A Sketch in Blood & Fire.

Normally Saturday's a quiet. Even the Middle-Eastern accounts I follow on Twitter leave me in peace.

Yesterday (27/10/18) was definitely the exception. There was a mass shooting at a Synagogue in America which triggered a helicopter crash outside Premier League football stadium in the UK.

I will cover this in proper detail tomorrow. In the meantime I'll try and provide the bare bones outline of events.

The shooting at the Synagogue in Pennsylvania is just another part of the Democrats attempts to win control of Congress at the November 6th (6/11/18) mid-terms elections. It's almost identical to the June 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting which was part of the Democrats strategy to win the Presidency at that year's election.

Gun rights or gun control is a big partisan division in American politics. Traditionally Democrats support gun control while the Republicans oppose.

Mass shootings such as these allow the Democrats to highlight this division between themselves and the Republicans. While presenting themselves as protectors of minority groups. In Orlando it was Hispanics and the gay community. In Pennsylvania it is the Jews.

The shooting in Pennsylvania comes the day after an arrest in the suspicious package drama which had gripped America for the past week.

In America Sunday TV news is dominated by big in depth political discussion shows. It was vital that the political discussion was moved on from the suspicious package drama before those Sunday shows. If you subject the suspicious package drama to in depth examination it really doesn't stand up.

For example the mother of Cesar Sayoc is a life long Democrat and local community activist. Much like how the father of the Orlando shooter was a big Democrat supporter attending numerous Hillary Clinton campaign rallies.

There is also a wider, more international dimension to Saturday's shooting.

In recent weeks the World has been gripped by Turkey's lurid claims against Saudi Arabia over Jamal Khashoggi. One effect of this pressure is that France, Germany and Russia agreed to Turkish demands for a summit on Syria held yesterday (27/10/18).

The US was not invited to nor attended this summit.

The specific Synagogue attacked was the Tree of Life Synagogue. The 2018 Winter Olympics were held in the Republic of Korea (RoK/South). As part of preparations for hosting the games the RoK built a giant; "Tree of Life" monument.

This hinted at one of the main theme of the games. The RoK's move from traditional Animist religions to the Abrahamic religion of Christianity. A US-led strategy to counter the aggressive atheism of the Communist Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK).

The 2018 Winter Olympics were marred by the February 14th (14/2/18) mass shooting in Parkland, Florida. Ruled by Park Chung-hee and then for a shorter time by his daughter Park Geun-hye you could almost describe the RoK as; "Parkland."

The main purpose of the Parkland shooting was to ambush then US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson as he visited Turkey on February 15th (15/2/18). This was intended to be the meeting in which the US forced Turkey to end its illegal military occupation of Syria. The ambush was intended to prevent that from happening.

By invoking memories of the Parkland shooting the Tree of Life shooting was intended to show further US support for Turkey. Reassuring him that the Democrats will soon regain power in the US and he will be protected.

The Squirrel Tree area where the Tree of Life shooting took place is about 40% Jewish. The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School where the Parkland shooting occured is also about 40% Jewish.

The Tree of Life shooting was also intended to serve as an anti-Semitic slur against me. Although certainly not Jewish I chose not to work on Saturday's putting me in line with the rules of the Jewish sabbath or; "Shabat."

The Tree of Life shooting occured during a Shabat services. Reminding everyone that like me Jews don't work on Saturdays.

Suggesting that they're Jewish is apparently the worst insult US Democrats can think of to smear someone.

Other major themes of the 2018 Winter Olympics were Hard Power, Soft Power and this newly termed; "Sharp Power."

Britain has long used sport and in particular Premier League football as a mechanism of Soft Power. Arsenal FC or; "The Gunners" and West Africa being a prime example.

The US is currently trying to copy this by expanding global interest in their own strange sport known as; "American Football." Today sees an American Football game being played in London, UK. Between the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Philadelphia Eagles. The Philadelphia Eagles being the local team for all of Pennsylvania.

As a result Britain was a bit rattled by the Tree of Life shooting. It was already pretty rattled by not being invited to the Syria summit in Turkey.

Yesterday's (27/10/18) helicopter crash occured at the ground of Leicester City football club. The helicopter belonged to club Chairman, the Thai businessman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha who was killed in the crash.

The recent successes of Leicester City football club are another good example of Britain using sport as a mechanism of Soft Power.

For as long as anyone can remember society in Thailand has been held together by King Bhumibol Adulyadej. In 2015/16 there was a period of uncertainty as King Bhumibol made way for his far less respected on son Maha Bodindradebayavarangkun.

So suddenly the Thai owned Leicester City won the Premier League in the 2015/16 season as 5000/1 outsiders. Creating much interest about the club in Thailand. 

Leicester City's fortunes have dipped recently. Due to the sale of Algerian star player Riyad Mahrez.

10:40 on 28/10/18 (UK date).