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Trump, Putin discuss space cooperation and why an open system economics must prevail

lunar base
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NASA imagery S86-27256 Artist conception of a lunar base.
President Trump and Putin's 3rd call in three days on April 12 not only involved lengthy discussions on the important matter of oil price adjustments, and COVID-19 response coordination but also the extremely important, yet often overlooked matter of space cooperation.

This topic is more important at this moment of breakdown crisis of the financial system than most people realise and for that reason I'd like to say a few words about that here.

I would imagine that most people visiting this website are not ignorant to some of the fallacious "macro-narratives" fed to the masses on a daily basis. You, dear reader, are probably very aware that the financial system is blowing out and you are probably also aware that a financial oligarchy is trying very hard to manage this collapse through the use of the COVID pandemic. I wouldn't be surprised if you already suspected that this COVID pandemic is very much akin to a new 9/11 operation pre-designed in the bowels of Anglo-American intelligence and banking circles to usher in policies one could only describe as fascist that a normal population would resist in a heartbeat... under normal circumstances where medical martial law was not in place.

Propaganda

Russiagate godfather Obama promotes NYT's latest conspiracy: Putin and Covid-19

ObamaPutin
© Reuters/Kayhan Ozer
US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin chat at the G20 summit in Antalya, Turkey, November 16, 2015.
What does Joe Biden have in common with a New York Times article even critics of Russian President Vladimir Putin have described as "incompetent"? Both have received ringing endorsements from former US President Barack Obama.

"Democracy depends on an informed citizenry and social cohesion. Here's a look at how misinformation can spread through social media, and why it can hurt our ability to respond to crises," Obama tweeted on Wednesday - linking to an article published three days prior.
Written by William S. Broad, the top science journalist at the New York Times, the piece contains no actual science - merely a laundry list of conspiracy theories blaming Russia and Putin personally for wanting to "discredit the West and destroy his enemies from within."

"Analysts say" that Putin personally "played a principal role in the spread of false information" about vaccines, the coronavirus, and just about anything really, Broad argues.

Target

Trump's surprising Cyprus option is a move against Turkey, not Russia

Cyprus
© Iakovos Hatzistavro/AFP
Cyprus
The Al-Monitor portal has left many extremely surprised with news that was not expected in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. With over 600,000 cases and 25,000 deaths in the U.S., President Donald Trump has made a bold geopolitical move and instructed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to determine whether Cyprus should have its arms embargo against it lifted, according to Al-Monitor's congressional correspondent, Bryant Harris.
"Trump tasked Pompeo with the decision [yesterday] via a presidential memorandum after signing two separate bills to lift the embargo in December — legislation that Turkey had unsuccessfully sought to forestall."
In 1987, the U.S. embargoed arms sales to Cyprus under the pretext of preventing an arms build-up on the island. However, this was not a problem for Cyprus as Russia became one of the biggest weapon suppliers instead. If the U.S. were trying to have balance on Cyprus, it certainly did not achieve this as the country only became closer with Russia and to this day still have close ties.

Document

New declassification: Papadopoulos transcript exposes Crossfire Hurricane corruption

Papadopoulos
© The Washington Post/Elisabeth Caren
George Papadopoulos
Attorney General William Barr said last week that "the evidence shows that we're not dealing with just mistakes or sloppiness" in the Crossfire Hurricane investigation. Rather, "there is something far more troubling here."

"Without any basis," Barr added in his sit-down interview with Fox News' Laura Ingraham:
"they started this investigation of [Trump's] campaign, and even more concerning actually is what happened after the campaign, a whole pattern of events while he was president to sabotage his presidency — or at least have the effect of sabotaging the presidency."
While Barr did not elaborate on the evidence he's seen, a declassified transcript made public earlier in the week of a wired conversation between former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos and a Crossfire Hurricane confidential human source (CHS), when read in tandem with Inspector General Michael Horowitz's report on Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) abuse, substantiates Barr's view that it wasn't "just mistakes."

Star of David

Israeli inertia: President requests Knesset pick new PM between Gantz and Netanyahu

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© AFP 2019/Gil Cohen-Magen
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, President of Supreme Court Ester Hayut, Leader of Blue & White Benny Gantz
After three elections in a year Israeli political forces still can't reach a consensus to form a new government with none of the nation's political parties and existing alliances able to gain a majority in the country's parliament, the Knesset.

Early on 16 April, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin announced that he had tasked Knesset members with picking a new head of government. He expressed hope that a political majority emerges in the legislative body to make the choice soon and thus prevent the country from heading to a fourth general election in less than two years.

Rivlin made his announcement the day after the mandate to form the government, which he gave to the head of the Blue and White Alliance Benny Gantz, expired after a 48-hour extension. Gantz used the extension for a last-ditch effort to strike an agreement to form a unity government with Benjamin Netanyahu and his party Likud.

The sides conducted talks for 11 straight hours on 15 April, but failed to overcome their disagreements with the appointment of judiciary officials being the last stumbling block on their path to the deal. The sides continuing talking even though Gantz's mandate has expired.

Attention

'Your papers, please' - Immunity certificates

"Your papers, please. You have none? You must go back into the dark."
Papers Please
© Pop Mythology
Once again, in this article, I step into the world of official gibberish about the epidemic and the virus and tests and so on. I point out the internal contradictions in the government position. And then I step back and look at what they're really up to, in the way of a covert operation.

Let's start with the official word on so-called immunity certificates.

POLITICIO, 4/10: "Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, revealed Friday the federal government is considering issuing Americans certificates of immunity from the coronavirus, as the Trump administration works to better identify those who have been infected and restart the U.S. economy in the coming weeks."

"The proposal is contingent upon the widespread deployment of antibody tests which the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration are in the process of validating in the U.S., Fauci said."

"Although coronavirus testing thus far has been able to determine if an individual has an active infection, antibody tests report whether an asymptomatic person was previously infected but has since recovered [and is immune], potentially allowing them to return to their jobs."

Now let's take that POLITICO article apart.

Bad Guys

Syrian militants 'trained at US base for sabotage & terrorism' try to surrender & get ambushed by other US-backed extremists

Syrian rebel fighters
© Reuters / Khalil Ashawi
FILE PHOTO: Syrian rebel fighters stand around a pickup truck with a mounted weapon in northern Aleppo countryside, Syria.
A US-backed militant group has intercepted a convoy of 'defectors' seeking to lay down their arms and surrender to Damascus. The survivors told the Syrian Army that American instructors trained them for sabotage and terrorism.

After giving themselves up to the Syrian Army, the 27 militants said they had been trained and provided with weapons at an American facility, Rear Admiral Oleg Zhuravlev, the head of the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Syrian Reconciliation, said at a briefing on Wednesday.
American instructors trained them to carry out sabotage at oil and transport infrastructure, as well as for terrorist acts in the Syrian government-controlled territories.
The fighters said they chose to surrender themselves earlier this week in order to return to peaceful life, but as they traveled near the southern border area near Al-Tanf - where the US military keeps a garrison - they were attacked by another US-backed militant group, the self-styled "Revolutionary Commando Army," or Jaish Maghawir al-Thawra. The group has worked under American forces for years to maintain an illegal military presence in southern Syria, at times preventing the Syrian Army and allied militias from advancing on Islamic State positions, even while vowing to fight the infamous terrorist group itself.

Handcuffs

Twenty Saudis indicted by Istanbul court for murder of Khashoggi, Saudi trial details revealed

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© AFP
A member of the Sri Lankan web journalist association holds a poster with the image of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi during a demonstration outside the Saudi Embassy in Colombo, Oct. 25, 2018.
A Turkish court has accepted an indictment on the 2018 killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. The indictment reveals the details of the trial in Saudi Arabia where five defendants received capital punishment.

Istanbul's Heavy Penal Court No. 11 on Saturday received the 117-page indictment, prepared by Istanbul prosecutors. It accuses 20 Saudi nationals of involvement in the gruesome murder. It also includes reports from the trial in Saudi Arabia, which was monitored by the members of the Turkish embassy in Riyadh, according to the daily, Yeni Şafak.

After receiving detailed reports on each hearing, the Turkish Foreign Ministry delivered the reports to the investigation units, which examined them and included them in the indictment.

Khashoggi, a former columnist for The Washington Post, was killed and dismembered by a group of Saudi operatives shortly after he entered the country's consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2, 2018.

His body was never recovered.

Khashoggi, according to reports by the U.N. and other independent organizations, was very likely killed on orders of Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman (MBS).

After nine hearings, five suspects of the hit squad, including the No. 2 man of the hit squad, Maher Abdulaziz Mutreb, and Dr. Salah Muhammed al-Tubaigy, the head of forensic evidence at the Saudi General Security Department, who was in charge of dismembering Khashoggi's body, received the death penalty.

Info

AOC does something right: Ocasio-Cortez says it's 'legitimate to talk about' allegation against Biden

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Joe Biden
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday addressed a sexual assault allegation against presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden by a former Senate staffer, saying it was "legitimate to talk about."

Ocasio-Cortez was asked about the allegation against the former vice president during an online forum hosted by The Wing, a women's network and community space, by a questioner who said she was strongly opposed to President Trump's reelection but that she also "really resent[s] the fact that the other choice is someone who has a really long history of being creepy to women," citing the allegation by former staffer Tara Reade.

"I think it's legitimate to talk about these things," Ocasio-Cortez responded, according to CBS News. "And if we want, if we again want to have integrity, you can't say, you know — both believe women, support all of this, until it inconveniences you, until it inconveniences us."

Info

American counter-conspiracy theory about Covid-19: 'China created SARS-CoV-2 virus at Wuhan lab, then leaked it'


Comment: Ok. Let's see if it holds up...


Chinese Doctor Shi Zhengli
Chinese Doctor Shi Zhengli was part of a team that working on a coronavirus project jointly with US doctors in 2014 before it was shut down by the DHS for being too risky.

After the US research project was shut down, Dr. Shi continued her coronavirus research in Wuhan, China.

Doctor Shi Zhengli from China was part of a team, including Doctor Ralph S. Baric, that published an article in a 2015 edition of Nature Medicine.

Comment: This then is the American counter-claim to China's theory that SARS-CoV-2 came from fiddling with coronaviruses in Fort Detrick. And it's pretty weak.

For starters, the project managers of such a bio-weapon/human genome-tinkering project would never be publishing public papers. And you'd never find their work publicly listed online.

Given the paucity of forensic details for the 'China-did-it' theory, one general question to ask is: who has the means, motive and history of messing around with viruses for use as 'bio-weapons' and/or as a means of 'improving people'?