The community of the city of Peruíbe,
on the Southeast coast of Brazil,
has spent months mobilized against
the installation of a 1.7 gigawatt,
gas-fired power-plant,
which would generate
a lot of environmental and social damage.
The fight resulted in the approval
of an amendment to the law of the municipality,
which prevents the installation of polluting
and acid rain-causing industries.
We, from the association, we always said:
folks, this isn't going to be great.
It's not a good thing.
They say it will bring jobs but it isn't true.
We won't have all these opportunities
they are presenting to us.
So let's participate, let's join the fight,
because this isn't going to be positive,
especially in our region.
The place where the power plant was going to be built
is very close to our neighborhood,
so for us it wasn't going to be very nice.
[It would cause us] respiratory problems,
acid rain, without mentioning water -
we would have big problems with water.
So, for these reasons, we embraced the cause.
I was actually the first city councillor
to get involved in this action.
The moment this topic started
being discussed in the city council,
I expressed my position at the podium,
being completely against it,
precisely because of the features
that brought me to this city:
the quality of the air,
and whole natural environment where I live, in Guaraú.
And we had a very difficult voting session,
heated from the start.
I believe that the engagement
not only by the population, but also by groups
of people who gave testimony,
was very important for our success.
We [need to remember that]
we are here in the middle of
marine and land conservation areas.
We're in a region
where there's a big deficit in public services,
both in sanitation and healthcare.
We wrote a report, as a result,
against these power-plant plans.
We managed to leverage the benefit
that social networks brings to society;
that is to unite who are far away [from each other].
We united different people, from different places,
with different ways of thinking, different religions.
We managed to mobilize a big movement;
we ended up having a beautiful celebration.
It will be remembered, and unforgettable
and it will be an example to other cities,
that fight against this kind of project.
It was a beautiful victory.
For more infomation >> Peruíbe, Brazil: A Community United - Duration: 3:22.-------------------------------------------
USA in 5 Minutes - Learn more about the United States of America - Duration: 4:49.
With a population of over 325 million, United States of America is one of the most populated
countries in the world.
Welcome to All in 5 Minutes, and today I will tell you more about it.
The USA or the United States of America is a highly developed country, with the world's
largest economy by nominal gross domestic product (GDP).
USA consists of 50 states (like California, Texas and Florida), a federal district (Washington,
D.C.), five major self-governing territories (Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, U.S. Virgin
Islands and Northern Mariana Islands), and various possessions.
USA is approx.
9.8 million km2 (3.8 million square miles) large.
The capital is Washington, D.C., and the largest city by population is New York City.
Other large cities are Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, and Philadelphia.
The arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492 started the European colonization of the Americas.
In 1607, Jamestown became the first permanent English settlement in America.
In 1775, began the American Revolutionary War which was a conflict between Great Britain
and its Thirteen Colonies who wanted to declare an independence.
On July 4, 1776, the US declared its independence from Great Britain by approving the Declaration
of Independence.
In 1783, Britain and the United States signed the Treaty of Paris officially ending the
Revolutionary War and recognizing the United States as a sovereign nation.
The Founding Fathers of the United States are people who led the American Revolution.
They are John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, James
Madison, and George Washington.
The American Civil War was a conflict from 1861 to 1865.
It was fought between the Union in the north of the US led by Abraham Lincoln, and the
Confederacy in the south led by Jefferson Davis.
The war started because the Confederacy wanted to leave the United States of America.
The Union won the war, and as a result, slavery was made illegal in the United States.
The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the country's status as a global
military power.
The USA was the first country to develop nuclear weapons, the only country to use them in warfare,
and a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.
Nowadays the USA is a leading military, political, cultural, and scientific force internationally.
The supreme law of the United States is the Constitution.
It divides the government into three branches to ensure a central government where no individual
or group gains too much control.
The three branches are: Legislative (makes laws)
Executive (carries out the laws) Judicial (evaluates laws)
The legislative branch includes Congress which consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Congress confirms or rejects the President's appointments and can remove the President
from office.
The executive branch enforces laws and it includes the President, Vice President, and
the Cabinet which has advisors to the President.
The President can veto or reject laws passed by Congress.
Donald Trump is the 45th and current President of the United States of America.
The Vice President is Mike Pence.
The judicial branch consists of the Supreme Court and other federal courts, and it applies
laws to individual cases and decides if they violate the Constitution.
And here are some interesting facts
Americans eat about 100 acres of pizza each day, with about 3 billion pizzas sold annually
in the USA Women got the right to vote in the United
States in 1920 Alaska has a longer coastline than all of
the other 49 states combined.
Global Positioning System (GPS) is controlled by the USA and can be switched off at any
time.
There is still a lot to learn about the USA and to find out more you can click on the
playlist on your screen, or you can follow the links in the description.
If you would like to learn about something else in 5 minutes, you can follow this video
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U.S. 'hopeful' deal can be reached with China on trade: Mnuchin - Duration: 0:38.
Amid growing concerns of a trade war between the U.S. and China, U.S. Treasury Secretary
Steve Mnuchin is striking a more subdued tone.
He told Fox News on Sunday that he's "cautiously hopeful" both sides can reach an agreement
on some issues, despite threats of tit-for-tat tariffs.
However, he added that President Trump's proposed tariffs on at least 60-billion-dollars-worth
of Chinese goods would go ahead unless both sides can reach an acceptable deal.
China has already threatened retaliatory tariffs on American agriculture products and fears
of a trade war have sent U.S. stocks tumbling.
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North Korean state media attacks Seoul for security talks with U.S. and Japan - Duration: 2:16.
North Korean state media has criticized Seoul for taking part in recent security meetings
with the U.S. and Japan.
Pyongyang claims the South's dependence on foreign nations interferes with the mood of
reconcilation between the two Koreas.
Kwon Jang-ho brings us the latest in a number of attacks made by the regime's news outlets.
North Korea's state run newspaper, the Rodong Sinmun, ran a commentary on Monday, criticizing
South Korea for continuing to be involved with other nations over its security matters.
Referring to meetings held by Seoul's defense ministry with its U.S. and Japanese counterparts
in recent weeks, the newspaper said that "South Korea continues to make plans to cooperate
with foreign forces... causing great concern for our peoples."
It describes the meeting as "a foul, confrontational plot, which reverses the current mood towards
reconciliation"... and that it's the two Koreas that need to
join hands to resolve their differences, not through the help of others.
This commentary follows similar attacks on South Korea and the international community
in recent days.
The Rodong Sinmun once again hit out at Seoul's decision to roll-out its new F-35A stealth
fighter jets this week, as well as its deal to purchase 90 more air-to-surface Taurus
missiles.
Pyongyang's diplomatic missions to the United Nations slammed the UN council for adopting
a resolution condemning the regime's human rights abuses.
North Korea called it an attempt by the U.S. and "other hostile forces" to tarnish its
image.
While Pyongyang's attacks have caused some to question the sincerity of its approach
for dialogue, especially as there has so far been no official mention of the upcoming summit
talks in its state media, others say it is a tactic to strengthen its hand before the
talks.
"Despite North Korea expressing a will to denuclearize, sanctions and military pressure
have not eased, and this is a frustrated reaction to that.
Because THEY were the ones who chose the road towards dialogue, they are not in a position
to withdraw from it.
The attacks are not that strong, nor are they aimed to derail the upcoming summit talks."
Although Pyongyang's comments could cause some friction, Seoul and Washington are not
expected to take any notice, and will be pushing forward with their respective summits with
North Korea as planned.
Kwon Jang-ho, Arirang News.
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Japan lobbies U.S. for abduction and missile preconditions ahead of U.S.-N.Korea summit - Duration: 2:46.
Japan appears to feel left out of the work being done by South Korea and the U.S. to
denuclearize North Korea.
And ahead of the summit in May between U.S. President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un, Tokyo
has asked that Washington set out certain preconditions for those talks.
Those are that the North abandon its mid-range missiles... and that the talks resolve the
issue of the Japanese nationals abducted by the regime in the 70s and 80s.
Lee Seung-jae reports.
Japan appears to be on the sidelines as South Korea and the United States work hand-in-hand,...
planning their respective summits with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
And while Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took time over the weekend to meet with former
U.S. President Barack Obama during his trip to the country,... the Japanese government
continues to lobby the Trump administration to ensure there are preconditions ahead of
the U.S.-North Korea summit.
The preconditions include a promise from Pyongyang to resolve the long-running abduction issue
and to abandon their mid-range ballistic missiles capable of hitting Japan.
Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono made the request in separate talks in Washington earlier
this month with U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis and Mike Pompeo, CIA director and President
Trump's nominee for Secretary of State, and Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan.
According to Japanese officials, a number of its citizens were abducted by North Korea
in the 1970s and the 1980s,... and they are seeking U.S. help in bringing them home.
North Korea agreed with Japan in 2014 to reinvestigate the abductions, but the agreement quickly
fell apart.
However, Abe has more problems domestically,... as protesters took to the streets of Tokyo
over the weekend,... demanding he resign amid a widening cronyism scandal.
Hundreds of demonstrators turned out on Sunday,... carrying banners which read "Go to jail, Abe
',... with one sign even depicting Abe as a prisoner, in a black-and-white striped uniform.
The protest comes amid claims Abe was involved in the sale of state-owned land at a huge
discount to a nationalist school operator,... which his wife also has ties to.
The protestors also demonstrated against Abe's decision to revise the country's post-war
pacifist constitution as critics fear the revision could pave the way for the Japanese
military to play a bigger role overseas.
With the inter-Korean summit set for the end of April,... and the U.S.-North Korea summit
scheduled for some time in May,... Japan finds itself less involved in East Asia issues,...
with Abe's ongoing domestic problems,.. and his tanking approval ratings.
Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News.
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U.S.-China trade war affects S. Korea..."S. Korea's exports to China to go down 20% - Duration: 0:47.
With the United States placing a 25-percent tariff on some Chinese imports last week,...
South Korea could get caught in the crossfire of any trade war between the economic superpowers.
According to the Hyundai Research Institute,... the U.S. tariffs on China's communication
technology, aerospace, information and machinery products,... will impact South Korea's exports.
Korea's IT exports to China could fall by 20-percent,... with Korea's overall export
numbers to decrease by 5-percent.
China's reciprocal tariff on 3-billion dollars of U.S. imports will have a minor effect on
South Korea,... as researchers estimate the loss in exports to be less than 100-million
dollars.
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U.S. 'hopeful' deal can be reached with China on trade: Mnuchin - Duration: 0:39.
Amid growing concerns of a trade war between the U.S. and China, U.S. Treasury Secretary
Steve Mnuchin is striking a more subdued tone.
He told Fox News on Sunday that he's "cautiously hopeful" both sides can reach an agreement
on some issues, despite threats of tit-for-tat tariffs.
However, he added that President Trump's proposed tariffs on at least 60-billion-dollars-worth
of Chinese goods would go ahead unless both sides can reach an acceptable deal.
China has already threatened retaliatory tariffs on American agriculture products and fears
of a trade war have sent U.S. stocks tumbling.
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After Enacting Tough Penalties Against China, Trump Deploys US Military to Deliver Brutal Message - Duration: 3:48.
After Enacting Tough Penalties Against China, Trump Deploys US Military to Deliver Brutal
Message On Thursday, the Trump administration hit
the Chinese with $60 billion in trade penalties for intellectual property theft.
Hours later, Trump sent Beijing a message of a different sort — sailing a destroyer
near one of artificial islands created by China in the South China Sea in an attempt
to expand its geographic purview.
According to Reuters, the destroyer USS Mustin sailed within 12 nautical miles — the internationally-recognized
territorial limit — of Mischief Reef in the Spratly Islands on Friday, according to
Reuters.
The destroyer then conducted "maneuvering operations" off the manufactured islands.
The move was part of what are known as "freedom of navigation" operations, or FONOPS, which
essentially send a territorial message to nations engaged in maritime irredentism.
"We conduct routine and regular freedom of navigation operations, as we have done
in the past and will continue to do in the future," said Lieutenant Commander Nicole
Schwegman, spokeswoman for U.S. Pacific Fleet, when asked about the actions.
According to the South China Morning Post, Chinese officials called it a "serious military
provocation" and claimed the destroyer had been "warned off" by two Chinese frigates."What
the U.S. is doing will damage the military-to-military relations and atmosphere," Chinese defense
ministry spokesman Ren Guoqiang said.
Also damaging the atmosphere: $60 billion in trade penalties levied against China for
intellectual property violations by the Trump administration just hours prior.We have a
tremendous intellectual property theft situation going on," President Trump said as he announced
the penalties, The Daily Caller reported.
Last summer, U.S Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer began an investigation into whether
China was violating Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 through policies "related to
technology transfer, intellectual property, and innovation are unreasonable or discriminatory
and burden or restrict U.S. commerce."On Wednesday, testifying before Congress about
trade policy, Lighthizer seemed to indicate the administration was leaning in the direction
of imposing tariffs upon China as part of the administration's penalties for this
property theft.
"Our view is we have a very serious problem of losing our intellectual property.
We are losing to China in ways not reflected in underlying economics," Lighthizer said.China
is generally considered to be the main offender when it comes to American intellectual property
theft, which can cost us to $600 billion a year, according to Commerce Secretary Wilbur
Ross.
White House Trade Adviser Peter Navarro added Thursday that talks had failed to produce
any sort of meaningful results.
In addition to tariffs, the administration is also looking into blocking certain investments
as part of the penalties.A statement from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce on Thursday
said that Beijing "has expressed its position on many occasions that we resolutely oppose
this type of unilateral and protectionist action by the U.S. China will not sit idly
by while legitimate rights and interests are hurt.
"We must take all necessary measures to firmly defend our rights and interests."
Whether or not that resonates with the Trump administration is anyone's guess, although
Friday's actions in the South China Sea might provide a pretty big hint.
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BREAKING: Former Top CIA Agent Issues Urgent Warning About What Deep State Is About To Do To TRUMP - Duration: 5:24.
BREAKING: Former Top CIA Agent Issues Urgent Warning About What Deep State Is About To
Do To TRUMP A former Central Intelligence Agency agent
known as Kevin Schipp recently spoke out saying that the deep state was and still is looking
to get rid of President Trump.
Something that has been alleged from other agents in the past from the Federal Bureau
of Investigation as well as the CIA.
In recent comments Schipp stated,
"They are terrified, they are terrified right now.
They did not expect Trump to do what he is doing now.
The reason they tried to get him even before he was elected is they knew he was uncontrollable,
and they knew if he got in there, they would not be able to manipulate him, and that is
exactly what's happening.
There are some people, and there is no doubt about it, that are running scared right now.
Donald Trump is questioning the Deep State and the shadow government.
He's rocking that place left and right.
The news media is terrified of that.
Their editors are telling them to attack him just like they are attacking him from the
inside.
It's just dirty pool because they want him taken out."
However, Schipp went on to explain the difference between the Deep State and the shadow government
saying,
"I differentiate between the 'Deep State' and the shadow government.
The shadow government are the secret intelligence agencies that have such power and secrecy
that they act even without the knowledge of Congress.
There are many things that they do with impunity.
Then there is the 'Deep State,' which is the military industrial complex, all of
the industrial corporations and their lobbyists, and they have all the money, power and greed
that give all the money to the Senators and Congressmen.
It is the shadow government . . . specifically, the CIA, that is going after Donald Trump.
It is terrified that some of its dealings are going to be exposed.
If they are, it could jeopardize the entire organization.
Trump's making tremendous progress despite tremendous resistance.
They have already done a character assassination on him, and I think they could go further
than that… Trump is making progress, and he has them running scared."
View image on Twitter BB4 reported,
"Of course, this isn't the first time Deep State operatives have discussed removing
President Trump.
Evangelical pastor Rodney Howard-Browne claimed last summer that a senior Republican lawmaker
told him a plot is in place to "take out" President TrumpThe lawmaker even told Howard-Browne
"there's nothing we can do to stop it."
As more former intelligence officials come forward to expose the Deep State, is it any
wonder the President is mulling a plan to build anti-Deep-State communications infrastructure?
As reported by The Intercept, the Trump administration is considering proposals developed by Blackwater
founder Erik Prince and a retired CIA officer in an effort to provide CIA Director Mike
Pompeo and the White House with a global, private spy network that would go around the
U.S.'s official SWAMP-INFESTED intelligence agencies.
Read more at TGP."
Schipp has had a controversial past with the CIA.
In 1999 he moved from the agency headquarters in Langley, Virginia to Camp Stanley, Texas.
The Schipp family, primarily Kevin himself, alleged that for two years while the family
was housed in Army-owned homes that they were poisoned by mold and bacteria in the walls.
Something which he said caused immense health issues with his family.
As a result, he sued the federal government for years and had his case thrown out.
Ever since, he has spoken out against the CIA and the deep state.
Despite any past experiences with the CIA and the federal government Schipp is not allowing
that to interfere with his ability to speak to the media about perceived injustices perpetrated
by the so-called Deep State.
Schipp expressed support for President Trump's December 2017 announcement regarding his Executive
Order on "Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption" by saying it was smart for the
president to call it a threat to U.S. national security.
The former CIA agent emphasized that the use of the term was effective because it is used
by the U.S. military, intelligence agencies, and domestic law enforcement.A handful of
former intelligence agents who no longer work for their respective agencies have found a
new profession in being media pundits contributing to larger news outlets such as CNN and Fox
News.
Their shtick tends to be that of an anti-government and anti-Deep State mentality.
Many of them have noted they believe the Deep State exists and that those who belong to
it do not want Republicans in office.
Share if you agree the Deep State is biased against Republicans and that they do not want
President Trump in office or his administration in power.
Share if you agree the Deep State wants President Trump to fail and would have preferred for
Hillary Clinton to win.
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El Camino Real Wins State Academic Decathlon - Duration: 0:16.
For more infomation >> El Camino Real Wins State Academic Decathlon - Duration: 0:16. -------------------------------------------
Japan lobbies U.S. for abduction and missile preconditions ahead of U.S.-N.Korea summit - Duration: 2:37.
Feeling left out of the ongoing South Korea-U.S. collaboration on denuclearizing North Korea,...
Japan has requested a set of summit preconditions for U.S. President Donald Trump,... who's
set to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in May.
Lee Seung-jae reports.
Japan appears to be on the sidelines as South Korea and the United States work hand-in-hand,...
planning their respective summits with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
And while Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took time over the weekend to meet with former
U.S. President Barack Obama during his trip to the country,... the Japanese government
continues to lobby the Trump administration to ensure there are preconditions ahead of
the U.S.-North Korea summit.
The preconditions include a promise from Pyongyang to resolve the long-running abduction issue
and to abandon their mid-range ballistic missiles capable of hitting Japan.
Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono made the request in separate talks in Washington earlier
this month with U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis and Mike Pompeo, CIA director and President
Trump's nominee for Secretary of State, and Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan.
According to Japanese officials, a number of its citizens were abducted by North Korea
in the 1970s and the 1980s,... and they are seeking U.S. help in bringing them home.
North Korea agreed with Japan in 2014 to reinvestigate the abductions, but the agreement quickly
fell apart.
However, Abe has more problems domestically,... as protesters took to the streets of Tokyo
over the weekend,... demanding he resign amid a widening cronyism scandal.
Hundreds of demonstrators turned out on Sunday,... carrying banners which read "Go to jail, Abe
',... with one sign even depicting Abe as a prisoner, in a black-and-white striped uniform.
The protest comes amid claims Abe was involved in the sale of state-owned land at a huge
discount to a nationalist school operator,... which his wife also has ties to.
The protestors also demonstrated against Abe's decision to revise the country's post-war
pacifist constitution as critics fear the revision could pave the way for the Japanese
military to play a bigger role overseas.
With the inter-Korean summit set for the end of April,... and the U.S.-North Korea summit
scheduled for some time in May,... Japan finds itself less involved in East Asia issues,...
with Abe's ongoing domestic problems,.. and his tanking approval ratings.
Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News.
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After Enacting Tough Penalties Against China, Trump Deploys US Military to Deliver Brutal Message - Duration: 3:56.
After Enacting Tough Penalties Against China, Trump Deploys US Military to Deliver Brutal
Message On Thursday, the Trump administration hit
the Chinese with $60 billion in trade penalties for intellectual property theft.
Hours later, Trump sent Beijing a message of a different sort — sailing a destroyer
near one of artificial islands created by China in the South China Sea in an attempt
to expand its geographic purview.
According to Reuters, the destroyer USS Mustin sailed within 12 nautical miles — the internationally-recognized
territorial limit — of Mischief Reef in the Spratly Islands on Friday, according to
Reuters.The destroyer then conducted "maneuvering operations" off the manufactured islands.
The move was part of what are known as "freedom of navigation" operations, or FONOPS, which
essentially send a territorial message to nations engaged in maritime irredentism.We
conduct routine and regular freedom of navigation operations, as we have done in the past and
will continue to do in the future," said Lieutenant Commander Nicole Schwegman, spokeswoman
for U.S. Pacific Fleet, when asked about the actions.
According to the South China Morning Post, Chinese officials called it a "serious military
provocation" and claimed the destroyer had been "warned off" by two Chinese frigates.What
the U.S. is doing will damage the military-to-military relations and atmosphere," Chinese defense
ministry spokesman Ren Guoqiang said.
Also damaging the atmosphere: $60 billion in trade penalties levied against China for
intellectual property violations by the Trump administration just hours prior.We have a
tremendous intellectual property theft situation going on," President Trump said as he announced
the penalties, The Daily Caller reported.
Last summer, U.S Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer began an investigation into whether
China was violating Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 through policies "related to
technology transfer, intellectual property, and innovation are unreasonable or discriminatory
and burden or restrict U.S. commerce."On Wednesday, testifying before Congress about
trade policy, Lighthizer seemed to indicate the administration was leaning in the direction
of imposing tariffs upon China as part of the administration's penalties for this
property theft.
"Our view is we have a very serious problem of losing our intellectual property.
We are losing to China in ways not reflected in underlying economics," Lighthizer said.China
is generally considered to be the main offender when it comes to American intellectual property
theft, which can cost us to $600 billion a year, according to Commerce Secretary Wilbur
Ross.
White House Trade Adviser Peter Navarro added Thursday that talks had failed to produce
any sort of meaningful results.
In addition to tariffs, the administration is also looking into blocking certain investments
as part of the penalties.A statement from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce on Thursday
said that Beijing "has expressed its position on many occasions that we resolutely oppose
this type of unilateral and protectionist action by the U.S. China will not sit idly
by while legitimate rights and interests are hurt.
"We must take all necessary measures to firmly defend our rights and interests."
Whether or not that resonates with the Trump administration is anyone's guess, although
Friday's actions in the South China Sea might provide a pretty big hint.
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CNN 10 - March 26, 2018 | Hundreds of Thousands Demonstrate in the U.S. | CNN Student News - Duration: 10:01.
For more infomation >> CNN 10 - March 26, 2018 | Hundreds of Thousands Demonstrate in the U.S. | CNN Student News - Duration: 10:01. -------------------------------------------
U.S. departs Somalia after the Battle of Mogadishu - 3/25/1994 - Duration: 1:04.
- Today in military history, 1994.
The last U.S. troops depart Somalia after
an unsuccessful campaign in a divided country.
In 1992, the United Nations sent a peace keeping force
to the country to provide food and aid
after drought, famine, and civil war
threatened the population with starvation.
In December, President George H. W. Bush launched
Operation Restore Hope, providing 25,000 U.S. troops
to support the mission and help maintain security
from Somalia's warring factions.
In 1993, President Bill Clinton
reduced the U.S. presence to 4,200 troops
and the U.N. formally assumed responsibility
for the operations.
In June, however, Pakistani U.N. peacekeepers
were ambushed by Somali warlord, General Mohamed Aidid.
President Clinton dispatched elite special ops troops
on a mission to capture Aidid,
resulting in the first battle of Mogadishu,
which would result in the loss of two Blackhawks
and 18 soldiers, with another 84 wounded.
Clinton ordered a total U.S. withdrawal
by March 25, 1994.
(dramatic music)
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JOHN KERRY OFFICIALLY UNDER INVESTIGATION AS DOSSIER PROBE TARGETS OBAMA STATE DEPARTMENT - Duration: 4:28.
JOHN KERRY OFFICIALLY UNDER INVESTIGATION AS DOSSIER PROBE TARGETS OBAMA STATE DEPARTMENT
Fox News contributor Sara Carter revealed that the House Intelligence Committee is now
investigating former Secretary of State John Kerry's "possible role," in the Steele
dossier that was paid for by the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton Campaign.
The committee began looking into Kerry's connections after his former counsel and State
Department colleague Jonathan Winer published an op-ed in the Washington Post.
Sara Carter reported:
The House Select Committee on Intelligence is now investigating former Secretary of State
John F. Kerry's possible role into the unverified dossier paid for by the Democratic National
Committee and Hillary Clinton Campaign, this reporter has learned.
The dossier, assembled by a former British spy, laid the foundation for the FBI's investigation
into alleged collusion between President Trump and Russia and was the essential piece of
evidence used by the FBI to get a warrant to spy on a former volunteer for the Trump
campaign.
For more than a month, the committee has been in its second phase of investigations focused
on former Obama State Department officials and their role in either transmitting information
or using information provided by former British spy and investigator Christopher Steele.
Steele was hired by embattled research firm Fusion GPS, also under several congressional
and Senate investigations.
[…] Jonathan Winer, a long-time colleague of Kerry
and who served as the former envoy for Libya during his tenure at the Department, wrote
an opinion piece in the Washington Post on Feb. 8, defending his relationship with Steele
and his role in the infamous dossier.The Gateway Pundit reported:
Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) recently revealed to Fox News host Laura Ingraham that Kerry
had been briefed on a 'second dossier'.
"There were comments over the weekend from people from within the State Department that
said John Kerry had been briefed on the dossier–the new dossier whatever this new dossier is and
that they also provided it to the FBI," Nunes told Ingraham.Byron York of the Washington
Examiner previously reported that the Obama State Department was being probed as to whether
or not they had a hand in the dossier.
York notes Steele was viewed inside the Obama State Department as a valuable source for
intelligence on all things Russia.
Obama State officials made a habit of disseminating reports the former British spy authored for
private clients around the Department:
A book published in November by a correspondent at the Guardian, "Collusion: Secret meetings,
dirty money, and how Russia helped Donald Trump win," noted that Steele's 2010 work
on the World Cup soccer corruption investigation won him the trust not only of the FBI, but
the State Department as well.
From author Luke Harding: The [soccer] episode burnished Steele's
reputation inside the U.S. intelligence community and the FBI.
Here was a pro, a well-connected Brit, who understood Russian espionage and its subterranean
tricks.
Steele was regarded as credible.
Between 2014 and 2016, Steele authored more than a hundred reports on Russia and Ukraine.
These were written for a private client but shared widely within the State Department
and sent up to Secretary of State John Kerry and to Assistant Secretary of State Victoria
Nuland, who was in charge of the U.S. response to the Ukraine crisis.
Many of Steele's secret sources were the same sources who would supply information
on Trump.
One former State Department envoy during the Obama administration said he read dozens of
Steele's reports on Russia.
The envoy said that on Russia, Steele was "as good as the CIA or anyone."
Steele's professional reputation inside U.S. agencies would prove important the next
time he discovered alarming material, and lit the fuse again.
Hillary Clinton, who admitted her 2016 presidential campaign helped fund the dossier, was Obama's
Secretary of State between January 21, 2009 – February 1, 2013.
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Trump to ATTACK North Korea AND Iran? US is 'scrapping diplomacy and PREPARING FOR WAR' - DAILY NEWS - Duration: 3:25.
Trump to ATTACK North Korea AND Iran? US is 'scrapping diplomacy and REPARING FOR WAR'
DONALD Trump is "scrapping diplomacy and preparing for war" after choosing to oust
former national security advisor H.R. McMaster and appoint John Bolton as part of his staff
shake-up in the White House, it has been claimed.
Stephen Miles, the Director of the Win Without War coalition, a think tank program of the
Centre for International Policy, stated the Republican firebrand's decision shows a
stark change in US policy.
He explained: "I think the message is pretty clear.
"Trump is throwing in the towel as to whatever extent he was considering diplomacy and is
preparing for war."
Mr Miles added the appointment of Mr Bolton is part of Donald Trump's formation of a
"war cabinet" against North Korea and Iran.
In the space of a month Donald Trump ousted both Rex Tillerson and H.R. McMaster in favour
of "two proponents of violent regime change" and have opposed the Iran nuclear deal, according
to Mr Miles.
Daniel L. Davis, a defence expert and retired Army Colonel, also told Newsweek that although
Mr Trump has long argued there should be no more "stupid wars", the aggressive stance
of John Bolton makes the situation "curious".
He explained: "President Trump ran on a platform of no more regime change, no more stupid wars
and argued the Iraq War was a mistake.
"His new selection for national security adviser is curious, then, given that Bolton
stands for the polar opposite on all three—overtly advocates for regime change in Tehran, recommends
a military solution for Korea and still defends the Iraq War as good."
Mr Bolton has previously advocated for violence towards North Korea and Iran.
In February the national security advisor wrote a commentary entitled "The Legal Case
for Striking North Korea First" and another in 2015 dubbed "To Stop Iran's Bomb, Bomb
Iran".
Both argued the case for a more aggressive US foreign policy.
Mr Davis emphasised his hope for Donald Trump to forego a change in policy that could result
in World War 3.
He went on: "I hope that Trump has not changed his mind.
"There's an enormous opportunity to defuse the situation in a way that nobody has to
die and no wars need to be fought."
Donald Trump long engaged in a war of words with North Korea leader Kim Jong-un that saw
them trade blows through the Republican's use of social media and Kim's propaganda
networks.
However the aggressive rhetoric from Mr Trump secured an invitation from the hermit kingdom
for talks with the despot leader.
It is understood that the meeting between the two leaders will take place in May, although
no details have been officially confirmed.
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The Real Reason Toys "R" Us Is Going Under - Duration: 5:29.
SO YOU HAVE HEARD THAT TOYS
"R" US HAVE GONE BANKRUPT.
THEY'RE GOING TO CLOSE ALL THEIR
STORES IN THE U.S. AND YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD DIFFERENT REASONS FOR
THAT BUT
YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T HEAR THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE SO THAT'S WHAT I
WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY.
CNN EXPLAINS:
IS IT MARKET REASONS?
YOU'VE GOT AMAZON CAUSING TROUBLES OBVIOUSLY FOR THE RETAIL INDUSTRY,
YOU'VE GOT OTHER COMPETITORS.
LET'S FIND OUT.
THEY WERE HAVING PROBLEMS BEFORE
AMAZON BECAME THE GOLIATH THEY ARE
NOW.
IT'S ABOUT TO GET WORSE FOR THEM.
WAS
IT THE DEBT, OR WAS IT OTHER
ISSUES AND BY THE WAY, THEIR
DEAL WITH THE KUSHNER FAMILY IS IN REGARD TO BUILDINGS IN NEW YORK
CITY, NOT RELATED TO TOYS "R" US TO BE CLEAR.
WHAT WAS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM?
CHRIS ISADORE WRITING FOR CNN EXPLAINS:
THIS IS
ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.
WHEN
COMPANIES ARE BOUGHT BY PRIVATE EQUITY GUYS LIKE BANE CAPITAL, A LOT
OF TIMES THE PRIVATE EQUITY GUYS TAKE OUT A SIGNIFICANT CHUNK OF
MONEY FOR THEMSELVES OUT OF THE COMPANY RIGHT IN THE BEGINNING.
THEY SADDLE THE COMPANY WITH DEBT THAT SO THE COMPANY CAN NEVER
IMPROVE ITSELF.
LET'S GIVE YOU THE SCOPE
OF IT.
EXACTLY AS WAS PREDICTED, AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THESE COMPANIES
ARE LOADED WITH DEBT.
THERE'S A LOT OF
DIFFERENT REASONS WHY A COMPANY MAY HAVE DEBT, THAT IS
NOT YOU LEGITIMATE.
NOT ALL OF KKR AND BAIN'S INVESTMENTS GO SOUTH LIKE
THIS AND THEY DO NOT WANT IT TO GO SOUTH, THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE
MONEY OUT ON THE BACK AND THE FRONT END.
ON THE OTHER HAND, WHEN THEY
ARE OVERLEVERAGED LIKE THIS AND A COMPANY HAS TO SPEND $400 MILLION A
YEAR JUST ON SERVICING THEIR DEBT, IT IS VERY HARD TO RECOVER.
IT IS
VERY HARD TO PUT IN THE NECESSARY INVESTMENTS IN THE ACTUAL BUSINESS
ITSELF TO GROW THE BUSINESS, TO UPKEEP THE BUSINESS, AND TO HAVE IT
BE PROFITABLE.
SO BASICALLY, YOU CAN CALL IT A VAMPIRE SQUID IF IT IS
OVERLEVERAGED, AS THEY COME IN AND THEY START SUCKING THE MONEY OUT AND
THEN WHEN IT COLLAPSES THEY GO AMAZON, WALMART.
THOSE ARE FACTORS,
BUT THEY WERE NOT THE MAIN FACTOR.
IN FACT:
BLOOMBERG REPORTS:
DON'T CRY FOR THOSE PRIVATE EQUITY COMPANIES BECAUSE THEY HAD ALREADY
TAKEN OUT NEARLY HALF $1 BILLION FROM TOYS "R" US BEFORE IT COLLAPSED
SO UNDERSTAND WHEN YOUR LOCAL STORES GO DOWN, THERE IS SOMETIMES AN
OBVIOUS REASON THAT YOU CAN SEE WITH YOUR OWN EYES, COMPETITORS DID
BETTER.
SOMETIMES THERE ARE REASONS YOU CANNOT SEE AND THAT HAS TO DO
WITH
HOW PRIVATE EQUITY IS STRUCTURED AND HOW MUCH DEBT THEY PUT ON THESE
COMPANIES AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, AND MOST OF THE DEALS, THE PRIVATE
EQUITY GUYS GET MONEY IN THE FRONT.
OFTENTIMES IN THE BACK, THEY MAKE
PLENTY OF MONEY AND THAT IS THEIR JOB BUT SOME OF THESE COMPANIES
COLLAPSE IN THE MEANWHILE AND WE NEVER HEAR OF THEM AGAIN.
AND THAT
IS HOW THIS GAME IS PLAYED.
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Kasich: US should engage, not fight with world - Duration: 6:47.
For more infomation >> Kasich: US should engage, not fight with world - Duration: 6:47. -------------------------------------------
How Did Yoga Come To The United States? - Duration: 10:08.
*Breathes out*
I actually am pretty terrible at yoga.
But I grew up watching my not-blood uncle Ranjit practicing yoga in his home every day.
And let me tell you, it didn't look like this.
"The goats love this more than the people do.
The goats are having a lot more fun, between you and I."
Yoga today is a massive industry in the United States– and it's a major part of leading a
healthy lifestyle for millions of Americans. And a fashion style for lots of others.
And while we may all know that "Om" and "Namaste" and maybe even "Chakra" are words somehow related
to yoga, the actual history of how yoga came to the United States, spread across the world
and gave birth to millions wearing Lululemon isn't as well known.
Hey guys, I'm Sana. And today I'm gonna explore the history of yoga in the United States and ask your favorite question:
Are our yoga classes cultural appropriation, appreciation...
or just late-stage capitalism?
Yoga is a massive industry in the United States.
One study found that Americans spend $16 billion a year on clothing, equipment, classes and accessories.
It's also reported that over 36 million, or 15%, of Americans had done their downward dog
at some point in the last six months. Over the course of their lives, that number increases to 28% of Americans.
And it's also everywhere in pop culture.
"Unless you're planning to move those hands down, get them off me."
"Baby bend over, baby bend over - lemme see you do that yoga."
"I'm so good at yogaaaa"
So how did a South Asian spiritual practice dating back thousands of years even get to America?
Well, say hello to Swami Vivekananda—the man credited for introducing yoga to Americans.
Vivekananda came to Chicago in 1893 to speak at the first-ever Parliament of Religions conference,
a meeting of faith leaders from around the world that was part of the Chicago World's Fair.
He's credited for having introduced Hindu spirituality to Americans through a series of speeches he gave at the conference.
Dr. Andrea Jain, who focuses on the popularization of yoga around the world, says that
while Vivekananda made yoga better known in the United States, there were others who were already dabbling in it before him.
Many Americans appropriated yoga and practiced it as a part of their spiritual traditions long before that.
They appropriated, of course, modern versions of yoga, yoga that they thought were non-dogmatic
and oftentimes removed from religious institutions.
And Vivekananda wasn't even the guy who popularized the kind of yoga we do today in classes.
B.K.S. Iyengar, K. Pattabhi Jois and T.K.V. Desikachar are credited for being the founding fathers of modern yoga.
All three were students of perhaps the most influential yoga teacher, Sri Tirumalai Krishnamacharya.
Among Krishnamacharya's most influential students was Indra Devi.
Indra Devi was key in really teaching yoga in a way that distanced it from those stereotypes of Hinduism that many Americans deemed threatening,
especially specific Hindu beliefs that might be perceived as a threat to the American religious identities.
Indra Devi – whose real name was Eugenie Peterson – was a Russian actress who
brought yoga with her to Los Angeles in 1947, where it attracted the attention of actors interested in fitness and breathing techniques.
I want to mention here that from the 1880s into the early 1900s, in response to fear of incoming immigrants,
the U.S. government enacted a series of immigration laws that barred or limited immigration from Asia.
And yoga, in particular, was treated as a "strange cult" that was "stealing" young white women.
And it's following this period that we see Indra Devi, a white woman, teach yoga.
Now, while there were many Westerners traveling to India for access to knowledge of yoga and Hindu spirituality,
it's only after the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 that we see yoga become a part of the American counterculture of the 1960s.
Hindu spirituality, or "spirituality from the East," was big.
And there were many swamis who were able to immigrate to the United States and open up centers and develop the practice.
And many young Americans in search of spiritual fulfillment continued to travel to India.
Jain notes, in our conversation, that Hindu spirituality was seen as an outright rejection of the rigidity of the church.
Most of them were Protestant Christians, and they were rejecting the Church and instead turning to what they considered to be radically alternative.
In the '70s and '80s, the growth of yoga slowed down a bit–
and that lack of growth coincided with a national conservative movement and its backlash against counterculture.
But then the '90s came and there was also a boom in corporatized everything.
Including yoga.
The 90s is when you start to see yoga represented in the mainstream as just another consumer product
that one could buy. Just like an aerobics class, one could choose to go attend a yoga class.
And part of that mainstreaming was yoga's popularity among celebrities
like Sting, Raquel Welch, Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow and actress slash fitness "guru" Jane Fonda.
Be conscious of how relaxed you feel.
Carry this feeling with you.
One of the most popular yoga books of the early 2000s, by the way, was by supermodel Christy Turlington,
who was also featured on Time magazine's cover for a story on the "Science of Yoga."
Soon, the instructors to the stars, like Baron Baptiste and Rodney Yee, became more mainstream celebrities themselves.
So, back to that pesky question:
Is practicing yoga, if you're not a part of Hindu or even South Asian culture, actually a form of cultural appropriation? Or is it appreciation?
I actually got to sit down with badass Bay Area artist Chiraag Bhakta, who in 2014 put
together an exhibit at the San Francisco Asian Art Museum called #WhitePeopleDoingYoga.
Bhakta's exhibit looked at who got the face time in marketing and teaching yoga in the United States and
—spoiler—it wasn't Indians.
My practice revolves around, focuses on, identity politics. I started coming across grassroots-level meditation and yoga ephemera from like books,
records, advertisements from the 50s to the 80s, and I was kind of curious on how yoga was being branded and marketed to the Western audience.
I don't have the answers, and I think that's why I created the piece, to like really just explore that
and to see what conversations come out of it.
Jain is also quick to point out that the appropriation conversation shouldn't be so simplified—
that yoga's own history in South Asia isn't linear.
We don't want to perpetuate some kind of very simple narrative that suggests that
there is this authentic, original tradition
called 'Yoga' that existed in South Asia that was then appropriated.
Yoga is really culturally South Asian. It doesn't belong to this religion or that.
A lot of the problem also, for Jain, comes down to how yoga is sold.
There are many countless cases in which entrepreneurs and corporations sell yoga products and services and do so in a way that is driven towards making a profit without
benefiting the conduits of yoga in South Asia.
That said, to just reduce the yoga industry to mere commercialization or commodification is just too
simple, because among many yoga practitioners, you have an interest in learning about that history.
But despite how some practitioners may have the knowledge about yoga's history and the power dynamics at play,
the commercialization has nevertheless whitewashed the practice.
In a two-year archival study of Yoga Journal magazine, there was never a South Asian person
on the cover and less than 1% of content contributors were South Asian.
And it's not really surprising when yoga, for the most part of its history, has been marketed to white, wealthy Americans.
I think it's an extension of colonialism in a lot of ways;
of mining the lands and the cultures and then using those materials for your own financial benefit.
Chiraag also pointed out how the founder of Lululemon, the leading name in Yoga apparel, actually made a comment in 2004,
in an interview, about how he chose the name for the company because it was "funny" to hear the Japanese try to pronounce it.
White male, like, making fun of one Asian culture, mining the sh*t out of another culture,
and just sitting on billions of money. And you start seeing this pattern of like, oh yeah, that sounds familiar.
And Jain notes that while many yoga consumers may actually be searching for something spiritual,
the yoga industry functions on, well, a sort of exoticization of that spirituality.
Even though we oftentimes think of commercial yoga as non-spiritual or non-religious or simply
fitness or simply commodities, it's a lot more complicated, because many of the reasons behind why consumers choose yoga
are tied to Orientalist stereotypes.
So when entrepreneurs then sell these products, they are capitalizing off of those stereotypes.
This whole conversation on appropriation and authenticity takes an uncomfortable turn when we look at how yoga has
been weaponized in India under the leadership of Narendra Modi and the Hindu nationalist BJP party.
They've been trying to reclaim yoga as a Hindu tradition as a way to assert Hindu identity
in a multi-religious country, where Muslims have come under violent threat.
So, how should we approach our yoga classes?
Is it time to drop the sun salutations and incredibly comfortable pants? Well, I'll leave that to Bhakta.
I guess what I want people to take away is to just really stop and think about
what they're stepping on, and, you know, what they're participating in,
when going to a yoga class or buying those yoga pants.
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