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Canada expelled four Russian diplomats because they told the truth

Thomas Walkom
Toronto Star
Thu, 05 Apr 2018 10:48 UTC
Chrystia Freeland
© Chris Young / Canadian PressForeign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Russians emissaries had been using their diplomatic status “to interfere in our democracy.”

Comment: If the Russians are telling the truth about Freeland's grandfather, then it's entirely possible, even likely, that they are telling the truth about their non-involvement in the Skripal poisoning.

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Bad Guys

UN warns Israel against "unjustified and unlawful" murder of Palestinians in military occupied Gaza is breach of Geneva conventions


RT
Sat, 07 Apr 2018 16:44 UTC
Israeli soldiers deploy on the Israeli side of the border with the northern Gaza Strip.
© Amir Cohen / ReutersIsraeli soldiers deploy on the Israeli side of the border with the northern Gaza Strip.
The use of live fire by the Israeli security forces against Palestinian protesters on the Gaza border may amount to willful killing and a grave breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention, the UN warns.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Liz Throssell has condemned the "deplorable" killing of Palestinians during the Great Return March, and harshly warned Israel against further use of violence.

One man has already been killed and dozens wounded during the Friday protest, Palestinian Red Crescent told RT. It followed a major outbreak of violence a week ago, when 18 Palestinians were shot dead and hundreds injured as Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) snipers were instructed to fire at anybody who approached the border fence.

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Snakes in Suits

Bolton and Johnson: The malevolent villain and the callous buffoon on the nuclear stage

Brian Cloughley
Counter Punch
Sat, 07 Apr 2018 08:38 UTC
Boris-Johnson
There are currently several characters of clownish tendency on the stage of international affairs, with others waiting in the wings for an opportunity to prance forward and perform their antics. The most recent addition to the Western cast is the new National Security Adviser to President Trump, John Bolton, who isn't so much a clown as a pantomime villain - a grimy scoundrel who skulks round the stage twirling his moustache, jeering at his censorious audience and plotting the downfall of whomever has displeased him.

On the other side of the Atlantic the sinister Bolton is complemented by a venomous buffoon, Boris Johnson, the foreign minister who enunciates British policy in the dignified fashion that we have come to expect from representatives of the United Kingdom.

In evidence to Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee on March 21 Johnson "compared Russia's hosting of the 2018 Football International tournament to Hitler's notorious Berlin Olympics in 1936." He then expanded his line of attack and declared "It is up to the Russians to guarantee the safety of England fans going to Russia. It is their duty under their FIFA contract to look after our fans. We are watching it very, very closely. At the moment we are not inclined actively to dissuade people from going because we want to hear from the Russians what steps they are going to take to look after our fans."


Comment: British Government's Chemical Attack Narrative Falls Apart - Boris Johnson Lied About Russia


Comment: It's reflective of the West's descent into the abyss that these killer clowns are working in government: Also See:

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Blackbox

Putin replaces 11 generals - reasons for changes not given


Pravda
Fri, 06 Apr 2018 16:28 UTC
Putin
On April 6, President Vladimir Putin dismissed eleven generals from the structures of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Federal Penitentiary Service, the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Investigative Committee. The relevant decree was published on the website of legal information.

Putin's decree also contains new appointments. The reasons for personnel changes have not been named, RIA Novosti reports.

The following officials lost their positions:

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TV

The real mind control: All mass media corporations are "extremely dangerous to our democracy" (VIDEOS)

KB
Medium
Wed, 04 Apr 2018 08:20 UTC
mass media coporations
Earlier this week, a video made by Deadspin made the rounds of social media depicting local newscasters reciting clearly scripted lines warning of the dissemination of fake news on social media.

The irony was almost too much to stomach as the screen was filled with newscasters announcing in chilling unison : "This is extremely dangerous to our democracy." The original post by Deadspin on Facebook was captioned with an eerie but nonpartisan warning: "Here's what happens when one corporation owns all the TV stations." Sinclair broadcasting company has since been under fire as details of the script and commands to air the promo were exposed.

A number of mainstream media outlets have jumped on the bandwagon with utter condemnation of the company, citing Sinclair as an example of how the Trump administration's relationship with the corporation has resulted in this nightmare scenario. The story goes that Trump's cronies in conservative media are now ordering "must air" segments accusing mainstream media of being "fake news" just as he has accused them many times.

The not-so-subtle implication is that Sinclair has crossed a line that no other media outlet dare cross and that by denouncing Sinclair they indicate that the problem lies primarily within the company. The long-running tropes of Trump as Putin-puppet, despot, and demagogue only reinforce this idea that an Orwellian world has manifested via Trump's administration.

Dan Rather tweet
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Ice Cream Bar

'Soft mouths with deep throats': Pelosi and 9 Dems had 'excellent meeting' with Netanyahu even as Israel sent 'dozens of snipers' to Gaza

Philip Weiss
Mondoweiss
Sat, 07 Apr 2018 10:11 UTC
Dems meeting Netanyahu
Dems meeting Netanyahu on March 26, 2018 are left to right, Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.), Ambassador David Friedman, Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), Katherine Clark (D-Mass.), Netanyahu, Donald McEachin (D-Va.), Pelosi, Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), and Jamie Raskin (D-Md.)
Last Tuesday March 26, Nancy Pelosi led a delegation of ten House Democrats to Israel, where most of them met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu tweeted that night that he'd had an "excellent meeting" with the congresspeople.

At that time, Israel was already planning to shoot Palestinians in Gaza at the Land Day demonstration on Friday: "dozens of snipers will be deployed along the Gaza border," the army announced that same day.

Israeli forces
Israeli forces, prepared to shoot Palestinian protesters in Gaza
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Info

Ankara urges Paris not to make 'same mistake' as US on Syria


The Jordan Times
Thu, 05 Apr 2018 09:26 UTC
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
© AFPTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a joint press conference with the leaders of Russia and Iran as part of a tripartite summit on Syria, in Ankara, on Wednesday
Turkey on Thursday urged France not to "make the same mistake" as the United States by sending troops to the Syrian town of Manbij, which Ankara has threatened to attack to dislodge Kurdish militia.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said Turkey would expand its offensive against the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia to the town in north Syria.

Turkey's pro-government Yeni Safak daily reported that France had deployed 50 soldiers to Manbij to support the YPG, while state-run Anadolu news agency said 100 French special forces were deployed at five bases in YPG-controlled areas of Syria.

Erdogan's spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said officials were looking into the reports and indicated Turkey would inform Paris of its opposition "if this is found to be true".

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USA

Duterte: 'Americans really do not honour their word'


Al Jazeera
Thu, 05 Apr 2018 12:33 UTC
Duterte
Duterte said that US President Donald Trump has voiced his approval of the Philippine drug war [EPA]
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has launched a fresh expletive-filled tirade against the United States, accusing one of the country's closest allies of lacking "word of honour", while suggesting that the CIA is out to get him.

In a speech in Manila on Thursday, Duterte lashed out at the US government for halting the planned sale of firearms to the Philippines because of human rights concerns.

"The fact is, the Americans really do not honour their word," he said, justifying his decision to turn to China and Russia to acquire rifles for Filipino forces.

"At least, if ever my airplane explodes, or if some roadside bomb explodes, maybe you can ask the CIA," Duterte told a group of farmers and fishermen gathered at the Malacanang presidential palace.

It was not the first time the Philippine president accused the CIA of plotting against him.

In 2016, he told a group of Filipinos in Vietnam that he received reports of an "alleged plan by the CIA to kill me". In 2017, he was also quoted as saying, "If I die, it's America [that is behind it]. It's the CIA".

Comment: Duterte's policies may be not be too popular with the west, but he's right to be critical of the US. See also:

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Human rights lawyer: No evidence Lula is corrupt - Brazilian prosecutor wants him to prove innocence AFTER beginning 12-year prison sentence!


BBC
Sat, 07 Apr 2018 06:27 UTC
lula da silva
Brazil's Supreme Court has ruled that ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will be jailed while he appeals against a graft conviction. He is facing 12 years in prison on charges of accepting a bribe but had asked to remain free during his appeal. Lula claims the charges are politically motivated, and designed to prevent him from running for president in October. Human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson has taken Lula's case to the UN Human Rights Commission.


Comment: The fix is clearly in on this one: whatever about the overall corruption findings of the 'Car Wash' investigations - which has played out like Brazil's 'Russiagate' - former president Lula da Silva has clearly been dragged into it in order to prevent his re-election later this year.

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Vader

John Helmer: 'The Empire Strikes Backwards'

John Helmer
Dance with Bears
Thu, 05 Apr 2018 00:00 UTC
Skripal & The British Flush
Empires are just like everything else going down the toilet. Bits always stick on the porcelain which require more flushing. Embarrassing bits.

Now in its fifth week since the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury on March 4, the bits that cannot be flushed away are producing an odour whose obviousness is embarrassing for Salisbury Hospital and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

The hospital is treating the Skripals for their medical welfare and is required by hospital policy and UK law to be accountable to their next of kin. Their rights of access to and from the hospital are also required by European Human Rights Convention. The evidence now accumulating is that the hospital is detaining and isolating the Skripals against their will, preventing contact with their family. Requested to explain this and identify her legal authority, the response of the hospital's chief executive, Cara Charles-Barks, is to stonewall.

Comment: British Government's Chemical Attack Narrative Falls Apart - Boris Johnson Lied About Russia

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