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NewsReal #28: Trump 'Literally Hitler' in Deep State 2016 Election Do-Over, Intrigue Behind India-Pakistan Clash


Sott.net
Mon, 04 Mar 2019 17:00 UTC
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You would think, with the US presidential election coming up next year, that Donald Trump's political opponents in the US would be preparing a coherent and appealing strategy to sway voters to not vote him in for a second term.

But you would be wrong.

Instead the Democrats have announced their grand vision for the USA - and thus their flagship campaign for attracting voters to whoever they select as their candidate in 2020 - a bizarre 'Green New Deal' that has about as much appeal to most American voters as giving up their guns.

On the basis that climate change is man-made (it isn't), the proposal spearheaded by New York Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez envisions a government-mandated comprehensive overhaul of the US economy in order to 'eradicate poverty and social injustice', and to 'save the planet'.

Trump this week gave his longest-ever speech, delivered at the annual conservative CPAC event, and went off-script to tear into his opponents' plan, 'crooked Hillary', 'Russiagate', and all his haters. The media meanwhile, in synch with congressional hearing testimony provided this week by Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen, doubled down on its three-year-long inane bullshit about Trump being 'literally Hitler'.

This week on NewsReal, Joe & Niall discuss why this likely means electoral victory for Trump in 2020.

Later in the show they also discuss the 'nuclear stand-off' between India and Pakistan over terrorism and Kashmir, and the likely foreign intrigue behind that sudden flare-up in south Asia.


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UK Labour MP Corbyn assaulted while on constituency visit to mosque

Peter Walker
Guardian
Mon, 04 Mar 2019 08:12 UTC
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Jeremy Corbyn looking particularly old and frail drinking his cuppa.
A man has been charged with assault after Jeremy Corbyn was hit from behind with an egg during a visit to a mosque in London on Sunday.

John Murphy, 31, from Barnet, north London, will appear at Highbury Corner magistrates court on 19 March, the Metropolitan police said.

Murphy allegedly screamed: "When you vote, you get what you vote for," as he approached from behind and hit the Labour leader over the head with the egg.

Comment: It's been reported that he was 'hit with an egg' but other reports state that the man smacked him in the back of the head while holding an egg. It's notable that many in the UK press are spinning this assault story and trying to make it sound much less serious than it likely is. However this is to be expected because the UK press has proven itself time and again to be merely a propaganda outlet for the corrupt ruling establishment, and Corbyn, being one of the few dissenting voices in UK politics whose following only continues to grow, poses a serious threat to their rule:




And while the BBC's coincidental 'loss of sound' may seem a stretch, although, of course, it could also just be an error, it's not without precedent: See also:

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Trump at CPAC: "Raving" Democrats, "sick" CNN and deep state "bulls**t"


RT
Sun, 03 Mar 2019 08:46 UTC
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President Trump speaking at CPAC 2019
US President Donald Trump delivered a speech to conservatives that was short on 'presidential' ceremony and long on the jokes and one-liners that fired up his base in 2016. Here're some highlights.

'Sick' CNN doesn't understand sarcasm

Speaking to conservatives at the 2019 CPAC conference, Trump dived straight into comedy, jibing the media for always taking his statements at face value. The president said he was speaking sarcastically when he said he hoped Russian hackers could find Hillary Clinton's missing emails on the campaign trail in 2016.

"I've learned, because with the fake news, if you tell a joke, if you're sarcastic, if you're having fun with the audience..." he said, "If you say something like 'Russia, please if you can, get us Hillary Clinton's emails, please, Russia, please, please get us the emails."

Comment: Meanwhile on Twitter some people lose their minds because Trump hugged the American flag, RT reports:
'Can the flag sue for harassment?' Twitter goes bananas after Trump hugs American flag

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U.S. President Donald Trump hugs American flag at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) annual meeting at National Harbor near Washington, U.S., March 2, 2019.
Donald Trump's impromptu embrace of the America flag as he appeared onstage at the 2019 Conservative Action Conference has triggered a flurry of social media commentary, ranging from enthusiastic applause to cries of fascism.

"God Bless the USA" was blasted over the speakers as the US president sauntered up to the podium before his address to the annual GOP gathering - but Trump apparently wanted to make it crystal clear that he loves his country. Standing next to an American flag near the back of the stage, the president decided to briefly snuggle with the stars and stripes, grinning and rocking the flag back and forth as he soaked in a standing ovation from the audience.


The move predictably sent Twitter into a tizzy, with snarky memes competing with comments of support.
"It was a big hug to the American people. God bless president Trump," one Twitter user gushed.


"Gotta love him... he really loves America," another supporter wrote.


American Conservative Union Chair Matt Schlapp, who was onstage with Trump when it happened, described the incident as a "CPAC classic."

Plenty of social media users mocked the move, however.

"He thinks it's Putin or Kim," wrote one netizen.


"Can the flag sue for harassment?" another member of the Twitteratti inquired.

Others took part in the obligatory parade of snarky meme-responses.


But for some, the hug wasn't anything to joke about.

"I learned in the Boy Scouts 40 years ago that the flag is something to be respected and treated with solemnity. This is not solemn or respectful," wrote Twitter user 'Speed Gibson'.


In fact, the embrace may even be a sign of looming fascism in the United States, one blue-checkmarked pundit mused.

At CPAC Trump invited on stage a conservative activist who had recently been attacked for his promoting his views at his university, an occurrence that seems to have become all to common in the US. RT reports:
'He took a punch for all of us'

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President Trump shares the stage with Hayden Williams at CPAC 2019
President Donald Trump shared the stage with a conservative activist assaulted on the Berkeley University campus, hours after police found and arrested the attacker. Trump urged the victim to punish his attacker with lawsuits.

Hayden Williams is an activist with The Leadership Institute, a conservative group. Williams was passing out flyers at the University of California-Berkeley campus last month when he was set upon by an enraged passerby. The attacker grappled with Williams, punching him several times in the face and calling him "b**ch," "f**ker," and "c**t."

Speaking at the 2019 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Saturday, President Trump invited Williams on stage, saying the young activist "took a punch for all of us," and will "be a very wealthy young man" after suing Greenberg and the university.

Trump then promised to issue an executive order requiring colleges and universities to protect free speech on campus in order to continue receiving federal funding.

"We reject oppressive speech codes, censorship, political correctness and every other attempt by the hard left to stop people from challenging ridiculous and dangerous ideas," he said. "Instead we believe in free speech, including online and including on campus."

Conservative activists, including the president's son Donald Jr., spread the video of the assault online in an effort to find the culprit. University police then arrested 28-year-old Zachary Greenberg on Friday, charging him with assault with a deadly weapon and attempting to cause great bodily injury.
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Indian PM Modi: "Abhinandan" used to mean welcome - it will change now


NDTV
Mon, 04 Mar 2019 10:58 UTC
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Abhinandan Varthaman returned to India through the Attari-Wagah border on Friday night
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, praising the courage and valour of the captured Indian Air Force pilot who returned to India from Pakistan, today said the word "Abhinandan" used to mean welcome, but its meaning would change now.

"The world takes note of what India does... India has the strength to change the meaning of words in the dictionary... Abhinandan once used to mean welcome. And now the meaning of Abhinandan will change", PM Modi said this morning in Delhi, in an apparent reference to Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman.

The 35-year-old Air Force pilot was shot down on Wednesday while flying a MiG-21 fighter in a dogfight with Pakistani aircraft and captured. His first words when he walked across from the Pakistani side through the Attari-Wagah border were, "It is good to be back in my country", an official told reporters last night.
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Dershowitz wants 'press blackout' during pedophile Jeffrey Epstein hearing

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Mon, 04 Mar 2019 10:58 UTC
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Billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein attendingLaunch of RADAR MAGAZINE at Hotel QT on May 18, 2005
The legal team for Attorney Alan Dershowitz has cautioned against press access to a hearing regarding Dershowitz's former client and associate, convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein - who was given a slap on the wrist in 2008 by then-US Attorney for southern Florida (and current Labor Secretary) Alex Acosta. Epstein sexually abused dozens of underage girls in his Palm Beach mansion, while Acosta is under fire separately of the sealed records appeal.

Epstein, a billionaire and friend of the Clintons (Bill Clinton flew on his "Lolita Express" Boeing 727 jet dozens of times), was convicted of soliciting an underage girl for prostitution - on of two counts for which he served 13 months in "custody with work release."
Epstein, now 66, reached the deal in 2008 with then-Miami U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta's office to end the federal probe that could have landed him in prison for life. Epstein instead pleaded guilty to lesser state charges, spent 13 months in jail, paid financial settlements to victims and is a registered sex offender. -Time
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True conservative: Tucker Carlson shreds RussiaHoax, says Venezuela regime change betrays MAGA, interviews Tulsi Gabbard


Russia Insider
Fri, 01 Mar 2019 12:00 UTC
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Tucker Carlson of FoxNews has been putting out great stuff for the last couple of years, becoming more and more populist. We'll keeping you posted when we see something worthwhile. It's been interesting to see his positions progress over the months.

People outside the US mostly don't realize that there are some good things happening in the American big media space. Carlson is the best example, but Fox's Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham also have much to commend them. Watch this space for more, as long as the Tuck keeps it up.

Incidentally we recently read his book, Ship of Fools, in which he argues that American elites are grievously harming the American people, worse than at any time in US history. It is excellent, and gets the coveted RI seal of approval!

Comment: You can't cuck the Tuck! (except on China, but that's a world away)

Dissenting voices like Tucker Carlson have become a rarity on US mainstream media, which is more a reflection of how controlled the system is rather than the opinions of many Americans:

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'Literally Hitler' in foreign policy? Trump's threats against neighboring countries are lunacy

Finian Cunningham
The Greanville Post
Wed, 20 Feb 2019 10:37 UTC
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It may seem oxymoronic, but President Trump is living proof that lunatics can think big. Not content with "only" threatening regime change in Venezuela, the American leader is expanding his mission to rid the Western hemisphere of socialism, with Cuba and Nicaragua next in line for US "salvation".


In a particularly unhinged speech last weekend in Miami, Florida, (see above) Trump declared Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro a "Cuban puppet" and "failed dictator". Trump denounced socialism with a verve that has not been heard from a US president since the depth of the Cold War more than 30 years ago.

"In Venezuela, and across the Western hemisphere, socialism is dying and liberty, prosperity and democracy are being reborn," said Trump inferring the "Troika of Tyranny" that his national security advisor John Bolton - another lunatic - previously coined to describe Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua.

The Miami Herald reported Trump's speech as a "harbinger" for regime change in the three Latin American countries.

Comment: What was that saying about the company you keep? Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro interviewed by ABC News: 'The people around Trump are nuts'

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What we can learn from the CIA's archives on Venezuela

TJ Coles
TeleSUR
Wed, 27 Feb 2019 10:17 UTC
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CIA public archives show the objective of U.S. policymakers, regardless of the political party, is to monitor the activities of foreign nations, particularly resource-rich ones.

In 2017, then-U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director Mike Pompeo said: "we are very hopeful that there can be a [political] transition in Venezuela and we the CIA is doing its best to understand the dynamic there [sic], so that we can communicate to our State Department and to others." CIA monitoring of the political situation and interference in Venezuela is, of course, nothing new. Back in April 2002, just days before the coup that temporarily ousted President Hugo Chávez, a Senior Executive Intelligence Brief anticipated the removal of Chávez by the Venezuelan military.

With the current crisis in Venezuela intensifying, thanks in no small part to the U.S. intelligence apparatus, it is worth examining the CIA's declassified and partly-declassified Venezuela archives. The archives include memos, briefing notes, and reports from the Agency itself, as well as from the National Intelligence Estimate. The records on Venezuela date back to the founding of the CIA in the late-1940s. With the exception of more recent records obtained under Freedom of Information Act requests, many of them filed by Eva Golinger, the records dry up in the 1980s. Those released so far reveal much about the deeply entrenched attitudes of Cold War planners.

The CIA records reveal that: 1) The main U.S. interest in Venezuela from the 1940s until at least the '80s is not just oil but the Venezuela's role in the region as a symbol of the success of "constitutional democracy," i.e., U.S. power; 2) The kind of "constitutional democracy" supported by the U.S. was a façade because the records also acknowledge that the military, not the Congress, retained the real political power; 3) The CIA and the wealthy business elites of Venezuela shared the conflation of mild state-socialism with "communism"; and 4) Intelligence analysts held two, contradictory beliefs, that Venezuelans were prosperous under U.S. patronage, but they also acknowledged that half the population lived in poverty.

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How Facebook works behind the scenes to influence EU data protection law

Bill Goodwin, Duncan Campbell & Sebastian Klovig Skelton
ComputerWeekly
Sat, 02 Mar 2019 09:37 UTC
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Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, asked then chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne to be "even more active and vocal" in his concerns about European data protection legislation, and to "really help shape the proposals", during a lobbying campaign to influence EU policy.

As part of attempts to woo Osborne, Sandberg invited one of his children to visit a Facebook office after the chancellor told her they were "desperate" to have a Facebook account, internal company documents seen by Computer Weekly and The Observer reveal.

Sandberg hoped to build on Osborne's concerns over the costs of the proposed European Data Protection Directive - what would later become the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which could have a serious impact on Facebook's business.

The meeting took place at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in 2013 as top Facebook executives sought to influence politicians and policy-makers over European plans to introduce tougher privacy and data protection laws.

Facebook mobilised its staff for a huge lobbying campaign in Davos, holding private discussions with policy-makers over Europe's plans to tighten data protection rules, according to the documents. Executives felt they faced an uphill battle to ensure Europe adopted a single data protection standard that was "not overly prescriptive".

Comment: See also:

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Canadian PM: The emperor has lost his clothes

Pamela Mac Neil
Axisoflogic.com
Sat, 02 Mar 2019 00:00 UTC
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President-Petro Poroschenko with the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Kiev post coup d'état.
Justin Trudeau is not what he says he is; he is what he hides.

What does he hide? He has turned the governing of Canada over to the neoliberals - domestic and global - to neocon corporate elites and he has turned over Canadian foreign policy completely to the U.S. military complex neocons.

ALL of these neocon elites, domestically and globally - but particularly in the U.S. and Israeli - determine Canadian economic, political and military foreign policy. In other words, Canada has a Deep State, that is controlled primarily by the U.S. Deep State.

Trudeau is a Prime Minister in name only.

Comment: As the author notes, Justin Trudeau "is a Prime Minister in name only". The author also notes that the "Canadian people got to hear from an actual MP about how corrupt our government really is. She exposed government behaviour that is usually hidden from the public and, more importantly, she exposed the root of that corruption."

The last decade alone in Canada is no exception as it operates at deeper levels at the behest of others (a very short list):

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