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Retired Turkish general: 95% of Turkish people are against alliance with NATO

Suliman Mulhem
Sputnik
Mon, 09 Apr 2018 14:50 UTC
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The Turkish government has clashed with the US and other NATO members on a number of occasions in the past few years, raising questions over the country's membership of the military bloc and its future relations with the West.

Sputnik reporter and columnist Suliman Mulhem discussed Ankara's turbulent relations with the US and NATO with Major General Beyazit Karatas, a retired Turkish Air Force officer who also served as a military attaché in Washington.

"At present, at least 95% of Turkish people are against the country's alliance with the US and NATO, although Turkish officials have stated they will continue to stay within NATO. In the period ahead we will continue to further develop and diversify our relations considering the US' policy of supporting a terrorist group which fights against the Turkish government," the retired air force officer told Sputnik, outlining the growing anti-US sentiment in Turkey due to Washington's alliance with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which is considered by Ankara to be an affiliate of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK.)
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'Um, uh, no': Zuckerberg uncomfortable sharing his personal data with US lawmakers


AFP
Tue, 10 Apr 2018 14:40 UTC
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© AFP Photo/Brendan SmialowskiFacebook founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg
Of the hundreds of questions thrown at Mark Zuckerberg by US lawmakers Tuesday, none appeared to flummox the Facebook founder more than Senator Dick Durbin's pointed query about where he slept the previous evening.

"Would you be comfortable sharing with us the name of the hotel you stayed in last night?" Durbin asked during an intense and closely-watched hearing about online digital privacy, and Facebook's role in what happens to personal information once users join the platform.

Zuckerberg paused for a full eight seconds, chuckled, grimaced, and ultimately demurred.

"Um, uh, no," he said.
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Trump laments that relations between US and Russia are at their worst...and the Twitterverse responds


RT
Wed, 11 Apr 2018 14:33 UTC
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© Carlos Barria / ReutersRussian President Vladimir Putin talks to US President Donald Trump during their bilateral meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7, 2017.
The relationship between the US and Russia is at its worst point in history, US President Donald Trump believes. The bold remark came after he warned Moscow to "get ready" for American missiles to be launched at Syria.

"Our relationship with Russia is worse now than it has ever been, and that includes the Cold War. There is no reason for this. Russia needs us to help with their economy, something that would be very easy to do, and we need all nations to work together. Stop the arms race?" Trump tweeted.

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Hackers hit YouTube; most popular videos disappear

Andrew Griffin
The Independent
Tue, 10 Apr 2018 14:23 UTC
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Despacito, the most popular YouTube video ever, has disappeared from the site. But that's just the beginning.

A widespread hack appears to have spread across many different Vevo sites. And it doesn't appear to be the first attack by the group, who also took down Twitter accounts run by news organisations last week.

The cyber attack began when the names of many of the world's most popular music videos on YouTube appeared to have their names changed. Instead of the name of the song, the video's titles had the words "Hacked by Prosox & Kuroi'sh" written on them instead.

They also posted "Free Palestine" under the videos.
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Twitter users blast NATO mouthpiece Eliot Higgins for refusing to debate MIT physicist on chemical weapons use in Syria


RT
Wed, 11 Apr 2018 14:08 UTC
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© ANP / AFP / AFPEliot Higgins, British investigative journalist and founder of Bellingcat
Amateur war-crimes investigator and full-time blogger at the Bellingcat website, Eliot Higgins, has turned down an invitation to debate a prominent MIT physicist on the issue of chemical-weapons use in the Syrian conflict.

Journalist Aaron Mate attempted to set up a debate between Higgins and Theodore Postol, professor emeritus of Science, Technology, and International Security at MIT, a month ago. Responding to Mate's request on Twitter, Higgins promptly refused on the grounds that the professor - who once worked as a scientific adviser to the chief of naval operations at the Pentagon - is "an idiot."

Higgins' own work involves 'investigating' war and conflict from the comfort of his home in England. He does this by watching videos on YouTube and 'examining' and 'analyzing' photographs posted on Twitter for clues. He does not, however, visit the locations he claims to be investigating, which is what real investigators and journalists typically do. Nonetheless, Higgins is beloved by pro-NATO Western media and frequently referenced by them as an"expert."
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WaPo takes swipe at 'white evangelicals' who blindly support both Trump and pastors accused of sexual misconduct

Teri Webster
The Blaze
Sun, 08 Apr 2018 13:53 UTC
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A Washington Post report takes a swipe at both "white evangelicals" and President Donald Trump, saying that the two groups have something in common.

"As white evangelicals have been some of President Donald Trump's staunchest defenders, a handful of their leaders find themselves contending with a problem all too familiar to the commander in chief: a sex scandal," the Post reported, referring to allegations of Trump's affair with adult film star Stormy Daniels.

In recent months, at least four leaders in the evangelical move have been "accused of violating the tenets of their faith, from adultery to sexual abuse," the report stated.

It's happening at a time when the #MeToo movement is shining a spotlight on allegations of sexual abuse and harassment in the workplace. And that might mean the spirit of the #MeToo movement is hitting home where some people would say is the most unlikely of places: churches.
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Ann Coulter: Militant Leftists are creating a generation of ferocious conservatives

Justin Caruso
The Daily Caller
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 13:47 UTC
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Conservative commentator Ann Coulter had an interesting take on young people when she appeared on Fox News' "Tucker Carlson Tonight" Tuesday.

Coulter told Tucker that leftists are "creating, without realizing it, this really hilarious and ferocious generation of right-wingers."

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"Has there ever been a more obedient little cadre of robots than college students?" The Daily Caller co-founder asked.

"Is anyone brave? Is anybody giving the finger to the man and speaking the truth? Where are those people? What happened?"

"Well, the good news is, I'm following a lot of them on Twitter," Coulter replied. "I get the impression that we are creating, I mean, the left is creating without realizing it, this really hilarious and ferocious generation of right-wingers, these college students, they're listening to white privilege all day, every moment of every day, white heterosexual men are emerging from college barking at the moon right-wingers."

"They're fun to follow on Twitter," Coulter added.
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How an Obama-era diversity directive ushered murder, rape and suicide into American public schools

Amanda Prestigiacomo
The Daily Wire
Tue, 10 Apr 2018 22:46 UTC
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When a policy intended to create racial equality treats students differently based on the color of their skin and buries serious wrongdoing in the name of diversity, real victimhood is ripe for the making and injustice is bound to flourish.

An Obama-era diversity-themed education directive has been doing just that, according to educators, anti-school violence advocates, and guardians of student victims. Whistle-blowers have uncovered the ushering in of seemingly avoidable rapes, sexual assaults, suicides, murders, and vicious bullying within the halls of our public schools due to a threatening federal guidance issued in 2014.

Education Week explains that the civil rights guidance, which was jointly issued by the Departments of Education and Justice, "put schools on notice that they may be found in violation of federal civil rights laws" or denied federal grants "if they enforce intentially discriminatory rules or if their policies lead to disproportionately higher rates of discipline for students in one racial group, even if those policies were written without discriminatory intent."
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Football first: US fans biggest buyers of Russia 2018 tickets despite White House's plea


RT
Tue, 10 Apr 2018 12:09 UTC
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© Tim Warner / AFP
US citizens account for the largest number of foreign ticket sales for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, despite warnings from a senior White House official to 'think twice' about attending this summer's football festival.

The senior Trump administration official warned: "I would think twice because we won't have the same ability to protect our citizens or even just dealing with the regular consular affairs when we're there. And the other countries too. You would have that concern in any country about having the lack of consular support."

Despite attempts to deter football fans stateside, US fans have so far been allocated 16,000 tickets for Russia 2018, the highest amount of any country outside the host nation.

Comment: Oh no, the propaganda isn't working. Quick! Threaten with World War III!

Fake Chemical Weapons Attacks Are West's Strategy For Undermining Russia in Syria

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China no longer willing to be world's dump, sends hundreds of tons of trash back to US


RT
Wed, 11 Apr 2018 11:57 UTC
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China to USA: 'Deal with your own trash for once'
Chinese customs officials have refused entry to 469 tons of solid waste from the US, the import of which has recently been banned, and sent the garbage back to America, Xinhua news agency reported.

Inspectors in Hangzhou, the capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, found the shipment consisting of scrap paper mixed with waste metal parts and used drinking bottles, according to the agency. Shipments with solid waste are prohibited by Beijing.

The customs authorities demanded the garbage be returned to America as soon as possible.

In late 2017, China banned imports of 24 types of solid waste into the country as part of the fight against environmental pollution. Previously, China was a global importer of garbage, including from the United States, which was one of the largest suppliers.

Comment: The trash is literally coming home to roost.

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