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Defying E.U. Court, Poland Is Cutting Trees in an Ancient Forest
Post Date: 2017-08-01 17:49:47 by A Pole
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WARSAW — Defying an order from the European Union’s highest court, the Polish government said on Monday that it would continue logging in Bialowieza Forest, the last primeval forest in Europe and a habitat for hundreds of bison. The decision is the latest challenge by Poland to the legal authority of the European Union, which Poland joined in 2004, and could result in financial penalties. [...] The Bialowieza Forest, a Unesco World Heritage site, is a relic of ancient woodlands in the middle of the European lowlands, at the border of Poland and Belarus. It has been at the center of a heated debate since Poland’s government tripled the logging limits last year and, in ...
South Korea considers a nuclear arsenal to counter the North
Post Date: 2017-07-31 10:33:03 by Tooconservative
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No longer sure they can rely on the United States, an increasing number of South Korean lawmakers say their country should develop its own nuclear arsenal to deter an attack by Kim Jong Un, their belligerent neighbor to the north. North Korea’s rapid missile advances, including successful tests of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) in July and again on Friday, are reviving calls for South Korea to assert its “nuclear sovereignty.” South Koreans are wary of President Donald Trump’s isolationist rhetoric and his calls for Asian allies to shoulder more of the defense burdens borne by the U.S. military. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, second from right, ...
"It's Time To Retaliate": Putin Expels 755 U.S. Diplomats
Post Date: 2017-07-31 00:34:29 by Hondo68
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When Russia warned on Friday that it would retaliate proportionately after it announced it would seize two diplomatic compounds used by the US in Russia and added that it would reduce the number of US diplomatic service staff in the country to equal the number of Russian diplomats in the US by September 1, calculated by the local press at 455, it wasn't joking. Moments ago, speaking in an interview on the Rossiya 1 TV channel, Vladimir Putin said that 755 American diplomats will be expelled, or as he phrased it "will have to leave Russia as a result of Washington's own policies", a move which as we previewed on Friday will make the diplomatic missions of Russia and the ...
BREAKING: Man ‘shouts Allahu Akbar’ and stabs shoppers with machete in major city
Post Date: 2017-07-29 11:32:27 by IbJensen
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One dead and several injured after knife attack in the German city of Hamburg Witnesses say man ran into a supermarket before launching a stabbing attack Manhunt got underway and a man was pictured under arrest 30 minutes later Hamburg police say they motive for the knifing was not immediately clear The attacker ran into an Edeka shop in the northern city of Hamburg before knifing customers and going on the run. Witnesses followed him and raised the alarm at about 3.10pm before police swooped to make an arrest. Heavily armed police have locked the area down and an air ambulance helicopter was seen on the road outside. A motive for the knifing has not yet been established. Heavily ...
Trump Is Being Moved Aside So That Conflict with Russia Can Proceed
Post Date: 2017-07-28 06:36:41 by Deckard
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What is the Congress up to with their stupid bill that imposes more sanctions and removes the power of President Trump to rescind the sanctions that President Obama imposed? Congress is doing two things. One is that Congress is serving their campaign contributors in the military/security complex by being tougher with Russia, thus keeping the orchestrated threat alive so that Americans denied health care don’t start looking at the massive military/security budget as a place to find money for health care. The other is to put President Trump in a box. If Trump vetos this encroachment on presidential power, Congress and the presstitute media will present the veto as absolute proof that ...
Super. Turkey is getting the S-400 missile system from Russia
Post Date: 2017-07-25 11:50:07 by Tooconservative
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We’ve known that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been getting particularly cozy with Vladimir Putin for a while now, even as he mocks and belittles his supposed NATO allies. When it comes to the situation in Syria it’s always been questionable as to which side he was on and what his long range intentions were. Some of those questions were answered this week when Erdogan announced that he has a signed deal in hand for Turkey to receive the S-400 missile system from Russia. (Reuters) Turkey has made progress in plans to procure an S-400 missile defense system from Russia and signatures have been signed, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday. “Steps have been ...
Dragon-elephant showdown not inevitable
Post Date: 2017-07-23 23:23:53 by Anthem
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Behind the ongoing border standoff caused by Indian troops' trespass into Chinese territory, is an ill-conceived notion of dragon-elephant rivalry that has grown into a major global topic. Where does the confrontational idea come from? The China-India comparison emerged as early as in the 2000s, and was elaborated by scholars and media from the United States and Britain. The book "The Dragon and the Elephant: China, India and the New World Order", written by Sunday Times journalist David Smith, formally presented the idea to the world. The Financial Times even has a special page for "dragon-elephant rivalry." It is fair to say that the concept of China and India ...
Top 10 Chinese tech and engineering marvels
Post Date: 2017-07-23 21:35:56 by Anthem
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1. Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge The assembly of the first curved section of the underwater tunnel for the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge was successfully completed on Oct. 8, 2016. Hailed by The Guardian as "one of the seven modern wonders in the world," it is the world's longest bridge currently under construction. Starting from Lantau Island in Hong Kong, the Y-shaped bridge will boast a total length of about 55 kilometers, including a 6.7-kilometer underwater tunnel and a 23-kilometer bridge over the sea. Artificial islands will be built at both ends of the tunnel to allow for the passage of large ships. The bridge will serve as an important channel linking Hong Kong, ...
During Abbas's visit, China proposes peace through development in Middle East
Post Date: 2017-07-23 16:23:45 by Anthem
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has concluded his state visit to China, during which Chinese President Xi Jinping put forward a new four-point proposal on the Palestine issue. Analysts said that Abbas paid his visit to China, from July 17-20, at a time when the Palestine-Israel peace talks remain stalled, U.S. President Donald Trump's policies towards Palestine and Israel remain elusive, and China is pushing the Belt and Road Initiative in the Middle East. Currently, the Palestine issue seems to have been marginalized as frequent conflicts have been popping up in the Middle East in recent years after the last round of peace talks between Israel and Palestine stalled in 2014. ...
Hungary's leader: EU and Soros seek to "Muslimize" Europe
Post Date: 2017-07-23 09:15:14 by Tooconservative
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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) -- European Union leaders and Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros are seeking a "new, mixed, Muslimized Europe," Hungary's anti-migration prime minister said Saturday. Prime Minister Viktor Orban said during a visit to Romania that Hungary's border fences, supported by other Central European countries, will block the EU-Soros effort to increase Muslim migration into Europe. While Hungary opposed taking in migrants "who could change the country's cultural identity," Orban said under his leadership, Hungary would remain a place where "Western European Christians will always be able to find security." Orban, who will ...
“I’ve Done A Bad Thing” 5-year-old Girl Bursts into Tears As Cops Fine Her for Lemonade Stand
Post Date: 2017-07-21 20:23:20 by Deckard
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Common sense, among those who work inside the state, is a rare commodity. Agents of the state, like those who work in law enforcement, often become so blinded to reality by ‘just doing my job’ they throw logic and reason to the wayside, choosing authority and force instead. Nothing highlights this blind order following quite like police tormenting a five-year-old girl and issuing her a citation for the crime of selling lemonade without a permit. “She just wanted to put a smile on people’s faces. She was really proud of herself,” Andre Spicer, the father of the five-year-old girl who all of the sudden found herself on the receiving end of the police state over ...
Bad Leadership 101: Toronto Man Builds Stairway for $550 Instead of $65,000 -- and the City Blocks It
Post Date: 2017-07-20 14:30:01 by Deckard
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Adi Astl's stairs made things much safer. That wasn't good enough for city government. As a leader, what should you do when someone thinks outside the box, ignores the rules, and solves a pressing problem for $64,450 less than expected? However you respond, don't do what the City of Toronto just did. Tom Riley Park is frequented daily by mothers with baby strollers, people practicing yoga, bike riders, dog walkers, and members of a community garden. Although the park has an official entrance, many people take the most direct path into the park from its parking lot, which means walking down a steep slope. Until recently, that path had only a yellow rope to hang onto to keep ...
Haiti Official Who Exposed The Clinton Foundation Is Found Dead
Post Date: 2017-07-19 09:30:58 by Deckard
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The mainstream media’s silence over Klaus Eberwein’s death is deafening. Eberwein was a former Haitian government official who was expected to expose the extent of Clinton Foundation corruption and malpractice next week. He has been found dead in Miami at the age of 50. The circumstances surrounding Eberwein’s death are also nothing less than unpalatable. According to Miami-Dade’s medical examiner records supervisor, the official cause of death is “gunshot to the head.“ Eberwein’s death has been registered as “suicide” by the government. But not long before his death, he acknowledged that his life was in danger because he was ...
International Election Digest
Post Date: 2017-07-16 22:30:33 by Anthem
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Leading Off ● France—legislature (June 11 & 18) La République en Marche! ("The Republic Onwards!," or REM), the new centrist political party created by recently elected French President Emmanuel Macron, secured a solid majority in France's powerful lower house of parliament in last month's runoffs. That follows REM's dominant first-round result, which we previously covered in detail. Although many polls predicted a more lopsided result, REM fell somewhat short of expectations, winning 53 percent of all seats in the National Assembly. However, another centrist party called MoDem won seven percent, giving the two allies a combined ...
UK Hasidic school faced with closure for not teaching LGBT
Post Date: 2017-07-16 17:48:10 by IbJensen
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b>Girls’ elementary school fails three inspections despite being praised for ‘inspiring pupils with enthusiasm’ An ultra-Orthodox girls’ elementary school in London may be forced to close after failing to meet government standards because it does not teach about homosexuality and transgender issues. The Vishnitz Girls School, a private elementary school in the London suburb of Stamford Hill, failed three consecutive inspections from UK’s Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted) according to a report released last month. Although the school received a positive review in almost every area, it failed the inspection because ...
'Mountain of God' Volcano Preparing to Erupt
Post Date: 2017-07-15 18:23:14 by cranky
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The East African peak looms over a modern city as well as three major sites featuring signs of early humans. An aerial view shows erosion on Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano, Tanzania. An active volcano in northeastern Tanzania known to the Maasai as the “Mountain of God” has been quietly rumbling—and it is showing signs that an eruption is imminent. Known as Ol Doinyo Lengai, the 7,650-foot-tall peak is the only known active volcano that belches out lava rich with a type of rock called carbonatite. This thin, silvery lava can flow faster than a person can run. (Read more about the volcano from our January 2003 issue.) The volcano is some 70 miles from the city of Arusha and is ...
Jet engine blast kills woman on Caribbean beach
Post Date: 2017-07-14 11:14:59 by Deckard
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A 57-year-old New Zealand woman died Wednesday after being knocked over by the blast of air released from a jet engine at a beach in St. Maarten, a Caribbean island known for its main airport's extremely close proximity to the beach.ABC Breaking News | Latest News Videos Police said in a statement that Emergency Central Dispatch in St. Maarten, a Dutch constituent country, received the first of several phone calls reporting the incident at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, and that the victim died shortly after arriving at a hospital. YouTube videos of tourists at the beach, clinging to a fence that runs along the intersection of an area between the shore and a runway at Princess Juliana ...
French Archbishop on ‘the Great Replacement’: ‘Muslims Calmly Tell You France Will Be Theirs One Day’
Post Date: 2017-07-11 18:24:29 by cranky
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Miguel Cabrera speaks out on death threats, bribes paid to protect his mom from kidnapping
Post Date: 2017-07-11 10:39:14 by Deckard
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Miguel Cabrera spoke out on the crisis in Venezuela and threats to his family in a series of videos posted on Monday (photo by Mike Mulholland, MLive). DETROIT -- Detroit Tigers star Miguel Cabrera is speaking out more forcefully than ever before about the ongoing crisis in his native Venezuela, breaking what he said was his long-standing rule against meddling in politics. In a series of free-wheeling videos posted on Monday to the "stories" section of his Instagram account, Cabrera blasted the corruption of Venezuela's government, voiced his support for protesters and spoke of threats against his family that required him to pay vacunas, or protection money. The passionate ...
Trump Is Dragging Down America
Post Date: 2017-07-10 13:20:59 by Willie Green
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Just when you think you’ve seen it all, out comes another Donald Trump tweet, or tweetstorm, to prove you wrong. On Sunday morning, America’s forty-fifth President, having just returned to Washington from the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, pronounced his trip “a great success for the United States.”It says something about Trump’s grip on reality that he could reach such a conclusion after a summit in which he and the rest of the U.S. delegation were utterly isolated on major issues such as climate change and international trade. In fact, the only way that German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s diplomatic sherpas were able to cobble together a communiqué ...
After Trump Bows to Saudis, Decision to Release Evidence of Saudis Funding 9/11 Gets Reversed
Post Date: 2017-07-09 17:15:31 by Deckard
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By Rachel Blevins President Trump’s change in attitude towards Saudi Arabia has apparently had a trickle-down effect, as a federal judge in Miami has reversed her decision to push for the release of crucial documents revealing information on the funding of the 9/11 attacks. Judge Cecilia Altonaga is now ruling in favor of the FBI, granting the agency’s request to keep large portions of a slide show titled “Overview of the 9/11 Investigation” secret from the public. The presentation Altonaga is now helping to keep private, includes sections on “Funding of the 9/11 Attacks,” “Early to Mid-2001 Additional Funding,” “Early to Mid-2000: ...
Dinner diplomacy: Melania Trump sits beside Putin at G20 banquet after her husband confronted him on hacking the election - which Russian leader flatly denied
Post Date: 2017-07-08 07:14:28 by IbJensen
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At a Friday night dinner at the G20, first lady Melania Trump was seated next to Russian President Vladimir Putin Earlier Friday, Putin met with Melania's husband, President Donald Trump, for the first time - at a meeting that lasted two and a half hours President Trump brought up Russia's role in hacking the 2016 presidential election, which Putin quickly denied After spending two and a half hours speaking to President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin had dinner seated beside the American leader's wife, Melania. The Trumps both met Putin for the first time on Friday, as the world's top leaders gathered in Hamburg, Germany at the G20. President ...
END OF WORLD WARNING: Watch biggest explosion EVER on Moon as NASA warns we could be next
Post Date: 2017-07-07 14:52:25 by cranky
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A METEOR with the explosive power of TEN cruise missiles has struck the Moon – sparking a massive explosion visible with the naked eye. And terrifyingly the 56,000 mph collision – captured by NASA scientists highlighting the catastrophic danger planet earth faces from similar meteors – was caused by a space rock weighing no more than 88 lbs (40 kilos). Despite the meteor’s tiny proportions – about the size of a small boulder and the weight of an average 10-year-old boy – the impact damage was colossal and the explosion shone with the brightness of a magnitude 4 star. The moon was struck by a meteor creating the an explosion visible with the naked eye A ...
EXCLUSIVE: Study Finds Temperature Adjustments Account For ‘Nearly All Of The Warming’ In Climate Data
Post Date: 2017-07-06 17:17:30 by cranky
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Planet Earth in flames, Global warming concept. Elements of this image furnished by NASAA new study found adjustments made to global surface temperature readings by scientists in recent years “are totally inconsistent with published and credible U.S. and other temperature data.” “Thus, it is impossible to conclude from the three published GAST data sets that recent years have been the warmest ever – despite current claims of record setting warming,” according to a study published June 27 by two scientists and a veteran statistician. The peer-reviewed study tried to validate current surface temperature datasets managed by NASA, NOAA and the UK’s Met Office, all ...
Poland Buying American Patriot Missile System, Trump Set to Announce
Post Date: 2017-07-06 13:16:14 by Tooconservative
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How many Polacks does it take to shoot down a Russky ballistic missile? The Trump administration will announce Thursday an agreement with the government of Poland to sell the Eastern European ally American-manufactured surface-to-air missile systems. The agreement comes seven years after the Obama administration removed a group of missile launchers from near the Russian border with Poland after Moscow objected to their placement. According to Trump administration officials, the president and his Polish counterpart, Andrzej Duda, will announce the countries have signed a memorandum of understanding that will move forward with Poland’s acquisition of an unknown number of Patriot ...
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