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The Clintons: Grifters-in-Chief

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Comment: This article is one of the ways that the MSM does damage control. What Bill and Hillary Clinton have done goes way beyond violating laws of 'charitable work' and their political puppeteering. Hillary has shown herself to be a completely self-serving, psychopathic, war-worshipping murderer with no morality whatsoever. The same applies to Bill. They embody a corrupt, aggressive and violent system that has remained largely unknown for quite some time now.


In an election season that has been full of surprises, let's hope the electorate understands that there is at least one thing of which it can be certain: A Hillary Clinton presidency will be built, from the ground up, on self-dealing, crony favors, and an utter disregard for the law.

This isn't a guess. It is spelled out, in black and white, in the latest bombshell revelation from WikiLeaks. It comes in the form of a memo written in 2011 by longtime Clinton errand boy Doug Band, who for years worked simultaneously at the Clinton Foundation and at the head of his lucrative consulting business, Teneo.

It is astonishingly detailed proof that the Clintons do not draw any lines between their "charitable" work, their political activity, their government jobs or (and most important) their personal enrichment. Every other American is expected to keep these pursuits separate, as required by tax law, anticorruption law and campaign-finance law. For the Clintons, it is all one and the same—the rules be damned.

The memo came near the end of a 2011 review by law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett into Clinton Foundation practices. Chelsea Clinton had grown concerned about the audacious mixing of public and private, and the review was designed to ensure that the foundation didn't lose its charitable tax status. Mr. Band, Teneo boss and epicenter of what he calls " Bill Clinton, Inc.," clearly felt under assault and was eager to brag up the ways in which his business had concurrently benefited the foundation, Clinton political causes and the Clinton bank account. The memoed result is a remarkably candid look at the sleazy inner workings of the Clinton grifters-in-chief.

Comment: Blatant corruption is of the least concern:


Red Flag

Flashback Chinese President Xi Jinping's 2000 interview: On Work, Politics, Responsibility, and Hardship

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Xi in 1983.
At the 18th Congress of the Communist Party of China to be held in November 2012, China's Vice President Xi Jinping is expected to be elected as the new Secretary General of the party.

In August 2000, Xi Jinping gave a rare interview to the Chinese magazine Zhonghua Ernü. NIAS, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies hereby issues a translation of the interview in Danish and English. To our knowledge this the first time the interview has been translated into a Western language. The Danish version is a translation of the original interview in Chinese while the English version is translated from the Danish version. The translated interview was published in the Danish newspaper Politiken on Sunday 28 October 2012.

In the interview Xi Jinping tells about his background, his upbringing and his perception of good governance. In a personal and at times riveting way Xi Jinping explains how he during the Cultural Revolution only 15 years old was sent to the countryside for 7 years - 1,000 km away from Beijing - in order to learn from the peasants while his father was under political criticism. Moreover, Xi Jinping talks about the promotion of officials and corruption.

Bad Guys

US-backed terrorists show their real face: 'Moderate rebels' in eastern Aleppo wave al-Nusra flags (PHOTOS)

Aleppo moderate rebels wave al nusra al qaeda flags
On October 28, 'moderate rebels' and their supporers from eastern Aleppo showed their real face one more time. Encouraged by the Jabhat Fatah al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian al-Qaeda branch) attack on the Syrian government forces in western Aleppo, they confirmed their support to al-Nusra, wayving the terrorist group's flags and symbols.

If there was some 'moderate opposition' in eastern Aleppo, it remained silent.

Comment: The evidence that the US supports the very worst terrorists on the planet continues to mount:


Play

Turkey Coup Revelations: Katehon Documentary Gives Inside Look Behind the Scenes (VIDEO)

Turkey flag during coup attempt
© AP Photo/ Emrah Gurel
The Katehon think tank has produced a fascinating documentary on the failed Turkish coup of July this year and the dynamics and events leading up to it. It features Alexander Dugin, among others. Dugin was in Ankara on the day of the coup and he provides details of his relationship with the secular Kemalists, and his support for Turkish-Russian ties for the past dozen or more years. Several of the more interesting revelations are listed below:


Chess

Hungarian Prime Minister tells Brussels drop mandatory refugee quotas or face lawsuit and 'big battle'

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© Ognen Teofilovski / Reuters
Hungary's Prime Minister said his country is ready to sue the European Commission over mandatory refugee resettlement quotas. If Brussels does not take the issue off the table, Budapest will resist with "a big battle" and "a serious legal debate."

"There will be a serious legal debate on whether a foreign population can be imposed on the people of an EU member state against its will," Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban told state radio on Friday, according to Reuters.

Orban, who consistently opposes Brussels' stance towards resettling refugees crossing European borders, promised that "this will be a big battle, and for this we need the constitution [amended]," if Hungary's voice is not heard by the EU.

Earlier this month, his cabinet called a nationwide referendum, asking citizens: "Do you want the European Union to be able to mandate the obligatory resettlement of non-Hungarian citizens into Hungary even without the approval of the National Assembly?"

Jet3

Jihadists beware: Russia seeks to stop jihadists from fleeing Mosul

Sergei Lavrov
© Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP)Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a joint press conference with his Iranian and Syrian counterparts in Moscow, on October 28, 2016
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday called for cooperation to prevent Islamic State jihadists from leaving Mosul and heading to Syria during the offensive under way to recapture the Iraqi city.

"We are interested in cooperation with our Iraqi colleagues to take measures to prevent the outflow of terrorists from Mosul with their weapons, which of course will exacerbate the situation in Syria," Lavrov said following talks in Moscow with his Iranian and Syrian counterparts Mohammad Javad Zarif and Walid Muallem.

"We will discuss this with the United States and other members of the coalition," he said.

Propaganda

Best of the Web: Chinese President Xi may be next in Western MSM's demonization campaign

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© The EconomistBetter watch out, Vlad. When Western propaganda throws an “-ism” at you, the gloves have come off. Think Marxism, Leninism, Maoism, communism, socialism, extremism and “Islamic” terrorism, for starters. After all, behind the Great Western Firewall, they are all the same thing, right?
A recent cover and main article in the Economist, pictured above, reminds me of just how hyperbolic and ideological is the West's propaganda against Russian President Vladimir Putin. While maybe good polemical fodder as a cartoon on the editorial page, the fact that this demonic caricature merits front cover status, indicates just how programmed and institutionalized Western mainstream media is. Westerners love to insult the Anti-West press for being "party organs" and "government mouthpieces". But, why travel so far? They only need to stay home with their national New York Times, Radio France and BBC, to really appreciate Bernaysian psyops being passed off as serious journalism (as in Edward Bernays). I don't call it living behind the Great Western Firewall for nothing.

I have a friend whose email signature is "Blame it on Putin". For a while, he changed it to "Blame it on China". But that didn't last long and he recently changed it back. As we have seen with the most depressing predictability, President Putin, specifically, and Russia in general are the voodoo pin dolls of Western racism and demonization of another people (Slavs) and other religions (Orthodox Christianity, as well as widespread Islam and Buddhism in Siberia).

What is so remarkable is how unhinged and psychopathic the West's racist propaganda is against Putin & Co., compared to the attacks on China's President Xi Jinping (XJP) and the Chinese people. It transgresses irrational fear, to the point of being sick, black humor. Yet, about the most polemical front cover against XJP was Time magazine in April, 2016, seen below. Making China's leader look like a Mao Zedong-Blade Runner replicant is tame and almost quaint, compared to the Orwellian "Emmanuel Goldstein" tsunami being launched nonstop against Putin.

Comment: See also: The Rise of China: What it Means for the World - Interview with Jeff Brown


Map

Shia militias join siege of Mosul, work to close Western corridor

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On Friday, Iraqi Shia paramilitary groups announced they will join the ongoing battle for Iraq's Mosul, the largest Daesh stronghold, crucial for crushing the violent extremist group. The Iraqi militias, partially trained by the Iranian military, will attempt to complete the encirclement of Mosul, blocking it from the West, a representative said.

The western approach is deemed the only humanitarian corridor for civilians seeking to escape the besieged city of 1.5 million. At the same time, it remains the only route that Daesh fighters can use to flee the city on their way to Raqqa, the jihadist group's major bastion in Syria.

Daesh has exploited civilians living to the west of Mosul, creating human shields consisting of women and children from local settlements. Some 8,000 families have been abused this way, the UN reported on Friday. "This is the most important and dangerous line because it connects Mosul to Raqqa and is the only supply line for Daesh," Ahmed al-Asadi, a spokesperson for the Popular Mobilization Units, told Iraqi TV on Friday, stressing that use of the western avenue is essential to defeat Daesh.

Comment: Chances are that the bulk of Daesh has already left Mosul. But for those still holed up in Mosul, this will make escaping a bit more difficult. We wonder if Iran had any influence on the Shia militias taking up this position, to help secure their ally Syria from fleeing jihadis?


Dominoes

Asian 'domino effect'? Malaysia to buy navy vessels from China, US losing influence

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© REUTERS/Beawiharta/FilesMalaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak talks to the media beside Indonesia's President Joko Widodo after a bilateral meeting at Presidential Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, August 1, 2016.
Malaysia will sign a contract to purchase Littoral Mission Ships from China when Prime Minister Najib Razak visits Beijing next week, according to a Facebook posting by the country's Ministry of Defence.

The text of a speech to be delivered by Malaysian defence minister Hishammuddin Hussein was posted on Facebook on Tuesday, but was later removed after Reuters asked a defence ministry spokesman for comment.

The purchase of the patrol vessels, if it proceeds, would be Malaysia's first significant defence deal with China and comes amid rising tensions in the South China Sea and as the United States and China compete for influence in the region.

Comment: Uncle Sam is rapidly losing his foothold in South East Asia, and we can be sure that there is a whole lot more going on behind the scenes here. The time is right for the countries of the world to remember the abuses committed against them by the Anglo-American empire and say sayonara.


Gem

Dudley Do-Wrong: Partnership Africa Canada (PAC) is camouflage for Soros-funded war against Russian diamonds, African miners

Dudley Do-Right & George Soros
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Canadian governments are often portrayed as Dudley Do-Right, a caricature member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the 1960s television cartoon series, who was always trying to do good; never caught the villain, never got satisfaction from the girl. That was because Dudley had less brains than his horse, who did better with the girl. Since Dudley, er Justin Trudeau became prime minister of Canada a year ago, the PR gap between the caricature and the prime minister has widened; the IQ gap has contracted; the distance to the villain and the girl has stayed the same.

The villain in the new Dudley Do-Right cartoon on Canadian policy is Russia. Canadian special forces are fighting Russia on both the Ukraine and Syria war fronts. Canada has given Kiev C$400 million (US$305 million) to pay the Ukrainian army, backed by most Canadian non-government organizations (NGOs) insisting they are on Do-Right's side. One in particular, Partnership Africa Canada (PAC) of Ottawa, the Canadian capital, leads the charge against diamonds, gold and other mineral developers, many of them Russian, who compete or threaten Canadian mining interests. PAC, it turns out, is a weapon of commercial and economic warfare. Financially, it belongs to the US State Department and US investors, George Soros and Pierre Omidyar.

Canada is the largest mining investor in the African continent's mineral resources. According to Yves Engler, a leading Canadian critic of Canadian policy, Canadian companies control about half of all foreign mining projects in 35 African countries, worth about C$31 billion. Canadian government policy, Engler reports, "is synonymous with the interests of [Canadian] mining companies."

Comment: Check out this article on the 'New Colonialism': Reviewing Mark Curtis' new report: The New Colonialism, Britain's Scramble for Africa. Also from the UK front, past and present, this SOTT interview is very revealing: Behind the Headlines: Britain's Secret Wars: Interview with T.J. Coles.