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We refuse to be a 'normal country' if it means US-style bombings & invasions, Moscow tells Pentagon


RT
Mon, 09 Sep 2019 18:28 UTC
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It's better not to be a "more normal country" if that means being as prone to invasions and coups as the United States, top Russian ministers have said, firing back at bizarre remarks by a new Pentagon chief.

It would be "great" if the West "could get Russia to behave like a more normal country," Mark Esper, the newly appointed defense secretary, was reported to have claimed while visiting Paris this week.

That remark did not go down well with Moscow, however.

"If he said so, he called upon us to act as a normal country [as such] and not like the United States," Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told a press briefing in the Russian capital, where he and Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu had a face-to-face meeting with French counterparts.
Otherwise, we should have been acting like the US, bombing Iraq and Libya in blatant violation of international law... We should have supported coups, violent and anti-constitutional, like the US and its closest allies did in February 2014 [in Ukraine].
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Thick as thieves: Warren and Killary talk behind the scenes as 2020 race intensifies

Jonathan Allen
NBC News
Sat, 07 Sep 2019 18:07 UTC
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Elizabeth Warren's team doesn't want to talk about Hillary Clinton, but that doesn't mean the 2020 presidential candidate isn't talking with her party's 2016 nominee.

The two women have kept a line of communication open since the Massachusetts senator decided to run for president — though only a conversation around the time of Warren's launch has been previously reported — according to several people familiar with their discussions who spoke to NBC on the condition of anonymity because of the political sensitivity of private interactions.

It's hard to know exactly how many times they've reached out to each other — or precisely what they've discussed — in part because neither camp wants to reveal much of anything about their interaction and in part because they have each other's phone numbers, and there are many ways for two high-powered politicians to communicate that don't involve their staffs.


Comment: One can't help but get the feeling that Killary is inserting herself into Warren's campaign so she can have Warren's ear if she should take the presidency in 2020. If Killary can't be president, maybe she can be shadow president for a different woman while steering Warren's presidency in the direction that the PTB want it to go.


One source was aware of just one additional call between Warren and Clinton since then. But a person who is close to Clinton said the contact has been substantial enough to merit attention, describing a conversation between the two as seemingly recent because it was "front of mind" for her.
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Hitting the reset button? French defense minister & top diplomat visit Moscow for talks - 'time has come' for change


RT
Mon, 09 Sep 2019 18:00 UTC
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Jean-Yves Le Drian greets his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, 2017
The French foreign and defense ministers are visiting Moscow together and holding talks with their Russian counterparts for the first time since 2012, signifying a thaw in relations that had grown cold in the intervening years.

Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly and Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian have met in the capital with Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday. On the agenda are geopolitical crises in Ukraine, the Persian Gulf, Syria, Venezuela, and North Korea, as well as international nuclear and space-weaponization issues.


This is the second signal in less than a month that relations between Moscow and Paris might be warming up, after the visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in late August at Bregancon. On that occasion, Macron called for a "new architecture of security and confidence" between the EU and Russia and said Moscow is "essential" to solving the crises in Iran, Ukraine and Syria, and to ongoing work on nuclear non-proliferation.

While this has set off speculation about a possible French '180' in relation to Russia, there have been few tangible signs of such a turn until this meeting of the ministers, for the first time in years.

Comment: More details from the meeting:
During the summit, Le Drian conveyed that he wanted to ease tensions with Russia, not only for the sake of improving bilateral ties, but also to guarantee European security. "The time has come, the time is right, to work towards reducing distrust."

He added that Europe will never be safe without "clear and strong relations" with its eastern neighbor. Hence, Paris desires a "new agenda of trust and security" with Russia.

A similar sentiment was echoed by the French defense minister, who said that "it is important to talk to each other, to avoid misunderstanding and friction," while acknowledging that "it's not going to be an easy road ahead." It also includes the matter of EU sanctions on Moscow, which won't be lifted for now, according to the French side.

That said, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov expressed his agreement, stating that rebuilding ties between the two nations is both "possible and necessary."


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They're in the trees! Is there anyone left that the FBI doesn't consider a terrorist?

Helen Buyniski
RT
Mon, 09 Sep 2019 17:17 UTC
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The FBI has been monitoring "anarchist extremists" protesting US immigration policies at the Mexican border, along with "conspiracy theorists" and anyone suspicious of authority. Is there anyone they don't consider a terrorist?

"Anarchist extremists" are targeting US government entities in Arizona, according to a memo circulated by the FBI's Phoenix office that was published by Yahoo News earlier this week. These dangerous miscreants are "increasingly arming themselves and using lethal force to further their goals and in confrontations with ideologically opposed groups," the agency warns - with the caveat that it has "low confidence" in that assessment, and that most of these "extremists" content themselves with property crimes, if they break the law at all.

Still, the memo warns, the "anarchist extremist" threat "likely will grow in intensity and frequency in the near to mid-term," necessitating the surveillance of all protest groups at the border, just in case. Border protesters thus join animal rights protesters, environmentalist protesters, and "black identity extremists" on the FBI's terrorist list, eligible for special surveillance for nothing more than their beliefs.
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China shrugs off US blacklisting its nuclear companies

Haley Zaremba
OilPrice.com
Mon, 09 Sep 2019 16:47 UTC
China General Nuclear Power Corporation
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China General Nuclear Power Corporation has launched a new generation nuclear reactor.
Last month the United States made the controversial decision to blacklist one of China's most significant state-owned nuclear power companies. According to an announcement on the United States Federal Register, China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) and three of its subsidiaries were placed on the U.S. Department of Commerce's "entity list", meaning that CGN will no longer be able to obtain technology, parts or materials from the United States, unless they are able to secure a (very rarely-granted) license to do so.

This move comes in response to accusations that Chinese nuclear power companies including CGN have been stealing United States technology and misappropriating it for military use. CGN is a considerable force in the Chinese nuclear industry, with nine running nuclear power plants with 28 reactors mostly centered around the Guangdong province, making the blacklisting of the company a real blow to the Chinese energy sector. According to reporting by the Asia Times, a U.S. Commerce Department probe "concluded that the advanced US technology and components for civilian use transferred to the Shenzhen-based nuclear energy juggernaut had fallen into the clutches of the People's Liberation Army."

Comment: Perhaps. But two (or more)can play the game. Every country and company is looking for an advantage:

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Europe's full-blown Stockholm Syndrome in face of US bullying

Finian Cunningham
RT
Mon, 09 Sep 2019 16:50 UTC
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The psychological condition known as Stockholm Syndrome, in which hostages irrationally sympathize with their captors, could well be applied to European leaders when it comes to US bullying.

The US has always been the dominant -and domineering- party in the transatlantic relationship. But past administrations in Washington have been careful to indulge European states as "partners" in a seemingly mutual alliance.

Under President Donald Trump, the Europeans are pushed around and hectored in a way that shows their true status as mere vassals to Washington.

Take the Nord Stream 2 project. The 1,220-kilometer-long undersea pipeline, which will significantly increase delivery of gas to Europe, is due to be completed by year's end. The new supply stands to benefit the European Union's economy, in particular Germany's, by providing cheaper energy fuel to drive businesses and heat homes.
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Netanyahu corruption case: Sheldon Adelson and wife claim Israeli PM's 'crazy' wife Sara 'decides everything'


Sputnik
Mon, 09 Sep 2019 16:12 UTC
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© AP Photo / Francois Mori
Netanyahu is facing accusations of bribery and fraud, which he denies; as two key witnesses in the case expressed doubts over his wife's mental health and told police she chooses the people who work for the prime minister. Netanyahu's office has dismissed their statements as false.

Sheldon and Miriam Adelson, the Israeli American billionaire couple questioned in Benjamin Netanyahu's ongoing corruption case, have painted an unflattering portrait of Israel's first lady.

"She's completely crazy," Sheldon Adelson, 86, a casino mogul and publisher of the Israel Hayom newspaper, told police of Sara Netanyahu, according to a translation of the couple's questioning provided by Haaretz.

"She was compulsive about photos of herself and how she looked. She said 'I'm the first lady, I'm a psychologist and I teach children about psychology.' ... She would tell my wife that if Iran attacked it would be her fault ... because we didn't publish good pictures of her," Mr Adelson, a top donor to the US Republican Party and Israeli causes, added.


Comment: Hide your kids!


According to the transcripts, Miriam Adelson, 73, told police that Sara handpicks the people who work with the prime minister, including staffers and secretaries, and suggested that she might even have an influence over government appointments.

Comment: Sounds in character to us:

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Judicial Watch sues FBI for documents on Comey's alleged 'spies' at Trump White House

Ivan Pentchoukov
The Epoch Times
Fri, 06 Sep 2019 15:51 UTC
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Former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey leaves the Rayburn House Office Building after testifying to the House Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform committees on Capitol Hill December 07, 2018 in Washington.
A conservative watchdog group filed a lawsuit on Sept. 4 seeking the communications of alleged "spies" who purportedly served as former FBI Director James Comey's sources inside the White House.

The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) sued the FBI after the bureau failed to turn over communications between Comey and Anthony Ferrante, Jordan Rae Kelly, and Tashina Gauhar.

In a statement accompanying the lawsuit, the ACLJ refers to an anonymously sourced report by RealClearInvestigations (RCI), which claims that in early 2017, Ferrante maintained a position at the White House and reported back to the FBI as part of the Russia investigation.

Comment: Back in July, the Gateway Pundit reported:
Yesterday a report was released that corrupt and fired former FBI Director James Comey had a spy in the Trump White House. We know he stole information and shared it with Comey, the question is, did he try to frame the President as well?

As of yesterday we now know that corrupt former FBI Director James Comey had an agent inside the White House reporting back to the FBI about Trump and his aides. It's clear that Comey's spy, Anthony Ferrante, was feeding information that he stole back to Comey. That is what spies do. But what is not yet clear is whether Ferrante, who now works for CNN, attempted to frame the President as well, from within the White House.

In March 2019 CNN reported that their cyber expert Anthony Ferrante was used by Buzzfeed as an expert in the lawsuit against them by Aleksej Gubarev. Gubarev denied the allegations and Buzzfeed used Ferrante as an expert in their defense.

If corrupt Comey and his spy Ferrante tried to frame the President, it wouldn't be the first time that the Obama - Comey Deep State gang was accused of attempting to frame President Trump through a cyber crime..


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Google's 'dramatic bias' may have swayed millions of voters to Hillary Clinton in 2016 - US researcher

Egor Efimchik
Sputnik
Mon, 09 Sep 2019 21:04 UTC
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© AP Photo / Mary Altaffer
Hillary Clinton claims the study has been debunked, but its author, a one-time Clinton supporter, insists he has adhered to high standards of integrity.

Psychology researcher Dr. Robert Epstein claims he has found a "dramatic" bias in Google search results that may have shifted millions of undecided voters to Hillary Clinton in the 2016 campaign.

His study focused on election-related searches from a "diverse group of American voters" - a total of 95 people across 24 states.

"I looked at politically-oriented searches that these people were conducting on Google, Bing and Yahoo," he said in an interview with Fox News. "I was able to preserve more than 13,000 searches and 98,000 web pages, and I found very dramatic bias in Google's search results - not on Bing and Yahoo, just Google's - favoring Hillary Clinton, whom I supported strongly."

Comment: See also:

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Google & Facebook are meddling in Russian elections - watchdog


RT
Mon, 09 Sep 2019 09:06 UTC
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US tech giants have been disseminating political advertising during local election day in Russia, despite having being warned that it would be illegal to do so, telecom watchdog Roskomnadzor has said.

"Those actions can be viewed as interference in the sovereign affairs of Russia and obstruction of the democratic elections," Roskomnadzor said, slamming the behavior of the foreign companies as "unacceptable."

The violations by Google, Facebook and YouTube were committed not only on Election Day on Sunday, but also on the Day of Silence, a media moratorium that precedes the day of the vote.
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