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Trump burns Clinton over election: They couldn't win "even with unlimited budget"


RT
Tue, 20 Dec 2016 16:23 UTC
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© Reuters
President-elect Donald Trump fired a couple of tweets at Bill Clinton, after the former president accused him of ignorance and relying on "angry white men" to win the election. Trump needled Clinton about losing the swing states despite "an unlimited budget."

Clinton had made the comments to a local newspaper on December 10, but they were reported nationally on Monday as the former president cast a ballot for his wife as an elector in the state of New York.

Trump "doesn't know much," but "one thing he does know is how to get angry, white men to vote for him," Clinton had told the Bedford and Pound Ridge Record-Review. He also said that FBI Director James Comey and Russian President Vladimir Putin personally cost Hillary Clinton the election, echoing the sentiments expressed by the former Democratic candidate last Thursday at a donor event in Manhattan.

The president-elect responded by correcting Clinton on who called whom after the election, and taking a dig at the Clintons for failing to inspire voters in swing states, even with "an unlimited budget." Trump sealed his triumph on Monday, winning 304 Electoral College votes over Hillary Clinton's 227. Efforts by the Democrats to have the electors change their votes backfired: Trump lost two electors, both in Texas, while Clinton lost five - four in Washington and one in Hawaii. Three more electors - one against Trump in Colorado and two against Clinton in Maine and Minnesota - had their votes invalidated.



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Trump decries assassination of Russian Ambassador, lashing out at radical Islam


RT
Tue, 20 Dec 2016 16:18 UTC
trump
© Brendan McDermid / Reuters
US President-elect Donald Trump had harsh words for radical Islamism as he condemned the murder of the Russian ambassador to Turkey and the truck attack on a crowded Christmas market in Berlin.

"Today we offer our condolences to the family and loved ones of Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov, who was assassinated by a radical Islamic terrorist. The murder of an ambassador is a violation of all rules of civilized order and must be universally condemned," Trump said in statement, following the Ankara shooting.

His comments came following the first murder of a Russian ambassador in nearly a century. Ambassador Andrey Karlov was shot as he was speaking at the opening of an exhibition called 'Russia in the Eyes of Turks' at an art gallery in Ankara, Turkey's capital. The gunman has been identified as Mevlut Altintas, a member of Ankara's riot police force.
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How the NY Times turned CIA conjecture of Russian hacking into undisputed truth

Stephen Gowans
what's left
Sun, 18 Dec 2016 12:15 UTC
ny times building
Only a few days ago the New York Times acknowledged that the CIA finding that the Kremlin hacked the Democratic National Convention's computers with the intention of influencing the US presidential election was based, not on evidence, but conjecture. Today, the newspaper's reporters have forgotten their earlier caveats and have begun to treat the intelligence agency's guess-work as an established truth.

Emblematic of the newspaper's approach of acknowledging the uncertainty of many intelligence assessments only to quickly throw caution to the wind to embrace them as certain facts, was a December 15 report by Adam Goldman and Matt Apuzzo in which the two reporters wrote that the "hack influenced the course, if not the outcome, of a presidential campaign." [1] The sentence is astonishing for not only stripping the CIA finding of its immanent uncertainty, but in venturing well beyond the intelligence agency's judgement to aver what no one could possibly know, namely, whether the release of DNC e-mails influenced the presidential campaign.

That it did, and at Clinton's expense, is, of course, the conclusion the Democrats, if not a faction of the US ruling class associated with the Clintons, would like the US public to arrive at. In this, the New York Times has provided signal assistance as the unofficial propaganda arm of the US ruling class's Democratic Party wing. Yet, we don't even know if the DNC e-mails were hacked let alone by agents of the Russian government. One alternative explanation is that the e-mails were leaked by someone inside the DNC. Nevertheless, Goldman and Apuzzo claim to know far more than anyone could possibly know: that the CIA's analysis is true despite the agency's own admission of uncertainty and that, additionally, the Russian government intended to influence the outcome of the campaign and that its efforts bore fruit.
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Japanese mogul begins work on vow to Trump to create 50,000 US jobs

Michael J. de la Merced
The New York Times
Mon, 19 Dec 2016 15:42 UTC
Masayoshi Son of Softbank after a meeting with President-elect Donald J. Trump
© Andrew Harnik/Associated PressMasayoshi Son of Softbank after a meeting with President-elect Donald J. Trump in early December.
The Japanese business mogul Masayoshi Son pledged to President-elect Donald J. Trump nearly two weeks ago that he would invest in the United States and create about 50,000 jobs.

On Monday, Mr. Son's conglomerate, SoftBank, took what it described as the first step in fulfilling that commitment.

By leading a $1.2 billion investment in OneWeb, which makes satellites for internet access, SoftBank said it was continuing to invest in new technology and supporting job creation in the United States. In their announcement, SoftBank and OneWeb said the investment would create nearly 3,000 jobs in the United States over four years.

"Earlier this month, I met with President-elect Trump and shared my commitment to investing and creating jobs in the U.S.," Mr. Son said in a statement. "America has always been at the forefront of innovation and technological development, and we are thrilled to be playing a part in continuing to drive that growth as we work to create a truly globally connected ecosystem."
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Brussels police carry out security operation in Schaerbeek: Update


RT
Mon, 19 Dec 2016 20:23 UTC
Belgium police
© Christian Hartmann / Reuters
The Schaerbeek area of Brussels was reportedly on lockdown for a period this evening as police carried out a security operation.

One person was arrested during the operation, La Dernière Heure reports.

The Brussels prosecutor's office will hold a press briefing on the operation Tuesday at 11 am. It said earlier that no more information on the operation would be given tonight.

Several deployments took place in the vicinity of Liedts Square, according to Brussels Nord police, as reported by 7Sur7.

Comment: Update: 'Terrorist threat' suspect arrested, arms seized in Brussels
The Brussels prosecutor's office has confirmed that a large security operation which put the Schaerbeek area of the city on lockdown Monday was an anti-terrorist operation in which one person was arrested.

A 34-year-old man was detained Monday morning in the area of Liedts, Schaerbeek without incident while several items, including firearms and a computer were seized, the prosecutor in the case said, RTL Info reports.

The explosive devices removal unit also assisted in the operation, examining a suspicious package. No explosives were found in the package or elsewhere in the searched premises.

The man is suspected of posing terrorist threats and will be brought before a judge today.


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Beijing returns seized US underwater drone in 'smooth' handover at South China Sea


RT
Tue, 20 Dec 2016 15:24 UTC
USNS Bowditch
© US Navy / ReutersUSNS Bowditch
A US sea drone seized by China last week was returned at an agreed location in the South China Sea, Beijing has confirmed. Despite the potential for a serious confrontation, the US says it will "fly, sail, and operate" in the area as before.

"After friendly consultations between the Chinese and US sides, the handover work for the US underwater drone was smoothly completed in relevant waters in the South China Sea at midday on December 20," the Chinese Defense Ministry said in a brief statement cited by Reuters.

The Pentagon has already confirmed that its unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) was returned to the US "near the location it had been unlawfully seized."

Comment: Also read: US Asian allies 'worried' by muted response to drone seizure as fears grow China 'stole secrets'

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Turkey assassination analyses: 'It's astounding how close Turkish assassin got to Russian ambassador'


RT
Tue, 20 Dec 2016 14:46 UTC
Andréi Kárlov
© Hasim Kilic / Hurriyet/ Reuters
The assassination of the Russian ambassador in Turkey looks like a jihadist retribution for losses in Syria, but it might have a deeper motivation, such as damaging Russia-Turkey relations or taking terrorism to a whole new level, political analysts and experts told RT.

Russian ambassador Andrey Karlov, 62, was fatally shot in the Turkish capital of Ankara while delivering a speech at an art gallery on Monday. The man who assassinated the Russian diplomat was identified as a 22-year-old officer with the Turkish riot police.
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Syria: Killing journalists enabled 'media activist' domination - intended effect?

Bernhard
Moon Of Alabama
Mon, 19 Dec 2016 14:09 UTC
Bloody cameras
© Fars News
As pointed out yesterday, a recent tweet series by Club des Cordeliers made some interesting observation about the #StandWithAleppo propaganda campaign:
The "Stand with Aleppo" campaign in the U.S. was started and is propelled by a Democratic party operative who is also CEO of a public relations company and "strategic affairs consultant" in Chicago, Becky Carroll.
The Cordeliere made some additional remarks on anti-Syria propaganda. These about the U.S. directed Information Warfare campaign from inside Syria. This leads me to the thoughts below about the U.S. waged Unconventional Warfare in Syria and how it may be responsible for the elimination of "neutral" journalists on the ground.
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"Should we believe the CIA?" Glenn Greenwald crushes 'Russian hack' propaganda

Alex Christoforou
The Duran
Tue, 20 Dec 2016 14:04 UTC
Glenn Greenwald
© Associated Press/Kin CheungGlenn Greenwald
Glenn Greenwald is interviewed by Tucker Carlson on Fox News to criticize Democratic hysteria over Russia.

Tucker Carlson interviews Glenn Greenwald on the CIA anonymous reports asserting that Russia hacked the US elections to help Trump win.

Carlson asks Greenwald, "Should we believe the CIA assessment."

Comment: Further reading: Seriously? Obama vows 'action' in response to alleged Russian hacking

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Dead men tell no tales: Body of gunman in Zurich shooting found


cnbc.com
Tue, 20 Dec 2016 14:11 UTC
Police cover a body after a shooting outside an Islamic center in central Zurich, Switzerland December 19, 2016
© Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters Police cover a body after a shooting outside an Islamic center in central Zurich, Switzerland December 19, 2016
A man who shot three people at a Zurich mosque on Monday is dead, police said on Tuesday, confirming that a body found near the scene was that of the assailant.

Zurich cantonal police said authorities had identified the suspect, but gave no details. A news conference was scheduled for 1300 GMT.

The gunman had stormed into the Islamic centre and opened fire on worshippers.

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