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Virtue signaling politician Gavin Newsom calls Jeff Sessions 'outright racist' for correctly saying sheriffs are part of 'Anglo-American heritage'

Gavin Newsom

California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom
California Lieutenant Governor and gubernatorial candidate Gavin Newsom called Attorney General Jeff Sessions an "outright racist" on Monday evening for saying that sheriffs are a "critical part of the Anglo-American heritage of law enforcement."

"Reminder that our Attorney General is an outright racist who wants us all to acknowledge 'Anglo-American heritage,'" tweeted Newsom, who is running to lead the "Resistance State."

Heart

Syrians hold 'Immortal Regiment' to honor Russian servicemen who died defending the country from terrorists

'Have you ever seen Iraqis marching for fallen US soldiers?' asks Syrian News
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More than ten thousand townspeople gathered in Aleppo to celebrate the anniversary of the liberation of the city.

They held an "Immortal Regiment", a solemn procession carrying portraits of Russian and Syrian servicemen who died during the counter-terrorist operation.

Comment: See also: Assad visits Putin in Sochi, expresses heartfelt thanks to Russia for saving Syria


Stock Up

Is the US Federal Reserve propping up the stock market?

Traders New York Federal Reserve
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Traders at the New York Fed Have Speed Dials to Wall Street’s Biggest Firms
It's not every day that three well-credentialed men are willing to put their names and reputations behind the allegation that the U.S. Federal Reserve is rigging the stock market. But that's exactly what happened yesterday. Paul Craig Roberts, a former Associate Editor of the Wall Street Journal and Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury under President Ronald Reagan joined with Economist Michael Hudson and Wall Street veteran Dave Kranzler to write that "it appears that in May 2010, August 2015, January/February 2016, and currently in February 2018 the Fed is rigging the stock market by purchasing S&P equity index futures in order to arrest stock market declines."

This is not the first time the Fed has come under such suspicion. In 2013 Time Magazine's Dan Kadlec wrote the following about the unprecedented number of central banks that were moving into stock purchases:
"The U.S. Federal Reserve does not appear to have joined in the stock-buying trend. The Fed is not permitted to make direct stock purchases. But there is nothing to prevent it from funding a Special Purpose Vehicle that buys a broad basket of stocks through indexes or Exchange Traded Funds. In the past year, Wall Streeters have speculated the Fed would buy stocks as part of its quantitative-easing programs to stimulate the economy."

Comment: City of London think tank predicts "imminent" US stock market crash of up to 50%
A new analysis published on the website of a London-based think-tank, funded by the world's biggest banking and financial services institutions, warns that the US stock market is on the brink of an imminent crash that could trigger another global recession.

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The document forecasts that in 2018, US stock prices are likely to plummet by as much as "forty to fifty percent" - compared to the less than five percent plunge in early February. The document was published weeks before the recent stock market volatility.

The warning of a forty to fifty percent drop points to the prospect of a global financial crash worse than the 2008 banking collapse.



Eye 2

Psychopath: 19yo man arrested and charged with raping high school student as she was dying from overdose while texting pictures of her to friends

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A 19-year-old man in a Seattle suburb has been arrested and accused of raping a high school student as she was dying from an overdose and texting explicit pictures of her to friends.

The suspect, who has been identified as Brian Roberto Varela, was charged Friday with second-degree rape, manslaughter and controlled substance homicide, the Associated Press reported.

He was arrested Tuesday, after police found the body of the victim, 18-year-old Alyssa Mae Noceda, stuffed in a plastic crate at his home, The Herald in Everett reported.

He told investigators that Noceda had recently split up from her boyfriend and had come to his home to party and hang out.

Red Flag

Judge finds Florida creates unnecessary hardships for felons trying to regain voting rights

Rick Scott
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Florida Gov. Rick Scott
The first time the Florida poet Devin Coleman voted was also his last.

It was 2000, Gore v. Bush - when his was among millions of votes in play as the US Supreme Court called the winner and set the eventual arc of American affairs.

Not long thereafter, Mr. Coleman was involved in a fight at a house party. His arrest led to eventual burglary charges, a prison sentence, and the revocation of his right to vote.

Nearly two decades later, Coleman, now 39, is a father, published author, public speaker, and college graduate. But he says his disenfranchisement has shaded those successes.

"Everything in my life has been affected by my conviction - even after I paid my debt," says the author of "Prisoner to Poet: Thoughts of an incarcerated soul." "At this point, [reclaiming my full citizenship] has become a life's journey for redemption."

Bad Guys

34 refugees import 130 family members and second wives to Germany

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A lot of migration data in Germany is kept silent, but sometimes stories do reach the surface.

Figures from northern Germany say 34 refugees brought 130 family members to Germany. That's almost four times the number of people who applied.

According to German law, those affected have to bear the costs for the entry themselves. But as soon as they are in Germany, the state (the taxpayer) will pay the costs.

Comment: Where's Angela Merkel in the middle of all of this?


Star of David

New York Times ascribes Gaza's misery to 'Palestinian infighting'

Israel bombing Gaza
The New York Times has published a long article about Gaza's misery that begins on the front page today, and then takes up an entire inside page, under the headline, "With Gaza in Financial Crisis, Fears That 'an Explosion's Coming.'" The article is a manifesto from Hasbara Central - the Israeli propaganda arm - explaining the worsening Gaza tragedy as the product of Palestinian infighting. An Israeli general is quoted at length by reporter David Halbfinger; United Nations and human rights officials are not quoted at all.

The article states this theme from the start:
At the heart of the crisis - and its most immediate cause - is a crushing financial squeeze, the result of a tense standoff between Hamas, the militant Islamist group that rules Gaza, and Fatah, the secular party entrenched on the West Bank.

Eye 1

Judge who refused to drop Assange's warrant questioned over links to security services

Julian Assange
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Julian Assange judge mocked online by WikiLeaks founder supporters
Julian Assange's supporters are questioning the integrity of the judge who upheld his UK arrest warrant, accusing her of being influenced by the British authorities and the secret service.

Earlier this week, Judge Emma Arbuthnot rejected arguments presented by Assange's legal team over why he breached bail conditions by seeking political refuge at the Ecuadorian embassy in 2012.

Judge Arbuthnot said she rejected the activist's request to have his warrant dropped out of fear that he could be extradited to the US, where he would face espionage charges. Since there is no extradition treaty between the UK and Ecuador, Assange cannot be arrested inside the embassy's grounds.

Comment: Craig Murray writes more about this charade of a trial:
The truth is that just last week the evidence was published which inarguably proves that the questioning for sexual allegations was only ever a charade to secure Assange in custody for deportation to the US, to face charges for publishing the USA's dirty secrets. In 2013 Sweden wished to drop the investigation and the arrest warrant, and was subject to strong persuasion from the Crown Prosecution Service to maintain the warrant. This included emails from the CPS telling the Swedes "Don't you dare" drop the case, and most tellingly of all "Please do not think this case is being dealt with as just another extradition." That last exposes the entire pretence in just one sentence.



Heart - Black

South Carolina man finds piles of chihuahua dogs shot in the head

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Laurens County, SC - "You want to talk about horrific, to me this is horrific."

That's what an Upstate South Carolina man said about the awful discovery he made Tuesday morning while out for a walk.

Fifteen dead dogs were found dead in a Laurens County community, by Mickey Fortin.

All of the dogs were chihuahuas and all of them appeared to have been shot, said Laurens County Animal Control supervisor Giles Gilmer, greenvilleonline.com reported.

Light Saber

As Israel's war on free speech continues, boycotting is the right thing to do

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Israel's war on free speech continues

Tracking the consequences of Israel's apparent conviction that it should never be bound by the rules and conventions that constrain the behavior of other countries sometimes leads one into dark places. The daily torments inflicted on the Palestinians is increasingly a horrific tale that has no apparent end, while Benjamin Netanyahu struts and boasts of his power to do more and even worse, openly calling for war with Lebanon, Syria and Iran on a world stage where no one seems willing to confront him.

I have chronicled how Israel does terrible damage to the United States, through inciting war, its financial demands, and its unparalleled ability to make Washington complicit in its war crimes and general inhumanity. But, as bad as it is, in some areas the worst is yet to come, as Israel and its hubristic leaders know no limits and fear no consequences, thanks to the uncritical support from the American Establishment, a large percentage of which is Jewish, that is unwilling to take a strong stand against Netanyahu and all his works.

Israel has been particularly successful at promoting its preferred narrative, together with sanctions for those who do not concur, in the English language speaking world and also in France, which has the largest Jewish population in Europe. The sanctions generally consist of legal penalties for those criticizing Israel or questioning the accuracy of the accepted holocaust narrative, i.e. disputing that "6 million died."

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