Burisma (Ukraine's largest oil and gas provider) has been the subject of many recent news articles because of its scandalous close-knit ties with President Obama's Vice President Biden and Secretary of State Kerry. (Yes, Kerry is involved here too)
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Burisma (Ukraine's largest oil and gas provider) has been the subject of many recent news articles because of its scandalous close-knit ties with President Obama's Vice President Biden and Secretary of State Kerry. (Yes, Kerry is involved here too)
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Joseph Mifsud
Joseph Mifsud
If accurate, well, there's the motive for the latest "CIA whistle-blower" approach.
The Daily Beast is now reporting that Bill Barr's visit to Italy was exactly for that reason:
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The Italian justice ministry's public records show that Mifsud had applied for police protection in Italy after disappearing from Link University, where he worked and, in doing so, had given a taped deposition to explain just why people might want to harm him.
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What Mifsud did or didn't know about Clinton's emails is still murky; what Barr and Durham were privy to is even less clear. Papadopoulos has distanced himself from the professor, tweeting just this week that he "exposed Mifsud's connections to Italian intelligence" even though the Italians were watching him long before they parted ways.
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Before he disappeared, Mifsud said he had met Papadopoulos "three or four times," helping to facilitate connections between "official and unofficial sources" in Italy, Russia, and Ukraine. He denied any wrongdoing but went into hiding-either on his own or through the Italian protective services — in 2017 and has only been seen in sporadic photos since.
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Joe and Hunter Biden • Trip to China
Joe and Hunter Biden • Trip to China
Schweizer is author of the book Secret Empires detailing the vast corruption of the Washington DC elites. Schweizer is an expert on the Biden family billion dollar pay for play scandals with Ukraine and China.
Peter Schweizer told the FOX and Friends hosts he is releasing new documents today on Joe Biden's pay-for-play scandal with China.
Peter Schweizer dropped these documents today at 10:50 AM.
Biden discussions: 00 - 11:46, picks up again at 14:09 - 17:45, and 27.35 - 32:40:
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani • Russian President Vladimir Putin,
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani • Russian President Vladimir Putin,
"We condemn this [attack], but we are against shifting the blame on Iran, as there is no evidence for that," Putin said when asked how he views the attack on Saudi oil facilities.
The Russian president noted that those who orchestrated it did not reach their aims but merely negatively affected the global economy and consumers.
"[Russia] condemns such actions no matter who stands behind them. This was a destructive action that resulted in serious consequences for the global energy market. However, I doubt that those who planned, organized and carried out the attack reached their aims," Putin said.
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Adrian Darya 1
Adrian Darya 1
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that he suspects an Iranian tanker of transporting oil to Syria, however there appears to be no clear evidence of any wrongdoing on the part of Iran.
"Despite [Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad] Zarif's promise to the UK that the #AdrianDarya1 would not deliver oil to Syria, it is now transferring oil off the Syrian coast," Pompeo tweeted. "Will the world hold Iran accountable if this oil is delivered to Syria?"
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Last weekend, I addressed a 70th anniversary commemoration of the victory of the Chinese revolution. I joked to the Chinese diplomats present that I had spoken at the 70th anniversary of the October Revolution in Russia too and look what happened after that!
Cards on the table, I spent the best years of my life defending the perspectives of the USSR and, where they differed, opposing the Maoist line on matters of national and international politics.
It is now clear however that China had the more sagacious and forward thinking leadership. And that the myriad mistakes of the Soviet model put it in the museum while China goes from strength to strength. I'm happy for China but sad for the people of the former Soviet Union. And here's why.
China's capacity to adapt, to evolve, to reinvent itself has made it the second most important country in the world. If I live a normal life-span, I will see it become the first.
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North Korean missile launch
North Korean missile launch
At least two projectiles were launched from Wonsan in the Kangwon province, eastward into the Sea of Japan, Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday citing South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff.
One North Korean missile fell into the sea inside Japan's exclusive economic zone (EEZ), off the coast of Shimane Prefecture, said Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga.
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The US' attempts to weaponize its national currency and use dollar settlements as an instrument of political pressure is a great mistake, according to the Russian president. He explained that Washington's actions have already forced many countries, including US allies, to reconsider the greenback as a reserve currency, while dollar settlements have already slid from 50 percent to 45 percent. Putin told the audience:
"The dollar enjoyed great trust around the world. It was almost the only universal currency in the world. For some reason, the United States began to use dollar settlements as a political tool, to impose restrictions on the use of the dollar."
"They [the US] are biting the hand that feeds them." [Sanctions] "undermine the trust in the dollar, isn't it clear, that they are destroying it with their own hands?"
The most important elements of the Prometei S-500 air defense system were tested in Syria, Izvestia newspaper reported.
During tests, experts identified "some problems" in the operation of the equipment, but they were quickly resolved.
The retired deputy commander of the Russian Aerospace Force, Lieutenant General Aitech Bizhev, noted that during the tests there is special attention to the proper functioning of all components of the equipment.
According to him, the systems "were tested under extreme technical and climatic conditions and worked fully [despite] wear and tear".
Later, the Russian Defense Ministry commented on reports to the Izvestia newspaper. According to the ministry, there is no need to test or use the S-500 systems in Syria.
"The S-500 is intended for the fight against ballistic and aerodynamic targets over long distances. There was no need to test and especially to use the S-500 systems on the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic," the Russian ministry said.
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Arnold Symour Relman, a Harvard professor of medicine and also a former Editor-in-Chief of The New England Medical Journal also made it quite clear that "The medical profession is being bought by the pharmaceutical industry, not only in terms of the practice of medicine, but also in terms of teaching and research. The academic institutions of this country are allowing themselves to be the paid agents of the pharmaceutical industry. I think it's disgraceful." (source)(source)
At the end of the day, when it comes to medicine, it's not really about healthcare, it's more so about making money. This is why prescription drug use is one of the leading causes of death in the United States. It's also why substances that can't be patented like cannabis, for example, never really get funding for clinical trials because pharmaceutical companies can't make money off them.
Pharmaceutical companies are not in the business of healthcare, which is why doctors don't know much about nutrition and are simply trained to use and prescribe drugs, while at the same time being convinced that these medicines are completely safe and effective and the best way to go about treating, healing and curing diseases.
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