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Biohazard

Trump's toxic agriculture policy will be no better than Obama's

Jon Rappoport
No More Fake News
Wed, 01 Feb 2017 18:13 UTC
uncle sam monsanto
In articles about Trump, I have praised the man for certain things he's done and is doing. But that isn't a reason for closing my eyes and accepting his programs wholeheartedly.

This is what I predicted in recent articles. Unless some miracle turnaround occurs, Trump's pick for Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue, will be a catastrophe. Lights out. Bang.

Big Ag vs. the small American farmer? No contest.

Katherine Paul, the associate director of the Organic Consumers Association, has the story:
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Sheriff

Emirati Foreign Minister: Trump's travel ban is not anti-Islam


PressTV
Wed, 01 Feb 2017 20:13 UTC
UAE Foreign Minister
UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan
The Emirati foreign minister has defended US President Donald Trump's decision to ban nationals of seven Muslim-majority countries from traveling to the United States, saying the measure is not anti-Islam.

"The United States has taken a decision that is within the American sovereign decision," Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan said at a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. The Emirati foreign minister said the ban, which has led to protests inside the US and sparked huge international criticism from several countries, including Europe's powerful states as well as Muslim nations, was an internal affair.

It is "wrong to say" that the decision is "directed against a particular religion," said the Emirati official, whose country is a close ally of the US.

On Friday, the new US president ordered a 90-day ban on the entry of citizens of Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. The measure also suspended entry of all refugees for 120 days and barred Syrian refugees indefinitely. Despite widespread protests, Trump has stood firm on his decision, insisting on the legality and non-religious premise of his orders.

"To be clear, this is not a Muslim ban, as the media is falsely reporting," Trump said in a statement on Sunday.

The 90-day ban has left untouched the countries, including Saudi Arabia, which are associated with major attacks in the West. Two Emiratis and 15 Saudis were among the hijackers of planes in the September 11, 2011 attacks on the United States.
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People

Senate confirms Tillerson as Secretary of State


RT
Wed, 01 Feb 2017 21:15 UTC
Rex Tillerson, the former chairman and chief executive officer of Exxon Mobil, testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing to become U.S. Secretary of State on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. January 11, 2017
© Kevin Lamarque / ReutersRex Tillerson, the former chairman and chief executive officer of Exxon Mobil, testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing to become U.S. Secretary of State on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. January 11, 2017
The US Senate has confirmed Rex Tillerson as the new secretary of state in the Trump administration. The 64-year-old former ExxonMobil CEO will also serve as a National Security Council member.

President Donald Trump's pick for secretary of state was approved by a vote of 56-43 on Wednesday.


Comment: Trump's Secretary of State pick: Rex Tillerson


On January 23, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 11-10 in favor of approving Tillerson to the nation's top diplomatic post.

Ahead of the committee vote, Chairman Bob Corker (R-Tennessee) called Democrats' opposition to Tillerson "a proxy" for their political differences with President Trump.

Opposition to Tillerson has largely focused on his former company's positions pertaining to climate change - and his business ties with Russia, accused by the Democrats of "hacking the election" in favor of Trump.
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South Front Syrian War Reports: SAA launches new push against ISIS, plans to take new Damascus pocket


South Front
Wed, 01 Feb 2017 19:44 UTC
south front
Syrian War Report - February 1, 2017: Another Pocket Near Damascus

Syrian government forces are preparing to launch a military operation in another pocket near the capital of Damascus - the Beit Jinn pocket, according to pro-government sources. The operation is allegedly set to be launched in February.

On January 31, 30 ISIS terrorists were killed in a failed counter-attack against the Syrian army near the Kuweires Airbase in the eastern Aleppo countryside, according to pro-militant sources. On February 1, the Syrian army's Tiger Forces and the National Defense Forces (NDF) continued advances in the direction of al-Bab.

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Better Earth

'We can't ignore the people': Parliament backs Brexit bill in landslide vote


RT
Wed, 01 Feb 2017 19:43 UTC
Brexit
© Global Look Press
Britain's departure from the EU moved a step closer on Wednesday evening, when MPs voted overwhelmingly in favor of the government's Brexit bill, by 498 to 114 votes.

After two days of debate, MPs voted to push the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill through to the next stage. After the bill fully clears parliament, Prime Minister Theresa May can trigger Article 50 and begin formal negotiations with the EU.

Comment: More from The Duran:
It is believed that nearly all Conservative MPs voted for the bill, with possibly the only exception being the uber Europhile former Chancellor Kenneth Clarke.

By contrast the Labour Party appears to have split, with most Labour MPs apparently following Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's lead in voting for the bill, but with a significant minority voting either against or abstaining.

Today's vote is not the end of the Brexit process. Many months of parliamentary battles lie ahead. However as today's vote shows, the ultimate result is not in doubt.


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Bad Guys

Former CIA director Petraeus explains how the elitist world order is facing "unprecedented threat"

Rebecca Kheel
The Hill
Wed, 01 Feb 2017 18:07 UTC
CIA-Chef Petraeus
Retired Gen. David Petraeus warned lawmakers on Wednesday that the world order created in part by the United States in the 20th century is under "unprecedented threat from multiple directions," pointing to Russia, China, Islamist extremists and cyber threats.

Those threats are compounded by an America whose "resolve about its defense has become somewhat ambivalent," he added.

"Americans should not take the current international order for granted," Petraeus said at a House Armed Services Committee hearing. "It did not will itself into existence. We created it. Likewise, it is not naturally self-sustaining. We have sustained it. If we stop doing so, it will fray and, eventually, collapse."

Petraeus, former director of the CIA, spoke at a hearing about the "state of the world."

Many of Petraeus's remarks hinted at pushing back against statements and policies from President Trump, who had considered Petraeus as a candidate for his secretary of State.

Comment: Yes, the existing world order is under threat of collapsing, but that is only because the unreality of their so-called world order is facing direct contact with the real world.

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Pirates

Andrew Korybko: Central Africa's terrorist threat could spark another continental War, undermining China's New Silk Road

Andrew Korybko
Katehon
Wed, 01 Feb 2017 20:17 UTC
ISIS soldiers
© KATEHON 2017
The global imagination has conflated the word "terrorism" with Arab Muslims due to the headline-grabbing attacks that some of this demographic have carried out across the years, but they by no means have a monopoly on this type of warfare. When discussing terrorism in Africa, it's worthwhile not just to look at Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), Al Shabaab, and Boko Haram, but to also turn attention to the many terrorist groups running amok in the Democratic Republic of the Congo which don't satisfy the 'traditional' criteria of being Arab or Muslim. While the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) are Muslim, they're not Arab, and organizations such as the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), M23, and the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) are neither of these.

The reason why all four of them can be categorized as terrorists is because they frequently target civilians, so much so that a compelling argument can be made that such attacks are not the actions of a rogue collection of individuals, but part of the groups' policies. The case can be made that the Democratic Republic of the Congo's security services sometimes engage in this sort of atrocious behavior as well, but this doesn't appear to be state policy. Moreover, the Congo's armed forces are part of the state, while these so-called 'rebel' groups are not, which is a key differentiator in assessing each actor's 'legitimacy' when it comes to the use of force, no matter who it's directed against. It should be said that Kinshasa has a vested interest in framing these 'rebel' groups as terrorists because its assures the country of international support and positive media coverage in its campaign to clear these groups out of the Congo, though it sometimes backtracks on its 'terrorist' designation like it did with M23 whenever it tries to strike a political deal with such organizations.
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Attention

Ukraine coup govt tries to sabotage U.S.-Russia ties, launches new offensive on Donbass


Moon of Alabama
Wed, 01 Feb 2017 19:03 UTC
Makeevka donbass shelling house
© Sergey Averin / SputnikA house damaged by the shelling of the Ukrainian army in Makeevka, Donetsk Region.
Fighting in east Ukraine has restarted. This is an attempt by "deep state" forces to prevent any rapprochement between the U.S. and Russia under the new Trump administration.

The west-Ukrainian forces under command of the coup government of President Poroshenko started a large attack against the Russian-supported Ukrainian self-defense forces in Donetsk and Lugansk governates.

A ceasefire arranged after the Minsk II agreement provided for demilitarized zones along a line of separation. The Ukrainian government has so far avoided to fulfill the Minsk II agreement that would allow a reuniting of the country. An OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), which includes officers from NATO countries as well as Russia, is supervising the ceasefire and issues daily reports.

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Light Sabers

Will Trump Deliver?

Paul Craig Roberts
Paul Craig Roberts
Wed, 01 Feb 2017 18:21 UTC
trump soros
My view of Trump is conditional and awaits evidence. I am encouraged by the One Percent's opposition to Trump, or we have just experienced the greatest ruse in history. Indeed, a pointless ruse, as the Establishment had its candidate in Hillary.

Trump's executive orders don't support the argument that he is acting for the One Percent. Trump nixed the global corporations' beloved TPP. He is trying to close down the mass immigration that the corporations use to suppress domestic wage rates. He is committed to normalizing relations with Russia, much to the discomfort of the neoconservatives and the military/security complex.

As for Mnuchin, he left Goldman Sachs in 2002, the same year that Nomi Prins left Goldman Sachs. That was 14 years ago. We know for a fact that Nomi, a former managing director, is not an operative for Goldman Sachs, so my position is to wait and see what Mnuchin does before we declare him to be a Goldman Sachs agent. For a different view see Nomi Prins in the Guest section of this website.

Comment: For more on Trump's roller coaster of a Presidency, check out:

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Eye 2

Madeline Albright: Foreign policy is about giving an "egg mess to the President"

Alex Christoforou
The Duran
Wed, 01 Feb 2017 18:21 UTC
Madeleine Albright
Propaganda slinging crypt keeper, Madeleine Albright
Madeleine Albright goes on MSNBC to discuss Donald Trump's executive order on immigration.

Madeline Albright talking about showing kindness to refugees. How ironic.

The same woman who spearheaded the breakup of Yugoslavia, and pushed for NATO's attack on Serbia, killing thousands of innocent civilians in the heart of Europe.
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