08/14/18

30,000 ISIS Fighters is Not Defeat

By: Denise Simon | Founders Code

Army Col. Sean Ryan, the spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve, spoke to Pentagon reporters about progress being made against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. He spoke via satellite from Baghdad.

“In Iraq, operations continue to secure areas across the country, as Iraq security forces locate, identify and destroying ISIS remnants,” Ryan said. “Last week alone, … operations across Iraq have resulted in the arrest of more than 50 suspected terrorists and the removal of 500 pounds of improvised explosive devices.”

Progress in Iraq’s Anbar Province

Iraqi forces are moving in Anbar province, in the Hamrin Mountains and Samarra. Reconstruction efforts are ongoing with roads reopening in the north. Iraqi engineers “cleaned the main road between Salahuddin and Samarra of IEDs, making travel safer between the two cities,” he said.

In the Baghdad area, the ISF established central service coordination cells, a program designed to use military resources to enable local communities to restore basic infrastructure and services. “Initial efforts by the coordination cells include trash collection, road openings, maintenance of water facilities,” Ryan said.

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08/14/18

Boy, 11, Hacks Into Replica U.S. Vote Website In Minutes

By: Denise Simon | Founders Code

(Reuters) – An 11-year-old boy managed to hack into a replica of Florida’s election results website in 10 minutes and change names and tallies during a hackers convention, organizers said, stoking concerns about security ahead of nationwide votes.

The boy was the quickest of 35 children, ages 6 to 17, who all eventually hacked into copies of the websites of six swing states during the three-day Def Con security convention over the weekend, the event said on Twitter on Tuesday.

The event was meant to test the strength of U.S. election infrastructure and details of the vulnerabilities would be passed onto the states, it added.

The National Association of Secretaries of State – who are responsible for tallying votes – said it welcomed the convention’s efforts. But it said the actual systems used by states would have additional protections.

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08/14/18

Rashida Tlaib: Socialist Islamist Heading For Congress

By: Trevor Loudon | New Zeal | Epoch Times

News Analysis

In an “under the radar” result in Michigan, Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) member Rashida Tlaib has won the Democratic primary for Michigan’s 13th Congressional District. Without a Republican opponent, Tlaib is virtually guaranteed a seat in Congress.

In the final days of the campaign, Rashida Tlaib received the support of fellow DSA comrade Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the shock winner of the June 26th primary in New York’s District 14 that saw her convincingly defeat senior Democratic incumbent Joe Crowley.

On her campaign Facebook page, Tlaib wrote: “Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is exactly as you see her … strong, humble and so real. I can’t wait to walk through the halls of U.S. Congress along her side.”

Barring extreme unforeseen circumstances in either campaign, Tlaib will get her wish.

Tlaib also received endorsements from organizations including Greater Detroit Democratic Socialists of America, the DSA-dominated Our Revolution, the DSA-influenced Justice Democrats, Democracy for America, People for Bernie, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, and the Arab American Democratic Action Fund, as well as filmmaker Michael Moore (also a DSA member).

As in Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign, Tlaib beat heavily favored opposition through relentless campaigning, backed by an army of dedicated socialist door-knockers and phone-bankers.

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08/14/18

C’mon, Why This Continued Problem With Catholic Priests?

By: Denise Simon | Founders Code

List of ‘misconduct’ over the last 7 decades.

HARRISBURG — The Office of Attorney General issued the following statement in response to a news conference today by the Diocese of Harrisburg.

“It is long past due for the Diocese of Harrisburg to make public the names of predator priests within the Catholic Church,” said Joe Grace, spokesman for Attorney General Shapiro. “Their proclamations today only come after intense public pressure and in the face of the imminent release of the Grand Jury report exposing decades of child abuse and cover-up.”

“Per last week’s Supreme Court Order, this month the Office of Attorney General will publish an honest and comprehensive accounting of widespread sexual abuse by more than 300 priests in six Pennsylvania dioceses.”

“To this point, the Diocese of Harrisburg has been adverse to transparency and has not been cooperative. A now public opinion by the judge supervising the Grand Jury last year made it clear they sought to end the investigation entirely.”

“The true test of the Diocese’s commitment to victims of abuse and reforms within the Church will be their actions following the release of the report. Attorney General Shapiro has consistently called for the elimination of the criminal statute of limitations and reforms to the civil statute to give all victims the opportunity to obtain justice in a court of law.”

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08/14/18

Saudi Arabia And Iran Reignite The Oil Price War

By: Tsvetana Paraskova for Oilprice.com

The rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran is becoming increasingly evident in the oil pricing policies of the two large Middle Eastern producers. The two countries are currently reigniting the market share and pricing war ahead of the returning U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil.

Saudi Arabia, OPEC’s largest producer, has been boosting oil production to offset supply disruptions elsewhere, including the anticipated loss of Iranian oil supply after U.S. sanctions on Tehran return in early November. The Saudis are also cutting their prices to the prized Asian market to lure more customers as they increase supply.

Iran, OPEC’s third-largest producer, is trying to convince its oil customers to continue buying Iranian oil despite stringent U.S. efforts to curb Iranian production.

Iran has slashed its official selling prices (OSPs) for all grades to all markets for September, looking to monetize what could be its last oil sales to some markets in Asia before the U.S. sanctions kick in. Tehran cut the prices for its flagship oil grades to more than a decade low compared to similar varieties of the Saudi crude grades, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

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08/14/18

Seriously? It Looks Like YouTube Has Taken Down The Mormon Channel

By: Terresa Monroe-Hamilton

A friend of my husband’s named Mike Kupari pointed out that it seems YouTube has taken down most of the Mormon Channel’s videos. I have no idea why. This was the media channel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. If you go to their website, you can find them there. This is where they shared their inspirational videos and messages. Mormon.org is still up, but The Mormon Channel seems to be gone. You may not be Mormon, but all of us should be alarmed by this.

A message came up, “This account has been terminated due to multiple or severe violations of YouTube’s policy against spam, deceptive practices, and misleading content or other Terms of Service violations.” I don’t get it at all. They did not deserve this in the least. As I understand it, this occurred around midnight last night. It was probably reported by a number of trolls and YouTube then banned them. A few of their videos are left but only a couple of them.

YouTube is a private company and has the right to remove whoever they see fit, but this is blatant censorship on their part. I don’t understand what the Mormons could have done to violate any of their policies. First, it was Alex Jones, now it’s the Mormons? What the heck is going on here? They will most likely walk this back and soon, calling it some kind of error, just like they did with the gun channels. But anyone who believes that is delusional. I warned last week that Alex Jones was only part of the beginning of all this. If you see the channel restored or an explanation on all this, please let us know.

We will keep you posted.

UPDATE: One video has come back online. Watch them restore this and say it was a glitch.

UPDATE II: It now looks like the channel has been restored. I sure would like to know why it was deleted in the first place.

H/T George Hamilton Hill IV | Mike Kupari

08/14/18

Black Refutes Omarosa’s Trump-is-Racist Lie

By: Lloyd Marcus

My fellow Americans, I am so weary of people on the national stage willing to sacrifice the best interests of our country and people to serve their egos and personal vendettas. Former White House aide Omarosa Manigault-Newman is the latest to show her true colors. Omarosa was fired. Now she is claiming she heard Trump use the N-word. https://nbcnews.to/2MexL0T

President Trump has been awesome for minorities; sending black and Hispanic unemployment to historic lows. https://bit.ly/2MeGikU So what good does Omarosa’s unsubstantiated claim do for anyone other than feed the American left’s lie that Trump is racist? Clearly, Omarosa is another ego and power driven person making it all about her. The American left will treat Omarosa’s claim like manna-from-heaven; promoting it 24/7. The American left is so obsessed with blocking Trump from making America great again that they will use any and every despicable evil low-life tactic necessary.

The American left claims to be outraged over the possibility of Trump using the N-word. Meanwhile, their operatives freely use the N-word and racial slurs to trash patriotic blacks. For years, leftists have called me a “stupid n*****” for loving my country. The American left did not have a problem with Bill Clinton saying this about Obama, “A few years ago, this guy would have been getting us coffee.” The American left was not particularly outraged when former KKK member Democrat Senator Robert Byrd said, “I’ve seen a lot of white niggers in my time…”

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