Monday, May 30, 2016

Bloomberg: Surge of Immigrants Into Italy Leaves Rescue Teams Stretched - Rescue / invasion-helper boats need to be sunk. --tma




yahoo.com

Some 46,100 migrants have crossed the Mediterranean to reach Italy so far this year, with almost a third of them arriving last week alone, according to the United Nations refugee agency.
The total up to Sunday was equivalent to the same period in 2015, with about 14,000 arriving last week, UNHCR spokeswoman Carlotta Sami said in a telephone interview. More than 700 migrants perished in three shipwrecks last week. ...
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AFP: Stay or go? Brexit activists battle it out - Wonder how long the pro-EU "bohemian London district" will survive under Islam? --tma





citylab.com

London (AFP) - Politicians and world leaders have dominated the headlines in the campaign for Britain's EU referendum, but a passionate battle for the country's future is also being fought by activists on the streets.
At a stall in the bohemian London district of Fitzrovia last week, Sheila Hawkins tried to persuade workers on their lunchbreak that leaving the bloc in the June 23 vote would be a "disaster".
Standing on a street corner handing out leaflets, the pensioner volunteered with the "Britain Stronger In Europe" campaign to allay her own fears of what would happen in the event of a so-called Brexit. ...
https://www.yahoo.com/news/stay-brexit-activists-battle-042944962.html?ref=gs
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Wa Examiner - Gallup: Just 1% Russians approve of U.S., Obama, far worse than Bush - I've never more admired the good sense of the Russian people. --tma






President Obama's 2008 campaign pledge to improve the image of the United States around the world hasn't worked in Russia where a decade low of just 1 percent approve of American leadership, according to Gallup.

In fact, Gallup said that Russia's view of the U.S. is the lowest in the world and comes at a time when Moscow is flexing its military muscle in hotspots like Syria where Obama is struggling to use force. ...

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Sunday, May 29, 2016

McClatchyDC: About 100,000 in U.S. now work for Chinese firms




forbes.com

WASHINGTON 
In the tiny North Carolina town of Tar Heel, the Smithfield Foods Packing Co., the world’s biggest slaughterhouse that often smells of pig manure, belongs to a giant Chinese meat-processing company.
Hundreds of movie theaters across the country are owned by the Kansas City-based AMC Theatres chain, which reports to China’s richest man.
And in Miami, a luxury condo tower called One Thousand Museum is rising over Biscayne Bay. Its contractor is a Chinese firm, the largest builder in the world’s most populous country.
In a presidential campaign focused on the loss of American jobs, a recent study shows how U.S. jobs are created or preserved under China’s investment boom in the United States. ...
     Notice the spin here. Is this really such great economic news, besides the American jobs and companies being lost to China, that some are simply being snapped up and owned by the Chinese here in America?  

Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article80386057.html#storylink=cpy
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NYT: Donald Trump and Bikers Share Affection at Rolling Thunder Rally - “Do we love the bikers? Yes. We love the bikers.”




newsflow24.com

WASHINGTON — Donald J. Trump, the Manhattan real estate mogul who boasts about his wealth, maintains a fleet of aircraft and sells his own brand of neckties, paid respects on Sunday to an incongruous constituency.

 “Look at all these bikers,” Mr. Trump, standing before a crowd in front of the Lincoln Memorial, said with admiration. “Do we love the bikers? Yes. We love the bikers.”

 Mr. Trump was addressing a gathering at the 29th annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle run, a vast event over Memorial Day weekend that is dedicated to accounting for military members taken as prisoners of war or listed as missing in action.

 Bikers assembled near the Pentagon before riding en masse into the nation’s capital, with many dressed in leather vests covered in patches, their bikes rumbling throughout the afternoon. ...

 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/30/us/politics/donald-trump-and-bikers-share-affection-at-rolling-thunder-rally.html
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AFP: British far-right burn EU flag as referendum looms - All and only White people who want border law are "far-right." --tma





AFP

Dover (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Far-right demonstrators burnt the EU flag on Saturday at a rally in Dover, Britain's closest town to continental Europe.
Police officers in high-visibility jackets surrounded the small number of demonstrators as they marched along the seafront of the southeast English port town.
One man held up an England flag with "Refugees NOT welcome" written on it. ...
https://www.yahoo.com/news/british-far-burn-eu-flag-referendum-looms-185813849.html?ref=gs
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MML News.com - Red-legged Frogs, Western Pond Turtles and Bighorn Sheep Return To Yosemite





westernwatersheds.org

Yosemite National Park, CA — After 50 years, two more once-prevalent species are now being reintroduced in to their natural habitats within Yosemite Valley.
Joining a flock of Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep, which last March were released in Yosemite National Park, as reported here, are California Red-legged Frogs and Western Pond Turtles. Releases are underway and will continue over the next three years into suitable lake, river and meadow habitats.
The program is part of a multi-agency effort by the National Park Service (NPS), San Francisco Zoo & Gardens, the Yosemite Conservancy, US Fish & Wildlife, State Fish & Wildlife, and NatureBridge, which includes a new permanent frog and turtle breeding center at the zoo. Yosemite National Park Superintendent Don Neubacher calls the undertaking a landmark event as well as a historic opportunity to reestablish species that contribute to a healthy park ecosystem. The decline of both species can be traced to past actions now viewed as mistakes that have since been corrected through environmental restoration, according to park officials. ...
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