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Adam Schiff just can't stop lying

Roger Stone
Daily Caller
Wed, 15 Jul 2020 18:45 UTC
Adam Schiff
Adam Schiff just can't stop lying. The California huckster was at it again when President Donald Trump, in an act of both justice and mercy, commuted the death sentence I received at the hands of the deep state in a Soviet-style show trial in Washington, DC back in January.

When the news of my commutation was released, Schiff almost immediately recycled the same discredited BS that he had pushed for three years: "Roger Stone was the link between the Trump campaign and Russian Intelligence officer(s)." Schiff is well aware of the fact that my completely benign exchange on Twitter direct messages with the persona of Guccifer 2.0 took place after WikiLeaks had already published all of their documents regarding Hillary and the DNC and that the content of this exchange showed no evidence whatsoever of collusion, collaboration or cooperation. He also knows I released the entire exchange in 2017 so none of this was a revelation.

Schiff, discredited former Special Counsel Robert Mueller and the weasel most responsible for the Mueller investigation, former acting Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, still think that if they repeat these lies over and over again enough times they can recreate the magic of the early days of the Mueller investigation before declassified documents were finally released proving that the entire Russian collusion claim was a hoax.

Comment: Remarkable to see how committed Schiff is to the anti-Trump, anti-Russia agenda, and the readiness he demonstrates to spout the Big Lies repeatedly, and publicly. Its also remarkable to note that he still holds a position of power in the US. What an absolute piece of slime Adam Schiff is.

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Remaining quiet served Biden so far, but when he surfaces from his basement it's Trump who will most likely benefit

Nicholas Sheppard
RT
Thu, 16 Jul 2020 15:50 UTC
Biden
© UnknownPresidential contender, former VP Joe Biden
Joe Biden has forged a healthy lead in the US election polls without having to do or say too much thanks to lockdown. But will he survive head-to-head debates and scrutiny of his spending plans with his lead intact?

At the moment, circumstances could hardly be more favorable for Joe Biden. Partly through design, but largely due to circumstances, his deficiencies have been significantly obscured by the dynamics and restrictions of his campaign, conducted largely from his Delaware home.

He has been able to dictate the tempo of his appearances, have them well scripted and managed in advance. He has been able to appear composed, measured, and disciplined. His social media appearances have been comparatively short, unless such online interactions are with sympathetic people from key Democratic Party demographics, to whom he can almost effortlessly relate after so many decades of public service.

Comment: Most certainly the Covidian lockdown protocol has served to camouflage the former VP well (given his fading light), an advantage Trump has no luxury of which to partake nor does he need it.

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Snakes in Suits

How progressives use 'public health crisis' to get what they want

Ryan McMaken
Intellectual Takeout
Mon, 13 Jul 2020 00:00 UTC
Tightwalk
© Unknown/KJN
After insisting for weeks that leaving one's home or gathering in groups of any size was "irresponsible" and a "slap in the face" to medical professionals, doctors and nurses completely changed their minds. The prohibitionist view toward gatherings was specifically applied to those who protested the stay-at-home orders. "Shame on you!" was the general attitude of many medical professionals who opposed the protests. "How dare you not follow the edicts of science!" But, when protests and riots broke out in the wake of George Floyd's apparent murder by Minneapolis police officers, many doctors, nurses, pundits, and activists completely changed their tune. These protests, the doctors and nurses assured us, were perfectly fine.

The inconsistency in this position was obvious, of course. There clearly was no scientific difference between a gathering designed for protesting forced business closures and a protest against racism. Many suspected (with good reason) that the only relevant difference between the two was that the antiracism protests happened to line up with the left-wing views of the doctors and nurses in question. Suddenly, the dour moralizing and finger wagging of the nurses was gone, replaced by enthusiasm for public gatherings.

But then the supporters of the new protests figured out a way to slap a patina of science on the obviously political nature and incoherence of the views expressed by groups like "Healthcare Workers for Justice": let's call racism a public health crisis.
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Snakes in Suits

Who funds the Lincoln Project? Exactly whom you expect

David Harsanyi
National Review
Wed, 15 Jul 2020 04:23 UTC
The Lincoln Project
© screenshot/Washingtonian
If the Lincoln Project was exclusively campaigning against Donald Trump, one might be tempted to believe it wasn't merely an arm of the Democratic Party. If one of its co-founders, John Weaver, hadn't been registered as a foreign agent lobbying for a Russia-owned nuclear-energy company against U.S. sanctions not long ago, one might accept that the group believed the conspiracy theories it spreads. If the group wasn't working against the moderate Republican senators for the sin of supporting originalist Supreme Court justices, who will transcend the Trump presidency and help preserve the traditional constitutional order, one might believe that its mission was to preserve the system. If you target moderates like Susan Collins and Cory Gardner — politicians who not only parted with Trump on issues but have quite un-Trumpian dispositions — you're not working against Trumpism, you're working against the GOP.

The media can keep calling you "Republicans," but if you support Democrats, take Democratic Party positions, make voting for Democrats all the way down the ticket a binary choice and moral imperative, and then take most of your money from big Democratic Party donors, you're a Democrat. That's fine. You should embrace it.

Comment: Although critics of 'the most polarizing American president' is not uncommon, the Lincoln Project has a particular attraction in the anti-Trump camp, not all for political reasons:
"The Lincoln Project has nothing to do with principle, and everything to do with lining the pockets of failed consultants by attacking conservatives," David McIntosh, Club for Growth Action president, said in a statement. "While the group is the darling of the liberal media, the fact is that it's a Democrat front group and one of the least efficient ways for anti-Trumpers to spend their political dollars."

A sample ad:


And President Trump had this to say:



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Dr. Anthony Fauci opposes controlled study on effectiveness of masks

Charlie Spiering
Breitbart
Thu, 16 Jul 2020 00:00 UTC
Fauci
© Joshua Roberts/Getty ImagesDr. Anthony Fauci
Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday he opposes conducting a controlled study on the effectiveness of masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

Fauci discussed the idea during a conversation with students of Georgetown University's Institute of Politics and Public Service. One student asked if it is possible to do a study in the midst of a pandemic about the effectiveness of wearing masks:
"What kind of studies can we do right now in the middle of the pandemic about masks and transmission of the disease? Or are we just relying on anecdotal evidence because we are not able to do those kind of studies right now?"
Fauci said there are enough "meta-analyses" of existing data showing the efficacy of masks.
"Right now, I'm convinced enough in the summation and totality of the data that has been analyzed by meta-analysis that I'm convinced that the benefit of wearing a mask clearly is there and is better than not wearing a mask."
In theory, a randomized controlled study would test the spread of the virus among people wearing masks versus people not wearing masks and possibly scientifically demonstrate the effectiveness of wearing one. But Fauci balked at the idea.


Comment: Fauci found a mealy way to side-step the study with a parameter based on his speculation. (What does that tell ya?!) There are certainly enough folks who abhor 'the wearing of the mask' that would jump at the chance to prove Fauci wrong - a chance he couldn't, wouldn't take.

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Police chokehold on own diplomat exposes Israel's special type of apartheid

Jonathan Cook
Mondoweiss
Tue, 23 Jun 2020 17:51 UTC
Israel Bedouin diplomat Ishmael Khaldi
© Israeli ConsulateIsrael’s first-ever Bedouin diplomat, Ishmael Khaldi at the Israeli consulate in Miami.
An Israeli diplomat filed a complaint last week with police after he was pulled to the ground in Jerusalem by four security guards, who knelt on his neck for five minutes as he cried out: "I can't breathe."

There are obvious echoes of the treatment of George Floyd, an African-American killed by police in Minneapolis last month. His death triggered mass protests against police brutality and reinvigorated the Black Lives Matter movement. The incident in Jerusalem, by contrast, attracted only minor attention - even in Israel.

An assault by Israeli security officials on a diplomat sounds like an aberration - a peculiar case of mistaken identity - quite unlike an established pattern of police violence against poor black communities in the US. But that impression would be wrong.

The man attacked in Jerusalem was no ordinary Israeli diplomat. He was Bedouin, from Israel's large Palestinian minority. One fifth of the population, this minority enjoys a very inferior form of Israeli citizenship.
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Financial Times editor Khalaf fakes OPCW reports on Skripal-Sturgess, hides original documents

John Helmer
johnhelmer.net
Fri, 17 Jul 2020 16:47 UTC
helmer
The editor of the Financial Times of London, and four of the Japanese-owned newspaper's employees have been caught out fabricating a new story about a Russian-made and Russian-named nerve agent allegedly used to attack Sergei and Yulia Skripal, Dawn Sturgess and Charles Rowley in England two years ago.

In a report published on July 9, the newspaper claims it has "reviewed" four classified reports from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) which were obtained from an Austrian fraudster named Jan Marsalek. His source for the documents, the newspaper suggests, was a Russian intelligence agency. Austrian press investigations say Marsalek's source was the Austrian government.

The names of the fakers are Roula Khalaf, the Financial Times editor; Paul Murphy, investigations editor; Dan McCrum, a reporter; Helen Warrell, NATO correspondent; and Max Seddon of the Moscow bureau.

They claim that Marsalek "touted secret documents about the use of a Russian chemical weapon in the UK, as he bragged of ties to intelligence services to ingratiate himself with London traders. ...Documents shown to traders in 2018 and reviewed by the FT included the precise chemical compound for novichok, used in the poisoning of an ex-spy and his daughter in the UK in March of that year." They cited a British Army chemical warfare commander as source for claiming the documents had not "come from OPCW member states in western Europe or the US". They implied Marsalek got them from "Russia's GRU military intelligence unit". In a related publication the next day, the reporters identified "Mr Marsalek's association with individuals or networks linked to Russia's military intelligence directorate, the GRU."

Asked to substantiate the OPCW documents they are holding, correct factual mistakes they made from the papers themselves, and identify their evidence of Marsalek's alleged GRU connection, Khalaf and the reporters refuse to answer.
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Twitter lies - recent hack shows they do have search and trend blacklists

Tom Parker
Reclaim the Net
Wed, 15 Jul 2020 16:28 UTC
twitter blacklist
© MotherboardA leaked screenshot that appears to show an internal Twitter user administration tool that can blacklist user accounts from search and trends
At the start of the year, Twitter officially made shadowbanning, a controversial practice that involves limiting the distribution or visibility of user posts in a way that's difficult to detect, part of its terms of service.

Now new leaked screenshots from Motherboard appear to show an internal Twitter user administration tool that can be used by Twitter staff to blacklist user accounts from search and trends.

The screenshots show details about the target user's account, such as whether the account has been suspended, is permanently suspended, or has protected status. They also show several other tags including a "Trends Blacklist" tag and a "Search Blacklist" tag.

Two of Motherboard's sources who provided the screenshots claim that the internal panel shown in these screenshots is used by Twitter workers to interact with user accounts.

Comment: Twitter is a corporate psychopath, which explains their compulsive lying:



BTW, isn't the word "blacklist" racist?

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Germany's Presidency of the European Union will determine if the bloc joins the new multipolar world order

Paul Antonopoulos
InfoBrics
Thu, 16 Jul 2020 00:00 UTC
EU20
Relations between the U.S. and European powers like Germany and France are reaching a historic low. This is especially true after U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew a large portion of the American military stationed in Germany to other European countries and after German Chancellor Angela Merkel refused to travel to the G7 summit in the U.S. because of the out of control coronavirus situation in the North American country. Another major reason for the breakdown of relations is Washington's announcement that companies participating in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project will be sanctioned.

Merkel said in an interview for The Guardian that the Germans grew up knowing that the U.S. wanted to be a world power. However, now that the U.S. is abusing its power against some of its strongest allies, Germany, which is currently holding the EU Presidency, could make efforts for the European bloc to be more independent of the U.S.

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UK press harass Corbyn outside his home, accuse him of 'helping Russians attack our election'


RT
Thu, 16 Jul 2020 17:40 UTC
Corbyn
© Reuters / Peter NichollsFILE PHOTO: Jeremy Corbyn leaves his house in London, Britain January 16, 2019
Hours after British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab claimed that Russians tried to meddle in last year's election, the British media were camped outside former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn's house, accusing him of complicity.

Raab said on Thursday he was "almost certain" that "Russian actors" disseminated leaked government documents revealing seemingly one-sided trade talks with the US last year. Corbyn - who was preparing at the time for an electoral showdown with incumbent Prime Minister Boris Johnson - held the documents up as proof that the Tory party was preparing to "sell off" Britain's National Health Service to American corporations.


Comment: The Tories deflecting the scrutiny of their general malaise onto Corbyn and the phantom 'Russians': Corbyn reveals dossier 'proving Johnson has put NHS up for sale to the Americans'


Raab's claims about mysterious Russian meddlers were presented without evidence. Furthermore, the foreign secretary did not accuse the Russian state, or even the "Russian actors," of actually acquiring the damning documents. Instead, he simply accused them of participating in their "online amplification."

Comment: See also: UK, US & Canada's baseless claims that 'Kremlin-linked' hackers targeting Covid-19 vaccine research

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