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Israel's war criminals in their own words

Philip Giraldi
The Unz Review
Tue, 21 May 2019 00:00 UTC
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Israel's public face, sustained and propagated by a wealthy and powerful diaspora that has significant control over the media, insists that the country is the Middle East's only true democracy, that is operates under a rule of law for all its citizens and that its army is the "most moral in the world." All of those assertions are false. Israel's government favors its Jewish citizens through laws and regulations that are defined by religion. It in fact now identifies itself legally as a Jewish state with Christians and Muslim citizens having second class status. Israel's army, meanwhile, has committed numerous war crimes against largely unarmed civilian populations in the past seventy years, both in Lebanon and directed against the Palestinians on the West Bank and Gaza.

In response to the past year's Great March of Return protests staged by Gazans along the fence line that separates them from Israel, Israeli army snipers have shot dead 293 Palestinians and wounded seven thousand more. Twenty-thousand other Gazans have been harmed by other weapons used by the Israelis, to include canisters from the volleys of tear gas and rubber bullets. The numbers include hundreds of children and medical personnel trying to help the wounded, which reportedly have been particularly targeted.

The United Nations has reported that many of the wounded have been shot in their legs, which the Israeli army regards as "restraint" on its part. Many of those injured will likely need to have limbs amputated because Gaza lacks the medical facilities required to properly treat their wounds. Israel has bombed hospitals and blocked the importation of medical supplies into Gaza while also not allowing Gazans to leave the enclave for medical treatment elsewhere in the Middle East.
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Smoking

Fascist Sweden to ban smoking outdoors


Xinhua
Sat, 18 May 2019 21:47 UTC
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A new law banning smoking in outdoor areas will come into effect this July, Swedish News SVT reported on Saturday.

From July 1 2019, the new smoking ban will cover outdoor serving areas at cafes and restaurants, as well as public playgrounds, bus shelters and train platforms, sports arenas and entrances to civic buildings. The ban also applies to electronic cigarettes, known as e-cigarettes or "vapes".

"The goal is to prevent people suffering from diseases associated with smoking and passive smoking, such as cancer," Minister for Health and Social Affairs Lena Hallengren told SVT.

The new legislation is a step towards the so-called "Smoke-Free Sweden 2025" goal, which aims to see less than five percent of the population smoking by the year 2025.

The Public Health Agency of Sweden has been tasked with implementing the change in law, and resourced with 8 million SEK (830,000 U.S. dollars) over 2019 to run a national awareness campaign and support municipalities to implement the law locally.

Comment: See also: Lies, Damned Lies & 400,000 Smoking-related Deaths: Cooking the Data in the Fascists' Anti-Smoking Crusade

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End of May? 'New' Brexit deal torn to shreds, offers of referendum blasted


RT
Wed, 22 May 2019 12:09 UTC
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An anti-Brexit placard depicting UK Prime Minister Theresa May
Theresa May's last-ditch attempt to push through her Brexit deal with a 'new' set of pledges is in tatters, with her own Tory MPs, Labour and the once loyal right-wing press all united in their opposition of the beleaguered UK PM.

No sooner had May outlined her new 'compromise' 10-point Brexit offering to the nation and parliamentarians on Tuesday afternoon, could the sound of knives sharpening be heard on the Tory backbenches - with calls for her to quit.

It has ostensibly been the prime minister's opening of the door on a second referendum that has really riled Tories across the board, from those previously loyal to May to the hardline Brexiteers.

Comment: RT provides more details on the dissatisfaction on all sides of the Brexit shambles:
"I say with conviction to every MP or every party: I have compromised, now I ask you to compromise," the prime minister said in the speech, warning of a "nightmare future of permanently polarized politics" in the event no deal is reached.

"Both Labor and Conservatives are really in a bit of turmoil, and I'm not convinced that [May's] really quite ambiguous remarks today will persuade many people," British politician and political commentator Jonathan Fryer told RT.

"What we've seen today is basically her pulling a rabbit out of a hat, in other words dangling the prospect of a referendum" before MPs, Fryer added.

Conservative MPs also reacted with disappointment.

"I'm frustrated," said Conservative MP Andrew Percy. "I really am concerned about the proposed possibility of a second referendum. People were told in the referendum, it was the final say on the matter for a generation - it would be implemented."

The deputy head of the Irish Democratic Unionist Party, which has been supportive of May, wasn't impressed with the speech either.

"All the attention in Westminster is focused on what comes after the prime minister, that's one of the problems she has now in terms of delivering this kind of hodgepodge set of proposals," DUP's Nigel Dodds told Irish media.

May's offer comes just days before the EU's parliamentary election, where the UK's participation has generated some controversy given the country's ongoing attempt to exit the union.


After months of wrangling over the exit deal, the PM has vowed to resign after the British Parliament votes on key Brexit legislation in June.
And Corbyn urges for May to call for a general election to 'break Brexit deadlock':
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has rejected PM Theresa May's new Brexit proposals, telling her the only way to solve the Brexit impasse was by giving people a say through a general election.

Responding to May's statement in the House of Commons on Wednesday, which detailed her new 10-point compromise Brexit pledges, Corbyn told May that her time in office had run out. The revised Withdrawal Agreement Bill will be published on Friday.

It's time for a general election to break the Brexit deadlock and give the country a say.

The Labour leader also made the strong case for a people's vote or second referendum on May's proposals, saying that if her government "truly believes" it's the best deal for the country, then "they should not fear putting it to the people."

Former Conservative cabinet minister Nicky Morgan called on May to consider pulling the vote on the Brexit Bill, scheduled for the first week of June, as there are "serious consequences" of it not passing.
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Syringe

Enter The Tranquilizer: Joe Biden

James Howard Kunstler
kunstler.com
Mon, 20 May 2019 20:51 UTC
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A mental health assessment of the Democratic Party suggests that identity politics had lately turned into an identity crisis. Years of staying woke finally produced hallucinations and violent outbursts. It was time to medicate the patient. Enter, stage right, the Tranquilizer, smiling Uncle Joe Biden, the perfect agent to quell an acute case of adolescent rebellion.

Mostly, the rank-and-file don't seem to know what to make of Uncle Joe's arrival on the scene. It's as if they popped .5 milligrams of Xanax a half an hour ago and all the intersectional strife that seemed so urgent last month just up and flew out of the room, like so many leaf-nosed bats from a frightful cave of winds. The chemical rush Uncle Joe provides is reflected in his impressive polling numbers, lately cresting near 40 percent against his closest pursuer, Bernie Sanders - the reincarnation of my 10th grade math teacher, and hence a figure of horror and loathing - at about 18 percent in the polls. The rest of the presidential pack just slogs down-low through the sucking muck of single digits. Many of these are women candidates in a party determined to produce the first president of the female persuasion. What's up with that?

The salient psychodramatic feature of the Democrats' relationship with Mr. Trump is that he represents Daddy's in da house, a situation so alarming as to provoke a nearly three-year-long fugue of patricidal fury among his detractors. In fact, he's an order of magnitude worse than Daddy... he's more like Ole Massa... living in that big White House... lumbering out the south portico in that terrible capitalist business suit... the very cutting edge of oppression and misogyny. Of the Democratic women running for president, so far only Elizabeth Warren has gone after Mr. Trump with any real passion - and then, like some stereotypical housewife trying to brain him with a frying pan. It just bounces off his thick skull, and he moves on.
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Mr. Potato

Delusional Democrat Doggett wants to see Trump officials jailed for not turning over tax returns

Brooke Singman
Fox News
Wed, 22 May 2019 19:26 UTC
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© Associated Press
IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig, left, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, right, are under fire from Democrats for blocking requests for President Trump's tax returns.
Democratic Rep. Lloyd Doggett said Tuesday that IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin should be jailed or fined for stonewalling congressional subpoenas for President Trump's tax returns.

Doggett, D-Texas, a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, said Tuesday that congressional Democrats need to employ what's known as "inherent contempt" for Trump officials defying committee requests and subpoenas for Trump's financial information.

"I believe that there is no legal advice that will stop the lawlessness and lies of this administration, and that is why Congress needs to act firmly now to use every tool it has available to get this information that Trump so fears that the public will see," Doggett told MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Tuesday night.

Comment: Dems have seen "Russian collusion" fail and "obstruction of justice" fail, so this appears to be the next gambit to find a way to unseat Trump.

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Bad Guys

A new low in campaign hit pieces: Efforts to sandbag Bernie Sanders and Tulsi Gabbard are crude repeats of 2016 election tactics

Matt Taibbi
Rolling Stone
Tue, 21 May 2019 18:52 UTC
Tulsi Gabbard
© Marco Garcia/AP/REX/Shutterstock
U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) speaks during a campaign rally announcing her candidacy for president in Waikiki.
Last week, the Daily Beast ran this headline: "Tulsi Gabbard's Campaign Is Being Boosted by Putin Apologists"

That was followed by the sub-headline: "The Hawaii congresswoman is quickly becoming the top candidate for Democrats who think the Russian leader is misunderstood."

The Gabbard campaign has received 75,000 individual donations. This crazy Beast article is based on (maybe) three of them.

The three names are professor Stephen Cohen, activist Sharon Tennison and someone using the name "Goofy Grapes," who may or may not have once worked for comedian Lee Camp, currently employed by Russia Today.

This vicious little article might have died a quiet death, except ABC's George Stephanopoulos regurgitated it in an interview with Gabbard days later. The This Week host put up the Beast headline in a question about whether or not Gabbard was "softer" on Putin than other candidates.

Gabbard responded: "It's unfortunate that you're citing that article, George, because it's a whole lot of fake news."

Comment: The Democrats are desperate to make sure the 'right' candidate (of their choosing) gets elected this time - and desperate people are dangerous. We can expect much worse from their media vassals in the coming months.

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Porn lawyer Avenatti charged with stealing $300,000 from 'Stormy Daniels'

Kaitlyn Folmer, Josh Margolin, Aaron Katersky and Lucien Bruggeman
ABC News
Wed, 22 May 2019 18:31 UTC
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Michael Avenatti
Federal prosecutors are expected to charge Michael Avenatti with additional financial crimes Wednesday, sources briefed on the case told ABC News.

The new charges will accuse Avenatti of misappropriating money that was supposed to be paid to Stormy Daniels when Avenatti was representing the adult film actress in her public battle against President Trump and his former attorney Michael Cohen, the sources said.

The charges are to be filed by federal prosecutors in Manhattan who have already accused Avenatti of extortion in a case involving Nike.

On Wednesday, Avenatti told ABC News that "No monies relating to Ms. Daniels were ever misappropriated or mishandled."

Comment: ABC left the figure out, but it's mentioned in foreign reports: Avenatti is accused of extorting $300k from Daniels.

How is Avenatti still walking around? There is a wealth of material with which to put #CreepyPornLawyer behind bars for a long time. And then there was this from September 2018:

Tucker Carlson faces off against 'creepy porn lawyer' Avenatti in 'trainwreck' interview



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Attention

Russian lawmaker who was arrested on murder charges stripped of parliament seat


RFE/RL
Wed, 22 May 2019 18:42 UTC
Rauf Arashukov

Rauf Arashukov in court in Moscow in January
A Russian lawmaker from the ruling party who was arrested on murder charges during a parliament session in January has been stripped of his seat in the Federation Council, Russia's upper parliament house.

All 153 Federation Council members present on May 22 voted to deprive Rauf Arashukov of his status as a lawmaker, formally citing his failure to submit a mandatory annual income declaration by the April 1 deadline.

Arashukov, 32, was detained at a dramatic session of the upper house on January 30 after fellow lawmakers voted to strip him of his immunity from prosecution.
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Chess

'I don't do coverups': Trump fires back at Pelosi after walking out of WH meeting


RT
Wed, 22 May 2019 18:05 UTC
Trump
© Reuters / Leah Millis
President Trump speaks to reporters at the White House
President Donald Trump called a surprise press conference to blast House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who accused him of masterminding a "coverup." Trump then canceled an infrastructure meeting with top Democrats.

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Trump lashed out at Pelosi, who earlier that day declared "we believe that the president of the United States is engaged in a coverup," following a meeting with the entire Democratic caucus.

"I don't do coverups," the president said, before declaring the 'Russiagate' investigation a "takedown attempt" against him, and "the greatest hoax in history."
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Snakes in Suits

Relentless, Democrats call for Trump impeachment as former WH counsel Don McGahn declines hearing


RT
Tue, 21 May 2019 19:18 UTC
Don McGahn
© Melina Mara/Pool via Reuters
Former WH Counsel Don McGahn
House Democrats are once again calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump, after he blocked former White House counsel Don McGahn from testifying about the 'Russiagate' probe.

The House Judiciary Committee met on Tuesday morning without Don McGahn, whom they intended to grill about whether the president obstructed justice during special counsel Robert Mueller's 'Russiagate' probe.

Committee chair Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-New York) - one of Trump's most relentless critics - has said that his committee will move to hold McGahn in contempt of Congress, saying "this committee will hear McGahn's testimony even if we have to go to court."

Multiple House Democrats have clamored for Trump's impeachment, arguing the president instructed McGahn to break the law by defying the subpoena to testify.

Comment: See also: Pelosi: The president is 'engaged in a coverup'

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