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Economist Peter Koenig: Venezuela's push towards a 'resistance economy'

Peter Koenig
Mintpress News
Mon, 02 Jul 2018 00:00 UTC

The Government of Venezuela called an international Presidential Economic Advisory Commission, 14-16 June, 2018 - to debate the current foreign injected economic disturbances and seeking solutions to overcome them. I was privileged and honored to be part of this commission. Venezuela is literally being strangled by economic sanctions, by infiltrated elements of unrest, foreign-trained opposition leaders, trained to disrupt the distribution of food, pharmaceutical, and medical equipment.

Much of the training and disturbance in the country is financed by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), an "NGO" that receives hundreds of millions of dollars from the State Department to "spread democracy" and provoke "regime change" around the world, by boycotting and undermining the democratic processes of sovereign nations that refuse to bend under the yoke of the empire and its 'allies' - meaning vassals, afraid to stand up for inherent human values, and instead dance spinelessly to the tune of the murderous North American regime and its handlers.

Comment: Venezuela will 'get by with a little help from its friends'. The US is heading for its own internal upheaval, a long time coming and well-deserved. External ramifications, including any remaining friends, TBD.

Algeria: Mossad allegedly assassinates 2 Palestinian scientists

Days of Palestine
Sun, 22 Jul 2018 00:00 UTC

Involvement of Israeli Mossad in similar assassinations in the past proves it is responsible for this assassination.

Two Palestinian scientists were found dead in an apartment in Algeria. Initiation reports point fingers to Israeli spying agency Mossad.

The two, identified as Suliman al-Farra, 33, and Mohammed al-Banna, a physician whose age was not reported, were said to be originally from Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip. Both were found in Al-Farra's apartment.

Palestinian embassy in Algeria told the family of one of the deceased that the two died of gas inhalation or due to a short circuit.

Palestinian scientists and experts around the world have been killed in recent years in assassinations carried out by the Mossad.

Comment: The cause of death may very well be a signature method used by Mossad, and it is likely they murdered these two scientists. However, until proven, the cause is pattern-recognition and the suspects are speculation.

Majority of Germans support Nord Stream pipeline deal with Russia

RT
Mon, 23 Jul 2018 18:41 UTC

The majority of Germans support Nord Stream 2, a poll revealed Monday. It also showed that most dismissed Donald Trump's negative comments on the pipeline as a tactic to promote US liquefied gas in Europe.

Two thirds of respondents support the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline because it would help provide Germany with a more reliable supply of natural gas, according to the the Forsa poll, which surveyed 1,004 Germans. Nord Stream 2 is a project to expand the existing Nord Stream main gas pipeline linking Russia and Germany along the bottom of the Baltic Sea.

During the recent NATO summit Donald Trump called Nord Stream 2 a mistake saying that Germany buying Russian gas made it its 'captive'. But just under 84 percent of respondents to Monday's poll brushed off Trump's comments, labelling his statement "completely absurd".

The influence of left-leaning media, academia, and Hollywood

Larry Elder
Townhall.com
Thu, 19 Jul 2018 16:22 UTC

The indictment of a dozen Russian spies explained, in great detail, the extent of their interference in the 2016 election. Americans learned about the depth and extent of the Russian operation to interfere.

Comment: No, they didn't, and that wasn't their point. See:

That the Russian activity altered the outcome of the election to "make Trump win" has become an article of faith for many who still cannot fathom how Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton. This will persist as a subject of speculation in book after book, for a long time. What will be of less concern to the same researchers and writers is the far greater impact of the anti-Trump trio of media, academia and Hollywood.

Professor Tim Groseclose, author of "Left Turn: How Liberal Media Bias Distorts the American Mind," makes the case that were the media truly fair and balanced, the average state would vote the same way Texas votes, in favor of Republicans. But media bias gives Democrats a bump of about 8 to 10 points. Of 20 major sources of news, Groseclose found about 15 years ago, 90 percent lean to the left.

Comment: Setting aside that Russia did not attempt to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, the author's point stands. The power and influence of the left-leaning media, academia, Silicon Valley, and Hollywood is far greater than any alleged FB meddling campaign could ever hope to be. Of course, Hillary still lost, so how much is all that alleged power and influence really worth?

Trade war chickens home to roost: 2.5 billion pounds of meat & poultry fill US warehouses with nowhere to go

RT
Mon, 23 Jul 2018 15:43 UTC

© Jon Woo / Reuters
A sculpture of a rooster outside a shopping mall in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, China December 30, 2016.

More than 2.5 billion pounds of meat and poultry produced by US farmers have been stockpiled in cold-storage warehouses with the amount expected to grow further, according to the latest federal data.

Record production of beef, pork, poultry and turkey has become increasingly dependent on exports as US consumers cannot buy up the huge amount of meat. That would drive down prices for American consumers, restaurants and retailers. However, the recent import tariffs imposed by the country's trade partners on the wide range of US goods, including agricultural produce, have slowed down sales of US meat and poultry abroad.

Earlier this year, China and Mexico, the largest foreign buyers of US meat, taxed American pork products in response to the tariffs imposed by the White House on steel, aluminum and some other goods. The measure made prices for US hams, chops and livers in those markets shoot upwards, reports Wall Street Journal.

Liberal comedian under fire for past jokes about pedophilia sees Russian hand behind outing

RT
Mon, 23 Jul 2018 18:18 UTC

Another day, another Russian plot exposing an American public figure for questionable past behavior. This time a comedian, whose past attempts to joke about pedophilia got roasted on Twitter, is seeing the Russian hand.

Liberal comedian Michael Ian Black came under fire by conservatives in recent days for a series of offensive past tweets referencing pedophilia and child abuse - but Black has a theory about why his old tweets have suddenly come to light again.

Black tweeted that "right wing Twitter" came after him "out of the blue" over tweets he posted years ago and reasoned that the timing was a bit suspect because he had recently been talking about "Russian money-laundering at the NRA."

In one of his tweets, which is still online, Black jokes that he is hosting 11-year-old girls at his home and that he is "terrified their parents will find out." In another, he jokes that he doesn't like watching the kids show iCarly "because there is nobody on that show I want to molest."

Toronto mass shooting: Two people killed, multiple injured

Wendy Gilles & Jacques Gallant
Toronto Star
Mon, 23 Jul 2018 17:58 UTC

A 10-year-old girl from the GTA and an 18-year-old Toronto woman are the two people killed in the shooting rampage Sunday night on the Danforth, police say.

During a brief update Monday, police said of the 15 victims shot, eight were women. They range in age from 10 to 59 years old.

The 29-year-old gunman was also killed.

Police would not speculate on a motive for the shooting, including whether the gunman was deliberately targeting women.

The inconvenience of facts to the Left

Investment Watch Blog
Sat, 21 Jul 2018 17:46 UTC

To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth...
- Teddy Roosevelt

Stupid people are running the government, and other stupid people think that this is good - and want MORE!

Hard facts escape Left (non) thinking trolls since critical thinking skills are ignored in favor of hopium and what one "thinks" or "feels" ignoring reality.

US gold-medal winning swimmer Ryan Lochte banned for doping violation

RT
Mon, 23 Jul 2018 17:36 UTC

US swimmer Ryan Lochte has been banned for 14 months after posting an image of himself on social media receiving an intravenous infusion.

The US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced the sanction against the 12-time Olympic medalist in a statement on Monday.

"On May 24, 2018, Lochte, 33, posted an image on social media depicting himself receiving an intravenous infusion," USADA said in a press release.

"A subsequent investigation by USADA, with which Lochte fully cooperated, revealed that Lochte received an intravenous infusion of permitted substances at an infusion clinic in a volume greater than 100 mL in a 12-hour period without a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE)."

Israel helps militant commanders flee with White Helmets during Syrian 'evacuation'

Sputnik
Mon, 23 Jul 2018 16:18 UTC

© REUTERS / Israeli Army / Handout
An Israeli soldier hands out water on a bus, during the Syria Civil Defense, also known as the White Helmets, extraction from the Golan Heights, Israel in this still image taken from video, provided by the Israeli Army July 22, 2018

Israeli forces have evacuated several hundred White Helmets and their family members from southern Syria to Jordan at the request of several Western countries. The move has been labeled a "criminal operation" by Damascus, who believes the NGO's members have cooperated with extremists and plotted several false flag attacks.

At least four commanders from various Syrian militant groups were transferred to Jordan by Israeli forces during the so-called "rescue operation," which was organized in order to pull members of White Helmets and their families out of the southern Syrian provinces of Quneitra and Daara, online media outlet al-Masdar News reported.

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Society's Child

Economist Peter Koenig: Venezuela's push towards a 'resistance economy'

Algeria: Mossad allegedly assassinates 2 Palestinian scientists

Majority of Germans support Nord Stream pipeline deal with Russia

The influence of left-leaning media, academia, and Hollywood

Trade war chickens home to roost: 2.5 billion pounds of meat & poultry fill US warehouses with nowhere to go

Liberal comedian under fire for past jokes about pedophilia sees Russian hand behind outing

Toronto mass shooting: Two people killed, multiple injured

The inconvenience of facts to the Left

US gold-medal winning swimmer Ryan Lochte banned for doping violation

Israel helps militant commanders flee with White Helmets during Syrian 'evacuation'

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