Category: International Affairs,

Veterans stand for Standing Rock 

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The event, Veterans Stand for Standing Rock, is a call for veterans to “assemble as a peaceful, unarmed militia” to “defend the water protectors from assault and intimidation at the hands of the militarized police force and DAPL security.”

Source: Veterans stand for Standing Rock – CNN.com

Well, good on you, Wes Clark. Nicely done.

Turkey withdraws child sex bill after protests

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Its withdrawal marked a rare concession to popular opposition by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), which has dominated politics since 2002. “We are taking this bill in parliament back to the commission in order to allow for the broad consensus the president requested, and to give time for the opposition parties to develop their proposals,” Prime Minister Binali Yildirim told a news conference in Istanbul.

Turkey withdraws child sex bill after protests

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Pakistan: India Attack Kills 12, 10 Troops Die on Both Sides 

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Artillery fire and shelling from India targeted several Pakistani villages and struck a passenger bus near the dividing line in the disputed region of Kashmir on Wednesday, killing 12 civilians wounding more than a dozen others, the Pakistani military and officials said.

Pakistan: India Attack Kills 12, 10 Troops Die on Both Sides – The New York Times

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How Angela Merkel, a conservative, became the ‘leader of the free world’ 

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Speaking Sunday, Merkel specified that the resurgence of a political discourse characterized by “hate” was one of the reasons she had decided to run again. She also lowered expectations by saying it was “absurd” to believe that she alone would be able to turn the populist momentum. “No person alone, not even the most experienced, can turn things to good in Germany, Europe and the world, especially not a chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany,” she said.

…Few consider the right-wing Alternative for Germany party strong enough to become a real threat to Merkel’s ambitions for a fourth term. In the long run, though, Merkel’s decision not to champion traditional conservative policy stances could have a lasting effect on German politics.

Her party used to test the limits of how far to the right a German conservative party can go. That is no longer the case.

How Angela Merkel, a conservative, became the ‘leader of the free world’ – The Washington Post

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Police fire water cannon at Dakota pipeline protesters in freezing weather

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Police fire water cannon at Dakota pipeline protesters in freezing weather | Reuters

There need to be charges against the police.
Law enforcement is not only not keeping the peace, they are posing clear and present danger to thousands of the citizenry.
Hope the first nations successfully sue every law enforcement agency present at these atrocities into the ground.

Hundreds Of Trump Supporters Are Angrily Tweeting A Canadian Theatre Company In Hamilton, Ontario

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Hundreds of angry, and deeply confused Trump supporters, unleashed a vicious Twitter tirade against the Hamilton Theatre Inc., located in Hamilton, Ontario

…“They’ve been calling to boycott Hamilton and stage protests but little do they know that they are picking on Hamilton, Ontario’s oldest musical theatre company,” [Riane Leonard, a member of the theatre company’s production team] said.

“None of them have bothered to actually look at our account to see that they are wrong.”

…“You’re funneling it to the wrong person, guys,” she said. “All you need to do is check our profile to see we’re not even in the same country.”

But she’s glad if the mix-up resulted in a few less vitriolic tweets sent to the Hamilton cast.

“If we helped take any of the heat off our friends on Broadway, we’re here to help.”

Hundreds Of Trump Supporters Are Angrily Tweeting A Canadian Theatre Company In Hamilton, Ontario|The Gaily Grind

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British woman arrested in Dubai after reporting rape, group says 

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A British tourist has been arrested in Dubai on charges of extramarital sex after telling police she was raped by a group of British nationals while in the United Arab Emirates, according to a UK-based legal advice group called Detained in Dubai.

British woman arrested in Dubai after reporting rape, group says – CNN.com

Despite the glittery PR campaigns Dubai always sounds like a total shithole whenever it pops up in the news. What the heck do these silly tourists and ex-pats expect? The laws are in the stone ages.

GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham wants Congress to investigate Russian cyberattack on DNC, election 

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“Were they involved in cyberattacks that had a political component to it in our elections?” Graham said.

If so, Graham said, “Putin should be punished.”U.S. officials allege that Russia was involved in the hack on the Democratic National Committee that resulted in the release of sensitive emails ahead of the election.

Graham is one of the Senate’s leading foreign policy experts and his scrutiny of Putin comes as Trump’s desire for closer ties with Russia has drawn deep concern from the national security establishment.

GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham wants Congress to investigate Russian cyberattack on DNC, election – LA Times

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New Zealand’s earthquake was so intense, it lifted the sea bed 2 metres above ground 

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The magnitude 7.8 earthquake that tore through New Zealand on Monday was so powerful, it dragged the sea floor 2 metres above the ground, causing it to explode though the sand and reveal its strange, lumpy exterior.

New Zealand’s earthquake was so intense, it lifted the sea bed 2 metres above ground – ScienceAlert

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