Trump Hits Argentina and Brazil With New Tariffs
telesurenglish.net | 2019-12-02
The U.S. President on Monday sent shock waves through Brazil and Argentina, announcing he would restore tariffs on U.S. steel and aluminum imports from the two countries in apparent retaliation for currency weakness he said was hurting U.S. farmers. | RELATED: | Alberto Fernandez Won't Ask for Money From IMF | In an early morning tweet that sent officials from both countries scrambling for explanations from Washington, Donald Trump said Brazil and Argentina were "presiding over…
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Violations of Palestinian Social Media Content 50% Higher than Last Month
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-12-02
In a serious escalation of violations on Palestinian content by social media websites, Sada Social Center said, in a report, that it has documented 223 violations against Palestinian content in November, 2019, up by 50 percent from the previous month. According to the report, Facebook ranked at top of the …
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The 'Silicon Six' Is Dodging Taxes to the Tune of Billions
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-12-02
A new analysis from the U.K.-based Fair Tax Mark exposes the greed of tech giants Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Netflix.
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For Banks, Data on Your Spending Habits Could be a Gold Mine
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-12-02
NEW YORK — There's a powerful new player watching what you buy so it can tailor product offerings for you: the bank behind your credit or debit card. | For years, Google and Facebook have been showing ads based on your online behavior. Retailers from Amazon to Walgreens also regularly suction up your transaction history to steer future spending and hold your loyalty. | Now banks, too, want to turn data they already have on your spending habits into extra revenue by identifying likely customers for retailers. Banks are increasingly aware that…
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Brazilian freestyle queens show off incredible chest control — and one of them is so good she's beaten Neymar (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2019-12-02
Brazilian freestyle football stars Natalia Guitler and Josy Souza showed exactly why they've been dubbed 'queens of the beach' as they displayed their impressive chest control in Rio de Janeiro. | Guitler and Souza are both footvolley champions — a sport which combines aspects of beach volleyball and regular football. | Practising on the sands in Rio, the duo displayed the kind of control that has helped them become social media celebrities as well as win praise from the likes of Neymar and Ronaldinho. | In footage shared by Guitler to her nearly 1 million Instagram followers, she and Souza arch the ball…
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'Car crash interview': UKIP interim leader ridiculed online after calling her own party 'RACIST' on TV
rt.com | 2019-12-02
The new interim leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) has been widely mocked on social media after a "car crash" TV interview saw her accidentally let it slip out that her pro-Brexit party was "racist." | During an interview with Sky News on Monday, Pat Mountain appeared particularly flustered discussing UKIP's links to convicted criminal Stephen Yaxley-Lennon — more commonly known as Tommy Robinson. | While attempting to explain how some party members were "sympathetic" to Robinson's current predicament, Mountain appeared to get herself into a muddle and suggested UKIP is a racist party,…
rt.com/uk/474841-ukip-leader-racist-tv-slip/
Facebook pulls Conservative adverts featuring edited BBC footage
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-12-02
Facebook has taken down Conservative Party adverts which used edited versions of BBC content.The corporation told the social network that the adverts infringed on its intellectual property rights, after claiming they could "damage perceptions of our impartiality"."We have removed this content following a valid intellectual property claim from the rights holder, the BBC," a Facebook spokesperson said.The adverts included edited footage of BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg saying 'pointless delay to Brexit' (Conservative Party/PA)"Whenever we receive valid IP claims against content on the platform, in advertisi…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/12/02/facebook-pulls-conservative-adverts-featuring-edited-bbc-footage/
Former Yazidi slave confronts her ISIS rapist on Iraqi TV after meeting him as a 'refugee' in German street (DRAMATIC VIDEO)
rt.com | 2019-12-02
Kidnapped and sold into slavery at 14, one former Yazidi sex slave finally had the chance to confront her brutal Islamic State captor in a heartwrenching moment that has gone viral. Her story also had a disturbing European twist. | Standing before her abuser, Ashwaq Haji Hamid demanded answers, while the captured militant stood with his head bowed, refusing to look his victim in the eye for the entire confrontation. "Why did you do that to me?" she asked in a video filmed by Iraqi TV, demanding that he raise his…
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Facebook CEO Zuckerberg Dodges When Pressed About Details of White House Dinner With Trump
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-12-02
"No better example of Facebook's power than Zuckerberg being asked here whether Trump lobbied him, rather than whether he lobbied Trump." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/zuckerberg_0_0.jpg …
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New Analysis Details 'Aggressive' Tax Dodging of Six Silicon Valley Giants—Totaling Over $100 Billion
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-12-02
Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Netflix have collectively dodged over $100 billion in global taxes so far this decade, according to an analysis released Monday by a U.K.-based tax transparency campaign group. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/amazon-eu-probe-antitrust_0.jpg …
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'Never going to Riyadh again?' Lil Wayne tweets & deletes mysterious angry rant
rt.com | 2019-12-01
US rapper Lil Wayne has targeted Saudi Arabia in an angry tweet, allegedly after running into drugs-related troubles with the law following a concert there. The tweet then mysteriously disappeared amid a wave of mockery and jokes. | "Never going to Riyadh again!!!" Lil Wayne tweeted shortly after his appearance at a concert at Diriyah Music Festival in Saudi Arabia, where he was one of the headliners on Saturday, along with fellow rappers Tyga and Future. | When you've won the mandate for the international leg of the Saudi Aramco IPO. pic.twitter.com/Mcu1DuBwDK– Davi…
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As Priti Patel lies about the London attacker, Corbyn offers hope for the future
Emily Apple | thecanary.co | 2019-12-01
Priti Patel has taken to Twitter to lie about the London Bridge attacker. In fact, the lies contained in her tweet are so obvious, that people — from journalists to lawyers — are literally begging her to stop. What's even more embarrassing is that as Conservative home secretary, Patel should know more about law and order than she clearly does. | But while Patel and other leading Tories keep lying, Jeremy Corbyn is offering hope for the future. Because Corbyn recognises the circumstances that created a breeding ground for terrorism are complex. And a Labour government with a radically different foreign p…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2019/12/01/as-priti-patel-lies-about-the-london-attacker-corbyn-offers-hope-for-the-future/
Anti-Corbyn fake news has just hit a new low. And it's likely to get far worse
Tom Coburg | thecanary.co | 2019-11-30
Fake news and smears aimed at Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn are nothing new. However, it's not just the usual tabloids that are guilty of this, newer technologies are playing their part.These attacks are not only malicious but, more seriously, have the potential to encourage harm of any magnitude.Fake 'tweet': On 29 November, a horrific knife attack took place on London Bridge. That saw two innocent people killed, three injured and a third, the suspect…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/11/30/anti-corbyn-fake-news-has-just-hit-a-new-low-and-its-likely-to-get-far-worse/
David Duke and His Twitter Nazis Got Mad at Me. Twitter Took Their Side
Jon Schwarz | theintercept.com | 2019-11-30
Twitter doesn't care when its users are abused by Nazi accounts. But what happens when the feelings of the Nazis get hurt? Then Twitter springs into action.
theintercept.com/2019/11/30/david-duke-and-his-twitter-nazis-got-mad-at-me-twitter-took-their-side/
'Is this your first day on the internet?' Mediaite mocked for claiming Trump campaign 'disputing' reports that Rocky image is fake
rt.com | 2019-11-28
When Donald Trump tweeted a clearly altered image of his head on Rocky Balboa's body, the media jumped to action, confirming — not that it was needed — that the picture was fake. But one outlet took things to the next level. | …
rt.com/usa/474597-mediaite-trump-rocky-balboa/
America's presidential candidates hide the knives to deliver Thanksgiving messages
rt.com | 2019-11-28
They say politics is a subject best avoided at the dinner table, and America's presidential hopefuls have taken this advice on board: abandoning the usual attacks to deliver the blandest Thanksgiving messages possible. | First into the dining room was President Trump – America's rowdy, unpredictable uncle. Though Trump seemingly out of nowhere tweeted a meme of his head photoshopped onto Sylvester Stallone's ripped 1980s body on Wednesday, and lit on Democrats during the traditional turkey pardoning, his Than…
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"If I Could Just Look at Her"
Ashoka Mukpo | aclu.org | 2019-11-27
Watch the journey of two separated parents trying to cross the border and reunite with their children.: | " data-whitelisted="false" data-domain="www.youtube.com"> | In October, the Trump administration admitted that in a 12-month period, beginning in July 2017, it separated 4,370 immigrant children from their parents at the border. Since then, over 1,000 more have been separated under a dubious loophole that all…
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How to commit war crimes–and get away with it
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2019-11-27
U.S. President Donald Trump sacked his Navy secretary on Twitter because he did not follow Trump's advice and retain Navy Special Warfare Operator Edward Gallagher, despite Gallagher being accused of stabbing to death a wounded fighter, of murdering a schoolgirl and an elderly man, and then of obstructing justice. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/27/how-to-commit-war-crimes-and-get-away-with-it/
PETA mocked over demand for University of Georgia to retire 'miserable' bulldog mascot
rt.com | 2019-11-26
The militant animal rights group PETA has called for the retirement of University of Georgia's bulldog mascot, posting a video supposedly showing him looking miserable. The message backfired among the offended Dawgs fans. | "He looks miserable," tweeted People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) on Monday, posting a video of Uga X at a rainy-day football game. Uga was sitting dry in a dog house while people around him endured the wet and cold weather. | HE LOOKS MISERABLE! | No dog deserves to be packed up, carted from state to state, and paraded in front of a stadium full of screaming fans. | Animals…
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'Pete Buttigieg is a lying MF' trends on Twitter after column on past 'racism' goes viral
rt.com | 2019-11-26
While he may be enjoying a surge in the Iowa polls, Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is trending on Twitter for an entirely different reason, after a column entitled 'Pete Buttigieg Is A Lying MF' went viral. | In the column for the Root, senior writer Michael Harriot scathingly addresses a recently resurfaced video of Buttigieg claiming that black kids in low-income neighborhoods fail at school in high numbers because there "isn't someone who they know personally who testifies to the value of education." Buttigieg made the comment in 2011, while he was running for mayor of South Bend, Indiana.
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CAP's Topher Spiro Is Trying to Deceive Journalists By Lying
Matt Bruenig | peoplespolicyproject.org | 2019-11-17
It's been fun to see how the Center for American Progress (CAP) navigates this year's presidential election. For insider political reasons, they can't support Biden or Sanders. But for a long time, it was unclear who the alternative candidate they could support would be. | When Kamala Harris was rising, CAP's staff was doing overtime boosting her on Twitter and in the press, including boosting Harris's absurd health care proposal. But Harris's collapse put an end to that strategy. Recently Warren has risen as the alternative and so CAP has been working to promote her campaign, which puts CAP in the comical positi…
peoplespolicyproject.org/2019/11/17/caps-topher-spiro-is-trying-to-deceive-journalists-by-lying/