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First Mass-Produced Fuel Cell Vehicle Toyota Mirai Arrives In Europe, Ahead Of September Launch
Post Date: 2015-08-11 21:14:04 by Operation 40
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The world’s first mass produced fuel cell vehicle, the Toyota Mirai, has reached Europe in production guise. The first production Toyota Mirai models have officially landed this weekend in Europe, and more specifically in Bristol, UK and Zeebrugge, Belgium, ahead of the official launch in September. The new hydrogen fuel cell EV will be offered in the UK, Germany and Denmark, where the hydrogen fuel supply and retail infrastructure is already being developed. The limited number of cars available in Britain is already sold-out, mostly by businesses and corporate customers. Karl Schlicht, Executive Vice President Toyota Europe, said: “This marks the debut of a new age for clean ...
China Rattles Markets With Yuan Devaluation
Post Date: 2015-08-11 12:13:37 by nativist nationalist
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China devalued the yuan in a move that rippled through global markets, as policy makers stepped up efforts to support exporters and boost the role of market pricing in Asia’s largest economy. The central bank cut its daily reference rate by 1.9 percent, triggering the yuan’s biggest one-day drop since China ended a dual-currency system in January 1994. The People’s Bank of China called the change a one-time adjustment and said its fixing will become more aligned with supply and demand. The announcement suggests policy makers are now placing a greater emphasis on efforts to combat the deepest economic slowdown since 1990 and reduce the government’s grip on the ...
Russia's Lavrov says U.S. must work with Assad to fight Islamic State
Post Date: 2015-08-09 15:56:11 by buckeroo
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the United States should cooperate with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to fight Islamic State and that this required an international coalition uniting all those for whom the jihadists are "a common enemy". Washington currently heads a coalition conducting air strikes on Islamic State in Syria and Iraq and is cooperating with Turkey to provide air cover for rebels inside Syria. But Moscow has criticized the United States for not working in sync with Syria, an ally of Russia. In comments to Russia's state TV published by his ministry on Sunday, Lavrov recounted two meetings with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry amid the recent ...
Islamic State is winning, America must soon use its one remaining option
Post Date: 2015-08-09 01:50:51 by nativist nationalist
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Three of the U.S. national government’s self-imposed and surely lethal handicaps in dealing with the Islamist threat are (a) a fixation on looking at the problem in a state-by-state manner; that is, what do we do in Iraq? what do we do in Afghanistan? what do we do in Libya? etc.; (b) an enduring but long-disproved assumption that in its war with Islam the West has time its side; and (c) an addiction to an unwise, unnecessary, and bankrupting interventionism that is the main motivator of the international Islamist movement, a phenomenon which was fathered and is still nurtured by the West’s so-called “allies and friends,” Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, etc. By forming and ...
Sweden: The Defense that Disappeared
Post Date: 2015-08-08 18:00:38 by Tooconservative
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According to a 2013 statement by Sweden's Supreme Commander Sverker Göransson, Sweden can, at best and in five years, defend itself in one place for one week."One needs to always be prepared to defend the nation's capital, vital infrastructure, power supply and telecommunications, important airports, import of basic necessities and military reinforcements. ... [Sweden] today does not have that capability. ... The consensus had been that no state in Europe would ever attack another state. But someone just had, and it wasn't just anybody. It was Russia." — Wilhelm Agrell, military historian."The idea of defending Sweden as the most important thing was ...
Russia incinerates contraband food
Post Date: 2015-08-07 13:09:43 by Tooconservative
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One year into its embargo on western food products, Russia has launched a controversial campaign to destroy all contraband meat, dairy and produce, using on-the-spot incinerators, dump trucks, rollers and meat grinders. On Thursday, three federal agencies began confiscating and burning hundreds of tonnes of illicit cheese, fruit and other goods, acting on a decree signed by Vladimir Putin. Incinerators to destroy the food have been placed at Russian border points stretching from Kaliningrad in the west to St Petersburg in the north and Altai in the east. By mid-afternoon on Thursday, Russia’s agricultural watchdog announced that it had already destroyed 55 tonnes of peaches, ...
National Data, By Edwin S. Rubenstein | VOX’s Matthews Wrong, Sanders (And Santorum) Right—Immigration Hurts American Workers
Post Date: 2015-08-06 23:59:33 by nativist nationalist
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It’s very good news that GOP presidential contender Rick Santorum repeated in the “undercard” debate this evening that he wants to reduce legal immigration by 25 percent to benefit American workers. Paradoxically, from the other side of the political spectrum, Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is also aware of this labor market argument. Asked by Vox.com’s Ezra Klein about an “open borders” policy for the U.S., Sanders shot back: Open borders? No, that’s a Koch brothers proposal. That’s a right-wing proposal, which says essentially there is no United States…It would make everybody in America poorer —you’re doing away ...
70 years ago, Hiroshima was nuked by a homosexual airplane
Post Date: 2015-08-06 12:14:16 by Willie Green
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Residents of the Japanese metropolis of Hiroshima on Thursday solemnly marked the seventieth anniversary of the atomic bomb assault on the town throughout World Warfare II. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe used the event to name for worldwide nuclear disarmament. Bells tolled, hundreds bowed their heads in prayer and doves have been launched into the sky, at a ceremony attended by 40,000 individuals, together with representatives of greater than 100 nations. “Seventy years on I need to reemphasize the need of world peace,” Abe stated in his speech, based on a , including that the bomb had not solely killed hundreds of individuals in Hiroshima but in addition brought on ...
Saudi Arabia may go broke before the US oil industry buckles
Post Date: 2015-08-06 12:13:39 by nativist nationalist
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It is too late for OPEC to stop the shale revolution. The cartel faces the prospect of surging US output whenever oil prices rise > If the oil futures market is correct, Saudi Arabia will start running into trouble within two years. It will be in existential crisis by the end of the decade. The contract price of US crude oil for delivery in December 2020 is currently $62.05, implying a drastic change in the economic landscape for the Middle East and the petro-rentier states. The Saudis took a huge gamble last November when they stopped supporting prices and opted instead to flood the market and drive out rivals, boosting their own output to 10.6m barrels a day (b/d) into the teeth of ...
Obama admits some unfrozen Iran cash will fund terror
Post Date: 2015-08-05 15:17:20 by nativist nationalist
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Washington (AFP) - President Barack Obama acknowledged Wednesday that Iran might use cash coming its way under sanctions relief to fund "terrorist organizations" but argued this is preferable to allowing it to develop nuclear arms. "The truth is, that Iran has always found a way to fund these efforts," Obama said, in a speech to defend the Iran nuclear deal. "And whatever benefit Iran may claim from sanctions relief pales in comparison to the danger it could pose with a nuclear weapon." Poster Comment:The Ayatollahs are living up to WC Field's maxim; "Never give a sucker an even break."
Malaysia confirms plane debris is from Flight MH370
Post Date: 2015-08-05 15:12:52 by GrandIsland
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak confirmed on early on Thursday that a Boeing 777 wing segment discovered in the Indian Ocean island of Reunion is from the missing Flight MH370, the first real breakthrough in the search for the plane that disappeared 17 months ago. "The international team of experts have conclusively confirmed that the aircraft debris found on Reunion Island is indeed from MH370," Najib said in a televised statement. Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 disappeared in March last year enroute from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 passengers and crew on board. Poster Comment:And just how many conspiracy nuts feel a bit stupid?
Slovak Leader Tried To Outdo the Nazis
Post Date: 2015-08-05 15:02:41 by nativist nationalist
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To the Editor: Prof. Thaddeus V. Gromada (letter, Sept. 1) took exception to your description of Karol Sidor, the Catholic Slovak Nationalist leader, as a Nazi collaborator. I was born in Czechoslovakia and lived in Bardejov, Slovakia, until the deportations of 1942. I am the sole survivor of the more than 100 members of my family deported by the Slovak Government to the Auschwitz and Treblinka camps. The parliament of this Slovak Government was the only parliament in Europe that voted for the expulsion of the Jews and paid the Germans 500 marks for each Jew deported, providing they never be returned. Karol Sidor was a founder of this regime and also served and represented it. He was as ...
In Zimbabwe, We Don’t Cry for Lions
Post Date: 2015-08-05 14:53:06 by Pericles
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In Zimbabwe, We Don’t Cry for Lions By GOODWELL NZOU AUG. 4, 2015 Winston-Salem, N.C. — MY mind was absorbed by the biochemistry of gene editing when the text messages and Facebook posts distracted me. So sorry about Cecil. Did Cecil live near your place in Zimbabwe? Cecil who? I wondered. When I turned on the news and discovered that the messages were about a lion killed by an American dentist, the village boy inside me instinctively cheered: One lion fewer to menace families like mine. My excitement was doused when I realized that the lion killer was being painted as the villain. I faced the starkest cultural contradiction I’d experienced during my five years ...
Center For Immigration Studies’ Jerry Kammer Attacks Coulter Book As “Crude Propaganda”…Wait, What?
Post Date: 2015-08-05 14:30:16 by nativist nationalist
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Ann Coulter’s Adios America! has been the bestselling immigration restriction book in decades. The presidential frontrunner for the GOP nomination credits it for informing his stance on immigration. Yet Jerry Kammer, [Email him ] a Fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies Beltway restrictionist think tank, calls it a “work of crude propaganda, a mix of selective truths, exaggeration and falsehood, caricature and conspiracy theory” [Immigration: What Ann Coulter Gets Wrong, Real Clear Policy, July 16, 2015]. Why? Much of Kammer’s review is indistinguishable from a Leftist Open Borders rant. After Coulter accurately reports extraordinary crimes in Mexico, Kammer ...
Giant gates to Goliath's home discovered: Monumental fortification belonging to the Biblical city of Philistine Gath unearthed
Post Date: 2015-08-04 18:30:36 by cranky
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Archaeologists say the gates appear to be the largest ever found in Israel They have also uncovered formidable fortified walls around the gateThe gates to Gath are mentioned in the Bible as David flees from King SaulGath is also reputed to have been the home of the Philistine warrior GoliathIt was the Biblical city where the giant Goliath lived and one of the most powerful in the Philistine empire before it was destroyed in the ninth century BC.Archaeologists have now uncovered the remains of an enormous gate and fortified wall which are giving clues to just how formidable the city of Gath may have been.The monumental gate is the largest to ever be found in Israel and much like its most ...
Turkey is Now Bombing a Key US Ally, the Only Trustworthy Ground Troops Fighting ISIS
Post Date: 2015-08-04 15:15:37 by Tooconservative
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In Deadly Complication of Obama's Half-Assed Action Against ISIS, Turkey is Now Bombing a Key US Ally, the Only Trustworthy Ground Troops Fighting ISIS —Ace The Kurdish militia, the YPG, coordinates with the US in the few airstrikes we lodge against ISIS. I suppose that means they provide us the enemy's location and maybe conduct maneuvers designed to hold them while bombers are scrambled. But in Turkish-occupied northern Kurdish enclaves, the PKK -- officially branded a "terrorist" organization (and I think that's a fair label) -- shoots Turkish cops and plants bombs. What set this off? Well, a couple of weeks ago a suicide bomber killed 20 people in a Turkish ...
APNewsBreak: North Korean ship pursued for seizure in case
Post Date: 2015-08-04 15:13:11 by nativist nationalist
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Winning a lawsuit against North Korea is rare. Collecting millions of dollars in damages from the isolated country? Pretty much impossible. But an Israel-based civil rights group thinks it has found a way, starting with a North Korean ship that's been held, against Pyongyang's wishes, in a Mexican port for the past year. The effort illustrates the challenges of holding North Korea to account in more ways than one. The Shurat HaDin law center began its pursuit after winning a $330 million U.S. District Court judgment in April over the abduction of a South Korean- born pastor in China and his presumed torture and killing in North Korea 15 years ago. Now the center is aiming for ...
Newborn baby pulled alive from toilet in Beijing
Post Date: 2015-08-04 13:39:10 by Willie Green
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Beijing (CNN) -- Police are searching for the mother of a newborn baby girl found wedged face-down in a Beijing toilet on Sunday. Residents heard cries from a public toilet block and notified police, according to the Beijing Times. "Her head was upside down and her body was falling into the drain. We could only vaguely see her feet from the side," Qian Feng, the local police chief told the paper. Qian said initially police decided to dismantle the toilet as the drain structure was unclear, but that would take too long. "She just kept crying. I looked again, and thought we should try to pull her out even if the possibility might be slim." In a police video taken ...
American traitor, Israeli hero
Post Date: 2015-08-03 15:04:28 by nativist nationalist
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The Pollard case shows that the interests of Israel and America are often sharply at odds. The U.S. government’s announcement that Jonathan Pollard will soon gain his release from prison is cause for celebration in Israel, and understandably so. There, Pollard is considered a patriot and hero. By engaging in espionage on Israel’s behalf, he placed himself at great risk. Once caught, he endured considerable punishment — 30 years in a federal penitentiary. Pollard has more than earned the gala welcome that will no doubt be his, if and when he arrives at Ben Gurion Airport. Americans have equal reason to classify Pollard as a despicable traitor, who in spending all those years ...
Bare-knuckle boxing champ's belt celebrating 39-round bout sells for £32k
Post Date: 2015-08-01 21:37:43 by A K A Stone
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A BOXING belt awarded to a 19th century bare-knuckle fighter who went 39 rounds in epic David v Goliath bout has sold for more than £30,000. Unofficial champion John L Sullivan Charley Mitchell spent three hours slugging it out in the ring with unofficial world heavyweight champion John L. Sullivan in the illicit brawl in 1888. Mitchell, a Briton who had a fearsome reputation for taking on men much bigger than himself, was 27 when he challenged the unbeaten American. Despite being almost three stones lighter than Sullivan, who had defeated him five years previously, the plucky Brummie took part in a rematch in France on March 10, 1888. The fight, held in the pouring rain, ...
Now the Turks Are All In
Post Date: 2015-07-31 09:59:20 by nativist nationalist
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All through the Cold War, the Turks were among America’s most reliable allies. After World War II, when Stalin encroached upon Turkey and Greece, Harry Truman came to the rescue. Turkey reciprocated by sending thousands of troops to fight alongside our GIs in Korea. Turkey joined NATO and let the U.S. station Jupiter missiles in their country. When JFK secretly traded away the Jupiters for removal of the Soviet missiles in Cuba, the Turks went along. Early this century, under Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey seemed to be emerging as a major power, a land bridge between Europe and the Islamic world, a friend to its neighbors, and future member of the EU. But, recently, a U.S. diplomat ...
When Parents Must Break the Law to Keep Their Children Alive
Post Date: 2015-07-31 07:37:50 by Deckard
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In the last several years, stories of cannabis oil helping epileptic children have populated the news cycle. Around the world, CBD (cannabidiol) treatments are gaining popularity due to their ability to rapidly alleviate seizures without making children “high.” Though these treatments are increasingly available in American states with legalized recreational and medical cannabis, they are not always freely available. Facing medical restrictions, one mother in Canada has vowed to treat her child—even if her doctor refuses to renew their prescription. The Wilkinson family, from just outside Calgar, Alberta, resorted to CBD oil to treat their nine-year-old daughter. ...
UK Maniac with Huge Knife: Why Can’t Cops in the US Be this Brave?
Post Date: 2015-07-30 20:36:47 by Deckard
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In the United States police kill people on average, every 8 hours. Very few of these deaths are ever ruled unjustified, even when police are caught on video killing unarmed people who pose absolutely no threat. The escalation of deadly force by American police is unprecedented when compared to the rest of the first world. So far this month, American police have killed 113 people. By contrast, China, whose population is 4 and 1/2 times the size of the United States, recorded 12 killings by law enforcement officers in all of 2014. More people were killed by American police in just the last thirty days than were killed in 2014 in Germany, England, China, Canada, France, Japan, ...
Anti-Christian Hatred Sweeps The World
Post Date: 2015-07-30 14:15:08 by Don
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Anti-Christian Hatred Sweeps The World July 30, 2015 | Michael Synder Share this article There is very little that the entire world seems to agree upon, but there is one very frightening trend that is now taking hold literally all over the globe. A passionate hatred of Christianity is sweeping across the planet, and very few global leaders have been willing to step forward and speak out against this rising persecution of Christians. In many parts of the Middle East, Africa and Asia, believers are being relentlessly attacked by extremists, churches are being destroyed, and laws are being passed to try to prevent the spread of the Christian faith. In some areas, the violence has become ...
Pat Buchanan: Could Trump Actually WIN?
Post Date: 2015-07-28 10:47:49 by nativist nationalist
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The American political class has failed the country, and should be fired. That is the clearest message from the summer surge of Bernie Sanders and the remarkable rise of Donald Trump. Sanders’ candidacy can trace it roots back to the 19th-century populist party of Mary Elizabeth Lease who declaimed: “Wall Street owns the country. It is no longer a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, but a government of Wall Street, by Wall Street, and for Wall Street. The great common people of this country are slaves, and monopoly is the master.” “Raise less corn and more hell!” Mary admonished the farmers of Kansas. William Jennings Bryan captured the ...
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