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Russian CEO: Sanctions war over Ukraine only a pretext for West to pressure Russia


RT
Fri, 19 Sep 2014 22:02 UTC
Oleg Deripaska
CEO and Chairman of the Management Board of UC RUSAL Oleg Deripaska
The Ukrainian conflict was just a trigger for the sanctions, which demonstrated the failure of all previous efforts to set up healthy relations between Russia and the West, Russian tycoon and head of Rusal, Oleg Deripaska, told RT in Sochi.

"I think the sanctions have nothing to do with Ukraine. Ukraine was just a reason. [The sanctions] were a failure of any attempt which was taken in the past to build normal relations between Europe and Russia - from both sides," Deripaska told RT at the Investment Forum in Sochi.

Oleg Deripaska said the West started pressing Russia before the first sanctions were imposed - just ahead of the Sochi Olympics.

Comment: Russian businessmen understand well the economic machinations regarding the sanctions war, i.e. that the US has been pressuring Russia to gain a business advantage in Europe, and sabotage ties between the EU and Russia.

The media's 'crusade' against Sochi: where does the whistle blow from?
Washington's anti-Russian narrative is pure propaganda: Six big lies about Ukraine

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U.S. citizen charged for helping the IS


RT
Wed, 17 Sep 2014 11:17 UTC
Elfgeeh
© rt.com410 × 230Mufid Elfgeeh
A New York State man has been charged with allegedly aiding terrorist organization Islamic State (IS). He is accused of helping three individuals travel to Syria to fight with IS and also plotted to murder US troops returning home from the Middle East.

US citizen Mufid Elfgeeh, 30, who lives in Rochester, but is originally from Yemen, helped the three jihadists travel to the Syria in 2013 and early 2014, while he also provided material support and resources to the IS, formerly known as ISIS.

"Elfgeeh also plotted to shoot and kill members of the United States military who had returned from Iraq," a statement by the Justice Department said as quoted by Reuters. "As part of the plan to kill soldiers, Elfgeeh purchased two handguns equipped with firearm silencers and ammunition from a confidential source," Reuters reported.

Elfgeeh was charged with seven offenses in total, which also include wanting to kill Shiite Muslims. The FBI had been investigating him since early 2013, which included searching his personal computer, where they found he expressed support for Al-Qaeda and Sunni militant groups in Syria, according to AP.

If convicted, the accused is set to spend a long time behind bars. The three charges of providing material support to Islamic State each carry a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison, and the attempted murder charge carries up to a 20-year sentence.


Comment: In [a] news release, U.S. Attorney William Hochul Jr. said, "With today's indictment of Mufid Elfgeeh, the government demonstrates that it will use all available tools to disrupt and defeat ISIL. The case also demonstrates that by working with the community, law enforcement is able to identify those who would harm our country or our returning soldiers." In other words, neighbors encouraged to become informants as in the 1940s.

Some chronology:
A Grand Jury indictment, dated April 2014, charges Elfgeeh with four counts for Attempt to Provide Material Support to a Foreign Terrorist Organization, one count Possession of Firearms and Silencers in Furtherance of a Crime of Violence, and two counts Possession of Unregistered Firearm Silencer.

On May 31, 2014, an undercover informant (Confidential Human Source - CS-1, CS-2) used Elfgeeh's Visa card to purchased two guns and silencers for Elfgeeh. When the informant and Elfgeeh met for delivery, the investigative team arrested Elfgeeh holding the box containing handguns, silencers and ammunition. In addition, his residence and workplace were searched on that date. In conversations with an informant, Elfgeeh said he had a bullet-proof vest. It was not found during the search.

In July, 2014, a fire seriously damaged his apartment and the store he managed next door which is still under investigation.

An additional search warrant application, dated August 6, 2014, was issued for WhatsApp Messenger. WhatsApp is an instant messaging subscription service for smartphones that uses the Internet for communication. Whats App is required to disclose all identity and personal contact info, accounts, passwords, all contact lists and their personal information, images and photos, geolocations, all links-senders-receivers, undelivered messages, net browsing, third-party websites, funds info, address books, etc.

On Sept. 16, 2014 the indictment was filed and the story is just now making big news (the arrest was carried June 2 in minor news outlets), curiously a few days after Obama declared war on the Islamic State, providing a threat example and validating the Pres's decision to turn the tables (follow the plan) on its devil creation to "protect Americans at home."

This is fascinating...contains all Elfgeeh's conversations with the two undercover informants and the case of evidence for the arrest (do read the footnotes):
http://documents.latimes.com/mufid-elfgeeh-search-warrant-application/

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Novorossiyan video testimony: Prisoners tortured in Ukrainian captivity, forced to run through mine fields, branded with swastikas

Sott.net
Sott.net
Fri, 19 Sep 2014 21:52 UTC
Novorussia flag
© VKontakte
The video below, courtesy of Kazzura on YouTube, shows the testimony of Stankevich Stanislav Nikolayevich, captured on August 24 by the Ukrainian National Guard and recently released (presumably as part of the Minsk-initiated prisoner exchange). He tells of being captured and tortured, showing the wounds his captors burnt onto his body, including a Nazi swastika on his buttocks and lower back. He also tells of Ukrainian troops keeping captured 'separatists' (civilians and militia, men and women) chained in pits, and sending prisoners they didn't like through mine fields, shooting their rifles to spur them on, killing them.


What Ukraine is seeing isn't just the resurgence of fascism. It is the process of ponerization; the creation of a pathocracy, where psychopaths achieve positions of power, creating a system where more psychopaths are free to express their true nature at all levels of society. Particularly in armed conflict, this means things like what you can see described in the video above: torture, sadism, murder, debasement. The process of a total 'rebuilding' of worldview is described in detail in Dr. Andrew Lobaczewski's book on the subject: Political Ponerology: A Science on the Nature of Evil Adjusted for Political Purposes.
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Stark contrast: Washington elites vs. normal Americans


RT
Fri, 19 Sep 2014 21:56 UTC
Washington DC yachts
© Reuters / Molly RileyPrivate motor yachts are docked at Gangplank Marina in Washington (highly befitting moniker as that is where most of our rulers belong)
With Americans expressing some of the lowest opinions of the three branches of government ever recorded, it turns out that Washington at the same time does not hold the American electorate in high esteem, two academics discovered.

In an effort to gauge the similarities and differences between Washington bureaucrats and the American public at large, Jennifer Bachner and Benjamin Ginsberg, professors at Johns Hopkins University, conducted an exhaustive survey of 850 Federal employees, Hill staffers, contractors, consultants, lobbyists and think tankers, the Washington Post reported.

The results varied enough to suggest that Americans are from Venus and Washington bureaucrats are from Mars.

"The elements of difference we have identified between the rulers and the ruled - demographic, experiential, partisan and ideological - give us some reason to suspect that the two groups may not perceive the political world in the same way," the authors write. "Taken together, these elements could well create a substantial cognitive and perceptual gulf between official and quasi-official Washington on the one hand and the American public on the other."


Comment: The above is quite an understatement! The elite rulers ARE different - the majority are psychopaths, and as such have no conception of the world inhabited by normal human beings.

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Ebola update: Bodies of missing health workers, journalists found in Guinea; patients turning to black market for survivors blood


The Extinction Protocol
Fri, 19 Sep 2014 19:27 UTC
ebola health workers
Africa - Officials in Guinea searching for a team of health workers and journalists who went missing while trying to raise awareness of Ebola have found several bodies. A spokesman for Guinea's government said the bodies included those of three journalists in the team. They went missing after being attacked on Tuesday in a village near the southern city of Nzerekore. More than 2,600 people have now died from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. It is the world's worst outbreak of the deadly disease, with officials warning that more than 20,000 people could ultimately be infected. The three doctors and three journalists disappeared after being pelted with stones by residents when they arrived in the village of Wome - near where the Ebola outbreak was first recorded. One of the journalists managed to escape and told reporters that she could hear the villagers looking for them while she was hiding. A government delegation, led by the health minister, had been dispatched to the region but they were unable to reach the village by road because a main bridge had been blocked.

Comment: The virus has been mutating quickly, and blood transfusions from survivors may be unlikely to provide immunity. It would be far more practical to improve one's diet so as to help the immune system fight off disease pathogens. For more on ways to prepare see:

Pestilence, the Great Plague, and the Tobacco Cure

Natural treatments for Ebola virus exist, research suggests

Natural allopathic treatment modalities for Ebola virus

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Black Cat

Ebola health team of eight brutally killed in Guinea as suspicion reigns among locals


RT
Fri, 19 Sep 2014 09:39 UTC
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© Reuters / 2Tango
The bodies of eight people - including three journalists - were found in Guinea after an Ebola health team came under attack two days ago, officials said. Meanwhile, the UN plans to deploy a special mission to fight the virus in the worst-hit countries.

The group, which included three doctors and three journalists, is said to have been attacked near Nzerekore, a city near Guinea's southern tip. With the Ebola death toll now topping 2,600, the team was sent to the area to help raise awareness about the virus. They had been missing since Tuesday.

The six were found dead on Thursday. The identities of the other two bodies are currently unknown.

Government spokesman Damantang Albert Camara told Reuters that the workers and journalists were brutally beaten to death.
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Arrow Down

Scots reject independence in historic vote

Jill Lawless and Gregory Katz
Associated Press
Fri, 19 Sep 2014 08:05 UTC
Scottish Vote
© Associated Press
Edinburgh - Scottish voters have rejected independence, deciding to remain part of the United Kingdom after a historic referendum that shook the country to its core.

The decision prevented a rupture of a 307-year union with England, bringing a huge sigh of relief to the British political establishment. Scots voted 55 percent to 45 percent Thursday against independence in a vote that saw an unprecedented turnout.

A majority of voters did not embrace Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond's impassioned plea to launch a new state, choosing instead the security offered by remaining in the United Kingdom.

"We have chosen unity over division," Alistair Darling, head of the No campaign, said early Friday in Glasgow. "Today is a momentous day for Scotland and the United Kingdom as a whole."

Salmond conceded defeat, saying "we know it is a majority for the No campaign," and called on Scots to accept the results of the vote.
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Florida cops storm barber shop to inspect licenses and sanitation


Police State USA
Fri, 19 Sep 2014 06:00 UTC
Barbershop
© Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando SentinelThe Strictly Skillz barbershop in Orlando.
Orlando - Deputies and state regulators aggressively raided Orlando-area barbershops, roughing up innocent staff and handcuffing them on the floor in an effort to check if the barbers had acquired government permission to legally cut hair.

A series of these raids has recently come to light, one of which is making its way through the litigation process in the federal court system. This was the raid of the Strictly Skills barbershop in Pine Hills, Florida, in which government agents warrantlessly stormed in the establishment with as many as 25 customers and 6 staff members present.
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Hackers target RT.com with massive DDoS attack


RT
Thu, 18 Sep 2014 02:46 UTC
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© Reuters / David McNew
RT.com has been hit with the most powerful DDoS attack in the website's history, which reached 10 Gbps in strength. No group has claimed responsibility. RT has experienced cyber assaults in the past, prompted by its reporting on Manning and WikiLeaks.

The Wednesday attack was successfully deflected, but resulted in a temporary slowdown of the site.

"Thanks to the website's reliable technical protection, RT.com was unavailable just for a few minutes, even though the DDoS attack has continued," RT's press service said in a statement.

The attack was identified as a UDP-flood type, and reached 10 gigabits per second.

Hackers have previously targeted RT with Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, to prevent it from reporting on various controversial issues, such as the Chelsea Manning trial and WikiLeaks.

DDoS attacks bring websites down by fabricating internet traffic and overwhelming a site's hosting service.

One of the most powerful attacks on RT was recorded on February 18, 2013, when the website was unavailable for about 6 hours.

RT was also temporarily disabled for just under five hours in June 2013. Hacker group AntiLeaks, which opposes Julian Assange's WikiLeaks project, claimed responsibility for the attack.

The cyber assault coincided with RT's reporting on the trial of Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning and massive anti-government protests in Turkey. Uninterrupted coverage continued on RT's Twitter page.

In August 2012, the same group claimed responsibility for a massive DDoS attack which knocked out RT's English and Spanish websites for hours worldwide.
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Pistol

Grandfather shoots and kills daughter, 6 grandchildren in Florida murder-suicide


RT
Thu, 18 Sep 2014 02:41 UTC
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© WFTV
A grandfather shot his daughter and her six children in Bell, Florida on Thursday. The local Sheriff's Office said the incident was an apparent murder-suicide. The children ranged from three months to 10 years in age.

The shooter was identified as Don Charles Spirit, grandfather, who shot his daughter and six of his grandchildren before taking his won life, Gilchrist County Sheriff's Office confirmed during a press-conference.

The incident took place at the Spirit's home in a small town of Bell.

The children's age varied from 3 months to 10 years of age. The mother of the kids was identified as Sarah Spirit, according to Action News.
Children ages 3mo to about 10 years old. Grandfather shot his daughter and her 6 children. #BellShooting pic.twitter.com/zvgb0YHD5g

- Hailey Holloway (@HHollowayNews) September 19, 2014
Police received a call about the shooting around 4 p.m. local time, Gilchrist County Sheriff's Office said on its Facebook page.
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