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I'd hoped to get this post up immediately after the one from Wednesday

WSJ

Going long. Again.........In the post:  After Pakistan’s Soft Coup- Imran Khan’s Dangerous Victory The little list highlighting Pakistan's geopolitical importance was included. By no means extensive, but, hopefully enough to understand the great game is at play in Pakistan.

 Times of India

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Chuck Ochelli and I discuss one of our favorite TV shows, the sci-fi spy thriller Counterpart. We discuss several of the show’s themes including, alternate realities, the human cost of spying, fate, and much more. This is quite a long episode that just barley scratches the surface of the complexities of this show.

NEW YORK — The Group of 77, a bloc of developing nations at the UN, has chosen Palestine’s delegation as its chair for 2019, a move that will likely be seen as a diplomatic win for Palestine and a loss for Israel and the U.S.

BBC

Israel says it has shot down a Syrian warplane which entered its airspace - a rare incident between the two foes.

Syria say's it was Syrian airspace.  According to the Israeli reports it definitely was over Syrian airspace. Israeli occupied Golan

I'm going long. Been working on this post for a couple of hours this morning.Commit to reading it all before commenting. That would be appreciated a great deal.The Toronto Shooting sure takes the heat off of the Trudeau government's support for terrorists and terrorism.

Yup, I watched and took notes.Trump was, surprisingly, diplomatic. Well spoken. Not verbose or brash.Putin, via a translator, was his usual self. Which means he spoke much as he does, every time I’ve watched/listened to him speak previously- Putin and Trump were both pragmatic. Putin spoke of first steps. Fine tuning dialogue.Apparently the START treaty was discussed. IMF.

 Quite the northern locale strike into Syrian territory for Israel- But what else can be expected of Israel? Other then brazen war making activity?And surely the US was completely aware and on board with this attack, right before the Helsinki summit. I've no doubt of that!

• Helsinki Dog & Pony Show: Putin/Trump Summit

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