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Psychopath John Bolton slams Trump's Middle East policy, says US should have toppled Iranian regime


Sputnik
Thu, 06 Aug 2020 13:43 UTC
John Bolton
© AP Photo / Patrick Semansky
This is not the first time the ex-Trump administration official has criticised his former boss. He recently released a tell-all book about his days as national security adviser, depicting POTUS as purportedly being incompetent in matters of foreign policy.

Former National Security Adviser John Bolton has once again stepped up his criticism of Donald Trump's foreign policy. This time he took aim at the president's approach to Iran, which it slapped with heavy sanctions in 2018 and whose top general, Qasem Soleimani he ordered to kill in January 2020.

In an interview with the Kurdish network Rudaw TV, Bolton stated that all these measures against Iran were insufficient to force the country into abandoning its alleged ambition to acquire nuclear weapons - an aspiration that Tehran strenuously denies. Still, the former official said that the Iranian government didn't give "any sign whatever" that they had decided to drop the development of a nuclear programme and hence, in Bolton's opinion, it should be toppled.

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Cult

Democratic Party boosters have little to offer Biden campaign

Philip Giraldi
The Unz Review
Tue, 04 Aug 2020 00:00 UTC
Madeleine Albright
Donald Trump might be described as unique as a president of the United States in that he constantly impulsively self-promotes in a bizarre fashion which the Independent has described as "wild days of authoritarian and incoherent outbursts." But normally politicians are canny enough to steal and connive out of sight without letting on what they are doing or thinking. Given that, you know you are in deep trouble as a nation when a major political party is so tone deaf as to persist in introducing spokesmen who suffer from serious negative perceptions to boost the chances of their current candidates for office. That is precisely what the Democratic Party has been doing when it keeps employing the Obamas and Clintons to promote the Democratic National Committee platform and its candidates for the November elections while also supporting the campaign of Honest Joe Biden.

Reminding the national electorate of the legacies of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama guarantees that voters normally inclined to vote Republican or even independent will be energized and turn out in large numbers in spite of their disdain for Trump's style. Hillary, after all, should still be in jail for her mishandling of classified information while Barack ought to be in prison for life for having given the orders to assassinate American citizens without due process while also using the intelligence and law enforcement agencies to undermine the Donald Trump campaign. Hillary and Barack were also complicit in unnecessary wars against Libya and Syria that have devastated both countries.
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Mr. Potato

Gaffe-smothered Biden laughs off the idea he should take a cognitive test, backs out of attending Democratic convention on Covid-19 fears


RT
Wed, 05 Aug 2020 17:42 UTC
Biden
© AFP / Mark Makela; GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA; Getty Images via AFP
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has mocked an interviewer who asked him if he would take a cognitive test, and also dismissed Donald Trump's challenge to do so.

"Why the hell would I take a test?" the 77-year-old politician asked, during a Tuesday Yahoo News interview after confirming that he has not taken one. Biden then used his catchphrase "come on, man" to mock the very idea, adding that it is like asking the interviewer, Errol Barnett, if he has been taking cocaine before the interview.


Biden concluded by saying he believes that Barnett was trying to "goad" him during the interview, but nevertheless he is looking forward to have an opportunity to "sit or stand with the president on the debates." The presumptive Democratic Party nominee then cut himself off, concerned he would say "something he shouldn't say."

Comment: Jill Biden, Joe's wife, recently said that the Democratic nominee would be debating Trump - but in related news it looks like Biden will not attend the Democratic convention on Covid fears:
Joe Biden won't be traveling to Milwaukee as planned to accept the Democratic presidential nomination - he and other scheduled speakers at the party's national convention will give their speeches remotely, due to Covid-19 fears.

"From the very beginning of this pandemic, we put the health and safety of the American people first," Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez said Wednesday.

"We followed the science, listened to doctors and public health experts, and we continued making adjustments to our plans in order to protect lives. That's the kind of steady and responsible leadership America deserves. And that's the leadership Joe Biden will bring to the White House."

Perez didn't explain how Biden's presence at a 188,000-square-foot venue with attendance limited to about 300 at next month's scaled-down convention would jeopardize lives. Nor did he give details on how or where the candidate would give his acceptance speech. The convention begins on August 17.

Biden traveled to Houston in June to meet with the family of George Floyd, the black man whose May 25 death in Minneapolis police custody set off a wave of anti-racism protests across the country. He has given speeches in recent weeks in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, but his campaign has been largely run remotely from his home, leading to quips from Republicans that Biden is being hidden in his basement until election day to cover up his incompetence.

"OK. Joe Biden is not even campaigning, won't go to the DNC, has no VP. WTF is this?" independent journalist Tim Pool asked on Twitter. Other critical posters questioned whether Biden was sick or incapacitated and mocked his low-profile campaign strategy, such as one user who said, "Translation: I am not a serious candidate. I need to have my leash on when I speak, and I can do this if I stay at home."


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Snakes in Suits

Gang rape investigation launched against employees of ex-oligarch Khodorkovsky's media group

Jonny Tickle
RT
Wed, 05 Aug 2020 23:13 UTC
Khodorkovsky
© Sputnik / Ramil Sitdikov
Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Russia's Investigative Committee has begun to look into allegations that Sergei Prostakov, the former chief editor of opposition website MBK Media, and photographer Andrey Zolotov participated in the gang rape of a girl in 2014.

On July 13, Victoria Kuzmenko, an employee at Russian news outlet Lenta.ru, wrote a tweet in which she claimed that Zolotov was involved in a rape at a house party, while Prostakov watched and masturbated. She later clarified she did not witness the incident herself. Following the accusations, both Prostakov and Zolotov resigned from their posts at MBK Media, which is owned by disgraced 1990s oligarch, Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

Responding to the allegations, Prostakov claimed he did not remember what happened, having been intoxicated, but apologized "to all the women whom [he] offended." Meanwhile, Zolotov explained that there had been "group sex" at the party, but he had not participated.

Comment: See also: And check out SOTT radio's: The Truth Perspective: Bill Browder, the Magnitsky Act, and anti-Russia Sanctions: Interview with Alex Krainer

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Magnify

Belarusian authorities cancel opposition campaigning ahead of election


RFE/RL
Wed, 05 Aug 2020 05:26 UTC
belarus

Supporters gather near the the place where a campaign rally by Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya was disrupted by authorities in Salihorsk on August 4.
Belarusian authorities have again canceled campaign events by presidential contender Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya ahead of the August 9 election, claiming that repair work needed to be carried out where the political rallies were to be held.

In the city of Slutsk, located 100 kilometers south of the capital, Minsk, local authorities on August 4 said there was an "urgent" need for repair work at an event place and announced that a planned opposition rally was canceled.

Riot police and plainclothes officers then detained at least 17 people as hundreds of opposition supporters gathered for the political rally, according the Vyasna human rights center. Among those detained was the editor of a local news website.

Tsikhanouskaya was also forced to cancel a rally in the city of Salihorsk, scheduled for the evening of August 4 after the one in Slutsk.

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Attention

Don't do your own research! - Just take our word for it...

James Corbett
Corbett Report
Wed, 05 Aug 2020 20:38 UTC
They Live!
© Slant Magazine
Do your own research! Read it for yourself! It's in the show notes! How many times have I uttered these words? These exhortations represent the founding ethos of The Corbett Report. I want you to read the source documents for yourself and come to your own conclusions. But guess what? The establishment doesn't want you to think for yourself, and now that the Corona World Order is beginning the Great Reset, they are coming out and saying as much. Find out the details in this week's edition of #PropagandaWatch.

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Snakes in Suits

US hypocritically condemns foreign military involvement in Libya


RFE/RL
Wed, 05 Aug 2020 05:39 UTC
Haftar
© Haftar
Russia has been helping Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar's self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA)
The United States has said it is "deeply troubled" by growing violence in Libya and called on foreign powers to end their proxy war in the troubled North African nation.

"We strongly oppose foreign military involvement, including the use of mercenaries and private military contractors, by all sides" in Libya, White House national-security adviser Robert O'Brien said in a statement on August 4.

The U.S. military has accused Moscow of supplying Russian mercenaries and military hardware to Libya in an attempt to gain a foothold in the North African country.

Comment: See also: US signs deal with Kurdish-led rebels to steal Syrian oil

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TV

Brace yourselves: Biden campaign announces largest multi-media ad buy ever by a presidential candidate

Bo Erickson, Nikole Killion, Nicole Sganga, Ed O'Keefe
CBS News
Wed, 05 Aug 2020 18:53 UTC
Biden
© Jim Watson/AFP/Getty.jpg
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden
Pretty soon it'll be hard to escape Joe Biden on your television. Or your radio. Or your phone.

The Biden campaign on Wednesday is announcing what it says is the largest TV ad buy ever by a presidential candidate, with $220 million set aside for commercials to air through the fall and another $60 million budgeted to reach audiences digitally on social media or gaming platforms.

Biden's team is planning to reach voters in at least 15 states, with messages that feature the former vice president speaking directly to camera about the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic fall.

Signaling the states they see as most competitive, the Biden campaign said their ads will target: Pennsylvania, Michigan, Florida, North Carolina, Arizona, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, Colorado, Virginia, Georgia, Iowa, Ohio and Texas.

Comment: But will it help in the end? Hillary had the same strategy.

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Light Saber

Ouch. Russian ambassador tells Britain: You exaggerate your political importance & London has become a haven for Russian criminals


RT
Wed, 05 Aug 2020 18:41 UTC
big ben
If you live in Britain, Russia looms large in political discourse, but for those in Moscow, the UK barely registers. Now Russia's envoy to London has delivered a few home truths: he says his country has bigger fish to fry.

"I feel that Britain exaggerates, very much, its place in Russian thinking," Andrei Kelin told the Daily Mail. "The scope and place of Great Britain in Russian politics is not that big. We have other problems of much larger magnitude," the ambassador said.

The ambassador also dismissed the UK media narrative about nefarious Russian 'oligarchs' doing the Kremlin's bidding in London. Kelin pointed out that, in reality, the British capital has turned itself into a haven for wealthy Russians trying to evade justice back home.

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Star of David

Haaretz: 'Beirut blast shockwaves will be felt by Hezbollah for a long time'

Zvi Bar'el
Haaretz
Wed, 05 Aug 2020 01:49 UTC
firefighters Beirut fire
© AP/Hussein Malla
Firefighters douse a fire after an explosion took place in Beirut, Lebanon, August 4, 2020.
Massive damage could reopen public debate on storing weapons in population centers as port shutdown comes at a time when Lebanon needs every dollar. Cellphone videos of horrifying scenes from Tuesday's explosion at the port of Beirut predictably fueled speculation about who was behind the incident and why.

Initially, the story was that a warehouse containing several tonnes of fireworks slated for use in festivities had blown up.

Then official military sources said the warehouse housed flammable or explosive material, further specifying that it was ammonium nitrate, which was stored in a warehouse for six years.

But even as the Lebanese authorities were feverishly investigating, some of the public were quick to suggest that this wasn't the result of an accident or negligence, but a terror attack reminiscent of the bombings that rocked Lebanon in the 1980s, or the huge bombing that killed Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 2005 as he traveled in a guarded convoy. The implication was that it was a bombing perpetrated by Lebanese actors.

Fingers were also pointed at Israel, accompanied by the explanation that the bombing at the port was part of Israel's campaign against Iran. Lebanese pundits cited the fire that erupted on Iranian ships in the Persian Gulf port of Bushehr a few weeks ago, an incident attributed to Israel, as well as other recent fires in Iran.
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