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Spending on Defense Is One Great Big Lie
Post Date: 2019-08-23 09:44:58 by Deckard
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Washington Post columnist Robert Samuelson is worried. He thinks that maybe — just maybe — the U.S. government is not spending enough on defense. In a column entitled, “Here’s Why We Could Be Under-Spending on Defense,” Samuelson has come up with a complicated formula that has caused him to fear that China and Russia might actually be spending more money on their militaries than the United States. Bringing to mind the famous missile-gap controversy during the Cold War, Samuelson wrote, “Our reputed military superiority might be exaggerated or a statistical fiction.” I won’t delve into Samuelson’s complicated formula for arriving at his scary ...
Afghan forces and U.S. coalition allies have killed more civilians in 2019 than the Taliban
Post Date: 2019-08-22 10:22:09 by Deckard
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More civilians were killed by Afghan and international coalition forces in Afghanistan in the first half of this year than by the Taliban and other militants, the U.N. mission said in a report released Tuesday. The report apparently refers to civilians killed during Afghan and U.S. military operations against insurgents, such as airstrikes and night raids on militant hideouts. Insurgents often hide among civilians. Advertisement (function(){if(trb.data.ads.optimera)if(!window.oPageUnload){oAv.push("trb_ad_300x250_1_/nation-world/ct-nw-afghanistan-civilian-casualties-20190802-jrnl7po655hprht4uluqs4");oVa["trb_ad_300x250_1_/nation-world/ct-nw-afghanistan-civilian-casualties-20 ...
‘I am the chosen one’
Post Date: 2019-08-21 20:33:37 by Willie Green
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday tweeted a fawning quote from a conservative, non-Jewish radio host who described Trump as the “King of Israel,” and said, without evidence, that Israeli Jews “love him like he is the second coming of God.” Trump's tweets cited Wayne Allyn Root, who described himself in a 2016 Townhall column as a "Jew turned evangelical Christian" and has promoted several conspiracy theories in the past, including that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States and that Obama is gay. "[T]he Jewish people in Israel love him like he's the King of Israel," Trump quoted Root as saying. "They love him like ...
Iraq Closes Airspace Even To US Coalition Flights After Suspected Israeli Raid [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2019-08-18 09:11:26 by Deckard
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Source: Zero Hedge In what is a severely under reported but perhaps the most alarming development out of the Middle East this week, Iraq's government has said it's ready to down any aircraft violating its airspace amid a blanket ban on 'unauthorized' flights not specifically approved by the prime minister's office. Military Times reported the day after Iraq closed its airspace on Thursday: U.S. military officials in Iraq will now seek out Iraqi approval before launching any air operations, a move made a day after that nation’s prime minister announced a ban of unauthorized flights, including those involving coalition forces fighting ISIS. Prime Minister ...
Here Is How China Is Really 'Paying' For Tariffs
Post Date: 2019-08-15 17:07:02 by Gatlin
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As the trade war escalates, China will absolutely be paying a higher price. President Trump says China tariffs have given the U.S. government billions of dollars in new revenue. He's half right. Of course, higher tariffs on Chinese imports are a new revenue stream for the government. But China is not paying for it, U.S. companies are. Everyone knows that. American consumers might be next to pay the price, as Walmart executive said recently. But in a roundabout way, China is "paying" for tariffs. They are not paying the port duties, but they are paying the price in this trade war in more ways than one. Barclays Capital expects a one percentage point drop in China's GDP ...
Hong Kong protesters sing US anthem, with US flags, against Chinese tyranny during airport occupation
Post Date: 2019-08-14 11:06:21 by Deckard
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Hong Kong’s citizens have begun waving American flags and singing the U.S. National Anthem amid ongoing protests against China’s control. Videos on social media show Hong Kong citizens holding American flags and singing the anthem through bullhorns in what appears to be a show of solidarity and demonstration for their freedom. U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw posted a video of the singing citizens and said, “Hong Kong is a modern-day struggle between tyrannical rule and free democracy. Protesters stand bravely in the face of violence to combat China’s authoritarian regime. They remind us why we value our freedom in America, and should stand by their side as they fight for ...
With Latest Trade War Gambit, Trump Administration Admits Americans Are Paying Tariff Costs
Post Date: 2019-08-14 08:14:37 by Deckard
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The White House says it will delay some new tariffs on Chinese imports until after the Christmas shopping season. But why do that if Americans aren't payingThe White House on Tuesday said that some planned tariffs on consumer electronics and household goods would be postponed until December 15—a political maneuver intended to blunt the potential impact of those tariffs on the upcoming holiday shopping season.What the White House didn't say in the official announcement—but what the action obviously indicates—is that Americans are clearly paying the costs associated with President Donald Trump's trade war.In fact, Trump even said as much while speaking to reporters ...
Iran is now counting on Rand Paul and his allies to salvage Obama's disastrous nuclear deal
Post Date: 2019-08-13 05:09:14 by Gatlin
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This week's news that Rand Paul pitched himself as an intermediary between President Trump and Iran is evidence of a shift in strategy that the nation's largest sponsor of terrorism has made, along with former Obama officials, in hopes of salvaging the previous administration's disastrous nuclear deal. During the Obama administration, Iran's foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, played John Kerry like a fiddle in negotiating a deal that provided the faltering regime hundreds of billions of dollars in money and sanctions relief, allowed them to develop ballistic missiles, did nothing to address human rights, helped Iran become a more pernicious conventional threat, all ...
Russia admits nuclear reactor blew up during missile test 250 miles from Moscow
Post Date: 2019-08-13 03:51:53 by Tooconservative
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Russia confirmed that last week’s explosion involved a nuclear reactor during a failed missile test at a site just 250 miles from Moscow. Five nuclear scientists were killed during the Aug. 8 explosion, which occurred during the launch of a missile that involved a small nuclear reactor, according to a report by Bloomberg on Monday. Russia’s state-run nuclear agency Rosatom had confirmed Saturday that the explosion killed several of its employees in a test of an “isotope power source in a liquid propulsion system.” Vyacheslav Soloviev, scientific director of the institute that conducted the test, said they are working on power sources using “radioactive ...
U.S. Says Iran Trying To Trick Ships To Enter Iranian Waters So They Can Be Seized
Post Date: 2019-08-09 13:18:43 by Tooconservative
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According to the U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration, Iran is upping the ante in its confrontation with the West, tricking oil tankers into thinking Iranian vessels are U.S. and British warships and prompting them to enter Iranian waters, where they can be seized. The Maritime Administration’s website stated: Vessels operating in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, and Gulf of Oman may also encounter GPS interference, bridge-to-bridge communications spoofing, and/or other communications jamming with little to no warning. Since May 2019, the following maritime incidents have occurred in this region: Six attacks against commercial vessels; Shoot-down of U.S. ...
Trump Pardons Israeli Drug Smuggler Judge Said 'Showed No Remorse Or Concern For His Victims'
Post Date: 2019-08-06 09:59:33 by Deckard
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Is this how you Make America Great Again? From The Jerusalem Post:US President Donald Trump pardoned Israeli-born Ronen Nahmani on Monday, who had served four years of a 20-year sentence for conspiracy to distribute synthetic drugs he bought from suppliers in China. [...] "Today, President Donald J. Trump commuted the prison sentence of Ronen Nahmani, an action strongly supported by many notable leaders from across the political spectrum, like representatives Hakeem Jeffries and Mark Meadows," according to a White House statement. "Mr. Nahmani is a non-violent, first-time offender with no criminal history. He has five young children at home and his wife is suffering from ...
Putin: Maybe we should start new arms-control talks
Post Date: 2019-08-06 04:53:55 by Tooconservative
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Will this new arms race end before it begins? Faced with the prospect of the US catching up to both Russia and China in land-based intermediate missile systems, Vladimir Putin called for new arms-limitation talks. After repeatedly abrogating the now-defunct INF treaty, the Russian strongman now wants to avoid “chaos”: “If Russia obtains reliable information that the United States has finished developing these systems and started to produce them, Russia will have no option other than to engage in a full-scale effort to develop similar missiles,” Putin said in a statement. In the meantime, he said Russia’s arsenal of air and sea-launched missiles combined with its ...
Iran Says It Has Seized Another Oil Tanker [Iraqi] in Persian Gulf
Post Date: 2019-08-05 07:35:55 by Tooconservative
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BEIRUT, Lebanon — Iran seized a foreign oil tanker in the Persian Gulf, state television reported on Sunday, the third time Tehran has reported detaining a tanker in the last month as the United States applies its campaign of “maximum pressure,” sanctions and diplomatic isolation against the country. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps detained the tanker on Wednesday along with the seven members of the ship’s foreign crew, according to official Iranian news agencies, which cited a naval commander. Iran said the tanker was “smuggling” fuel to some Arab states, without offering evidence. The oil tanker was an Iraqi ship, the official IRNA news ...
INF off: US officially withdraws from nuclear-arms treaty
Post Date: 2019-08-02 11:41:39 by Tooconservative
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Will the last one out of the INF room please turn off the glowing lights? The US has formally withdrawn from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces pact signed by Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the death of the Cold War pact this morning, but in truth it had been in the go-through-its-pockets-and-look-for-loose-change state for the past several years: On Feb 2nd, 2019 the U.S. gave Russia six months to return to compliance with the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. Russia refused, so the treaty ends today. The U.S. will not remain party to a treaty when others violate it. Russia bears sole responsibility. — Secretary ...
Israel Attacked Iraqi Bases Holding Ballistic Missiles From Iran in Mid-July, Report Says
Post Date: 2019-07-30 17:30:27 by Tooconservative
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Israeli F-35i The state of Israel, now waiting until Iran implants ballistic missiles close enough to target the Jewish state, struck two Iraqi bases that stored ballistic missiles and housed Iranian forces in mid-July, according to The Jerusalem Post, which quoted London-based Saudi daily Asharq Al-Awsat. An F-35i stealth fighter jet hit a base in the Saladin province north of Baghdad on July 19 according to Al Arabiya television news, which noted that Iranian-made ballistic missiles were transported to the base before the attack. Al Arabiya reported that Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Hezbollah members were killed in the airstrike. Asharq Al-Awsat reported that Israel ...
Trump May Target This Symbol Of French Pride After France Taxes American Tech Companies
Post Date: 2019-07-27 03:22:50 by Tooconservative
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On Friday, President Trump hit the French right in their national pride after the French government implemented a 3% tax on U.S. tech companies like Amazon, Facebook and Google — he said he would tax French wine. Trump tweeted, “France just put a digital tax on our great American technology companies. If anybody taxes them, it should be their home Country, the USA. We will announce a substantial reciprocal action on Macron's foolishness shortly. I've always said American wine is better than French wine!” Later in the day, Trump told reporters he was considering putting a tariff on French wines, asserting, “I might. France has put tariff on American companies. I ...
Imam Mohamad Tawhidi Accuses Ilhan Omar of Plot with Qatari Officials
Post Date: 2019-07-26 15:35:59 by nolu chan
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Imam Mohamad Tawhidi Accuses Ilhan Omar of Plot with Qatari Officials Imam Mohamad Tawhidi Twitter 25 Jul 2019 Imam Mohamad Tawhidi @Imamofpeace 9:23 AM - 25 Jul 2019 This thread will be one of the most important threads I make on Twitter. The illegal case behind this will be exposed with full transparency, in full details. For now, I direct the following information to: @realDonaldTrump, @VP, @jaredkushner, @DonaldJTrumpJr, @seanhannity. #1 - - - - - - - - - - Imam Mohamad Tawhidi @Imamofpeace Jul 25 Replying to @Imamofpeace I have sources for what I will say, and they are solid rock authentic. Many officials will criticize me for making this public, but I have a duty to do so. The ...
Iran tanker crisis: Impending Brexit leaves UK with no choice but to do US bidding – and suffer the consequences [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2019-07-24 13:55:40 by Tooconservative
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What on Earth were the British politicians and officials thinking who gave the go-ahead for the seizure of the Iranian oil tanker Grace 1 off Gibraltar on 4 July? Did they truly believe that the Iranians would not retaliate for what they see as a serious escalation in America’s economic war against them? The British cover story that the sending of 30 Royal Marines by helicopter to take over the tanker was all to do with enforcing EU sanctions on Syria, and nothing to do with US sanctions on Iran, was always pretty thin. The Spanish foreign minister, Josep Borrell, has said categorically that Britain took over the tanker “following a request from the United States to the United ...
Afghanistan Isn't Worth Dying For
Post Date: 2019-07-22 09:02:03 by Deckard
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Rewarding broken promises, waste, and incompetence is offensive to the sacrifices of our troops. Army Sgt. Maj. James Sartor was killed in action in Afghanistan’s Faryab Province on Saturday. He was “only” the twelfth soldier to die there this year. That makes his death no less inexcusable, no less an unacceptable sacrifice for Washington’s failed foreign policy. What do we tell Sartor’s family? That he heroically “gave the last full measure” for the defense of our nation? In some conflicts in American history, that might have been true. But in Afghanistan, it is a trite and insulting bromide. This man, like the eleven that preceded him this year, ...
Trump: Sen. Rand Paul to help with Iran negotiations
Post Date: 2019-07-22 08:51:30 by Deckard
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President Donald Trump confirmed Friday that Sen. Rand Paul is involved in diplomatic talks with Iran, referring to the country as “nothing but trouble.” Sen. Rand Paul has long been an opponent of U.S. intervention in Iran. | Mark Wilson/Getty Images The Kentucky Republican has long been an opponent of U.S. intervention in Iran. POLITICO reported earlier this week that he had asked for Trump’s blessing to arrange a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in hopes of avoiding further conflict with the country.Trump had said he was unaware of plans to include Paul in talks with Iran. But he acknowledged the senator's role Friday while responding to a ...
Somali-Born Journalist Returned To Her Homeland To Document How 'Safe' The Country Is But Terrorists Killed Her
Post Date: 2019-07-20 18:22:00 by Tooconservative
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Somali-Canadian journalist Hodan Nalayeh returned to Somalia in May to document what life is like in the African country. Her goal was simple: she wanted to show the world that Somalia wasn't as dangerous as everyone thought, despite the country's struggle with war and terrorist attacks. Nalayeh took to Instagram to share her excitement, saying for the first time in 30 years she was living in Somalia. She frequently posted pictures that showed how beautiful Somalia is. But fast forward eight weeks later and Nalayeh is dead.According to CNN, Nalayeh died when a terrorist attack took place in Kismayo, about 300 miles south of Mogadish, the capital. A suicide bomber ...
Surprise Twist in WikiLeaks Case! UK Refuses to Extradite Assange to Country With Death Penalty!
Post Date: 2019-07-19 08:36:54 by A K A Stone
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Rand Paul Wants To Be Trump's Man in Iran. That Would Be Good News for Peace.
Post Date: 2019-07-17 21:19:17 by Tooconservative
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On Monday, Sen. Rand Paul (R–Ky.) tweeted about playing golf with President Donald Trump and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R–S.C.) over the weekend. Graham and Paul don't see eye-to-eye on military intervention in the Middle East, and they've essentially been the angel and devil on Trump's shoulder when it comes to foreign policy. Paul's tweets made it clear that he's still encouraging the president to pull American troops out of war zones and bring them home: Proud that @realDonaldTrump and I argued with you against endless wars! @POTUS made it clear to all of us at the table, we are getting out of the Middle East quagmire. We've been there too long. Time to bring ...
WAS BITCOIN CREATED BY THIS INTERNATIONAL DRUG DEALER? [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2019-07-16 08:06:04 by A K A Stone
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THE MESSAGES STARTED arriving on a Sunday afternoon in mid-May. “Just wanted to draw your attention to this,” one began. “Rumors are starting to surface,” another informed me. “I’d be very interested in getting your thoughts,” a third suggested. My correspondents, mostly strangers, were polite but insistent. They wanted my take on a theory, newly circulating online, that offered a resolution to one of the most alluring digital mysteries of the past decade, the real identity (or identities) behind the persona of Satoshi Nakamoto.
The question, as someone in my Twitter DM’s articulated it, was this: “Do you think that Paul Le Roux is bitcoin creator Satoshi?”
In one sense, they’d all ...
In Iran, some take off their hijabs as hard-liners push back
Post Date: 2019-07-15 07:48:24 by A K A Stone
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The simple act of walking has become a display of defiance for a young Iranian woman who often moves in Tehran's streets without a compulsory headscarf, or hijab. With every step, she risks harassment or even arrest by Iran's morality police whose job is to enforce the strict dress code imposed after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. "I have to confess it is really, really scary," the 30-year-old fire-safety consultant said in a WhatsApp audio message, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of repercussions. But she is also hopeful, saying she believes the authorities find it increasingly difficult to suppress protests as more women join in. ...
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