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Bayer-Monsanto merger . . . or bust?


panna.org
Thu, 22 Mar 2018 13:54 UTC
monsanto merger
The Bayer-Monsanto merger has hit a roadblock in the U.S.

The agribusiness giants have been waiting for the Department of Justice (DoJ) to approve the business coupling, but last week the department's antitrust division revealed worries that the merger could hurt competition, and they don't think Bayer's proposed plan to sell off some businesses before the deal is finalized goes far enough.

Comment: Read more about the Bayer Monsanto match made in hell:

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Quenelle - Golden

Zakharova slams Boris Johnson after he compares FIFA World Cup to 1936 Nazi Olympics


RT
Fri, 30 Mar 2018 13:01 UTC
Berlin stadium olympics 1936
© Fabrizio Bensch / ReutersThe main entrance of the Olympic stadium in Berlin that hosted the Games in 1936
The Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman has rebuked Boris Johnson's comparison between the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia and the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany - with a list of British dignitaries that attended the 1936 event.

UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson earlier agreed with an MP who said that "Putin is going to use it [the World Cup] in the way Hitler used the 1936 Olympics" - to boost Russia's image. In response, Maria Zakharova took the time during a news briefing on Thursday to call out London on how it endorsed the Nazi-hosted 1936 games by sending a high-profile delegation.

Speaking of the makeup of the delegation, Zakharova cited a German brochure that listed the "honorable guests." It enumerated the British dignitaries, including the head of the British Olympic Association, its secretary general, as well as three British representatives in the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and a number of British heads of the International sports federations that attended the Games.

Comment: Zakharova has been a shining light throughout this whole sordid affair, while Boris Johnson has been an utter embarrassment.
When he's not busy comparing Putin to Hitler he's making a fool of himself by comparing Novichok to lightsabers:
Johnson continued his speech with a Star Wars reference to explain "all you need to know about the difference between modern Britain and the government of Vladimir Putin."

"They make Novichok, we make light sabres. One a hideous weapon that is specifically intended for assassination. The other an implausible theatrical prop with a mysterious buzz [...] But which of those two weapons is really more effective in the world of today?" he asked.
Which nation has a 'credibility problem' again?

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Russian Flag

Zakharova crushes British journalist: 'It's more appropriate to question West's credibility than Moscow's'


RT
Fri, 30 Mar 2018 13:01 UTC
Russian Foreign Ministry’s Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova
© Mikhail Japaridze/TASSRussian Foreign Ministry’s Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova
It is more appropriate to question the credibility of the West, which pressures other countries to express "solidarity" and invade Iraq on a false pretext, than that of Russia, the spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry said.

"Are we playing cards here or dealing with serious matters? Is this a game of poker or international relations?" Maria Zakharova said when asked by Sky News correspondent John Sparks if Moscow accepted that "Russia has a serious credibility problem," as a large group of countries simply don't believe its denials in the case of the poisoning of double agent Sergei Skripal.

"Is it a sort of international game within the rules set by the UN Charter or, alternatively, is it an unrestricted use of force and pressure?" she said, questioning the behavior of the UK and the US.

Comment: There is another reason to question Britain's credibility in this case, and that stems from the preponderance of the evidence. As Joe Quinn writes,
[T]he British government's apparent access to the precise nerve agents in question, close to where Skripal lives, their full access to Skripal himself, their past form in fabricating evidence of chemical weapons usage by other states, and their clear intent to wage a vicious and underhanded demonization campaign against Russia, all combine to allow us to actively assume that the poisoning of Skripal and his daughter was the work of the British government itself. Is it beyond a reasonable doubt? Perhaps not, but it is currently the only hypothesis that makes sense given the evidence available. And until more evidence is made available, it is the only reasonable conclusion to make.
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Snakes in Suits

A false military pullback: Trump will 'leave' Syria like he 'left' Afghanistan

Marko Marjanović
Checkpoint Asia
Fri, 30 Mar 2018 09:13 UTC
POTUS
POTUS loves himself a man in uniform
Trump has already shown that more than sensible military pullbacks, he values Mattis' hot breath against the back of his neck

Speaking to his base yesterday Trump claimed the US would be "coming out of Syria very soon" and it was time to let "the other people take care of it now."

While that arguably sounds like a very good thing (unless you are a Kurd, in which case it's yet another US stab in the back), we can recall Trump said the same things, only much more clearly and more often about Afghanistan only to end up authorizing another Pentagon surge in that country.

Comment: See also:

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Sherlock

Congressional investigators: Text messages 'strongly' suggest coordination between CIA, FBI, Obama WH and Dem officials early in Trump-Russia probe

Brooke Singman
Fox News
Fri, 30 Mar 2018 01:55 UTC
U.S. President Barack Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump (L) to discuss transition plans in the White House Oval Office in Washington, U.S., November 10, 2016
© REUTERS/ Kevin LamarqueU.S. President Barack Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump (L) to discuss transition plans in the White House Oval Office in Washington, U.S., November 10, 2016
Newly uncovered text messages between FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page suggest a possible coordination between high-ranking officials at the Obama White House, CIA, FBI, Justice Department and former Senate Democratic leadership in the early stages of the investigation into alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, according to GOP congressional investigators on Wednesday.

The investigators say the information provided to Fox News "strongly" suggests coordination between former President Barack Obama's Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, then-Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, and CIA Director John Brennan - which they say would "contradict" the Obama administration's public stance about its hand in the process.

Page texted Strzok on Aug. 2, 2016, saying: "Make sure you can lawfully protect what you sign. Just thinking about congress, foia, etc. You probably know better than me."

Comment: Thing are getting more and more interesting.

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Arrow Down

American hubris: US threatens 'additional actions' in response to Russia's ousting of diplomats


Sputnik
Thu, 29 Mar 2018 22:49 UTC
us state department
© Sputnik
US State Department announced Thursday that the US may be taking additional actions in response to Russia ordering the expulsion of 60 US diplomats by April 5.

The State Department noted that there was "no justification" for Russia's response and that it shouldn't act "like a victim."

"There is no justification for the Russian response," Heather Nauert, the spokesperson for the US State Department, said Thursday. "Our actions were motivated purely by the attack on the United Kingdom."

Comment: What would any normal person do in the face of such pathological arrogance and hubris on the part of the United States? See more:

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Snakes in Suits

Trump: 'We're coming out of Syria very soon, let others take care of it'


RT
Thu, 29 Mar 2018 20:57 UTC
US soldiers Aleppo, Syria
© Khalil Ashawi / ReutersU.S soldiers ride a military vehicle in al-Kherbeh village, northern Aleppo province, Syria October 24, 2016.
President Donald Trump has made a surprise announcement that US forces will be withdrawing from Syria, citing the defeat of Islamic State and the need to defend US borders and rebuild "crumbling" infrastructure.

"We're coming out of Syria very soon. Let the other people take care of it now," Trump said during a speech in Richfield, Ohio on Thursday, dedicated to his infrastructure initiative.
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Hearts

Over 52 million people tune in to watch anticipated 'Putin' documentary

Matfey Shaheen
RussiaFeed
Tue, 27 Mar 2018 00:02 UTC
putin documentary
The release of the legendary and much-anticipated documentary "Putin" is upon us. In the video below, Dmitri Kiselyov, Russia's Top Anchor, covers the premier in which 22 million Russians tune in. If even one million Americans did so, US-Russia relations may improve incredibly, by listening to the wise words of Vladimir Putin free of "interpretation" by low-brow western propaganda.


Comment: Putin is a brilliant leader and an incredible statesman; who wouldn't want to watch a documentary about him? See it here in full:



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Bullseye

Analysis: Will America accept its defeat or will it foolishly challenge the Russian Bear and the Chinese Dragon?

Elijah J Magnier
ElijahJMagnier.com
Wed, 28 Mar 2018 19:03 UTC
Votel defeat syria
© The American Conservative
Following the liberation of eastern Ghouta from the jihadists, and their departure to the northern city of Idlib under al-Qaeda and Turkish control, the city of Duma is now engaged in negotiations with the Russian side to find a way out for the militants of the "Army of Islam" (Jaish al-Islam). These militants fought against many jihadists and rebels and have therefore no remaining friends in the Syrian arena. However, this negotiation has become a tactical detail because the capital, Damascus, has become safe and is no longer exposed to daily shelling as was the case before the liberation of Ghouta.

What next?

The Yarmouk Camp and al-Hajar al-Aswad:

The elimination of the "Islamic State" group (ISIS) and the remnants of al-Qaeda in the Yarmouk camp and the nearby area of al-Hajar al-Aswad, south of Damascus, is also a tactical detail because there is no way out for these militants, trapped on all sides : the liberation of the area is not an issue.

The Syrian Steppe (al-Badiya):

In the Syrian steppes (al-Badiya), ISIS has still a pocket that the Syrian army is expecting to deal with this summer. This area is also totally besieged, ISIS can go nowhere and, while waiting, its willpower and morale are deteriorating and reaching a minimum level.
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People

Kim Jong Un's Beijing visit confirms China's influence in Korean Peninsula


Sputnik
Thu, 29 Mar 2018 20:46 UTC
Kim Jong Un
© REUTERS/ KCNANorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un smiles during a banquet, as he paid an unofficial visit to Beijing, China, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang March 28, 2018.
As the North Korean leader successfully departs the Chinese capital after concluding his first foreign visit, analysts ponder what he might have discussed with Chinese President Xi Jinping and how it may affect the future of the region.

Commenting on the recent official visit made by Kim Jong-un to the Chinese capital, Russian political analyst Alexander Lomanov told Sputnik that this voyage reminded everyone that "things aren't being done on the Korean Peninsula without China's say-so."

"When China supported international sanctions imposed against North Korea, some experts speculated that Beijing no longer considers Pyongyang its ally. Now, however, it turns out that things are exactly the opposite: China remains an important and respected player [in the region], and North Korea does not publicly hold any grudges against China. Kim Jong-un came to Beijing, shook hands with Xi Jinping and discussed future plans with him, including apparently both countries' stances on the upcoming summits with South Korea and the United States," Lomanov said.
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