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2015-08-23 Climate disasters - is Vegas drying out?

2015-08-23 Climate disasters - is Vegas drying out?
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Why Has The Government Stopped Reporting Lake Mead Water Levels?
Leading news site for global finance, economics, market, and political analysis.
zerohedge.com

2015-08-23 Why It Really All Comes Down To The Death Of The Petrodollar

2015-08-23 Why It Really All Comes Down To The Death Of The Petrodollar
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/23/2015 - 09:59
Last week, in the global currency war’s latest escalation, Kazakhstan instituted a free float for the tenge causing the currency to immediately plunge by some 25%. The rationale behind the move was clear enough. What might not be as clear is how recent events in developing economy FX markets stem from a seismic shift we began discussing late last year - namely, the death of the petrodollar system which has served to underwrite decades of dollar dominance and was, until recently, a fixture of the post-war global economic order.
Last week, in the global currency war’s latest escalation, Kazakhstan instituted a free float for the tenge causing the currency to immediately plunge by some 25%. The...
zerohedge.com

2015-08-23 Global economy in free-fall???

2015-08-23 Global economy in free-fall???
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Global Trade In Freefall: Container Freight Rates From Asia To Europe Crash 60% In Three Weeks
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/23/2015 - 12:42
Three weeks ago, "something just snapped." Now, it is getting worse by the day.
Three weeks ago, "something just snapped." Now, it is getting worse by the day.
zerohedge.com

2015-08-23 PALESTINE: Routines of the occupation...

2015-08-23 PALESTINE: Routines of the occupation...
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Yesterday, Palestinian Abu Sneina and Media families were again expelled by IDF from their privately owned agricultural lands between Halhul and Beit Umar, adjacent to the Jewish settlement of Karmey Tzur, hear Hebron.
Between Halhul and Beit Umar, near the colony Carmei Tzur, 22.8.2015
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2015-08-23 PALESTINE: Routines of the occupation...

2015-08-23 PALESTINE: Routines of the occupation...
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Demonstration in Beit Jala, south of Jerusalem this morning, against the building of the separation wall. Demonstrators took apart IDF road block. At the end of the short clip - tear gassed.
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צפו: מאות פלסטינים, נוצרים ומוסלמים, הפגינו הבוקר בבית ג׳אלה נגד העבודות להקמת חומת ההפרדה, ופירקו מחסום של הצבא. http://bit.ly/1NNChKG

2015-08-23 Eurovision: Liabach

2015-08-23 Eurovision: Liabach
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2015-08-23 PALESTINE: Routines of the occupation...

2015-08-23 PALESTINE: Routines of the occupation...
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Nabi Saleh, part II:
Published August 23, 2015
Three photojournalists, who were covering the routine demonstration in Nabi Saleh were detained by IDF for no reason at all.
The two Israeli journalists, arrested on Friday afternoon, were released by the court on Saturday night, after it was determined that there was no reason for their arrest. The Palestinian journalist was released on Sunday morning, only as a result of the release of the Israeli journalists.
בית המשפט: צלמים שתיעדו הפגנה בנבי סלאח נעצרו ללא עילה מאת אקטיבסטילס | 23.8.2015 חיילים עצרו שלושה צלמים שתיעדו הפגנה בשטחים. לשני הישראלים הוצע שחרור בתנאים מגבילים אולם הם סרבו מאחר ואפשרות כזאת לא הוצעה לצלם הפלסטיני. בצעד נדיר בעקבות החלטת בית המשפט לשחררם הוחלט לשחרר ללא תנאים גם את הצלם הפלסטיני
אורן זיו:
נמשכת התנכלות הצבא לצלמים בשטחים הכבושים: שלושה צלמים שתיעדו את ההפגנה השבועית בכפר נאבי סאלח בגדה המערבית, נעצרו ביום שישי האחרון. במוצאי שבת, לאחר שקבע שלא היתה עילה למעצר, שחרר בית המשפט שניים מהם, שרית מיכאלי ודוד ריב. הבוקר, בצעד נדיר כלפי עצורים פלסטינים בהפגנות, הסכימה המשטרה לשחרר ללא תנאים גם את הצלם השלישי, בילאל תמימי, בעקבות בקשה של עורך דינו והחלטת בת המשפט אמש. תמימי עדיין מחכה לשחרורו....
...מעצרם של השלושה, מדגים פעם נוספת, את משטר האפליה בשטחים. למרות שצו שטח צבאי סגור לא אמור לחול על תושבי המקום, ולמרות שנעצר בדיוק באותו מקום ובאותה שעה והואשם באותן עבירות נלקח הצלם בילאל תמימי לאחר חקירתו ביום שישי לבית המעצר הצבאי בעופר. כאמור, לא הוצעה לו אפשרות לחתום על שחרור בתנאי מגבילים כלשהם. בעוד העצורים הישראלים כפופים לחוק הישראלי על פיו תוך 24 שעות ממעצרם הם צריכים להיות מובאים בפני שופט, על תמימי, כמו על כל הפלסטינים בשטחים הכבושים, חל החוק הצבאי לפיו ניתן להחזיק בו עד 4 ימים מזמן מעצרו לפני שיובא בפני שופט.
אתמול הדגישה מיכאלי כי "דוד, בילאל ואני נעצרנו באותו מקום ונחקרנו על אותן עבירות, אבל לכל אורך הדרך טופלנו בנפרד, בגלל שבילאל כפלסטיני, כפוף למערכת המשפטית הצבאית, ואנו כישראלים נהנים מהזכויות שמעניקה המערכת האזרחית שחלה עלינו".
בעקבות ההחלטה החד משמעית של בית המשפט אמש, קיבלה הבוקר המשטרה את בקשתו של עו"ד רמתי לשחרר גם את תמימי ממעצרו ללא תנאים מגבילים".
חיילים עצרו שלושה צלמים שתיעדו הפגנה בשטחים. לשני הישראלים הוצע שחרור בתנאים...
mekomit.co.il|By Activestills

2015-08-23 PALESTINE: Routines of the occupation...

2015-08-23 PALESTINE: Routines of the occupation...
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Nabi Saleh, part I:
Published April 24, 2015
WATCH: Israeli officer attacks, throws stones at photojournalists...
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Video shows Israeli photojournalist and AFP photographer being attacked by Israeli soldiers at the weekly protest against the occupation in the West Bank village of...
972mag.com

2015-08-23 PALESTINE: Routines of the occupation...

2015-08-23 PALESTINE: Routines of the occupation...
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KUSRA, part II:
Settlers attacked a Palestinian shepherd. IDF attacked Palestinians who came to his defense...
קוסרא: מתנחלים תקפו רועה צאן, הצבא תקף את מי שהגיעו לעזור לו
קבוצה של מתנחלים מהמאחז אש קודש ירדו הבוקר (שבת) לכיוון אדמות הכפר קוסרא,...
mekomit.co.il|By Activestills

2015-08-23 PALESTINE: Routines of the occupation...

2015-08-23 PALESTINE: Routines of the occupation...
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KUSRA, part I:
Fearful of Jewish settlers, Palestinians deploy night watchmen
After a deadly arson attack in the West Bank, villages send their men to guard with pickaxes and flashlights.
washingtonpost.com|By William Booth

2015-08-23 US: Murderous police - a cardinal sign of a totalitarian regime!

2015-08-23 US: Murderous police - a cardinal sign of a totalitarian regime!
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Say his name: Charles S. Hall (white male) in Maryland.
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‘He wasn’t f*cking armed!': Woman screams at MD. cops after they kill her husband in Walmart parking lot
The Cecil Daily reports that Charles S. Hall was shot and killed by Trooper Daryl K. Brackett, a three-year veteran of the force who claimed he recognized Hall and knew there was a warrant out for his arrest.

According to State Police spokesperson Greg Shipley, Brackett attempted to arrest Hall but Hall allegedly resisted and fought with the trooper before getting into his vehicle and attempting to take off.
“During the struggle, the trooper fired his assigned duty pistol, striking Hall in the upper torso,” Shipley said.
Hall was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to police, Hall was wanted for violating his probation and failure to appear for drug counseling. Hall also had another outstanding warrant for possession of drug paraphernalia.
A witness at the scene filmed an unidentified woman who claimed to be Hall’s wife struggling with police and pounding on the hood of a police car while screaming, “You are a murderer! He was not armed! He was not f*cking armed! You killed my husband!” as she tried to reach him laying on the ground.
According to witnesses, the woman was eventually strapped to a stretcher where she continued to attempt to break free while screaming at the officers.
In the video, a discussion can be heard with one man commenting Hall had been maced by the cop, saying, “He maced him. They should have been away from the car, telling him to get out,” before adding, “This is gonna be big time here — worse than other ones.”
“Is he colored?” the man asks only to be told, “No, he’s white, I think,” before replying, “That don’t even matter, that don’t even matter.”
A third man then adds, “Cause it don’t matter, he was a human.”
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The Cecil Daily reports that Charles S. Hall was shot and killed by Trooper Daryl K. Brackett, a three-year...
liveleak.com

2015-08-23 AFGHANISTAN: US secret war continues...

2015-08-23 AFGHANISTAN: US secret war continues...
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Privatized to CIA, Pentagon contractors... The true Capitalist Way of War - through contractors...
At least 12 people including 3 American contractors were killed and 66 injured in a car bomb explosion, believed to be a suicide bomb attack targeting a civilian NATO...
rt.com

2015-08-23 US: The persecution of Manning...

2015-08-22 US: Shooting down drones...

2015-08-22 US: Shooting down drones...
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Hobby drone usage is on the rise, with its privacy implications causing some discomfort. However, an ammunition company has apparently devised a solution: a...
rt.com

2015-08-22 US: Murderous police - a cardinal sign of a totalitarian regime!

2015-08-22 US: Murderous police - a cardinal sign of a totalitarian regime!
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The autopsy results of 18-year-old Mansur Ball-Bey have just been released, and what they reveal isn't very good for the the St. Louis police. The autopsy shows that...
countercurrentnews.com

2015-08-22 US: Pentagon lost count of some small change - $8.5 trillion!

2015-08-22 US: Pentagon lost count of some small change - $8.5 trillion!
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First read this blogger: http://www.dailykos.com/…/-The-Biggest-Scandal-in-US-Histor… and then read David Swanson's additional points.
Three cheers for Reuters pointing out that the Pentagon can't explain what it did with $8.5 trillion that taxpayers gave it between 1996 and 2013.
opednews.com

2015-08-22 America: A Land Where Justice Is Absent

2015-08-22 America: A Land Where Justice Is Absent
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By Paul Craig Roberts
If you are an American and you cannot smell the sulfur, you are tightly locked down in The Matrix. God help you.
In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have...
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