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Ukraine targets 2nd opposition leader with 'treason' case, Poroshenko follows Medvedchuk

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© Reuters / Valentyn OgirenkoFILE PHOTO.
Ukraine's government has targeted another opposition leader with a treason case, just after his party surpassed the ruling Servant of the People party in an opinion poll. This time former president Petro Poroshenko is the target.

The case is ostensibly linked to the coal trade between Kiev and the breakaway eastern Ukrainian regions in the Donbass during his time in office. Poroshenko, who heads the European Solidarity party, was a vehement opponent of both the unrecognized statelets and Russia.

Earlier this year, another Ukrainian opposition leader, Viktor Medvedchuk was placed under arrest, allegedly for committing treason in dealings with Crimea. Just like Poroshenko, Medvedchuk's Opposition Platform - For Life had polled ahead of Zelensky's faction before he was prosecuted.

Comment: Journalist Bryan MacDonald succinctly summed up the situation: You don't have a democracy when the leaders of the two largest opposition parties are being targeted with politically motivated treason charges:


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Eye 1

Biden staff did 'inexcusable' things: Manchin

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Update (1515ET): Manchin on Monday laid out possible changes to the $2 trillion Build Back Better economic agenda which might encourage him to reverse his "no" on the legislation.

For starters, Manchin said he would only support a $1.75 trillion bill that seriously overhauls the US tax code, and that significantly lowers the cost of a broader array of prescription drugs vs. the current offering.

"If you're going to negotiate then negotiate. Don't start picking and choosing and playing games," he said.

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The Senator did not specify what "inexcusable" actions he was referring to, but insisted that "they know what it is, and that's it." He also said he'd reached his "wit's end" in negotiations with the White House.

Democrats have expressed outrage at Manchin since he revealed to Fox News on Sunday that he is a firm 'no' on the massive $2-trillion spending package. Supporters of the plan argue it is essential infrastructure spending, as well as offering needed financial assistance for Americans, while critics argue the plan is far too expensive.
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Manchin's support is needed to help the Build Back Better plan pass the Senate, though the moderate Democrat shocked many on Sunday when he expressed that he has no plans to support the plan. He also did not indicate whether changes could make him support the plan, saying only it would need to go through committees first.

The senator said he opposes Democrats acting "as if you have 55 or 60 senators that are Democrats, and you can do whatever you want."

Manchin described himself as a "Washington Democrat" and said if there is no place for him in the current party, then "they ought to push me where they want me."



Bad Guys

Justin Trudeau: PM of Canada talking about attacking and overriding citizens constitutional fundamental rights as a result of perceived 'loopholes'

The PM of Canada talking about attacking citizens fundamental rights, and doing it because of a loophole in the charter of rights and freedoms.

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Kyiv on July 11, 2016 (PMO photo by Adam Scotti)

Comment: Rights, freedoms - a constitution? Canadians might consider asking some very important questions on who exactly is running the show. Canadians at large seem to have been sold a bill of goods, from NATO, Iraq and False Flags, Libya, Syria, Ukraine, AGW, Covid and the WEF's Build Back Better agenda, et cetera. Of course, Russia relationships are continuously demonized, and at the behest of the U.S., even Chinese citizens will be arrested.

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Then Canadian Foreign Minister (now upgraded to Deputy PM), Chrystia Freeland: "We luv you Justin! Now be a good boy and do exactly as we say."




Comment: Pick a country:




Bell

OSHA vaccine mandate heads to the Supreme Court

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The 6th circuit Federal Court of Appeals has weighed in on the crucial mandate from OSHA that all employers with more than 100 employees must institute extreme Covid controls, while providing liberalization on the condition of vaccination. In practice, it is a vaccine mandate that covers vast numbers of workers, and it is likely to be expanded to cover everyone. The opinion was decided in OSHA's favor, 2 to 1.

The decision has been appealed to the Supreme Court which will likely make the final judgement. As this case grinds through the court system, workers around the country are being fired, mandates are going into effect, and cities are segregating their populations based on their willingness to acquiesce to government's mandated medicine.

The majority begins its decision with a chilling announcement that smacks of ideological bias.
Recognizing that the "old normal" is not going to return, employers and employees have sought new models for a workplace that will protect the safety and health of employees who earn their living there. In need of guidance on how to protect their employees from COVID-19 transmission while reopening business, employers turned to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA or the Agency), the federal agency tasked with assuring a safe and healthful workplace....

Health

NHS leader warns England hospital units may close as staff revolt over jab mandate

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© File photoMaternity wards are particularly vulnerable to closure due to a national shortage of midwives.
Vaccination rule comes into force in April but many staff are unwilling to participate, warns NHS Providers chief

Entire hospital units could be forced to shut because of staff quitting in protest at the government's order that they must all be vaccinated against Covid-19, a senior NHS leader has warned.

Chris Hopson, the chief executive of NHS Providers, said that at one hospital trust in England, 40 midwives were refusing to get jabbed, raising fears that the maternity unit may have to close.

Comment: The NHS has been in trouble for years due to its funding being systematically gutted. Will the mandate be the nail in the coffin which will allow the government to sell it off?


Attention

Russia says US response to security demands needs to be 'urgent'

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© Serhiy Takhmazov/ReutersMilitary observer
Russia says that the U.S. response to the security demands it laid out last week need to be "urgent," Reuters reported.

Russia on Friday released draft security agreements for the U.S. and NATO as concerns grow about Moscow's massing of troops along its border with Ukraine. Among the demands, Russia is demanding that the U.S. and NATO deny Ukraine membership into the alliance, and that NATO and Ukraine roll back military deployments.

A senior Biden administration official told reporters later Friday that the U.S. would respond sometime this week with a "more concrete proposal" after consulting with allies.

Speaking to Russian news agency RIA, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Washington has not yet responded to the demands, Reuters reported.
"I think they'll try to turn this into a slow-moving process, but we need it to be urgent, because the situation is very difficult, it is acute, it tends to become more complicated."

Comment: Russia is pointing the way out for the US and NATO and recently offered a realistic assessment of Ukraine's disfunction.

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Arrow Down

From inflation to crime, reality painfully crashes the illusions of Biden Democrats

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© UnknownUS President Joe Biden
The Democratic conductors orchestrating the one-company town that is Washington these days put on quite a performance for most of 2021.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sang an unforgettable rendition of "It's Transitory" when inflation began spiking, while President Joe Biden stirred a few emotions when he declared the deadly, bungled U.S. exit from Afghanistan an "extraordinary success."

Like Les Miserables hero Jean Valjean at the barricade, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas proudly proclaimed the U.S. southern border was fully secured as one million-plus illegal aliens poured across. And the grand dame of young progressives, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, belted out her own version of "What's Crime Gotta To Do With It," hoping to convince Americans that the pandemic of smash-and-grab robberies was "not actually panning out."

There's just one problem when politicians peddle illusions: Facts have a strange way of crashing the show. If voters can see reality, they dismiss the illusions. And when they do, the boomerang on the illusionists can be swift and consequential.

Cult

New German defence minister huffs at Russian NATO proposals: You have no right to discuss 'spheres of influence' or 'red lines'

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© Reuters / Ints KalninsGerman Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht meets soldiers as she visits Rukla military base, Lithuania December 19, 2021.
NATO should engage in dialogue with Russia but the US-led military bloc ought not stand for Moscow telling its members what to do, Germany's new defense minister declared on Sunday, during a visit to Lithuania.

Christine Lambrecht made the statement during a press conference with her Lithuanian counterpart, Arvydas Anusauskas, in the town of Rukla. The minister said that while it was "important and right" to discuss the proposals put forward by Russia, NATO wouldn't allow Moscow to tell its member states how to "position themselves."

Comment: Some of the domestic side members of the German government might want to get with the belligerent Ms Lambrecht and remind her that Russian gas is what keeps Germany warm in the winter. Russia may not cut off supplies (they are too humane to do so), but it might not be inclined to give a prosperous country like Germany any price breaks. How will the German people feel about that?

Alexander Mercouris of The Duran, has something to say about the matter:




Stock Down

Erdogan unveils extraordinary measures to protect Turkish lira as currency crash continues

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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government announced extraordinary measures to bolster the Turkish lira, including the introduction of a new program that will protect savings from fluctuations in the local currency.

The government will make up for losses incurred by holders of lira deposits should the lira's declines against hard currencies exceed interest rates promised by banks, Erdogan said after chairing a cabinet meeting in Ankara.

The lira trimmed its drop -- which had extended to as much as 10.6% -- after Erdogan's announcement and was trading down 5.9% at 17.4240 per dollar at 8:45 p.m. in Istanbul.

Comment: A number of commentators are speculating that the Turkish lira is actually under attack, which is a distinct possibility, because we know that it's just one of the tried and tested methods that the Western establishment unleashes on a country when it refuses to comply with its agenda; the failed coup attempt back in 2016 was another: As Turkey turns away from Biden & towards Putin, the US-led NATO military bloc is on the rocks due to American ambitions in Syria

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Star of David

Israeli television report: Ex-Mossad chief had affair, told woman and her husband state secrets

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© Yonatan Sindel/Flash90Former head of the Mossad Yossi Cohen attends the Jerusalem Post Conference, held in Jerusalem, October 12, 2021.
Former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen revealed state secrets to a flight attendant with whom he was having an affair, as well as to her husband, Channel 13 reports.

The network's HaMakor investigative program reports that the affair began in late 2018, and that Cohen would brag to the couple about various secret details from the spy agency's operations around the world, as well as providing them information on his travels around the world.

Comment: For the head of a supposedly world-class intelligence outfit, Cohen's loose lips are a bit surprising. It doesn't seem to be the first time either. The consequences of an enormous ego?