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Qatar Stock Exchange Plunges 8% After Saudis, Egypt, Bahrain & UAE Cut Diplomatic Ties

Days after President Trump’s visit and hours after the annual Bilderberg meeting let out, the Qatar stock exchange plunged over 8 percent in trading after news broke that Bahrain, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt cut off diplomatic ties over accusations of Qatar ‘spreading chaos,’ by ‘funding terrorism and supporting Iran.’

The countries cutting ties have shut down all land, sea, and air crossings with the tiny energy-rich nation that has the highest per capita income in the world, and Qatari visitors and residents have two weeks to leave – while diplomats have just 48 hours.

With $335 billion in its sovereign wealth fund and it’s extensive port facilities, it looks like Qatar can avoid immediate economic crisis.

Does this hinge on fake news?

This massive shunning is the result of a broadcast which Qatar claims was a hack of their state-run news agency in order to misrepresent the Emir as a backer of radical Islam – whereby a tape was played of Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani speaking with no audio, while ‘hacked’ captions containing for his support of terrorism and Iran scrolled across the ticker at the bottom of the screen.

After the broadcast, Saudi Arabia and the UAE blocked Qatari news organization Al-Jazeera last week.

Amid Qatar’s denials, Saudi-owned satellite television networks immediately began airing repeated stories about the disputed comments. By early Wednesday morning, those living in the UAE and subscribers to local cable providers couldn’t access the channels of Al-Jazeera, the pan-Arab satellite broadcaster based in the Qatari capital, Doha.

Attempts to reach its websites brought up a warning from the UAE’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority saying the site “contains content that is prohibited.”

In Saudi Arabia, internet users also found Al-Jazeera websites blocked with a warning from the kingdom’s Culture and Information Ministry.

WaPo

Why this, why now? One thought is that Saudi Arabia has had a PR problem ever since the 2016 US election. In addition to egregious human rights abuses and massive donations to the Clinton Foundation paraded under the spotlight, the house of Saud was exposed by Wikileaks in an email sent from Hillary Clinton to John Podesta – along with Qatar – for providing ‘clandestine financial and logistic support to ISIL and other radical Sunni groups in the region.’ Remember, in another timeline Hillary was supposed to have won, those WikiLeaks were never meant to see the light of day, and that Saudi / Qatar pipeline was supposed to be built.

And now Israel has assembled a coalition to go fight ISIS / Terrorism / Iran – which includes Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Israel, Egypt, and Jordan. Fine – but even with an acquiescent Donald Trump as US President, it still leaves a huge PR problem for Saudi Arabia considering what we know about them.

So, Qatar goes down

Since Saudi Arabia is all good with the West – human rights abuses and all, it looks like the plan is to isolate Qatar as the lone supporter of terrorism in the region and an ally to Iran.

I wonder what this means for the relationship between the United States and Qatar? We have forces stationed at Al Udeid Air Base in West Doha – which is home to the forward headquarters of US Central Command (USCC) and the USAF Central Command (USAFCC).

 

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CNN Caught Staging Fake News? Network Trots Out Muslims To Feign Outrage After London Attacks [updated]

Update: CNN Responds Below

Update 2: Same protestors, multiple locations?

Being one of the more inept tentacles of the deep state, CNN was apparently caught staging Fake News in the aftermath of the ISIS claimed London attacks which claimed 7 lives and injured 48.

While ISIS supporters are celebrating the attacks, MSM propagandists have been hard at work pushing the “religion of peace” narrative – trotting out hijabbed women and a child to hold signs expressing Muslim outrage at the terrorist attacks.

This doesn’t appear to have been an ‘organic’ protest against terrorism. Instead, it looks very much like CNN staged their outrage.

Check it out…

AP has used the #FakeNews pictures:

Update: CNN Responds

Update 2: Same protestors, multiple locations?

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UK TERRORIZED: Multiple Casualties In London Bridge Van Attack, Stabbings and Gunfire

Update:

Original

At least two people are confirmed dead and multiple injured following what appear to be coordinated acts of terrorism in the UK at two central London landmarks. In the first attack, a van driven by a gang of five terrorists plowed into a crowd at London Bridge shortly after 10PM, then jumped out and began attacking people with knives. The gang was seen stabbing a man in the chest five times before trying to break into a London Bridge pub before being gunned down by police.

Minutes later, there was a second incident at Borough Market in which three men were seen stabbing people – and an hour later, Metropolitan police responded to a stabbing in the Vauxhall area.

The attacks come nearly two weeks after a blast killed 22 concertgoers in Manchester and a warning from PM Theresa May that another attack ‘may be imminent.

London Bridge

A white van driver came speeding – probably about 50mph – veered of the road into the crowds of people who were walking along the pavement –BBC

Borough Market

DEVELOPING…

 

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Debbie Wasserman Schultz Uses Voice Changer To Call Law Firm Suing DNC – Forgets To Disable Caller ID

There was a hilarious filing with the court today in the lawsuit against the Democratic National Committee – in which Debbie Wasserman Schultz is a defendant…

Attorney Elizabeth Lee Beck’s office received a call just before 5PM on Thursday from an individual who was apparently using a ‘robotic and genderless’ voice changing device, sniffing around with questions about the DNC lawsuit filed over cheating in the 2016 election. The suit – based on documents released by hacker Guccifer 2.0, claims that the DNC colluded with Sec. Hillary Clinton’s campaign ‘to perpetrate a fraud on the public.’ (see more here)

After a brief chat with the law firm’s secretary, the ‘mysterious’ voice-masking caller concluded the call with an ‘Okey dokey.’

And whose number showed up when the law firm turned around and googled the number from the caller ID? Why, who else but Debbie Wasserman Schultz’ Aventura office!

Caller ID:

See filing here.

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Not All Democrats Pissed About Paris Pullout – Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) Has Trump’s Back

Amid a cacophony of autistic screeching from the left following Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris Climate Accord, at least one Democrat stands strong behind the President. Senior ranking Democrat Senator from West Virginia, Joe Manchin, issued a statement saying he ‘does not believe that the Paris Agreement ensures a balance between our environment and the economy.’

Manchin – a staunch advocate for the West Virginia coal industry, has drawn criticism from the left – with some calling him a “rogue conservative Democrat” for cozying up to President Trump, as well as his not-so liberal views on energy independence. In addition to being the only democrat to cross party lines and vote to confirm Jeff Sessions, Manchin had some harsh words for White House National Economic Council director, ‘globalist’ Gary Cohn last week – after the former #2 employee at Goldman Sachs made anti-coal comments in Europe…

“Yeah, Gary, I don’t know what the hell happened with Gary. Jesus Christ, what’s wrong with these people?” Manchin joked when asked for a response to Cohn’s comments this week that coal “doesn’t make much sense anymore.” Cohn’s comments run counter to President Trump’s position on the issue, too, since Trump said the “war on coal is over” with him as president. –Breitbart

Statement:

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New Twitch Channel Lets People Gamble With $50K Of Some Other Guy’s Money

A new Twitch channel created by Amazon engineer Mike Roberts allows participants to buy and sell stocks with his money, in what Roberts describes as the “first co-op multiplayer game in the world in which real money is involved to play the stock market.”

StockStream Live is a group chat stock market ‘game’ with an 8-bit 90’s gaming style user interface set to party tunes. A stock ticker graces the top of the Twitch feed, while news and current events are displayed below.

Trading starts at 9 a.m. EST, and users can vote on new stocks to buy every five minutes in an account Roberts funded with $50,000 and hooked up to the Robinhood trading platform. Users with winning picks are eligible to earn ‘points,’ for prizes which Roberts intends to roll out down the road.

Hundreds of thousands of people have tuned in to watch Roberts’ savings rise and fall.

Behold:

From Roberts’ FAQ”

Is this really using real money?

Yes. Anyone can vote in the Stock Stream Twitch Channel on which stocks should be bought or sold. Trades are executed automatically using Robinhood.

How much money is available?

The account is funded with $50,000 though unfortunately, due to FINRA/SEC regulations, trading will halt if the account value falls below $25,000.

How do I play?

Visit the Stock Stream Twitch channel and see the HowTo below the video.

What stocks can be bought or sold?

Everything on Robinhood except for a few restrictions due to volatility or FINRA/SEC regulations.

How long will this continue?

This stream will run every day, while market is open. If the account value falls below $25,000, trading halts, and the game is over. In the future prizes may be offered to players with high scores.

 

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Sears Announces Kmart Malware Attack – Says EMV ‘Chip’ Payment System Prevented Large Scale Fraud

Five days after Chipotle, Inc. announced a massive malware attack resulted in widespread theft of customer payment data, Kmart parent company Sears ($SHLD) revealed that several Kmart locations had been similarly infested with malware. While the beleaguered company disclosed that “certain credit card numbers” were compromised, it appears the majority of customers were unaffected –  which the company says is thanks to their decision upgrade all Kmart locations to EMV “smart chip” credit and debit card Point-of-sale (POS) machines.

All Kmart stores were EMV “Chip and Pin” technology enabled during the time that the breached had occurred and we believe the exposure to cardholder data that can be used to create counterfeit cards is limited. –Kmart

This is in stark contrast to a 2014 malware attack on Kmart’s older magnetic swipe Point of Sale system which resulted in the theft of customer data – allowing thieves to create counterfeit cards, according to Sears spokesman Chris Brathwaite.

[2014] Brathwaite stressed that the data stolen included only “track 2” data from customer credit and debit cards, and did not include customer names, email address, physical address, Social Security numbers, PINs or any other sensitive information.

However, he acknowledged that the information stolen would allow thieves to create counterfeit copies of the stolen cards. krebsonsecurity.com

Kmart has issued a FAQ regarding the hack.

While Kmart looks to have dodged a bullet, Chipotle is still using magnetic POS machines

Chipotle ($CMG) declined to upgrade to the newer EMV chip reading equipment in 2015 – citing inefficiencies and concerns over delays in the authentication process in a fast paced food service environment.

The breach could mean big trouble for shares of Chipotle, which have only partially recovered from an E.coli outbreak in late 2015. According to Reuters, security analysts say the company will likely face a fine based on the size of the breach and number of records compromised.

“If your data was stolen through a data breach that means you were somewhere out of compliance” with payment industry data security standards, Julie Conroy, research director at Aite Group, a research and advisory firm.

“In this case, the card companies will fine Chipotle and also hold them liable for any fraud that results directly from their breach,” said Avivah Litan, a vice president at Gartner Inc (IT.N) specializing in security and privacy. –Reuters

Who knows, maybe the GMO-refusing burrito merchants carry separate cyberliability insurance?

In 2015 the credit card industry shifted liability to those who haven’t upgraded to EMV systems

Per Gizmodo

If stores accept EMV payments, the credit card companies still accept liability for counterfeit fraud. That’s true even if the store accepts EMV payments, but also accepts magnetic stripe payments, and one of those magnetic stripe payments turns out to be fraudulent. The technical wording from Visa is, “The party that has made investment in EMV deployment is protected from financial liability for card-present counterfeit fraud losses on this date. If neither or both parties are EMV compliant, the fraud liability remains the same as it is today.”

While EMV payment systems don’t prevent over-the-phone credit card fraud, MasterCard said overall fraud had dropped 54% year-over-year in September of 2016. That’s significant.

As the banking industry shifts towards convenient and safe digital payment systems and a cashless society, enjoy the smell of paper fiat currency while it’s still around. Then go play with your gold and silver collection.

 

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CNN Beheads Contract With Kathy Griffin After Public Outrage

Despite a ginger apology from ISIS impersonator Kathy Griffin and after a 24 hour ‘wait and see’ on the optics of her Trump beheading stunt, CNN has canceled it’s New Year’s Eve contract with the comedienne.

Of course neither Griffin nor CNN are actually sorry… They’re sorry her stunt will impact their bottom lines when advertisers began pulling ads from the Fake News network and venues began canceling Griffin’s stand up appearances.

The Trumps did not take Griffin’s stunt sitting down

Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway points out the fact that Griffin’s photo shoot was very intentional…

Even Griffin BFF Anderson Cooper distanced himself

ADT has begun pulling ads from CNN

Even the Church of Satan wanted nothing to do with Griffin’s stunt

And then there’s Jeopardy champ Ken Jennings talkin’ shit…

Nothing like electing a conservative outsider President to expose the true colors of the left…

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Tucker Carlson Immolates Suspected Antifa Bike Lock Attacker’s Activist Attorney

Last night Tucker Carlson danced circles around Dan Siegel, the civil rights attorney representing Berkeley bike lock attack suspect Eric Clanton who may be facing more than 40 years in state prison. Siegel, an activist lawyer, former Oakland mayoral candidate, and community organizer who led a moment of silence for  ‘brother comrade’ Hugo Chavez in 2013, thought he could try lawyer-talking his way around Tucker’s questions. Nope. Carlson went in with brows at full drop and Comrade Siegel was artfully vanquished.

During an April 15th demonstration at Civic Center Park in Berkeley, a man identified by researchers on the website 4chan as Diablo Valley College professor Eric Clanton allegedly hit Trump supporter Sean Stiles over the head with a u-shaped bike lock. Clanton was arrested last week and his apartment was searched – turning up a cache of Antifa paraphernalia, U-locks, sunglasses, and facial coverings.

It looks like Siegel’s 3 pronged defense will be to try and discredit 4chan, say Clanton wasn’t at the event, and peddle the notion that an off-camera provocation justifies attempted murder with a bike lock.

Siegel: “It hasn’t even proven that he was present at that event, much less that he hit anyone, much less that he did so without justification.”

And of course, what argument with a leftist would be complete without bringing up Hitler:

Siegel: “These alt-right people were using Nazi and KKK salutes, waving a flag that has Nazi and KKK symbols on it. People didn’t like that.”

You are, without really looking into it, are assuming that these 4chan people have produced some legitimate evidence of an assault.

‘These 4chan people’?

Siegel’s poor grasp on 4chan tells me he doesn’t know what he’s dealing with. First of all – this is the ‘Nazi flag’ he’s referring to:

The symbols on the flag are the name of the Egyptian frog-diety “Kek” and the 4chan website logo. Here’s video of Siegel acting all confused about it.

Meanwhile, one of the ‘Nazis’ at the rally appears to be an Antifa member in disguise.

4chan doesn’t mess around

When they aren’t exposing disgusting Burger King employees and driving Trump’s #1 Twitter troll into quit Twitter and leave the country, researchers on the site have made headlines geolocating a terrorist training camp which resulted in an airstrike on ISIS, harassed Shia LaBeouf to the point of melting down in a bowling alley, and perhaps most notably – helped Donald Trump win the 2016 election by deciphering tens of thousands of emails released by Wikileaks in amazing time. And they’re still at it – working furiously on the Seth Rich investigation and other swamp related matters.

And ol’ Siegel doesn’t keep up with the news

Trying his best to paint the ‘alt-right’ as violent, Dan Siegel brought up the stabbing in Portland, Oregon – in which the attacker was initially mis-reported as an alt-right nutcase, only to be revealed as a Bernie Sanders supporter.

Siegel: Now, we’ve been at these rallies where these alt-rightists have stabbed people. We had the incident in Portland Oregon just the other day, so for you to suggest that these right wingers are peaceful supporters of the First Amendment is ridiculous.

Carlson: But that’s totally been debunked! The guy who’s been charged with the two murders in Portland was not an alt-right guy, he was not a Trump supporter. He was a Bernie Sanders supporter and a Jill Stein reporter.

Siegel: Oh come on! He gets up in court today and says I’m not a terrorist, I’m a patriot!

Carlson: It’s on his Facebook page! Maybe you should do a little research before you go popping off on television. It’s his statement, not mine. It’s not a close call – he says “I did not vote for Trump…” …but to lay it at the feet of Trump supporters is just wrong, by his own description!

Speaking of stabby people – I guess Dan Siegel forgot about the concealable knives Antifa was selling for their rallies.

All in all, it was quite the cucking by Carlson – who left Eric Clanton’s attorney a bit worse for wear by the end of the interview. Oh, and it looks like someone from 4chan may have gotten to Seigel’s Wikipedia page.

See video below:

(alternate)

Anyone else think of this guy?

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John Sununu Savages CNN’s Alisyn Camerota Over Coverage Of Trump-Russia Investigation

In a Tuesday interview on CNN’s ‘New Day,’ former governor of New Hampshire and Bush I Chief of Staff John Sununu busted out a flamethrower and lit host Alisyn Camerota’s dark-rooted hair on fire in a heated exchange over the network’s reporting of the Trump-Russia investigation.

Camerota: You should be concerned if there was collusion.

Sununu: I don’t see any evidence of collusion. Do you?

Camerota: No

[awkward pause]

Sununu: Ok so that should end your reporting right there. You should put an exclamation point after your no!

Camerota: Understood, but we’re at the beginning of the investigation so-

Sununu: You’re seven months into the investigation!

Camerota then suggests that since former FBI head Robert Muller just took over the investigation, that the clock was somehow reset and that they’re just starting out. Nevermind the entire ‘unmasking’ operation conducted by the Obama administration which was both illegal and bore no fruit.

Sununu: Can I ask a question? If muller comes out and says that my version is correct, and yours isn’t – how much crow are you going to eat?

Camerota: Governor – I don’t have a version of events.

Sununu: Of course you do! The whole half hour I listened to you is a version.

Sununu ends strong – telling the absolute truth:

Camerota: Governor, we appreciate your perspective that there’s nothing to see here, and that the investigation is – I dunno, silly.

Sununu: Politically motivated, by folks trying to rationalize a horribly run Democratic presidential campaign.

[mic drop]

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