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Coup in Brazil falters as imprisoned Lula leads Presidential polls


teleSUR
Tue, 29 May 2018 12:00 UTC
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
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Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
The survey was conducted between May 19 - 23 by the Unified Worker's Central.

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva would receive 39 percent of the vote in the first round of October's presidential election according to a recently conducted poll.

According to the poll conducted by the Unified Worker's Central (CUT) and Vox Populi Lula's popularity places him over nine points ahead of the combined 30 percent support received by all other aspirants to the country's highest office.

His closest individual rival, Jair Bolsonaro, a Congressman and member of the Social Liberal Party, finished second in the poll with 12 percent of those surveyed stating that they would support him. While Marina Silva is third on six percent with Ciro Gome fourth having received four percent of the vote. Geraldo Alckmin and Alvaro Dias received three percent and two percent respectively.

Comment: In the eyes of the established powers, what Lula achieved for the people of Brazil had to be stopped:

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ABC fires Roseanne Barr for "racist" tweet, libtards feel vindicated

Robert Mackey
The Intercept
Tue, 29 May 2018 21:48 UTC
roseanne barr Laurie Metcalf
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Laurie Metcalf, left, listened as Roseanne Barr participated in a panel discussion of the new series of “Roseanne” during the Disney/ABC Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in January in Pasadena, Calif.
Roseanne Barr lost her popular television show on Tuesday, when ABC decided to cancel the sitcom "Roseanne" because the actress posted a racist, Islamophobic comment on Twitter, in which she suggested that Valerie Jarrett, a longtime adviser to former President Barack Obama, looked like an ape and was part of a secret Muslim plot.

In her subsequently deleted tweet, Barr had replied to a far-right conspiracy theorist's claim that Jarrett had concealed illicit activity by Obama, like spying on Donald Trump. Jarrett, Barr wrote, was born after the "Muslim Brotherhood and Planet of the Apes had a baby."

Among those who took a screenshot of the original tweet and alerted ABC was the critic Scott Tobias.

Comment: As SOTT editors in this article point out:
Roseanne - both the show and the actress - was a nightmare for the liberal elites: a high-profile celebrity whose very presence exposed the whole Russiagate lie: that 'only Kremlin trolls say those things'.

So she had to go. This silly tweet from her was merely the pretext. All the faux indignation about it is just authoritarian followers doing whatever pleases Master.
The liberal monopoly on the media is threatened by anything that counters their narrative. This is why Roseanne Barr had to go.

More on Roseanne Barr:

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Attention

David Sheen: 'Israel's highest court enables human trafficking'

David Sheen
The Electronic Intifada
Thu, 24 May 2018 00:00 UTC
israel african refugees
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Since Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu first announced, then quickly denounced and withdrew from, a UN-brokered plan for Western nations to absorb thousands of the African refugees living in Israel, have the fortunes of those asylum seekers improved or deteriorated?

Going forward, will Israel's reputedly liberal high court be able to ensure that the refugees' rights are protected?

In an April article, I reported on the reasons for Netanyahu's odd flip-flop, and on what to expect next.

Comment: See the articles below for more information:

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Arrow Up

Morgan Freeman's lawyer threatens legal action against CNN, calls for retraction and apology over sexual harassment allegations


RT
Tue, 29 May 2018 17:14 UTC
Morgan Freeman
© Carlo Allegri / Reuters
Actor Morgan Freeman takes part in the opening ceremonies of the Invictus Games in Orlando Florida, U.S., May 8, 2016.
A lawyer for Morgan Freeman has demanded that CNN retract a story published last week, which included allegations of sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior towards women.

In the CNN article, eight women accused Freeman of inappropriately touching them and making sexually suggestive comments about their appearances. A number of other women also said they had witnessed the behavior.

Now, the law firm representing the actor has demanded an immediate retraction and apology. In a letter obtained by BuzzFeed news website and the Hollywood Reporter magazine, the Irell & Manella LLP firm said CNN's article was "the product of malicious intent, falsehoods, sleight-of-hand, an absence of editorial control, and journalistic malpractice."

The 10-page letter highlights the fact that one of the women named in CNN's story subsequently told TMZ that she had never accused Freeman of harassment, and said that CNN had taken her comments out of context. Freeman's lawyers also noted that most of the other women in the story were unnamed.

Comment: See also:

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Culture Wars: ABC cancels TV show 'Roseanne' after Barr tweets something politically incorrect

Jake Nevins
The Guardian
Tue, 29 May 2018 20:46 UTC
roseanne
Roseanne Barr's revived sitcom has been cancelled after she posted a racist and Islamophobic tweet that attacked former Obama White House adviser Valerie Jarrett.

The sitcom star falsely alleged that Jarrett, who was born in Iran to American parents, has connections to the Muslim Brotherhood, and compared her to an ape. Barr wrote: "Muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj," using Jarrett's initials.


Comment: It's an ignorant comment for her to make of course (for starters, Muslim Brotherhood has zero traction in Iran), but this was clearly just the pretext the liberal media elites were waiting for to nix a TV show that is even mildly conservative.


ABC swiftly announced the show's cancellation. The network said in a statement: "Roseanne's Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show."


Comment: Pfft, it wasn't something you'd fire someone over... unless you were politically and ideologically-motivated.

Freedom of speech, much? First Amendment?

The media doesn't just get things wrong every day - it often flat-out LIES with FAKE NEWS. Barr tweets something - however incorrect it may or may not be - and she's FIRED from completely unrelated employment??


Comment: Roseanne - both the show and the actress - was a nightmare for the liberal elites: a high-profile celebrity whose very presence exposed the whole Russiagate lie: that 'only Kremlin trolls say those things'.

So she had to go. This silly tweet from her was merely the pretext. All the faux indignation about it is just authoritarian followers doing whatever pleases Master.

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Official death toll from Puerto Rico's Hurricane Maria was grossly underestimated; likely 70 times higher


RT
Tue, 29 May 2018 20:22 UTC
hurricane damage
© Alvin Baez / Reuters
A scene from Utuado, Puerto Rico, in January.
The official death toll in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria stands at 64, but researchers at Harvard University estimate the real figure is more than 4,600.

Around a third of those deaths are believed to derive from a lack of medical care arising from power outages and broken infrastructure, according to the new study.

The study, published this month in the New England Journal of Medicine, surveyed around 3,300 people randomly chosen from households across the Caribbean island. Respondents were asked about displacement, loss of infrastructure and causes of death. Mortality rates were then compared with the same period for the previous year. From the data, researchers estimate that there was a total of 4,645 more deaths than officially estimated. The US territory is home to more than 3 million people

"The mortality rate remained high through the end of December 2017, and one third of the deaths were attributed to delayed or interrupted health care. Hurricane-related migration was substantial," the report reads.
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Bishop encourages students to be politically incorrect and to do away with safe spaces


RT
Tue, 29 May 2018 19:49 UTC
Bishop Robert C. Morlino
© Diocese of Madison / Facebook
Bishop Robert C. Morlino
A controversial Catholic bishop has warned Thomas Aquinas College graduates that standing up for the teachings of the Catholic Church will require doing away with safe spaces and political correctness.

Bishop Robert C. Morlino of Madison, Wisconsin, told the graduates of the California college during the commencement ceremony earlier this month that they should dare to be "politically incorrect" and the "voice of reason" amid "the darkness of our world". Morlino said that part of the problem with today's world was that people had been "taught to be offended" by everything.

"People live to be offended. That's why they need a 'safe space' and a 'cry closet,' and what they mean by that seems to be a space where they can be safe from hearing the voice of reason and truth," he told graduates. "If you speak the truth, you might not be safe," he added.

Morlino also told students that they should stand up for the Christian version of sex and marriage and recognize that artificial methods of birth control like contraceptives and sterilization are wrong in the eyes of the church, citing Humanae Vitae, the encyclical written by Pope Paul VI in 1968.
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Attention

Terrorizing the population: France will release 40 radicalized prisoners in the coming months


RT
Tue, 29 May 2018 19:35 UTC
Vendin-le-Vieil prison
© Eric Vidal / Reuters
France's Vendin-le-Vieil prison is pictured on February 4, 2018.
France is gearing up to release 40 radicalized prisoners in the coming months, a move which the country's lead counter-terrorism prosecutor says is a "major risk," as they could have become more radicalized behind bars.

Speaking to French broadcaster BFM TV, Francois Molins confirmed that France will be releasing around 20 radicalized prisoners this year and a further 20 in 2019, while warning about the dangers of such a move.

"There is a major risk of seeing people who are not at all repentant at the end of their sentence come out of prison, who could even be more radical given their stay in prison," said Molins, who will soon leave his post after seven years as the head of France's counter-terrorism prosecution service.

"We need to do a lot more talking to ensure that they are properly monitored which requires thorough work between the prison administration, the intelligence services, the prefectures, those working in the judicial system and the prosecutor's office," Molins added.
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Arrow Up

Yale graduate credits conservative values, not a victim mentality, for his success

Toni Airaksinen
Campus Reform
Tue, 29 May 2018 19:20 UTC
Rob Henderson

Rob Henderson
A recent graduate of Yale University says his conservative values helped him to succeed in college, despite a childhood spent in broken homes and foster care.

In a New York Times op-ed titled "Why Being a Foster Care Child Made Me Conservative," Yale graduate Rob Henderson argues that time in foster care made him appreciate conservative values, such as two-parent families and personal responsibility.

"The most successful people I know from disadvantaged backgrounds share my belief that responsibility matters." Tweet This

Those values, Henderson says, enabled him to avoid adopting a "victim" mentality that he believes would have caused him to give up on himself.

Henderson's conservative "cover" was blown after a classmate suggested he was a victim, to which he recounts retorting that "if someone had told me I was a victim when I was a kid, I would never have made it to the Air Force, where I served for eight years, or to Yale. I would have given up."
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Target

Escobar's Iran diary: Bracing for all-out economic war

Pepe Escobar
Asia Times
Mon, 28 May 2018 11:23 UTC
Reza Shrine
© Pepe Escobar/Asia Times
Dawn comes to Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad.
While the dogs of war bark, the Ancient - and New - Silk Road goes on forever and a civilization with a long and proud history gets on with life

The minute you set foot in the streets of Mashhad, the air smelling of saffron, a fine breeze oozing from the mountains, it hits you; you're in the heart of the Ancient Silk Road and the New Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

To the east, the Afghan border is only three hours away on an excellent highway. To the north, the Turkmenistan border is less than four hours away. To the northwest is the Caspian Sea. To the south is the Indian Ocean and the port of Chabahar, the entry point for the Indian version of the Silk Roads. The Tehran-Mashhad railway is being built by the Chinese.

A group of us - including American friends, whose visas were approved at the highest levels of the Iranian government - have gathered in Mashhad for the New Horizon Conference of independent thinkers. Right after a storm, I'm in a van on the way to the spectacular Imam Reza shrine with Alexander Dugin, which the usual suspects love to describe as "the world's most dangerous philosopher," or Putin's Rasputin.

Comment: Escobar gives a face and character to the Iranian people and offers us a superb glimpse into what is Iran.

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