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Argentina economy contracts 5.8% as IMF austerity policies implemented


teleSUR
Thu, 26 Jul 2018 16:50 UTC
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IMF chief Christine Lagarde. The drop in economic activity sheds doubt on the IMF projection of 0.4 percent growth.
The decrease in economic activity in Argentina is recorded as the country applies IMF-sponsored austerity policies.

Argentina's Statistics and Census agency, the Indec, announced Tuesday that economic activity contracted by 5.8 percent this May in comparison to the same month last year.

The report published by Indec also revealed economic activity decreased by 1.4 percent in comparison to April.

Reuters had projected an interannual contraction of 1.8 percent for May, and economic contraction is expected to deepen. Marco Peña, President Mauricio Macri's chief of staff, said Tuesday "the next months will me more recessive, cold and stormy."
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Did Hezbollah hack trick Israel into attacking ISIS near the Golan Heights?

Paul Antonopoulos
Fort Russ News
Thu, 26 Jul 2018 15:53 UTC
Israeli soldiers near Golan Heights
© Agence France-Presse / Jalaa Marey
Israeli soldiers near the Golan Heights
Russia's Defense Ministry said the Syrian attack on ISIS held Syrian territory very close to the Syrian territory occupied by Israel, on Wednesday was made against ISIS positions. Israel has been funneling weapons, supplies, ammunition, and medical provisions to ISIS since the onset of the conflict.

In what will surely go down as one of the more memorable Zionist blunders in this conflict, the Israeli attack in response meant to hit Syrian positions instead hit missile launchers used by ISIS.

This comes only days after FRN and other trusted news and information sites such as AMN revealed that Israel evac'd White Helmets.

The Russian Defense Ministry also reported that it expressed what FRN can only infer, in its experience deciphering Russian messaging, as sarcasm or public dog-whistling, a degree of 'gratitude' to the Israeli Defense Forces for destroying ISIS terrorists in an attack on jihadist positions in Quneitra. In fact it was an 'own goal'.
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Cardiologist who treated former President George H.W. Bush killed in bicycle drive-by shooting - UPDATE

Ralph Ellis
MSN.com
Sat, 21 Jul 2018 08:00 UTC
Cardiologist Mark Hausknecht
© David J. Phillip/AP
Former President George Bus waves as he leaves with cardiologist Mark Hausknecht
A cardiologist who treated former President George H.W. Bush was killed Friday morning in a bicycle-to-bicycle drive-by shooting near Texas Medical Center in Houston, authorities said.

Dr. Mark Hausknecht and the shooter were both riding bikes on South Main Street, near Texas Children's Pavilion for Women, shortly before 9 a.m. local time, Executive Assistant Police Chief Troy Finner said at a news conference.

Hausknecht, 65, was biking north when he passed the shooter going in the other direction, Finner said. The shooter turned, fired two shots at Hausknecht and rode away on his bike, Finner said.

Comment: Update July 26 - Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo reported that it is 'highly probable' the cardiologist was deliberately targeted when he was shot, however police are still working to establish a motive for the crime. The suspect is said to be a male of white or Hispanic origin and around 30 years old. He was wearing a baseball cap, gray jacket and khaki shorts, and rode a light-colored mountain bike.

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US appeals court rules Consitution protests right to carry gun in public

AWR Hawkins
Breitbart
Tue, 24 Jul 2018 15:45 UTC
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The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday that openly carrying a firearm in public is constitutional.

The ruling, issued by a three-judge panel, is a rebuttal to Hawaii's claim that Second Amendment protections only applied to carrying a gun openly in one's home.

Reuters reports that the case was brought by George Young, after Hawaiian official "twice [denied] him a permit to carry a gun outside." A District Court ruled that the denial did not infringe rights protected by the Second Amendment, but the Ninth Circuit panel disagreed.

Ninth Circuit Judge Diarmuid O'Scannlain wrote, "We do not take lightly the problem of gun violence. But, for better or for worse, the Second Amendment does protect a right to carry a firearm in public for self-defense."
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Study projects 5.4 million will 'cut the cord' in 2018 - cancel paid-TV service

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Wed, 25 Jul 2018 16:08 UTC
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Cg42, a boutique consulting firm, has published its latest "2018 Cord Cutter & Cord Never Study," which builds on several reports by providing an in-depth analysis of both US consumers who opted out of subscription-based Paid-TV service in the last several years (i.e., Cord Cutters) as well as US consumers who have never subscribed to paid-TV service (i.e., Cord Nevers).

This installment, the first of three reports, forecasts that 5.4 million consumers will cut the cord in 2018, a shocking move that could cost the Pay-TV industry $5.5 billion in lost subscription revenue. This is undoubtedly an acceleration of the trend, compared to 4.8 million in 2017, 3.8 million in 2016, and 3.0 million in 2015.

"As the process of finding alternative paths to content gets easier and easier, people are acting on the frustrations they have with traditional providers and leaving," the study's lead researcher and cg42 managing partner Stephen Beck told MarketWatch.
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Syrian Army begins operation to clear ISIS from east of the Golan Heights


SouthFront
Thu, 26 Jul 2018 15:26 UTC
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On July 23, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies kicked off a military operation to defeat ISIS terrorists in southern Syria, east of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

Government forces liberated the villages of Ma'alaqah and Um Lawqas as well as some nearby hills in the northern part of the ISIS-held pocket.

On July 24, the SAA-led force continued its advance aiming to capture the town of Tasil and the nearby villages of Saudah, Ain Thakar and Adawan. The general goal of the effort is to shorten the frontline against ISIS. This will allow the SAA to focus their main efforts on more fortified areas located in the central and southern parts of the pocket.
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Rent-a-protester: Casting agency offers actors 20 pounds to protest Qatari leader outside Downing Street


RT
Tue, 24 Jul 2018 14:47 UTC
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© Julien Mattia/ Global Look Press
Qatar ruler Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
A UK casting agency has offered actors £20 ($26) to stage a '500-strong anti-Qatar' protest outside Downing Street on Tuesday, when the Gulf country's leader meets with Prime Minister Theresa May.

Screenshots of emails sent to the would-be actors were posted on Facebook, Twitter and Reddit. Tour manager Andy Washington was among those who posted the call, which asked for candidates to "fill space" outside Number 10 as Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani meets the Tory leader.

Actors received an email by casting agency Extra People, which read: "This is NOT a film or TV production."

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Denver Post runs letter to editor suggesting President Trump should be executed for treason

Elizabeth Harrington
Washington Free Beacon
Mon, 23 Jul 2018 14:40 UTC
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The Denver Post published a letter to the editor suggesting President Donald Trump should be executed for treason.

The letter criticized the president and Sen. Cory Gardner (R., Colo.) following Trump's summit with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland, and said Soviet spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who passed atomic bomb secrets to Moscow, were executed for "far less."


Comment: And that right there is the definition of insanity.


The letter, written by Suzanne Gagnon of Lakewood, was in response to the paper's editorial last week, which gave tepid praise of Gardner. The editorial argued the Republican senator "deserves credit" for taking a tough stance against Russia and sponsoring legislation to add Russia to the state sponsor of terror list.

"Sen. Cory Gardner is insipid, at best," Gagnon wrote in her letter to the editor published Saturday. "His words are always carefully chosen and, if challenged, their intent open to 'spinning' to his own advantage. No surprise here he didn't call President Donald Trump out by name.

"The legislation he has proposed is weak, not tough; it's simply more wordsmithing," she said. "Gardner is certainly not the only politician I take issue with, but I don't see the Denver Post championing anyone else like you champion Gardner."
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The PC war on science: The new ideological attacks against evolution have nothing to do with religion

Debra W. Soh
Playboy
Tue, 01 May 2018 00:01 UTC
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© Molly Cranna
While the social sciences were once seen as biology's ugly cousin, in the last five years, the field has emerged from the shadows to exact its revenge. Instead of eagerly exploring where exciting, new scientific advances will take us, some academic researchers are content on doing an about-face turn to effectively halt biology's progress, sending us back 150 years to metaphorically reinvent the wheel.

When it comes to understanding human behavior, it has become increasingly acceptable to denigrate biology and evolution as sexist, and to dismiss the scientific method more generally. Consider some of the papers that have been published in academic journals lately, claiming that science consists of "male insecurity," that women care about the way they look because of the patriarchy and that a commitment to empiricism and objectivity leads women to be "devalued and marginalized."

As well, an online Coursera lecture on "Science and Philosophy" from the University of Edinburgh equated evolutionary biology with creationism, claiming that both are based in faith. The course claimed that evolution is no better than "fairy tales" and questioned whether we should teach it in schools without a disclaimer that it isn't scientific.

Comment: It's amazing how the wholesale adoption of ideology can make one completely lose one's mind. When science and the ideology are at odds, an intelligent person would investigate and reconsider the ideology based on the new information. Only the ideologically possessed would have the audacity to throw away the science in favor of a position with no basis in reality.

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Kraft recalls Taco Bell cheese dip over fears of botulism contamination

Zack Stieber
ntd.tv
Wed, 25 Jul 2018 12:00 UTC
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© Kraft
Kraft Heinz Co said on Tuesday it was voluntarily recalling about 7,000 cases of its Taco Bell Cheese Dip as the product showed signs that it could allow for the growth of the bacteria that causes botulism.

The company said it was recalling 15-ounce cases of it's Taco Bell Salsa Con Queso Mild Cheese Dip that had "best when used by" dates ranging from Oct. 31, 2018, to Jan. 23, 2019.

"Consumers are warned not to use the product even if it does not look or smell spoiled," the company said in a press release.

Comment: Is this seemingly dramatic rise in food contamination merely due to the abomination that is mass food production or is something else happening?

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