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https://pjmedia.com/parenting/bbc-tells-kids-people-can-go-to-prison-for-disrespecting-more-than-100-gender-identities/
No comment here would be appropriate.
If BBC headquarters became a smoking hole in the ground I strongly doubt that even the so distant memories of WW2 the once “voice of freedom” would make any one care. Such is the poison of the Left and like all poisons its needs to be cured, by amputation if necessary as it necroses all it touches. I wonder if prison now have to have 100 separate areas for the lunatic gender complex?
Lol Michelle! We need alot of smoking holes!
The Socialists, (Far Left or Far, Far Left), occupy.
Soul.
Mind.
Body.
Floor mats.
Core mats.
Door mats.
Senator Lindsey Graham Proposes Bombing Iran’s Oil Fields in Response to Houthi Attack on Saudis (sputniknews, Sep 15, 2019)
https://sputniknews.com/world/201909141076805008-senator-graham-proposes-bombing-irans-oil-fields-to-teach-tehran-lesson-after-houthi-saudi-attack/
“Earlier in the day, US and UK officials condemned the Houthis, and called on the Yemeni militia movement to immediately “stop undermining Saudi Arabia’s security” after two major Saudi Aramco facilities were targeted by the militia’s attack drones, causing major damage and seriously disrupting the country’s oil output and exports.
Senator Lindsey Graham has accused Iran of looking to “wreak havoc in the Middle East,” and recommended that the US “put on the table an attack on Iranian oil refineries if they continue their provocations.”
In a series of tweets on Saturday, the senior Republican senator boldly argued that Iran would “not stop their misbehavior until the consequences become more real, like attacking their refineries,” which he said have the added benefit of “break[ing] the regime’s back.”…”
That makes more sense then what most of the politicians are saying.
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham Militants Trap People in Idlib, Block Humanitarian Corridor – Reports (sputniknews, Sep 15, 2019)
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201909141076804928-hayat-tahrir-al-sham-militants-trap-people-in-idlib-block-humanitarian-corridor—reports/
“The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham terrorist group, formerly known as Nusra Front*, does not let civilians leave the parts of the Syrian province of Idlib it controls, the state television reported on Saturday.
According to Al-Ikhbariya broadcaster, militants are shooting at any vehicle trying to transport people through the Abu al-Duhur humanitarian corridor…”
Tehran ‘Ready For War’: IRGC Says US Bases, Carriers Close to Iran Are Within Range of Its Missiles (sputniknews, Sep 15, 2019)
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201909151076806486-tehran-ready-for-war-us-bases-stationed-around-iran-within-range-of-iranian-missiles—irgc/
“The statement comes as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday blamed Iran for recent drone attacks on Saudi Aramco’s oil fields, urging the international community “to publicly and unequivocally condemn Iran’s attacks”.
Tehran has always been prepared for a full-fledged war, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps Aerospace Force Chief Amirali Hajizadeh said in a statement on Sunday, just a day after two drone attacks on oilfields in Saudi Arabia, which were claimed by Houthis and blamed by the US and Saudi Arabia on Tehran.
“Everybody should know that all American bases and their aircraft carriers, at a distance of up to 2,000 kilometres around Iran, are within the range of our missiles,” Hajizadeh said.
According to Hajizadeh, the Iranian military are ready to target two US bases and one carrier in the event of an armed conflict.
“Al-Udeid base in Qatar, az-Zafra base in the UAE and a US vessel in the Gulf of Oman would be targeted if Washington took military action,” the commander said.
US Blames Iran for Drone Attacks in Saudi Arabia
Saturday’s drone attacks on Saudi Aramco factories prompted the United States to accuse Iran of being behind the incident.
US Senator Lindsey Graham accused the Islamic Republic of looking to “wreak havoc in the Middle East”, and recommend that the US “put on the table an attack on Iranian oil refineries if they continue their provocations”.
Moreover, US Secretary Mike Pompeo pinned the blame on Tehran over the attacks calling for public condemnation of Iran’s actions.
In the meantime, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told Trump during the phone call that the kingdom was willing and able to confront and deal with this “terrorist aggression.”
Reacting to the accusations, the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Abbas Mousavi has condemned Mike Pompeo’s recent statement on Iran’s involvement in the drones attack against Saudi Aramco oil facilities in the kingdom, calling them a lie.
“The US policy of exerting “maximum pressure”, that apparently failed, veered towards “maximum lie” policy,” Mousavi said.
Drone Attacks on Saudi Oilfields
On Saturday, two drone attacks, claimed by Houthis, caused major fires in two oil facilities: in Abqaiq in eastern Saudia Arabia and Khurais northeast of Riyadh. These were eventually contained by security and emergency service personnel. According to the Saudi energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, oil production at the two plants has temporarily stopped, interrupting about half of the company’s total daily oil output.
Yemen’s Houthi movement has been launching drone attacks against Saudi Arabia’s infrastructure and military facilities in response to the Saudi-led military campaign in Yemen, which began in March 2015, aiming to restore the government of President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi.
Both Riyadh and Washington claimed that Houthis have been receiving Iranian military assistance. Tehran has repeatedly rejected these allegations, citing the naval blockade which has been in place against the southern Arabian country since 2015.
Tensions in the Gulf
Tensions have been running high in the Persian Gulf since the Trump administration withdrew last year from the Iran nuclear deal, and then hit Iranian industries with new sanctions, prompting Tehran to take advantage of treaty backstops to increase its supply of low-enriched uranium.
The situation came to a boiling point this year after alleged attacks on two US oil tankers in the vicinity of the Strait of Hormuz in June. Washington accused Iran of the incident, while Tehran vehemently denied its involvement. A week later, a US drone was downed by Tehran; Iran insisted that the aircraft violated its airspace, prompting Washington to introduce sanctions against the nation’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
The situation further exacerbated after Adrian Darya 1 tanker, formerly known as Grace 1 was detained off Gibraltar. It was released on 15 August after it had been held for a month. A Gibraltar court ordered the release of the ship despite a last-minute request by the US to extend its detention in view of differences in US and European sanctions against Iran.
Amid the arrest of Darya 1, Iranian authorities detained oil tanker Stena Impero on 19 July over alleged maritime violations. Tehran stressed that the arrest was not retaliation for the seizure of Iranian oil tanker Grace 1 by UK overseas territory Gibraltar earlier the same month.”
Macron’s France: Over 90,000 Migrants Lodge Asylum Claims in 2019, Tying with Germany (breitbart, Sep 15, 2019)
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/09/15/macrons-france-over-90000-migrants-lodge-asylum-claims-in-2019-tying-with-germany/
“New statistics have revealed that France is now tied with Germany for new asylum applications this year, with over 90,000 migrants attempting to claim asylum in France.
A document from the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) claims that France has seen a total of 91,372 asylum applications so far in 2019, just 767 less than Germany over the same period, French newspaper Le Bien Publique reports.
France and Germany combined have taken in roughly 40 per cent of all asylum seekers in the European Union, Norway and Switzerland in 2019.
In 2018, Germany saw 184,000 asylum applications, while France saw a record 123,000, a number which beat the previous record set just one year before in 2017.
Didier Leschi, Director-General of the French Office for Immigration and Integration, explained the increase of asylum applications in France, saying: “France is not less protective than other countries, it is the opposite: this partly explains the attractiveness of our country and the fact that the asylum application continues to increase.”
“We are seeing a very large influx of people from safe countries of origin in Eastern Europe who prefer to come to France because they are less protected in Germany,” Leschi added.
“We are also seeing the arrival in France of those who have been rejected in other European countries, such as in Northern Europe and Germany, particularly the Afghans because the assessment of the situation in Afghanistan is different according to the asylum systems of European countries. France is a rebound country, ” he said.
New asylum seekers have cost French taxpayers billions of euros, with underage migrants alone estimated to cost two billion euros per year according to figures released by the Assembly of French Departments (ADF) earlier this month.
A report released last July claimed that as many as 400,000 illegal immigrants currently live in the troubled northern suburbs of Paris, with illegals making up as much as 20 perc ent of the population of the seine-Saint-Denis area.”
Iran dismisses US allegation it was behind Saudi oil attacks (abcnews, Sep 15, 2019)
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/iran-dismisses-us-allegation-saudi-oil-attacks-65621658
“Iran denied on Sunday it was involved in Yemen rebel drone attacks the previous day targeting the world’s biggest oil processing facility and an oil field in Saudi Arabia, just hours after America’s top diplomat alleged that Tehran was behind the “unprecedented attack on the world’s energy supply.”
The attacks Saturday claimed by Yemen’s Houthi rebels resulted in “the temporary suspension of production operations” at the Abqaiq processing facility and the Khurais oil field, Riyadh said…”
Iraqi prime minister’s office denies the country’s territory was used to launch the drones that attacked Saudi oil sites (abcnews, Sep 15, 2019)
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/iraqi-prime-ministers-office-denies-countrys-territory-launch-65621794
“Iraqi prime minister’s office denies the country’s territory was used to launch the drones that attacked Saudi oil sites.”
Depending on how you define “country’s territory”, he’s not even lying.
He could be saying it’s no longer _Iraqi_ territory because the bases are under the control of the IRGC militias. They are extraterritorial extensions of Twisted-Raghead sovereignty, not even the “Islamic Republic of Iran”.
Their thinking these days is just that grandiose.
Tyrol: Special Police Commission for Islamic Perpetrators of Violence Demanded+++
” Dramatically “, so describes national party chairman Markus Abwerzger the increase with violent offences using stab weapons. “We have imported violence from Islamic countries, now it has become public what has long been concealed,” said the Tyrolean Freedom Party (FPÖ) chairman. Abwerzger locates a long-term strategy of the government in order not to worry the citizens: “What has not been successful, because the numerous incidents prove the failure of integration measures and left-wing integration policy.Meanwhile the FPÖ city councillor and municipal party chairman of Innsbruck, Rudi Federspiel, has called for his own police special commission for Islamic perpetrators of violence:
” I fear that it may in fact already be too late”: admonishes Federspiel. He also recalls the demand for a curfew for male asylum seekers at night. “One must not wait passively until more crimes of violence are committed.”
More:
https://searchlight-germany.blogspot.com/2019/09/tyrol-special-police-commission-for.html
Snowden talks:
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/snowden-spills-legendary-whistleblower-opines-spycraft-ai-and-being-suicided
tommy is out:
WATCH: The new Italian left-wing government is happy: The first newly arrived “boat refugees” have shore leave !+++
More:
https://searchlight-germany.blogspot.com/2019/09/watch-new-italian-left-wing-government.html
Imran Khan Threatens India Crying Nuclear War Over Kashmir, Fears FATF Blacklisting?
This seems to be Pakistan trying to use the threat of nuclear war to get concessions from India. I find it interesting that Pakistan decided to raise this issue at the time when Iran raises the stakes in the proxy war with Saudi. Remember all of the events in that region are connected, at times the connections are more important then the actual events.
Poor thing, he’s not getting any support from anybody. He’s feeling mighty small.
Russia and China both want to preserve important business relations with India. Mr. Modi chose to act at just the right time.
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Protesters call on UK to protect Hong Kongers from China
Hong Kong police fire water cannons and tear gas at protesters outside Legislative Council
Hong Kong police fire tear gas, water cannon at protesters | AFP
Hong Kong protesters sing ‘God Save The Queen’ in plea to Britain
Hong Kong protests: Police return to the streets after clashes with protesters
Glory to Hong Kong: Singing a new protest anthem – BBC News
Hong Kong: Lantern Waving Protesters Take to Hills
Trapped, alone and ‘desperate to come home.’ American siblings barred from leaving China
WASHINGTON – Two young Americans, Victor and Cynthia Liu, are “trapped” in China, increasingly desperate and despondent because Chinese authorities have blocked them from leaving for more than a year.
“They are trapped. They are alone. They are desperate to come home,” David Pressman, the siblings’ New York-based attorney, told USA TODAY. “They are literally breaking down.”
The Lius are subject to a so-called “exit ban,” and they’re not they only ones.
Another American citizen, Huang Wan, says Chinese officials are using a “fake” legal case to prevent her from returning to the United States. An Australian resident, Yuan Xiaoliang, has been barred from leaving China for more than eight months, and her husband, an Australian citizen, has been arrested on suspicion of spying, according to Australia’s foreign minister.
The State Department has warned Americans about China’s growing use of exit bans – stating in a Jan. 3 travel advisory that Chinese authorities have sometimes used exit bans to keep Americans in China for years.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2019/09/14/china-increasingly-using-exit-bans-bar-americans-leaving/2269191001/
Why the TRUTH on TR News makes these people so mad
EU Agrees to Contribute $15Bln to INSTEX Mechanism for Trade With Tehran – Iran’s Lawmaker (sputniknews, Sep 15, 2019)
https://sputniknews.com/business/201909151076808223-eu-agrees-to-contribute-15bln-to-instex-mechanism-for-trade-with-tehran—irans-lawmaker/
“In September, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that the country would resume compliance with the Iran nuclear deal if it received the $15 billion tranche before the end of the year.
The European Union has agreed to contribute $15 billion to the fund of INSTEX trade mechanism that was set up by the European Union to continue trade with Iran bypassing US sanctions and in an effort to save the nuclear deal with Tehran, senior Iranian lawmaker Mucteba Zunnur said on Sunday.
“The Europeans have agreed to contribute $15 billion to the INSTEX fund in three tranches,” Zunnur said as quoted by Tasnim news agency.
The US unilaterally withdrew from the Iranian nuclear deal last year and reinstated economic sanctions on Iran. In May 2019, Tehran said it would partially suspend its commitments under the 2015 deal and gave Europe sixty days to guarantee that Iran’s interests are protected under the agreement.
INSTEX was set up by France, Germany and the United Kingdom in January to ease non-dollar trade with Tehran in the wake of the US sanctions. Following a meeting of the Joint Commission of the Iranian nuclear deal in June, the mechanism became operational and available to all EU member states.”
Hormuz Strait Tensions Threaten Asian Energy Security, Agriculture, Industrial Sector – Report (sputniknews, Sep 15, 2019)
https://sputniknews.com/business/201909151076808657-hormuz-strait-tensions-threaten-asian-energy-security-agriculture-industrial-sector–report/
“The narrow strategic waterway through which nearly a third of the world’s sea-bound oil supplies pass has witnessed a spike in tensions between Iran and the US/UK ‘maritime security coalition’ following a series of escalations this summer.
Concerns over the security of the vital Hormuz Strait as a key economic route include not only fears over the energy resources which pass through it, but other exports, including aluminum and petrochemical goods, an analysis by Japan’s Nikkei Asian Review reports.
According to the newspaper, the supply of non-energy resources coming from Persian Gulf-adjacent states has grown considerably in recent years, with an estimated 16 percent of the world’s total aluminium output produced in the region.
Furthermore, regional petrochemical output, including ethylene, a plant hormone used for farming across Asia, has grown steadily, with China alone importing $9.4 billion of ethylene from countries in the Middle East in 2018, up from imports of just $1.4 billion a decade earlier. According to Nikkei, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other regional producers account for some 45 percent of China’s total ethylene imports.
A similar situation is observed in Malaysia and Singapore, who depend on Saudi Arabia for 50 and 75 percent of their ethylene imports, respectively.
The same is true for other petrochemical products, including ammonia, which is used for a variety of pharmaceutical and cleaning products, in fertilizers, refrigeration, the textile industry, and more. India is estimated to depend on Middle Eastern suppliers for a whopping 70-80 percent of its ammonia imports.
According to Nikkei, the longer the Hormuz Strait crisis continues, the more damage will be caused to Middle Eastern producers of these and other products, with Asian buyers expected to seek out alternative suppliers.
Continued imports will have another cost as well, the business newspaper noted, pointing to climbing insurance costs for commercial ships transiting through the Hormuz Strait, with growing rates meaning an increase in prices at both the producer and consumer level…”
Saudi Attacks May Nudge US to ‘Go to War’ With Iran and Seize its Oil, Megaupload’s Kim Dotcom Warns (sputniknews, Sep 15, 2019)
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201909151076808289-saudi-attacks-may-nudge-us-to-go-to-war-with-iran-and-seize-its-oil-megauploads-kim-dotcom-warns/
“The Trump administration, which has long demonised Iran and been trying to choke off its oil exports, has blamed the latest attacks on Saudi oil processing facilities on the Islamic Republic, despite Yemeni Houthi rebels claiming responsibility. Iran rejects the accusations.
The United States will emerge as the “biggest beneficiary” of Saturday’s drone attacks that targeted a Saudi Aramco processing facility and oilfield in eastern Saudi Arabia, internet tycoon Kim Dotcom has suggested.
The attacks are expected to trigger a jump in oil prices when markets reopen on Monday, given that Saudi Arabia has halted half its oil production – around five million barrels of crude per day, or around 5 percent of the world’s daily output.
The millionaire Megaupload founder, who is fighting extradition to the US on charges of fraud and online piracy, predicted the attacks would embolden the US – the largest oil producer – to “blame Iran, go to war, [and] take control of Iran’s oil which pays for the war.”
Who’s the biggest beneficiary of Saudi oil facilities burning?
US ??
1. Saudi will have to increase security supplied by the US
2. Oil prices will rise and the US is now a large exporter of Oil
3. US can blame Iran, go to war, take control of Iran’s oil which pays for the war
– Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) September 14, 2019
This scenario has partly come to pass already: although Yemen’s Houthi rebels acknowledged they were behind the strikes, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed there was “no evidence” to believe the attacks came from Yemen and blamed Iran instead.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif denied any involvement and hit back by saying America’s “maximum pressure” policy turned to “max deceit.”
Having failed at “max pressure”, @SecPompeo ‘s turning to “max deceit”
US & its clients are stuck in Yemen because of illusion that weapon superiority will lead to military victory.
Blaming Iran won’t end disaster. Accepting our April ’15 proposal to end war & begin talks may.
– Javad Zarif (@JZarif) September 15, 2019
US senator Lindsey Graham, a leading Trump ally, has called on the government to consider attacking Iranian oil refineries in response.
It is now time for the US to put on the table an attack on Iranian oil refineries if they continue their provocations or increase nuclear enrichment.
– Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) September 14, 2019
The Houthis, who are at war with the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, already claimed responsibility for a drone attack on a major Saudi pipeline in May. Back then, Saudi officials accused Iran of ordering the strike, but Tehran rejected their claims.
Relations between the US-Saudi alliance and Iran have soured over the past year, since Donald Trump pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal and reinstated economic sanctions against the country.
This “maximum pressure” campaign is being mounted at a time when the Middle East appears to be embracing a new geopolitical reality, where Saudi Arabia and other Gulf nations such as the UAE and Oman are becoming increasingly closer to the United States and Israel over fears of growing Iranian influence in the region.
Riyadh, along with a number of Western states, accuses Tehran of arming the Houthi rebels. “For 40 years, the Iranian regime has been spreading chaos, death and destruction, by sponsoring and financing terrorist organizations including the Houthis,” Saudi Arabia’s deputy defence minister, Prince Khalid bin Salman, said in June.
For 40 years, the Iranian regime has been spreading chaos, death and destruction, by sponsoring and financing terrorist organizations including the Houthis.
– Khalid bin Salman ???? ?? ????? (@kbsalsaud) June 12, 2019
Iran has acknowledged its ideological support for fellow Shiite Houthi insurgents, although it dismisses charges of providing the militants with weapons.”
Reporters Without Borders: Swedish Journalism Under Threat, Could Become Propaganda (breitbart, Sep 15, 2019)
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/09/15/reporters-without-borders-swedish-journalism-under-threat-becoming-propaganda/
“NGO Reporters Without Borders has warned that Sweden’s independent journalism is under threat and that public broadcasters could become propaganda outlets for the government.
Erik Halkjaer, chairman of Reporters Without Borders, said that broadcasters like Sveriges Radio and SVT risk losing independent journalism, Nyheter Idag reports.
Nyheter Idag claimed that an example of what Halkjaer warns about could be seen in a 2015 report by public service broadcaster SVT, which claimed many asylum seekers during the height of the migrant crisis were well-educated.
The article, which was published in June of 2015, stated: “More than half of the Syrian refugees who come here have occupations that are in demand in Sweden.”
“Every third Syrian who comes to Sweden has a post-secondary education,” the article continued, and claimed that many also were professionals in high-demand jobs in Sweden.
Earlier this year, it was revealed that many migrants actually have very poor educations, with some even being considered illiterate.
The claims come as several municipalities who took in large numbers of asylum seekers say they are facing a financial crisis due to the fact that many of the asylum seekers are unable to find work and successfully join the labour market.
The municipality Hässleholm alone has stated that 80 per cent of asylum seekers living there are without work and remain dependent on state benefits.
Bengtsfors, another municipality that took in many migrants, has even petitioned the Swedish national government for more cash stating that it faces potential bankruptcy.
Halkjaer claimed that countries like Poland and Hungary have governments that control journalistic content.
“In Poland and also in Hungary we have seen a politicisation of public service. Where the government party simply controls the content,” he said, and claimed that there has been an increased hostility toward journalists as well as an increase in threats.”
The Latest: Yemeni rebels say they exploited Saudi weak spot (abcnews, Sep 15, 2019)
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/latest-pm-iraq-territory-saudi-attacks-65621795
“A leader of Yemen’s Houthi rebels says they were able to “exploit vulnerabilities” in Saudi Arabia’s air defense system to stage the attack previous day on the kingdom’s vital oil installations…”
Tunisia seeks new leader to boost economy, fight terror (abcnews, Sep 15, 2019)
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/tunisia-seeks-leader-boost-economy-fight-terror-65621556
“Tunisians are casting ballots in their North African country’s second democratic presidential election, choosing among 26 candidates for a leader who can safeguard its young democracy and tackle its unemployment, corruption and economic despair.
The voting followed a noisy but brief campaign — 12 days — marked by backbiting and charges of corruption among the contenders. All vowed to boost the country’s flagging economy and protect it from further deadly attacks by Islamist extremists.
Tunisia is in many ways an exception in the Arab world, with its budding democracy lurching forward despite a flagging economy and a battle with Islamist extremists. Some 6,000 Tunisian and international observers, including from the EU and the United States, are present for the vote.
More than 100,000 security forces were on guard Sunday — 70,000 police and 32,000 troops — as 7 million registered voters were called to the polls. Military surveillance was especially tight in border regions near Algeria and Libya where Islamist extremists are active. For security reasons, four areas were closing polls two hours ahead of the 6 p.m. closure elsewhere.
There was no clear favorite, suggesting that Sunday’s vote, which includes two female candidates, will only be the first round of the presidential election.
The plethora of contenders includes a jailed media magnate, Nabil Karoui, who was arrested last month in a money laundering and tax evasion probe but led polls ahead of the vote. He was allowed to remain in the race because he has not been convicted.
Also getting attention was Prime Minister Youssef Chahed, 44, who boasts of “saving the country from bankruptcy” during his three years as head of government, with economic indicators showing signs of improvement. Another candidate being watched is the vice president of the moderate Islamist party Ennahdha, Abdelfattah Mourou, 71. A reluctant contender, he was pushed into running to profit from the large base of his party, which ran the government from 2011-2014 and is the largest single force in parliament.
After casting his ballot Sunday, he called on citizens to do their civic duty and vote.
“Do not forget this duty and do not forget this right,” Mourou said. “We want the people to become the final decision-makers and for everyone to understand that power is in the hands of the people.”
Chahed, the prime minister, echoed that message, saying that “Tunisia is living a great day, allowing voters to decide their future themselves.”
Two candidates pulled out in favor of the man who served as Chahed’s defense minister, Abdeldrim Zbidi, another favorite, but it was too late to pull their names from the ballot.
Preliminary results are expected Monday or Tuesday. However, Farouk Bouaskar, a member of the electoral body overseeing voting, did not exclude the possibility of preliminary results Sunday night. He spoke on the private radio station Mosaique FM.
If no candidate wins more than 50% of Sunday’s vote, the presidential election goes to a second round that must be held no later than Nov. 3. The date of the runoff will be announced once the final first-round results are declared.
Tunisia is also holding its parliamentary election on Oct. 6, adding another challenge since the new president’s success will depend on having support in parliament.
Sunday’s first-round vote is only the second democratic presidential election that Tunisia has seen since a popular uprising brought down autocrat Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 2011 and triggered the Arab Spring uprisings across the region. While the Arab Spring led to deadly civil wars that still haunt countries such as Syria and Libya, it brought democracy to Tunisia.
“The most important thing is that the vote be transparent … and reflect the choice of voters,” said retired journalist Radhia Ziadi, alluding to the days when Ben Ali won election after election with well over 90% of the votes.
Sunday’s early election follows the death in office in July of the nation’s first democratically elected leader, Beji Caid Essebsi. His widow, Chadlia Saida Farhat, died on Sunday, aged 83, as Tunisians were voting for a new president, his son Hafedh announced on his Facebook page.”
Tunisian presidential candidate Abdelfattah Mourou casts his vote
Abdelfattah Mourou, who heads a first-time bid on behalf of his Islamist inspired Ennahdha party, arrives to a polling station in Tunis to cast his vote for the Tunisian presidential elections.
The election follows an intense campaign beset by personality clashes, albeit one with few clear political differences, brought forward by the death in July of 92-year-old president Beji Caid Essebsi
Massed drone strikes on Saudi oil facilities cause Kingdom to shut down 50% of production
Said et al., WSJ September 14, 2019
[Ed. – The shutdown may not last that long, but this is unquestionably an escalation by Iran. The Houthis in Yemen claim responsibility; however, the processing compounds that were struck are in northeast Saudi Arabia, more than 600 miles from the nearest Houthi. Strikes from Iraq are a better bet. More on this to come.]
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blamed Iran for coordinated drone strikes on the heart of Saudi Arabia’s oil industry, saying they marked an unprecedented attack on the world’s energy supply.
The strikes shut down half of the kingdom’s crude production on Saturday, potentially roiling petroleum prices and demonstrating the power of Iran’s proxies.
Iran-allied Houthi rebels in neighboring Yemen claimed credit for the attack, saying they sent 10 drones to strike at important facilities in Saudi Arabia’s oil-rich Eastern Province. But Mr. Pompeo said there was no evidence the strikes had come from Yemen.
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In a tweet, he said the U.S. will work with allies “to ensure that energy markets remain well supplied and Iran is held accountable for its aggression.” He added that the strikes showed Iran wasn’t serious about diplomacy.
https://libertyunyielding.com/2019/09/14/massed-drone-strikes-on-saudi-oil-facilities-cause-kingdom-to-shut-down-50-of-production/
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The Khazars: Judaism, Trade, and Strategic Vision on the Eurasian Steppes
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Harnessing the Eurasian lands has always been difficult. The Khazars, an obscure people from the steppes that converted to Judaism many centuries ago, stand out as an exceptional example of how geography, economy, and religion can be used to advance geopolitical interests.
Halford Mackinder, father of geopolitics, who laid out the concept of a heartland encompassing central and northern Eurasia, maintained that Russia was the first power ever to manage to harness the power of geography and economy in northern Eurasia. The Khazars, an obscure people that existed well before the modern Russian state, might beg to differ.
The Khazars were neighbors to two world powers: Byzantium and the Islamic caliphate. At the time of the united and relatively strong Islamic empire (the seventh to the tenth centuries) that dominated the vast territory from Spain to Central Asia, the Khazars, a nomadic people from the Eurasian steppes in the North Caucasus and the territory north of the Caspian Sea, created a large, powerful state.
Reports from Islamic historians and geographers, as well as archaeological evidence, suggest that along with nomadism, agriculture was widespread among the Khazars and they were able to produce goods. These details suggest a rather inconspicuous people on a par with other nomadic peoples of the past.
https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/khazars-judaism-eurasia/
California: America’s First THIRD WORLD STATE
He touchs on the medieval diseases but doesn’t carry the though out to its logical end. The diseases are probably going to kill a lot of the lower class and homeless in California and other states or big cities with the same trash and rodent problems.
How is this going to affect the demographics of the state and given the probable numbers of dead the voting of the state?
Also he assumes that everyone moving to Texas and other Conservative states will vote Dem, many of those moving are conservatives who are moving to get away from the Dem controlled dystopias. These people are unlikely to vote Dem, this issue us more complex then the commenters want to admit. There is a very good chance that Texas and the other Red Sates are either remaining Red or getting a deeper Red.
Hong Kong Protesters Clash with Police Outside Central Government Complex
Hong Kong activists defy protest ban, clash with police | DW News
Hong Kong Protests Continue at Causeway Bay
Hong Kong protesters block station and smash cameras at Admiralty MTR
Beijing supporters and Hong Kong’s protesters clash
Salvini: Italy Once Again ‘Europe’s Refugee Camp’ as Leftist Government Reopens Ports (breitbart, Sep 15, 2019)
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/09/15/salvini-italy-once-again-europes-refugee-camp-as-leftist-government-reopens-ports/
“Matteo Salvini has sharply criticized the Italian government’s shift in immigration policy, saying that Italy is going back to being “Europe’s refugee camp.”
The leader of Italy’s populist League (Lega) party has sent out a flurry of tweets Saturday and Sunday slamming a rollback of his decrees as interior minister to curb illegal immigration, accusing the new Five Star-Democratic Party government of betraying the Italian people.
“Now the new leftist government is reopening the ports: hardly advocates of the Italians, here I see advocates of illegal immigrants,” he wrote.
On Saturday, Dario Franceschini, Italy’s new Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities and a member of the Democrats (PD) sent out a tweet explaining the new policy toward migrants and NGOs.
“The government assigns a safe port to #OceanViking and the migrants will be welcomed in many European countries,” he said. “The end of Salvini’s propaganda on the skin of desperate people at sea. Politics and good international relations are back to address and solve the problem of migration.”
Mr Salvini responded by calling Italy’s new leaders “abusive ministers who hate the Italians.”
“The new government reopens the ports and Italy goes back to being Europe’s REFUGEE CAMP,” Salvini said.
At a major party rally Sunday in the northern Italian city of Pontida, Mr. Salvini continued his tweetstorm.
“Over the last 24 hours there have been more than 200 landings in Lampedusa,” Salvini said, referring to Italy’s southernmost point, the island of Lampedusa. “If they cancel the security decrees they do not harm the League but 60 million Italians,” he said.
“Today, slavers, racists, and colonizers, exploiters of women and men, are only found on the left,” he added.
The former interior minister quoted Margaret Thatcher as well as Pope John Paul II, urging Europe to rediscover its roots and its greatness.
“I send you, old Europe, this cry full of love: find yourself, be yourself, discover your origins, rekindle your roots, relive these authentic values that have made your history glorious,” Salvini said, citing a discourse by John Paul in 1982.”
Sweden Deports Record Number of Afghans in Single Day (breitbart, Sep 15, 2019)
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/09/15/sweden-deports-record-50-afghans-single-day/
“Earlier this week the Swedish government deported 50 Afghan migrants, the largest deportation of its kind in a single day.
The 50 migrants landed at an airport in the Afghan capital of Kabul with the Afghani authorities accepting all of those deported back into the country, Swedish broadcaster SVT reports.
Among the migrants, who had all received deportation notices from the Swedish Migration Board and were over the age of 18, three had been convicted of crimes.
In a press release Swedish police said of the deportations: “On location in Kabul, the returnees were met by the police’s returning liaison officer and the Afghan authorities.”
The deportations were done with partial funding and in cooperation with the European Union border agency, Frontex.
While the deportations were a success, they were met with protests from the activist group “NU ÄR DET NOG!” (Now, It Is Enough!) which organised demonstrations in 20 locations across the country including Malmö, Lund, Höganäs, Kristianstad, Skivarp, Skurup, and Hörby.
The protests involved demonstrators leaving pairs of shoes with various messages attached to them.
Eva-Märta Granqvist, one of the founders of the group, said: “Expulsions must be stopped because there has been a war in Afghanistan for 40 years. Several large organisations, including Amnesty International, believe that there are no safe areas in Afghanistan.”
“Despite this, the Migration Board continues its forced deportations to the country,” she complained.
Sweden has had a difficult time with expulsions to Afghanistan due to protests, including when 21-year-old pro-migration activist Elin Ersson blocked a flight from Gothenburg to Turkey after she learned an Afghan being deported was on board last year.
Around 9,000 Afghan migrants were allowed to stay in Sweden last year as well, as it was argued that they were underage. Tests later revealed that around 78 per cent of the migrants were actually adults.”
“Joe Biden Tells Story of Facing Down Razor-Wielding Gang Leader Named ‘Corn Pop’” CNN Politics networks – September 14, 2019
“Enemies Within Series: Clare Lopez – 9/11 Islamists Exposed and Anarchy/Chaos in 2020” Sharia Crime Stoppers
Published on September 11, 2019
Die sicherheitspolitische Lage in Zeiten unkontrollierter Masseneinwanderung | Dr. Gottfried Curio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZZv7PumkMc
This one is a must. Friendly German translator have a go at it please.
“David Bores Muslim Deceivers”
For The Record – Published on September 11, 2019
Teen killed, 5 others wounded in Mississauga shooting
A 17-year-old boy is dead and five others were wounded after gunfire erupted in Mississauga on Saturday evening, Peel Regional Police say. Police are now searching for what they believe are “multiple individuals armed with semi-automatic weapons,” who fled from the area after the shooting.
Peel Police Chief provides update on shooting
Peel Police Chief Chris McCord updates on shootings in Mississauga
Second phase of S-400 delivery to Turkey complete – Russian MoD
Here is a laugh at the expense of a family’s private issues.
https://dailyfreier.com/2019/09/04/un-orders-beth-mynetts-husband-to-unilaterally-withdraw-from-ilhan-omar/
It’s so close to the High Holy Days, I’m getting lashon hara qualms. I try to abstain, but it’s hard to do. Most of what passes for political reporting is lashon hara.
Coverage of the Israeli elections is the worst _ever_. On shabbat I got called out for being “preachy”. I said: Better to eat a pig sandwich than to indulge in such gossip!
Judicial Watch: Docs Reveal State Dept Rushed To Get Classified Info To Anti-Trump Senators Before Inauguration Day (VIDEO)
Tom Fitton and Judicial Watch have done great work digging into the efforts of the deep state to invalidate the 2016 election and Trump’s presidency.
Now they have a new scoop.
According to documents they have uncovered, there was a rush by State Department officials to get classified information into the hands of anti-Trump senators before inauguration day in 2017. This is major.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1173008524714094592
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/09/judicial-watch-docs-reveal-state-dept-rushed-to-get-classified-info-to-anti-trump-senators-before-inauguration-day-video/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=the-gateway-pundit&utm_campaign=dailypm&utm_content=weekend
“21 African illegals busted in Guatemala (raw video)…”
by kane – September 15, 2019
https://www.citizenfreepress.com/breaking/21-african-illegals-busted-in-guatemala-raw-video/
“Sharia Crime Stoppers Special 9/11 Event- BANNED IN MI – Shahram Hadian & James Simpson” Sharia Crime Stoppers – Published on September 12, 2019
Podcast: “Soros Funds Globalist Alliance of Religions to Usher in New World Order” Liberty Sentinel Staff – 1 week ago
https://libertysentinel.org/soros-globalist-alliance-religions-new-world-order
Link: “RELIGIONS FOR PEACE 10th WORLD ASSEMBLY DECLARATION” Linda, Germany August 20, 2019
https://rfp.org/home-3/10th-world-assembly/
“UN Agenda 2030: “Master Plan for Humanity” – Behind the Deep State” Alex Newman
https://libertysentinel.org/un-agenda-2030-master-plan-humanity-behind-the-deep-state
Link: “UN Agenda 2030: A Recipe for Global Socialism”
by Alex Newman – January 6, 2016
https://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/environment/item/22267-un-agenda-2030-a-recipe-for-global-socialism
Green Christians
https://greenchristian.org.uk/
Green Muslim Project
https://greenmuslimuk.org/
https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/oil-explodes-19-higher-biggest-jump-28-years
Oil jumps following attack.
Pakistan Summons Afghan, Indian Diplomats after Soldiers, Civilian Killed (tasnimnews, Sep 15, 2019)
https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2019/09/15/2096823/pakistan-summons-afghan-indian-diplomats-after-soldiers-civilian-killed
“Pakistan has summoned diplomats from Afghanistan and India after several shooting incidents along two different borders killed four Pakistani soldiers and a civilian woman…”