Nigeria

McCain mutiny, echo chamber and 'The Empire Files' shutdown + this day in history w/the death of Stevie Ray Vaughan and our song of the day by Atreyu on your Morning Monarchy for August 27, 2018.

When US President Donald Trump re-imposed sanctions on Iran last week, he warned that any company doing deals with the Iranians in dollars would also be subject to sanctions.
Several Russian companies are also under US sanctions, while Trump’s tweet last week doubling tariffs on imports of Turkish steel has caused Turkey’s currency to crash more than 20 percent against the US dollar.

The West likes to think of itself as a truly “peace-loving part of the world”. But is it? You hear it everywhere, from Europe to North America, then to Australia, and back to Europe: “Peace, peace, peace!”
It has become a cliché, a catchphrase, a recipe to get funding and sympathy and support. You say peace and you really cannot go wrong. It means that you are a compassionate and reasonable human being.

Faithful flocks, Santa Fe syncs and sadistic attacks + this day in history w/the Pottawatomie massacre and our song of the day by Chromatics on your Morning Monarchy for May 24, 2018.

By Paul Homewood | Not A Lot Of People Know That | April 1, 2018 Following up the Lake Chad post, this is a highly relevant contribution by science writer, Fred Pearce, in Yale 360 last October: The Hadejia-Nguru wetland was once a large green smudge on the edge of the Sahara in northeast Nigeria. […]

Matthew Green travels to Nigeria to meet the comedians whose sharp social commentary is helping hold leaders to account. After years of political turmoil, could satire reinvigorate a thirst for social change?
The post ‘If they’re laughing, they’re listening.’ Nigeria’s new satirists appeared first on Positive News.

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Nigerian President Buhari has made sustainable energy production – particularly nuclear energ – a central goal of his administration [Xinhua]
Russia and Nigeria, two of the world’s major emerging markets, have signed a nuclear research and cooperation agreement on Tuesday.
Russia’s Rosatom official nuclear corporation said that the agreement was signed on the sidelines of the International Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Power in the 21st Century, held in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
The conference is held under the auspices of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

From Ochelii.com

Earlier this year, the Sisters of St. Brigid invited me to speak at their Feile Bride celebration in Kildare, Ireland. The theme of the gathering was: “Allow the Voice of the Suffering to Speak.”