Podcasts about Besa

El FC Barcelona inicia por fin la gira asiática, analizamos el deporte con El Sanedrín Ilustado con Besa y Jabois y por útlimo, repasamos un nuevo oro de la sincronizada española en los Mundiales de Natación.

Aquest 24 de juliol ha fet 25 anys que el capità del Barça, Luis Figo, es va posar la samarreta del Reial Madrid. Aquell episodi va disparar la rivalitat entre els dos clubs, provocant imatges de violència contra el jugador blanc. Els mitjans de comunicació van alimentar aquesta polèmica, segons Joan Maria Pou i Ramon Besa.

Ramón Besa se pasa por 'El larguero, para hablar sobre el fichaje de Marcus Rashford por el FC Barcelona

'El Sanedrín Ilustrado' formado por Ramon Besa y Manuel Jabois analiza como cada viernes la actualidad deportiva de la semana

In this special bonus episode, we're joined by Chief Economist Besa Deda, recorded just one day after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) announced its July decision to hold the cash rate steady.With impeccable timing, this conversation covers the big-picture economic trends shaping Australia's future, from rising risks to emerging opportunities across 2025 and 2026. Besa shares her views on interest rates, the role of the RBA and reflects on the key drivers of the Australian economy over the past two years.We also hear about Besa's new role at William Buck, where she has become the first Chief Economist appointed by an Australian mid-tier accounting and advisory firm, marking an important milestone in the evolution of economic advisory services.Besa is one of Australia's most respected economists, known for making complex economic issues both engaging and understandable. She brings over 20 years of experience across financial services, including senior roles at the Westpac Group, St.George Bank and Commonwealth Bank. In 2008, she made history as the first female Chief Economist at an Australian bank. Besa is also Chair of Australian Business Economists and a member of the ANU RBA Shadow Board.Tune in for this timely conversation, a must-listen for business leaders, investors and anyone wanting to better understand where the Australian economy may be headed.EPISODE LINKS Besa DedaWilliam BuckWe'd love your feedback, send us a message today.LET'S CONNECT SubscribeInstagram Website LinkedIn Email > podcast@charterkc.com.au This podcast is for educational purposes only and should not be considered investment or financial advice. This podcast is not intended to replace or supplement professional investment, financial or legal advice. Please seek professional advice based upon your personal circumstances. The views expressed by our podcast guests may not represent those of Charter Keck Cramer. This podcast may not be copied, reproduced, republished or posted in whole or in part without the prior written consent of Charter Keck Cramer.

'El Sanedrín Ilustrado' analiza, como cada viernes, toda la actualidad deportiva de la semana con Ramón Besa y Manuel Jabois.

Ramón Besa y Manuel Jabois protagonizan la última media hora de 'El Larguero' con sus análisis del Real Madrid y el FC Barcelona. Por último, las claves del GP de Alemania de MotoGP, con Mela Chércoles.

Roberto Torres, Iñigo Markinez y Borja Cuadrado analizan la séptima victoria del Tour de Francia, en donde Pogacar se convierte en nuevo líder. Además, última hora del Real Madrid con Javi Herráez y del Barça con Adrià Soldevila. Por último, inicio de 'El Sanedrín Ilustrado', con Ramón Besa y Manuel Jabois, cuando se cumplen quince años del Mundial conseguido por la Selección en 2010.

Athenea del Castillo celebra en la SER la clasificación de España a cuartos de final como primera de grupo tras derrotar a Italia por 1-3. Laia Codina, Jacobo Buceta, Sonia Lus y Fermín Suárez lo analizan. Además, Corretja, Benito y Tornadijo señalan todas las claves del Alcaraz-Sinner de la final de Wimbledon. Lo mejor de la etapa del Tour de Francia y 'El Sanedrín Ilustrado', con Ramón Besa y Manuel Jabois.

Conocemos los nombres propios del mercado: desde Joan García hasta Nico Williams en clave Barça, así como las salidas del fútbol español. El partido de cuartos de la seleccion española sub-21 contra Inglaterra y mucho más con Ramon Besa y Manuel Jabois en El Sanedrín Ilustrado.

Conocemos los nombres propios del mercado: desde Joan García hasta Nico Williams en clave Barça, así como las salidas del fútbol español. El partido de cuartos de la seleccion española sub-21 contra Inglaterra y mucho más con Ramon Besa y Manuel Jabois en El Sanedrín Ilustrado.

In this episode of GREAT POWER PODCAST, host Ilan Berman speaks with Israeli Brigadier General (ret.) Eran Ortal regarding Israel's long-running “shadow war” with Iran, its current campaign to eliminate the Islamic Republic's nuclear program, and what it might mean for the region - and for Great Power Competition. BIO:Brigadier General Eran Ortal is a visiting scholar at the American Foreign Policy Council. He is the former commander of The Dado Center for Interdisciplinary Military Studies of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). He is also the founder of the Dado Center journal, a publication focused on operational art and military transformation. His first book, The Battle Before the War, was published in Hebrew in 2022. His second book, Renewal, which tracks the run-up to Israel's 2023-2025 war and the way ahead, will be published later this year. Ortal is also a senior fellow with the BESA center at Bar-Ilan university in Israel, and a special consultant for the Israeli Ministry of Defense and the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces.

Beautiful women are often underestimated.Miss Universe contestant Angela Martini's outer life may “appear” effortlessly perfect, but few would guess the sacrifices she's endured and the battles she's fought—not only for herself, but for the freedom of the man she loved, now her husband. Wisely escaping a potential kidnapping as a child, to ‘dreaming' her way into a purposeful life, and refusing to see herself as a victim—Angela's story is one of triumph over adversity.Also in this interview, she also shares the touching and powerful concept of “BESA”— a key tenet of her heritage. Angela's journey from Albania to the global stage is not just about her modeling career but also about her resilience and refusal to be a victim of circumstance. Her memoir – Love. Hope. Light. (Simon & Schuster)– delves into the struggles she faced in her rise to fame and the transformative lessons she's learned, particularly about love and spirituality. How her modeling career inspired a journey of personal growth. The lessons she's learned about self-love and spirituality Life's intentional intersections and ‘accidental meetings.' Her husband's story, their fight for justice, and how it's reshaped their lives. Love-Hope-Light Angela-Martini IG and TikTok: @Angela_Martini Work with Me: Consultation: Books: Breakup Triage; The Cure for Heartache Audible Allowing Magnificence; Living the Expanded Version of Your Life - Book and Audiobook: Connect with Me! Website: susanwinter.net YouTube: YouTube Channel Instagram: Instagram Profile Twitter: Twitter Profile Facebook: Facebook Page LinkedIn: LinkedIn Profile TikTok: TikTok Profile

El Tottenham celebra su primer título europeo en 41 años tras superar al United en San Mamés y charlamos con Ramón Besa sobre la renovación de Hansi Flick, que se ha confirmado este mismo miércoles. 

El Tottenham celebra su primer título europeo en 41 años tras superar al United en San Mamés y charlamos con Ramón Besa sobre la renovación de Hansi Flick, que se ha confirmado este mismo miércoles. 

Hansi Flick, hasta 2027. El FC Barcelona ha hecho oficial esta tarde que el técnico alemán estará al frente del equipo durante una temporada más, ampliando así el contrato que ya tenía hasta 2026. Flick, que ha sido el artífice de un Barça que ha ganado sus cuatro Clásicos y que se ha hecho con LaLiga, Copa y Supercopa, seguirá ilusionando al barcelonismo mientras lidera a una generación de joven talento cargada de nombres propios: Lamine, Pedri, Balde, Fermín... En 'El Larguero', charlamos con el periodista de El País Ramón Besa para analizar que ha significado para el club culé este exitoso año de Flick.

Hansi Flick, hasta 2027. El FC Barcelona ha hecho oficial esta tarde que el técnico alemán estará al frente del equipo durante una temporada más, ampliando así el contrato que ya tenía hasta 2026. Flick, que ha sido el artífice de un Barça que ha ganado sus cuatro Clásicos y que se ha hecho con LaLiga, Copa y Supercopa, seguirá ilusionando al barcelonismo mientras lidera a una generación de joven talento cargada de nombres propios: Lamine, Pedri, Balde, Fermín... En 'El Larguero', charlamos con el periodista de El País Ramón Besa para analizar que ha significado para el club culé este exitoso año de Flick.

Radikalizmi islamik në Kosovë nuk ishte organik. Ai nuk u rrit nga brenda, sepse identiteti kombëtar ka qenë i pakontestueshëm, pavarësisht religjioneve apo ndikimeve të ndryshme. Radikalizmi u ushqye nga jashtë – nga elemente të huaja që vepruan kundër interesit kosovar.Politika përdor shpesh tema të ndjeshme kombëtare si teknikë manipulimi për të ndikuar opinionin publik dhe për të arritur pushtet. Kjo përzierje mes patriotizmit dhe nacionalizmit krijon mjegull në perceptimin shoqëror, duke e bërë më të vështirë ndarjen mes interesit të përgjithshëm dhe ambicieve politike.Një nga sfidat më serioze për demokracinë në Kosovë është vetëkënaqësia – një ndjenjë e rreme rehatie që i mban qytetarët larg realitetit. Kjo gjendje e bën të paqartë kufirin mes të vërtetës dhe propagandës, mes fakteve dhe opinioneve, duke lehtësuar manipulimin.Lufta hibride zhvillohet duke shfrytëzuar polarizimet e brendshme dhe pasiguritë shoqërore. Aktorët e huaj e përdorin këtë klimë për të minuar shtetësinë e Kosovës, duke e diskredituar atë përmes dezinformimit dhe instrumentalizimit të brishtësisë së institucioneve.Për Rusinë, kjo situatë përbën terren të përshtatshëm për zhvillimin e luftës hibride – me kosto të ulët por ndikim të lartë. Ajo nuk ka nevojë të krijojë kriza të reja, mjafton t'i shfrytëzojë ato që ekzistojnë për të arritur objektivat e saj.Stabiliteti shoqëror dhe shtetëror varet nga tre komponentë të ndërlidhur: siguria njerëzore, besimi në institucione dhe kufizimi i ndikimit të jashtëm. Dështimi në cilindo prej tyre krijon hapësirë për radikalizim dhe manipulim të opinionit publik.Dëgjojeni episodin e pestë të podkastit “Përtej Ekstremizmit” me Besa Kabashi-Ramaj në kanalin tonë në Youtube apo Spotify.Ky podkast realizohet me mbështetjen e Ambasadës së Mbretërisë së Holandës në Kosovë.Moderator: Kreshnik GashiSigla: Atdhe Hoda#PërtejEkstremizmit #Ekstremizmi #RadikalizmiIslamik #Podcast

'El Sanedrín Ilustrado' analiza la actualidad después del título de Liga con el Barça, escuchamos a los protagonistas de Real Oviedo y Cultural Leonesa en su lucha por ascender a Primera División y a Segunda División. 

'El Sanedrín Ilustrado' analiza la actualidad después del título de Liga con el Barça, escuchamos a los protagonistas de Real Oviedo y Cultural Leonesa en su lucha por ascender a Primera División y a Segunda División. 

Preparamos las previas de todos los partidos de mañana, con la visita del Barça al ya descendido Valladolid, la del Atlético a un siempre complicado Alavés y el resto de encuentros. Además, charlamos con Besa y Jabois sobre toda la actualidad futbolística de la semana en el Sanedrín Ilustrado. 

Preparamos las previas de todos los partidos de mañana, con la visita del Barça al ya descendido Valladolid, la del Atlético a un siempre complicado Alavés y el resto de encuentros. Además, charlamos con Besa y Jabois sobre toda la actualidad futbolística de la semana en el Sanedrín Ilustrado. 

"Lamine Yamal es un regalo para la industria del entretenimiento en la que se ha convertido el fútbol". Así explica Ramón Besa, periodista de 'El País' especializado en el FC Barcelona, la irrupción del '19' del Barça en un fútbol en el que algunos echaban de menos el show, las filigranas y el regate puro. El joven talento de Rocafonda deslumbró al mundo entero con su exhibición ante el Inter y recibió los elogios de grandes personalidades por su juego en los peores momentos del Barça, todo a sus 17 años.

"Lamine Yamal es un regalo para la industria del entretenimiento en la que se ha convertido el fútbol". Así explica Ramón Besa, periodista de 'El País' especializado en el FC Barcelona, la irrupción del '19' del Barça en un fútbol en el que algunos echaban de menos el show, las filigranas y el regate puro. El joven talento de Rocafonda deslumbró al mundo entero con su exhibición ante el Inter y recibió los elogios de grandes personalidades por su juego en los peores momentos del Barça, todo a sus 17 años.

In this episode of the Your Next Mission® videopodcast, SMA Tilley sits down with Besa Pinchotti, Chief Executive Officer of the National Military Family Association (NMFA). They discuss various challenges that Military Families encounter and outline the initiatives NMFA isundertaking to support these families.

La previa del Clásico de Copa del Rey de Ramón Besa y Manuel Jabois

La previa del Clásico de Copa del Rey de Ramón Besa y Manuel Jabois

New York City's Arrival Center, located inside The Roosevelt Hotel in the heart of Midtown Manhattan, emerged as the new Ellis Island and a critical resource for asylum seekers from around the world. In this episode, host Dr. Michael Shen is joined by Shane Hanlon and Besa Rexha, Program Director and Deputy Director of the Arrival Center, to discuss the trauma faced by newly arriving asylum seekers, the medical services provided, and the vital role of NYC Health + Hospitals in their journey. Shane and Besa share stories of harrowing journeys, explain the need for medical and mental health screenings, and highlight how the center's efforts have changed lives. Tune in to learn about this important work that's helped thousands of families build a healthier future in New York City and beyond.Follow UsTwitter @NYCHealthSystemFacebook @NYCHealthSystemInstagram @NYCHealthSystemLinkedIn @NYC Health + Hospitals YouTube @NYCHealthSystem Related Links:NYC Health + Hospitals Celebrates One Year Anniversary of Arrival CenterBlueprint to Address the City's Response to the Asylum Seeker CrisisPresented by NYC Health + Hospitalswww.NYCHealthAndHospitals.org

Repasamos la victoria del Barça sobre el Borussia Dortmund para ponerse de cara los cuartos de final de la Champions League. Además, analizamos el día después de la derrota del Real Madrid, charlamos con Ramón Besa y Manuel Jabois y preparamos las previas de Athletic Club y Betis en Europa. 

Repasamos la victoria del Barça sobre el Borussia Dortmund para ponerse de cara los cuartos de final de la Champions League. Además, analizamos el día después de la derrota del Real Madrid, charlamos con Ramón Besa y Manuel Jabois y preparamos las previas de Athletic Club y Betis en Europa. 

Ramon Besa pone palabras al baile futbolístico del FC Barcelona y nos preguntamos si es posible o no la posible remontada del Real Madrid contra el Arsenal. Además conocemos la última hora en el club blanco tras el duro golpe de Champions.

Ramon Besa pone palabras al baile futbolístico del FC Barcelona y nos preguntamos si es posible o no la posible remontada del Real Madrid contra el Arsenal. Además conocemos la última hora en el club blanco tras el duro golpe de Champions.

Aunque China habla de «intimidación y chantaje» por parte de EEUU y ha anunciado estar dispuesta a sostener el pulso incluso con

"El Barça es consciente de que para trascender tiene que ser considerado un buen equipo en Europa". Así argumenta Ramón Besa la catarsis que ha vivido el FC Barcelona en Champions esta noche ante el Borussia Dortmund. No ha sido una simple goleada a uno de los finalistas de la pasada edición: ha sido un golpe en la mesa que demuestra que el Barça quiere volver a aspirar a todo en la máxima competición europea. 

"El Barça es consciente de que para trascender tiene que ser considerado un buen equipo en Europa". Así argumenta Ramón Besa la catarsis que ha vivido el FC Barcelona en Champions esta noche ante el Borussia Dortmund. No ha sido una simple goleada a uno de los finalistas de la pasada edición: ha sido un golpe en la mesa que demuestra que el Barça quiere volver a aspirar a todo en la máxima competición europea. 

Rescue and patchwork relationship.B Book 3 in 18 parts, y FinalStand. Listen to the ► Podcast at Explicit Novels.Loving your enemy is easy, you know precisely where both of you stand(Right where we left off)The closest Marine had been waiting for me to finish my bonding moment with Menner before speaking. He walked and talked like an officer."You are certainly Mr. Cáel Nyilas," he nodded. "I'm Lt. Robeson, United States Marine Corps. I would like to take you and your party home. What is the situation?""Lieutenant, this young lady is Aya Ruger. She was kidnapped along-side me and managed to kill over twenty of our enemies, so be careful around her." I was deadly serious about what I said. Aya should get proper credit for all the people she sedated then drowned. Dead was dead, even if it was accidental."These two," I pointed to Zhen and Mu, "are Lúsìla ninda and Amar, Taiwanese nationals suffering some shock from the abrupt crash landing of the aircraft. They don't seem to know why they were kidnapped, but they were instrumental in aiding Aya and me making it to shore during the typhoon.""If you say so, Sir," he nodded. He did believe me, yet a soldier was taught to be skeptical of anything a civilian told him about a military situation. "The bodies?""Those are the corpses we found after the storm. I decided we should attempt to place them in your custody so you can figure out who they are," I suggested."Sir, I don't think we can let civilians keep their weapons aboard the flight," the Marine Lt. stated since I had both a pistol and submachine gun, Aya had her pistol and Zhen had her and Mu's blades. A Marine NCO sent a party to gather the dead."Marine, I am Cáel Nyilas, Irish diplomat, freebooter and Champion of the worst possible causes," I began my spiel."You probably have some orders concerning bringing me in alive. I am not so constrained and am more than willing to steal this aircraft and fly back to Hawaii without you. My team keeps their weapons, or you give me your best shot, right now," I met his gaze. He mulled over his options. Two Romanians and two Marines were starting to load the ad hoc body bags aboard the C-37B."Normally I don't take that kind of crap from a civilian and I don't want you to think I'm making an exception because of your Security Clearance. I'll let your people keep your weapons, but if something goes wrong, I'm shooting you first," he assured me."Done deal," I offered my hand and he shook it."Oh and Happy Tibetan Independence Day," he congratulated me."What?" I gasped. Rescue and patchwork relationships{6 pm, Sunday, August 17th ~ 22 Days to go}{11 pm Sunday, Aug. 17th (Havenstone Time)}{And just this once, 11am Monday, Aug. 18th Beijing Time}"Oh and Happy Tibetan Independence Day;, nice work.," the Marine congratulated me."What?""How is that possible?" muttered Mu."Yippee!! No more burning monks," Aya fist-pumped. Personally, I think she did that for the enjoyment of our guardians and to piss off Zhen and Mu just a tiny bit more.(Mandarin) "Brother," Zhen studied her brother's pained expression. "What has gone wrong?"(Mandarin) "The province of Tibet apparently has broken away," he groused. In English, to the Marine Lieutenant he repeated, "How is this possible?""I take it you didn't know Peace Talks had broken out?" he grinned. I doubted the Lt. bought my 'these are my two Taiwanese cobelligerents' story, but belief was above his pay grade, so he didn't give a shit."Yes," Mu mumbled, "we knew of the proposed cease-fire.""Yes, you mean both sides actually honored it?" I added. I really had been out things for a while."Nearly two days ago, noon, Peking Time, the People's Republic of China and the Khanate put a six month cease-fire into effect which has remained intact for forty-one," he looked at his watch, "forty-one and a half hours." He was being a cock to the petulant Mu. No one called Beijing 'Peking' anymore. I had even ordered Beijing Duck on several menus. Peking was the height of Western Imperialist thinking, or so it looked to Mu.(Mandarin) "He is yanking your chain, Mu," I explained. "You are looking pissed off at being rescued, which isn't doing my alibi for you much good.""My apology," Mu nodded to the lieutenant. "Is there any news from the Republic of China? Are they free as well?" That was nice of Mu to call Taiwan by its pet name, the ROC."Not yet," he patted Mu's unwounded leg, "but with the utter shellacking the Khanate put on the People's Navy (really the People's Liberation Army Navy, but the Marine was getting his shots in) it is only a matter of time."I had been translating in a low voice to the V nători de munte in order for them to keep up with the conversation. They all started laughing. The Marines joined in. There was a huge joke here that we had missed out on while stranded.(Romanian) "So, ask them if they know where their aircraft carrier is," Menner chuckled. Most Romanians had grown up knowing of only one China.Me: (Romanian) "What!"A Naval Corpsman who didn't know Romanian, but knew 'aircraft carrier' just fine jumped in: "Oh yeah, the missing Chinese Aircraft carrier," she chortled.Mu: "What!"I'd only been gone two and a half days. What the hell had been going on?(What had transpired in my absence and the subsequent consequences)(Notes:P R C = People's Republic of China; PLA = People's Liberation Army;P L A N = People's Liberation Army Navy;P L A A F = People's Liberation Army Air Force;R O C = the Republic of China {aka Taiwan, aka Chinese Taipei, aka the "other China"};The First Unification War {aka what the Khanate did to China in 2014};Truce lasts from August 16th 2014 until February 15th, 2015 = 183 days)There are several classic blunders grownups should know to avoid: never fight a land war in Asia, never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line, and, if you are going to cross a master thief, first make sure you have nothing of value. For the land war in Asia, check with my partner, the Khanate. Substituting Black Hand for Sicilian ~ check with Ajax, use an Ouija board. So far, destiny was batting .500.The last blunder I created entirely on my own, but I felt it was the true and right response for the circumstances. So witness the Six Families of the Ninja and the greatest theft in all of recorded history.In the closing hours of the First Unification War, as in many wars, some serious theft was going on; mainly it was the People's Republic getting fleeced.The most obvious and immediate blows came in the Spratlys and Parcel Islands where Khanate forces (actually, elements from all the JIKIT players) seized the key island in the Parcel chain, Woody Island, and secured the P L A N base the Chinese had created there, including the 2,700 meter runway built there in the 1990's. The 1,443 Chinese civilians and 600 military inhabitants in the area were incidental complications and the survivors were about to be 'repatriated' to the mainland anyway; the Khanate didn't want them hanging around as they prepared for the inevitable end of the six-month truce.Yes, the Khanate had stolen the most important island airfield ~ an unsinkable carrier really ~ in the South China Sea. It was also the northern end of the potential People's Republic of China's stranglehold on the east-west sea lanes between East Asia and the rest of the World, i.e., roughly 25% of all global trade.The southern end? That would be the Spratlys. There are few 'real' islands in that 'island group' and only two worth having: the artificial one the P L A N was building and the one the ROC has a 1200 meter airfield on. That artificial island and every other PRC/P L A N outpost in the region was also stolen by the Khanate between 4 a.m. and noon of that final day of active conflict.Every geological feature that had been the basis for the PRC's claims to all of the South China Sea was now in Khanate hands. Considering how much the P L A N had bullied everyone else in that portion of the globe, the Khanate taking over their geopolitical position was incredibly awkward. It was going to get worse.Technically, the Khanate hadn't stolen the P L A N 'South Sea Fleet' (SSF); they'd blown the fuck out of it, including sinking the sole fully-functioning P L A N carrier Liaoning as well as five of the nine destroyers and six of the nineteen frigates in her battle group. The Liaoning and one destroyer had died in those last few hours as the SSF was racing for the relative safety of Philippine waters ~ so close, but no cigar.So the Khanate had stolen the ability of the P L A N to project power in the South China Sea until February 15th, 2015 when the U N brokered truce ended. But that was not the epic theft, though. That distinction went to the Ninja. What did they steal? A semi-functional Chinese nuclear powered super-aircraft carrier still under construction.The beast had no official name yet, but she was a 75,000 ton engine of Global Domination laid down in 2011 and clearly complete enough to float and to be steered under her own power. (To be on the safe side, the Ninja included stealing four tugboats to help in their getaway.) So, you may be asking yourself, how does one 'steal' a nuclear-powered, 1000 foot long, 275 foot wide and ten-story tall vessel?For starters, you need a plan to get on board the sucker. We had begun with the Black Lotus. They wanted to sneak onboard, exit the dockyard the ship was being built in, then sink it off the coast so it couldn't be easily salvaged. That was plan A.Enter the Khanate and their plans; they too wanted to sink this vessel, and destroy the dry docks while they were at it. That was plan B. Actually, the Khanate desire was to contaminate that whole section of the port city with fallout from shattered reactors. They knew they would have to apply overkill when they smashed that bitch of a ship because the PLAN had hurriedly put on board its defensive weaponry ~ ensuring that the Khanate couldn't easily destroy it. For their approach, Temujin's people wanted the Black Lotus' help with the on-the-ground intelligence work. But the Black Lotus didn't want to help anyone irradiate Chinese soil.Enter JIKIT as referee. All those islands the 'Khanate' was busy stealing were actually part of a larger JIKIT mission called Operation Prism. Another object that was a part of the overall plan was Operation Wo Fat, the sinking of the Liaoning ~ again GPS direction and distance to be courtesy of the Black Lotus.JIKIT absolutely needed the Black Lotus. The Black Lotus wouldn't help anyone planning on poisoning any part of China for the next thousand years. Sinking the unnamed and incomplete vessel off the coast in deep waters meant no nuclear leakage and plenty of post-war time to salvage the wreck before it did start to hemorrhage. The Khanate wanted to kill this potential strategic nightmare no matter what it cost the Chinese ecology.JIKIT went to the Ninja to help them adjudicate the issue. All the lights flared brightly in Ninja-Town when they heard of that delicate dilemma. They could make everybody happy and send a clear message to the Seven Pillars expressing how unhappy the six surviving families were about the 7P's trying to annihilate them when all of this 'unpleasantness' began.The Khanate was already going to blast the shipyards and docks, the Black Lotus was already going to sail the ship into deep waters, so why not take it one step further, sail the ship into Japanese waters and declare it Khanate property as a colossal Fuck You! to the PRC, PLAN and specifically the Seven Pillars, all at the same time?Now normally, you can't steal a ship that big. The owners will notice it is missing and come looking for it. And you can't sell or hide the damn thing. So, you steal it at the tail end of a war before the players can capture, or sink it. It just so happened the Ninja had access to a war and such a time table.The next problem: where do you put it? The Khanate's closest safe haven was 8,000 km away at the Eastern Mediterranean Seaport of Izmir.But wait!The Khanate was about to steal an island airbase with its own (albeit small) harbor. The Khanate was confident that a few weeks after the truce, an alternate port, or two, would become available for the two-to-three year process it would require to prepare the vessel so it could be commissioned as the true warship it was meant to be.So, how do you steal a well-guarded, humongous ship with its skeleton crew of 500? You need a distraction ~ a big one. Remember those Khanate airstrikes? They intended to destroy the dockyards anyway. Now all they had to do was 'miss' the carrier.They could do that. If you recall, to dissuade the Khanate from sinking the ship in the final days of the war, the PLAN had hastily put teeth on the thing by giving it all its pre-designed defensive weaponry and added jury-rigged radar and sonar systems. The carrier could defend itself if needed. With the new plan (C), the airstrikes could avoid those teeth, thus reducing the risk of losing their precious planes and pilots.A series of bombing runs and missile hits near the carrier would convince the PLAN admiral in charge to hurriedly put some distance between the ship and shore, Not out to sea. That would be stupid. Within the harbor, his weaponry could adequately defend his ship. And if she took serious damage, he could run her aground, so the vessel wouldn't really sink.The only problem was that out in the harbor, with everything exploding, he was away from the only ground security support available. That was when the Amazons, Black Lotus, Ninja and JIKIT mercenaries would make their move. How could they sneak up on such a big, important ship? By using the submarines the US Navy, the British Royal Navy and Japanese Defense Force were providing, of course.Note: As I stated earlier, Lady Fathom, Addison and Riki had wandered way off the reservation . By this time, if you were a Japanese, British, or American submarine commander in the Yellow Sea and you weren't part of this madness, you were insanely jealous of those who were.The missions JIKIT was sending them on were:-definitely Acts of War if they were ever discovered,-far more dangerous than any war game exercise they'd ever been part of, and-the ultimate test of their crews and equipment.These people weren't suicidal. They believed they were the best sneaks under the Seven Seas and now they could prove it ~ in 50 years when this stuff was declassified (if it ever was).For the one American, two British and four Japanese submarines inserting the assault teams, this whole mission had a surreal feel to it. They were transporting a packed assortment of women of Indian, Malaysian and Indonesian descent along with some very lithe Japanese ladies and gents, none of who talked a whole lot.There was a third group with the spooky women and spookier Japanese teams, and that group was scared shitless about the sudden turn their lives had taken. They were all former American and British servicewomen (to not tick off the Amazons too much) with carrier and/or nuclear reactor experience who had been RIFed (Reduction in Force, aka fired) in the past five years from their respective national navies.Around a week ago, they had all answered an advertisement by a logistics support corporation that was going to do a 'force modernization' in an unnamed country. They all knew that mean the Khanate. The job had been laid out as 'basically your old job with the addition of training the natives' and it included the promise of no combat.It was a guaranteed five year contract with an option for a year-to-year extensions for another five years if you desired to stick around. For that, you received your 'pay grade upon retirement + 20%', free room and board, private security, judicial protections and a $10,000 to $10,900 signing bonus. For many struggling military families, it was manna from Heaven and thousands were signing up.Then 72 hours ago, a different group from the same company came knocking on the women's doors. If you could come with them right then and there, they had a satchel of money, $100,000 to $109,000, tax free, and a Non-disclosure Agreement for you to sign. Sure, the deal sounded shady, but the money was very real.Twenty-four hours later those who accepted the money found themselves in a small fishing village on Ko Island, Japan. There some rather fiercely intense people outlined the job they were needed for. From a submarine, the assault teams would sneak aboard the carrier, neutralize the crew and then the new crew (them) would sail it to Jeju, Jeju Island, South Korea.At that point they would be allowed to stay with the vessel (preferred), or depart for a non-war zone of their choice. Both options came with another $100,000 to $109,000 payment. Anyone who declined this particular job would remain incognito on Ko Island for another 48 hours then be allowed to leave without the need to return their initial payment.Of the 312 job applicants, 293 volunteered for both the first and second parts of the assignment. With the technical and linguistic expertise of the Amazons and 9 Clan members that would be enough to get their prize to Jeju Island's temporary safety and then make the last leg to Woody Island and a more permanent anchorage.Besides the airstrikes to goad the carrier away from the wharves, all the Khanate had to do with the carrier was put three or four clearly Mongolian faces onboard when the various nations of the world came calling. After all, what was the public going to believe:, the Khanate had pulled off yet another daring (i.e., mostly JIKIT) Special Forces coup, just as they'd managed to do throughout this short war, or that 'Ninjas stole my Battleship, umm, carrier' stuff some PRC leaders were claiming? Forty-eight hours later the whole globe was able to watch the newly named Khanate supercarrier, the  z Beg Khan, passing through Japanese territorial waters while being escorted by South Korean and Japanese warships.The PRC did complain to the United Nations over the 'theft' of both the carrier and 'their' islands, but the Security Council, led by the UK, could and would do nothing about the 'latest round of injustices heaped upon the People of China'. By the time the UN got around to doing nothing, the next round of JIKIT diplomacy was causing the PRC even greater headaches.That greatest theft, while remarkable in its own right, was really a sideshow to the reordering of the political order in Southeast Asia. The big winner wasn't the Khanate. And it certainly wasn't the mainland Chinese. No, the nations to immediately prosper were an unlikely pair, the Republic of India and the People's Republic of Vietnam (PRV). The Republic of China (R O C) was also getting its own small boost as well.By gambling their precious navy, India had become the largest power broker in the South China Sea's resource bonanza. She went from a minimal presence to being the critical ally of the Khanate and the 'big stick' (naval-wise) of Asia's new dynamic duo. The Indians had the only two functional aircraft carriers in the region and the Khanate had Woody Island with a mega-carrier number of planes sitting on it.Their combined naval aviation was not something any of the others powers wanted to mess with. The duo then sealed their supremacy by making the duo a trio. That third member was the PRV. Vietnam was the land-based logistical anchor of the three regional powers.Not only did Vietnam gain the prestige denied it for over two centuries, it redressed the P L A N humiliating treatment of their own navy for the past thirty years. The Khanate's naval aviation would shield Vietnam's economic exploitation of the Parcel Islands. The Indian Navy could counter anything the P L A N South China fleet could come at them with.Yes, the P L A N had two other fleets, the Northern and Eastern, but both had been put through their own 1001 levels of Hell by the Khanate's air power, plus they had to protect the Chinese heartland from Russia and North Korean ambitions. The South Koreans and Japanese were suddenly a very real threat from the East too. But for the time being, the Indians had the decisive edge.The final location for the  z Beg Khan was an old familiar haunt for some Americans, Da Nang, PRV. It had the facilities, courtesy of the US military from the 1960's and 70's, to be the new base for the Khanate's Eastern Fleet and logistical hub for their naval aviation forces in the Parcel Islands.The Vietnamese were thinking with more than their testicles, as were the Indians. Sure, geopolitical clout was nice, yet that was only the icing on the economic cake that was the Parcel Island Accords. That hasty bit of JIKIT backroom dealings gave a 50% stake in the Parcels to the PRV.India got 20% of something she had 0% in a month ago. The Khanate gained a 20% stake for their audacity and the ROC gained 10% because the other three would protect its share from the PRC. Something was better than nothing and the three legitimate powers agreed to the deal because in less than six months, the PRC would be back in the game.The Indians and Vietnamese wanted the Khanate to stay interested in the region and the Taiwanese wanted to forge closer ties to the Khanate. That treaty was a 'no-brainer'. Within one week, the Vietnamese were strutting like peacocks and internal political opposition to the Indian intervention into the South China Sea in the Indian parliament was silent.The Spratly Islands was a tougher deal to work out within the six month timetable. There were more players ~ the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia and Thailand (who had a non-functional carrier). The JIKIT deal gave everyone but the Indians a 10% piece of the huge natural gas, oil and fisheries pie and the Indians got 20% once more.The Philippines and Malaysia were both very opposed to this treaty; they believed they deserved a far larger portion of those regional resources. Indonesia and Thailand also felt they could hold out for a bigger slice and weren't happy with India getting so much for basically having a double handful of ships (34 actually) sailing about.That 'handful of ships' was the point JIKIT was trying to make. If the PRC beat the Khanate next year, did any of the players think the PRC would give them anything, even if they promised them more right now? Really? When the PLAN had the biggest guns, they hadn't respected any other claims to the region. Why would that change in the future?The reality was this: India would only stick around if they had the economic incentive to remain. Vietnam, the Khanate and the ROC were watching the clock and realized this was the best deal they would get. Brunei and the Philippines were also coming to that understanding. Brunei was tiny (thus easy to defend), very rich already and a good ally of the British.The Philippines had a very weak navy and a non-existent naval air force. They couldn't even enforce their current claims versus Brunei, much less confront the PLAN, or any other nation's current military. The Philippines was, sadly, relatively big and very poor. Its big traditional ally was the United States, and the US was currently busy doing 'not much' about the South China Sea situation.The world's biggest navy was partially taking up its traditional (and treaty bound) role of interposing itself between the North Koreans, PLAN/PLAAF and Russians arrayed near Japan and South Korea, or busily not 'ratcheting up tensions' in the region by sending more forces into the front lines.President Obama was urging dialogue and 'stepping back from the brink' even though every country in Southeast Asia felt the brink had already dissipated the moment the PRC was forced to accept the cease-fire. In this context, the Philippines had good reason to be feeling lonely at the moment.Bizarrely, both New Delhi and Hanoi were singing the praises of US Secretary of State John Kerry and the Rt. Honorable Phillip Hammond, Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for the UK, for their deft handling of the crisis, thank you, Riki Martin and Lady Yum-Yum.Riki wasn't expecting any thanks. She was certain she'd be fired and imprisoned for the rest of her life. Lady Fathom Worthington-Burke was sure she'd get two additional knighthoods out of the deal, which would look very nice engraved on her tombstone. Javiera had long ago decided to face the music and go down with the ship, so to speak.The CIA's Addison Stuart already had her exit strategy. She was going to go work for the Khanate, building up their clandestine service when this whole mad scheme collapsed into recriminations and 'extreme sanctions'. Mehmet, Air Force Sr. Master Sgt. Billings and Agent-86 had all decided to go with her. Katrina had their escape plane on standby. Mehmet's family was already 'vacationing' in Canada.Anyway, the Republic of India, the Khanate, the Republic of China, the People's Republic of Vietnam (the Vietnamese were happy to already be getting half of the Parcel Island windfall), the Sultanate Brunei (Lady Fathom 'knew' some people and the Sultan was an autocratic Muslim ruler, just like the Great Khan) and the Philippines (because they had no other true choice) were all coming around to signing the Spratly Accords.Indonesia and Thailand were kind of waiting for a better deal. Malaysia was downright hostile, having gravitated toward the PRC over the past decade and been assured by the PRC a better apportionment would be their reward for upsetting the treaty process.The Great Khan's answer was simple. He publically threatened the Malaysian Federation in general and both the King (Sultan Abdul Halim of Kedah) and Prime Minister of Malay (Dato' Sri Najib Tun Razak) in particular with military action if they kept dragging their feet.He even told them how he'd do it. He'd butcher or expel every living thing in the states of Perlis and Kedah (~ 2.1 million people) and give those empty lands to Thailand to settle along with the added sweetener of Malaysia's 10% of the Spratlys. He would also invade Eastern Malaysia, taking the island state of Labuan for himself while giving Sarawak to Indonesia and Sabah to the Philippines if those to states agreed to the split.He'd also decimate their navy & air force before devastating every port city, just like he'd done to China. He'd already killed more than two million Chinese. What was another two million Malays to him? Also, Indonesia wanted Sarawak and the Philippines had claims on Sabah. While they were openly and publically defying the Great Khan's plan, could Malaysia really take the chance?What would India and Thailand do while this was going on? Thailand stated that it would protect its territorial integrity, whatever that meant. India wasn't returning Malaysia's phone calls while showing their populace re-runs of Malaysian violence against their Hindu minority, the bastards!To the world, the Indian Navy proclaimed it would 'defend itself and its supply lines' which was a subtle hint that they would shepherd any Khanate invasion force to their destination. Why would the Indians be so insensitive? The Malaysians were screwing up their deal to get 20% of both the Parcel and Spratlys wealth, that's why.If the Khanate went down, there was no way India could defend their claims (which they'd won by doing nothing up until now). Oh yeah, Vietnam began gathering up warplanes, warships, transport ships and troops for the quick (710 km) jaunt across the Gulf of Thailand to north-eastern Malaysia to kill Malaysians because Vietnam needed the Khanate to ensure their own economic future as well.That military prospect had a cascade effect, especially among the Indonesian military. If the Indian Navy remained active, the vastly more populous Western Malaysia couldn't reinforce the state of Sarawak. Sure, the Philippines was unlikely to conquer Sabah on their own, but all the Indonesians needed was for Sabah to be kept pre-occupied while their army took their promised territory, fulfilling a fifty year old dream of conquest/unification.The United Nations blustered. It wasn't that they didn't care, they did. They also cared about the deteriorating situations in Libya, Nigeria, Syria and Ukraine. The situation was complicated by the unwillingness of the permanent members of the Security Council, namely the PRC and Russia, to recognize the Khanate.In reverse, when those two tried to stick it to the Khanate, the UK stoically vetoed them. Why? Well, more on that later. Let's just say the Khanate was good for business in the European Union in general and the United Kingdom in particular because the Khanate was prepared to economically befriend the British. Ireland was being treated in a promising manner too. The United States,the United Nations?Let's just say that in the two months following the cease-fire, the Khanate bloodily and brutally solved the ISIS conundrum and the Donbass Crisis. When the smoke cleared, the Khanate had reintroduced the practice of impalement to the modern battlefield, driven the separatists from the Ukraine and was on the border with Israel and Jordan.Sure, the Ukrainians were stun-fucked by the Khanate's 'peace-keepers' going on a bloody rampage through the eastern rebellious regions, but they had delivered up peace by mid-September. Yes, the Russians were in an uproar about the impalements.As the Khanate spokesperson said, 'if they aren't your people, then it is not your problem' and 'there are no more Russians left alive in the Ukraine'. In fact, fewer than a thousand people, all armed insurgents, were executed in such a manner, but the terror created by the highly publicized killings had the effect of sending a hundred thousand people stampeding over the frontier into Russia proper.Next, the Khanate said it wanted to 'reexamine' the Crimean situation. There were Turcoman in that area and they weren't being treated well, or so it was claimed.Even as Russia and the Khanate were posturing in the Donbass, the Khanate struck in the Middle East. By the end of September, Syria and Lebanon had ceased to exist as organized entities. Most of those two countries as well as portions of western Iraq became Turkish provinces in the Khanate infrastructure. Northeastern Syria, southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq became the Khanate state of Kurdistan.It was a campaign reminiscent of the 13th century Mongol conquest, not a modern military struggle. Whole villages were eradicated. The entire Arab population of Mosul was exiled to the new territories in the East. The city was repopulated with Kurds from Turkey. Back in Turkey, those Kurds were replaced by Armenians from Azerbaijan, cauterizing another internal issue within the Khanate.Jordan was cautiously hopeful. Israel? "We don't seem to be having problems with Hezbollah anymore," with a shrug and "it could be worse." As for ISIS; there really was an Islamic State controlling more than half of Iraq and all of Syria now and it allowed no other pretenders to that distinction. By the time the world woke up to that reality though, the Great Hunt had happened and I was dealing with the consequences of that.A larger ideological and political matter was occurring in the United States, the United Kingdom (and to a limited extent Australia and Canada). The Ramshackle Empire (aka the Khanate) was just that ~ a Frankenstein nation fueled more by nationalistic pride and nostalgia for a Super-State (that only two living people had firsthand experience with) than an integrated armed forces and infrastructure.It may have been built upon more than a 13th century creation and two hundred years of real and imagined oppression. It did have long term planning and real genius driving it forward. Having throttled the PRC into giving them six precious months of peace to 'tidy up the backyard' (aka the Middle East and Russia) and forge a true nation, the Khanate was now hiring experts to aid them in the task.First and foremost, Temujin and the Earth & Sky had envisioned an armed state built upon military principles and discipline. Fate had delivered to them the means of their own salvation in the form of NATO's policy of disarmament and 'Reduction-In-Force' levels (RIFed).The US and UK had trained tens of thousands of male and female volunteers in their Armed Forces in infrastructure creation and management for the Afghanistan and Iraq campaigns. From 2010, those militaries had informed those experts that their services were no longer required. Unlike the shrinking militaries of the 1990's, there was no private sector to 'soak up' the majority of those personnel.The Earth & Sky had been working on the problem of nation-building on a time table and they kept coming up short. They had to fight to create their state first, so the all-important after-battle had been something their leaders dreaded. Temujin had been understanding about not everything being 100% ready. Few wars were fought that way.Then a young male Amazon of mixed Magyar ancestry talked history with the Earth & Sky representative to a seemingly inconsequential personage's funeral. A few critical E&S leaders (a minority, to be sure) immediately sought ways to cultivate this man into what was a ten year plan to open doors to the Amazons. Then that man saved the Great Khan's life and everything changed.Before the E&S had even remotely considered directly approaching the Amazons for help, the Amazons came knocking on their door. The Seven Pillars of Heaven had tried to kidnap a camp full of Amazon children ~ an assault on their future. The two secret societies were bound by one unique, fortunate idiot and a mutual thirst for vengeance.They were also directed by two incredibly foresighted, ambitious and brilliant people. In Katrina of Epona, the E&S elders found someone who equaled their hope to see the Seven Pillars humbled and humbled immediately. Moreover, these were the Amazons they were dealing with. Amazons always sought both lightning decisions and long term solutions.From the moment Iskender left his third meeting with Cáel Nyilas, Katrina put the fruits of the First Directive (the Amazons efforts to recruit militant outsider women) into overdrive. Havenstone had the apparatus in place to screen potential inductees. All they had to do was add a "can you suggest any other people who might be interested in this line of work" box to their employment forms.That brought men into the process in surprising numbers. The market was flush with military veterans having trouble readjusting to the civilian community. The Khanate wasn't hiring killers. They wanted ex-military and civilian police officers to create a national police force.They also wanted engineers and builders, cadres for their cadet corps and a whole range of specialist in jobs most of the Western World took for granted. The money came from off-shore accounts funded by Havenstone International. The employment opportunities came from Earth & Sky front companies operating in the UK and the US (and Israel, but that was another matter).They had already started hiring scores of civilian English-speaking experts to help build their newborn nation's infrastructure before the first blow landed. English hadn't been chosen out of any cultural bias. Relying on Russian and Chinese sources wasn't feasible, the Khanate wasn't overly linguistically gifted where distant tongues were concerned and, as pointed out, the English-speaking world had a glut of applicants.Now to the problem, there were people in the US and UK who weren't happy with their citizenry going to the Khanate and helping them to survive and thrive. These power groups wanted the Mongol-Turkish Empire to keep the resources flowing to the West, without any reciprocal commitment on their part.Imagine their surprise when some wonks at the State Department and Foreign Ministries found bundles of expedited passport requests to the (former) nations of Turkmenistan, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Mongolia (and later Afghanistan and Iraq). The Department of Defense  Ministry of Defense were discovering their former military personnel and civilian contractors with Security Clearances were heading the same way.Of all those destinations, only Mongolia and Kazakhstan were under any kind of 'Restricted Travel' advisories. Barring any coherent anti-Khanate strategy from their administrations, the bureaucracies were doing their jobs, with Havenstone exerting just enough influence to get the job done while flying beneath the radar.After JIKIT was created, the group had a US Senator greasing the wheels to get the requests expedited. In England, Lady Worthington-Burke shamelessly used the people at the other end of the O'Shea hotline to get the job done overseas. She did have to sell out a teammate, but that was what good boys were for ~ taking one for the team. (That would be me, if there was any misunderstanding.)When Cáel Nyilas was kidnapped under the watchful eye of the FBI (I wasn't sure how they got that bum-wrap), the whole situation exploded. The PRC didn't have me, yet promised they might produce me if certain concessions were made. According to Addison, I was worth 5,000 barrels a day of refined fuel oil and 50 tons of coal a month, and the Great Khan agreed to pay! Woot! I was loved by somebody who was a somebody.All that attention drove home some salient points. I was a noble scion of Ireland, Romania, Georgia and Armenia (in no particular order) and they all wanted to know why the US had let me be kidnapped. Didn't my president know I was a sacred national treasure? After JIKIT tracked down the bribes and clandestine activities to Chinese shell corporations, those powers wanted to know what sanctions would be applied.'But wait, wasn't I a private citizen?' my national leaders pleaded. Then the PRC made a case which boiled down to 'I had it coming for being a fiancé to Hana Sulkanen and a brother to the Great Khan', while ignoring me being snatched in the territorial US of A. Of course, they didn't claim to have actually done the kidnapping.Javiera was waiting on that one; 'What was their excuse for kidnapping a little US girl to force my compliance?' The furious Federal authorities even found two dead adult bodies and two digits from said child to add to the media frenzy. To prove I had migrated to fantasy land, the CNN journalist got it right ~ they had tortured the girl and I had killed two of them for it. Just ask the Romanian Army how lethal I could be.In a rare comment, Temujin informed the international press that he believed I was still alive. Why did he believe that? If I wasn't, they would have been able to spot the pile of dead enemy around me and my 'boon companion' (go Aya!) from orbit. Until they discovered this carnal pit from Hell, I was surely still alive.Just at the cusp of turning publically against the Mongol barbarians, the world suddenly got angry with their enemy, the PRC. The principal two Western regimes were paralyzed with indecision until my miraculous cry for help from the middle of the Pacific showed the world I was alive, had punished my enemies and rescued others from under the opponent's cruel thumb.Clearly if I started ranting against the People's Republic of China, my government would be rather peeved with me. I hadn't screwed a dozen poli-sci majors to miss out on that obvious situation. I behaved and hoped they wouldn't make me die from an embolism, or some other equally implausible cause.(DC is a marvel. 9 pm, Monday, August 18th. 21 days)I'd been dragged to DC, to honor promises made in Rome a week ago. I had another choice; I could have justifiably said I was still getting over my kidnapping ordeal. But that choice fucked over Javiera Castello, my boss at JIKIT (Joint International Khanate Interim Task force).That was how I ended up in a 'secret and secure' meeting with Tony Blinken, Deputy National Security Advisor (DNSA) and his experts. He was someone I didn't know. The rest, I'd had a verbal run-in with them after the Romanian bloodbath. I'd been cranky. I would hardly consider us to be on good terms now.All four experts were from the US State Department. They were foregoing their usual group of flunkies because this meeting wasn't really happening. All the participants were officially somewhere else, mostly not even in D.C. Had this soiree 'really happened', the Congressional sub-committees would have been able to request the minutes of Tony's meeting with members of JIKIT and:·         Victoria Nuland, Ass. Sec. of State for European & Eurasian Affairs (ASSEEA)·         Robert O. Blake Jr., Ass. Sec. of State for S & C Asian Affairs (ASSCAA)·         Daniel R. Russel, Ass. Sec. of State for E. Asian and Pacific Affairs (ASSEAP)·         Bill A. Miller, Director of the U.S. Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) (aka Big Willy)We made stiff, formal introductions (which signaled the utter lack of trust in the room.) Javiera hadn't wanted to put me through an interrogation this soon after my near-death experience, considering my snarky nature when stressed. The White House was putting the squeeze on her. The main player was Tony, who talked with the Leader of the Free World on a weekly, if not daily, basis.The Diplomatic Security Service people had successfully peeled off Pamela and my SD Amazons only after they agreed I could keep Aya. They tolerated me keeping the nine-year old girl despite the obvious fact she had gone through worse hardships than I had endured and was still packing her Chinese QSW-06 suppressed pistol.I had already fabricated and submitted my report on how I'd overcome a plane-full of rogue delinquents from the Forumi i Rinis  Eurosocialiste t  Shqip ris  (Euro-socialist Youth Forum of Albania) bent on recruiting impressionable European socialites by accessing my Twitter account.That's right, the Albanians had it out for me. I reiterated that critical bit of data to the Department of Homeland Security when they questioned me on the veracity of my memories. The two ethnic Chinese I was found with? I thought they were from Taiwan, and they both appeared to be suffering from amnesia.I was already suffering repercussions from my pathological refusal to take life seriously. Javiera believed I was about to get a formal apology from Ferit Hoxha, Permanent Representative of Albania to the United Nations. Damn it! Now I had to do something nice for the Albanians. Maybe I'd offer them membership in the Khanate, full-statehood with an economic package to sweeten the deal.Yes, that was how Albania and Kosovo joined the Khanate, a product of my love for exaggeration and a little post-Ottoman solidarity over Tarator (cold soup made of yoghurt, garlic, parsley, cucumber, salt and olive oil with a side of fried squids), Tav  Kosi (lamb meatballs) and Flia & Kaymak (a dessert I highly recommend).We had toasted the Pillars of Kanun (Albanian oral law and tradition): ~ Nderi (honor), Mikpritja (hospitality), Sjellja (Right Conduct) and Fis (Kin Loyalty), ~ and he promised to tell his people that I had Besa which was an Albanian-ism for being a man who would honor his word of honor (despite us being brought together by my lie). The shit-ton of financial and military aid I asked the Great Khan to sweeten the pot with might have helped as well.Later, Lady Yum-Yum told me that the military leaders of NATO called it a 'master-stroke' in neutralizing Comrade Putin's Russian-backed 'Greek threat

El periodista asegura que el conjunto azulgrana históricamente ha sido “un club de entrenador”.

Alex Gonzalez Internet Sensation with Besa Cigars

Don't miss out on the next #womenintech podcast episode, get notified by signing up here http://womenintechshow.comBe featured in the Women in Tech Community by creating your profile here http://womenintechvip.com“Jessie Goodall of Besa Mi Vino: Curating and Producing Events”#womenintech Show is a WeAreTech.fm production.Become a Most Valuable Listener at http://womenintech.loveTo support the Women in Tech podcast go to https://www.patreon.com/womenintechTo be featured on the podcast go to http://womenintechshow.com/featureHost,Espree Devora https://twitter.com/espreedevorahttps://www.linkedin.com/in/espreeGuest, Jessie Goodallhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-goodall-401177213In LA? Here's some awesome resources for you to become immersed in the LA Tech scene -For a calendar of all LA Startup events go to, http://WeAreLATech.comGet Podcast Listeners, http://getpodcastlisteners.com/Resources Mentioned:Besa mi vino, https://linktr.ee/DrinkbesawebSpin The Besa, https://www.amazon.com/Spin-BESA-Drinking-Challenge-Original/dp/B0CM4NDLGZUCLA, https://www.ucla.eduPeople Mentioned:Katie Vander Ark, https://www.linkedin.com/in/katievanderarkCredits:Produced and Hosted by Espree Devora, http://espreedevora.comStory Produced, Edited and Mastered by Cory Jennings, https://www.coryjennings.comProduction and Voiceover by Adam Carroll, http://www.ariacreative.caTeam support by Janice GeronimoMusic by Jay Huffman, https://soundcloud.com/jayhuffmanShort Title: Jessie Goodall

Analizamos el derbi madrileño con nuestro Sanedrín, las previas de la jornada y el sanedrín ilustrado sobre la actualidad futbolera con Ramon Besa y Manuel Jabois.

Todo sobre las previas del Sevilla-Espanyol y Mallorca-Betis, correspondientes a la jornada 21 de LaLiga EA Sports. Los pitos a Novak Djokovic tras marcharse lesionado de las semifinales del Open de Australia ante Alexander Zverev. El Real Madrid se impuso al Baskonia por la mínima en la semana 23 de la Euroliga. El Barcelona también perdió su partido ante el Lyon-Villeurbanne. También las novedades sobre la derrota de España ante Portugal en el Mundial de balonmano y 'El Sanedrín Ilustrado' con Besa y Jabois para analizar el resurgir de Mbappé y como esto afecta a Vinicius, y la crisis del FC Barcelona en LaLiga.

En esta nueva entrega de 'El Sanedrín Ilustrado' en El Larguero, Ramón Besa y Manuel Jabois analizan, junto a Yago de Vega, la jornada de la Champions League y su nuevo formato, el resurgir de Mbappé, la situación del Barça en LaLiga, la crisis del PSG y Manchester City en la Champions y los insultos que recibió Take Kubo en Mestalla.

‘El Sanedrín Ilustrado de El Larguero' entendió las quejas del Celta: “Un arbitraje como este puede infundir sospechas”.

El FC Barcelona representa la cara completamente opuesta al Real Madrid en la final de la Supercopa. Tras la incertidumbre por el caso Olmo, las dudas de la cautelar, las derrotas en las últimas jornadas de liga... Hansi Flick levanta su primer título como entrenador azulgrana y lo hace por todo lo alto, firmando su segunda goleada al Real Madrid en apenas tres meses con un contundente 2-5, después de que Mbappé adelantara a los blancos con su gol en los primeros instantes. Lamine Yamal inició una remontada a la que se subieron Lewandowski, Balde y Raphinha, y que sólo pudieron amortiguar Rodrygo y la expulsión de Sczcesny. En 'El Larguero' charlamos con el periodista Ramón Besa para analizar qué significa esta victoria para el Barça en este momento de la temporada.

Ramón Besa analiza con nosotros la victoria del Barça en la final de la Supercopa de España y las claves del gran juego del conjunto culé. Además, reunimos al Sanedrín de futbolistas para repasar el partido del fin de semana y para charlar con Eder Sarabia, entrenador del Elche, que se medirá al Atlético de Madrid en Copa del Rey esta semana. 

Se comienza con un breve repaso del último partido de la liga entre la Real Sociedad y el Villarreal, para después continuar con la resaca del clásico. Antón Meana cuenta la actualidad del conjunto blanco. Más tarde Pedja Mijatovic y Ramón Besa ofrecen su opinión de la final de la Supercopa, para que después comience 'El Sanedrín' de futbolistas. Aquí analizan al Atlético de Madrid, junto con la realidad del Valencia. Entre medias hay entrevista con el entrenador del Elche, Eder Sarabia, rival del conjunto colchonero en Copa del Rey. Finalmente se habla con Alex Corretja sobre el debut de Carlos Alcaraz en el Open de Australia, se hace un pequeño repaso del Dakar y se cierra con el Giro de Italia. 

Todo el análisis de 'El Clásico' del domingo en la final de la Supercopa de España del domingo con Antonio Romero y Lluís Flaquer. Las previas de los partidos del sábado correspondiente a la jornada 19 de LaLiga, Alavés-Girona, Espanyol-Leganés y Valladolid -Betis con la entrevista a Diego Llorente. Además, El Sanedrín Ilustrado con Manuel Jabois y Ramón Besa para analizar la actualidad del FC Barcelona y de Joan Laporta tras lograr la cautelar del CSD.

Análisis del inicio de la jornada 19 de LaLiga en la que el Rayo Vallecano se impuso al Celta de Vigo por 2-1. Además toda la previa de 'El Cásico' del domingo con Antonio Romero y Lluís Flaquer, y las previas de los partidos del sábado de la jornada 19 de LaLiga. Además, toda la actualidad del FC Barcelona y Joan Laporta en El Sanedrín Ilustrado con Ramón Besa y Manuel Jabois.

Ramón Besa y Manuel Jabois analizan, junto a Yago de Vega, la situación del FC Barcelona, tras obtener la cautelar para Dani Olmo y Pau Víctor, y especialmente el papel de Joan Laporta como presidente de Barça. Además, las consecuencias y razones de jugar la Supercopa en Arabia tras los incidentes ocurridos a la salida del Madrid-Mallorca de las semifinales del torneo.