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'UK is most deeply flawed democracy in the West' - Ken Livingstone on chaos in Parliament

Ken Livingstone
RT
Mon, 01 Apr 2019 17:16 UTC
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For two and a half years, the British people were promised that we were leaving the European Union on March 29. But we're still there.

Theresa May's government suffered another humiliating defeat last Friday when for the third time Parliament rejected her deeply flawed exit deal with the EU.

In all my life I have never seen our Parliament in such a state of chaos. Every single proposal about leaving the EU has been rejected by the majority of MPs, not just Theresa May's deal, but all the alternatives that were put forward last week. The only majority in the House of Commons is for not leaving without a deal, but MPs can't agree on what the deal should be.

Britain could leave in just under two weeks without a deal, but the EU may grant an extension of our remaining until the end of June or even into next year. Nobody knows and Theresa May is flying off to meet the other 27 EU governments to try and sort this out next week.
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Dollar Gold

Taxes of Ukraine's Poroshenko show his income jumped 10,000% thanks to Rothschild Trust


RT
Mon, 01 Apr 2019 17:02 UTC
poroshenko
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The annual income gains of Petro Poroshenko, who is currently fighting for a second presidential term in Ukraine, saw a nearly hundredfold surge in 2018, the president's tax documents reveal.

According to the Ukrainian unified register of asset and income declarations, Poroshenko's fortune totaled 1.56 billion hryvnia (US$57 million) over 12 months through March 31, which is 95 times as much as he reported in the same period a year ago. In 2017, Poroshenko's gains reportedly reached 16.3 million hryvnia ($600,000).

Most of Poroshenko's income - around $40.4 million - reportedly comes from return on investment in Zurich-based Rothschild Trust Schweiz, a trust subsidiary of Rothschild Bank AG. The Ukrainian president also earned $14.7 million in profit from the Prime Assets Capital investment fund, while returns on domestic government loan bonds amounted to nearly a million dollars.
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Sheriff

Devin Nunes has ample cause to submit a criminal referral for CIA Director John Brennan

sundance
The Conservative Treehouse
Thu, 28 Mar 2019 15:56 UTC
devin nunes john brennan

John Brennan and Devin Nunes
Former CIA Director John Brennan lies at the heart of the intelligence community decision to weaponize against Donald Trump. In this outline I will make the case for a possible criminal referral by Devin Nunes.

The FBI's formal origination of the counterintelligence investigation into candidate Donald Trump known as "Operation Crossfire Hurricane", begins with a two-page memo submitted by former CIA Director John Brennan to former FBI Director James Comey.

The two page origination memo is known as an "EC" or "electronic communication". This classified origination memo is one of the key documents requested by congress for declassification by President Trump, to be shared with the American people.

According to House Intelligence Committee member Devin Nunes; who is also a member of the intelligence oversight 'Gang-of-Eight'; that EC contains intelligence material that did not come through "official intelligence channels" into the U.S. intelligence apparatus.

Comment: Pretty clear case against Brennan. A proper investigation would confirm or negate it.

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Snakes in Suits

Recording exposes top Trudeau aide leaning on Canadian Attorney General to drop case

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Sat, 30 Mar 2019 16:14 UTC
Jody Wilson-Raybould

Former Canadian Justice Minister and AG Jody Wilson-Raybould
Try as he might to convince the Canadian people that he was merely looking out for the jobs of thousands of Quebecois, the Canadian Press and Parliament keep poking holes in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's story in a corruption scandal that has tanked his poll numbers and stoked calls for his resignation.

The latest blow landed on Friday when a parliamentary committee published a clandestine recording made by former Canadian Justice Minister and AG Jody Wilson-Raybould of a phone call with former top bureaucrat and Trudeau advisor that clearly substantiates her story that she was "hounded" by Trudeau and his political henchmen, who subjected her to "inappropriate" political pressure over her decision to move ahead with the prosecution of SNC-Lavalin, a Quebec-based engineering firm accused of taking bribes from the Libyan government.
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Stock Down

Economy minister forecasts 'zero growth' for Italy this year


The Local
Mon, 01 Apr 2019 15:41 UTC
Giovanni Tria Italy
© Emmanuel Dunand/Agence France-Presse
Italian Economy Minister Giovanni Tria.
Italy is headed for zero economic growth in 2019, Economy Minister Giovanni Tria said, while brushing off possible changes to the government's budget.

"We face a widespread slowdown in growth across Europe, and in Italy we are headed for zero growth", Tria told an economic forum in Florence on Sunday.

Italy's central bank and the International Monetary Fund have both estimated that the eurozone's third-largest economy would expand by a meagre 0.6 percent this year, while the European Commission was more pessimistic, pencilling growth of just 0.2 percent.

Comment: Italy's woes are not entirely of their own making. Being under the thumb of the EU, which is essentially the same as being under the thumb of the US, has damaged the country enormously. Being on the frontline of illegal migration routes only makes the problem worse:

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Control Panel

Collective punishment? Zuckerberg's call for internet regulation is aimed at competitors - analyst


RT
Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:23 UTC
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"Share whatever you want on my platform! Except anything that might infringe ideological boundaries..."
Mark Zuckerberg's support for more internet regulation is aimed at keeping Facebook competitive by forcing the government to punish all of Silicon Valley for the tech giant's dismal track record, an analyst told RT.

In a seemingly counter-intuitive move, the Facebook CEO has asked governments to step up supervision of tech giants such as his own, and impose sanctions if they refuse to honor stricter rules regarding privacy and political or harmful content.

Investigative journalist Dave Lindorff explained that Zuckerberg isn't motivated by accountability, but rather the desire to keep Facebook intact - and protect the company's bottom line.


Comment: The Free Speech hot potato:

Facebook: "You do the censoring!"

Govt: "No, you do it! We can't be seen to be doing it!"

And so CorpGov collectively worms its way to 'a happy medium'.

The Zuck knows it's evil but will do whatever it takes to keep his eyes on the gold: the mass of data needed to power 'AI innovation' in the new 'data economy'.

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Eye 1

Alleged Khashoggi killers received training in US


RT
Wed, 01 May 2019 20:09 UTC
trump saudi protest
© Reuters / Leah Millis
FILE PHOTO.
At least some Saudi agents involved in the grisly murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi were trained in the US as part of Washington's broader plan to 'modernize' Saudi intelligence, a new report by the Washington Post says.

Members of the 'Saudi Rapid Intervention Group', which was allegedly sent to the Istanbul Consulate in October 2018 to deal with the self-exiled journalist and critic of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, underwent training in America as part of a program launched under a State Department license, Washington Post columnist David Ignatius wrote, citing Saudi and US sources.

The CIA reportedly warned other government agencies that the special-operations training the Saudis might have received was conducted by Tier 1 Group, an Arkansas-based company as part of ongoing liaison with the Saudis.

The hit-team's alleged leader, Colonel Maher Mutreb, is said to be the one who received the training. Mutreb reportedly served in London as deputy chief of station between 2002 and 2007, and was later repeatedly sent to the US and elsewhere for training, Ignatius said.

Comment: The West has been providing all kinds of training and support to the Saudi's: Also check out SOTT radio's: NewsReal: West Discovers Saudi Arabia Has Human Rights Issues & The Real Reason People Hate Trump

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Heart - Black

'Her heart is not in The Bronx', and neither is she - AOC's constituents turn against her

Isabel Vincent
New York Post
Sat, 30 Mar 2019 21:49 UTC
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
© Getty Images
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Amid her zeal to save the world with the Green New Deal, Rep. ­Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has ­ignored residents in her own Bronx back yard.

"I thought AOC would be our savior, but that's not the case," complained Roxanne Delgado, a local activist who said she has tried for months to get in touch with the congresswoman for help saving an animal shelter and to clean up parks in the district.


Comment: Salvation sells well, but rarely ever delivers.


Delgado, 40, says she has made numerous calls to Ocasio-Cortez's offices in Washington and Queens and sent a barrage of tweets after the freshman lawmaker encouraged residents during a recent visit to a Bronx public library to hit her up on social media.

But she's heard nothing back.

"NO email or contact on @AOC's page except DC number which has full #voicemail and no one picks up," Delgado tweeted on Monday.

Comment: Being that Ocasio-Cortez didn't actually grow up in the Bronx, it's not at all surprising she doesn't feel the need to connect with her constituents.

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Star of David

Netanyahu's spokesman under fire for calling Gaza protesters 'ISIS women'


RT
Mon, 01 Apr 2019 09:43 UTC
Gaza Protests
The Israeli PM's spokesman has faced a fiery backlash, including accusations of racism, after he mischaracterized female flag-waving Palestine protesters, calling them "ISIS women." Hamas is in a state of war with the 'caliphate'.

Ofir Gendelman, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Arab media spokesman, sparked a Twitter storm after he captioned an image with four veiled female protesters in the foreground as "ISIS women also participate today in the Hamas' led riots on the Gaza border."

He then piled on another highly dubious claim: "That's no surprise because Hamas IS the Gazan branch of ISIS."
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Sherlock

Bezos investigation suggests the Saudis obtained his private data for blackmail purposes

Gavin de Becker
The Daily Beast
Mon, 01 Apr 2019 09:43 UTC
Jeff Bezos MBS Mohammed Bin Salman
© Sarah Rogers/The Daily Beast / Photos by Getty
For 40 years, I've advised at-risk public figures and government agencies on high-stakes security matters. My career has included working with the CIA, FBI, at the Reagan White House, counseling foreign leaders, and advising on controversial murder cases. I've seen a lot. And yet, I've recently seen things that have surprised even me, such as the National Enquirer's parent company, AMI, being in league with a foreign nation that's been actively trying to harm American citizens and companies, including the owner of the Washington Post. You know him as Jeff Bezos; I know him as my client of 22 years.

To understand where this story goes, some background is needed.

In January, the National Enquirer published a special edition that revealed an intimate relationship Bezos was having. He asked me to learn who provided his private texts to the Enquirer, and why. My office quickly identified the person whom the Enquirer had paid as a source: a man named Michael Sanchez, the now-estranged brother of Lauren Sanchez, whom Bezos was dating. What was unusual, very unusual, was how hard AMI people worked to publicly reveal their source's identity. First through strong hints they gave to me, and later through direct statements, AMI practically pinned a "kick me" sign on Michael Sanchez.
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