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Iran hits out at Kerry's 'empty threats' over nuclear deal


Yahoo! News
Fri, 24 Jul 2015 13:05 UTC
Mohammad Javad Zarif
© AFP Photo/Behrouz Mehri
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks in parliament in Tehran on July 21, 2015, to defend the Vienna accord on Iran's nuclear programme
Iran hit out Friday against US Secretary of State John Kerry, accusing him of threatening military action against Tehran if it fails to respect a historic nuclear deal sealed on July 14.

"Unfortunately the US Secretary of State once again talked about the rotten rope of 'the ability of the US for using military force'," said Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a statement.


Comment: Well, we can't expect anything better than empty threats from Washington's paperboys on the behalf of Powers That Be.


Zarif decried what he called the "uselessness of such empty threats against the nation of Iran and the resistance of the nation of Iran", and said such remarks should be consigned "to the last century".

Despite the agreement reached with Iran on putting the nuclear bomb out of Tehran's reach, several US officials, including Defence Secretary Ashton Carter, have signalled that military force remains on the table to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.

Comment: See also:

The imperial designs on Iran

Persia's approaching gold rush

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UK: Marijuana legalization petition gathers over 130,000 signatures; enough for parliament debate


RT
Sun, 26 Jul 2015 04:54 UTC
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A petition for the full legalization of marijuana in the UK has gathered more than 130,000 signatures in just four days, which means that the lawmakers must now consider debating it in Parliament or at least officially respond to the query.

The electronic petition, created by James Richard Owen, calls for the legalization of the production, sale and use of cannabis and currently has close to 135,000 signatures since being launched on Tuesday.

"Legalising cannabis could bring in £900m ($1,396m) in taxes every year, save £400m ($620m) on policing cannabis and create over 10,000 new jobs," the appeal on the government's website says.

The campaign also argues that the drug is "safer than alcohol," has been used by mankind for over 4,000 years, and was outlawed in the UK only in 1925.

Since the e-petition reached the required minimum of 100,000 signatures the MPs will now be forced to debate the declassification of the substance.

"There's roughly three million adult [cannabis] smokers in the UK and I don't think it's right for the government to be criminalising such a large section of society," Owen, an economics student at Aberystwyth University, told the Guardian.

Comment: A tax boost is just part of the picture. Note the effects of smoking pot:
  • Distorted sense of time; short-term memory loss;
  • Increased appetite (munchies);
  • Paranoia;
  • Delusions and magical or "random" thinking.
It seems to be another method the powers that be use to keep people completely oblivious to the world as it is and what is probably going to happen on this planet very soon.

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Behind the Headlines: Non-Grexit, Iran sanctions, and Operation Jade Helm


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Sun, 26 Jul 2015 18:00 UTC
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In the aftermath of the unexpected climb-down by the Greek government following its successful referendum, speculation is rife as to why the Syriza government suddenly capitulated to the Troika's 'austerity' demands. One rumor has it that Putin turned down Tsipras' request to fund Greece's return to the drachma. But was that ever in the works? And what happens now for Greece?

Iran is celebrating the 'nuclear' deal that will lift international economic sanctions, but as the country opens its doors to foreign investment, who is the real winner in this situation? Elsewhere in the Middle East, a 'terrorist attack' in Kurdish Turkey is blamed on ISIS, and immediately followed by Turkey joining the 'Western Coalition' bombing of Syrian targets. How convenient...

With military exercise 'Operation Jade Helm' underway in the US Southwest and cops continuing to 'fire at will' and get away with it, Americans of all color are justifiably anxious about what's going on. The answer may lie in Secret Government calculations about 'The Big One', a catastrophic earthquake in the US West, or with impending natural disasters in general.

Your hosts will be discussing all that and more on this week's episode of 'Behind the Headlines'. Tune in this Sunday, 26th July 2015, from 2-4pm EST / 8-10pm CET.

Running Time: 01:59:00

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The subversion of Myanmar: US-backed racist to run in elections

Tony Cartalucci
New Eastern Outlook
Sun, 26 Jul 2015 14:55 UTC
Myanmar Burma
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Ko Ko Gyi
Meet Ko Ko Gyi. He is a US-funded agitator working hard to reinstate Western hegemony in Myanmar (still referred to by its British imperial nomenclature "Burma" by the Western press) since at least the late 1980's. Now, he seeks to take the next step, running for office in upcoming elections, but in order to do so, the West will now have to cover up his dark past and his controversial present.

His "88 Generation Students" group is described by the BBC as:
The 88 Generation Students group is synonymous with the long struggle for democracy in military-ruled Burma.

Its name comes from the 1988 uprising, when troops opened fire on mass student demonstrations in Rangoon, leading to the deaths of thousands of people.
In addition to the 1988 protests, he and his group would join others, including throngs of saffron-clad "monks" during the so-called "Saffron Revolution" in 2007. Together with Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) party, these three groups form a trifecta of foreign-funded sociopolitical destabilization, subversion, and serve together as a vector for Western special interests seeking to reenter and despoil the Southeast Asian state's economy, resources, and sovereignty.

Comment: Yet another color revolution! This time in Myanmar: Meet Aung San Suu Kyis' saffron mobs

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China dumps US treasuries at record rate

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Sat, 25 Jul 2015 14:17 UTC
China
© REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
On Friday, alongside China's announcement that it had bought over 600 tons of gold in "one month", the PBOC released another very important data point: its total foreign exchange reserves, which declined by $17.3 billion to $3,694 billion.
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We then put China's change in FX reserves alongside the total Treasury holdings of China and its "anonymous" offshore Treasury dealer Euroclear (aka "Belgium") as released by TIC, and found that the dramatic relationship which we first discovered back in May, has persisted - namely virtually the entire delta in Chinese FX reserves come via China's US Treasury holdings. As in they are being aggressively sold, to the tune of $107 billion in Treasury sales so far in 2015.

Comment: Demand for gold shoots through the roof as Shanghai Gold Exchange withdrawals exceed all 2014 deliveries

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The UN's MH17 tribunal is a desperate attempt to cover tracks - Dutch journalist

Daniele Pozzati
Russia Insider
Sun, 26 Jul 2015 15:04 UTC
MH17
© Reuters/Maxim Shemetov
The proposed UN-backed MH17 tribunal is a "desperate attempt to hide Kiev's responsibility", Dutch journalist and blogger Joost Niemoller argues in his post "How Chess Player Putin Wins the MH17 Game".

Niemoller is no layman. In October 2014 he published a book on the MH17 disaster whose title De Doofpotdeal ("The Cover Up Deal") summarizes its key argument. The inside flap explains what the author means:
"The Netherlands took charge of the investigation into the cause of the disaster, but agreed to grant a covert deal to Kiev.

It thus became a pawn in an international political chess game. Unvarnished Cold War rhetoric is making a comeback.

Putin here is the ultimate bad guy. What he says is labeled as poisonous propaganda in the West. Meanwhile, it seems, all those concerned suffer from tunnel vision.

Can we still be assured that the investigators do their work independently and objectively?"

Comment: One year later: All evidence still suggests MH17 shot down by a jet fighter

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Chart Bar

Russia to launch credit rating agency that won't factor in geopolitical games

Elena Holodny
Business Insider
Sat, 25 Jul 2015 00:00 UTC
Putin
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Sick of getting downgraded, Russia is launching its own new rating company that will be immune to geopolitical risks.

"The Russian market needs a strong credit rating agency with a high level of corporate governance and professional competence, capable of satisfying the interests of the economy [that is] authoritative enough for Russian and foreign investors," according to statement released by the Central Bank of Russia on Friday.

"Rating agencies are one of the most important elements of financial-market infrastructure and their activity should be resilient to various factors, including geopolitical risks," according to the statement.

In other words, the statement implies that a rating agency's assessment should not be affected by factors such as geopolitical risk.
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FIFA passes resolution assuring 'full support' of 2018 World Cup in Russia - Blatter


RT
Sat, 25 Jul 2015 16:21 UTC
FIFA's President Sepp Blatter shakes hands with Russia's President Vladimir Putin.
© Stringer / Reuters
FIFA's President Sepp Blatter shakes hands with Russia's President Vladimir Putin.
FIFA has passed a resolution assuring full support for holding the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Sepp Blatter, the president of the world football's governing body said at a meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin.


"I would like to inform you that the executive committee has recently adopted a new resolution in which FIFA assures the Russian Federation of its full support in carrying out the World Cup in Russia in 2018," Blatter said, speaking at the opening the ceremony of the preliminary draw in St. Petersburg on Saturday.

Comment: For more information on the recent FIFA corruption 'scandal' read:

Yellow journalism, Western political psychopaths and Russia-hating behind FIFA 'scandal' and

FIFA 'scandal' = US attempts to impose sports sanctions against Russia

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Black Magic

Fearmongering and Islamophobic pseudo-journalism in America

Adam Johnson
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting
Fri, 24 Jul 2015 00:00 UTC
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Politico (7/23/15) finds the "capital of American jihad" based on two examples - or maybe one.

Roughly 10 hours after another white, apparently racist Christian senselessly opened fire in a public place in the American South, Politico (7/23/15) published what has to be one of the worst pieces of Islamophobic pseudo-journalism this side of Pam Geller.

In his piece "Tennessee Is the Capital of American Jihad," author and "War on Terror" think-tanker James Kitfield sets out to draw a connection between the the recent Chattanooga shooter Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez and the case of Carlos Bledsoe, who shot up a recruiting station in Arkansas in 2009. The fact that both attacked recruiting stations, both lived in Tennessee and both were Muslim is apparently enough to make Tennessee the "Capital of American Jihad."

Yes. There is no other evidence provided. That is all.

Comment: Between Wesley Clarke's recent internment camp speech - individuals likely being mind-controlled for mass shootings - and the mediatwisting events as the above article mentions... well, you see where this is all going right?

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The Truth Perspective: Weekly Broadcast - 25 July 2015


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Sat, 25 Jul 2015 18:00 UTC
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Broadcasting from deep in the heart of the American Empire, join your hosts Harrison Koehli and 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 our hosts as they discuss the latest week in news.

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: 02:00:00

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