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Trump Reverses Obama Policy on Military Gear for Police

Trump Reverses Obama Policy on Military Gear for Police


Via: it-is-me  •  World News  •  152 Comments  •  8 years ago

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-reverses-obama-policy-on-military-gear-for-police/ar-AAqQnBh WASHINGTON — Reversing an Obama-era policy, President Donald Trump Monday removed...
Terror Official: UK has more radical Islamists than any other European country

Terror Official: UK has more radical Islamists than any other European country


Via: buzz-of-the-orient  •  World News  •  3 Comments  •  8 years ago

Terror Official: UK has more radical Islamists than any other European country Dangerous scale of jihadi threat Britain now faces. by Westmonster,  September 1, 2017 Europe’s top...
The last of the german war criminals have lost their minds and can no longer be held accountable for their crimes

The last of the german war criminals have lost their minds and can no longer be held accountable for their crimes


Via: johnrussell  •  World News  •  4 Comments  •  8 years ago

"When local prosecutors in northeastern Germany made an announcement about 96-year old defendant Hubert Zafke this week, it appeared like standard procedure. Zafke's dementia, they said , had...
Invoice Barnwell creates an ideal National

Invoice Barnwell creates an ideal National


Via: caryangeline  •  World News  •  0 Comments  •  8 years ago

Invoice Barnwell creates an ideal National football league roster under the salary cap : 2017 ESPN000The ideal American footbal rosterNo Football staff is actually exquisite -- so far. We all...
Trump outlines the foundation of a changed approach in Afghanistan

Trump outlines the foundation of a changed approach in Afghanistan


Via: bob-nelson  •  World News  •  2 Comments  •  8 years ago

President Trump’s decision to recommit to Afghanistan was right and important. He explained the stakes of the fight accurately: to prevent al Qaeda and ISIS from regaining the base from which al...
Iran Is Taking Over Syria. Can Anyone Stop It?

Iran Is Taking Over Syria. Can Anyone Stop It?


Via: bob-nelson  •  World News  •  1 Comments  •  8 years ago

From the end of the Cold War until 2010, Syria, led first by President Hafez al-Assad and then by his son Bashar, had a uniquely flexible geopolitical position in the Arab world: Syria was an...
Jared Kushner’s Mideast Peace Push Is Going Nowhere. That’s Why Israelis Love It.

Jared Kushner’s Mideast Peace Push Is Going Nowhere. That’s Why Israelis Love It.


Via: johnrussell  •  World News  •  8 Comments  •  8 years ago

Jared Kushner’s Mideast Peace Push Is Going Nowhere. That’s Why Israelis Love It. ‘Past administrations jumped into the peace process pool,’ says an Israeli official, praising Team Trump’s...
Watching Charlottesville From Jerusalem

Watching Charlottesville From Jerusalem


Via: bob-nelson  •  World News  •  7 Comments  •  8 years ago

In the almost 20 years since we moved our three young children from a bucolic street in West Los Angeles to a Jerusalem apartment in the rough-and-tumble Middle East, my wife and I consciously...
Forget NAFTA, the roaring silence around trade talks with China is even more troubling

Forget NAFTA, the roaring silence around trade talks with China is even more troubling


Via: larry-hampton  •  World News  •  4 Comments  •  8 years ago

There’s deep concern about precedents that include Chinese enterprises owning Canada’s natural resource enterprises, and Beijing’s demand to use imported Chinese labour As Canadians digest a...
Arab Journalists Respond To Barcelona Attack: 'We Must Take A Firm Decision' To Oppose Terrorism – Otherwise 'It Will Be Unreasonable To Ask Why They Hate Us'

Arab Journalists Respond To Barcelona Attack: 'We Must Take A Firm Decision' To Oppose Terrorism – Otherwise 'It Will Be Unreasonable To Ask Why They Hate Us'


Via: bob-nelson  •  World News  •  15 Comments  •  8 years ago

Al-Sharq Al-Awsat Editor Ghassan Charbel : Why Are We Tempted To Clash With The World, Instead Of Living With It And Within It? "Every time an explosion is heard in any city in the world,...
Headless Body Identified as Missing Journalist Who Was Allegedly Killed by Submarine Designer

Headless Body Identified as Missing Journalist Who Was Allegedly Killed by Submarine Designer


Via: bob-nelson  •  World News  •  1 Comments  •  8 years ago

On Wednesday morning, Copenhagen police confirmed that a torso found by a cyclist was a DNA match for the missing journalist Kim Wall. Wall had been missing since August 10th and was last seen...
Trump's Plan for Afghanistan: No Timeline for Exit

Trump's Plan for Afghanistan: No Timeline for Exit


Via: bob-nelson  •  World News  •  2 Comments  •  8 years ago

Despite prime-time billing for the president’s announcement, Americans heard a familiar argument about extending the war in Afghanistan. Joshua Roberts / Reuters What a difference four...
Let's Just BUY Afghanistan ... ... by Bob Nelson

Let's Just BUY Afghanistan ... ... by Bob Nelson


Via: bob-nelson  •  World News  •  1 Comments  •  8 years ago

President Trump says he wants negotiations. Let's hope he means it. About 45 years ago, I spent a year on a hill in the northwest of South Vietnam, a helicopter ride (the road was not...
Body found as Danish submarine man says missing journalist Kim Wall died on board

Body found as Danish submarine man says missing journalist Kim Wall died on board


Via: bob-nelson  •  World News  •  1 Comments  •  8 years ago

A headless female torso was found on Monday in the water's edge in Copenhagen, hours after a Danish inventor charged with killing a journalist in his home-made submarine told a court she died on...
Where Statues Go to Retire

Where Statues Go to Retire


Via: bob-nelson  •  World News  •  6 Comments  •  8 years ago

Humans have been building statues and taking them down for a very long time. The ongoing controversy over Confederate statues, which has seen these monuments removed from public spaces in more...
U.S. Cracks Down on China Trade Dumping

U.S. Cracks Down on China Trade Dumping


Via: vic-eldred  •  World News  •  16 Comments  •  8 years ago

by  Brendan Kirby  |  Updated  18 Aug 2017 at 8:48 PM   Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials this week moved to collect millions of dollars in unpaid anti-dumping...
Charlottesville : «Samedi dernier, les armes d'assaut avaient droit de cité»

Charlottesville : «Samedi dernier, les armes d'assaut avaient droit de cité»


Via: bob-nelson  •  World News  •  1 Comments  •  8 years ago

"Charlottesville: Last Saturday, Assault Rifles Were On Display" Des suprémacistes blancs en tenue de combat, samedi à Charlottesville Photo Chip Somodevilla. Getty Images. AFP Nota...
Can Anyone Stop Iran From Taking Over Iraq?

Can Anyone Stop Iran From Taking Over Iraq?


Via: bob-nelson  •  World News  •  1 Comments  •  8 years ago

Mosul is back in the Iraqi government’s hands and the war against the Islamic State seems to finally be approaching its end. This is the good news. But one of the byproducts of the campaign is...
 GREAT ASS Fifteen teens treated for rabies after GANG RAPING a donkey… as cops urge others who ‘admired’ the beast to come forward

GREAT ASS Fifteen teens treated for rabies after GANG RAPING a donkey… as cops urge others who ‘admired’ the beast to come forward


Via: buzz-of-the-orient  •  World News  •  20 Comments  •  8 years ago

 GREAT ASS Fifteen teens treated for rabies after GANG RAPING a donkey… as cops urge others who ‘admired’ the beast to come forward The stricken youths spent a week in a Moroccan hospital...
China surpasses Japan as US' biggest creditor

China surpasses Japan as US' biggest creditor


Via: buzz-of-the-orient  •  World News  •  4 Comments  •  8 years ago

China surpasses Japan as US' biggest creditor chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2017-08-16 A $100 banknote is placed next to 100 yuan banknotes in this October 16, 2010 file picture illustration...
Biggest amateur-built sub sinks—owner is suspected of killing passenger

Biggest amateur-built sub sinks—owner is suspected of killing passenger


Via: bob-nelson  •  World News  •  1 Comments  •  8 years ago

The UV3 Nautilus in early sea trials in 2008. Frumperino Reporter missing after "minor problem with ballast" caused near-instant sinking. Believe it or not, there's a crowdsourced,...
N Korea Plans To Make Trump Back Down

N Korea Plans To Make Trump Back Down


Via: johnrussell  •  World News  •  14 Comments  •  8 years ago

The fear is that N Korea will hit Guam with 4 nuclear weapons. The Guam government is passing out fliers telling the population how to deal with radioactive contamination....
The Alternative to Nuclear War Is a Revolution

The Alternative to Nuclear War Is a Revolution


Via: harryh  •  World News  •  15 Comments  •  8 years ago

The most depressing aspect of the current North Korean crisis is that even if Donald Trump wins, he loses. Despite doubling down on his rhetoric of "fire and fury" and deriding his predecessors...
‘Why Did Nobody Notice It?’

‘Why Did Nobody Notice It?’


Via: bob-nelson  •  World News  •  1 Comments  •  8 years ago

First, consider the question posed by Queen Elizabeth, who, on visiting the London School of Economics after the housing bubble and market crash that ushered in the Great Recession, asked “Why...
Jews ask Poland's leader to denounce rising anti-Semitism

Jews ask Poland's leader to denounce rising anti-Semitism


Via: johnrussell  •  World News  •  1 Comments  •  8 years ago

WARSAW, Poland (AP) - The leaders of Poland's Jewish community have written to the country's most powerful politician, urging him to denounce rising anti-Semitism which they say is leaving them...
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