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Tunisia: French tourist killed in stabbing
Tunisian soldier also injured in knife attack in north African country
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/tunisia-french-tourist-killed-in-stabbing/1613560
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French tourist stabbed to death in Tunisia
A French tourist was stabbed to death on Monday by a religious extremist in Tunisia’s northernmost province of Bizerte, the Interior Ministry said.
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-10/14/c_138471373.htm
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Tunisia, turista francese ucciso al grido di ‘Allahu Akhbar’
E’ caccia all’aggressore in tutto il Paese. Ferito anche un militare a Zarzouna
Un turista francese è morto dopo essere stato pugnalato da un giovane tunisino che ha ferito anche un militare prima di darsi alla fuga. Lo ha reso noto il ministero dell’Interno in un comunicato. Il soldato ferito è stato immediatamente trasferito all’ospedale. Secondo Nessma tv l’assalitore avrebbe gridato ‘Allahu Akbar’ nell’atto di compiere il tragico gesto. In Tunisia è caccia all’uomo per catturare l’uomo che ha accoltellato a morte un turista francese e ferito un militare a Zarzouna. La polizia lo avrebbe però identificato e sarebbe una parsone nota alle forze dell’ordine con precedenti penali per reati di criminalità comune, ha dichiarato il portavoce del ministero dell’Interno, Khaled Hayouni, alla radio. Un’indagine è in corso per determinare la natura del gesto. L’attacco è avvenuto all’uscita di un bagno turco.
http://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/flash/2019/10/14/-tunisia-turista-francese-ucciso-a-grido-allahu-akhbar-_e39e4020-66c9-4b68-a333-f51cefbbfb1d.html
Tunisia just held its Parliamentary elections. The “moderate” Islamist party won due to low voter turnout.
The “moderate”, eh?
Tunisia’s president elect: Normalization with ‘Zionist entity’ is treachery
“This is my view on the Zionist entity and it will not change,” said Saied in a televised interview on Monday. “If one day I change my mind, remind me about the things I said now. We are in a situation of war with Zionism, and normalization is treachery.”
https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Tunisias-president-elect-normalization-with-Zionist-entity-is-treachery-604679
It’s what they call themselves: Moderate.
No such thing as ‘moderate’ in Islam.
Mohamed is your guy or he isn’t. That’s it. Nothing more.
Weaponizing language. Crime against humanity.
Many who have professionally worried, as did former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, that violent jihadists might illegally cross the United States’ southern border are often sanctimoniously challenged with this: “Name a single U.S. border-crossing immigrant asylum-seeker who ever committed a terrorist attack.”
Introducing Abdulahi Hasan Sharif of Somalia.
In 2011, Sharif had himself smuggled from Somalia through Brazil and Central America. Then he entered the United States over the Mexico-California border and claimed asylum. Sharif went on to Canada, where he allegedly conducted a double vehicle-ramming and stabbing rampage in 2017 in Edmonton, Alberta, that severely injured a police officer and four other people. He was carrying an Islamic State flag in one of the ramming vehicles.
Those who paid attention to this case were too few and far between ever to mention Sharif a year ago when President Trump provoked a denialist media backlash by claiming the border was vulnerable to violent jihadists migrating from distant Muslim-majority countries.
https://thefederalist.com/2019/10/14/the-first-illegal-alien-to-commit-a-north-american-terrorist-attack-is-on-trial-but-dont-expect-the-media-to-cover-it/
Rand: If You’re Going to Condemn Trump on Ukraine, You Need to Condemn Three Dems Too
Cortney O’BrienCortney O’Brien| @obrienc2|Posted: Oct 14, 2019 9:45 AM
Rand: If You’re Going to Condemn Trump on Ukraine, You Need to Condemn Three Dems Too
Source: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais
Sens. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) reportedly sent a threatening letter to Ukraine last year demanding they help in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into potential Russian collusion. They were specifically interested in former campaign manager Paul Manafort’s role.
According to Sen. Rand Paul, those three threatened to pair back military aid for Ukraine if the country didn’t honor their request.
So, “If you’re going to condemn Trump, you need to condemn the Democrat senators,” Paul told “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd on Sunday.
According to Sen. Paul, the senators informed Ukraine, “If you don’t keep investigating Trump, we may reconsider our bipartisan support for your aid.”
Sound familiar? That’s the sort of quid pro quo Democrats are accusing Trump of when he called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky back in July. A whistleblower accused Trump of threatening to withhold military aid if Zelensky didn’t agree to investigate his political opponent Hunter Biden. The White House released the phone transcript and, while it did show Trump ask about the Bidens, it did not corroborate the quid pro quo narrative.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2019/10/14/rand-wants-investigation-of-four-dems-who-sent-letter-to-ukraine-n2554655
Unprovoked and unexpected attack by Antifa on a woman Trump supporter:
Note: very, very important timeline, well worth your time to read:
TIMING MATTERS: A THREAD on the MAJOR points in the timeline of the #Russiagate / #Ukrainegate operation by the Clinton operatives working with the
@DNC
and State Department that EVERYONE seems to be missing.
VERY important, so RT it.
https://twitter.com/stranahan/status/1180271474470461440
An illegal Tunisian migrant, who had been deported from Italy, mocked populist leader Matteo Salvini after getting back into the country, saying he was glad Salvini was gone.
The Tunisian is one of around 2,000 migrants who have landed in Italy in September and was interviewed by Italian media on the island of Lampedusa last week, Italian broadcaster TGCOM24 reports.
“I came in 2011. They expelled me in 2019. I had a residence permit. Then I participated in a fight, and they denounced me. Because at that time, there was Salvini,” the Tunisian said.
“I know he’s not there anymore and I’m happy about it,” he added. The migrant confirmed that many in Tunisia knew that Salvini was no longer in the Italian government and claimed that more migrants were leaving the North African country for Italy every day.
Senator Salvini reacted to the interview with the Tunisian by saying: “‘Expelled because of Salvini, he is already back. And with the new [Italian] government, many migrants are ready to leave Tunisia to come to Italy.’ This is madness! Shame on you Conte, you are destroying Italy!”
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/10/14/illegal-migrant-formerly-deported-salvini-mocks-populist-leader/
Judicial Watch Investigates Claims Ousted Ukrainian Ambassador Monitored Journalists. I Was One Of Them.
By Sara Carter -October 14, 2019
Updated: 1:45 p.m.
A conservative government watchdog group is investigating whether former Ukrainian Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch – who recently testified before the House Intelligence Committee – ordered the monitoring of journalists and people with ties to President Donald Trump.
Judicial Watch issued a Freedom of Information Act request on Monday, to the State Department asking for “any and all records regarding, concerning, or related to the monitoring of any U.S.-based journalist, reporter, or media commentator by any employee or office of the Department of State between January 1, 2019 and the present.”
“That includes all records pertaining to the scope of the monitoring to be conducted and individuals subject to it as well as records documenting the information collected pursuant to the monitoring,” the watchdog group stated. “The FOIA request also asks for all records of communication between any official, employee or representative of the State Department and any other individual or entity.”
A source with knowledge confirmed to SaraACarter.com that Yovanovitch, an Obama appointee, had allegedly requested the monitoring of this reporter. A source, with knowledge of the information, said “Sara Carter, as well as The Hill’s former columnist John Solomon, among others, were being monitored.”
Yovanovitch was a career diplomat. She also served at embassies in Kyrgyzstan and Armenia. She was appointed ambassador to Ukraine by Obama in 2016 and was recalled by the State Department in May.
https://saraacarter.com/judicial-watch-investigates-claims-ousted-ukrainian-ambassador-monitored-journalists-i-was-one-of-them/
JW INVESTIGATES IF OUSTED UKRAINE AMBASSADOR ORDERED STATE DEPT. TO MONITOR JOURNALISTS, TRUMP ALLIES
https://www.judicialwatch.org/corruption-chronicles/jw-investigates-if-ousted-ukraine-ambassador-ordered-state-dept-to-monitor-journalists-trump-allies
BREAKING: JW INVESTIGATES IF OUSTED UKRAINE AMBASSADOR ORDERED STATE DEPT. TO MONITOR JOURNALISTS, TRUMP ALLIES
https://www.judicialwatch.org/uncategorized/breaking-jw-investigates-if-ousted-ukraine-ambassador-ordered-state-dept-to-monitor-journalists-trump-allies/
The next time someone tries to tell you Scandinavia got the ‘socialism’ thingie right:
https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/dhuik9/read_this_story_of_norways_great_hospital_service/
The House Intelligence Committee is holding a closed door hearing as part of an ongoing impeachment inquiry into President Trump.
Democrats, however, appear unwilling to work across the aisle to support a fair and transparent process, say Republican lawmakers.
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) displayed his frustration to reporters after Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) kicked him out of the committee’s hearing.
“This morning we see further evidence that Adam Schiff’s clown show of an impeachment proceeding continues,” said Gaetz. “Adam Schiff lied when he said that he and his team had not had contact with the whistleblower. He lied when he read a false transcript into the record.”
Rep. Gaetz accused Democrats of running a “clown show” and specifically, Rep. Schiff of lying to the American people. “I appeared just to participate, just to observe as a member of Congress, as a member of the Judiciary Committee,” Rep. Gaetz told reporters Monday.
Chairman Schiff’s latest move is consistent with his mishandling of a whistleblower complaint that alleged the President proposed a quid-pro-quo deal, alleging that Trump would withhold defense aid from Ukraine until they conducted a full investigation into his political opponent former Vice President Joe Biden and his son.
https://saraacarter.com/rep-schiff-boots-rep-gaetz-from-impeachment-hearing/
Facing a massive hole in its budget, the United Nations is implementing “emergency measures” to avoid missing payroll and other obligations before the end of the year. Unsurprisingly, UN bosses are demanding that taxpayers in America and other nations hand over more money now or face global catastrophe. Even UN officials and apologists, though, have blasted the “bloated” organization for squandering massive amounts of money on everything from luxurious air travel and fancy hotels to globalist propaganda promoting its own agenda. Trump reacted to the whining by calling on the UN to go look for money elsewhere.
According to the UN, one third of all “member states” are delinquent in paying their “dues” to the UN this year. That includes the United States, which funds between a fourth and a third of the UN’s overall budget, compared to Communist China’s meager 8 percent. In exchange, the regime in Beijing runs almost one third of all UN specialized agencies, while an American runs just one out of 15. State Department officials said the U.S. government would pay up at some point in the fall.
https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/north-america/item/33652-trump-tells-bankrupt-un-to-find-money-elsewhere
Thousands in Berlin protest against anti-Semitism
ByKIRSTEN GRIESHABER, ASSOCIATED PRESSBERLIN — Oct 13, 2019, 11:44 AM ET
The Associated Press
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Thousands of people in Berlin protested against anti-Semitism on Sunday, days after a man attacked a synagogue in the eastern German city of Halle.
About 10,000 people participated in the march through the German capital. Several thousand others protested Saturday in other cities including Hamburg and Marburg.
Many Germans are in shock over Wednesday’s attack in which two people were killed outside the synagogue and in a kebab shop. The attack has renewed concerns about rising far-right extremism and questions about the slow police response.
The 27-year-old, heavily armed suspect identified as Stephan B. tried but failed to enter the house of worship on Yom Kippur, Judaism’s holiest day. The suspect, who livestreamed his attack online, has been charged with two counts of murder and nine of attempted murder.
On Sunday, people started their march at a symbolic landmark, Berlin’s Bebelplatz square, where the Nazis burnt thousands of books by Jews, Communist and other opponents, weeks after Adolf Hitler took power in 1933.
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/thousands-berlin-protest-rising-anti-semitism-66245428
The co-ordination in the ‘controlled’ media (operation Mockingbird?):
Ilhan Omar + married boyfriend at an Antifa rally:
U.S. regulators allow genetically modified cotton as human food source
Will Dunham
4 MIN READ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. regulators on Friday gave the green light for genetically modified cotton to be used for human consumption, paving the way for a protein-packed new food source – edible cottonseed that tastes a bit like chickpeas – that its developers said could help tackle global malnutrition.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-science-cottonseed/u-s-regulators-allow-genetically-modified-cotton-as-human-food-source-idUSKBN1WQ2J1?utm_source=reddit.com
Note: did Bart Simpson just say ‘Eat my shorts”? Also, ‘beyond meat’ vegan burgers contain a significant amount of bamboo…just FYI
The 4 families that have controlled California for the last 80 years:
Project Veritas: just in case this had not been posted yet
Austria: Afghan stabs a caregiver of a refugee home and stabs a car driver to death while on the run+++
According to police, an Afghan who allegedly attacked a caregiver for refugees with a knife in a shelter for asylum seekers in Wullowitz (Freistadt district) on Monday stabbed a car driver to death while fleeing. The suspect then fled in his car. The search has so far been without success. The seriously injured caregiver was flown to a hospital in Linz. Why the suspect attacked the caregiver with a knife was unclear for the time being. According to police, the suspect may not have resided in the shelter. In the evening, a large manhunt was carried out in the border area with the Czech Republic, during which a helicopter was also in deployment. In the evening, the Upper Austrian police issued a public search warrant for a suspicious Afghan. He is on his way with a brown Citroen C3 with the registration FR-640K. Every police station or the emergency number 133 will take clues.
More:
https://searchlight-germany.blogspot.com/2019/10/austria-afghan-stabs-caregiver-of.html
Project Veritas on CNN racial bias:
Antifa being Antifa, attacking good people:
The left isn’t going to let this end peacefully, they are going to try to have major riots at both political conventions in 2020 and then when Trump wins will resort to a higher level of violence to try and overturn the results of the election.
Defensive Uses of a Gun: Store Owner with gun fires at Armed Robbers
Kowtowing to China: Corporate Cowardice
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Tucker Carlson on CNN’s bias reportedly exposed
California introduces laws making it EASIER to take guns away
Bongino: Most of media refuses to call out Schiff’s false claims
This is what REALLY happened at the March For Babies
The Rise of JORDAN PETERSON? Review & Retrospection | Ep 92
Gutfeld on Adams Schiff’s lies
Hong Kong makes police housing areas off limits to protesters
Xi Jinping warns attempts to split China will lead to ‘crushed bodies, shattered bones’
Follow The Money Bags to George Soros | Behind the Deep State
GREECE – SAMOS – Clashes Erupt Between Migrants on Greece’s Samos Island
Serious clashes between Afghan migrants and Syrian refugees erupted late at night on Monday and during the early hours of Tuesday in a camp near Vathy, on the island of Samos.
A large fire also broke out in the camp where thousands of refugees and migrants are living in cramped conditions, most of them waiting for their asylum applications to be processed.
As a result of the clashes, six refugees and migrants were injured and then transported to the Samos Island Hospital, which remained on high alert in case the unrest continued throughout the night.
Three of those wounded were reported to have been stabbed and three others presented with respiratory problems, likely as a result of the thick smoke from the fire that broke out in the camp.
The fire was deliberately set, just as fights between different nationalities inside the camp were breaking out.
As a result of the fire, a large part of the Samos camp was destroyed. The Fire Brigade put out the conflagration while thousands of migrants were transferred to other open-air facilities inside and outside the town.
Local authorities warned that if winds had been stronger, the fire would have undoubtedly spread outside the camp, with unforeseen consequences for the entire island.
The local authorities on Samos held an emergency meeting at 1 o’clock in the morning to assess the situation, as things appeared quite uncertain and dangerous at the time.
https://greece.greekreporter.com/2019/10/15/clashes-erupt-between-migrants-on-greeces-samos-island-video/
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reuters – Second Greek migrant camp in flames as arrivals continue to rise
ATHENS (Reuters) – A fire in a severely overcrowded migrant camp in Greece forced hundreds of people into the streets, compounding their plight with more refugees arriving on Greek islands daily in what an aid group called a worsening “nightmare”.
The Samos fire flared outside the camp on Monday night, firefighters said, before spreading inside.[…]
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-greece-samos/second-greek-migrant-camp-in-flames-as-arrivals-continue-to-rise-idUSKBN1WU1WS
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Associated Press Greek authorities evacuate island migrant camp after fire
Greek authorities are evacuating an overcrowded camp for asylum-seekers on the eastern Aegean island of Samos, where a large fire broke out following clashes between residents.
[…]Police said it was unclear what started the blaze as Afghan and Syrian camp residents clashed.[…]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/greek-authorities-evacuate-island-migrant-camp-after-fire/2019/10/14/efa06848-eed0-11e9-bb7e-d2026ee0c199_story.html
They should send the Syrians back home where they belong.
Or straight to hell.
Hong Kong protesters rally in Chater Garden in first approved rally in weeks
Hong Kong leader rules out concessions in face of escalating violence
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Embattled Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday ruled out making any concessions to pro-democracy protesters in the face of escalating violence, which police said was now “life threatening” citing the detonation of a small bomb.
“I have said on many occasions that violence will not give us the solution. Violence would only breed more violence,” Lam told a news conference.
https://www.oann.com/hong-kong-bans-protesters-from-police-housing-areas-amid-escalating-violence/
BBC – Men and boys chained up at Nigeria Islamic ‘school’ –
Police in northern Nigeria have freed 67 people who had been found shackled at an Islamic boarding school, officials say.
The pupils, between the ages of seven and 40, told police they had been tortured and abused.
In a statement released on Monday, police said the boys and men were chained and subjected to “inhuman and degrading treatments”. Some had been sexually abused.
Nigerian president vows crackdown on abusive Islamic schools after second raid
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-captives/nigerian-president-vows-crackdown-on-abusive-islamic-schools-after-second-raid-idUSKBN1WU1K2
“Nigeria’s president on Tuesday ordered a crackdown on abuse at Islamic schools, after a second police raid in less than a month revealed men and boys subjected to beatings, abuse and squalid conditions…”
Nigerian police rescue hundreds from another ‘torture house’ Koranic school
Police in northern Nigeria rescue over 300 young men from a Muslim boarding school where they were chained and sexually abused, the second such operation in a month.
The raid comes after some students escaped the school on Sunday and revealed the barbaric conditions they were living in
Richard: This is from the New York Times filtered through MSN so any resemblance between the article and the truth is a slip up by the reporter.
Trump Followed His Gut on Syria. Calamity Came Fast.
President Trump’s acquiescence to Turkey’s move to send troops deep inside Syrian territory has in only one week’s time turned into a bloody carnage, forced the abandonment of a successful five-year-long American project to keep the peace on a volatile border, and given an unanticipated victory to four American adversaries: Russia, Iran, the Syrian government and the Islamic State.
Rarely has a presidential decision resulted so immediately in what his own party leaders have described as disastrous consequences for American allies and interests. How this decision happened — springing from an “off-script moment” with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, in the words of a senior American diplomat — likely will be debated for years by historians, Middle East experts and conspiracy theorists.
But this much already is clear: Mr. Trump ignored months of warnings from his advisers about what calamities likely would ensue if he followed his instincts to pull back from Syria and abandon America’s longtime allies, the Kurds. He had no Plan B, other than to leave. The only surprise is how swiftly it all collapsed around the president and his depleted, inexperienced foreign policy team.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-followed-his-gut-on-syria-calamity-came-fast/ar-AAILbg6
(Richard: The following is J.E. Dyer’s latest on the situation in the Middle east. Be sure and read the entire article. In the article/analysis she lays out what is happening and then blasts the Propaganda Media for being so openly biased and openly stupid (stupid is my working not hers)
Syria: Trump sends delegation to negotiate; ABC gives us ‘Turkish attack’ filmed in Kentucky
By J.E. Dyer October 15, 2019
It’s been a rough week for analysis, with most of the commentary in knee-jerk mode. This isn’t alleviated at all by so much of the “straight news” coverage being in “Pallywood and Exaggeration: The Movie” mode. What can you do. Here we are.
I pause only to note that if you pointed out, a week ago, the likelihood that some of the Kurds would want to ensure survival by looking for an accord with Russia and Assad, your perspective is being vindicated.
Other than that, there’s little real-world vindication for all the various dire or sunny predictions. Unless he has a death wish, Erdogan is basically stopped now. See paragraph two, above. Pushback with Russia behind it means Erdogan’s forces start taking casualties if he keeps pushing further in a wholly discretionary campaign. This is a fight he doesn’t, strictly speaking, have to be waging. He’s not fighting for Turkey’s survival; he’s fighting to drive a stake in Syria, in part so that Syria won’t end up being weaponized against him.
If Syria is to be weaponized – and if Erdogan has anything to say about it, Syria will be, somewhere in a hazy future – it will be on Neo-Ottoman terms, not Russia’s or Iran’s. That’s Erdogan’s position. But weaponizations can be delayed until timing is propitious. Pick a century since 1453, and Ottoman Turkey, Russia, and Persia have been out in force shooting at each other, trying to get that straightened out. Syria and Iraq have hosted their battles for quite a long time.
https://libertyunyielding.com/2019/10/15/syria-trump-sends-delegation-to-negotiate-abc-gives-us-turkish-attack-filmed-in-kentucky/
Richard: Here are some take aways from the rest of the article, as I said above be sure and read the entire article.
The harder he pushes, the more he will be obliged to treat everything as an emergency. That means he can’t stop running. Inexcusable as he is, that hasn’t been his M.O. Erdogan’s not a nihilist; he wants Turkey to actually be there, rested and in charge, for new caliphate of his vision.
Let us all observe a solemn two-minute hate for the annoyance of this situation not fitting any of our preconceptions. I’m the first to say it doesn’t fit mine. That also puts me first in line to say that I can’t predict how it’s going to go.
What Trump has done here is somehow get to a situation he can at least try to negotiate on the terms he is familiar with. Instead of having the military reality on the ground dictate his relative negotiating strength, he has removed that as a constraint on him. Ten days ago, there were a few dozen American soldiers in a position of exceptional vulnerability on the Syrian border. Now there aren’t. Moreover, Russia, Assad, and the Syrian Kurds are suddenly in league against Turkey instead of jockeying against each other, and the hand of Iran in what’s going on is at the moment a secondary and compromised one at best. (Richard:Read the above take away several times and then decide if Trump knew what he was doing and maneuvered the various players into this situation or was he just lucky)
I doubt the economic pressure Trump proposes to bring on Turkey would be decisive, if it were applied by itself. But the other actors in the drama – Russia and Assad, now partnering with Kurds – are setting up a juncture at which the sanctions could potentially make the outcome of negotiations more fruitful.
Of course, the media can do their best to keep us from seeing clearly. That’s the other observation: that the media have covered themselves with ignominy in this – ignominy that ought to be decisive for multiple purposes.
If we continue to accept the “mainstream” media as a good-faith actor, we condemn ourselves to believing misrepresentations, absurd exaggerations, and endlessly repeated narrative points, rather than simple facts.
Instead, we get YouTube video footage from a gun range in Kentucky, edited so the American spectators aren’t visible, being presented by ABC as video of “Slaughter in Syria.” There’s no living that down. They had to go twice around the barn and stop for drinks along the way to come up with that one; you don’t just accidentally pull a video off YouTube, edit out the Yankee audience, and then use it to illustrate combat in Syria.
About the only thing I can add to this article is that the loss of face that Yucki talked about either didn’t happen or is overshadowed by the way all players were maneuvered into positions that leave the US as the only nation that can manage the negotiations so everyone wins something.
There is a second thing, J.E.c doesn’t seem to be worried about the 50 nukes being at risk. Since her military/naval experience is more recent t hen mine and her trainig is in (among other things) cost risk analysis I will go with her analysis until events prove her right or wrong.
The hand of Iran in the area: Trump sent 1,000 troops to KSA with Iran in mind.
And Israel is handling the bombing of Iranian weapons ‘storage areas.
The list of Trump sanctions is nasty, even brutal, so much so that Erdogan called him three hours later to comply with Trump’s demands.
Brilliant Trump didn’t target Erdogan per se, but rather his innermost circle, the latter being most surely very furious.
I do believe Trump had foreseen what might possibly unfold with Erdogan in charge. Trump gave him enough rope to hang himself. And Trump was ready with his list of sanctions.
And now, EU countries are banning sales of weapons to Turkey.
Note: I do think the sanctions on Minister of Energy are two-fold: aside from the financial, Trump sends a message not to make trouble in Cyprus and Greece.
Erdogan is now utterly powerless.
Trump is good, I ask Yucki a rhetorical question, with Russia having economic problems how is Putin affording (can Putin afford) moving into more of Syria? Everything he is doing in the Middle East is increasing the money drain from Turkey, Russia, Syria and Iran as they move in to replace the US in the Kurdish controlled areas. You know I love to read history and I can’t think of any US President that used soft economic power so effectively. Xi and Kim are playing with fire by truing to wait out the election. In one of his interviews Steve Bannon says that he doesn’t think Trump wants to crush China (Bannon does want t his) but will be forced to crush them.
Russia’s military police patrol contact line between Syrian, Turkish forces: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian military police are patrolling the contact line between Syrian and Turkish forces in northern Syria, the RIA news agency cited Russia’s defense ministry as saying on Tuesday.
Syrian government forces allied with Russia are in full control of the northern Syrian town of Manbij and Russian soldiers are coordinating with Turkey’s army in Manbij region, the Interfax news agency cited the ministry as saying.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-russia-police/russias-military-police-patrol-contact-line-between-syrian-turkish-forces-ria-idUSKBN1WU1GI?il=0
Group Of Approximately 200 Juveniles Disrupts Traffic, Businesses In Northeast Philadelphia, Police Say
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Police say a group of approximately 200 juveniles caused a disruption in Northeast Philadelphia Monday night. In total, police say four arrests were made — one for vandalism and three for disorderly conduct.
According to police, the juveniles left the Rolling Thunder Skating Rink in the city’s Castor section before heading out on Roosevelt Boulevard.
https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2019/10/14/group-of-approximately-200-juveniles-disrupt-traffic-businesses-in-northeast-philadelphia-police-say/
Sky News EXCLUSIVE: Turkish vice president says there will be no ceasefire
Anyone who opposes Turkey’s incursion into northern Syria should try to understand its position, says its vice president.
zero hedge – Pentagon Confirms Manbij Handed Over To Russia As US Forces Filmed Departing
A stunning development in the key northern Syrian city of Manbij — the Pentagon has confirmed a planned handover to Russian military forces is underway amid a Turkish military assault on the region. This also hours after President Trump tweeted that Assad “wants naturally to protect the Kurds” and that the problem should be left to local powers.
Late Monday the main US base in Manbij was filmed empty of US forces, and American convoys were also spotted hastily pulling out of the city as Syrian national forces entered, following Sunday’s historic deal between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Assad government. Newsweek reports the developments follows:
The U.S. military has begun a hasty exit from Syria’s northern city of Manbij, and is set to help Russia establish itself there amid a Turkish attempt to defeat Kurdish-led, Pentagon-backed fighters at the strategic location, Newsweek has learned.
As the Syrian national flag went up over multiple previously US-backed SDF towns on Monday, it was as yet unclear what Russia’s role in all this would be. Through Monday there were also widespread rumors that Russian jets were circling over key border posts as Turkish forces shelled Kurdish positions below.
The Newsweek report suggests, as we predicted, the blistering fast developments clearly are being driven by significant Russian deal-making among all parties, surprisingly including the US, apparently:
A senior Pentagon official told Newsweek that U.S. personnel, “having been in the area for longer, has been assisting the Russian forces to navigate through previously unsafe areas quickly.”
And the US coalition spokesman has now confirmed much of Newsweek’s reporting, announcing a “deliberate withdrawal” from Manbij and northeast Syria, saying, “We are out of Manbij”.
This will of course make it impossible for pro-Turkish forces to take the town, and it’s likely that Erdogan may have been privy to Russian plans from the start.
“It is essentially a handover,” the official continued to Newsweek. “However, it’s a quick out, not something that will include walk-throughs, etc., everything is about making out with as much as possible of our things while destroying any sensitive equipment that cannot be moved.”
Local footage aired by RT showed the unprecedented moment a retreating column of US forces from Manbij passed a truck full of Syrian Army troops, headed the opposite direction.
Local footage aired by RT showed the unprecedented moment a retreating column of US forces from Manbij passed a truck full of Syrian Army troops, headed the opposite direction.
US forces had helped its SDF partner force administer Manbij since liberating the mixed majority-Arab town from ISIS in 2016.
It’s remarkable that President Trump has apparently ordered the rapid handover to Russian and Syrian national forces, which is likely to bringer a quicker end to the now over eight-year long war than was expected.
Meanwhile it appears that after five years Raqqa is also now back under Syrian government control.
This just as the White House has authorized sanctions on Turkey over the “destabilizing actions” related to its ‘Operation Peace Spring’ in northeast Syria.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/pentagon-confirms-manbij-handed-over-russia-us-forces-filmed-departing
Turkish offensive in Syria: Syrian government forces enter Manbij
Watch:
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Census Bureau requests states provide citizenship data in response to block of question
The Trump administration is directing the U.S. Census Bureau to request states hand over citizenship statistics. This comes after the Supreme Court blocked the White House from adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
An Associated Press report this week detailed the two methods being used to gather the data without specifically asking the question. One way is having states ask residents to provide information from their driver’s license. Another is to submit information on individuals enrolled in government-funded public programs.
The Census Bureau reiterated the information they receive is stripped of personal identities and will be used strictly for statistics.
https://www.oann.com/census-bureau-requests-states-provide-citizenship-data-in-response-to-block-of-question/
Giuliani responds to Bolton claims on Ukraine
President Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani releases a statement to Fox News after former Russia adviser Fiona Hill testifies that John Bolton instructed her to alert the NSC after a meeting with White House officials and Ukraine;
Catherine Herridge reports.
Giuliani refuses to comply with House Dems’ subpoena
Trump sanctions fail to slow Turkey assault; Syrian troops move on Manbij
MANBIJ, Syria (Reuters) – Turkey ignored U.S. sanctions and pressed on with its assault on northern Syria on Tuesday, while the Russia-backed Syrian army roared into one of the most hotly contested cities abandoned by U.S. forces in Donald Trump’s retreat.
Reuters journalists accompanied Syrian government forces who entered the centre of the city of Manbij, a flashpoint where U.S. troops had previously conducted joint patrols with Turkey.
Russian and Syrian flags were flying from a building on the city outskirts, and from a convoy of military vehicles.
https://www.oann.com/trump-sanctions-fail-to-slow-turkey-assault-moscows-allies-advance/
(Richard: Before any of you start celebrating the crackdown on the Mosques stop and think about what this statement says. Beto (and the others on the stage that didn’t disagree with him) are saying that if you don’t fall in line with every part of the Cultural Marxist agenda you are going to be punished by the full force of the law. No more freedom of conscious, no more freedom of thought, No more right to disagree with the government, if you do you will be punished and your right to a job and possibly shelter will be removed.
The fact that the Dem politicians feel comfortable being this honest about their goals is scary, and it says that they think 1) they will win the election no matter what happens in the ballot box (those who count the votes are the important people). It also says that when Trump wins they are going to explode and resort to violence at a higher level then that we will see in the Primary and General Election run up.
Beto: Yes, I’d revoke tax-exempt status for mosques, historically black colleges, too
By LU Staff October 14, 2019
Go ahead and dare Beto O’Rourke. Dare him to say something stupid and see what happens. You won’t trip him up. But that’s only because he’ll trip himself up first.
This litmus test was applied after O’Rourke made his blanket statement at last Thursday’s LGBTQ forum when he said that, as president, he would revoke the tax-exempt status of churches that refused to abandon their views of homosexuality as a sin.
“There can be no reward, no benefit, no tax break for anyone or any institution, any organization in America that denies the full human rights and the full civil rights of every single one of us,” he said.
Watch:
https://libertyunyielding.com/2019/10/14/beto-yes-id-revoke-tax-exempt-status-for-mosques-historically-black-colleges-too/
Richard: He is talking about the human rights the left approves of and make up, he isn’t talking about the rights enshrined in the “Bill of Rights”, he doesn’t like most of them because they limit what the Government can do to force you into a good little Marxist drone.
The lefts thoughts about religion are shown in the photo in the article where a man/boy is holding a sign saying Beto is our Christ. It is also shown in the Church in Europe that says Greta is the new savior.
If the left wins they are going to push us back to the time when national leaders were considered living Gods and everyone had to worship them. Look at how the left deifies the Clinton’s and the Obama’s. The left always ends up building cults of personality around their leaders and when those leaders are in power for a long time they turn into bloody handed tyrants. Look at the Soviet Union under Stalin and China under Mao, xi seems to be trying to take China back to the days when everyone was afraid of Mao.
The FISA abuse report is coming out soon. Here’s what to know about it
By Daily Caller News Foundation October 15, 2019
The Justice Department inspector general’s much-anticipated report of FISA abuse is expected to be made public soon, perhaps within the next couple of weeks.
A lot is riding on the report, which Michael Horowitz, the inspector general, submitted to the FBI and Justice Department for a declassification review on Sept 13.
Republican lawmakers have built up expectations that the report will be a damning portrayal of the FBI’s investigation of the Trump campaign, including former Trump aide Carter Page. FBI officials relied on the controversial Steele dossier to obtain four Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrants to monitor Page’s phone calls and emails from October 2016 through September 2017.
https://libertyunyielding.com/2019/10/15/the-fisa-abuse-report-is-coming-out-soon-heres-what-to-know-about-it/
RUSSIA the peacekeepers: Putin’s troops ‘will not allow’ Syria and Turkey to enter direct conflict, says Moscow, as their forces position themselves between the two factions following US withdrawal (dailymail, Oct 15, 2019)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7574477/President-Erdogan-tells-world-leaders-Syria-begin-admitting-refugees.html
“Russia has stationed troops between the Syrian army and Turkish forces in an attempt to prevent fresh clashes in northern Syria.
Moscow said its soldiers are now patrolling land outside the flashpoint city of Manbij, which was taken over by Syrian government forces on Tuesday, to prevent an anticipated Turkish attack.
Russia, which backs the Syrian government, said ‘no one is interested’ in fighting between Syrian government troops and Turkish forces and that Moscow ‘is not going to allow it.’
But the Kremlin failed to prevent some skirmishes around the city, as the Turkish government said one of its soldiers was killed and eight more wounded in a mortar attack. Turkey said it returned fire and killed 15 ‘terrorists’.
Vladimir Putin has moved quickly to establish himself as power-broker in northern Syria, including striking a pact between the Kurds and Syrian government, after Donald Trump suddenly ordered US forces to withdraw.
Video also emerged of Russian forces occupying a former American base just outside of Manbij, which was hastily abandoned by US forces.
A journalist travelling with Russian forces gave a tour of the base, which seemed to have been left virtually intact by the retreating Americans, saying: ‘Let’s have a look, how they lived, what there is here and where they went.’
The Turkish invasion entered its seventh day on Tuesday, with heavy fighting reported in the early hours around the border city of Ras al-Ayn.
Turkish forces opened fire with artillery and carried out at least one airstrike after a major Kurdish counter-attack overnight seized back parts of the border crossing point.
Erdogan spoke out to defended his attack on Syria saying he decided to act after world leaders failed to stem the tide of refugees arriving in his country.
He said the international community either needs to back his mission to open up a ‘peace corridor’ in Kurdish territory to resettle some 2million displaced people, or else begin accepting those people themselves.
Despite Erdogan’s claims that his attack would help the refugee situation, Kurdish forces said some 275,000 people including 70,000 children have already been displaced by the fighting.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said ‘fortifications, tunnel networks and a continuous supply of reinforcements’ had enabled the SDF to hold off Turkish efforts to take the town…”
Positive coverage of V. Putin makes me want to vomit.
Just a reflex, he may be the cat’s-meow of statesmanship.
………..But I hate cats, too.
He isn’t the cats meow but he is a skilled player on the worlds stage, the problem he is now facing is the increased cost of maintaining the peace i n Syria.
How long can Putin keep increasing the amount he is spending in Syria?
You know the Russian economy better then me so think about that for a moment, it was soft economic power pushing the Soviets to over spend that caused the Soviet Union to collapse. I don’t think Trump is trying for another Russian collapse but he doesn’t mind weakening our enemies.
AUSTRIA – Afghan suspected of killing one, wounding another in Austria knife attacks
VIENNA (Reuters) – A knife-wielding Afghan man is suspected of killing one person and badly wounding another in a series of attacks in Austria on Monday, police said.
Police in Upper Austria province said the man, 33, wounded a staff member at a refugee centre in Wullowitz, near the border with the Czech Republic, before fleeing the scene by bicycle. He then stabbed to death a nearby resident and took his car, police said.
The motive was still under investigation.
Broadcaster ORF cited authorities as saying the suspect had been taken into custody in the city of Linz without further incident.
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-austria-attack/afghan-suspected-of-killing-one-wounding-another-in-austria-knife-attacks-idUKKBN1WT2EF
Germany: A man killed during stabbing among Afghans
In a clash between two groups of three young men each near Langensteinbach railway station, a 31-year-old man was killed and a 22-year-old injured around 8 p.m. on Monday.
After the first investigations by the public prosecutor’s office and the Criminal Investigation Department in Karlsruhe, the two groups of three, six people from Afghanistan, encountered at a railway underpass on Ettlinger Street.
Suddenly there were violent clashes by using knives. A 31-year-old man was so badly injured in the neck area that he died a little later on the spot despite the intervention of the paramedics.
A 22-year-old companion of the victim suffered arm injuries caused by the use of a knife and had to be treated in hospital. In the meantime, the 22-year-old was able to leave the clinic.
Police officers from the police stations of Ettlingen, Karlsruhe-Marktplatz and Neuenbürg arrested three suspects while searching for the suspects.
While a 20-year-old was spotted in a bus on the outskirts of Langensteinbach, police patrols arrested two 18-year-old suspects in a garden shed after receiving information from the population.
At the request of the public prosecutor’s office in Karlsruhe, two suspects will be brought before the magistrate on Tuesday. Meanwhile, further investigations into the ambiguous background continue.
https://fredalanmedforth.blogspot.com/2019/10/karlsbad-langensteinbach-ein-toter-bei.html
https://searchlight-germany.blogspot.com/2019/10/germany-man-killed-during-stabbing.html
PART 2 – CNN Leadership Picks Winners and Losers on Eve of Debate. “…They(CNN) like Warren a lot”
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Democracy and voting are both evil! (Canadian Islamic cleric, Younus Kathrada)
Non-Muslim Celebrations & a Word on Elections – Sh. Younus Kathrada
Sheikh Younus Kathrada is a graduate of the Islamic University of Madinah in Saudi Arabia.
He has been involved in grassroots dawah with the Muslim community of Canada, and of BC in particular, for the last 20 years.
He has presented many topics on Islaam at Universities in BC and Alberta for Islaam Awareness Week, and also presents “Introduction to Islam” courses for high school and middle school students.
He was previously Imam and founder of Masjid Al-Iman in Victoria BC as well as the Imam of an Islamic centre in Vancouver.
He then returned to Victoria and was the founder and teacher of Al Madinah Academy in Victoria, B.C, as well as the acting Imam of the Masjid there.
He then moved to Malaysia where he was a teacher and then Principal of Al-Tamimi International Islamic School in Subang Jaya for almost 7 years.
While in Malaysia he continued to give talks at various universities and Masaajid.
He moved back to Victoria in 2016 and is currently the Imam of the Dar Al-Ihsan Islamic Center.
Turkish-exiled NBA star Enes Kanter has powerful response to LeBron James’ pro-China defense
‘FREEDOM IS NOT FREE
Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter, a Turkish-born basketball star, had a powerful response to LeBron James, who on Monday ignited a firestorm of criticism after seemingly defending Communist China.
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More than one week after the NBA-China controversy began, starting with a pro-Hong Kong tweet by Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey, James told the media that Morey’s comment was selfish and that he “wasn’t educated on the situation at hand.”
“And so many people could have been harmed, not only financial, but physically, emotionally, spiritually, so just be careful for what we tweet, what we say, and what we do,” James said. “Even though yes, we do have freedom of speech, there can be a lot of negatives.”
The Los Angeles Lakers star then went on Twitter to comment further on the issue:
https://www.theblaze.com/news/enes-kanter-powerful-response-to-lebron-james-pro-china-defense?utm_source=theblaze-breaking&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2019Trending-Turkish-NBA-Player-Lebron&utm_term=ACTIVE%20LIST%20-%20TheBlaze%20Breaking%20News