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Pentagon report recommends requiring women to sign up for the military draft

JULIA MANCHESTER
The Hill
Wed, 25 Oct 2017 17:19 UTC
female soldiers
© Getty
The Pentagon is recommending that women be required to sign up for the military draft, saying it would be beneficial to the military, according to a Defense Department report to Congress obtained by The Washington Times.

"It appears that, for the most part, expanding registration for the draft to include women would enhance further the benefits presently associated with the Selective Service System," the report said.

The report said 11 million people would be added to the Selective Service System if women were required to take part in the draft.

Only male U.S. citizens between the ages of 18 and 25 are required to register in the draft currently, which results in a pace of 2 million additions each year, according to the report.
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German President Steinmeier meets with Putin to rebuild relations, states "Russia borders with God"


Fort Russ
Thu, 26 Oct 2017 16:52 UTC
Putin Steinmeier
"Russia and Germany must jointly overcome the alienation that has arisen between them in recent years" said German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Moscow. The main point of the program of his working visit, of course, was the negotiations with Vladimir Putin. Among them - Syria, the DPRK and the Russian initiative on the UN mission in the Donbass. However, today's visit was not limited to politics.

A wreath to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Alexander Garden for foreign delegations is an obligatory ceremonial. But when the President of Germany lays it - there is a special symbolism in this.

The results of the Second World War for the Germans are unshakable. Hence the desire for historical justice. Today, they also talked a lot about it at the Lutheran Cathedral of Saint Peter and Paul. In the year of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, Russia passes the building to the Evangelical Lutheran Church.
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New Zealand's incoming prime minister Jacinda Arden calls capitalism a "blatant failure", citing country's poor and homeless

Chris Baynes
The Independent
Sat, 21 Oct 2017 17:06 UTC
jacinda arden
New Zealand's new prime minister called capitalism a "blatant failure", before citing levels of homelessness and low wages as evidence that "the market has failed" her country's poor.

Jacinda Ardern, who is to become the nation's youngest leader since 1856, said measures used to gauge economic success "have to change" to take into account "people's ability to actually have a meaningful life".

The 37-year-old will take office next month after the populist New Zealand First party agreed to form a centre-left coalition with her Labour Party. They will be supported by the liberal Greens.

New Zealanders had been waiting since 23 September to find out who would govern their country after national elections ended without a clear winner.
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Light Sabers

Rand Paul: From Trump dossier to DNC leaks, Dems are responsible for everything they have blamed on Republicans

Ian Schwartz
Real Clear Politics
Wed, 25 Oct 2017 16:56 UTC
Rand Paul
© UPI/Molly RileyUS Senator Rand Paul (R-KY)
On Wednesday's broadcast of FOX & Friends, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) weighed in on Sen. Flake's (R-AZ) decision to retire, Mueller's Russia probe and the 'Trump dossier' that the Clinton campaign bought.

"It amazes me that for a year the Democrats have been whining and whining and whining saying they lost because of the Russians - now it really looks like it was their subterfuge, their ideas, they're buying this dossier," Paul said. "But also you know there are rumors that the leaks that went to WikiLeaks on all the Clinton emails came from the Democrats as well. So it's kind of funny, everything they blamed on Republicans it looks like maybe they were the ones responsible for it."

Paul said he, as a 2016 candidate for president, had nothing to do with the Trump dossier that was initially funded by a Republican.

"It wasn't me, but I don't know who it was. It might have been one of the other primary candidates - there were 16 of them. All I can say [is] it wasn't me," Paul said.

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Star of David

United Nations blacklists 130 Israeli firms & 60 multinationals for working in occupied Palestinian territories


RT
Thu, 26 Oct 2017 16:49 UTC
Israeli barrier running between the East Jerusalem refugee camp of Shuafat (R) and Pisgat Zeev
© Ammar Awad / ReutersIsraeli barrier running between the East Jerusalem refugee camp of Shuafat (R) and Pisgat Zeev
The United Nations (UN) has included some of the biggest Israeli and international firms operating in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights in a blacklist for those violating "international law and UN resolutions."

According to Israeli Ynet News which has gained access to part of the list, 130 Israeli companies and 60 international corporations received warning letters from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid bin Ra'ad al-Hussein about their impending inclusion on the blacklist.

The list, which reportedly will be published in late December includes Israel Aerospace Industries, telecom giants, international tech firms, banks, and even cafes.
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Bomb

Pyongyang advises US to take warning of hydrogen bomb test 'literally'


RT
Thu, 26 Oct 2017 16:37 UTC
USS Theodore Roosevelt
© c7f.navy.milUSS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)
The US and its allies could indeed witness a hydrogen bomb test over the Pacific, unless they stop devising military options against Pyongyang, a senior North Korean diplomat has warned. This, as the US Navy beefs up its presence ahead of Donald Trump's visit in the region.

Speaking on the sidelines of United Nations General Assembly last month, North Korean FM Ri Yong-ho said that if backed into a corner, Pyongyang could conduct "the most powerful detonation" of a hydrogen bomb over the Pacific Ocean. On Wednesday, Ri Yong Pil, a senior diplomat in North Korea's Foreign Ministry, told CNN that the minister's warning should be taken "literally" as tensions with Washington continue to rise.

"The foreign minister is very well aware of the intentions of our supreme leader, so I think you should take his words literally," Ri told the US news outlet, warning that Pyongyang "has always brought its words into action."
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Iraq demands clarification on Kurdish "freeze" of independence referendum


Sputnik
Wed, 25 Oct 2017 16:41 UTC
Iraq Parliament
© AFP 2017/ AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
The Iraqi parliament is demanding to give a clear definition of a "freeze" on the results of Kurdish independence referendum, proposed earlier by Iraqi Kurdistan's government, Abbas Bayati, an Iraqi lawmaker and State of Law Coalition member, told Sputnik.

According to the lawmaker, the Iraqi parliament had not received any official proposals from the regional authorities yet, adding that he himself had learned about the initiative from media reports.

"Out of three points, two require clarification - the issue of freezing results of the referendum is uncertain and unclear for us. What does the freeze mean? Is it a complete renunciation of the referendum, or does it mean that after a certain period of time they will go back to the issue, if they want to? We believe that the referendum is over, it is in the past," Bayati said.
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FEC complaint filed: DNC broke election law, didn't properly disclose Trump-Russia dossier funding

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Thu, 26 Oct 2017 16:35 UTC
clinton cash
© SGT report
Today the Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign committee violated campaign finance law by failing to accurately disclose the purpose and recipient of payments for the dossier of research alleging connections between then-candidate Donald Trump and Russia. The CLC's complaint asserts that by effectively hiding these payments from public scrutiny the DNC and Clinton "undermined the vital public information role of campaign disclosures."
On October 24, The Washington Post revealed that the DNC and Hillary for America paid opposition research firm Fusion GPS to dig into Trump's Russia ties, but routed the money through the law firm Perkins Coie and described the purpose as "legal services" on their FEC reports rather than research. By law, campaign and party committees must disclose the reason money is spent and its recipient.

"By filing misleading reports, the DNC and Clinton campaign undermined the vital public information role of campaign disclosures," said Adav Noti, senior director, trial litigation and strategy at CLC, who previously served as the FEC's Associate General Counsel for Policy. "Voters need campaign disclosure laws to be enforced so they can hold candidates accountable for how they raise and spend money. The FEC must investigate this apparent violation and take appropriate action."

"Questions about who paid for this dossier are the subject of intense public interest, and this is precisely the information that FEC reports are supposed to provide," said Brendan Fischer, director, federal and FEC reform at CLC. "Payments by a campaign or party committee to an opposition research firm are legal, as long as those payments are accurately disclosed. But describing payments for opposition research as 'legal services' is entirely misleading and subverts the reporting requirements."

Comment: See also: Fox News contributor and attorney Gregg Jarrett told Hannity that Clinton potentially can be charged with 13 different crimes. That would be the day!



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Snakes in Suits

Nikki Haley forced to evacuate Sudan refugee camp due to protests against Sudanese president


RT
Thu, 26 Oct 2017 16:13 UTC
Nikki Haley
© Tiksa Negeri / ReutersUS Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley meets South Sudanese refugee children
The US envoy to the UN, Nikki Haley, was evacuated from a UN refugee camp in South Sudan due to a demonstration against the country's president, US media outlets have reported.

Haley was at a UN-run camp for internally displaced persons when a protest against South Sudanese president Salva Kiir got out of hand, according to CBS News.

After Haley's departure, UN security guards fired tear gas to disperse a crowd of over 100 camp residents who were looting the offices of a charity, CBS reported citing an aid worker who wished to remain anonymous.

Haley has already moved on to the next stop in her Africa tour, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to US officials.
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Arrow Down

New documents show Thatcher MP's tried to cover-up govt. role in 2,400 AIDS, Hepatitis C deaths from contaminated blood


RT
Thu, 26 Oct 2017 09:35 UTC
Margaret Thatcher
© Kieran Doherty / ReutersMargaret Thatcher
Senior ministers in Margaret Thatcher's government tried to cover up the contaminated blood scandal that led to the deaths of over 2,400 from AIDS and Hepatitis C, newly-released documents show.

The papers, uncovered by campaigner Jason Evans and published by Sky News, show how ministers sought to reduce any financial aid to the victims who received contaminated blood, while acknowledging they could not "in presentational terms" deny they were at fault.

More than 4,000 British hemophiliacs were given blood contaminated with Hepatitis C and HIV by the National Health Service (NHS) during the 1970s and 1980s. The UK attained the substance 'Factor VIII' from the US due to a shortage in blood products. The 'Factor VIII' blood was manufactured from multiple donors including sex workers, prisoners and habitual drug users, some of whom were paid for their contribution.

Exposed for the first time, a 1987 proposal to the Cabinet Home and Social Affairs Committee subcommittee on AIDS, written by Conservative Secretary of State for Social Security John Moore, advised how the government should respond to the unfolding scandal.
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