Today (Friday) Chris Brown was scheduled to appear in Court in Los Angeles to answer charges that he had fled the scene of a road accident. As this represents a criminal offence it also meant he would have violated the terms of his probation. Unfortunately with events is Egypt leading to a special closed door United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Thursday (15/8/13) Chris Brown's Court appearance was brought forward by a day. More alarmingly it also led to the leaving the scene of an accident charge to be dismissed significantly reducing the likelihood that Brown will be found to have violated his probation.
As Israel have been - I would say quite correctly - very vocal opponents to the US' Chris Brown/Rihanna operation this ruling was supposed to be interpreted as the US spiting Israel in order to throw its full support behind the Gulf Monarchies who support the Muslim Brotherhood and instability in Egypt. The first part of this message is quite clear - by dropping the case the Court has effectively set Brown free to do as he pleases. The second part was intended to give the impression that Rihanna's obedience to her handlers would be reinforced by tricking her into thinking her behaviour in someway affected the outcome of Brown's case. Finally it was an attempt to keep Chris Brown in the game in the hope that as the situations in Egypt and Syria develop people in diplomatic circles will look back on this decision as some sort of key moment. That last point was immediately and widely mocked within diplomatic circles with many intelligence agencies likening Brown's handlers decision to continue their protection of him to a teenager threatening suicide as part of an adolescent tantrum. After all if there is anyone who is still confused about the nature of the Chris Brown/Rihanna operation I will happily explain it to them in great detail.
As for Rihanna she is currently in New York City, US after travelling in from Barbados via Miami, US over the weekend. Officially this is to allow her to film a video for a soon to be released single by A$AP Rocky who supported her on the US leg of the Diamonds World Tour. This is of course intended to fuel speculation about whether Rihanna and A$AP Rocky are romantically involved and whether he will be supporting her on the next leg of her tour. In reality though the trip to New York was to allow Rihanna to give her long awaited deposition of evidence in the case against Berdon LLP. You were supposed to have been studying US news in minute detail to look for clues of how this went. The trip also allowed Rihanna to attend the launch party for Katy Perry's new album. As Katy Perry has been seen as the public face of opposition to Rihanna's relationship with Chris Brown the fact that she and Rihanna appear to be friends again is intended to raise speculation that Rihanna and Chris Brown have split up for good or that Katy Perry has dropped her opposition to the relationship.
Following her album launch party Katy Perry flew to Australia to promote that album. While she was appearing on the 2DayFM radio station the gaffe prone leader of the opposition Tony Abbott phoned in to tell Katy Perry that his daughters were big fans of hers and ask her when she'll be touring Australia next. This was a toe-curling effort by a politician to boost his popularity ahead of an election by showing that he's down with the kids. As a defeat for Tony Abbott would certainly make life easier for Katy Perry's friend Rihanna during the Australian leg of her tour Katy Perry responded by attacking Abbott over his party's position on same sex marriage. However if you look back at Katy Perry's biography which includes very religious parents and her debut single "I Kissed A Girl" which isn't as supportive of homosexuality as it seems on the surface Katy Perry taking a position on same sex marriage would appear to touch on many of the discussions about the issue that are going on in Australian society. Therefore her little exchange with Tony Abbott could easily be mistaken for a staged effort by the US to find out who the Australian election campaign is going and possibly try and help Abbott get elected to increase the risk to Rihanna.
As the relationship between Russia and the US/UK alliance has deteriorated since the start of the Syria conflict the Russians feel they are one of the main targets of the Chris Brown/Rihanna operation. So in response to Katy Perry's radio appearance Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva who could bear a passing resemblance to Katy Perry used her victory at the World Athletics Championships to speak out in support of Russian laws banning the promotion of homosexuality including same sex marriage. This was intended to be seen as Russia struggling under the pressure on the Chris Brown/Rihanna operation. However anyone who saw their performance against Northern Ireland in a football world cup qualifier later in the day would have been left less then convinced.
So in summary I probably need to get around to writing my preview of the political aspects of the next leg of Rihanna's Diamonds World Tour. Not today though because in Egypt the Muslim Brotherhood have called for protest marches from every Mosque in the country as part of a "Day of Anger and Rage" in response to Wednesday's camp clearances. Even if this goes entirely peacefully as I hope I still think this is going to require a lot of my attention today.
12:25 on 16/8/13.
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