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Joe Biden's surprise at Washington weaponizing the #MeToo movement

Robert Bridge
RT
Fri, 05 Apr 2019 15:34 UTC
Joe Biden
© associated PressBiden's "affectionate style" isn't always welcome
The nationwide sexual shakedown that first took root in Hollywood has spread cross-country to the US capital, and is now knocking on Joe Biden's door. Is nobody safe anymore from charges of improprieties?

Let's start by saying that any attempt to separate sexual intrigue from the dull political process is about as likely as separating a dog from his bone. It's not really going to happen. Since the times of Cleopatra and Antony up until the contemporary smashup between Bill and Monica, such salacious tales have provided the public some titillating relief from the mundane and monotonous world of politics.

However, with the dawning of the #MeToo age, it seems that the prying public has pushed the envelope too far, and people now see - or really, really want to see - a dirty indiscretion in every innocent gesture. At least that is what Barack Obama's former vice president, Joe Biden, would like everyone to think.

Comment: There is some truth to this argument, but it does not negate the fact that men like Biden, with proven records of inappropriate behavior, have no business running a country.

Biden did not confine his 'affectionate style' to adults. He felt perfectly comfortable imposing himself on defenseless children. There's also the testimony of many Secret Services agents assigned to him over the years, who had to go out of their way to shield their female agents from him:

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Eye 2

More Project Fear: BoE's Carney says risk of calamitous no-deal Brexit is "alarmingly high"

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Thu, 04 Apr 2019 13:45 UTC
Mark Carney
UN Special Envoy on Climate Action Mark Carney
As MPs battled to pass a business motion on the Letwin-Cooper bill to try and force Theresa May to request a lengthy Article 50 extension to try and avert a 'no deal' Brexit on April 12, BoE Governor Mark Carney took to Sky News to deliver his latest salvo in the central bank's efforts to stoke hysteria surrounding the prospect of the UK crashing out of the EU.

Before revealing that he would "absolutely not" be staying in his role at the central bank past 2020 due to Brexit-related stress, Carney told Sky News that the risk of a no-deal Brexit is "alarmingly high" (even after Jeremy Corbyn said talks with the PM on a potential Brexit deal alternative were making progress), and that Tory demands for a "managed" no-deal Brexit were "absolute nonsense."

He also defended the central bank's gloomy forecasts for a 'no deal' scenario (as a reminder, Carney and the central bank's staff said 'no deal' would lead to an economic crisis in the UK that would be "worse than 2008"), and denied that he was guilty of fearmongering. After all, the central bank didn't simply butt in without reason: a committee of MPs had requested that the bank conduct an analysis, and hundreds of staffers at the central bank participated in the project, including its staff economists.

Comment: Brexit could happen by "accident" - eh?
And check out SOTT radio's:

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Eye 1

US has been using FISA warrant to spy on Huawei & keep evidence secret


RT
Fri, 05 Apr 2019 10:28 UTC
Huawei
© Reuters / Tyrone Siu
The US government has been spying on Huawei using the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, prosecutors in the case against the firm's CFO Meng Wanzhou revealed, collecting "extremely voluminous" evidence via the secret channel.

While the substance of the evidence - described as "electronic surveillance and physical search pursuant to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act" - was not disclosed, Assistant US Attorney Alex Solomon said it would require "classified handling" and that the government would require a protective order over whatever it shares with the defense.

FISA warrants can only be obtained in cases where the target is suspected of acting as an agent of a foreign power, meaning US authorities were already treating Huawei as an extension of the Chinese government in order to collect evidence Huawei was acting as an extension of the Chinese government.
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Propaganda

Facebook is paying British Daily Telegraph to publish 'fake news' about how great it is

Rob Price
Business Insider
Fri, 05 Apr 2019 10:28 UTC
facebook daily telegraph
Some of the sponsored content so far. These people are shameless!
Facebook has found a novel solution to the never-ending deluge of negative headlines and news articles criticizing the company: Simply paying a British newspaper to run laudatory stories about it.

Facebook has partnered with The Daily Telegraph, a broadsheet British newspaper, to run a series of features about the company, Business Insider has found - including stories that defend it on hot-button issues it has been criticised over like terrorist content, online safety, cyberbullying, fake accounts, and hate speech.

The series - called "Being human in the information age" - has published 26 stories over the last month, to run in print and online, and is produced by Telegraph Spark, the newspaper's sponsored content unit.
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Airplane

Boeing CEO accepts responsibility for plane crashes, admits 737 MAX 8 had faults


RT
Fri, 05 Apr 2019 10:28 UTC
Boeing 737 MAX 8
© Reuters / Lindsey WassonThe angle of attack sensor marked on the nose of a Boeing 737 MAX 8 at the company's factory in Renton, Washington
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg has said "it's apparent" that the 737 MAX 8's MCAS maneuvering system contributed to two fatal air accidents. Investigators had long suspected the system's role in the disasters.

Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 plunged into a field shortly after takeoff in March, killing all 157 people on board. Indonesian Lion Air Flight 610 nosedived into the sea last October, killing all 189 passengers and crew. Investigators noted "clear similarities" between both accidents.

"The full details of what happened in the two accidents will be issued by the government authorities in the final reports," Muilenburg said in a video posted Thursday. "It's apparent that in both flights the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System, known as MCAS, activated in response to [the] erroneous angle of attack information,"he continued.

Comment: Well at least they stopped lying and owned up. Still though, when too much focus is on making money...

Also see:

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Bad Guys

$7 billion in equipment 'looted' from former US base in Afghanistan

Jason Ditz
Anti War
Mon, 01 Apr 2019 12:00 UTC
Rebel weapons Syria terrorist ISIS Daesh
© Sputnik / Morad SafedDAESH weapons seized by the SAA
The US handed over the Camp Kearney base in Paktika Province to the Afghan government in 2014, with an estimated $8 billion in equipment still inside. Today, the estimation is that about $1 billion worth of equipment is left.

So what happened between then and now that cost the site about $7 billion? Mass looting. The provincial governor says that former governors, local mayors, MPs, and commanders have all had a go at the site, and everyone has been entering the base and taking anything that isn't nailed down.

Though he didn't name names, pretty much everything was considered fair game, with military equipment stripped, vehicles stolen and sold off, and even locked containers full of weapons broken open and looted.

Comment: Previously a US commander has commented that militants in Syria should just 'keep the weapons they've lost track of'. Although it is clear that throughout the US-led wars in the Middle East, it repeatedly turns out that terrorists have massive stocks of arms and medical supplies which trace back to the US, Israel and Saudi Arabia:

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Eye 2

Ecuadorean embassy may expel Assange within 'hours to days', govt source tells WikiLeaks


RT
Fri, 05 Apr 2019 01:11 UTC
assange manning free speech truck
© Reuters / Peter Nicholls
The Ecuadorean embassy in London is set to expel Julian Assange within "hours to days", using the corruption scandal leaks as a pretext, WikiLeaks claimed, citing a high-level source in the South American country.

The government of Lenín Moreno, which has long been annoyed by Assange's prolonged stay at its embassy in the UK, will use the so-called INA Papers leak as the pretext to oust the whistleblower from the safety of the diplomatic mission, WikiLeaks said. It added that the Ecuadorean government has already worked out Assange's expulsion with UK authorities, which will result in the journalist's arrest.

Comment: According to the former Consul of Ecuador Fidel Navarez:
Not a single document referring to INA PAPERS, or the president's family, has ever been leaked or published by WikiLeaks, let alone by Julian Assange, who for more than half a year has not been its editor and who has been isolated for one year under a regime quasi-prison by the government of Ecuador.

Despite being an outrageous accusation, the farce has reached the point that the Ecuadorian National Assembly has issued a resolution to investigate Julián and encourages the government to take measures to "safeguard national interests." In short, the government seeks a false pretext to end the asylum and protection of Julian Assange.


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Pyramid

Best of the Web: Like Libya and Syria, Venezuela is not just about oil

Andre Vltchek
New Eastern Outlook
Wed, 27 Mar 2019 12:00 UTC
US army oil
Yes, the latest research confirms that Venezuela is so rich in natural resources, that it could single-handedly satisfy all global demand for oil, for over 30 years. And it has much more than oil to offer, in its Orinoco basin and in other areas of the country.

But it is not all 'about oil'; actually, far from it.

Those who believe that what propels the spread of Western terror all over the world, are just some 'business interests' and legendary Western greed, are, from my point of view, missing the point.

I noticed that such individuals and analysts actually believe that 'capitalism is responsible for everything', and that it creates the culture of violence of which, both victims and victimizers, already became hostages to.

After working in all corners of the world, I am now more and more convinced that capitalism is actually the result of Western culture, which is predominantly based on expansionism, exceptionalism and aggression. It is also constructed on a deeply rooted desire to control and to dictate. Financial/monetary greed is just a by-product of this culture which has elevated its superiority to something that could be defined as religious, or even religiously fundamentalist.

Comment: See also:

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TV

Head of Russian news agency's office in Ukraine goes on 'trial for treason'


RFE/RL
Thu, 04 Apr 2019 15:40 UTC
Kirill Vyshinsky
© RIA NovostiEditor in chief Kirill Vyshinsky at a court hearing in Kyiv on April 4.
Prosecutors have accused Kirill Vyshinsky, the head of Russia's state-run RIA Novosti's office in Ukraine, of publishing "anti-Ukrainian" articles and materials at the beginning of his treason trial in a Kyiv court.

The Podil District Court began the trial on April 4, almost a year after the 52-year-old was detained by the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) amid accusations that RIA Novosti Ukraine was participating in a "hybrid information war" waged by Russia against Ukraine.

After hearing the prosecutors' indictment, the court adjourned until April 15th.

SBU officials have said Vyshinsky, who at the moment of his arrest had dual Russian-Ukrainian citizenship, received financial support from Russia via other media companies registered in Ukraine in order to disguise links between RIA Novosti Ukraine and Russian state media giant Rossia Segodnya.

Comment: Those in control in Ukraine have made it clear that free speech will not be tolerated and only propaganda that supports the Western agenda and their Ukrainian puppets will be allowed:

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Chess

Turkey's arms purchase from Russia a 'done deal'


PressTV
Wed, 03 Apr 2019 19:16 UTC
Lavrov Cavusoglu
© AFPThe handout picture, taken and released by the Turkish Foreign Ministry press office on March 29, 2019 in Antalya, shows Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Mevlut Cavusoglu, right, and Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov shaking hands at a press conference during the seventh meeting of Turkey-Russia high-level cooperation council.
Turkey will not turn back from a major arms deal with Russia despite the US suspension of Ankara from the F-35 fighter-jet program, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Wednesday.

"The S-400 deal is a done deal and we will not step back from this," he told a think-tank forum in Washington, where he is taking part in 70th anniversary celebrations of NATO.

The United States said Monday that it was halting shipment of F-35 parts of Turkey as well as joint manufacturing work due to Ankara's purchase of the S-400 missile defense system from Russia.
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