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Vader

The Ukraine: Neo-Nazi criminal state looming in the centre of Europe

Alexandra Valiente
Voltaire Network/Oriental Review
Sun, 23 Feb 2014 13:39 UTC
"There are many who do not know they are fascists
but will find it out when the time comes."

(Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls)
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© UnknownMaidan square in Kiev
On February 22, militants and terrorists of the Euromaidan Parliament executed a neo-Nazi coup using armed force, violating all norms of the Constitution, international law, and trampling European values. Washington and Brussels - who told the world that Euromaidan is a nonviolent action of the Ukrainian people - instigated a Nazi coup to serve the geopolitical interests of the West, facilitated de facto by the weak-kneed stance of the Yanukovych government.
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Quenelle

As sun sets on Sochi, jealous West takes center stage

Daniel Patrick Welsh
Oriental Review
Wed, 26 Feb 2014 13:43 UTC
Tyahnybok McCain
© UnknownJohn McCain with Neo-Nazi Svoboda Party leader Oleh Tyahnibok, Kiev, December 15, 2013
First of all, lets dispense with the mince words. I suppose one could say this was not a fascist coup - as long as one ignores its coup-like violence and overt fascist nature. It should be clear for all to see, those Arab Spring type cheerleaders, liberals, third way aficionados and radicals who, to paraphrase a friend, tend to see any gathering of more than 100 people as a mass movement and an excuse to jump in, following whomever: "socialists, fascists, or long lines for restrooms."

But the Regime Change Roadshow is getting old, and some of us were not fooled. Let's be clear, to use one of the US President's more meaningless and worn out catch phrases: this is not about 'some fascists' or 'fringe elements' or 'unexpected' fascists 'within the ranks' of a 'peaceful protest movement.' Sorry, I'm running out of quotation marks. The plain fact is that fascists are now the power in Ukraine: Fascists maintain checkpoints across Kiev, fascists guard government buildings, fascists are taking control of military arsenals. Kiev City Hall has been decorated with an enormous banner of Svoboda's Nazi hero, Stepan Bandera.
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Stock Down

Ukraine is bankrupt, hopes for $35 bln financial aid from EU, US


Voice of Russia
Mon, 24 Feb 2014 14:19 UTC
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© RIA Novosti
Ukraine's Finance Ministry and National Bank, along with parliamentary speaker Aleksandr Turchinov, have suggested to the country's international partners - particularly Poland and the United States - that a financial assistance credit of around $35 billion be extended in the next week or two.

"During the last two days we have had consultations and meetings with ambassadors from the EU, USA, other countries, and financial organization over Ukraine getting urgent macro-financial aid," acting Finance Minister Yuriy Kolobov said in a statement issued on Monday.

Comment: For anyone who still hasn't figured out what IMF "assistance" means for a country, check out (and the book):
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (Documentary)

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Bad Guys

'I dare you take my gun!' AK-47-toting Ukraine far-right leader tells officials


RT
Wed, 26 Feb 2014 12:57 UTC
Aleksandr Muzychko
© RTA US supported and condoned fascist, Aleksandr Muzychko practising democracy with his AK 47.
Regional parliament members in a Ukrainian city held a session at gunpoint when one of the radical nationalist opposition leaders came to them, armed to the teeth, as the law of power seems to be prevailing in the tumultuous post-coup country.

A Kalashnikov appears to be the best argument in a debate for Aleksandr Muzychko, an activist of the nationalist "Pravy Sektor" (Right Sector) movement and one of the Maidan's most prominent and controversial leaders.

On Tuesday he came to the Rovno regional parliament, where he threatened the regional MPs with a machine-gun and a number of other weapons as he demanded a decision on granting apartments to the families of protesters who were killed during last week's violent clashes in central Kiev.

"Who wants to take away my machine-gun? Who wants to take away my gun? Who wants to take away my knives? I dare you!" Muzychko said.

His lobbying methods have apparently been imported from Chechnya, where the man, aka Sashko Bilyi, was fighting alongside separatist forces in the 1990s. He now boasts of having demolished Russian tanks and killed Russian soldiers.


Comment: A chaos that the EU and the US bears a large part of the responsibility for, by deliberately fueling the tensions and funding, endorsing and encouraging extremist groups.

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War Whore

Baiting the Bear: US warns Russia it would be a 'grave mistake' to send its military into Ukraine‏

Tara Brady and Amanda Williams
Mail Online
Sun, 23 Feb 2014 05:54 UTC
Putin
America has warned Russia it would be a 'grave mistake' to send military forces into Ukraine as its new leader said it wants to integrate with the European Union.

Susan Rice, President Barack Obama's national security adviser said it is not in the interests of Ukraine, Russia, Europe or the United States to see the country split.

Speaking on the NBC program 'Meet the Press', Ms Rice was asked about a possible scenario in which Russia would send forces into Ukraine to restore a government more friendly to Moscow.

She said: 'That would be a grave mistake. It is not in the interests of Ukraine or of Russia or of Europe or the United States to see the country split. It's in nobody's interest to see violence return and the situation escalate.'

Ms Rice's comments are the most extensive from the White House to date since the recent dramatic events unfolded in Ukraine.

Comment: After such a deliberate and intense effort to overthrow the Ukrainian government and engineer this crisis in the first place, that US officials can spout such nonsense is just laughable.

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Bug

Obama's claim that 7 million got 'access to health care for the first time' because of his Medicaid expansion earns Four Pinocchios

Glenn Kessler
The Washington Post
Mon, 24 Feb 2014 06:00 UTC
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© Unknown
"We've got close to 7 million Americans who have access to health care for the first time because of Medicaid expansion."

The Fact Checker has written several times about the fuzziness of the Medicaid numbers issued by the Obama administration. But it is like playing whack-a-mole. Every time we rap someone for getting it wrong, the same problem pops up someplace else.

But here is the ultimate authority - the president of the United States - making the problematic claim that everyone counted under the administration's Medicaid math is getting "access to health care for the first time." Time for a refresher course!

The Facts

Medicaid is the health-care program for the poor, generally those at or below the federal poverty level. The Affordable Care Act expanded it to individuals with incomes of up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level (about $15,850), though the Supreme Court gave states the option of whether to participate.

So far, 25 states and the District of Columbia have expanded Medicaid, while four more are considering it. Under the ACA, the government will initially pay 100 percent of the cost of expansion, though it eventually drops to 90 percent. (Under the current formula, the cost is split at least 50-50 between the states and the federal government.)
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Bad Guys

Anxious to not lose control of North Sea oil and gas, UK PM pleads with Scots to not vote for independence

Toby Helm
The Guardian
Sun, 23 Feb 2014 12:24 UTC
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© Getty ImagesDavid Cameron will set out 'how the UK government can maximise the benefit of North Sea oil and gas to the UK economy for decades into the future'
Prime minister says UK government acting together is best guarantee for job prospects and economic benefits

David Cameron has opened a new front in the increasingly fraught battle to keep Scotland in the UK by warning that the future of the North Sea oil and gas industries depends on the combined strength of the union.

As the prime minister prepared to take almost his entire cabinet for a meeting in Aberdeen on Monday, he said it was the UK government acting together that could best guarantee the long-term job prospects and economic benefits of production and exploration.

Cameron, who is expected to make a series of announcements about the oil and gas industries on his visit, said that he would set out "how the UK government can maximise the benefit of North Sea oil and gas to the UK economy for decades into the future, giving a vital boost to local communities and families across Scotland".

He added: "It is the strength of the UK's broad-based economy which can make the difference and ensure we can invest in our energy for the long-term future. I promise we will continue to use the UK's broad shoulders to invest in this vital industry, so we can attract businesses, create jobs, develop new skills in our young people and ensure we can compete in the global race."
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Pistol

Taliban kill 21 Afghan soldiers in night raid on Pakistan border

Emma Graham-Harrison
The Guardian
Sun, 23 Feb 2014 12:17 UTC
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© Jalil Rezayee/EPAAfghan army soldiers on guard duty at a beefed-up checkpoint following the Taliban attack.
Five other soldiers taken prisoner in show of strength against Afghan army just weeks ahead of critical election

The Taliban killed 21 Afghan soldiers on Sunday at a remote outpost near the border with Pakistan, and took at least five others prisoner, in a show of military strength just weeks before a critical election.

The night raid was one of the deadliest single attacks in recent years on the Afghan military, who are stronger and more disciplined than the police and less often targeted directly by insurgents.

President Hamid Karzai cancelled a planned trip to Sri Lanka to deal with the fallout from the deaths, and in a swipe at his neighbour condemned Islamabad for tolerating havens for the insurgents just inside its border.

The fighting came less than two months before a presidential election that, if it goes ahead smoothly, would give Afghanistan a first peaceful and democratic transfer of power.
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Gear

Senators demand FBI head answer questions about indictment of Dinesh D'Souza

Daniel Halper
The Weekly Standard
Fri, 21 Feb 2014 11:31 UTC
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© Jefferson Siegel/New York Daily NewsDinesh D'Souza
Four United States Senators have a written a letter to FBI director James Comey about the indictment of author and filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza. Senators Charles Grassley, ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, Jeff Sessions, Ted Cruz, and Mike Lee are the four senators, all Republicans, to have signed the letter.

The letter quotes Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz as saying, "I can't help but think that [D'Souza's] politics have something to do with it. ... It smacks of selective prosecution."

And, the senators write, "To dispel this sort of public perception that Mr. D'Souza may have been targeted because of his outspoken criticisms of the President, it is important for the FBI to be transparent regarding the precise origin of this investigation."

Comment:
Schindler's List producer states: "I never feared my government until now"

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Snakes in Suits

The West selectively uses human rights issues to destroy North Korea

Lyuba Lulko
Pravda
Wed, 19 Feb 2014 12:10 UTC
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Depopulation, murder, torture, starvation, slavery, sexual violence, political and religious repression - all these horrors were discovered by the UN Commission on Human Rights in a small North Korea. Experts interviewed by Pravda.Ru believe that the authors of the UN report were politically motivated, and the ultimate goal of these fake reports is the destruction of the DPRK.

The 372 pages long report was published online on February 17 by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. The document is stated to be based on the testimony of defectors made during ​​80 public hearings in Seoul, Tokyo, London, Washington and Bangkok, as well as 240 confidential interviews with them. According to the press release, we are dealing with the extermination of the population, murder, torture, imprisonment, rape, forced abortions and other forms of sexual violence, persecution on political, religious, racial and gender-basis, forced relocation, kidnapping and inhumane food restriction during long periods of time.

In total, according to the UN, there are four large "labor camps" that contain anywhere from 80 to 120 thousand political prisoners. The report describes mothers feeding their malnourished children with snakes and rats, and families sent to prison because one of their relatives fled from North Korea.
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