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Links for International News of the Day

September 3, 2019 Steve MacDonald

We hope the Links for International News of the Day will help you stay abreast of happenings in the broader world that may affect your corner of it. Afghanistan To start Afghan withdrawal, U.S. would pull 5,400 troops in 135 days. New York Times. A blast hit Kabul after the briefing on U.S.-Taliban deal to … Read more

Links for International News of the Day

June 6, 2026September 2, 2019 Steve MacDonald

We hope the Links for International News of the Day will help you stay abreast of happenings in the broader world that may affect your corner of it. China China, U.S. kick off new round of tariffs imposition in trade war. Reuters. Stocks shiver as new U.S.-China tariffs add to global gloom. Reuters. China takes … Read more

Trump Trolls Iran After their Satellite Blows up on the Launch Pad

August 30, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Here’s a quick note with which to amuse you. And a reminder at the epic level or trolling of which the sitting president is capable. Iran tried unsuccessfully to launch a satellite. It is the third such failure this year, so your President took a moment to send his condolences.

Links for International News of the Day

August 29, 2019

Israel White House announces peace plan will not be released prior to Israeli election. The Foreign Desk. Iran Trump talks up credit line for Iran, but no sign of imminent policy change. Voice of America. U.S. sanctions networks it says are connected to Iran’s government, military. The Algemeiner. U.S. sanctions Iranians it says are linked … Read more

Links for International News of the Day

August 28, 2019August 28, 2019

IRAN:

Iran’s Rouhani says there will be no talks with Trump until sanctions are lifted according to the New York Times.

Germany Thumbs Its Nose at U.S. Efforts to Ensure Freedom of Navigation for International Shipping

August 9, 2019

The German government has declined to participate in a U.S.-led coalition in the Persian Gulf. The purpose of the coalition is aimed keeping the shipping lanes open. That would ensure the uninterrupted flow of oil. It will combat Iran’s repeated hijacking attempts. Iran and Britain have been engaged in a tit for tat with international … Read more

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You’re Fracking Welcome – Downed Drones, Seized Tankers, Oil Prices Barely Budge

July 25, 2019 Steve MacDonald

The left hates fracking. They’ve gone to great lengths to stop it, from legislation to movies funded by Saudi Oil Sheiks to mobs and rants and scam science. And had they succeeded the recent disputes with Iran would have driven gas prices through the roof.

Is Maxine Waters Iran’s “Baghdad Bob?”

June 24, 2019 Steve MacDonald

The California Congresswoman known as Maxine Waters likes to say outrageous things. But how about parroting the narratives of the world’s leading sponsor of global terrorism? Yup!

US ‘Attacks’ Iran: Uses Cyber Strike to Disable Missile Systems

June 23, 2019 Steve MacDonald

There’s more than one way to disable an enemy. And while Mr. Trump decided not to approve a physical missile strike in the interest of protecting lives, he did authorize a cyber strike on Command and Control Infrastructure.

Can There Be Civilization Without Justice?

Chinese Missiles in Saudi Arabia?

June 7, 2019

Discovery or announcement? Multiple reports say Saudi Arabia has significantly escalated its ballistic missile program. The advance has come through acquisition of missiles and technology. Assuming the story is true it is not a development that moves the region closer to peace. It is a development threatening decades of US efforts to limit such proliferation … Read more

MSNBC is Already Pushing Pro-Iran Propaganda

May 20, 2019 Steve MacDonald

I’m not interested in a war with Iran. I’m hoping nothing happens to start one. But MSNBC is ready to pick sides, and it’s not with the United States, at least not under President Trump.

UN Adds Iran to the Commission on the Status of Women (The UN’s Women’s Rights Commission)

April 19, 2019 Steve MacDonald

The World Economic Forum…ranked Iran 140 out of 144 countries for gender parity. Other studies give Iran low marks for women’s rights and privileges. Morality police patrol the country. So, it only makes sense that the UN would put Iran on the Women’s Global Human Rights Commission.

Trump Donates Portion of Salary to Department of Homeland Security

March 19, 2019March 19, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Democrats like to talk about giving back to the government, You know, the thing to which we all belong. But in the background, they are hiding their assets and hoarding their money. By giving they mean some of their time for which they expect to be generously compensated.

Israel Destroys Iranian Weapons in Syria – Iran Says it is Ready for War With Israel

January 21, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Meanwhile, in the peaceful Middle East, an Iranian military outpost fired a rocket toward Israel. The Israeli Defence Force responded by striking at Quds Force positions in Syria. According to the Jerusalem Post, The IDF attack targeted military targets belonging to Iran’s Quds Force in Syria, including weapons storage sites, a site at Damascus International Airport, an Iranian intelligence … Read more

Opposition to Trump on Iran (As a Reminder) Looks a Lot Like Support for Evil

November 18, 2019November 25, 2018 Steve MacDonald

There are many defenders of Mr. Obama’s Iran deal, most of them Democrats. A deal that gave the Mullah’s moolah, and unearned legitimacy. When Donald Trump reversed that deal the Washington Political establishment snapped. The usual suspects, the press, pundits, politicians, went nuclear.

UN Court says Treaty Makes US Sanctions Illegal – Trump Admin. Dumps Treaty

October 4, 2018October 3, 2018 Steve MacDonald

The big news that doesn’t have the words Kavanaugh or Ford in it, is a declaration by the United Nations International Court of Justice. It claims that planned U.S. Sanctions on the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism are illegal and that they must ease them. Why? A 1955 Treaty with Iran.

The Trump administration’s response. We’re terminating the treaty.

Iran: Where Obama Appeased Trump Brings the Pain

September 26, 2018July 1, 2018 Steve MacDonald

Here’s something you probably missed in your diet of Cable News, if you can even stomach that stuff. Since Trump dumped the Iran deal and introduced sanctions, Iranian currency has lost 40% of its value.

The rial has lost 40 per cent of its value since last month, when President Donald Trump pulled out of Iran’s 2015 nuclear accord and announced draconian sanctions on Tehran.

These include an attempt to shut down the international sale of Iranian oil, Tehran’s main source of revenue, a threat that has cast a chill over the economy.

So is it likely that Obama knew about this and STILL gave Iran billions of dollars to ‘cement’ his ‘legacy’

September 26, 2018June 10, 2018 Skip

Answer: yes. I’m betting that everything else was Shiny Objects and Obama only wanted to give the mullahs that planeload of currency:

Iranian officials, in a first, have admitted to facilitating the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the U.S. by secretly aiding the free travel of al Qaeda operatives who eventually went on to fly commercial airliners into the Twin Towers in New York City, according to new remarks from a senior Iranian official.

America’s Declining Influence in the Middle East

July 15, 2024April 11, 2016 Steve MacDonald

Our guest is Avi Melamed, an internationally acclaimed Middle East expert, a former Senior official on Arab Affairs and Intelligence, and the author of “Inside the Middle East. Making Sense of the Most Dangerous and Complicated Region on Earth.”

Obama, O’Malley, GrokWATCH, etc..

July 15, 2024April 8, 2015 Steve MacDonald

In this segment we touch on Obama’s Iran policy, our invite to Martin O’Malley, how you can write for GraniteGrok, and the goals of the new 603 Alliance. Hint: to prevent some establishment RINO from winning the NH Primary.