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Hiding something, Hillary? Clinton removes Twitter photo of her typing on Blackberry en route to Libya - amid claims she is withholding emails from Benghazi crisis
Post Date: 2015-03-10 23:01:42 by A K A Stone
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Former Secretary of State swapped out phone picture for a blank silhouette Said the switch was to raise awareness of gender equality initiative Came amid huge scrutiny over use of private emails to enact foreign policy Photograph was seized on to complain about emails withheld from Congress Rep. Trey Gowdy said it 'strains credibility' to think picture from 2011 does not show Clinton dealing with Libya situation using private accounts
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Senator who spearheaded letter to Iran got $1 million from Kristol’s ‘Emergency C’tee for Israel’
Post Date: 2015-03-10 18:35:53 by Willie Green
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The U.S. media have been sadly incurious about the origins of yesterday’s unprecedented Open Letter of 47 Republicans to the Iranian leadership seeking to block the president’s likely deal with Iran. The press has portrayed the letter as the work of Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton, a 37-year-old freshman senator so new to the limelight that the New York Times got his name wrong on first impression. But as a Times commenter writes, “Does anyone really believe the ‘freshman senator from Arkansas’ wrote the letter? No.” The media are all over the unprecedented nature of the letter — which informs Iranian hardliners that Obama’s likely deal with Iran is ...
Extolling Ukraine’s Extreme-Right
Post Date: 2015-03-10 16:23:19 by Tooconservative
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Writers at the largest national daily newspaper in Canada, the Globe and Mail, have lately joined writers at the Toronto Star in publishing articles extolling the fundraising efforts in Canada of Ukraine’s extreme-right. This comes in the form of two recent news articles in the Globe, including one by its long-standing correspondent in Europe, Mark MacKinnon. MacKinnon reported on Feb. 27 in the Globe and Mail from the warehouse in Kyiv where ‘Army SOS’ gathers the military supplies that it purchases or receives and then provides to the extreme-right battalions fighting Ukraine’s war against its citizens in the east of the country. As an article by me on Feb. 20 ...
Iraq: We’re about to make final push on Tikrit
Post Date: 2015-03-10 15:56:58 by Tooconservative
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When we say “Iraq,” what we mean is Iran. Tikrit, a Sunni stronghold best known as the home town and power base of Saddam Hussein, has been held by ISIS since June of last year, but the town has been under siege for days, and almost 30,000 Sunnis have fled in advance of the encirclement. Today the Iraqi government announced that the final push is about to take place to liberate Tikrit, despite the loss of a strategic bridge: Joint Iraqi forces have started what they believe will be the conclusive push to retake the Iraqi city of Tikrit from ISIS, a paramilitary force participating in the offensive said Tuesday. The forces have started “the decisive operation” to ...
608 days until Obama is out of office
Post Date: 2015-03-10 13:51:48 by A K A Stone
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608 days until Obama is out of office
Why Some Think 47 GOP Senators Broke the Law With Iran Letter
Post Date: 2015-03-10 12:11:23 by Pericles
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Why Some Think 47 GOP Senators Broke the Law With Iran Letter Mar 10, 2015, 11:58 AM ET ANALYSIS by TERRY MORAN Some law professors and liberal commentators say they believe the “open letter” Sen. Tom Cotton and 46 of his Republican colleagues sent this week to the leaders of Iran, warning them that any nuclear deal they sign with President Obama won’t last after Obama leaves office, might be a crime. That letter from the Arkansas Republican to the ayatollahs and other Iranian officials, critics say, is a violation of the 1799 Logan Act, which says starkly: “Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly ...
German Intelligence: NATO Gen. Breedlove is Bonkers!
Post Date: 2015-03-10 08:25:06 by Tooconservative
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What happens when a close friend starts acting so bizarrely that you need to gently extract yourself from his ravings lest you be tarred with the same brush — or worse? That is the position in which Germany is increasingly finding itself, as the US government’s strange pronouncements about Ukraine are getting too much to bear. The German establishment magazine Der Spiegel has just published a very important article, “Breedlove’s Bellicosity: Berlin Alarmed by Aggressive NATO Stance on Ukraine,” that lifts the lid on what official Germany really thinks about the US neocon push to war with Russia over Ukraine. Der Spiegel starts by recalling an event last ...
Report: Iran's Supreme Leader Dead
Post Date: 2015-03-09 09:35:34 by redleghunter
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Posts on social media indicate that Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has died, Breitbart News reports Sunday, although no official announcement has yet been made. Two well-known journalists from Cairo and Israel tweeted that Khamenei had died Saturday after a bout with prostate cancer, noting that the information stems from "reliable sources." Khamenei was urgently brought to a hospital in Tehran after several of his bodily systems had already failed, Arab media reported Thursday; Iranian media outlets confirmed the news Friday. Rumors that he was suffering from prostate cancer that had metastasized to multiple systems have persisted for months. The 76 ...
Jordanian student uses solar power to fuel hydrogen cars
Post Date: 2015-03-08 18:42:18 by Operation 40
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Engineering student Qais Sabra works on a design for his generator. Mohammad Ghazal/Al-Shorfa Mohammad Ghazal in Amman February 2, 2015 The high cost of fuel in Jordan and an interest in renewable energy topics have inspired Jordanian engineering student Qais Sabra to design and invent a home solar-powered generator to fuel hydrogen-powered cars. Jordan currently imports around 97% of its annual energy needs, Sabra said, and an invention like his could help reduce fuel consumption dramatically and generate savings for both the government and citizens. Al-Shorfa met with Sabra, a student at the Jordan University of Science and Technology, to speak about the project and its significance... ...
Create an EU army to keep back the Russians, Jean-Claude Juncker suggests
Post Date: 2015-03-08 18:25:57 by Pridie.Nones
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A European Union army should be created to help defend the continent from Russian aggression, the European Commission president has suggested. Jean-Claude Juncker said pooling the defence resources of the 28 EU nations could help send a message to Vladimir Putin that its borders would be protected. However the move was panned by the UK Independence Party who warned the move would be a "tragedy for the UK". The comments came during an interview Mr Juncker gave with Welt am Sonntag, a German news magazine. "Such an army would help us to build a common foreign and national security policy, and to collectively take on Europe's responsibilities in the world,” Mr ...
Japan rises to challenge of becoming ‘hydrogen society’
Post Date: 2015-03-08 18:13:06 by Operation 40
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Hydrogen viewed as key to energy needs after Fukushima Since the 2011 onset of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan has had to drastically revise an energy policy that had long heralded atomic power as its main source of energy. The new energy policy announced in April outlines plans to decrease Japan’s nuclear dependence as much as possible, while boosting renewable energy sources. At the same time, it also says the government will promote the use of hydrogen to pave the way for a “hydrogen society.” “Hydrogen, which can achieve high energy efficiency, low environmental burden and capability for emergency use, provided appropriate usage, is expected to play a ...
Japanese Hydrogen Expo Previews the Future
Post Date: 2015-03-08 01:51:36 by Operation 40
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A big week for the greenies in Japan sees renewable energy technology get equal billing The launch this year of the world's first production fuel-cell car, the Toyota Mirai, has driven the accelerated growth of hydrogen refuelling station infrastructure development across Japan. And the introduction of Toyota's fuel-cell passenger vehicle to the Japanese market has also served to focus unprecedented attention on this year's International Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Expo at the Big Site complex on Tokyo Bay.. ...Regarded as the planet's biggest expo of its type, the fuel cell expo drew some 1580 companies from around the world, participating in five days of lectures, ...
2 Nemtsov suspects detained in Russia, prompting skepticism
Post Date: 2015-03-07 15:00:17 by Tooconservative
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MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's security service head said two suspects in the killing of leading opposition figure Boris Nemtsov have been detained, but the short and vague announcement Saturday prompted only skepticism and weak satisfaction from his comrades.Federal Security Service director Alexander Bortnikov, in comments shown on state television, said the two suspects were from Russia's North Caucasus region, but gave no details other than their names.He said they were "suspected of carrying out this crime," but it wasn't clear if either of the suspects was believed to have fired the shots that killed Nemtsov as he and a companion walked over a bridge near the ...
Rethinking Our Approach to Iran's Search for the Bomb
Post Date: 2015-03-07 08:30:40 by CZ82
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Rethinking Our Approach to Iran's Search for the Bomb By Anthony H. Cordesman May 7, 2012 We badly need to rethink our approach to Iran’s nuclear programs. We are putting far too much emphasis on Iran’s nuclear efforts without considering how these programs fit into Iran’s over military and strategic objectives. At the same time, we are placing too much emphasis on whether Iran has revived its formal nuclear program and the current shape of its nuclear facilities. The ironic result is to put too much emphasis on both the wrong form of arms control negotiations and preventive military strikes. To begin, it is essential to understand that Iran has moved far beyond the ...
'To Valhalla!': Crack Norwegian 'Punisher' troops sent to Iraq to help take on fanatical ISIS army
Post Date: 2015-03-07 08:28:47 by cranky
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Telemark Battalion is an elite mechanised Norwegian Army infantry unitSoldiers known for wearing patches with Marvel character's skull emblemAntihero from comic series is vigilante who slaughters criminalsPatches honour comrade killed by Taliban roadside bomb in Afghanistan Fifty fighters will travel to Irbil in northern Iraq to help Kurdish forces Peshmerga troops are locked in bitter armed struggle with Islamic State Dozens of soldiers from a battalion famous for using the emblem of a vicious comic book avenger to strike fear into the enemy in Afghanistan are heading to Iraq with ISIS in their sights.The Telemark Battalion is an elite mechanised infantry unit of the Norwegian Army ...
Iran carries out operation to free diplomat held in Yemen
Post Date: 2015-03-06 22:30:53 by Gatlin
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TEHRAN, Iran – Iran said Thursday that a team of special operatives has freed an Iranian diplomat abducted more than 19 months ago in Yemen, a rare acknowledgement by Tehran of an intel operation carried out on foreign soil. The official IRNA news agency quoted deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdolahian as saying that intelligence officers undertook a "difficult and complicated operation" to secure Nour Ahmad Nikbakhat's freedom from the "hands of terrorists." Amirabdollahian added that the operation took place "in a very special area in Yemen," without elaborating or providing further details. The diplomat, who was stationed in the Yemeni ...
Cojones: Egypt President el-Sisi closes 27,000 mosques to fight terrorism
Post Date: 2015-03-06 22:19:02 by out damned spot
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I found the response from President Obama and certain Democrat Members of Congress regarding Prime Minister’s Netanyahu speech to be rather, well, disparaging. Talk about “political theater” — especially the antics of House Minority Leader, Nancy Pelosi. However, I was actually less concerned about their response than the response from the Arab world — where some were asking Obama to listen to Netanyahu. On several occasions we’ve highlighted the actions of the brave leader of Egypt, the world’s largest Arab nation, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, former Egyptian Army general. He’s taken on and removed the Muslim Brotherhood government of Mohammad ...
Netanyahu Has Been Talking About Iran's Imminent Nuclear Program For 25 Years
Post Date: 2015-03-06 20:52:32 by GeorgiaConservative
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WASHINGTON -- In July 1996, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint session of Congress, warning that Iran was "extremely close" to developing nuclear weapons and that if the United States didn't act, "the lives of our children and our grandchildren" would be at risk. "Ladies and gentlemen, time is running out," he warned. "This is not a slogan. This is not over-dramatization." Since then, Netanyahu, now serving a second tenure as prime minister, has been consistently warning that Iran is within two or three or five years of obtaining a bomb. Ahead of Tuesday's speech, CNN commentator Fareed Zakaria noted Netanyahu's ...
National Front Set To Be Biggest Party In France As Polls Put Them On 29 Percent
Post Date: 2015-03-06 12:53:31 by Tooconservative
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Having topped the polls in last year’s European Election, Marine Le Pen’s National Front is set to become the biggest party in France with the French Prime Minister accusing the party of wanting to “kidnap France” at this month’s regional elections. The latest polling data, which comes after it was revealed French Jews are increasingly turning to the right wing party, puts the National Front on 29 per cent, four points clear of the opposition UMP and creating a significant gap between them and the socialists on 21 per cent, The Local reports. The country votes on March 22nd and 29th to elect representatives in each of the country’s 101 counties. Nonna ...
Why I would never work for Global Aerospace Logistics under any circumstances.
Post Date: 2015-03-06 09:55:41 by A K A Stone
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They have had at least one person you arrested for complaining about them.
That is enough reason that I would never work for that company. Not that I could anyway.
NEVER NEVER NEVER!
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Libya chaos deepens as Isil strikes threaten to halt oil production and government bombs Tripoli airport
Post Date: 2015-03-06 09:42:42 by Tooconservative
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Libya chaos deepens as Isil strikes threaten to halt oil production and government bombs Tripoli airport Isil militants attack al-Dhahra oil field shortly after capturing facilities in Bahi and Mabruk, while national army bombs airport Tripoli, as peace talks begin in Morocco Libya may be forced to cease all oil production after suspected Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) jihadists attacked three oilfields and the national army bombed an airport in the capital Tripoli. Libya’s National Oil Corporation has declared 11 of its oilfields non-operational, opting for a force majeure clause that exempts the state from contractual obligations. The move came after fighters from the ...
'Made in China' nuclear reactors a tough sell in global market
Post Date: 2015-03-06 09:01:55 by Willie Green
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HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - As China signs global deals to export its nuclear power technology, it faces a huge obstacle: it still needs to show it can build and safely operate these reactors at home. Aided by foreign technology acquired during three decades of development, China has the highest number of reactors being built and ambitions to export its home-grown models to an overseas market worth hundreds of billions of dollars. Premier Li Keqiang told an annual parliamentary meeting this week that the China aimed to increase its share of global sales in a range of advanced industries, including implementing major projects in nuclear power. And in a sign of progress on exporting its ...
Would a Bigger Police State Win the Drug War?
Post Date: 2015-03-06 05:22:44 by Deckard
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Most everyone would agree that China is not a free society. It is ruled by a brutal communist regime, one that has absolutely no regard for civil liberties and such criminal-justice principles as due process of law, trial by jury, right to counsel, and habeas corpus. When the state wants to go after someone, there are no institutional barriers that stand in its way. China has something else: the war on drugs, the same war that the U.S. government has been waging for decades. According to an article in the New York Times, despite a fierce, unrelenting war waged against drugs, drug use in China remains as big a problem as ever. Why is that important to Americans? Two reasons. One, it shows ...
Knife-wielding attacker slashes face of U.S. ambassador in South Korea (VIDEO)
Post Date: 2015-03-05 16:06:01 by Murron
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Knife-wielding attacker slashes face of U.S. ambassador in South Korea (Reuters) - U.S. ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert underwent two-and-a-half hours of surgery after he was slashed in the face by a Korean nationalist in an attack at a breakfast forum in Seoul on Thursday to discuss Korean reunification. Lippert, 42, was bleeding from deep wounds to his face and wrist but was able to walk after the attack. Doctors said later his condition was stable after "very successful" surgery that required 80 stitches in his face as the White House expressed optimism for his quick return to his duties. The assailant was caught and identified by police as 55-year-old Kim Ki-jong. ...
American contractor faces up to FIVE YEARS in Emirati prison and $50,000 fine because he complained about his job on Facebook
Post Date: 2015-03-05 07:55:28 by cranky
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Ryan Pate was on a break from work, visiting his home in Florida, when he complained on Facebook about spat with UAE employerWhen he flew back to Abu Dhabi to quit, he was arrested for breaking the country's law against slandering an employer He faces up to five years in prison and a $50,000 fine if convictedPate had just proposed to his girlfriend when he was arrested His trial is scheduled for March 17 No free speech: Ryan Pate was arrested in Abu Dhabi last month after complaining about his UAE employer on Facebook - a violation of the country's law against slandering an employerA hallmark of American life - griping about work - has landed a Florida man in a Middle Eastern ...
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