Puppet Masters
"Free media is the lifeblood of democracy," Hunt tweeted as he announced the "first ever ministerial-level media freedom conference" in London in July, adding the hashtags #DefendMediaFreedom and #JournalismIsNotACrime.
Social media users were quick to respond, calling on Hunt to "Free Assange first," and asking whether the WikiLeaks founder would be giving a speech at the event.
The bribery scandal that's surrounded Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may finally reach a head, as Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit is poised to recommend bribery charges, according to Israeli media reports.
Citing Israel's Army Radio, the Times of Israel reported Wednesday that the attorney general is getting ready to file charges on Case 4000, which alleges that Netanyahu took regulatory steps to help Shaul Elovitch in exchange for the telecommunication mogul's news site, Walla, covering Netanyahu in a more favorable light.
Comment:
- The screws tighten around Netanyahu as he's named by state prosecutor in new bribery scandal
- Israel police question Netanyahu for fifth time in corruption probe
- Police interrogate Netanyahu and his wife for corruption charges
- Israeli "Crime Minister" Netanyahu brushes off 6 weeks of protests over his festering corruption
- Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson to be questioned in Netanyahu probe
- Netanyahu caught on tape offering favors to opposition newspaper in exchange for more positive coverage
- Netanyahu's list of corruption scandals
We are told the-powers-that-be are divided by "Left" and "Right" politics, yet both sides actually support the same exact policy actions when it comes to the most important issues of the day and only seem to differ in terms of rhetoric, which is meaningless and cosmetic anyway. That is to say, it's nothing but Kabuki theater.
We are told that corporate power must be balanced by government power and that government power must be balanced by "free markets," when in reality corporations are chartered and protected by governments and free markets simply don't exist in today's economy. In the case of social media "censorship," we are told that the solution is to use government power to enforce "fairness" instead of simply launching our own alternative platforms. Yet, social media corporations exist in the form of monopolies exactly because of government power and intervention in business. The abuses of one "side" are being used to push us into the arms of the other side, which is just as abusive.
In terms of geopolitics, we are told that national powers stand "at cross-purposes;" that they have different interests and different goals, which has led to things like "trade wars" and sometimes shooting wars. Yet, when we look at the people actually pulling the strings in most of these countries, we find the same names and institutions. Whether you are in America, Russia China, the EU, etc., globalist think tanks and international banks are everywhere, and the leaders in all of these countries call for MORE power for such institutions, not less.
These wars, no matter what form they take, are a circus for the public. They are engineered to create controlled chaos and manageable fear. They are a means to influence us towards a particular end, and that end, in most cases, is more social and economic influence in the hands of a select few. In each instance, people are being convinced to believe that the world is being divided when it is actually being centralized.
Comment: See also:
- Globalists of the world unite! Chief of Chatham House think tank says orgs must network - or lose neo-liberal order
- Threads Of Establishment Russia Narrative Trace Back To Neocon Think Tanks
- Globalists weaponize the stock market to yoke and control presidents
- David Rockefeller: One Head of a Globalist Hydra

Pakistani reporters and troops visit the site of an Indian airstrike in Jaba, near Balakot, Pakistan
Facts First
India dramatically claimed to have pulled off another "surgical strike" against Pakistan in the early hours of 26 February, declaring that 200-300 members of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) were killed in retaliation for the group's involvement in the Pulwama attack. The country's media is wildly celebrating what their government portrayed as a massive victory over Pakistan after the Indian Air Force violated the Line of Control (LoC) for the first time since the 1971 war with their neighbor and didn't instantly trigger a larger conflict. The message being conveyed to their citizens is that India can "surgically strike" Pakistan at will without repercussions, but the actual facts of the matter state something altogether different and show that this is nothing more than a big Bollywood spectacle for infowar purposes.
Comment: See also:
- India-Pakistan crisis rundown: 'Neither can afford a miscalculation' - PM Khan
- Pakistan downs Indian combat jets over Kashmir - casualties
- Analyst to RT: Pakistan 'sponsoring terrorism' against India, tensions only to rise
- US wants to drag China into India-Pakistan row
- Pakistan-India showdown: What you're not being told
The fragility of state finances
In my last Goldmoney article I explained why the monetary policies of inflationist economists and policy makers would end up destroying fiat currencies. The destruction will come from ordinary people, who are forced by law to use the state's money for settling their day-to-day transactions. Ordinary people, each one a trinity of production, consumption and saving, will eventually wake up to the fraud of monetary inflation and discard their government's medium of exchange as intrinsically worthless.

Yulia Tymoshenko calls for the impeachment of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko at a parliament session in Kyiv on February 26, 2019.
With the March 31 election less than five weeks away and polls indicating that she and Poroshenko are among the three front-runners, former prime minister Tymoshenko told a parliament session on February 26 that her Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) party and others have launched an impeachment process.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a comedian who some polls have put in the lead in the presidential race, sharply criticized Poroshenko in a social media post.
The report on media outlet Bihus.Info's program Nashi Hroshi (Our Money) threw an explosive new element into a campaign in which Poroshenko -- the pro-Western tycoon who came to power after Moscow-friendly President Viktor Yanukovych was pushed out by protests known as the Maidan -- is seeking to overcome a steep drop in popularity to win a new term amid a continuing war against Russia-backed separatists and persistent economic challenges.
Comment: See also:
- Tymoshenko's party prepares impeachment proceedings against President Poroshenko
- Tymoshenko insists on investigation into Poroshenko's dealings after release of Paradise Papers
- Ukraine crisis: Poroshenko sidelined as Tymoshenko reportedly flies to Washington
- Oleg Tsarev: The US will decide who will be Ukraine's next president
- No joke! Ukraine's presidential choice: an oligarch, a gas princess or a comedian

The guided missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG52) launches a Tomahawk cruise missile.
"The demise of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, should it be allowed to happen, would make the world a more insecure and unstable place. That insecurity and instability will be keenly felt here in Europe. We simply cannot afford to return to the unrestrained nuclear competition of the darkest days of the Cold War."The UN chief also called on Russia and the United States to use the time remaining before the agreement's official termination to engage in a sincere dialogue on issues relating to the deal.
"It is very important that this treaty is preserved," Guterres stressed.
Acknowledging that "the persistence of a state of war represents a constant risk and threat to the national security of the United States and its allies," the bill calls on Trump to declare an end to the "state of war with North Korea" and recommends "serious, urgent diplomatic engagement" in pursuit of a binding peace agreement between all three countries. It does not, however, call for the withdrawal of the 28,000 American troops stationed in South Korea, or make any recommendations regarding the repeal of sanctions on the North.
It happened again on Tuesday: British activist Tommy Robinson was erased from Facebook and Instagram. The social media behemoth said it has to act "when ideas and opinions cross the line and amount to hate speech that may create an environment of intimidation and exclusion for certain groups in society."
As online polemicists are fond of saying, "citation needed!" Yet Facebook offers none: no evidence of specific violations, not even a definition of "hate speech," just an arbitrary standard - and a threat of further bans for people who "support... hate figures." Whatever that means.

Qatari officials (center) take part in a meeting between U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad (second from left) and the U.S. delegation, and Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai (sixth from the right) and the Taliban delegation, in Doha on February 26.
Spokesman Suhail Shaheen made the comment in Doha, Qatar, following the second day of negotiations with U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad on February 26.
"If we do not reach a solution in this round of talks, then we will in the next round of talks," he told AP.
Khalilzad's past rounds of talks with the Taliban focused on U.S. troop withdrawal in exchange for guarantees of no attacks against the United States, but it was unclear how close he was on a deal on those issues.
He said that in exchange for a U.S. withdrawal, the Taliban would offer guarantees that Afghanistan would not be used as a staging area for anti-American attacks.











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