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France: Controversial new database to collect personal data on 60M citizens

Sebastian Seibt
France 24
Fri, 04 Nov 2016 00:00 UTC
People numbers
© iStockExtreme and dangerous reductionism
France's government last week announced the creation of a highly controversial new database that will collect and store personal information on nearly everyone living in the country who holds a French identity card or passport. The massive database, known as Secure Electronic Documents (Titres électroniques sécurisés or TES), was decreed by the government on October 30 in an effort to crack down on identity theft.


Comment: Storing everyone's identity in one humongous database is probably the worst scenario for ID theft. There is nothing that can't be hacked. Ask Hillary.


The move sparked immediate outrage in the French media, with weekly magazine L'Observateur describing it as "terrifying", and daily newspaper Libération calling it a "mega database that will do no good".

The TES will affect 60 million people and marks the first time the country has collected population data on such a scale since the start of the Nazi Occupation in 1940.

The database will include all the same information included on a French identity card or passport, depending on which a person holds: The first and last names, address, eye colour, weight, marital status, a photograph and the fingerprints of nearly everyone in France (with the exception of children under the age of 12) will be compiled into a single centralised system.

The information taken from passports will be stored for 15 years while identity card information will be kept for 20.

Comment: Sixty million surveilled, zero protection. Once personal privacy is completely and forever abolished, what will trigger you as "a person of interest"? The land of liberty seems to have forgotten the meaning of the word.

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Dr. Tim Anderson discusses 'The Dirty War On Syria'


New Cold War
Thu, 27 Oct 2016 00:00 UTC
The Dirty War on Syria
Interview with Australian writer and author Tim Anderson, broadcast in English on the YouTube channel of German web broadcaster KenFM, Oct 27, 2016

The interview is 70 minutes long. It has been viewed more than 28,000 times. It is broadcast on KenFM's English-language feature 'The Missing Link'. View it at the weblink above or by clicking the screen below. Further below, an article by Tim Anderson and and radio interview with him.


Comment: Have a listen to SOTT's exclusive interview with Tim Anderson on Behind the Headlines: The truth about the Dirty War on Syria.

Most Westerners get their news about Syria straight from al-Qaeda, courtesy of the MSM which quotes their propaganda outlets regularly and with fervor. The so-called Syrian Observatory on Human Rights is in reality nothing more than a pathetic propaganda organ occupying a small house in Coventry, England, not far from the old Shakespeare homestead. What is rather devilish concerning SOHR is just how often its name is used to evoke sentiments of people reading and listening to the MSM, when its main sources are al-Qaeda fighters in Syria. A little more light can be found in this SOTT Focus article, 'Propaganda spin cycle: 'Syrian Observatory for Human Rights' is funded by US and UK governments', which is an excellent analysis of who and what this observatory truly is, and why it maters.

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Russia, Greece discuss circumventing sanctions, joint projects


Fort Russ
Fri, 04 Nov 2016 00:00 UTC
Lavrov
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During Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's visit to Greece, the development of plans for bypassing the anti-Russian sanctions was discussed. This has been reported by Izvestiya newspaper with references to a source in foreign policy circles. During the meeting, Russia and Greece recognized the negative consequences of the anti-Russian sanctions imposed by the EU and the responsive embargo.

"Greece, which supplies a large portion of agricultural products in Russia, has suffered more than many of its EU colleagues. According to data from Russia's Federal Customs Service, in 2014 trade turnover decreased by 39.2% and in 2015 by 34%. However, Russia and Greece are searching for a solution to this problem. A source in Russian foreign policy circles has told Izvestiya that Moscow proposed Athens to circumvent the sanctions through the creation of joint ventures in the framework of the Russian-Greek Commission on Economic, Industrial, and Scientific-Technical Cooperation," the article reads.

According to the source, Russia cannot make exceptions for a single country, therefore it has proposed "combined production." "In the near future, we expect a response from the Greek side on this matter. This question was raised at the talks in Athens," the source remarked.
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Common enemies: China coming to aid Damascus in fight against terrorists

Martin Berger
New Eastern Outlook
Sat, 05 Nov 2016 00:00 UTC
chinese military
The recent chain of events in the Middle East has resulted in China getting actively engaged in the settlement of the Syrian conflict. This primarily reason behind this development is the ever increasing activity of the Uighur Islamist radicals from the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), which, according to the report presented by The Long War Journal, has been fighting the government forces in Syria along with ISIS for a long while. Moreover, it's been reported that ETIM militants are involved in the ongoing battle for Aleppo. This group is pretty well known across the globe for its close ties with al-Qaeda and its continuous demands on the separation of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR) from China.

It should be pointed out that Uighurs are Turkic-speaking Sunni Muslims that reside both in the urban and rural areas around the Taklimakan Desert, the very place where the ancient Silk Road used to stretch. Back in 1990 those lands gave birth to two groups, the World Uyghur Congress that is demanding independence through peaceful means, and ETIM that has chosen the path of terror. The office of the World Congress is based in New York and enjoys all the attention of US media sources at most any time when Washington decides it's about time to criticize the "authoritarianism" of the Chinese regime. In turn, ETIM has long been running its operational bases in Waziristan that remains a de-facto independent Islamist radical state that is out of reach of the Pakistani.

Comment: China takes bolder role in Syrian conflict

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Catholic Diocese in San Diego denounces parish that called voting Democrat a 'mortal sin'

Curtis Skinner
Reuters
Fri, 04 Nov 2016 14:50 UTC
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego denounced one of its parishes on Friday after its worshippers were told that voting for Democrats is a "mortal sin" that could lead to an eternity in hell.

The Diocese said the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in the neighborhood of Old Town made the statement in an insert to a weekly leaflet given to churchgoers on Oct. 16, calling abortion, same-sex marriage, euthanasia and other political issues "non-negotiables."

"It is a mortal sin to vote Democrat," the insert read, with the words underlined and bolded. "If your bishop, priest, deacon or other parishioners tell you to do so, you must walk away from them. Your immortal soul and your salvation are at stake."

On Tuesday, voters will pick the next president after an often bitter contest that polls suggest has tightened considerably in the last week. While several states are too close to call, polls have shown Democrat Hillary Clinton leading over Republican Donald Trump for some time in California where the parish is located.
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Program malfunction: Killary forgets who she's campaigning for, doesn't know what city she's in

Christian Datoc
The Daily Caller
Thu, 03 Nov 2016 14:52 UTC
Hillary Clinton
© Brian Snyder / Reuters
Hillary Clinton had a major campaign gaffe in North Carolina on Thursday.

WATCH:


"Are you ready to volunteer these last few days?" Clinton asked a crowd of her supporters in Winterville, NC. "Are you ready to elect Ray Cooper your governor?"

As far as the Daily Caller's editorial staff can tell, there is no Ray Cooper on the gubernatorial ballot in North Carolina.

North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper is running, but as the former secretary of state herself once noted, "what difference does it make?"

Comment: She couldn't remember where she was, either:
How many times is Hillary going to call Winterville Greenville
— Shane Bargher (@ShaMissyBargher) November 3, 2016
@FoxNews Hillary called Wintersville NC—GREENVILLE!! TWICE!! LOL. She's LOST!
— SMILE (@beachlvr21399) November 3, 2016
It's PITIFUL all those people in Winterville NC THAT WAITED HOURS TO SEE HILLARY & SHE TOLD THEM SHE WAS HAPPY TO BE IN GREENVILLE NC !! pic.twitter.com/p3yT1EqpcN
— MsSandy1950 (@MsSandy1950) November 3, 2016
Hillary you are not in Greenville stupid you are in winterville dumb ass pathetic
— Jerry Weaver (@pjweaver94) November 3, 2016
Hilary in WINTERVILLE NC keeps saying it's Greenville.Hillary is losing it folks.I think she lost it awhile agoRt#HillayhasDementia pic.twitter.com/jitWYA2guU
— Donna Hallabuk (@gracy69epixnet) November 3, 2016
Hillary has no idea where she is. She keeps calling Winterville, NC...Greenville, SC.
— Ron Crowe (@RonCrowe1) November 3, 2016
She dropped her fake folksiness about halfway through and just started raging.
Yeah, Hillary's fake folksiness is now completely gone and now replaced by pure ANGER in Greenville, NC. pic.twitter.com/9dw9GucgCX
— PJ Gladnick (@pjglad) November 3, 2016


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Why the US will never separate its 'moderates' from 'terrorists'

Dan Glazebrook
RT
Sat, 05 Nov 2016 14:24 UTC
Islamic State terrorists
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The big idea to herald a new era of US-Russian cooperation in Syria was to separate Western-backed 'moderate rebels' from groups such as ISIS and Al-Qaeda, so they could be part of political negotiations while the others were targeted by the US and Russian military.

Russia and Syria managed to get the UN Security Council to agree to ban the funding, training and arming of foreign fighters joining such groups in September 2014, while the US-Russia ceasefire agreement this September reiterated that "separating moderate opposition forces from Nusra [Al-Qaeda's Syria affiliate, now rebranded as Jabhat Fatah Al-Sham]" was "a key priority."

As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov recalled at a news conference last week, "our agreements with the Americans linked this separation to a seven-day period of quiet. At the end of the period, the Americans undertook to show us on the map exactly where they believed there were terrorists and where there were none. On this basis, we should have jointly coordinated targets for effective engagement. To reiterate, they requested seven days for that, insisting that a seven-day pause should be a precondition. We announced this pause but it was violated with a strike against Syrian Army detachments three days later" - when, lest we forget, British and US bombers carried out a sustained attack on Syrian Army troops fighting ISIS in Deir al-Zour, killing 62 and wounding over 100, effectively burying the ceasefire.

Nevertheless, in response to Western demands, Syrian and Russian planes again suspended airstrikes on Aleppo two weeks ago, giving the US another chance to make good on its promises to 'separate' its favored rebel factions from the Al-Qaeda affiliate, the Nusra Front. A fortnight later, however - and fully ten months after his initial public call (at an International Syria Support Group meeting in February) for so-called 'moderates' to separate themselves from Al-Qaeda and co - Kerry was still pleading for them to have more time to do so.

Comment: Another reason why the US won't separate it's 'moderate rebels' from the terrorists: there are no 'moderate rebels'. See:

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Wikileaks releases 31st batch Podesta emails


RT
Sat, 05 Nov 2016 14:34 UTC
John Podesta
© Brian Snyder / Reuters John Podesta
WikiLeaks has released more emails from Hillary Clinton's campaign chair John Podesta, with only four days until the presidential election.

The latest release contains more than 2500 emails, bringing the total number to over 50,000. WikiLeaks has said it would publish 50,000 emails before election day.

On Friday, there were two releases of Podesta emails. They revealed further examples of the campaign's disdain for former Clinton rival Bernie Sanders, and shed light on Bill Clinton's paid speeches when Clinton was secretary of state. The emails also revealed the campaign's relationship with Apple and its influential donors.
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ISIS financier Qatar gave Clinton Foundation $1mln while Clinton was Sec. of State

Jonathan Allen
Reuters
Fri, 04 Nov 2016 14:39 UTC
clinton
© REUTERS/Brian SnyderHillary Clinton supports terrorists.
The Clinton Foundation has confirmed it accepted a $1 million gift from Qatar while Hillary Clinton was U.S. secretary of state without informing the State Department, even though she had promised to let the agency review new or significantly increased support from foreign governments.

Qatari officials pledged the money in 2011 to mark the 65th birthday of Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton's husband, and sought to meet the former U.S. president in person the following year to present him the check, according to an email from a foundation official to Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign chairman, John Podesta. The email, among thousands hacked from Podesta's account, was published last month by WikiLeaks.

Clinton signed an ethics agreement governing her family's globe-straddling foundation in order to become secretary of state in 2009. The agreement was designed to increase transparency to avoid appearances that U.S. foreign policy could be swayed by wealthy donors.

Comment: And yet Killary was perfectly aware that Qatar (along with Saudi Arabia) was funding ISIS:

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Mosul offensive: End of Islamic State or new phase in war on terror?

Kurt Nimmo
Newsbud
Fri, 04 Nov 2016 13:52 UTC
US bombs in flag graphic
According to the Council on Foreign Relation's Foreign Policy the Islamic State will survive the Mosul offensive and live on to wage guerrilla war.

"If the Islamic State has any hope of surviving the loss of Mosul, its leaders will likely shift to a classic guerrilla campaign that includes ambushes, raids, sabotage, targeted assassinations, and suicide attacks," writes Seth G. Jones for FP.

The fall of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria "may simply be the beginning of a new phase of a generational conflict."
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