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"A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of the people. Only a small 'inside' group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few, at the expense of the very many. Out of war a few people make huge fortunes."Imagine if someone became immensely wealthy by slaughtering hundreds of thousands of human beings and selling their skins for money. Would they not be remembered for generations as one of the most evil monsters ever to walk the face of the earth?
~ Major General Smedley Butler, War Is A Racket
"It is very unusual to go on an international flight to go pick up the mayor," one source said. "I think it's excessive, because that wasn't what that plane was designed to do. It's designed for counterterrorism measures. To go to Canada to get the mayor? It's excessive."
An officer who was examined for potential nerve agent exposure has been given the all-clear, police have revealed.
Russia's former security services chief Sergei Stepashin alleged the UK may be incapable of investigating the Skripals case and Amesbury poisoning incident on its own. He claimed that London will be best advised to look for leads "around Porton Down", where samples of 'Novichok' and other deadly chemicals are stored, and "drop the insane theory of Russia's culpability."
Comment: The imperial overlords have barred Farage from meeting Trump while he's visiting. Talk about Orwellian.
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