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Once a Cash Cow, Venezuela’s Oil Company Now Verges on Collapse
Post Date: 2017-12-28 07:50:05 by IbJensen
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(Residents of the fishing village Amuay waited for several hours to get their gas tanks filled. Deepening troubles at the state oil company threaten to further destabilize the nation.) PUNTO FIJO, Venezuela — A general with no energy experience has been installed as the head of the state oil company. Arrests, firings and desperate emigration have gutted top talent. Oil facilities are crumbling, while production is plummeting. As the rest of the oil-producing world recovers on the back of stronger energy prices, Venezuela is getting worse, the result of dysfunctional management, rampant corruption and the country’s crippling economic crisis. The deepening troubles at the ...
Topless Femen activist tries to snatch Jesus statue from Vatican crib
Post Date: 2017-12-26 06:26:37 by IbJensen
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A topless activist from the feminist group Femen tried to snatch the statue of the baby Jesus from the Nativity scene in St. Peter's Square on Monday but was stopped by police as she grabbed it. A Reuters photographer said the woman jumped over guard rails and rushed onto the larger-than-life Nativity scene shouting "God is woman". She had the same slogan painted on her bare back. A Vatican gendarme stopped her from taking the statue and she was detained. The incident happened about two hours before Pope Francis delivered his Christmas message to some 50,000 people in the square. The group's website identified her as Alisa Vinogradova and called her a ...
Santa Calls It Quits
Post Date: 2017-12-26 05:51:31 by Deckard
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*With apologies to the New York Sun.* DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, 'If you see it in THE SUN it's so.' Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus? VIRGINIA O'HANLON. 115 WEST NINETY-FIFTH STREET. Virginia, your little friends are right. There used to be a Santa Claus, but not anymore. Oh, he is real, dear girl. He most certainly exists. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist. But he has gotten out of the gift-giving game. It all started a few years ago when agents from the Occupational Health and Safety Administration stormed into his workshop, waving a warrant. An ...
The Outdated Norway Strategy
Post Date: 2017-12-24 15:18:45 by nativist nationalist
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After the end of the Vietnam war, the U.S. military focused on the Soviet threat. The Reagan administration entered office with plans for huge increases in military spending, justified with huge exaggerations of the military capabilities of the Soviet Union. The U.S. Marine Corps needed a role in NATO if it wanted a piece of this larger pie. Simply dispatching its 2nd Division to reinforce the U.S. Army was a bland idea from World War I. A unique mission was desired, resulting in a sales pitch that U.S. Marines were needed for the defense of Norway. The Soviet Union's northern port at Murmansk froze over during the winter, and a year around warm water port would be helpful. The Soviets ...
FLASHBACK: U.S. Pays $3B for UN--More Than 185 Other Countries Combined
Post Date: 2017-12-23 19:44:34 by 3-Dee
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FLASHBACK: U.S. Pays $3B for UN--More Than 185 Other Countries Combined By Patrick Goodenough | May 7, 2015 | 4:23 AM EDT (CNSNews.com) – American taxpayers will pony up around $3.024 billion this year towards the United Nations’ regular and peacekeeping budgets, more than what 185 other countries combined are paying, an expert on the international body told U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday. While the U.S. contribution in 2015 to the U.N. regular budget is $621.9 million, the 35 countries contributing the least will pay just $28,269 each, Heritage Foundation scholar Brett Schaefer told the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee responsible for multilateral institutions. And where ...
Have the LGBTQ folks come up with a gender identification for the offspring of a Muslim and his goat?
Post Date: 2017-12-22 16:34:38 by IbJensen
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A discovery of a goat-man hybrid has left residents of Malaysia searching for answers. Farmer Ibrahim Basir from the Malaysian village of Felda said it was a huge surprise to discover a baby goat with human features. NewsAU (h/t Nick F) The state Veterinary Services Department laboratory is currently investigating the reason behind the goat’s human-looking features. Agriculture and Agro-based Industry committee chairman Ismail Mohamed said this included exploring the possibility that a human violated the mother goat. (Ya think???) Basir said: “I was quite shocked but fascinated too as its face, nose, short legs and even the condition of its soft body seemed like that of a ...
Syrian Man Arrested for Raping Pony in German KidÂ’s Zoo (In Case You Missed It Dept.)
Post Date: 2017-12-22 16:24:32 by IbJensen
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Police have arrested a 23-year-old Syrian for allegedly raping a pony at a children’s zoo in Berlin; the man’s crime was witnessed by shocked visitors who took a photo of the incident and handed it over to the authorities. The incident occurred at around 3pm on Friday, November 3 at the Kinderbauernhof (children’s farm) area of the German capital‘s Goelitzer Park. The man was spotted by a babysitter, who was visiting the zoo with a child. “My babysitter was at Goerlitzer Park with our son when they witnessed the man carrying out a sexual act on the pony,” a woman told the Berliner Morgenpost, adding that her babysitter had informed park staff about the ...
UN Jerusalem vote: General Assembly rules against US, declaring recognition of Israel capital 'null and void'
Post Date: 2017-12-22 12:23:05 by IbJensen
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Several Latin American and African nations abstain from vote after America threatened to cut aid programmes In a humiliating blow for Donald Trump on the world stage, the United Nations General Assembly has voted by 128 to nine to declare his controversial decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital “null and void”. Just days after the US used its veto power at the UN Security Council to block a similar measure, the General Assembly resoundingly condemned the America’s unilateral action, which most observers said would hamper efforts to secure peace in the Middle East. While the vote has little practical impact – it is not legally binding – it is a ...
Putin’s Puppet in the White House?
Post Date: 2017-12-21 11:39:55 by Willie Green
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Real Trump Russia Scandal is Not Mere Collusion, U.S. Counterspies Say Last May, a top White House national security official met in Washington with senior Russian officials and handed over details of a secret operation Israel had shared with its U.S. counterparts. The meeting shocked veteran U.S. counterspies. The American official was not arrested, and he continues to work in the White House today, albeit under close scrutiny.That official, of course, was Donald Trump. The president’s Oval Office meeting with Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, and its then-ambassador to Washington, Sergey Kislyak—which only Russian photographers were permitted to record—sparked ...
Trump Threatens to Cut Foreign Aid to Countries That Vote to Forbid the US from Recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's Capital [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2017-12-21 01:29:10 by Tooconservative
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The good sort of Trumpian: people don't like being played for chumps, and Trump gives voice to that. "They take hundreds of millions of dollars and even billions of dollars, and then they vote against us. Well, we're watching those votes. Let them vote against us. We'll save a lot. We don't care," Trump told reporters at the White House. The US already vetoed this attempt in the Security Council, but now they're having a meaningless vote on it in the General Assembly: The 193-member U.N. General Assembly will hold a rare emergency special session on Thursday -- at the request of Arab and Muslim countries -- to vote on a draft resolution, which was vetoed by ...
Police Clash With ‘Anti-Fascist Protesters’ In Italy [VIDEO]
Post Date: 2017-12-19 21:33:56 by Gatlin
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Italian police violently clashed with “anti-fascist protesters” in the Italian town of Modena Friday. According to RT, the anti-fascists were preparing to “disrupt” a rally organized by a far-right group called “Defend Modena.” The right-wing group was protesting against Jus soli, a legal principle that allows those born in a country to obtain citizenship to that country. Video footage from Ruptly captured the moment police and “anti-fascists” start to brawl. WATCH: RT reports that up to 300 “anti-fascists and anarchists” attempted to march into the area where the “Defend Modena” was demonstrating, but police blocked their ...
Cyprus is at the center of a circle of corruption surrounding Trump
Post Date: 2017-12-16 09:44:01 by Willie Green
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The country of Cyprus has a long history as a laundromat for dirty money, particularly from Russia. Cyprus is referenced 530,937 times in the Panama Papers, and the Bank of Cyprus, the country's largest bank, is referenced 4,657 times. And the cast of characters linked to the bank and President Donald Trump is troubling.-When Oleg Deripaska, the founder of Russian aluminum company Rusal, began paying Paul Manafort $10 million a year in 2006 to act as a secret emissary for Russian President Vladimir Putin with Western governments, he paid Manafort through the Bank of Cyprus. Records handed over to special counsel Robert Mueller's investigative team show that Manafort and his partner, ...
Weapons Went From The CIA To ISIS In Less Than Two Months
Post Date: 2017-12-15 14:14:34 by Deckard
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Mainstream media in 2013: "Conspiracy Theorists!" Mainstream media in 2017: "ISIS Got a Powerful Missile the CIA Bought!" Years late to the party, mainstream media outlets like USA Today, Reuters, and Buzzfeed are just out with "breaking" and "exclusive" stories detailing how a vast arsenal of weapons sent to Syria by the CIA in cooperation with US allies fueled the rapid growth of ISIS. Buzzfeed's story entitled, Blowback: ISIS Got A Powerful Missile The CIA Secretly Bought In Bulgaria, begins by referencing "a new report on how ISIS built its arsenal highlights how the US purchased munitions, intended for ...
Surgeon who exposed Clinton Foundation corruption in Haiti found dead in apartment with stab wound to the chest
Post Date: 2017-12-13 18:27:46 by Gatlin
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Predominant doctor who exposed the non-existence of Clinton Foundation- promised medical care in Haiti found dead with knife in chest MANHATTAN (INTELLIHUB) — A well-known surgeon who exposed major inadequacies in medical trauma care promised to the Haitian people by the Clinton Foundation after the non-profit raised over $30 million dollars in donations following the devastating 2010 earthquake was found dead in his upscale apartment Sunday with a stab wound to the chest. Dr. Dean Lorich, 54, was found lying dead on the bathroom floor of his apartment by his 11-year-old daughter with a knife sticking out of his chest. The predominant surgeon gained notoriety after operating on ...
Every Time You Wish Someone ‘Happy Hanukkah’ You Acknowledge The Historic Jewish Claim On Jerusalem
Post Date: 2017-12-13 18:15:55 by Gatlin
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On Hanukkah eve, I tweeted out a somewhat reductionist thought commemorating the bloody Maccabean rebellion against the Seleucid Empire and their traitorous Hellenized Jewish accomplices. It seemed to upset some of my followers. Every time you wish someone a Happy Hanukkah you are acknowledging the historic Jewish claim on Jerusalem. Why are you politicizing such a pleasant holiday? Does wishing someone a “Merry Christmas” now mean that you accept Jesus as your lord and savior? Well, first of all, the story of Hanukkah isn’t pleasant. Violent, brutal, and passionate, maybe. But not pleasant. And of course wishing someone a “Happy Hanukkah” isn’t an ...
‘Humans will worship AI MESSIAH’ God Robot religion expected to boom
Post Date: 2017-12-11 13:43:39 by A K A Stone
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Former Google and Uber engineer Anthony Levandowski founded AI-bases religion, The Way of the Future, so people can worship a “Godhead” robot that is a billion times smarter than humans. He wants to create a new “church” that revolves around Artificial Intelligence and has people worshipping at the feet of a super-machine. And tech experts have said humans are likely to accept the robot as a higher being. John Mitchell, a lawyer and AI expert, said human beings, in general, tend to “worship supreme understanding”. Mr Mitchell claims the same drive that compels people to believe in God and follow religions will work for Artificial Intelligence. He ...
"You Grow Up Wanting To Be Luke Skywalker, Then Realize You've Become A Stormtrooper For The Empire"
Post Date: 2017-12-11 11:20:49 by Deckard
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Authored by US Army combat veteran Daniel Crimmins via Upriser.com, You grew up wanting so bad to be Luke Skywalker, but you realize that you were basically a Stormtrooper, a faceless, nameless rifleman, carrying a spear for empire, and you start to accept the startlingly obvious truth that these are people like you. Question: How do you Americans as a people walk around head held high, knowing that every few months your country is committing a 9/11 size atrocity to other people. Imagine if the 9/11 terror attacks were happening in America every few months. Again and again, innocent people dying all around you. Your brothers and sisters. For no reason. Daniel Crimmins from U.S. Army ...
Canada will sell pot in liquor stores (Nova Scotia)
Post Date: 2017-12-09 20:00:24 by Operation 40
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One province in Canada has decided to sell its marijuana in liquor stores. Nova Scotia, a province on Canada’s eastern shore, announced on Thursday that the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation, its sole alcohol distributor, would sell the drug in its stores and on its website once Canada legalizes weed in July of next year. "The NSLC has the experience and expertise to distribute and sell restricted products like alcohol and now cannabis in a socially responsible way," Justice Minister Mark Furey said at a press conference. "We believe the NSLC is best positioned to sell cannabis, keeping it out of the hands of young people and making it legally available in a safe, ...
Patrick J. Buchanan: Saakashvili–The Nutball the Neocons Wanted in NATO
Post Date: 2017-12-08 19:53:12 by nativist nationalist
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Even interventionists are regretting some of the wars into which they helped plunge the United States in this century. Among those wars are Afghanistan and Iraq, the longest in our history; Libya, which was left without a stable government; Syria’s civil war, a six- year human rights disaster we helped kick off by arming rebels to overthrow Bashar Assad; and Yemen, where a U.S.-backed Saudi bombing campaign and starvation blockade is causing a humanitarian catastrophe. Yet, twice this century, the War Party was beaten back when seeking a clash with Putin’s Russia. And the “neo-isolationists” who won those arguments served America well. What triggered this observation ...
Survey: Okay To Kill Two Million People In A Preemptive Nuclear Attack
Post Date: 2017-12-08 13:25:27 by Deckard
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A recent survey conducted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) revealed a chilling discovery: a majority of Americans are apparently agreeable to preemptively nuking other nations, knowing that millions of civilians would die. The theoretical nation used in the survey was Iran. And the MIT survey found that 60% of the American people would be willing to preemptively nuke Iran, knowing that 2 million civilians would be killed. (How paradoxical that I am reporting on this unnerving news on the day that we remember when Japan preemptively attacked our naval installations at Pearl Harbor in 1941.)This new survey is a reversal of decades of public opinion regarding the use of ...
White House announces physical exam for Trump after slurred speech (Jerusalem announcement)
Post Date: 2017-12-07 18:22:46 by Hondo68
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Trump has lisp while making Jerusalem announcementUS President Donald Trump holds up a signed memorandum after he delivered a statement on Jerusalem from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, DC on December 6, 2017. President Donald Trump on Wednesday recognized the disputed city of Jerusalem as Israel's capital -- a historic decision that overturns decades of US policy and risks triggering a fresh spasm of violence in the Middle East.'I have determined that it is time to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel,' Trump said from the White House.'It's the right thing to do.' / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read ...
War, Imperialism, and Statism (Football vs Fútbol)
Post Date: 2017-12-05 05:13:46 by Deckard
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have long wondered about the “why” regarding the differences between American Football and what the rest of the world calls football (i.e. soccer). American football: so completely regimented and precise; fútbol: very free-flowing and quite uncontrolled. This in contrast to what appears on the surface the opposite regarding the political and bureaucratic regimes. The United States: relatively free-market; Europe and Latin America (where fútbol is most popular): bureaucratic and stifling.I have never felt satisfied with any answer I have come up with to explain this seeming contradiction; I have never found anything on point upon which I could ...
Report: Israeli Jets Struck at Iranian Military Base in Syria
Post Date: 2017-12-04 17:04:09 by Gatlin
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Israel reportedly attacked an Iranian military base in the area of al-Kiswah in the early hours of Saturday morning. According to reports in the Syrian media, the IDF launched surface-to-surface rockets from the Golan Heights and the Israel Air Force (IAF) fired missiles at the military base, which is located 15 km southwest of the Syrian capital of Damascus. Israel has neither confirmed nor denied the strike. The BBC reported alleged Iranian activity at the site a month ago, when it published satellite pictures of construction work undertaken from January-October 2017, including 20 structures suitable for barracks and storage. The BBC report, which quoted “Western intelligence ...
US Sailors Face Grim Diagnoses After Fukushima Mission
Post Date: 2017-12-02 13:43:27 by Deckard
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To serve in the U.S. Armed Forces, you must meet certain health and fitness requirements: you must be fit to serve. But a healthy group of young service men and women – many in their 20s – have come down with serious health problems since serving on a humanitarian mission to Fukushima, Japan, following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that led to a nuclear meltdown of the Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TepCo) nuclear power plant. Service members have faced cancer, brain tumors, birth defects, and other rare health problems since being exposed to radiation from the Fukushima plant. Some have even died. Courthouse News talked to some of these service members to find out what’s ...
REPORT: Trump to announce moving the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem next week!
Post Date: 2017-11-30 17:34:06 by Gatlin
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We are getting reports out of Israel that Trump could announce next week that we are moving our embassy in Tel Aviv to Israel’s capital, Jerusalem: JPOST – US President Donald Trump may formally recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital early next week and direct his staff to prepare for moving the embassy to Jerusalem, Channel 2 News reported Wednesday night. The report, to which there was no immediate confirmation, followed a speech US Vice President Mike Pence gave a day earlier in which he said that Trump was “actively considering” the step. “While for the past 20 years, Congress and successive administrations have expressed a willingness to move our ...
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