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19 dead and scores hurt in Manchester blast
Post Date: 2017-05-22 21:57:05 by buckeroo
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Just another terrorist attack. Bet'cha France is next.
Europe was the birthplace of mankind, not Africa, scientists find
Post Date: 2017-05-22 20:01:59 by cranky
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An artist's reconstruction of Graecopithecus freybergi, left, with the jawbone and tooth found in Bulgaria and GreeceThe history of human evolution has been rewritten after scientists discovered that Europe was the birthplace of mankind, not Africa. Currently, most experts believe that our human lineage split from apes around seven million years ago in central Africa, where hominids remained for the next five million years before venturing further afield. But two fossils of an ape-like creature which had human-like teeth have been found in Bulgaria and Greece, dating to 7.2 million years ago. The discovery of the creature, named Graecopithecus freybergi, and nicknameded ‘El ...
At Least 20 Killed After Possible Explosions at Manchester Arena Concert Featuring Ariana Grande
Post Date: 2017-05-22 19:41:50 by cranky
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At least 20 people were killed and possibly "hundreds" of others were injures after one or more loud bangs were heard Monday night at an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena in England, multiple law enforcement told NBC News. Law enforcement sources in both Britain and the United States told NBC News there were possibly two explosions. There was no immediate information on what kind of explosions occurred, and the sources stressed that the information was preliminary and subject to change. Greater Manchester Police said only that there were "a number of confirmed fatalities and injuries" as hundreds of fans fled the arena. Emergency crews rushed to the scene ...
Trump places hand upon mysterious glowing orb in opening ceremony for Saudi anti-terror center
Post Date: 2017-05-22 18:24:06 by Deckard
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In this photo from the Saudi Press Agency, U.S. President Donald Trump is joined by Egyptian dictator Abdel Fatah al-Sisi and Saudi king Salman bin Abdulaziz at the opening of the so-called "Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology." The three men ceremonially "activated" the building by placing their hands upon a mysterious glowing orb and making wishes, or something. The internet is perplexed and fascinated by the event's perfect strangenessPoster Comment:Where have I seen that #TrumpInSaudi #Orb before? Oh yeah...I'm surprised they did not sacrifice a child ...... or two.
Venezuela protest: Pro-government supporter set on fire as death toll hits 48
Post Date: 2017-05-22 17:05:45 by Justified
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has accused opposition protesters of setting a pro-government supporter on fire on the 50th day of the wave of protests, which has gripped the country. Footage of the man being set alight was broadcasted on state television and the man, identified as Orlando Figuera, 21, has been treated in hospital for severe burns and several stab wounds. About 46 people are also believed to have been injured during the protest Witnesses to the incident said the crowd accused the man of being a thief. According to reports, about 100 people, who were participating in anti-Maduro protests in Caracas, surrounded Mr Figuera, doused him in gasoline and set him alight in ...
Country Singer With Most Famous 9/11 Song, Now Playing for Country that was Behind 9/11
Post Date: 2017-05-22 09:58:42 by Deckard
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Toby Keith, icon of modern country music, began making a name for himself in the 1990s, releasing his breakthrough single “How Do You Like Me Now?!” in 1998. Keith rose to stardom in 2002 with the song “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)” which he wrote in response to 9/11. That song captured the vengeful militarism that had overcome the U.S., as the Bush regime sought to capitalize on fear and anger to push wars of aggression in the Middle East. A “war on terror” was declared, and Islamophobia soared in the American populace. Facts didn’t matter, as long as U.S. warplanes were dropping bombs on Muslim countries, even if they had ...
Donald Trump Said Saudi Arabia Was Behind 9/11, Now He’s Bowing Down To Them
Post Date: 2017-05-22 09:35:04 by Deckard
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By Matt Agorist While speaking with supporters at a campaign event in Bluffton, South Carolina in 2016, then-Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said if he is elected “you will find out who really knocked down the World Trade Center.” “It wasn’t the Iraqis,” Trump said. “You may find it’s the Saudis.” Trump was referencing the fact 15 out of the 19 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia. He also, somehow, had knowledge of what was in the 28 pages that would be declassified a few months later in July. Trump went on to say the government has “papers” “that are very secret” which may implicate the Saudis, perhaps referencing ...
Report: China cripples CIA operations, kills informants
Post Date: 2017-05-20 20:26:43 by Justified
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The New York Times is reporting that the Chinese government "systematically dismantled" CIA spying operations in China starting in late 2010. The Times reports that the Chinese government killed or imprisoned at least a dozen CIA sources over the next two years. The newspaper cites 10 current and former U.S. officials, who describe the intelligence breach as one of the worst in decades. They spoke on condition of anonymity. The report published Saturday says U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies scrambled to stem the damage, but were bitterly divided over the cause of the breach. Some investigators were convinced there was a mole within the CIA, ...
Japan Moves Forward on Bill to Allow Emperor Akihito to Abdicate Throne
Post Date: 2017-05-20 09:07:47 by cranky
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On Friday, the Japanese cabinet approved a bill that would allow 83-year-old Emperor Akihito to abdicate his throne. The bill does not abolish the monarchy; as CNN observes, Emperor Akihito is ready to pass the throne along to his oldest son, 56-year-old Crown Prince Naruhito. In fact, the bill specifically refers to Akihito instead of changing the rules of abdication for all emperors to follow because, as the Daily Sabah puts it, “the conservative government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is reluctant to open the imperial system to wide-ranging debate.” However, Daily Sabah notes there is strong popular support in Japan for a permanent law on abdication. Although Akihito and his ...
Pentagon plans to 'annihilate' IS fighters
Post Date: 2017-05-20 07:21:23 by cranky
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A member of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, made up of an alliance of Arab and Kurdish fighters, removes an Islamic State group flag in the town of Tabqa, April 30, 2017President Donald Trump has instructed the Pentagon to "annihilate" the Islamic State group in Syria in a bid to prevent escaped foreign fighters from returning home, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Friday. The move to encircle then kill as many jihadists in place as possible -- rather than letting them exit a city and targeting them as they flee -- reflects an increased urgency to stop battle-hardened jihadists bringing their military expertise and ideology back to European capitals and other areas. The ...
War in Syria and Iran
Post Date: 2017-05-19 22:19:33 by U don't know me
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The Iranians have just deployed their S-300 missile system to military bases located on their borders. The S-300 system has the capability of taking down short and medium-range ballistic missiles and engaging upon 6 different targets with 12 missiles. The effective range of the S-300 is approximately 130 miles (200 km). They are also planning on upgrading their defenses with the S-400 missile system. Is this noteworthy? Perhaps it is when examined on the heels of this quote from the Israeli Minister of Housing today, as such, reported in Sputnik News on May 16: “The reality whereby Syria executes people, intentionally uses chemical weapons to hurt them and, now, in the most recent ...
'Smoke in public and face jail' says Philippine president Duterte
Post Date: 2017-05-19 11:19:18 by Deckard
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First it was drug dealers, now smokers are in the crosshairs of the Philippine president.People who smoke in public could face a four-month prison sentence or a $100 fine after a decree passed by Rodrigo Duterte aims to clamp down on those who light up.The law which was announced on Thursday (18 May) will forbid tobacco use, as well as e-cigarettes, in all public spaces including pavements.Under the law, designated smoking areas no bigger than 10 sq m must be at least 10m from building entrances, Reuters reported.The president, a former smoker himself, instituted the ban because he said people should be able to enjoy clean air.However as around 17 million people in the country smoke, or a ...
Theresa May to create a new internet that would be controlled and regulated by the Government
Post Date: 2017-05-19 09:22:55 by Willie Green
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The proposals come soon after the government won the right to collect everyone's browsing history Theresa May is planning to introduce huge regulations on the way the internet works, allowing the government to decide what is said online. Particular focus has been drawn to the end of the manifesto, which makes clear that the Tories want to introduce huge changes to the way the internet works. "Some people say that it is not for government to regulate when it comes to technology and the internet," it states. "We disagree." Senior Tories confirmed to BuzzFeed News that the phrasing indicates that the government intends to introduce huge restrictions on what people can ...
Trump Pledges to Do ‘Whatever Is Necessary’ to ‘Fix’ Venezuela
Post Date: 2017-05-19 08:42:51 by cranky
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President Trump on Thursday said the U.S. would provide humanitarian assistance to address the deteriorating situation in western Venezuela, facing a collapsing economy and years of rebellion against the socialist government. The area along the Colombian border has descended into chaos and violence. Most recently, a man buying diapers and a teenager buying flour for his family were shot dead this week, according to press accounts, in incidents that are not uncommon in the region. “People don’t have enough to eat. People have no food. There’s great violence. And we will do whatever is necessary, and we’ll work together to do whatever is necessary to help with fixing ...
Flashback: Obama, Over Objections of the British, Gave Russia the Serial Numbers of the Trident Nuclear Missiles We Sold to the UK, Confirming the Size of the UK Nuclear Arsenal
Post Date: 2017-05-18 20:48:27 by Tooconservative
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Flashback: Obama, Over Objections of the British, Gave Russia the Serial Numbers of the Trident Nuclear Missiles We Sold to the UK, Confirming the Size of the UK Nuclear Arsenal But that's okay, because Obama was The Prince Who Was Promised.But where were these Democratic and left-wing Krakatoas [Ponuru uses "volcanoes" as a metaphor for Democrats suddenly erupting with natsec Concern -- ace ] when Obama gave Putin the identity and whereabouts of Great Britain's nuclear missiles? The Telegraph of London cited U.S. Embassy cables that it received via Wikileaks and summarized in its February 4, 2011, edition. "A series of classified messages sent to Washington by US ...
The Trump Presidency Falls Apart
Post Date: 2017-05-17 11:43:50 by Willie Green
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After an extraordinary 10 days, the tenure of the chief executive may have deteriorated beyond his ability to repair it. After an astonishing week of revelations, Donald Trump’s presidency appears to be on the verge of collapse.Consider what has happened just in the last 10 days: a string of damaging stories about a president unprecedented since at least the Nixon administration.On May 8, former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates appeared before Congress, offering testimony under oath that contradicted White House statements about Michael Flynn’s firing as national-security adviser, and which indicated Trump had waited 18 days after learning Flynn had lied to the vice president ...
Microsoft issues ‘highly unusual’ Windows XP patch to prevent massive ransomware attack
Post Date: 2017-05-13 18:39:02 by Justified
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UK hospitals, Telefonica, FedEx, and other businesses were hit by a massive ransomware attack on Friday. Around 75,000 computers in 99 countries were affected by malware known as WannaCry, which encrypts a computer and demands a $300 ransom before unlocking it. The malware was able to spread thanks to flaws in old versions of Windows that were originally used by the NSA to hack into PCs before being made public by the Shadow Brokers group last month. While Microsoft quickly issued fixes for the latest versions of Windows last month, this left Windows XP unprotected. Many of the machines attacked today have been breached simply because the latest Windows updates have not been applied ...
Trump weighs plan to send thousands more US troops to Afghanistan
Post Date: 2017-05-12 15:06:45 by Deckard
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President Trump is receiving a proposal from top advisers to send thousands more U.S. troops to Afghanistan and loosen the rules of engagement, all part of an effort to assist Afghan allies and put renewed pressure on the Taliban. The plan on the table would send an additional 3,000-5,000 troops to the country. In a significant shift, it also reportedly would give the Pentagon – as opposed to the White House – the authority to set troop numbers. A senior White House official told Fox News that the "Afghanistan review is done and President Trump will be briefed on it soon." There currently are 8,400 U.S. troops in Afghanistan, down from a ...
America is 'showing the telltale signs of a failing state'
Post Date: 2017-05-12 09:57:26 by Willie Green
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We have the tin-pot leader whose vanity knows no bounds. We have the rapacious family feathering their nests without regard for the law or common decency. We have utter disregard for values at home and abroad, the disdain for democracy, the hunger for constraining a free press, the admiration for thugs and strongmen worldwide. We have all the makings of a banana republic. But worse, we are showing the telltale signs of a failing state. Our government has ceased to function. Party politics and gross self-interest has rendered the majority party oblivious to its responsibilities to its constituents and the Constitution of the United States. On a daily basis, Republicans watch their ...
China's $246 Billion Foreign Buying Spree Is Unraveling
Post Date: 2017-05-11 14:44:11 by cranky
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Cross-border purchases tumble 67 percent after a record 2016 Sellers respond by demanding break fees as high as 10% China's Biggest Foreign Acquisition Frenzy Is Ending China’s biggest-ever foreign acquisition frenzy is ending almost as dramatically as it began.After stunning the world with a record $246 billion of announced outbound takeovers in 2016, Chinese dealmakers are now struggling to cope with tighter capital controls and increasingly wary counterparties. Cross-border purchases plunged 67 percent during the first four months of this year, the biggest drop for a comparable period since the depths of the global financial crisis in 2009, according to data ...
It’s not just Comey: the scary past 24 hours in Trump-Russia, explained
Post Date: 2017-05-10 12:41:46 by Willie Green
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The Comey firing is rightly dominating the news. Amazingly, though, it wasn’t the only major development in the ongoing and intensifying Trump-Russia scandal. The official reason for FBI Director Jim Comey’s dismissal is that he mishandled the Hillary Clinton email investigation, something many Democrats surely agree with. But the more convincing explanation is that Comey had infuriated the president by having the FBI launch a formal criminal probe into the Trump campaign’s possible ties to Russia.But the Comey story buried other huge Russia-related developments that came to light yesterday and this morning that you should really be following. What follows is a quick guide to ...
Another Arctic ice panic over as world temperatures plummet
Post Date: 2017-05-08 07:49:15 by HomerBohn
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(Polar bear mother (Ursus maritimus) and twin cubs of the year hunting on the pack ice, Svalbard Archipelago, Arctic Norway Credit: All Canada Photos / Alamy Stock Photo) Inevitably, when even satellite temperatures were showing 2016 as “the hottest year on record”, we were going to be told last winter that the Arctic ice was at its lowest extent ever. Sure enough, before Christmas, a report from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was greeted with such headlines as “Hottest Arctic on record triggers massive ice melt”. In March we had the BBC trumpeting another study that blamed vanishing Arctic ice as the cause of weather which led to the ...
Europe: “Eight to ten million migrants are still on the way”
Post Date: 2017-05-07 18:22:56 by HomerBohn
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If Hillary was President, a good number would be coming here. That ain’t going to happen with President Trump. We dodged a bullet — eight to ten million bullets. Islamic immigration is unlike any other form of immigration. Muslims are the only immigrant group to come to the West with a ready-made model of society that they believe to be superior. The political doctrine of Islam started with Mohammed’s migration from Mecca to Medina. After Mohammed went to Medina his message changed from pure religion to politics and jihad. Only 150 Arabs in Mecca converted, but after 10 years of jihad, every Arab became Muslim. The migration from Mecca to Medina marks the beginning of the ...
Macron wins French presidency, to sighs of relief in Europe (Relief? There are 8 Million MORE Migrants Enroute To Europe!)
Post Date: 2017-05-07 18:10:41 by HomerBohn
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Emmanuel Macron was elected president of France on Sunday with a business-friendly vision of European integration, defeating Marine Le Pen, a far-right nationalist who threatened to take France out of the European Union. The centrist's emphatic victory, which also smashed the dominance of France’s mainstream parties, will bring huge relief to European allies who had feared another populist upheaval to follow Britain's vote to quit the EU and Donald Trump's election as U.S. president. Pollsters' projections gave Macron a winning margin of around 65 percent to 35 - a gap wider than the 20 or so percentage points that pre-election surveys had suggested. Even so, it was ...
How ISIS Helps U.S. Achieve Domestic Policy Goals
Post Date: 2017-05-07 11:13:34 by Deckard
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Whether directly or indirectly, the CIA and U.S. government were certainly involved in creating ISIS.Indirectly, weapons were supplied to rebel forces in Syria, who turned out to be ISIS, among other rebel groups.But it is more than likely that the CIA created ISIS directly, just as it funded Al-Qaeda in the 1980’s to fight the Soviets. Then there are the green screen beheadings staged on what many believe to be a western studio set. The CIA is said to have paid over half a billion dollars to have the propaganda made.So when something pops up from the media saying what ISIS is doing, what they are really saying is what the highest levels of U.S. intelligence want ...
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