Daily News Thread 12/31

Intoxicated man found with small arsenal on top floor of Hyatt Regency downtown, police say

A man has been arrested on multiple charges after police located a small arsenal of guns on the top floor of the Hyatt Regency on Louisiana Street downtown, Houston police said.
click2houston.com/news/intoxicated-man-found-with-small-arsenal-on-top-floor-of-hyatt-regency-downtown-police-say

May Plans Cabinet Shake-Up With Five Ministers Going, Times Says

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May is planning to make major changes to her cabinet in the new year, possibly sacking as many as five ministers, according to the Sunday Times.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-31/may-plans-cabinet-shake-up-with-five-ministers-going-times-says

South Korea seizes second ship carrying oil to North Korea and its crew are Chinese

South Korea has seized a second vessel suspected of carrying oil to the impoverished North Korean regime and most of its crew members are thought to be nationals of China and Myanmar.
ibtimes.co.uk/south-korea-seizes-second-ship-carrying-oil-north-korea-its-crew-are-chinese-1653234

Congo orders internet and SMS cut ahead of anti-government demonstrations

Democratic Republic of Congo’s government on Saturday ordered telecommunications providers to cut internet and SMS services across the country ahead of planned anti-government demonstrations.
reuters.com/article/us-congo-protests/congo-orders-internet-and-sms-cut-ahead-of-anti-government-demonstrations-idUSKBN1EO0KV

Iran protests: Telegram and Instagram restricted

Iran has moved to restrict social media networks that have been used to organise four days of anti-establishment protests.
bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-42529576

Israel conducts air strikes and warns Iran against proxy war via Hamas

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out air strikes for two consecutive days against Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip.
ibtimes.co.uk/israel-conducts-air-strikes-warn-iran-against-proxy-war-via-hamas-1653230

Israeli pipeline, once a link to Iran, will remain a mystery

An oil pipeline company established decades ago by Israel and Iran, and a new Israeli company that is meant to replace it, can continue to operate secretly, an Israeli parliamentary committee ruled on Sunday.
reuters.com/article/us-israel-pipeline/israeli-pipeline-once-a-link-to-iran-will-remain-a-mystery-idUSKBN1EP0C3

Iran's Rouhani Backs People's Right to Protest in First Remarks

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said his country’s people have the right to protest and criticize but that such actions must be for the good – and rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s backing of demonstrators.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-31/iran-s-guards-vow-to-crush-dissent-as-protests-turn-deadly

Trump Insists Border Wall Money Must Be Part of DACA Deal

President Donald Trump said he would insist legislation extending deportation protection to those brought to the U.S. illegally as children include funding for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-29/trump-insists-border-wall-funding-must-be-part-of-any-daca-deal

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OP/ED

Officer Involved 2017

For the third year in a row, police officers in the United States have killed more than 1,000 people.
theintercept.com/2017/12/30/officer-involved-2017/

It’s the most exhausting time of the year: Amazon, UPS workers denounce grueling holiday conditions

Amid reports of deaths at Amazon and UPS, workers at Amazon, UPS, FedEx, US Postal Service, and other logistics and delivery companies have been under immense pressure to meet increased demand during the Christmas holiday.
wsws.org/en/articles/2017/12/30/amaz-d30.html

NYT Trumpwashes 70 Years of US Crimes

fair.org/home/nyt-trumpwashes-70-years-of-us-crimes/

we're really gonna get that war with Iran huh?

Yeah. Probably in 2018 or 2019.

We're getting a government shut down in 2018.

Thank you NewsAnon 2.0, have a happy new year!

I swear to fuck if we destroy Iran more than it's already been destroyed, and turn it into Iraq and Afghanistan 2.0, and there are going to be probably millions of war refugees which American conservative megaminds say "Nuhhhhhh we can't have that, we dindu nuthin, we can't house them, we just made this war! Let em die! Let em die! Let em die! Let em die!"

Then there will be no civilized country left around Israel and America and Europe have completely annihilated everything with a hope of having negotiation with, and Israel's only defense against a complete onslaught will be fucking Saudi Arabia.

Sure, we have the West, and they can war until the end of time for that good defense market money that makes the blood machine of Capital work, engine of destruction

But I really think in the coming decades all this purposefully caused instability around the entire region is going to fuck Israel over. America can't last forever there in such an extreme capacity, and they're banking on the idea that it can.

She's done

They just didn't get Jeb!