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SOTT Focus: There's Fake News and then there's no News

Paul Mansfield
Sott.net
Sun, 27 Nov 2016 13:01 UTC
mainstream media lies
CNN this week suddenly discovered that chemical weapons are being used in Aleppo. No, not the multiple attacks by militants against government-held areas of Aleppo which have affected dozens of civilians and killed two Syrian soldiers. The intrepid reporters at CNN uncovered a case of a boy aged around ten apparently suffering the effects of exposure to chemical weapons in East Aleppo. No solid evidence at this point in time has been produced showing Syrian armed forces being responsible, but CNN and its brethren in the corporate media won't let a pesky little thing such as evidence stand in the way of further demonization of Bashar Al-Assad and Russia in its relentless propaganda campaign in support of regime change in Syria.

The question begging to be asked is: 'where have you been CNN for the last few months while Syrian, Russian and Iranian media have been documenting cases of chemical weapons use by militants against government held areas of Aleppo?' RT News reporters, for example, have visited hospitals in West Aleppo several times to see first-hand civilians suffering the terrifying effects of chemical weapons.

The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that samples taken proved that chemical weapons have been used by militants in attacks on government-held areas of Aleppo.

So frustrated has Russia become with the intransigence of the Organisation for the Prohibition for Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in not showing any enthusiasm for investigating Russia's findings, that Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Russia is willing to take the samples to the Hague for further analysis of Russia's findings. He said the analysis of samples leaves "no doubt" that toxic substances have been used by militants.
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Balance of 'Nature': Trump's presidency between the American people and the shadow government

Krum Velkov
Katehon
Sun, 27 Nov 2016 09:55 UTC
Donald Trump
© KATEHON.com 2016Donald Trump
For a better understanding of Donald Trump's transition towards the new American presidency, one should at least generally understand the present controversies in American society. As a non-typical Republican who has sent some strong antiestablishment messages during the campaign, which was the main energy source for his election, Trump is in some way obliged not only to his people, but also to the whole world, namely to stop the new Cold War and confrontation with Russia. Is this really possible?

It is, but let us see the bad news first. Generally speaking, on the geopolitical level, the American 'ideal' of world domination, and consequently of establishing a World Government that would lead to the notorious New World Order, has two concepts. The first one is the so-called mondialism, which is adopted by Democrats, and anticipates a World Government that would include representatives from other (strong) nations/regions, under American leadership, of course.

The second approach is the globalism. This concept is included inside Republican party's worldview, more precisely inside those republican representatives that are part of the American elite, aka. "deep state", "shadow government", "military industrial (and banking) complex", "world oligarchy", etc. This concept is straight: Full and total domination of USA inside a predicted World Government, no representatives from other nations, and the whole world subjugated to the American 'dream'.

The Controversies

Donald Trump, at least during his campaign, doesn't seem to be part of this republican branch. His claim 'Americanism is not globalism' has been widely accepted as a big hope for the world. Furthermore, his speech after the victory was additionally encouraging:
"I want to tell the world community that while we will always put America's interests first, we will deal fairly with everyone, with everyone. All people and all other nations. We will seek common ground, not hostility, partnership, not conflict."
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UNICEF: Nearly half a million Syrian children completely cut off from humanitarian aid


Sputnik
Sun, 27 Nov 2016 09:32 UTC
Children in the humanitarian corridor Bustan al-Qasr on the Eastern-Western Aleppo boder,Syria
© Sputnik/ Mikhael AlaeddinChildren in the humanitarian corridor Bustan al-Qasr on the Eastern-Western Aleppo border, Syria
According to UNICEF, the children that have no access to humanitarian aid are living in 16 besieged areas across Syria.

"As violence continues to escalate across Syria, the number of children living under siege has doubled in less than one year. Nearly 500,000 children now live in 16 besieged areas across the country, almost completely cut off from sustained humanitarian aid and basic services," the press release reads.

UNICEF reported that in eastern Aleppo alone 100,0000 children are living under siege.
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Britain's new surveillance laws are terrifying - and have nothing whatsoever to do with fighting terrorism

Graham Vanbergen
True Publica
Fri, 25 Nov 2016 00:00 UTC
laws britain
I have been saying for a long time now that the British government is forcing unprecedented new surveillance laws and expanding its illegal spying operations over its own population (and others), without court orders or proper oversight. Its purpose is nothing to do with fighting terrorism. Human rights groups in Britain campaigning against mass surveillance and the new Investigatory Powers Bill have said "There is no other democracy in the world, possibly no other country in the world, doing this."

Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter, and Yahoo have strongly criticized these powers as even they can see where these draconian authoritarian powers are going. Eventually, the full degrading of encrypted services will lead to a massive fall in trust in their business operations, not that any of them are to be trusted in the first place.

Democracy has failed the people of Britain yet again. Labour, in opposition, ended up fully supporting these new powers. Even Shami Chakrabarti, the British Labour Party politician and newly ascended member of the House of Lords, former director of Liberty, an advocacy group which promotes civil liberties and human rights lay completely silent. Her credibility built up over a decade lies in tatters having abandoned her principles by abstaining, effectively supporting the bill. And why did Labour support the bill? Their pathetic self-serving excuse was that the government had agreed to include protection from state surveillance for trade union activities. How naive. GCHQ have been spying on them all for years, why would they stop now? For a promise? Idiots!

Comment: If one is living in the Western world, massive loss of privacy in the form of being spied upon by one's own government would seem to be the new norm, because we also see that: Germany planning major limitations of privacy rights Coincidence? Nuh uh. At some level the German and British governments are working with their NSA big brother to keep an eye on (and level of control over) every man, woman and child in their respective spheres of influence, and beyond.

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Germany planning major limitations of privacy rights


DW
Fri, 25 Nov 2016 03:24 UTC
Privacy Laws
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Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere is planning a major limitation of privacy rights in Germany, say data protection groups. Germans will no longer have the right to know what data about them is being collected.

A draft law released by the German union for data protection (DVD) this week revealed that the interior ministry was proposing to drastically limit the powers of Germany's data protection authorities, banning them from investigating suspected breaches of people's medical and legal records.

As well as expanding video surveillance with facial recognition software, the bill would limit the government's own data protection commissioners to checking that the technical prerequisites are in place to ensure that doctors' and lawyers' files are secure, but it stops them from following up when citizens report concerns that their data has been leaked.

The bill would also shut down citizens' right to know what data is being collected about them - even by private firms, if releasing that information would "seriously endanger" a company's "business purposes," the SZ quoted the draft as saying. Thilo Weichert, former data protection commissioner for the state of Schleswig-Holstein and now DVD board member, condemned de Maiziere's plans as a "massive" erosion of privacy in Germany.

"The limitation of data protection controls in the medical field, which was a focal point of the [data protection] authorities up until now, is simply a disaster," Weichert said in a statement, adding that the ministry's bill was "further proof" that "data protection is not currently seen as relevant by the government."

DVD chairman Frank Spaeing described the law as a "data protection prevention law" and called on the Justice and Consumer Affairs Ministry, the Economics Ministry, and the Science and Research Ministry to intervene on behalf of people's civil rights.
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Despite no "actionable evidence of hacking," Clintons confirm participation in recount plan

Tyler Durden
Zerohedge
Sat, 26 Nov 2016 12:00 UTC
Killary selfie
This morning Hillary Clinton's campaign general counsel, Marc Elias, confirmed what we all knew already, namely that Jill Stein is likely acting at the direction of the Clintons in her recount efforts in WI, MI and PA. The discovery came after Elias posted a note to Hillary voters this morning on Medium confirming that they would participate in Stein's recount efforts even though the Clinton campaign itself had decided against a recount because they had "not uncovered any actionable evidence of hacking or outside attempts to alter the voting technology." This approach seems to align perfectly with the strategy we laid out two days ago:
We joke, of course, as Jill Stein's effort to raise money for recounts in WI, PA and MI is obviously being done on behalf of the Hillary Clinton campaign. It's a very clever approach (we would expect nothing less) as it allows Hillary to maintain the high road as the gracious loser while allowing someone else to play the bad guy...typical Clinton politics really.
That said, since Jill Stein decided to act "completely independently" to waste the money of a bunch of donors the Hillary general counsel figures they might as well participate despite the fact that "the number of votes separating Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in the closest of these states—Michigan—well exceeds the largest margin ever overcome in a recount."

Comment: How disappointing to see Jill Stein become a dupe for the Clintons (and effectively the whole elite establishment) that is peddling all the nonsense behind the recount.

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Ukraine decided to hold missile-firing exercise over Crimea without Moscow's approval


South Front
Sat, 26 Nov 2016 00:00 UTC
Ukraine has announced its plans to conduct missile-firing exercises over the Crimean peninsula and the Black Sea, in the Russian sovereign airspace.
Ukraine missile
© TASS / Yuri Smityuk
Ukraine has announced that missile-firing exercises will be conducted by the country over Crimea, in the Russian sovereign airspace, Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency Rosaviatsiya reported. Kiev is going to fire missiles in regions, where civil and state aviation flights run.

In this way, Ukraine breaches a number of international laws and agreements, including annexes of the 1944 Convention on International Civil Aviation. Rosaviatsiya also reported that the military exercise, which would invade the territory of Russia, have not been coordinated with Moscow.

On Thursday, an aviation notification was released by Ukraine, according to which "dangerous zones" are being activated in all flight levels near Crimea and Simferopol city for December 1 and 2. The "dangerous zones" include airspace over Russian territorial waters and open sea, which is in Russia's area of responsibility.
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Fidel Castro's revolutionary life and legacy

John Wight
RT
Sat, 26 Nov 2016 00:29 UTC
Fidel Castro poster
© Desmond Boylan / Reuter
Fidel Castro dedicated his life to resisting empire and the ocean of injustice and oppression inflicted in its name. His death marks the end of the man, and the birth of a legend that will endure for centuries to come.

Such is the legacy that Fidel leaves behind it is impossible to fully comprehend the sheer magnitude of the role he played in breaking the chains of millions across the Third World, both literally and figuratively, in defiance of the racist conceit of apologists for imperialism. From leading a revolution in 1959 that succeeded against the odds in toppling the pro-Washington dictator, Fulgencio Batista, he went on to not only make history but mold and shape it thereafter.

Comment: For more on Castro's legacy:

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Clinton campaign lawyer backs Jill Stein effort to ensure vote recount is 'fair'


RT
Sun, 27 Nov 2016 00:22 UTC
Jill Stein
© Jim Young / Reuters
A top lawyer for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign has come out in support of Dr. Jill Stein's recount efforts in Wisconsin, in order to ensure that the initiative, which Donald Trump has labeled "ridiculous" and a "scam," is "fair to all sides."

Clinton lawyer Mark Elias said in a post on Medium on Saturday that the campaign will participate in the Wisconsin recount which was initiated by Green Party nominee Stein on Friday.

Elias said the campaign will follow the same approach in Michigan and Pennsylvania if Stein pursues recounts in those states.
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Unelected EU Parliament votes for citizens to fund their own brainwashing

Finian Cunningham
RT
Sat, 26 Nov 2016 00:04 UTC
General view of the European Parliament in Strasbourg
© Reuters
A fledgling group set up by the European Commission to allegedly counteract "Russian propaganda" is to be expanded with more public cash and resources. European citizens will be funding mechanisms inducing their own ignorance and misinformation.

This week, the European Parliament in Strasbourg voted by a dubious majority for a cash injection to expand the work of a media watchdog aimed at "debunking Russian propaganda."

The little-known media group, reportedly comprising 11 "diplomats," was established a year ago by the all-powerful, but unelected European Commission. The media unit has, therefore, no electoral mandate. It is potentially holding sway over how 500 million EU citizens will be able in the future to access news and public information.
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