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South Korea to erase the debts of 1.6 MILLION low income individuals
Link: http://govtslaves.info/2017/12/south-korea-erase-debts-1-6-million-low-income-individuals/
South Korea is to write-off the debts of as many as 1.6 million people in a move designed to ease the financial burden on low-income individuals.
The scheme is open to certain Koreans who have struggled to repay debts of less than 10m won ($9,128; £6,826).
Eligible people can apply to the government for debt relief from next February.
They will be paid in part out of the government’s “National Happiness Fund”, set up to help troubled borrowers.
Former national security adviser Flynn pleads guilty to lying to FBI
Link: https://www.rt.com/usa/411591-flynn-fbi-russian-charged/
President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, has turned himself in to the FBI. He pleaded guilty to charges of making false statements to the FBI about his conversation with the Russian ambassador in December 2016.
The charge was detailed in court documents unsealed on Friday. The document accuses Flynn of making "materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent statements" to law enforcement about a phone call he had with former Russian Ambassador to the US, Sergey Kislyak. The statements were made on January 24, four days after Trump was inaugurated.
Flynn, 58, pleaded guilty to the charge during a Friday morning hearing in Washington, DC.
BRICS Planning Its Own Gold Trading System
Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/BRICS_Planning_Its_Own_Gold_Trading_System/61890/0/38/38/Y/M.html
As the US and its E.U. partners continue to levy punitive sanctions on Russia, the BRICS are responding with new financial initiatives to help their members break-out of the US and European financial trading monopoly.Currently, both China and Russia are surging ahead as the world’s top Central Bank buyers of gold. Russia is now the largest official buyer of gold – and the world’s third-biggest producer.
Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) are discussing the possibility of establishing a separate gold trading system, according to the First Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Central Bank Sergey Shvetsov.
“The traditional (trade) system based in London and partially in Swiss cities is becoming less relevant as new trade hubs are emerging, first of all in India, China, and South Africa,” he said, adding “we are discussing the possibility of establishing a single (system of) gold trade both within BRICS and at the level of bilateral contacts.”
REPORT: An Alien Bacteria Has Been Brought Back To Earth From The Space Station - Video
Cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov says he found bacteria clinging to the external surface of the International Space Station that didn’t come from the surface of Earth. Earth bacteria were able to survive on the ISS as well. Some terrestrial bacteria survived on the space station’s external surface, though they had remained in a space vacuum for three years. In addition to that, they underwent sharp swings in temperature from minus 150 to plus 150 degrees Celsius,
US sanctions aimed at turning business elite against Putin before election – Kremlin
Link: https://www.rt.com/news/411484-us-sanctions-russia-election-putin/
The threat of sanctions is a tool for Washington to divide the country’s big business and Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov has said. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov pointed out that the timing coincides with the approaching 2018 presidential election in Russia.
Argentine ‘death flight’ pilots get life for 100s of junta opponents thrown into ocean
Link: https://www.rt.com/news/411446-argentina-junta-death-flights/
Judges in Argentina have given life sentences to the former ‘death flights’ pilots after hundreds of people opposing the country’s 1976-83 military junta – including a close friend of Pope Francis – were thrown into the ocean.
A major ruling on Wednesday marked the “first” such Argentinian judgment against pilots involved in the notorious ‘death flights,’ local media reports. During the operations, opponents of Argentina’s military regime that ruled the country from 1976 until 1983 were thrown into the waters of the Atlantic.
Blowback: CNN Pushes Plan To "Ban The Term 'Fake News'"
Link: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-11-28/blowback-cnn-pushes-plan-ban-term-fake-news
CNN is now pushing an effort to “ban the term fake news” after the slogan became synonymous with CNN itself thanks to President Donald Trump. Many people believe the mainstream media peddles “fabricated stories” and that information monopolies are being challenged by the ability for “anyone in the world” to have a platform.
North Korea: Latest missile launch was new type of ICBM capable of reaching entire US
Link: https://www.rt.com/news/411253-north-korea-icbm-hwasong-15/
North Korea has claimed its latest launch was a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile, the Hwasong 15, which can hit all the US mainland.
The announcement was made on North Korean state TV on Wednesday, following the launch on Tuesday (earlier Wednesday Pyongyang time). The missile flew some 1,000 kilometers eastward, according to the Pentagon, before falling in the Sea of Japan without causing any damage.
Pyongyang's statement also declared that the North now has a full-fledged nuclear force. "The missile launch prompted an immediate response from South Korea, which launched its own missile-firing test minutes later.
The US, Japan and South Korea have called for an emergency UN Security Council meeting in response
Putin's aide says time isn’t ripe for Russian state-owned cryptocurrency exchange
Link: http://tass.com/economy/978061
. Given the lack of legislation governing the status of cryptocurrencies domestically, it’s too early to talk about setting up a state-owned cryptocurrency exchange in Russia, Presidential Advisor German Klimenko.
President Putin said in October that the use of cryptocurrencies carries serious risks, among them opportunities for criminals to launder money, evade taxes and bankroll terrorism. Furthermore, it may even become an outlet for major scams and financial pyramids, where citizens may become victims. However, he called for taking advantage of the new technology’s solutions in the banking sector.
Over 15,000 scheduled American Airlines flights do not have pilots during busy holiday season
Thousands of scheduled American Airlines flights are currently without pilots during the busiest travel season of the year.
The sudden shortage is being blamed on a glitch in the computer system that bids for pilots’ time off based on seniority, the Allied Pilots Association Union said. More than 15,000 flights from Dec. 17-31 have been affected, Reuters reported.
Macron Announces Plans of ‘Military Action’ in Libya
Link: https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201711301059556424-macron-proposing-libya-military-action/
French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday EU leaders were pondering to crack down collectively on people’s smugglers in Libya, in an interview with a local news network.
"We are proposing to take police and military action. We are not waging war but this is a country in a political transition," he told France 24.
Activists Arrested In Atlanta For Feeding Homeless Without A Permit Before Thanksgiving
Link: https://www.activistpost.com/2017/11/activists-atlanta-arrested-feeding-homeless-thanksgiving.html
The Sunday before Thanksgiving Atlanta police handed out tickets to activists feeding the homeless in a clear display of disregard for its hungry citizens because activists didn’t have a food distribution permit. These permits are often costly. Local authorities have in the past turned a blind eye to the ordinance, though, according to the activist groups including Food Not Bombs that feed the homeless. But last week that changed,
Big Pharma Greed Strikes Again: “Life-Changing” Thyroid Pill Manufacturer Spikes Price By 5,000%
The National Health Service is eyeing the cessation of the incessant prescription of Liothyronine, a drug that is used to treat thyroid disorders, after its manufacturer, Oakville, Canada-based pharmaceutical company Concordia International, increased its retail price by 5,662 percent to 9.22 British pounds from 16 p per tablet.
Liothyronine is used to treat hypothyroidism or underactive thyroid.
Killing the Biosphere to Fast-track Human Extinction
Several years ago in Cameroon, a country in West Africa, a Western Black Rhinoceros was killed. It was the last of its kind, was the second largest land mammal on Earth, no longer exists.
Mass extinction is now accelerating at an unprecedented rate with 200 species of plants, birds, animals, fish, amphibians, insects and reptiles being driven to extinction on a daily basis. Humans are destroying the biosphere and driving countless lifeforms, including ourselves, to extinction
Suffolk County DA Used $3.3 Million In Asset Forfeitures To Fund Massive Public Employee "Bonuses"
Bonus recipients included deputy chief homicide prosecutor Robert Biancavilla, who received a total of $108,886 between 2012 and 2017, and division chief Edward Heilig and public corruption prosecutor Christopher McPartland, who each received $73,000, according to records obtained from county Comptroller John Kennedy’s office through the Freedom of Information Law.
The bonuses, which were funded from assets seized in criminal cases by the district attorney’s office, did not receive legislative approval.““That’s a lot of money to be spent at the sole discretion of an individual with no oversight.”Chief of anti-corruption bureau, Christopher McPartland, accused of obstructing an FBI investigation that led to the conviction of former county Police Chief James Burke.
Hawaii police order medical marijuana users to ‘voluntarily surrender’ guns and ammo
Hawaiian police sent medical marijuana users a letter ordering them to “voluntarily surrender” their firearms and ammunition.
According to federal law, patients who use medical marijuana are not allowed to own a gun. Federal law applies even in states that allow the medicinal or recreational use of the drug.
Banks warned of ‘regulatory action’ as climate change bites global economy
Link: http://govtslaves.info/2017/11/banks-warned-regulatory-action-climate-change-bites-global-economy/
Australia’s financial regulator has stepped-up its warning to banks, lenders and insurers, saying climate change is already impacting the global economy, and flagged the possibility of “regulatory action”.
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (Apra) revealed it had begun quizzing companies about their actions to assess climate risks, noting it would be demanding more in the future, urging them to start adapting to climate change.
Apra also has established an internal working group to assess the financial risk from climate change and was coordinating an interagency initiative with the corporate watchdog Asic, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and federal Treasury to examine what risks climate change was posing to Australia’s economy.
Unstoppable bitcoin rockets to $11,000 in massive sudden spike
Link: https://www.rt.com/business/411265-unstoppable-bitcoin-rockets-to-11000/
The world’s first digital currency, bitcoin, briefly hit a new record of $11,000 on Wednesday. The milestone marks a dizzying ascent from just 6 cents seven years ago, and less than $1,000 at the start of this year.
Bitcoin smashed the new historic level at 5:34 GMT, according to CoinMarketCap. The move came after exchanges in South Korea saw trading above the $10,000 threshold just 12 hours earlier on Tuesday.
Disastrous super-eruption could happen sooner than first thought - Video
Link: https://www.rt.com/news/411378-super-volcanic-eruption-timeline/
Volcanoes pose a greater threat to humanity than first thought, with Earth scientists in the UK reporting that super-eruptions are historically more frequent than previous data revealed. The Yellowstone Caldera in Wyoming is classed as one such supervolcano, which could emit sustained pyroclastic eruptions with climate- and life-changing results.
Israel, Saudi Arabia & Egypt wanted US to bomb Iran before nuclear deal – John Kerry
Link: https://www.rt.com/news/411316-kerry-egypt-bomb-iran/
The leaders of Israel, Saudi Arabia and Egypt all pressurized the US to bomb Iran prior to negotiations on the 2015 nuclear deal, former US secretary of state John Kerry said. He described the proposition as a “trap in lots of ways” for Washington.
Kerry, who chaired the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee before heading the US diplomatic corps in 2013, recalled how he met Saudi King Abdullah, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his capacity as legislator. All three leaders lobbied him for military action against Iran. “Each of them said to me: You have to bomb Iran, it’s the only thing they are going to understand,” he said.
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