King Fahd had been slipping away for months, if not years. There were rumours of his death back in May. He held on for another few months. But now he's gone - and the news media is surprisingly quiet about it. Almost hidden in the bylines - they give even more information about dead movie actors that starred in one minor role in the 1930's than they did this high-impact event. Hello?!? King Fahd! One of the world's wealthiest, most powerful, and influential men. Protector of Islam and its holy site of Mecca. American ally - sometimes. Saudi Arabia is having a regime change! Home to most of the 9/11 hijackers. Home to Osama and his family. Wealthiest country per capita on the planet. And the media has nothing to say about it? I would say that was 'odd' but that's not the half of it. There's a continuing pattern of the media not touching anything that has Saudi Arabia written on it. That's just plain spooky.