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Hezbollah leader Nasrallah gives first address to public since PM Hariri's resignation, provides calm rational analysis

Adam Garrie
The Duran
Sun, 05 Nov 2017 00:00 UTC
Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah
Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah
Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah accused Saudi Arabia of demanding Saad Hariri's resignation, but called for calm and unity in spite of the new political crisis.

All eyes in Lebanon and the wider Middle East have just been on Hezbollah leader Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah as he made his first speech since yesterday's shock resignation of former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri.


Comment: See: Lebanese PM Hariri's resignation is the Saudis' opening shot against Hezbollah as well as: Provocation? Lebanese PM Hariri resigns after anti-Iranian meltdown


Nasrallah's speech urged calm among all Lebanese, including members of Hariri's Future Movement and stated that a return to conflict and sectarian violence is no way to respond to the resignation of the Prime Minister. Nasrallah also encouraged Lebanese to avoid riots and street protests as this would only serve to create a divisive atmosphere.

From any objective point of view, Nasrallah's calming speech calling for the unity of Lebanon behind the principles of peace and constitutionality, was far more statesmanlike than the hurried rambling resignation speech made by Hariri in Saudi Arabia, live on Saudi state-run Al Arabiya TV.

Comment: Despite the wild perceptions and extreme propaganda of the West, Hezbollah's leaders continue to bring a good measure of truth and clarity to Lebanon and to the Middle East - which is exactly why they have, along with Iran, now become the new enemy number one (or close to it).

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Propaganda

William Browder, tax fraud and the guardians of the Magnitsky myth

Robert Parry
Consortium News
Sat, 28 Oct 2017 12:16 UTC
William browder fraud russia magnitsky
© ReutersSome of hedgefunder William Browder's firms were caught involved in $230 million tax fraud in Russia
In pursuit of Russia-gate, the U.S. mainstream media embraces any attack on Russia and works to ensure that Americans don't hear the other side of the story, as with the Magnitsky myth.

As Russia-gate becomes the go-to excuse to marginalize and suppress independent and dissident media in the United States, a warning of what the future holds is the blacklisting of a documentary that debunks the so-called Magnitsky case.

The emerging outlines of the broader suppression are now apparent in moves by major technology companies - under intense political pressure - to unleash algorithms that will hunt down what major media outlets and mainstream "fact-checkers" (with their own chequered histories of getting facts wrong) deem to be "false" and then stigmatize that information with pop-up "warnings" or simply make finding it difficult for readers using major search engines.

For those who believe in a meaningful democracy, those tactics may be troubling enough, but the Magnitsky case, an opening shot in the New Cold War with Russia, has demonstrated how aggressively the Western powers-that-be behave toward even well-reported investigative projects that unearth inconvenient truth.

Comment: Also see:

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Light Saber

Iraq is beginning to reclaim its sovereignty with victory against ISIS & US colonization

Elijah J Magnier
21st Century Wire
Sun, 05 Nov 2017 19:50 UTC
Hashd Al Shaabi Iraq
© Vanessa BeeleyHashd Al Shaabi emblem.
Iraqi forces advance towards al-Qaem, the last "Islamic State" (ISIS) stronghold in Iraq, to put the last stone over the terrorist group's grave and on the "Islamic State Caliphate" that so much occupied the world's headlines over the last few years and indeed, large parts of Iraqi and Syrian territories.

ISIS is aware that al-Qaem will fall very soon, the city won't be able to hold for very long. Therefore, many of the group leaders and militants have fled to the numerous refuges organised in the last years - according to intelligence reports - in the Iraqi Anbar desert and the Syrian al-badiya where ISIS can hide in the tens of thousands of kilometres along the Syrian-Iraqi borders.

ISIS is expected to lick its wounds to try and re-organise its group following the defeat inflicted upon it as indicated by its shrinking territory (which it has occupied since 2014), and also its shrinking numbers. Many foreign fighters were either killed or mostly left the group, which has been incapable of recruiting new forces. Moreover, ISIS resources have dried up: no more oil and gas fields under its control, no more taxes to be imposed, no more arts and crafts to steal and sell, and no more "donations" from the Arab world.

Comment: Brave words, but the Western elites will not be ousted so easily. Iraq will have to tread carefully and be on constant alert for future efforts at destablizing its fledgling independence. Its leaders would be wise to seek advice from Russia on this matter. They have experience and knowledge to share.

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Snakes in Suits

Donna Brazile considered dumping Clinton for Biden as Democratic nominee

Philip Rucker
The Washington Post
Sat, 04 Nov 2017 22:09 UTC
Donna Brazile at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on July 26, 2016.
© Ricky Carioti/The Washington PostDonna Brazile at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on July 26, 2016.
Clarification: This story has been updated to clarify the process that Donna Brazile considered initiating to have Hillary Clinton replaced as the Democratic presidential nominee. As interim chair of the Democratic National Committee, Brazile was not empowered to replace her unilaterally. Reactions from former Clinton campaign officials have also been added.

Former Democratic National Committee head Donna Brazile writes in a new book that she seriously contemplated setting in motion a process to replace Hillary Clinton as the party's 2016 presidential nominee with then-Vice President Biden in the aftermath of Clinton's fainting spell, in part because Clinton's campaign was "anemic" and had taken on "the odor of failure."

In an explosive new memoir, Brazile details widespread dysfunction and dissension throughout the Democratic Party, including secret deliberations over using her powers as interim DNC chair to initiate the process of removing Clinton and running mate Sen. Tim Kaine (Va.) from the ticket after Clinton's Sept. 11, 2016, collapse in New York City.

Comment: While it's likely that much of Brazile's book is more or less fabricated to make her look good and to support the nonsensical Trump-Russia collusion narrative, it does appear to showcase the rot that has taken over the Democratic party in America, Hillary Clinton's unrelenting lust for the presidency, and just how divorced from the rest of America, and reality, the Democrats have become. A real exposé, however, would show Hillary to be the psychopath that she is:

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Cult

Delusional Clinton camp pens letter saying Donna Brazile comments on Killary's health 'fueled by Russian propaganda'

Cristina Laila
The Gateway Pundit
Sun, 05 Nov 2017 19:36 UTC
Donna Brazile Clinton
© ReutersDemocratic National Committee Chair Donna Brazile and U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
Former interim Chairwomen of the DNC Donna Brazile rocked the political world after she dropped a bombshell revealing the underbelly of the DNC, exposing Hillary's dirty tricks to secure the nomination.

It turns out that Hillary's health problems were serious enough for Donna Brazile to consider replacing her with Biden as the 2016 Dem nominee!

An excerpt from WaPo details how horrified Donna Brazile and others in the DNC were about Hillary's non-stop coughing fits and ill health. In fact, Hillary was so sick that Brazile and others discussed replacing her with Biden as the Dem nominee after she fainted.

Hillary's camp is furious with Brazile and lashed out at her over the grim picture she painted of Hillary's health and campaign.

Comment: The zeal of true believers knows no bounds.

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Biohazard

Memos indicate Uranium One deal did lead to exports to Europe

John Solomon and Alison Span
The Hill
Thu, 02 Nov 2017 18:53 UTC
clinton uranium one
© Cagle.com
After the Obama administration approved the sale of a Canadian mining company with significant U.S. uranium reserves to a firm owned by Russia's government, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission assured Congress and the public the new owners couldn't export any raw nuclear fuel from America's shores.

"No uranium produced at either facility may be exported," the NRC declared in a November 2010 press release that announced that ARMZ, a subsidiary of the Russian state-owned Rosatom, had been approved to take ownership of the Uranium One mining firm and its American assets.

A year later, the nuclear regulator repeated the assurance in a letter to Sen. John Barrasso, a Wyoming Republican in whose state Uranium One operated mines.

"Neither Uranium One Inc. nor AMRZ holds a specific NRC export license. In order to export uranium from the United States, Uranium One Inc. or ARMZ would need to apply for and obtain a specific NRC license authorizing the exports of uranium for use in reactor fuel," then-NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko wrote to Barrasso.

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Light Sabers

Mueller indictments further proof of no Trump-Russia collusion

Alexander Mercouris
The Duran
Sun, 05 Nov 2017 05:27 UTC
FBI Director Robert Mueller
© Christopher Gregory/The New York TimesFILE -- FBI Director Robert Mueller III testifies during a hearing on Capitol Hill, in Washington, May 16, 2013. The Justice Department has appointed Mueller to serve as a special counsel to oversee its investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced on May 17, 2017.
Indictments show poor judgement by Trump in choice of aides; not evidence of collusion with Russia

In my recent articles about the Manafort and Papadopoulos indictments I pointed out that neither indictment in any way touches on the allegations of collusion by the Trump campaign with Russia which are at the heart of the Russiagate conspiracy allegations.

See in particular my most recent article on these two indictments in which I said that they take the Russiagate allegations no further at all.

I was therefore very struck to see exactly the same point made in an article by the Washington Post by Marc A. Thiessen, a fellow of the American Enterprise Institute.
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Sheeple

Canada follows U.S. orders - places sanctions on 30 Russian individuals over bogus Magnitsky Act

Paul Antonopoulos
Fort Russ News
Sun, 05 Nov 2017 17:51 UTC
parliament building canada
30 Russian citizens have had sanctions placed against them by the Canadian government, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Friday.
"Canada is determined to protect human rights and combat corruption worldwide," the country's foreign minister, Chrystia Freeland said in connection with the sanctions.

"Today's announcement sends a clear message that Canada will take action against individuals who have profited from acts of significant corruption or who have been involved in gross violations of human rights," she continued.

The Canadian authorities will freeze all the banking assets of the blacklisted persons and will ban entry to the Canadian territory for them.

Comment: Russia wasted no time in answering. Fort Russ reports:
A spokesman for the Russian diplomatic mission in Ottawa, Kirill Kalinin, told TASS that Moscow will retaliate to the new sanctions placed on Russian individuals by Canada.

"Canada's decision on extending anti-Russian sanctions under a false pretext of a hypocritical protection of human rights is absolutely senseless and reprehensible," the diplomat said.

By taking these steps, Ottawa "is isolating itself from one of the key global powers" and "pushes Canada's foreign policy back to the narrow black and white worldview, incompatible with modern geopolitics," he stressed.

"At the moment, dozens of Canadians have been banned from entering Russia. This is not our choice, but in case of new sanctions our response will be unchanged and reciprocal in terms of amount and quality," the diplomat said.

It was earlier reported by FRN that Canada's government imposed sanctions on 30 Russian citizens under the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act, which is also known as the Sergei Magnitsky Act.


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Document

New document reveals that Killary had full contract to run the DNC way before the primaries

Jim Hoft
Gateway Pundit
Sat, 04 Nov 2017 17:50 UTC
Hillary Clinton and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders
© Brian Snyder / Reuters
It was rigged.

The Democrat Party not only cheated to help Hillary Clinton during the 2016 debates, the liberal party also signed a contract with her campaign manager giving the Hillary Clinton campaign complete control over the party in August 2015.

Bernie Sanders never had a chance.

The DNC was working hand-in-hand with Hillary Clinton to win primary.

It was rigged before it started.

Comment: See also:

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Briefcase

FBI turns over new internal Clinton investigation documents to Congress

John Solomon
The Hill
Sat, 04 Nov 2017 17:32 UTC
Hillary Clinton Comey
House GOP leaders open probe into FBI's handling of Clinton investigation

The FBI has begun turning over to Senate investigators hundreds of pages of memos regarding the bureau's probe into Hillary Clinton's private email server, sources told The Hill.

The sources said the Justice Department notified the Senate Judiciary Committee late Friday and the FBI began transmitting memos soon after to assist Congress in its review of former Director James Comey's handling of the Clinton email case.

The memos detail how and when the bureau's leadership declined to pursue criminal charges against Clinton for transmitting classified information on her private email server as secretary of State, an investigation that has remained controversial since the 2016 presidential campaigns.

FBI officials declined to comment. "We don't have any information for you," spokeswoman Carol Cratty told The Hill.

Comment: Was it really FBI Director James Comey's directive that Killary should not face criminal charges?

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