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"It's normal that the mobilization is less strong. It's raining, it's bad, people have the right to stay with family. There will be peaks and drops but it will continue" Yellow Vests Andre Liboune Speaks In Bordeaux 3/9/2019 A rainy day in many parts of France today for Act 17-Week 17 of the Yellow Vests protests. The government says there were 300 Yellow Vests protesting in Paris today. Extremists dressed in black infiltrated the protest and threw objects at police at around 6 pm. Water cannon employed by police in response.... Its been said by observers including France's leading opposition...

At the top of the newsdump. The Wikileaks source, Chelsea Manning, has been jailed for refusing to testify before a grand jury... In Venezuela the massive power outage affecting most of the country continued into its second day Friday afternoon with at least one death in Caracas attributed to it..... In Algeria Friday what are called the largest protests yet against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.... When it comes to Brexit, British Prime Minister Theresa May is saying "lets get it done"..... Turkey's Defense Minister says Turkish troops are now patrolling in Idlib province in northern Syria..... The satellite images from North...

Well here we are again on a weekend when there was a call for Yellow Vests presence near the Eiffel Tower in Paris all weekend. Plus calls for protest today Saturday in Paris and other cities like Bordeaux. There have been stories about protests possibly at Charles de Gaulle Airport today. We shall see. Police planning intense stop and search tactics leading up to protests. Their close in aggressiveness in evidence last weekend with injury to a protester in Paris from one of their projectiles and the baton beating that left National Assembly member Loic Prudhomme with a bloodied ear.....

At the top of the news from the UK....Tommy Robinson's "contempt of court" case for reporting outside a grooming gang trial involving Muslim defendants will go to trial on March 22nd..... Living proof of Venezuela's serious problems Thursday with a nationwide power outage.... A weekend of Yellow Vests rallies starting today in France. Its Week 17 of the Yellow Vests protests. A call for a weekend long presence at the Champs-de-Mars near the Eiffel Tower starting this evening..... Some 36 nations led by Iceland including the 28 European Union nations have condemned Saudi Arabia for the killing of Saudi journalist...

(NEWS, COMMENT, ANALYSIS) When a senior judge was given the case against Tommy Robinson for reporting on a live video stream outside a child sex abuse (grooming) trial involving Muslim defendants in Leeds, England last May it was obvious the government had special plans. Now they have decided to try Tommy Robinson for comtempt of court on Friday March 22nd in the midst of the heated debate over Brexit. Are they interested in stirring up anger and or violence at this critical juncture days before the March 29th Brexit deadline? Also in the mix a ban on discussing the case....

A raging Nicolas Maduro calling on his supporters to come out after two days of massive protest across Venezuela for Interim President Juan Guaido.... Two French prison guards stabbed during a conjugal visit to a jihadist and seriously wounded. Authorities calling it a "terrorist attack"...... Police in London investigating three packages said to contain explosives. They arrived at Heathrow Airport, London City Airport and Waterloo Station..... And the big story in the mainstream media this morning is vague and indefinite information regarding satellite imagery from North Korea. Pictures of a rocket testing facility where construction is said to be underway,...

At least 23 are reported dead after tornadoes ripped through Lee County, Alabama. The National Weather Service believes the first tornado to strike had winds up to 165 miles per hour, classified as an EF-3 tornado. The tornado said to be a half-mile wide..... Four American tourists and a pilot are dead in Kenya following a helicopter crash Sunday night.... Venezuela's Interim President Juan Guaido calling for mass protests Monday and Tuesday in Venezuela. Guaido asking for protests to start at 11 am Monday. Guaido set to return home Monday..... 16 Syrian soldiers killed, one captured and beheaded by Al-Qaeda...

"I can show you, I'm bleeding from my ear, that's the job of the police..." Loic Prudhomme, National Assembly Deputy From Gironde, Twitter Video 3/2/2019 Loic Prudhomme, member of the FI (France Insubordinate) for the National Assembly, says police in Bordeaux bludgeoned him as went to his bike following today's protest there. He posted a video showing his ear bleeding on Twitter. Prudhomme says he's ready to report what happened to him to the Inspector General of the Police. Prudhomme spoke out against the government and Interior Minister Christophe Castaner. "Pummeled while I left the demonstration quietly Christophe Castaner and...

The Prefect of Rennes, in Brittany, issued a decree banning protest ahead of today's 16th week of Yellow Vests protests in France. The protest ban is said to concern the city center business district of Rennes. Protests begin in Paris with demonstrators gathering at the Arc de Triomphe area along the Champs-Elysees at 11 am. They march starting at 1230 pm, that'll be 630 am in the Eastern US. Protests of some sort in Paris scheduled up to 10 pm Paris time tonight. In Bordeaux protesters gathering at the Place de la Boure, then a procession starting at 2 pm...

Good Morning, at the top of the Newsdump. The Canadian Justice Ministry made its decision Friday to move forward with extradition proceedings against Chinese business executive Meng Wanzhou..... President Trump says he's asked China to remove all tariffs on US agricultural products in light of the progress being made in trade talks.... The Republican Lieutenant Governor in Idaho attacked for her support of Bunkerville Standoff prisoner Todd Engel.... Week 16 of the Yellow Vests protests in France today. The number of protesters was up last weekend. Protests today in Paris and Bordeaux among other places. An international protest of Yellow...

The talks with North Korea are one but the talks with the Taliban in Afghanistan continue tomorrow after a break. New energy added to the talks earlier this week between the US and Taliban with the addition of top Taliban leader Mullah Bardar..... Israel's Attorney General moving forward with the indictment of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in three corruption cases..... The leader of the opposition in Canada calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to resign..... Nine votes in favor of a US resolution calling for humanitarian aid and free and fair elections for Venezuela in the UN Security Council.....

Watching the events unfold some 24 hours ago one saw a confident and fairly accurate posture in the media in general and social media in particular by Pakistan as it successfully flexed its military muscle against India. India, on the other hand, came off as confused denying anything had happened until Pakistan proved the Indian MIG was downed and pilot captured. Pakistan showed its military strength and its apparent self-confidence. And why shouldn't it be confident. Right now the Pakistan created and backed Taliban of Afghanistan are involved in negotiations with the United States.......

"You can see the lengths they go to silence us all. They're not just censoring me. they're censoring you. They're censoring you from the ability to make up your own mind whether you agree with me or not...." TOMMY ROBINSON 'YOU TUBE' VIDEO AFTER HIS REMOVAL FROM FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM 2/27/2019 "....high-level pressure is growing for the official adoption of this definition of something called 'Islamophobia' in this country...Once they can get the police to accept this, then any criticisms of Islam will become risky, quite possibly a 'hate crime'. This is absurd. Islam is a set of political opinions,...

(BREAKING NEWS: Pakistan is saying it shot down two Indian jets in its airspace in Kashmir today. Pakistan says it bombed open ground but did not bomb six military targets it identified in the region. Pakistani Prime Minister Imram Khan says "We shot down two of their Migs. The pilots are with us". Khan has asked for dialogue with India.... A Saudi Arabian man, accused off the hit and run death of a 15-year-old in Oregon, is unlikely to face justice in the US. Abdulrahman Sameer Noorah was bailed out of jail in Oregon and surrendered his passport, but was...

In what could be interpreted as Turkish reaction to President Trump's decision to keep US troops in Syria after saying they would be withdrawn back in December, the Turkish Interior Minister says his government will reveal the links between Kurdish groups considered terrorists by Turkeu and American generals..... Hundreds of suspected Islamic State fighters have been turned over to Iraqi authorities by Kurdish forces operating in eastern Syria...... President Trump tweeted Sunday evening that sufficient progress has been made in trade talks with China to delay tariff increases.... The talks between Afghanistan's Taliban and the United States resumed today in...

"Today #MaduroRegime killed unarmed civilians of their own country to keep food & medicine from entering They they celebrated murder & burning of trucks carrying aid as a victory The world & those inside #Venezuela will reflect on what happened today & it will give rise to action" US Senator Marco Rubio On Twitter 2/23/2019 From the moment that Interim President Juan Guaido designated today, February 23rd, as the day for humanitarian aid to be brought into Venezuela it was obvious that this day was going to be a day of confrontation between the opposition forces and the Maduro government....

While Emmanuel Macron created good images for the camera at an agricultural expo in the south of Paris today, the Yellow Vests came out into the streets for Week 15 of the protest. The government estimate 46,600 protesters this week. BUT THE YELLOW VESTS OWN ESTIMATE SAY 113,392 THIS WEEK, UP FROM 101,379 LAST WEEK In Paris 5800 estimated by the government. Left-wing protesters in masks showed up in the aftermath of the Yellow Vests seeking confrontation with police this evening. More than 2600 protested in Clermont-Ferrand. Portesters in Rennes as well. Yellow Vests were attacked by police when they...

Good Morning. At the top of the Newsdump. The total number of US soldiers remaining in Syria was increased to 400 on Friday. After the initial announcement by the White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders Thursday, the media was told 200. But on Friday the number was increased in the information parcelled out to the media..... Two were killed and other wounded Friday when forces loyal to Nicolas Maduro opened fire on civilians trying to keep the border with Brazil open after he ordered it shut down to prevent humanitarian aid coming across. Interim President Juan Guaido made it across...

Good Morning. From the White House backtracking on the planned withdrawal of US troops from Syria. "A small peacekeeping force of about 200 will remain in Syria for a period of time" The direct quote from White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders.... In Israel three political groupings have come together Telem, Israel Resilience ad Yesh Atid to oppose Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party. Their united political movement is dubbed "Blue and White", Cacol Lavan in Hebrew...... In the UK this week a new political group forming.... Tomorrow in France Week 15 of the Yellow Vests protests.... Venezuela closing its...

In Ohio Republican Governor Mike DeWine is proposing a gax tax hike..... Brazil is in on sending humanitarian aid across its border with Venezuela. That word from the spokesman for Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro.... Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Moscow today meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin..... He's running for president again as a Democrat in 2020... A Congressional report says that sensitive nuclear power technology is being transferred to Saudi Arabia...... In France a 36 year old laptop salesman who is a convert to Islam arrested..... And Yellow Vests got their wish last night when a former bodyguard...