Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com,
Unless the central government in Madrid forcibly stops elections, the Catalan Independence Vote will take place on October 1.
Politico covers What Spain has to Lose from Catalan Independence.
Catalonia Percent of Spain
Voting Intentions
Poll Source in Spanish: Centre d’Estudis d’Opinió (CEO) June 2017
2015 Advisory Voting Map
Why?
Authored by Andrew Korybko via OrinetalReview.org,
The US government is blatantly violating the most basic tenets of its purportedly “sacred” ideology of “human rights” and “free speech” by egregiously overstepping the bounds of FARA to engage in the same type of state-sponsored intimidation that it regularly accuses its geopolitical opponents of for far less.
Are we seeing early signs of an "Arab Spring" coming to Saudi Arabia, or will the next king emerge stronger than ever? The kingdom is now in the midst of an unprecedented crackdown of both dissidents and even loyalists perceived as less than enthusiastic about Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's consolidation of power as he prepares to ascend the throne of his aging and increasingly senile father.
Update 1: According to Fox News, the U.S. has now confirmed the latest North Korean missile launch.
U.S. OFFICIAL CONFIRMS #NORTHKOREA FIRED BALLISTIC MISSILE: FOX NEWS
*WHITE HOUSE SAYS TRUMP BRIEFED ON N.KOREA MISSILE: YONHAP NEWS
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All the diplomatic posturing, the jawboning, the UN sanctions, and threats over the past three weeks has achieved absolutely nothing because as Yonhap and NHK report, North Korea has just launched an "unidentified" missile eastward from the capital Pyongyang.
On his return trip from Florida, President Trump spoke to reporters aboard Air Force 1 and the result was a burst of headlines, among which Trump's comments on Yellen, whom he "respects", the stock market which is "doing very well", the border wall, which contrary to overnight speculation, Trump will insist on being part of the immigration deal, on Iran, "we are not going to stand for what they are doing", about DACA, the recent hurricanes, which haven't changed his mind on climate change, and finally on "white supremacists, saying "we have some pretty bad dudes on the othe