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Coast Guard, Homeland Security monitor ships bound for the US from site of deadly Chinese explosions

Steve Bittenbender
Government Security News
Tue, 01 Sep 2015 05:09 UTC
TIANJIN
© www.globaltrademag.comCoast Guard worried about transport of hazmats to US
The U.S. Coast Guard announced in a bulletin earlier this week that it as well as officials from the Department of Homeland Security agencies are monitoring vessels and cargo headed to the country that were in the Tianjin, China port during either or both of the explosions that left hundreds dead or injured.

"Vessels impacted by the Tianjin explosions are expected to call on U.S. ports over the next several weeks," the Coast Guard said in its bulletin to maritime industry officials. "There have been no reports of vessels with confirmed hazardous debris or residues onboard, however U.S. companies are looking for reassurances regarding the health and safety of those who handle shipping containers across the supply chain."
Nearly 150 people were killed in the blasts that happened at the port on Aug. 12 and Aug. 15, with another 27 listed as missing, according to the Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua.
While the blast has made international headlines, Coast Guard officials are concerned about the lack of information known about what contaminants to which ships, cargo and crew members may have been exposed. They urged vessel owners and operators to inspect for ash or other debris from the blasts that landed on the ship or cargo containers.

Comment: See also-
Massive explosion reported in Chinese city of Tianjin
Toxic fumes up to half a kilometer away detected from Tianjin blast area
Tianjin blast site contains cyanide levels 356 times the permitted level

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Russia Defense Ministry accuses Ukrainian security forces of kidnapping two Russians


RT
Sat, 12 Sep 2015 22:21 UTC
Ukraine border
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The Russian Ministry of Defense has accused Ukraine forces of kidnapping two Russians from the border town of Chertkovo. The Ukrainian side claims that the two were arrested after illegally crossing the border. One of the men is reportedly a soldier.

According to Moscow, Russian contract soldier Viktor Barsukov was kidnapped by Ukrainian intelligence services in the border town of Chertkovo at about 6 am and transported to Ukrainian territory. This disclosure was made to the TASS and Interfax news agencies by the Russian Defense Ministry's press office.

"Along with the Russian soldier, his brother Nikolay Barsukov, a civilian, was also taken to Ukrainian territory," the statement said.

The Ministry is now demanding that Ukraine immediately set the two free. "We strongly recommend abstaining from such provocations in the future. Such provocations are clearly defined by every criminal law as kidnapping," the ministry said.
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Attention

The Trump Effect: Falling for successful psychopaths

Greg Guma
towardfreedom.com
Sat, 12 Sep 2015 19:49 UTC
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Why are millions fascinated, often even seduced, by people whose behavior actually points to pathology? Perhaps we are wired to be attracted by narcissists, sociopaths and psychopaths, people so focused on their own central role in whatever takes place that the rest of us are sucked into their reality.

Think about entering a portal and emerging into the head of Donald Trump. What could that level of self-absorption be like? Begin by imagining a complete lack of empathy, one of the tell-tale signs of the psychopath.

Is Trump a psychopath? Well, he does score well on a 20 item checklist. And are there more around us than we think? Not just serial killers and the violent type, but successful, powerful psychopaths who will do anything to win and affect our lives in profound ways.

The checklist, a way to help identify potential psychopaths among us, was developed by Bob Hare, a prison psychologist who conducted some remarkable experiments and eventually codified his findings. Jon Ronson provides an excellent history and analysis in his book, The Psychopath Test.
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Geopolitical, economic fallout to follow as migrant crises worsen

Gerald Celente
Lewrockwell.com
Thu, 10 Sep 2015 17:59 UTC
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The current wave of migrants flooding into Europe is the worst since World War II. The Trends Research Institute forecasts that migrant crisis will dramatically escalate. Both the cause and effects are trend lines leading to a humanitarian calamity, social unrest and geopolitical conflict that will destabilize governments worldwide.

For some two years, shiploads of desperate refugees attempting to reach Europe have been drowning while Brussels bickered over how to handle the human tide washing up on their shores. In virtually all media coverage of the migrant crisis - which had begun its ascent in 2012 and has now dramatically escalated - there are virtually no specifics explaining why conditions have deteriorated so badly that hopeless millions risk their lives to flee their homeland.

Indeed, as evidenced by Monday's front page New York Times headline (and similarly repeated in Western media), the oft-cited question is, "As Europe Grasps for Answers, More Migrants Flood Its Borders.

The answers sought are how do deal with the refugee tide. The question barely broached is "who is responsible for creating the catastrophe?"

What has finally put the migrant crisis into mainstream focus was the heart-wrenching photo of a dead Syrian baby boy lying face down on a beach in Turkey. Prior to the 2011 Arab Spring that swept much of the Middle East, Syria was a relatively peaceful nation. However, after the United States, its Western European allies and the Arab League demanded regime change and supported rebel factions to overthrow the government, a bloody civil war ensued that has destroyed the once prosperous nation, leaving some 300,000 dead, 11 million displaced and 4 million migrants seeking safe haven. But Syria is just one of the many war-torn nations from which countless millions are fleeing.
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SOTT Focus: The Truth Perspective: Post 9/11 - Our new dystopian reality


Sott.net
Sat, 12 Sep 2015 18:00 UTC
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Broadcasting from deep in the heart of the American Empire, join your host Elan Martin, and fellow Sott.net editors, as they discuss everything from current events and the latest machinations and manipulations of the global elite to history, science, and religion, and how it all fits together.

This week, join The Truth Perspective as we discuss the 14th anniversary of 9/11 and how the world has changed. We'll be talking about how 9/11 has influenced a new and darker reality of endless war, pervasive surveilence, police barbarity, and all out global chaos.

The Truth Perspective is brought to you by the SOTT Radio Network and SOTT.net, your one-stop source for independent, unbiased, alternative news and commentary on world events.

Live every Saturday from 2-4pm EST / 11am-1pm PST / 8-10pm CET.

Running Time: 01:52:00

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Take 2

American actors Brad Pitt, Sylvester Stallone 'join' election campaigns in Russian regions


RT
Wed, 09 Sep 2015 11:58 UTC
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© Alexey Danichev/RIA NovostiAmerican actor, director and artist Sylvester Stallone speaks at the opening of his art exhibition at the Engineer Castle of the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg.
The deputy head of Russia's main elections body claims officials are aware of several cases in which images of Hollywood actors and other celebrities were used in promotional materials, but that no complaints had been made by the stars in question.

"We've been watching Brad Pitt, Sylvester Stallone, athlete [Usain] Bolt and football player Ronaldo promote one of candidates in the Kaliningrad Region. No complaints have been filed," Konstantin Ivlev told reporters on Wednesday.

Ivlev added that in the Kostroma Region politicians were using images of former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili and Russian socialite-turned opposition journalist Ksenia Sobchak, but no complaints had been made in that case either.

Earlier this month Russian business daily Kommersant reported that supporters of the incumbent acting governor of Kaliningrad Region, Nikolay Tsukanov, posted several videos on their YouTube channel with a fake Russian soundtrack over clips featuring foreign celebrities. Among these videos Quentin Tarantino 'thanked' the regional leader for renovating municipal apartments and Sylvester Stallone 'announced' that he was so impressed with the thriving economy in Kaliningrad that he was going to make it the main venue of the next film in the 'Expendables' franchise.

Regional elections officials said in press comments that they had the videos had not been registered as official propaganda and therefore they had received no consent from the people whose images were used in them.

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Crusader

UK Labour leadership election: Anti-austerity & anti-war MP Jeremy Corbyn wins landslide victory


RT
Sat, 12 Sep 2015 10:36 UTC
Jeremy Corbyn
Labour party leader, Jeremy Corbyn MP
The Islington North MP, Jeremy Corbyn, has been elected Labour party leader. The 66-year-old winner of one of the key races in recent times has been announced in London.


"Can I start by thanking everyone who took part in this democratic election," Corbyn said in a victory speech, calling the election a "huge democratic exercise" for millions of people.

Comment: British politics just got very interesting! As Labour party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, an anti-austerity & anti-war crusader, can offer real 'opposition' to the British Establishment. See also:

The demonization of Jeremy Corbyn: Fears of a 'socialist' cat among the 'politically ponerized' Westminster pigeons

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Best of the Web: Lew Rockwell interviews Gerald Celente: Psychopaths rule us

Lew Rockwell/Gerald Celente
YouTube
Sat, 12 Sep 2015 16:22 UTC
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Gerald Celente talks to Lew Rockwell about how America got into this situation and what we can do about it.


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Pirates

The Department of Injustice's new policy is a brutal admission of Eric Holder's corruption

David Dayen
The Fiscal Times
Fri, 11 Sep 2015 14:28 UTC
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This week, the Justice Department felt the need to write a memo to staff instructing them to indict individuals when they commit crimes, seemingly something implied by their job titles. It doesn't say as much about the current Justice Department regime under Loretta Lynch as it does about the former one under Eric Holder.

No major Wall Street executive went to jail for the illegal actions that precipitated the financial crisis, despite a mountain of documentary evidence of fraud. Corporations and their employees got away with what amounted to slaps on the wrist. And Holder, after presiding over this, joined the head of his Justice Department criminal division and several top deputies at Covington & Burling, a white-collar defense firm that represents most major banks.
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Nuke

Western diplomats confirm Iran to take Parchin military site samples with IAEA present

John Irish and Louis Charbonneau
Reuters
Sat, 12 Sep 2015 13:34 UTC
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© Reuters/Joe Klamar/PoolU.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, German Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang...
United Nations inspectors will be present with Iranian technicians as they take samples from a key military site, two Western diplomats said, undercutting an objection by U.S. Republicans to the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers.

The diplomats were familiar with details of a confidential arrangement between Iran and the U.N. nuclear watchdog for inspections at the Parchin site, where some countries suspect nuclear weapons-related tests may have taken place.

Iran has denied that allegation, but agreed to accept comprehensive International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspections of its suspect sites as part of the historic July deal in exchange for an easing of international sanctions.

Comment: So opponents of the Iran nuclear agreement rely on mainstream media reports that keep changing to form a judgement instead of the actual agreement? Either they are real stupid or just reaching for anything to derail the deal.

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