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Americans are stranded in the Twilight Zone

John W. Whitehead
The Rutherford Institute
Tue, 02 Apr 2019 19:15 UTC

"We're developing a new citizenry. One that will be very selective about cereals and automobiles, but won't be able to think."-Rod Serling

Have you noticed how much life increasingly feels like an episode of The Twilight Zone?

Only instead of Rod Serling's imaginary "land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas," we're trapped in a topsy-turvy, all-too-real land of corruption, brutality and lies, where freedom, justice and integrity play second fiddle to political ambition, corporate greed, and bureaucratic tyranny.

It's not merely that life in the American Police State is more brutal, or more unjust, or even more corrupt. It's getting more idiotic, more perverse, and more outlandish by the day.

Somewhere over the course of the past 240-plus years, democracy has given way to idiocracy, and representative government has given way to a kleptocracy (a government ruled by thieves) and a kakistocracy (a government run by unprincipled career politicians, corporations and thieves that panders to the worst vices in our nature and has little regard for the rights of American citizens).

Examples abound.

India claims 7 Pakistani military posts destroyed in latest Kashmir flare-up

RT
Tue, 02 Apr 2019 18:40 UTC

Seven Pakistani military outposts across Kashmir's Line of Control were destroyed as retaliation for recent cross-border shelling, Indian officials have said. Pakistan confirmed three of its soldiers were killed in the fighting.

The attack on Pakistani military positions comes a day after three people were reportedly killed and two dozen others were injured by Pakistani shelling targeting forward areas along the Line of Control (LoC). India claims it neutralized seven military posts in Rakhchikri and Rawalakote, in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir.

The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) of Pakistan acknowledged on Tuesday that three soldiers were killed by "unprovoked fire" from the Indian side. The agency claimed that Pakistan's army had "responded effectively" to the attack and had inflicted casualties, but did not provide further details.

Comment: The Pakistani Army reports three of their troops were killed in 'unprovoked fire':

"Unprovoked fire" coming from India's side of the division line in Kashmir killed three Pakistani troops and injured one, the army has said, adding their forces have "responded effectively," inflicting casualties to Indian forces.

Sniff, touch & run: Will Democrats survive own #MeToo moral hype in 'Creepy Joe Biden' scandal?

Alex Benley
RT
Tue, 02 Apr 2019 18:19 UTC

When a Republican faces #MeToo-style accusations, be it President Trump or Judge Kavanaugh, Dems are usually the first to condemn. But when men among their own ranks come under fire, they water down the scandal or find a pretext.

When two women offered their revelations of a 'gross' encounter with Joe Biden in a protest against the double standards and hypocrisy among some Democrats concerning women's rights, the MSM was quick to downplay their outrage by calling the former vice president "affectionate," and a "fingertip politician," "a holdover from a different time," (WaPo) or flip the frame like MSNBC's Morning Joe hosts by labeling Lucy Flores a "huge Bernie person."

"This affectionate and sometimes intimate physical style is one of the former vice president's trademarks, a defining feature of the warm and upbeat persona he has built during more than four decades in the national spotlight," said the liberal leaning, pro-Democrat Washington Post.

Comment: Something tells us that an "intimate physical style" that creeps out the majority of the population shouldn't be a defining feature of a presidential candidate, yet here is WaPo actually writing and defending Creepy Joe Biden

Netanyahu slams watchdog report of fake account network sharing Likud propaganda

Sputnik
Mon, 01 Apr 2019 15:21 UTC

After an Israeli political watchdog reported a network of fake Twitter accounts sharing pro-Likud material on Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired back, saying they weren't bots but very real Likud supporters. The flap, however, raises important questions about how the social media giant enforces its terms of use.

Israeli independent watchdog organization Big Bots Project published a 36-page report Monday detailing a network of hundreds of accounts it says are fake or may be fake that appear to be coordinating the sharing of pro-Netanyahu posts.

According to Big Bots founders Noam Rotem and Yuval Adam, the report identifies 154 accounts with fake names and another 400 suspected of being fake, and says they appear to be operated by people, not bots. Their posts, all in Hebrew, have reached of 2.5 million people in a country of roughly 8.7 million, the New York Times, which received an advance copy of the report on Sunday, notes.

Comment: There seems to be a whole lot going on here to sow confusion. It appears the powers that be in Israel want war-criminal Benny Gantz in power, and a bit of chaos and confusion is needed to unseat Netanyahu.

Ukraine election: As Zelensky tops the poll, the West's Poroshenko gamble fizzles

Bryan MacDonald
RT
Mon, 01 Apr 2019 15:55 UTC

TV comic Vladimir Zelensky has won 30 percent of the vote in the first round of Ukraine's presidential election. He'll face the beleaguered Western-backed president, Petro Poroshenko, in a run-off.

Forget geopolitics for a moment. Because, for those on the ground who did the heavy lifting, Ukraine's 2013/14 Euromaidan was about removing the corrupt post-Soviet elite. Thus, it always seemed bizarre that the chief political beneficiary was a billionaire who'd served as a minister in the two detested previous administrations.

Make no mistake, the original Maidan protesters believed their efforts would sweep away the old ruling class. And they fell for promises of swift Western integration and pledges of reviving an impoverished economy. Instead, it all rapidly turned cynical and they got a US-imposed interim administration. Washington's point-woman Victoria Nuland declared "Yats is the guy," and Arseniy Yatsenyuk quickly became caretaker PM.

Soon after, the West backed Petro Poroshenko in a presidential election which amounted to a showdown with ex-PM Yulia Tymoshenko, which the former easily won.

So, if Euromaidan was a revolution, its result was strange. Something akin to Marie Antoinette's baker taking over France in 1793.

Here we are five years later and just 9 percent of Ukrainians have confidence in their government. Which is the lowest mark on the planet. And down from 24 percent during the tail-end of the Yanukovich era. Meanwhile, average wages have fallen to US$320 a month, deaths far exceed births, taxes have increased, and gas prices have risen dramatically.

Moscow would like to see party of peace in power in Ukraine

Sputnik
Tue, 02 Apr 2019 16:28 UTC

Kremlin believes it is yet too early to comment on the results of the Ukrainian presidential election or congratulate any of the candidates on getting into the second round of the race, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday.

"The election in Ukraine is not over yet. There will be the second round. So, it's too early to draw conclusions. We need to wait... As long as the election is not finished, it would be wrong to congratulate [anyone] on getting into the second round," the spokesman said.

"Of course, we would like to see that Ukraine is governed by a party seeking a step-by-step settlement in Ukraine's southeast in accordance with the existing agreements, rather than a party of war," the spokesman added.

The Kremlin has no stand on Russian lawmakers' suggestion not to recognise the Ukrainian presidential election, Peskov said on Monday, stressing that this was the lawmakers' own initiative.

US deploys first THAAD in Israel just in time for the Knesset election

Sputnik
Tue, 02 Apr 2019 02:46 UTC

A rapid-deployment drill involving the US military and Israel Defense Forces (IDF) wrapped up on Monday in which they deployed the powerful THAAD missile defense array. The muscle flex comes just a week before a challenging election for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has played up his closeness to Washington on the campaign trail.

A five week-long test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile system in southern Israel concluded Monday. Since March 4, 250 US officers and soldiers, plus 15 Israeli Air Force (IAF) personnel, have trained at the Nevatim Airbase on quickly deploying the missile defense system in Israel.

"The THAAD was deployed in Israel; we did a month of exercises with it. At the end of this month, it will go back to its place, and we will have improved our air defenses," IAF Col. Guy Amosi told The Times of Israel over the phone. "We learned tons."

Comment: See also:
Israel receives US THAAD missile defense system - part of 'joint exercises'

Chinese army arrives in Venezuela just days after the Russian military

al-Masdar News
Tue, 02 Apr 2019 18:12 UTC

A group of Chinese soldiers arrived in Venezuela on Sunday as part of a cooperation program between Beijing and Caracas.

According to reports, more than 120 soldiers from the Chinese People's Liberation Army arrived at Venezuela's Margarita Island to deliver humanitarian aid and military supplies to the government forces.

The arrival of the People's Liberation Army in Venezuela comes just days after the Russian armed forces deployed to the country to install a military helicopter training facility.

Max Blumenthal: 'What kind of a dictatorship is this?' as Venezuelan cops protect coup leader

RT
Mon, 01 Apr 2019 22:59 UTC

US-backed Venezuelan opposition leader, Juan Guaido, came to Caracas seeking to be arrested, but the provocation failed and he ended up being guarded by police from an angry mob, investigative journalist Max Blumenthal told RT.

"It's ironic to see government security forces actually protecting Guaido, a figure who is calling for the government to be toppled and attempting to fragment the security services from within," Blumenthal, editor of the Grayzone Project, said, commenting on the video recently uploaded to social media.

The clip showed people in the working-class neighborhood of El Valle in Caracas hurling insults and trying to make their way to a black SUV, which was reportedly transporting Guaido to a rally. Only the police officers, loyal to President Nicolas Maduro, were there to protect the opposition figure.

"It's also ironic because we constantly hear about Venezuela as some kind of ruthless Communist dictatorship. But here you have a situation that will certainly not be tolerated in the US or other countries, like Russia, China or Germany... What kind of dictatorship is this? Well, apparently it's not a very effective one," the journalist said.

The choice of "El Valle where Maduro's base is" for the opposition gathering was no coincidence, as Guaido came there "because the US wanted him to get arrested to create a provocation," Blumenthal said. The opposition leader wasn't visible in the video, but he said that "the rally actually did take place. Guaido got out of his armored car and very few people attended it."

Comment: Check out this interview with Max Blumenthal on the situation in Venezuela:

Judge orders DOJ to release Comey memos

Ivan Pentchoukov
The Epoch Times
Sun, 31 Mar 2019 00:00 UTC

A federal judge ordered the Department of Justice to hand over memos drafted by former FBI Director James Comey in which he recorded the details of his one-on-one conversations with President Donald Trump.

Judge James Boasberg ruled in favor of CNN, The Daily Caller News Foundation, Judicial Watch, and others in ordering the Justice Department (DOJ) and the FBI to turn over the memos to the court by April 1.

The memos in question include those Comey leaked to a "friend" with the intention of triggering the appointment of a special counsel. At least one of the memos contains classified information, according to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa).

Comment: See also:

We must believe lies as truth or face the consequences. I am not sure if I can assimilate into the Brave New World.

nuggatron

This figure is such an obvious parody and insult of the voters, I don't know why the whole deepfake administration was not court-martialled and...

codis

Only space aliens or pedojewzskies would abuse a child at school: [Link]

Jibrish

Good luck to them, to us all.

Demore

.. .. Here's (3) typical, (and they all look alike) jewzskies jewzskiing: [Link]

Jibrish

Puppet Masters

Americans are stranded in the Twilight Zone

India claims 7 Pakistani military posts destroyed in latest Kashmir flare-up

Sniff, touch & run: Will Democrats survive own #MeToo moral hype in 'Creepy Joe Biden' scandal?

Netanyahu slams watchdog report of fake account network sharing Likud propaganda

Ukraine election: As Zelensky tops the poll, the West's Poroshenko gamble fizzles

Moscow would like to see party of peace in power in Ukraine

US deploys first THAAD in Israel just in time for the Knesset election

Chinese army arrives in Venezuela just days after the Russian military

Max Blumenthal: 'What kind of a dictatorship is this?' as Venezuelan cops protect coup leader

Judge orders DOJ to release Comey memos

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