Link: http://tass.com/defense/978942

The MiG-29 multirole frontline fighter is designed to destroy air targets day and night in any weather conditions. The aircraft can effectively carry out air patrols and provide air support for ground forces and troop landings, isolate a combat area, conduct air reconnaissance, intercept air targets, accompany attack and military transport planes and deliver strikes against ground and naval targets.

Link: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/12/04/germany-offers-money-for-migrants-to-go-back-home.html

Germany has come up with a novel way to thin the ranks of migrants who have sought asylum but been rejected: paying them to leave.

The country, which has come under fire in some quarters for its acceptance of refugees fleeing war and hardship in various Muslim-majority countries, now wants to give rejected asylum-seekers a one-time payment of $3,570 to go home.

The Interior Ministry says those who qualify can apply by a Feb. 28 deadline and they would get the money once they return home.

Migrants who agree to go back even before their asylum request is rejected have already been offered money under a different program for almost a year. They would now be eligible to apply for both programs.

Link: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/04/ex-florida-democratic-rep-corrine-brown-sentenced-for-mail-wire-and-tax-fraud-involving-sham-charity.html

Former Florida Democratic Rep. Corrine Brown was sentenced on Monday to five years in prison for mail, wire and tax fraud involving a sham charity. A jury convicted Brown of stealing money from a bogus charity, One Door For Education, which purported to give scholarships to poor children but instead filled the coffers of Brown and her associates. Federal prosecutors said she and a top aide commited fraud by using donations for lavish parties and trips.The aide and another official later accepted a plea deal and testified against Brown, who served in Congress for nearly 25 years. She was defeated in her 2016 primary race.

Link: https://sputniknews.com/news/201712051059694676-supreme-court-full-enforcement-travel-ban/

US President Donald Trump's travel ban impacting six majority Muslim nations withstood legal scrutiny and will go into full effect, the US Supreme Court ruled on Monday.The decision provides Trump a legal victory The 7-2 decision announced late on Monday allows the administration to lift restrictions on the executive order that had been upheld by lower courts to partially block the ban. Legal disputes among lower courts have continued by the Supreme Court decision is somewhat decisive, especially since only two of the court's 9 justices dissented.

Link: https://www.activistpost.com/2017/12/venezuela-announces-petro-digital-currency-backed-gold-oil-diamonds.html

Venezuela is creating a digital currency to combat a financial blockade by the United States, President Nicolas Maduro announced Sunday.

The Petro will be backed by Venezuela’s oil and gas reserves and its gold and diamond holdings, the president said in his weekly television program.

“This is going to allow us to move toward new forms of international financing for the country’s economic and social development,” the president said.

The government also announced the creation of a “blockchain observatory” — a software platform for buying and selling virtual currency.

Link: http://www.dailywire.com/news/24262/first-comfirmed-bitcoin-billionaires-amanda-prestigiacomo

The Winklevoss twins are the first confirmed Bitcoin billionaires, according to a report from The Telegraph. Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, who notably sued Mark Zuckerberg for allegedly stealing their idea for Facebook, invested $11 million into the international cryptocurrency in 2013, and after a massive surge last week, their Bitcoin empire surpassed $1 billion.

As noted by The Verge, Bitcoin "has surged over 10,000 percent since the Winklevoss’ investment, when one coin traded at around $120.

Link: http://www.thedailysheeple.com/israel-has-built-a-robot-army-and-it-should-scare-the-sht-out-of-you_122017

Israel is the first country in the world to use unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) to not only patrol its borders but also to replace soldiers on missions, as well. The new Border Patroller model can be armed with remote-controlled weapons, reconnaissance means, and additional components that cannot be fitted on the traditional Guardium model it had been using for years prior.

The robot is also able to patrol underground and gather information for units that are present on the surface. For example, it can help soldiers avoid booby-trapped tunnels.

These robots can be given pre-designated routes for their patrol, making them more or less autonomous, part of a larger strategy to minimize risk to soldiers when possible. In addition, soldiers require breaks, food and water. All a Guardium needs is a full tank of gas. Israeli defense contractor Rafael has developed an unmanned patrol ship that is currently defending Israel’s strategic ports and patrolling the coastline.

Israel also has advanced a “drone that can reach Iran,” an unmanned aerial vehicle that can stay airborne for 24 hours and is believed to be capable of launching air-to-surface missiles. Israel has also deployed satellites far smaller than American ones that can discern objects as small as 20 inches from hundreds of miles away. According to former Secretary of State Colin Powell’s leaked emails, the country has at least 200 nuclear weapons “all targeted on Tehran.”

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/Electoral_Coup_Attempt_in_Honduras/61945/0/38/38/Y/M.html

Results from the election last Sunday have been delayed days but could be announced any moment. There have been streets protests for the past several days with several people killed. Constitutional rights have been suspended and a curfew imposed.

The current president and National Party candidate, Juan Orlando Hernandez, has reportedlyflown to Washington DC for consultation. Honduras is a US ally and the only Central America country to host US military base and forces. If Juan Orlando Hernandez is declared winner of the election it will likely result in increased mass protests and violence.

Link: https://www.rt.com/politics/411856-prosecutors-ask-10-year-sentence/

Russian prosecutors have asked for a sentence of 10 years in penal colony for former economic minister Aleksey Ulyukayev. The custodial sentence would be in addition to a fine of about $8.5 million if he is found guilty of accepting a $2 million bribe.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/411909-syria-freed-terrorists-putin/

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin : Almost the entire territory of Syria, including historic Christian regions, has been liberated from terrorists, said. He stressed the importance of restoring peace to enable refugees of all faiths to return home.“The situation in this country [Syria] is gradually changing. The Syrian armed forces, supported by the Russian military, have liberated from terrorists almost the whole territory of the country, including historic Christian regions.”

Link: http://govtslaves.info/2017/12/dea-claims-synthetic-thc-made-group-criminals-safer-actual-weed-seriously/

The DEA recently announced through the federal register that the synthetic THC made by Insys, sold under the brand name Syndros, will be listed as a schedule II drug, meaning it can now be prescribed by doctors. In the meantime, actual THC—containing the exact same properties, but able to be grown in your backyard—remains on the same scheduling list as heroin, noting that it has “no currently accepted medical use” and “a high potential for abuse.”

Link: https://www.rt.com/business/411524-china-trillion-oil-deposit-discovered/

A new oil deposit holding more than a billion tons of crude has been found in China, reports the official Xinhua News agency. The discovery was made by the Chinese National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) in the Juggar Basin in the Xinjiang region.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/411718-tornado-italy-sanremo-video/

The hair-raising moment a tornado hit the north-western Italian city of Sanremo has been caught on video. The twister reportedly formed out at sea around 12:40 on Friday, off the coast of the picturesque, historic Italian city on the Italian Riviera.

The tornado lasted but a few violent minutes, moving from the sea into the city centre, where it managed to wreck two of the town’s verandas. It also damaged stained glass windows and tore a chimney from the roof of a building.

Link: http://govtslaves.info/2017/12/less-half-canadians-aged-25-54-now-full-time-year-round-jobs/

According to Statistics Canada “the period from 2005 to 2015 saw an overall shift from full-time, full-year employment to part-time or part-year work,” something they attribute to “social and economic changes, such as the 2008-2009 financial crisis,” as well as “a shift from traditional to more flexible work schedules.”

Link: http://govtslaves.info/2017/12/south-korea-erase-debts-1-6-million-low-income-individuals/

South Korea is to write-off the debts of as many as 1.6 million people in a move designed to ease the financial burden on low-income individuals.

The scheme is open to certain Koreans who have struggled to repay debts of less than 10m won ($9,128; £6,826).

Eligible people can apply to the government for debt relief from next February.

They will be paid in part out of the government’s “National Happiness Fund”, set up to help troubled borrowers.

Link: https://www.rt.com/usa/411591-flynn-fbi-russian-charged/

President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, has turned himself in to the FBI. He pleaded guilty to charges of making false statements to the FBI about his conversation with the Russian ambassador in December 2016.

The charge was detailed in court documents unsealed on Friday. The document accuses Flynn of making "materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent statements" to law enforcement about a phone call he had with former Russian Ambassador to the US, Sergey Kislyak. The statements were made on January 24, four days after Trump was inaugurated.

Flynn, 58, pleaded guilty to the charge during a Friday morning hearing in Washington, DC.

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/BRICS_Planning_Its_Own_Gold_Trading_System/61890/0/38/38/Y/M.html

As the US and its E.U. partners continue to levy punitive sanctions on Russia, the BRICS are responding with new financial initiatives to help their members break-out of the US and European financial trading monopoly.Currently, both China and Russia are surging ahead as the world’s top Central Bank buyers of gold. Russia is now the largest official buyer of gold – and the world’s third-biggest producer.

Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) are discussing the possibility of establishing a separate gold trading system, according to the First Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Central Bank Sergey Shvetsov.

“The traditional (trade) system based in London and partially in Swiss cities is becoming less relevant as new trade hubs are emerging, first of all in India, China, and South Africa,” he said, adding “we are discussing the possibility of establishing a single (system of) gold trade both within BRICS and at the level of bilateral contacts.”

Link: http://www.thedailysheeple.com/report-an-alien-bacteria-has-been-brought-back-to-earth-from-the-space-station_112017

Cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov says he found bacteria clinging to the external surface of the International Space Station that didn’t come from the surface of Earth. Earth bacteria were able to survive on the ISS as well. Some terrestrial bacteria survived on the space station’s external surface, though they had remained in a space vacuum for three years. In addition to that, they underwent sharp swings in temperature from minus 150 to plus 150 degrees Celsius,

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/411484-us-sanctions-russia-election-putin/

The threat of sanctions is a tool for Washington to divide the country’s big business and Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov has said. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov pointed out that the timing coincides with the approaching 2018 presidential election in Russia.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/411446-argentina-junta-death-flights/

Judges in Argentina have given life sentences to the former ‘death flights’ pilots after hundreds of people opposing the country’s 1976-83 military junta – including a close friend of Pope Francis – were thrown into the ocean.

A major ruling on Wednesday marked the “first” such Argentinian judgment against pilots involved in the notorious ‘death flights,’ local media reports. During the operations, opponents of Argentina’s military regime that ruled the country from 1976 until 1983 were thrown into the waters of the Atlantic.