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Putin: Protests in EU 'have larger, graver consequences' than in Russia


RT
Thu, 22 Aug 2019 17:08 UTC
yellow vest protester
© Reuters / Yves Herman
Politically motivated rallies in Europe are much larger in scale and often lead to violent clashes with many demonstrators and police officers injured, Putin said answering a journalist's question in Helsinki.

"The protests in Moscow are not something unique for this world and Europe in particular," Putin said answering a question about the demonstrations during a joint press conference with the Finnish President Sauli Niinisto in Helsinki on Wednesday.
Events that take place [in Europe] are much larger in scale and, while they are also held under political slogans, they lead to rather drastic consequences for those who take part in the demonstrations.
Protests ended up with "thousands of injured people, including some sustaining serious injuries, both among protesters and law enforcement officers" and even deaths, Putin said. Earlier this week, he made similar comments about Moscow protests during a press conference with the French President Emmanuel Macron.
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Iran unveils missile system 'rivaling' Russia's S-300 and US-made Patriot


RT
Thu, 22 Aug 2019 17:05 UTC
missile system
© AFP
Tehran says its new domestically made Bavar 373 mobile air defense missile system is equivalent to Russia's iconic S-300 and can successfully compete with US Patriot missiles.

The weapon can intercept and destroy targets at altitudes of up to 27km and has a range of 200km, Iranian media reported. It's apparently capable of neutralizing both aircraft and drones, as well as high-speed ballistic missiles.

Deputy Defense Minister Brigadier General Hojjatollah Ghoreishi said the Bavar is a "rival" to the S-300, while other reports claim it can successfully compete against the US-made MIM-104 Patriot.

Comment: This is why Israel has been gunning for Iran for twenty years; they didn't want this country to achieve the capability to defend its skies from 'shock-and-awe'. Now that Iran has it, Israel is reduced to conducting ad hoc airstrikes against 'Iranian targets' in Syria, Iraq and Yemen - at sites, they say, perhaps correctly, where Iranians are supplying military technology and personnel to the resistance against 'al-Qaeda/ISIS' (though really against Western proxy forces).

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American Apocalypse Coming: The Deep State's Plot to Destabilize the Nation is Working

John W. Whitehead
The Rutherford Institute
Wed, 21 Aug 2019 13:40 UTC
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"The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out ... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable." — H. L. Mencken
The U.S. government is working hard to destabilize the nation.

No, this is not another conspiracy theory.

Although it is certainly not far-fetched to suggest that the government might be engaged in nefarious activities that run counter to the best interests of the American people, doing so will likely brand me a domestic terrorist under the FBI's new classification system.

Observe for yourself what is happening right before our eyes.

Comment: Words of warning that have been shouted for a long time now. Will you heed them?

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Trump retweets claim Jewish Israelis love him like he is 'King of Israel and second coming of God' - cue controversy

Tom Embury-Dennis
The Independent
Thu, 22 Aug 2019 12:01 UTC
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© KEVIN LAMARQUE/ REUTERS
Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office, Washington D.C., August 20, 2019
Donald Trump has promoted a claim that Jewish people in Israel love him like he is the "king" of the country and "the second coming of God".

"President Trump is the greatest President for Jews and for Israel in the history of the world, not just America, he is the best President for Israel in the history of the world...and the Jewish people in Israel love him like he's the King of Israel," tweeted Mr Trump, quoting Wayne Allyn Root, a conservative radio host known for promoting conspiracy theories.

"They love him like he is the second coming of God...But American Jews don't know him or like him. They don't even know what they're doing or saying anymore. It makes no sense!"

"But that's OK, if he keeps doing what he's doing, he's good for all Jews, Blacks, Gays, everyone. And importantly, he's good for everyone in America who wants a job."
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'A volcano about to erupt': Israeli military chief praises its 'lethal army' as Gaza siege fuels increasing tensions

James North
Mondoweiss
Tue, 20 Aug 2019 00:00 UTC
Avigdor Lieberman
© Israeli Ministry of Defense
Then Minister of Defense Avigdor Lieberman and Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi in 2018.
Here is yet another example of why you have to read the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, or Al-Jazeera, instead of the U.S. mainstream press, to learn what's actually happening in Israel/Palestine.

The Israeli paper reports that tensions are rising along the Gaza/Israel fence, as Israeli soldiers shot dead 3 armed Palestinians who were trying to cross it last weekend. Amos Harel, Haaretz's military correspondent, certainly does not support Hamas. But he is an honest reporter, and instead of reflexively blaming Hamas for that escalation, he points out that the organization is actually "losing its grip" on the Gazan public.

Harel, who relied partly on Israeli intelligence officials as sources, explains that
the Hamas leadership. . . itself is facing a growing challenge to its control of Gaza from the smaller Palestinian factions and groups that have splintered from Hamas itself.
Harel's article is corroborated by Al-Jazeera. Harry Fawcett reported that both Hamas and Islamic Jihad say that the 3 armed men who died last weekend were carrying out "'some kind of freelance individual operation' that was not sanctioned by the two groups."
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Researcher exposes Google, Clinton, US election hacking, blacklists, voter manipulation


RT
Wed, 21 Aug 2019 03:00 UTC
solarpanelsGoogle
© Reuters/Steve Marcus
Failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is "in Google's pocket," but her legacy doesn't have to include the destruction of US democracy, researcher Dr. Robert Epstein has pleaded after being smeared by the ex-First Lady.

After Clinton dismissed Google's sizable role in swaying undecided voters in 2016 as "debunked," Epstein urged the former Secretary of State to listen to his congressional testimony "for the sake of our democracy," unleashing a torrent of tweets in an effort to set her straight. Enumerating the sins of Google, the psychologist implored Clinton to think of her "legacy."

Comment: See also:

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Prior to G7 Summit, Trump once again supports Russia being allowed to rejoin alliance

Conor Finnegan, Jordyn Phelps
ABC News
Tue, 20 Aug 2019 06:30 UTC
TrumpPutin
© Reuters/Kevin Lamarque
Just days before heading to the G7 Summit in France, President Donald Trump on Tuesday doubled down on his support for allowing Russia to rejoin the group of the world's advanced economies.

Trump has repeatedly called for closer ties with Moscow and it's a move he backed last year. But Western democracies have said no, citing Russian aggression in Europe and in particular Ukraine.

President Trump said Tuesday at the White House:
"I think it's much more appropriate to have Russia in. A lot of the things we talk about have to do with Russia, I could certainly see it being the G8 again, if someone would make that motion, I would be disposed to think about it favorably."
In 2014, President Barack Obama and other the member nations booted Russia out of what was then the G8 as a rebuke to Russia's illegal occupation of Crimea and its support for Russian-led separatists in eastern Ukraine.

But Trump suggested Tuesday that Obama wanted Putin out because he had been "outsmarted" by Putin.
"I guess President Obama because Putin outsmarted him. President Obama thought it wasn't a good thing to have Russia in, so he wanted Russia out."

Comment: From a year ago June 8, 2018: Trump states his case for reinstatement of Russia in G7



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Attack dog Bolton accuses China of bullying in S. China Sea, amid US intimidation and war games


RT
Tue, 20 Aug 2019 16:52 UTC
SChinaSea/Bolton
© MTSAT/Defense One/KJN
South China Sea • US National Security Advisor John Bolton
US National Security Advisor John Bolton has accused Beijing of "coercive behavior" in the South China Sea - after the Pentagon boosted its own military drills, passages of warships, and bomber flybys in the region.

Beijing's "recent escalation of efforts to intimidate others out of developing resources in the South China Sea is disturbing," Bolton wrote in a tweet on Tuesday. He accused China of "coercive behavior and bullying tactics which threaten regional peace and security."

Bolton did not specify any incidents in particular, but his tweet appears to indicate that the White House is throwing its weight on the side of the Philippines, whose claims on the South China Sea overlap with China's. Over the weekend, Manila protested after a Chinese warship sailed through what the Philippines considers a part of its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) - and Beijing a part of its own.

Meanwhile, Washington has been flaunting its own maritime forces in the face of Beijing, regularly launching what it calls freedom of navigation operations (FONOPs), dispatching warships to sail the South China Sea - which apparently doesn't count as bullying in Bolton's books. Such passages aim to challenge China's "excessive maritime claims," as per the spokesperson for the US Seventh Fleet, Commander Clay Doss.

The Pentagon also stepped up its naval drills in the area and sent B-52 strategic bombers to fly over the disputed island held by China.

Comment: See also:

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'Let go of your cold war mentality!' Russia and China deride Pentagon's INF-defying missile test

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Tue, 20 Aug 2019 20:20 UTC
Banned INF missile launch
© US Department of Defense/Scott Howe
Conventional ground-launched cruise missile test, San Nicolas Island, CA, August 18, 2019
Reaction out of Moscow and Beijing was swift after the US revealed Monday that the Pentagon successfully tested a ground-launched cruise missile with a range of over 500km for the first time in a post-INF treaty world.

Russia warned of a new "costly arms race" which it says it's seeking to avoid. Russia's deputy foreign minister, Sergei Ryabkov, told state news agency TASS:
"The US has obviously taken a course towards escalation of military tensions. We won't react to provocations. We will not allow ourselves to get drawn into a costly arms race."
Interestingly, given the Pentagon test of a previously banned land-based intermediate cruise missile - which took place at a range in California on Sunday - came a mere 17 days after the final and formal US pullout of the landmark Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty, Ryabkov further said this was clear evidence that the United States had already been in breach of the treaty prior to its official end, given the technology development and extensive preparations that went in to such a test.

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Banned missile test tells us all we need to know regarding US foreign policy

Darius Shahtahmasebi
RT
Wed, 21 Aug 2019 11:39 UTC
Banned missile
© picture-alliance/Zumapress/Department of Defense
US launches INF-banned missile
A recent missile test confirmed by the Pentagon is stoking fears of a newly established arms race which would include, among others, Russia and China.

On August 18, North Korea tested a previously banned ground-launch missile with a range of over 500km, sending the entire world into an enormous, frenzied panic. Oh no, it was the United States which in fact tested the missile to the sound of crickets over Western media discourse.

The missile in question was likely a Tomahawk missile (at a cost of at least $1.4 million per missile, but then again you can't put a price on wanton death and destruction), which is typically launched from ships and submarines - as we saw in Trump's infamous April 2017 Syria strike.

It sounds like a waste of money (to me, anyway) but there's a reason why Tomahawks cost a fortune. According to Popular Mechanics, a modern-day Tomahawk is guided by GPS and has the capacity to store coordinates for several targets. If a primary target was destroyed by friendly strikes, it can "take a picture of the damage done and loiter nearby until planners decide to re-attack the target or send the missile to attack an alternate."
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