Crow posted:
haha damn these SNL cold opens are getting long and elaborate
babyhueypnewton posted:holy shit who is this idiot and how did she get this job?
Harf began her career at the Directorate of Intelligence at the Central Intelligence Agency as an analyst focusing on Middle Eastern leadership issues. She later became the media spokesperson of the CIA.
c_man posted:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines
the example here would never happen nowadays, headlines now are a direct pseudo-quant response to exactly this accusation, it would be like "17 Ways This Map Is The Answer For Peace (You Won't Believe How It Was Proven To Hitler)"
Crow posted:
i'll take your advice on board going forward live from new york it's SATURDAY NIGHT
you're right it's perfect
daddyholes posted:right now the only thing a writer in the Usa has to do to prove something wrong to readers is link to a RT story that says that thing happened
the first time i read this i thought you were saying that RT was considered more reputable
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http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2014/08/09/cia-intervention-in-ukraine-has-been-taking-place-for-decades/ [part 1]
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MoscowTimes posted:The Communist Party of Ukraine will cease to exist on Thursday, the speaker of Ukraine's parliament announced.
"We only have to tolerate this party for another day," Verkhovnaya Rada speaker Oleksandr Turchinov said on Wednesday in comments carried by online news portal Ostro.org.
Discussion of the Communist Party's dissolution began in earnest in May, after party leader Petro Simonenko said that if he were in charge of the country, he would immediately call back the troops from eastern Ukraine, referring to the military operations taking place there as acts of "war against the people," RIA Novosti reported.
Turchinov, who was serving at the time as acting president, then appealed to the Justice Ministry to request an investigation into the Communist Party's activities.
Russia's State Duma denounced the move at the time, viewing it as an attempt by the new Kiev authorities to "force political and civil forces that do not agree with the path taken by the ultranationalist powers to shut up," according to RIA Novosti.
The Verkhovnaya Rada paved the way for the party's dissolution on Tuesday by amending its rules to vest the speaker of the house with power to dissolve the Communist Party. On Tuesday evening, President Petro Poroshenko signed a bill giving effect to the new regulations.
Turchinov's announcement was made on Wednesday morning amid heavy infighting.
Speaking before his fellow parliamentarians, Simonenko made a statement about Ukraine's security services having allegedly "destroyed" citizens for black-market organ transplants, Interfax reported, citing members of the nationalist Svoboda Party.
Svoboda Party members then accused Simonenko of disseminating false information, and endeavored to physically eject him from the parliament.
An all-out brawl promptly ensued.
Amid the chaos, Turchinov exercised his new powers to announce the party's impending dissolution, before calling for a 15-minute break so deputies could calm down. Following the news, all of the Communist Party members present at the time then reportedly walked out.
live feed, they also have an app but i wouldnt download it
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daddyholes posted:
i think our government has higher priorities rather than wasting money commissioning a painting of a crashed plane
"In light of recent developments in Ukraine, the United States has taken steps to reassure allies in Central and Eastern Europe," said Caitlin Hayden, spokesperson for the National Security Council.
Hayden said the Estonia trip "is a chance to reaffirm our ironclad commitment to Article V as the foundation of NATO," which requires mutual defense among members.
Officials in Estonia and other Baltic nations have expressed concern about Russian support for violent separatists in Ukraine, saying they could be targeted by Moscow in the future.
During his visit, Obama will meet with the presidents of all three Baltic states, Latvia and Lithuania as well as Estonia.
They will "discuss ongoing cooperation on regional security and policies that support economic growth, and to discuss collective defense," Hayden said.
Obama will travel to Estonia during the first week in September, part of a trip that includes a NATO summit in Wales -- where Russia and Ukraine will also be a major topic of discussion.