Category: News

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Since President Trump escalated the trade war last month by slapping a 25% tariff on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods, and is on the verge of taxing the remainder, Beijing has spawned nationalist sentiment across the country that has left many Chinese consumers shunning American products, reported Reuters.

According to a new poll conducted by London-based advisory firm Brunswick, which surveyed 1,000 Chinese consumers, 56% of respondents said they had avoided American products, while 68% said their impression of American firms has become increasingly negative.  Continue reading “Chinese Consumers Shun All American Products As Nationalism Soars”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Mexico is deploying its new militarized National Guard police force within Mexico City in an effort to quell a recent surge in violent criminal activity, according to President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

“We need a stronger presence of security forces and more protection for residents of the capital,” Lopez Obrador said during his daily news conference on Thursday, pointing to increases in homicides, kidnappings and extortion amid intense cartel turf wars, according to Reuters.  Continue reading “Crime-Ravaged Mexico City Deploys 140,000 National Guard Troops To Enforce Order”

Geopolitics Alert – by Randi Nord

Since 2015, Yemen’s Customs and Consumer Protection has had to either send back or seize over 24,000 tons of aid determined unfit for consumption sent from the United Nations World Food Program (WFP). Among the “aid” included 15,000 tons of supplementary food for pregnant women and medicine.

On November 6, Yemen’s Port Authority rejected and sent back a vessel from the World Food Program containing 10,000 tons of white wheat. After inspection, authorities noticed the wheat was infested with live insects. A similar incident occurred in February when authorities inspected a WFP shipment containing 96,000 bags wheat was not stamped with an expiration or production date.  Continue reading “UN Sent 24,000 Tons of Infested and Rotten “Aid” to Starving Yemenis”

The Guardian – by Alison Flood

Penguin Random House has stopped short of demands to withdraw Pedro Baños’s How They Rule the World from sale, but will print no further copies of the book after an external review found the Spanish-language edition contains “echoes of Jewish conspiracy theories”.

The publisher initially rejected allegations of antisemitism in the book, which claims to reveal “the 22 secret strategies of global power”. But after continued pressure from organisations including the Campaign Against Antisemitism, which called for the book’s withdrawal, Penguin commissioned an external review, led by Julia Neuberger, which yesterday announced its results.  Continue reading “Penguin stops printing Pedro Baños book after antisemitism claims”

The Weather Channel

Continue reading “Swimmers, Boaters Warned to Stay out of New Jersey’s Largest Lake Due to Blue-Green Algae”

Gangsters Out Blog – by Dennis Watson

The New York Intelligencer is reporting that “A decade ago, the Iraqi government banned Blackwater Security from operating in the country after its mercenary fighters killed 17 civilians in Baghdad’s Nisour Square. That might dissuade some from meddling in conflicts overseas, but Blackwater founder Erik Prince is nothing if not committed to his profit margins.”  Continue reading “Blackwater mercenaries for hire in Venezuela”

Caitlin Johnstone

Lester Holt: Hello and welcome to the Democratic Party presidential debates, where tonight ten people will pretend to be much further to the left than they actually are so that normal human beings will like them.

Savannah Guthrie: Our first question is for Senator Elizabeth Warren. Senator Warren, you have many plans for America. Many, many plans. Is this correct?  Continue reading “First Democratic Debate, Summarized:”

Lew Rockwell – by Sayer Ji

Earlier this month, in one devastating algorithmic stroke, Google removed many of the top natural health and health freedom websites from their organic search results — some losing as much as 99% of their traffic. In fact, the term “organic” should no longer be used to describe Google’s referral traffic, as a jaw-dropping undercover investigation by Project Veritas reveals: Google surreptitiously manipulates its search results and auto-suggestions to conform to a very specific set of sociopolitical and economic agendas intended to manipulate elections and promote private interests.

We live in amazing times, albeit intense, filled with incredible darkness and light.

Continue reading “Google Just Scrubbed Natural Health Websites From Its Search Results; Whistleblower Explains How and Why”

The Great Recession

President Trump stated on Wednesday that a war with Iran will be fast and easy. Let’s hope that means faster and easier than the trade war with China has turned out to be, now a year long and getting worse.

We’re in a very strong position if something should happen. I’m not talking boots on the ground. I’m just saying if something would happen, it wouldn’t last very long.

Reuters  

Continue reading “Iranium ConFUSION Part 1: The costs of war and the likelihood of quick victory”

RT

Israeli authorities are at a loss to explain multiple instances of pilots losing their connection to global positioning satellites around Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport.

On Wednesday, the Israel Airports Authority (IAA) confirmed reports that “many” pilots had been losing their Global Positioning System (GPS) signals mid-air, and that the problem has been occurring for weeks.  Continue reading “Unexplained disruptions see multiple jets losing GPS signal in Israeli airspace”

Times of Israel

Former US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley prayed at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City on Wednesday after arriving in Israel for a conference.

Haley, who stepped down in December, won plaudits in Israel and among the pro-Israel community in the US while in office for her staunch backing of the Jewish state at the United Nations.  Continue reading “Former US envoy to the United Nations Nikki Haley prays at Western Wall”

Jerusalem Post

An 83% spike in antisemitic incidents in New York has, to use a common expression in the Big Apple, hit New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in the kishkes.

Cuomo, who arrived in Israel on Thursday on a lightning visit of barely two days, said that he was personally affronted by the rise in antisemitism. Continue reading “NY Governor in Israel aims to fight antisemitism after 83% uptick”

Washington Jewish Week

Mayor Muriel Bowser is visiting Israel this week, despite a letter that circulated before her trip demanding that she cease partnerships with the country.

The letter, signed by 50 organizations and 500 individuals, calls Bowser and other officials’ participation in the trade mission “both a shameful endorsement of Israel’s human rights violations against Palestinians and a slap in the face to DC residents.” Continue reading “Bowser visits Israel despite criticism”

Abel Danger

Ed.’s note: There is an explanation for what is going on with President Trump and that is he may be really just stupid. The other problem is that whatever people think about the intelligence agencies like the CIA, FBI, NSA and other agencies, these agencies aren’t where the real “secrets” are held. Most of the intelligence and counter intelligence being done today with technology are by private corporate intelligence organizations which means Trump doesn’t have access to this intelligence. After all, the government contracts with high tech companies to run their intelligence operations including the CIA. This may be why Trump, or whoever is running his twitter account, posted these “misinformed and bad posts on Twitter” concerning Iran.  Continue reading “US In Its Desperation Phase”