Daily News Thread 3/31

Venezuela 'coup': Alarm grows as court takes power

There have been demonstrations in Venezuela after the Supreme Court took over legislative powers from the National Assembly.
bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-39449494

Fired Trump aide Michael Flynn wants immunity to testify on Russia allegations

President Donald Trump's ex-national security adviser, Michael Flynn, wants immunity to testify on alleged Russian election meddling, his lawyer says.
bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39451358

Vault7: WikiLeaks reveals ‘Marble’ tool could mask CIA hacks with Russian, Chinese, Arabic

WikiLeaks’ latest batch of documents, named ‘Marble’, details CIA hacking tactics and how they can hamper forensic investigators from attributing viruses, trojans and hacking attacks to the spy agency . The tool was in use as recently as 2016.
rt.com/news/382940-wikileaks-vault7-marble-framework/

Saudi General dodges citizen’s arrest in London over Yemen atrocities

Saudi military spokesperson Brigadier General Ahmed Asiri narrowly avoided an attempted citizen’s arrest in London on Thursday.
rt.com/uk/382886-saudi-general-citizen-arrest/

Turkey will continue efforts in Syria after completion of Euphrates operation: military

The Turkish military will continue its efforts to prevent any "unwanted formation" in Syria after the completion of its operation in northern Syria, the army said on Friday.
ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCAKBN1721SH-OCATP

Four countries face famine threat as global food crisis deepens

Global food crises worsened significantly in 2016 and conditions look set to deteriorate further this year in some areas with an increasing risk of famine, a report said on Friday.
reuters.com/article/us-global-food-famine-idUSKBN1721JZ

Huge fire causes highway collapse & traffic mayhem in Atlanta

A massive blaze underneath Interstate-85 in Atlanta, Georgia, has engulfed and destroyed a portion of the highway and left cars stuck both north and southbound.
rt.com/usa/382892-atlanta-fire-highway/

Google voice search records and keeps conversations people have around their phones – but the files can be deleted

Google could have a record of everything you have said around it for years, and you can listen to it yourself.
independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/google-voice-search-records-stores-conversation-people-have-around-their-phones-but-files-can-be-a7059376.html

RT spots US ‘advisers’ on Raqqa frontline on visit to Syria’s strategic Euphrates Dam

An RT crew has gained access to the strategic Tabqa dam, partially recaptured by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces with the help of US troops who were deployed to Syria to “train, advise and assist” but who were spotted just miles away from Raqqa frontline.
rt.com/news/382909-syria-tabqa-dam-exclusive/

Google’s AI Hasn’t Passed Its Biggest Test Yet: Hunting Hate

An advertiser boycott of YouTube is testing a critical and much-hyped part of Google's future: its prowess in artificial intelligence. Some experts in the field say the technology isn't up to scratch yet, but that if any company can solve the problem at hand, it's the online search giant.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-31/google-s-ai-hasn-t-passed-its-biggest-test-yet-hunting-hate

UK BMW workers overwhelmingly back strike action over pensions

British workers at BMW's Mini and Rolls-Royce car plants have backed strike action over plans by the German automaker to close the firm's final salary pensions, Britain's biggest trade union said on Friday.
uk.reuters.com/article/uk-bmw-britain-idUKKBN17222I?il=0

Professor 'tried not to vomit' when passenger gave up seat for soldier

A history professor has sparked outrage after claiming he nearly threw up when he saw an airline passenger give up their first-class seat for a uniformed soldier.
independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/history-professor-vomit-george-ciccariello-maher-soldier-first-class-seat-give-up-passenger-mosul-a7658411.html

Other urls found in this thread:

theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/03/trumps-epa-cuts-budget/521223/?utm_source=feed
rt.com/op-edge/382861-implants-musk-human-artificial-intelligence/
counterpunch.org/2017/03/31/bernie-to-democrats-youll-never-win-without-independents/
nytimes.com/2017/03/31/opinion/coal-country-is-a-state-of-mind.html
socialistworker.org/2017/03/31/anger-at-corruption-comes-to-a-head-in-russia
wsws.org/en/articles/2017/03/31/pers-m31.html
theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/03/trump-house-freedom-caucus-primary-challenge-fight/521307/?utm_source=feed
rt.com/usa/382892-atlanta-fire-highway/
wolfstreet.com/2017/03/30/corporate-earnings-stagnate-stocks-soar-crash/
twitter.com/NSFWRedditImage

OP/ED

How EPA Budget Cuts Could Affect Public Health

Mick Mulvaney, President Trump’s director of the Office of Management and Budget, described the administration’s new spending proposal as a “hard-power budget,” and by design it echoes President Trump’s top campaign priorities—namely, national security.
theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/03/trumps-epa-cuts-budget/521223/?utm_source=feed

Enter the Matrix: 'Humans are transforming into a new technological species'

Humans and computers are going through a transformative time, but there are still many more questions than answers. Nick Bostrom, Oxford Martin Programme Founder, and Gray Scott, futurist and technology expert debate the possible effects of this change.
rt.com/op-edge/382861-implants-musk-human-artificial-intelligence/

Bernie to Democrats: You’ll Never Win Without Independents

Bernie Sanders’ calls to reform the Democratic Party have been echoed by his progressive supporters since his presidential campaign, though the Democratic Party establishment has repeatedly ignored those calls.
counterpunch.org/2017/03/31/bernie-to-democrats-youll-never-win-without-independents/

Coal Country Is a State of Mind

Will nostalgia for a much-shrunken industry destroy the planet?
nytimes.com/2017/03/31/opinion/coal-country-is-a-state-of-mind.html

Anger at corruption comes to a head in Russia

Tens of thousands of people came out in Moscow and other Russian cities on March 26 in response to a call to protest corruption and repression. It was the largest show of dissent in five years and comes as Russian society continues to endure a devastating economic crisis that began with the collapse of oil and energy prices two years ago.
socialistworker.org/2017/03/31/anger-at-corruption-comes-to-a-head-in-russia

Pentagon exercises free rein in global military escalation

The relentless bombing of civilians in Iraq and Syria, the expanding intervention in Yemen and the open threats of military confrontation with Iran are all being carried out by the Pentagon with no public debate and the full complicity of the Democrats.
wsws.org/en/articles/2017/03/31/pers-m31.html

Trump Threatens a 'Fight' Against the Freedom Caucus

Donald Trump is escalating his attacks on hardline conservatives in Congress in for a fight that could deepen the rifts within the Republican Party that already threaten to hobble the president’s agenda.
theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/03/trump-house-freedom-caucus-primary-challenge-fight/521307/?utm_source=feed

Fucking idiot retard shills pushing for big brother overlord AI to control thought worldwide and impose mandatory idpol.

God I wish this country would fuck off.


A personal favorite I had to throw in today

>rt.com/usa/382892-atlanta-fire-highway/

Georgian here. This is pretty massive and will cause problems for Atlanta for months

/ourguy/ to be sure

Fixed.

Why do Americans think the rest of the world is a shithole? America is just a very rich third world country.

That image… I think I might have made it. I was a founding member of the CPCN when we split from LSF. Wow, I haven't thought about that game in a long time. Did you play CN, OP? Were you in CPCN? I might know ya.

I've got a sibling down there and you guys sound fucked for a while. It seems like it couldn't have happened in a more inconvenient spot.


nope, sorry. I just grabbed it off lefty.booru.org. cool picture though

Economic warning signs point to a rough year ahead
wolfstreet.com/2017/03/30/corporate-earnings-stagnate-stocks-soar-crash/

In terms of GDP, the fourth quarter was revised up slightly, but there were adjustments for prior quarters, and overall GDP growth for the year 2016 remained at a miserably low 1.6%. We’ve come to call this the “stall speed.” It’s difficult for the US economy to stay aloft at this slow speed. As Q4 gutted any hopes for a strong finish, GDP growth in 2016 matched the worst year since the Great Recession.And corporate profits, despite a stock market that has been surging for years, are even worse. A lot worse. They’ve declined for years. In fact, they declined for years during the prior two stock market bubbles, the dotcom bubble and the pre-Financial-Crisis bubble. Both ended in crashes.

In Q4, profits rose to $2.15 trillion seasonally adjusted annual rate. That’s what the annual profit would be after four quarters at this rate. But profits in the prior three quarters were lower. And so Q4 brought the year total to $2.085 trillion. This was down from 2015, and it was down from 2014, and it was up only 2.6% from 2013, not adjusted for inflation.

By this measure, corporate profits have been in a volatile five-year stagnation. However, during that time – since Q1 2012 – the S&P 500 index has soared 70%.It’s hard to blame oil: The price didn’t start collapsing until the fall of 2014. Earnings didn’t get hit until 2015. By mid-2016, oil was recovering. These dynamics have influenced the V-shaped drop and rise in 2015 and 2016. But the stagnation in the two prior years occurred when WTI was trading above $100 and occasionally above $110 a barrel!

The chart also shows that there were two prior multi-year periods of profit stagnation and even decline while the stock market experienced a massive run-up: from 1996 through 2000, leading to the dotcom crash; and from 2005 through 2008, which ended in the Financial Crisis.This peculiar phenomenon – soaring stock prices during years of flat or declining profits – is now repeating itself. The end point of the prior two episodes was a lot of bloodletting in the markets that then refocused companies – the survivors – on what they needed to do to make money. For a little while at least, it focused executives on productive activities, rather than on financial engineering, M&A, and similar lofty projects. And it showed in their profits.

This is what patriotards actually believe.

forgot the chart like a retard

Of course it isn't, I mean why would you give information that is accurate

thanks user. I've been wondering if people want more economic stuff in the news posts because there was a LOT to post today.
Article after article about how it looks like the economy is about to bite the dust followed by articles about CEOs giving themselves even bigger bonuses despite poor quarterly reports or cutting workers pensions.

Let the articles flow, they are like candy for socialist

just don't go full Holla Forums and expect the economy to crash anytime soon
It's unsustainable, but it could do this for years with government support, plus automation is already here for white collar workers and that's gonna cut labor costs massively

as a regular here you should be able to find non-propaganda news sources about this event. link to the relevant thread if you can't find anything better, but this is pathetic.
this court decision was done in reaction to an ongoing regime change attempt that brought lots of neolibs into the parliament.

Solid pass.

Thank you, NewsAnon.

Me too tbh, how cucked do you have to be to bend yourself over to paid serial murderers?

I went in the comments.
I shouldn't have went in the comments.

The Internet was a mistake.

how cucked do you have to be to give up your seat to another person? i would never give up a first class seat to anyone. spooked as fuck

Idpol liberal tool. Definitely not /ourguy/.

Tbh we should be nice to soldiers. A lot of the time they are prime material for radicalization, and after seeing US imperialism's evil firsthand they are ready to put on the glasses. There's a reason why vets played such a big role in the anti-war movement in the 60s.

I live in Atlanta, too. This essentially on the scale of a Happening