USA - Over the last 11 months, pharmaceutical companies have spent a stunning $3.2 billion on TV ads for drugs. That much money buys you influence. It buys you control. If a major network suddenly decided to set its hounds loose and investigate the overall devastating effects of medical drugs on the public, there would be hell to pay at the network. Drug companies wouldn’t stand for it.
CHINA - China has successfully completed its fifth round of yuan-backed oil futures - testing may officially begin the contract by the end of this year. It seeks to challenge the dominance of the petrodollar. Last week the Shanghai International Energy Exchange said the system has met all the listing requirements after rehearsals for futures trading denominated in the Chinese currency.
USA - The US is ready to forcefully "denuclearise North Korea," Donald Trump's national security adviser has said, calling the state a "grave threat". As tensions between the US and the communist state increase, General HR McMaster said the US was not ruling out war as they prepared to bring the regime to task. "We're not committed to a peaceful resolution - we're committed to a resolution," General McMaster told the BBC. "We want the resolution to be peaceful, but as the President said, all options are on the table. We have to be prepared, if necessary, to compel the denuclearisation of North Korea without the cooperation of that regime."
USA - Twitter has widened what constitutes hateful and harmful behaviour on its platform, and says it will begin enforcing stricter rules concerning it. Information contained in a person's profile, regardless of what they actually tweet, will now be considered. Those who express an affiliation with groups that use or celebrate violence to achieve their aims will be permanently suspended, Twitter said.
SAUDI ARABIA - Riyadh is on alert after Saudi Arabia intercepted a ballistic missile over the capital, fired by Yemen rebels. The missile was fired towards the Saudi capital, Riyadh, by Houthi rebels in Yemen, but was intercepted before it could do any damage, according to state TV. [Saudi Arabia] accused Iran of an “act of war”, claiming Tehran had backed the rebels and smuggled long-range missiles to them. The Houthis’ Al Massira television channel, citing military sources, said they had targeted Saudi high-ups in the attempted missile attack. A spokesman for the rebels said on Twitter that they had fired a Volcano 2-H ballistic missile towards the palace.
USA - In yet another striking example of a pre-planned training drill being conducted at the exact same time as a real disaster or terror attack, DuPont Mayor Mike Courts has confirmed that a “mass casualty” drill was underway near the area of the horrific Amtrak train derailment that killed at least 3 people and left roughly 100 more injured.
USA - Time and again Left-wing politicians show me what it means to exist in a parallel universe where they never have to face reality or the inane consequences of brain-dead decisions. If you’ve never been to Philadelphia, the “City of Brotherly Love,” you may not know that it’s got a bit of a crime problem. Like all major cities run by Leftist Democrats, Philly also has strict gun control policies which are most closely followed by law-abiding citizens.
USA - Every year, Facebook gets tens of thousands of requests for data from governments worldwide, including search warrants, subpoenas, or calls to restrict certain kinds of content. According to a new report released by the company on December 18, these requests are increasing. In the US, the requests rose by 26% from the last six months of 2016 to the first six months of 2017, while globally, requests increased by about 21%. Since 2013, when the company first started providing data on government requests, the US number has been steadily rising — it has roughly tripled in a period of four years.
USA - Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin and his team meet with the Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations on Friday to request the organization deploy armed troops into the streets in an effort to curb violent crime and sidestep Posse comitatus which bars the US military to be deployed on domestic soil.
USA - Apparently oblivious to the fact that Democrat policies have driven the city of Chicago into a state of near-collapse, Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin is now calling for United Nations “peacekeeping” troops to be stationed on the streets of America.
USA - The City of Chicago is giving out so-called “city keys” to every citizen and even illegal aliens. Reportedly, there is a three point ID verification. The purpose of the ID cards, in reference to the UN soldiers on the streets of Chicago, as well as the UN soldiers patroling streets of the “Windy City”, make it easy to round up “deporables” and to detain them indefinitely. It is noteworthy to mention that this chema is tax supported.
USA - Heavily armored company of UN vehicles and equipment staged behind Maryland warehouse and are ready for rapid domestic deployment. Over 50 heavily armoured United Nations vehicles and various pieces of equipment (generators, etc) sufficient enough to support a small company of ‘peacekeeper’ troops are sitting on the deck behind a US government-owned warehouse and appear to be ready for some type of rapid domestic deployment.
AUSTRIA - Austria's Far-right FPO returns to power - and it HATES Brussels bloc. Austria’s new ruling coalition has dealt a major blow to the EU as the far-right Free Party of Austria (FPÖ), which hates the way the bloc is run, returns to power today. Protests have broken out on the streets of Vienna after new Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced a new coalition deal last night.
USA - With the sudden growth of the so-called #MeToo movement, which is prompting scores of women to level sometimes decades-old charges of sexual assault against a variety of male public figures, entertainers, and corporate executives, one has to stop and ask this question: Has this all gone too far, too fast? Some people are beginning to think so, especially since just an accusation nowadays is all it takes for someone to lose their livelihood — and that is significant (and scary) in a country whose justice system was built upon the premise of innocence until proven guilty.
USA - Florida’s 3rd District Court of Appeal just claimed that it is okay to fill your yard with plastic flamingos but if you plant vegetables, it’s illegal. Last month, Florida’s 3rd District Court of Appeal upheld Miami Shores’ tyrannical and entirely unhealthy ban on front-yard vegetable gardens. The village of Miami Shores, according to the ruling, has every right to take legal action against residents who dare to grow food in their own yards because they are “ugly.”
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