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CNN commentator Manu Raju
CNN commentator Manu Raju
Puppet Masters
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Viktor Ishaev
Viktor Ishaev
According to police sources, Ishaev is a defendant in an investigation into massive fraud in the timber industry. Earlier this week, police in Khabarovsk Region detained the former high-ranking local official and timber mogul as a part of the case.
The alleged fraud involved illegal subsidies for forest exploitation projects that resulted in the loss of over 10 billion rubles ($155 million), the Prosecutor General's Office confirmed.
Comment: Not something you see in the West very often - and it's not because they're short of candidates: Former Russian minister detained over massive embezzlement, may face 20 years in prison - UPDATE
See also:
- Russia's secret war on corruption
- 55% of Russians think anti-corruption campaign a success
- The results of Vladimir Putin's 17 years in power
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Speaker of the House John Bercow announces the results of the vote on alternative Brexit options in Parliament in London
Speaker of the House John Bercow announces the results of the vote on alternative Brexit options in Parliament in London
In a series of indicative votes, MPs voted down eight separate Brexit proposals, ranging from an extreme no-deal option to the so-called Norway-plus scenario, one of the softest versions of what has turned into a bitter separation between the EU and UK.
Comment: And the chances are that they won't have 'narrowed down' an acceptable solution by April 22nd, which will mean a further delay. Brexit has exposed (most) UK parliamentarians for the jobsworths they are:
- Still Confused About Brexit? It's Actually Pretty Simple...
- Brexit: A Political Farce Based on a Public Lie
- Brexit Has Exposed The Rotten Foundations of Britain's Political System
- 'UK MPs are sociopaths who aren't held to account' - Scottish MP Mhairi Black
- NewsReal: Yellow Vest Protests, Brexit Farce - Revolutionary Climate in Western Europe?
- NewsReal: California Wildfires, Climate Change, And The Impossible Brexit
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Imagine how less complicated life would be if American statesmen only took the time to consult a world map before speaking publicly on global events. Had John Bolton, for example, performed this simple exercise he would have avoided appearing like the representative of a nation that is hell bent on conquering every square inch of real estate on planet Earth, or at least the real estate with proven oil reserves.
"The United States will not tolerate hostile foreign military powers meddling with the Western Hemisphere's shared goals of democracy, security, and the rule of law," the national security advisor *tweeted this week in an apparent early morning bout of Napoleon complex. "The Venezuelan military must stand with the people of Venezuela."
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Leap Into The Void
Leap Into The Void
I don't want to start another Lock Her Up sequence, that's too ugly for my taste. But three parties in this No Collusion disaster must be held accountable: US intelligence, the Democratic party, and the media. You can't just let it go, too much water under the bridge. No can do. "The Democrats need to move on", a recent 'soft line', is not good enough. They must be held to account.
Bill Barr can investigate the FBI and DOJ, but the obstacles there are obvious: investigating the investigators. The Democratic party would mean going after individuals, but sure, let's see what Loretta Lynch, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz and Maxine Waters have to say for themselves and take it from there, before you get to Hillary. The media, though, is something else altogether.
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We can conclude that it was a hoax cooked up by an utterly corrupt and immoral military/security complex determined to protect its $1,000 billion annual budget and the power that goes with it from the loss of its Russian enemy to normalized relations.
We can conclude that Hillary's DNC was partner to this crime and that scum like Jarrold Nadler and Adam Schiff have destroyed the reputation and credibility of the Democratic Party.
We can conclude that the US media is devoid of all integrity, morality, and truthfulness and has forever discredited itself as a source of objective and accurate information.
We can conclude that a corrupt military/security complex and Democratic Party were so determined to serve their own narrow self-interests that they were willing to subject the entirety of the world to a higher risk of nuclear war.
We can conclude that the fact that such filth as Mueller, Brennan, Comey, Rosenstein, and Clapper were at the top of US intelligence and criminal investigation is conclusive proof that the US government is a criminal organization.
Keep in mind, as Tucker Carlson reminds us, that Mueller's "investigation" was not a well-intentioned investigation conducted by open-minded people who turned out to be wrong. It was an organized witch-hunting event determined to destroy the President of the United States.
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Industry experts said it marked the first time that the government had tapped a Silicon Valley software company, as opposed to a traditional military contractor, to lead a defense program of record, which has a dedicated line of funding from Congress. The contract is potentially worth more than $800 million.
The Army's decision to go with Palantir - which was co-founded by Peter Thiel, the billionaire investor and sometimes advisor to President Trump - ends the latest chapter in a fierce competition.
In March 2018, the Army chose Palantir and Raytheon to vie for the next phase of the Distributed Common Ground System, or DCGS-A, for Army, which lets users gather and analyze information about enemy movements, terrain and weather to create detailed maps and reports in real time. The system is designed to be used by soldiers fighting in remote, harsh environments.
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Former FBI Director James Comey
Former FBI Director James Comey
After a two year media circus, Special Counsel Robert Mueller's final report cleared President Trump of colluding with Russia to rig the 2016 election, a conclusion that Trump says brings him "complete and total exoneration."
However, constitutional lawyer Alan Dershowitz argued that Mueller should have never been appointed in the first place. "It was a mistake to appoint a special counsel because there was no evidence of a crime," Dershowitz said. Rather, he argued, Mueller's appointment by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was a knee-jerk reaction to the firing of former FBI Director James Comey.
Comment: See also:
- Half of American voters call for special prosecutor to investigate FBI - Survey
- #Resistance heroes? An ex-FBI official says bureau attempted to keep 'progressives out of office'
- The real takeaway: The FBI influenced the election of a President
- The FBI's hand behind #Russiagate
- Top DOJ watchdog Horowitz to investigate FBI over FISA abuses
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On Monday, a former SBU employee, Vasil Prozorov, told reporters in Moscow that CIA officers are in Kiev and often visit the SBU to plan operations.
Prozorov said at his press conference that UK and US experts had been training an SBU counterintelligence unit that was allegedly responsible for regular acts of terrorism and sabotage in eastern Ukraine.
Preparing for War with Russia
It has been part of the CIA playbook to use client states to do preliminary work in weakening the political systems of declared enemies, former US Army Major Todd Pierce, a lawyer and historian, told Sputnik on Tuesday. Pierce said:
"It is consistent practice and has been well documented over the years that the CIA is directly involved in subverting any country whom the US has begun to target as the 'enemy'. It would therefore be consistent with past practice to train Ukrainians both for their fighting skills, but also to be coordinated with US forces".Russia has been designated as an enemy in the US national security strategy, Pierce observed, but the United States will try to blame Moscow for any conflict.
Comment: See also:
- US Staged a Coup in Ukraine - Here's Why and How
- Ukraine is crawling with FBI and CIA agents - Germany's Bild newspaper
- On advice of CIA, Ukraine to launch anti-terror operation
- Ex-CIA operative says US has long meddled in elections but it's OK since they are the 'good cops'
- Fake news CNN's Anderson Cooper crushed by Sebastian Gorka, once again Ukraine US election meddling exposed
- Big surprise: CIA Director Brennan's trip to Ukraine initiates use of force
- Democracy caught on camera: Genocide unfolding in heart of Europe as fascism runs riot in Ukraine
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WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson
WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson
In an interview with Going Underground host Afshin Rattansi, Kristinn Hrafnsson stated it was clear that Russia and Wikileaks had been scapegoated in an attempt to deflect blame for the Democrats' shocking defeat in the 2016 presidential election.
"Within twenty-four hours after the election in 2016 it was decided that all blame for the humiliating loss of Hillary Clinton should be placed on the Russians, and of course it was obviously necessary to put Wikileaks in the middle of it."
Comment: See also:
- Clinton at it again: Blames FBI's Comey and 'Russian WikiLeaks' for scaring off her supporters
- Killary's crazy, floating eye returns as she blames Comey for election loss
- In bizarre onstage interview Killary blames Macedonia for election loss
- Sore loser Killary blames Putin and the FBI for her defeat
Comment: TL:DR? Just note the bolded names, and if you see an article, tweet or any other attempt to communicate information, best pass on it. Two years is a long time to be pushing a lie.