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Russia blasts Trump's space grab as an 'aggressive expropriation attempt'


RT
Tue, 07 Apr 2020 08:10 UTC
'Moon' scene
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The US has declared outer space a legal equivalent of the Wild West, and Russia believes it may lead to the grimmest of consequences like many policies of territorial expansion did in the past. Russia's space agency was not impressed by President Donald Trump's executive order, which doesn't see space "as a global commons."

"Attempts to expropriate outer space and aggressive plans to de facto seize the territories of other planets will hardly encourage other nations to participate in fruitful cooperation," said Sergey Savelyev, Roscosmos deputy director responsible for international cooperation.

He was responding to the US attempt to draw private companies and foreign nations into the recovery and use of resources in space by assuring them that they may take whatever they want out there, legally speaking.

"Americans should have the right to engage in commercial exploration, recovery, and use of resources in outer space," Trump's executive order declared.

Comment: See also: Trump issues Executive Order supporting space resources utilization

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EO of online investment platform says global Ponzi scheme of fiat currency/banking due to collapse


RT
Tue, 07 Apr 2020 11:51 UTC
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As the global economy is struggling with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, concerns are growing about the stability of the international monetary system.

RT's Keiser Report is joined by Simon Dixon, the CEO and co-founder of the online investment platform bnktothefuture.com, to talk about the possibility of new digital currencies from central banks and governments around the world, as the debt-based fiat world disintegrates.

"This is really a global reset in the financial system," says Dixon, adding that he does not want to sound dramatic.


Comment: See also: Asian Development Bank: $4T will be wiped from the global economy

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State Department refuses Clinton and Mills deposition avoidance

Alex Nitzberg
Just the News
Mon, 06 Apr 2020 09:03 UTC
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© Getty Images/The Hill/Daily Mail/KJNFormer Sec. of State Hillary Clinton • Former Clinton aide Cheryl Mills
The State Department on Monday rejected Hillary Clinton's effort to avoid depositions for herself and her former chief of staff in a lawsuit brought by the government watchdog organization Judicial Watch.

The former Secretary of State and her former top aide Cheryl Mills are seeking a writ of mandamus to avoid a judge's order requiring their testimony in an open records case involving Clinton's use of a private email server for government business.

The State Department's response signed by multiple members of the Justice Department reads:
"The government did not seek and thus does not support the extraordinary relief of mandamus due to the unique circumstances of this case.

"One aspect of the district court's rulings, although not central to the pending petition, is of particular concern to the government: assertions that the government acted in bad faith in litigating this FOIA request are wholly without basis."
U.S. District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth in early March granted the request to depose Clinton about why she utilized a private email server, her grasp of "State's records management obligations," and any information she has about materials pertaining to the 2012 Benghazi attack.
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Asian Development Bank: $4T will be wiped from the global economy

Drago Bosnic
FRN
Sun, 05 Apr 2020 00:00 UTC
The Road
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The global economy will see a much bigger hit from the coronavirus pandemic than previously expected, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) warned in its annual report. According to the gloomiest scenario presented by the bank, the impact of the "worst pandemic in a century" will be as high as $4.1 trillion, or 4.8 percent of global gross domestic product (GDP), RT reported.

However, even this forecast could turn out worse given the impact of the outbreak on global supply chains and how long it will take to contain the virus. Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2020, the ADB's annual economic report predicts:
"The estimated impact could be an underestimate, as additional channels such as supply disruptions, interrupted remittances, possible social and financial crises, and long-term effects on health care and education are excluded from the analysis."
While the higher forecast reflects the spread of the infection to Europe, the US, and other major economies, on the low end the global cost could be $2 trillion if demand shocks are smaller and containment periods shorten.

Comment: Whammy #1: the fake pandemic. Whammy #2: the real economy. Alarming forecasts serve to further increase panic for both investors and the public-at-large. To choreograph this next step requires 'a devastating financial future' guaranteeing a social and financial crisis begging for control. Economic darts are being thrown, it remains to be seen how close to the bullseye they land.
The Labor Department prediction is the economic impact from the coronavirus pandemic will be the largest ever felt in the United States. 701,000 jobs were lost in March and the unemployment rate climbed to 4.4 percent. Rick Rieder, Chief Investment Officer of global fixed income at BlackRock wrote:

"The decline in nonfarm payrolls, of 701,000 jobs, while a sharp reversal from strong January and February employment figures, is going to get much worse in the months to come, as the Bureau of Labor Statistics' surveys catch up with the reality of significant economic shutdowns across most states."

Ellen Zentner, Chief Economist at Morgan Stanley, dropped her growth predictions for the second-quarter gross domestic product to -38 percent, forecasting that the US is ready to lose up to 21 million jobs - surging the unemployment rate to 15.7 percent. Full-year GDP will drop by 5.5 percent.
France is facing a worse slowdown than in 2009 according to Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire. "We will probably be at more than the -2.2 percent [seen] in 2009. That shows the magnitude of the economic shock we are facing."

As part of its crisis measures, the government has prepared a €45 billion ($50 billion) package - two percent of GDP - to pay businesses not to lay off workers while another €300 billion in state-guaranteed loans are being extended to any struggling company that needs them.
And there is Merkel's take: The EU is facing the biggest trial in its history, urging impatient citizens to put aside thoughts of ending coronavirus-related restrictions and focus on survival as a bloc. "Germany can only do well if Europe is also doing well. The answer can only be: more Europe."

But while she preached closer ties, Germany was blocking a "corona-bond" aid package proposed by the EU that would help Italy, Spain, and France. To date 1,590 people have died in Germany with the virus.


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Gantz and Netanyahu reportedly come to agreement on annexing West Bank — liberal Zionists appeal to Pelosi

Philip Weiss
Mondoweiss
Mon, 06 Apr 2020 17:02 UTC
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© Associated Press/Dan BaliltyThen-IDF chief of staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, left, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a Navy ceremony on September 11, 2013.
Ten days ago the big news from Israel was that Benny Gantz was abandoning his opposition to Benjamin Netanyahu amid the coronavirus emergency and they were moving to form a "unity" government of former rivals, with a strong and all-Jewish majority: Netanyahu's rightwing bloc of 58 seats + 15 or so of Gantz's shattered centrist Blue White party.

Now the days pass and no Israeli government! Why not? The news from Israel is that Netanyahu is negotiating under a lot of pressure from his right wing to use the Trump window, which may be closing soon, to annex the West Bank; and Gantz has folded. The main stumbling block to a new government are judiciary issues touching on Netanyahu's indictment.

"It seems sadly we are inching closer an closer to a reality we have worked hard to prevent," Adina Vogel-Ayalon of J Street said today: "what liberal Zionists call annexation, but the right calls "sovereignty" (and the left calls the one-state reality).

Comment: Times of Israel adds Gantz is now tying his political future to the Lukid party:
Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz met with Labor chief Amir Peretz on Monday to discuss a possible merger of their parties as they are set to join the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, following the dissolution of Labor's alliance with the left-wing Meretz.

The talks came as Gantz also met Monday with Netanyahu for new coalition talks, with their parties claiming progress toward forming a new government.

A joint statement from Blue and White and Labor said: "In the first stage, rules will be set on joint and coordinated work inside the Knesset, with the aim of merging the parties."

The statement suggested the two parties could run on a joint ticket in future elections and said Blue and White MK Avi Nissenkorn and Labor MK Itzik Shmuli would be tasked with discussing these arrangements.

Labor ran in the last elections as part of the Labor-Gesher-Meretz alliance, which has unraveled since the March 2 vote.

[...]

If Labor does join the government, it will be the first time the party has been in a ruling coalition since 2011, when much of the faction bolted a Netanyahu-led government.

A joint statement from Likud and Blue and White Monday said, "Negotiations are underway and in good spirits, with the aim of establishing a national emergency government as quickly as possible."

The two party chiefs met for several hours at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem, with the talks apparently held at a distance, as Netanyahu has been under quarantine since Health Minister Yaakov Litzman, with whom he had been in contact, tested positive for the coronavirus last week.

According to a report Monday by the Kan public broadcaster, the main sticking point in the coalition talks was Likud's insistence on veto power in the appointment of judges, with Blue and White willing to compromise on Israeli annexation of land in the West Bank.
Netanyahu is truly deranged if he thinks he can take such a step and not have the wrath of the sane world come down on him. Even the US wouldn't be able to shield Israel from the consequences of such a step. BDS may be a minor irritant to Israel now, but it could mushroom disastrously.

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Maduro orders mobilization of artillery amid threats of US aggression

Drago Bosnic
Fort Russ News
Mon, 06 Apr 2020 00:00 UTC
Maduro
President Nicolas Maduro stated that he had "ordered the mobilization of artillery [pieces]" in the country's strategic areas in order to protect the security of the Venezuelan people.

"I denounce the existence of groups financed from Colombia and the US, which seek to undermine the stability of [our] homeland with violent actions," he wrote on his Twitter page, RIA Novosti reported.

The remarks came after he said during a ministerial meeting in Caracas earlier on Saturday that these groups believe that "they can take advantage of the [coronavirus] pandemic and the quarantine to carry out terrorist actions and a coup".

He added that he had announced the mobilization of the artillery within the framework of the ongoing 2020 Bolivarian Shield drills, which kicked off in mid-February, "to be prepared for the fight for peace". Maduro's statement comes a few days after President Donald Trump announced that the US military would deploy naval vessels and aircraft to the Caribbean as part of an enhanced counter-narcotics operation.

Comment: Whatever Trump's true intentions are towards Venezuela, the optics of US aggression do NOT look very good:

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How to rig an election: George Soros-funded group pushes nationwide voting drop boxes for presidential election

Aaron Klein
Breitbart
Mon, 06 Apr 2020 00:00 UTC
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The Brennan Center for Justice, which is heavily financed by George Soros, is advocating the use of drop boxes to deposit ballots on voting day this November as part of a suggested overhaul of the U.S. voting system due to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic.

With other Soros-financed groups, the Brennan Center has been leading a campaign advocating a "vote by mail" system in the upcoming presidential election, citing fears that coronavirus makes it too dangerous to vote in person. Some of the groups are using the coronavirus crisis to push permanent changes to the way Americans vote.

Analysts have posited that such proposals help the Democratic Party. Republicans specifically fear the prospect of voter fraud, since mail-in voting would be harder to authenticate.

Now Brennan has released a preliminary $2 billion budget that breaks down the costs of a implementing the organization's blueprint for voting reform during the pandemic. The blueprint that has been widely cited by news media as making a central argument for a universal vote-by-mail option, while Democrats have used Brennan's plan to push voter reform legislation.

Part of Brennan's budget calls for jurisdictions to "offer secure drop boxes in accessible locations for voters to drop off ballots directly."

Comment: The Dems and their Globalist brethren are pulling out all the stops to make sure that their idiot puppet wins the next election. We can expect a lot more stories like this one, including how this proposed new system will be designed to prevent "Russian meddling". Wait for it.

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Cardinal George Pell freed from prison after High Court overturns sex abuse conviction

Hilary Whiteman
CNN
Tue, 07 Apr 2020 13:58 UTC
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Cardinal George Pell has been freed from prison after Australia's High Court unanimously overturned his conviction on five counts of historical child sex abuse.

The momentous decision, handed down Tuesday by Chief Justice Susan Kiefel, ends a five-year legal battle that started when a man in his 30s approached police alleging Pell had abused him as a child in the mid-1990s.

At the time, Pell was Vatican Treasurer and the highest ranking Catholic official to ever be publicly accused of child sex offenses. Pell strenuously denied the charges, which he dismissed in a 2016 police interview as a "product of fantasy."

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Bill Gates is funding new factories for 7 potential coronavirus vaccines, even though it will waste billions of dollars

Isobel Asher Hamilton
Business Insider
Fri, 03 Apr 2020 11:13 UTC
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Bill Gates is plugging money into building factories for seven promising coronavirus vaccine candidates, even though it will mean wasting billions of dollars.

On Thursday's episode of "The Daily Show," the Microsoft billionaire told the host Trevor Noah that his philanthropic organization, the Gates Foundation, could mobilize faster than governments to fight the coronavirus outbreak.


Comment: Philanthropic organization should be in scare quotes.


"Because our foundation has such deep expertise in infectious diseases, we've thought about the epidemic, we did fund some things to be more prepared, like a vaccine effort," Gates said. "Our early money can accelerate things."

Comment: With such a massive investment, is it any wonder Gates is setting up a sham study to make hydrochloroquine look ineffective? It would hardly be worth it for him to spend billions on vaccines, only to find a $20 treatment is more effective. See: Setting up to fail: Gates funded clinical trial on hydroxychloroquine uses Vitamin C as placebo

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The WHO's Tedros Adhanom should be put on trial for crimes against humanity

John Martin
Rough Estimate
Wed, 25 Mar 2020 00:01 UTC
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, as well as being the first WHO director without a medical degree, also has a somewhat political background compared to his predecessors. On his online biography, the WHO lays out his qualifications as Ethiopian Minister of Health from 2002 to 2012, impressive stuff.

Aside from his medical credentials, Tedros happens to be a member of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) which is an organisation about as peaceful as its name suggests. Founded as a communist revolutionary party that came to power in 1991, it led a guerrilla campaign against the Mengistu dictatorship and formed a coalition with two other ethnic parties after his exile.

Over time, the TPLF began to exert more and more influence over the other two parties. Most military generals and key leaders within the government are Tigray, including the Prime Minister who ruled the country for 21 years before his death. The Tigray represent only 6% of the population of Ethiopia, one of the major ethnic groups are the Amhara who mostly made up the Mengistu regime.

Comment: See also:

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