Daily News Thread 11/18

US ready to ‘fight for justice’ in Syria without UN approval – Haley

The US does not consider itself constrained by the United Nations Security Council and might seek “justice” in Syria on its own terms, the US representative to the UN, Nikki Haley, has said. The US took similar action in Libya in 2011.
rt.com/usa/410261-us-fight-justice-without-un/

Libya migrant 'slave market' footage sparks outrage

The African Union (AU) has expressed outrage after footage emerged appearing to show sub-Saharan migrants being sold at slave markets in Libya.
bbc.com/news/world-africa-42038451

Insulted Erdogan on NATO ‘impudence’ over enemy-chart scandal

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has rebuffed a NATO apology for what he called “impudence” during the alliance’s drills in Norway, where he was depicted on an “enemies chart.” The scandal led to the withdrawal of Turkish troops from the exercise.
rt.com/news/410283-nato-norway-apology-erdogan/

Lebanese PM Hariri refutes Saudi Arabia house arrest claims calling it 'a lie'

Lebanon's Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, who was reported to be under house arrest in Saudi Arabia following a visit to the oil-rich kingdom earlier this month, headed to France early on Saturday (18 November).
ibtimes.co.uk/lebanese-pm-hariri-refutes-saudi-arabia-house-arrest-claims-calling-it-lie-1647850

Trump admin threatens to shutter Palestinian office in Washington – report

After Israel's Jerusalem affairs minister called for a million Jewish settlers to occupy the West Bank, the US is reportedly putting Palestine on notice. Its Washington office may be closed unless it enters into serious peace talks with Israel.
rt.com/usa/410253-trump-admin-close-palestinian-office/

Mugabe Era Winds Down as Ruling Party Backs His Ouster

Tens of thousands of jubilant Zimbabweans joined rallies on Saturday to celebrate the imminent departure of President Robert Mugabe, the only leader they’ve known since independence in 1980.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-18/mugabe-era-winds-down-as-zimbabwe-ruling-party-backs-his-ouster

China Launches Ambitious Bid to Dominate Space Exploration

The main contractor fuelling China's intergalactic ambitions has released an ambitious schedule for developing the country's space-exploration technology with the aim of propelling it to global dominance in the field.
telesurtv.net/english/news/China-Launches-Ambitious-Bid-to-Dominate-Space-Exploration--20171117-0020.html

Peru's President Signs Bill Legalizing Medical Marijuana

Peru joins the ranks of several other Latin American countries moving towards the legalization of marijuana for medicinal purposes.
telesurtv.net/english/news/Perus-President-Signs-Bill-Legalizing-Medical-Marijuana-20171117-0023.html

Pentagon discloses data on sexual assault reports on military bases

The U.S. military on Friday disclosed for the first time base-by-base data on sexual assault reports, showing a higher number of reports at big military installations like Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia as well as overseas hubs like South Korea.
reuters.com/article/us-usa-military-sexualassault/pentagon-discloses-data-on-sexual-assault-reports-on-military-bases-idUSKBN1DH2TT

U.S. Senate candidate Moore's wife says 'he will not step down'

The wife of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore of Alabama said on Friday her husband would not end his campaign in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations, dismissing reports about his past behavior toward some women as political attacks.
reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-moore/u-s-senate-candidate-moores-wife-says-he-will-not-step-down-idUSKBN1DH2BF

Police can request your DNA without your knowledge or consent via ancestry websites

Sending a sample of your DNA through the post may seem like a harmless and novel way of tracing your ancestry, and millions of Americans have already done so, but there is a more sinister side to this relatively new enterprise.
rt.com/usa/410286-police-dna-ancestry-websites/

Ohio Supreme Court Judge Bill O'Neill brags of sex conquests

Ohio voters are in shock after a top judge boasted of having been "sexually intimate" with "approximately 50 very attractive females".
bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42032731

US Navy: Penis in sky drawn by jet trail was 'unacceptable'

US Navy officials have said it was "absolutely unacceptable" that one of their pilots used a jet's contrail to draw a penis in the sky.
bbc.com/news/42032629

Why an 'epidemic' of loneliness affects health

A former US surgeon general warns there is a growing "epidemic" of loneliness threatening our health.
bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-42031799/why-an-epidemic-of-loneliness-affects-health

Other urls found in this thread:

fair.org/home/guardian-nyt-paint-power-grabbing-saudi-dictator-as-roguish-visionary-reformer/
counterpunch.org/2017/11/17/noam-chomsky-interview-the-necessary-pain-of-facing-unpleasant-truths/
nakedcapitalism.com/2017/11/new-supreme-court-case-cripple-public-employee-unions.html
youtube.com/watch?v=2S2qtGisT34
twitter.com/NSFWRedditImage

OP/ED

Guardian, NYT Paint Power-Grabbing Saudi Dictator as Roguish, Visionary ‘Reformer’

For many in the Western press, de facto Saudi ruler Mohammed bin Salman’s self-serving power grab is the action of a bold “reformer,” a roguish bad boy doing the messy but essential work of “reforming” the kingdom.
fair.org/home/guardian-nyt-paint-power-grabbing-saudi-dictator-as-roguish-visionary-reformer/

Noam Chomsky Interview – The Necessary Pain of Facing Unpleasant Truths

counterpunch.org/2017/11/17/noam-chomsky-interview-the-necessary-pain-of-facing-unpleasant-truths/

A New Supreme Court Case Could Cripple Public Employee Unions

A case before the California Supreme Court poses a fundamental threat to public employee unions’ funding.
nakedcapitalism.com/2017/11/new-supreme-court-case-cripple-public-employee-unions.html

thank you based news user

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Thank You Based Newsanon

the actual post

Thanks, Obama!

Just the typical republican wife's Munchausen syndrome.

Trump truly opened up opportunities not thought possible before.

makes sense, think of the children! what if they think life is about fun and not about lifetime of servitude

Based

If anybody from the last thread wants to keep talking about Turkey I'm game.

Thank god, everyone signal boost this as much as you can.

Why do guys think sex and sexual harassment are the same thing?

Why do you think this is acceptable?

What about it isn't? In any event, his consensual sexual past doesn't have anything to do with the issue of sexual harassment.

Jesus Christ

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FUCKING TRUMP YOU FAT CUNT LEAVE ASSAD-SAMA ALONE

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Holla Forumsyps don't need 2D traps to be labelled, they're more than familiar already

That's amazing

I'm more concerned with the fact that he thinks allegations of sexual misconduct have anything to do with presumably consenual sex.

It's obscene even from a private citizen.

not sure how into sports everyone is here but football (soccer) player Paul Pogba just mentioned it in his post-game instagram post. He has over 19 million followers.

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Oh wait, I read that wrong, I'm retarded.

we have a fucking representative that sounds like a reject from a mid-aughties MTV """reality""" show. fuck.
but remember, it's far more important and deserving of our attention and resources that ronery Japs draw porn some people find distasteful
t. Pravin Lal
easily-assdamaged thinskinned little bitch government is triggered article #5-40763-4867439086943-2
waiting for Holla Forums damage control to show up and explain how the circumcized dicks their waifu is voraciously sucking are all 89th Edition-dimensional Warhammer 40k
hooray!
oh. Fuck whoever wrote that headline.
yup let's drag this shotshow out further, it's a good distraction
I knew this would fucking happen.
what a sad little man
no fun allowed guise we have to conceal our power level
Oh good another life choice or aspect of my life that by pure coincidence means I spend more time not being watched by somebody else, that the government is thinking of classifying as a disease so it can be """cured""" with opoids and group therapy brainwashing


don't you have a poster of kim il sung to go masturbate to or something, faggot?


Those are just the losers and stumpdicks. They're louder than other males, which is probably what's kept them in the gene pool at all.

WEW lad


The US is awful

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WEW lad


The US is awful

it sure does, and fuck the bastards who are doing it
no
no and stop connecting the damn horseshoe
I'm just telling you what your edgemeistery sounds like to a non-piglet

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Lmao who the fuck said that i am a burger

lmao I'm saying you've got the Body Odor's dick in your mouth and that it's obvious as fuck, I'm telling you your fly is open and you're smugposting about it


Yup, only Burgers ever did or are doing any of that. let me guess, the slavery in Syria that's in the OP and, fuck it, the slavery and imperialism in Rome is Burgerland's fault too somehow amirite?

youtube.com/watch?v=2S2qtGisT34

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