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Gold Coins

Gold set to breakout amid coming economic downturn, says financial expert


RT
Tue, 05 Jun 2018 19:07 UTC
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© Wolfgang Rattay / Reuters
After the lengthy bear market, gold could pick up its bullish momentum again, according to VanEck International Investors Gold Fund manager Joe Foster who sees a coming breakout for the precious metal.

The prospects for beaten-down gold stocks are starting to look promising, he claims, citing geopolitical risk, uncertainty around the Trump presidency, and potential inflationary pressure.

"In the next year or two, we are going to be faced with an economic downturn and probably a general stock market downturn that will bring out a lot of the warts in the financial system - and that could propel gold much higher," the internationally recognized expert told US weekly newspaper Barron's.
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Handcuffs

Physicist at Michigan State University charged with bestiality for having sex with a dog


RT
Tue, 05 Jun 2018 18:30 UTC
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© Mike Segar / Reuters
A Michigan State University staffer has been charged with bestiality for allegedly having sex with a dog. It comes after the college was implicated in the Larry Nassar case and as a former dean faces sexual assault charges.

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette brought the charges against 51-year-old health physicist Joseph Hattey on Monday, according to a statement from his office.

Hattey is charged with two counts of "committing a crime against nature (bestiality), a 15-year felony, for allegedly penetrating a dog with both his hand and penis," the statement reads.

It comes after an investigation was conducted by Ingham County Animal Control, in conjunction with the Ingham County Sheriff's Department.
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Arrow Up

Roger Waters calls for public resistance to government attempts to silence Julian Assange

Jay Syrmopoulos
The Free Thought Project
Sun, 03 Jun 2018 00:00 UTC
Roger waters support julian assange
The online vigil for Assange comes in response to his continued silencing by the Ecuadorian government, which cut his internet communications with the outside world at their London embassy on March 28 and began denying him communications or visitors, claiming that his posts on social media put the country’s international relations “at risk.”
Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters showed solidarity with Julian Assange during a concert in Berlin by unveiling a message in red text projected onto a black backdrop, which read "Resist the attempted silencing of Julian Assange," before the start of his concert.

Waters' show of support for the WikiLeaks founder happened as supporters and friends of Assange came together for an online vigil featuring a diverse group of high-profile supporters of all political stripes for the Unity for J /#Unity4J event. They called for the end of Assange's "arbitrary detention" inside of the Ecuadoran Embassy in London and advocated for Assange's freedom and protection.


Comment: John Pilger: The isolation of Julian Assange is the silencing of us all

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Red Flag

More than 70 Syrian tribes unite and declare war on US-backed forces in Northern Syria

Leith Aboufadel
Almasdar News
Sun, 03 Jun 2018 00:00 UTC
Syrian tribes
Over 70 Syrian tribes issued a joint statement on Saturday that announced the formation of a new combined force that would fight the US-backed militias and foreign troops in northern Syria.

The tribesmen from the Al-Hasakah, Aleppo, and Al-Raqqa governorates reportedly met in the government-held city of Deir Hafer, where they all agreed that they will come together to expel the US and their militias from their provinces.

Given the size of these tribes, they could present a serious problem for the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northern Syria, if they receive military assistance from the Syrian Arab Army (SAA).

Comment: This story is reminiscent of another country where the indigenous tribes rallied together to decry the raping, pillaging and destruction of their country by the US and Western forces: Libya. See also:

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Airplane

Ideology trumps safety: Obama-era FAA modified hiring rules valuing air traffic controller diversity ahead of competency

Chris Enloe
The Blaze
Sat, 02 Jun 2018 00:00 UTC
FAA diversity hiring practices
© Andreas Rentz/Getty ImagesUnder the Obama administration, the FAA changed its rules for air traffic controller hiring, which now includes first passing a diversity test. (Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)
For decades, the selection process for the Federal Aviation Administration's air traffic controllers was rigorous. After all, one minor mistake could cost hundreds of people their lives.

But a new report from Fox News host Tucker Carlson revealed the Obama administration modified the FAA's candidate selection process to value workplace diversity over competency, experience and skills.

What are the details?

According to Carlson, due to changes implemented during the Obama administration, air traffic controller candidates are now required to complete a "biographical questionnaire" before even being considered for a job with the FAA.

If they don't pass, they aren't considered for a position - no matter how much experience they have or how qualified they are.


Comment: Another example of diversity politics paving a road to disaster.

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Sherlock

Scotland Yard detectives still 'following multiple leads' in Skripal investigation


RT
Tue, 05 Jun 2018 16:51 UTC
skripal police
© FERNVALL LOTTE/ Global Look Press
Detectives are following multiple leads as they investigate the nerve agent poisoning of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, Scotland Yard has said.

Updating the press on the case, Dean Haydon, Deputy Assistant Commissioner and counter terrorism coordinator, said: "With such a sensitive and complex investigation, I am sure the public will appreciate that there are still a number of lines of inquiry being progressed that we cannot discuss at this stage.

"What I am able to say is that the team working on the investigation remain completely committed to finding out what happened and continue to follow every possible lead.

"Our enquiries are focused around the people and vehicles that were in the vicinity of the Skripal's address and leading up to where they fell ill in The Maltings. We would ask anyone who may have information, or who may have seen or heard something - however small - to contact police."

Comment: If the investigation hasn't looked at the complicity of the MI6 in the Skripal poisoning then it is a waste of time.

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Dominoes

Trump cancels WH visit by Super Bowl champion Eagles over snowflake players' refusal to attend


RT
Tue, 05 Jun 2018 16:33 UTC
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US President Donald Trump has called off a visit to the White House by Super Bowl champions, the Philadelphia Eagles, after a majority of their players and coaches refused to attend the event over the anthem protest controversy.

"The Philadelphia Eagles Football Team was invited to the White House," Trump wrote on his Twitter page. "Unfortunately, only a small number of players decided to come, and we canceled the event. Staying in the Locker Room for the playing of our National Anthem is as disrespectful to our country as kneeling. Sorry!"

Only 10 team members reportedly planned to attend the ceremony honoring the team's Super Bowl victory. The rest of the players turned down Trump's invitation over the president's rigid stance on anthem policy in the National Football League (NFL).
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Stock Down

Study: Trump's tariffs to kill thousands of US jobs instead of creating them


RT
Tue, 05 Jun 2018 11:52 UTC
steel worker
© Eric Thayer / Reuters
US President Donald Trump's trade war is supposed to create more jobs, but a recent study shows the reality may be more bitter for the 'America First' policy.

The US recently imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum coming from its allies in the European Union, Mexico and Canada. The trade penalties, 25 percent on imported steel and 10 percent on imported aluminum, took effect on June 1.

"The tariffs and retaliation would increase US steel employment and non-ferrous metals (primarily aluminum) employment by 26,346 jobs, but cost a net of 495,136 jobs throughout the rest of the economy, for a total net loss of nearly 470,000 jobs," said Joseph Francois and Laura M. Baughman, economists with consulting group The Trade Partnership.

Comment: In the end, the only people who will really be paying the price are the public, as businesses will pass the tariffs on to them by working it into their pricing.

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Heart - Black

'They bombed trapped civilians': Amnesty International's damning report on UK, US, France destruction in Raqqa


RT
Tue, 05 Jun 2018 16:08 UTC
Raqqa refugees
© Rodi Said / ReutersA woman carries her child as they flee from Raqqa city.
UK, US, and French bombs inflicted mass loss of civilian life in ISIS-held Raqqa, according Amnesty International. A new report has also accused coalition forces of bombing areas where they knew civilians were trapped.

During the four-month operation to eradicate the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) in the Syrian city of Raqqa, the US-led coalition - which includes British forces - killed hundreds of civilians and injured many more, says Amnesty International.

According to its damning report into the coalition forces, residents were trapped as fighting raged in the streets between IS militants and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), who were supported by coalition airstrikes. Escape routes for civilians were riddled with IEDs, put there by Islamic State, which also positioned snipers to shoot those trying to flee.

Comment: See also: US completely destroyed Raqqa to 'liberate' city from a Western-created monster

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Attention

Time for a feminazi ambush? Qatar Airways CEO says women could not cope with his 'challenging' job


RT
Tue, 05 Jun 2018 12:23 UTC
Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker
Akbar Al Baker says only a man could rise to the challenges of his job.
In a not so subtle comment Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker suggested that a woman would not be good for his "very challenging" job, instantly prompting a heated reaction on social media.

Asked about what steps have been taken to eliminate gender discrimination in the Middle East aviation industry, Al Baker emphasized that, although his company was moving in the direction of gender equity, no woman could sit in the CEO chair.

"Of course it has to be led by a man, because it is a very challenging position," Al Baker said at a press conference in Sydney.

On further reflection as to why being a woman was incompatible with the position of Qatar Airways CEO, Al Baker said that he was "only referring to one individual" and "not to the staff in general."
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