Daily News Thread 5/7

Paraguay to move embassy in Israel to Jerusalem in May – Tel Aviv

Paraguay will follow the lead of US President Donald Trump and move the country's embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in May.
rt.com/news/426058-paraguay-to-move-embassy-jerusalem/

Turkey will carry out new military operations against US-backed forces in Syria

Turkey will carry out new military operations along its borders after its two previous offensives into Syria, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday, as he announced his manifesto for next month's snap elections.
businessinsider.com/r-turkeys-erdogan-says-will-carry-out-new-military-operations-after-syria-offensives-2018-5

Lebanon election: Hezbollah leader declares 'victory'

Hezbollah's leader says the Iran-backed militant Shia group and its allies have achieved "victory" in Lebanon's first parliamentary elections since 2009.
bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-44027973

Putin is inaugurated for fourth term as Russian president

Vladimir Putin has been sworn in for a fourth term as Russian president and pledged to harness the country's talents to "achieve breakthroughs".
bbc.com/news/world-europe-44024184

North Korea Denies U.S. Pressure Is Behind Denuclearization

North Korea said U.S. sanctions aren’t the reason behind its willingness to remove nuclear weapons from peninsula, accusing its adversary of trying to ramp up tensions ahead of a summit between leaders of the countries.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-06/north-korea-denies-u-s-pressure-is-reason-for-denuclearization

Pence to Call on Venezuela to Suspend May 20 Elections, Sources Say

Vice President Mike Pence plans to call Monday on Venezuela to suspend its presidential election later this month because of corruption concerns, two people familiar with the matter said.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-07/pence-is-said-to-call-on-venezuela-to-suspend-may-20-elections

Palestine President Abbas Arrives in Venezuela, to Meet Maduro

Abbas was received by Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza for a two day visit to the country before going to Chile and Cuba.
telesurtv.net/english/news/Palestine-President-Abbas-Arrives-in-Venezuela-to-Meet-Maduro-20180507-0013.html

Houthis say that US-Saudi air strikes just hit Yemen's presidential palace, killing at least 6 people

Warplanes from a US-Saudi coalition bombed Yemen's presidential palace in the center of the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa early on Monday, killing at least six people, Houthi-run media reported.
businessinsider.com/r-saudi-led-air-strikes-hit-yemen-presidential-palace-houthi-media-2018-5

Trump backs CIA nominee Gina Haspel after she offered to quit

President Donald Trump has defended his nominee to head the CIA after she offered to withdraw amid concern over her role in harsh interrogation techniques widely seen as torture.
bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44028854

Italy’s Center-Right, Five Star Boost Chances of New Elections Soon

Italy’s two biggest political forces rejected the idea of a government of technocrats in talks with President Sergio Mattarella, increasing the chances of new elections as early as July to overcome a two-month deadlock.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-07/italy-s-center-right-five-star-boost-chances-of-election-soon

A Showdown Looms in Europe’s Most Corrupt Region

Crusade or witch-hunt? Romania’s chief anti-graft prosecutor is now pursuing the leader of the country’s biggest party.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-07/a-showdown-looms-in-europe-s-most-corrupt-region

Palestinian takes down 'Israeli UAV' with rock & slingshot

A Palestinian protester near the Gaza border managed to bring down what appears to be an Israeli drone with a rock and a slingshot, a video posted online revealed.
rt.com/news/426012-gaza-protesters-israeli-drone/

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French Govt Urges Air France Managers to Rule Against Strikers

Strikes and stoppages by pilots, ground staff and other workers are due to resume on May 7 and May 8. Close to 85 percent of flights are likely to run on Monday, the carrier said.
telesurtv.net/english/news/French-Govt-Urges-Air-France-Managers-to-Rule-Against-Strikers-20180506-0014.html

Japan Child Population in Trouble, Drops for 37 Straight Years

Japan's child rate is at an all-time low – down 170,000 from 2017 – after falling for 37 years in a row, according to Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry data.
telesurtv.net/english/news/Japan-Child-Population-in-Trouble-Drops-for-37-Straight-Years--20180507-0003.html

Children Could Be Separated From Parents During Illegal Border Crossing in New Enforcement Policy =

The Trump administration has decided to refer every person caught crossing the border illegally for federal prosecution, a policy that could result in the separation of far more parents from their children at the border.
ktla.com/2018/05/07/children-could-be-separated-from-parents-during-illegal-border-crossing-in-new-enforcement-policy/

Kilauea: Hawaii volcano destroys dozens of homes

The eruption of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii has destroyed 26 homes and is threatening hundreds more, with new fissures opening overnight on Sunday.
bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44027883

Video shows off-duty officer pulling gun on man mistakenly suspected of stealing Mentos

The 49-year-old printer from Bellflower says he was both scared and angry that the officer had pulled a gun March 16 on someone he wrongly suspected of stealing candy.
ocregister.com/2018/05/04/video-shows-off-duty-officer-pulling-gun-on-man-mistakenly-suspected-of-stealing-mentos/

OP/ED

UC unions unite to strike for respect

Some 53,000 workers across the University of California (UC) system are uniting for a three-day strike at campuses and hospitals this week to demand the wages and benefits they deserve.
socialistworker.org/2018/05/07/uc-unions-unite-to-strike-for-respect

The Shooters in the Rye

The recent slaughter in Toronto has many people chattering away about “Incels”, or involuntary celibates.
counterpunch.org/2018/05/07/the-shooters-in-the-rye/

Get an Inside Look at the Department of Defense’s Struggle to Fix Pollution at More Than 39,000 Sites

For the first time, the Pentagon’s internal database used to track its environmental problems is available to the public.
propublica.org/nerds/data-get-an-inside-look-at-the-department-of-defense-struggle-to-fix-pollution

West Virginia Teachers Won Their Strike. Now, They’re Rebuilding the Local Economy.

How the American Federation of Teachers has taken the lead in reinvigorating the poorest county in the state
prospect.org/article/west-virginia-teachers-won-their-strike-now-they’re-rebuilding-local-economy-0

Paying cops to confront the nurses' union

In an article first written for The Shoestring website in Western Massachusetts, Kate Nadel documents how Baystate Franklin Medical Center officials conspired with the local police department to intimidate union workers during a recent strike and lockout and prevent an official union representative from doing her job.
socialistworker.org/2018/05/07/paying-cops-to-confront-the-nurses-union

Colorado River: The Water War That Will Decide the Fate of 1 in 8 Americans

Water wars loom on the horizon, arising from overuse for generations of the Colorado River, which carved the Grand Canyon and serves as the main water source for much of the American West.
nakedcapitalism.com/2018/05/colorado-river-water-war-will-decide-fate-1-8-americans.html

thanks again newsanon
YES

Lemme crawl inside el yankee ass :-DDDD
t. Paraguay

White House Leans Into Mueller Attacks Betting On Favorable Landscape With Supporters

npr.org/2018/05/07/609075342/white-house-leans-into-mueller-attacks-betting-on-favorable-political-landscape

Trump is hoping the threat of impeachment will drive out Republican voters in Midterms.

I think it'll only galvanize his opposition even further.

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It's an odd feeling when a NK dictator comes off as more honest and responsible than the US President.

Honestly the more and more the investigation drags on the worse and worse feelings I get about it. Besides the fact that Mueller is obviously cooking up a new way to destroy our civil liberties as he previously did with the 9/11 commission (which took about two or three years to sort through everything I think), he's basically creating a situation where Trump and Congress cannot afford to be anything other than hardcore jingoist against Russia and China. This is bad because in 2021 New Start expires, if it is not replaced than the cap on nuclear weapons ceases to exist and thus both America and Russia start a new nuclear arms race.

This might seem stupid now but lets suggest Trump is also put into a position where he can use nuclear weapons on North Korea or the DNR, and vice versa for Putin who will match everything America does equally. Given that Trump, Putin and Xi all do not give any fucks about human life outside their borders this only creates the nightmare scenario where nuclear weapons become regularly used in combat, causing untold destruction to both the environment and third world civilizations. Can you even imagine what would happen if a shitload of Fallout were to drop into Lake Dahuk? The area would become uninhabitable by unproteected humans, forcing the largest migrant crisis in human history.

Nothing good comes from this and I wonder if he realizes that.

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Mate, everything you post is stupid. Why care now?

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because I can see the end of the world from here

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