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"Very sad day & night in Paris. Maybe its time to end the ridiculous and extremely expensive Paris Agreement and return money back to the people in the form of lower taxes?.." President Trump on "Twitter" 12/8/2018 "Yellow vest protests show that Europe has failed on democracy, human rights and freedom" Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks today 12/8/2018 The "yellow vests" protest today has drawn strong reactions from the President of the United States all the way to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Erdogan denounced "chaos" caused by protests and "disproportionate force" used on protesters and took the opportunity...

The liberal media trashed Cliven Bundy back in 2014 for using a word that Dr. Martin Luther King used profusely until his murder: "Negro" And the "conservative media" ala Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity and Mark Levin also headed for the exits over the matter. But this week the liberal media decided to "come to Jesus" and give Cliven, Ammon and Ryan Bundy some attention for their views on immigration because it appeared to help their anti-Trump cause. But as pointed out in a previous post Ammon Bundy's call for a "process" to be followed to allow some of the migrants...

The third attempt to form a government in Sweden since September's General Election failed by a 195-154 vote. The leader of the Moderate Party, leading party of the "Right" bloc, Ulf Kristersson proposed a government led by the Moderates and the Christian Democrats. In the end only the Sweden Democrats joined those two parties in support of his government with the "Left" bloc against and the two other "Right" bloc parties, the Center and Liberal parties, voting against the government. Now back to square one with perhaps the Social Democrats or the Center Party getting a shot a trying to...

President Trump rallying massive crowds in Macon, Georgia and Chattanooga, Tennessee ahead of the mid-term elections. The Republicans are planning a final rally tonight in Cape Girardeau, Missouri with talk show host Rush Limbaugh coming back to his hometown.... A very interesting political development in the UK over the weekend with Friday's revelation by London' top cop of a criminal investigation involving members of the Labor Party.... In Germany politicians in the government parties, the Christian Democrats and Social Democrats, are calling for the government's domestic intelligence agency to monitor the anti-mass immigration Alternative for Germany.... In Japan the party...

"a plot gone awry" President Trump's latest comment on Khashoggi's murder to "USA Today" US Treasury Secretary Stephen Mnuchin was in Saudi Arabia Monday meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman. A spokesman for the Treasury Department said economic and counter terrorism issues were discussed as well as Iran, but that the Khashoggi murder was also discussed. The fact that Mnuchin traveled to Saudi Arabia was fascinating after he had pulled out of an investment conference starting there today. Mnuchin is in on the Trump Administration's priority of aligning key nations like Israel and Saudi Arabia against Iran in the...

The Saudi government came out with its version of what happened to Jamal Khashoggi overnight. The Saudi government media reports that a fight took place inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2nd..... A man who is called a "Muslim hate preacher" and a supporter of ISIS, Anjem Choudry, has been released from prison in the UK halfway through his sentence.... In London at within the last hour (7AM Eastern US) Leicester Square was the scene of a rally by the "#IAmSoliderX" Movement..... The Justice Department is accusing a woman from St. Petersburg, Russia of interfering in the 2018...

Good Morning, we will have details on what appears to be a deteriorating situation in Syria later. But first we go to Sweden where the anti-European Union, anti-mass immigration Sweden Democrats made gains in yesterday's election, holding the balance of power between the "Left" and "Right" coalitions in Swedish politics. Sweden Democrats picked up 17.6 percent of the vote, up from 12.9 percent in 2014..... Last night in Paris seven people were injured in a knife attack, four seriously..... In Germany, protests on the streets again after a German is dead following a fight with foreign born nationals. Two Afghans...

Russian President Vladimir Putin says Russia has "conclusive evidence" that militants in Syria are preparing chemical weapons incidents to blame on Syrian authorities. Putin spoke at a news conference after a summit meeting with Iranian and Turkish leaders... Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed his concern about the humanitarian situation in the event of a Syrian government military offensive in the north..... The Civil War in Syria began in 2011 with street demonstrations that turned violent. In Iraq violent street demonstrations in the main southern city of Basra have led to a curfew... For the third Friday in a row,...

Israel supported opposition military forces in Syria. That story's been published by "Foreign Policy" magazine.... At a February news conference President Trump said that the only reason the United States was in Syria was because of Islamic State.... But the US envoy for Syria, James Jeffrey now says the United States is in Syria because of Islamic State and because of Iranian presence..... Russian Aerospace Forces (Air Force) launched at least seven airstikes in the northern region where the Syrian government offensive is expected..... A key meeting is underway today in Tehran, Iran. Its a summit between the leaders of...

A meeting at the UN Security Council today will discuss the nerve agent incidents in the Salisbury region of England earlier this year that killed one and sickened three others. The UN Security Council will discuss Syria on Friday..... The United States is chairing the Security Council this month and Nikki Haley has already chaired a meeting on the crackdown against opposition protesters by the government of Nicaragua.... "TREASON?" President Trump tweeted last evening in response to an anonymous op-ed piece in the "New York Times" said to be from a top Administration official.... In Sweden, the final poll from...

"I felt at that point I had to use lethal force" The still anonymous Oregon State Police SWAT Trooper ("Officer 1") testifies at FBI Agent trial 7/30/2018 in Portland. "Officer 1" (also described in the past as "Trooper 1") took the stand at the trial of FBI Agent W. Joseph Astarita in Portland today. "Officer 2" (he has been called "Trooper 2") also testified. "Officer 1" described his involvement in the killing of LaVoy Finicum and had to face the cross-examination from Astarita's legal team which contended that he was likely the person who fired the two shots that Astarita...

"In the last few days the United States President Donald Trump, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and several others asked for our help in assisting hundreds of Syrian 'white helmets'. These are people that saved lives and were found in life-threatening danger. I therefore permitted their transfer through Israel to additional countries, as an important humanitarian step." Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's statement of 7/22/2018....