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Surprise! Greta Thunberg BIOPIC Reveals Cameras Were Rolling From Day One of her 'Viral' Rise

Helen Buyniski
RT
Tue, 17 Dec 2019 20:55 UTC

Teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg is the subject of a forthcoming documentary film - made by a crew that has followed her since the early days of her school strike. Still believe her rise to fame was an accident?

Thunberg, recently crowned Time magazine's Person of the Year, can add documentary film subject to her burgeoning resumé. The film, tentatively titled 'Greta,' was announced by Deadline on Monday for a 2020 Hulu premiere. Director Nathan Grossman has followed the young climate prodigy to the ends of the Earth, from her school-striking on the sidewalk in front of the Swedish Parliament, to the high seas aboard the $4mn racing yacht Malizia II. Grossman's only other IMDB credit to date is a Swedish film titled "Köttets lustar" (or "Lusts of the Meat"), which, while it sounds pornographic, purports to be the story of one man "looking over his life as a carnivore."

Jewish National Fund UK: How Britain dresses up crimes in Israel as 'charitable acts'

Jonathan Cook
Middle East Eye
Mon, 16 Dec 2019 15:11 UTC

When is a war crime not a war crime? When, according to British officials, that war crime has been given a makeover as a "charitable act".

The British state is being asked to account for its financial and moral support for a UK organisation accused of complicity in the ethnic cleansing of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their homeland. So far, it appears determined to evade answering those questions.

The target of the campaign is the Jewish National Fund UK (JNF UK), which describes itself as "Britain's oldest Israel charity". Noting its role in "building Israel for over a century", the organisation boasts: "Every penny raised by JNF UK is sent to a project in Israel."

In fact, donations to JNF UK were used to buy some of the 250 million trees planted across Israel since 1948, the year when 750,000 Palestinians were forced out at gunpoint from their homes by the new Israeli army. Those expulsions were an event Palestinians call their Nakba, or "catastrophe".

Afterwards, the Israeli army laid waste to many hundreds of Palestinian villages, turning them into rubble. Forests planted over the villages were then promoted as efforts to "make the desert bloom."

Comment: Just about everything underlying, or attached to, or coming out of Israel is, in one form or another, a deception. Our countries would rather believe the lie than challenge it. Instead we give it power.

With US-Turkey relations souring, what's behind Erdogan's threat to shutter Incirlik Air Base?

RT
Mon, 16 Dec 2019 18:15 UTC

When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to close a vital airbase used by American forces, he wasn't bluffing, and Washington should take his threats at face value, or risk losing a NATO ally, analysts say.

The Turkish leader announced on Sunday that Incirlik Air Base - a vital hub for US and NATO forces stationed in the Middle East - could close its doors if US lawmakers press ahead with sanctioning Turkey for its acquisition of the Russian-made S-400 air defense system.

Incirlik is not a backwater airstrip, the kind the United States utilizes for its drone missions in Africa, for example. Instead it's a massive base in Adana, a city of 1.7 million people. Here, just 250km from the Syrian border, nearly 5,000 US airmen are stationed, as well as several hundred Turkish airmen. More than 50 hardened aircraft shelters hide American jets, while the base also hosts an estimated 50 American nukes.

Erdogan has also threatened to close the Kurecik Radar Station, an isolated facility on a scorched hill in southeastern Turkey that performs a vital function as an early warning against ballistic missile attacks.

Comment: Turkey has long ridden the fence between the NATO crowd and its regional pals. Erdogan is more willing than adept to play both sides against the middle. So far, he has managed to further Turkey's goals and interests by offering each side selective usefulness with 'location' as the ace in his pocket. Can he continue this acrobatic diplomacy, or will it come down to choosing a permanent side?

Four Jewish friends, one plot: Trump caught in a 'fantasy' story trap...or is it the truth?

Sputnik
Mon, 16 Dec 2019 19:42 UTC

The US president is no stranger to speaking highly about his accomplishments. Citing other people who praise his political craft is one of the sleights he uses for this. However, this rhetorical device allegedly failed him when defending his Middle East policies and the decision to pull out from the Iran nuclear deal, as US journalists suggest.

US President Donald Trump has reportedly told the same story about his Israel policies four times, changing the main character in the plot, The Washington Post has concluded. The outlet made a compilation of the POTUS' public appearances in which he praised his withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action (JCPOA) in 2018 as the "biggest thing" for Israel, citing his Jewish acquaintances.

Comment: Given the strength of Israel's message indoctrination and decades hammering home Iran as its prime enemy, it might not be unreasonable to have four responses give the same answer.

Trump administration says it doesn't recognize Armenian genocide, despite Congressional actions

france24.com
Tue, 17 Dec 2019 16:08 UTC

President Donald Trump's administration said Tuesday it does not consider the mass killings of Armenians in 1915 to be genocide, seeking to placate Turkey which was angered that the US Congress recognized it as such.

"The position of the administration has not changed" after the votes by Congress, State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said in a terse statement. "Our views are reflected in the president's definitive statement on this issue from last April," she said.

In the statement on the mass killings' anniversary, Trump said the United States honored victims of "one of the worst mass atrocities of the 20th century" but did not use the word genocide. He instead encouraged Armenians and Turks to "acknowledge and reckon with their painful history."

Armenia says that 1.5 million were killed in an effort to wipe out the Christian ethnic group in the waning days of the Ottoman Empire, the forerunner of modern-day Turkey. Turkey puts the number far lower and adamantly rejects the term genocide, saying that Turks also died in what it considers fighting as part of First World War.

Comment: See also:

Boris Johnson to set legislation for anti-BDS law

Times of Israel
Mon, 16 Dec 2019 09:09 UTC

Newly reelected British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to unveil proposed legislation aimed at undermining the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel later this week, local media reported.

According to daily newspaper "i," the measure will be listed among the legislative priorities of the Johnson administration during the Queen's Speech on Thursday. The speech, which is traditionally given by the reigning monarch at the opening of parliament, is written by the queen's ministers and reflects the priorities of the incoming government.

Johnson's Conservative Party, which won a landslide victory in Thursday's general election, had pledged to ban local councils from boycotting products from foreign countries, including Israel, in its election policy manifesto released last month:

"We will ban public bodies from imposing their own direct or indirect boycotts, disinvestment or sanctions campaigns against foreign countries. These undermine community cohesion."

Introducing a law against such boycotts would prevent Labour-majority local councils from imposing boycotts against Israel, according to the Jewish Chronicle weekly newspaper.

Comment: The sucky part about selling your soul to the devil is you have to fulfill the bargain. Perhaps one person's devil is another's ticket to ride - but devil all the same. Good luck Mr. Johnson! You are taking Britain down a path of no return.

The only person to lead both FBI and CIA says Trump presents a 'dire threat' to the country

Caitlin Yilek
Washington Examiner
Mon, 16 Dec 2019 01:12 UTC

The former director of the FBI and the CIA assailed President Trump and Attorney General William Barr's attacks on the bureau, calling it "dangerous and unwarranted."

Last week, Trump suggested he lacked confidence in his own FBI director, Christopher Wray, and Barr said he disagreed with the finding of a report by the Justice Department watchdog, who concluded the FBI lawfully opened its Russia investigation.

"The aspersions cast upon them by the president and my longtime friend, Attorney General William P. Barr, are troubling in the extreme," William Webster, 95, who was director of the FBI from 1978 to 1987 and the CIA from 1987 to 1991, wrote in a scathing opinion article for the New York Times.

"Calling FBI professionals 'scum,' as the president did, is a slur against people who risk their lives to keep us safe. Mr. Barr's charges of bias within the FBI, made without providing any evidence and in direct dispute of the findings of the nonpartisan inspector general, risk inflicting enduring damage on this critically important institution."

Webster called the attacks a "dire threat" [to] the country.

Comment: Not surprising this story was offered by the NYT at a crucial juncture in the impeachment scandal.

Good news for Rick Gates: Only 45 days jail time for his 'extraordinary' Mueller cooperation

Axios
Tue, 17 Dec 2019 00:00 UTC

Former Trump campaign aide Rick Gates was sentenced to 45 days in jail — to be served on weekends — on Tuesday in a Washington, D.C. federal court.

Why it matters: His sentencing wraps up one of the final outstanding portions of former special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, which Gates cooperated with extensively.

Gates also received three years of probation and 300 hours of community service. He'll also have to pay a $20,000 fine.
Lawyers for the federal government also said during the hearing that Gates had agreed to cooperate with any ongoing investigations that go beyond his sentencing, per Politico's Darren Samuelsohn.

Bernie pens withering op-ed: Rips GOP & Dems for supporting 'massive, unpaid for' military spending hike

RT
Tue, 17 Dec 2019 20:38 UTC

Democratic 2020 hopeful Bernie Sanders took no prisoners in a scathing op-ed aimed at America's extravagant military spending, arguing a new budget proposal only proves the "hypocrisy" of Congress and its "corporate enablers."

Insisting on a government that represents all American citizens and not merely a wealthy "elite," the independent Vermont senator took to the pages of the Washington Post on Monday with an assault on the latest National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a comprehensive military spending bill set for a vote in the Senate later this week.

"Instead of massive spending on a bloated military budget, tax breaks for billionaires and huge subsidies for the fossil fuel industry, we need to invest in the working families of this country and protect the most vulnerable," Sanders wrote.

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Hot mic moment exposes insane sleaziness of British political/media class

Caitlin Johnstone
caitlinjohnstone.com
Mon, 16 Dec 2019 06:25 UTC

There's a wildly under-appreciated clip of news footage from Thursday's general election in the UK that, now that everyone's had some time to emotionally process the emotional fallout from that depressing night, needs more attention.

Labour MP and chronic left-puncher Jess Phillips appeared on Channel 4 to talk about how devastated she was about the news of exit polls showing her party's crushing defeat, except the cameras switched on before she was prepared and caught her in the middle of a joyful chuckle. It took several seconds and the overt reminders from the show's hosts to put on a "straight face" and act emotional before she could conceal her cheery mood as Corbyn's Labour leadership was trampled underfoot by odious empire lackey Boris Johnson.

"Good evening Jess," said the program's host Krishnan Guru-Murthy. "How are you feeling as these results unfold?"

Watching the stumbling improvisation that came next feels like walking into a room full of awkward silence when your supposed friends had just been saying mean things about you, or seeing your spouse conspicuously jump away from an attractive coworker when you drop by the office.

Phillips, still unaware that the cameras were now rolling, did not interrupt the delighted guffaw she'd been enjoying.

We must believe lies as truth or face the consequences. I am not sure if I can assimilate into the Brave New World.

nuggatron

This figure is such an obvious parody and insult of the voters, I don't know why the whole deepfake administration was not court-martialled and...

codis

Only space aliens or pedojewzskies would abuse a child at school: [Link]

Jibrish

Good luck to them, to us all.

Demore

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Jibrish

Puppet Masters

Surprise! Greta Thunberg BIOPIC Reveals Cameras Were Rolling From Day One of her 'Viral' Rise

Jewish National Fund UK: How Britain dresses up crimes in Israel as 'charitable acts'

With US-Turkey relations souring, what's behind Erdogan's threat to shutter Incirlik Air Base?

Four Jewish friends, one plot: Trump caught in a 'fantasy' story trap...or is it the truth?

Trump administration says it doesn't recognize Armenian genocide, despite Congressional actions

Boris Johnson to set legislation for anti-BDS law

The only person to lead both FBI and CIA says Trump presents a 'dire threat' to the country

Good news for Rick Gates: Only 45 days jail time for his 'extraordinary' Mueller cooperation

Bernie pens withering op-ed: Rips GOP & Dems for supporting 'massive, unpaid for' military spending hike

Hot mic moment exposes insane sleaziness of British political/media class

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