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'People get ready': Israeli org issues video calling for the rebuilding of the Third Temple


Sputnik
Tue, 06 Aug 2019 20:28 UTC
Israel 3rd temple
© YouTube/The Temple InstituteTisha b'Av: People Get Ready!
The video's authors aren't the only ones who wish to see the Third Temple built, as last month, a prominent Israeli theologian argued that there's never been any religious ruling that would tell the Jews to wait for the Temple to "fall from the sky."

The Temple Institute, an organisation in Israel that seeks to bring forth the construction of the Third Temple, has recently issued a new video in a bid to promote their agenda.

The video, uploaded on YouTube on 4 August and titled "People Get Ready!", features a recital of a fragment from the Book of Isaiah related to the prophesised building of that holy site:
"It will happen in the end of days: The mountain of the Temple of HaShem will be firmly established as the head of the mountains, and it will be exalted above the hills, and the nations will stream to it."

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Calendar

Iran ready to talk once US sanctions lifted, asks UN to intervene


RFE/RL
Wed, 07 Aug 2019 01:12 UTC
Rohani Zarif
Iranian President Hassan Rohani (center right) walks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (left).
Iran on August 6 asked the UN to push back on U.S. sanctions and the Islamic republic's President Hassan Rohani said restrictive measures must be lifted first before negotiations can start about the country's nuclear program.

Tension between the two countries stems from last year when U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew from a 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers and imposed new and harsher sanctions on Iran's oil and financial sectors.

Iranian state TV showed Rohani meeting with Foreign Minister Mohammad Zarif, who both are on a U.S. sanctions list, while reiterating that the restrictive measures are an act of "economic terrorism."

Comment: Iran has exceeded its stockpile because of US sanctions, and the US knew this was going to happen. Iran has made it very clear it is willing to abide by the agreement but, at the moment, no one in the West is willing to hold the US accountable:

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Wall Street

Trump berates US Fed's monetary policy: 'China is not the problem. The Federal Reserve is...'

Jeff Cox
CNBC
Thu, 08 Aug 2019 09:42 UTC
Donald Trump
© AP Photo/ Susan Walsh
President Donald Trump pressed his demand Wednesday for the Federal Reserve to accelerate interest rate cuts, saying the U.S. central bank needs to keep pace with its global counterparts.

"They must Cut Rates bigger and faster, and stop their ridiculous quantitative tightening NOW," Trump said in a series of early morning tweets.

The call comes with U.S. government bond yields tumbling and the closely watched spread between the 3-month and 10-year notes at its biggest inversion since April 2007, just as the economy was heading into the financial crisis.

Comment: What else can he do but complain?

The Central Bank System rules all.

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Light Saber

'The end of us all!' Duterte will NEVER let US deploy nukes or troops in the Philippines


RT
Wed, 07 Aug 2019 04:32 UTC
missile
© Reuters / US Air Force / Senior Airman Ian Dudley
The Philippines will never allow the US to deploy nuclear weapons on its soil to counter China's growing influence in the region, President Duterte declared, slamming Washington's untrustworthiness even in small arms deals.

Following American withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty with Russia last week, Washington made clear that it is now free to deploy ground-launched ballistic nuclear missiles with ranges of 500 to 5,500 kilometers anywhere in the world - including Asia, to counter China in the region.

Manila, which has recently enjoyed closer ties with China, will never allow American plans to materialize on its soil, Rodrigo Duterte stressed Tuesday."That will never happen because I will not allow it," Duterte said. "I will never allow any foreign troops... I don't want to fight China."

Comment: Duterte's language may often be colourful but he also tends to make more sense and speak more truth than many other politicians. And in the above, intentionally or not, he clues us in to who the US is really targeting: China.

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TV

NBC ignoramus says Trump's order to fly flags at half-staff after shootings could be nod to Hitler


RT
Wed, 07 Aug 2019 17:04 UTC
Flags flying half-mast at the White House
© AFP/Win McNamee
Donald Trump has ordered American flags to be flown at half-staff until August 8 in memory of the victims of last week's shootings — but one NBC contributor thinks the date could be seen as a secret nod to neo-Nazis.

Trump issued a proclamation to lower flags to half-staff at the White House and other government and military buildings on Sunday to mourn the victims of shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio. The flags will return to full-staff on Thursday, August 8 — but former FBI assistant director for counterintelligence turned-NBC pundit Frank Figliuzzi has seen a possible conspiracy in the date.

Figliuzzi explained that the number 88 is "very significant in the neo-Nazi and white supremacist movement" due to the fact that 'H' is the eighth letter of the alphabet and "the numbers 88 together stand for Heil Hitler."
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Snakes in Suits

Adam Schiff, Debbie Wasserman Schultz advise think-tank led by Jeffrey Epstein's brother

Davis Richardson
Daily Caller
Wed, 07 Aug 2019 21:43 UTC
epstein
© Stephanie Keith/Getty Images
Democratic representatives Adam Schiff, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and Maxine Waters are just three elected officials who sit on the congressional advisory board of a foreign policy think-tank led by Jeffrey Epstein's brother, Mark Epstein.


Comment: Imagine if you can Adam Schiff, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and Maxine Waters thinking.


Co-founded by socialite heiress Constance Milstein in 1988, the Humpty Dumpty Institute works closely with the United Nations, the State Department, and "various countries" to "put the pieces back together" in parts of the world ridden with conflict.

Mark Epstein has played a significant role in this mission. According to the organization's website, Jeffrey Epstein's brother serves as Humpty Dumpy's vice chairman, and has represented the group abroad on delegations alongside members of Congress and U.N. dignitaries. As recently as last February, several months before his brother was arrested at Teterboro Airport on federal charges for allegedly sex trafficking minors, Mark traveled with the group to the United Arab Emirates on a trip cosponsored by the nonprofit Peace Without Limits, which, according to Wikileaks, is funded by the Crown Prince of Furjairah in UAE. In 2015, he hosted a private dinner for a Humpty Dumpty conference, which featured a keynote address from former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Samantha Power.

Comment: Keeping it all in 'the family'...

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Stormtrooper

Turkish Defence Ministry says Turkey and US have agreed on joint centre to coordinate Syrian 'safe zone'


Sputnik
Wed, 07 Aug 2019 21:04 UTC
Maaret Hurmah damage Idlib bombing
© Agence France-PresseOmar Haj KadourThis aerial view taken on August 5, 2019 shows a view of damaged and destroyed buildings in the town of Maaret Hurmah in the southern countryside of Syria's northwestern Idlib province
Turkey and the United States agreed to establish a centre to coordinate joint operations and the formation of a safe zone in Syria, the Turkish Defence Ministry said in a statement Wednesday.

"The talks that took place in the Turkish Defense Ministry on August 5-7 with US military representatives regarding the planned safe zone in the north of Syria in coordination with the United States have been completed. During the talks, the sides agreed to take measures as soon as possible to eliminate Turkey's concerns about its national security," the ministry said.

"In this connection, it was decided to establish in Turkey in the near future a centre for joint operations, coordination and management of the creation of a safe zone in Syria," it said.

Comment: The agreement come apparently after the Pentagon rapped Erdogan's knuckles over plans for extending its reach into Syrian territory and threatening the US' Kurdish proxy forces. ZeroHedge reports:
Turkey has for days been poised to unilaterally invade northern Syria over US objections, which Ankara officials say is to establish a 32 kilometer (20 mile) inside the war torn country, giving Turkey complete control of a region where the Syrian Kurdish YPG operates (People's Protection Units). Turkey has long considered the US-backed group, which forms the core of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), to be a terrorist extension of the outlawed PKK.

The Pentagon has condemned the impending Turkish unilateral move, with US Defense Secretary Mark Esper telling reporters early Tuesday that it would be unacceptable and thwarted by Washington, though it's unclear how far the Pentagon would be willing to go. "What we're going to do is prevent unilateral incursions that would upset, again, these mutual interests that the United States, Turkey and the SDF share with regard to northern Syria," Esper said.

Crucially, according to ABC News, US officials "have made clear that an invasion is an extremely risky venture that could threaten the safety of U.S. forces working with the SDF...".

On Sunday Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that his forces would launch an operation in Syria east of the Euphrates River at an unspecified start date, and noted that the US and Russia had been notified.

In ongoing negotiations this summer the US and Turkey have clashed over just such a "safe zone," given Turkey wants the area completely clear of Kurdish armed groups, which the Pentagon simultaneously backs.

Turkish defense officials have lately threatened their "patience is limited" as the army builds up its forces along the border. The Foreign Ministry on Friday warned, "We won't let this process be dragged out. If our expectations aren't met, we are fully capable of taking whatever measures [are needed] to ensure our national security."

Ankara has long condemned US training, logistics support, and weapons going to the YPG, especially as it operates in Manbij, a key Syrian Kurdish stronghold near the border with Turkey.

US officials have been present in Ankara for talks early this week to try and negotiate a last minute settlement to avoid the invasion, with Esper noting Tuesday there's been "progress" made on certain key issues.


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Bullseye

UK Foreign Office tweet mocked after US 'special relationship' boast - Billions wasted, hundreds of thousands dead


RT
Wed, 07 Aug 2019 15:09 UTC
British troops
© Reuters / Paul JarvisBritish troops gather for a briefing by US Lieutenant General Jeff Conway, March 2003
The UK Foreign Office has been ridiculed online after boastfully tweeting that Britain and the US "do more together than any two nations on Earth," prompting many to highlight their damaging military relationship.

What was ostensibly intended to be a post promoting the idea of a new exciting trade deal being forged between the two western allies, has instead provoked many online to highlight the wars Britain and the US have participated in around the world.

One Twitter user simply asked: "Is this a parody account?"

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Bad Guys

Washington will make Venezuelans "suffer" until they acquiesce to regime change - Aaron Maté


RT
Wed, 07 Aug 2019 10:41 UTC
Maduro
© Reuters / Miraflores PalaceVenezuela's President Nicolas Maduro walks next to his wife during a ceremony with Venezuelan militia members in Caracas, Venezuela July 27, 2019.
Venezuelans will be made to suffer under draconian sanctions until President Nicolas Maduro is forced out of office, journalist Aaron Maté told RT, describing the tactic as a page from Washington's "regime-change playbook."

Support for opposition leader Juan Guaido has all but dried up, and Venezuela's military continues to remain loyal to Maduro. The failure of the US-backed coup means that Washington will now use economic warfare in an attempt to make the Venezuelan people bend to its will, Maté explained to Afshin Rattansi on RT's Going Underground.

"When you can't use force, then you try to make the people suffer," Maté said about the "unprecedented" sanctions targeting Caracas. He added that the strategy of economic strangulation is part of the "regime-change playbook that the US follows around the world."

Comment: See also: And check out SOTT radio's: NewsReal: US Regime Change Operation in Venezuela - This Time It's Legit?

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Target

Governor DeSantis: Florida to commandeer criminal probe into Epstein's 2007 sweetheart deal


RT
Wed, 07 Aug 2019 00:51 UTC
Epstein
© Probe-Media/Daily MailJeffrey Epstein
Governor Ron DeSantis has ordered Florida to take over a criminal probe into the terms of millionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's slap-on-the-wrist plea deal and work-release sentence in 2007.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement will conduct a "preliminary inquiry into misconduct and allegations that go beyond the reported concerns with Jeffrey Epstein's work release," DeSantis wrote in a letter to the department on Tuesday, also tasking them with taking over the criminal probe into that work release.

Explaining that Palm Beach County law enforcement had handled the original investigation and fresh eyes were needed, DeSantis also assigned State Attorney Bruce Colton, whose Nineteenth Circuit does not include Epstein's Palm Beach home, to the case.

The inquiry will attempt to answer questions about how Epstein was able to get away with sexually abusing what the FBI at the time claimed were at least 36 teenage girls and walk away with nothing more than a 13-month sentence that allowed him to leave the jail during the day. He was even allowed to fly his private plane to New York, Boston, and his private island without having to tell his probation officers what he was doing or who he was meeting, according to the Palm Beach Post.

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