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The REAL Reason Saudi Arabia Hates Iran
– The REAL Reason Saudi Arabia Hates Iran:
Everyone knows that the Saudi Arabia – the center of Sunni Islam – hates Iran because it is the center for the rival Shia Muslim sect.
The Saudis – close U.S. allies – also hate Iran because it is allied with Russia.
But there is a third, little-known reason why the Saudi government hates Iran.
As the Gulf Cooperation Council – the official council for the Arab Gulf States, comprised of the monarchies of Saudi Arabi, Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Oman – writes:
AND NOW: Hillary Clinton’s emails scandal a ‘political witch hunt’: Political scientist
A ‘political witch hunt’?
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US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s email scandal is mostly motivated by partisanship and is more of a “political witch hunt,” an American political scientist says.
– Hillary Clinton’s emails scandal a ‘political witch hunt’: Political scientist:
US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s email scandal is largely motivated by partisanship and is a “political witch hunt” by her detractors, an American political scientist says.
“I believe that probably 80 percent of this Hillary Clinton personal or private email server discussion is politically motivated and a waste of time,” Wilmer Leon said on Thursday.
“The fact that the server has been hacked is not inconsistent with the fact that the United States Office of Personal Management; their server was hacked, subjecting almost 21.5 million Americans to identity theft,” Leon told Press TV.
Read moreAND NOW: Hillary Clinton’s emails scandal a ‘political witch hunt’: Political scientist
Forget Potassium: Kazakhstan Is Now America’s Top Supplier Of Uranium
– Forget Potassium: Kazakhstan Is Now America’s Top Supplier Of Uranium:
There’s one thing resource downturns are good for: seeing which projects and regions are the strongest in industry. And we got another big indication this week that there’s one global leader when it comes to uranium mining…
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NATO Talks Tough On Troop Deployment As Kremlin Calls West’s Bluff
– NATO Talks Tough On Troop Deployment As Kremlin Calls West’s Bluff:
For years, NATO has relied upon tough talk and promises of support for its member nations in order to reinforce an image of invincibility.
That image is supported by the implicit backing of the US military and Washington has been keen to perpetuate it in the past 48 hours by presenting the straw man argument that Moscow is set to inexplicably bomb Turkey (and if you follow geopolitics you know that that makes absolutely no sense at all) and so the West must do it what it has to in order to support its friends in Ankara in the face of “Soviet” (and we use that term on purpose because that’s how this is being pitched now by Western media) aggression.
Read moreNATO Talks Tough On Troop Deployment As Kremlin Calls West’s Bluff
Venezuela Is Now The Most Expensive Country In The World
– Venezuela Is Now The Most Expensive Country In The World:
Forget Norway. Japan. Iceland. Switzerland. Or any of the other places around the world that are notorious for being painful on the wallet.
Venezuela is now the most expensive country in the world, hands down.
To give you an idea, the cost of a 15-minute taxi ride to the beach yesterday afternoon totaled an eye-popping $158.
(I paid less than that to rent a helicopter in Colombia last week.)
With all of its vast mineral resources, Venezuela should be the most prosperous country in Latin America by far. And it once was.
Read moreVenezuela Is Now The Most Expensive Country In The World
NATO Threatens To Send In Troops After Russia Stations Ground “Battalion” In Syria
– NATO Threatens To Send In Troops After Russia Stations Ground “Battalion” In Syria:
As the propaganda “war” between East and West intensifies ahead of what might ultimately transform into an actual war in the skies above Syria, the world is transfixed with the scope of Russia’s week-old military campaign in support of the Assad regime.
Thanks to the fact that the West selected Islamic militants as its anti-Assad weapon of choice, Putin gets to pitch the entire effort as a “war on terror” which means The Kremlin effectively has a license to brag and sure enough, slickly-produced ISIS videos of beheadings have now been definitively replaced by slickly-produced videos of Russian warships launching cruise missiles at terrorist targets.
Read moreNATO Threatens To Send In Troops After Russia Stations Ground “Battalion” In Syria
Ranking the Peasants – China Introduces Orwellian “Citizen Scores”
– Ranking the Peasants – China Introduces Orwellian “Citizen Scores”:
The following is extraordinarily creepy and disturbing. It’s also extremely clever, from a jackbooted, fascist thug perspective. When massive censorship itself isn’t enough…
TechDirt reports:
China’s plan to control the hearts, minds and internet connections of its citizens continues unimpeded. That’s the great thing about authoritarian regimes: rollout of mandatory programs is usually only a problem of logistics, not opposition.
The Chinese government has mandated a rating system for all of its connected citizens. It looks like a credit rating but goes much deeper than just tying a measurement of financial risk to a number. It’s a way of defining who someone in terms of the government’s desires and aims. And its desires aren’t all that honorable.
Read moreRanking the Peasants – China Introduces Orwellian “Citizen Scores”
Saudi Arabia Bombs Second Yemeni Wedding in a Week – At Least 23 Dead
– Saudi Arabia Bombs Second Yemeni Wedding in a Week – At Least 23 Dead:
Saudi Arabia, the recently crowned head of a UN human rights panel and close U.S. government ally, has now bombed two wedding parties in Yemen in just over a week. Yes, you read that right.
SANA, Yemen — Airstrikes by a military coalition led by Saudi Arabia hit a house south of the capital on Wednesday, killing at least 23 people who were attending a wedding party, said witnesses and a local medical worker.
The attack was the second airstrike on a wedding in Yemen in a little over a week, and it added to growing criticism over the coalition’s air campaign, which has killed more than 1,100 civilians over the past six months, according to the United Nations.
Read moreSaudi Arabia Bombs Second Yemeni Wedding in a Week – At Least 23 Dead
How the TPP Could Lead to Worldwide Internet Censorship
– How the TPP Could Lead to Worldwide Internet Censorship:
On Monday, we learned that global “leaders” had come to an agreement on the infamous Trans Pacific Partnership, or TPP. While discouraging, this doesn’t mean the game is over – far from it.
Although politicians have come to a secret agreement, this democracy killing, corporate monstrosity still has to pass the U.S. Congress. So it’s now up to all of us to create an insurmountable degree of opposition and make sure this thing is dead on arrival.
Read moreHow the TPP Could Lead to Worldwide Internet Censorship
Saudi Arabia Declares Spending Moratorium As Oil Rout Bankrupts Kingdom
– Saudi Arabia Declares Spending Moratorium As Oil Rout Bankrupts Kingdom:
Last month, when King Salman arrived in Washington to a fleet of Mercedes S-Classes, we asked if, considering the current circumstances, cutting back on spending might be in order. Indeed, in the wake of Saudi Arabia’s move to tap debt markets, rumors have been circulating for months that the kingdom has enlisted the help of “advisers” to help rein in the ballooning deficit. Now, Riyadh has effectively declared a spending moratorium in the face of self-inflicted crude carnage.
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Over 1,000 Militants Surrender To Syrian Army In Last 24 Hours
– Over 1,000 Militants Surrender To Syrian Army In Last 24 Hours:
The development came after President Bashar al-Assad in a televised address in July pardoned all soldiers who have fled the army, saying that his words served as a general decree to relevant officials.
Over 1,000 terrorists laid down arms and surrendered to the Syrian authorities over the past 24 hours in Daraa, the Syrian local sources also confirmed.
The militants also turned over their cache of ammo to the authorities, both sources added.
Read moreOver 1,000 Militants Surrender To Syrian Army In Last 24 Hours
We’re living in a German-dominated Europe of Disharmony – UKIP Leader Nigel Farage (Video)
Farage is absolutely correct about those ‘migrants’.
I have word from several of my contacts that these migrants just go into supermarkets & stores eat and drink whatever they want and leave a mess.
They also just take with them whatever they want.
And the police can’t deal with the situation anymore.
U.S. Spent Nearly $100 Billion On Foreigners To Fight Terrorists
– U.S. Spent Nearly $100 Billion On Foreigners To Fight Terrorists:
To combat Islamic militants the White House says threaten national interests, the U.S. has spent nearly $100 billion to arm and train foreign militaries across the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia, an analysis by Vocativ shows. And nearly all of them are reeling from setbacks that threaten to undermine what’s become a core component of American foreign policy in these regions. As a former military commander and United States ambassador in Afghanistan recently noted, “our track record at building security forces over the past 15 years is miserable.”
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Someone In Chicago Is Shot Every 2.8 Hours (Despite Major Gun Control)
… or … because of major gun control.
– Someone In Chicago Is Shot Every 2.8 Hours (Despite Major Gun Control):
Having pointed out the surge in gun sales that has accompanied many of the largest mass shootings in America (and the government’s instant knee-jerk reaction to tighten gun control, perhaps ignoring the mental problems many Americans face), and earlier noted that ‘mass shootings’ are now running at a pace of more than 1 per day in America, we thought DailyCaller.com’s Mike Piccione’s intriguing report detailing the supposed “gun-free-zone” of Chicago provided some crucial color that few seem willing to listen to…
Someone in Chicago has been shot every 2.84 hours this year for a total of 2,349 shootings during the period of January 1, 2015 to October 6, 2015, according to crime stats published by the Chicago Tribune.
This year, Chicago is expected to eclipse the previous milestone of a shooting every 3.38 hours in 2014 with a total victim count of 2,587.
But – Chicago ranks as one of the most regulated cities in the nation for gun control.
Read moreSomeone In Chicago Is Shot Every 2.8 Hours (Despite Major Gun Control)
St. Louis Prepares For “Catastrophic Event” As Underground Fire Nears Nuclear Waste Cache
– St. Louis Prepares For “Catastrophic Event” As Underground Fire Nears Nuclear Waste Cache:
Beneath the surface of a St. Louis-area landfill lurk two things that should never meet: a slow-burning fire and a cache of Cold War-era nuclear waste, separated by no more than 1,200 feet.
Government officials have quietly adopted an emergency plan in case the smoldering embers ever reach the waste, a potentially “catastrophic event” that could send up a plume of radioactive smoke over a densely populated area near the city’s main airport.
Read moreSt. Louis Prepares For “Catastrophic Event” As Underground Fire Nears Nuclear Waste Cache
How is Russia financing its war in Syria?
– How is Russia financing its war in Syria?:
Russia has added a volatile new dimension to Syria’s four-year civil war after unleashing a wave of air strikes across the country.
Moscow has sent hundreds of troops, fighter jets, helicopter gunships, tanks, heavy artillery and other equipment, in response to a “request” by President Bashar al-Assad.
Assad’s regime has been teetering on the brink after a string of heavy losses to rebels and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and the arrival of Russian troops is an attempt to stem the tide.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has allocated $60bn from a secret fund to accelerate the military buildup despite the country’s struggling economy.
Caught On Tape: Russian Warships Launch 26 Cruise Missiles At ISIS Targets
– Caught On Tape: Russian Warships Launch 26 Cruise Missiles At ISIS Targets:
On Monday evening, we detailed the Russian hardware being used in Moscow’s campaign to rout anti-regime forces and restore the government of Bashar al-Assad in Syria.
As we noted in our preface to that feature, “watching Russia effectively humiliate the West by bragging day in and day out is nothing if it’s not amusing, and indeed the leaked diplomatic cable from 2006 which outlines Washington’s intent to effectively start a civil war in Syria leaves one completely uninclined to be at all sympathetic to the ridiculous situation the US and its allies have found themselves in.”
That, along with the fact that Western nations like France are not only unwiling to admit that the West’s participation in Syria has been an outright disaster, but are now set to “correct” a refugee crisis by bombing the very place from which the refugees are fleeing leaves us inclined to highlight the following video (out today from the Russian Defense Ministry) that shows what happens when a military superpower decides that because an existing aerial campaign has become akin to shooting fish in a barrel, it might be time to do some sea-based target practice on a few Nike-wearing, black flag-waving jihadists…
Read moreCaught On Tape: Russian Warships Launch 26 Cruise Missiles At ISIS Targets
Russian Warships Launch Missile Attack On Syrian Targets, Clearing Way For Iran Ground Invasion
– Russian Warships Launch Missile Attack On Syrian Targets, Clearing Way For Iran Ground Invasion:
In case it wasn’t clear enough what was set to happen soon after the Russian air force had spent a few days softening up anti-regime positions on the ground, allow us to spell it out: with the opposition on the run thanks to five days of aerial bombardment, Iran will now send in the Hezbollah/Shiite militia/Quds clean up crew, who will personally ensure that whoever is left in the wake of the Su-34 strikes is swiftly eliminated at close range.
You see, this is how you conduct an actual war and you needn’t be a West Point graduate to understand it. Russia has essentially debilitated Assad’s opposition from the air and now, Iran will (both figuratively and literally in all likelihood), simply walk up and execute anyone who’s left and that, as they say, will be that. Of course Damascus will get to claim that the SAA emerged victorious with the help of Russian air support, but in reality, there is no SAA. Just as we said weeks ago, the ground campaign is being orchestrated from Damascus by Quds commander Qasem Soleimani.
Russian Deputy PM: GMOs Not Needed to Feed The World
– Russian Deputy PM: GMOs Not Needed to Feed The World:
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich stated Sunday that it is not necessary to use genetic modification to feed the world, at the 12th International ‘Science and Technology in Society (STS) forum’ in Kyoto, Japan.
Source: www.kp.ru/online/news/2182112/
Dvorkovich said; “In order to ensure the inhabitants of the planet have food it is not necessary to use genetic modification technology.”
“We believe that the world can be fed without genetically modified products. We are not against the technology, but we are not going to use them in our country; we are not going to grow such products.
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Venezuela isn’t looking too hot
– Venezuela isn’t looking too hot:
If anarcho-capitalists should move to Somalia, then socialists – especially, “social democrats” — should move to Venezuela. The country is a complete disaster. But don’t take my word for it, read what a Caracas homemaker said after she tried to buy three cans of sardines and was ordered to put one back due to food rationing: “This is a disaster.”
Food shortages, rising prices, inflation, corrupted incentives, and rampant crime are all symptoms of a primordial problem: socialism. Just because the Socialist Party was democratically elected does not mean that the economic calculation problem has been solved. It’s as if the gods needed one more example to shove down the throats of Western leftists. Economic chaos, food rationing and a complete break down of the social order aren’t lessons of a misguided dictatorship of the proletariat, but a fundamental reality of socialism, whether democratic or not.