Link: https://www.rt.com/news/397513-turkey-west-pressure-erdogan/

Western states should not expect Turkey to blindly follow their instructions anymore, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said ahead of talks between Turkish and EU officials. He also supported the deal on S-400 missile defense systems with Russia. Relations between Turkey and the EU have been on the rocks since the Turkish authorities launched a wide-ranging crackdown on dissent in wake of the failed coup attempt of July 15, 2016.

Link: http://www.activistpost.com/2017/07/new-hampshire-decriminalizes-simple-marijuana-possession-foundation-nullify-federal-prohibition.html

Rep. Robert Cushing (D-Hampton) introduced House Bill 640 (HB640) to end criminal penalties for simple marijuana possession by “allowing offenders to pay fines by mail will result in less time and resources spent on such cases, allowing police and courts to spend more time and resources dealing with serious crimes.”Gov. Sununu signed it into law on July 20.

Link: http://govtslaves.info/military-just-warned-americans-exptect-war-north-korea/

Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff:”“Many people have talked about military options with words like ‘unimaginable. I would probably shift that slightly and say it would be horrific, and it would be a loss of life unlike any we have experienced in our lifetimes, and I mean anyone who’s been alive since World War II has never seen the loss of life that could occur if there’s a conflict on the Korean Peninsula.

Link: http://govtslaves.info/s-senators-pushing-20-years-prison-citizens-support-boycotting-israel/

United States senators from both the Republican and Democratic parties are pushing to implement a bill that would make it a felony to support boycotting Israel, punishable by up to twenty years in prison. The ACLU issued a letter to the Senate opposing the proposed legislation, The bill in its current form would also make it illegal to even request information about boycotts against Israel, and violations would carry a minimum civil penalty of $250,000 and a maximum criminal penalty of $1 million and 20 years behind bars.

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/Two_Baltimore_Detectives_Plead_Guilty_to_Armed_Robberies_and_Fraud/59877/0/38/38/Y/M.html

Two former Baltimore police officers pleaded guilty Friday to federal racketeering charges, admitting that they committed armed robberies, made fraudulent overtime claims and filed false affidavits. Detectives Maurice Ward and Evodio Hendrix were among seven Baltimore officers indicted in March as part of an alleged conspiracy involving those and other crimes. The seven officers, members of Baltimore’s Gun Trace Task Force, were accused of stopping people — some of whom were not suspected of any crimes — seizing their money, and pocketing it. In one instance several officers stopped a nursing home maintenance supervisor and stole $1,500 that he was planning to use to pay his rent, according to the indictment.“These are really robberies by people who are wearing police uniforms,”; Maryland US Attorney Rod Rosenstein.

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/Bolivia%27s_President_Declares_%27Total_Independence%27_from_World_Bank_and_IMF/59885/0/38/38/Y/M.html

Bolivia's President Evo Morales: Bolivia's past dependence on the agencies was so great that the International Monetary Fund had an office in government headquarters and participated in their meetings. Bolivia is now in the process of becoming a member of the Southern Common Market. Some of Bolivia’s largest resistance struggles in the last 60 years have targeted the economic policies carried out by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Most of the protests focused on opposing privatization policies and austerity measures, including cuts to public services, privatization decrees, wage reductions, as well the weakening of labor rights.

Link: http://www.thedailysheeple.com/because-safety-push-the-walk-button-to-cross-the-road-in-boulder-or-fork-over-50_072017

Pedestrians in Boulder who neglect to activate the crosswalk signal could find themselves slapped with a relatively offensive $50 fine — even when crossing in a manner otherwise in compliance with the law — as authorities crack down on the problem keeping everyone up at night: crossing the street.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/397270-shooting-israeli-embassy-jordan/

Two Jordanians have been killed and one Israeli injured in a shooting incident at the Israeli embassy complex in Amman, Jordan, police announced.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/397018-uruguay-legal-cannabis-sale/

Following a lengthy legal process, any Uruguayan citizen over the age of 18 can now purchase the drug, provided they register with the government. People are limited to 40 grams per month with the process being tracked via fingerprint technology. Sixteen pharmacies in the country are licensed to sell cannabis.

Link: https://sputniknews.com/art_living/201707161055590099-last-animal-survive-earth-apocalypse/?utm_source=adfox_flite_626004&utm_medium=banner&utm_content=2150670&utm_campaign=adfox_site-campaign_41917-63665&ues=1

Scientists have identified the creature that will survive on Earth the longest. It's able to withstand all the astrophysical catastrophes that would wipe out humans and the rest of Earth's animals. The creature is the "tardigrade," an eight-legged animal that is also known as a "water bear." Tardigrades measure less than 1mm in length and can only be seen under a microscope. The water-dwelling microbes have been discovered in the harshest regions of Earth, in Antarctica, Japanese hot springs, 5,546 m up a Himalayan mountain and on the ocean floor of the northern Gulf of Mexico; can endure extreme temperatures of up to 150 degrees centigrade, or down to absolute zero. They are capable of surviving up to 30 years without food or water – half their lifespan – and of withstanding huge doses of radiation.

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/The_Feds_Just_Expanded_Civil_Asset_Forfeiture_%27Laws%27_Nationwide/59828/0/38/38/Y/M.html

U.S. Justice Department announced on Wednesday that the federal government will reinstate a program that helps local and state law enforcement seize cash and other assets they suspect have been earned from crimes. Local police will now be able to seize cash, often from those suspected of drug crimes, even in states that do not condone the policy. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein told reporters that most seizures were warranted because the "vast majority" of people who have property taken by police do not contest it in court.

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/Notorious_Banker_Found_Dead_with_Shotgun_Blast_to_the_Chest/59818/0/38/38/Y/M.html

The former chairman of one of Spain’s largest banks has been found dead with a shotgun blast to the chest in a private hunting estate in southern Spain, the country’s Civil Guard said Wednesday. According to AP, Miguel Blesa, the former head of the now defunct Caja Madrid savings bankwas awaiting the result of an appeal to a six-year prison sentence for misusing corporate credit cards issued by the infamous Bankia, another defunct bank.

Link: http://govtslaves.info/chemical-used-soften-plastics-found-boxed-mac-cheese/

According to a recent test conducted in a lab in Belgium, if you’re eating the powdered cheese that comes in the box, you’re probably also eating a group of chemicals called phthalates that are used to soften plastics. The Coalition for Safer Food Processing and Packaging bought 30 different cheese products from store shelves in the U.S. — 10 different kinds of mac and cheese with cheese powder, five different types of processed sliced cheeses, and 15 varieties of natural cheese — then shipped the package to the Flemish Institute for Technological Research; tested each sample and found significant levels of phthalates in all but one of the products.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/396872-trump-cia-arming-syria/

The White House and the Central Intelligence Agency have declined to comment on reports that president Donald Trump has decided to end the CIA’s covert program of arming the so-called moderate rebels in Syria. US officials told the Washington Post (WP) and Reuters that Trump has decided to put an end to the covert CIA plan which began arming and training the so-called moderate Syrian rebels in 2013. Authorized by President Barack Obama, the secret Timber Sycamore weapons supply and training initiative has served as the backbone of Washington’s strategy to topple the Syrian President Bashar Assad. Two US officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity with Reuters, said the covert CIA scheme has produced little results.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/396731-australia-usa-cop-shoots-woman/

The death of a 40-year-old Australian woman at the hands of a Minnesota Police Officer in an unexplained incident has triggered a flood of questions in her home country. Yoga instructor and life coach Justine Ruszczyk, who goes by Justine Damond in her professional life, was gunned down by police officer Mohamed Noor behind her house Saturday evening after she called in a possible assault.

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/Bank_Of_Italy_Warns_Citizens_Against_%22Creating_Your_Own_Currency%22/59787/0/38/38/Y/M.html

Scriptural Euros are Euros issued by citizens under a “theory of the autonomous creation of scriptural currency” based on the idea of collective property of money that affirms the right of every citizen to autonomously create “scriptural” money (Euros) via their own accounting records. The theory of autonomous creation of scriptural currency holds that just as banks can conjure debt based money out of thin air, so can citizens.

Link: http://www.thecannabist.co/2017/07/17/massachusetts-court-medical-marijuana-lawsuit-workers-employers/83907/

Massachusetts’ highest court has ruled that a woman who says she was fired for using marijuana legally obtained to treat Crohn’s Disease can sue her former employer; ruling says employers can’t enforce blanket anti-marijuana policies against workers whose doctors have recommended medical marijuana to treat their illnesses.

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/EU_limits_the_sale_of_inflatable_boats_to_Libya_in_a_bid_to_stop_the_flow_of_migrants_across_the_Mediterranean/59776/0/38/38/Y/M.html

The EU is limiting the sale of inflatable boats and outboard motors to Libya in an effort to stop migrant smuggling across the Mediterranean. Foreign ministers agreed to allow member countries to ban such export or supply 'where there are reasonable grounds to believe that they will be used by people smugglers and human traffickers'.The measure will also apply to boats and motors transiting through the EU - though not to fishermen or others with legitimate need for them.

Link: http://www.thedailysheeple.com/fukushima-plant-owner-decides-to-dump-777000-tons-of-nuclear-waste-into-ocean_072017

More than three-quarters of a million tons of radioactive water is about to be dumped into the Pacific Ocean if the chairmen of the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) and the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) have their way, Japanese media reported over the weekend. All they require now is final government approval.“The decision has already been made,” TEPCO chairman Takashi Kawamura told the media, according to the Japan Times. As of July 6, about 777,000 tons of tritium-tainted water is being stored in about 580 tanks at the Fukushima nuclear plant.

Link: https://www.rt.com/usa/396598-sessions-forfeiture-drugs-crime/

Citing a spike in violent crime, Attorney General Jeff Sessions called for more proactive policing and a crackdown on gangs, guns, drugs and illegal immigration. He also endorsed the practice of asset forfeiture, slammed by critics as policing for profit.