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Trump mocks Mueller and his band of "13 Angry Democrats" for the witch hunt

Jim Hoft
The Gateway Pundit
Mon, 07 May 2018 00:00 UTC
It's a new week and that means new tweets from our President Donald Trump.
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Robert Mueller and Donald Trump
On Monday morning President Trump mocked crooked cop Robert Mueller and his band of 13 angry Democrats in their failed attempt to steal and election.
President Trump: The Russia Witch Hunt is rapidly losing credibility. House Intelligence Committee found No Collusion, Coordination or anything else with Russia. So now the Probe says OK, what else is there? How about Obstruction for a made up, phony crime.There is no O, it's called Fighting Back. The 13 Angry Democrats in charge of the Russian Witch Hunt are starting to find out that there is a Court System in place that actually protects people from injustice...and just wait 'till the Courts get to see your unrevealed Conflicts of Interest!

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Caesar

Putin gives epic inauguration speech, shares intentions for Russia

Inessa S
Fort Russ News
Mon, 07 May 2018 00:00 UTC
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The Russian President Vladimir Putin captivated audiences, opening his heart to all of Russia, during his inauguration ceremony. He candidly explained that his life's purpose is fight for Russia. He needed to be known that he is determined "to do everything possible for the well-being of the country."

The head of state stressed that he was aware of the "colossal responsibility to the people and Russia."

"I assure that the purpose of my life and work will be, as before, serving the people.I consider it my duty and the meaning of my life to do everything for Russia, for its present and future - peaceful and prosperous, for the preservation and continuation of our great people, for well-being in every Russian family," the president said during the ceremony.

Putin thanked the Russians for the high level of support provided in the presidential elections in March, understanding that his authority stems from the Russian people, and the Russian people alone.
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Hardhat

Modernizing the (actual) international community: China to build power plant in Bangladesh, bringing all its citizens electricity for first time


Reuters
Mon, 07 May 2018 22:28 UTC
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The state-run Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) and China Huadian Hongkong Company Limited (CHDHK) have signed an agreement to form a joint venture company to set up a coal-based power plant with a capacity of 1,320 megawatts, a senior BPDB official said on Monday.

"These two firms signed the deal on Sunday to set up the plant at Moheshkhali island in Cox's Bazar district, 415 kilometers (260 miles) south east from Dhaka," said Mohammad Saiful Islam, a director of the BPDB.

The joint venture, equally owned by both the companies, will take four years to start production, the official said.

Another official, who is directly involved with the project, said that as per the initial plan it might cost about $2 billion to implement the project.
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Bad Guys

The warmakers take aim on Iran

The Saker
The Unz Review
Sat, 05 May 2018 00:00 UTC
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Between the US strikes on Syria in April and the recent developments on the Korean Peninsula, we are in somewhat of a lull in the Empire's search for a new war to start. The always helpful Israelis, in the person of the ineffable Bibi Netanyahu, are now beating the drums for, well, if not a war, then at least some kind of false flag or pretext to make the US strike at Iran. And then there is the always bleeding Donbass (which I won't address in today's analysis). So let's see where we stand and try to guesstimate where we might be heading. To be honest, trying to guess what ignorant warmongering psychopaths might do next is by definition a futile exercise, but since there are some not negligible signs that there are at least a few rational people still left in the US White House and/or Pentagon (as shown by the mostly "pretend strikes" on Syria last month), we can assume (hope) that some residual degree of sanity is still present. At the very least Americans in uniform have to ask themselves a very basic and yet fundamental question:

Do I want to die for Israel? Do I want to lose my job for Israel? How about my pension? Maybe just my stock options? Is it worth risking a major regional war for such a "wonderful" state?

A lot depends on whether the US military leaders (and people!) will have the courage to ask themselves this question and, if they do, what their reply will be.

Comment: This is to say nothing of the fact that Iran is now a strategic and economic ally of Russia. While Russia has already shown great restraint in its responses to Western and Israeli aggression and provocation in Syria, these warmakers, as the author puts it, just don't know when to quit. We can probably expect Israel to act even crazier in the coming weeks and months until it finally compels Iran and Russia to respond and then draw others in...

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Lebanon election results: Pro-Iranian Hezbollah party wins most seats, while PM Hariri's party loses a third


PressTV
Mon, 07 May 2018 21:33 UTC
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Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri says his party has lost a third of seats in the Sunday parliamentary elections, winning only 21 seats, down from the 33 it had been holding since the last time Lebanon elected a parliament in 2009.

Hariri made the announcement in a televised statement on Monday, saying that despite gains in Sidon, Tripoli, Beirut and Western Bekaa Valley, the Future Movement had only won 21 out of 128 parliamentary seats.

The election results, however, still make Hariri the frontrunner to form the next government as the Sunni leader with the biggest bloc in parliament.

The Lebanese premier said he extended his hand to all political factions in order to fulfill the wishes of the Lebanese people who "voted for security and stability of Lebanon."


Comment: Meanwhile, trouble is flaring up in Beirut:



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Kadyrov praises Putin's role in transforming Chechnya


RT
Mon, 07 May 2018 21:14 UTC
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov
© Andrey Lyubimov, Moskva News AgencyChechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov
Thanks to Vladimir Putin's resolute decisions the Chechen people have defeated terrorism and restored the economy in the republic, Ramzan Kadyrov said ahead of the Russian Presidential Inauguration ceremony.

"Chechnya has transformed. We all remember that 18 years ago we had no schools, no roads and no infrastructure, the economy was on the lowest possible level and unemployment rate was at 100 percent. And the main problem we faced was international terrorism. Thanks to the Russian President and his resolute decisions we have won the fight with the international terrorism, restored our economy and are now solving the social issues," Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said in his comments with Russia 1 TV channel on Monday, shortly before Vladimir Putin's fourth swearing-in ceremony.
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Propaganda

SOTT Focus: WaPo Outraged That Trump Lies About Everything That Doesn't Matter

Harrison Koehli
Sott.net
Mon, 07 May 2018 19:14 UTC
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Everyday I am thankful, because everyday I have something to be outraged about. Thanks to that bastion of truthfulness and objectivity - the Washington Post - I now have 3,001 more things to be outraged about: President Trump, they claim, has made precisely 3,001 false or misleading claims so far in his presidency. That should last me until middle age. If he keeps it up, at this rate I should be set for life. And for that I'm super thankful. For without WaPo's studious fact-checking, I might otherwise neglect to be outraged that Donald Trump said not once, not twice, but a full twenty-nine times that the U.S. trade deficit with China is $500 billion, instead of $300 billion. Can anyone truly read that without the blood flowing to the face? Without one's delicate hands clenching into outraged fists?

What about the fact - the FACT, dagnabbit - that Trump had the audacity to claim that FDR served as president for 16 years, when he only served 12? Surely an involuntary guttural cry is beginning to escape the sanctified space of your larynx. No? Well what about the time he said Henry Ford invented the assembly line? Henry Ford! Everyone knows it was Ransom Eli Olds. Well, maybe not everyone knows that. But they should. And I'm ready to smash something breakable now that I know that Trump didn't know that too.

I was unaware that Donald Trump plays loose with the facts and tends to wildly exaggerate. That comes as a complete surprise to me. I had no idea he was a bombastic persuasion peddler. But in his 466 days since taking office, WaPo sez, he has made "false or misleading" claims an average of 6.5 times per day. WaPo even has an interactive graphic displaying the ebb and flow of his fibs.
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Israeli minister: We'll 'liquidate' Assad if he lets Iran attack us from Syria


RT
Mon, 07 May 2018 12:28 UTC
Yuval Steinitz
Yuval Steinitz, yet another pathological representative of Israel's government
Israel will "liquidate" Syrian President Bashar Assad and topple his government if it continues to allow Iran to use Syrian territory to carry out attacks on the Jewish state, an Israeli security cabinet minister has warned.

"If Syrian President Bashar al-Assad continues allowing Iran to operate within Syrian territory, Israel will liquidate him and topple his regime," Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz told Ynet.

He went on to state that "if Assad lets Iran turn Syria into a military base against us, to attack us from Syrian territory, he should know that will be the end of him."

Hassan Beigi, a member of the Iranian parliament's national and foreign policy commission, responded to the minister's statements later on Monday. "Israel can't do anything," he told RIA Novosti, reminding Tel Aviv that Iran has legitimate grounds to operate on Syrian soil, citing an invitation from Damascus.

Comment: Israel has now reached a fever pitch in rhetoric and aggression towards Iran that - with or without US help - will ultimately lead to some level of war with the Persian nation. What the crazed leadership of Israel seems unable to see at this point is that Iran will strike back and strike back hard as soon as it's ready to. Israelis with conscience should recognize this suicidal course of action for what it is and run the hell out of there.

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The US-UK anti-Russia conspiracy

Stephen Lendman
stephenlendman.org
Fri, 04 May 2018 00:00 UTC
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The Skripal incident was likely hatched by both countries, one episode among numerous longstanding efforts to demonize Russia - improved relations ruled out entirely. US/UK policies toward Russia are joined at the hip, both countries partnering in Russophobic harshness.

On Thursday, Sergey Lavrov blasted Britain, saying
"Russia is worried over the health and position of the Skripals, whom the British authorities dragged into this provocation," adding: "The British authorities' refusal to grant consular access is a reason enough to consider the current situation as abduction or intentional isolation. This is utterly unacceptable."
-Washington equally responsible for what happened, he failed to stress.
Virtually all Russophobic actions by either country are joint efforts, neither regime going it alone on relations with Moscow.

Despite no chance for improved relations with both countries in the near, intermediate, and likely longterm, official Russian policy seeks mutual cooperation.

Comment: Lendman provides a dismal view of what is possible and a dismal outcome of what is probable.

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Snakes in Suits

Dershowitz: John Kerry would be violating the Logan Act, if enforced

Caitlin Yilek
Washington Examiner
Sat, 05 May 2018 10:58 UTC
John Kerry
© AP Photo/Alex Brandon, PoolFormer Sec. of State John Kerry
Former Secretary of State John Kerry would be violating the Logan Act, if it was enforced, for secretly speaking with foreign leaders about salvaging the Iran nuclear deal during Trump's presidency, Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz argued Saturday.

No one has ever been prosecuted under the Logan Act, a more than 200-year-old law that prohibits private citizens from acting on behalf of the U.S. in negotiations with foreign governments without authorization.

"Fortunately for everybody, the Logan Act [is a] dead letter but if it were in existence, my friend John Kerry would be violating the Logan Act," Dershowitz told Fox & Friends. "He is negotiating, though he is not in the administration, and there are real problems with doing that," he continued.

Kerry has reportedly engaged in shadow diplomacy with foreign leaders to discuss ways of preserving the nuclear deal that he helped construct under the Obama administration.

Comment: If the Logan Act was a factor in Flynn's case, why not for Kerry?

Ah that's right, because Trump. Silly us.

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