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Poll: Majority of Americans oppose military conflict with Iran, most think Trump would be tempted to start one


RT
Sat, 28 Jul 2018 15:57 UTC
USAF RQ-4 Global Hawk
© Hamad I Mohammed / ReutersUS Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk aircrafts at an Air Force Base in the Arabian Gulf
The majority of Americans would prefer to stay away from military conflict with Iran as tensions mount between Washington and Tehran, a poll has revealed. However, most think the US President would be tempted to start it.

Just 23 percent of the respondents of a HuffPost/YouGov survey, published on Friday, approved the idea of the US going to war with Iran. The number of opponents, on the other hand, is more than doubled - 53 percent do not support such a scenario, including 37 percent of "strongly opposed" respondents. The remaining quarter of the surveyed was undecided. Most of the more hawkish respondents were found to be Trump's campaign supporters.

Despite the fact that most Americans agree with Trump that Iran is no friend to the US, they are not supportive of his hawkish approach to their countries' relations, according to the survey. Some 43 percent were found in opposition to the US leader's handling of issues related to Iran, while 36 present supported him. Moreover, more than a third think Trump's actions only worsen the already strained situation.

Comment: Despite his bluster, Trump is likely only using his 'art of the deal' tactics to start the negotiating process; the real threats to Iran are being orchestrated elsewhere:

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Blue Planet

These are the companies that are richer than entire countries


RT
Sat, 28 Jul 2018 15:48 UTC
Jeff Bezos
© Abhishek N. Chinnappa / ReutersJeff Bezos, founder and chief executive officer of Amazon
The annual revenues of some corporations are so colossal that they dwarf the economies of many countries across the globe. However, the world's most profitable and successful businesses do not always have stellar reputations.

WALMART

US retailer Walmart, with revenue of $486 billion in 2017, out-earned the sixth-largest economy in the euro zone - Belgium (with GDP of $468 billion). If it were a country, Walmart would be ranked 24th in the world by GDP.

VOLKSWAGEN

Revenues of German automaker Volkswagen are greater than Chile's GDP. The company, which has been hit by the 'Dieselgate' scandal, earned $276 billion last year. Chile's GDP in 2016 was $250 billion, and it is considered by many to be the most stable nation in South America, ahead of other nations such as Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia. Volkswagen would be number 43 in the world if its revenue represented its GDP.
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Attention

Rafael Correa: 'Assange's days in Ecuadorian Embassy are numbered; hypocrite Moreno already has an agreement with US'


RT
Sat, 28 Jul 2018 14:31 UTC
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© ANDREW COWIE / AFPSupporters of Rafael Correa outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London
The days of Julian Assange's residence in the Ecuadorian embassy in London are numbered, the country's former president Rafael Correa, who was still at the helm when he offered the WikiLeaks founder asylum, has told RT.

Correa's remarks came amid speculation that his successor, Lenin Moreno, may soon kick Assange out, probably to be arrested by British authorities. According to Assange himself, this would lead to the unsealing of a secret US indictment against him and his extradition to America.

Moreno this week said that, sooner or later, the whistleblower will have to leave the diplomatic mission. However, Ecuador wants to make sure that nothing "poses danger" to the whistleblower's life, the president stressed.

You can be sure that he [Moreno] is a hypocrite. He already has an agreement with the US about what will happen to Assange. And now he's just trying to sweeten the pill by saying he's going to have a dialogue" about conditions of the transfer, Correa told RT Spanish. "I'm afraid ... that Assange's days in our embassy are numbered."

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Cell Phone

CBS Chief Executive & #MeToo supporter Leslie Moonves accused by six women of misconduct


RT
Sat, 28 Jul 2018 14:18 UTC
CBS chief exec
© Mike Theiler / Reuters
CBS Chairman and CEO Les Moonves has been accused by at least six women of sexual harassment, in a culture allegedly shared by some top managers at the network, an exposé by The New Yorker has revealed.

Four of the six women told New Yorker's Ronan Farrow that Moonves had tried to forcibly touch or kiss them, while the other two alleged victims revealed that the 68-year-old media executive, who played a significant part in the ongoing "Me Too" anti-harassment movement, attempted to physically intimidate them or threatened their careers.

One of the women, actress Ileana Douglas, who won an Emmy for Six Feet Under, described how Moonves tried to grab her and "violently kiss" her during a business meeting in 1997. "I couldn't get him off me... the physicality of it was horrendous," she said. "What it feels like to have someone hold you down - you can't breathe, you can't move."

Comment: Considering an accusation is as good as a conviction in the #MeToo age, we can expect Moonves will be thrown out on his butt without so much as a peripheral investigation. It's a rather effective way to take down one's enemies - judge jury and executioner all for the low low price of a tweet.

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Info

Dallas Cowboys owner calls Trump's stance on the NFL 'problematic'


RT
Fri, 27 Jul 2018 14:56 UTC
dallas cowboys
© Eric Hartline / Reuters
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has said US president Donald Trump's interest in the National Football League (NFL) is "problematic", however he added that his players will be obliged to stand for the anthem.

Speaking at the annual press conference in California which marks the opening of the Cowboys training camp, Jones said that Trump's recent comments on anthem protests only added fuel to the burning issue which still remains unresolved.

"His (Trump's) interest in what we're doing is problematic from my chair, and I would say in general the owners' chair," Jones said.

"It's unprecedented, if you really think about it. But like the very game itself, that's the way it is and we'll deal with it. We feel strongly about how we deal with it and we'll do so accordingly, but, yes, I, like everybody, would like for it to go away," he added.

Comment: Trump launches a petition against the NFL, asks people to stand during the national anthem

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Attention

'Despicable' video surfaces showing Cameroon uniformed troops killing women & children


RT
Sat, 28 Jul 2018 14:27 UTC
Boko Harem
© Courtesy: The Intercept
Rights groups are sounding the alarm over "a shocking and despicable" video purportedly showing soldiers from Cameroon - a close US ally in Africa - shooting and killing women and children, suspected of Islamist links.

A harrowing report by the Intercept, which went public on Thursday, alleged that Cameroonian troops carried out arbitrary executions of people thought to be Boko Haram followers. The news outlet has uploaded an extremely disturbing video that showed men in military fatigues escorting two women, one of them clutching the hand of a young girl, likely her daughter, and the second carries a child on her back.

"You are going to die," says a soldier, who refers to one of the women as 'BH,' an apparent reference to Boko Haram. "This hurts us but your parents have put us in a...," he is heard saying on the video before being interrupted by a series of gunshots.

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Bad Guys

Israel claims praying Palestinians attacked them in latest battle and lock down at Al-Aqsa mosque


RT
Fri, 27 Jul 2018 13:35 UTC
al-aqsa closed July 2018
© Ahmad Gharabli / AFPThe Israeli security forces prevent access to Palestinian pedestrians as they close down a street in the Old City of Jerusalem, July 27, 2018
Israeli police have reportedly closed the gates to the third-holiest site in the Muslim world, Al-Aqsa Mosque, after clashes with Palestinian worshippers. Some "suspects" are barricaded in the mosque, according to police.

Protests erupted on the Temple Mount, the location of Jerusalem's most important mosque, on Friday. Israel police say that clashes started after someone attacked them with stones and fireworks, prompting the security forces to respond with grenades and stun grenades, Haaretz reports.

Blasts can be seen on footage that purportedly shows the clashes, while "Allahu Akbar" can be heard in the background.

Comment: It's unclear how this all started but it doesn't really make sense that during prayer Palestinians would start a fight with Israeli forces. Israel is illegally occupying the area and terrorize the worshipers as a matter of routine so it's reasonable to assume they are responsible:

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Pirates

Police can no longer handle lawless 'urban jungle' after dark in Amsterdam - City ombudsman


RT
Sat, 28 Jul 2018 14:08 UTC
Overturned car
© Cris Toala Olivares / Reuters
As dark descends on Amsterdam, the Dutch tourist hotspot turns into an "urban jungle" where the police are powerless to handle crime, violence and drug trade, Arre Zuurmond, the city's ombudsman, warned.

"The city center becomes an urban jungle at night," Zuurmond told Dutch paper,Trouw. "Criminal money flourishes, there is no authority and the police can no longer handle the situation."

Drugs are being sold openly in the streets, pedestrian areas are used for car and bike races, there's widespread theft and other offenses, the ombudsman said, using the world "mayhem" to describe what's happening in the city.

Comment: How's that liberalism working out for you, Amsterdam?

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Dutch Intolerance: For 10 Years, CPS Tried Taking Away my Kids Because I Homeschooled Them

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Pistol

Shooting at Texas nursing home leaves 5 dead


RT
Sat, 28 Jul 2018 14:29 UTC
police officer
© Rick Wilking / Reuters
Five people have been reported dead in Robstown, Texas on Friday in two apparently connected shootings, one of them at a nursing home.

The police were alerted to the killing spree after a report of gunshots at the Retama Manor Nursing facility. Officers responding to the call found two men and a woman dead at the scene, Robstown Secretary Herman Rodriguez said, as cited by WLWT channel, including the perpetrator.

During a subsequent check at the home of one of the nursing home victims, where shots were reportedly fired as well, the police found two more dead men.
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Arrow Down

Journalist working with RT caught in drone tear gas attack amid deadly Gaza protests


RT
Sat, 28 Jul 2018 12:41 UTC
Journalist
A journalist working with RT was caught in a tear gas attack as she covered the clashes along the Gaza border. Three Palestinians were reportedly killed and dozens injured, mostly by Israeli ammunition during the protests.

A 17-year-old Palestinian died of his wounds on Saturday after being shot by Israeli forces near the Gaza security fence, where protests have been ongoing since March. He became the third fatality of Friday's violence, bringing the total death toll of the Great March of Return to 155, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.

Friday's demonstration left around 80 participants injured, mostly in the upper part of their body, Gaza-based Hind Khoudari reported standing in the crowds of protesters.

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