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Made in Russia: Food production booming thanks to import substitutions and Western sanctions

Paul
Russia Feed
Thu, 05 Apr 2018 00:00 UTC
Russia food production
A relatively recent phrase is now part of the lexicon of everyday life among Russians, it is "import substitution", or if it were marketed in the USA, it would probably be packaged as "Made in Russia".

Sanctions and similar geopolitical micro-management policies instituted by Western countries, and directed against Russia have added urgency to efforts in transferring key components of agricultural, consumer and industrial business to domestic producers. At the end of the day, it is hoped (by local companies) that Russian ones will replace the majority of foreign goods traditionally imported.

The import substitution projects are considered here to be a temporary phenomenon, a temporary tool for adjusting to the current situation.

According to President Putin. "The idea of import substitution itself is not universal and is not what we should strive for in the long run, because import substitution should not undermine competition. This is an extremely important thing. We should aim at producing products of such quality and price that it is competitive not just on our own, but on the world's markets."

Comment: It's heartening to see how the machinations of the West keep backfiring so splendidly:

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Great Return March: 7 Palestinian protesters killed after IDF launch tear gas and open fire on Gaza border


RT
Fri, 06 Apr 2018 20:13 UTC
Israeli soldiers are seen next to the border fence on the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border
© Amir Cohen / Reuters
Israeli soldiers are seen next to the border fence on the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border, as black smoke rises while Palestinians protest on the Gaza side of the border. April 6, 2018
A 16-year-old boy is among the seven killed at the Gaza-Israel border during the second week of the Great Return March protest. Dozens of Palestinians have also been injured by the Israel Defense Forces.

The Palestinian Red Crescent earlier confirmed the first death as that of a 38-year-old man, telling RT.com: "PRCS teams provided first aid to 81 injured in Gaza strip; 36 out of the total number are live bullets injuries." Three of those are serious injuries to the chest and head. The second casualty was also 38, while the third was a 16-year-old boy, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said. Seven people have been reported dead so far.

The IDF launched tear gas and opened fire on protesters in the northern Gaza Strip, east of Jabaliya, Haaretz reports, with Israel deploying snipers and tanks along the border as protests gain traction. Palestinians have burned tires during protests in an effort to obstruct the view of Israeli snipers, while Israel says the smoke could hide terrorists.

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Escondido, CA votes to support Trump's lawsuit against sanctuary cities

Kyle James
The Goldwater
Thu, 05 Apr 2018 00:00 UTC
Escondido CA sanctuary city
An Escondido City council meeting ended Wednesday evening with a vote 4-1 in favor of supporting president Trump's lawsuit against sanctuary cities. The council filed a legal brief in support of the lawsuit which seeks to challenge the legality of three California state laws which took effect last year.

Among the three controversial laws is a statue that limits cooperation between law enforcement at the local level and federal immigration authorities. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions called the laws unconstitutional and said they compromise the public's safety. The one city council member who went against the vote is Councilmember Olga Diaz.

With the vote to join the lawsuit succeeding in Escondido, the city has become the first in San Diego County to join the fight against the liberalism that seeks to protect undocumented criminals and fugitives. The vote is a brief glimmer of hope for the people of other California cities where a vote has not taken place to separate them from the madness of sanctuary cities.

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Big Brother is watching: Is a building wave of discontent ready to crash down on Silicon Valley tech companies?

Liberty Smoke
New Right Network
Thu, 05 Apr 2018 00:00 UTC
tech company monopoly
The Shadow banning and shutting down of accounts on Twitter, along with demonetizing content on YouTube has caused a lot of frustration and resentment. A building wave of discontent is about to crest and crash down on many of the Tech companies strutting around like roosters. The moguls of Silicon Valley thinking they need to manipulate and run this country is arrogant and dangerous.

Teddy Roosevelt was the original Trustbuster, and boy did he go big. Starting with the titan of industry, J.P. Morgan, he went on to busting dozens more. Roosevelt changed business in this country forever. From the meat industry to railroads, to Standard Oil, Roosevelt had an impact. It is still uncertain whether the trust-busting of Roosevelt and his successor, William Taft, was good for the public and businesses, but it changed the way business was viewed and practiced.

Comment: As the tech giants provide a valuable service to the establishment by controlling the official narrative, there's little incentive for the government to change what works so well as a control mechanism.

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Police are losing control of the streets, warns former Met officer

Vikram Dodd and Damien Gayle
The Guardian
Thu, 05 Apr 2018 17:09 UTC
Victor Olisa
© Steve Brown/BBC
Victor Olisa, in 2015, in post as a chief superintendent in north London.
A former senior police officer has warned that Scotland Yard appears to have lost control of London's streets and has accused the Metropolitan police leadership of a "deafening" silence as the capital's murder toll for the year moved past 50.

The day after two further murders in Hackney, east London, Victor Olisa, the Met's former head of diversity and head of policing in Tottenham, said he feared that the violence could get worse.

He warned that budget cuts and new demands on police were taking officers off the street and away from gathering intelligence. "Communities are saying we don't see the police around any more," he said. "It appears to people I have spoken to as though the police have lost control of public spaces and the streets."

Olisa said Met chiefs should have been more visible after this week's rise in violence.

"The silence from senior officers in the Met is deafening," he said. "They should say we need more information from the public; this is what we are doing; this is what the results are."
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As Oklahoma teachers forced to beg for funding, government accused of covering up fraud in state agencies

Rachel Blevins
The Free Thought Project
Thu, 05 Apr 2018 00:00 UTC
oklahoma teachers strike
More than 30,000 teachers gathered to protest at the Oklahoma State Capitol this week, and while they are demanding that the state pass a bill that would provide an additional $150 million in education funding, some taxpayers are questioning why the teachers aren't calling for the government to be held accountable for the way it is spending the money it already has.

While teachers march with signs that say "Fund Our Schools" and they share photos online of dilapidated textbooks that need to be replaced, they are calling on the state to solve their problems by increasing taxes. However, a study conducted by the 1889 Institute revealed that in 2014, only 48 percent of public school revenue came from the state.

The other 41 percent of revenue came from the district and 11 percent came from the federal government. Even if the state increased taxes and allocated more money for the education budget, the state's more than 500 districts are responsible for determining the salaries of teachers and support staff as long as they are over a state minimum schedule.

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Coming for your guns: Residents of Illinois town given 60 days to give up their assault weapons or face fines

Jack Burns
The Free Thought Project
Thu, 05 Apr 2018 16:54 UTC
no guns notice
As the state promises gun rights activists they're not coming for their guns, behind the scenes they're pleading for it to happen. And now the feared gun grab is occurring. Residents in Deerfield, Illinois have 60 days to surrender their "assault weapons" or face fines of $1000 per day per gun.

The gun ban ordinance was passed on April 2nd with residents left with few choices of how to dispose of their valuable "assault weapons." Upon careful reading of the ordinance, residents will be left with revolvers, .22 caliber "plinking" rifles, and double barrel shotguns to defend their homes and families from criminals who could care less about the law.

Fines for not disposing of the weapons range from $250 to $1000 per day per gun for those who choose not to comply with the city's ordinance. While a fine may seem reasonable to some, as TFTP has reported on multiple occasions, failure to pay fines always results in police action. It is not far-fetched to predict major turmoil and arrests in the event of non-compliance.

One example of the so-called "assault weapon" is the Ruger 10/22 which can accept magazines that hold more than 10 rounds. Even though the 10/22 is not listed in the list of guns the village wants to see banned, the gun cannot legally be possessed in the village.
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Skripal's niece denied visa to enter UK and return poisoned relatives to Russia


RT
Fri, 06 Apr 2018 16:43 UTC
Viktoria Skripal
© Reuters
Yulia Skripal told her cousin Viktoria she would not get a visa.
Sergei Skripal's niece has been denied a visa to enter the UK after claiming she would come and take her relatives back to Russia.

Viktoria Skripal had planned to travel to Britain after her uncle Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were exposed to a chemical agent in Salisbury on March 4.

The UK Home Office said on Friday that Viktoria is not being granted a visa to come to the UK. "We have refused a visitor visa application from Viktoria Skripal on the grounds that her application did not comply with the Immigration Rules," a Home Office spokesman said.

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London's crime wave: Senior surgeon says hospitals resemble Afghan war zones

Liam Deacon
Breitbart
Thu, 05 Apr 2018 00:00 UTC
London violence knife crime
© Rob Stothard / Getty
Hospitals in Mayor Sadiq Khan's London resemble those in a war zone, a senior surgeon working to save victims of the capital's surging violent crime wave has said.

The shock comments made Thursday morning come after two more men were killed overnight, a couple of days after another night of violence saw a boy, 16, stabbed to death and a 17-year-old girl shot in a "drive by".

Wednesday night's killings, both in Hackney, East London, brought the death toll from suspected murder in the capital to 50 so far this year, pulling away from New York City, which London overtook at the weekend.

Dr. Mark Griffiths, the lead surgeon at Barts Health NHS Trust in East London, said that knife and gun wounds had moved from a "niche" part of his job to a daily chunk of his workload, and a growing number of victims were "children".

Comment: More evidence that the UK is crumbling under the weight of a corrupt and incompetent establishment:

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German authorities seek to remove children from anti-Semitic parents


RT
Thu, 05 Apr 2018 17:44 UTC
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© Amr Dalsh / Reuters
Authorities should be allowed to take children away from parents who express anti-Semitic views, the head of Germany's 2nd largest police union has stated, without elaborating on how or when such measures would be enforced.

"Authorities need to act decisively [against anti-Semitism] including when the aggression comes from migrants," Rainer Wendt, head of the German Police Union (DPoIG) told Augsburger Allgemeine newspaper on Wednesday.

"If children are raised to become anti-Semites we shouldn't be afraid to take them away from their families." He went on to accuse many school administrators of ignoring the problem, saying "they act according to the mantra 'it doesn't exist in my school.'"

"There has also been a tendency not to willingly register anti-Semitism by Muslims - but it needs to be recorded without prejudice so that we can develop effective counter-strategies," Wendt said.

Comment: Pandora's box continues to open. Laws against hate speech, and now just hate alone, are being escalated into draconian policies that can only serve tragic ends. The definitions of 'hate' are easily left open to interpretation. For instance, if someone supports BDS due to Israel's inhuman treatment of the Palestinians, will their children be taken away due to 'anti-Semitism'? This easily opens the doors to the power hungry bullies forcing 'acceptance' of the endless variations of identity politics.

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