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Saturday, May 26, 2018


 

Headlines for May 25, 2018



This week's broadcast segment on Loud & Clear radio is here.

CANDIDATES FOR “WORST” or “MOST DISGUSTING”:

Anti-Castro militant Posada Carriles is dead at 90

http://amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/cuba/article211726514.html?__twitter_impression=true
A notorious terrorist, not a “militant”. Even the US considered him a terrorist.

Luis Posada Carriles, Who Waged Quest to Oust Castro, Dies at 90

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/23/obituaries/luis-posada-carriles-castro-foe-dies-at-90.html

Worst of all was the BBC:

Luis Posada Carriles: Cuba anti-communist activist dies

https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-latin-america-44226647
A thoroughly disgusting article.

CANDIDATES FOR “MOST MISLEADING”:

Iran Uses Nuclear Pact as Bargaining Chip With EU Over U.S. Sanctions
Tehran’s suggestion could drive wedge between Washington and Brussels
https://www.wsj.com/articles/iran-uses-nuclear-pact-as-bargaining-chip-with-eu-over-u-s-sanctions-1526819196
The wedge was driven by Trump

Fragile: Pentagon report raises alarm that US industry can’t support war for much longer

https://www.rt.com/usa/427593-pentagon-report-munitions-bombs/
If only. Washington is facing the risk that “a conflict with China could rely on Chinese-made parts.” Lots of “mights” and “could happens” in the article, but the bottom line, unfortunately, is that what it all leads to is “the military needs more money”.

The Daily 202: The far left is winning the Democratic civil war
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2018/05/16/daily-202-the-far-left-is-winning-the-democratic-civil-war/5afb5fe230fb042588799528/
Those “far left”ideas? Universal health care, marijuana legalization, universal background checks for buying guns, raising taxes or limiting corporate tax loopholes. Except for raising taxes, all of those are supported by the majority or vast majority of Americans.

CANDIDATES FOR “FUNNIEST”:

Google Removes 'Don't Be Evil' Clause From Its Code of Conduct
https://gizmodo.com/google-removes-nearly-all-mentions-of-dont-be-evil-from-1826153393
Better late than never. On top of its privacy invasions, Google even had a dozen employees quit to protest its involvement in military drone AI programs.

How Kim Jong Un ‘Baited’ Trump Into Canceling The North Korea Summit
https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5b072e7ae4b0fdb2aa51ba41/amp
Delusional much? Was it Kim who told Pence & Bolton to start citing the “Libyan model”? Did we imagine that North Korea released 3 prisoners and blew up its nuclear test site, and then wrote a letter saying “we’re ready to talk any time any place”?

Runner-up:

Pelosi: 'Kim Jong Un is the big winner'

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/pelosi-kim-jong-un-is-the-big-winner/2018/05/24/d0afcc7a-5f67-11e8-b656-236c6214ef01_video.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.784599bf4fe1
Also “Kim Jong Un 'Must Be Having a Giggle Fit'” and “Trump’s letter to Kim ‘reads like a Valentine’”

North Korea warns of nuclear showdown, calls Pence 'political dummy'

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/05/23/politics/mike-pence-north-korea-intl/index.html

The Latest: After defeat, Venezuela opposition vows to unite

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/the-latest-venezuela-opposition-calls-election-a-farce/2018/05/20/7397e402-5c95-11e8-b656-236c6214ef01_story.html?utm_term=.17d1f1625400
"Venezuela’s two main opposition coalitions are pledging to unify the nation’s fragmented anti-government movement and push for a new election later this year." Too late, guys. Maduro is President for the next six years.

Interior Dept. moves to allow Alaska bear hunting with doughnuts, bacon

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/interior-dept-moves-allow-alaska-bear-hunting-doughnuts-bacon-n876306?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma
So they're going to kill them by giving them heart attacks?
Actually, of course, this is a very serious story (covered by By Any Means Necessary on Thursday):
"The Trump administration is moving to reverse Obama-era rules barring hunters on some public lands in Alaska from baiting brown bears with bacon and doughnuts and using spotlights to shoot mother black bears and cubs hibernating in their dens... hunters would also be allowed to hunt black bears with dogs, kill wolves and pups in their dens, and use motor boats to shoot swimming caribou."



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