Daily Archives: November 30, 2019

2019-11-30: News Headlines

RT (2019-11-30). McGregor tells Cerrone to 'enjoy Christmas dinner' – before firing first warning ahead of January showdown. rt.com As Conor McGregor mind games go it was on the tame side but the Irishman has already fired his first warning to Donald Cerrone ahead of their showdown at UFC 246 in Las Vegas. | McGregor's long-awaited Octagon return was finally confirmed this week with the news he would throw down with Cerrone in a welterweight bout T-Mobile Arena on January 18. | Return of the Mac: Conor McGregor to face Donald 'Cowboy' Cerrone in January UFC comeback | Taking to social media, Cerrone issued a reminder of why he…

RT (2019-11-30). Facebook issues first-ever 'fake news' correction to user post under pressure from Singapore govt. rt.com For the first time, Facebook has given into pressure from Singapore to add a correction notice on a post which officials have deemed "fake news," shared on the platform by a blogger. | "Facebook is legally required to tell you that the Singapore government says this post has false information," the notice said, which was embedded at the bottom of…

Andrew Levine (2019-11-29). Thanksgiving 2019: Where Are We Now? counterpunch.org Thanksgiving is a fine time to take stock. As it happens, this year, with Congress in recess and the president spending more time than usual mentally decomposing and sending out tweets too absurd to warrant a passing comment, it is an especially fine time to take stock of how matters stand with Democrats and Republicans, More

Staff (2019-11-29). Pete Buttigieg Panned for Ad Attacking Free College. truthdig.com The Democratic presidential campaign of South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg on Thursday launched a new ad in Iowa attacking the idea of tuition-free public college, sparking backlash from progressives who called Buttigieg's argument against the proposal "disingenuous" and reactionary. | "I believe we should move to make college affordable for everybody. There are some voices saying, 'Well that doesn't count unless you go even further, unless it's free even for the kids of millionaires,'" Buttigieg says in the 30-second spot, a clear s…

James Wright (2019-11-29). Boris Johnson's dad just revealed his family's ugly thoughts about the British public. thecanary.co Boris Johnson's dad suggested that the UK public lacks basic knowledge on the 29 November edition of BBC's Victoria Derbyshire. And his comments reveal what his family and the Conservative Party think about the British public. | Doesn't have that "degree of literacy": | Responding to a comment from a viewer that branded his son "Pinocchio", Stanley Johnson said: That requires a degree of literacy which I think the Great British public doesn't necessarily have | Boris Johnson's Dad was on Victoria Derbyshire today to defend his son…

RT (2019-11-29). 'No indication of terrorism'? The Hague stabbing victims all minors, suspect still at large & motive unclear. rt.com The three people injured in the stabbing spree on the Hague's busy shopping street are all minors, the police have said. They haven't confirmed or denied the suspect's link to terrorism, while media reports claimed there is none. | "All three victims of the stabbing at Grote Marktstraat are minors. We are in contact with their families," the Hague police have tweeted, without elaborating. | All three victims of the stabbing at #GroteMarktstraat are minors. We are in contact with their families.— Politie Den Haag eo (@…

RT (2019-11-29). 'Colossal snob': BoJo's dad slammed after suggesting British people who call his son Pinocchio are 'ILLITERATE'. rt.com Prime Minister Boris Johnson's father Stanley has been widely panned on social media after lashing out at his son's critics, who have been suggesting that Boris is a liar by likening him to cartoon character Pinocchio. | It's only natural that a father would want to defend his child when they're coming under fire from detractors, which is exactly what Stanley Johnson attempted to do on Friday morning. | Appearing on the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire show, Stanley was asked to respond to people on social media who were comparing Boris to Pinocchio, a character from a book by Italian Carlo Collodi, made famous by Wa…

RT (2019-11-29). 3 injured in stabbing attack on shopping street in the Hague (VIDEOS). rt.com Three people have been injured in a stabbing attack in The Hague. The incident took place on a busy shopping street in the center of the city. | Police are still on the lookout for the attacker, who struck at the heart of the city's shopping district during the Black Friday rush. | The suspect is described as a lightly colored man, between 45 and 50 years old, dressed in a gray tracksuit. In the Netherlands, "lightly colored" usually refers to a person of North African or Middle Eastern descent. | Videos…

Tracy Keeling (2019-11-29). There was an absolutely scandalous moment in Boris Johnson's LBC interview. It wasn't throatgate. thecanary.co Boris Johnson was captured on camera drawing his hand across his throat during an LBC interview on 29 November. Dubbed throatgate, people suspected the PM was gesturing to host Nick Ferrari to move the questioning on from the difficult subject of social care: | WTF is @BorisJohnson doing here in response to his non-answers on @LBC? Is he saying cut the interv…

Emily Apple (2019-11-28). Michael Rosen sets the record straight on behalf of thousands of Jewish people who support Jeremy Corbyn. thecanary.co Jewish author Michael Rosen has responded to the Chief Rabbi's comments about Jeremy Corbyn. And it's essential reading, because it sets the record straight on behalf of thousands of Jewish people, myself included, who support the Labour leader. | If you only read the establishment press, you could be forgiven for thinking that antisemitism is rife in the Labour Party and that no Jewish people support Corbyn. This is far from the trut…

teleSUR (2019-11-28). Cuba Denies Another US Smear Campaign. telesurenglish.net Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel denounced the "smear campaign" carried out by the United States against the Cuban government over the alleged violation of human rights of Jose Daniel Ferrer, arrested on Oct. 1st this year over criminal accusations. | RELATED: | Cuba and Vietnam Join Forces for Rice Production | State-run TV channel Televisión Cubana released on Wednesday night a report proving wrong the accusations of physical disappearances, ph…

teleSUR (2019-11-28). Lula: The Legal and Political Battle for His Innocence. telesurenglish.net The former president and Workers' Party leader, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, reiterated the legal and political battle he is fighting to prove his innocence before the more than 210 million Brazilians who trust his word. | RELATED: | Brazilian Regional Court Extends Lula's Prison Sentence | "I need to prove that all the proceedings against me are fallacies, lies, inventions, both from media, the Public Ministry and Judge Moro," Lula da Silva…

RT (2019-11-28). America's presidential candidates hide the knives to deliver Thanksgiving messages. rt.com 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…

The Canary (2019-11-28). The latest Conservative Party stunt is too much for the BBC. thecanary.co The BBC has asked the Conservative Party to remove online adverts which use edited versions of its content. | The broadcaster said the adverts which have appeared on Facebook were a "completely unacceptable" use of BBC content and "distort" its output. | One of the adverts the BBC has complained about includes an edited clip of BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg saying "pointless delay to Brexit", followed by newsreader Huw Edwards stating "another Brexit delay". | It also features the caption: "A hung parliament = gridlock. Stop the chaos. Vote Conservative." | We're aware of Conservative Party Facebook adver…

Fred_F (2019-11-28). The Ensuring Integrity Bill is not just an attack on unions. It's an attack on our prospects for a better future. greenleft.org.au workers' rights Tim GoodenIssue 1247 Australia Ensuring Integrity BillNovember 28, 2019The federal Coalition government's latest union-busting bill is not only an attack on the rights of workers to organise for better wages and conditions — it…

RT (2019-11-28). 'Is this your first day on the internet?' Mediaite mocked for claiming Trump campaign 'disputing' reports that Rocky image is fake. rt.com 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.

Ashoka Mukpo (2019-11-27). "If I Could Just Look at Her" aclu.org 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…

Vijay Prashad (2019-11-27). How to commit war crimes—and get away with it. mronline.org 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

RT (2019-11-26). 'Erdogan thumbs his nose at Trump': US senator says Turkey crossed 'another red line' with S-400 test, calls for new sanctions. rt.com President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is mocking the US and has crossed a new "red line" as Ankara decided to start testing its S-400 air defense systems, a US senator said, calling for new sanctions against Turkey. | Turkey's persistence in its desire to actually use the armaments it procured from Russia was bemoaned by US Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen in a bitter tweet.The official said that Ankara's push for testing radars of the S-400 systems just two weeks a…

RT (2019-11-26). PETA mocked over demand for University of Georgia to retire 'miserable' bulldog mascot. rt.com 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…

RT (2019-11-26). 'Pete Buttigieg is a lying MF' trends on Twitter after column on past 'racism' goes viral. rt.com 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.

Delilah Boxstein (2019-11-25). Blinded Palestinian Journalist Exposes Israel's Increasing Violence Against Media. mintpressnews.com 2018 saw a 52 percent increase in the number of violations against Palestinian press, the majority of them comprised physical abuse, arrests or detentions, questioning, preventing coverage and shutting down websites and social media accounts.

Stuart Munckton (2019-11-25). Challenging the toxic myths behind our age of discontent. greenleft.org.au books Leah CowanIssue 1247 AustraliaNovember 25, 2019We Need New Stories: Challenging the Toxic Myths Behind Our Age of Discontent
| By Nesrine Malik
| Orion, 2019
| 288 pages | As a writer and editor on race, gender and state violence, I am no stranger to infestations of right-wing trolls in my social media mentions. Consequently, it…

Staff (2019-11-20). Iran: Over 100 Feared Dead in Protest Crackdown as Authorities Impose Internet Blackout. democracynow.org In Iran, Amnesty International reports over 100 protesters have been killed in 21 cities by security forces during ongoing nationwide demonstrations sparked by a sudden hike in fuel prices last week. The death count may be much higher, the report warns, with some suggesting as many as 200 have been killed. According to Iranian state media, over 1,000 people have been arrested. On Thursday, Iran announced a rise in the cost of gas ranging from 50% to 300%. Soon after protests broke out on Sunday, Iran imposed an almost complete internet blackout, making it nearly impossible for protesters use social media to share…

Matt Bruenig (2019-11-17). CAP's Topher Spiro Is Trying to Deceive Journalists By Lying. peoplespolicyproject.org 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…

2019-11-30: Social Media Postees

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McGregor tells Cerrone to 'enjoy Christmas dinner' – before firing first warning ahead of January showdown
rt.com | 2019-11-30
As Conor McGregor mind games go it was on the tame side but the Irishman has already fired his first warning to Donald Cerrone ahead of their showdown at UFC 246 in Las Vegas. | McGregor's long-awaited Octagon return was finally confirmed this week with the news he would throw down with Cerrone in a welterweight bout T-Mobile Arena on January 18. | Return of the Mac: Conor McGregor to face Donald 'Cowboy' Cerrone in January UFC comeback | Taking to social media, Cerrone issued a reminder of why he…
rt.com/sport/474731-conor-mcgregor-cowboy-cerrone-message-christmas-dinner/

Facebook issues first-ever 'fake news' correction to user post under pressure from Singapore govt
rt.com | 2019-11-30
For the first time, Facebook has given into pressure from Singapore to add a correction notice on a post which officials have deemed "fake news," shared on the platform by a blogger. | "Facebook is legally required to tell you that the Singapore government says this post has false information," the notice said, which was embedded at the bottom of…
rt.com/news/474711-singapore-facebook-fake-news-notice/

Thanksgiving 2019: Where Are We Now?
Andrew Levine | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-29
Thanksgiving is a fine time to take stock. As it happens, this year, with Congress in recess and the president spending more time than usual mentally decomposing and sending out tweets too absurd to warrant a passing comment, it is an especially fine time to take stock of how matters stand with Democrats and Republicans,…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/29/thanksgiving-2019-where-are-we-now/

'No indication of terrorism'? The Hague stabbing victims all minors, suspect still at large & motive unclear
rt.com | 2019-11-29
The three people injured in the stabbing spree on the Hague's busy shopping street are all minors, the police have said. They haven't confirmed or denied the suspect's link to terrorism, while media reports claimed there is none. | "All three victims of the stabbing at Grote Marktstraat are minors. We are in contact with their families," the Hague police have tweeted, without elaborating. | All three victims of the stabbing at #GroteMarktstraat are minors. We are in contact with their families.– Politie Den Haag eo (@…
rt.com/news/474706-hague-stabbing-victims-underage/

'Colossal snob': BoJo's dad slammed after suggesting British people who call his son Pinocchio are 'ILLITERATE'
rt.com | 2019-11-29
Prime Minister Boris Johnson's father Stanley has been widely panned on social media after lashing out at his son's critics, who have been suggesting that Boris is a liar by likening him to cartoon character Pinocchio. | It's only natural that a father would want to defend his child when they're coming under fire from detractors, which is exactly what Stanley Johnson attempted to do on Friday morning. | Appearing on the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire show, Stanley was asked to respond to people on social media who were comparing Boris to Pinocchio, a character from a book by Italian Carlo Collodi, made famous by Wa…
rt.com/uk/474672-boris-father-illiterate-pinocchio/

'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…
rt.com/usa/474591-presidential-candidates-thanksgiving-messages/

The latest Conservative Party stunt is too much for the BBC
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-11-28
The BBC has asked the Conservative Party to remove online adverts which use edited versions of its content. | The broadcaster said the adverts which have appeared on Facebook were a "completely unacceptable" use of BBC content and "distort" its output. | One of the adverts the BBC has complained about includes an edited clip of BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg saying "pointless delay to Brexit", followed by newsreader Huw Edwards stating "another Brexit delay". | It also features the caption: "A hung parliament = gridlock. Stop the chaos. Vote Conservative." | We're aware of Conservative Party Facebook adver…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/11/28/the-latest-conservative-party-stunt-is-too-much-for-the-bbc/

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/

"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…
aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/if-i-could-just-look-at-her

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…
rt.com/usa/474398-peta-uga-georgia-bulldog/

'Erdogan thumbs his nose at Trump': US senator says Turkey crossed 'another red line' with S-400 test, calls for new sanctions
rt.com | 2019-11-26
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is mocking the US and has crossed a new "red line" as Ankara decided to start testing its S-400 air defense systems, a US senator said, calling for new sanctions against Turkey. | Turkey's persistence in its desire to actually use the armaments it procured from Russia was bemoaned by US Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen in a bitter tweet.The official said that Ankara's push for testing radars of the S-400 systems just two weeks a…
rt.com/usa/474350-erdogan-mocks-trump-s400/

'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.
rt.com/usa/474388-pete-buttigieg-lying-black/

Blinded Palestinian Journalist Exposes Israel's Increasing Violence Against Media
Delilah Boxstein | mintpressnews.com | 2019-11-25
2018 saw a 52 percent increase in the number of violations against Palestinian press, the majority of them comprised physical abuse, arrests or detentions, questioning, preventing coverage and shutting down websites and social media accounts.
mintpressnews.com/blinded-palestinian-journalist-muath-amarneh-israel-violence-media/262981/

Challenging the toxic myths behind our age of discontent
Stuart Munckton | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-25
books Leah CowanIssue 1247 AustraliaNovember 25, 2019We Need New Stories: Challenging the Toxic Myths Behind Our Age of Discontent | By Nesrine Malik | Orion, 2019 | 288 pages | As a writer and editor on race, gender and state violence, I am no stranger to infestations of right-wing trolls in my social media mentions. Consequently, it…
greenleft.org.au/content/challenging-toxic-myths-behind-our-age-discontent

Iran: Over 100 Feared Dead in Protest Crackdown as Authorities Impose Internet Blackout
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-20
In Iran, Amnesty International reports over 100 protesters have been killed in 21 cities by security forces during ongoing nationwide demonstrations sparked by a sudden hike in fuel prices last week. The death count may be much higher, the report warns, with some suggesting as many as 200 have been killed. According to Iranian state media, over 1,000 people have been arrested. On Thursday, Iran announced a rise in the cost of gas ranging from 50% to 300%. Soon after protests broke out on Sunday, Iran imposed an almost complete internet blackout, making it nearly impossible for protesters use social media to share…
www.democracynow.org/2019/11/20/iran_fuel_price_protests_internet_shutdown

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/