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George Soros puts a defiant face on, and globalist Washington Post helps him do it

Michael Kranish
SFGate
Fri, 08 Jun 2018 05:38 UTC
George Soros
© Joshua Roberts, BloombergGeorge Soros, founder of Soros Fund Management LLC
George Soros, the billionaire investor and liberal donor, sat in his hotel suite by Lake Zurich last week, lamenting the turn much of the world has taken in recent years: "Everything that could go wrong has gone wrong."

His favored presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, lost to President Donald Trump, whose "America First" platform runs counter to the globalism Soros embraces. Trump, he said, "is willing to destroy the world." The European Union, which Soros once hoped would be so successful that he could end his charitable work in the region, is contending with the impending loss of Britain and a rise of anti-immigrant sentiment. And Soros himself has emerged as a political target in elections from Hungary to California, where his donations have been used as a cudgel against the causes he supports.


Comment: Soros is a political target because he has, along with the US State Dept. (and the NGO's they support) targeted numerous countries with an agenda of regime change and 'color revolution'. Now he's 'defiant' because many of those targets have caught on to his game of destabilization, replacement and profit. It's what he does, but leave it to the Washington Post to write such an uncritical piece about him.


The 87-year-old Holocaust survivor, who has poured much of his fortune into promoting liberal values around the globe, is now confronting a wave of nationalist sentiment washing against issues he has championed.
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Kim reportedly accepts Trump's invitation to White House


RT
Tue, 12 Jun 2018 14:28 UTC
kim trump
© Anthony Wallace / Reuters
North Korea's Leader Kim Jong-un has agreed to visit the White House, according to US President Donald Trump.

The US president made the announcement in Singapore as he discussed a deal to start denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula.

Asked whether he plans to visit Pyongyang in the future, Trump said that he would consider it. He also revealed that Kim Jong-un had accepted an invitation to Washington, DC.

"At a certain time I will [travel to Pyongyang]. That will be a day I very much look forward to. I also will be inviting chairman Kim at the appropriate time to the White House. He has accepted... we want to go a little bit further down the road," Trump said.

However the president did offer a degree of caution when he said that it's too early to establish diplomatic ties. "It's not a big deal to meet. I think we should meet on a lot of different topics not just this one," he said.


Comment: See also:

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Cheeseburger

UK MP's turn lunch and bananas into international Brexit scandal


RT
Tue, 12 Jun 2018 14:10 UTC
Leave.EU chief backer, Arron Banks.
© ReutersLeave.EU chief backer, Arron Banks.
Arron Banks, who helped bankroll the Leave.EU Brexit campaign, has faced off with MPs about claims he has links to the Kremlin. Banks met with Russia's UK ambassador three times but insists that he did not take Russian money.

Appearing before the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Committee, Banks and Leave.EU's Communications Director Andy Wigmore fielded questions about their business activities, meeting Trump, Brexit, and - of course - Russia.

Labour's Ian Lucas was the first to launch into a Russian line of questioning. "What do you think first attracted the Russian embassy to Arron Banks, the biggest political donor in UK history? Do you think it was the fact that you were involved in the Brexit campaign?" he asked the pair.

"I'll tell you why, because I asked to meet them," Wigmore shot back. "We thought it would be nice to meet them, because [Arron's] wife is from the Russian diaspora." Banks then added his two-cents worth, likening the inferences of Russian wrongdoing levied against them to a witch-hunt.

Comment: The United States and the UK are so caught up in their anti-Russian hysteria they can't see how absurd their accusations and projected ill-intent are. They're on the attack at every chance they get to maintain their illusions. When nothing comes of their delusional behavior, they move onto the next fabricated scandal without skipping a beat.

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The Trump-Kim Declaration: Full text of denuclearization document signed at Singapore summit


abc.net.au
Tue, 12 Jun 2018 13:55 UTC
kim trump
© Jonathan Ernst
The text from the document signed by Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un has been made available. Here it is in full:

President Donald J Trump of the United States of America and Chairman Kim Jong-un of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) held a first, historic summit in Singapore on June 12, 2018.

President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong-un conducted a comprehensive, in-depth, and sincere exchange of opinions on the issues related to the establishment of new US-DPRK relations and the building of a lasting and robust peace regime on the Korean Peninsula.

President Trump committed to provide security guarantees to the DPRK, and Chairman Kim Jong-un reaffirmed his firm and unwavering commitment to complete denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula.

Convinced that the establishment of new US-DPRK relations will contribute to the peace and prosperity of the Korean Peninsula and of the world, and recognising that mutual confidence-building can promote the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula, President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong-un state the following:
  1. The United States and the DPRK commit to establish new US-DPRK relations in accordance with the desire of the peoples of the two countries for peace and prosperity.
  2. The United States and the DPRK will join their efforts to build a lasting and stable peace regime on the Korean Peninsula.
  3. Reaffirming the April 27, 2018 Panmunjom Declaration, the DPRK commits to work towards complete denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula.
  4. The United States and the DPRK commit to recovering POW/MIA remains, including the immediate repatriation of those already identified.

Comment: From the the leaders' comments before signing the document:
"We've developed a very special bond," Trump said, sitting next to "chairman" Kim after what he called an "intensive time" together. He vowed to start the process "very, very quickly" without specifying what exactly is going to happen.

"Today we had a historic meeting and decided to leave the past behind, and we are about to sign a historic document. The world will a see a major change," Kim said, before thanking his US counterpart for the meeting.

After the signing ceremony Trump said that, from now on, the Korean peninsula "is going to be very much a different situation than it has in the past."
Kind of makes all those people who were worried Trump was going to bomb North Korea into oblivion seem a bit silly now, doesn't it?

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'To build a lasting and stable peace regime': Trump & Kim sign 'historic' document following talks in Singapore


RT
Tue, 12 Jun 2018 09:40 UTC
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump
© Jonathan Ernst / ReutersNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump signing a "historic" document in Singapore
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump have signed a "historic" document that would lead to "major change," they announced at a joint news conference after their first face-to-face meeting in Singapore.

The contents of the document have not been disclosed so far, but Trump said that he will hold a press conference on the matter later in the day.

"We've developed a very special bond," Trump said, sitting next to "chairman" Kim after what he called an "intensive time" together. He vowed to start the process "very, very quickly" without specifying what exactly is going to happen.

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Vader

French MoD: France increases military strikes inside Syria and Iraq

Leith Aboufadel
Al Masdar News
Tue, 12 Jun 2018 09:15 UTC
Fighter jet
The French Air Force increased its military operations inside Syria and Iraq during the month of May, the French Ministry of Defense reported on Monday.

According to a document released by the Ministry of Defense on Monday, the Anti-ISIS Coalition conducted 123 percent more strikes in the month of May than April.

"In this framework, the number strikes carried out by the Coalition in may rose by 123 percent compared with the level in April," the French MoD claimed.

Comment: See also: Chickenhawk Macron: 'France ready to strike chemical weapons sites in Syria'

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Arrow Up

It started with an historic handshake: Kim, Trump face-to-face at Singapore summit


RT
Tue, 12 Jun 2018 01:05 UTC
Kim Trump
© Jonathan Ernst / ReutersNorth Korean Leader Kim Jong-un • US President Donald Trump
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump have arrived at the summit venue Singapore. The historic first meeting of the two leaders will discuss a peace treaty and denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

Kim arrived first at the Capella Resort, on Singapore's Sentosa Island, shortly before 9 am local time. He ignored the cameras, walking into the hotel with eyeglasses in hand. Trump followed a few minutes later, turning to face the cameras with a carefully neutral expression before he entered the venue.

The historic handshake of the two leaders before a row of US and North Korean flags took place at 9:04. Trump smiled and patted Kim on the back, ushering him towards the conference room. Trump said earlier he would know whether the summit would succeed within the first few minutes of meeting with Kim.

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Singapore: Kim Jong-un and Trump arrive to discuss permanent peace-keeping plan

Benjamin Haas
The Guardian
Sun, 10 Jun 2018 22:02 UTC
Trump arrival
© YahooUS President Donald Trump arrives in Singapore.
Donald Trump and the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, have arrived in Singapore two days before a historic summit over the fate of North Korea's nuclear weapons programme. North Korea's state media said on Monday the pair would discuss a "permanent and durable peace-keeping mechanism" on the Korean peninsula, denuclearisation of the peninsula and other issues of mutual concern.

The report by Korean Central News Agency said Kim was accompanied by his foreign minister Ri Yong-ho, defence minister No Kwang-chol and sister Kim Yo-jong.

The US president traveled on Air Force One, which landed at Paya Lebar airbase where he was greeted by the Singapore foreign minister, Vivian Balakrishnan. The trip follows a tumultuous G7 meeting in Canada, where Trump personally attacked the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau and refused to sign a previously agreed joint communique.

Kim arrived at Changi airport several hours earlier onboard a commercial Air China plane, after intense speculation with the public tracking three separate aircraft leaving Pyongyang, the North Korean capital.
Kim Jong-un Air China
© ABC News-Go.comNorth Korea Leader Kim Jong-un arrives in Singapore.
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Caesar

Watching Putin's entire 4-hour Q&A with the Russian people - he even answered my question

Dmitry Orlov
Russia Insider
Sat, 09 Jun 2018 18:44 UTC
putin tv interview
© Russia Insight
" ... a blogger wanted to know why there are virtually no electric cars in Russia. Putin explained that electric cars actually mostly run on coal, which is what's used to generate the electricity they run on, and coal is not an environmentally friendly fuel ... The blogger ... was positively shocked by this bit of non-news. Teslas burn coal, very inefficiently; I hope you already knew this."

The videos in this article are short excerpts from the 4 hour marathon, to give readers a sense of what the show is like.

Yesterday I spent four hours watching television. This is not something I normally do because I find the entire television medium tedious, boring and a waste of time. All television programs are, in my case, a bad idea, because I dislike being programmed. In fact, I don't even own a TV. When I need to watch something, I do so in a window on the screen of my laptop. But this was a special occasion.

Comment: Russia has been blessed with a truly remarkable leader. With all the suffering she has endured, she has earned it.

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Havana whodunnit: US military strategists wonder who financed new spy radar base in Cuba

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Sat, 09 Jun 2018 15:30 UTC
radome Bejucal Cuba
© Victor Robert Lee & Digital GlobeNewly constructed radome at Bejucal signals intelligence facility, Cuba.
According to a new surveillance report from The Diplomat, exclusive satellite imagery from March 2017 to May 2018 reveals a newly expanded "signals intelligence" military facility near Bejucal, Cuba.

The report focuses on a massive radome sitting on top of an elevated concrete mounting structure. From satellite imagery, the structure looks like a giant golf ball, but it is actually a protective dome housing a super sophisticated radar antenna inside. As mentioned by The Diplomat, this radome is the first of its kind among the various spy antennas at Bejucal, which have been used to intercept electronic communications, ballistic missile monitoring, and tracking of satellites from the United States.

The most perplexing question American military strategists are now asking: who the hell provided the financing to build a new spy base in this third world country?

The Diplomat provides more satellite imagery that shows the construction of the radome near the town of Bejucal between March 2017 and February 2018. While the function of the new radome is unknown from current satellite images, there is an understanding that similar antennas have been used for signals interception, missile tracking, satellite uplinks and downlinks, radio communications, tracking of objects in space, and in some cases to disrupt satellite communications, The Diplomat explained.
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