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Political judo: Putin did not surrender or betray South-East nor is he scared

Gevorg Mirzayan
expert.ru
Thu, 08 May 2014 09:07 UTC
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After meeting in Moscow with Swiss Foreign Minister and OSCE Chair Didier Burkhalter, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a number of seemingly unexpected statements regarding Ukraine. Thus, he asked the South-East to postpone their referendum, supported president elections scheduled for May 25 and declared Russian troop withdrawal. Some of Putin's opponents say this is the evidence of his betrayal of Ukraine's South-East and his weakness in face of the sanctions. But in fact, by his declaration Putin pursued two important tasks.

First of all, he demonstrated to the world that Moscow is ready to follow the Geneva agreement on de-escalation of tension in Ukraine. This allows for reducing the risk of new sanctions against Russia: now Washington will have to work even harder convincing Europe to continue their economic pressure. In witness of this fact, the market reaction was very positive: the euro dropped below 49 rubles, the dollar - below 35, and stocks rose by 5%.

Besides, Putin induces Ukrainian coup government to react. Up to now, Kiev's strategy was plain and simple: escalation of violence, confrontation with Russia and constant complaints to Washington and Brussels. This time the Russian president complicated the matter: Kiev will have to respond to Moscow's suggestions. And if Putin's plan works out, the junta will either bury itself or deescalate the situation and consider federalization. Both variants are fine with Russia.
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Meet the bizarre Islamic sex cult propelling Turkey towards a neo-Ottoman 'Turkish Islamic Union'

Lily Lynch
Balkanist.net
Fri, 28 Mar 2014 08:41 UTC
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Harun Yahya and a couple of his "apostles"
Followers of Harun Yahya wear drag make-up and practice a "sexed-up, Disney version of Islam" that helps promote conservative Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's vision of a modern, Muslim Turkey. Step inside this surreal world where religious piety meets psychedelic softcore porn, led by the world's foremost Islamic creationist.

Harun Yahya is said to be the messianic leader of an apocalyptic Islamic sex cult. He's also the owner of a Turkish television station called A9, and the host of his own religious talk show, which just might make your eyeballs pop out of your skull. The entire set and everyone on it glow like irradiated ultraviolet rays. Five amazing looking women usually co-host the show, wearing things like false rainbow eyelashes, wigs, and diamond-studded Versace bondage gear. The backdrop is a blinding fake lavender cityscape. Conversations often focus on how materialism and Darwinism are dead, how to recognize the face of a real Muslim, and how Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan - with whom the host is rumored to enjoy friendly relations - is "one of the important figures for the End Times".
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Psychopath Hillary fakes the faith trip for votes


US News & World Reports
Sat, 26 Apr 2014 09:08 UTC
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Hillary Rodham Clinton's faith in God was shaped by her grandmother's hymns and the bedtime prayers from her gruff Navy father, the former secretary of state told thousands of Methodist women Saturday.

Clinton said she struggled as a young woman between her father's insistence on self-reliance and her mother's concern for compassion. She reconciled those in the Biblical story of Jesus instructing his disciples to feed 5,000 people with just five loaves of bread and two fish.

"The disciples come to Jesus and suggest they send away the people to find food to fend for themselves. But Jesus said, 'No. You feed them,'" Clinton said. "He was teaching a lesson about the responsibility we all share."
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Did the Obama administration choose war in Libya over Gadhafi abdication?

Diana West
WND.com
Thu, 24 Apr 2014 19:30 UTC
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More than Benghazi skeletons should haunt Hillary Clinton's expected 2016 presidential bid. It now seems that the entire war in Libya - where thousands died in a civil war in which no U.S. interest was at stake - might well have been averted on her watch and, of course, that of President Obama. How? In March 2011, immediately after NATO's punishing bombing campaign began, Moammar Gadhafi was "ready to step aside," says retired Rear Adm. Charles R. Kubic, U.S. Navy. "He was willing to go into exile and was willing to end the hostilities."

What happened? According to Kubic, the Obama administration chose to continue the war without permitting a peace parley to go forward.

Kubic made these extremely incendiary charges against the Obama administration while outlining his role as the leading, if informal, facilitator of peace feelers from the Libyan military to the U.S. military. He was speaking this week at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., where the Citizens' Commission on Benghazi was presenting its interim report. Kubic maintains that to understand Benghazi, the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks in which four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens, were killed, "you have to understand what happened at the beginning of the Libyan revolt, and how that civil war that created the chaos in Libya could have been prevented."
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War on the alternative world order: Obama prepares to smash BRICS during his last few years in office

Wayne Madsen
Strategic Culture Foundation
Mon, 05 May 2014 08:53 UTC
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© UnknownLeaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa meet at the 5th annual BRICS summit in Durban, South Africa, March 2013.

The buildup of NATO air and ground forces along the borders of Russia in eastern Europe and President Barack Obama's American power-influencing trip to Asia have a single purpose. The seen and unseen forces who dictate policy to their political puppets in Washington, London, Paris, Brussels, Berlin, and other vassal capital cities have decided to smash BRICS -- the emergent financial power bloc encompassing Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.

Bilateral and multilateral discussions among the five emerging economic powers aimed at decoupling BRICS economies from the US dollar as a reserve and trading currency have met with the only power Washington can muster on behalf of itself and its foundering allies -- military force. The problems between Ukraine and Russia over Crimea and federalism within Ukraine are a mask designed to cover Obama's true intentions, which are the smashing of the BRICS as a viable alternative to the neo-colonialist financial systems of the West and subsuming the economies of the BRICS to the whims of the United States and the ever-teetering European Union.
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Canada unveils first cannabis-dispensing machine, no ID required


RT
Wed, 07 May 2014 08:46 UTC
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The first cannabis-dispensing machine in Canada has begun operating in Vancouver, following on from the first machine installed recently in the US state of Colorado. The difference? The Canadian machine doesn't ID you.

Despite the controversy surrounding the plant and the endless bickering that has marked the discourse around it, the machine looks strangely ordinary and even less threatening than a cigarette pack, with big green leaves and certainly no indication that it contains something that is so hotly debated.

"We put it in the vending machine to cut down on theft and handling," says Chuck Varabioff, of the BC Pain Society, the dispensary where the machine was installed. "It's packaged up and sealed professionally. So you come in, you buy your product, it's fresh, it's quick and easy, and you're out of here in minutes."

The box contains a whole host of strains and flavors that are sure to trigger people's memories of films containing the plant: "Purple Kush, Bubba Kush," and a range of sativa and indica strains.

The product is sold in quantities slightly bigger than an eighth of an ounce (3.7 grams) and the machine only accepts cash.
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European Parliament deputy from Latvia petitions European Commission to list Right Sector as terrorist organization


ITAR-TASS News Agency
Wed, 07 May 2014 08:55 UTC
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4 thousand ultra-right militants brought to Odessa — Russia’s Civic Chamber official
Tatyana Zhdanok says the Ukrainian interim government will have to finally draw a clear line between political organizations and far-right extremists

European Parliament deputy from Latvia Tatyana Zhdanok has requested fellow MPs to support her demand that the European Commission (EC) includes the radical movement Right Sector in the list of terrorist organizations, Zhdanok's press office told ITAR-TASS on Wednesday.

If the request is satisfied, bank accounts of this organization and all its members will be frozen, the radicals will not be able to enter EU countries, while governments of different countries will cooperate for political isolation and detention of the militants. However, Zhdanok believes "it is the Ukrainian interim government that is to bear the main responsibility for defeating the Right Sector, as it will have to finally draw a clear line between political organizations and far-right extremists".

"This line is now vague, and a number of state posts are occupied by radicals of fascist views, their reputation besmirched with participation in violent actions against their opponents or law enforcement authorities," Zhdanok added.

"After the appalling tragedy in Odessa, where Right Sector militants burnt 43 supporters of Ukraine's federalization alive, the need to prohibit the Right Sector became evident. And an ordinary ban on its activities is inadequate here - there is a need to defeat this extremist organization, disarming its militants, arresting activists and court trial," the deputy said.
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U.S. world government is gonna getcha: Under pressure, tax havens Switzerland and Singapore agree to share tax information


RT
Tue, 06 May 2014 08:51 UTC
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© Reuters / Arnd WiegmannBank for International Settlements (BIS) in Basel, Switzerland
Switzerland and Singapore have both agreed to share data and tax information under a groundbreaking new treaty signed by some 47 nations worldwide.

"It's clearly the end of bank secrecy abused for tax purposes," OECD tax director Pascal Saint-Amans told reporters in Paris on Tuesday

Switzerland and Singapore are renowned for their status as massive offshore financial centers. Their signing up is considered to be a giant step in an escalating battle against international tax evasion.

Switzerland has some $2 trillion in assets and more than 300 private banks. However, Singapore is a close second and a study released last year showed that experts believe that the country will soon overtake Switzerland as regulations increase in severity.
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Scientologist Republic of Bulgravia: The Church of Scientology wanted a 'Balkan Holy Land'

Lily Lynch
Balkanist.net
Tue, 27 Aug 2013 07:50 UTC
Inside the Church of Scientology's secret (and aborted) mission to bring several Balkan countries under its dominion
Bulgravia poster
© Áron Birtalan
When it comes to the Church of Scientology, no fiction could ever trump reality in terms of sheer bizarreness. Perhaps nowhere is this fact more evident than in the revelation that the church had a completely delusional plan to unite the countries of Bulgaria, Greece, Albania, and the entire former Yugoslavia into a single, Scientology-controlled megastate.

Like the voice booming from Ezekiel 37:22-24 ("I will unite them into one land on the mountains of Israel. They will have one King to rule over them, and they will no longer be divided into nations or split into Kingdoms"), the followers of Dianetics and Scientology leader David Miscavige sought a Holy Land of their own. No Hollywood screenplay writer could ever imagine the totalitarian nightmare of a Hollywood Holy Land, even if that screenplay writer was a Scientologist (and we all know there are plenty of those). Let's take a look back at the terrifying, Xenu-fearing dystopia that never was, and breathe a collective sigh of relief that the only terrain Scientology controls today is Hollywood.

Comment: Scientologist leaders in Ukraine and Slovakia? The Charge of the Scientology Brigade

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Pentagon: We made Afghan corruption worse


RT
Wed, 07 May 2014 08:19 UTC
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© AFP Photo / Bay Ismoyo
Despite the initial belief that the United States would leave behind a competent governing body in Afghanistan, a new report by the Joint Chiefs of Staff found that the military contributed significantly to increased corruption in the country.

According to the Center for Public Integrity - a nonprofit investigative news outlet - senior military officers have filed a report with the Joint Chiefs walking through some of the Pentagon's mistakes in Afghanistan. One important takeaway from the report is that corruption by public officials was a problem even at the start of the US' presence in Afghanistan, and was made worse by American willingness to pour money into the nation without proper oversight.

"Corruption alienates key elements of the population, discredits the government and security forces, undermines international support, subverts state functions and rule of law, robs the state of revenue, and creates barriers to economic growth," the report stated.

By the end of its study, the military came away with a few important conclusions, noting that the US embrace of Afghan warlords at the start of the war helped keep in place a corrupt leadership force.

"The US' initial support of warlords, reliance on logistics contracting, and the deluge of military and aid spending which overwhelmed the absorptive capacity of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA) created an environment that fostered corruption and impeded later [anti-corruption] efforts," the report reads.
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