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Captain of Iranian-operated ship seized by UK says British marines used ‘excessive force’
The captain of an Iranian-operated supertanker that has been seized by the UK says British marines used excessive force while detaining the vessel in the Strait of Gibraltar off Spain.
Speaking anonymously to the BBC on Tuesday, the captain, an Indian national, said he received a radio call for police to board his ship and that he lowered the ladder at the time of the incident on July 4.
But instead of police boarding, he said, a military helicopter landed on the ship in “a very dangerous move,” and about 30 marines disembarked.
He said the marines then acted aggressively even though the crew was unarmed.
“How do you come on a ship like this with armed forces and such brute force? For what reason?” he said.
‘State of shock’
He said he identified himself as the captain, but the marines ignored him and instead had his unarmed crew kneel at gunpoint, shouting “Look forward, look forward!”
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2019/07/30/602246/Iran-tanker-UK-British-marines-brute-force
Anybody remember Kent State
UN urges probe into fatal shooting of Sudan schoolchildren at rally
The United Nations has called for an investigation into the killing of five schoolchildren during a protest rally in central Sudan.
According to a doctors committee linked to the Sudanese opposition, the victims “succumbed to direct wounds from sniper bullets during a peaceful rally” against shortages of bread and fuel in the city of al-Obeid, the capital of central province of North Kurdufan, on Monday.
In a statement on Tuesday, the UN children’s agency (UNICEF) called on the authorities “to investigate and hold all perpetrators of violence against children accountable.”
“No child should be buried in their school uniform,” the statement read, saying the victims killed were between 15 and 17 years old.
The Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA), a key protest group, said, “The Janjaweed forces and some snipers, without any mercy, confronted school students with live ammunition.”
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2019/07/30/602238/UN-Sudan-shooting-schoolchildren-alObeid
Iran: Inflation and corruption are two sides of the same coin
Iran, July 29, 2019 - While Iranian regime President Hassan Rouhani expressed his optimism for Iran’s economy in a cabinet meeting on July 23 and his first deputy, Eshaq Jahangiri, claimed that the mullahs have overcome the economic crisis and reached the shores of stability, Iranian media announced the next day that inflation has crossed the 40 percent threshold.
Iranian state-run media reported on July 24 that inflation is 40.4 percent. “The government is the main culprit for increasing prices because by changing the price of the U.S. dollars that are used to import meat from 42,000 rials to more than 80,000 rials, they’ve created the conditions for increasing prices in the market,” they wrote citing Tehran’s pundits.
Mohammad Gholi Youssefi, an Iranian economic pundit close to the regime, says “the government’s aimlessness in organizing the country’s economy… has put us in a crisis riddled situation and implementing any decision is rendered very difficult and results in negative consequences.”
“Managerial inefficiencies and the inability of officials and concerned people to organize the country’s economic situation has led to an increase in poverty across the country. Economic pressure on the people is mounting every day,” he further said.
https://english.mojahedin.org/i/iranian-regime-economy-financial-crisis-IRGC
Tin soldiers and Nixon coming
We're finally on our own
This summer I hear the drumming
Four dead in Ohio
Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are cutting us down
Should have been done long ago
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?
Crosby,Stills,nash and Young Four dead in ohio
Your ignorance is astounding.. move along
Indian cops search for coffee tycoon who VANISHED after sending apologetic message to shareholders
Police are searching for the owner of a coffee chain in India after the billionaire went missing while walking across a bridge. He reportedly apologized to stockholders for betraying their trust shortly before his disappearance.
V.G. Siddhartha, the owner of the popular Cafe Coffee Day chain (India's rival of Starbucks), was last seen on Monday night walking across a bridge in the southern state of Karnataka. Siddhartha had ordered his chauffeur to stop near the bridge, then exited the vehicle while talking on his cellphone. The driver contacted police after his employer failed to return.
The owner of Asia’s biggest coffee plantation, Siddhartha had recently come under scrutiny after tax authorities launched raids on his company in 2017.
According to media reports, he sent a letter to company shareholders on Monday which stated that he was “very sorry to let down all the people that put their trust in me.”
Police and local fishermen searched the river below the bridge, suggesting that authorities may suspect suicide.
https://www.rt.com/news/465367-india-tycoon-missing-siddhartha/
Pound plunges to 2-year low after PM Johnson’s no-deal Brexit ultimatum
The British pound has dropped nearly 3% against major currencies in the past four days with fears brewing that the UK will crash out of the European Union without a deal.
After officially becoming UK’s new prime minister, Boris Johnson focused his first address to lawmakers in the House of Commons on solving the Brexit problem. More precisely, Johnson promised to take Britain out of the EU – deal or no deal – by the October 31 deadline.
Following the ultimatum, on Monday the prime minister insisted he will not hold Brexit talks with EU leaders unless the bloc lifts its refusal to reopen the existing divorce deal.
Amid heated rhetoric from government ministers that followed, Europe’s markets on Tuesday suffered a turbulent start as the pound fell as far as 0.8% to $1.2119 and 0.5% to 91.64 pence per euro, its weakest standings since 2017.
It came after a steady drop in the UK currency standings over the previous three days. Experts say sterling is headed for a further slump as market concerns over a no-deal Brexit intensify.
“The biggest threat to the pound for the remainder of this year is the risk of an accidental no-deal Brexit,” Bloomberg cited a note to clients from Credit Agricole SA strategists.
“We continue to estimate a long-term fair value for pound-dollar that is consistent with a disruptive Brexit outcome of around 1.20,” the note added.
https://www.rt.com/business/465377-pound-drop-johnson-brexit/
Nowhere to run to baby, nowhere to hide
I got nowhere to run to baby, nowhere to hide
Martha And The Vandellas - Nowhere to Run (with lyrics) - HD
US Plans to Build Additional Military Infrastructure in Australia - Minister
The US and Australia have been stepping up their military presence across the Western Pacific amid fears that China would gain more influence in the South China Sea which is a strategic passageway rich in natural resources.
The US plans to build additional military infrastructure in Australia once Congress approves a $211.5 million budget for the US Navy, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne told Sky News on Tuesday.
Payne did not elaborate on what exactly the US was planning to build. However, Australian media reported earlier this month that the plans were for a new port facility near Darwin in the north of the country.
Under the Force Posture Initiatives, signed between the two countries in 2011, 2,500 US Marines train in Australia each year. They are housed in an Australian base at Darwin.
At the same time, media reports say, China's Landbridge Group secured a 99-year lease on the Port of Darwin in 2015.
https://sputniknews.com/asia/201907301076406955-us-plans-to-build-additional-military-infrastructure-in-australia—minister/
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Twitter Allows Graphic Images Of Trump Being Murdered On Platform – Bans Conservatives Because They Are “Dangerous”
While Twitter continues to engage in mass bans of conservatives, even banning conservative users for posting “hate facts,” the social media platform has no issue with a post featuring a graphic image of President Trump’s severed, murdered corpse.
Promoting the new film Dadda: Donald and Daisy Duck Adventure, actor and left-wing activist David Vescio tweeted a photo of a bloodied corpse depicting the president on Sunday.
What's the first word(s) that come to mind when you see this movie poster of mine for #DonaldAndDaisyDuckAdventure? pic.twitter.com/JjVMy9isiJ
— Dave Vescio (@DaveVescio) April 8, 2019
According to Art News, the film exhibits “the role of violence in U.S. history, as well as to distinctly American forms of racism and celebrity worship” and also features Ronald and Nancy Reagan.
The film was directed by father-son duo, Paul and Damon McCarthy.
https://thewashingtonstandard.com/twitter-allows-graphic-images-of-trump-being-murdered-on-platform-bans-conservatives-because-they-are-dangerous/
WATCH: This ‘Stop Socialism’ Ad Will Run in New Hampshire During CNN’s Democratic Presidential Debates
The liberty-oriented Protect Freedom PAC will be running a “Stop Socialism” ad in New Hampshire during the Democratic primary debates airing on CNN on Tuesday and Wednesday.
“The ad shows stark imagery of the true history of socialism and draws parallels between the failed promises of the past and the promises of today’s self-described socialists, including Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the PAC said in a press release about their new ad campaign.
The ad begins with historical footage of socialist dictators as the narrator says, “they came with big promises. Preying on those who felt downtrodden, forgotten, mistreated. Socialism offered a clear exchange — give us some of your freedoms and we’ll give you economic security — but every time, the exchange went bad.
The footage switches to black and white images of Senator Sanders and Rep. Ocasio-Cortez as it warns that we must “stop socialism, before it stops us.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/07/watch-this-stop-socialism-ad-will-run-in-new-hampshire-during-cnns-democratic-presidential-debates/
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit From College Student Hit By Car While Protesting Trump On Freeway
On election night in 2016, a California college student was hit by a car while protesting Trump on a highway.
She ultimately tried to sue the school and others for not stopping the protest.
It has now been reported that a judge has dismissed her lawsuit.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/07/judge-dismisses-lawsuit-from-college-student-hit-by-car-while-protesting-trump-on-freeway/
Pompeo says Trump wants to ‘reduce’ foreign forces in Afghanistan by November 2020
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says President Donald Trump wants combat forces of the United States and its allies reduced in Afghanistan before the next U.S. presidential election in November 2020.
Pompeo made the remarks on July 29 during a talk on foreign policy hosted by the economic Club of Washington, D.C. — a nonprofit organization based in the U.S. capital.
Asked whether he expects the United States to reduce troops in Afghanistan before the next U.S. presidential election, Pompeo said: “That’s my directive from the president of the United States.”
“He’s been unambiguous: end the endless wars, draw down, reduce. It won’t just be us,” Pompeo said about Trump’s directive. “We hope that overall the need for combat forces in the region is reduced.”
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2019/07/pompeo-says-trump-wants-to-reduce-foreign-forces-in-afghanistan-by-november-2020/
CHELSEA’S REVENGE FOR 2016: Vimeo To Censor Vaccine Injury Videos
According to Vimeo on June 26:
Starting today, we are providing a 30-day grace period for documentaries that contravene our policy on vaccination content so that creators can voluntarily remove those videos. At the end of the grace period, we will begin removing anti-vaccination videos that haven’t been voluntarily removed. Videos that violate the other two prohibitions will not be given any grace period.
Sitting on the board of directors for Vimeo’s parent company is none other than Chelsea Clinton.
Again, I will never forgive Andrew Wakefield. #VaccinesWork https://t.co/TYLzjuLMTa
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) April 27, 2018
Once again, I will never forgive Andrew Wakefield.
Per @UNICEF, from 2010-2017, kids who missed the 1st dose of the MMR vaccine:
– 2,593,000 in the U.S.
– 600,000 in France
– 527,000 in the U.K.
And, we’ve had 695 measles cases in the U.S. so far this year, highest # since 1994.
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) April 25, 2019
https://www.autisminvestigated.com/category/media/
Capital One hit with massive data breach affecting 100M+ customers
Capital One said Monday that the data of 100 million U.S. customers was illegally accessed in a breach that federal prosecutors said was perpetrated by a Seattle woman who allegedly hacked the bank’s server at a cloud-computing company.
Six million Canadian customers were also affected.
Federal prosecutors said that sometime between March 12 and July 17, Paige A. Thompson, 33, of Seattle hacked Capital One’s rented server space.
The Department of Justice alleges that Thompson “posted on the information sharing site GitHub about her theft of information from the servers storing Capital One data.”
The agency said that Thompson accessed the data by exploiting a misconfigured firewall. Capital One said in a statement that it had fixed the problem and that the data was likely not used for fraud or distributed by the hacker.
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2019/07/capital-one-hit-with-massive-data-breach-affecting-100-million-customers/
GMO: Move Over CRISPR, Here Comes LOCKR
Scientists have created 100% synthetic proteins that can control how cells behave, including the death of the cell. Since proteins are the building blocks of life, LOCKR sets a dangerous precedent. ⁃ TN Editor
Scientists have invented a synthetic protein designed to control the inner workings of cells. In a pair of papers, published yesterday (July 24) in Nature, the researchers demonstrate how the tool can be used to tweak gene expression, orchestrate protein binding events, and cue functional changes in the cell in response to environmental conditions.
“Cells receive stimuli, then have to figure out what to do about it. They use natural systems to tune gene expression or degrade proteins, for example,” says Bobby Langan, a coauthor of both studies and a former graduate student at the University of Washington in an announcement. The newly designed tool—named LOCKR for Latching, Orthogonal Cage/Key pRotein—fiddles with these inbuilt systems by introducing bioactive peptides in their circuitry. The peptides only pop out when released by specific molecular “keys.”
https://www.technocracy.news/gmo-move-over-crispr-here-comes-lockr/
SILICON VALLEY SHARIA: Amazon Removes ‘Killing Europe’ Documentary Exposing Islam, Mass Migration
Amazon has removed a documentary exposing menace mass migration and Islam pose in Europe from its Prime Video Service, citing “quality assurance” concerns as justification for the platform’s censorship.
The documentary, Killing Europe, produced by independent filmmaker Michael Hansen, had been hosted on Amazon since 2017 without issue. But after the conservative-leaning new site, Breitbart News, reported on Hansen’s new documentary, Killing Free Speech, Amazon removed the documentary.
A slated screening of Killing Europe was canceled by the Ottawa Public Library last year, following intimidation from left-wing activists.
In his latest documentary, Hansen exposes the rise of the militant leftwing group and Antifa and Silicon Valley’s censorship of conservative outlets in the United States. The documentary also features exclusive interviews with an official at the Council on American-Islamic Relations regarding the status of women in Islam.
https://thewashingtonstandard.com/silicon-valley-sharia-amazon-removes-killing-europe-documentary-exposing-islam-mass-migration/