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Boris Johnson calls for the UK to lead the fight against a cult of 'strongmen'


RT
Fri, 02 Dec 2016 18:03 UTC
Boris Johnson
© Alessandro Bianchi / ReutersBritain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.
Britain must play a leading role in the right against the cult of 'strongmen' like Syrian leader Bashar Assad, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has said.

Johnson also used his speech at London's Chatham House think-tank Friday morning to throw his weight behind US President-elect Donald Trump's call for more spending on NATO while arguing that boosting the military was key to saving democracy.

"We have the cult of the strong man, we have democracy in retreat, we have an arc of instability across the Middle East from Iraq to Syria to Libya," the foreign secretary told the audience.

He said that Brexit did not mean Britain was pulling up the "drawbridge."

"What is the answer of the UK? Is it to cower and put the pillow over our heads? Emphatically not," he said.
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Gift 3

After a full day recount, Killary gains ONE vote on Trump in Wisconsin

Alex Christoforou
The Duran
Fri, 02 Dec 2016 10:37 UTC
Hillary Clinton
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The first day of Wisconsin's recount narrowed the gap between Hillary Clinton and President-elect Donald Trump by one vote.

In response to demand's from Green Party candidate Jill Stein, Wisconsin began recounting its ballots on Thursday.

After the first full day of recounting the votes and adding up the tally, Hillary Clinton gained a single vote on Donald Trump. Yes, all the fuss and money directed by Jill Stein, towards recounting votes in three US states that Trump won, has resulted in a single vote difference.

The result of the Wisconsin recount will prove to be extremely close to the already certified count that gave Trump the state...which will also certify Jill Stein's demise and demotion into the history books as a useful idiot for Hillary Clinton's never ending sore losing tirade.

What a waste of time and money, courtesy Jill Stein, Hillary Clinton and George Soros.
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Yoda

Dissing Jimmy Carter's proposal to recognize Palestine and the two-state solution

Philip Weiss
Mondoweiss
Thu, 01 Dec 2016 16:22 UTC
Jimmy Carter
© Ric Feld/Associated PressFormer President Jimmy Carter takes a question during a conference at The Carter Center in Atlanta, Tuesday, June 7, 2005.
As you surely heard, former President Jimmy Carter had a big op-ed in the New York Times two days ago urging President Obama to recognize Palestine in what little time he has left in the White House, as a step to maybe save the two-state solution.
United States recognition of a Palestinian state would... clear the way for a Security Council resolution on the future of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The Security Council should pass a resolution laying out the parameters for resolving the conflict. It should reaffirm the illegality of all Israeli settlements beyond the 1967 borders, while leaving open the possibility that the parties could negotiate modifications...

The combined weight of United States recognition, United Nations membership and a Security Council resolution solidly grounded in international law would lay the foundation for future diplomacy...

This is the best — now, perhaps, the only — means of countering the one-state reality that Israel is imposing on itself and the Palestinian people. Recognition of Palestine and a new Security Council resolution are not radical new measures, but a natural outgrowth of America's support for a two-state solution.
The next day the State Department said it doesn't care what Carter says:
JOHN KIRBY: Well, obviously, we have great respect for former President Carter and for his tireless efforts to achieve peace while he was in office and certainly in the years following his presidency. He's a great American. Our view hasn't changed that we believe that the preferred path for the Palestinians to achieve statehood is through direct negotiations that will lead to a just, lasting, and comprehensive peace based on a two-state solution...

QUESTION: It's not expected to happen in the next six weeks, is it?
MR KIRBY: I'm not a fortuneteller.
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Light Sabers

Ukrainian Defense Ministry crying "Wolf!" again: Russia massing troops waiting for the right time to strike

Rudy Panko
Russia Insider
Thu, 01 Dec 2016 16:38 UTC
Russia
It's an established fact that Russia has been constantly invading Ukraine for the last two years. But did you know that Russia has also been "massing" troops on Ukraine's border, presumably as a decoy to distract from the multiple, ongoing invasions?

Let's review:
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Chess

Putin delivers State of the Nation: "We do not seek and have never sought enemies"


Sputnik
Fri, 02 Dec 2016 15:51 UTC
Putin
© Sputnik/ Kremlin/Alexei Druzhinin
In his State of the Nation Address to the Russian Parliament, President Vladimir Putin touched upon "very interesting aspects" related to global security and Russian-US relations, Tiberio Graziani, President of the Institute of Geopolitics and Applied Sciences, told Sputnik Italia.

'In an interview with Sputnik Italia, Tiberio Graziani, President of the Institute of Geopolitics and Applied Sciences, pointed out "very interesting aspects" pertaining to global security and the Moscow-Washington relations which were mentioned by Russian President Vladimir Putin during his State of the Nation Address to Russia's Federal Assembly on December 1.

Graziani recalled that in his speech, Putin specifically said that "unlike our foreign colleagues, who see Russia as an enemy, we do not seek and have never sought enemies, we need friends."

"The world has known such a position for 17 years now; it has been known since Putin's first presidential term. Putin's Russia has never tried to seize the West's territories, and we heard Putin confirm it in the December 1 speech," he said.

As for relations between Russia and the United States, they can be normalized under Trump, Graziani said referring to Michael Flynn, Trump's newly appointed national security adviser.
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Gingerbread

Remember this? Obama mocks Trump's promise to keep Carrier plant, manufacturing jobs in U.S.


Grabien News
Thu, 01 Dec 2016 00:00 UTC
Obama jobs
Obama on jobs - eyes wide shut
'Those jobs of the past are just not going to come back'

In June, President Obama participated in a PBS townhall and was asked about Trump's promise to keep Carrier's Indiana plant in the U.S. The townhall participant -- Eric Cottonham, a member of the Steelworkers Union employed by Carrier -- asked Obama if anything could be done to stem the tide of jobs flowing out of the country, as Trump had recently promised to do.

"I see here you're doing a lot of things, but in Indianapolis, there's nothing there for us," he asked. "I mean, what's next? I mean, what can we look forward to in the future as far as jobs, employment, whatever? Because all of our jobs has left or in the process of leaving, sir."

"Those jobs of the past are just not going to come back," Obama told Cottonham.

Instead, Obama advised workers losing their jobs to learn how to adapt their skills to "some of these new technologies," in particular, the "clean energy sector."

Comment: Leave it to neoliberal ideologues like Obama (and Killary should she have been elected) to continue to sell globalist "reality" to people and try to sell them on why things could not possibly be better for them than they are.

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Dollars

Clinton Foundation received funding from French politicians - corruption investigation goes international

Alexander Warren
USA Politics Today
Wed, 30 Nov 2016 16:07 UTC
panetta, Clinton Smith,
© Erin A. Kirk-Cuom/Dept. of DefenseSecretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton laugh with Australian Defense Minister Stephen Smith before a wreath laying ceremony at Kings Park in Perth, Australia, Nov 14, 2012.
Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, and the entire Clinton Foundation find themselves in the middle of yet another scandal.

Following the defeat of Hillary Clinton in the election, the amount of foreign donations from major politicians suddenly dropped exponentially. Not surprising now that Hillary Clinton doesn't have her position as Secretary of State to solicit money for political favors.

The FBI is currently investigating the Clinton Foundation for corruption, but now the case has gone international.

Isn't it interesting that major French politicians were supporting Hillary during the election like the former French President Nicolas Sarkozy among others.

This wasn't mentioned by the mainstream media, but when Vladamir Putin endorses Donald Trump then the world is about to end.

The story continues with millions of taxpayer dollars from the French Government being funneled into the Clinton Foundation.

Comment: The Clinton Foundation is a slimy swamp of influence peddling, graft and outright theft.

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Eye 1

'B.S. detector': Reports of Facebook fake news feature is apparently a Chrome plugin

Taylor Hatmaker and Josh Constine
TechCrunch
Thu, 01 Dec 2016 21:03 UTC
Facebook Fake News
© TechCrunch
Update: The feature appears to be an implementation of the Chrome plugin B.S. Detector, which some users took as a test by Facebook itself. We'll continue to investigate but for now it looks like this is not a Facebook feature. Yes, the irony is rich.

Facebook is showing red warning labels above fake news links in the News Feed for some users in what appears to be a limited test. TechCrunch attained the screenshot below of the warning from a source. The warning reads "This website is not a reliable news source. Reason: Classification Pending" In some cases, 'State-Sponsored News' appears as a reason.

The warnings are one of the first visible sign of the new approaches to fighting fake news that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg laid out last month. We've reached out to Facebook with a request for comment and will update if we receive a response.
Fake news 'flag'
© TechCrunch
The fake news flag tests appear to have been running for over a week, though they seem to be vanishing from some users' feeds as quickly as they appear. That behavior is in line with the way Facebook regularly tests new product features through limited, live rollouts to small swaths of its massive user base.

Comment: See also:

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Bad Guys

While the world watches Syria, the disaster in Libya rages on

Adam Garrie
The Duran
Fri, 02 Dec 2016 15:24 UTC
Rebel tank in war torn Libya
© Hani Amara / Reuters
Whilst the world watches Syria, Libya has become a failed state. Solutions to this problem are difficult, but all reasonable options must be considered.

Imagine if you will, a country whose government based in its capital city has formally disbanded although its followers still hold pieces of territory in regions it formerly tried to rule. Imagine another government based in an eastern city, far from the traditional power-seat, struggling to claim legitimacy both domestically and abroad.

Imagine that this same country has much of its territory practically and in some cases officially outside of the jurisdiction of either 'governing' party, leaving ISIS, other similar terrorist groups and tribal militias in full control of many regions.

Comment: Further reading:

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Stormtrooper

Concealing American military combat casualties in Syria and Iraq - tricks, strategy and outright lies


Inside Syria Media Center
Tue, 29 Nov 2016 15:15 UTC
viet nam memorial
The US Central Command (USCENTCOM) announced the death of an American soldier in Syria last week. According to the Pentagon this is the first time a US service member lost his life in combat in this country, however such claims are questionable given that the US troops have been illegally present in Syria since a long time.

From the beginning of the international coalition's involvement in the Syrian campaign US Special Forces were operating on the Syrian soil without UN Security Council mandate or invitation by Damascus and participating in large scale combat, Their actions were by no means limited by training the Syrian opposition, supporting the Kurdish forces and conducting reconnaissance.

The US authorities have used their expertise in manipulating the public opinion to develop numerous ways to conceal real combat casualties long before.
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