3/26/2019

enter heather?

 13 hours ago
I will miss but now we need to carryon the blazing diva torch as the new on in the next “Enter Alexis Carrington”
 
 


 Mar 25
Some of these names being tossed about are interesting, but honestly, if ANYONE is going to step into Nicolette Sheridan’s shoes to play Alexis, I can’t think of anyone better than the original Sammy Jo, Heather...
 
 



 Mar 24
Who should replace Nicolette Sheridan as Alexis in ?
 
 

 Mar 24
🤭 I was screaming when Adam shoved Alexis face into the fire! I hope Kim Cattrall, Eileen Davidson or Heather Locklear will play her now.
This family really needs to stay away from fire. starts NOW!
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  1.  Mar 23
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    Hire Heather Locklear as a replacement.
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  2.  Mar 23
    Poor Alexis. That isn't going to do her beautiful face any favours. I hope Nicolette Sheridan comes back. Heather Locklear or Pamela Anderson could play her following cosmetic surgery. I can't lose Alexis!
     
     
  3.  Mar 23
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    I love the nods to the original Dynasty, don't you ? I am much more impressed by Adam this time though - he always looked too old to be Joanie's son in that one. I think Heather Locklear would be a winning choice. Pamela Anderson is a little too young. I hope Alexis stays on.
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  4.  Mar 23
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    She will definitely have a new face. Heather Locklear would be an odd choice because she played the original Sammy-Jo. Or maybe that's genius?
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  5.  Mar 23
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    Do you think Alexis will have cosmetic surgery and return to Atlanta as Heather Locklear or Pamela Anderson now that Nicolette Sheridan has left ' ? which is a shame.
     
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  1.  Mar 1
    Heather Locklear should be the new Alexis.
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let's close with c.i.'s 'Iraq snapshot:'


Tuesday, March 26, 2019.  The tragedy of the ferry is far from the only problem facing northern Iraq (bridges, the dam issue, etc) and don't whine about 'disengagement' if you can't get honest about the fact that the US has no ambassador to Iraq currently.

Mohammed Jasim Awad.  A name that should be known wider than any of the puppets the US government has put in charge of Iraq.  Natash Ghoneim (AL JAZEERA) reports on him in the video below.



 Last week's tragedy with the ferry found the 24-year-old Mohammed volunteering to help with the rescue efforts and managed to retrieve eight bodies.  Moahmmed was one of the two volunteers who drowned.

 2 hours ago
What caused the Mosul ferry to capsize? KirkukNow reveals more about the Mosul disaster. Click on this link:
 
 


 2 hours ago
Chaos and confusion as Mosul struggles to come to terms with ferry disaster
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 2 hours ago
"The governor and all corrupt officials must be put on trial ... We are fed up of being mistreated and marginalized," said protester Isra Mohammed.
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Mosul had the ferry disaster last week.  For years, they've needed to address problems with the dam.  Actual leadership might have allowed that to be addressed.


 3 hours ago
German Government is prepared to provide Export Credit Finance for the rehabilitation of Dam . Delegates at the Iraqi-German Business Forum are told that a permanent solution to the dams problems has been found and waits to be implemented.
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There's a new problem emerging in the north.  RUDAW reports:

Flash flooding has further weakened a temporary bridge over the Little Zab River which separates federal Iraq from the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region, leading to fears it could collapse at any moment. 

The steel bridge was only recently built to replace the original structure destroyed in fighting between Iraqi forces and the Peshmerga in October 2017.

Damage caused by heavy freight traffic has been further exacerbated by the torrent of water passing under the bridge as flash flooding swells the Little Zab.

Heavy rains have caused serious damage to farms, homes, and infrastructure across the Kurdistan Region and Iraq.


 2 hours ago
Bridge linking Iraq to Kurdistan Region ‘may collapse at any mom via
 
 



That's far from the only bridge issue in Iraq these days.

  1.  Mar 25
continues to monitor the impacts of the heavy rains throughout . [: Daradoien bridge between Sulaymaniah – Kalar; photo via Rast Press: ;
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  •  Mar 25
    • : Heavy rains cause floods, close schools. Several neighborhoods have been affected by heavy rains in Mosul, and the DoE announced a day-off for schools. Bridge has been closed for vehicular usage. Reportedly, none of the camps have been affected
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  •  Mar 25
    • • Alnasr Bridge is closed. • Alhurriyya Bridge still closed. • Qanatir Bridge is still closed. • Suwais Bridge has just been closed. • Qayyarah Bridge has just been closed.
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    : All Kirkuk districts reported heavy rains since 23 March. No flooding/ damage have been reported so far. However, there is concern that a bridge in Hawiga may collapse any time. Civil defense forces are responding.
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    : Sulaymaniyah experienced heavy rains since 24 -25 March. No flooding or damages reported so far; camps have not been affected by the rain. district concerned that river could burst its bank any time. Civil defense forces are responding.
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  •  Mar 25
    • : the Governor announced alert re expected floods induced by the recent heavy downpours. In this connection, the Governor ordered evacuation of some villages to avoid civilian casualties.
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  •  Mar 25
    • : reportedly 20 families have been evacuated from Al-Hwaidi in Qurna District due to floods. Other areas in Basra affected by the floods include Al-Seeba and Al-Faw Districts, south of Basra. JCMC and Basra crisis cell are meeting today to evaluate the situation
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  •  Mar 25
    • : reportedly, the reopening of tributaries / feeders from Iran towards Shat al-Arab river have damaged soil dams in areas north of Basra close to Shat Al-Arab river, leading to inundation of vast agricultural area.
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    These issues go unaddressed because Iraq has a government led by thieves more concerned with how much money they can steal than how to help the Iraqi people.  The corruption is bred into the puppet system.

    Over at THE GUARDIAN, selling the Iraq War continues.  Yes, boys and girls, the bible of New Labour sold the Iraq War.  B-b-b-but the Downing Street Memoes!  They were never covered by THE GUARDIAN, to this day, they were never covered.  In England, New Labour supported the Iraq War and the Conservative Party did not which is why Rupert Murdoch's TIMES OF LONDON published The Downing Street Memo and not THE GUARDIAN.

    Alia Barhimi is a self-styled 'expert' and, at THE GUARDIAN, she offers what she thinks passes for 'expertise' today:

    It is unlikely Iraq will turn the page on its recent history of toxic sectarianism, as the leaders of notorious Shia security forces such as Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq and the Badr Organisation are now embedded in the parliamentary system. Baghdad is also pushed further towards the embrace of Iran by Trump’s disengagement from the region, as symbolised by President Rouhani’s tour of Iraq this month.

    Oh, look, another half-wit managed to insult Donald Trump.  She has no actual knowledge -- fools usually don't.

    Is Donald Trump disengaging from the region?  We're talking Iraq.

    Donald Trump nominated a US ambassador to Iraq back in November of last year (Matthew Tueller).  At the start of this month, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee finally held a hearing.  They have still not voted on the nomination.  The US has no ambassador in Iraq currently.

    B-b-but Douglas Silliman!

    He left.  Long ago.


     Jan 31
    My thoughts as I depart Baghdad.
    : "It has been my honor and privilege to serve as the American Ambassador to Iraq...I want all Iraqis to know that I see great potential for a truly democratic, sovereign, independent, and prosperous Iraq. Fi 'aman Allah" …
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    It's about to be April and there's still no US Ambassador to Iraq.

    Is that not clear enough for Alia?  That's not Donald Trump dragging feet or 'disengaging.'  That's the US Senate.  And this has been going on for months.

    Human filth like Alia Barhimi know they can whine about Trump to the equally uninformed.  She doesn't have to write anything original or of value or even factual.  And this is passed off as 'insight.'  She argues for continued war, that is all she ever argues for.  Human filth.

    There's far more honesty, insight and facts in Tim Black's column for SPIKED:

    So while Iraq was freed of its portion of the caliphate over a year ago, it remains under the control of a dysfunctional, corrupt state, its quasi-legitimacy derived as much from the extensive network of Shia patronage and ‘jobs for boys’ it provides, as from the painfully inconclusive elections it holds – elections, it is worth noting, in which few Iraqis now vote. It means the Iraqi state, hand in hand with its Iranian backers, benefits a section of Iraq’s Shia majority while disenfranchising the Sunni minority. So a state-linked, often state-employed, section of Iraqi society, with assorted militias protecting its interests, enjoys the benefits of Iraq’s still substantial oil revenues, while vast swathes of largely Sunni Iraq subsist amid a failing infrastructure.
    Even now, over 15 years since the US-led invasion devastated the nation, water and electricity supplies, especially in southern Iraq, can be intermittent. ISIS didn’t come from nowhere; it came from here, from a fractured post-Baathist, post-2003 Iraq. And there is every reason to think that the substantial, ethnically inflected grievances that gave it a foothold in local populations, can do so again.  



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    3/25/2019

    'dynasty' alexis goes bye-bye

    last week's 'dynasty'?

    not a lot to recap, honestly.  crystal and michael tricked jeff.  that covers about 1/3 of the show, that 1 sentence.

    adam showed up announcing he was adam.  fallon didn't believe him.  blake did.  alexis wanted him to go away.

    he took the dna test and he is adam.  we knew that already, we saw him as 'george' - the man drugging stephen.

    blake found out the truth about steven (he's in a mental institution) when he announced that he and adam were going to go meet steven.

    so last scene of the show.

    adam goes to the carriage house and confronts alexis.  he knows she doctored hank's dna test to make it look like hank was adam.  he knows she did it.  he knows that's why she wanted him gone.  he knows it and he has the proof.  but he is not perfect.  and he tells her about meeting steven.  he just wants to put it behind them.  he gives her his proof of what she's done.  and he tells her she can burn it.  she tosses it into the fire.  he walks up behind her.  he pushes her - face 1st - into the fire.

    so that's how they're writing off nicolette sheridan.


    let's close with c.i.'s 'Iraq snapshot:'


    Monday, March 25, 2019.  The Iraqi government tries to smooth over outrage following the ferry tragedy last week --  a tragedy that has now left at least 120 dead.



    Yesterday, ALJAZEERA noted:

    People are angry in Mosul.  Protesters are calling the Iraqi president and other government officials "thieves."  They say the government has failed to keep a check on the safety of ferries and how they are operated and they want justice for the victims.  




    This as the death toll for last week's tragedy has risen to 120.

    Friday's snapshot noted the fallout over the sinking of the ferry which led to protesters calling out Iraqi President Barham Salah to his face.  AFP explains, "Scores of protesters swarmed Iraq’s president and the governor on Friday, forcing them to leave the site of the accident. The crowd threw stones and shoes at the governor’s car, which sped off hitting two people, one of whom was taken to hospital. Dozens of students held a silent protest on Sunday on the campus of the university of Mosul, dressed in black to mourn the victims." Alissa J. Rubin and Falih Hassan (NEW YORK TIMES) report:

    In a rare show of deference to the anger of Mosul citizens over government abuses, the Iraqi Parliament on Sunday voted overwhelmingly to remove the province’s governor, citing accusations of corruption, self-dealing and negligence.
    Although Mosul citizens had pleaded with the central government to remove the governor for more than two years, it was only after a ferry disaster brought angry citizens into the street that senior political figures decided to act.


    They note that Nuafal Hammadi "had held the job since 2015."  They fail to note how the previous governor departed or that this was not the first government effort to remove Hammadi.

    December 28, 2017, KURDISTAN 24 reported:
    Following the no-confidence vote by the Nineveh Provincial Council against the governor, and the Iraqi Prime Minister’s decision to freeze his duties, a Kurd was appointed the acting governor.
    On November 1, the Nineveh Provincial Council in majority vote decided to sack the province’s governor, Nofal Hammadi over alleged corruption and damaging public property.
    However, Hammadi refused to step down and continues to function as the governor of Mosul. 

    And eleven months earilier, THE DAILY SABAH had reported:
    Governor of northern Iraqi province of Nineveh Nofal Hammadi was removed from office Wednesday by the provincial council.
    "Nineveh provincial council made a decision to remove the governor in absentia," a Nineveh councilman Hassan al-Sabawi said.
    The removal efforts have been going on for two years.  Yet some see the latest events as happening 'quickly.'  For example . . .
     1 hour ago
    A couple of updates on the aftermath of Mosul's ferry tragedy last week to follow; background is contained in the thread posted below.
    So that didn't take too long: PM Abd al-Mahdi petitions parliament to remove Ninawa Governor Nufal al-Akub from office for failure to carry out his duties competently & conscienciously. I'm pretty confident parliament will follow through. …
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    Didn't take too long?  
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    "Although Mosul citizens had pleaded with the central government to remove the [Ninevah] governor for more than two years, it was only after a ferry disaster brought angry citizens into the street that senior political figures decided to act."
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    Many would disagree with the assertion that it didn't take long.

    The previous governor was Atheel al-Nujaifi. For those who missed it, he was also removed from office. KURDISTAN 24 explained, "The Iraqi Parliament in May 2015 removed Nujaifi from his post as the Governor of Nineveh following the fall of Mosul and the province into the hands of the Islamic State (IS) in mid-2014."

    منذ اكثر من ٦٠ سنة يوجد في الموصل واجبات معروفة للمحافظ وهي رئاسة لجنة الفيضان وهذه اللجنة تضم مدير الري ومدير البلدية والقائمقام ومدير الشرطة والدفاع المدني .. وأنا استحدثت قسم خاص بالبنية التحتية وإدارة الكوارث وألحقته باللجنة .. ومع بداية موسم الربيع تراقب اللجنة كميات الماء الواردة إلى الموصل وتأثيرها على السداد وتراقب ايضا رفع المرافق السياحية في الغابات للمنشآت التي قد تعترض مجرى الماء او تؤثر على حياة المواطنين .. والمعتاد ان الجزيرة السياحية يتوقف العمل فيها قبل ان تصل كميات الماء ١٠٠٠ متر مكعب في الثانية .. ويوم امس كان الإطلاق ١٤٠٠ متر مكعب
    وفي الربيع يتذكر أهل الموصل انني كنت أقوم بجولات نهرية والبعض يتصورها ترفيهية ولكنه سياق سبقني اليه المحافظون قبل الاحتلال وهو تفقد مجرى النهر من داخله والاطلاع على الالتزام بتعليمات الفيضان .
    ولكن مع الأسف الإدارة الموجودة لا تعي أهمية التنسيق بين تلك الدوائر .. فمدير الري ليس لديه سلطة على البلدية ولا المرافق السياحية ومدير البلدية يحتاج حلقة الوصل مع الري ولايعرف ماهي استعدادات الدفاع المدني ..
    السبب الحقيقي هو عدم استيعاب ادارة المحافظة لاهمية سياقات العمل والخبرة المتراكمة بالإضافة إلى المكاتب الاقتصادية التي تمنح المستثمرين نفوذا يتجاوز طاقة صغار الموظفين .
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    In his post, al-Nujaifi explains that the Nineveh officials were supposed to work together -- governor, mayor, chair of the flood committee, etc. -- and that the island the ferry was supposed to go to should have been ruled off limits based on existing rules regarding the water level.

    If al-Nujaifi is correct, those are pretty important points and they are points that are not being conveyed in the reporting on the disaster.  The points go to the government failures which are far more responsible for the events than the media is allowing as it instead presents the ferry owners as the ones solely responsible.

    While the death toll has now risen to 120, there are said to be over fifty passengers still unaccounted for.




    Rubin and Hassan also report on an attitude towards those protesting.


     26 minutes ago
    “We must end all these signs of anger,” one of the new leaders of Nineveh Province said, referring to the demonstrations, protest tents and marches set up in Mosul after a ferry disaster killed at least 97 people.
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    Rubin and Hassan note:
    One of General al-Jabouri’s leadership partners, Mr. al-Khayat, conveyed a tough message to the provincial government’s department heads: Cut out the corruption, focus on citizens’ needs, show up at your jobs and report back every day.
    “The citizens want to see you on the ground,” he said, adding, “The city is on edge and the situation is tense, and everyone needs to be available to provide services. The bridges need to be fixed, the electricity delivery needs to be increased.”


    Mosul and Basra have both been home to protests against the government and its failure to provide for the needs of the Iraqi people.




    See all of my kindness
    Is taken for weakness
    Now I'm FourFiveSeconds from wildin'
    And we got three more days 'til Friday
    I'm tryna make it back home by Monday mornin'
    I swear I wish somebody would tell me
    Ooh, that's all I want



    MOSUL EYE reports:

     In the afternoon of Thursday March 21, a cable ferry with a capacity of fifty and apparently made from a portion of an out-of-service military floating bridge was packed with 287 people, mostly children and their mothers intending to cross the Tigris River to the small island. The U.S. military gave equipment to the Iraqi security forces like floating bridges, which are usually fastened in a chain. On this day, the ferry was supposed to have been guided by cables on each side for what should have been a quick three-minute trip across the river.
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    The currents were especially heavy as the gates to the Mosul Dam had been opened just days before the incident, sending torrents of water downstream and causing a higher than normal water level. The Mosul Dam Administration had informed Tourist Island’s operator that opening the gates could cause parts of the island to be submerged, and that it should be closed during this period. Apparently, his instruction was not heeded.
    Most of the women and children aboard the capsized ferry couldn’t swim. Images painful to watch show them bouncing up and down as they tried to keep their heads above the water. The River Police that patrol the Tigris River do not usually travel with emergency evacuation and recovery equipment. The Fire Department arrived on the scene with limited ability to help, as their officers are not trained in water search and rescue operations, also couldn’t swim, and were without life vests or rafts. Further, the Iraqi military helicopter that was sent could not deploy its people on a rescue mission, as its propulsion further stirred the currents and only moved the drowning bodies, especially the small children, faster downstream. Instead, local fishermen who had boats on the river and knew the area’s intricacies, acted fast and rescued many people who were brought to nearby hospitals with various injuries. Around fifty persons were rescued this way. When they arrived, children were covered with blankets rather than being treated immediately, resulting in more deaths. The progressive deterioration of Iraq’s health system has been well documented, and hospitals are chronically short of supplies, medication, equipment, and qualified medical staff, especially in paediatric care. At least 100 people are confirmed dead, with many more missing and likely never to be found. 


    Gilgamesh Nabeel (AL-MONITOR) observes:

     While some accused the ferry operator of ignoring the authorities' warning of the rising water levels as the Mosul Dam gates had been opened, many others came out to protest against the corruption in the city.
    "It was a turning point that awakened Ninevah's young people to cross the fear barriers," said Akram, "We expressed our discontent with the governor, called him a corrupt and asked him to leave without hesitation."

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    Akoub had gone to the scene of the disaster, accompanied by Iraqi President Barham Salih, in a convoy of vehicles, but was blocked by the angry victims' relatives. Akoub was reported to have run over two people with his car while he was trying to flee from stones thrown at him by protesters. Two people were injured.
    "It was a peaceful protest. We called it to bring the touristic area's administrators to justice," said Mahmoud Jum'a, a university student from Mosul, "The governor arrived smiling and smoking a cigar. This provoked the people who approached his car. He drove it and started threatening us before he ran over two young men. He continued to run over them. It is equivalent to [an attempt of] intentional murder."
    These violent scenes bring to mind the protests in Basra and raised concerns of a backlash that could destabilize Mosul, a city still in ruins after a nine-month battle to liberate it from the Islamic State. 

     
    Bahram Salih was not well received in Mosul on Friday.  He was seen as part of the problem and part of the corruption -- part of a system that does not serve the people and does not hold crooks accountable.  As if to prove those accusations accurate, he posed for the following.



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    Salih Receives al-Maliki and Discuss the Latest Political and Security Developments
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    Bahram recieves former prime minister and forever thug Nouri al-Maliki.  Why is he 'received'?  He should be in prison.  He's corrupt, he's stolen millions from the Iraqi people, he is the reason ISIS rose in Iraq.  He was prime minister when Mosul was seized by ISIS.  Any part of that should be enough to warrant his political shunning.  But there's Bahram playing footsie with Nouri.


     32 minutes ago
    The sinking of the streets of the city of Mosul, north of Iraq with rainwater, reflects the reality of the poor services in the city.
     
     



    The tragedy with the ferry is a result of corruption and the people have every right to demand changes.

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