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Yellen - No more crashes!

James Corbett
International Forecaster Weekly
Sat, 01 Jul 2017 18:03 UTC
It's official, folks: You don't have to worry about a financial crisis ever again! I mean, your children might, but you are in the clear!
Yellen
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How do I know this? Why, the Emperess of the Economy herself, the venerable Janet Yellen, chair of the High and Mighty Federal Reserve Board of Governors has dribbled this gem of wisdom from the heights of Mount Olympus onto our lowly heads:

"Will I say there will never, ever be another financial crisis? No, probably that would be going too far. But I do think we're much safer and I hope that it will not be in our lifetimes and I don't believe it will."

Thus spake Yellethustra.

So now with that out of the way, it's time to party like it's 1999! You know, the height of the dotcom bubble when everyone and their pet monkey was raking in the IPO dough and newly-minted NASDAQ millionaires were lighting their cigars with hundred dollar bills. And we all remember how well that party ended, don't we?

Oh. Right.

Well, this time it'll be different. I mean, this is Old Yellen we're talking about! If we can't trust her, who can we trust?
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Light Saber

Oliver Stone exposes warmongering 2-party paradigm at Writers Guild Awards

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Sun, 02 Jul 2017 08:37 UTC
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Filmmaker Oliver Stone
Last week, the Ron Paul Liberty Report interviewed the legendary filmmaker, Oliver Stone. After the interview, the report drew attention to a powerful speech by Stone, given at this year's Writers Guild Awards. The speech was conveniently overlooked by the mainstream media as it shatters the divisive two-party paradigm and exposes the 'system' for the warmongering, rights-violating behemoth that it is.

Stone is an American screenwriter, film director, and producer. Stone won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay as the writer of Midnight Express. He also wrote the acclaimed gangster movie Scarface. Stone, unlike many of the puppets in Hollywood, has used his fame to shed light on and expose the powers that be.

Comment: Kudos and very well put, Mr. Stone. For more information:

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Bomb

Suicide bomber kills and injures a number of people in Damascus


RT
Sun, 02 Jul 2017 08:21 UTC
Damascus
© AP Photo/ Hassan AmmarDamascus, Syria
A suicide bomber has blown himself up in the Syrian capital, Damascus, killing and injuring a number of people, according to media reports.

The bomber was in one of three cars, each with bombs, that had been pursued by Syrian authorities. The two other bombs were destroyed by police at a separate location in western Damascus, state TV said.

"Authorities were pursuing three cars with bombs inside and managed to blow up two of them before entering the city," the statement from state TV said, as cited by AFP.

Police surrounded the third car in Tahrir Square, where "the terrorist blew himself up resulting in people dead and injured," TV added without elaborating on the figures.

Comment: Earlier in the day, the Syrian state TV reported that at least eight people were killed and 12 others were injured as a result of the explosion perpetrated by a suicide bomber near the Tahrir square.
Two other explosions could have occurred in the Syrian capital, however, the security services managed to foil the plot and intercept explosive-laden cars.

"The number of casualties in this morning's terrorist explosions in Damascus has increased to 13, 29 others were wounded," the source said.

The source noted that the number of casualties may rise as killed and injured people, including those in grave condition, have been still arriving in hospitals.


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Space Corps: US Congress committee votes to create a sixth branch of armed forces


RT
Sat, 01 Jul 2017 18:26 UTC
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Members of the US House Armed Services Committee have voted to create a "Space Corps," a sixth branch of the country's armed forces focused on military maneuvers beyond the Earth's atmosphere.

The space corps, which has yet to gain full approval, would absorb all of the Air Force's current space missions under the umbrella of a new US Space Command. It would also make the head of the new service the eighth member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The plan, which could be implemented as soon as January 2019, has been developed as part of a radical reorganization of the US Air Force.

Several members of the congressional committee claimed to be blindsided by the proposal, and attempted to slow down the changes until they heard testimony from US Defense Secretary James Mattis. The challenge was later dropped, however.

Comment: Considering the deficit, ongoing ballooning budget, the seemingly disinterest of the military and congressional confusion, it is surprising this proposal has come this far. Necessity, or fantasy?

See also: Prepping for war? US House wants a Space Corps branch of the military, Air Force - not so much

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'NO Credibility': OPCW report denying rebel gas attack claims blasted by Syrian government


RT
Sun, 02 Jul 2017 03:08 UTC
Syria skull
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Damascus denounced a report by UN's chemical weapons watchdog on April chemical incident in Idlib as one-sided, lacking evidence and aimed at encouraging terrorists as they lose ground. It also denied reports of deploying chlorine against rebels.

The fact-finding mission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), tasked with investigation of the alleged use of chemical weapons in the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun on April 4, rejected the Syrian government's assistance in unearthing the facts at the site of the incident and instead relied on highly questionable testimonies provided by rebels and terrorists, the Syrian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.

An ensuing report by the OPCW therefore
"comes up with a fabricated and contrived narrative that has no credibility and cannot be accepted in any manner, because it is removed from logic and is concocted by a twisted imagination that only thinks about weaving conspiracies", the foreign ministry argued in a statement, cited by Syria's state SANA news agency.
According to the ministry, the findings were rooted in the claims provided by "terrorists", who were taken to Turkey from Khan Sheikhoun and bribed to testify.

Comment: As with most UN oversight, the West continues to control the bias, therefore the results.

See also:

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Attention

China dispatches military vessels and fighter jets to warn off US warship sailing near disputed island


RT
Sun, 02 Jul 2017 17:24 UTC
Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem
© U.S. Navy / WikipediaArleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem
China has sent military vessels and warplanes to "warn off" USS Stethem, a guided-missile destroyer, that sailed near a disputed island in the South China Sea, according to Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang.
"Under the pretext of 'freedom of navigation,' the US side once again sent a military vessel into China's territorial waters off the Xisha Islands without China's approval," the spokesperson said in a statement, adding that such US behavior "violated Chinese law and relevant international law, infringed upon China's sovereignty, and disrupted the peace, security and order of the relevant waters."
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Boat

No comparison: Russia's lone aircraft carrier packs an 'arsenal that can make US, UK envious'


Sputnik
Sun, 02 Jul 2017 16:59 UTC
Russia’s Admiral Kuznetsov warship
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In a recent interview with The Telegraph, British Defense Secretary Michael Fallon praised the Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier, the Queen Elizabeth, and dismissed Russia's Admiral Kuznetsov warship, which he didn't consider handsome enough.
"When you saw that old, dilapidated Kuznetsov sailing through the Channel, a few months ago, I think the Russians will look at this ship with a little bit of envy," he said, referring to the Queen Elizabeth.
Commenting on this, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said that
"Fallon's statement regarding the superiority of the new British aircraft carrier over the Russian aircraft carrying cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov in terms of external beauty exposes his utter ignorance of naval science."
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Attention

Right on schedule: Islamist rebels accuse Syrian Army of chlorine attack


Russia Insider
Sun, 02 Jul 2017 16:50 UTC
Chemical masks

An Islamist rebel group has accused the Syrian army of using chlorine gas against its fighters on Saturday, according to Reuters.

Since the alleged chlorine holocaust involves Islamist rebels, and not small children, we imagine this is probably a dress rehearsal for something much larger.

Via Reuters:
A Syrian rebel group accused the Syrian army of using chlorine gas against its fighters on Saturday in battles east of Damascus - an accusation the military swiftly denied as a fabrication.

The Failaq al-Rahman group said more than 30 people suffered suffocation as a result of the attack in Ain Tarma in the Eastern Ghouta region, which government forces have been battling to take back from insurgents.

In a statement circulated by state-run media, a military source said the army command completely denied the accusation. "It has not used any chemical weapons in the past, and will not use them at any time".
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Black Cat

Corrupt Israeli ex-PM Olmert released after 16 months in jail


Sputnik
Sun, 02 Jul 2017 16:42 UTC
Israeli Ex-Prime Minister Olmert released jail
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Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who was serving a corruption sentence, was released on parole on Sunday after 16 months in jail, the Israel Prison Service spokesman told Sputnik.

According to local media reports, the 71-year-old politician will have to register in police twice a month and will not be allowed to leave the country until his prison term expiry in May 2018.

"He left the prison nearly 30 minutes ago," Assaf Librati said.

Comment: Is every Israeli prime minister corrupt?

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Attention

Damascus 'will deliver an unexpected response' if US coalition continues 'aggression'


Sputnik
Sun, 02 Jul 2017 16:22 UTC
Damascus, Syria
© SANA
Earlier this week, the White House claimed that the Syrian government was conducting "potential preparations" for a chemical weapons attack. The statement warned that if Damascus conducted a chemical attack Syrian President Bashar Assad and his military "will pay a heavy price."

In addition, US President Donald Trump had a phone call with French leader Emmanuel Macron, in which the two leaders agreed to work together to find a response in case of a new chemical incident in Syria.

The French president said that Paris could launch unilateral air strikes against targets in Syria if a new chemical attack is carried out.
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