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Top advisor to Putin lays out Russia's plan for global security


Sputnik
Tue, 01 Nov 2016 20:37 UTC
Nikolai Patrushev
Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev
In an exclusive interview for Sputnik, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev offered his assessment of the main threats facing the world, and Russia's plans to deal with them. Given the Security Council's status as an advisory body reporting to the president, Patrushev's word is basically the Kremlin line on national security issues.

The Security Council is charged with working out the president's decisions on national security affairs. In this light, Sputnik asked Secretary Patrushev to lay out his views regarding the security situation in the world today, and the regions which he sees as the most problematic.
"The situation in the world is not becoming any easier," the official admitted. "There is a growing competition for global influence and the use of global resources."
At the same time, Patrushev added, "the excessive ambitions of some countries is provoking new challenges and security threats in a variety of regions around the world, and creates serious obstacles to the creation of bilateral and multilateral efforts aimed at resolving crisis situations."
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Snakes in Suits

Not only Killary, entire Obama administration exposed for using private email to avoid FOIA requests

Jack Burns
The Free Thought Project
Tue, 01 Nov 2016 20:37 UTC
Wooden Obama
Wikileaks is helping President Obama keep his 2008 campaign promise — to be the most transparent administration in U.S. history — whether he likes it or not. And, once again, we're learning more about the inner sanctum of the administration and its communication practices. As FBI Director James Comey announced Friday, a new investigation into Hillary Clinton's email scandal has been launched, just days before the presidential election. Comey's move drew fire instantly from the Democrats who claim Comey is attempting to sway the election in Donald Trump's favor. While many are focused on Comey's actions and renewed investigation, Wikileaks has uncovered what may prove to be a systemic problem of executive branch accountability not merely limited to the former secretary of state's emails.

According to former State Department official Tom Nides, in a 2015 email to John Podesta (Clinton campaign manager), everyone in Obama's cabinet and every White House staffer uses their personal email for government business. Nides should know as he worked under Hillary Clinton in the State Department from 2011 to 2013, according to one source.
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Chart Bar

This stock market metric says the likely winner is...Trump

Patti Dom
CNBC
Tue, 01 Nov 2016 18:46 UTC
Smiling Donald Trump
© Carlo Allegri | Reuters
The stock market's election year performance between July 31 and Oct. 31 has often accurately predicted the next president — and this year it's pointing to a victory by Donald Trump, if history is a guide.

Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at CFRA, says the market's decline this fall has been a bad omen for the incumbent party and Hillary Clinton, who still holds a six point national lead in a new poll. The S&P 500 is down 2.2 percent since its close of 2,173 on July 29, a Friday and the last trading day of July.

"Going back to World War II, the S&P 500 performance between July 31 and Oct. 31 has accurately predicted a challenger victory 86 percent of the time when the stock market performance has been negative," he said. The one time in eight that the incumbent party won with a negative stock market was in 1956, when Adlai Stevenson challenged President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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Chess

Turkey deploying tanks near Iraqi border to combat ISIS threats


RT
Tue, 01 Nov 2016 20:17 UTC
turkish tanks
© Umit Bektas / Reuters
Ankara is deploying heavy armor, including tanks to the border near Iraq, media reports say. Turkish Defense Minister has meanwhile said that the military will tackle potential "increase" of threats to the country.

Turkish tanks as well as armored vehicles have started moving into the town of Silopi, located close to the border with Iraq, Turkish Dogan news agency and Reuters report citing army sources.

According to the country's Defense Minister Fikri Isik, the deployment is part of anti-terrorist fight and is also linked to the developments in Iraq.

"We will not allow the threat to Turkey to increase," Isik told broadcaster A Haber as cited by Reuters. Ankara has "no obligation" to wait until the fighters of the Kurdistan Workers Partry (PKK), considered by Turkey terrorists, will seize territories in Iraq's Sinjar region, around 115 km south of Silopi, Isik added.

Earlier in October, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu warned the PKK of using bases in northern Iraq, where its main bases are located. "If there is a threat posed to Turkey, we are ready to use all our resources including a ground operation to eliminate that threat," Hurriyet daily news quoted the official as saying.
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Vader

Imperial hypocrisy: US calls for 'end to Saudi-led airstrikes' in Yemen, but keeps selling arms to Riyadh


RT
Tue, 01 Nov 2016 20:15 UTC
saudi airstrike yemen
© Abduljabbar Zeyad / ReutersPeople gather at a prison struck by Arab coalition warplanes in al-Zaydiyah district of the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Yemen.
The US envoy to the UN has called on the Saudi-led coalition to "refrain from taking steps that escalate violence" in Yemen. Her appeal contradicts Washington's actions, with the Pentagon continuing to supply arms and provide military support to Riyadh.

"First, the United States calls on the parties to recommit immediately to the cessation of hostilities, which means halting all military actions on the ground, in the air, and at sea. That includes an end to shelling and an end to airstrikes," Ambassador Samantha Power said at a UN Security Council briefing on Monday.

"There is very little good news in Yemen, but one small piece of good news is that we have seen that the parties can reduce the violence in Yemen when they show the will to do so," she noted.

Power slammed missile attacks by Yemeni Houthi rebels on Saudi Arabia, noting that "every country has a right to defend itself, and the United States remains fully committed to the security of Saudi Arabia."


Comment: Translation: We're making a lot of money here. And besides, they donated a lot to Killary.


"It is also incumbent on the Saudi-led coalition and the forces of the Yemeni government to refrain from taking steps that escalate this violence and to commit to the cessation of hostilities," she added.

"After 19 months of fighting, it should be clear that there is absolutely no military solution to this conflict. Airstrikes that hit schools, hospitals and other civilian objects have to stop. In many cases these strikes have damaged key infrastructure that is essential to delivering humanitarian aid in Yemen," Power concluded.


Comment: Rich words from the Empire's war harpy
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Blackbox

Constitutional Crisis: Is Wall Street pulling the plug on Killary?

Michel Chossudovsky
Global Research
Tue, 01 Nov 2016 19:53 UTC
James Comey,hillary clinton
Since the release of FBI Director Comey's second letter to the US Congress, the presidential elections process has gone haywire, out of control. The bipartisan political apparatus is in crisis.

"I FBI director [James Comey] am writing to inform you that the investigative team briefed me on this yesterday, and I agreed that the FBI should take appropriate investigative steps designed to allow investigators to review these emails to determine whether they contain classified information, as well as to assess their importance to our investigation."

Two important questions:
  • WHO IS BEHIND WIKILEAKS WHICH RELEASED THE EMAILS?
  • WHO IS BEHIND FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY?
In both cases, we are dealing with powerful interest groups. CUI-BONO?

Has there been a shift in the Corporate Elite's unbending support for Hillary Clinton? Or are the Elites divided? This is something to be carefully investigated.


Comment: Clarification: the emails Comey referred to are NOT related to the Wikileaks releases. But the question still stands. As for the shift, it sure looks like it: Is Clinton finished? FBI doubles down, says no evidence of Trump-Putin collusion

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Red Flag

Virginia allegedly prepping to facilitate mass voter fraud

Jim Stinson
PoliZette
Mon, 31 Oct 2016 11:46 UTC
Villary and voting
© YouTubeCounting on that felon vote...Gee thanks, Gov McAuliffe!
Officials stockpile a million provisional ballots in swing state governed by a close Clinton ally. Virginia has printed 1 million provisional ballots, an unprecedented number that could allow a large number of previously disqualified felons to cast ballots for president in the potentially crucial swing state. So says Reagan George, the president of the Virginia Voters Alliance.

George, a conservative election watchdog, charged on Monday that the Virginia Department of Elections is overpreparing for worst-case scenarios and increasing the likelihood of illegal votes being cast. In reply to Republican complaints earlier this month, Virginia Department of Elections Commissioner Edgardo Cortés acknowledged officials are preparing for all contingencies, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

But George said the provisional ballot printing doesn't make sense even for contingencies. And it doesn't compare to demand in 2012. "The claim that it is for contingency planning is bogus," George said in an email. "In 2012, Stafford County used less [sic] than 500 provisional ballots — in 2016 they received 30,000. In 2012, Loudoun County used 700 provisional ballots. In 2016, they received 84,000. In 2012, Fairfax used 2,500 provisional ballots; in 2016, they received over 265,000. This is ridiculous."


Comment: Don't suppose those felons know which party is giving them the right to vote... Naw, no way! The Dems wouldn't do that! (Ahem)

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Target

Trump sued by Democrats for alleged voter intimidation in four states

Andy Sullivan
Thomson Reuters Foundation News
Mon, 31 Oct 2016 21:05 UTC
Clinton next step
© Silence is ConsentThe art of deflection.
Democratic Party officials sued Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in four battleground states on Monday, seeking to shut down a poll-watching effort they said was designed to harass minority voters in the Nov. 8 election.

In lawsuits filed in federal courts in Pennsylvania, Nevada, Arizona and Ohio, Democrats argued that Trump and Republican Party officials were mounting a "campaign of vigilante voter intimidation" that violated the 1965 Voting Rights Act and an 1871 law aimed at the Ku Klux Klan.

"Trump has sought to advance his campaign's goal of 'voter suppression' by using the loudest microphone in the nation to implore his supporters to engage in unlawful intimidation," the Ohio Democratic Party wrote in a legal filing. Similar language was used in the other lawsuits. The Trump campaign did not respond to a request for comment.

Since August, Trump has urged his supporters to monitor polling locations on Election Day for signs of possible voting fraud, often urging them to keep a close eye on cities like Philadelphia and St. Louis that have high minority populations.

Comment: The Democrats are frantic as they see the election slipping away and their pillar of strength crumbling daily. What is one more outrageous accusation in the mud sling of this pathetic election process?

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Blue Planet

Kuril Islands: Russia's claim of sovereignty is unquestionable


RT
Tue, 01 Nov 2016 13:16 UTC
Kuril Islands
© Ekaterina Chesnokova / Sputnik
Russia's upper house speaker has said that Russian sovereignty over the Kuril Islands cannot be questioned because these territories became Russian territory as a result of WWII and this fact is stated in international legal acts. "As for the Kuril Islands - their belonging may be questionable for Japan, but not for Russia. They became our territory as a result of the Second World War and this is registered by international documents. Therefore, Russia's sovereignty over these islands cannot be doubted," Valentina Matviyenko told reporters.

However, the Federation Council speaker added that Russian authorities are ready for a compromise in talks over the peace treaty with Japan so that a final agreement is acceptable for both countries. She added that the success of negotiations depended on how much realism Japanese authorities and diplomats show.

"They should be fully aware of the fact that there are things that Russia will never allow. Restricting Russia's sovereignty over Kurils or their transfer under Japanese jurisdiction is one such thing. This is the position of not just the Russian leaders, but of the whole Russian people," Matviyenko said. She also noted that strengthening of cooperation between Russia and Japan was a guarantee of better trust between the nations which, in turn, would bring closer the compromise in the territorial row.

Comment: Countries that lose something tend to live in the past.

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Star of David

'Atlantic' editor: Israel's expulsion of Palestinians not 'a tragedy'

Philip Weiss
Mondoweiss
Sun, 30 Oct 2016 00:00 UTC
Jeffrey Goldberg
© Mondoweiss
On Thursday night, Jeffrey Goldberg, the new editor in chief of the Atlantic, spoke at Temple Emanu-El in New York, and said many quotable things: 60 percent of Americans depend on the mainstream media and the internet is a swamp of unreliable reporting that has given rise to Trump; the American Jewish community and the Israeli Jewish community are now "like two ships in the night;" the Democratic Party is split on Israel between its progressive base and its big Jewish donors; it is incumbent on Israel, the client state, to make things right with the U.S.; Netanyahu is a "reckless" "stunt"-man; the American Jewish community fed young Jews a "simplistic" narrative about Israel, but young Jews on campus don't know what they're talking about when they adopt the Palestinian version of events.

And: the dispossession of the Palestinians in 1948 was not a tragedy. No; the tragedy was Israel wasn't founded in 1938. That comes last. Now let's listen to Goldberg.

Comment: The heck with Jeffrey Goldberg and his biased concerns of past and present. If allowed to take place, political and 'human'itarian evolution will provide psychopathic Israel the means and will to join the human race. Caught in the antisemitism snare with blind allegiance, the US could help foster the change by addressing its own tricked obedience. By denying Jewish/Israeli passive-aggressive martyrdom and its complementary manipulative-based propaganda, the US might loosen the yoke of psychological and monetary leverage currently influencing congress and the American people.

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