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Unabashed neo-fascists: Ukrainian police publicly declare their admiration for Bandera

Christopher Miller
RFE/RL
Mon, 11 Feb 2019 20:40 UTC
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© Ukrainian Interior Ministry / APPolice detain far-right activists in Kyiv on February 9.
Across social media, Ukrainian police and law enforcement officials are apologizing for one officer's slur aimed at far-right ultranationalists and making it known: They, too, are "#Banderites." Or, to be clear, supporters of militant Ukrainian nationalists who collaborated with the Nazis during World War II.

National Police chief Serhiy Knyazev says he is one. So does Interior Ministry and National Police spokesman Artem Shevchenko. Interior Ministry adviser Zoryan Shkyryak is, too.

From the top on down, cops and their bosses are lining up to air their admiration for Stepan Bandera, a hero of far-right extremists whose Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and its military arm, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), fought both Soviet and Nazi forces during World War II but also carried out murderous campaigns against Poles and Jews.

The #IamaBanderite (#ЯБандерівець in Ukrainian) hashtag appeared on February 10, a day after a riot-police officer used the derogatory play on Bandera's name during a violent confrontation with dozens of ultranationalists at a campaign event in Kyiv for presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko.

Comment: Someone tell the American leftists. They might be surprised to know that there are ACTUAL Nazis running Ukraine. But don't hold your breath. Democrats have a soft spot for Banderites.

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'Wall of vehicles': Texas police to help border patrol stop caravan migrants


Breitbart News
Mon, 11 Feb 2019 19:52 UTC
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© Julio Cesar Aguilar/Agence France-Presse/Getty
Police are lining up their vehicles near Eagle Pass, Texas, to help Border Patrol agents stop the illegal crossing of caravan migrants who arrived in the Mexican border town of Piedras Negras last week. Texas Governor Greg Abbott deployed an additional Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers to the region to assist in securing the border section that has no physical barriers to prevent illegal crossings.

"Texans ask: what's going on at Eagle Pass?" Governor Abbott tweeted. The governor's tweet includes a photo showing a large number of DPS vehicles lined up with Border Patrol vehicles along the Rio Grande River near the border community.

Comment: Even Mexico is fed up with migrant crowds from Central America

Mexican border state governor: 'No more migrant caravans allowed'

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'We are the living dead': Mosul citizens in despair after liberation from ISIS over 1.5 years ago


RT
Mon, 11 Feb 2019 08:27 UTC
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© Reuters/Khalid al-MousilyA Woman walks next to ruins in the Old City of Mosul.
Chaos and misery - that's what life in Mosul is like more than 1.5 years after Iraqi forces and the US-led coalition staged one of the deadliest battles in decades to liberate the city from Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS).

A year and a half since its "liberation" by the US-backed Iraqi forces, the city still lies in ruins. Nine hospitals out of 13 in Mosul are still damaged or destroyed and are unable to lend any kind of medical assistance, while 4 million tons of rubble scattered around the city still need to be cleared, Tom Peyre-Costa, a Norwegian refugee center media coordinator, who saw the situation on the ground firsthand, told RT.

What was once Iraq's second-largest city and home to millions was reduced to ash in July 2017, when the US-led coalition dropped bombs and recaptured it from IS. More than 10,000 civilians are estimated to have been killed in the battle. Thousands of dead bodies are still buried under the rubble amid the lack of recovery crews and equipment.

"Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis are still displaced... and are unable to return to their homes for the simple reason that they do not have a home to go back to," Peyre-Costa said. His words were confirmed by locals, who complained about the lack of basic infrastructure. A Mosul resident told RT:
"You can't even imagine how difficult it is - no hospitals, no schools, no teachers. We are like the living dead. We have a cemetery over there, but here it's a cemetery for the living. Pot holes are everywhere, there are still corpses everywhere and if anyone brings humanitarian aid here, the local officials just steal it, they are all corrupt. There's no reconstruction here, all their reconstruction efforts are just ink on paper."

Comment: And Mosul isn't the only one.

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Ruble flexes its muscle after Moody's boosts Russia's rating to investment grade


RT
Mon, 11 Feb 2019 19:16 UTC
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© Iliya Pitalev / Sputnik
The Russian ruble has been gaining ground on the US dollar and the euro after global credit rating agency Moody's upgraded Russia's sovereign rating to investment grade with a stable outlook.

The ruble was trading at 65.85 against the greenback at 07:50 GMT, rising by 0.17 percent on Monday and marking a nearly three-percent gain on the year.

The Russian currency is trading 0.18 percent higher against the euro at 74.34, representing a 3.8 percent growth since January 1.

Comment: Prudent management, avoiding debt, reducing reliance on foreign money, and investing in domestic infrastructure have all paid off for Russia. The US could take a lesson.

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Hate crime probe in UK after Jewish cemetery trashed & grave of a prominent rabbi smashed


RT
Mon, 11 Feb 2019 17:43 UTC
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© Shmuli Brown / Twitter
Vandals have targeted a Jewish cemetery in Manchester, England, smashing a rabbi's grave and causing tens of thousands of pounds worth of damage in what police have described as an "abhorrent act of hate."

The grave of a prominent rabbi was opened and dozens of headstones were damaged at the Phillips Park Jewish cemetery in Whitefield. Three of the chapels were damaged, with two stained-glass windows smashed and a number of sinks pulled from the walls during the incident, believed to have taken place sometime between Friday afternoon and early Saturday.

The cemetery's CCTV system was also stolen in what Greater Manchester Police said was a "clear attempt to cover their tracks."
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Indonesian police apologize for using a live snake as an interrogation tool


Channel News Asia
Mon, 11 Feb 2019 17:48 UTC
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© Screengrab from Twitter videoThe man, a suspected thief, was seen on video with the snake wrapped around his neck and waist.
Indonesian police have apologised and pledged disciplinary action after officers draped a live snake around the neck of a suspect to persuade him to confess during an interrogation session in the easternmost area of Papua.

A video circulated online shows a man being questioned about stolen mobile phones. He was seated with his hands tethered behind his back yelling in distress as a snake is pushed towards his face by an officer.

The interrogator is heard laughing as the man screamed in fear.

Police revealed that the incident happened recently, during a crackdown on petty crime in Jayawijaya district, according to an Associated Press report on Monday (Feb 11).

The man, who can been seen writhing on the ground for much of the time is asked by an officer: "How may times have you stolen mobile phones?"
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CNN accuses Trump of fish stick collusion with Russia


RT
Mon, 11 Feb 2019 17:33 UTC
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© Global Look Press / Karl-Josef Hildenbrand
There may be many stinky things about fish sticks in school lunches, but CNN smelled President Donald Trump helping Russians, albeit "inadvertently." Social media responded with some fishy, and hilarious, comments.

The report from last week conveyed the concerns of genuine Alaska pollock producers who said that about half of fish sticks in US school cafeterias are made from pollock caught by Russia that is processed and pumped with additives in China.

American fishermen have long been frustrated by this competition and hoped that Trump would solve this problem when he slapped Beijing with tariffs. But it turned out that the "confusing nomenclature and an arcane coding system" used by trade and customs officials to label goods saw no difference between who caught this type of fish and where, and still called it 'Alaska Pollock'.
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Charged with murder: Missouri jail nurse allegedly poisoned husband, set house on fire in bid to marry inmate

Karma Allen
ABC News
Mon, 11 Feb 2019 01:16 UTC
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© Miller County, Missouri Sheriff's OfficeAmy Murray on was arrested on Thursday, Feb. 07, 2019, in connection with the December death of her husband.
Police charged a jail nurse in Missouri with murder after she allegedly poisoned her husband and tried to cover it up by setting their home on fire -- all in a bid to marry an inmate.

Amy Murray was arrested on Thursday in connection with the December death of her husband, Joshua Murray, who she allegedly set on fire and poisoned with antifreeze, according to a probable cause statement.

She allegedly set the couple's bedroom on fire and left with her 11-year-old son and dogs to go to McDonald's, according to the statement. As an alibi, Murray said she found the house on fire when she returned and the smoke was too heavy for her to go inside, according to a probable cause statement.

Police said the fire was set intentionally and autopsy results indicated that Joshua Murray died before the fire began, according to the Miller County Sheriff's Office.
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Paul Krugman: US wildly unprepared for imminent recession

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Mon, 11 Feb 2019 15:49 UTC
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© Bloomberg NewsPaul Krugman
Nobel laureate Paul Krugman is possibly the world's most famous Keynesian economist thanks to his position on the New York Times editorial board. And he just joined the growing chorus of voices calling for a US recession in the next two years.

The US economy is struggling for two reasons: The scope for a powerful monetary and fiscal response is limited, and the current "leadership" under President Trump lacks the competence to adequately respond to a crisis, during an interview with Bloomberg in Dubai.

But moving past the US, Krugman echoed the IMF's finding that the world is "dangerously unprepared" for the coming global recession, citing the slowdown in China, and a Europe inching ever-closer to a eurozone-wide recession, as the two biggest risks the global economy.

Comment: Some see even worse:

Several red flags warning us that we're speeding towards an economic collapse - RIGHT NOW

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How 'asymmetrical multiculturalism' has generated a populist blowback

Eric Kaufmann
The Nation
Mon, 11 Feb 2019 15:26 UTC
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© Carlos Barria/ReutersSupporters of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a campaign event in Harrisburg, Pa., in 2016.
Toward a solution for the rising distemper in the West

Right-wing populism and left-wing identity politics have risen in tandem since 2013. Why?

The connecting thread is the contradictions of multiculturalism, which encourage a "common enemy" form of minority identity while repressing even moderate expressions of majority identity. The former produces antagonistic identity politics on the left, while both contribute to populist blowback on the right.

In the high culture, the advent of social media helped the cultural Left experience its Third Great Awakening, matching the waves of enthusiasm of the late '60s and late '80s. Meanwhile, multiculturalism's half-century sway has presided over profound ethnic shifts, producing mounting conservative discontent. By narrowing the space for debating immigration, progressive taboos prevented mainstream liberals and conservatives from reaching a settlement on the issue. We are now reaping the results.
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