September 2018 archive

New EU Copyright Law Could Force Online Platforms To Ban Memes Across Europe A new law being just passed in European Parliament and in the process of becoming finalized has received scant media attention, but could be nothing short of revolutionary in terms of its lasting impact on the internet, political speech and discourse, and the …

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Norway Officials Admit They Knew Nothing About Libya But Joined Regime Change Efforts Anyway A new official report produced by the Norwegian government illustrates the continuing absurdity of NATO expansion and foreign adventurism in places very far away from the “North Atlantic” explicit in the name North Atlantic Treaty Organization — places like Afghanistan, Libya, Ukraine or …

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All Euros Gravitate To Germany The Euro has been around for almost 20 years. The Russian transfer ruble survived 25 years. As GEFIRA explains, the two currencies have something in common: they were and are not a success story… The introduction of the transfer ruble was intended to enable free trade between the countries of …

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Watch: 100s Of Illegal Migrants Crossing Balkan Mountain Passes Hundreds of migrants are trying to cross the Croatian border from Una-Sana Canton every day… GEFIRA points out that, according to the estimates, there are between 3,000 and 3,500 migrants in Bihac, and new groups from many countries of Asia and Africa arrive daily. Many of …

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Martin Armstrong Asks: "Will Global Warming Sink the Netherlands?" Submitted by Armstrong Economics A friend of mine was taking a class in geography in university for the credits. The professor was all about brainwashing the class about Global Warming. The pitch was that with reducing air pollution from cars, it would be possible to save the …

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Politicians Warn Spy Chief: There Is A New Threat Called "Deep Fakes" Authored by Mac Slavo via SHTFplan.com, United States politicians are coming up with some wonderful descriptive terms to help use fear to get more restrictive laws passed.  Now lawmakers are warning the spy chief of a real threat called the “deep fakes.” Thanks to …

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Merkel Melts Down After Thousands Of Germans Protest Violent Migrants German Chancellor Angela Merkel was heckled as she condemned thousands of right-wing protesters in eastern Germany, who took to the streats after the deadly stabbing of a 22-year-old German man at the hands of two Afghan nationals in the town of Chemnitz. The German chancellor was heckled during …

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'Catastrophic': EU Passes Copyright Directive Including Internet 'Link Tax' and 'Upload Filter' Submitted by Planet Free Will The European Parliment has passed a controversial copyright directive that contains provisions which force tech giants to install content filters and sets in place a potential tax on hyperlinking. The bill was passed in a final vote of 438 …

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Former Barclays' CEO: "We Have to Continue Raising Rates" Bob Diamond, former CEO of Barclay’s, went on record with Bloomberg this week and stated that the Federal Reserve needs to raise interest rates so that the central bank could have resources for use in the future, should they need it. Of late, there has been a …

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China Joins Russia In Massive War Games In Sign Of Growing Military Ties More details have emerged revealing just how extensive the joint China-Russia week long ‘Vostok’ war games will be, set to kick off Tuesday, which is to involve a combined total of 300,000 troops, 36,000 military vehicles, 1,000 aircraft, two Russian naval fleets and all airborne …

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