May 29, 2016

Nu-male Anti-Trump protesters harass mother and child, Phil Anselmo intervenes

Source: Youtube user Numbersixxx

"FUCK DONALD TRUMP. FUCK DONALD TRUMP"
"Go fuck yourself"
"Please don't curse around kids"

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misleading title.

Actual content is peaceful anti-Trump protester attacked by pro-Trump goon.

Nevertheless, I question the effectiveness of marching around in public shouting obscenities against Trump.

May 26, 2016

Canadian billionaire allegedly identified in Panama Papers

Source: Yahoo finance Canada

The probe into offshore financial records alleges that Dahdaleh is the shadowy middleman described as “Consultant A” in U.S. court documents who handed out tens of millions of dollars in inducements to government officials in Bahrain for more than a decade on behalf of a unit of Alcoa Inc., the U.S.’s biggest aluminum producer, to win contracts to sell alumina to the Persian Gulf state’s processing plant.

Dahdaleh has also made a name for himself through his charitable contributions and his presence in elite circles.

According to the CBC he personally arranged for former U.S. president Bill Clinton to receive an honorary degree from McGill University seven years ago and laid the doctoral sash on his shoulders and gave him a hug on stage during the ceremony.

His website says he is a board trustee of the Clinton Foundation.

Read more: https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/blogs/insight/canadian-billionaire-named-in-panama-papers-163345652.html

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Dahdaleh is not on the list of current trustees of the Clinton Foundation.

May 15, 2016

Kurdish militants reportedly shoot down Turkish security forces helicopter

Source: Washington Post

On Saturday, media affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a leftist militant group battling the Turkish state, posted a video purporting to show a fighter downing a Cobra attack helicopter with a man-portable air-defense system — or MANPADS — in the mountains of southeastern Turkey on Friday morning. Arms observers said this is the first time they have seen PKK fighters successfully using MANPADS in their four-decade fight against the Turks.

But the use of a surface-to-air missile — which arms experts said is likely a Russian-made 9K38 Igla — is a new and troubling development. It's unclear where the militants, who maintain bases in both Turkey and Iraq, would have obtained the weapon system. But former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein was known to have acquired the same Russian-made system in the 1980s, as did Libyan strongman Moammar Gaddafi.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/05/14/kurdish-militants-just-challenged-turkish-air-power-in-a-major-way/

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Putin is stirring the pot.