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Ask Montenegro: Joining NATO Means Fighting Other People’s Wars For Them
Link: https://sputniknews.com/military/201802121061567057-montenegro-nato-afghanistan-kosovo/
The Defense and Security Council of Montenegro has sent at least 40 members of its Armed Forces of Montenegro to Kosovo and Afghanistan as part of NATO ‘peacekeeping’ missions, participating with the possibility of rotation.
The Montenegrin Army first sent a contingent to Afghanistan in March 2010, with the country becoming the 44th non-NATO state to contribute to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission.
Trump Urges Israel to 'Be Very Careful' With Building Settlements in West Bank
Link: https://sputniknews.com/world/201802121061568690-trump-israel-careful-settlements-west-bank/
US President Donald Trump has called on Israel to "be very careful" with building settlements in West Bank as this issue complicates the opportunity to continue the peace process.
"The settlements are something that very much complicates and always have complicated making peace, so I think Israel has to be very careful with the settlements," Trump told Israel Hayom newspaper in an interview published on Sunday.
Trump added that the issue of settlements will be discussed, when asked whether this issue would become a part of the US plan to settle the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Canadian Military to spend $170,000 so leaders can see what it's like to be stoned on marijuana
The Canadian Forces is buying kits that will let its leaders experience what it’s like to be stoned on marijuana.
The “marijuana simulation kits” will include “marijuana impairment goggles,” among other items. The Canadian Forces wants to acquire 26 of the kits by April 30 or sooner if possible. Department of National Defence spokesman Dan Le Bouthillier said Friday that the kits will be used in the Military Personnel Command’s supervisor training course. “This will help ensure that CAF members in leadership positions will be able to identify signs of, assist in detecting and provide guidance regarding, prohibited drug use
Turkish helicopter shot down by Kurdish militia in Syria’s Afrin – Erdogan
Turkish army helicopter was shot down by Syrian Kurdish YPG fighters near the north Syrian town of Afrin, Reuters reports President Tayyip Erdogan saying: “One of our helicopters was downed just recently,” Erdogan said speaking to members of his AK Party (AKP) in Istanbul. “These things will happen, we are in a war… We might lose a helicopter, but they’ll pay the price for this.”
He did not mention any casualties.
YPG sources separately confirmed the downing of the helicopter, the first officially confirmed destruction of a Turkish aircraft over Syria during the country’s long-running civil war.
Oklahoma schools go on 4-day weeks so teachers can work at Walmart on Mondays to make rent
Link: https://boingboing.net/2018/02/07/this-is-not-ok.html
Teachers haven't gotten a raise in 10 years. Teachers are fleeing the state, including the Teacher of the Year, who quit his job in 2016 shortly after receiving his award, taking a better-paid teaching job in a neighboring state (the Dallas school system actively recruits Oklahoma teachers with Oklahoma City hiring booths).
Their health plan was replaced with a private system; more than $1000/month for a family of three -- one teaching aide was actually paying to work her job, spending $200/month more on health insurance than she was paid in salary. Teachers make ends meet with public housing, food stamps, and school food-bank drives. The highway patrol has been given orders not to completely fill their gas-tanks at the pump, to help with state cash-flow.
The 'Hot' Health Benefits of Chili Peppers
Link: https://articles.mercola.com/herbs-spices/chili-peppers.aspx
Chili peppers were first cultivated by ancient farmers in Central and South America, Today, chili peppers are grown all over the world, Mexico, China, Spain, Nigeria and Turkey are among the largest commercial producers.
Chili pepper contains a bioactive plant compound called capsaicin, Helps Fight Inflammation — Capsaicin has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Boosts Immunity Helps Reduce Insulin Levels — help with blood sugar level management. Protects Your Heart — The compound capsaicin can help reduce triglycerides, cholesterol and platelet aggregation. Prevents Sinusitis and Relieves Congestion.
Russian Upper House prepares bill banning drug ads – top senator
Link: https://www.rt.com/politics/418124-russia-prepares-bill-totally-banning/
Russian Upper House speaker Valentina Matviyenko has revealed that the body’s committee for social policies is preparing a bill that would completely ban the advertising of drugs. TV companies get about 11.5 billion rubles (over $205 million) in revenues from such ads.”
The upper house speaker also spoke in favor of regulating the advertising of unhealthy food and described such advertising featuring children as an outrage.
Russian ex-governor gets 13 years in major anti-corruption trial
Link: https://www.rt.com/politics/418325-russian-ex-governor-gets-13/
A court in the Russian Far East region of Sakhalin has sentenced former Governor Aleksandr Khoroshavin to 13 years in prison for running a ring that brought in over half a billion rubles in bribes for him.
Apart from the sentence, to be served in a maximum-security prison, the court ordered the ex-governor to pay a fine of 500 million rubles ($8.6 million) and banned him from assuming any official posts for five years after the sentence is served. Other suspects in the case – the former adviser to the governor, the ex-deputy chairman of the regional government, and the former Sakhalin minister of agriculture and trade – were also convicted of corruption crimes and received lengthy prison sentences and multi-million-ruble fines.
Chinese transit cops deploy face-recognition glasses to spot indebted people, oppressed ethnic/religious minorities and criminals
Chinese transit cops are wearing glasses with heads-up displays and cameras tied into the country's facial recognition to spot criminals, people smugglers, and riders who are using high-speed trains in defiance of rules that prohibit indebted people and people from ethnic and religious minorities from traveling.
The glasses' manufacturers claim that they can match people with a 10,000-face watchlist in 100ms.
So far the glasses have identified people suspected of misdeeds ranging from traffic infringements to crimes like human trafficking.
A further 26 people using fake identity documents were also prevented from traveling.
In China, people must use identity documents for train travel. This rule works to prevent people with excessive debt from using high-speed trains, and limit the movement of religious minorities who have had identity documents confiscated
Senator Rubio calls for military coup in Venezuela
Link: https://www.rt.com/usa/418357-rubio-calls-military-coup-venezuela/
Republican Senator Marco Rubio called for the Venezuelan Armed Forces to rebel against the government, in a series of inflammatory tweets posted on Friday. The Secretary of State has hinted at support for a coup d’etat.
“The world would support the Armed Forces in #Venezuela if they decide to protect the people & restore democracy by removing a dictator,” Florida Senator Rubio wrote.
France to pour $45bn into nukes as part of defense spending hike
Link: https://www.rt.com/news/418331-france-boosts-defense-spending/
France wants to boost its military spending by over 40 percent by 2025, giving its nuclear arsenal a multibillion-dollar shot in the arm. France is currently the world’s third-biggest nuclear power.
According to a bill unveiled on Wednesday, the current French defense budget of €34.2 billion ($42 billion) will rise to €50 billion ($61 billion) in 2025, or 2 percent of the nation’s GDP.
Mexico to send troops to stem violence after record 25,000 murders
National Security Commissioner Renato Sales said federal police troops will work with local officials to round up known major criminals and bolster investigations.
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More than 25,000 murders were recorded last year as rival drug gangs increasingly splintered into smaller, more blood-thirsty groups after more than a decade of a military-led campaign to battle the cartels.
The Flu Is FAR WORSE Than We’re Being Told: Tens of Thousands of Americans Are DYING
Link: https://www.theorganicprepper.com/flu-worse-dying/
The dominant Influenza strain this year is H3N2. This particular strain has a history of causing more hospitalizations and more deaths. The Current Flu Has Already Killed 44,116 People. This Year’s Vaccine Is Even Less Effective than Prior Years. Many hospitals are reaching what is called “surge capacity”; the ability to handle a sudden and dramatic increase in the number of patients needing immediate care.
This is happening because there are more patients seeking out emergency care, and they are staying in the hospital longer leading to a scarcity of hospital beds and available staff.
This flu season is an epidemic: Some died just 2 days after onset of symptoms- Video
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) declared this season an epidemic, stating the illness is widespread in at least 39 states.
Although the flu season hasn’t even peaked yet, CDC epidemiologist Lynnette Brammer said more hospitalizations are being reported and deaths are increasing: “We are starting to see cases of severe disease and we are seeing excess deaths“.
California public health officials said the number of deaths and hospitalizations is higher than normal.
Hackers are making U.S. ATMs spit out cash like slot machines- Video
Hackers able to make ATMs spit cash like winning slot machines are now operating inside the United States, marking the arrival of “jackpotting” attacks after widespread heists in Europe and Asia, according to the world’s largest ATM makers and security news website, Krebs on Security.
San Francisco wants to build 12,000 new homes on a former nuclear test site — but the project is in turmoil after the Navy found evidence of a botched cleanup
Link: http://www.businessinsider.com/san-francisco-shipyard-new-evidence-of-botched-cleanup-2018-1
The San Francisco Shipyard, a mixed-use development rising on the site of a former nuclear testing facility, is in limbo amid new allegations.
The Navy has found evidence that a government contractor hired to clean radioactive contamination from the area botched the cleanup.
Almost half of the cleanup work was later showed to be falsified or "suspect." Workers swapped soil samples from contaminated sites with clean ones.
Hacked Japanese cryptocurrency exchange to repay affected users $425 million
Link: https://www.rt.com/business/417198-coincheck-exchange-hack-reparations/
The losses of 260,000 customers of Coincheck, deprived of their money in what appears the to be the biggest crypto heist in history, will be repaid over $425 million. Even that sum does not cover all the damages.
The Japanese cryptocurrency exchange platform Coincheck suspended trading and withdrawals on Friday, as hackers had stolen more than 500 million NEM worth up to ¥58 billion ($532 million). As the news broke the token price plunged more than 15 percent from the day’s high of around $1.02, down to $0.85.
x-Brazil Head Lula Banned from Travelling Abroad Amid Bribery Scandal - Reports
Link: https://sputniknews.com/latam/201801261061084360-lula-brazil-no-travelling/
Brazil's ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was barred Thursday from leaving the country after an appeals court upheld his corruption conviction, the Globo television network said.
Lula denied on Wednesday receiving a seafront apartment from a construction company in exchange for bribes after three judges increased his jail term from 9.5 years to 12 years and a month.
The Brazilian Workers’ Party (PT) said it would still nominate Lula, who was president from 2003 to 2011, to run in next year’s election despite his confirmed conviction.
Billions of pieces of plastic on coral reefs send disease soaring, research reveals
Scientists examined 125,000 corals across the Asia-Pacific region, home to half the world’s reefs, and found 89% of those fouled by plastic were suffering disease. On plastic-free reefs, 4% of the corals were diseased.
The work is highly significant because it is the first to examine the impact of plastic on disease in any marine organism and also the first to produce a large-scale estimate of how much plastic pollutes the sea floor.
At least 8 million tonnes of plastic are dumped in the ocean every year. Microplastics, formed when plastics are broken up, can be mistaken for food by sea creatures.
CryptoRuble introduced as legal tender in draft bill submitted to Russian parliament
Link: https://www.rt.com/business-projects/417001-cryptocurrency-russia-law-ruble/
A draft law introducing the national cryptocurrency CryptoRuble as an official means of payment in Russia has been submitted to parliament.
“The amendments proposed by the draft law ... codify the digital financial asset as a legal means of payment on the territory of Russia,” the document’s explanatory note reads.
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