Month: January 2018

The Syrian National Dialogue Congress has begun in Russia’s Sochi today. It is expected that about 1,600 representatives of various political and ethnic groups from Syria will be gathered. The major meetings are scheduled for January 30, 2018.

Despite the fact that the Syrian Negotiation Commission (SNC) announced it would boycott the Congress, many opposition groups have already arrived in Sochi. There are the representatives of the Movement for a Pluralistic Society, Syrian National Council, National Blog, and Syria’s Tomorrow Movement among them. Syrian Kurds also participate in the Sochi talks.   Continue reading “Syrian National Dialogue Congress in Sochi. Kurds Conduct Closed-Door Negotiations with Iran”

RT

Twitter, Facebook and Google had a hard time providing evidence of “Russian meddling” on social media, transcripts from the US Senate show. However, they did shockingly reveal that RT America had purchased ads aimed at Americans.

On Friday, the US Senate Intelligence Committee released answers provided by Twitter, Facebook and Google in response to questions concerning Russia’s alleged meddlesome use of social media in the devious pursuit of uprooting American democracy.  Continue reading “Buzz kill: Tech giants struggle to find ‘Russian meddling’ in written answers to US Senate”

RT

Mexico’s energy reform that ended a state monopoly has so far fared fairly well in the upstream sector, with oil majors snatching up offshore oil blocks in auctions.

In the downstream, however, aging refineries built before 1980 have been bleeding cash for years and made Mexico import increasing volumes of refined products to meet growing demand.   Continue reading “Mexico’s cartels are ditching drugs for oil”

RT

Although self-driving cars are becoming more of a reality each day, the majority of Americans are wary of the idea, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.

When asked whether they felt comfortable with the notion of “riding in an entirely self-driving car,” a whopping 67 percent of Americans said they were “not comfortable.” Only 27 percent said they were “comfortable” with the idea.   Continue reading “67% of Americans ‘not comfortable’ with self-driving cars – poll”

RT

A weak US dollar, a possible war between the US and North Korea or the impeachment of Donald Trump could result in one of the longest-ever rallies for gold, according to precious metals expert Jim Rickards.

“This is gold’s breakout year. We are in the third bull market of my lifetime – and we have a very long way to run,” Rickards said in an interview to Kitco News.  Continue reading “Gold price could smash $10,000 on crashing dollar & other factors – Jim Rickards”

Anti-War – by Jason Ditz

Turkey has been complaining about US support for the Kurdish YPG for years, and this weekend, that has boiled down to an overt ultimatum, with Turkey’s Foreign Ministry demanding the US immediately withdraw from the Syrian city of Manbij.

The US helped the YPG capture Manbij early last year, and Turkey has been mad because their position is the Kurds can have no territory west of the Euphrates River. Though Manbij is on the river, it is primarily on the western bank.   Continue reading “Turkey Gives US Ultimatum: Withdraw From Syria’s Manbij Immediately”

The Daily Caller – by Anders Hagstrom

More than 50,000 Americans are expected to die from the influenza this season, the highest on record since an epidemic outbreak in 2014, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Experts say the 2017-2018 flu season has been unique in that the virus is not spiking in different areas at different times, but is maintaining a high rate of infection across the entirety of the U.S. at once, Bloomberg reported. More worrying is that the flu appears to be affecting older generations more than usual, with baby boomers having a higher rate of hospitalization than their grandchildren. Children still make up the largest number of infections, however.   Continue reading “50,000 Americans Expected To Die By The End Of Flu Season”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

An interactive online fitness tracking map published in November of 2017 which compiles a running history of the location and routes of 27 million fitness-device users has unwittingly revealed the location, staffing, patrol routes and layout of U.S. and foreign military bases around the world.  

San Francisco based fitness company Strava posted their “global heatmap” to their website, containing two years worth of fitness data across several fitness devices such as Jawbone and Fitbit. The map is not live, rather, it is a composite of overlapping routes.   Continue reading “Fitness Tracking App Accidentally Reveals Secret US Military Bases, CIA “Black” Sites”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Cape Town’s main water supply was from the Theewaterskloof dam outside Grabouw…  Continue reading “Cape Town Prays As “Day Zero” Looms; Security Forces To Guard Water-Collection Points”

CBC News

Amanda Edwards grew up in Yukon, so she’s enjoyed plenty of wild game meat in her life — mostly things such as mountain sheep, or moose.

This week, though, she sampled a rodent — and was pleasantly surprised. Turns out that under all those quills, a porcupine is a tasty treat.

“I thought it … almost like pork. Very juicy,” she said.   Continue reading “Bear ravioli, slow-braised lynx on the menu at Yukon game meat banquet”

BBC

Poland’s President Andrzej Duda says he will review controversial plans to outlaw any suggestion of Polish complicity in the Nazi Holocaust.

Israel has fiercely objected to the draft law, which would also make it illegal to describe Nazi death camps in Poland as Polish.   Continue reading “Poland president to review Holocaust bill after Israel outcry”

Fox 25 Boston

BOSTON (AP) – A Massachusetts law banning devices designed to make semi-automatic rifles mimic the firing action of fully automatic weapons goes into effect this week.

Massachusetts State Police says starting Thursday, people will be prohibited from possessing bump stocks under all circumstances. The law passed in November also bans the possession of trigger cranks.   Continue reading “Police Ask Bump Stock Owners To Surrender Devices Before Ban”

Sun Sentinel

Have police officers really joined the ranks of the general public when it comes to avoiding criminal charges by invoking Florida’s “stand your ground” self-defense law?

Ex-Palm Beach Gardens cop Nouman Raja, who shot and killed stranded motorist Corey Jones in 2015, is getting a chance to make such a claim following court rulings in another high-profile officer shooting case from Broward.   Continue reading “Ex-cop in Corey Jones shooting death bases ‘stand your ground’ claim on Broward deputy’s successful case”

Orlando Sentinel

Former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown is expected at a Central Florida prison camp Monday to begin a five-year federal sentence for her part in a fraud scheme that helped end her long career.

Neither Brown nor the federal Bureau of Prisons have talked publicly about where the 12-term congresswoman will serve her time.   Continue reading “Former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown to report to prison today”

In the ravaged streets of Gaza and the shrinking hills of the West bank, Palestinians- in desperation- scream his name. On the walls of the twelve Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon his name is spray painted-in hope- beneath yellow flags baring the logo of Hamas. In prayer services across Palestine his name is invoked, begging for his return, the return of Palestine and… salvation from the increasing horrors of occupation.

This man, their champion- who fought for all Palestinians and won- to them, seems now their only hope. But he is missing in action. Barely three years ago, this man was the most dangerous man in Palestine. For he did for Palestine what no other has done. Where then, today, when needed most, is the “Lion of Palestine?” Where is… Mohammed Deif?   Continue reading “The “Iron Fisted” Leader of Hamas in Palestine- Where is Mohammed Deif?”

World Events and the Bible

WEB Notes: Woah nelly. Who exactly did they strike a deal with? Was it you Mr. and Mrs. America? I do not know about you, but I never got to throw my vote in the hat on this one. Notice how they doll this one up and talk about immigration and protecting the nation and the people…

What a bunch of doublespeak nonsense.
Continue reading “ICE Has Struck A Deal To Track License Plates Across The US”

Breitbart – by John Binder

President Trump’s amnesty plan would potentially give a pathway to U.S. citizenship to an illegal alien population that is roughly six times the number of illegal aliens that were given temporary amnesty under former President Obama.

An almost final draft of the White House’s expansive amnesty plan obtained by Breitbart News reveals that the Trump administration would be expanding Obama’s federal, temporary amnesty—known as the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program—to six times the number of illegal aliens who are enrolled in the DACA.   Continue reading “Trump’s Draft Amnesty: Citizenship for Illegal Alien Population Six Times the Size of Obama’s DACA”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

In a stunning – if accurate – report published Sunday night, Axios claims that White House national security officials are considering an unprecedented federal takeover of a portion of the nation’s mobile spectrum/network to protect against Chinese attacks, in what may well be a pre-emptive shot, hinting at upcoming trade wars between the two superpowers.

Axios got its hands on PowerPoint deck and a memo, both of which were purportedly produced by a senior National Security Council official, which were presented to other senior officials at other agencies during a recent meeting.  The documents argue that America needs a centralized nationwide 5G network within three years. There’ll be a fierce debate inside the Trump administration, and an outcry from the industry over the next 6-8 months over how such a network is going to be built and paid for.   Continue reading “White House Is Planning To Nationalize 5G Network: Report”