The drones flew between 10 and 20 metres over the heads of protesters and dropped tear gas canisters on every flypast, causing huge panic among the people. It is believed that they carry 20 tear gas canisters on each flight.
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The drones flew between 10 and 20 metres over the heads of protesters and dropped tear gas canisters on every flypast, causing huge panic among the people. It is believed that they carry 20 tear gas canisters on each flight.
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Andrew McCabe
Andrew McCabe
"The crowning achievement in hypocrisy must go to those staunch Republicans and Democrats of the Midwest and West who were given land by our government when they came here as immigrants from Europe. They were given education through the land grant colleges. They were provided with agricultural agents to keep them abreast of forming trends. They were granted low interest loans to aid in the mechanization of their farms, and now that they have succeeded in becoming successful, they are paid not to farm. And these are the same people that now say to black people, whose ancestors were brought to this country in chains and who were emancipated in 1863 without being given land to cultivate or bread to eat, that they must pull themselves up by their own bootstraps. What they truly advocate is socialism for the rich and capitalism for the poor."
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
"I gotta get rid of this stuff. Man, I don't know what I'm gonna do with it. The more money you make, the more free shit they give you. It makes no sense."A GoFundMe for former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who was fired two weeks ago by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, has raised over $400,000 in less than a day.
~ Adam Sandler, Funny People (2009)
Another way to say that would be that a former officer from the US intelligence community, who is married to a successful physician and will surely receive a book deal worth millions of dollars, just had a charity drive which in less than a day raised an amount of money it would take the average American years to earn.
Meanwhile, an impoverished American recently died because his GoFundMe failed to raise enough money for his insulin and an FBI whistleblower was just arrested for trying to bring transparency to the Bureau's secret domestic surveillance practices while banks receive massive bailouts, global fossil fuel subsidies total trillions of dollars, and Amazon paid zero federal taxes last year despite earning billions.
The additional fares, which range from 15 to 25 percent, will take effect on Monday, the Chinese Finance Ministry said on their website. It added that the measure, aimed at "safeguarding China's interests," was in response to Washington's package of tariffs targeting more than 100 types of Chinese goods, from clothing to electronics.
The statement said China has suspended duty concessions on imported goods originating from the US, and has imposed a duty rate of 15 percent on 120 items of imports, such as fruits and products. The tariff rate for eight items of imported goods, such as pork and food products, is now 25 percent.
China's current tax-free and tax-exemption policy "remains unchanged," the ministry noted, adding that the move comes in compliance with multilateral trading mechanisms and rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
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Ziyavudin Magomedov, co-owner of Russia's Summa investment and trading group.
Ziyavudin Magomedov, co-owner of Russia's Summa investment and trading group.
Magomedov was arrested in Moscow together with his brother and Summa co-owner, Magomed Magomedov, and the head of one of the companies involved in Summa, Artur Maksidov.
The businessmen brothers are suspected of theft by fraud and embezzlement while acting as part of an organized crime group. The prosecution believes the stolen money, some 2.5 billion rubles ($44 million), have been transferred from Russia to be deposited in offshore accounts controlled by Magomedov. The exact whereabouts of the money is unknown, the prosecutor's office admitted on Saturday.
Magomedov, who has stakes in construction, logistics, transportation and energy companies through his multi-profile Summa group, landed the sixty-third spot on the Forbes' list of Russia's richest businessmen. His personal assets are estimated to be worth $1.4 billion. His brother, Magomed Magomedov, has an estimated net worth of $0.45 billion.
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Washington's decision to include 12 Russian UN mission employees to the list of diplomats expelled from the US over the Sergei Skripal case, is "absolutely illegal and contradicting all international agreements and conventions on diplomatic relations," Gatilov told RIA Novosti.
"This is absolutely unlawful because... those diplomats are accredited at the United Nations and have a completely different status. They work as representatives of Russia at the UN, but not with the US government," he explained.
The envoy said that the US used "unscrupulous methods" to put pressure on Russian diplomats at the UN long before announcing the expulsion on Monday. One of these means was through the "non-renewal of visas for our diplomats working in New York," he said.
Comment: Washington had notified the UN of its decision, made under Section 13b of the Treaty between the United Nations and the United States as the host country.
See also: Russia's UN envoy: US abusing its rights as host country by expelling Russian diplomats at UN
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The food line
The food line
These realities put into context Pres. Trump's February 12 budget proposal, as just part of a long-term trend destroying the social safety net. This 1,988-page tome in four parts reflects ruling class priorities of further chopping services for people and the environment, increasing funding for an already bloated military, and expanding a "fortress Americana" of anti-immigrant fences, prisons and technology.
This proposal to Congress, which controls spending, is another episode in a convoluted drama that aims to confuse. The media skips from episode to episode, keeping everyone distracted and exasperated with every little dust up, while incremental cuts to human services, education and the environment proceed year after year.
Trump's cruel budget.
This year's budget proposal is a warmed-over version of last year's, with similar reductions and increases.
The biggest winner is the Department of Defense with more than $700 billion in 2019 alone. The air, land and sea nuclear arsenals get a $24 billion increase. This part of the budget was passed by Congress on Feb. 9, several days before the president's budget was officially released.
Comment: Congress passed the Omnibus Bill having 2 days to print, read, comprehend, debate almost 2000 pages of budgetary proposals. Was it read, debated, revised? Are there hidden caveats, pet projects, negative consequences? A government shutdown deadline was the voting impetus...and Congress got a raise. Hooray. Lunch, anyone?
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Spaso House, Residence of the U.S. Ambassador in Moscow.
Spaso House, Residence of the U.S. Ambassador in Moscow.
"We have repeatedly proposed using asymmetrical measures. For example, we could reply to the expulsion of our diplomats by depriving the US Embassy in Moscow of the magnificent Spaso House mansion that is currently the US ambassador's residence. After this, the building could be handed over to the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia," the head of the Liberal Democratic Party, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, wrote on Telegram on Friday.In the same post, Zhirinovsky wrote that it is wrong to only react to the hostile actions of other nations.
The comment came after Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced that Russia will expel 60 US diplomats and close the US Consulate in St. Petersburg in response to the US' expulsion of the same number of Russian diplomats and the closure of the Russian Consulate in Seattle.
Comment: When it all gets down to the international food fight, we can look for another planet to live on. In the meantime, the US should grow up and lead with integrity and diplomacy that is extended to all countries, dignitaries and people around the world.
"The men refused to listen to her story," the article begins. "She was publicly smeared as a whore. And when she emerged as celebrated advocate, powerful men tried to silence her because she threatened their status. Nevertheless she persisted."
"The woman we're talking about, though, is not a leader in the #MeToo movement - the viral campaign raising awareness about sexual assault and harassment against women," it continues.
Comment: For more information on the real agenda of Feminism, see:
- Five Feminist Lies We Take For Granted
- The Feminist Seduction of Western Society
- The Health & Wellness Show: Toxic Feminism and the War on Men
- How radical feminism ruined lives
- Is America waking up to the farce that is feminism?
- Feminists want women to be liberated from men, marriage and children
- Why feminism wants to break up the family
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Finding some new friends.
Finding some new friends.
In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, tech titans like Tesla and SpaceX chief Elon Musk and Apple CEO Tim Cook have taken shots at Zuckerberg and his social media empire. The tight-knit tech industry's willingness to openly criticize Zuckerberg marks a turning point in Silicon Valley culture, according to Leslie Berlin, author of Troublemakers: Silicon Valley's Coming of Age.
"Until very recently, it was taken as a given that tech equaled progress and tech equaled good and tech equaled economic strength," Berlin told the New York Times. Now, the idea that tech can do no wrong seems to be changing-at least when it comes to Facebook. Here are a few of the voices within the Valley that have spoken out against Zuckerberg, Facebook, and Zuckerberg's stewardship of Facebook in recent days.
Comment: Are these psychos turning on each other after failing to find the common enemy in Putin or is it just a typical personality clash between these leaders?
Massive Baltimore police corruption trial reveals cops carried toy guns to plant on people they shot
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Last week, the beginning of an explosive corruption trial involving eight members of Baltimore's elite Gun Trace Task Force revealed that a handful of Baltimore cops allegedly kept fake guns in their patrol cars to plant on innocent people-a failsafe they could use if they happened to shoot an unarmed suspect, the Baltimore Sun reports.
Comment: Listen in to today's Behind the Headlines for a discussion of Israel's latest assault on Palestinians.