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Snakes in Suits

Former Bill Clinton pilot charged with aggravated child molestation, sodomy and statutory rape

Steven Robert Setzer_Bill Clinton
The rabbit hole goes deep.

Steven Robert Setzer, a former U.S. Marine Corps pilot who once escorted former President Bill Clinton on the crew of the Marine One, is facing years in prison after being hit with child sex charges.

Setzer was put behind bars in May with sexual exploitation of a minor, sodomy, enticing a child for indecent purposes, statutory rape, and aggravated child molestation. He has been forced to shut down his aircraft charter company, Strategic Moves, due to loss of clients after his incarceration.

On Thursday, WBTV in Rowan County, NC broke the news of Setzer's arrest and associated charges. This report was only revealed due to the shuttering of Setzer's company, an entire six months after Setzer was accused of the heinous victimization of minors.

Strategic Moves made the announcement that they were shuttering on their website: "Thank you for your patronage and loyalty over the last 15 years as clients of Strategic Moves. Strategic Moves has discontinued operations as of 10/31/2019. Many of our clients have transitioned to Davinci Jets who are capable and excited to provide an excellent level of service."

According to Setzer's biography, he learned quite a bit while helping Clinton jetset throughout the world. Setzer claimed that he learned precise attention to detail, which assisted him in being able to achieve excellence for the VIPs who obtained his services. One can only wonder what details Slick Willy wanted Setzer to handle while they were aboard the Marine One.

Snakes in Suits

Flashback Federal judge overseeing key lawsuit relating to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein dies

Judge Robert W. Sweet
A U.S. District Court judge in New York who was presiding over a lawsuit involving a wealthy, Clinton-connected financier and sex offender died Sunday at the age of 96.

Robert W. Sweet died at his home in Ketchum, Idaho, while on vacation, The New York Times reported. He was appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1978. Politico reported that Sweet was presiding over the lawsuit that followed what many saw as an unusual plea deal for Jeffrey Epstein.

Alexander Acosta, the current U.S. Secretary of Labor, negotiated what critics called a sweetheart, potentially corrupt plea deal with Jeffrey Epstein when he was the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida. The arrangement required Epstein to pay restitution to dozens of victims, but offered a variety of unusual concessions as part of a non-prosecution agreement.

Comment: See also: Jeffrey Epstein is gone, but many more questions remain to be answered


Black Magic

Irish govt prepares to roll out mandatory hardcore porn programming for primary school children


Comment: Down, down, down we go...


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© gript.ieThe flip chart notes from an actual 'sex ed class' in Ireland last month
A "porn workshop" featuring 'porn alphabet games' is being advocated by a leading campaigner for a new sexual education programme for school children. A selection of potential terms to be explained in workshops was posted by Kate Dawson of NUIG, a porn studies advocate and sexual educator, on her Twitter feed.


Comment: Porn studies. Seriously??


In a tweet - since deleted - Dawson said "interesting morning exploring #porn in our #PornLiteracy workshop."
ireland sex education pornography
"The porn alphabet is a great way to gain insight into the level of knowledge/engagement a group has. #sexeducation #SexEdBill," Ms Dawson tweeted.


Comment: It's also a great way to reinforce abnormality as normal. People like her will say 'but porn is everywhere; so let's talk about it with the kids', completely overlooking that it could be banned or at least heavily regulated - as in China and many non-Western countries.


The hashtag #SexEdBill is being used by campaigners, such as Ruth Coppinger TD, to drive support for a more explicit - and mandatory - sex-education programme in schools.


Comment: The bill hasn't passed yet, but it's coming.


Yellow Vest

As Irish govt prepares draconian 'hate speech laws', hundreds take part in free speech rally in Dublin

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© thetricolour.com
Hundreds of free speech supporters braved the winter elements and descended on Dail Eireann this afternoon calling on the Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan and Fine Gael to ditch controversial plans restricting freedom of speech in Ireland.

The rally was organised by the Free Speech for Ireland movement and a coalition of other groups including the Irish Freedom Party, Renua Ireland and Yellow Vest Ireland. Speakers included journalist and political commentator Paddy Manning, Dolores Cahill and Hermann Kelly of the Irish Freedom Party, anti-evictions activist Ben Gilroy, and Patrick Greene of Direct Democracy Ireland. Also in attendance was former Kilkenny Councillor Melissa O'Neill who is contesting the Wexford by-election later this month.


Dollar

Virtue signalling: EasyJet joins corporate environmentalism trend, pretending to go green by capitalizing on 'Greta phenomenon'

easyJet airplane
EasyJet's plan to offset emissions clearly falls in line with now trendy environmentalism, but unfortunately it has little to do with really improving the climate situation on the planet, aviation industry experts have told RT.

Earlier this week, the UK airline vowed to become the first major carrier to operate net-zero carbon flights by planting trees and investing in green projects. The idea is not actually new. Other large airlines like British Airways and Lufthansa offered passengers the chance to pay a little extra to compensate for their carbon footprint, according to independent international affairs and aerospace industry analyst Alessandro Bruno.

He says that airlines are not alone in jumping over themselves to come up with initiatives like this. This happens due to the current public sentiment, but the problem is that it does not matter whether such projects work or not. The point is to publicly show that the company is responsible and "doing something."

Camera

Breaking the silence: 'Drunk on power, tedious boredom', Israeli ex-soldiers depict what they saw or perpetrated

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© Sharon AvrahamQuique Kierszenbaum addresses the audience at the opening of EXPOSE[D] exhibition.
For many Israeli soldiers, it is the mundane, day-to-day memories of their time in the military that continue to jolt them in post-army life. Regular house searches, arrest and hours at checkpoints fill their minds when they look back and wince.

When several dozen ex-combatants were asked about a time that most affected them, former First Sergeant Omry Balely remembered weeks of boredom at a roadblock near the parched Palestinian city of Jericho.
"The general feeling was that it was a quiet and very safe area. When you're at a checkpoint, you're in a daily routine of controlling the lives of other people. Who enters and who doesn't is in your hands - a 19-year-old kid with power."
They would get agitated and taunt the Palestinians, denying entry or exit to those who said the "wrong" thing, or cuffing one to a barrier for having incorrect documentation. Looking for amusement, his unit handwrote bogus VIP permits for the Palestinians who crossed regularly. They were legally meaningless but added some fun to the long hours in the sun.
Balely/Shaul
© Quique KierszenbaumOmry Balely • Yehuda Shaul, whistleblower

Yellow Vest

Curfew imposed in Bogota, Colombia, 20K police deployed against protesters, UPDATES

Bogota riot
© Reuters/Luisa GonzalezDemonstrators clash with riot police in Bogota, November 21, 2019.
Colombian President Iván Duque instructed the authorities in Bogota to impose an overnight curfew on the entire Colombian capital, as 20,000 uniformed police were deployed to "establish order" amid anti-government protests.

"What we are facing is not a march," said Bogota Mayor Enrique Peñalosa, announcing the measure on Friday evening, describing the protesters as a small number of "criminals, vandals, looting, stealing and wanting to practically end our city."

Initially, the curfew was to apply only to Bosa, Kennedy and Ciudad Bolivar - three districts on the south side of the capital, whose residents are primarily poor and working-class Bogotans. The decision to lock them down was made after violence erupted on the sidelines of mass protests against the government's austerity policies.

Over 200,000 people rallied in Bogota on Thursday. Another 20,000 rallied in Cali, prompting local authorities to impose a curfew there.

Comment: RT, 23/11/2019: Car bomb kills 3
A truck rigged with explosives detonated outside a police station. The blast happened in Santander de Quilichao, a town some 500km from the nation's capital, Bogota. Three police officers were killed and seven more wounded.



WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO shows injured men wearing police uniforms being wheeled into hospital.


The explosion apparently was powerful enough to reduce a nearby building to rubble.



Inside the police station shows the building's interior devastated by the blast.

"There were two explosions that were felt throughout the city, immediately the power went out and everything went dark... only the ambulances rushed towards the hospital."
UPDATE: Sputnik, 23/11/2019: Protesters rally at president's house
​Duque has authorized the use of emergency means for ensuring order during the protests, banning the possession of firearms and prohibiting the consumption and sale of alcohol. The incumbent government has taken what it describes as preemptive measures.

Rather than quell the unrest, the curfew was defied by hundreds of protesters who gathered in front of Duque's house on Friday night.






See also:
Police fire tear gas & water cannon as mass anti-govt protests in Colombia's capital turn violent


Yoda

'Sacred right to suck up to power': Pilger blasts 'cruel' media coverage of Julian Assange

John Pilger
© REUTERS/Neil HallJohn Pilger blasted The Guardian while launching a book about Julian Assange
In a wide-ranging dismantling of mainstream media reporting on Julian Assange, award-winning journalist John Pilger has blasted the Guardian for its coverage of the WikiLeaks founder.

Pilger took aim at a Guardian editorial published this week, which made the case for not extraditing the Australian to the US, where he could face 175 years behind bars for possession and dissemination of classified information.

The BAFTA award-winning documentary filmmaker has offered his interpretation of what the editorial actually meant.

Comment: See also: Now that Assange is safely locked up, Sweden drops its 'investigation'


Black Cat

Massoud Shadjareh: Iraqi protesters continue to die as demonstrations lose focus - 'demands are changing'

iraq protests
© Reuters / Thaier al-SudaniIraqi demonstrators take part in ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq November 21, 2019
At least seven protesters were killed and more than 50 people injured during anti-government demonstrations in Baghdad on Thursday. Despite previous concessions by the Iraqi government, an anticipated end to the protests seems further away than ever before as the protesters' messaging now appears more and more fractured, an expert told Sputnik.

In the last few weeks, waves of protests in Iraq has seen the deaths of some 325 individuals and injuries to thousands more. Citing police and hospital sources, Reuters reported that police have killed protesters using live ammunition and also fatally fired tear gas canisters at people's heads.

Comment: Hmmm, this sounds familiar:

Unidentified snipers blamed for Iraqi protester bloodshed, news bureau stormed by masked gunmen


Light Saber

Butina joins Russian ombudsman's office to help compatriots in 'difficult situations' abroad

Maria Butina
© @ Ilya Pitalev / RIA NovostiRussian gun activist Maria Butina
Less than a month after her return to Russia from the US, where she spent over a year behind bars, Maria Butina has joined the Russian ombudsman's office and will focus on helping compatriots who run into trouble abroad.

The Russian gun activist, whose case whipped up anti-Russian hysteria in the US and saw mainstream media telling juicy stories about her trading sex for political favors that later proved to be false, will now help those who find themselves similarly at fault outside Russia.

Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova said Butina had accepted an offer to join her team. Speaking at the State Duma Committee on International Affairs on Friday, Moskalkova said that she wants to set up a committee that would protect the rights of Russian citizens who find themselves in "difficult circumstances in life" when abroad, and Butina will be one of its members.

Comment: Kudos to Ms. Butina for making use of a horrific experience to help others. With Russophobia in high gear, she likely won't be the last innocent Russian to find themselves in the cross-hairs of the Empire.