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Kinzer's new book is titled "Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control".
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Kinzer's new book is titled "Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control".
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Google is secretly preventing some websites from appearing in its search results, including conservative websites, the Wall Street Journal reported. The newspaper's investigation revealed that right-wing websites such as The United West and the Gateway Pundit were included in a blacklist that featured hundreds of websites and did not appear in Google's 'news' section or featured products.
WSJ said it had seen a policy document dating back to August 2018, which instructs Google engineers to focus on websites that attempt to mislead - "a publisher misrepresenting their ownership or web properties" - rather than websites that provide inaccurate information.
The newspaper cited an unknown person familiar with the matter who claimed that any changes in the blacklist should be introduced by at least two persons - one makes the change and the other one approves it.
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The Labour Party unveiled the broadband plan on Friday.
The Labour Party unveiled the broadband plan on Friday.
In an eye-catching election gambit, Jeremy Corbyn's party pledged to provide free full-fiber broadband to every home and business in the UK by 2030 if it wins December's vote.
The plan includes part-nationalizing BT and introducing a tax on tech giants to help pay for the proposal. Labour says it would cost around £20 billion ($25.8 billion) but critics claim the real cost would be twice as much.
Comment: It is a rather strange pledge from Labour, and one that's unlikely to glean them many votes. After nigh on a decade of government collusion with big business to dismantle public services through under funding, disastrous privatization schemes, a stagnant and fragile economy, increasing crime and rampant corruption, it's not like Labour have nothing else to work with.
See also:
- Most British voters think violence against MPs is 'price worth paying' over Brexit
- A&E waiting times in England worst on record, other key targets missed
- Still Confused About Brexit? It's Actually Pretty Simple...
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The Lebanese people think the current upheaval was triggered by monthly taxes imposed on the messaging application WhatsApp. In fact, this was only the most recent of a series of measures, starting with US sanctions on Lebanese banks and on wealthy individuals accused of having links with Hezbollah. Rumours - later confirmed by the US administration - spread in Lebanon that more sanctions were in the pipeline and expected to hit more banks and more Lebanese allies among Christian groups in Lebanese society. Many rich and middle-class Lebanese panicked at the consequences of the US targeting the country with even more sanctions, destabilising the banking system and destroying confidence, thus creating the risk of capital outflows. Many Lebanese withdrew their cash assets from banks and transferred their wealth outside the country.
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Ambassador William Taylor holds news conference in Kyiv, June 25, 2019.
Ambassador William Taylor holds news conference in Kyiv, June 25, 2019.
With over 400 vacancies, the agency is now overfilled with Clinton activists and the remnants of a once vibrant diplomatic corps that will take years for the US to rebuild.
After three years in office, the State Department problem Donald Trump has is catching up to him in spades. The US State Department as it exists today was staffed by Hillary Clinton ahead of her failed presidential bid.
When political activists masquerade as diplomats forging their own policies that stand in the face of the US policy and standing, the world becomes a very dangerous place. Today, State Department activists work hand-in-hand with the Intel community's deep state to embarrass the United States and the executive branch they supposedly serve.
Bill Taylor's Private War
According to the New York Times, Taylor said "So during my meeting with Secretary Pompeo on May 28, I made clear to him and the others present that if U.S. policy toward Ukraine changed, he would not want me posted there and I could not stay."
Taylor was so disturbed by the direction the new Ukrainian president was taking by honoring the troop pullback Ukraine just signed in Minsk, he went to the frontline after it started and demanded it stop.
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"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts." - Sherlock Holmes to Dr Watson, A Scandal in Bohemia.Theorising before one has data? Isn't that exactly what fanatical Russiagate pushers have been doing for the past three years? Sherlock Holmes would not be at all impressed by those who blame Russia for everything, without any evidence, but it's not all he would take objection to.
If the master sleuth had been around in 2003 we can be sure he would not have believed the Bush-Blair guff about Iraq possessing WMDs. Logic would have told him that the US and its allies would not have dared to contemplate attacking Iraq, had they genuinely believed there were WMDs there. For why would they do the one thing that would provoke Saddam to use his deadly weapons - which we were told could be assembled and launched within 45 minutes? When the neocons and liberal interventionists want war, we're expected to suspend logic and believe the unbelievable. Our emotions are played on quite shamefully.
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US Army Lieutenant General Michael Flynn
US Army Lieutenant General Michael Flynn
"The primary bone of contention between the U.S. and Turkey is Fethullah Gülen, a shady Islamic mullah residing in Pennsylvania whom former President Clinton once called his "friend" in a well-circulated video."Flynn then shared a video of President Clinton claiming that the shady mullah is a friend of the US:
Flynn then shared:
"Gülen portrays himself as a moderate, but he is in fact a radical Islamist. He has publicly boasted about his "soldiers" waiting for his orders to do whatever he directs them to do. If he were in reality a moderate, he would not be in exile, nor would he excite the animus of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his government."
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Former Bolivian President Evo Morales attends an interview with Reuters, in Mexico City, November 15, 2019.
Former Bolivian President Evo Morales attends an interview with Reuters, in Mexico City, November 15, 2019.
Morales, who resigned under pressure from top military officials after weeks of opposition protests, said that he does not mind if the fresh presidential elections are held without him on the ballot. Morales told Reuters in an interview:
"For the sake of democracy, if they don't want me to take part, I have no problem not taking part in new elections. I just wonder why there is so much fear of Evo."However, the veteran leftist said that he did not know another person who could represent the left-wing forces in a potential presidential poll.
Opposition senator Jeanine Anez, who declared herself "interim president" this week, has said that she would like to mend relations with Morales's Movement for Socialism (MAS) majority party, but would not welcome him as a presidential candidate again.
Comment: See also:
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Ex-Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch
Ex-Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch
During Friday's impeachment hearing, Yovanovitch complained that she's been the victim of a "smear campaign" by the Trump administration, carried out particularly by the president's personal counsel Rudy Giuliani - and Trump himself.
The former ambassador recalled her reaction to the transcript of the phone call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a testimony that the New York Times called "powerful and personal."
Quoting a third-person account for some reason, Yovanovitch said that "a person who saw me actually reading the transcript said that the color drained from my face. I think I even had a physical reaction. I think, you know, even now, words kind of fail me," she went on.
Comment: See also:
- Ex- ambassador Yovanovitch lies under oath: Communicated with Dem staffer on 'delicate' issue after 'whistleblower' complaint, emails show
- The bloom is off the ruse: Yovanovich transcript is a case study in narrative construction
- Top Ukrainian justice official: US ambassador gave us a 'do not prosecute list'
- Former Ukraine ambassador claims Trump broke 'sacred trust' with US diplomats in a self-serving testimony
Comment: The wicked walk free while the patriots get sent down. Welcome to the Land of the Free in the 21st-century...
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Stone leaves court after guilty verdict.
Stone leaves court after guilty verdict.
Stone was convicted of lying to Congress, witness tampering, and obstruction, all charges centered around misrepresenting the nature of his contacts with WikiLeaks during intelligence committee hearings related to the special counsel's 'Russian collusion' inquiry. Not only did Stone falsely claim comedian and former friend Randy Credico was the "intermediary" discussed in emails with Trump campaign officials, but he repeatedly begged Credico to lie as well, prosecutors claimed - and threatened him if he wouldn't.
The actual "intermediary," prosecutors asserted, was conservative author Jerome Corsi, who was also questioned in the course of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation but did not testify in Stone's trial. Corsi sued Mueller and several federal agencies last year for allegedly attempting to coerce him into confirming he was in fact a go-between for the Trump team and WikiLeaks, and while that case was dismissed, it was brought before an appeals court earlier this week.
Comment: Roger Stone's verdict is just the preamble to prosecuting WikiLeaks and Assange. His bogus conviction serves as a 'step stone of verification' to this end.
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