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President Xi rejects western political and economic models in speech, affirms Chinese sovereign approach

Adam Garrie
The Duran
Sat, 29 Jul 2017 00:00 UTC
Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping's speech is indicative of China's commitment to her sovereign minded political system and unique "market socialist" economic system that have guided China to becoming a world class economic powerhouse.

Chinese President Xi has addressed a large meeting of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in preparation for the forthcoming 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

During a wide ranging speech, President Xi stated that China must reaffirm and bolster both its Chinese characteristics as well as the socialist traditions of the CPC. According to Chinese media, Xi stressed "that socialism with Chinese characteristics had been the theme of all the Party's theories and practices since the reform and opening up in 1978".

1978 was the beginning of landmark internal reforms in China by Deng Xiaoping who was China's Paramount Leader between 1978 and 1989. During this time, China embarked on a program Deng called "market socialism".

Comment: A leader that learns from others' failures. What a concept.

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New Russian UN envoy: EU finally falling victim to policy of subservience to U.S. - "we told you so"


RT
Sat, 29 Jul 2017 17:14 UTC
Vasily Nebenzya
© Grigoriy Sisoev / SputnikVasily Nebenzya
The EU has fallen victim of its unconditional support for the US sanction policy against Russia, Russia's UN envoy Vasily Nebenzya told RT. Calling the state of US-Russian relations "worse" than that of the Cold War-era, Nebenzya said the two still have to cooperate.

The wave of anti-Russian sanctions coming from Washington is "unprecedented, baseless and illegal," said Nebenzya, who is Russia's new Permanent Representative to the UN.

He added that the EU should blame itself for becoming a victim of the side-effects of the US policy toward Russia as it previously followed in Washington's footsteps as regards to sanction policy.

"Ironically, the EU together with US implemented illegal sanctions against Russia and now it could be a victim of those restrictions as the result of these sanctions. This situation can be described as: We told you so," the diplomat said.
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Flashback CIA Director John Brennan colluded with foreign spies to subvert American democracy

George Neumayr
The American Spectator
Wed, 19 Apr 2017 17:04 UTC
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An article in the Guardian last week provides more confirmation that John Brennan was the American progenitor of political espionage aimed at defeating Donald Trump. One side did collude with foreign powers to tip the election - Hillary's.

Seeking to retain his position as CIA director under Hillary, Brennan teamed up with British spies and Estonian spies to cripple Trump's candidacy. He used their phony intelligence as a pretext for a multi-agency investigation into Trump, which led the FBI to probe a computer server connected to Trump Tower and gave cover to Susan Rice, among other Hillary supporters, to spy on Trump and his people.

John Brennan's CIA operated like a branch office of the Hillary campaign, leaking out mentions of this bogus investigation to the press in the hopes of inflicting maximum political damage on Trump. An official in the intelligence community tells TAS that Brennan's retinue of political radicals didn't even bother to hide their activism, decorating offices with "Hillary for president cups" and other campaign paraphernalia.
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Israeli Ambassador: Russia could play a role in easing tensions at Temple Mount


Sputnik
Fri, 28 Jul 2017 00:00 UTC
gary koren
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Israeli Ambassador to Russia Gary Koren says that the situation around the Temple Mount in Jerusalem will unlikely be settled in the near future and external players and Russia in particular should make more efforts at crisis resolution.

The situation around the Temple Mount in Jerusalem will unlikely be settled in the near future and external players and Russia in particular should make more efforts at crisis resolution, Israeli Ambassador to Russia Gary Koren told Sputnik Friday.

There is a great potential in terms of diplomatic work with countries which must take a more responsible approach. I am talking about our neighbors, and Russia may also play a good role in this regard, in particular, by urging Turkish or Jordanian leadership to calm down their tone, act constructively to resolve the situation and defuse this dangerous atmosphere," Koren said.
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Cornered: Trump intends to sign "final version" of illegal Russian sanctions bill


RT
Sat, 29 Jul 2017 16:45 UTC
Trump signing documents
© Jonathan Ernst / Reuters
President Donald Trump will sign into law new sanctions against Russia, Iran and North Korea, according to the White House.

According to a statement late Friday, Trump "read early drafts of the bill" and after negotiating "critical elements," has reviewed the final version approved nearly unanimously by Congress. The Senate back it 98-2 Thursday, and the House 419-3 earlier this week.

The president "has now reviewed the final version and, based on its responsiveness to his negotiations, approves the bill and intends to sign it," the statement read.

The sanctions target Russian gas and pipeline developments by codifying six of former President Barack Obama's executive orders implemented near the end of his term.

They also take aim at Russia's major defense, mining, shipping and railway industries.

Comment: The EU is not pleased. Russia will survive, but sanctions are still a nuisance. Trump wants better relations with Russia. But as long as 98% of the Congress and Senate are clinically insane, that will be hard to do.

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RNC chairwoman calls Wasserman Schultz to testify before Congress regarding arrested staffer

Alex Griswold
The Washington Free Beacon
Thu, 27 Jul 2017 10:52 UTC
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© The Hill/TwitterDebbie Wasserman Schultz/Ronna McDaniel
Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel on Wednesday called on Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Fla.) to testify before Congress on her recently arrested aide.

Wasserman Schultz, the former chair of the Democratic National Committee, fired IT staffer Imran Awan on Tuesday, the night after he was arrested at Dulles Airport in Virginia trying to leave the country. Federal agents charged Awan with bank fraud, the result of a months-long investigation.


Comment: It is reported that Awan wired $283K to Pakistan just prior to arrest.


Awan was one of five House contractors under investigation for stealing equipment from members' offices, exposing House information online, and other, potentially illegal violations on the House IT network.

Despite Awan being stripped of his House IT access and under investigation since February, Wasserman Schultz kept him on her payroll. The Florida Democrat later demanded the Capitol Hill police return a laptop pertinent to the investigation, threatening "consequences" if they did not.

Comment: The DNC is full of secrets and is running out of places to hide.

See also: Daily Caller and Gateway Pundit report that Wasserman Schultz has been "an absolute wreck" since her partner in crime's arrest:
'Florida politicos who have known Wasserman Schultz for years are telling me she's a nervous wreck, barely able to function since Imran Awan's arrest.' reports John Cardillo.





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Fox alleges that Awan bros aided Wasserman Schultz in making threatening phone calls to class action lawsuit attorneys

Elizabeth Vos
Disobedient Media
Sat, 29 Jul 2017 16:23 UTC
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Lt. Colonel Tony Schaffer alleged on Fox News this evening that the Awan brothers may have aided Debbie Wasserman Schultz in making bizarre voice modulated phone calls to the offices of attorneys currently pursuing a litigating a class action lawsuit against Debbie Wasserman Schultz and the DNC. If substantiated, the claims may have significance for the DNC fraud lawsuit proceedings, and add to the growing controversy surrounding the recent arrest of Imran Awan on bank fraud charges.

Jared Beck, and attorney litigating the DNC Fraud Lawsuit noted on Twitter:
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Comment: Bad day to be Schultz! Could the DNC finally get what's been a long time coming? We can only hope. See also:

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Moscow: Up to U.S. which diplomats to send home


TASS
Fri, 28 Jul 2017 16:14 UTC
us embassy moscow
© Sputnik/ Iliya Pitalev
Moscow has not pointed to the US who of its diplomatic missions' personnel should leave Russia, a source at the Foreign Ministry told TASS on Friday.

"The provision is by September first they should fit into the limit - not more than 455 people," she source said. "How they will do it is their concern."

The US embassy in Russia did not tell TASS how many diplomats are in Russia or, thus, how many will have to leave the country.

The source irrelevant the question about how many staff members are at the US diplomatic missions permanently in Russia as this figure is changing. Among the staff members, the source said, there are many employed citizens of the Russian Federation, some represent various US authorities who come to Russia for certain terms - not for long, but neither for short (a few days) trips.

Moscow has proposed to cut the number of diplomatic and technical staff working in the US Embassy to Moscow and the Consulates General in St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and Vladivostok to the exact number of Russian diplomats and technical staff members working in the US before September 1. "That means that the total number of the staff engaged in US diplomatic and consular establishments will be reduced to 455 people," the Russian Foreign Ministry explained.

Comment: Even when the Russians retaliate, they're cleverer than the Americans. Not only does this "retaliation" come across as fair ("you can have as many as we have"), it forces U.S. officials to be the ones to actually choose who gets fired! U.S. politicians have been massively triggered by this, but they should keep in mind that Obama's decision to seize the Russian diplomatic building last year was a violation of international law. They have no good reason for sore feelings. See:

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Washington will sign its own death warrant: New Russia sanctions will ensure the end of US dollar dominance


Russia Insider
Fri, 28 Jul 2017 15:30 UTC
Putin and Jinping
Trump is just a stroke of a pen away from ensuring the downfall of the US dollar.

An astonishingly daft bill is now sitting on Donald Trump's desk in the Oval Office-and signing it will all but guarantee the downfall of the US dollar as the world's reserve currency.

Last night the US Senate almost unanimously approved the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act. Hailed by beacons of misery such as John McCain, the legislation is meant to punish Russia for all of its alleged election meddling.

In reality, by targeting Russia's energy sector, the bill will instead compel Washington's European vassals to abandon mutually beneficial energy cooperation with Russia. Meanwhile, Moscow will be free to solidify long-term economic and security cooperation with Beijing.

In other words: Washington is now insisting that Russia and China team up. Could anything be more short-sighted and self-defeating?
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Shehbaz Sharif may be appointed Pakistani Prime Minister instead of dismissed brother


Sputnik
Sat, 29 Jul 2017 14:38 UTC
Shehbaz Sharif
© AP Photo/ Akira Suemori
The Pakistan Muslim League (N), the country's ruling party has approved Shehbaz Sharif the next Prime Minister after his brother Nawaz Sharif had been dismissed on July 28, Dawn publication reported Saturday citing sources.

At the same time, Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was chosen as the interim prime minister for a period of about one and a half month, since Shehbaz Sharif, now the chief minister of Punjab province, should become a member of parliament in order to have the right to head the central government. The Pakistan Muslim League (N) party controls the majority in the parliament, so it is expected that there will be no problems with the formation of the government. Minister for Excise and Taxation Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman is expected to become the new head of the Punjab province.
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