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Bolivian election: Two independent studies contradict the findings of OAS, rule out fraud in Morales' victory

Orinoco Tribune
Sun, 24 Nov 2019 00:00 UTC

Two international studies, done by independent investigators, have contradicted the reports published by the Organization of American States (OAS) on alleged irregularities in the elections of October 20 and have shown that Evo Morales won in the first round without committing fraud.

One of the research papers is entitled 'What happened in the vote count of the 2019 elections in Bolivia? The role of the OAS Electoral Observation Mission' and was carried out by the Center for Research in Economics and Politics ( CEPR ).

This 18 page document summarizes the statistical analysis of the electoral results and the minutes of the general elections of last October 20 in Bolivia, which "does not show evidence of irregularities or fraud that has affected the official result that gave a first round victory to President Evo Morales."

According to the study prepared by Guillaume Long, David Rosnick, Cavan Kharrazian and Kevin Cashman, the OAS Electoral Observation Mission (MOE) supported a "post-election narrative without evidence" that referred to alleged inconsistencies in the process.

The Washington-based CEPR was founded by economists Dean Baker and Mark Weisbrot and includes as consultants the Nobel Prize in Economics winners Robert Solow and Joseph Stiglitz, among other specialists.

Comment: Evo Morales was set up for defeat and elimination. The consequence of this coup has sent Bolivia into chaos - and the takeover is now unfolding according to plan. Does it make a difference that Morales truly won the election? Only as a historical account. The remodeling of Bolivia, courtesy the Western hydra, is well underway.

US restriction of F-35 sales may prove helpful for Russia to satisfy intl demands for 5-th generation fighters with Su-57

RT
Tue, 26 Nov 2019 18:58 UTC

Russia's most advanced fighter, the 5-th generation Su-57, is slated to become not only the future backbone of the national air force, but also a success in the international market - provided the technology gets matured fast.

During the MAKS air show near Moscow eairlier this year Sukhoi advertised for the first time the export version of its flagship project, the Su-57. And in November pictures emerged of the Russian aircraft going into series production - a major milestone for any complex weapon system.

RT spoke about the future of the jet with Vadim Lukashevich, who worked as an aircraft engineer for Sukhoi between 1985 and 1992 and later became an independent aviation expert. He says the aircraft indeed has the potential to be a major hit in the market, but that won't come without fullfiling certain terms.

OPCW accused of making misleading edits in chemical weapons attack report

Greg Norman
Fox News
Sun, 24 Nov 2019 00:00 UTC

A member of an international watchdog tasked with investigating an alleged Syrian chemical weapons attack accused his superiors of inserting bias and language that "misrepresents the facts" in an early summary of his team's findings, an email published by WikiLeaks shows.

The message, purportedly written by a member of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, was sent to his higher-ups in June 2018, weeks after he says he and others "conducted the investigation into the alleged chemical attack in Douma" on April 7 of that year. The attack, which the Syrian government has been blamed for, left at least 43 people dead.

"After reading this modified report... I was struck by how much it misrepresents the facts," the email reads. "Many of the facts and observations outlined in the full version are inextricably interconnected and, by selectively omitting certain ones, an unintended bias has been introduced in the report, undermining its credibility."

The email adds: "In other cases, some crucial facts that have remained in the redacted version have morphed into something quite different to what was originally drafted."

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Impeachment inquiry: A question of who should be running the show

Sharyl Attkisson
The Hill
Mon, 25 Nov 2019 09:00 UTC

Many will debate the substance of the public impeachment testimony against President Trump. To me, each of the Democrats' witnesses of the past two weeks appeared to be well-intentioned and hard-working, and seemed genuinely to believe they know what's best.

But a picture also emerged of U.S. diplomats who appear to believe they, rather than the U.S. president, have the ultimate authority to determine our foreign policy. And if the president doesn't go along? He clearly must be wrong — in their view. Or, even worse, he's a traitor. He's to be obstructed. Taken down.

In an odd turnabout, they actually make the case for President Trump's mantra that we need to "drain the swamp."

One can first look at the language witnesses used as they vented about Trump's tutelage in ways that veered far from relevance to the impeachment allegations. They conveyed hurt feelings, bruised egos and strong differences of opinion. At times, the testimony sounded a bit like a human resources conference or psychotherapy session.

Rank Russophobia: WADA panel recommends ALL Russian athletes receive FOUR-YEAR BAN from ALL sporting competitions

RFE/RL
Mon, 25 Nov 2019 20:47 UTC

Comment: In a world where everyone knows that pretty much anyone who makes it to the top in sports is doped to the gills, this is rank politicking of the worst kind.

A key panel of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) recommends Russia be hit with a four-year ban from sporting competitions over noncompliance with the World Anti-Doping Code.

The global anti-doping watchdog on November 25 said the recommendation by its Compliance Review Committee is based on a forensic review of "inconsistencies" found in some of the data that were obtained by the agency from a Moscow laboratory in January. WADA's Executive Committee will consider the recommendation and proposed consequences on December 9, a statement said. The four-year ban would prevent Russia from taking part in next year's summer Olympics in Tokyo and the Beijing Winter Games in 2022.

The country was officially banned from the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, but a number of Russian athletes were allowed to compete as neutrals under the Olympic flag.

WADA has documented more than 1,000 Russian doping cases across dozens of sports, most notably at the Winter Olympics that Russia hosted in Sochi in 2014. The country was found guilty of a government-organized effort to mask samples from athletes using banned substances between 2011 and 2015. Full disclosure of data from the Moscow lab was a key condition of Russia's controversial reinstatement by WADA in September 2018.

Comment: Just incredible how far they're going with this. Relatively-speaking, the USSR was treated like an ally. Most don't notice its significance though - they're too strung out on crap food, drugs, narcissism and lies.

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House Democrat retreats from impeachment, doesn't see a value in kicking him out of office

Tim Pearce
Washington Examiner
Mon, 25 Nov 2019 07:59 UTC

Democratic Rep. Brenda Lawrence of Michigan now favors censuring President Trump after backing impeachment proceedings over allegations that he withheld military aid from Ukraine for his personal benefit.

Lawrence appeared on the Michigan radio show No BS News Hour with host Charlie LeDuff on Sunday to discuss the impeachment process in the House. Lawrence told LeDuff, to his surprise, that she does not support removing the president from office and that she would ask her caucus to censure him instead.

"We are so close to an election. I will tell you, sitting here knowing how divided this country is, I don't see the value of taking him out of office. I do see the value of putting down a marker saying his behavior is not acceptable. I want to censure. I want it on the record that the House of Representatives did their job and they told this president and any president coming behind him that this is unacceptable behavior and, under our Constitution, we will not allow it."

Comment: 'The United States Constitution of Acceptable Behavior' where offenders are are punished by censorship. THAT Constitution - you know, the one exclusively for this president.

Lawrence also said she would have a "discussion with the party and with the caucus" to censure Trump instead of impeaching him.

Der Spiegel's Exposé of Con-Man Bill Browder: Questions Cloud Story Behind US Sanctions

Benjamin Bidder
Spiegel Online
Tue, 26 Nov 2019 20:17 UTC

There's a tombstone in northeastern Moscow that bears the portrait of a man with a friendly yet somewhat uneasy smile. His name is Sergei Leonidovich Magnitsky. He was born in April 1972 in Odessa, Ukraine, and died in November 2009 in Moscow. To this day, 10 years after the fact, the circumstances of his death in a Russian pretrial detention facility remain unclear.

There are two versions of what happened to Magnitsky. The more well-known version has all the makings of a conspiracy thriller. It's been repeated in thousands of articles, TV interviews and in parliamentary hearings. In this version of the story, the man from the Moscow cemetery fought nobly against a corrupt system and was murdered for it.

The other version is more complicated. In it, nobody is a hero.

The first version has had geopolitical implications. In 2012, the United States passed the Magnitsky Act, which imposed sanctions against Russian officials who were believed to have played a role in his death. The measure was signed into law by then-President Barack Obama after receiving a broad bipartisan majority. Back then, if there was one thing that politicians on both sides of the aisle could agree on, it was their opposition to a nefarious Russian state. In 2017, Congress passed the Global Magnitsky Act, which enabled the U.S. to impose sanctions against Russia for human rights violations worldwide.

The facilitator behind these pieces of legislation is Bill Browder, Magnitsky's former boss in Moscow. "When he was put to the ultimate test, he became the ultimate hero," Browder says of Magnitsky. Browder was born in the U.S. For years, his company, Hermitage Capital Management, was one of the largest foreign investors in Russia. At the time, Browder was an advocate for Russian President Vladimir Putin in the West. That is, until he was prohibited from entering Russia in 2005.

White House lifts lockdown after airspace violation was reported

Kevin Breuninger
CNBC
Tue, 26 Nov 2019 20:22 UTC

The White House on Tuesday was briefly put on lockdown, as fighter jets were scrambled in Washington following an airspace violation, law enforcement officials told NBC News.

The lockdown was lifted less than 30 minutes after it was first reported by White House reporters.

"The White House was locked down this morning due to a potential violation of the restricted airspace in the National Capital Region," a Secret Service spokesman told CNBC in a statement. "The lockdown has been lifted at this time."

A small aircraft violated airspace rules in a restricted area, officials told the Associated Press. The North American Aerospace Defense Command said the plane was not considered hostile.

NBC also reported that a security alert was raised at the Capitol building.

U.S. Capitol Police confirmed that access to the Capitol Complex buildings was halted "for a short time." The situation was cleared at 9:12 a.m., Capitol Police said, about 45 minutes after the aircraft was first reported in the restricted airspace.

The White House referred CNBC to the Secret Service.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says 'no concessions' after pro-democracy candidates win landslide election victories

John Ruwitch
Sydney Morning Herald
Tue, 26 Nov 2019 17:36 UTC

Carrie Lam

Hong Kong's embattled leader Carrie Lam has refused to offer any concessions to anti-government protesters despite a local election setback.

The Chief Executive says she will accelerate dialogue and plans to set up a committee to review deep-seated social issues that contributed to grievances.

Hong Kong's most unpopular post-colonial leader acknowledged voters wanted to express their views on many issues, including "deficiencies in governance", but also wanted an end to the six-month-old unrest gripping the city.

"Everybody wants to go back to their normal life and this requires the concerted efforts of every one of us," Lam said.

"So, as I have said repeatedly, resorting to violence will not give us that way forward. So please, please help us to maintain the relative calm and peace ... and provide a good basis for Hong Kong to move forward."

At her weekly news conference on Tuesday, Lam said the central government didn't blame her for poll the outcome. The pro-democracy bloc won a landslide victory with 90 per cent of seats securing their first majority after running a campaign against Beijing's perceived encroachments on Hong Kong's liberties.

Comment: Details of the turnout:

Voters in Hong Kong's district-council elections, the city's only fully democratic contest, delivered a humiliating rebuke of the government. In a record voter turnout, pro-democracy candidates captured more than 80 percent of the 452 seats in contention and gained control of 17 of Hong Kong's 18 district councils, all of which were previously pro-establishment following the 2015 election.

Meanwhile, Beijing, who has set up a crisis command centre in a villa on the mainland side of the border with Hong Kong, is considering replacing its official liaison office to the semi-autonomous city to tighten control and manage the recent upheaval.

Where did the missing trillions go? - Catherine Austin Fitts

James Corbett
Corbett Report
Tue, 26 Nov 2019 17:34 UTC

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Puppet Masters

Bolivian election: Two independent studies contradict the findings of OAS, rule out fraud in Morales' victory

US restriction of F-35 sales may prove helpful for Russia to satisfy intl demands for 5-th generation fighters with Su-57

OPCW accused of making misleading edits in chemical weapons attack report

Impeachment inquiry: A question of who should be running the show

Rank Russophobia: WADA panel recommends ALL Russian athletes receive FOUR-YEAR BAN from ALL sporting competitions

House Democrat retreats from impeachment, doesn't see a value in kicking him out of office

Der Spiegel's Exposé of Con-Man Bill Browder: Questions Cloud Story Behind US Sanctions

White House lifts lockdown after airspace violation was reported

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says 'no concessions' after pro-democracy candidates win landslide election victories

Where did the missing trillions go? - Catherine Austin Fitts

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