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Poll: 61% of Israeli Jews Say Donald Trump Good for Israel
Post Date: 2016-03-07 14:33:13 by cranky
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A new poll by the Independent Democracy Institute and Tel Aviv University reveals that Jewish Israelis prefer a Republican to be the next U.S. president — and that 61% say that Donald Trump is friendly to Israel. The poll also revealed that Israelis prefer former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) by a wide margin, 40.5% to 16%. Sanders is Jewish, as he discussed in Sunday night’s Democratic debate in Michigan. The survey reports: A higher percentage of the Jewish public (34%) think a Republican president will be better for Israel, compared to 28% who think so regarding a Democratic president. When Arab Israelis were asked from which party a president ...
Ted Cruz’s Law Firm Backed Obama, Other National Democrat Campaigns
Post Date: 2016-03-06 19:31:06 by Stoner
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Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas — As interested observers, most Texans are probably trying to remain objective while watching the back-and-forth of political campaigns in the early stages of spring. Last week, however, the tactics by one of the campaigns for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate crossed the line from tough campaigning, into a realm of a behavior most will discern as unworthy of someone they’d want to have representing Texas. In a charge quickly-proven as inaccurate, the accusation appeared in a blog post written by Ben Shapiro of Big Government that Texas’ Lt. Governor & Senate candidate David Dewhurst had held a Washington, D.C. fundraiser at ...
Pope Calls Migrant Crisis ‘Arab Invasion’, Says Europe Must ‘Rediscover Its Cultural Roots’
Post Date: 2016-03-06 15:43:03 by cranky
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Pope Francis has described the European migration crisis as an “Arab invasion”. He said that “Europe weakens” by “forgetting its own history”, but, because of its low birth rate and colonial history, the mass migration could be beneficial. “Today we can talk about an Arab invasion”, the Roman Catholic leader told the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano this Thursday. “It is a social fact”. “How many invasions has Europe experienced in the course of its history?” he asked. “But [Europe] has always been able to overcome herself… increased by the exchange between cultures”, he answered. Millions of migrants from ...
We are already at 2 degrees Celsius above normal!
Post Date: 2016-03-06 09:57:57 by interpreter
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Thursday, while the nation debated the relative size of Republican genitalia, something truly awful happened. Across the northern hemisphere, the temperature, if only for a few hours, apparently crossed a line: it was more than two degrees Celsius above “normal” for the first time in recorded history and likely for the first time in the course of human civilization. That’s important because the governments of the world have set two degrees Celsius as the must-not-cross red line that, theoretically, we’re doing all we can to avoid. And it’s important because most of the hemisphere has not really had a winter. They’ve been trucking snow into Anchorage for the ...
TRUDEAU SAY AMERICANS SHOULD PAY MORE ATTENTION TO THE WORLD
Post Date: 2016-03-04 12:03:22 by nativist nationalist
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TORONTO (AP) -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians would appreciate it if Americans paid more attention to what's going on around the globe. Trudeau said in a "60 Minutes" interview to be aired Sunday that "it might be nice if they paid a little more attention to the world." Trudeau, elected in October, made the remarks after being asked what Canadians don't like about the U.S. "Having a little more of an awareness of what's going on in the rest of the world, I think is, is what many Canadians would hope for Americans," he said in a transcript released to The Associated Press on Thursday. The "60 Minutes" profile of Trudeau ...
The U.S. just sent a carrier strike group to confront China
Post Date: 2016-03-04 08:17:27 by Stoner
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This article first appeared March 3 at 4:15 p.m. and has been updated The U.S. Navy has dispatched a small armada to the South China Sea. The carrier John C. Stennis, two destroyers, two cruisers and the 7th Fleet flagship have sailed into the disputed waters in recent days, according to military officials. The carrier strike group is the latest show of force in the tense region, with the U.S. asserting that China is militarizing the region to guard its excessive territorial claims. Stennis is joined in the region by the cruisers Antietam and Mobile Bay, and the destroyers Chung-Hoon and Stockdale. The command ship Blue Ridge, the floating headquarters of the Japan-based 7th Fleet, is ...
WELL DONE MR. TRUMP!!! Israel-First, Neocons to join Hillary, all America’s enemies in one party
Post Date: 2016-03-04 03:23:45 by nativist nationalist
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The disloyal Israel-First/Neoconservative (IF/NC) crowd seems to be having a collective and hopefully fatal seizure over Mr. Trump’s pledge to be strictly even-handed and neutral in the ongoing war between Israel and the Arabs — a war both sides clearly intend to fight to the death. Now, many past presidential candidates have said much the same thing, but they have always added that silly, ahistorical mantra that the United States will defend Israel’s “right to exist”. But Trump did not add that mantra of the brain-dead, and so has markedly distressed the Israel-Firsters and Neocons. Indeed, they always have opposed Trump because, it seems, they sense that he will ...
Migrants in Greece to be handed cash in envelopes to 'maintain their dignity' under £550million EU disaster fund
Post Date: 2016-03-03 19:05:42 by cranky
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Brussels acts despite dangers of giving taxpayer money to refugee campsAid plan is the first of its kind to provide humanitarian relief inside the EUMoney will be used to help charities provide medicines, blankets and food Aid officials want migrants to have the option of buying things themselvesSee more news on the migrant crisis at www.dailymail.co.uk/migrantcrisis Migrants in Greece are set to be handed envelopes of cash under a £550million EU disaster fund announced yesterday.Brussels officials said despite the obvious dangers of giving taxpayers’ money directly to those in refugee camps to spend as they wish it would help them ‘maintain their dignity’.The EU aid ...
Bookmaker Pays Out Early on Trump Winning Republican Nomination
Post Date: 2016-03-02 17:43:54 by cranky
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Paddy Power Betfair Plc, Ireland’s largest bookmaker, is paying out 120,000 euros ($130,000) on Donald Trump winning the U.S. Republican presidential nomination. Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton each won seven states on their way to commanding victories in Super Tuesday contests. “Since 1988, the candidate to clean up on Super Tuesday has always gone onto win their party’s nomination,” the Dublin-based bookmaker said in e-mailed statement on Wednesday. Gambling companies pay out early when they regard the result as a foregone conclusion, in part because it draws publicity and in part because gamblers often recycle winnings into other wagers. For example, Paddy ...
Big Pharma Stealing Billions from Taxpayers on Cancer Drugs That Are Thrown in the Trash
Post Date: 2016-03-02 17:28:34 by Deckard
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Big Pharma has found a way to pull the wool over the eyes of regulators to inflate profit — and the method wastes vital drugs which could be saving lives. Hospitals, doctors, and pharmaceutical companies are charging patients — and, therefore, private insurers and Medicare — for medicine that literally cannot be administered, but must be tossed in the trash. A report published in the BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal) finds health insurers and Medicare spend $1.8 billion on cancer drugs that wind up in the trash because ‘clever’ packaging purposely mismatches doses with the patients receiving them. Another $1 billion is wasted on artificial markups of those ...
Super Tuesday Funeral: Neoconservatism, An Obituary
Post Date: 2016-03-02 11:47:19 by nativist nationalist
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March 1, 2016, will go down in history as the day the incubus of neoconservatism was banished from the Republican party – and, in effect, destroyed as a viable political force. It’s the day Donald Trump swept the GOP’s Super Tuesday primary, taking – as of this writing – Georgia, Alabama, Virginia, Massachusetts, Arkansas, Vermont, and Tennessee. Three realities are clear from the results: 1. Marco Rubio is finished. The great white hope of the neocons, Marco Rubio, only managed to eke out a minor win in Minnesota, which is a caucus state, and inconsequential insofar as delegates are concerned. He failed to mine the rich delegate cache in Texas, where he failed ...
Why Europeans Can’t Have Nice Things Anymore Like Checkpoint-free Travel Within the Schengen Zone
Post Date: 2016-03-02 11:35:48 by nativist nationalist
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A checkpoint in Austria From the NYT: Europe’s New Border Controls Exact a Cost By LIZ ALDERMAN and JAMES KANTER MARCH 1, 2016 FREILASSING, Germany — Traffic along one of Europe’s busiest highways, which used to flow unimpeded, now often backs up for miles at a newly installed checkpoint, where a phalanx of German police officers screens trucks and cars for hidden migrants. At this border crossing, as a result, Austrians who work in Germany have trouble getting to their jobs. Many companies in Germany must wait days longer for deliveries of food, machine parts and other goods. Shoppers who made quick weekend jaunts to Freilassing’s stores now mostly stay away. ...
China to layoff 5 to 6 million workers
Post Date: 2016-03-01 15:54:37 by Willie Green
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BEIJING - China aims to lay off 5-6 million state workers over the next two to three years as part of efforts to curb industrial overcapacity and pollution, two reliable sources said, Beijing's boldest retrenchment program in almost two decades. China's leadership, obsessed with maintaining stability and making sure redundancies do not lead to unrest, will spend nearly 150 billion yuan ($23 billion) to cover layoffs in just the coal and steel sectors in the next 2-3 years. The overall figure is likely to rise as closures spread to other industries and even more funding will be required to handle the debt left behind by "zombie" state firms. The term refers to companies ...
As In 1964 And 1980, A New Republican Party Is Taking Shape.
Post Date: 2016-03-01 02:58:47 by nativist nationalist
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The first four Republican contests—Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada—produced record turnouts. While the prospect of routing Hillary Clinton and recapturing the White House brought out the true believers, it was Donald Trump’s name on the ballot and his calls for economic patriotism, border security, and an end to imperial wars that brought out the throngs. The crowds that continue to come out for his appearances and the vast audiences he has attracted to GOP debates testify to his drawing power. Moreover, Trump has now been endorsed by Gov. Chris Christie, ex-chairman of the Republican Governors Association, and Sen. Jeff Sessions, one of the most respected ...
WW3: Fighters From Turkey Are Pouring Into Syria And Attacking Targets Despite The Ceasefire
Post Date: 2016-02-29 20:58:41 by U don't know me
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WW3: Fighters From Turkey Are Pouring Into Syria And Attacking Targets Despite The Ceasefire By Michael Snyder, on February 29th, 2016 Share on FacebookTweet about this on TwitterPin on PinterestShare on Google+Share on LinkedInShare on StumbleUponEmail this to someone Middle East MapThe ceasefire in Syria is a joke. Turkish military units continue to mass along the border, and militants are pouring across the border to attack targets in northern Syria. The Prime Minister of Turkey is now openly admitting that his government is supporting the militants that are trying to overthrow the Syrian government, and the Turkish government has also made it abundantly clear that they have no plans ...
First McDonald's in Kazakhstan to offer horse meat burger
Post Date: 2016-02-27 21:31:55 by U don't know me
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“We are planning to launch 15 more outlets in Astana and Alma-Ata and expand the chain across the country,” Boranbayev told journalists on Thursday. As the company adapts menus to cater for local tastes, Kazakh McDonald's will probably offer a horse meat burger on the menu, said Boranbayev. “We’ll try to adjust our consumers’ requests and cater to Kazakh national cuisine,” he added.
Mark Zuckerberg: German Refugee Policies ‘Inspiring,’ U.S. Should ‘Follow Their Lead’
Post Date: 2016-02-27 13:02:57 by nativist nationalist
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Mark Zuckerberg praised Germany for their “inspiring” refugee policies during a visit to the country and reiterated his commitment to combating “hate speech” on Facebook. Speaking at a town hall event in Berlin, the 31-year old billionaire said German leadership in the refugee crisis has been “insipiring” and a “role model for the world.” “I hope other countries follow Germany’s lead on this,” he added. “I hope the U.S. follows Germany’s lead on this.” Speaking at the same event, Zuckerberg also emphasised his commitment to tackling “hate speech” on Facebook. “Hate speech has no place on Facebook and ...
China Warns U.S. After Trump Wins Nevada Caucus
Post Date: 2016-02-25 15:22:57 by nativist nationalist
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Trump has promised to punish Chinese currency manipulation China warned the United States on Wednesday not to adopt punitive currency policies that could disrupt U.S.-China relations after Donald Trump’s win in the Nevada caucus. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters in Beijing that “we are following with interest the U.S. presidential election.” Hua was asked about China’s response to a possible Trump presidency and his announced plan to punish China for currency manipulation with a tax on Chinese goods. “Since it belongs to the domestic affair of the U.S., I am not going to make comments on specific remarks by the relevant candidate,” ...
Former Mexican President Vicente Fox to Trump: We're "Not Paying For That F***ing Wall"
Post Date: 2016-02-25 14:47:21 by A K A Stone
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Dutch Orchestra Walks Out on Muslim Conductor
Post Date: 2016-02-25 14:08:27 by sneakypete
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When the most liberal country in Europe pulls the plug on Islam, then perhaps the world is beginning to see the light. Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands attended a concert in the capital, Amsterdam. The Conductor, who just happens to be Muslim, proceeded to give the Queen a lecture on the "beauty" of Islam. The entire orchestra got up and walked out, refusing to be associated with someone lecturing their Queen. The staff of the music hall escorted the conductor off-stage, and after questioning, out of the building. Watch the walk out. Bet you didn't see this on your local news. www.safeshare.tv/w/cqjiYhtiXsPoster Comment:I would almost be willing to bet he had been using his ...
Canadian navy makes history with kiss between sailor and same-sex partner
Post Date: 2016-02-25 10:23:06 by Willie Green
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The first kiss for a returning sailor after a long deployment at sea is a sweet and memorable tradition. But in what is believed to be a first for the Royal Canadian Navy, that time-honoured ceremonial kiss was between two men. There were loud cheers today when Master Seaman Francis Legare embraced his partner, Corey Vautour, after more than eight months at sea. "I have been away for 255 days, so it feels great," a smiling Legare said. "I am speechless." HMCS Winnipeg, which has a crew of 250, returned to Victoria on Tuesday after a tour in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. Being the first sailor off a ship is considered an honour and privilege in the Canadian ...
Safes Sell Out In Japan, 1,000 Franc Note Demand Soars As NIRP Triggers Cash Hoarding
Post Date: 2016-02-23 09:01:04 by Stoner
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Negative rates may not have found their way to bank deposits in most locales (yet), but that doesn’t mean the public isn’t starting to see the writing on the wall. At first, NIRP was an anomaly. An obscure policy tool that most analysts and market watchers assumed would be implemented on a temporary basis in a kind of “let’s see if this is even possible” experiment with an idea that, from a common sense perspective, makes no sense. But then a funny thing happened. Central banks from Denmark to Sweden to Switzerland went negative and stayed there. They even doubled down, taking rates even more negative and before you knew it, the public started to catch on. When ...
Trump Is Right on Trade
Post Date: 2016-02-19 12:05:16 by nativist nationalist
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Republican hawks are aflutter today over China’s installation of anti- aircraft missiles on Woody Island in the South China Sea. But do these Republicans, good free-traders all, realize their own indispensable role in converting an indigent China into the mighty and menacing power that seeks to push us out of Asia? Last year, China ran up the largest trade surplus in history, at our expense, $365 billion. We exported $116 billion in goods to China. China exported $482 billion worth of goods to us. Using Census Bureau statistics, Terry Jeffrey of CNSNEWS.com documents how Beijing has, over decades, looted and carted off the greatest manufacturing base the world had ever seen. In ...
Pope Francis Rips Capitalism, American Immigration Policy at Mexican Border
Post Date: 2016-02-18 10:39:02 by cranky
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Pope Francis, apparently desperate to reach out to the Catholic Church’s growing base in Latin America, spent the day slapping Americans in the face from across the US-Mexico border. In Ciudad Juarez, one of the most violent cities in the Western Hemisphere thanks to the drug cartels, the pope walked up a ramp covered in flowers toward a cross “erected… in memory of migrants who have perished trying to reach the United States just a stone’s throw away,” according to Reuters. MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images Funny, he never did that while visiting Cuba to pay tribute to those who died attempting to escape that Communist hellhole. He reserved his spite for a nation with ...
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