Earth Changes Accelerate: Record Heatwaves, Massive Firenadoes, Giant Dust Storms, & Mega Quakes
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-08-06/earth-changes-accelerate-record-heatwaves-massive-firenadoes-giant-dust-storms-mega
EU to Block US Anti-Iran Sanctions Starting August 7 to Defend Business
EU foreign policy Chief Federica Mogherini noted earlier this month that the bloc intended to step up trade and cooperation with Tehran, despite US sanctions.
Federica Mogherini and foreign ministers from the UK, France, and Germany said in a statement that their counties would keep "effective financial channels" open with Iran, adding that they "deeply regret" that Washington had withdrawn from the Iranian Nuclear Deal and re-imposed sanctions on Tehran.
"This is why the European Union's updated Blocking Statute will enter into force on 7 August to protect EU companies doing legitimate business with Iran from the impact of US extra-territorial sanctions," the statement reads.
The statute will forbid European businesses from complying with the US sanctions, nullifying any foreign court rulings against them and allowing them to recover damages from the penalties.
READ MORE: Iran to Ease Currency Exchange Regulations Ahead of US Sanctions
The European politicians also confirmed their commitment to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), also known as Iranian Nuclear deal.
"The remaining parties to the JCPOA have committed to work on, inter alia, the preservation and maintenance of effective financial channels with Iran, and the continuation of Iran's export of oil and gas," the statement added.
According to the US Treasury, starting from August 6, the sanctions will be reinstated on the purchase of Iran's sovereign debt and Iranian rials. The punitive measures will also apply to Iran's trade in gold and precious metals, sale to and from Iran of aluminum, steel, coal and certain types of software. The restrictions will also extend to Iran's automotive industry as well as on the purchase of US dollars by the Iranian government.
Furthermore, the United States is revoking licenses issued for sales of passenger aircraft, despite flagship carrier IranAir having outstanding contracts with French-Italian ATR, American Boeing and Europe's Airbus. IranAir's collective order of 200 aircraft, of which only a few have been delivered, is now in jeopardy.
READ MORE: Pompeo Vows to 'Enforce' US Sanctions Against Iran — Reports
On May 8, US President Donald Trump announced that Washington was withdrawing from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and would be reinstating sanctions on Tehran. The decision gave foreign companies grace periods of 90 to 180 days to stop trading with Iran.
https://sputniknews.com/business/201808061066987136-eu-block-iran-sanctions/
FACEBOOK and Google Are About to Get A RUDE AWAKENING After The Senate Just Put Its Foot Down
https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/facebook-and-google-are-about-to-get-a-rude-awakening-after-the-senate-just-put-its-foot-down/
Virginia’s taxpayer-funded Israel lobby: prototype for obtaining state tax money for Israel advocates
https://israelpalestinenews.org/virginias-taxpayer-funded-israel-lobby-prototype-for-obtaining-state-tax-money-for-israel-advocates/
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The Virginia Office of the Attorney General issued on May 22, 2017 a secret letter to the VIAB “regarding the selection and appointment of the position of Executive Director of the Virginia-Israel Advisory Board .” The VIAB apparently considered the letter a challenge to its authority to pick and install its own executive director without the governor’s interference. VIAB had already begun searching for a “suitable” successor executive director to Robbins by posting job descriptions on Israel advocacy organization websites.
In early 2018, VIAB shaped (PDF) and monitored HB1297, a new law designed to “keep the VIAB independent” by transferring funding and oversight of VIAB from the office of the governor to Virginia’s legislature and reducing the number of gubernatorial appointments from 13 to five.
After passage, the VIAB hoped it would gain the authority to hire its own staff (under the old authorizing law, the Office of the Governor served “as staff to the Board.”) VIAB would also no longer be subject to the governor’s oversight via control of the purse strings. VIAB chairman Norm Chaskin explained in a January 25, 2018 email (PDF) that the bill “adds back the requirement that the Governor and all other agencies shall assist the [VIAB] Board upon request…We believe this will accomplish what we have been talking about in our Board meeting for the last couple of years….Adding the word ‘independent’…shows that we are not part of any other agency or government office, which was the original idea in establishing the board.”
This VIAB independence did not include severing its state funding, since the legislation as proposed by VIAB (PDF) required, “all members shall be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties…”
“May draw negative attention”
The VIAB’s move worried the Jewish Community Relations Council for Greater Washington’s executive committee, which warned via email (PDF) that “the request to grant Virginia’s Israel development activities special status, status that no other economic development group enjoys, may draw negative attention to VIAB and result in VIAB’s dissolution and absorption into Virginia’s greater economic development activities.”
However, the bill reconstituting VIAB passed Virginia’s House and Senate on March 20, 2018. VIAB felt liberated and quickly filed to cover with state funds the expenses of its handpicked executive director and committed anti-BDS evangelist Dov Hoch’s travel amounting to”$1,500-$2,000″ as he journeyed through Virginia to discuss VIAB with Virginia “Legislative Services” on his way back to Israel.
VIAB quietly operates as a taxpayer-funded lobbyist for a foreign country in the fifth most economically important state of the union. Whether VIAB ever faces the backlash feared by a fellow Israel advocacy organization may depend on the actions of vastly more representative Virginia-based grassroots organizations dedicated to conditioning state support for Israel on improving its deplorable human rights record.
Iran arrests central bank's top foreign exchange official
Arrest of Ahmad Araghchi, who was a vice-governor at the bank in charge of forex, comes as currency woes continue.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/08/iran-arrests-central-bank-top-foreign-exchange-official-180805203232359.html
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When Israel Backers Claim to be Anti-racist, One Needs to Ask Questions
https://www.globalresearch.ca/when-israel-backers-claim-to-be-anti-racist-one-needs-to-ask-questions/5649693
Hours Before Trump Restores Iran Sanctions, Rouhani Says "Open To Negotiations"
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-08-06/hours-trump-restores-iran-sanctions-rouhani-says-open-negotiations
There Will Be No Alliance vs China. Avoiding a Russian-American War Will Be Success Enough
China, which isn't even a military super power yet, does not threaten Russia
https://russia-insider.com/en/politics/there-will-be-no-alliance-vs-china-avoiding-russian-american-war-will-be-success-enough
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Employee Sues UGA For Declining To Pay For 'Transition' Surgery
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-08-06/employee-sues-uga-declining-pay-transition-surgery
Russia Slams Leak of Secret Memo on US-Moscow Cooperation in Syria
Russia confirms it suggested Russian-American cooperation in Syria reconstruction, which the US rejected, but is highly critical the confidential proposal relayed by Moscow's top general to his American counterpart was made public
https://russia-insider.com/en/russia-slams-leak-secret-memo-us-moscow-cooperation-syria/ri24397
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Flashback: Matt Drudge Warns Not to ‘Get Famous’ on YouTube, ‘Google’s Hell Pit’
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/08/06/flashback-matt-drudge-warns-not-to-get-famous-on-youtube-googles-hell-pit/
UK "Poised" To Demand Extradition Of Russian Suspects In Salisbury Nerve Agent Attack
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-08-06/uk-poised-demand-extradition-russian-suspects-salisbury-nerve-agent-attack
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