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Potty-mouth reporter Brian Karem gets 30-day time out after screaming at President Trump in Rose Garden - no press pass for you

Jim Hoft
The Gateway Pundit
Fri, 02 Aug 2019 16:59 UTC
Brian Karem white house CNN
© GettyCNN reporter Brian Karem demonstrates classy MSM behavior at the White House
Screams "f**king moron" at President Trump in Rose Garden

CNN analyst and Playboy reporter Brian Karem swore at President Trump at a White House Rose Garden event in July.

This was just before the now viral video-taped confrontation with former Trump administration official Sebastian Gorka in which Karem challenged Gorka to a fight.

Gorka and another witness said they heard Karem swear at Trump.

In addition to cursing the President, Karem threatened, heckled and insulted Trump's guests in the Rose Garden.
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Evil Rays

Russia delivers electronic warfare systems to Iran

Drago Bosnic
Fort Russ News
Sat, 03 Aug 2019 17:04 UTC
R-330Zh Zhitel SIGINT/jammer ews
Russia just delivered the R-330Zh Zhitel SIGINT/jammer advanced electronic warfare system to Iran. The system saw combat use by DNR (Donetsk People's Republic) and LNR (Lugansk People's Republic) forces during the Ukrainian invasion. It gave the Novorussian forces an edge in fighting Ukrainian drones, scrambling their communications and offsetting artillery fire navigation which saved countless lives, military and civilian alike.


The R-330Zh Zhitel is a jamming communication station designed and manufactured by the Russian Company Protek. The whole system includes one Ural-43203 or KAMAZ-43114 truck and one shelter with four telescopic masts. The truck is the control center for the operators. The shelter is equipped with four telescopic active phased array transmitter antennas mounted on a four wheels trailer. The R-330Zh is designed for detection, analysis, direction-finding, and jamming of satellite and cellular phone communication systems operated in the frequency from 100 to 2,000 MHz. The jamming system provides analysis and selection of emitters' signal parameters. The system's jamming station was used successfully by the Russian army during the Crimean crisis in March 2014.
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Sherlock

Fact check: Yes, Kamala Harris opposed DNA evidence for death row inmate

Joel Pollak
Breitbart
Thu, 01 Aug 2019 15:41 UTC
Kamala Harris
© Brendan Smialowski / AFP / GettyKamala Harris
CLAIM: Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) "blocked evidence that would have freed an innocent man from death row until the courts forced her to do so."VERDICT: MOSTLY TRUE.

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) accused fellow Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris of being a cruel prosecutor, putting "over 1,500 people in jail for marijuana violations" and then laughing about having smoked marijuana herself.

Gabbard then added: "She blocked evidence that would have freed an innocent man from death row until the courts forced her to do so."
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Eye 1

Ratcliffe will NOT be national intel director as Trump blames 'LameStream media' for withdrawal


RT
Sat, 03 Aug 2019 11:05 UTC
Ratcliffe
© Reuters / Al Drago
Citing "slander and libel" by the "lamestream media" targeting Congressman John Ratcliffe (R-Texas), US President Donald Trump says he will appoint someone else to head the Office of Director of National Intelligence.

Ratcliffe is being treated "very unfairly" by the media, Trump tweeted on Friday. The Texas congressman agreed to stay in the House of Representatives after Trump explained how "miserable it would be for him and his family to deal with these people" for months, according to the president.

"I do not wish for a national security and intelligence debate surrounding my confirmation, however untrue, to become a purely political and partisan issue. The country we all love deserves that it be treated as an American issue," Ratcliffe tweeted on Friday.

Trump said he intends to nominate someone else to the DNI post "shortly."

Comment: See also: Trump boots Dan Coats, appoints Rep Jim Ratcliffe new US Director of National Intelligence

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Snakes in Suits

Trump praises 'unlimited potential' of Kim's Korea with veiled threat not to 'disappoint' US


RT
Sat, 03 Aug 2019 01:01 UTC
kim trump
© Reuters / Kevin Lamarque
US President Donald Trump has dismissed North Korea's latest missile tests, saying Pyongyang is too smart to disappoint its "friend" the US. North Korea's wellbeing, Trump implied, is solely at his mercy.

"Chairman Kim does not want to disappoint me with a violation of trust, there is far too much for North Korea to gain," Trump tweeted on Friday. While North Korea's three short-range missile tests over the past few days "may be a United Nations violation," he explained in a series of subtly menacing posts that the launches hadn't broken any agreement with the US - because Kim would never be so foolish as to break a deal with the US.

Kim "has a great and beautiful vision for his country," Trump continued, but "only the United States, with me as President, can make that vision come true." Kim was "far too smart" not to "do the right thing," lest he "disappoint his friend, President Trump."

Comment: Despite Trump's disrespectful handling of the situation, at least, for now, the US isn't sabotaging constructive relations:

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Bizarro Earth

"Unwinnable": UAE withdrawing from Saudi-led war on Yemen


Press TV
Sat, 03 Aug 2019 18:32 UTC
Yemeni
© ReutersThe aftermath of a missile attack launched by Yemeni armed forces on a Saudi-led coalition military parade in Aden, Yemen on August 1, 2019.
A report sheds light on the motive behind a surprise decision by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) — a key member of a military coalition led by Saudi Arabia — to pull its troops out of Yemen, saying Abu Dhabi has come to the conclusion that the war being waged on Yemen is "unwinnable."

"In background briefings last month for Western analysts, the Emiratis said they were pulling back because the war appeared unwinnable," the New York Times revealed on Thursday.

Abu Dhabi has publicly been saying for more than a month that they have begun a phased withdrawal of forces participating in the Saudi-led campaign against Yemen.

Comment: Better late than never; although the fact it took them 4 years faciliating what the UN called the 'greatest humanitarian crisis' on the planet to realise this is damning. That said, Saudi Arabia continues to receive endless arms and assistance from the US, UK and other Western nations, so one wouldn't expect them to give up their war just yet:

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Marijuana

Financial blockade on marijuana needs to end now - Mormon GOP Chair

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Thu, 01 Aug 2019 21:35 UTC
Mike Crapo
Senate Banking Committee chair Mike Crapo
Owners of marijuana-based businesses may have another reason to spark one up - this time from an unlikely source; Senate Banking Committee chair Mike Crapo (R-ID), a 68-year-old Mormon who thinks it's time to end the financial blockade on the cannabis industry, according to an exclusive interview with the Senator by Wikileaf.
Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo is no fan of marijuana - after all, he represents one of the mere three states that still don't allow medicinal marijuana (or even CBD for that matter). Still, the Republican chair of the Senate Banking Committee tells Wikileaf for the first time that it now seems evident that Congress needs to stop its blockade and finally allow federally prohibited, though locally legal, pot businesses to use banks like every other business in the nation.

"I think so," Crapo told Wikileaf at the Capitol when asked if legislation is needed to end the federal hurdles that have forced cannabis retailers to run as all-cash businesses. "Yeah." -Wikileaf

Comment: While marijuana as a medicine is likely to suffer as a result of it's absorption into big business, the relaxation of laws surrounding hemp and marijuana, from decriminalization to the opening up of hemp as a valuable, multi-purpose resource, will be highly worthwhile: Also check out SOTT radio's: The Health & Wellness Show: The Highs and Lows of Cannabis as Medicine

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Penis Pump

US considers further blockade of Venezuela - Trump - UPDATE: Venezuela is "prepared for battle" - Maduro


Reuters
Fri, 02 Aug 2019 11:10 UTC
Maduro
© Miraflores Palace/Handout via REUTERSFILE PHOTO: Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a meeting with military high command members in Caracas, Venezuela July 24, 2019.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was considering a quarantine or blockade of Venezuela, as the United States steps up pressure on President Nicolas Maduro to relinquish power.

Trump did not elaborate on when or how such a blockade could be imposed, and his administration has so far focused on diplomatic and economic pressure against Maduro while steering clear of any military action.

Asked by a reporter whether he was considering such a measure, given the amount of involvement by China and Iran in Venezuela, Trump said: "Yes, I am." He gave no details.

Comment: Meanwhile in Venezuela: 'We Are The Vaccine Against The Cancer of Unilateralism' - Delegates From 120 Nations Meet in Venezuela to Plot Escape From U$ Hegemony

UPDATE 3rd August 2019 @ 13:20:

RT reports Maduro's response:
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said his country was "prepared for battle" if the US imposes a quarantine, and said his envoy to the UN would denounce the "illegal" threat before the Security Council.

"We are all prepared for battle if anyone tries to impose a quarantine or blockade on Venezuela," Maduro said, speaking at an event in the state of La Guaira on Friday afternoon, adding that the threat only shows the "desperation and irritation" of the US government.

"Not in Venezuela! is my message to criminal imperialism," Maduro said.

He was responding to a remark by US President Donald Trump from Thursday, when he told reporters outside the White House he was considering a blockade of Venezuela due to "foreign involvement" of Russia, China and Iran.

"Yes, I am," Trump said, repeating it several times before boarding a helicopter.

Samuel Moncada, Venezuela's ambassador to the UN, has been instructed to denounce the threat to the Security Council, Maduro said, vowing that Venezuela will remain "free and independent" despite US pressure.

Claiming it sought to "restore democracy" in Venezuela, the US recognized opposition politician Juan Guaido as "interim president" in January and demanded Maduro's resignation. Guaido's repeated attempts to install himself in the presidential palace have failed, however, culminating in the April 30 military uprising that ended in total fiasco.


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War Whore

Real threat to democracy: Media meddle in Democrat debate by siding with Harris, demonizing Gabbard


RT
Fri, 02 Aug 2019 20:58 UTC
Kamala Harris Tulsi Gabbard
© Reuters / Lucas JacksonKamala Harris (L) and Tulsi Gabbard (R) argue with Andrew Yang in the middle
Why would the most talked-about candidate at the Democratic Party debate be almost entirely invisible on Twitter and attacked on cable networks afterward? Perhaps because the establishment protects its own.

Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) was the most searched-for candidate in every single state after Wednesday night's second Democratic debate, according to Google trends. Conservative news outlets Breitbart and the Drudge Report also declared her the victor, with 50 and 39 percent of the vote respectively.

However, you wouldn't know that if you had been watching CNN or MSNBC. While Gabbard is a foreign-policy focused candidate who has repeatedly stated her opposition to "regime change wars" abroad and her appetite for criminal justice reform at home, MSNBC couldn't move past a meeting Gabbard had with Syrian President Bashar Assad in 2017, in a bid to bring a resolution to the county's long conflict.


Comment: See also:

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Arrow Up

Creating artificial scarcity!

James Corbett
The Corbett Report
Fri, 02 Aug 2019 02:13 UTC
In Rumpelstiltskin, the miller's daughter can rely on the magical dwarf to help her to spin straw into gold for the king. In reality there are no magical dwarves, but there are monopolistic cartel capitalists who have found the way to make the public pay through their nose for commonplace items. Welcome to the realm of artificial scarcity.
Artificial Scarcity
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