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Viktor Orban
Viktor Orban
It is necessary to openly fight Soros and his "army" and to establish that they want immigration and their ideological motivation is a multicultural Europe, Orban told Kossuth Radio.
"They do not like the traditions of Christian Europe and they believe that if they mix us with other peoples, then Europe will be more liveable. They want to destroy Europe because they expect large profits; that's just the nature of financial speculators," he said. However, "we do not want to be mixed with others," Orban added.
"We are fine the way we are now", as regards to Christianity, the language, culture and way of life, as well as the freedom of religion and the approach to family and relations between men and women, Orban said. Next year's European Parliamentary elections will concern these issues and the conflict of values, he added.
Commenting on a planned constitutional amendment submitted to parliament, he said that considering the required two-thirds majority support is granted, there is no room for hesitation "at times like this". All forces must be mobilised to protect the country which is why the amendment prohibits the forced settlement of foreign nationals to Hungary. Additionally, in line with a planned amendment proposal to the criminal code, organising illegal migration will be a criminal act, Orban said.
He welcomed recent developments in European politics, saying that "some tough boys have appeared in European politics." "We are gentle and mild mannered compared to the new leaders who have now opened their mouths," he said, citing Austria and Italy as examples.
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According to the Creston Valley Advance, Trudeau told the young woman: "I'm sorry. If I had known you were reporting for a national paper, I would never have been so forward."
Comment: Perhaps Trudeau's feminism is only skin deep. But that wouldn't be surprising - there isn't anything about Trudeau that isn't only skin-deep. He just mouths the politically correct words and ideology for the sake of public relations. In other words, he's a coward.
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Trump could face opposition from within his administration, especially from Attorney General Jeff Sessions...
President Donald Trump said he likely will support a congressional effort to end the federal ban on marijuana, a major step that would reshape the pot industry and end the threat of a Justice Department crackdown.
Trump's remarks put him sharply at odds with Attorney General Jeff Sessions on the issue. The bill in question, pushed by a bipartisan coalition, would allow states to go forward with legalization unencumbered by threats of federal prosecution.
Trump made his comments to a gaggle of reporters Friday morning just before he boarded a helicopter on his way to the G-7 summit in Canada. His remarks came the day after the bipartisan group of lawmakers proposed their measure.
Comment: Legalization, across the nation. It's a global trend that has the conspiratorially-minded scratching their heads. Is there an ulterior motive at play?
See also:
- US Senate Majority Leader announces bill to legalize hemp
- Sessions backtracks on marijuana policy, wants it illegal for states to legalize weed
- 12-year old epileptic girl sues Sessions to legalize medical marijuana nationwide
- Senate Republicans and Democrats unite to legalize pot on the Federal level
- Vermont expected to become first US state to legalize marijuana for recreational use through legislation
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James A. Wolfe appeared in federal court Friday.
James A. Wolfe appeared in federal court Friday.
Federal prosecutors accuse James Wolfe, the former security director for the Senate Intelligence Committee, of lying to FBI agents in December 2017 about his contacts with three reporters, including through his use of encrypted messaging applications. According to the indictment, Wolfe made false statements to the FBI about providing two reporters with non-public information related to the matters occurring before the committee.
The indictment provides a detailed account of Wolfe's interactions with one specific unnamed reporter. Prosecutors say Wolfe eventually admitted to being in a personal relationship with that reporter, dating back to 2014.
Comment: See also:
- DOJ outs Senate Intel Committee's security chief as 'deep state leaker'
- Senate Intel Committee to advance Gina Haspel's nomination for CIA director
- Senate Intel Committee: 'Russian hackers' could have affected 2016 election in a few states, but didn't
- Here's what the Senate Intel Committee thinks US needs to do to stop Russia from influencing elections
- Intel chiefs pay lip service to Russian threat & fears of China in Senate testimony
- Fusion GPS' Glenn Simpson called Bill Browder a fraud in Senate Intel Committee testimony
- Do you have Russian ancestry? If so, the Senate Intel Committee may want to interrogate you for being a Russian spy
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The indictment charges Wolfe with making false statements to the FBI and details how Wolfe passed classified information, including presumably information related to one-time Trump campaign aide Carter Page, to a series of media outlets, confirming long-standing suspicions of the career intelligence community's complicity in leaks. The three-count indictment charges Wolfe with separate instances of making false statements to the FBI, not directly charging him for leaking classified information, but appearing to detail how he did allegedly leaked classified information to reporters and then allegedly lied about it to the FBI.
The 11-page indictment does not name the reporters and does not name the person about whom classified information was leaked, but labels them as "Reporter #1," "Reporter #2," "Reporter #3," and "Reporter #4" as well as "MALE-1" respectively. It is presumed that "MALE-1" is Page, the ex-Trump aide, and "Reporter #2" is then-Buzzfeed News now New York Times reporter Ali Watkins.
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British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and US President Donald Trump
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and US President Donald Trump
Ardent Brexiteer Johnson made his remarks during a closed-doors Conservative dinner party on Wednesday evening. A recording of his speech, released by BuzzFeed News, shows the UK top diplomat being his usual flamboyant self as he confessed of his growing admiration for the US leader.
Trump's toughness in negotiating better terms for his country at all costs is what the UK might borrow from the author of the "Art of the Deal," Johnson suggested. Even if his no-nonsense approach might seem like pure craziness at first, it might work out in the end, he said.
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More than three months since the start of the probe into the poisoning of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, the UK is still conspicuously tight-lipped when it comes to any real evidence that could prove its accusations against Russia.
On Wednesday, the German government informed a parliamentary oversight committee during a closed hearing that it still has not received any evidence suggesting that Russia might well be behind the incident that took place in early March, German TV station RBB reports.
Comment: The UK will never have any genuine evidence because Russia didn't do it. It's also interesting to note that a few countries openly questioned the UK's baseless allegations, and in recent weeks, have been quite open in their desire for better relations with Russia:
- Why is Russia Being Blamed For The Downing of Flight MH17 - Again?
- Skripal Likely Poisoned by British Intelligence in Effort to Smear and Silence Russian World View
- MI5 Poisons Another Russian Asset to Smear Putin in Ongoing Propaganda War
- Behind the Headlines: 'Quitaly' Highlights EU's Democratic Crisis
- Behind the Headlines: Facebook and Cambridge Analytica - Trump Dumped - Skripal Saga
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A Lebanese farmer inspects a missile, which according to the Lebanon national news agency is part of a Syrian air defense missile targeting an Israeli warplane
A Lebanese farmer inspects a missile, which according to the Lebanon national news agency is part of a Syrian air defense missile targeting an Israeli warplane
Speaking in the Iranian city of Mashhad on Friday, IRGC second-in-command Hossein Salami said that when the Israeli Air Force attacked the T4 base in Syria in April, "they imagined that they would not receive any response; they thought that they can intimidate the Resistance Front with US and British support, and that no one would respond to them."
"As you all witnessed, they said if we (the Resistance Front) retaliated, they would put an end to the Syrian government; but they received a response in the Golan, and dozens of missiles flew over the region. A message was sent to them that if they responded, we would raze to the ground the heart of Tel Aviv; they were forced to shut up, and haven't done a damn thing since then," Salami added.
Comment: Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah announced that Hezbollah forces would not withdraw from Syria until the country is "liberated" and its "territorial integrity is restored."
According to Hassan Nasrallah, Iranian troops were present in Syria at the request of the Syrian leadership, just like the Russian Aerospace Forces.
"Even if the whole world wanted it, no one would force us to leave Syria, which would only happen when the Syrian authorities demand it," Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah said on the Al-Manar TV channel.
Mitch McConnell
In a brief written statement, he said: "Senators should expect to remain in session in August to pass legislation, including appropriations bills, and to make additional progress on the president's nominees."
McConnell's announcement had been expected, as he's faced pressure for weeks from fellow Republicans to keep members in session over the hot summer stretch.
Their appeal focused on the need to wrap up spending bills and confirm President Trump's nominees to various positions. McConnell cited exactly that in his statement Tuesday.
Comment: At the end of the day, the political rancor, corruption, systemic problems and Deep State maneuvers loom so large as to make any advances in policy, personnel, or bipartisan agreement in Washington virtually moot!
Comment: We do not wish to minimize anybody's suffering with cancer, but to call Krauthammer an "exceptional writer and thinker", a "titan of conservative thought" and a "giant" is to hold his mind on a grossly higher regard than deserved. During NATO's bombing of Yugoslavia, Krauthammer published on the NYT the following: Cheering for civilian deaths - seriously?
He has also called Vladimir Putin "a killer" without evidence (he wouldn't be the first nor the last).
Krauthammer also cheered the American invasion of Iraq from the very start and blamed the blood-bath on the Iraqis themselves: Except that the neocons in the US - included Charles Krauthammer for his part in selling the crime - do have the blood of a million Iraqis on their hands.
He is also an unconditional supporter of Israel. From Wikipedia: So think what you may about his illness, the intellectual world will not lose much without his ideas if he checks out in the near future.