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Bolivia fights to reclaim coastal territory lost to Chile over a century ago


teleSUR
Wed, 14 Feb 2018 17:54 UTC
Bolivia march protest
© Reuters
Bolivian President Evo Morales has announced a mass mobilization to commemorate his country's centennial maritime claim against Chile.

To mark the occasion, Morales said the country will hold nationwide ceremonies and will hoist "the largest flag in the world" which will include the colors of the national flag as well as the colors of the Indigenous Wiphala flag.

The country is preparing for a "show of unity of the Bolivian people around the maritime demand," the head of state said in a tweet.
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Shopping Bag

Council renders man homeless by removing him from his own caravan before confiscating it


RT
Thu, 15 Feb 2018 17:30 UTC
Man evicted from his caravan
John Jones, 63, was pictured crying along with his two dogs and his possessions dumped on the ground after council evicted him from his own caravan.
A heartbreaking photo of a man in tears has surfaced online after he was forced from his caravan by a UK council. Essex County Council evicted 63-year-old John Jones and took his van, leaving him with nowhere to live on Friday.

The picture of Jones, who was left sobbing with his two dogs and all of his worldly possessions dumped on the ground after local authorities evicted him and took his caravan, has prompted an outpouring of support from his community.

A petition with over 35,000 signatures is already calling for Essex County Council to return Jones' home, but calls for empathy appear to have fallen on deaf ears. When approached by RT to explain what complaints were made against the man and whether or not his caravan would be returned to him, Essex County Council stated that it "had previously offered Mr Jones a pitch at the local Essex Countywide Traveller Unit caravan site nearby, which he declined."

"Last month we visited him to conduct welfare and human rights checks. Unfortunately, a court summons was our last resort following complaints from local residents. When Mr Jones did not attend his court hearing, we gave him an additional 24 hours to respond and then a further 48 hours to leave the site.
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Bizarro Earth

There are no leaders today, only demagogues

umair haque
Medium
Thu, 15 Feb 2018 16:59 UTC
US capitol building evening
Here's a tiny question.
What happened to this generation of leaders?
Climate change, financial crisis, inequality, debt, stagnation, robo-dystopia...a nearly endless, panic-attack inducing list of Really Major Global Issues Threatening the Ongoing Survival and Prosperity of Humankind...and they mostly seem to be slumped over snoring at the wheel...when they're not busy clapping each other on the back steering us dead-on into the icebergs.

In this little essay, I want to advance a small thesis. Many of today's leaders aren't worthy of the word. Because they are not leaders at all. So what are they? Let me explain, with a simple example.

Comment: Jordan Peterson's prescription for accomplishing just that:



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Smoking

Smoking may return to Prague's pubs

Raymond Johnston
Prague.TV
Wed, 14 Feb 2018 17:41 UTC
smoking beer
© fotolia
The long saga of ending smoking in pubs may not be over. Some members of the Chamber of Deputies are seeking to overturn parts of the current law.

Smoking has been banned indoors in restaurants and pubs, as well as many other enclosed spaces, since May 31, 2017. Similar laws are common across the European Union.

But there has been a backlash against the law, with many people claiming it went too far. Deputies Marek Benda (ODS), Mikuláš Ferjenčík (Pirates) and Patrik Nachter (ANO) have put forward a proposal to ease the restrictions, and some 86 deputies from eight parties out of the 200 members lower house back the idea.

Comment: There is resistance to EU diktats being doled out wholesale with complete disregard to the cultures and norms of member countries and those resisting have become a target of Brussels wrath. Despite this, the backlash is growing.

Although it seems many countries are rightly resisting the anti-smoking fascism:

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Australian Ministers banned from sex with staffers as deputy PM gets adviser pregnant


RT
Thu, 15 Feb 2018 16:09 UTC
Australia PM
© Mick Tsikas / ReutersAustralian Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce as he sits in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia.
Australia's prime minister is imposing a ban on all sexual relationships between ministers and their staff after the deputy PM's affair with his adviser was exposed when she became pregnant.

Malcolm Turnbull announced the ban following the scandal which erupted after the Sydney Daily Telegraph published a front-page photograph, essentially exposing Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce's relationship with his former media adviser Vikki Campion. Barnaby, who was also leader of the National Party and married for 24 years, made a "shocking error of judgment", created a "world of woe" for the women in his life and "appalled all of us," said Turnbull.
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Arrow Down

Cultural genocide: Ukrainian nationalists want to demolish Kiev Orthodox monastery lead by former US Navy chaplain


Russia Feed
Mon, 12 Feb 2018 00:00 UTC
The leader of the Tithes Monastery has appealed to President Donald Trump for help

Tithes Monastery Kiev Ukraine
This latest act of cultural genocide in Ukraine is being committed against a Monastery of the legitimate Ukrainian Orthodox Church which is lead by a US citizen, Archimandrite Gideon, who was decorated as a former US Navy chaplain according to the Union of Orthodox Journalists.

The Tithes Monastery is a new (2007) structure built on site of possibly the most ancient Russian Church in the world. See their website here, or better yet, take this beautiful virtual tour! In 2006, believers witness that they saw an apparition of the Virgin Mary at a service in a tent on the site of the current church.
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Star of David

Head of Israeli Air Division: IDF has carried out thousands of missions in Syria last year alone

Attila Somfalvi, Alexandra Lukash and Yoav Zitun
ynetnews.com
Sun, 11 Feb 2018 16:52 UTC
Brig Gen Amnon Ein Dar
Brig Gen Amnon Ein Dar
The head of IAF Air Division, Brig. Gen. Amnon Ein Dar said Sunday the IDF has carried out thousands of missions in Syria in the last year alone.

Speaking from the Tel Nof Airbase, Ein Dar also noted the IAF was learning from Saturday's events, which began with the interception of an Iranian drone in Israeli territory followed by an IAF attack in Syria and the subsequent shooting down of an Israel F-16 plane.


Comment: See: Syria Shoots Down Israeli Jet - It's About Time


Ein Dar said the IAF jets struck deep inside Syrian territory. During their mission, a large number of anti-aircraft missiles were directed at them and one hit its target, or near the target, forcing the pilots to bail.

"In this instance, our aircraft was hit; we are of course unsatisfied and we will study the incident and learn for the future," he told Ynet in an interview.
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Dollar

Under Obama's admin, millions of federal money for clean coal spent on alcohol, limousines & spas


RT
Wed, 14 Feb 2018 22:20 UTC
Coal factory
© Brian Snyder / ReutersCoaling towers rise at the SunCoke Energy Partners LP Ceredo Terminal.
Millions of dollars intended for a clean power initiative were spent on alcohol, spas, jets and lobbying, an audit shows. The perks clearly did not help much, as the project's company has since filed for bankruptcy.

Under former President Barack Obama's administration, the Department of Energy awarded a $1.7 cooperation agreement to Summit Texas Clean Energy, which was supposed to develop technology for a carbon capture and storage project. The department covered $450 million of the costs, which is now being questioned.

The project incurred $2.5 million in expenditures that were potentially "unallowable," in addition to over $1.2 million in lobbying costs and $1.3 million in "questionable" travel-related expenses, according to a report released Tuesday.

There were $650,000 in charges for a spa service, alcohol, first-class travel, limousine services, receipts in foreign currency and business meals that were prohibited or were not fully substantiated.
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Bad Guys

NBC exposes twisted world of Russian Twitter trolls who are anti-Russia


RT
Thu, 15 Feb 2018 16:40 UTC
twitter
© Dado Ruvic / Reuters
NBC News has made its big contribution to Russiagate by publishing 200,000 tweets reportedly posted by "Russian trolls." Nevermind the fact that many are unrelated to politics, and some even hate on Russia.

On Wednesday, the news network published the database in an apparent effort to provide a bizarre service to its readers and add to its overwhelming coverage of alleged "Russian meddling."

"Twitter doesn't make it easy to track Russian propaganda efforts - this database can help," the news agency wrote on their website.

Comment: NBC obviously didn't think this one through, but that's just more of the same for their typical reporting.

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Star of David

UN human rights expert: Israel violating international child rights by detaining teenage Palestinian hero Ahed Tamimi


Middle East Monitor
Tue, 13 Feb 2018 16:47 UTC
Michael Lynk
Michael Lynk, the special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory said; "...Israel detains and prosecutes between 500 to 700 Palestinian children in military courts annually."
Israel is violating the international Convention on the Rights of the Child by detaining a Palestinian teenager for slapping an Israeli soldier, UN human rights experts said on Tuesday.

After an incident in which she slapped an Israeli soldier, Ahed Tamimi, 17, appeared before an Israeli military court on Tuesday.

The UN experts called for her release, saying that future hearings should be held in strict accordance with international legal standards.

"The Convention on the Rights of the Child, which Israel has ratified, clearly states that children are to be deprived of their liberty only as a last resort, and only for the shortest appropriate period of time," said Michael Lynk, the special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967.
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