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Shots fired as Kyrgyztan's special forces storm ex-president's mansion, arrest Atambayev

Atambayev
© RuptlyFormer Kyrgyz president, Almazbek Atambayev; Special Forces at his mansion.
Special forces have arrested Kyrgyzstan's former president Almazbek Atambayev at his mansion, in an operation in which gunfire could be heard. He was previously stripped of immunity over corruption accusations.

Armed troops in body armor stormed the residence in the village of Koi-Tash late on Wednesday. Atambayev's supporters started tossing stones as soon as soldiers arrived, but they were no match for the trained men and were unable to prevent the arrest.

Witnesses said shots were heard inside the mansion, but it wasn't immediately clear who fired them. Media reports claim that at least 10 people were wounded during the operation. A local TV channel broadcast the events live on YouTube.

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Jet4

Report: Pakistan bans Indian flights from its airspace as war threat looms

pakistani jet


Pakistani Prime Minister warns that conflict is near.


Rumors are swirling that Pakistan has banned Indian flights from its airspace as Prime Minister Imran Khan warned that war between the two nuclear-armed nations is looming.

"Pakistan has shutdown its airspace for Indian flights and Pakistan Air Force and military has raised their alert level. Airspace ban to be FULLY implemented in once any flight presently flying over Pakistan is cleared," tweeted national security expert F. Jeffery.

Cards

High stakes poker: Is Boris bluffing on hard Brexit or not?

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© Reuters / Simon Dawson
UK PM Boris Johnson's approach to handling Brexit appears to be steering Britain towards a crash exit out of the EU, former and current Scottish leaders are warning.

Johnson's proclaimed desire to secure Brexit smacks of "selling something that is not true" and crosses the fine line between "optimism and delusion," Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Tuesday.

"He shrugs his shoulders quite literally when you talk to him about the consequences of crashing out at the end of October with no deal as if they don't matter or he can wish them away," Sturgeon told LBC radio's Iain Dale on Tuesday.

Stock Down

China's exit from US agriculture is a devastating blow to an already struggling sector

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© Aleksandra Michalska/ReutersA US farmer with his soya bean crop.
Agriculture has been a weapon of choice in the escalating trade war between the world's two largest economies.

With China officially pulling out of buying U.S. agricultural products, American farmers are losing one of their biggest customers. It could be a devastating blow in an already tough year for crops and commodity prices. It may also dent U.S. gross domestic product and hurt companies like Deere, whose business is directly tied to farming in the Heartland.

"Sales have already been lower this crop year because of the existing tariffs. If we went all the way to no China exports whatsoever, that would of course result in even larger market and price impacts," said Pat Westhoff, director of the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute at the University of Missouri. "Cutting China completely out of the market would be a very big deal."

Bad Guys

Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro doxxes his constituents for supporting Trump

Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro
© Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesTexas Rep. Joaquin Castro
Democratic Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro on Monday tweeted the names and employers of 44 San Antonio residents who donated the federal maximum to President Donald Trump's reelection campaign.

Castro, whose district includes much of San Antonio, claimed the donors "are fueling a campaign of hate that labels Hispanic immigrants as 'invaders.'" Castro is the twin brother of Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro and chairs his presidential campaign.


"Sad to see so many San Antonians as 2019 maximum donors to Donald Trump," the congressman wrote, proceeding to name local businesses whose owners gave the maximum to Trump's campaign. Eleven of the 44 donors shown in Rep. Castro's post listed their employment as "retired."

NPC

MSNBC analyst uses numerology to connect Trump to Hitler

MSNBC flag hitler
A former FBI assistant director used numerology on MSNBC Monday to link neo-Nazism to President Donald Trump's decision to fly flags at half-staff to honor the victims of shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio.

Frank Figluizzi floated the unsubstantiated conspiracy theory during an interview with Brian Williams.

Figluizzi, an MSNBC contributor, said Trump's decision will appeal to neo-Nazis and supporters of Adolf Hitler because of the date that the flags will return to full mast. Earlier on Monday, Aug. 5, Trump ordered flags to be lowered for three days in order to honor the 31 victims of the two mass shootings.

Bad Guys

US wars for Israel

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Western Zionist media and political establishments are up in arms accusing the Islamic Republic of Iran of "violating" the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), also known as the "Iran Deal". This is never about Iran's non-compliance with that Deal. To the contrary, Iran has consistently and verifiably abided by the Iran Deal since it was signed in 2015 by China, France, Britain, Russia, the U.S. plus Germany (P5+1) and endorsed by the UN Security Council. It is about serving Israel's Zionist expansion.

The ongoing U.S. military threat and bullying tactics against Iran escalated last year when current White House Occupant Donald Trump unilaterally pulled out of the Iran Deal, accusing Iran of all sorts of things, including violating the Iran Deal and "threatening" Israel. Rightly, Iran dismissed the allegations, that it is in violation of the Iran Deal, saying it has at all times stuck to the Deal. The nuclear watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), tasked with monitoring the implementation of the Iran Deal - using an invasive inspection regime - confirmed on fifteen occasions that Iran was fulfilling its obligations and has been compliant with the Deal's terms. In fact, the IAEA called its inspection regime, the "world's most robust nuclear verification regime". Until now Iran is keeping its end of the bargain unilaterally. It is nonsense, because the U.S. regime accuses Iran of "violating the terms of the Iran Deal before the Deal's existence". Moreover, Iran cannot violate a Deal that was declared null and void by the U.S. regime itself. It is like the U.S. telling Iran: "How dare you violate a Deal that we tore up a year ago?"

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Arrow Down

Ukrainian court rules in favor of violent far-right org labeled "nationalist hate group" by US

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C14 activists protest in Kyiv against the inaction of the Security Service in the investigation and detention of separatist movements in December 2016.
A Ukrainian court has ruled in favor of a violent far-right organization labeled a "nationalist hate group" by the U.S. State Department that claimed a news outlet damaged its reputation when it labeled it as "neo-Nazi" in a tweet last year.

The independent Hromadske TV said in a statement on August 6 that the Kyiv City Commercial Court decided that the outlet could not provide sufficient evidence to support its claim that C14, which takes its name from a 14-word phrase used by white supremacists, and whose own members have admitted to joining it because of its neo-Nazi ideology, was, in fact, a neo-Nazi organization.

The ruling orders Hromadske TV to retract its tweet and pay 3,500 hryvnyas ($136) in court fees for C14.

"The decision is incorrect and illegal, it introduces an egregious tendency that suppresses freedom of speech. We will appeal it," said Oksana Tchaikovska, an attorney for Hromadske TV.

Comment: The above provides a good idea of the kind of people running Ukraine:


Dollar Gold

Follow the money: Here are the Democratic Presidential candidates with the most donations from billionaires

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© Scott Olson/Getty ImagesDemocratic presidential candidates debate last week in Detroit.
A key part of the race to the White House is fundraising, and the candidates are trying to bring in donations from wherever possible. Dozens of American billionaires have pulled out their checkbooks to support candidates engaged in a wide-open battle for the Democratic presidential nomination.

As of the last filing deadline with the Federal Election Commission on July 15th, 67 billionaires — including spouses and members of billionaire families — had donated to the 20 Democratic candidates that debated in Detroit last week. Some, like Lowercase Capital founder Chris Sacca and his wife Crystal, have donated to as many as seven candidates. Others, like Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, have instead chosen to donate to only one of the contenders, according to data from the U.S. Federal Election Commission.

Bad Guys

SOTT Focus: Spooks Behind Surveillance, Torture, & Drone Attacks Launch 'Cyberdome' to Protect US Elections From Russian Meddling

Protest against NSA spying
© Reuters / Larry DowningProtest against NSA spying
A group of former intelligence agency directors and other trustworthy cybersecurity pros has launched a charitable initiative to protect US elections against foreign interference. So who are these noble guardians of democracy?

The "US Cyberdome" claims to apply top-of-the-line cybersecurity capabilities to the country's vulnerable election systems, motivated by nothing more than a selfless devotion to protecting democracy against "sophisticated attacks by constant and ever-evolving threats." Stuffed with sinister ex-spooks like former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, Cyberdome will keep America's democracy safe from "purposeful attacks and exploits" and even "undue influence from enemies both foreign and domestic" - at no cost!

Comment: It must have been getting too complex to covertly manufacture elections, so now they're doing it out in the open! Rest assured these heroes are only bringing freedom and democracy back to the good old US of A!