„I think we‘re going to expand our majority in the United States Senate, and I think we‘re going to hold our Republican majority in the House of Representatives,“ Pence told Hill.TV‘s Buck Sexton.
„But that being said, there is certainly common ground in areas that we can work that the president has laid out,“ Pence added when asked about working with Democrats if they win the House, citing issues like trade and infrastructure.
The generic ballot advantage, enthusiasm edge and President Trump‘s underwater approval rating are facts that all work in the Democrats‘ favor. Mix in the staggering fundraising numbers seen this cycle and it adds up to an environment ripe for strong Democratic gains.
Unemployment is at its lowest rate since Vince Lombardi coached his last game in December 1969. The North American Free Trade Agreement has been saved with minor modifications and a new name.
Oh, and: The Islamic State is largely defeated. Tehran has not restarted its nuclear programs despite America’s withdrawal from the Iran deal. U.S. sanctions on Russia are still in place. Democrats badly damaged their chances of taking the Senate with their over-reaching and polarizing crusade to stop Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court.
Zum 100. Jahrestag der Novemberrevolution 1918 erinnert eine Ausstellung in Kiel an die „Stunde der Matrosen“ und die Geburtsstunde der deutschen Demokratie
Vor 100 Jahren haben in Kiel Matrosen gegen einen Angriff auf die britische Flotte rebelliert und sich mit protestierenden Arbeitern verbündet. Der Matrosenaufstand führte zur Gründung der Weimarer Republik.
These findings support early reports which indicated a wide variety of non-thermal effects of electromagnetic radiation on amphibians including the effects on the pattern of muscle extractions.
The film was made by Al Jazeera during 2016 and was completed in October 2017.
But it was censored after Qatar, the gas-rich Gulf emirate that funds Al Jazeera, came under intense Israel lobby pressure not to air the film.
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has warned global financial messaging service SWIFT on Friday that it could be penalized if it doesn’t cut off financial services to entities and individuals doing business with Iran.
„During his Friday night conversations with Mogherini as well as Heiko Maas of Germany, Margot Wallstrom of Sweden, and Denmark’s Anders Samuelsen, the top Iranian diplomat discussed with them Washington’s re-imposition of sanctions against Iran and Europe’s efforts to counter such US moves,“ the statement read.
Reuters has recently reported that a new EU mechanism to facilitate payments for Iranian exports should be legally in place by Nov. 4, when the next phase of US sanctions take effect, but it will not be operational until early next year.
„It seems that the fate of our trade with China is linked to the support package being prepared by the European Union,“ Hariri told Bourse & Bazaar in reference to the SPV promised by Iran’s key European trading partners.
(29.10.2018) No EU member state is willing to host the so-called Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to safeguard Brussels‘ trade ties with Tehran from Washington‘s anti-Iranian sanctions, according to The Financial Times.
„No EU government wants to cross the US by having the SPV. Member states are not exactly queueing up for it,“ the newspaper quoted EU diplomats as saying on condition of anonymity.
Der schwere Schönheitsfehler dabei: Bisher hat sich noch kein EU-Land gefunden, das diese Zweckgesellschaft beherbergen möchte. Alle fürchten den Bannstrahl der USA.
Wir stellen bei Radio Utopie immer wieder amüsiert fest, welche Mengen an Täuschkörpern (zumeist Angstmache, Boulevard oder anderen Müll) der Medienkomplex abwirft, um von den tatsächlich relevanten Themen abzulenken, international wie hierzulande. Wir gehen davon aus, dass gerade deshalb unsere Nachrichtenagentur täglich mit ängstlichen roten Augen beglotzt wird – leider immer noch wenig von normalen Menschen. Es ist davon auszugehen, dass viel zu viele Leute auch immer noch den ganzen Müll glauben der auch über uns erzählt wird. Das ist Euer eigenes Pech, Leute. Kriegt mal Euren Kopf klar.
Die Exporte deutscher Unternehmen in den Iran sind zuletzt mit einer hohen Summe durch die Bundesregierung gesichert worden: Seit 2016 wurden für insgesamt 58 Geschäfte sogenannte Exportkreditversicherungen, die auch als Hermesbürgschaften bekannt sind, erteilt. Das teilte das Bundeswirtschaftsministerium auf Anfrage der Deutschen Presse-Agentur mit. Demnach betrug das Gesamtvolumen dieser Versicherungen 911 Millionen Euro.
Trump bekundete auch seine Unterstützung für die China International Import Expo (CIIE), die vom 5. bis 10. zum November in Shanghai stattfindet, die erste ihrer Art in China.
Es sei sehr wichtig, dass die Staatsführungen der Vereinigten Staaten und Chinas häufige, direkte Kommunikation pflegen, sagte Trump, und er und Xi sollten miteinander in Kontakt bleiben. Trump sagte auch, dass er Wert auf eine gute Beziehung zu Xi lege und bereit sei, durch Xi seine guten Wünsche an das chinesische Volk zu übermitteln.
Es ist unser Ziel, im Einklang mit EU-Recht und der Resolution 2231 des VN-Sicherheitsrats europäische Wirtschaftsakteure zu schützen, die in legitimen Geschäftsbeziehungen mit Iran stehen.
Als Parteien des JCPoA haben wir uns dazu verpflichtet, unter anderem auf die Bewahrung und Offenhaltung effektiver Finanzkanäle mit Iran sowie an der Fortsetzung der iranischen Öl- und Gasexporte hinzuwirken. Unsere Arbeit an diesen und weiteren Themen geht weiter, auch unter Einbeziehung Russlands und Chinas als Teilnehmer am JCPoA und mit Drittstaaten, die an der Unterstützung des Abkommens interessiert sind. Diese Bemühungen sind in den letzten Wochen verstärkt worden, insbesondere die Anstrengungen zur Unterstützung der europäischen Initiative zur Schaffung einer Zweckgesellschaft (Special Purpose Vehicle), die einzurichten wir gegenwärtig im Begriff sind. Dies wird es ermöglichen, durch eine fortgesetzte Aufhebung von Sanktionen Iran zu erreichen und europäische Exporteure und Importeure in die Lage zu versetzen, legitimen Handel zu treiben.
It is our aim to protect European economic operators engaged in legitimate business with Iran, in accordance with EU law and with UN Security Council resolution 2231.
As parties to the JCPoA, we have committed to work on, inter alia, the preservation and maintenance of effective financial channels with Iran, and the continuation of Iran’s export of oil and gas. On these, as on other topics, our work continues, including with Russia and China as participants to the JCPoA and with third countries interested in supporting the JCPoA. These efforts have been intensified in recent weeks, particularly those underpinning the European initiative to establish a Special Purpose Vehicle which we are proceeding with work to set up. This will enable continued sanctions lifting to reach Iran and allow for European exporters and importers to pursue legitimate trade.
In a joint statement Friday, they said they aim to protect European firms „engaged in legitimate business with Iran.“
They added that their „collective resolve to complete this work is unwavering.“
A commander in the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) confirmed to Yeni Safak that the U.S. had handed over weapons to ISIS in the town of al-Mansurah, west of the city of Raqqa, and in the area of al-Tanaf, near the border with Iraq.
According to the commander, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, the US-led coalition formed a group of Kurds and Arabs to facilitate the delivery of weapons to ISIS terrorists. The PPK and the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) played a key role in the process.
A SANA reporter said that during the combing operation to cleanse the liberated areas from the terrorist remnants, the authorities uncovered a cache containing 450,000 bullets of US-made medium-caliber machine guns from Daesh’s remnants in the Al-Mayadeen area.
Below are a number of photos that were captured by SANA of the weapons cache that was seized by the Syrian military this week:
Sanctions will target critical sectors of Iran’s economy, such as its energy, shipping, shipbuilding, and financial sectors.
Over 700 individuals, entities, vessels, and aircraft are going back onto our sanctions list, including major Iranian banks, oil exporters, and shipping companies.
The sanctions also target transactions with the Central Bank of Iran and designated Iranian financial institutions.
Sales of food, agricultural commodities, medicine, and medical devices to Iran have long been—and remain—exempt from our sanctions.
Reimposing sanctions will cut off revenues the regime uses to bankroll terrorist groups, foment global instability, fund nuclear and ballistic missile programs, and enrich its leaders.
The US Treasury will also demand SWIFT stop servicing Iran‘s banking industry as part of enforcing sanctions over the country‘s nuclear program and alleged support for terrorism.
The sanctions will take effect Monday and cover Iran‘s shipping, financial and energy sectors.
President Donald Trump withdrew from the agreement in May, describing it as „defective at its core“ because it had not stopped Iran developing a ballistic missile programme and intervening in neighbouring countries.
„Sanctions are coming,“ he tweeted after Friday‘s announcement, referencing the TV series Game of Thrones and its motto „Winter is coming“.
Die deutsche Sozialdemokratie ist ein Sanierungsfall. Nach dem Umfrageabsturz auf zuletzt 15 Prozent bundesweit und den Wahldesastern in Bayern und Hessen manövriert das Führungspersonal der SPD erkennbar ratlos: Irgendwie soll mit den Karrieren und der verkehrten Politik alles weiterlaufen wie bisher, gleichzeitig jedoch müssen der Basis dringend ein paar Sachen erklärt werden.
Der frühere US-Präsident hat seinem Nachfolger Panikmache vorgeworfen. Seine Regierung schüre Hass. Donald Trump reagierte und bezeichnete Obama als Lügner.
(26.Oktober) Fake news is as old as empire, maybe even older.(…)
We should not delude ourselves that fake neither is either a recent phenomenon nor that the worst culprits are the far-right and unscrupulous, click-bait websites. Those in power carry more weight than those who seek power, and so their capacity to cause damage by lying is greater than that of aspiring tyrants.
In an interview published by Correio Braziliense newspaper, Bolsonaro criticized the Cuban-supported Mais Medicos (More Doctors) program, founded in 2013, under which over 11,000 Cuban doctors work in impoverished or remote parts of Brazil in an effort to expand the country‘s healthcare coverage.
The US government has allowed Lockheed Martin Corp., a major American weapons manufacturer, to integrate its Patriot PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) missile into a next-generation German missile defense system, the Pentagon spokesman says.
Wenn im Sinne der Stadt entschieden wird, will die Stadt die Bauwägen von einem Tag auf den anderen auf Tieflader abtransportieren lassen. Was für die Bewohner*Innen einen sofortigen temporären Verlust ihres Hauses, ihres Hab und Guts bedeutet und erhebliche Kosten nach sich ziehen würde.
There was also no need for a CIA or NSA or vast military-industrial-congressional complex. In fact, if the proponents of the Constitution had told our American ancestors that they were bringing into existence a government that had the omnipotent power to take them into custody, hold them forever without a trial, torture them, spy on them, experiment on them, and assassinate them, they never would have approved the Constitution.
Das Beste, was das amerikanische Volk jemals tun könnte, wäre seine national sicherheitsorientierte staatliche Regierungsstruktur zu demontieren und in unserem Land wieder eine begrenzte Republik aufzubauen. Das würde natürlich den Abbau und nicht die Reform der NSA, der CIA, des Pentagons und dessen, was der ehemalige Präsident Eisenhower als militärisch-industriellen Kongresskomplex bezeichnete, bedeuten.