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British MPs compare Huawei to 'Nazi collaborating' Zyklon B manufacturers


RT
Wed, 12 Jun 2019 16:40 UTC
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The West's war against Chinese tech giant Huawei was stepped up to absurd levels on Monday as British MPs compared the telecoms manufacturer to the German company which sold lethal gas to the Nazis for use in concentration camps.

Huawei is bidding for contracts to build part of the UK's superfast 5G network - a revelation which caused a stir in April and invited increased scrutiny of the company from MPs. Unsurprisingly, much of British officialdom so far seems eager to follow the lead of the US, which has painted the company as a threat to national security, despite lacking any evidence to justify those concerns.

Huawei's global cybersecurity and privacy officer, John Suffolk, was probed on Monday by a group of sanctimonious-sounding MPs, demanding to know if the company had moral objections to working with the Chinese government. It quickly became clear that the MPs were using the committee hearing to fire off more shots in the anti-Huawei propaganda war.

Chairman of the Science and Technology Committee, MP Norman Lamb, blasted Suffolk for what he said was Huawei's "willingness to work with the Chinese government in a province where there are allegedly gross human rights abuses" - a reference to the fact that Huawei technology is used in detention centers where the US claims China is holding up to two million Uyghur Muslims.
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NATO bombing of Serbia: A Clinton war crime, 20 years later

Tiana Lowe
Washington Examiner
Tue, 11 Jun 2019 16:38 UTC
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Serbia destruction courtesy of NATO bombs
Twenty years ago today, ash settled over Serbia, then a republic of Yugoslavia, in the wake of more than two months of continued bombings by NATO. The campaign had been initiated by President Bill Clinton. NATO acted without the authorization of the United Nations. Its states justified what they called "Operation Noble Anvil" as a humanitarian operation to respond to the Kosovo War.

Of all the atrocities levied by the Clintons, perhaps none is more unjustified, brutal, and lasting as his Serbian legacy.

The Kosovo War featured two sparring, violent sides with legitimate claims on the land in question. Kosovo had been a historical homeland of the Serbs, one from which Ottoman colonists had sought to purge them. Neighboring Albanians, aligned with the Ottomans, soon migrated to Kosovo, where a Serbian population ebbed but persisted nonetheless. Once Serbia had liberated itself from Ottoman conquest and then Habsburg rule, the newly independent principality of Serbia pushed many Albanians out of Kosovo toward the end of the 19th century. Kosovo remained a part of the Kingdom of Serbia, then communist Yugoslavia, all the way up until the Kosovo War.
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Bipartisan Congressional bill to crack down on internal tax havens, shell companies in US


RT
Tue, 11 Jun 2019 16:33 UTC
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© Reuters / Jonathan Ernst
Normally bitterly opposed Democrats and Republicans have joined forces to support bills cracking down on shell companies and internal tax havens such as Delaware, dubbed the "Switzerland of the US."

Two Republicans and two Democrats on the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs joined forces on Tuesday to introduce ILLICIT CASH Act, a clever acronym for "Improving Laundering Laws and Increasing Comprehensive Information Tracking of Criminal Activity in Shell Holdings".

It aims to end the incorporation of shell companies in the US and aid in the fight against money laundering. The co-sponsors are Senators Mark Warner (D-Virginia), Doug Jones (D-Alabama), Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), and Mike Rounds (R-South Dakota).

Shell companies and their facilitation of secrecy and money laundering is often most closely associated with offshore tax havens such as the Cayman Islands and the UK's Crown Dependencies. But the problem is hardly confined to overseas jurisdictions. Within the US itself, the state of Delaware has come under criticism for its lax rules on "shell companies," which led to the US being dubbed "the easiest place in the world" to set one up.
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Israeli advocacy group Hatzlacha reports Mossad involved in Israel's anti-BDS efforts


Times of Israel
Wed, 12 Jun 2019 16:10 UTC
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© Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images/JTA
Students protest at an anti-Israel demonstration at the University of California, Irvine.
Israel's main foreign intelligence body, the Mossad, may be involved in efforts to stymie the boycott movement against the Jewish state, according to information gleaned from a freedom of information request.

A consumer advocacy group, Hatzlacha, the Consumers' Movement for the Promotion of a Fair Society and Economy, appealed under Israel's freedom-of-information laws to publicize the workday calendars of Israeli ministers in 2018, in a bid to uncover links between top politicians and local and international business interests.

Among the revelations, according to a report Wednesday in the Haaretz daily: Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan held a meeting in 2018 with Mossad chief Yossi Cohen whose subject was listed as "the fight against the boycott movement."

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Dems exhume Watergate-era fossil John Dean for 'historical backround' testimony at Mueller Report hearings

Alex Pappas
Fox News
Mon, 10 Jun 2019 15:39 UTC
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© CBS News
John Dean testifies at House Judiciary hearing on the Mueller Report
John Dean, the former White House counsel to Richard Nixon, testified Monday that he sees "remarkable parallels" between Watergate and the findings of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report - at a dramatic Capitol Hill hearing that Republicans panned as a political "show" as they repeatedly challenged the credibility of the witness.

In testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, Dean, an outspoken critic of President Trump, said several points in the Mueller report "echo Watergate," especially relating to the obstruction of justice probe.

"In many ways the Mueller report is to President Trump what the so-called Watergate road map...was to President Richard Nixon," Dean said, adding Mueller "has provided this committee a road map."
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Propaganda alert! Guardian cries 'Russians are coming' amid new scramble for influence in Africa


RT
Tue, 11 Jun 2019 22:25 UTC
UN soldiers Africa
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As Western powers that once colonized Africa find themselves drawn back to the continent over its vast mineral riches, what can they do to divert attention? Why, blame Russia, of course!

Enter the Guardian, flogging - but not actually showing - alleged documents purporting to show the Kremlin plotting and scheming in Africa, involving none other than "Putin's chef" and alleged mastermind of "internet trolls" accused of meddling in US politics, Evgeny Prigozhin.

The supposedly nefarious scheme consists of "building relations with existing rulers, striking military deals, and grooming a new generation of leaders" in at least 13 out of 54 African countries in an effort to exert influence, according to the Guardian's Jason Burke and Luke Harding.


Comment: As always, the media shills for the imperial Western power structure accuse Russia of doing exactly what the US, NATO and allied powers are egregiously guilty of.

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Question

Would Tulsi Gabbard be the best choice for US president?

Henry Kamens
New Eastern Outlook
Wed, 12 Jun 2019 15:19 UTC
Tulsi Gabbard
© Honolulu Civil Beat
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard
The presidential candidacy of Tulsi Gabbard, a Representative from Hawaii, has begun to arouse a lot of interest. In the current climate of sleaze, the Democratic Party is seeking what might be called the "Great Blue Hope". Gabbard be that, but she may be the neatest thing so far.

Personally I don't think she is the only choice. Whoever the Green Party nominates for President will be the best chance for peace. But Tulsi is the best Democrat, so she'd be the second best chance for peace; she is the one most likely to actually win the nomination for the Democratic Party.

One of the reasons she garners attention is that she is one to tell it like it is, at least in terms of supporting Russia for finishing the job on terrorists in Syria. This took some political fortitude, especially at a time when Russia bashing is so in vogue.

Comment: Tulsi is the only sane choice for the Dems, but that lot succumbed to insanity a long time ago. The strident voices of the SJW wing such as Ocasio-Cortez are drowning out more reasonable views, and the Pelosi-Schiff old guard are becoming toothless. Neither faction will tolerate her.

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Bad Guys

George Soros and Koch Bros band together to enforce big tech censorship into 2020


Big League Politics
Wed, 12 Jun 2019 15:23 UTC
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The Koch and Soros networks are teaming up to "fight against hate and extremism online."

The globalist Koch Brothers have announced recently that they will not be supporting Donald Trump's re-election campaign with their oligarch money in 2020, and they intend to support Democrats during that same election cycle.

Now, they are colluding with George Soros and other leftist thought-control organizations to enforce corporate censorship on monolithic social media platforms.
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Arrow Up

Russian journalist Golunov released after drug allegations dropped following high profile investigation


RT
Tue, 11 Jun 2019 19:19 UTC
Golunov
© Sputnik / Grigoriy Sysoev
Ivan Golunov walks out of the Investigative Committee in Moscow.
Russian investigative journalist Ivan Golunov has been released from house arrest as the criminal case against him was dropped due to a lack of evidence. His arrest sparked widespread protests and allegations of police misconduct.

The journalist appeared at the Investigative Committee building in Moscow late on Tuesday to have his ankle monitor removed. A large crowd of supporters and reporters - as well as his dog - awaited him outside.

Golunov revealed that he has no plans to investigate his own case, stating that there would be "a conflict of interests" in doing so.

"I'll continue to pursue the work I've been doing. I'll make investigations, since I have to justify the trust of those who supported me. That [support] has been, indeed, fantastic," the journalist told reporters.

Comment: RT reports that Golunov was likely targeted because of his investigations into corruption involving the police force:
The interior minister said he will be asking President Vladimir Putin to sack the senior Moscow police official responsible for counter-drug investigations as well as other officials responsible for the scandal.

The police officers suspected of framing the journalist have been suspended pending an internal investigation, Kolokoltsev said. "The materials of a probe conducted by the police internal investigation unit have been sent to the Investigative Committee [an office under the Prosecutor General] to evaluate the validity of the actions of the officers who detained him," he said.

Golunov was detained on Thursday, with police officers claiming they found drugs in his possession and accusing him of dealing drugs. The journalist denied the allegations and said the evidence was planted by the police in retaliation for his investigative journalism about local authorities.The case triggered widespread outrage in Russia, with leading media outlets and public figures demanding a swift probe into suspected police corruption.

Golunov also said police mistreated him while in custody, refusing his right for an attorney and even assaulting him violently. Allegations of brutality further fueled the public outrage over the case.

The developments were hailed by Russian human rights activists and media professionals, who were supporting Golunov.

"The only thing I have to say is I am very happy," said Mikhail Fedotov, the chair of the presidential human rights council. "This is an outcome I was expecting and I hope it's not the end of this story."

Galina Timchenko, the editor-in-chief of the news website Meduza, for which Golunov works, said she was "happy, crying" after learning the news.

"We all know that this happened thanks to the effort of hundreds and thousands of people. I am grateful to them all," she said.
For more details surrounding the case, see: "We are Golunov": Unanswered questions and inconsistencies in arrest of Russian journalist exposing corruption

And for insight into how the West deals with its whistlerblowers, see: Assange Espionage Act indictment a war on press freedom and threat to First Amendment

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Network

Social Media Policing: WhatsApp vows to sue users for 'abuse' - even if evidence of the offence is found on another app, website or social network

Jasper Hamill
Metro
Mon, 10 Jun 2019 00:00 UTC
whatsapp
© Getty
People who fail to obey the messaging app’s rules could find themselves hauled into court
WhatsApp has promised to take legal action against people or companies who break its rules - even if the 'abuse' took place on another platform.

The messaging app has strict guidelines governing its own users' behaviour and anyone who breaks the terms of service can already be hit by a ban. But now the Facebook-owned company wants to take things a bit further by hauling users into court.

And you don't need to break the rules on WhatsApp itself to find yourself in trouble, because its enforcers will strike even they find 'off platform-evidence of abuse'.

Comment: Is it the time to ditch Whatsapp? See also:

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