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Russian tech giant dumps SWIFT in favor of domestic alternative


RT
Sat, 14 Apr 2018 18:07 UTC
A Ka-52
© Vitaliy Ankov / SputnikA Ka-52 "Alligator" helicopter.
Russian state tech giant Rostec will use Russia's analogue of SWIFT interbank cash transfer services, the company said in a press release.

The tech firm will connect to the Russian system for transfer of financial messages (SPFS) to make its payments safer. "The digital infrastructure will help to exchange data in encrypted mode, which reduces the risk of external intrusion into the system and the likelihood of hacker attacks," Rostec said.

Rostec was established in late 2007 to consolidate strategically important Russian companies. It has divisions in aircraft, electronics, and armaments. It unites companies like Russian Helicopters, Kalashnikov Concern, and Rosoboronexport.

Comment: Slowly but surely Russia is removing itself from the West's death grip, and soon enough, it will be free of it all together: Also check out SOTT radio's: The Truth Perspective: Bill Browder, the Magnitsky Act, and anti-Russia Sanctions: Interview with Alex Krainer

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Le Pen: France "lost opportunity to act independently and balanced" by joining illegal strikes on Syria


Sputnik
Sat, 14 Apr 2018 10:38 UTC
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© AP Photo / Hassan Ammar
French involvement in the Western military strikes on Syria deprived Paris of an opportunity to play the role of an independent actor at the international arena, French right-wing National Front party leader Marine Le Pen said on Saturday.

"The strikes on Syria are involving us in unpredictable and potentially dramatic consequences. France has again lost an opportunity to act as an independent and balanced state," Le Pen wrote on her Twitter page.

Earlier in the day, France, along with the United States and the United Kingdom, launched strikes on a number of targets in Syria in response to the alleged chemical incident in the Damascus' suburb of Duma. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the three countries fired over 100 cruise as well as air-to-surface missiles.

Comment: Since Macron took the helm, France has been just another lapdog of the demented Western elites:

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Attacked by The Times: The academic working group on Syria, Propaganda and Media for looking at the evidence

Tim Hayward
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Sat, 14 Apr 2018 16:42 UTC
Times Headline April 14 2018
Today I find myself on the front page of The Times, as one of the members of the recently formed academic working group on Syria, Propaganda and Media.

Members of the working group have so far published just one item, a research note on the poisoning of the Skripals in Salisbury. Although still work in progress, the piece, Update to briefing note "Doubts about Novichoks" has been well-received by academics and serious commentators. It has been singled out by Cornell University's Professor of Organic Chemistry, David B Collum, as the most definitive work on the novichok nerve agent scandal.
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Signs of sanity: Durham, NC rejects 'military-style training' by Israeli police


Middle East Monitor
Wed, 11 Apr 2018 15:00 UTC
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Israeli soldiers during a training session
A US city has rejected "military-style training" by the Israeli police following a local campaign by a wide coalition of human rights activist, according to a 5 April report by local paper the Herald-Sun.

The Durham City Council released a statement expressing its opposition to "international exchanges with any country in which Durham officers receive military-style training since such exchanges do not support the kind of policing we want here in the City of Durham".

"We recognise and share the deep concern about militarisation of police forces around the country. We know that racial profiling and its subsequent harms to communities of colour have plagued policing in our nation and in our own community," the statement added.

"Black lives matter. We can make that phrase real in Durham by rejecting the militarisation of our police force in favour of a different kind of policing, and that is what we are doing in Durham now."

Comment: Unfortunately, other cities in the US have not resisted the IDF's offer to help turn their police into storm troopers:

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Damascus residents gather in city center to support Syrian Army and Assad after bombing


Sputnik
Sat, 14 Apr 2018 14:46 UTC
Syrian girls Assad supporters
© AFP 2018 / Louai Beshara
Damascus - Residents of the Syrian capital of Damascus are gathering in the center of the city to express their support to the country's army and President Bashar Assad after the United States and its allies hit multiple government targets in the country with air strikes.

The attack by United States, the United Kingdom and France was in response to the alleged chemical incident in the Damascus' suburb of Douma.

Dozens of Damascus residents gathered in the city's center waiving Syrian flags and chanting anti-US slogans.

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Rachel Maddow suggests Trump ordered Syria strikes to 'wag the dog' away from Mueller's investigation

Ross A. Lincoln
The Wrap
Fri, 13 Apr 2018 14:02 UTC
Rachel Maddow MSNBC
© MSNBC
Minutes after Donald Trump's announced U.S. military airstrikes in Syria, Rachel Maddow said on her MSNBC show that no matter how the decision was made, the timing has the appearance of a "wag the dog" situation.

"There are national security consequences to having a presidency that is as chaotic as Mr. Trump's presidency, that is as consumed by scandal and criminal intrigue as his presidency is," Maddow said Friday night, referring to special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation and the FBI raid on Trump attorney Michael Cohen, among other things.

According to Maddow, enemies and allies alike may believe that Trump "issued the order to launch this strike tonight, even in part, because... he wanted to distract from a catastrophic domestic scandal that is blowing up at home at the same time."

Comment: It's good that Rachel Maddow is questioning the illegal and immoral bombing of Syria - but notice how she is coming from the wrong angle. She is obsessed with the 'Russia collusion' story, when the bigger picture speaks of groups of power and dynamics way beyond impeaching or not impeaching Trump. Would she have been critical if it had been Hillary Clinton who ordered the attacks (and there's no doubt she would have)?

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Small burned out dwelling in Silicon Valley hits property market with $800,000 price tag


RT
Sat, 14 Apr 2018 13:42 UTC
House fire
© Willow Glen Charm / Facebook
A small house with major fire damage was put up for sale for $800,000 in San Jose, California. It's become the latest internet joke about Silicon Valley's property market bubble.

The realtor behind the sale insists on the asking price, saying that the area and the land itself JUSTIFIES it. The small burned-out dwelling is located on a 5,800 sq ft (0.0005 sq km) lot in San Jose's Willow Glen neighborhood.

"If you are in the market, you know real estate, you know that this is what it's worth and the buyers set the price," realtor Holly Barr told KTVU-TV.
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Phone explodes in hands, kills boy in India - 3rd such death in a year

Priya Pathak
India Today
Thu, 12 Apr 2018 13:31 UTC
phone charge
A 12-year-old boy in Chhattisgarh lost his life after a phone exploded in his hands. The boy named Ravi Sonwan was playing games on his phone plugged in for charging when it exploded. According to a TOI report, the explosion was so massive that the boy's intestine could be seen spilling out while he was being rushed to the hospital. The family had to wrap a cloth around him to keep the intestines in place. The incident took place in Koriya district of Chhattisgarh.
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More than 130 Palestinians injured in new wave of clashes along Israel-Gaza border


Sputnik
Fri, 13 Apr 2018 12:46 UTC
Gaza protest
© AP Photo / Khalil Hamra
Thousands of Palestinians are demonstrating in the third round of the six-week-long protests in the border area between Israel and Gaza. 130 protesters have already been wounded by Israeli fire, whereas even larger protests are expected after Friday Muslim prayers.

At least 130 Palestinian protesters have been injured as tensions at the Israeli-Gaza border begin to heat up on the third consecutive Friday of protests, Gaza's health ministry reported. The spokesperson for the Israeli Defense Forces has confirmed that Israeli troops are deploying tear gas and using live fire in order to disperse protesters at five points along the security fence.


Comment: Israel is not only shooting Palestinians in the back, but they are shooting their own selves in the foot. Perceptions of Israel 'the only democracy in the Middle East' with the 'most moral army in the world' are changing among many who are now more privy to their wanton violence. But Israel remains too arrogant and pathological to even moderate their aggression towards the protesting Palestinians, only to confirm - through their actions - that they keep Gazans corralled like animals to a slow-motion slaughter.

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Glasgow pride parade bans drag queens for fear of hurting trans peoples' feelings

Emily Zanotti
Daily Wire
Fri, 13 Apr 2018 23:08 UTC
gay pride parade
Free Pride Glasgow, which bills itself as being a "non-commercial" and more open-minded alternative to the traditional Glasgow LGBT pride events, is taking drastic steps to prevent the oppression of marginalized peoples, banning drag queens from its annual parade.

After extensive consideration, the Free Pride Glasgow committee members decided that having men dressed as women giving stellar performances during the event would be offensive to transgender individuals, and that non-binary people within their ranks would be "uncomfortable with having drag performances."

They'll miss the feather boas and the glittery footwear, but "the needs of the most marginalised groups within our community come first," the group told the Independent.

Comment: So much for inclusivity. This whole gender nonsense is so confusing even the genderists don't know what to do.

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