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Putin lays down the law to the Davos crowd at this year's Valdai conference

Tom Luongo
Gold, Goats 'n Guns
Fri, 19 Oct 2018 00:00 UTC
Putin at Valdai
Every year Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the Valdai Economic Forum. And each year his talk is important. Putin isn't one to mince words on important issues.

With tensions between Russia and the West reaching Cold War levels, Valdai represented the first time we've heard Putin speak in a long-form discussion since Helsinki and the events thereafter - IL-20, Khashoggi, etc.

So, this talk is worth everyone's time. And when I say everyone's I mean every single person who could be affected by the breakdown of the U.S. political system and how that spills over onto Russia's shores.

In other words, pretty much everyone on the planet.

Because what Putin did at Valdai was to lay down the new rules of conduct in geopolitical affairs. He put the U.S. and European oligarchs I call The Davos Crowd on notice.

Comment: For more on Putin's statements at this year's Valdai forum, see:

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People

Who's financing the "spontaneous" migrant caravan trekking towards the United States? Here are some clues

JD Heyes
Natural News
Sat, 20 Oct 2018 02:00 UTC
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On his nationally syndicated talk show Wednesday, Rush Limbaugh discussed the growing migrant "caravan" currently making its way towards the United States.

In particular, Limbaugh talked about what it would take for hundreds and thousands of people to make such a long journey on foot, and through a number of countries after the caravan originated in Honduras.

Where would the migrants sleep? How would they eat? Where would their water come from?

He also discussed issues like personal hygiene; where would they shower or bathe? Where would they go to the bathroom?

And if you look at pictures of the migrants you'll see, many are carrying very small backpacks, so they can't have much food with them, let alone toiletry items, tents/shelter, and extra clothing - all of the things you'd normally associate with someone trekking cross-country and hundreds of miles. Some don't have a backpack at all.

That led Limbaugh to logically conclude someone - or some organization(s) - must be helping the migrants, to include the governments of Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico, all countries they have passed through or will be passing through.
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Pirates

Macedonian legislators vote to change country's name in subservience to NATO & EU after failed referendum


RT
Sat, 20 Oct 2018 00:45 UTC
Macedonian parliament
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Members of the VMRO-DPMNE opposition party boycott the parliamentary vote.
Barely eking out the required majority and casting aside the failed popular referendum, Macedonia's parliament has approved the country's name change for the sake of a "brighter future" reserved for NATO members.

The Macedonian population largely boycotted the referendum, despite the best efforts of its US-backed government, which tried to entice voters by phrasing the question as innocuously as possible: "Are you in favor of membership in the European Union and NATO by accepting the deal between the Republic of Macedonia and Republic of Greece?" Only 36.9 percent of eligible voters participated, rendering the referendum invalid.

Opposition MPs facing terrorism charges were reportedly offered amnesty if they voted with the ruling party to amend the Constitution, and the release of one of those MPs on bail lent weight to suspicions their votes were being bought.
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Bad Guys

Meet Nellie Ohr: Corrupt Never-Trumper with Stalinist sympathies

Jim Hoft
The Gateway Pundit
Sat, 11 Aug 2018 00:00 UTC
Bruce Nellie Ohr Fusion GPS Trump dossier
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Bruce and Nellie Ohr
America is going to soon know the name Nellie Ohr. Americans will also learn she was a communist sympathizer more connected to Russia than President Trump ever will be who did all she could to overturn the candidacy and Presidency of President Trump.

Diana West, the author of American Betryal, wrote this at the American Spectator on Nellie Ohr, who they call "the "dossier" spying scandal's woman in the middle." -
To one side of Ohr, there is the Fusion GPS team, including fellow contractor Christopher Steele. To the other, there is husband Bruce Ohr, who, until his "dossier"-related demotion, was No. 4 man at the Department of Justice, and a key contact there for Steele.

As central as Nellie Ohr's placement is, her role in the creation of the "dossier" remains undefined. For example, the House Intelligence Committee memo on related matters vaguely tells us that Nellie Ohr was "employed by Fusion GPS to assist in the cultivation of opposition research on Trump"; the memo adds that Bruce Ohr "later provided the FBI with all of his wife's opposition research." Senator Lindsey Graham more sensationally told Fox News that Nellie Ohr "did the research for Mr. Steele," but details remain scarce.

Comment: See also:

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Black Cat

Pepe Escobar: The Jared of Arabia-Bonesaw connection?

Pepe Escobar
Facebook
Sat, 20 Oct 2018 21:19 UTC
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman and U.S. Presidential advisor Jared Jushner
Once again my best House of Saud-connected source RE-CONFIRMED Mohammed Bone Saw (MBS) received direct info on CIA assets in Saudi Arabia from his close whatsapp pal Jared of Arabia.

Jared could only have access to this top secret info because of his high clearance. That led to the Ritz-Carlton jail saga - and other arrests.

The CIA protégé Mohammed bin Nayef - who was previously made Crown Prince by the CIA itself - was also arrested and is still under house arrest. The CIA was grooming Nayef be King.

The CIA managed to elevate Nayef by plotting to get rid of Bandar Bush - who was fired by then King Abdullah. When King Abdullah died, Nayef continued to be Crown Prince until ousted by the new King Salman bin Abdulaziz to the benefit of his son.

Big mistake.

Comment: Pepe is probably a little too sure it couldn't have happened without MbS's approval. He may have been involved and it escalated further than he approved, (as Scott Adams theorizes), or it could've been a rogue operation. Mohammed bin Salman has made enough enemies within the sprawling Saudi royal family with last year's "anti-corruption purge", that more than one faction would be happy to pin the assassination on him

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Cards

Russian Deputy FM: Ludicrous 'meddling' charges an excuse for more sanctions and to play 'Russia card' ahead of midterm elections


RT
Sat, 20 Oct 2018 11:59 UTC
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© Brian Snyder Reuters
A protest in front of the White House in Washington, DC.
Washington is concocting ludicrous charges against a Russian national for alleged election meddling merely to find reasons for new sanctions and to play the 'Russia card' ahead of the midterms, a top Kremlin official has warned.

The US is bringing up "ludicrous accusations" with a "laughable 'body of proof'" simply to slap Moscow with a new round of sanctions, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said in a statement on Saturday. He added that "certain" US politicians hope to use charges against Russia to gain the upper hand in "interparty brawls" ahead of the midterm elections, slated for November 6.

Ryabkov made his remarks after the US Department of Justice officially leveled charges against Russian national Elena Khusyaynova, who allegedly served as the chief accountant for 'Project Lakhta.' The officials suspect her of handling the funds used to pay online trolls for posting comments to "sow discord in the US political system," and to "undermine faith" in US democracy. These alleged activities were part of what Washington calls Russian strategic efforts to meddle in the 2016 US presidential race and as well as the upcoming midterms.

Comment: See: US Justice Dept. charges Russian national for alleged election meddling

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Eye 2

As expected: Nellie Ohr invokes marital privilege to cut off Congressional questions about discussions with husband Bruce

Cristina Laila
The Gateway Pundit
Fri, 19 Oct 2018 19:25 UTC
Bruce Nellie Ohr Fusion GPS Trump dossier
© Fox News
Bruce and Nellie Ohr
Nellie Ohr, wife of twice-demoted DOJ official Bruce Ohr appeared on Capitol Hill Friday to face lawmakers in a closed-door grilling.

Mrs. Ohr was supposed to appear for a deposition last month but she was refusing to cooperate with lawmakers.

Now this...

Nellie Ohr invoked marital privilege on Friday preventing her from answering questions about her husband Bruce Ohr.

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Attention

Pompeo: Migrant caravan is using human shields to break through the border with Mexico


RT
Fri, 19 Oct 2018 23:36 UTC
Child human shield
© Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had some choice words about the thousands-strong crowd of Central American migrants surging toward Mexico, urging the country to take any and all steps necessary to halt the human wave.

"They are putting women and children in front of this caravan to use as shields as they make their way through. This is an organized effort to come through and violate the sovereignty of Mexico," said Pompeo, following his "good conversation" with Mexican President Enrique Pena-Nieto.

The Mexican government is "fully engaged" and is making all the necessary decisions to address the issue, Pompeo emphasized, expressing support for the government's plans to call in the UN to set up a migrant processing center. "We are jointly very focused on the caravan that is making its way through," he reiterated.

His calm words belied the urgency of the situation. Migrants are already piling up at checkpoints on the Guatemalan-Mexican border. One thousand had arrived in the northern Guatemalan city of Tecun Uman this morning. By the afternoon, one group had broken through a fence and crossed a bridge into Mexico, where they met with a group of 50 Mexican police wielding riot gear and pepper spray. The government reported four of its officers were injured in the clash.

Comment: This situation is becoming more volatile and challenging as the migrant hordes move north - patience is fraying as outbreaks of violence increase.

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"A fairly big percentage of those people are criminals, and want to come into our country," Trump said on Friday, while visiting Arizona. "They're not coming into this country. They might as well turn back." "It's being stopped as of this moment by Mexico, and we appreciate it very much," Trump added, noting that if Mexican authorities fail to contain the caravan, "we're calling up the military, not the guard" to secure the US-Mexican border.

On Thursday, Trump referred to the caravan as an "assault on our country," citing "criminal elements and drugs pouring in." He encouraged Mexico to "stop this onslaught." He later thanked Mexico for sending police and riot gear to the Mexico-Guatemala border.

Earlier on Friday, Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray vowed to meet the "challenge" of the caravan, after holding talks with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Mexico City.
Mexico Migrant caravan
© Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino
Photos posted online show some of the migrants breaking down the fence's gate and continuing towards the border bridge.



Mexican television footage showed the migrants being met by dozens of riot police on the bridge who blocked them from entering Mexico. Some could be seen jumping into the river below to get around the block.
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Briefcase

Mueller report PSA: Be prepared for disappointment

Darren Samuelsohn
Politico
Fri, 19 Oct 2018 05:20 UTC
RobMueller
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While Robert Mueller is under no deadline to complete his work, several sources tracking the investigation say the special counsel and his team appear eager to wrap up.
And be forewarned that the special counsel's findings may never be made public.

President Donald Trump's critics have spent the past 17 months anticipating what some expect will be among the most thrilling events of their lives: special counsel Robert Mueller's final report on Russian 2016 election interference.

They may be in for a disappointment.

That's the word POLITICO got from defense lawyers working on the Russia probe and more than 15 former government officials with investigation experience spanning Watergate to the 2016 election case. The public, they say, shouldn't expect a comprehensive and presidency-wrecking account of Kremlin meddling and alleged obstruction of justice by Trump - not to mention an explanation of the myriad subplots that have bedeviled lawmakers, journalists and amateur Mueller sleuths.

Perhaps most unsatisfying: Mueller's findings may never even see the light of day.

Comment: Not another 'nothing burger'!!!

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Target

America's deafening response to assassination attempt on General Miller, top US commander in Afghanistan

Adam Garrie
Eurasia Future
Fri, 19 Oct 2018 00:00 UTC
General Austin S. Miller
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US General Austin S. Miller
Yesterday, two Americans and Kandahar police chief Abdul Raziq were killed after Afghan guards opened fire shortly after the conclusion of a meeting between Raziq, Kandahar's governor and General Austin S. Miller, the Commander of US troops in Afghanistan. Today's blood-soaked events make it abundantly clear that the "just a bit more time until peace" narrative that the US publicly offers as well as the "Taliban vs. everyone else" narrative that the Kabul government continues to proffer are equally detached from the realities on the ground.

Yet in spite of the fact that the attack was an un-ambiguous assassination attempt on General Miller, most major US media outlets including the New York Times, Washington Post and Drudge Report have buried the story far below the latest updates on the Khashoggi murder and news surrounding the forthcoming midterm elections. While the mysterious and tragic fate of Jamal Khashoggi and forthcoming US elections are indeed important stories, the attempted assassination of America's top soldier in Afghanistan has even greater long term significance. As the US war in Afghanistan represents the longest ever military operation of American forces overseas, it remains possible that a theatre of operations that has existed throughout three presidencies may well last well into a fourth or even a fifth. To put matters into further perspective, long after Turkish police finish their investigation into what happened to Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul and long after November's US elections are over, there is a high likelihood that American troops will retain their presence in Afghanistan for a variety of strategic reasons (however misguided and counterproductive some of them are).

While American news followers have been questioning the implications of Washington's long standing alliance with Saudi Arabia in light of Jamal Khashoggi's apparent murder, this same demographic ought to be questioning America's long running war in Afghanistan in light of the fact that yesterday's events made it clear that the life of the top US commander is not safe in the country whose official government is an ally of the United States.

Comment: Control of information equates control of the collective mindset - thus choreographed containment of both actions and reactions of the sheeple.

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