I see that the Virginia Tech mascot is “HokieBird” so my inference that using Hokie in the name of the fund was a sly way of saying “Hokey” was mistaken. Nevertheless, those who created the fund no doubt smiled over the name.

I don’t know but I do know that there is a real dearth of english language media investigating what is happening in the region and the francophone media failed to cover themselves in glory when France organised a regime change in Gambia.
At the time the world was told this was neccessary because the bloke in charge had been committing atrocities ‘on his own people’. There has been little evidence of such other than the usual, that is seperating members of the regime before Jammu from their earners at the beginning of Jammeh’s reign.
There has been little substantive evidence of crime by the old regime who had dubbed the ICC “‘International Caucasian Court”. Doubtless the attempted stitch-up of Laurent Gbagbo of the Ivory Coast which finally fell in a heap a coupla months back. Jammeh had also knocked back the IMF/World Bank whitefella plutocracy, natch since Jammeh’s ouster both have been all over Gambia like a cheap suit alright one link, but please look for stuff yerself if you care, so that way you know who is saying what. Anyway IMF/World Bank love the joint now see https://gambia-today.com/gambia-scores-big-in-latest-imf-world-bank-freedom-house-rankings/
It is worth noting that back in 2016 before the regime change (Ballot box stuffing failed so the gang hired a couple of agreeable African Armies to do the job) Gambia’s exposure to these arseholes was only a few millions. Now of course the citizenry has been put into the sort of hock that mortgages the futures of their children’s children’s children.

So if you have a mind try to read up on the rape of sub-Saharan Africa and see what conclusions you can draw about the sudden rise in ‘raids’ and the relevant governments’ alleged inability to deal with it.

ps apologies for sp & punc but using a keyboard with one hand & bugger-all eyesight is really a chore.

Bin that piece of news – and it hasn’t happened so you get your propaganda. It’s a bit of a bitter aftertaste that Ms April First ….. I do not know any more where reality lives.

Well, I’ve just found an April fool myself although it didn’t happen today.

I keep beating my drum about 9/11 being part of a long continuum of false-flag hoaxes reaching – I realised recently – at least as far back as Pearl Harbour (but no doubt longer – possibly even millennia) right up to Christchurch and what did someone direct me to just now (although I don’t think he’s quite picked up the hoax part)?

Wikipedia entry on Kenneth Feinberg, lawyer who’s looked after the victim funds of some of the nation’s worst tragedies and been involved in a whole host of other activities.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Feinberg

My favourite: the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund (HSMF) set up by the Virginia Tech Foundation in the aftermath of the April 16, 2007, shooting attacks on the Virginia Tech campus. The Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund. Are they April fooling us or what?

9/11

Feinberg worked for 33 months entirely pro bono. The magical 33. Why on earth would he work pro bono?

Feinberg personally presided over more than 900 of the 1,600 hearings. At the end of the process, $7 billion was awarded to 97 percent of the families. 900?

Charles Wolf, whose wife died in the north tower, renamed his highly critical Web site called “Fix the Fund” to “The Fund is Fixed!”. At first he called Feinberg “patronizing, manipulative and at times, even cruel.” He later remarked, “To have one of your sharpest critics follow through on a promise and not only join the program he was criticizing, but promote it to his peers, says a lot about you and the way you have adjusted both the program and your attitude…Today, I have complete faith in you.”

Does the last sentence even make sense?

Special Master for Executive Compensation
On June 10, 2009, Feinberg was appointed by the U.S. Treasury Department to oversee the compensation of top executives at companies which have received federal bailout assistance.[12] As part of his policies, he has suggested to many bank executives that they emphasize long-term stock compensation rather than cash payments.[13]

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, in a statement about Feinberg’s rulings on executive pay, said, “We all share an interest in seeing these companies return taxpayer dollars as soon as possible, and Ken today has helped bring that day a little bit closer.”[14][15]

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