS NECESSARY. Alternative energies and vehicles have been around for nearly a century. The petroleum was NEVER NECESSARY.

7 June 2023
By Damian Carrington

...There is a concern (click here) about an obvious conflict of interest with Al Jaber leading the 28th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP28), which aims to reduce the carbon commissions in the world by half in the next seven years. However, as Dubai gears up to host the COP28 summit this year, here is a look at its president-designate’s professional achievements which made him qualify for this responsibility....

The United Arab Emirates’ state oil company (click here) has been able to read emails to and from the Cop28 climate summit office and was consulted on how to respond to a media inquiry, the Guardian can reveal.

The UAE is hosting the UN climate summit in November and the president of Cop28 is Sultan Al Jaber, who is also chief executive of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc). The revelations have been called “explosive” and a “scandal” by lawmakers.

The Cop28 office had claimed its email system was “standalone” and “separate” from that of Adnoc. But expert technical analysis showed the office shared email servers with Adnoc. After the Guardian’s inquiries, the Cop28 office switched to a different server on Monday....

This is the message he was so desperately spying for in regard to the upcoming meeting. Let's see if he actually lives up to it.

...According to the statement, he is looking to invest USD 15 billion (Rs 1,223.45 billion approximately) over five years, through ADNOC, in the new low-carbon solutions business to deliver the target to reduce carbon intensity by 25 percent by 2030.

Speaking about his goal upon taking up this new responsibility he says, “This will be a critical year in a critical decade for climate action. The UAE is approaching COP28 with a strong sense of responsibility and the highest possible level of ambition.”

He adds, “In cooperation with the UNFCCC and the COP27 Presidency, we will champion an inclusive agenda that ramps up action on mitigation, encourages a just energy transition that leaves no one behind, ensures substantial, affordable climate finance is directed to the most vulnerable, accelerates funding for adaptation and builds out a robust funding facility to address loss and damage.”...

I really don't care if China is offended when the Secretary of Defense is speaking about peace and democracy.

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin vowed on Saturday that Washington would not stand for any “coercion and bullying” of its allies and partners by China, while assuring Beijing that the United States remains committed to maintaining the status quo on Taiwan and would prefer dialogue over conflict.

Golf Courses

There are plenty of golf courses in the USA not affiliated with the PGA. They can take on the same luster and professional status when the interest swings their way. No one needs Doral. No one.

PGA

The Professional Golf Assistant, an American Institution for its entire history, is now affiliated with a direct ally of Iran. How is that even legal? 

This is a national security issue. 

It is sports washing. It is an unethical strategy to diminish American values uphold by the PGA for decades. Assassination, Freedom of Speech guaranteed by the First Amendment in the practice of journalism, sound moral politics, and women's rights are continuing to be assaulted and eroded. Saudi Arabia and it's inhumanity are not welcome in the USA.

Tiger Woods and real American athletes need to have their own organization that promotes the accomplishment of Americans. It should be called the "American Professional Golf Organization" and allow amateurs to be the foundation to provide a clear moral path for Olympians (click here). The organization will develop momentum and find financial backing.

The erosion of American values in favor of autocratic cruelty leading to adverse human suffering must stop.

The PGA is welcome to move it's headquarters to Tehran.

11 March 2022

Saudi blogger Raif Badawi (click here) - jailed and sentenced to 1,000 lashes for "insulting Islam online" - has been freed, his wife says.

In February 2015, (click here) the Saudi Arabian authorities publicly flogged blogger Raif Badawi, sentenced to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in prison for 'insulting Islam' and founding an online forum for political debate.

Due to be flogged 50 times every week, Raif’s lashes have so far been postponed on a weekly basis. For the first couple of weeks in January, the authorities cited medical advice given by doctors who examined Raif, who had found his wounds ‘hadn’t healed enough’ for him to be flogged again ‘safely’. Latterly, the Saudi Arabian authorities have refrained from flogging Raif, without giving a reason. He continues to be told on a weekly basis whether his 950 lashes will begin again that week.

Raif has made headlines around the world. But his case is just the tip of the iceberg for the Gulf Kingdom’s appalling human rights record....