Month: February 2017

Trump Threatened To Send Troops To Mexico To Stop The “Bad Hombres Down There”

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– Trump Threatened To Send Troops To Mexico To Stop The “Bad Hombres Down There”:

According to a transcript obtained by AP of the phone call which took place on Friday morning between President Trump and his Mexican counterpart, Enrique Pena Nieto, and which was intended to patch things up between the new president and his Mexican peer a day after Pena Nieto called off his visit to the US, Trump threatened to send U.S. troops to stop “bad hombres down there” unless the Mexican military does more to control them itself.

The excerpt of the call did not make clear who exactly Trump considered “bad hombres,” – drug cartels, immigrants, or both – or the tone and context of the remark, made in a Friday morning phone call between the leaders. It also did not contain Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto’s response. Nonetheless, the excerpt “offers a rare and striking look at how the new president is conducting diplomacy behind closed doors.” As AP puts it, Trump’s remark suggest he is using the same tough and blunt talk with world leaders that he used to rally crowds on the campaign trail.

Read moreTrump Threatened To Send Troops To Mexico To Stop The “Bad Hombres Down There”

Hillary Clinton To Pen New Memoir Reflecting On Stunning 2016 Loss

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– Hillary Clinton To Pen New Memoir Reflecting On Stunning 2016 Loss:

After withdrawing almost completely from public view following her staggering loss to Donald Trump on November 8th, Hillary, according to Bloomberg, is plotting a return to the limelight with a new book to be published this fall and a speaking tour that will include a stop at her alma mater Wellesley College in May.  If you can’t take the White House, might as well restart the
book signings and public speaking machine…at $250,000-$500,000 a pop
who could resist?

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Gen. Flynn: “Today We Are Officially Putting Iran On Notice”

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FYI.

– Gen. Flynn: “Today We Are Officially Putting Iran On Notice”:

When Iran test fired a new ballistic missile on Sunday, an act it confirmed this morning, it was aware it was taking a calculated risk and, more importantly, was testing America’s response and resolve to preserve Obama’s nuclear deal. It got the answer this afternoon, when shortly before 2pm, President Trump’s national security adviser, Michael Flynn, said the United States was officially putting Iran on notice on Wednesday over its “destabilizing activity” after it test-fired a ballistic missile over the weekend.

“As of today, we are officially putting Iran on notice,” Flynn told a White House briefing, without explaining exactly what that meant, although it is clear that any more provocations by Iran and whatever existing deals Iran had with the Obama administration will almost certainly be revised if not torn up.

Read moreGen. Flynn: “Today We Are Officially Putting Iran On Notice”

White House Blackballs CNN; Refuses To Send Surrogates On “Fake News” Network

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– White House Blackballs CNN; Refuses To Send Surrogates On “Fake News” Network:

Well, it’s official…according to a note from Politico, the White House has confirmed that surrogates of the Trump administration will no longer appear on CNN and will instead go to “places where we think it makes sense to promote our agenda.”  

“We’re sending surrogates to places where we think it makes sense to promote our agenda,” said a White House official, acknowledging that CNN is not such a place, but adding that the ban is not permanent.

A CNN reporter, speaking on background, was more blunt: The White House is trying to punish the network and force down its ratings.

“They’re trying to cull CNN from the herd,” the reporter said.

Read moreWhite House Blackballs CNN; Refuses To Send Surrogates On “Fake News” Network

CNN Producer Sues Trump Over Immigration Order

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– CNN Producer Sues Trump Over Immigration Order:

Having been ‘black-balled’ by the Trump, it appears CNN is going all-in on alienating itself from The White House as The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports a CNN editor and producer who was detained Sunday at Atlanta’s airport has filed a federal lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s immigration order.

Mohammed Tawfeeq is an Iraqi national who has been a permanent legal resident of the United States since 2013. As an editor, Tawfeeq frequently travels to the Middle East as part of his reporting duties, the lawsuit states. Tawfeeq was detained Sunday at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, where he was subjected to additional screening that delayed his entry into the United States.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the lawsuit states…

Read moreCNN Producer Sues Trump Over Immigration Order

Russia Denies Shooting at Ukrainian Military Plane In Black Sea

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– Russia Denies Shooting at Ukrainian Military Plane In Black Sea:

With the US State Department in a state of protracted hiatus for the time being, tensions are again rising between Russia and Ukraine, and especially in East Ukraine, where over the past few days the number of soldiers killed in an offensive by pro-Russian separatists has reportedly risen to seven, Ukraine’s military said on Monday, in the deadliest outbreak of fighting in the east of the country since mid-December.

The clashes between Ukraine’s military and the pro-Russian separatists coincide with U.S. President Donald Trump’s call for better relations with Moscow that has alarmed Kiev while the conflict in its eastern region remains unresolved. According to Ukraine sources, the rebels began attacking government positions in the eastern frontline town of Avdiyivka on Sunday. Five soldiers were killed and nine wounded on Sunday and two more were killed on Monday, they said.

Read moreRussia Denies Shooting at Ukrainian Military Plane In Black Sea

Republicans Change Confirmation Rules To Overcome Democrat Boycott

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– Republicans Change Confirmation Rules To Overcome Democrat Boycott:

In an unexpected move on Tuesday, Senate Democrats announced they would boycott the votes of Steven Mnuchin and Tim Price, effectively blocking the confirmation process which requires the presence of at least one Democrat. However, on Wednesday, Senate Republicans found a loophole to push through Trump’s two Cabinet nominees Wednesday, by upending standard committee rules to circumvent a Democratic boycott.

As Bloomberg reports, the Senate Finance Committee – with only Republican members present – advanced Steven Mnuchin to head the Treasury Department, and Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) as secretary of Health and Human Services. They did so when the Republicans gathered in the hearing room and unanimously agreed to change the committee’s standing rules, which normally require at least one member of each party to be in attendance for committee work to proceed.

Read moreRepublicans Change Confirmation Rules To Overcome Democrat Boycott

Meet America’s Newest Supreme Court Justice: Judge Neil Gorsuch

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– Meet America’s Newest Supreme Court Justice: Judge Neil Gorsuch:

Confirming a choice that many had already pegged as a front-runner to fill Antonin Scalia’s vacant seat, President Trump just officially announced Judge Neil Gorsuch as his nominee for the Supreme Court of the United States.  With that, let the Senate confirmation theatrics commence!

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Austria: Migrants with Airsoft Guns Shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ Cause Panic on Vienna Subway – #MigrantCrisis

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– Migrants with Airsoft Guns Shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ Cause Panic on Vienna Subway:

Young migrants caused panic on the Vienna subway by chanting “Allahu Akbar” and waving around airsoft guns until a passenger intervened.

The incident occurred at 2pm Monday afternoon on the Vienna u-bahn, the city’s subway system. According to witnesses, the group of four young migrants began shouting “Allahu Akbar” at the Schweglerstrasse station on the U3 line. The migrants also shouted phrases in Arabic at the frightened passengers as they waved around their airsoft guns, Kronen Zeitung reports.

One of the witnesses was terror expert Amer Albayati who told the Austrian paper the migrant teens fired their airsoft guns on the subway car. As the teens screamed in Arabic, he said most passengers fled but one man did not. Mr. Albayati said that the man tried to overpower the migrants and get them off the train.

Read moreAustria: Migrants with Airsoft Guns Shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ Cause Panic on Vienna Subway – #MigrantCrisis

The cost of Merkel’s refugee crisis: Germany to spend £37 BILLION to fix migrant chaos – #MigrantCrisis

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– The cost of Merkel’s refugee crisis: Germany to spend £37BN to fix migrant chaos:

ANGELA Merkel’s failed migrant policy will cost Germany and the EU a record £37bn by the end of 2017, it has been revealed.

And the Chancellor’s struggling administration has unveiled a raft of new laws in parliament to help cope with the escalating European migrant crisis.

A report for The Federal Ministry of Finance revealed taxpayers will be spending £37bn (€43bn) for 2016 and 2017 migrant budget to “meet the challenges of the nation-state”.

Read moreThe cost of Merkel’s refugee crisis: Germany to spend £37 BILLION to fix migrant chaos – #MigrantCrisis

NYU Professor: Mexico Should Let Drug Cartels Flood U.S. with Narcotics to Retaliate Against Trump (Video)

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https://youtu.be/gu2Fga-vHx8

01.02.2017

NYU Professor and Mexico’s former Secretary of Foreign Affairs Jorge Castañeda says Mexico should allow drug cartels to flood narcotics into the United States to punish President Trump deporting illegal immigrants and building the wall. Media analyst Mark Dice has the story.

H/t reader kevin a.

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The -other- “ban” that was quietly announced last week

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– The -other- “ban” that was quietly announced last week:

Most of the world is in an uproar right now over the travel ban that Donald Trump hastily imposed late last week on citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries.

But there was another ban that was quietly proposed last week, and this one has far wider implications: a ban on cash.

The European Union’s primary executive authority, known as the European Commission, issued a “Road Map” last week to initiate continent-wide legislation against cash.

There are already a number of anti-cash legislative measures that have been passed in individual European member states.

In France, for example, it’s illegal to make purchases of more than 1,000 euros in cash.

Read moreThe -other- “ban” that was quietly announced last week

Swedish Police Chief says women should change their behaviour to avoid getting raped (Video) – #MigrantCrisis

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– Watch: Swedish Police Chief says women should change their behaviour to avoid getting raped:

Recently a clip of Swedish chief of police in Östersund, Stephen Jerand, warning women to adjust their behaviour to protect against a spate of violent attacks, has resurfaced on Facebook and Twitter, now circulating on YouTube with English translation and commentary. The video is real and dates to March 7th 2016, when the Östersund police thought it appropriate, after at least six reports of violence against women in the area since 20 February.

The most recent assault took place in the early hours of Sunday morning when a woman became the victim of an attempted rape by three young men in central Östersund. Brought to the ground by three unknown men, who attempted to rip her trousers off, the woman fought back and managed to escape. The perpetrators have been described as “tall, slim, aged 18-25 and speaking Swedish with a foreign accent“.

Read moreSwedish Police Chief says women should change their behaviour to avoid getting raped (Video) – #MigrantCrisis

Ireland: Finance Minister Noonan rules out commission of inquiry into Nama for now

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– Noonan rules out commission of inquiry into Nama for now:

Minister for Finance says inquiry cannot circumvent Garda functions

Minister for Finance Michael Noonan has again ruled out a commission of inquiry into the National Asset Management Agency (Nama) for the moment.

Nama is a body created by the government in late 2009 in response to the Irish financial crisis and the deflation of the Irish property bubble.

Read moreIreland: Finance Minister Noonan rules out commission of inquiry into Nama for now

Asylum Seekers Account For Almost 10% Of Criminal Suspects In Munich – #MigrantCrisis

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– Almost Half of Criminal Suspects in Munich Are ‘Non-Germans’:

The proportion of non-German criminal suspects has risen over the past year and as asylum seekers are now counted separately, they account for almost 10 per cent of criminal suspects in Munich.

The statistics, which come from the Bavarian police, show the number of non-German criminal suspects has increased over the past year from 46 to 48 per cent and the crime rate overall has risen six per cent in the city. The report is the first time that asylum seekers have been recorded separately from other non-Germans and account for one in five non-German suspects or 8.6 per cent of total suspects, Merkur reports.

Read moreAsylum Seekers Account For Almost 10% Of Criminal Suspects In Munich – #MigrantCrisis

Jellyfish invasion swamps southeast Queensland beach

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– Jellyfish invasion swamps southeast Queensland beach:

THE invasion of bluebottles and jellyfish on Sunshine Coast beaches continues with 22,841 bluebottle stings recorded by lifesavers since December 1.

The Sunshine Coast Daily reported Strong northerlies blowing through the summer have contributed to the problem with a Surf Lifesaving Queensland spokeswoman advising Noosa and Mooloolaba recording the most stings with approximately 3000 each.

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H/t reader kevin a.

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‘Upheaval’ by John Casey, Instantly Frozen Fish & S. Cali Freeze Warnings (Video)

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30.01.2017

John Casey’s new book Upheaval is out and connects the anti-correlation of low sunspot activity and high earthquake activity. The take away is that during grand solar minimums such as the type we are entering now, there will be a major 8.0+ quake in the Mississippi River Valley destroying bridges, ripping apart gas pipelines and all trade crossing the Mississippi will come to a halt. Also Switzerland experiences the most days below zero since 1964 and flash frozen Pike with a fish in its mouth, Mastodon.
style.

Flash Frozen pike eating bass https://imgur.com/qXBv2QX
Flash Frozen pike eating bass ORIGINAL VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZB6R…
Southern California get hard-freeze warnings http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la…
Nullschool temperature map 28 Jan 2017 https://earth.nullschool.net/#2017/01…

Read more‘Upheaval’ by John Casey, Instantly Frozen Fish & S. Cali Freeze Warnings (Video)

Study: 54% of Dutch inner city school teachers think Muslim integration has failed

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– Study: 54% of Dutch inner city school teachers think Muslim integration has failed:

While the Muslim school children’s integration into Dutch society is failing, Dutch school children as young as four, are kneeling at a local mosque.

A new study (PDF) by the Dutch DUO Onderwijsonderzoek was conducted among 2200 elementary and high-school teachers. The theme was the extent to which teachers felt the country’s integration problems affected their work and experiences in the classroom.

54% of Amsterdam’s, Rotterdam’s, The Hague’s and Utrecht’s high-school teachers say they observe a:

“failed integration and increasing cultural segregation in society.”

Read moreStudy: 54% of Dutch inner city school teachers think Muslim integration has failed

Belgium: Moroccan man rapes handicapped girl repeatedly. Police start manhunt

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– Belgium: Moroccan man rapes handicapped girl repeatedly. Police start manhunt:

For a period of two months a 15-year-old girl was raped, multiple times a week, by a man Belgian police describe as: of Moroccan origin, with tanned skin and black hair. He speaks French, Arab and Berber, but no Dutch. He said he was nineteen at the time, but might be older. Belgian police are asking anyone with any information to contact them at telephone number, 0800.30.300 or by emailing [email protected].

Though the facts date from before December 2015, they have only recently come to light. The Belgian girl, herself from Moroccan descent, and mentally handicapped, attends a school for special needs children. But she became unwilling and very afraid to continue attending. School personnel, over a period of months, interacted with her, piecing together what she had been through. After this was established, the girl and her mother brought the matter to the police.

Read moreBelgium: Moroccan man rapes handicapped girl repeatedly. Police start manhunt

Former ADF head says China’s military rise in South China Sea is almost complete

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– Former ADF head says China’s military rise in South China Sea is almost complete:

A SENIOR defence expert has warned it’s “too late” to stop China from taking ownership of the South China Sea.

Former head of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) Sir Angus Houston said China’s controversial ramp-up of its military presence is almost complete.

Sir Angus, who was chief of the ADF from 2005 to 2011, said he had seen images of the militarised islands suggesting China’s presence was permanent.

Read moreFormer ADF head says China’s military rise in South China Sea is almost complete

EU President: EU now at war with Trump. (And Russia, China, Radical Islam, Populism)

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– EU President: EU now at war with Trump. (And Russia, China, Radical Islam, Populism):

President of the European Council Donald Tusk has joined Verhofstadt in denouncing the Trump administration in a letter to European heads of state, clearly conveying the ranks of EU bureaucrats are closing. According to Tusk, unity is necessary since:

“Particularly the change in Washington puts the European Union in a difficult situation; with the new administration seeming to put into question the last 70 years of American foreign policy.”

Overnight, this statement seems to put the US on a par with Radical Islam, China and Russia, about which the same letter states:

Read moreEU President: EU now at war with Trump. (And Russia, China, Radical Islam, Populism)

Serbia Puts Migrants on Lockdown After Women and Children Attacked – #MigrantCrisis

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– Serbia Puts Migrants on Lockdown After Women and Children Attacked:

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia on Wednesday introduced a lockdown for migrants in their refugee center outside Belgrade after an alleged attack against a woman walking with her children.

The measure comes amid widespread claims that the migrants are being forcefully pushed back and beaten when they try to enter Hungary and Croatia, both European Union member states.

Serbian officials said the migrants staying in the center on the outskirts of the capital will need special permissions to leave and need to be back by 10 p.m. each night.

Read moreSerbia Puts Migrants on Lockdown After Women and Children Attacked – #MigrantCrisis

Farage destroys Verhofstadt during EP debate on migration

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– Watch! Farage destroys Verhofstadt during EP debate on migration:

The European Parliament today debated on Trump, and more specifically the 90 day travel ban to the US, which he imposed on seven Muslim-majority countries. And let’s not waste too many written words here, because it was a slugfest as usual, between the EP’s two usual suspects: the One man European People’s Army Nigel Farage versus Eurofederal high priest Guy Verhofstadt.

Verhofstadt topped his last month’s meltdowns by going pedal to the metal on Godwins:

Read moreFarage destroys Verhofstadt during EP debate on migration

Real Madrid soccer team removes cross from logo to avoid offending Muslims

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– Real Madrid soccer team removes cross from logo to avoid offending Muslims:

“We have to be careful with regions of the Gulf where there is sensitivity about products that have a cross.”

Of course. But where do Muslims ever display a similar sensitivity to non-Muslims? The old adage always holds: when in Muslim countries, conform your behavior to suit Muslim sensibilities. When in non-Muslim countries, conform your behavior to suit Muslim sensibilities.

Real Madrid initially did this in 2012. This is just follow-through.

“Real Madrid remove cross from logo for Middle East fans,” as.com, January 24, 2017:

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