1…………> The Fire Of Despair: Iran’s Resistance
Some 450 people were arrested in the last three days rioting in Iran’s capital, Tehran, at least nine people have been killed in new clashes between Iran’s security forces and anti-government protesters, including six civilians who attacked a police station in the central city of Qahdarijan and tried to take weapons, and a member of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard was also reportedly gunned down in the city of Najafabad, also located in Isfahan.
The latest deaths come amid country-wide protests that started December 26 following a hike in food prices. At least 12 people were reportedly killed before the latest clashes, putting the total death toll at 21.
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2…………> Prison Art: Guantanamo
The “President’s Gallery” at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York organized a divisive exhibition, “Ode to the Sea: Art from Guantanamo” that presented a total of 36 works from eight prisoners at Guantanamo, including drawing and watercolor paintings, most notable being ‘Hands Holding Flowers through Bars’ (2016), by Muhammad al-Ansi.
Highlighting some of the untold stories of those who have been held at Guantanamo since the attacks on September 11, 2001, and providing a glimpse into a world that is otherwise hidden from the public eye, the exhibition offers one the most offending and naturally “overlooked” view of them all by the “Fake News” media: A blatant lack of remorse and mercy for the 3000 souls that perished in the horror of the crime against humanity attack in the name of Islam, and hundreds of thousands, if not millions who were irreversibly damaged by the “Post Traumatic Disorder” visions and nightmares for the rest of their lives.
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3………….> Applied Global Warming: US Weather Misery
In a stunning weather reversal from an endless, scorching heat summer to a deadly sub-freezing ice and snow snap in the US that is reported to have caused several deaths, another icy blast is set to hit the northeast of the country.
The National Weather Service issued wind-chill warnings as dangerously low temperatures were expected from eastern Montana across the Midwest into the Atlantic coast and the Northeast and down through the deep South, with 20 to 30 degrees Fahrenheit below normal were expected across the eastern half of the country.
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3…………> An Ancient Proof Of Judaic Power: A Seal
A 2,700-year-old clay seal impression property of a biblical governor of Jerusalem was unearthed in excavations in the Western Wall plaza in Jerusalem’s Old City.
The artifact in the size of a coin, inscribed in an ancient Hebrew script as “belonging to the governor of the city”, depicts two standing men, wearing striped garments reaching down to their knees.
4…………> The Shine Of Gold: Welsh Rush
Gold dust in the air? After remarks by President Trump indicated willingness to allow return of inflation following eight long years of zero rates by Obama’s “Secret Weapon” Janet Yellen, a redundant gold mine in the UK is reopening due to a claim by mineral firm discovery of new targets in the Dolgellau Gold Belt in North Wales.The mine based in Bontddu once produced gold used to make wedding rings for the British Royal Family but closed in 1998 due to diminishing reserves.“The fact that Welsh gold attracts a significant premium over spot rates, the historic connections of Welsh gold with the heritage of the United Kingdom, the potential for finding more gold in the vastly under-explored exploration ground — all these are factors which together make a strong case for investment,” George Frangekides, Alba’s Executive Chairman said.
5…………> Down With “Deep State” DOJ: Jail Traitors
Clearly infuriated by his “Deep State” Justice Department where a host of officials including AG Sessions have openly refused to cooperate with Rep. David Nunes Congressional subpoenas on Clinton’s conspiracies and the “Fake News Trump Dossier”, President Trump renewed his attack on a top aide to 2016 election rival Hillary Clinton campaign, demanding that she should be jailed.
In an early-morning tweet he lashed out at former Clinton aide Huma Abedin, whose forwarded emails were released by the State Department on Friday and were determined to have contained a classified information and passwords directed to a private account. President Trump also said in his tweet that the Justice Department must act on “Comey and others,” and has repeatedly criticized Attorney General Jeff Sessions numerous times for recusing himself from supervising the Russia investigation, and claimed to have the right to direct government investigations himself.
Last week, Trump asserted in a New York Times interview that he had the “absolute right to do what I want to do with the Justice Department.”