Politics

Saudi Arabia and the United States are carrying out a “genocide” while the world turns a blind eye, unaware that Yemen is being invaded for its vast oil reserves.  Observers have been puzzled why oil-rich Saudi Arabia, backed by their allies the United States, have set their sights on impoverished Yemen – however all is not as it seems in the region. Saudi Arabian oil is drying up, and scientific research by international drilling companies show that Yemen’s unexploited oil reserves are greater than the combined reserves of all the oil-rich Gulf states.

South Africa is teetering on the brink of a race war after President Jacob Zuma called on parliament to pass a law allowing white-owned land to be “confiscated” by blacks without any form of compensation.  The president’s comments caused outrage among white landowners, with the chairman of a national group for Afrikaans speaking farmers warning the new law will be “a declaration of war.” “We are ready to fight back,” said Andries Breytenbach, the group’s chairman. “We need urgent mediation between us and the government.

Barbra Streisand promised to move to Australia if Donald Trump won the election, but she is still here and still blaming Trump for everything including her recent rapid weight gain. Streisand tweeted Saturday that President Trump is the cause of her shocking weight gain, explaining that after starting the day with a green juice she switches to pancakes doused in maple syrup after watching the morning news. Donald Trump is making me gain weight. I start the day with liquids, but after the morning news, I eat pancakes smothered in maple syrup!

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has been “pushing hard” to become President Trump’s envoy to the Middle East and has held “secret White House talks” with senior advisor Jared Kushner, according to the Mail on Sunday. Blair has previously called on British PM Theresa May to build a “strong relationship with President Trump“, like his own relationship as PM with President George W. Bush, but this news suggests he is taking matters into his own hands.

The rest of the world is “collapsing in laughter” at the Democratic Party’s attempt to blame “Russian hacking” for Hillary Clinton’s election loss, according to Noam Chomsky. Only the most naive liberal could possibly believe the DNC’s talking point at this stage, Chomsky argues, as almost four months have passed since the losing Clinton campaign first made the claim – and since then absolutely no evidence has been produced. “Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence,” as Carl Sagan said.