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Are Yanks and Brits Going Their Separate Ways?
Post Date: 2019-07-12 06:36:19 by Ada
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When Sir Kim Darroch’s secret cable to London was leaked to the Daily Mail, wherein he called the Trump administration “dysfunctional…unpredictable…faction-riven…diplomatically clumsy and inept,” the odds on his survival as UK ambassador plummeted. When President Donald Trump’s tweeted retort called Darroch “wacky,” a “stupid guy,” and a “pompous fool” who had been “foisted on the US,” the countdown to the end began. The fatal blow came when, in a debate with his rival for prime minister, Boris Johnson, who will likely replace Theresa May before the end of July, left Darroch twisting in the wind. It’s a ...
Noam Chomsky full length interview: Who rules the world now?
Post Date: 2019-07-11 20:06:51 by BTP Holdings
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Cathy Newman's full interview with Philosopher Noam Chomsky. From Trump and Clinton, to climate change, Brexit and TPP, America's foremost intellectuals presents his views on who rules the world today. Subscribe for more: bit.ly/LtASif.
A (Chinese) Whale Is Accumulating Silver Futures
Post Date: 2019-07-11 19:37:55 by Horse
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Silver’s recent price performance has been disappointing. Normally, it is almost twice as volatile as gold, so when the gold price rises 11%, as it has since last December, you would expect silver to rise about 20%. Instead it has fallen marginally. When we dig into the weekly Commitment of Traders’ Reports covering Comex futures, we see something very odd indeed... The largest four traders, normally bullion banks or major producers hedging future output, almost always run short positions against speculators’ longs. The more bullish speculators are, the more shorts are carried by the big four to accommodate them. Equally, they only go net long when the speculators are ...
China fails to buy agricultural goods as promised: Trump
Post Date: 2019-07-11 16:24:13 by BTP Holdings
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China fails to buy agricultural goods as promised: Trump AFP•July 11, 2019 0:39 1:41 Trump tweets about China's failure to buy agricultural goods as promised Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump on Thursday accused China of backsliding on promises to increase purchases of American farm exports. The president's latest salvo on Twitter comes the same week that US and Chinese trade officials had their first contact in months in an effort to revive negotiations that nearly collapsed in May. Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping met last month on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Japan, agreeing to cease further hostilities while the talks ...
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards deny trying to stop UK tanker in Persian Gulf
Post Date: 2019-07-11 08:35:10 by Ada
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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have denied reports that their patrol boats tried to stop a British oil tanker in the Persian Gulf. There were “no encounters” between the Iranian warships and foreign vessels at the time when the incident is alleged to have taken place, the IRGC’s naval unit said in a statement on Thursday, cited by Fars News. The IRGC also reiterated that they are prepared to “act swiftly and decisively” should they receive an order to capture any foreign ship. London said three Iranian patrol boats attempted to stop its oil tanker, ‘British Heritage,’ as it was sailing through the Strait of Hormuz to the Persian ...
Peak Scarcity: Top Supply Shocks Humanity IsnÂ’t Prepared For
Post Date: 2019-07-11 08:15:16 by Ada
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According to some estimates, humanity currently uses resources 50 percent faster than they can be regenerated, but several major resource shocks have gone underreported – and may change the way we live irrevocably. Pressure on oil and metals resources have long been known, but impending lesser-known supply issues for other key materials that have gone largely unnoticed outside of the extraction industry could lead to price spikes, massive backward shifts in technology, and even global conflict in the coming decades. Here RT.com takes a look at the near future of ‘hidden’ resource supply shocks. Helium While the element helium is incredibly abundant in the universe ...
Opposing War Is The Best Approach To Revolution
Post Date: 2019-07-11 07:37:07 by Ada
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One of the most common labels people use to describe what I do is some variation of “anti-war journalist” or “anti-imperialist blogger”, and I’m always a tiny bit surprised when I see it. Not because I disagree with it; opposition to US-centralized warmongering probably constitutes a majority of my content, so it’s a reasonable description. I’ve just never explicitly had opposing war in mind when doing what I do. It’s been the main byproduct of my journey here, but it’s never been my objective. I got started on this gig making Facebook posts in Bernie Sanders groups after noticing that the US mass media were actively sabotaging his 2016 ...
Report: Iranians Tried to Seize a British Oil Tanker
Post Date: 2019-07-11 06:46:58 by Ada
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It’s a real shame that we don’t know if this is true or not. The Iranians said they were thinking about doing this, as a tit-for-tat after the British seized an Iranian boat. And I think it is very reasonable that they would do such a thing. Certainly, it is morally justified. They are not the aggressor in any of this stuff that is happening. But we don’t know if this actually happened, because the Jewish media and the Western authorities lie about virtually everything. The Hill: Boats believed to belong to the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps failed to seize a British oil tanker in the Persian Gulf on Wednesday, according to reports. U.S. officials with ...
Putib: “95% of the world’s terrorist attacks are orchestrated by the CIA,” a
Post Date: 2019-07-11 00:07:11 by Horse
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Vladimir Putin yesterday said that “95% of the world’s terrorist attacks are orchestrated by the CIA,” and the St. Petersburg metro bombing must be investigated “with this in mind.“ Putin said: “If the CIA have Russian blood on their hands, they will forever regret stirring the Russian bear from its peaceful slumber.” When questioned by a top aide as to whether the 95% figure was accurate, Putin sighed heavily and fixed the assembled group with his trademark stare before explaining that in regards to how the world is run, all is not how it seems. Putin affirms that the CIA is a rogue element of the Deep State, and “an expression of the will of ...
EXCLUSIVE-Iran's release of Lebanese prisoner was failed overture to U.S.
Post Date: 2019-07-10 21:01:30 by BTP Holdings
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EXCLUSIVE-Iran's release of Lebanese prisoner was failed overture to U.S. By Lesley Wroughton and Jonathan Landay and Arshad Mohammed, Reuters • July 10, 2019 By Lesley Wroughton, Jonathan Landay and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON, July 10 (Reuters) - Iran's release last month of Nizar Zakka, a Lebanese businessman with U.S. permanent residency, after four years in prison was meant as an opening for U.S.-Iranian talks, according to three Western sources familiar with the issue. The gesture, however, was not enough for Washington, which did not pursue it. "It was a missed opportunity," one U.S. source said of Zakka's June 11 release and the U.S. decision not to ...
American scientist in Greece died of asphyxiation, authorities say
Post Date: 2019-07-10 20:45:52 by BTP Holdings
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American scientist in Greece died of asphyxiation, authorities say JULIA JACOBO and DAPHNE TOLIS, ABC News • July 10, 2019 American scientist in Greece died of asphyxiation, authorities say originally appeared on abcnews.go.com An American scientist whose body was found in an abandoned World War II bunker in Greece died from asphyxiation, according to local authorities. Molecular biologist Suzanne Eaton, 59, was visiting the Greek island of Crete for a conference when she vanished on July 2. Eaton's death is being investigated as a criminal act, Crete Police spokesperson Eleni Papathanassiou told ABC News. Greek police did not release any additional details. (MORE: ...
Freedom of piracy: US seeks allies to outsource hunt for Iranian oil tankers
Post Date: 2019-07-10 08:46:25 by Ada
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Freedom of piracy: US seeks allies to outsource hunt for Iranian oil tankers Washington has a new tactic in its ongoing campaign against Tehran: outsource the naval blockade of Iran and have allies seize oil tankers in international waterways – all in the name of “freedom of navigation,” of course. The latest out of Washington is that the US is looking to put together a “coalition” that would “ensure freedom of navigation both in the Straits of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandeb,” as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford said on Tuesday. These are the waterways connecting the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman, and the Red Sea to the Gulf of ...
How Trees Could Save the Climate
Post Date: 2019-07-10 02:32:13 by Tatarewicz
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TEHRAN (FNA)- Around 0.9 billion hectares of land worldwide would be suitable for reforestation, which could ultimately capture two thirds of human-made carbon emissions. The Crowther Lab of ETH Zurich has published a study in the journal Science that shows this would be the most effective method to combat climate change. The Crowther Lab at ETH Zurich investigates nature-based solutions to climate change. In their latest study the researchers showed for the first time where in the world new trees could grow and how much carbon they would store. Study lead author and postdoc at the Crowther Lab Jean-François Bastin explains: "One aspect was of particular importance to us as ...
Facebook Issues New Policy Saying It’s Acceptable to Post Death Threats Against Me
Post Date: 2019-07-09 23:41:18 by Horse
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Facebook has issued a new policy update saying it’s acceptable to post death threats and incite violence against me, despite this being a crime in the United Kingdom. No, I’m not joking. A Community Standards update published by Facebook states (emphasis mine); “Do not post: Threats that could lead to death (and other forms of high-severity violence) of any target(s) where threat is defined as any of the following: Statements of intent to commit high-severity violence; or Calls for high-severity violence (unless the target is an organization or individual covered in the Dangerous Individuals and Organizations policy)….” Back in May, Facebook and Instagram ...
Putin’s envoy briefs Tehran about Russia-Israel-US meeting
Post Date: 2019-07-09 22:05:54 by Tatarewicz
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PressTV... Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy says that Moscow has told American and Israeli officials in a recent trilateral meeting that regional stability would be out of reach if Iran’s interests are ignored. Alexander Lavrentiev, President Putin’s envoy, has traveled to Tehran on a direct order by President Putin to hand over a report on a trilateral meeting that took place among American, Russian, and Israeli officials in the occupied city of Jerusalem al-Quds last month. In Tehran on Tuesday, and during a meeting with Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), Lavrentiev said Russian officials at the meeting ...
Dark Money Is Being Put Into the System Today Rob Kirby
Post Date: 2019-07-09 21:58:53 by Horse
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Report: Alex Acosta Said He Was Told Jeffrey Epstein 'Belonged to Intelligence' And 'To Leave It Alone'
Post Date: 2019-07-09 21:19:23 by Horse
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Best-selling author Vicky Ward reported Tuesday that Alexander Acosta told the Trump transition team when asked about his handling of Jeffrey Epstein's case that "I was told Epstein 'belonged to intelligence' and to leave it alone." From Vicky Ward, The Daily Beast, "Jeffrey Epstein's Sick Story Played Out for Years in Plain Sight": Epstein's name, I was told, had been raised by the Trump transition team when Alexander Acosta, the former U.S. attorney in Miami who'd infamously cut Epstein a non-prosecution plea deal back in 2007, was being interviewed for the job of labor secretary. The plea deal put a hard stop to a separate federal ...
US Customs just seized a ship owned by JPMorgan after authorities found $1 billion worth of drugs on it
Post Date: 2019-07-09 21:15:07 by Horse
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Federal prosecutors in Philadelphia have seized a container ship operated by the Mediterranean Shipping Co., weeks after authorities found more than $1 billion worth of cocaine on the vessel in what was one of the largest drug busts in American history. US Customs and Border Protection seized the ship on July 4, a statement out Monday said. The ship is owned by client assets in a maritime strategy offered by JPMorgan Asset Management, according to a person familiar with the matter. It is operated by the Switzerland-based MSC. On June 18, CBP agents found 39,525 pounds of cocaine stashed in several containers on the MSC Gayane at the Philadelphia seaport. The street value of the drugs was ...
How UAE's Yemen Exit Is Preparation To Confront Iran Closer To Home
Post Date: 2019-07-09 21:13:27 by Horse
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A United Arab Emirates decision to withdraw the bulk of its forces from Yemen shines a spotlight on hard realities underlying Middle Eastern geopolitics. The pullback suggests that the UAE is preparing for the possibility of a US military confrontation with Iran in which the UAE and Saudi Arabia could emerge as prime battlegrounds. It also reflects long-standing subtle differences in the approaches of Saudi Arabia and the UAE towards Yemen. It further highlights the UAE’s long-standing concern for its international standing amid mounting criticism of the civilian toll of the war as well as a recognition that the Trump administration’s unquestioning support may not be enough to ...
Egypt Seizes Tanker With Iranian Oil & Sentences 7 Iranians To Long Prison Terms For Spying
Post Date: 2019-07-09 20:58:28 by Tatarewicz
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PMF... Egypt seized a Ukrainian oil tanker carrying Iranian crude while it was crossing the Suez Canal ten days ago, according to a report from Arab news outlet Al-Araby Al-Jadeed carried by Middle East Monitor. If confirmed, this would be the second detention of a tanker carrying Iranian oil over the past two weeks. Last week, Gibraltar detained a super tanker carrying crude oil to Syria because it had “reasonable grounds” to believe that the Grace 1 ship was violating European Union sanctions against Syria. Shipping data that Reuters has reviewed suggests that the tanker en route to Syria was loaded with Iranian oil off the Iranian coast. Yet, the tanker documents point that ...
I Hear That Train a’Comin’
Post Date: 2019-07-09 17:39:07 by Ada
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Think of the American two-party political system as two ramshackle freight trains running towards each other over old, neglected tracks, on a one-year collision course. Will there even be two parties left for the 2020 election? The Republican Party is a train of booby-trapped freight cars that can blow at any time. The engine is running on the fumes of the financialized economy. The engineer, Mr. Trump, only has his eye on the gauge that represents the stock market, which produces the gaseous emanations running his train. But the tank cars are leaking. The vapors are highly flammable. Any little spark can set it off, and surely will. The Democratic Party is carrying seventeen gondola ...
US Power is Waning
Post Date: 2019-07-09 09:05:44 by Ada
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'US power' relates more to popular perception than to the reality that we see on the ground. The inability to accept criticism, especially when constructive, is one indication of weakness; since its debacle in Iraq, the United States has been unable to accept the error of its ways, and has compounded those errors in Afghanistan and Syria to an even greater extent. Another sign of weakness is being unable to see ourselves as others see us. The United States has no idea that the rest of the world — with the possible exception of Israel — views it as a source of imperial hubris and arrogance, while America considers itself to be the exceptional ‘shining light of ...
Duterte Says If the US Wants a War with China, They Should Start It Themselves Instead of Using Flips as Bait
Post Date: 2019-07-09 08:12:30 by Ada
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It’s unclear what possible benefit the Philippines could gain from a war with China. The idea that Filipinos care about the disputed Spratly Islands is stupid. Most Filipinos do not even know they exist. And if their resources are to be harvested by “The Philippines,” it is only going to be American companies doing it. The Islands have always been under the possession of Vietnam and China, historically. In 1956, Tomás Cloma, a Filipino adventurer/fisherman claimed some of the Islands, but he didn’t claim them in the name of the Philippines, but instead established “The Free Territory of Freedomland” (best country name ever), which he said was an ...
The Real Biden Apology America Deserves: The Iraq War
Post Date: 2019-07-09 07:30:20 by Ada
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Uncle Joe has never been much for apologies. Whether it was his backing of the ‘90s crime bill that helped fuel mass incarceration, or his mistreatment of Anita Hill during the Clarence Thomas hearings, Biden has been loathe to admit wrong and make amends. Thus it was a bit of a surprise this weekend when the former vice president apologized for his insensitive remarks about segregationists; the very comments that prompted a fierce debate exchange with fellow candidate Kamala Harris. That’s all well and good, but since it’s in foreign policy that American emperors (read: presidents) wield near unilateral power, it’s time for Biden to plea for the electorate’s ...
The Western World Is Finished: Over and Done With
Post Date: 2019-07-09 02:56:39 by Tatarewicz
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PMF... The white world is overrun with immigrants taught by Identity Politics to hate white people and all their works. Classical music, being a white activity, has been branded racist. There is an effort underway to prove that Beethoven was partly black so we can continue to listen to classical music without being white supremacists. www.unz.com/a...hite-supremacy/ Vladimir Putin wonders why countries with core white populations decided to destroy themselves with unimpeded immigration of different cultures and races. Why is it racist for governments to consider the interests of their core white populations? www.strategi...rom-doing-same/ Math teacher in private school fired for racist ...
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