Friday, February 3, 2017

In the news, Saturday, January 7, 2017


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from Allen West
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

FBI says DNC servers were hacked by Russia, but there’s one BIG problem…
Right before the convention, the DNC was hacked and damaging emails were released to the public via Wikileaks. The FBI was called in to investigate, and immediately came to the conclusion that the hack originated with the Russians. However, what ISN’T being covered is that the FBI didn’t even ask for access to the servers for their investigation. So how did they know it was Russia?

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from Asia Times Online

As Turkey falls out with the US, it gets punished in Syria
Among the ‘many wars’ being fought in Syria, Turkey’s seems to be the one where an ally, the US, is directly and indirectly hurting its own ally, Turkey. Notwithstanding the ‘NATO-bond’ that they share, some of the recent incidents have shown how the US continues to support Kurdish militias despite serious Turkish reservations, and how the US continues to desist providing air support to Turkey against ISIS in the city of Al-Bab.

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from BizPac Review

Facepalm! New York Times reporter takes aim at Trump but hits Obama by mistake
New York Times reporter Glenn Thrush inadvertently hit President Obama when he attempted to mock President-elect Trump’s commentary on the hack of the DNC.

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from Breitbart

Brady Campaign to Donald Trump: We Don’t Need Your Prayers, We Need Gun Control
When news broke of the January 6 shooting in the Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International gun-free zone, President-elect Donald Trump Tweeted that his “thoughts and prayers” were with the people in the airport.

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from The Gem State Patriot

Indians Want America’s Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: American Apartheid
A deal is a deal; you move on with time. Not so for American Indians. Tribes are getting great support from environmentalists and have major resources available through the Indigenous Peoples Movement and other UN policies.

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from The Guardian (UK)
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]

How ‘Sherlock of the library’ cracked the case of Shakespeare’s identity
Literary detective Heather Wolfe reveals how her passion for manuscripts helped unravel mystery of who the bard really was. “Shakespeare, Gent. from Stratford” and “Shakespeare the Player” are the same man. In other words, “the man from Stratford” is indeed the playwright. Crucially, in the long-running “authorship” debate, this has been a fiercely contested point. But Wolfe’s research nails any lingering ambiguity in which the Shakespeare deniers can take refuge.

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from Indian Country Today Media Network

Public Hanging Reenactment of Native Man Sparks Outrage
Good intentions may not be enough to support the Westmoreland County Historical Society’s decision to reenact the 1785 public hanging of a Native man at Hanna’s Town, Pennsylvania. A few miles southeast of Pittsburg, Hanna’s Town, founded in 1773, was the first Seat of Westmoreland County, and hosted the first English courts west of the Allegheny Mountains.

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from Intellihub
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Obama admin makes another last-minute power grab, seizes control of election infrastructure

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from LifeZette (& PoliZette)

Hannity, Scarborough Engage in Twitter War
Fox News host Sean Hannity ripped into Joe Scarborough in a far-reaching Twitter tirade Friday afternoon after the MSNBC co-host accused Hannity of carrying out a “bromance” with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Media Seeks Absolution Through Russian Hysteria
Press that pledged introspection instead latches onto false narrative of Kremlin-caused Trump win.

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from The Spokesman-Review

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from Sputnik
(Russian government-supported propaganda channel)

US Intel 'Laid Itself Open to Ridicule' by Accusing Russia of Hacker Attacks
The United States intelligence community made unfounded allegations of Russia-sponsored hacker attacks, in favor of the outgoing US presidential administration. As a result, it made a fool of itself, according to Franz Klintsevich, the first deputy chairman of the Defense and Security Committee of the Russian parliament's upper house.

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from The Telegraph (UK)

Church spires to get broadband transmitters in new government drive to connect remote communities
Church spires in Britain’s most remote communities are to be rigged up with broadband satellites in a new government drive to boost internet connection. The Church of England has offered use of its 16,000 churches to help the Tories deliver on a promise to bring superfast broadband to 95 per cent of properties.

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from Ynetnews

Palestinians to Trump: moving embassy to Jerusalem equals declaration of war
A close aide to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas calls Trump's stated intention to move the US Embassy to the Israeli capital 'a declaration of war on Muslims', as another official threatens to call on Arab, Muslim countries to remove embassies from Washington.

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