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Kosovo attack on Serbian Official: US attempt to humiliate Belgrade and Moscow - Politician


Sputnik News
Wed, 28 Mar 2018 00:00 UTC
Kosovo Attack on Serbian Official
© AP Photo/ Visar Kryeziu
The violent detention of Serbian Office for Kosovo Director Marko Duric during his trip to the self-declared republic is almost undoubtedly aimed at both Belgrade and Moscow, Milorad Dodik, president of the Republika Srpska in Bosnia, has said.

Speaking to Sputnik Serbia, Dodik stressed that "what we saw...in Mitrovica was certainly an attempt to humiliate both Serbia and the Serbian people." It was "an attempt by sponsors who have long been known - i.e. those for whom statues have been built," Dodik said, referring to the statue of former US president Bill Clinton in Pristina and by association, the US.

Saying that the "arrogance" shown by Kosovar security forces was "unbearable," the politician suggested that Belgrade will now have a hard time figuring out how to work with Pristina. Dodik noted that the ethnic Serb coalition's exit from the government was a good start. At the same time, he urged Serbs in northern Kosovo to remain calm, but to continue to show their peaceful opposition to such violence.

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Former Obama advisor, Susan Rice, appointed to Netflix's board of directors

Jack Heretik
Washington Free Beacon
Wed, 28 Mar 2018 15:26 UTC
Susan Rice
© Reuters
Former national security adviser Susan Rice
Former Obama administration national security adviser Susan Rice now has a new gig as a member of Netflix's board of directors.

Rice and Netflix CEO Reed Hastings released statements regarding her joining the video streaming company, Variety reports.

"I am thrilled to be joining the board of directors of Netflix, a cutting-edge company whose leadership, high-quality productions, and unique culture I deeply admire," Rice said.

Comment: No conflict of interest here.

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Wolf

The sordid background to Mueller's selection as special prosecutor

Eric Zuesse
Zero Hedge
Sun, 12 Nov 2017 14:15 UTC
mueller
© Getty Images
It all began with the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers apartment complex in the Saudi city of Khobar, which killed 19 U.S. military, who worked at the Dharan air base three miles away.

That incident became the lynchpin of the accusation by the Saudi royal family, the U.S. State Department, and the CIA, that Iran is the foremost state sponsor of terrorism.

Both Robert Mueller and his longtime ally James Comey (the latter of whose firing as the FBI chief, by U.S. President Trump, had sparked the appointment of Mueller to become the Special Counsel investigating the U.S. President) performed crucial roles in establishing that the Khobar Towers bombing had been a Hezbollah operation run by the Iranian Government - and, starting upon this basis, in helping to develop the case that Iran "is the foremost state sponsor of terrorism."

However, as has been made clear by several great independent investigative journalists, on the basis of far more-solid documentation than the official account, the Khobar Towers bombing was instead entirely a fundamentalist-Sunni operation, specifically perpetrated by Al Qaeda, which hates Shia and which also hates America's military presence in the Middle East. Osama bin Laden's claim of the bombing's having been done by Al Qaeda, was, in fact, entirely honest and accurate.
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Diquat: How Syngenta won the war over weedkillers

Simon Marks & Giulia Paravicini
Politico.eu
Fri, 23 Mar 2018 14:12 UTC
Syngenta
© Patrick B. Kraemer/EPA
A sign with the logo of the Swiss agrichemical group Syngenta on a field in Baltenswil, Switzerland
More than two years after the European Food Safety Authority signaled concerns about a pesticide made by Syngenta, the Swiss agrichemical giant has avoided an EU ban on the product after mounting a campaign to undermine the watchdog's findings.

Emails, letters and technical papers released by the European Commission in response to a POLITICO request show the Commission twice withdrew a proposal to remove Syngenta's pesticide, called diquat, from the market after the company questioned the methodology behind EFSA's science.

The battle over diquat illustrates how Syngenta used its lobbying in Brussels to drive a wedge between the Commission and its own food safety agency. The company's questioning of EFSA's science has helped kick the prospect of a ban down the road.

Comment: Read more about Syngenta undermining the credibility of scientific research when it comes to serious health concerns/ questions regarding their 'products'

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Road Cone

Bayer-Monsanto merger . . . or bust?


panna.org
Thu, 22 Mar 2018 13:54 UTC
monsanto merger
The Bayer-Monsanto merger has hit a roadblock in the U.S.

The agribusiness giants have been waiting for the Department of Justice (DoJ) to approve the business coupling, but last week the department's antitrust division revealed worries that the merger could hurt competition, and they don't think Bayer's proposed plan to sell off some businesses before the deal is finalized goes far enough.

Comment: Read more about the Bayer Monsanto match made in hell:

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Quenelle - Golden

Zakharova slams Boris Johnson after he compares FIFA World Cup to 1936 Nazi Olympics


RT
Fri, 30 Mar 2018 13:01 UTC
Berlin stadium olympics 1936
© Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters
The main entrance of the Olympic stadium in Berlin that hosted the Games in 1936
The Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman has rebuked Boris Johnson's comparison between the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia and the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany - with a list of British dignitaries that attended the 1936 event.

UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson earlier agreed with an MP who said that "Putin is going to use it [the World Cup] in the way Hitler used the 1936 Olympics" - to boost Russia's image. In response, Maria Zakharova took the time during a news briefing on Thursday to call out London on how it endorsed the Nazi-hosted 1936 games by sending a high-profile delegation.

Speaking of the makeup of the delegation, Zakharova cited a German brochure that listed the "honorable guests." It enumerated the British dignitaries, including the head of the British Olympic Association, its secretary general, as well as three British representatives in the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and a number of British heads of the International sports federations that attended the Games.

Comment: Zakharova has been a shining light throughout this whole sordid affair, while Boris Johnson has been an utter embarrassment.
When he's not busy comparing Putin to Hitler he's making a fool of himself by comparing Novichok to lightsabers:
Johnson continued his speech with a Star Wars reference to explain "all you need to know about the difference between modern Britain and the government of Vladimir Putin."

"They make Novichok, we make light sabres. One a hideous weapon that is specifically intended for assassination. The other an implausible theatrical prop with a mysterious buzz [...] But which of those two weapons is really more effective in the world of today?" he asked.
Which nation has a 'credibility problem' again?

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Zakharova crushes British journalist: 'It's more appropriate to question West's credibility than Moscow's'


RT
Fri, 30 Mar 2018 13:01 UTC
Russian Foreign Ministry’s Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova
© Mikhail Japaridze/TASS
Russian Foreign Ministry’s Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova
It is more appropriate to question the credibility of the West, which pressures other countries to express "solidarity" and invade Iraq on a false pretext, than that of Russia, the spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry said.

"Are we playing cards here or dealing with serious matters? Is this a game of poker or international relations?" Maria Zakharova said when asked by Sky News correspondent John Sparks if Moscow accepted that "Russia has a serious credibility problem," as a large group of countries simply don't believe its denials in the case of the poisoning of double agent Sergei Skripal.

"Is it a sort of international game within the rules set by the UN Charter or, alternatively, is it an unrestricted use of force and pressure?" she said, questioning the behavior of the UK and the US.

Comment: There is another reason to question Britain's credibility in this case, and that stems from the preponderance of the evidence. As Joe Quinn writes,
[T]he British government's apparent access to the precise nerve agents in question, close to where Skripal lives, their full access to Skripal himself, their past form in fabricating evidence of chemical weapons usage by other states, and their clear intent to wage a vicious and underhanded demonization campaign against Russia, all combine to allow us to actively assume that the poisoning of Skripal and his daughter was the work of the British government itself. Is it beyond a reasonable doubt? Perhaps not, but it is currently the only hypothesis that makes sense given the evidence available. And until more evidence is made available, it is the only reasonable conclusion to make.
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Snakes in Suits

A false military pullback: Trump will 'leave' Syria like he 'left' Afghanistan

Marko Marjanović
Checkpoint Asia
Fri, 30 Mar 2018 09:13 UTC
POTUS

POTUS loves himself a man in uniform
Trump has already shown that more than sensible military pullbacks, he values Mattis' hot breath against the back of his neck

Speaking to his base yesterday Trump claimed the US would be "coming out of Syria very soon" and it was time to let "the other people take care of it now."

While that arguably sounds like a very good thing (unless you are a Kurd, in which case it's yet another US stab in the back), we can recall Trump said the same things, only much more clearly and more often about Afghanistan only to end up authorizing another Pentagon surge in that country.

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Sherlock

Congressional investigators: Text messages 'strongly' suggest coordination between CIA, FBI, Obama WH and Dem officials early in Trump-Russia probe

Brooke Singman
Fox News
Fri, 30 Mar 2018 01:55 UTC
U.S. President Barack Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump (L) to discuss transition plans in the White House Oval Office in Washington, U.S., November 10, 2016
© REUTERS/ Kevin Lamarque
U.S. President Barack Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump (L) to discuss transition plans in the White House Oval Office in Washington, U.S., November 10, 2016
Newly uncovered text messages between FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page suggest a possible coordination between high-ranking officials at the Obama White House, CIA, FBI, Justice Department and former Senate Democratic leadership in the early stages of the investigation into alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, according to GOP congressional investigators on Wednesday.

The investigators say the information provided to Fox News "strongly" suggests coordination between former President Barack Obama's Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, then-Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, and CIA Director John Brennan - which they say would "contradict" the Obama administration's public stance about its hand in the process.

Page texted Strzok on Aug. 2, 2016, saying: "Make sure you can lawfully protect what you sign. Just thinking about congress, foia, etc. You probably know better than me."

Comment: Thing are getting more and more interesting.

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Arrow Down

American hubris: US threatens 'additional actions' in response to Russia's ousting of diplomats


Sputnik
Thu, 29 Mar 2018 22:49 UTC
us state department
© Sputnik
US State Department announced Thursday that the US may be taking additional actions in response to Russia ordering the expulsion of 60 US diplomats by April 5.

The State Department noted that there was "no justification" for Russia's response and that it shouldn't act "like a victim."

"There is no justification for the Russian response," Heather Nauert, the spokesperson for the US State Department, said Thursday. "Our actions were motivated purely by the attack on the United Kingdom."

Comment: What would any normal person do in the face of such pathological arrogance and hubris on the part of the United States? See more:

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