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Ice Age Farmer Report: They want your children - State preparing to "Isolate" kids from parents


Ice Age Farmer
Mon, 25 May 2020 12:33 UTC
children
States are broadcasting their intention--and preparing logistics--to "isolate" children from their parents in the name of public health.

Talking points from the WHO provide the cover narrative, but the politically-motivated use of Child Protective Services by Governor Kate Brown in Oregon against a salon owner who defied the lockdown ALREADY demonstrates that this is nothing but a method of squelching dissent -- and a dangerous one.

Absolutely spread this message to all parents, particularly those in states/countries with leaders who are enabling the takeover of global technocratic collectivism.


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Moscow refutes continued US allegations of Russian jets in Libya


RFE/RL
Wed, 27 May 2020 19:40 UTC
AFRICOM

A photo released by AFRICOM reportedly shows a Russian MiG-29 Fulcrum jet flying over Libya
The U.S. military has provided more details about an alleged Russian deployment of fighter jets to Libya, as officials in Russia continued to deny the presence of Russian military aircraft or personnel in the North African country.

The United States says Moscow deployed the jets to provide support for Russian mercenaries helping a local warlord battle Libya's internationally recognized government.

The alleged deployment could have a big impact on the war pitting the eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA) of Khalifa Haftar and forces of the Government of National Accord (GNA), which is recognized by the United Nations.

Comment: See also: Moscow denies US general's unfounded claim of 'Russian mercenary jets in Libya'

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Sweden's chief epidemiologist receives death threats for resisting globalists' lockdown orders


Sputnik
Wed, 27 May 2020 08:04 UTC
Anders Tegnell
© REUTERS / TT News Agency
Over the course of the coronavirus crisis, Anders Tegnell, Sweden's state epidemiologist, the man often seen as the architect of the country's no-lockdown strategy, has emerged as a polarising figure, winning both praise and scorn.

Swedish state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell has been exposed to repeated threats, which have prompted an investigation from the police democracy and hate crime group, the newspaper Aftonbladet reported.

As early as 19 March, Tegnell received an email at his job address, which presented a threatening situation.

Comment: Yeah, yeah, official numbers... fake news based on fake science!

Swedes are very fortunate to still be 'ruled by normal man'. The rest of us in the West are in deep doo-doo...

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Trump's arms control ploy: From Open Skies to open season for nukes

Finian Cunningham
Strategic Culture Foundation
Wed, 27 May 2020 00:00 UTC
nuke launching pad
© Reuters/Nicole Neri
Another one bites the dust. In less two years, President Donald Trump has now binned three major arms-control treaties - quite a record for undermining decades of international security architecture. First there was the nuclear accord with Iran (2018), then the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces treaty (2019), and now the Open Skies Treaty.

There is growing concern that the Trump administration will let the last-remaining arms-control treaty fall - the New START (2010) which limits strategic nuclear missiles held by the U.S. and Russia. If it goes, then the world is facing an arms race not seen since the Cold War. It will be open season for nukes.

Into the malign mix are the current heightened tensions between the U.S., NATO, Russia and China. Confrontation could spin out of control with catastrophic consequences for the planet. There is a grim sense that risk of nuclear conflagration is greater than at any time since the 1962 Cuban missile crisis more than half a century ago.

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Retribution for dealing with Venezuela? US ends all but one sanctions waivers for Iran nuclear facilities


RT
Wed, 27 May 2020 23:09 UTC
Bushehr reactor nuclear iran
© REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi
The main nuclear reactor at Bushehr Iran, in this August 21, 2010 file photo
The US is giving foreign governments 60 days to wrap up work on Iranian nuclear facilities - 90 days for the civilian reactor in Bushehr - or face Washington's sanctions, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced.

Washington has offered waivers for its sanctions against Tehran in connection with several civilian facilities since President Donald Trump unilaterally exited a nuclear deal with Iran in 2018. Now those waivers are being phased out entirely, Pompeo said on Wednesday.

European, Chinese and Russian companies working on nuclear projects in Iran will have two months to wrap up their operations or face US sanctions. The only exception is Unit 1 of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, where the waiver will be extended for 90 days "to ensure safety," the State Department said.

The 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) pact had been negotiated by the Obama administration and envisioned a 10-year moratorium on most nuclear research in Iran. It was intended to prevent Tehran from developing an atomic bomb - something Israel had claimed was imminent at the time. Trump campaigned on denouncing the deal as "terrible" and pledging he would scrap it.


Comment: It's always Israel. Keep in mind that Israel has illegal nuclear weapons - Iran doesn't. Yet Iran is the one being attacked for allegedly trying to get them. Then recall that the last U.S. politicians to try to curb Israel's nuclear weapons program were the Kennedys...

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Huawei CFO Meng loses key court fight against extradition to United States

Tessa Vikander, Moira Warburton
Reuters
Wed, 27 May 2020 23:02 UTC
Meng Wanzhou
© Reuters
Meng Wanzhou
Huawei Technologies Co's Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou was dealt a setback by a Canadian court on Wednesday as she tries to avoid extradition to the United States to face bank fraud charges.

Meng, a Chinese citizen, was arrested in December 2018 on a warrant issued by U.S. authorities. They accuse her of bank fraud for misleading HSBC about Huawei's relationship with a company operating in Iran, putting HSBC at risk of fines and penalties for breaking U.S. sanctions on Tehran.

Meng's lawyers argued the case should be thrown out because Canada did not have sanctions against Iran.

But British Columbia's Superior Court Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes disagreed, ruling the legal standard of double criminality had been met.

"Ms. Meng's approach ... would seriously limit Canada's ability to fulfill its international obligations in the extradition context for fraud and other economic crimes," Holmes said.

The ruling paves the way for the extradition hearing to proceed to the second phase starting June, examining whether Canadian officials followed the law while arresting Meng.
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'Just a dwarf': Ex-German Chancellor Schroeder snubs Ukraine envoy who blasted him over calls for anti-Russian sanctions relief


RT
Wed, 27 May 2020 16:29 UTC
Schroeder
© Reuters / Fabrizio Bensch
FILE PHOTO: Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.
Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder brushed off criticism from the Ukrainian ambassador to Berlin, calling him "a dwarf" in his personal podcast. The diplomat had accused him of being a 'lobbyist' for Moscow.

The veteran politician, who is still deemed a talented orator in Germany, launched his own podcast this week. The otherwise calm conversation, mostly revolving around Germany's "good" handling of the Covid-19 epidemic, suddenly spiraled into an angry outburst by the ex-chancellor near the end.

When speaking about the need to unite in fight against the novel coronavirus and to ditch sanctions imposed against various nations, including Russia, Schroeder attacked Ukrainian envoy Andriy Melnyk without naming him.

Comment: See also: "Blatant extortion": Schroeder slams US threat to withhold sharing intel with Germany over 5G deal with China

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Were conditions for high death rates at Care Homes created on purpose?

Rosemary Frei
OffGuardian
Tue, 26 May 2020 21:28 UTC
elderly woman in wheelchair, care home
During the COVID-19 pandemic, people in care homes have been dying in droves.

Why is this happening? Is it simply because older adults are very vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 and therefore it's not unexpected that many would succumb?

Or do care homes deserve the lion's share of the blame, such as by paying so poorly that many workers have to split their time between several facilities, spreading the virus in the process?

Alternatively, could medical experts and government bureaucrats, with the full knowledge of at least the top tier of government officials, have created conditions shortly after the pandemic struck that contribute to the high death tolls while engendering virtually no public backlash against themselves?

This article shows that the third hypothesis is highly plausible. The people who created the conditions may be unaware of, or oblivious to, their implications. But it's also possible that at least some of them know exactly what they're doing.

After all - seeing it from an amoral government's point of view - the growing numbers of elderly are a big burden on today's fiscally strained governments, because in aggregate they're paying much less into the tax base than younger people while causing the costs of healthcare and retirement programs to skyrocket.
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Tulsi Gabbard withdraws defamation suit against Hillary Clinton

Nicholas Wu
USA TODAY
Wed, 27 May 2020 21:58 UTC
Hillary Clinton and Tulsi Gabbard
© Getty Images
Former Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard withdrew her lawsuit against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a Wednesday court filing, citing more pressing concerns like defeating President Donald Trump.

The one-page filing by Gabbard's lawyers in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York stresses the "legal merit" of their case but notes current circumstances amid the coronavirus pandemic require Gabbard and her former presidential campaign organization "to focus their time and attention on other priorities, including defeating Donald Trump in 2020, rather than righting the wrongs here."
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Lead Trump attorney accuses Mueller of 'monstrous lie and scheme to defraud'

Gregg Jarrett
Fox News
Wed, 27 May 2020 21:35 UTC
John Dowd
John Dowd, one of the lead lawyers who represented President Trump during Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian collusion, said Tuesday that the special counsel engineered a perjury trap for Trump in the exact same way that James Comey's FBI invented a trap for former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.

"Mueller's scheme was the same one captured in the (newly released) FBI set-up notes pertaining to Flynn. They knew they had nothing, but using their official power they created and perpetuated the facade of an investigation," said Dowd.

In an extensive interview on Tuesday, Dowd explained to me how his commitment of cooperation and transparency in dealing with Mueller was eventually turned against the president, as the special counsel "misled" Trump's legal team in order to manufacture a crime where none existed.

Comment: Now that it is well established that collusion was a fraud, one might think to look at the validity of 'Russian interference' since this narrative was created by the same movers and shakers. We won't be holding our breath.

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