Twitter Suspends over 125,000 Accounts

Twitter Suspends over 125,000 Accounts:

 (MiddleEastEyeTwitter suspended over 125,000 accounts, most of them linked to the Islamic State (IS) group, as part of a stepped-up effort to eradicate “terrorist content” on the popular messaging platform, it said on Friday.

The accounts frozen since mid-2015 were targeted “for threatening or promoting terrorist acts,” said Twitter, which is under pressure from governments to act but faces a delicate balancing act and is keen not to be seen as censoring free speech.

Deutsche Bank Plunges 11% To 7 Year Lows

Europe Closes “On The Lows”: Deutsche Bank Plunges 11% To 7 Year Lows:

BTFD? Deutsche Bank stock crashed over 11% today (the most since July 2009) to its lowest since January 2009 record lows. We have detailed at length why this is a major systemic problem and we wonder how anyone can view this chart and not question their full faith in central planners engineering of the ‘recovery’. Nothing is fixed and it’s starting to become very obvious!

Does this look like a buying opportunity? At EUR13.465 today, DB is within pennies of the all-time record lows of EUR13.385…

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European Bank Bloodbath Crashes Bond, Stock Markets

European Bank Bloodbath Crashes Bond, Stock Markets:

Just as we warned, not only is it time to panic but the panic is ‘contagion’-ing over into the sovereign risk market. European banks are in freefall, down over 4.3% broadly, crashing to 2012’s “whatever it takes” lows.

European bank risk has gone vertical… Today’s spike is the largest since April 2010

LEIPZIG, Germany: Libyan Arrested After Sex Attack

7/02/2016 – LEIPZIG, Germany – Libyan Arrested After Sex Attack

Libyan ‘refugee’ Hamid. S has been arrested after he stalked and attempted to rape a 25 year old teacher in Leipzig, Germany. The woman was followed by the migrant after she got off her morning bus before he grabbed her from behind, choked, and pushed her against a wall. The woman bit the attacker and was able to escape and alert the police, reports MOPO24.

Having failed to perform his assault, the Libyan man then went to a shop, stole several bottles of alcohol and retried to his asylum accommodation, where he was arrested.

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HEPPENHEIM, Germany: 17 Year Old Girl Groped

07/02/2016 – HEPPENHEIM, Germany – 17 Year Old Girl Groped

Four recent migrants from Afghanistan aged between 16 and 17 are being investigated by police after they surrounded and groped a 17 year old girl during Sunday’s carnival proceedings. The victim is pressing charges but the real identity of the men is presently in doubt, according to the police report.

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COLOGNE, Germany: Woman jumped by gang

07/02/2016 – COLOGNE, Germany – Woman jumped by gang

The daughter of a prominent Cologne musician was jumped by a gang who beat her in the face and tore off her clothes. Although there was a number of other people in close proximity to the attack, none responded to the 26 year old woman’s cries for help. Worse, when she managed to escape to a nearby bar for aid she was thrown out by the landlord who said he didn’t want any trouble at the establishment.

Police managed to apprehend one suspect, who has been named only as ‘Yussuf B’. Police will also be visiting the bar to investigate their failure to render assistance to the woman, reports Express.

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Southern Spain: ISIS Militants Arrested

08/02/2016 – Southern Spain – ISIS Militants Arrested

Seven people have been arrested in Spain suspected of supplying arms and bomb making equipment to Islamic State and the al-Qaeda affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra organisations in Iraq and Syria. Four are Spanish nationals of Syrian, Jordanian and Moroccan origin; two others are Spanish residents from Syria and Morocco. Along with the men, police seized cash, electronics equipment and bomb-making materials disguised as humanitarian aid, the Daily Mail has reported.

The arrests bring the total number of alleged jihadists arrested in Spain since the beginning of 2015 to 82.

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CALAIS, France: Migrants Barricade Eurostar Terminal

08/02/2016 – CALAIS, France – Migrants Barricade Eurostar Terminal

Migrants completely blockaded the Eurotunnel access road last night with wooden pallets and debris in a bid to stop traffic moving and climb aboard UK-bound lorries. One driver snapped a picture of the blockade which was shared to Facebook by the group Calais Routiers Sécurité.

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BUDAPEST, Hungary – Hungary Applauds Border Controls

08/02/2016 – BUDAPEST, Hungary – Hungary applauds border controls

Hungary, the south-eastern European nation which reduced daily illegal migrant border crossings from 10,000 a day to just a couple of dozen by building a patrolled razorwire fence has congratulated Austria on making the first steps of securing their own border, reports Frankfurter Allgemeine.

Austria had been last year the strongest critic of Hungary’s border plan, with some government figures even comparing the Hungarian government to Nazis for taking efforts to protect their borders. Hungarian leader Viktor Orban was last week presented with a gift painting by the people of Bulgaria to congratulate him on his efforts to protect Europe from Muslim mass migration.

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LINZ, Austria: Governor sends undercover police to deal with migrants

08/02/2016 – LINZ, Austria – Governor sends undercover police to deal with migrants

The governor of Upper Austria is deploying the state undercover police force to deal with what he described as a “small group of Moroccans” who he says are “fueling the rejection of all refugees” with their criminality.

The move is in response to the city train station having become a “danger zone” with fights every day and passengers going to and from trains routinely “molested”, reports Kronen Zeitung.

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BERLIN, Germany: Controversial asylum package may be impotent

08/02/2016 – BERLIN, Germany – Controversial asylum package may be impotent

The German government’s much-debated Asylum Package II, a raft of measures to give Berlin more control over the migrant crisis may fail to deliver because it has been poorly worded. One of the main measures set out is a temporary halt on the right to family reunion, in which asylum-seeker unaccompanied children can apply to have the German government fly their families over because of the human right to family life.

The enormous number of unaccompanied youths — which includes anyone under age of 18 — has led to an even greater number as relatives to the youths are shipped to Germany, prompting the change to get migrant numbers down for 2016. Yet the fact the majority of unaccompanied minors don’t register as asylum seekers and instead are given tolerated foreigner status means only 105 minors properly registered in 2015 would actually be affected by the change, reports Die Welt.

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BAVARIA, Germany: Police investigating ‘refugee themed’ carnival float

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08/02/2016 – BAVARIA, Germany – Police investigating ‘refugee themed’ carnival float

Pictures of a a wood and cardboard mock-up of a Second World War vintage Tiger tank adorned with signs reading ‘Asylum defence’ and ‘Asylum Package III’ taken by police have been passed onto the office of the prosecutor after the float was featured in carnival parades this weekend.

Officers at the scene didn’t prevent the parade from going ahead because although they suspected the satirical float was possibly guilty of acting seditiously, they decided to respect the right of artistic freedom. One of the signs on the tank was a reference to the controversial ‘Asylum Package II’, a new package of government measures designed to give Germany greater control over their borders, but significantly delayed from its planned January implementation date.

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MEININGEN, Germany: Police investigating migrant themed carnival float

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08/02/2016 – MEININGEN, Germany – Police investigating migrant themed carnival float

Details of a mocked up wooden train carnival float which is thought to be making reference to the efficiency with which European railways have brought hundreds of thousands of migrants into the heart of the continent has been passed to the prosecutor for investigation.

The locomotive, which was aptly named the ‘Balkan Express’ and had written across the buffer bar “The Plague is Coming” was accompanied by dozens of carnival committee members dressed as grasshoppers. The prosecutor will decide whether the display was a hate speech, or if it comes under the category of carnival satire.

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ALTENBERG, Germany: Carnival float warns of dark future

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08/02/2016 – ALTENBERG, Germany – Carnival float warns of dark future

A carnival float in the Saxony town of Altenberg has grabbed the attention of many German newspapers after it depicted a native American tipi. Written on a board below the wigwam and followed by the carnival crew dressed as native Americans, was the legend: “The Indians did nothing to prevent immigration and today they live in reservations”.

A second picture from the same parade showed a man dressed in the rags of a homeless man carrying a sign reading “if only I was a migrant”, reports N-TV

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DONAUESCHINGEN, Germany: Police called to migrant centre brawl

07/02/2016 – DONAUESCHINGEN, Germany – Police called to migrant centre brawl

Several patrol cars and attendant officers were called to a migrant centre after an Iraqi elder brother objected to his 15 year old sister being in “contact” with a 22 year old Syrian male at the same facility. Using typically euphemistic language the police report on the situation stated the officers arrived to find between 50 and 60 migrants engaged in “tumultuous debate” over the matter.

Through “courageous action” the officers calmed the “threatening” situation and took five into police custody.

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An Exasperated John Kerry Throws In Towel On Syria: “What Do You Want Me To Do, Go To War With The Russians?!”

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An Exasperated John Kerry Throws In Towel On Syria: “What Do You Want Me To Do, Go To War With The Russians?!”

“Russian and Syrian forces intensified their campaign on rebel-held areas around Aleppo that are still home to around 350,000 people and aid workers have said the city – Syria’s largest before the war – could soon fall.”

Can you spot what’s wrong with that quote, from a Reuters piece out today? Here’s the problem: “could soon fall” implies that Aleppo is on the verge of succumbing to enemy forces. It’s not. It’s already in enemy hands and has been for quite some time. What Reuters should have said is this: “…could soon be liberated.”

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The American Dream Is Dead, And Now Even The Mainstream Media Is Starting To Admit It

The American Dream Is Dead, And Now Even The Mainstream Media Is Starting To Admit It:

Are you living “the American Dream”?  If so, you should consider yourself to be very fortunate, because most Americans are not.

In fact, as you will see below, a new survey has found that there is nowhere on the entire planet where the average wage earner is making enough money to live “the American Dream”.  Once upon a time, the United States had the largest and most prosperous middle class in the history of the world, but now the middle class makes up a minority of the population, 51 percent of all American workers make less than $30,000 a year, and poverty is growing rapidly.  The American Dream is essentially dead, and even the mainstream media is starting to figure this out.

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Venezuela Prepares To Liquidate Its Remaining Gold Holdings To Pay Coming Debt Maturities

Venezuela Prepares To Liquidate Its Remaining Gold Holdings To Pay Coming Debt Maturities:

Last Thursday when we recounted the story of how Venezuela is now literally flying in paper money (using three dozen cargo Boeing 747s), we wrote that “Venezuela’s hyperinflation, already tentatively estimated at 720%, will likely add on a few (hundred) zeroes by this time next year. It is also quite likely that Venezuela the country, as we know it now, will no longer exist because once any nation is swept up in hyperinflationary rapids two things occur like clockwork: social uprisings and political coups.

But before it gets there, Venezuela’s president Maduro will be busy liquidating the nation’s roughly $12 billion in gold reserves, which his late predecessor fought hard in 2011 to repatriate back to Caracas. Sadly that gold was never meant to stay in Venezuela after all.

And sure enough, just a day later, Reuters writes that Venezuela’s central bank has begun negotiations with the suddenly troubled Deutsche Bank to carry out gold swaps “to improve the liquidity of its foreign reserves as it faces heavy debt payments this year”, payments which it won’t be able to fund unless it manages to “liquify” its gold.

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Iran Says No Thanks To Dollars; Demands Euro Payment For Oil Sales

Iran Says No Thanks To Dollars; Demands Euro Payment For Oil Sales:

Iran enjoys trolling the United States. In fact, it’s something of hobby for the Ayatollah, who has maintained the country’s semi-official “death to America” slogan even as President Rouhani plays good cop with Obama and Kerry.

The ink was barely dry on the nuclear accord when Tehran test-fired a next-gen surface-to-surface ballistic missile with the range to hit archrival Israel, a move that most certainly violated the spirit of the deal if not the letter. Two months later, the IRGC conducted live rocket drills in close proximity to an American aircraft carrier and then, on the eve of President Obama’s final state-of-the-union address, Iran essentially kidnapped 10 American sailors in what amounted to a truly epic publicity stunt.

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Ron Paul Slams Cruz And Hillary: They Are Both “Owned By Goldman”

Ron Paul Slams Cruz And Hillary: They Are Both “Owned By Goldman”:

Now that Rand Paul is out of the race for the White House, Politico’s Eliza Collins reports that his father Ron Paul, who ran in 2008 and 2012, isn’t impressed by Ted Cruz’s attempts to pick up the “free market” libertarian banner.

“You take a guy like Cruz, people are liking the Cruz — they think he’s for the free market, and [in reality] he’s owned by Goldman Sachs. I mean, he and Hillary have more in common than we would have with either Cruz or Trump or any of them so I just don’t think there is much picking,” Paul said of the Texas senator on Fox Business’ “Varney & Company” on Friday.

Madeleine Albright Stunner: “There’s A Special Place In Hell For Women Who Don’t Help” Hillary

Clinton PANIC – Madeleine Albright Says “There’s a Special Place in Hell for Women Who Don’t Help Each Other”:

In its endorsement of Hillary, the New York Times editorial board did such a sloppy job I can’t help but think it may have done permanent damage to its brand. Upon reading it, my initial conclusion was that the editorial board was either suffering from Stockholm syndrome or merely concerned about losing advertising revenues should they endorse Sanders. Then I thought some more and I realized my initial conclusions were wrong. Something else is going on here, something far more subtle, subconscious and illuminating. The New York Times is defending the establishment candidate simply because the New York Times is the establishment.

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Saudi military intervention in Syria amounts to war: Russian deputy

Saudi military intervention in Syria amounts to war: Russian deputy:

A Russian deputy has warned Saudi Arabia that any military ground operation in Syria without the Damascus government’s consent amounts to a declaration of war.

“Syria has to give official consent, to invite, otherwise it will be a war. The same applies to international law,” Pavel Krasheninnikov, the head of the State Duma committee, told Interfax on Friday.

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