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Russian Embassy smacks Guardian article pontificating about how 'we British' can look forward to 'life after Putin in Russia'

Sputnik
Sun, 10 Dec 2017 22:17 UTC

This is not the first time that Russian diplomats have commented on Western mainstream media publications accusing Moscow of all possible sins.

The Russian Embassy in London has responded on its Twitter account to The Guardian journalist Natalie Nougayrede who wrote about unpredictable things that might happen in Russia "after Putin."

"Great foreign policy planning after #Brexit," Russian diplomats wrote, implying that the journalist should pay more attention to the future of her own country, especially given the UK's decision to leave the European Union.

Sott Exclusive: Not Even Pretending Not to be Evil: Amazon Amasses an Army of Slaves, Drones and Bots

Foxx Tupelo
Sott.net
Mon, 11 Dec 2017 16:07 UTC

Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, richest man in the world

There's been a lot of news coverage about online retail behemoth Amazon lately, in particular with regards to its treatment of employees. Since that UK report about a 13-year-old girl finding a note with "Help me please, PMP staff are evil" scribbled on her package invoice, a follow-up report looked into workers' conditions at Amazon's UK distribution centers:

It has been a year since workers at the largest Amazon warehouse in Dunfermline were found camping out in tents in the woods near the motorway, in an attempt to save some money.

Once again, Amazon is back in the news.

A report by the Sunday Mirror published in November exposed the "brutal" work conditions at an Amazon warehouse in Tilbury, England. According to the Mirror, employees were pushed to the brink by "impossible targets," 55-hour weeks and timed toilet breaks.

Fuelling the outrage sparked by the Mirror's investigation, the management at the Tilbury warehouse reportedly attempted to boost morale among the staff by awarding top-performers with chocolates, worth 7p a piece.

Comment: See more: The Health & Wellness Show: Consumerism is Consuming Us!

Yet ANOTHER top FBI agent in Mueller's team is accused of political bias

Chris Enloe
The Blaze
Sat, 09 Dec 2017 01:18 UTC

Another lead FBI agent in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation is being accused of political bias, the Wall Street Journal reported.

What's going on?

According to the Journal's report, FBI agent Andrew Weissmann, who is leading the probe's Paul Manafort and Rick Gates cases, both attended Hillary Clinton's election night party at the Javits Center in New York City and praised Sally Yates' efforts to thwart President Donald Trump.

The revelations are significant because Weissmann is considered to be the most senior agent in the investigation second only to Mueller. The New York Times even described Weissmann as Mueller's "pit bull" and "lieutenant."

Comment: The subterfuge that keeps on giving...FBI agent Peter Strzok, FBI agent Andrew Weissmann, agent Jeannie Rhee. The corruption within Mueller's team appears to be greater than the foci they are investigating. An investigation that includes ANY aspects of partiality must be considered suspect and/or compromised.

More from Breitbart:

Rhee represented Obama Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes during Congress's investigation of the 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack, while she was an associate at Mueller's law firm, Wilmer Hale, according to congressional records.

Rhee also represented the Clinton Foundation against a racketeering lawsuit brought by a conservative legal activist in June 2015, and donated $5,400 to Clinton's political action committee in 2015 and 2016. She also represented Clinton herself, in a lawsuit seeking access to her private emails, according to CNN.

CIA says Kim Jong Un isn't crazy, just defiant

Zachary Cohen
CNN
Fri, 06 Oct 2017 02:45 UTC

Between the ruthless executions of his own senior officers, bombastic threats of nuclear annihilation and defiant missile tests, it may be easy to agree with President Donald Trump's recent assessment that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is a "madman" who is "on a suicide mission for himself."

But top officials from the CIA said Wednesday that Kim's actions are not those of a maniacal provocateur but a "rational actor" who is motivated by clear, long-term goals that revolve around ensuring regime survival.

"There's a clarity of purpose in what Kim Jong Un has done," according to Yong Suk Lee, deputy assistant director of the CIA's Korea Mission Center, who discussed the escalating tensions between North Korea and the US during a conference organized by the agency at George Washington University. "Waking up one morning and deciding he wants to nuke" Los Angeles is not something Kim Jong Un is likely to do, Lee said. "He wants to rule for a long time and die peacefully in his own bed."

And for CIA officers, diplomats and lawmakers tasked with utilizing intelligence to protect the US and its allies from the security threats posed by North Korea, understanding that purpose could prove to be key in avoiding a potentially devastating military conflict.

Comment: Are we looking at a leader influenced and bound by external circumstances of propelled escalation? Or a leader with pathological aspects that define and dictate the circumstances of his aggressive actions no matter the opponent? Or a leader whose perceptions of reality limits his ability to shift his country's trajectory onto a less 'do or die' prognosis? And...are we talking Kim or Trump or both?

Israeli DM Lieberman calls for boycott of Arabs

Sputnik
Sun, 10 Dec 2017 14:23 UTC

According to the Israeli defense minister, residents of the Jewish state's area populated mostly by Arabs "have no connection with this country." [He] has stated that the Arabs residing in the Wadi Ara region "do not belong" to the Jewish state and called for a boycott.

"They should understand that they are not wanted here, they are not part of us," the minister told the Army Radio.

Commenting on Saturday's protests in the region over US President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the Jewish state's capital, Lieberman said that Wadi Ara residents "have no connection with this country," adding that the riots are "intolerable."

"So I am calling for a boycott of Wadi Ara. Don't go there and don't buy there. They need to understand that it is impossible to demonstrate with Hezbollah flags, Palestinian flags and pictures of [Hezbollah leader Hassan] Nasrallah. To accept billions from the National Insurance [Institute] and to also destroy us from within," he said.

Comment: Headstrong with their 'win' Israeli leaders can't seem to contain their spew, nor regulate their thinking. True colors are surfacing in both Israel and the Arab/Muslim minions as the potential for an upcoming confrontation takes shape.

Czech President Zeman brands EU 'cowards' over Trump's Jerusalem recognition

RT
Sun, 10 Dec 2017 13:54 UTC

Czech President Milos Zeman, known for his controversial statements, has called EU countries "cowards" over their response to Donald Trump's recognizing Jerusalem as the Israeli capital. He is the only world leader to endorse the move, other than Netanyahu.

"The European Union, cowards, are doing all they can so a pro-Palestinian terrorist movement can have supremacy over a pro-Israeli movement," Zeman said on Saturday, as cited by local media. He was speaking at the conference of the Movement of Freedom and Democracy (SPD), a eurosceptic and anti-immigration party.

The eurosceptic Zeman is the only world leader so far, apart from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to have officially welcomed Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. On Thursday Zeman said he is "truly happy" with Trump's declaration, saying that the Czech Republic may also follow the lead of US in that matter.

Comment: See what EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini says about this issue:

The EU cautions US on the 'consequences' of moving its embassy to Jerusalem

It'll be interesting to see how many others endorse it - it's certainly a handy ticket to getting a certain powerful clique on your side...

Jerusalem: 'The house of peace' has become the red line for Muslims

Gulam Asgar Mitha
Oriental Review
Sat, 09 Dec 2017 00:00 UTC

To Netanyahu it is Yerushalayim (city of peace) in Yiddish; to Muslims it is Bayt Al-Maqdis (the house of peace). To Google and now to Trump Jerusalem (city of peace) is the capital of Israel.

On December 7, 2017 Yeni Safak, a conservative Turkish daily newspaper and strong supporter of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reported Erdoğan as saying that Trump's Jerusalem step 'will throw the region into a ring of fire', 'Trump's declaration aims to stir up the region, not to bring peace,' and that "Jerusalem, Mr. Trump, is the red line for Muslims". No empty words from a NATO partner and a country that has recognized Israel.

"It is not possible to understand what Trump wants to achieve," Erdoğan said in the capital Ankara before leaving for a visit to Greece.

"The (US) announcement has the potential to send us backwards to even darker times than the ones we are already living in" Federika Mogherini, EU Foreign Policy chief added. She shared German Chancellor Angela Merkel's sentiments that the European Union had a "clear and united position" on the issue: "We believe that the only realistic solution to the conflict between Israel and Palestine is based on two states and with Jerusalem as the capital of both."

Comment: Is the 2-state solution realistic? Entrenched wishful thinking? Who is going to make this happen? Surely not Israel and the Palestinians have been incapacitated to do so by themselves. Absent a unifying challenge, the Muslim world has, so far, not stepped up.

Comment: How does an ancient city with proven historic origins suddenly become someone else's exclusive and bonafide capitol because a third party publicly says so? Trump has no authority to decide the fate of this (not-American) city unless there is a consensus of belief that he can.

Lebanon urges Arab League to sanction US for Jerusalem proclamation and reverse its decision

RT
Sat, 09 Dec 2017 21:47 UTC

Arab League nations should pressure the US to reverse its decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Lebanon's foreign minister told a gathering in Cairo, which condemned the move as "dangerous and unacceptable."

Pre-emptive measures (must be) taken against the decision, beginning with diplomatic measures, then political, then economic and (then) financial sanctions," Gebran Bassil said Saturday at a meeting of Arab League foreign ministers in Egypt's capital, as cited by Reuters.

The Arab League's foreign ministers convened an emergency meeting in Cairo, following a Palestinian and Jordanian request to forge a united response to Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, and the US' plans to relocate its embassy to the Holy City.

Discussing ways to deal with the new American policy, the Secretary-General of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul-Gheit, and Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki called on the international community to recognize the State of Palestine with East Jerusalem as its capital, AP reported.

"The decision amounts to the legalization of occupation," said Aboul-Gheit, while al-Maliki urged the League to submit a draft resolution to the United Nations Security Council condemning the US decision. Wednesday's move by President Donald Trump sparked massive protests across the Arab world and elsewhere.

Comment: The Trump announcement has become a flash point to codify all non-Israel factions into a grand union of sorts, the strength and breadth of its rebound yet to be determined.

Illinois congress critter Gutierrez won't be running in election: Caught paying lobbyist wife over $400,000 from campaign funds

Thomas Madison
The Powdered Wig Society
Sat, 09 Dec 2017 20:07 UTC

Luis Gutierrez, Democrat congressman from Illinois, where politicians are expected to be corrupt criminals. And, yes, he does always look like that, as though he is about to blow a gasket

Luis Gutierrez is the poster boy for the DC swamp. Being a corrupt Democrat from the corrupt Democrat state of Illinois, his swamp credentials are unquestioned.

A card-carrying swamp rat for 24 years, Gutierrez has announced his retirement from the House, which translated into liberal Democrat, reads: "I have been caught with my hand in the cookie jar and am beating a hasty retreat."

Whether he is sucked down the swamp drain or crawls out of the swamp on his own and goes away, President Trump and America could not be more grateful to Gutierrez for the good riddance.

The optics couldn't be worse for Rep. Luis Gutierrez, claims BizPac Review:

Former top Israeli negotiator: 'My aim is not to resolve the conflict'

Roland Nikles
rolandnikles.blogspot.com
Sat, 09 Dec 2017 19:49 UTC

Gilead Sher

Gilead Sher, Israel's chief peace negotiator with the Palestinians at Camp David (2000) tells Gilad Halpern and Dahlia Scheindlin at the Tel Aviv Review ^[1]: "My aim is not to resolve the conflict. My aim is to secure a Jewish democratic Israel . . . the Zionist vision that came true 70 years ago." If you ever wonder, why is there no peace with the Palestinians, you need look no further than this.

Gilead Sher, is an attorney and served as Israel's chief negotiator with the Palestinians under Prime Minister Ehud Barak (1999-2001) for the Sharm el Sheik Agreement^[2], the Camp David Accord ^[3], and the Taba Agreement ^[4]. Today Sher heads the Center for Applied Negotiations at Tel Aviv University's Institute for National Security Studies. The program discussed Sher's co-edited book Negotiating in Times of Conflict^[5], which offers a panorama of perspectives on how to overcome obstacles in peace negotiations, looking at examples from around the world. The Institute does good and valuable work and Sher has helpful insights to offer. But when it comes to Israel, Sher's focus appears to be all tactics and manipulating advantage. Based on this interview, justice is not the focus.

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Puppet Masters

Russian Embassy smacks Guardian article pontificating about how 'we British' can look forward to 'life after Putin in Russia'

Sott Exclusive: Not Even Pretending Not to be Evil: Amazon Amasses an Army of Slaves, Drones and Bots

Yet ANOTHER top FBI agent in Mueller's team is accused of political bias

CIA says Kim Jong Un isn't crazy, just defiant

Israeli DM Lieberman calls for boycott of Arabs

Czech President Zeman brands EU 'cowards' over Trump's Jerusalem recognition

Jerusalem: 'The house of peace' has become the red line for Muslims

Lebanon urges Arab League to sanction US for Jerusalem proclamation and reverse its decision

Illinois congress critter Gutierrez won't be running in election: Caught paying lobbyist wife over $400,000 from campaign funds

Former top Israeli negotiator: 'My aim is not to resolve the conflict'

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