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Turkey issues arrest warrant for ex-CIA, Fetullah Gülen supporter Graham Fuller

F. William Engdahl
New Eastern Outlook
Sun, 10 Dec 2017 19:29 UTC
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Graham Fuller is closely associated with Fethullah Gülen, “former CIA employee,” working in the Middle East for 20 years and wanted to use the Gülen influence in Russia.
The Office of the Istanbul Prosecutor has issued arrest warrants for two "former" CIA agents, accusing them of involvement in the failed July 2016 coup attempt against the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. US media and various Washington think-tanks have dismissed the charges as "implausible" and a "likely tit-for-tat" response of Erdogan for the arrest by US authorities of Reza Zarrab, a Turkish-Iranian gold trader accused of violating US sanctions against Iran. Clearly is there is far more behind the accusations than is being said so far.

On December 1, Turkish prosecutors issued an arrest warrant for Graham E. Fuller, former head of the CIA's National Intelligence Council and former CIA head of Middle East and East Asia operations. The warrant claims Fuller was in the vicinity of Istanbul the night of the coup attempt at a meeting with another top "former" CIA person, Henri Barkey. It claims both CIA veterans were meeting at the five-star Splendid Hotel on the island of Büyükada some 20 minutes boat ride from Istanbul.

What's notable about the charge is the degree of involvement of Fuller with the reclusive Turkish cult leader, Fetullah Gülen, now in exile at an estate in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania since he was forced to flee Turkey in 1998 to escape trial for treason against the state.

Comment: Fetullah Gülen is a shadowy figure who entertains dreams of world domination. Unlike most who only dream, he has methodically worked for decades building a world-wide organization and making political connections to achieve that goal

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Broke millennials sell blood just to survive!

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Sun, 10 Dec 2017 19:46 UTC
There is no doubt, in a period where burdensome student loans and wage stagnation are crushing the hopes of achieving the American dream while living in their parents' basements, the millennial generation is struggling to survive.

In recent times, we have explained how this generation is selling sex on the internet in exchange for money to pay bills. Across the United States, there could be upwards 2.5 million college students selling sex on a website to cover expenses (see: Millions Of Millennials Could Be Trading Sex For Their Next Debt Payment - Here's How) or there is a new trend with millennial women, auctioning their virginities to the highest bidder (see: Abu Dhabi Businessman Pays $2.9 Million For 19-Year-Old Model's Virginity.) If it's sex, the millennial generation has made it a commodity, using the power of the internet to leverage the sale.

Besides the out of control sex advertisement on creepy websites, struggling millennials are now supplementing their incomes at blood plasma facilities across the United States.
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In particular, Cheyenne Johnson, a former Lane Community College student, said: "You just walk in and walk out with money." Cha-ching. .. Twice a week, she visits Grifols Talecris plasma donation center in Eugene, Oregon, exchanging plasma for cash in excess of $25 to $150 per week. Cheyenne, 23, visits the facility on a regular basis because the job environment in the area is weak.
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Assange offers $100k to CBS owners if they can prove Wikileaks offered Trump Jr. early access to leaked docs


RT
Sun, 10 Dec 2017 19:09 UTC
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is seen on the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, Britain, May 19, 2017.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has challenged the owners of CBS to a $100,000 bet that the network's story about the whistleblowing website alleged links to the Trump family is false.

Assange lambasted the network on Twitter, calling them a "pathetic excuse for a media organization" after they published a story claiming WikiLeaks offered Donald Trump Jr. early access to leaked documents in September 2016.

Assange called the story "fake news" and bet the majority owners of CBS, the Redstone family, $100,000 that the claim is false.

Broadcasters CBS and CNN ran the story claiming Trump Jr. and other members of the Trump campaign, including Donald Trump himself, were sent an email containing a website URL and decryption key that would allow them view unpublished WikiLeaks material in September 2016.
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Congress reeling from deluge of sexual harassment charges

Scott Wong and Mike Lillis
The Hill
Sat, 09 Dec 2017 18:47 UTC
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House considering further sexual harassment reforms

Congressional leaders are struggling to get ahead of the wave of sexual harassment allegations that are engulfing their institution.

With no clear roadmap for how to deal with such topics, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other leaders are responding to the allegations on a case-by-case basis - and on the fly.

The stream of public revelations has put leaders in a pressure cooker. Immediately after allegations surface, they face pressure to forge quick judgments about the credibility of the allegations and the severity of the misconduct, often while relying on reports from anonymous accusers.

The makeshift method has led to swift calls for resignation for some members and a messy, painful, drawn-out process for others.

Comment: The SJW snowflakes have no clue of the consequences of what they want to unleash:

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Smut swamp creature: Democratic de Blasio administration employee arrested for sickening child porn involving infants

Larry Celona, Rebecca Rosenberg and Bruce Golding
New York Post
Fri, 26 May 2017 00:00 UTC
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Jacob Schwartz

A leading young Democrat and de Blasio administration employee has a secret taste for sickening kiddie porn that involves baby girls as young as 6 months old, court papers revealed Friday.

Jacob Schwartz, 29, was busted for allegedly keeping more than 3,000 disgusting images and 89 videos on a laptop after downloading the filth from the internet.

The illegal smut shows "young nude females between the approximate ages of 6 months and 16, engaging in sexual conduct... on an adult male," court papers say.

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Iran offers olive branch to Saudi Arabia... with conditions: Stop inhuman bombardment of Yemen and end friendship with Israel

Adam Garrie
The Duran
Sun, 10 Dec 2017 16:06 UTC
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Iran has long been a stalwart defender of the Palestinian cause, while Saudi Arabia has all but made public, their de-facto alliance with the Israeli regime. However, because of the universal condemnation of Donald Trump's controversial Jerusalem/al-Quds declaration, the entire Arab world, has for the first time in decades, publicly condemned the US over its stance on Israel.

Iran is now calling Saudi Arabia's bluff, asking Riyadh to put many differences aside with Iran in order to restore diplomatic relations, which were cut off in 2016 after years of tension.

Iran has stated that if Riyadh ceases its aggressive bombing campaign in Yemen and cuts off its ties with Israel, Tehran will be willing to restore relations in spite of many differences in both policy and ideology.
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Press Secretary Sanders rips CNN for more 'fake news' after misrepresenting key figure in Trump admin

Chris Enloe
The Blaze
Sat, 09 Dec 2017 16:50 UTC
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
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WH press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders rebuked CNN on Friday for more "fake news."
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders rebuked CNN for "fake news" on Friday after the news outlet misrepresented a key member of her team inside the White House.

What happened?

During a segment about the Alabama special election, CNN posted a picture of White House deputy press secretary Raj Shah while quoting a statement he released. Except there was a major problem: the picture wasn't of Raj Shah, the deputy press secretary in the Trump administration, but rather Raj Shah, the director of the United States Agency for International Development in the Obama administration.
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Donald Trump now has a war to call his very own

Adam Garrie
The Duran
Sat, 09 Dec 2017 16:51 UTC
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A Palestinian protester uses a sling shot to throw stones towards Israeli security forces during clashes in the West Bank town of Hebron
Donald Trump used to complain about having "inherited" wars from his predecessors. Now though, he has started a war of his own.

Upon entering office, Donald Trump frequently complained about "inheriting" wars from his predecessors. Of course this was true. Afghanistan and Iraq were George W. Bush's wars while Libya, Syria and Yemen were Barack Obama's wars. If one wants to refer to the crisis on the Korean peninsula, one can say that it was Harry S. Truman's war, one that every subsequent US leader has inherited.

While Donald Trump was only a child during Nakba, the tragic expulsion of Palestinians from their homes at the hands of the still unrecognised Israel, today's war in the region is very much his.

Just as George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush had unique wars which both took place in Iraq, so too has Donald Trump lit a fire under Palestine, even according to many pro-Israel voices in the United States, including the highly influential pro-Trump radio host Michael Savage who has scathingly criticised Trump's move.

Palestine has never had a day of peace since 1947, but the lack of peace has not always necessarily meant the presence of full scale war.

Comment: The one effect of Trump's proclamation is to make explicit the control the Zionist Lobby has over U.S. foreign policy. For those who can see, this is a good thing. Yet he let the deadline pass for signing an order to begin the process of moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, so the subtler signals are mixed. Will this recognition eventually force the Israeli's to embrace a one-state deal? If so, and they continues their apartheid policies towards the Palestinians, the fig-leaf of "the only democracy in the Middle East" will vanish.

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's hiring practices come under scrutiny by the FBI


Fox News
Sat, 09 Dec 2017 17:16 UTC
Gov. Andrew Cuomo
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office was reportedly being investigated by the FBI regarding its hiring practices.
The FBI is reportedly investigating New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office hiring practices.

According to the Albany Times-Union, senior staffers who were hired to work for the governor were allegedly listed and being paid by other state agencies, which would make the Democrat's staff and budget look smaller than it really was.

The administration received a subpoena for documents months ago and is cooperating, Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi said, adding that other New York governors, presidents from both political parties and even the U.S. Department of Justice have all used similar staffing methods going back decades.

"In this environment, anyone can ask about anything," Azzopardi said. "Given that the federal Department of Justice and the White House have a long history of utilizing this practice, perhaps the FBI can investigate them when this charade is over."
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Behind the Headlines: Has Trump Gone Full Shlemiel in Planned U.S. Embassy Move to Jerusalem?


Sott.net
Sun, 10 Dec 2017 17:00 UTC
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... or is he forcing the long-overdue issue of Palestinian statehood front and center?

Promises, promises. Nearly all U.S. presidents of the last thirty years have made campaign promises to move the American embassy in Israel to the contested city of Jerusalem in order to secure the Israel lobby's support. But once in office, none have ever followed through. That is, until now. Last week Trump dropped a matzo ball-encrusted bombshell on Palestinians, the Middle East and much of the whole world when he recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital and said that he intends, in fact, to follow through on his promise to move the embassy ... in one or two years.

Was Trump merely making good on a deal he made for campaign funds, and not seeing how it could harm a 'dead in the water' peace process? Or was this decision part of a larger plan to team up with Saudi Arabia and Israel in a plan to topple Iran? On the other hand, Trump might be playing Netanyahu in order to get greater concessions for Palestinians during peace talks later. And how does Trump's Israeli settlement profiting son-in-law Jared Kushner fit into all of this?

Whatever the answers, the Middle East is now, more than ever, riled up with indignation and sees Trump's decision as symbolic of a U.S. choice to effectively end Palestinian aspirations for sovereignty.

Join us this week on Behind the Headlines as we follow this story, Brexit, the ongoing Russiagate Mueller investigation and more. Tune in at 6-8pm CET (4-6pm UTC / 12-2pm EST).

*Shlemiel: A jewish or Yiddish term meaning "unlucky bungler" or "chump." It is a common archetype in Jewish humor, and so-called "shlemiel jokes" depict the shlemiel falling into unfortunate situations.

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