First electric lamps at the Red Square. 1896. © Sputnik
WNU Editor: The above picture is form this photo-gallery .... Through the Ages: The Sights of Moscow a Century Ago and Today (Sputnik).
WNU Editor: The above picture is form this photo-gallery .... Through the Ages: The Sights of Moscow a Century Ago and Today (Sputnik).
In Hawaii, the sirens for a missile attack and a natural disaster warning sound different (Pictured: A sign in Oahu, Hawaii, after the false emergency alert)
BBC: How to survive a missile attack: What's the official advice?
What would you do if a hostile missile was flying towards your country, and you had minutes to take cover?
It's a terrifying prospect, and one the people of Hawaii faced on Saturday when an emergency warning was mistakenly sent telling them, "Seek immediate shelter. This is not a drill".
Many tweeted that they were taking refuge in bathtubs, or even under mattresses.
But what's the official guidance in the event of a North Korean missile attack?
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WNU Editor: A conventional missile attack is one thing .... a nuclear missile attack is another. It appears that everyone on Saturday believed they were under a nuclear attack .... in short .... the worse case scenario.
Sig Hecker and correspondent David Martin observe Kim Jong Un with the 'disco ball' bomb. CBS News
CBS 60 Minutes: The American scientist who's seen North Korea's nuclear secrets
It may mostly be propaganda when North Korea boasts about its nuclear capabilities, but one American says to be careful not to underestimate the country's power
Relations with North Korea had been going from bad to worse until this past week when the North suddenly agreed to send a delegation to next months' Winter Olympics in South Korea. But one thing - the most important thing - hasn't changed. North Korea insists it will never give up its nuclear weapons and is keeping them aimed at the United States. For years, the North has been boasting about its growing nuclear arsenal in an effort to convince the U.S. it cannot be pushed around. Much of that is propaganda, but all good propaganda has an element of truth. To make sure the U.S. got the message, the North Koreans handed - literally handed - an American scientist one of their most valuable nuclear secrets. And not just any scientist - but a man who used to be in charge of designing American nuclear weapons.
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WNU Editor: This is a must read post. You can also watch the video at the CBS link.
Will American politics return to normalcy in 2021 or 2025? I’m not betting on it.
Deflection as a media strategy has become an art form. Its purpose is to avoid answering a charge by misdirecting it and confusing the issue. It’s often used during crisis.
There are classics of the genre. After Princess Diana died in August 1997, the British press came under severe pressure, accused of literally driving the poor half-mad woman to her death. The paparazzi had chased her like jackals, raced after her car in the tunnel, surrounded it, and taken pictures after the crash. Fleet Street hunkered down in confusion, perhaps even some guilt. Then some genius noticed Buckingham Palace wasn’t flying a flag at half-staff. The tabloids rushed to front-page it: The cold Windsors, disrespecting Diana in death as they had in life. They shifted the focus of public ire. Suddenly there was no more talk of grubby hacks. Everyone was mad at the queen.
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WNU Editor: A good analysis on the current U.S. political scene and why half the country supports President Trump, and probably someone like him (Republican or Democrat) when he is gone ....
.... When at least half the country no longer trusts its political leaders, when people see the detached, cynical and uncaring refusal to handle such problems as illegal immigration, when those leaders commit a great nation to wars they blithely assume will be quickly won because we’re good and they’re bad and we’re the Jetsons and they’re the Flintstones, and while they were doing that they neglected to notice there was something hinky going on with the financial sector, something to do with mortgages, and then the courts decide to direct the culture, and the IRS abuses its power, and a bunch of nuns have to file a lawsuit because the government orders them to violate their conscience . . .
Why wouldn’t people look elsewhere for leadership? Maybe the TV star’s policies won’t always please you, but at least he’ll distract and entertain you every day. The other ones didn’t manage that!
The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 17, 2017
NBC: Flake to denounce Trump media attacks as Stalinist in Senate speech
WASHINGTON — Sen. Jeff Flake is planning to slam President Donald Trump's attacks on the press on the Senate floor this week in a speech that will compare the president's use of the term "enemy of the people" to describe the media to Soviet dictator Josef Stalin.
"When a figure in power reflexively calls any press that doesn't suit him ‘fake news,’ it is that person who should be the figure of suspicion, not the press," Flake, R-Ariz., will say, according to excerpts of the speech provided to NBC News.
Trump called the media the "enemy of the people" in a February tweet. "The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!" the president wrote on Twitter.
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Update: Flake to evoke Stalin in Senate speech slamming Trump’s attacks on media: report (The Hill)
WNU Editor: Both Lenin and Stalin used the term "enemy of the people" on numerous occasions. But as far as I can remember, Stalin never used the term "enemy of the people" to describe the media .... after-all why should he .... he controlled the media. As to Senator Flake's wanting to compare President Trump to Stalin .... sighhhh .... Stalin was someone who ordered mass purges, famines that killed millions, and the establishment of a Gulag system that consumed and killed millions of the best in the former Soviet Union. To compare anyone to that monster is .... to put it bluntly .... disrespectful to those who suffered under Stalin's rule. Shame on Sen Jeff Flake wanting to use that comparison, and shame on the media that is going to publicize it without criticism when he makes it.
Reuters: Violent protests resume in Tunisia after two days of calm
TUNIS (Reuters) - Violent protests erupted again on Sunday in two areas of the capital Tunis and another town after a relatively calm two days, the latest protests in the country against austerity measures.
After nearly a week of at times violent protests, police used tear gas against dozens of young protesters in the Ettadamen district of Tunis in renewed demonstrations over a tax hike.
A Reuters witness saw youths around 20 years old throwing stones at police cars and setting fire to tires before security forces drove them back with tear gas.
Witnesses told Reuters that violent protests were also taking place in Kram district in the capital.
Protesters in Feriana city near the Algerian border tried to cut off roads and police were chasing protesters in the streets of the city and firing gas bombs.
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More News On The Protests In Tunisia
Police use tear gas on protesters in Tunisia, reports say -- BBC
Fresh protests in Tunisia on anniversary of Arab Spring uprising -- DW
Tunisians Rally Against Austerity Measures, Deride Concessions -- Bloomberg
Tunisia protests: Reforms announced amid new rallies -- BBC News
Tunisia's Jasmine Revolution commemorations clash with anti-government protests -- The National
Mass protests spread to 10 cities in Tunisia; what's happening in cradle of Arab Spring? -- International Business Times
Tunisia's Government Pledges Improvements After Protests -- New York Times
Seven Years Later, Tunisia Still Stands Apart -- STRATFOR
Tunisia, shaken by protests, marks 7 years since revolution -- PBS NewsHour
Why are Tunisians protesting? -- Youssef Cherif, Al Jazeera
VOA: DRC Launches Offensive Against Ugandan Rebels in Its East
GOMA, DRC — Congolese troops began a military offensive in the eastern city of Beni on Saturday against the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a Ugandan rebel armed group blamed for an attack that killed 15 U.N. peacekeepers last month.
The operation is part of a joint effort by the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda against the group after the suspected ADF attack on a base manned by Tanzanian peacekeeping troops.
That attack, which also killed five Congolese soldiers and wounded another 53 peacekeepers, came amid a rising wave of violence in the mineral-rich, ethnically volatile area.
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Update #1: DR Congo army launches new operation against Ugandan rebels -- New Vision/AFP
Update #2: DR Congo army launches offensive against ADF rebels -- Al Jazeera
WNU Editor: This part of African has been in a constant state of war for decades .... will this new offensive make a difference .... I do not know. But the nations in the region are cooperating .... and that is a positive development.
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