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August 16/17, 2019

US warrant issued for seizure of Iranian oil tanker in Gibraltar
By ICH And Agencies
The oil aboard is subject to forfeiture based on violations of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, as well as bank fraud, money laundering, and terrorism statutes."   - Continue

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NYT Cheerleads US Color Revolution Attempt in Hong Kong
By Stephen Lendman
US color revolution tactics in Hong Kong, are part of Washington’s war by other means on China.  -

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A View From South Korea
Trump turns U.S. Forces Korea into 'transactional' army
By Oh Young-jin
The "Trumpification" of the USFK is taking place in the context of the escalating contest of hegemony between the U.S. and China.     - Continue

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Sanders Says If Israel Wants to Ban Members of Congress, It Should Not Receive Billions in US Military Aid
By Jake Johnson
"The idea that a member of the United States Congress cannot visit a nation which, by the way, we support to the tune of billions and billions of dollars is clearly an outrage."   - Continue

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Tulsi Gabbard Gets Some Vindication
By Scott Ritter
That the mainstream media continue to attack Gabbard for her stance on Syria and chemical weapons is indicative of the low bar that exists for American journalism today.   - Continue

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U.S. States: We Weren’t Hacked by Russians in 2016
By Gareth Porter
Shocker: the media ignores the fact there is no real evidence of election systems tampering.   - Continue

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20 ways Trump is copying Hitler’s early rhetoric and policies
By Steven Rosenfeld
Trump is following the well-known contours of authoritarian populists and dictators.  - Continue

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A Night at The Garden
Must watch 7 minute video
In 1939, twenty-thousand Americans rallied in New York’s Madison Square Garden to celebrate the rise of Nazism – an event largely forgotten from American history.  - Continue

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Uncle Sam was Born Lethal
By Paul Street
The United States enjoys historically unprecedented global power on a scale the fascist Third Reich’s leaders dreamed of achieving but never remotely approached.     - Continue

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The Military-Industrial Jobs Scam
More Money, Fewer Jobs - The Stubborn Truth About Employment and the Defense Industry

By Nia Harris, Cassandra Stimpson, Ben Freeman
Lockheed dramatically reduced its U.S. workforce, even as it hired more employees abroad and received more taxpayer dollars.  - Continue

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You Are NOT Who You Think You Are
By Alan Watts
"You are conditioned to be to be in desperate need of a future."   - Continue

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MIDDLE EAST

Air strikes kill 15 civilians in northwest Syria: Pro rebel monitor claims

Nasrallah: Syria moving steadily towards the final victory

2 IS militants killed in airstrike in eastern Iraq

How the UAE and Saudi Arabia have destabilised the Arab World

U.S. Bullies Its Way Into Dispute, Moves to Seize Iranian Tanker: British Gibraltar ordered the ship's release to ease tensions. Washington wasn't having any of it.

The U.S. Has Joined Secret Talks With Israel and the U.A.E. The Topic? Iran.

Rashida Tlaib backs off plans for Israel trip, citing "oppressive conditions"

Editorial: The Omar and Tlaib ban from Israel is a disgrace. True democracies aren’t afraid of critics

Criticism of Israeli policy has been banned and persecuted as anti-Semitism, and those pulling the strings sit in Israel

AFRICA

Ninety civilians killed in violent clashes of Libya's Murzuq:

German shipping firm: 8 crew seized by pirates off Cameroon

ASIA

Myanmar rebels kill over a dozen in attack in Shan state

8 Taliban militants killed in N. Afghanistan clash

5 killed, 15 injured in blast in Pakistan's Quetta

Russia stuns India, invokes UN resolutions on Kashmir

Pakistan and India trade barbs after rare UN Kashmir talks

Protests break out in India-administered Kashmir after prayer services

North Korea rejects 'foolish' calls for peace talks: North Korea has fired what appeared to be two short-range missiles into the sea and launched a scathing attack on "foolish" calls for dialogue from South Korean President Moon Jae-in

South Korea should not bow to Trump’s demands: “If Trump wins in 2020, he will pull US troops out of South Korea.”

Russia, North Korea agree to work on “trilateral projects” in Pyongyang meeting: Moscow

Chinese, Russian Warplanes Test U.S. Security system in Skies Near South Korea

Foreign ministers of China, Japan, South Korea to hold talks amid trade, history tensions

China-owned oil tanker changes name in apparent effort to evade U.S. sanctions: U.S. government official had warned ports in Asia not to allow the ship to dock, saying it was carrying Iranian crude in violation of U.S. economic sanctions

China: Countermeasures only answer to U.S. tariff escalation : Facing a firm and resolute China, the U.S. side proved unable to reconcile itself to its futility and launched a new round of offensive.

US, China step up war of words over Hong Kong : The political unit chief of the US Consulate General in Hong Kong, Julie Eadeh, met with members of the political party Demosisto – including prominent democracy activist Joshua Wong.

Hong Kong activist goes on defensive after being photographed with US consulate official

Foreign forces must stop interfering in Hong Kong's affairs: Chinese ambassador; Evidence shows that the situation in Hong Kong would not have deteriorated so much had it not been for the interference and incitement of foreign forces.

Japan surpasses China as largest foreign holder of US Debt

GLOBE

Global bond yields have fallen to 120-year low;; That’s according to a calculation by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, which uses average yields from a host of countries — the U.K, Australia, Japan, Switzerland, France and the U.S. — to arrive at the data.

Alarm as Trump Requests Permanent Reauthorization of NSA Mass Spying Program Exposed by Snowden

AMERICAS

Our Territory, Our Body, Our Spirit”: Indigenous Women Unite In Historic March In Brazil

Broken families suffer in the aftermath of ICE raids: The recent raids in Mississippi may have been some of the most sweeping in ICE history, but they were not the first.

“Give Us Your Rich”: Immigration Reporter Says Trump Admin Is Changing “Wholesale” Who Gets into U.S.

El Paso mayor says Trump used derisive term in meeting

Trump approval rating drops in latest Fox News poll

FOX News poll finds majority of voters 'unhappy' with the way things are going in the U.S.

It took more than 700 deaths over 20 years for Americans to finally dislike the NRA: According to a poll by Fox News published (Aug. 14), 47% of Americans hold an unfavorable view of the NRA, versus 42% who hold a favorable one.

Fact or fiction: Jeffrey Epstein death ruled suicide by hanging: Medical examiner

Mueller Dragnet Snags Ex-Clintonista, Obama Lawyer: Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia, alleged interference in the 2016 election has snagged its first high-profile Democrat:

Why Were Hillary Clinton's Emails Blind-Copied To Gmail Address Named After Chinese Firm?

U.S. House panel subpoenas ex-Trump campaign chief Lewandowski

Autopsy: Man killed by police was shot in the back 3 times

Full video from Colorado Springs Police Department shows shooting of De'Von Bailey

The “average weekly earnings” of eighty percent of U.S. workers was higher in 1965, 54 years ago, than in 2019

Chinese new subway cars start operation in U.S. Boston

The Great Land Robbery: How Federal Policies Dispossessed Black Americans of Millions of Acres

 

 

 

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