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Senior Donald Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway faced ridicule on Friday after she used a TV interview to invent a terrorist attack that never happened, before criticising the media for failing to cover it.
Kellyanne Conway justified the anti-immigration decree of Donald Trump by the "Bowling Green Massacre." Problem: there was no massacre at Bowling Green.
http://www.vox.com/world/2017/2/2/14494478/bowling-green-massacre
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On 31/01/2017 at 7:00 AM, thai3 said:
They would not be true believers if they did, Muslims are as much victims of Islam as anyone.
" Yet, Islam still has high expectations and aspirations fueled by past accomplishments. Millions of Muslims share these mixed feelings of pride and shame. Geographic proximity to Europe, a sense of historical rivalry and constant comparisons in terms of achievements contribute to a sense of relative deprivation. In a sense, Islam as a civilization is a frustrated achiever."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amer-tapaenar-/isis-relative-deprivation_b_6912460.html
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53 minutes ago, Grouse said:
At least Trump is really focussing on the most important issues first ?
Exactly, from day 1, Trump is working at his reelection.... Trump First
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7 hours ago, webfact said:
Trump, a wealthy businessman and former reality TV star who had never previously held public office when he was sworn in on Jan. 20, also sought to reassure the large crowd about the nature of his phone calls with world leaders.
Only this phrase.. to introduce the so called "most powerful man in the world" '( ever!)
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42 minutes ago, thaihome said:
Few samples from a simple Google search. Also, carrying banners is just one way to fight terrorist, another way is to actively engage your police, intelligence network and military to fight them, which virtually every majority muslim country does. Notable exception might be Iran.
TH
http://www.mintpressnews.com/media-blackout-millions-muslims-march-isis-iraq/222443/
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/london-ashura-islam_uk_57fe7ccce4b0e982146bbae9
https://www.naij.com/661849-photos-video-hundreds-muslims-protest-terrorism-call-peace.html
1/ Muslims in the world are the first victims of terrorism, which has always targeted either a minority within Islam, Sunnism versus Shiism, or believers considered unfaithful because they are not rigorous enough. of Islam.
The psychology of Muslim societies or Muslim communities in the West perceives this factor much worse than us ( non Muslim)
2/ Muslim citizens living in non muslim countries say that if they have to distance themselves from barbarism instituted by ISIS , this would imply that by default they would endorse this phenomenon.They become suspects for the sole reason of their religious affiliation.
3/ ISIS is an actor of the essentialization of Islam, they want to make it a uniform block. They induce this "natural solidarity" between Muslims.
They are trying to reach out to Muslims around the world.
4/ Conversion to Islam is the simplest and fastest conversion that exists. It is enough to pronounce the profession of faith, Shahada, in Arabic, and you become Muslim.
On the other hand, it is possible to say "This is not Islam" but not to say "He is not a Muslim".
5/ Nonetheless ... ISIS applies Sharia Law litterally ....
and no Muslim can say that he is against Sharia
6/ Indonesia's first Muslim country in the world, 400 million believers in Islam, "supplies" only ISIS jihadists.
Egypt and Turkey, 80 million Muslims each: 400 jihadists.
On the other hand, France, which has only 6 million Muslims, half of whom are regular practitioners, has -at least- 700 nationals on the spot. -
How Trump rates Kim Jung Un as a leader :
Trump called the authoritarian leader a “madman playing around with nukes” and a “total nut job.”
“Even though it is a culture, and it’s a culture thing, he goes in, he takes over, he’s the boss. It’s incredible.”
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19 hours ago, ezzra said:
" U.N. human rights experts "
As far as they concern they would love to see all the poor people of Africa, Asia
middle east moving to resettle in the US or Europe and for that, you don't have
to be a UN human expert, any fool can make that wish, what do they care?
they still get their mega buck salary and all the perks and trimming that
comes with that,,
Trump refuses all the refugees, It's OK for me but under one condition : the Chicago Mercantile Exchange stops speculating on the raw materials including food, because the African peasants the South American miners, .., who undergo these speculations, have no choice but to leave. A trader enriches himself by speculating,, responsible for their misery, refuses that the poor come to demand accounts, .. I disagree
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5 hours ago, localczar said:
good riddance iran....your days are numbered....trump is coming....
Despite his innate deceit and his puny humanism, Trump is capable of stinging crises like a child of 5 years and does not remember it after .......Trump can trigger a nuclear war ...
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Why Trump’s policies will increase terrorism—and why Trump might benefit as a result
" The more the United States is viewed as hostile to these countries’ and groups’ local populations, the harder it is for these governments to openly cooperate with America even if it is in their own interest. Once an attack happens, Trump will probably tweet that he called for vigilance and tough measures only to be opposed by bleeding heart liberals, the failing New York Times, and Muslim-lovers naïve to the true danger. The fact that his policies made the attacks more likely will be lost in the uproar. "
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5 minutes ago, Ulysses G. said:
Americans will not do farm work, so no choice really. Grueling work.
So what ? POTUS Trump is supposed to show the way " Buy American - Hire American" Famous Inaugural Speech ...
Meanwhile.. "The founder of Chobani ( at origine a Turk immigrant to US) the upstart Greek yogurt maker recently valued at as much as $5 billion, just committed one of the most selfless corporate acts of the year: he’s giving 10% of the company to its 2,000 or so employees. Some long-term workers could receive stock valued at $1 million or more, with stock amounts based on each employee’s seniority. "
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" Buy American, Hire American"
Trump vineyard seeks Labor Department approval to hire foreign workers
(The workers are needed to prune the vines on the estate, the Labor application said, and they would be paid $10.72 per hour for a 40-hour, six-day week. The jobs are anticipated to last from January to June. )
" Federal ethics experts for former Democratic and Republican administrations warned Thursday that President-elect Donald Trump is creating a major conflict of interest by allowing his Virginia vineyard to seek special temporary visas for foreign workers. "
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" Isis: Islam is 'not strongest factor' behind foreign fighters joining extremist groups in Syria and Iraq – report : Military analysts say militant groups can prefer recruits who won’t challenge ideology"
" When fighters return to Europe, where the Islamic State operates cells in Britain, Germany, Italy, Turkey and other countries, they could link up with the existing networks and “stay below the radar” until they carry out an Attack,
Many of the attacks conducted in Western Europe and the United States over the past six months underline the reality that returning fighters would be just one element in the Islamic State’s larger strategy to remain relevant after losing territorial control."
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A new Twitter account is one way of finding humour in Trump's arguable preposterity. @TrumpDraws takes the moment the billionaire signed his executive order – implementing the 'Muslim Ban' – and changes it up a bit.
The account's profile states: "I'm the president and I like to draw."
Trump Draws is an excellent one-joke Twitter account https://boingboing.net/2017/01/31/trump-draws-is-an-excellent-on.html
https://twitter.com/TrumpDraws/
https://twitter.com/DonaldDraws
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3 hours ago, taichiplanet said:
interesting theories starting to come out, particularly one by Yonatan Zunger which was followed up by Michael Moore
https://medium.com/@yonatanzunger/trial-balloon-for-a-coup-e024990891d5#.61v90bjfa
maybe far fetched but Donald Duck could be setting things up to take feathering one's own bed to a new level.
If at all possible it would be great if Australia could close down Pine Gap for a few days, then we might see Donald with cap in hand apologising. But it will never happen, there isn't any Australian politician with the guts to do what NZ did.
A must read post thanks, Thaichiplanet, for sharing
- from your first link Trial balloon for a coup " Because the much-maligned Steele Dossier (the one with the golden showers in it) included the statement that Putin had offered Trump 19% of Rosneft if he became president and removed sanctions. ..."
- from your second link: " The US is in the middle of a coup and hasn't realised, according to Michael Moore... the Administration (is) in the middle of transferring all executive power "to a tight inner circle, eliminating any possible checks from either the Federal bureaucracy, Congress, or the Courts. Departments are being reorganized or purged to effect this"."
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"Even in conversations marred by hostile exchanges, Trump manages to work in references to his election accomplishments. U.S. officials said that he used his calls with Turnbull and Peña Nieto to mention his election win or the size of the crowd at his inauguration to depict his victory as an achievement of historic proportions... Trump’s position appears to reflect the transactional view he takes of relationships, even when it comes to diplomatic ties with long-standing allies. "
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Russia accuses cybersecurity experts of treasonous links to CIA /: Two former officials of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) and an employee of the Russian company Kaspersky Lab, specializing in computer security, were arrested and charged by the Russian courts with treason on behalf of the US.
An INC report in early January accusing Moscow of having sponsored and executed several large-scale piracy, including the emails of the National Democratic Committee during the election campaign. The report, of which only a redacted version was made public, did not contain any tangible technical evidence, but the high level of confidence displayed by the CIA in particular, suggested by several experts, that the American agency had been able to corroborate its assertions through Russian human sources.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/31/russian-cybersecurity-experts-face-treason-charges-cia
Mystery death of ex-KGB chief linked to MI6 spy's dossier on Donald Trump : An ex-KGB chief suspected of helping the former MI6 spy Christopher Steele to compile his dossier on Donald Trump may have been murdered by the Kremlin and his death covered up. it has been claimed.
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10 hours ago, beechguy said:
But I would say those countries, generally speaking, have made a reasonable effort to combat terrorism. I don't recall such an effort by the countries on the current list.
Also, for me, this isn't just about preventing terrorist type violence, but societal problems as currently being experienced in Germany, U.K. and Sweden, etc.
How Saudi Wahhabism Is the Fountainhead of Islamist Terrorism
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-yousaf-butt-/saudi-wahhabism-islam-terrorism_b_6501916.html
" But over time, the Saudis say, their support for extremism turned on them, metastasizing into a serious threat to the Kingdom and to the West. They had created a monster that had begun to devour them. “We did not own up to it after 9/11 because we feared you would abandon or treat us as the enemy,” the Saudi senior official conceded. “And we were in denial.”
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/09/saudi-arabia-terrorism-funding-214241
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Netanyahu .. porque no te callas !
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Banksy calls attention to a little-known fact :
Steve Jobs's Father was a Syrian, refugee
"We're often led to believe migration is a drain on the country's resources but Steve Jobs was the son of a Syrian migrant," Banksy said in a rare public statement obtained by BBC. "Apple is the world's most profitable company," Banksy added. "It pays over $7bn (£4.6bn) a year in taxes - and it only exists because [the United States] allowed in a young man from Homs."
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/12/11/steve-jobss-father-was-a-syrian-refugee
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35 minutes ago, Jingthing said:
Yes, in those days American Jews were severely oppressed and didn't have the power to stop that. That's a big reason many of the strongest voices against trump's fascism are American Jews, who have come a long way, but still get what it's like to be irrationally stigmatized.
A testimony recently discovered by the Israeli press: Rae Kushner, a Polish woman who fled the Nazis across Europe by spending three years in a camp in Italy, and who in 1982 shared her incomprehension of the American refusal to welcome the fleeing Jews: " "For the Jews, the gates were closed. We never understood why. Even President Roosevelt kept the doors closed. Why ? The boat, the St. Louis, was driven back. What was the world afraid of? "Said Rae Kushner, one of the only survivors of her family, who was going to live in the United States and become the grandmother of Jared Kushner, now the son-in-law of the American president Trump and member of his first circle.
'The world's doors were closed': Jared Kushner's grandma on refugee life
Grandmother of Trump’s son-in-law gave interview criticising America’s refusal to accept Jews fleeing Holocaust
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/31/jared-kushner-grandmother-refugee-holocaust
"JTA — Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s Jewish son-in-law and senior adviser, stayed silent as protests broke out across the country against Trump’s controversial refugee ban — which prohibits for 120 days all refugees and for 90 days citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the country"
" During that tumultuous time, the United States was in the throes of an intense anti-immigrant fervor,... They feared that the masses of Eastern and Southern Europeanswould “mongrelize” the nation, undermining its Anglo-Saxon awesomeness with their crude customs and inferior intellects. They fretted that these “undesirables” would remain unassimilated "
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Precedent in US History
Voyage of the St. Louis
"On May 13, 1939, the German transatlantic liner St. Louis sailed from Hamburg, Germany, for Havana, Cuba. On the voyage were 937 passengers. Almost all were Jews fleeing from the Third Reich. Most were German citizens, some were from eastern Europe, and a few were officially "stateless." The majority of the Jewish passengers had applied for US visas, and had planned to stay in Cuba only until they could enter the United States. But....Roosevelt was not alone in his reluctance to challenge the mood of the nation on the immigration issue. "
https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005267
https://twitter.com/Stl_Manifest
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7 minutes ago, GreasyFingers said:
Only when you do not have to deal with them.
Maybe Trump is federating Muslims against the West as well as / more effectively than Daesh ....
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1 hour ago, Thaidream said:
A court of law will judge whether Trump's Executive Order is legal. At Present, there is a stay on the order in several jurisdictions because the courts have already ruled there is a compelling case that the order may violate the Constitution. The Acting AG declined to proceed because she believes the order has constitutional problems. Trump has the right to fire her and appoint a new Acting AG which he did.
The fact is that Trump's order was not properly vetted and the execution of it was poor. If a foreigner already has a valid Immigrant Visa (Green Card) they have already been investigated thoroughly and should not be detained anywhere for more vetting. They should be allowed freedom of movement the same as an American citizen. A person who already has approved Visas of any kind should be allowed to continue with their plans.
It is obvious neither the President or his inner circle who drafted the order has any concept of legality; the basis of the American Constitution; the meaning of the Statue of Liberty or how America is viewed in the World. To me , the greatest danger America faces- is the incompetence of Mr Trump and his clique and it is time for the Reuplican leadership in the house and senate to stand up to these buffoons.
Trump’s Executive Orders Were Brought to You by Breitbart ( Either Donald Trump is the president, or he just plays one on TV.)
"Trump is an expert in spectacle, not governance. ...The documents have been drafted with the consultation of virtually no one but Breitbart mastermind Steve Bannon, and his fellow right-wing nationalist Stephen Miller, according to Politico. Trump, is continuing the improvisational style he used to run his company, his campaign and his transition. He’s relying on a small circle of trusted advisers to act decisively."
Banksy calls attention to a little-known fact :
The anti-Trump resistance takes shape: 'Government's supposed to fear us'
in World News
Posted · Edited by Opl
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