Daily News Thread 7/15

Turkey sacks more than 7,000 civil servants one year on from failed coup

Total number of state employees dismissed for alleged terror links reaches 110,000 as president prepares to lead ‘national unity marches’.
theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/15/turkey-sacks-over-7000-civil-servants-for-alleged-links-to-terror-groups

Raul Castro denounces Donald Trump's Cuba policy

The president of Cuba has spoken publicly for the first time against US President Donald Trump's rollback of a thaw between the two countries a month ago.
bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-40615948

Trump Takes Travel Ban Dispute to U.S. Supreme Court Again

President Donald Trump’s administration took the dispute over his temporary travel ban to the Supreme Court again, asking the justices to let the government bar entry into the U.S. by people with grandparents and cousins in the country.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-15/trump-takes-travel-ban-dispute-to-u-s-supreme-court-again

Iran blames Trump for instability, rejects 'rogue' label

Iran on Saturday blamed what it called Donald Trump's "arbitrary and conflicting policies" for global security threats, rejecting the U.S. president's description of Tehran as a rogue state.
reuters.com/article/us-usa-security-iran-idUSKBN1A00D2

Hackers reportedly hit top US intelligence expert on Russia, stealing private emails to CIA

The private Gmail account of a top US intelligence official has reportedly been hacked by an unknown cybercriminal going by the pseudonym Jonnie Walker. The hacker sent out a mass email to an unknown number of recipients claiming to possess a trove of confidential emails from the private email account of a senior US State Department official, whose work allegedly focuses on Russia, Foreign Policy reported.
ibtimes.co.uk/hackers-reportedly-hit-top-us-intelligence-expert-russia-stealing-private-emails-cia-1630424

Arrested US soldier 'kisses Isis flag' in pictures released by prosecutors

A US Army soldier kissed and posed next to the black flag of Isis, according to the US attorney's office, who have released photos of the alleged incident.
ibtimes.co.uk/arrested-us-soldier-kisses-isis-flag-pictures-released-by-prosecutors-1630409

‘Get used to it’: China warns Japan after routine drills over western Pacific

Beijing describes the latest overflight of Chinese warplanes between two Japanese islands in the western Pacific as “routine exercises,” and says that Tokyo should “get used to” the practice.
rt.com/news/396426-china-japan-drills-routine/

Record number of environmental activists killed around the world

Growing competition for land and natural resources saw a record number of environmental activists killed in 2016, says Global Witness.
bbc.com/news/science-environment-40584139

Australian PM seeks access to encrypted messages

The Australian government says it wants new laws to force tech firms such as Apple and Facebook to provide access to encrypted messages.
bbc.com/news/technology-40606493

Fukushima’s radioactive water to be released into ocean under new plan

The “decision has already been made” to release radioactive material from the Fukushima plant into the ocean, according to its owners. Fishermen have reacted with fury to the decision, claiming it will devastate their already struggling industry.
rt.com/news/396358-fukushimas-radioactive-water-released-ocean/

‘Discrimination, harassment, bullying’: Canada’s spy agents file C$35mn lawsuit against bosses

Five agents of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) have filed a lawsuit against management, accusing them of homophobia, racism, and Islamophobia, as well as humiliation and abuse.
rt.com/news/396412-canada-spies-lawsuit-bosses/

Police officer filmed beating homeless woman with baton 'after she begs for money'

Police department investigating footage showing woman screaming as officer repeatedly strikes her with baton.
independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/georgia-police-officer-beat-homeless-woman-katie-mccrary-baton-begging-money-deatur-us-petrol-a7840571.html

Other urls found in this thread:

criticallegalthinking.com/2017/07/14/macron-africas-civilisational-problem/
nakedcapitalism.com/2017/07/war-cholera-decimate-yemen-saudi-bombing-gets-us-help.html
rt.com/op-edge/396398-nato-us-imperialism-russia/
rt.com/op-edge/396375-qatar-crisis-trump-turkey/
zdnet.com/article/americans-depart-us-faces-scanned-privacy-worries/
yahoo.com/news/honolulu-high-rise-fire-left-080413622.html
twitter.com/SFWRedditVideos

OP/ED

Macron & Africa’s ‘civilisational’ problem

Mr Macron has been nostalgic lately. First, he was nostalgic for the 18th century and hereditary rule asserting that the French people did not want to execute the king and that the revolution has left a (king-shaped) void at the heart of the Republic that only other paternal figures can fill. Then, Mr Macron was…
criticallegalthinking.com/2017/07/14/macron-africas-civilisational-problem/

War & Cholera Decimate Yemen, But Saudi Bombing Gets More US Help

As Yemen's cholera epidemic spirals out of control and millions face famine, Ben Norton calls out US complicity in the Saudi-led war.
nakedcapitalism.com/2017/07/war-cholera-decimate-yemen-saudi-bombing-gets-us-help.html

NATO: Instrument of US imperial power masquerading as freedom-loving military alliance

NATO is not an organization committed to promoting democratic values, as claimed, but to promoting Western hegemony, domination and, wherever the writ of the West is resisted or contested, regime change.
rt.com/op-edge/396398-nato-us-imperialism-russia/

Washington facing tough options amid Saudi-Qatari stalemate

Far from being resolved, the future trajectory of the Saudi-Qatari crisis seems to be entirely in the hands of the Americans. But it’s the Saudis and the GCC which stand to be the losers – unless Turkey can come to the rescue. Here’s how.
rt.com/op-edge/396375-qatar-crisis-trump-turkey/

When they start fighting the ypg it's gonna be Finland vs Soviets 2.0

Oh damn is it true? It's just sad. Sad and shameful.

oh boy

The Supreme Court is losing all of it's credibility with this fucking Muslim ban.

Why do some leftists absolutely refuse to realize this strategy of arguing doesn't work? You can make the case for it being racist and sexist, but don't fucking condescend to me by reminding me in the very next paragraph like I'm too stupid to hold a thought for more than half a minute. All this language has become so fundamentally associated with tumblrinas to the point that it will do nothing but preach to the choir, and if you're preaching to the choir why do you have to remind them of your indisputable findings in the first place?

Turkey kicks the dog for 9001st time running, film at 11
dickhead has perfect alibi for dickheadedry, film at 11
Potato prez wastes valuable time on his pet project while Rome burns, film at 11
Potato boomers and oldfarts running gubmints can't into technology, film at 11
China has boundary issues, purposefully aggros Japan again, Russian media rides their stumpdicks because fuck Burgers, film at 11
pure coincidence
Straya gubmint h8 freedom, film at 11
Article was vague bullshit, how many ppm of radioactives are we talking? are they just dumping it out a big sewer pipe off the coast like on Captain Planet, or releasing it in a disused part of the Pacific Ocean in international waters? Also Japan Times has no style, they have no grace, and I'm not enabling javashit in that place.
shame they can't both lose
And on every forum that uses upboats, the top boated comment will be a longwinded, perfectly-punctuated post using stock big media talking points, emotional non-arguments and other vague cow manure to defend the pig. Fancy that.

So much for the enlightened liberal canucks!

Homeland Security says Americans who don't want faces scanned leaving the country "shouldn't travel"

Congress allowed the government to scan faces of foreign nationals to keep track of visa overstays. But now that's set to be extended to Americans, worrying some privacy advocates.
zdnet.com/article/americans-depart-us-faces-scanned-privacy-worries/