The Russians and Arabs maybe hurting from low oils prices, but not the U.S.A You clearly underestimate the Shale revolution that has taken place and which has enabled America to become fully independent from foreign oil. Fracking technology has effectively enabled the U.S to put a ceiling on oil prices. Never again will you see $100 per barrel.The Russians and Arabs can fight it out all they like—in fact, oil futures prices just hit $30 per barrel, which is $20 less than production cost for most Frackers, but that will not do much damage to the U.S economy. After all, the U.S, in aggregate, is both a producer and big consumer of oil. So low oil prices is good for the U.S economy, however much it might temporarily have a negative effect on some of its producers. Most fracking companies like those found in the Permian basin of Texas will simply file bankruptcy protection and will live to fight another day. They will wait it out until oil prices come backup slightly and they will be back in business in no time, putting the ceiling back up. Something OPEC and Russia cannot stand.

Nacastii Gooni-niic badan, baa maanta usoo tafa xaadatay iney ku tufto Haleeygii Soomaaliya xoreeyey, miyaa? Adduunyow xaalka ba’a! I dhagayso, Ina-Adeer, aan kaa jaahil bixiyee taariikdii AUN Madaxweyne Cabdilahi Yusuf Yey. Cabdullahi wuxuu kamid ahaa raggii ugu horeeyey oo ka soo hor jeesta dawladdi shuuciga ahayd oo Soomaaliya oo xor ah xoog ciidan kula wareegtay xuquuqdii iyo sharaftii Soomaali lahayd. Cabdullahi wuxuu qeyb Soomaaliya kamid ah ka badbaadiyey burburkii uu kalifey axmaqnimadii dawladdii shuuciga ahayd. Cabdullahi wuxuu madaxweyne ka noqdey dowladdi Soomaali bacdal burbur la iskugu keenay.. Intaas iyo in ka badan buu Soomaliya iyo Soomali u soo qabtee, Illaheey jana fardowsa ha ka waraabiyee. Marka, Gooni-niic badaney, walaaley, taarikhdaas meel ku qoro. Habeen walba akhriso oo xafid. Waa dambe sidii jaahil diifley lamid ah ha u hadlin. Waa iga waano.

If that is your way of surrendering, then I have no choice but to accept your defeat in here and toot my own horn. But for what’s it worth, Oodweyne, your abject buffoonery is mind boggling , because you always try to defend the indefensible in here and attempt to make falsehoods into truth. This is unacceptable. When I’m around in this gallery, I just won’t allow that shit to fly around here. So next time, I need you to be in your best behavior, acknowledge that when your betters are around, keep your legs together, and hope that you are not found in a compromising position.

lol, when cornered like a rat and you have nowhere to escape to...resort to your typical inanities about your betters. It is common knowledge that your insecurities all stem from your lowborn status( or if I maybe permitted to use a more accurate colloquial term, “laangaabnimo”) in the Somali familial tribal structures. Just admit it, Oodweyne, that it burns you that the political destiny of the Somali peninsula is controlled by the agreements or disagreements of D-Block and H-Block. Your irrelevance in Somali affairs is so astounding that for 30 plus year, no matter how much you huff or puff, you still cannot secede from Somalia. Which is the reason I have coined the phrase:” Hapless, helpless and hopeless h@bros” to denote the sad predicament you find yourselves in. Waa horaa idin dhahay, “ saddex baan idinku qabnaa—meel aad u socotaan majirto ee cagaha dhulka dhiga!” Just watch on the sidelines like good spectators as D-Block and H-Block play their political games within themselves and against one another. Sooner or later, these two groups—for better or for worse—will effect a mutual rapprochement for the glory of Mother Somalia, and only then, maybe will you laangaab creatures be given the scraps that remain afterwards. In the meantime, keep bleating about Sool, Garowe village or whatever else that floats your boat—and which you think will keep you relevant in the eyes of the players on the glorious field of Somali politics. In the end, we all know that such effeminate evocations will have been the desperate cries for attention from laangaabs who have failed to alter their own destinies, let alone that of Mother Somalia.

You couldn’t help yourself, could you? You just had to shit on yourself, right? Saaxiib, there will be a federal election in Hargaysa, without a single shot, denoting cohesive force, ever being fired. This will come about because the ii-door political elites who hold your leash will see it in their own interest to willingly be part and parcel of Mother Somalia, once again. This isn’t a complicated issue, however much you want to make it so. Once a genuine, inclusive and collectively empowered federal government takes over in Xamar, all the federal states of Somalia, including Somaliland, will willingly elect and send their representatives to it. This is as inexorable as a fate. No force and no cohesion will ever be necessary. I just pity the hapless secessionist sheep that are being used as bargaining chips by the reer waqooyi politicians.Tsk tsk tsk...

Oodweyne, I admit, I could have been more clearer about my vigorous assertions that Biixi has a price for bringing you h@bro sheep back into the fold. I should have been more precise, but the charitable side of my intellect was attempting to give you the benefit of doubt— hoping that you could, at least, read between the lines. Alack, you are as dumb as a brick. Saaxiib, Biixi has a price means that the Hargaysa elites, he represents and is a figure head for, whose whole political gambit is the secessionist claptrap you peddle—ALL have a price. And for the millionth time, I will repeat it....once we get a Federal government in Xamar that is willing to pay, accommodate and negotiate whatever demands these ii-door elites want, is the day we will see you hapless secessionists singing a different tune. Now, how hard can that be, eh?

Ina Cawil Mucjiso, the sad part about engaging with you on this forum is that every time you type something up, you presume you are making sense. Alas! Alas! you write sheer utter rubbish. Everything you’ve said above can be also be said of the MP’s in Xamar who claim to represent the other states of Somalia, not only Somaliland. So get the hell outta here with that nonsense. I refer your lethargic indignation to my earlier comments about the representatives in the current federal parliament as placeholder MP’s. Everyone knows that they neither have the power or legitimacy to collect taxes, nor spend it. So try again, saaxiib. Thank you. Finally, there is a light at the end of tunnel, after all. You had me worried there for a while. I was thinking no one can be that daft. I’m glad to see that there is yet some hope for my h@bros. For that is precisely what I have been telling you all along, but you were to shallow to understand. These guys will, in due course, from Looya-Cade to Ras Kambooni, all be shown the door. But by then, once one man-one vote goes into effect, they would have done their job, which — like placeholders they are—is to keep the seats warm for the true future representatives of the people of Somalia who will eventually take those seats through the ballot. See, Oodka, we’ve made progress. We are now on the same page. With that, I bid you adieu. Try not to play in your own shit, until I get back. It is tediously boring work, keeping you secessionist simpletons in the straight and narrow. Lol

As a colleague of yours on SOL, Oodka, I must insist you not exaggerate Biixi’s importance in here. Like all politicians, he has his price. Now we shall wait to see if it will be Farmaajo’s government that pays Biixi’s price or not. But be under no illusion, his price will be paid sooner or later, and we shall all witness Mr Biixi singing from a different hymn book.

Not necessarily, you doddering imbecile. It is a well known fact that non of the so-called MP’s in Xamar have been directly elected by those they claim to represent. And so your point about representation is moot. I have always said that those so-called MPs are nothing more than placeholder MP’s and they will remain so until they get legitimacy through the ballot. In the meantime, they are welcome to go through the motions, carry the titles and pretend to represent segments of Somali society, all in the service of building federal institutions of governance. The so-called pardons given to these guys whenever they get back are nothing more than the attendant circumstances to justify their safe return in front of the sheep in Hargaysa. lol More of the same nonsense. It is known to all and sundry that these h@bros all come to Xamar to get their quota of positions and titles under the current 4.5 system with the blessing and approval of the administration in Hargaysa. Ina Cawil Mucjiso, I got nothing against cheap propaganda—which these so-called pardons are—if it works. However when it is obviously become so ludicrous and laughable, is it not better to try a different tact, instead?

Oodka, don’t get riled up so easily. The politics of the Horn of Africa are all out in the open for anyone to see. Farmaajo courted Biixi in Addis Ababa with Abiy playing matchmaker. I am telling you only what is an open secret. Negotiations took place. Offers and counter-offers where placed on the table by both sides. Some were agreed upon, others where postponed for a later date. When Farmaajo came back to Xamar he issued those sweat nothings about “dhibaatooyinkii shacabka waqooyi loo geystay waanu ka xunnahay” or something to that effect and on the other side, Biixi was quick to accept the apology, but let it be known as well, that he still had some reservations about Farmaajo’s overtures for reconciliation. After-all, he still had to keep up the charade for the brainwashed sheep he keeps in Hargaysa. In any case, the question of how much was front and center in those talks behind closed doors in Addis between the two. With Farmaajo being the buyer and Biixi the seller. The upcoming elections later in the year will delineate for us better whether Farmaajo bought expired goods or not from Biixi...lol

Ina Cawil Mucjiso, don’t try to insult our collective intelligence in here. You neither have the wherewithal nor necessary gumption to pull such a fast one us, even if we were willing to let it slide just this once. Everyone knows the h@bro MPs in the federal parliament all get their marching orders from the administration in Hargaysa. You can disavow them all you like, and proclaim that they would all get arrested once they return to Hargaysa, but at the end of the day, when they finish serving out their tenure in Xamar—they all return home with a so-called “presidential pardon” in hand. As the saying goes,” you can fool some hapless, helpless and hopeless h@bros sometimes, but you cannot fool all the people(the other Somalis) all the time. Now get that bunkum outta here!

Abiy is dumb to think the U.S. of A will risk further destabilizing a pliant and economically poor Egypt. The Nile is the only lifeline of the little, Egypt, with its enormous population, has by way of economic security. Ethiopia’s plans to restrict water in the Nile is an existential threat to Egypt, and the importance of Egypt’s stability for the U.S, Israel and Europe can hardly be underestimated. Ethiopia is too low on the totem pole for Uncle Sam to side with them over this issue. The Nile is Egypt’s River and the sooner the Ethiopes accept it the better it will be for them.

Muxidiin, sxb, as the current residing pirate chief on SOL, I must insist you give me more to work with here. And I do hope your writing is better than your You Tube clip posting skills. Speak up man. What’s your beef with your Puntland betters that you so flippantly speak of their name in vain?

Silly doddering old man, keep trying to deny the facts on the ground all you want, but we Somalis also say, “Waa baryay sacabo laguma qarin karo!” ” I urge your simpleton eyes to review Saalax’s latest post.

Lol, so Farmaajo did get Biixi to oblige. Indeed, money talks and bullshit walks. Ha ha ha

Ina Cawil Mucjiso and Xaaji Maalaayacni, I refer the both of you to my previous comments, for blatant denials and self-deception will no longer suffice. Mudanayaal, I repeat, how much? Get back to me once you can give us a round ballpark figure!

Once a nomad, always a nomad. its in our DNA.

Ho hum... ka dar oo dibi dhal. I was right to assume that I risked wasting a few minutes of my life engaging with Ina Cawil Mucjiso, here today. But for what it’s worth, I did anticipate I’d get bombarded with the most nonsensical hogwash ever penned by a single individual. Not merely for its painstaking bullshit and voluminous claptrap, but for the fact that it was the dryest, deadest, most boring, and most mind numbing screed ever written on this forum. You, sir, have outdid yourself. Bravo Bravo! Oodwyene, sxb, I’m gonna keep it short and simple. I urge you do the same moving forward. First of all, who gave you the idea that I ( Tillamook) want a “strong” Federal government that can, as you put it “ have monopoly of power and authority over Somaliland” or for that matter any other state in Somalia? Au contraire, I advocate for the opposite. I want a weak Federal government that draws its limited powers from its constituent stakeholders around the country which delegate some of their powers to it. You must be confusing me with the current Kacaanist in Villa Somalia or his predecessors who think of reviving a strong central government fashioned after the old socialist regime of yesteryears. But then again, you’re no different from them, are you really? Secondly, you keep talking about some so-called political chancers guarded by Bantu mercs as if they are the boogie men in a horror film. Methinks, if they keep you awake at night, we don’t suffer such a hysterical malady as you do. I know politicians of whatever hue will come and go in Somalia. However, the only thing that matters to me is that the nation makes progress with democratic institutions taking hold slowly in the Federal government and states.. That is the ultimate goal of all of this. You can huff and puff about activities of whoever takes office in Somalia, but I say it is all moot and a total waste of time. And lastly, your denials about Biixi getting offered Benjamin’s before he can get you suckers back in the fold, lock, stock and barrel are futile. Farmaajo did make some overtures for reconciliation talks to resume in earnest, however Biixi wanted more concessions before he’d oblige the guy in Villa Somalia. Which is why I asked you what was the price Somalia had to pay for you treasonous suckers to come back to the warm embrace of Mother Somalia, once again? For the life of me, I don’t see how such a simple question could offend your aged sensibilities. Saaxiib, I laugh because you won’t be the first person I have offended with the “How much?” question. Some years back, I was hitching a ride on an express train and I sat myself near a secluded corner( the train was not crowded at all). I was then soon joined by a fine looking young wench. When I say fine, I mean fine. She had the works. Coke bottle shaped body with its concomitant firm bosom and booty, which you could easily set a tall glass of water on and still not loose a drop—if you know what I mean. The girl was fire, To quickly get to the point of the story, I was digging the chick, that is— I was in to her and from the way she was looking back at me I had no doubt, lady was digging the OG Tillamook. She quickly sat herself next to me and we exchanged pleasantries. I wanted to cut to the chase and see how lucky I could get. I said, “hey gurl, can I ask you question and however odd it might seem will you answer truthfully?” She said she would. I said, if I offered a hundred grand to have a one night stand with her, would she oblige? She hmmed and hummed for a minute, and then after what seemed forever she replied, “hell yeah!”! .” For a hundred grand, I would strangle my own grandma” I was like “heck yeah!”, all exited and all, and I said, “ but I only got 500 bucks on me right now, so what say you?” She gave me a sudden double take and then out of nowhere she smacked my face and cussed me out. She teared up and called me all sorts of names. She said how dare I spoke to her like some cheap harlot. Who did I think she was, bla bla bla... In any case, being the gentleman I am and all, I was quick to apologize and I said “I didn’t mean to hurt ya feelings babe by what I said, but the fact remained that you were ok a minute ago with the offer of a hundred grand, but it’s was my second offer that has offended you thus”. I said, “its only a question of how much, ain’t it ? Don’t be mad at me, I’m sure we could negotiate ourselves back into a more amicable arrangement, right here, right now”, as I calmed and caressed her little arm next to me. She then became soft and pliable like clay in my arms as she let me make it up to her in the best way I knew how and the rest is history, as it were. Marka, Saaxiib Oodka, how much? Baa idin dhahayaa. Do us a favor and go ask Biixi, how much? Weligiin is waala, the day a new administration takes over the Federal government that is willing to pay however much you secessionist assholes want is the day you scumbags will become avid Somali nationalist once more. Until that day comes, I guess we are doomed to deal with your flippancy and folly towards the sacred unity of Mother Somalia. Ho hum, indeed.

While I risk wasting a few minutes of my life engaging a prattling and doddering buffoon such as yourself, Mudane Oodweyne, I do commend you that amidst all your endless imbecility you did finally acknowledge that there is indeed a Somali Republic to which Somaliland belongs, no matter the differences you have with the current Federal government of Somalia or your reservations about the federalization process of the country. That, I dare say, is an improvement from your previous stance of Iidoorland not being part and parcel of Somalia. Now the question left to be answered is “how much?” will Somalia have to cough up before you lot finally give up on the “waanu goosaneynaa” claptrap. lol So, Oodka, tell us... how much do Biixi & Co want to pocket before they start singing a different tune? Apparently, Farmaajo’s last offer wasn’t the right price. Who knows, maybe the next administration in Villa Somalia might offer monies in the right ballpark. In the meantime, keep chasing your own tail in here like a rabid mutt trying to sniff his rear-end. I shall wait for the day when you will be singing a different tune in here.

I pray thee, gentle mortal, sing again: Mine ear is much enamoured of thy note, So is mine eye enthralled to thy shape; And thy fair virtue's force perforce doth move me, On the first view, to say, to swear, I love thee. MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM {Shakespeare, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Act III, Scene 1, lines 137-141} Oodwyene, if you choose to self-deceive yourself day in a day out, in here, who am I to tell you stop? You can call me sophist or whoever else your hallucinations presume I am, but in the end, facts on the ground in Somalia remain the same. From the time Puntland cleared the riff-raff mory@@n from Villa Somalia and established the Federal Republic of Somalia and set the nation on the path it is on today, to today, where all stakeholders in Somalia are getting ready for the upcoming national elections, however dire some setbacks might seems at times and the hurdles ahead insurmountable. I believe Somalia has been making progress. Progress that you as a hapless, helpless, and hopeless secessionist half-wit should encourage and support. After all the sooner, the Federal Republic of Somalia becomes a vibrant democracy the better it is for you silly secessionist dimwits to come back in from the cold. Get your priorities straight for once and support the progress Mother Somalia is making and stop self-deceiving yourself. SOOMAALIYA HA NOOLAATO.

Lol @ the term “ rejoice” If these upcoming elections later in the year really turn out to become a one man-one vote sort of affair, and people in different parts of the country get to vote for their own representatives, then not only will Las Caanood greatly rejoice but the whole nation of Somalia as well, for it shall indeed become a historic event and laudable achievement.

It seems, the country is officially under another road map for elections. The security council has said “jump!” and our so-called representatives have obliged and said “How high?”. When will Somali politicians realize that only when they work out their differences themselves and negotiate will they not be dictated to by outside powers. What a bunch of sad creatures.

Guddi Isku Dhaf Oo Loo Xilsaaray dhameystirka Sharciga doorashooyinka Qaranka Guddoomiyeyaasha labada aqal ee Baarlamaanka dowladda Federaalka Soomaaliya ayaa magacaabay guddiga diyaarinta xeerar dhameystiraya sharciga doorashooyinka Qaranka. Guddiga la Magacaabey oo ka kooban 17 Xubnood ayaa laga soo kala xulay labada Aqal ee Baarlamaanka Soomaaliya,waxaana ay ka Shaqeyn doonaan Qodobadaan soo socda. 1:Xeerka Degaameynta Kuraasta 2: Xeerka xaqiijinta Qoondada Haweenka 3: Xeerka Doorashada Xildhibaannada labada Aqal ee kasoo jeeda Gobolada Waqooyi (Soomaaliland) 4: Xeerka Xaquuqda matalaada gobolka Banaadir. Guddigaan ayaa laga sugayaa inay wada shqeyn la yeeshaan Guddiga madaxa banaan ee doorashooyinka sidoo kale la tashi la sameeyeen cid kasta oo looga maari waayo tayeynta Xeerarkaan,sida Dowladda federaalka Soomaaliya, Dowlad goboleedyada,Daneeyayaasha Siyaasadda iyo Bulshada rayidka. HORSEEDMEDIA

Security Council Press Statement on Elections in Somalia The members of the Security Council noted the progress made in the preparations for the holding of national elections in late 2020 or early 2021 in Somalia, and welcomed the role of the Federal Government of Somalia, the Somali Federal Parliament and the National Independent Election Commission (NIEC) in this regard. The members of the Security Council reaffirmed their respect for the sovereignty, territorial integrity, political independence and unity of Somalia. The members of the Security Council reiterated its expectation that one–person-one-vote elections which are peaceful, transparent, timely, credible and inclusive, allowing as many citizens to vote as possible, must be held by late 2020 or early 2021, in accordance with the Provisional Federal Constitution of Somalia. The members of the Security Council noted that any delay to elections could pose risks and that holding of timely elections is important for Somalia’s political stability. The members of the Security Council welcomed the enactment of the Electoral Law but noted that essential issues need resolving. In this regard, the members of the Security Council called on the Somali Federal Parliament, in collaboration with NIEC and in consultation with the Federal Government of Somalia, Federal Member States, and other stakeholders, to take urgent action to clarify these issues to enable implementation of the Electoral Law, such as: the definition of constituencies; allocation of seats to constituencies; how the 30 percent quota of seats for women, to which Somalia has committed, will be implemented; and management of seats for Benadir and Somaliland. The members of the Security Council expressed regret that the NIEC is unable to operate freely in all Federal Member States. The members of the Security Council further encouraged the Somali authorities at all levels to create a conducive political and security climate for inclusive elections. The Security Council emphasised the importance of full cooperation between the Federal Government of Somalia and the Federal Member States, and expressed its concern that, in the absence of such cooperation, progress will stall on key national priorities, including: the implementation of the National Security Architecture; the delivery of the Somali-led Transition Plan; delivery of further financial reforms; the review of the Constitution; and implementation of timely elections. In this regard, the Security Council called for broad-based consultations and consensus-building between the Federal Government of Somalia and all Federal Member States. The members of the Security Council called on actors at all levels to refrain from increasing tensions and taking actions likely to make dialogue more difficult, including those against the letter or spirit of the Provisional Federal Constitution of Somalia. The members of the Security Council reiterated their strong support for the Special Representative of the Secretary General in Somalia, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS), and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), commended their efforts to support the Somali authorities, the Somali Federal Parliament, and the NIEC in their preparations for elections due by late 2020 or early 2021, their efforts to support Somalia in ensuring security for the people of Somalia, and welcomed efforts to further deepen the relationship between the Federal Government of Somalia and the United Nations. The members of the Security Council recognised that the coming weeks and months will be a crucial period for Somalia and noted they would continue to keep the situation under review and follow the implementation of elections closely. The members of the Security Council further underlined its support for peace, stability and development in Somalia. 28 February 2020 Spokesperson’s website: http://www.un.org/sg/en/spokesperson

I wonder what you lot will say about the Shiites once Trump or whoever else comes after him finalizes the nuclear deal and the west finally normalizes relations with the Iranians? America is energy independent now, whilst nearly all its global rivals are not. So if events in the Middle East further escalate or a serious shooting war begins, then it will truly be a headache for all the countries that depend on mid-East oil, not the U.S of A.