Liberty Links 9/8/18 – Trump Agrees to an Indefinite Military Effort and New Diplomatic Push in Syria

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Trump Agrees to an Indefinite Military Effort and New Diplomatic Push in Syria, U.S. Officials Say (This would be very bad, The Washington Post)

‘Five Eyes’ Governments Call on Tech Giants to Build Encryption Backdoors — or Else (Ominous, TechCrunch)

Honest Government Ad | Anti Encryption Law (Related to article above, YouTube)

Twitter Permanently Bans Alex Jones, Infowars (Zerohedge)

JP Morgan’s Top Quant Warns Next Crisis to Have Flash Crashes and Social Unrest Not Seen in 50 Years (CNBC)

September 5, 2018: Sen. Cotton Q&A During Intelligence Committee Hearing (Must Watch, this is beyond creepy, YouTube)

I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration (This is such nonsense, for a unique analysis see link below, The New York Times) 

We Are Being Played (Caitlin Johnstone, Medium)

Saudi Arabia Threatens Prison Time for Satire ‘Disturbing Public Order’ (What an ally, Bloomberg)

Philadelphia-Bound American Airlines Passengers Quarantined After Showing Flu-Like Symptoms, Customs Officials Say (NBC Philadelphia)

The Rise of Post-Truth Liberalism (UnHerd)

U.S. Politics/News

Bernie Sanders Introduces ‘Stop Bezos’ Bill to Tax Amazon for Underpaying Workers (The Verge)

Apple to Provide Online Tool for Police to Request Data: Letter (Reuters)

Obama Threatens To Cancel Taxpayer-Funded Speech In Denmark If His Contract Is Released To The Public (The Daily Caller)

Social Security Numbers, Other Info Revealed by Government Transparency Site Error (The Hill)

Foreign Affairs/WW3

Rohani Says U.S. Must Exit Syria at Start of Summit With Russia, Turkey (Haaretz)

The Latest: U.S. Ambassador to UN Warns Against Idlib Assault (Associated Press)

Warplanes Reportedly Strike Syria’s Rebel-Held Idlib Region (Haaretz

Psychic Nikki Haley: If There Is A Future Chemical Weapons Attack, Assad Did It (Caitlin Johnstone, Medium)

Iran Will Exert `Every Effort’ to Export Oil as Sanctions Loom (Bloomberg)

Iraqi Officials Announce Citywide Curfew in Basra Amid Violent Protests (Reuters)

Hungary and Italy Unite on Migrants: EU Is About to Take a Nosedive (Strategic Culture Foundation)

Catalan Government to Relaunch Campaign to Split from Spain (They are determined, Reuters)

U.S., India Seal Military Communications Pact, Plan More Exercises (Reuters)

U.S., Pakistan Push for ‘Reset’ in Ties After Terror Group Fight (Bloomberg)

Trump’s Slashing of Pakistan Aid Is Justified But Futile (Bloomberg)

Rodong Slams U.S. for Hindering Koreas’ Ties Ahead of Inter-Korean Talks (The Korea Times)

Italy on Collision Course with EU over Budget Deficit (Reuters)

Britain Charges Two Russians for State-Backed Plot to Kill Skripals (Reuters)

Skripals – The Mystery Deepens (Craig Murray)

The Impossible Photo (Craig Murray)

Labour’s Ruling Body to Decide on New Antisemitism Definition (The Guardian)

Economy/Finance/Crypto

China to Increase Export Tax Rebates on 397 Products (Reuters)

How Amazon and Ebay Became a Tax Haven for Chinese Sellers (The Verge)

AP Exclusive: Modest Premium Hikes as ‘Obamacare’ Stabilizes (Associated Press)

Deutsche Bank’s Top Investor Selling Its Entire Stake Under Orders From China (Zerohedge)

Berlin Falls in Love with Big Banks (FT)

India Shoots the Wrong General in Lost War on Cash (Bloomberg)

Iran’s Recognition of Crypto Mining Prompts Local Bitcoin Price Spike (CoinDesk)

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Open the Books (Every Dime. Online. In Real Time)

Pacific Precious Metals

 

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