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Suicides, cancer and conspiracies: A list of those who died under tribunal for former Yugoslavia


Sputnik
Sun, 03 Dec 2017 15:07 UTC
Yugoslavia deaths
© AP Photo/ Bas Czerwinski
The recent death of former Bosnian Croat military leader Slobodan Praljak in The Hague has added to the long and dismal list of suspects, convicts and witnesses who have died since the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia was established nearly 25 years ago.

On Wednesday, Slobodan Praljak drank from a small bottle what he said was poison, as a judge announced his 20-year jail sentence during an appeal hearing in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).

Praljak died a few hours later in a hospital in The Hague. Prosecutors later said that the substance the former military commander took was potassium cyanide, a highly toxic substance. An investigation is underway to find out how Praljak managed to bring the poison into the courtroom.

Praljak has become the 13th individual whose death in some way relates to the tribunal in The Hague.
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Confirmed - Putin will be running against two incompetents in 2018

Inessa Sinchougova
Fort Russ News
Sat, 09 Dec 2017 21:20 UTC
Putin election 2018
Vladimir Putin, Alexei Navalny and Ksenia Sobchak have declared themselves candidates in Russia's 2018 presidential elections
On December 6th, incumbent President Vladimir Putin announced that he would be running for the Russian Presidency in 2018. Despite his many achievements since 2000, he is ridiculed by two liberal and Western-funded opposition opponents - Ksenia Sobchak and Alexei Navalny.

The two don't hold any significant weight in terms of competition - but they are loud in sources of Western mainstream media, such as CNN and BBC. Both Sobchak and Navalny criticise Russia's acquisition of Crimea, for which 97% of Crimeans voted in favour during the 2014 referendum; as well as Russia's involvement in the war in Syria, despite being legitimately invited by the Assad government, unlike the involvement of the US.

Serious competition comes only from the Communist Party (KPRF) - Gennady Zyuganov, and Russia's third most popular political party after United Russia and KPRF, LDPR - led by the eccentric Vladimir Zhirinovsky.

Comment: Fort Russ has a bit more to say about Ms.Sobchak.
Sobchak strikes again.

The thing with social media is that whatever you put out into the public sphere - it has the tendency to resurface, should anyone really look for it. Sometimes, it's not even your own doing but other people posting footage, whether you like it or not. However, any serious person with presidential ambitions would generally avoid the production of any compromising material of themselves - unless, one is an opportunist type of politician. This video would suggest Sobchak never intended to truly be taken seriously.

This footage has surfaced from around 10 years ago, which paints Sobchak in a less than respectable light. At this point in time, Sobchak was a socialite and behaved accordingly. In the video she can be seen half naked or passed out drunk but generally having a good time. In the first scene, while scantly dressed, she says "I feel like I'm in a naughty, German porno."

The video appears to be interrupted by ads, nevertheless it is a cringe-worthy watch to the end. See it here
Putin should win in a cakewalk.

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SOTT Focus: Mueller investigation has unveiled rampant political collusion in Washington

Andrés Perezalonso
Sott.net
Mon, 11 Dec 2017 00:17 UTC
Flynn- Jared Kushner
© UnknownKosher Kollusion
The effect of the sensational headlines about Michael Flynn lying to the FBI about talking to the Russian ambassador is rapidly dissipating, as we learn more about the substance (or lack thereof) of the case and the bias of the FBI. Not only has FBI agent Peter Strzok been fired from the Mueller investigation for his anti-Trump text messages with FBI lawyer Lisa Page, but we have now learned that Mueller's 'Russiagate' team has been plagued by Clinton insiders, such as investigators Aaron Zebley and Andrew Weissmann.

Now Nick James, an attorney writing in the Daily Caller, brings up an interesting legal implication of Strzok's bias.
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Russian Embassy smacks Guardian article pontificating about how 'we British' can look forward to 'life after Putin in Russia'


Sputnik
Sun, 10 Dec 2017 22:17 UTC
House of Parliament London
© AFP 2017/ JOHN D MCHUGH
This is not the first time that Russian diplomats have commented on Western mainstream media publications accusing Moscow of all possible sins.

The Russian Embassy in London has responded on its Twitter account to The Guardian journalist Natalie Nougayrede who wrote about unpredictable things that might happen in Russia "after Putin."

"Great foreign policy planning after #Brexit," Russian diplomats wrote, implying that the journalist should pay more attention to the future of her own country, especially given the UK's decision to leave the European Union.

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Bad Guys

Sott Exclusive: Not Even Pretending Not to be Evil: Amazon Amasses an Army of Slaves, Drones and Bots

Foxx Tupelo
Sott.net
Mon, 11 Dec 2017 16:07 UTC
jeff bezos devil
Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, richest man in the world
There's been a lot of news coverage about online retail behemoth Amazon lately, in particular with regards to its treatment of employees. Since that UK report about a 13-year-old girl finding a note with "Help me please, PMP staff are evil" scribbled on her package invoice, a follow-up report looked into workers' conditions at Amazon's UK distribution centers:
It has been a year since workers at the largest Amazon warehouse in Dunfermline were found camping out in tents in the woods near the motorway, in an attempt to save some money.

Once again, Amazon is back in the news.

A report by the Sunday Mirror published in November exposed the "brutal" work conditions at an Amazon warehouse in Tilbury, England. According to the Mirror, employees were pushed to the brink by "impossible targets," 55-hour weeks and timed toilet breaks.

Fuelling the outrage sparked by the Mirror's investigation, the management at the Tilbury warehouse reportedly attempted to boost morale among the staff by awarding top-performers with chocolates, worth 7p a piece.

Comment: See more: The Health & Wellness Show: Consumerism is Consuming Us!

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Yet ANOTHER top FBI agent in Mueller's team is accused of political bias

Chris Enloe
The Blaze
Sat, 09 Dec 2017 01:18 UTC
Mueller
© ABC News
Another lead FBI agent in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation is being accused of political bias, the Wall Street Journal reported.

What's going on?

According to the Journal's report, FBI agent Andrew Weissmann, who is leading the probe's Paul Manafort and Rick Gates cases, both attended Hillary Clinton's election night party at the Javits Center in New York City and praised Sally Yates' efforts to thwart President Donald Trump.

The revelations are significant because Weissmann is considered to be the most senior agent in the investigation second only to Mueller. The New York Times even described Weissmann as Mueller's "pit bull" and "lieutenant."

Comment: The subterfuge that keeps on giving...FBI agent Peter Strzok, FBI agent Andrew Weissmann, agent Jeannie Rhee. The corruption within Mueller's team appears to be greater than the foci they are investigating. An investigation that includes ANY aspects of partiality must be considered suspect and/or compromised.

More from Breitbart:
Rhee represented Obama Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes during Congress's investigation of the 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack, while she was an associate at Mueller's law firm, Wilmer Hale, according to congressional records.

Rhee also represented the Clinton Foundation against a racketeering lawsuit brought by a conservative legal activist in June 2015, and donated $5,400 to Clinton's political action committee in 2015 and 2016. She also represented Clinton herself, in a lawsuit seeking access to her private emails, according to CNN.


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CIA says Kim Jong Un isn't crazy, just defiant

Zachary Cohen
CNN
Fri, 06 Oct 2017 02:45 UTC
Rocketriders
© Lush
Between the ruthless executions of his own senior officers, bombastic threats of nuclear annihilation and defiant missile tests, it may be easy to agree with President Donald Trump's recent assessment that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is a "madman" who is "on a suicide mission for himself."

But top officials from the CIA said Wednesday that Kim's actions are not those of a maniacal provocateur but a "rational actor" who is motivated by clear, long-term goals that revolve around ensuring regime survival.

"There's a clarity of purpose in what Kim Jong Un has done," according to Yong Suk Lee, deputy assistant director of the CIA's Korea Mission Center, who discussed the escalating tensions between North Korea and the US during a conference organized by the agency at George Washington University. "Waking up one morning and deciding he wants to nuke" Los Angeles is not something Kim Jong Un is likely to do, Lee said. "He wants to rule for a long time and die peacefully in his own bed."

And for CIA officers, diplomats and lawmakers tasked with utilizing intelligence to protect the US and its allies from the security threats posed by North Korea, understanding that purpose could prove to be key in avoiding a potentially devastating military conflict.

Comment: Are we looking at a leader influenced and bound by external circumstances of propelled escalation? Or a leader with pathological aspects that define and dictate the circumstances of his aggressive actions no matter the opponent? Or a leader whose perceptions of reality limits his ability to shift his country's trajectory onto a less 'do or die' prognosis? And...are we talking Kim or Trump or both?

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Israeli DM Lieberman calls for boycott of Arabs


Sputnik
Sun, 10 Dec 2017 14:23 UTC
Lieberman
© Business Turkey TodayIsraeli DM Avigdor Lieberman, how he really feels.
According to the Israeli defense minister, residents of the Jewish state's area populated mostly by Arabs "have no connection with this country." [He] has stated that the Arabs residing in the Wadi Ara region "do not belong" to the Jewish state and called for a boycott.

"They should understand that they are not wanted here, they are not part of us," the minister told the Army Radio.

Commenting on Saturday's protests in the region over US President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the Jewish state's capital, Lieberman said that Wadi Ara residents "have no connection with this country," adding that the riots are "intolerable."

"So I am calling for a boycott of Wadi Ara. Don't go there and don't buy there. They need to understand that it is impossible to demonstrate with Hezbollah flags, Palestinian flags and pictures of [Hezbollah leader Hassan] Nasrallah. To accept billions from the National Insurance [Institute] and to also destroy us from within," he said.

Comment: Headstrong with their 'win' Israeli leaders can't seem to contain their spew, nor regulate their thinking. True colors are surfacing in both Israel and the Arab/Muslim minions as the potential for an upcoming confrontation takes shape.

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Czech President Zeman brands EU 'cowards' over Trump's Jerusalem recognition


RT
Sun, 10 Dec 2017 13:54 UTC
Zeman
© Michal Cizek/AFPCzech President Milos Zeman
Czech President Milos Zeman, known for his controversial statements, has called EU countries "cowards" over their response to Donald Trump's recognizing Jerusalem as the Israeli capital. He is the only world leader to endorse the move, other than Netanyahu.

"The European Union, cowards, are doing all they can so a pro-Palestinian terrorist movement can have supremacy over a pro-Israeli movement," Zeman said on Saturday, as cited by local media. He was speaking at the conference of the Movement of Freedom and Democracy (SPD), a eurosceptic and anti-immigration party.

The eurosceptic Zeman is the only world leader so far, apart from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to have officially welcomed Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. On Thursday Zeman said he is "truly happy" with Trump's declaration, saying that the Czech Republic may also follow the lead of US in that matter.

Comment: See what EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini says about this issue:

The EU cautions US on the 'consequences' of moving its embassy to Jerusalem

It'll be interesting to see how many others endorse it - it's certainly a handy ticket to getting a certain powerful clique on your side...

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Jerusalem: 'The house of peace' has become the red line for Muslims

Gulam Asgar Mitha
Oriental Review
Sat, 09 Dec 2017 00:00 UTC
Dome of the Rock
© UnknownDome of the Rock on Temple Mount, Jerusalem
To Netanyahu it is Yerushalayim (city of peace) in Yiddish; to Muslims it is Bayt Al-Maqdis (the house of peace). To Google and now to Trump Jerusalem (city of peace) is the capital of Israel.

On December 7, 2017 Yeni Safak, a conservative Turkish daily newspaper and strong supporter of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reported Erdoğan as saying that Trump's Jerusalem step 'will throw the region into a ring of fire', 'Trump's declaration aims to stir up the region, not to bring peace,' and that "Jerusalem, Mr. Trump, is the red line for Muslims". No empty words from a NATO partner and a country that has recognized Israel.

"It is not possible to understand what Trump wants to achieve," Erdoğan said in the capital Ankara before leaving for a visit to Greece.

"The (US) announcement has the potential to send us backwards to even darker times than the ones we are already living in" Federika Mogherini, EU Foreign Policy chief added. She shared German Chancellor Angela Merkel's sentiments that the European Union had a "clear and united position" on the issue: "We believe that the only realistic solution to the conflict between Israel and Palestine is based on two states and with Jerusalem as the capital of both."


Comment: Is the 2-state solution realistic? Entrenched wishful thinking? Who is going to make this happen? Surely not Israel and the Palestinians have been incapacitated to do so by themselves. Absent a unifying challenge, the Muslim world has, so far, not stepped up.


Comment: How does an ancient city with proven historic origins suddenly become someone else's exclusive and bonafide capitol because a third party publicly says so? Trump has no authority to decide the fate of this (not-American) city unless there is a consensus of belief that he can.

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