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Best of the Web: Assange in Room 101: The Prisoner Says no to Big Brother

John Pilger
johnpilger.com
Mon, 04 Mar 2019 19:54 UTC

John Pilger invokes George Orwell in calling on his compatriots to stand up for the freedom of 'a distinguished Australian', the founder and editor of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, and for 'real journalism of a kind now considered exotic'.

Whenever I visit Julian Assange, we meet in a room he knows too well. There is a bare table and pictures of Ecuador on the walls. There is a bookcase where the books never change. The curtains are always drawn and there is no natural light. The air is still and fetid.

This is Room 101.

Before I enter Room 101, I must surrender my passport and phone. My pockets and possessions are examined. The food I bring is inspected.

The man who guards Room 101 sits in what looks like an old-fashioned telephone box. He watches a screen, watching Julian. There are others unseen, agents of the state, watching and listening.

Cameras are everywhere in Room 101. To avoid them, Julian manoeuvres us both into a corner, side by side, flat up against the wall. This is how we catch up: whispering and writing to each other on a notepad, which he shields from the cameras. Sometimes we laugh.

Comment: Organize a protest/riot or flash-mob through which Assange could be secreted into a waiting vehicle or nearby safe-house, and from there hopefully escape Blighty, preferably to safety in Russia as he's not safe anywhere else in NATOstan.

China accuses detained Canadians of stealing state secrets

Jun Mai
South China Morning Post
Mon, 04 Mar 2019 23:30 UTC

© FacebookAccusations come just two days after Canada decided to proceed with an extradition hearing for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou -
Canadians Michael Spavor (left) and Michael Kovrig have been accused by China of spying.

China has upped the ante over its detention of two Canadians, accusing the pair of acting together to steal state secrets just days after Ottawa decided to proceed with an extradition hearing for a Chinese tech giant executive.

Former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig is accused of "severely violating" Chinese law by acting as a spy and stealing Chinese state secrets and intelligence since 2017, state news agency Xinhua reported on Monday, citing unnamed Chinese authorities.

The report said he entered China using an ordinary passport and business visas, and obtained intelligence from Michael Spavor, another Canadian also held in China.

The pair were taken into Chinese custody in December, soon after Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Chinese telecom firm Huawei, was arrested by Canadian authorities at the request of the US government.

Comment: For more background on Kovrig, F. William Engdahl in Is Canada's Huawei arrest an attempt to sabotage Trump-Xi talks? writes:

Rather than retaliate by going after the many top US executives in China, it arrested a former Canadian diplomat in Beijing on suspicion of "endangering national security," as well as a Canadian entrepreneur with business ties to North Korea.

The connections of that former Canadian diplomat are more than interesting.

Michael Kovrig previously worked as a Canadian diplomat in Beijing, Hong Kong and the United Nations. Chinese national security police took him into custody on December 10 in Beijing. Kovrig is officially listed as "North East Asia adviser" for something called the International Crisis Group.

The International Crisis Group is an NGO with a knack for being involved in key conflict zones such as Myanmar. The magazine Third World Quarterly in a peer-reviewed article in 2014 accused the ICG of "manufacturing" crises.

It was founded by Trump nemesis and Hillary Clinton supporter, George Soros. The Trustees of Kovrig's employer, the International Crisis Group, include some very notable names. One is of course founder and funder, George Soros. Another trustee is a Canadian billionaire, Frank Guistra. Make a note of the name as it is likely to appear in the news in coming weeks as details emerge of FBI and other US investigations into illegal or shady dealings of the tax-exempt Clinton Foundation. Frank Giustra President & CEO, Fiore Financial Corporation, is a big donor to the Clinton Foundation where he also sits on the board.

House Judiciary panel launches new investigation into Trump upon failure of Russiagate probe

Mary Clare Jalonick
Chicago Tribune
Mon, 04 Mar 2019 19:26 UTC

The House Judiciary Committee is launching a sweeping new probe of President Donald Trump, his White House, his campaign and his businesses, sending document requests to 81 people linked to the president and his associates.

Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler said Monday the investigation will be focused on possible obstruction of justice, corruption and abuse of power. The aggressive, broad investigation could set the stage for an impeachment effort, although Democratic leaders have pledged to investigate all avenues and review special counsel Robert Mueller's report before trying any drastic action.

Nadler said that the document requests, with responses to most due by March 18, are a way to "begin building the public record" and that the committee has the responsibility to investigate and hold public hearings.

Comment: Unhappy with the hole in which they have dug themselves, Democrats have concluded they just need to dig deeper.

Warmonger Bolton counts diplomatic success as failure and failure as success

Daniel Larison
The American Conservative
Mon, 04 Mar 2019 18:52 UTC

John Bolton was spinning the failure of the Hanoi summit as a success in an interview earlier today:

"Well, I don't agree at all that it was a failed summit."

For Bolton, a failed summit is his idea of the perfect summit, because it produces nothing of value and undermines future talks. He has been very open about his hostility to reaching any agreement with North Korea that they might find acceptable, and he has been working to sabotage diplomacy by insisting on maximalist demands that North Korea won't agree to. What almost everyone else considers obvious diplomatic failure and malpractice on the Trump administration's part is Bolton's idea of how diplomacy should "work": issue unreasonable ultimatums and then use their inevitable rejection to pursue more aggressive and punitive policies. Trump did his part to blow up the process by making a counter-offer that everyone in the administration had to know would be turned down:

Comment: Bolton is still waving the neocon flag: endless wars and endless profits for the MIC while trying to shore up the dying US hegemony. How was Trump talked into letting this relic of the bad old Bush days back into the White House?

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UK journo Neil Clark slams media coverage of Corbyn assault: 'To portray him as a victim goes against their narrative'

RT
Mon, 04 Mar 2019 17:13 UTC

A hostile British media is not interested in reporting Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn as the "victim," even if he literally is, they only care about stories that portray him as the "bad guy," journalist Neil Clark has told RT.

Clark, a UK journalist and RT contributor, insists he's not surprised at how little the British media has covered the story of Corbyn being the victim of an assault at a mosque in north London, because it doesn't fit into "their narrative" of the democratic socialist leader.

Clark maintains that much of the mainstream media have vilified Corbyn ever since becoming Labour leader in 2015 and have labelled him "a traitor, an anti-Semite, a terrorist supporter/sympathiser." He argues they only want to cover news "that can see him in a bad light."

Comment: The Brit media has had it in for Corbyn for most of his political career.

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Best of the Web: Watch as US-led coalition uses banned white phosphorus in attacks on Syrian town of Baghouz - UPDATE

Sputnik
Sat, 02 Mar 2019 23:56 UTC

The US-led coalition has used shells with white phosphorus in its bombing attacks on the southwestern Syrian town of Baghouz, which remains the last stronghold of the Daesh terror group in the country, local media reported on Saturday, citing sources.

This came soon after the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced that it had resumed operations against Daesh militants in Baghouz, following a break for citizens evacuation. According to SDF claims, only Daesh militants currently remain in the town.

However, the battle for Baghuz is currently going slowly in order to protect hostages held by the Daesh terrorists, according to co-chair of the US mission of the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC), Bassam Ishak.

Comment: So are there civilians in the area or not?

Comment: This is yet another instance of the US using white phosphorous over an area known to have civilians, which is considered a war crime:

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UPDATE: 4th March 2019 at 15:20: Almasdarnews.com has obtained and posted the footage online:

Last night, the U.S. Coalition dropped internationally banned white phosphorous on the last Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) enclave in eastern Syria.

According to reports from eastern Syria, the U.S. Coalition specifically dropped the white phosphorous on the Islamic State's positions inside the Baghouz camp.

Video footage of the U.S. Coalition dropping white phosphorous on the Islamic State's positions was captured by 'Ayn Al-Firat (Eye of the Euphrates) on Saturday:

SOTT Focus: NewsReal #28: Trump 'Literally Hitler' in Deep State 2016 Election Do-Over, Intrigue Behind India-Pakistan Clash

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Mon, 04 Mar 2019 17:00 UTC

You would think, with the US presidential election coming up next year, that Donald Trump's political opponents in the US would be preparing a coherent and appealing strategy to sway voters to not vote him in for a second term.

But you would be wrong.

Instead the Democrats have announced their grand vision for the USA - and thus their flagship campaign for attracting voters to whoever they select as their candidate in 2020 - a bizarre 'Green New Deal' that has about as much appeal to most American voters as giving up their guns.

On the basis that climate change is man-made (it isn't), the proposal spearheaded by New York Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez envisions a government-mandated comprehensive overhaul of the US economy in order to 'eradicate poverty and social injustice', and to 'save the planet'.

Trump this week gave his longest-ever speech, delivered at the annual conservative CPAC event, and went off-script to tear into his opponents' plan, 'crooked Hillary', 'Russiagate', and all his haters. The media meanwhile, in synch with congressional hearing testimony provided this week by Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen, doubled down on its three-year-long inane bullshit about Trump being 'literally Hitler'.

This week on NewsReal, Joe & Niall discuss why this likely means electoral victory for Trump in 2020.

Later in the show they also discuss the 'nuclear stand-off' between India and Pakistan over terrorism and Kashmir, and the likely foreign intrigue behind that sudden flare-up in south Asia.

Running Time: 01:38:46

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UK Labour MP Corbyn assaulted while on constituency visit to mosque

Peter Walker
Guardian
Mon, 04 Mar 2019 08:12 UTC

Jeremy Corbyn looking particularly old and frail drinking his cuppa.

A man has been charged with assault after Jeremy Corbyn was hit from behind with an egg during a visit to a mosque in London on Sunday.

John Murphy, 31, from Barnet, north London, will appear at Highbury Corner magistrates court on 19 March, the Metropolitan police said.

Murphy allegedly screamed: "When you vote, you get what you vote for," as he approached from behind and hit the Labour leader over the head with the egg.

Comment: It's been reported that he was 'hit with an egg' but other reports state that the man smacked him in the back of the head while holding an egg. It's notable that many in the UK press are spinning this assault story and trying to make it sound much less serious than it likely is. However this is to be expected because the UK press has proven itself time and again to be merely a propaganda outlet for the corrupt ruling establishment, and Corbyn, being one of the few dissenting voices in UK politics whose following only continues to grow, poses a serious threat to their rule:

And while the BBC's coincidental 'loss of sound' may seem a stretch, although, of course, it could also just be an error, it's not without precedent:

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Trump at CPAC: "Raving" Democrats, "sick" CNN and deep state "bulls**t"

RT
Sun, 03 Mar 2019 08:46 UTC

US President Donald Trump delivered a speech to conservatives that was short on 'presidential' ceremony and long on the jokes and one-liners that fired up his base in 2016. Here're some highlights.

'Sick' CNN doesn't understand sarcasm

Speaking to conservatives at the 2019 CPAC conference, Trump dived straight into comedy, jibing the media for always taking his statements at face value. The president said he was speaking sarcastically when he said he hoped Russian hackers could find Hillary Clinton's missing emails on the campaign trail in 2016.

"I've learned, because with the fake news, if you tell a joke, if you're sarcastic, if you're having fun with the audience..." he said, "If you say something like 'Russia, please if you can, get us Hillary Clinton's emails, please, Russia, please, please get us the emails."

Comment: Meanwhile on Twitter some people lose their minds because Trump hugged the American flag, RT reports:

'Can the flag sue for harassment?' Twitter goes bananas after Trump hugs American flag

© Reuters / Yuri GripasU.S. President Donald Trump hugs American flag at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) annual meeting at National Harbor near Washington, U.S., March 2, 2019.
Donald Trump's impromptu embrace of the America flag as he appeared onstage at the 2019 Conservative Action Conference has triggered a flurry of social media commentary, ranging from enthusiastic applause to cries of fascism.

"God Bless the USA" was blasted over the speakers as the US president sauntered up to the podium before his address to the annual GOP gathering - but Trump apparently wanted to make it crystal clear that he loves his country. Standing next to an American flag near the back of the stage, the president decided to briefly snuggle with the stars and stripes, grinning and rocking the flag back and forth as he soaked in a standing ovation from the audience.

The move predictably sent Twitter into a tizzy, with snarky memes competing with comments of support.
"It was a big hug to the American people. God bless president Trump," one Twitter user gushed.

"Gotta love him... he really loves America," another supporter wrote.

American Conservative Union Chair Matt Schlapp, who was onstage with Trump when it happened, described the incident as a "CPAC classic."

Plenty of social media users mocked the move, however.

"He thinks it's Putin or Kim," wrote one netizen.

"Can the flag sue for harassment?" another member of the Twitteratti inquired.

Others took part in the obligatory parade of snarky meme-responses.

But for some, the hug wasn't anything to joke about.

"I learned in the Boy Scouts 40 years ago that the flag is something to be respected and treated with solemnity. This is not solemn or respectful," wrote Twitter user 'Speed Gibson'.

In fact, the embrace may even be a sign of looming fascism in the United States, one blue-checkmarked pundit mused.

At CPAC Trump invited on stage a conservative activist who had recently been attacked for his promoting his views at his university, an occurrence that seems to have become all to common in the US. RT reports:

'He took a punch for all of us'

© Reuters / Joshua RobertsPresident Trump shares the stage with Hayden Williams at CPAC 2019
President Donald Trump shared the stage with a conservative activist assaulted on the Berkeley University campus, hours after police found and arrested the attacker. Trump urged the victim to punish his attacker with lawsuits.

Hayden Williams is an activist with The Leadership Institute, a conservative group. Williams was passing out flyers at the University of California-Berkeley campus last month when he was set upon by an enraged passerby. The attacker grappled with Williams, punching him several times in the face and calling him "b**ch," "f**ker," and "c**t."

Speaking at the 2019 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Saturday, President Trump invited Williams on stage, saying the young activist "took a punch for all of us," and will "be a very wealthy young man" after suing Greenberg and the university.

Trump then promised to issue an executive order requiring colleges and universities to protect free speech on campus in order to continue receiving federal funding.

"We reject oppressive speech codes, censorship, political correctness and every other attempt by the hard left to stop people from challenging ridiculous and dangerous ideas," he said. "Instead we believe in free speech, including online and including on campus."

Conservative activists, including the president's son Donald Jr., spread the video of the assault online in an effort to find the culprit. University police then arrested 28-year-old Zachary Greenberg on Friday, charging him with assault with a deadly weapon and attempting to cause great bodily injury.

Indian PM Modi: "Abhinandan" used to mean welcome - it will change now

NDTV
Mon, 04 Mar 2019 10:58 UTC

Abhinandan Varthaman returned to India through the Attari-Wagah border on Friday night

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, praising the courage and valour of the captured Indian Air Force pilot who returned to India from Pakistan, today said the word "Abhinandan" used to mean welcome, but its meaning would change now.

"The world takes note of what India does... India has the strength to change the meaning of words in the dictionary... Abhinandan once used to mean welcome. And now the meaning of Abhinandan will change", PM Modi said this morning in Delhi, in an apparent reference to Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman.

The 35-year-old Air Force pilot was shot down on Wednesday while flying a MiG-21 fighter in a dogfight with Pakistani aircraft and captured. His first words when he walked across from the Pakistani side through the Attari-Wagah border were, "It is good to be back in my country", an official told reporters last night.

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The earliest known customer complaint was made 3,800 years ago: An ancient Babylonian tablet records the rant
New Paper Confirms Climate Change is Significantly Increasing the Risk of an Asteroid Existential Impact by 2100
Average age of first time buyer now 92
Cow has weird dream about milking farmer again
White House launches 'Nobler Peace Prize'
Clown world: Amazon deletes guns from every single James Bond film poster
Donald Trump replaces Joe Biden White House portrait with picture of autopen
Thug slug: Doorbell prankster that tormented residents of German apartments turned out to be a gastropod
British refugees travel to North Korea in search of freedom
Man who made clothes you can't afford dies
Clumsy eagle gifts man with "biggest bass I ever caught!"
"Oh that Epstein!" Trump thought files were on Beatles manager Brian Epstein