moscow washington sanctions on russia's north's train to gas pipeline to germany saying it's crossed a crucial line against its nato allies and it comes as birdland gives an angry at reaction as well branding the sanctions interference in domestic affairs. a u.s. court rules that american spy agencies can collect data on citizens without a warrant if done by accident. a man has been sentenced to 16 years in jail for stealing and burning an l g b t flag from the us church we debate whether the time fits the crime. 16 years for offending probably one of the most privileged groups in america when it came to

force he did not express any regrets indeed justified exemptions based upon his particular extremist interpretation of the truth should say. you're watching r t international i'm rosana low could frank you for joining us. now there has been strong reaction from moscow over the latest u.s. sanctions targeting north stream to the russian gas pipeline to europe that's almost complete. we're looking very closely at the us crossing a crucial edge of foreign policy as it starts imposing sanctions which russia has already become accustomed to against its own allies we can see the intention to make europe by american liquefied gas and thus to slow the development of the continent's economy to undermine its capability of competing with the u.s.

in the global markets washington has decided that even the closest nato allies don't deserve mercy if the us geo political and commercial ambitions are at stake the german government has regretfully taken into account that sanctions against north stream to turks stream initiated by the us congress they affect german and european companies and are tantamount to interference in our domestic affairs well we requested comment from the nordstrom spokesperson who told us completing the project is essential for european supply security adding the work will be finished as soon as possible they are also slammed washington's punitive measures saying it object to any penalties against european companies that are conducting legal business and it comes as the main swiss contractor of north stream 2 pulls out over washington's tough penalties saskia taylor told my colleague and a farmer more about this story. the trumpet ministration sanctions have become a political tool of choice and often simply used as an automatic reaction to

anything that the president takes issue with in this case is apparently no different because president trump has officially signed a bill which will require him to impose sanctions on any foreign companies and individuals which are involved in the building of nordstrom to no money of course no no $2.00 is a huge $11000000000.00 pipeline over 1000 kilometers long running from russia to germany and essentially it's going to flood the european continent with russian gas at a faster and cheaper rate than anything else currently available on the market since the very beginning washington has had a bit of a problem with the project germany is really drove out of russia because they were getting from 60 to 70 percent of their energy from russia and the new part we don't want your energy supplies to. the united states commends all our european partners used to going to strong stand against north stream 2. and we demand others to do

the same many see this bill as a last ditch attempt by the u.s. to stop trying to end its trucks the pipeline was originally due to be completed by mid 2020 but it seems they're ahead of schedule the only 2 weeks out from it being done in fact there are any around 60 to 70 kilometers left of the pipeline to lay now one of the many companies which will be affected by this bill is the swiss can i say should. and they've been providing vessels for the construction a couple of days ago and they in fact received a very aggressive left a from the republican senator ted cruz which can only be described really as a letter of blackmail he gave them an ultimatum either you stop participating in this project or we're going to freeze all your assets in the u.s. and we're going to. have your employees from coming into the u.s. so unfortunately they count out and and have stopped all the operations america has made it clear is concerned it says about europe's energy secure. it's a bit of a. wildcard pipelines between russia and europe run through several european

countries such as poland better russia ukraine. this means that of course that they get a very hefty transit fee for allowing these pipelines through in contrast to the baltic sea meaning that these countries will be bypassed washington maintains that this is unfair and specifically with regards to ukraine says that it's somehow politically motivated what's very important to note here is that just a few hours before the bill was signed into effect russia and ukraine decided that they would likely by the end of $29000.00 sign a new 5 year agreement on russian transit gas value crane to europe so that completely undermines what washington saying that somehow russia is trying to cut ukraine out of a deal and it's led many to suspect that really what washington's up to is is trying to eliminate fact competition and its dominance in the energy markets especially considering that bill also impose sanctions on another russian pipeline

which is tug stream which runs through the black sea tuckey so it's quite a patent being established to your so america has to be exported to europe as a result in europe's reaction to all of this the e.u. and u.s. standpoint on this issue couldn't be more different european countries call this an economic project that benefits everyone involved russia agrees germany and particular has consistently said that european and that you policy is europe's business and it's also a us to stop meddling so it's probably on surprising that these latest sanctions were not welcomed when germany's delinquent party member. thinks the u.s. sanctions have done some serious damage to relations between washington. this project is so close to completion and it's so crucial to the german economy. that there will be a way and we will find a way to complete this project but of course the damage to the german american

relations is down and. the idea that america is consciously imposing extra charity extraterritorial sanctions to the german economy to hurt the german consumers is now firmly implanted into germany's minds from the left to the right that is absolutely outraged by the actions of the us government because in germany frankly some parts of the governing party are very close to the u.s. government but they are by this decision because they know the importance of russian gas supply to the entire german economy. in other news america is a spy agencies are permitted to to gather information on citizens without a warrant in certain situations the u.s. court of appeal has ruled this can happen if a non mushin or who is legitimately being monitored abroad makes contact with an american the case was brought by an american citizen arrested in 2011 he had

pleaded guilty to attempting to give material support to a terrorist organization however he questioned whether it was legal for the n.s.a. to collect information on him without a warrant former intelligence official and whistleblower william binney told us the ruling does not reveal anything new. it doesn't make no difference at all it was all under executive order $12.00 triple 3 section $23.00 c. which they used it's been signed into into effect since the reagan years the reagan presidency so they've been using that as in the as a way and also the they used the excuse that they are unable to separate. the data that's a right lie to so they've been lying to the courts all along they had the capability to sort that stuff out it's just that they don't want to because that gives them power over everyone the ability to look into all the political opponents like they did the president trump. he had a say to illegal mass phone and internet surveillance of its own citizens was

revealed back in 2013 by edward snowden a form of contract at the agency he's wanted in the us funny king classified information but was granted asylum by russia. the alphabet soup of government agencies was it carrying out all kinds of wild spying and violations of privacy it was all pretty clearly a violation of the us constitution or that meant that offers protection from unreasonable search and seizure however at the time the n.s.a. tried to fight back pretty hard does the n.s.a. collect any type of data. on millions or hundreds of millions of americans.

no sir. it does not. not wittingly 7 years on u.s. federal courts have ruled that edward snowden the whistleblower who feel this apparatus of surveillance won't be able to make any money from the book that he just published the ruling argues that edward snowden violated his contract with the cia and the n.s.a. because he didn't submit his book for prepublication review who don't want to see books like to skip written especially don't want to see books like this get rid of from it is still pursuing that case quite strongly they're more focused on the financial censorship side of it this court ruling comes as federal courts have also ruled that it is now acceptable to monitor the communications of americans with a quote foreign interest without any procedure or warrant so while u.s.

courts have ruled that it is now acceptable to continue carrying out practices once considered to be scandalous they have come down pretty hard on the man who revealed the. practices to the public so do americans even remember edward snowden we decided to ask new yorkers can you tell us who edward snowden is no he doesn't ring any bells hope it weren't snowden i don't know edward snowden is. it's. way to 2nd snowden's not the. not to brooks that guy adam he is the wiki leaks not like the wiki leaks guy but the guy who was working for the government here and is over in russia now know that he leaked some information he leads. basically the government spying on us and watching of our things and gave a detailed report as to what the government's doing yes there was massive outrage

back in 2013 when this was 1st revealed but it seems that sense then this is all become part of the new normal in the united states what was wiretapping of civilians will continue in the united states and american leaders will also continue to boast that they have the freest country in the world what they're doing is saying they're incapable it's an admission that the n.s.a. is incapable of collecting only targeted data on large fine lines that they're monitoring so i mean to me that now is not a problem in that in the 99 days we could have done that but they decided not to do that they wanted to collect everything but they're not saying here is that the cia the f.b.i. and the d.a. and other law enforcement people have access to that data to search for common crime inside the united states and they use it against u.s. citizens in the in the criminal courts without the without telling the quarter or anybody else in the court lawyers included so that they're fundamentally violating the rights of thousands of u.s.

citizens every year and they do this without any oversight whatsoever or even attempted oversight no are saying the u.s. in the united states with any of the intelligence they these is any good anyway it's just it's overlooked kind of the conversations they have it's not oversight at all. and then found guilty of committing a hate crime has been sentenced to 16 is in jail after staining and burning an elegy b.c. flag from the u.s. church adelphia martinez was 1st arrested in june and accused of desecration the flag belonging to a local church in iowa or in the way he was also convicted of 3rd degree harassment and reckless use of fire and he's admitted he's against homosexuality but the lengths also sentence has cool some debate. why does the left cheer when the american flag is burning no one goes to jail for that but they do for burning an activist movements flag while he got more years than murderous get in the u.k.

unbelievable so burning a rainbow flag is hate speech bunting an american flag is freedom of speech i see. he should have been the american flag then he would have been praised statues dedicated well i think in principle people should have the ride to behead flags a flag is a symbol and people have a right to disagree with homosexuality they have a right to disagree with denied states or britain i don't think that should be a crime per se but i would say that the flag is a bit different from the american flag because it days ignites a specific community in the same way as maybe burning a jewish flag might designate the jewish community you look at the report of what happened he was kicked out of the strip club he grabbed the flag he set it on fire outside of the strip club and started ranting about i was going to burn down the club i was in there i don't know it sounds like maybe he was wasted i don't think i

don't think this is that they just would go around doing even if that weren't the case it still is extreme and hate crime laws are silly anyway they should exist no a crime happened here it is absolutely 100 percent our institutionally protected speech to burn the gates of the gay pride flag in the same way that according to the supreme court's also protected speech to burn the american flag well i'm gay and much of my human rights involve supporting the human rights of l.g.b. plus people but i've got to say this sentence is excessive it is disproportionate it is not commensurate with the crime committed however there are some disturbing elements a he was not given the sentence purely for stealing the flag and for burning it there were also. accusations and claims of arson and threats to burn down other properties namely a strip club when it came to course he did not express any regrets and indeed

justify his actions based upon his particular extremist interpretation of the christian faith i don't believe that this flag necessarily represents the rainbow flag i don't think it. uppers and gay individuals maybe at one point attempted to but we've come to a point where the rainbow flag and all the symbolism represents an l g b t political ideology which is becoming increasingly authoritarian increasingly toxic increasingly anti-christian so people are going to have gripes about it i mean this is actually proven that people are our millennial was a study done recently that young people millennia old are less in favor of now they were a few years ago now the left in the gay lobby would say that is due to hate speech on the internet and trumps america blah blah blah no i would say the real reason is probably because this movements that is symbolized by the flag has become authoritarian and ridiculous we see it with the insane trans narrative in the bathroom transfer people in women's sports we see it with the children with the

transylvanian the drag queen story many of you can think of and this is just another example 16 years for offending probably one of the most privileged groups in america. well still to come on the program the u.s. democrats have released a go i don't have to come up propaganda will bring you the top tips to this quick break. understanding of shell is that it's a money loser from day one but it doesn't matter in the u.s. because all the creditors to lend money into the shell industry are constantly being bailed out by the central bank that prints money that's why they do it for the fees it's great for the banks but it's not an energy play it a lot of business it's a sinkhole but here as you point out in argentina so they can't just print their way out of a losing situation and the economy is already a bit fragile you don't want to add another loser into the mix like shale drilling

voided completely. the world is driven by shaped by one person. thinks. we dare to ask. welcome back you know the us democrats have an axe to grind when it comes to propaganda which perhaps is why they've released a guy i don't how to spot and find it top tips include don't watch altie and read

george orwell. hawk and steve. the us democrat party is concerned about the information people are consuming so they've created a handy guide to make sure you can distinguish right from wrong we've seen what happens when does information goes unchecked it threatens our democracy and makes us less safe that's why we're making sure you know how to combat bots troll farms think accounts dissin from asian and propaganda it's short and sweet and prepares you on how to fight fake news and use social media properly and responsibly so let's take a look actively seek out information online from multiple authoritative sources firstly you should actively look for news don't just absorb but there is one caveat you should try to find only or thought of sources if you can't decide what those are just use the ones approved by fact checkers and don't go near the blacklist speaking off fact checkers news god is one plug in the list recommends it's got

several high ranking officials on its advisory board of a previous cia director the nato secretary general to former us government officials and leading media figures and it marks many mainstream outlets as trustworthy despite any scandals they may have been embroiled in while r t is a big no no so change channel right now before it's too late. ask yourself who the author of online content is where they posted the information and what they're hoping you will do with it next check is the author factuality and objectivity seem to be prioritized in their guidelines something one can argue with until they mention social media transparency features as one tool to help find the facts there's a link to facebook's transparency of god lines which separate the real from the fake but it's fair to say not all those telling the objective truth get verified

and all those verified stick to the objective truth. rules 3 and 4 go without saying of course one should never be manipulated nor let blatant fakes go unchallenged the void to be manipulated by divisive or dishonest content if you see something untrue and social media trying to inject truth into the debate and then we move on to the final and most comprehensive point educate yourself on the tactics of online manipulators as a whole list of recommendations of what to watch and read and perhaps unsurprisingly the emphasis is on democratic leaning outlets from n.b.c. to the new york times they also have recommendations for you to watch projects launched by loyal media you can learn all about internet outrage on the right wing's role in fake news controversies on a podcast by the daily new york times enterprise also in the recommended reading list of pieces on russian interference the $26000.00 election and trumps alleged

collusion with moscow as even a special warning reserved specifically for right wing this information though no mention of the same risks on the other side of the political spectrum and if you're short on time and can't read a lot there's some quick links the democrats supported social media accounts although if you do have a bit more time on your hands you can always delve into longer reports where you can mainly learn all about russia's efforts to attack and destroy worldwide democracy always a classic democrat narrative it was borrowed short who said if you teach a man you will never learn this god may go even further not teaching but telling in no uncertain terms where the truth apparently lies to be found only in acceptable narratives and only trustworthy sources and summing up that list george orwell's 1984 though i only lost their. oh chris hedges is the pulitzer prize winning host

of the anti show on contract he says the d.n.c. device is designed to shut down alternative views but guidelines are meant to tarnish our discredit critics of the system unfortunately because they have a megaphone and a platform it's somewhat effective we now have lived with since the beginning of the trumpet ministrations so this is 3 years this is a whole demonization of russia which has been a convenient for oil to attack social critics they want those voices shut down and they have of course facebook twitter you tube have created algorithms to shut us down independent of anything to do it's a combined assault against critics and they use the idea of us working as foreign agents or. influence or manipulation of a foreign power as

a kind of excuse that's nothing new we saw in the cold war. well in the u.s. it's been alleged the mormon church is sitting on $100000000000.00 in donations that it misled its members into making there was a little behind the claim used to be a senior portfolio manager at the church's investment division heels this is the church may have breached tax rules for many years the mormon church has been startling $1.00 to $2000000000.00 of surplus tyree into a reserve of the reserves inside i hope one c 3 non profit. well according to the whistleblower a company called n. signed peak advisors helping the church to exploit its status as a nonprofit organization to dodge taxes alleging mormons could go a huge amount to the state the whistleblower also says that members have parted with their money on false pretenses including propping up a couple of businesses the mormon church asks members to give it 10 percent of their income in this money is meant for charitable educational i'm religious

purposes but the whisper claims it's simply been squirreled away for the last 2 decades the church denies these accusations claims being currently circulated are based on a narrow perspective and limited information the church complies with all applicable law governing our donations investments taxes and reserves the church also claims the whistleblower is a disgruntled ex employee seeking compensation and r.t. source inside the church told us the internal revenue service finished a major audit 2 years ago and found no problems but people we spoke to in new york were not surprised by the whistle blows revelations. i'm not terribly surprised after all the scientology its money tax evasion what i feel like churches are corrupt there's always issues with $5.00 a one c. series in churches and money and doing what they're doing i mean i guess it just depends i should pay definitely should pay taxes especially with the good guys will

have those big houses in the jetson tax free it's not fair they should pay something but they just don't that's constitution it's constitutional question do this a place axis more investigation more arrests and it's do that i mean but no taxes let everybody everybody pick one and sign peak advisors it was an arm of the mormon church which proved that it was not. part of acquirements which is why they got into this in the 1st place. we didn't have to reports what was going on under the i.r.s. tax law if you are informed and you have to use that money for such a charitable purpose but in this situation this particular investment arm there was a bailout evans sure and they also. thought when he so those are projects where there is no charitable purposes there are not once but makes you priceless and they have a plaque form we are getting involved and those are the ones for profit by insurgents

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