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2 Su-34 fighter-bombers collide mid-flight in Russia's Far East


RT
Fri, 18 Jan 2019 16:34 UTC
Su-34 fighter-bombers
© Sputnik / Aleksey KudenkoTwo Su-34 fighter-bombers
Two Su-34 jets accidentally hit each other mid-flight over the sea in Russia's Far East. The crews of the planes ejected. One crewmember was evacuated to safety as a search and rescue operation is underway.

The jets "touched" each other in air while flying over the Sea of Japan, the Russian Defense Ministry has confirmed, saying that the incident occurred 35km from the coast. The collision happened during a training flight and the planes were not carrying any weaponry.

The crews of the planes ejected, media reported. The Defense Ministry confirmed that one crewmember was already located and evacuated without life-threatening injuries. The search and rescue operation continues. Three planes, three Mi-8 helicopters, as well as five ships have been dispatched to the crash area. More ships from the Pacific Sea Fleet are on the way to join the search.

Before the official confirmation from the Defense Ministry, Russian media issued multiple conflicting reports on the incident, citing sources with the military and emergency services. A source told Interfax that one of the planes might have been able to stay airborne and reach the base on its own, while other reports suggested that only one plane crashed.

The Su-34 is a modern medium-range fighter-bomber, adopted by the Russian Air Force in the mid-2010s. The plane is expected to replace the aging Su-24 bomber, which has remained in service since the 1970s. The Su-34 is able to carry a large variety of weapons, ranging from precision-guided bombs to assorted missiles.
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Sherlock

WADA team completes data-gathering mission to Moscow


RT
Fri, 18 Jan 2019 14:58 UTC
wada president
© Reuters / Denis BalibouseWADA President Sir Craig Reedie and Yuri Ganus, RUSADA Director General
The World Anti-Doping Agency has successfully completed its job of collecting data from the former Moscow Laboratory at its second attempt.

A statement from WADA explained that a three-person team successfully retrieved the required data from the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), as well as its underlying analytical data during their second visit to the lab in Moscow.

The WADA team's first visit to the laboratory saw them turned away by authorities, who stated that the team's technical equipment had not been cleared for use. It meant that RUSADA and the Russian authorities missed their 31 December deadline to provide access to the data.

But, after the issue of the bureaucratic red tape had been addressed, the WADA team returned to Russia and successfully completed its mission.
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Eye 1

Woman refused abortion by Dublin hospital despite new legislation

Rory Carroll
The Guardian
Fri, 18 Jan 2019 08:33 UTC
Clinic
© Niall Carson/PACoombe Women and Infants University hospital in Dublin, where a woman has been refused an abortion.
A hospital in Dublin has refused an abortion to a woman with a fatal foetal abnormality, raising questions over Ireland's recent introduction of abortion services.

The Coombe hospital, a leading maternity facility that has signed up to the service, reportedly declined to terminate the pregnancy because it did not "fall neatly" into a fatal foetal abnormality diagnosis.

The woman said she planned to travel to England with her partner for an abortion next week, a journey made by generations of Irish women before her, but which was supposed to no longer be necessary. GPs and hospitals started offering abortion services on 1 January, six months after Ireland voted in a landslide to lift a constitutional ban.

Two politicians revealed the case in the Dáil, the lower house of the Irish parliament, on Thursday after being contacted by the woman.
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Stock Down

Tesla shares tank amid news the company is slashing its workforce and Model 3 production issues

Anthony Palazzo and Elisabeth Behrmann
Bloomberg
Fri, 18 Jan 2019 14:33 UTC
Elon Musk
© Rebecca Cook / Reuters
Elon Musk is cutting Tesla Inc.'s workforce by 7 percent -- or more than 3,000 jobs -- warning that the "road ahead is very difficult" in making electric cars more affordable for the mass market.

Tesla shares fell as much as 7.7 percent shortly after the start of regular trading. Musk wrote in a blog post that the Palo Alto, California-based company managed to eke out a profit in the final three months of 2018, though narrower than the hard-won third-quarter earnings it reported in October.

Tesla is under pressure to limit spending as it emerges from what Musk called the "most challenging" year in its history. While it succeeded in scaling up output of its Model 3, the company missed analysts' production targets during the fourth quarter, and it's cut prices to partially make up for the halving of a U.S. tax credit that's acted as a buyers' incentive. The credit is set to drop again in July before going away entirely at the end of the year.

Tesla increased staff by 30 percent last year, which is "more than we can support," Musk said early Friday. It's absorbed some of the cost challenges by initially selling only higher-priced versions of the Model 3, its first vehicle billed as a car for the masses. Until now, the cheapest configuration available of the vehicle has cost $44,000, Musk said. As production increases over the next few months, the company will need to sell lower-cost versions, he said.

Comment: There hasn't been any encouraging news regarding Tesla's viability for quite some time:

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Star of David

Offensive McJesus statue to be removed from Israeli museum after violent protests erupt in Haifa


RT
Fri, 18 Jan 2019 07:14 UTC
McJesus Haifa Museaum israel
© REUTERS/Ammar AwadA sculpture by Finnish artist Jani Leinonen, entitled "McJesus", is seen on display at Haifa Museum of Art in the northern Israeli city of Haifa
The divisive artwork of Ronald McDonald nailed to a cross, which sparked wide scale protests in Haifa, Israel, will be taken down, the city's mayor promised. Her decision was slammed by human rights campaigners.

The controversial sculpture will be removed from the Haifa Museum of Art "in the coming days" and "returned as soon as possible," the city's mayor, Einat Kalisch-Rotem, said on Thursday. The decision was made after violent protests against the artwork erupted in the city.

Israel's small Arab Christian community deemed the sculpture offensive and demanded it be taken down. Some of them tried to storm the museum, and hurled firebombs and threw stones at the building, police said.

Law enforcement used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse the angry crowd. One man was arrested and three officers were injured during the scuffles. Police are searching for two people suspected of throwing firebombs.

Comment:
"The destruction of art is not due merely to chance. The psychopathic elites want to exert total control over every one of us. To achieve their goal they need us to be as ignorant and isolated as possible, hence the concerted annihilation of cultural references like true art, good education, objective history and open-minded science, and the eradication of what infuses a sense of community: religion, ethnicity, nation-state, and family."


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Nuke

What's occurring at Fukushima since the meltdown in 2011

Catherine Frompovich
Activist Post
Thu, 17 Jan 2019 00:00 UTC
Fukushima radiation
In the interest of responsible journalism, and in accordance with all U.S. Copyright laws, the following educational videographic update of what's happened at Fukushima, and to the Planet's global environment, since the catastrophic three-reactors meltdown, I submit the following video available on YouTube.

I make no commentary about the issues, as you, the reader, probably will make your own in the comment section below this article, which ought to be sufficient for all to know.
We don't hear much about Fukushima, do we? There is good reason for the media to ignore it. Join me as we look at the Fukushima nuclear disaster...then to now. The truth needs told, and it's scarier than you can imagine.
FUKUSHIMA Update 2018 (IT'S ALL DEAD!) | WatchmanReview

Published on Oct 5, 2018

17:44 minutes


Comment: See also:

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Star of David

Israel evicts another Palestinian family to replace them with illegal squatters

Zena Tahhan
Al Jazeera
Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:26 UTC
palestinians evicted
© Zena Tahhan/Al JazeeraUnder the international law, an occupying power is forbidden from transferring parts of its civilian population into the territory it occupies
Huddled around an electric heater on a chilly winter day, four Palestinian women sit nervously, making calls to acquaintances to ask about homes for rent in the city.

"We can't leave it to the last minute. We have to figure it out - the Israelis can come at any time to evict us from our homes," says 31-year-old Ramziyeh Sabbagh. She is due to give birth to a baby girl in five days.

"My husband is in denial that we may be evicted," says Khadija Sabbagh, Ramziyeh's aunt. "I don't know what we're going to do. We only have God at this point."

Umm Alaa Skafi, who lives next door and whose family is also facing eviction, came over to check on her dear neighbour.

"Keep praying. Don't let your mind wander. Keep yourself busy. I am here for you. I'll make a dish and bring it over for you and your family," Umm Alaa tells Khadija.

Comment: Israel has thumbed its nose at international law from the moment it was "established", and even before. It could be brought to heel by the international community almost immediately were it not for the protection it enjoys from the U.S.

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Bullseye

James Corbett: Propaganda Watch: Top secret Russian brain-frying microwave technology in Cuba - UNMASKED!!!

James Corbett
The Corbett Report
Wed, 16 Jan 2019 00:00 UTC
Secret Brain-frying Microwave

Comment: Its one thing to read about the so-called 'sonic attack' on American Ambassadors in Cuba - which turned out to be caused by the annoying sound of crickets. And another thing altogether to watch the worst of the worst propaganda US media lackey conspiracy theorists could muster - collected pretty much altogether in the following video...


Secret Brain-frying Microwave Technology UNMASKED!!! - #PropagandaWatch Corbett - 01/16/2019 - 26 Comments Video Player00:0000:00

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Remember how the conspiracy peddlers in the mainstream press freaked out over the super secret Russian microwave technology that was frying diplomats brains in Cuba. Well, it turns out that was just a tad exaggerated. So what was the real culprit? Find out in this week's edition of #PropagandaWatch.

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Mr. Potato

Oy vey! Erratic Roseanne Barr to go to Israel and give anti-BDS speech to Knesset

Jonathan Ofir
Mondoweiss
Thu, 17 Jan 2019 00:00 UTC
Roseanne Barr
Roseanne Barr
American fallen-from-grace celebrity Roseanne Barr is going to Israel. And not just on any trip. She has been invited by the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, to speak against the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel - she is due to speak on the 30th of January. The invitation is reportedly an initiative not of a government right-winger, but of none other than a leftist, Zionist Union member - Knesset Deputy Speaker Yehiel ('Hilik') Bar.

And her Sherpa? The ridiculous celebrity "Rabbi of America" - Shmuley Boteach. Boteach, popular from his books about "Kosher Sex" and "Kosher Lust", has been serving as a channel for those who have fallen out of grace, for example Samantha Power, who needed to improve her standing with the Israel-apologetic Jewish community in order to become US Ambassador to UN. But Roseanne Barr hasn't really fallen from grace with the Jewish community - she's fallen from grace from the US in general.
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Wall Street

Why the Silk Road from Europe to China bypassed the 'dead-end' Ukraine

Translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard
Stalker Zone
Fri, 18 Jan 2019 10:47 UTC
Ukraine tank
Ukraine risks losing one more piece of the transit pie worth billions of dollars per year. The other day the International Union of Railways and the freight association FERRMED signed a memorandum on the development of Eurasian logistics for the transportation of goods between China and the EU.

"The main international freight railway route between China and Europe passes along the border of Ukraine, but not through Ukraine" wrote the former deputy Minister of Infrastructure Aleksandr Kava on his Facebook page.

He explained to "Strana" that when planning the route of the European-Chinese corridor, transport workers intended to bypass Ukraine. The main flow of freight will go through Belarus. Ukraine was left with only a "spare branch" - on the map it is a thin thread of a section in the direction of Hungary, Serbia, and Slovakia.
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