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'Our tolerance has limits!' Expel US envoy for acting like 'occupation commissioner', says German MP

RT
Tue, 19 Mar 2019 15:45 UTC

Berlin seems to be losing patience with the US ambassador who didn't mince his words over German defense spending. A high-ranking MP demanded that the envoy be sent home because he acts "like an occupation commissioner."

Wolfgang Kubicki, vice speaker of the German parliament, called for Richard Grenell to be declared persona non grata immediately, local media reported. The emotive remark wasn't limited to what Berlin should do in relation to the American ambassador.

"If a US diplomat acts like a high commissioner of an occupying power, he will have to learn that our tolerance has its limits," Kubicki said angrily. Grenell had crossed the line again and interfered "in political affairs of the sovereign Federal Republic," the senior MP argued.

Earlier, the official Twitter account of the US embassy in Berlin quoted Grenell as saying: "Reducing its already unacceptable commitments to military readiness is a worrisome signal to Germany's 28 NATO allies."

'NATO solidarity clause is called Article 5, not article F-35' - French defense minister

RT
Tue, 19 Mar 2019 15:37 UTC

© Reuters / US Air Force / Staff Sgt. Joely Santiago; Reuters / Guillaume Horcajuelo
(L) Lockheed Martin F-35B; (R) French forces

Europe must move away from full dependency on American weapon supplies, the French defense minister stressed, slamming President Donald Trump's "conditional" approach towards NATO and his European allies.

Expressing concern that Trump's idea of NATO's solidarity is "conditional on allies buying this or that equipment," the French Minister of the Armed Forces, Florence Parly, wondered if the US commitment to the military block will continue to be "perennial."

The alliance should be unconditional, otherwise, it is not an alliance. NATO's solidarity clause is called Article 5, not article F-35.

Despite the White House pushing their allies to buy more American weapons, developing European autonomous capabilities in the military field is crucial to national security and essential to moving away from Washington's dominance, Parly argued, noting the US arms industry currently supplies NATO with 100 percent of its strategic bombers and missile defense systems, 92 percent of its drones, and 91 percent of its air tankers.

Looking up old friends: Brazil's Bolsonaro visits CIA before Trump on first US trip

Helen Buyniski
RT
Tue, 19 Mar 2019 13:52 UTC

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has made his geopolitical priorities clear, dropping by CIA headquarters for a clandestine chat on his first visit to the US before even meeting with President Donald Trump.

Bolsonaro's visit was not published on his agenda and members of the press were barred at the door while the president and his justice minister, Sergio Moro, hobnobbed with the spooks at the agency's Langley HQ.

Moro, as Ben Norton pointed out on Twitter, led Operation Car Wash - the "money laundering investigation" that resulted in former President Dilma Rousseff's replacement with the US-linked Michel Temer.

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Mexican president 'ends neoliberalism', introduces post-neoliberal plan

teleSUR
Mon, 18 Mar 2019 13:35 UTC

Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador AMLO

© GobiernoMX
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) with his cabinet as they introduce the administration's National Development Plan 2019-2024. March 17, 2019

Mexico's President Lopez Obrador says 'the market won't replace the state' as he introduces his government's post-neoliberal, inclusive economic plan.

During the unveiling of the administration's National Development Plan 2019-2024, AMLO said: "The neoliberal model and its economic policy of pillage and handouts are abolished" in the country.

The head of state added: "The nightmare that was the neoliberal policy (is) finished. We formally declare, from the National Palace, the end of the neoliberal policy."

Comment: One wonders how well President Obrador's new direction will play in Washington. The deep state may well look at this as a rebellion of a vassal.

Burning aid trucks & a nationwide blackout: What's next for the US' coup in Venezuela?

Jorge Martin
Venezuela Analysis
Wed, 13 Mar 2019 10:34 UTC

Elliott Abrams

The failure of the February 23 "humanitarian aid" provocation on the Venezuelan border was a serious blow for Trump's ongoing coup attempt. There were mutual recriminations between self-appointed Guaidó, Colombian President Duque and US Vice-President Pence. The US could not get a consensus from its own Lima Cartel allies in favour of military intervention.

The coup was losing momentum. Then, on March 7, just days after Guaidó's anti-climactic return to Caracas, the country was plunged into a nationwide blackout from which it has not yet fully recovered. What caused it? How is it related to the "regime change" attempt? And, most importantly, what are imperialism's plans and how can they be fought?

February 23 was supposed to be the coup's D-Day. The idea was never to actually deliver "humanitarian aid" into the country, but rather to create a "people's power" moment, where large crowds of opposition supporters on both sides of the border defied the Venezuelan armed forces, which, when faced with a large crowd of peaceful demonstrators, would then switch sides and join Trump's puppet, Juan Guaidó. On the day, however, things did not go according to Washington's plan. The crowds of opposition supporters did not materialise in the expected numbers. "Aid" trucks did not cross the border and by the end of the day, Rubio, Abrams and Guaidó were left with egg all over their faces.

Robert Mueller's been botching investigations since the 2001 anthrax attacks

Daniel Ashman
The Federalist
Tue, 19 Mar 2019 10:33 UTC

Mystery surrounds Robert Mueller and his investigation into Russia and President Trump. Some think he is the ultimate professional, others that he is a Democrat lackey, still others maintain he is working on Trump's side.

We can see how he works if we look at how Mueller ran his second-most important investigation as FBI Director. In September of 2001, an entity began mailing anthrax through the US Postal system, hitting such prominent targets as NBC and Senator Daschle's office. The terrorist attacks killed five and left others hospitalized. The world panicked.

Under Mueller's management, the FBI launched an investigation lasting ten years. They now brag about spending "hundreds of thousands of investigator hours on this case." Let's take a closer look at Mueller's response to understand the context of the investigation - who his people investigated, targeted, and found guilty.

Flawed analysis, failed oversight, greed: How Boeing & FAA certified faulty 737 MAX

Dominic Gates
The Seattle Times
Sun, 17 Mar 2019 06:00 UTC

© Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times
A worker is seen inside a Boeing 737 MAX 9 at the Renton plant. The circular sensor seen at bottom right measures the plane’s angle of attack, the angle between the airflow and the wing. This sensor on 737 MAX planes is under scrutiny as a possible cause of two recent fatal crashes.

Federal Aviation Administration managers pushed its engineers to delegate wide responsibility for assessing the safety of the 737 MAX to Boeing itself. But safety engineers familiar with the documents shared details that show the analysis included crucial flaws.

As Boeing hustled in 2015 to catch up to Airbus and certify its new 737 MAX, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) managers pushed the agency's safety engineers to delegate safety assessments to Boeing itself, and to speedily approve the resulting analysis.

But the original safety analysis that Boeing delivered to the FAA for a new flight control system on the MAX - a report used to certify the plane as safe to fly - had several crucial flaws.

Comment: Asking a company to regulate itself is inherently flawed which is why there's supposed to be independent oversight.

That flight control system, called MCAS (Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System), is now under scrutiny after two crashes of the jet in less than five months resulted in Wednesday's FAA order to ground the plane.

Comment: See also:

The theme of faulty equipment coming out of the US is damning:

China played 'constructive role' in reducing Pakistan-India tension

The Jerusalem Post
Tue, 19 Mar 2019 03:11 UTC

China played a "constructive role" in reducing tension between Pakistan and India, the foreign ministry said, after the nuclear-armed rivals almost came to blows last month following an attack on an Indian paramilitary convoy in disputed Kashmir.

The sparring threatened to spiral out of control and only interventions by U.S. officials, including National Security Adviser John Bolton, headed off a bigger conflict, five sources familiar with the events have told Reuters.

At one stage, India threatened to fire at least six missiles at Pakistan, and Islamabad said it would respond with its own missile strikes "three times over," said Western diplomats and government sources in New Delhi, Islamabad and Washington.

Comment: It's notable how often these days China and Russia are at the center of creating peace, whether by their diplomatic efforts or through business partnerships:

Roasted again! Marco Rubio gets crucified by Twitter after smugly posting cliché Bible verse

RT
Tue, 19 Mar 2019 09:12 UTC

Venezuela regime change aficionado Marco Rubio has unleashed torrents of Twitter mockery after smugly posting a Bible verse about the danger of seeking fault in others while ignoring your own defects. Reactions were predictable.

"Why do you notice the splinter in your brother's eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own?" the Florida senator piously tweeted, lifting a verse from Luke for reasons which will forever remain a mystery.

As Rubio is one of the most vocal cheerleaders for forcefully reshuffling the government in Caracas, while simultaneously serving as an altar boy for American exceptionalism, his divine message struggled to resonate with many Twitter users.

"Why do you notice the crisis in Venezuela (caused by the US) but do not perceive the crisis in your own country? 41 million live in poverty, 13 million kids are hungry & drug overdose deaths are soaring thanks to pharmaceutical industry. Where's your aid for them Little Marco?" fired back journalist Anya Parampil.

Comment: If there is one thing Twitter is good for, it is psychos like Rubio exposing their disconnect with reality. See also:

Against Western hegemony: Russia and China fight for their survival, and ours

Andre Vltchek
New Eastern Outlook
Tue, 12 Mar 2019 08:46 UTC

© Zha Chunming/Xinhua via ZUMA Wire
Chinese and Russian marines hug during a joint naval drill in Zhanjiang, south China’s Guangdong Province, Sept. 14, 2016.

Does it pay 'to be good'? Is it still possible to play by the rules in this mad world, governed by brigands?

What if the rules are defined and ratified by all countries of the world, but a small group of the strongest (militarily) nations totally ignores them, while using its professional propagandists to reinterpret them in the most bizarre ways?

Describing the world, I often feel that I am back in my primary school.

When I was a child, I had the misfortune of growing up in a racist Czechoslovakia. Being born in the Soviet Union, and having an half Russian and half Asian mother, I was brutally beaten up between classes, from the age of seven. I was systematically attacked by a gang of boys, and humiliated and hit for having 'Asian ears', for having an 'Asian mother', for being Russian. During winters, my shoes were taken out into the bitter cold and pissed into. The urine turned into ice. The only consolation was that 'at least' I was Russian and Chinese. If I was a Gypsy (Roma) boy, I would most likely not have made it, at least without losing an eye, or without having my hands broken.

I tried to be polite. I did my best to 'play by the rules'. I fought back, first only half-heartedly.

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Puppet Masters

'Our tolerance has limits!' Expel US envoy for acting like 'occupation commissioner', says German MP

'NATO solidarity clause is called Article 5, not article F-35' - French defense minister

Looking up old friends: Brazil's Bolsonaro visits CIA before Trump on first US trip

Mexican president 'ends neoliberalism', introduces post-neoliberal plan

Burning aid trucks & a nationwide blackout: What's next for the US' coup in Venezuela?

Robert Mueller's been botching investigations since the 2001 anthrax attacks

Flawed analysis, failed oversight, greed: How Boeing & FAA certified faulty 737 MAX

China played 'constructive role' in reducing Pakistan-India tension

Roasted again! Marco Rubio gets crucified by Twitter after smugly posting cliché Bible verse

Against Western hegemony: Russia and China fight for their survival, and ours

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