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Zakharova to reveal Western journalists who scoffed at Syrian witnesses at next briefing

Sputnik
Mon, 30 Apr 2018 18:34 UTC

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova criticized unethical behavior by western reporters toward Syrian witnesses of the staged 'chemical attack' in Douma. She promised to reveal the journalists' names at a nearest press briefing.

Talking on Rossiya 1 TV Channel, Zakharova pointed at questions made by British ITV and BBC journalists during an Organization on Prevention of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) news conference on April 26, in which 17 witnesses of the staged 'chemical attack' at Syrian Douma were present.

According to Zakharova, an ITV reporter asked the witnesses how much they were paid for taking part in the press conference, while a BBC journalist claimed that a 12-year-old boy named Hasan Diab, who took part in the briefing, would suffer "psychological trauma."

"The journalists who first exploited a thesis about democracy for many years, then images of children, for many years - they now ask whether a child suffers a psychological trauma after being brought to Hague... I've found names of those journalists, there are not just British, but also Dutch," Zakharova said on TV.

Comment: A Syrian boy comes out and tells his story about what happened to him - the media scoffes and calls it propaganda. A Syrian girl makes up story about Syria - the media mops it up. One sells the narrative, the other counters it. See how that works? Zakharova is right to call them out on their unethical behaviour. See also: Twitterati challenge journalist who complained Douma testimony as 'bizarre & underwhelming'

False flag operations: The current practices

Philip M. Giraldi
The Strategic Culture Foundation
Mon, 30 Apr 2018 18:52 UTC

False Flag is a concept that goes back centuries. It was considered to be a legitimate ploy by the Greeks and Romans, where a military force would pretend to be friendly to get close to an enemy before dropping the pretense and raising its banners to reveal its own affiliation just before launching an attack. In the sea battles of the eighteenth century among Spain, France and Britain hoisting an enemy flag instead of one's own to confuse the opponent was considered to be a legitimate ruse de guerre, but it was only "honorable" if one reverted to one's own flag before engaging in combat.

Today's false flag operations are generally carried out by intelligence agencies and non-government actors including terrorist groups, but they are only considered successful if the true attribution of an action remains secret. There is nothing honorable about them as their intention is to blame an innocent party for something that it did not do. There has been a lot of such activity lately and it was interesting to learn by way of a leak that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has developed a capability to mimic the internet fingerprints of other foreign intelligence services. That means that when the media is trumpeting news reports that the Russians or Chinese hacked into U.S. government websites or the sites of major corporations, it could actually have been the CIA carrying out the intrusion and making it look like it originated in Moscow or Beijing. Given that capability, there has been considerable speculation in the alternative media that it was actually the CIA that interfered in the 2016 national elections in the United States.

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Gazan who lost limb due to IDF sniper fire during peaceful protest talks to RT

RT
Mon, 30 Apr 2018 18:18 UTC

As the stand-off turned violent, a bullet fired by a suspected Israeli soldier tore into the right leg of Mohammed al-Ajoury, a 17-year-old Gazan. He was treated for the gunshot wound but, when his condition became life-threatening, the leg had to be amputated. Israel has repeatedly threatened Palestinians with the use of live ammunition during the protests, citing "security reasons."

Al-Ajoury, who spent six hours in surgery and then one week in intensive care unit, told RT: "I didn't think my leg would be like this. I wasn't aware that it would be amputated. It seems that my relatives told the doctors not to tell me that."

"I was an athlete, I used to play multiple sports and I used to play for the Palestinian Union," he said with a bitter smile. The 17 year old recalled that the Israeli soldiers "were brutally shooting people," saying that an old man was hit by an explosive bullet in front of him. "He was protesting peacefully and was not throwing any stones," al-Ajouri said.

Life has also become miserable for Mohammed Abed, a promising Palestinian football player, who was also shot in the leg by the Israelis. "During my football career, I hoped to be one of the best players in Gaza," Abed told RT. "After this injury, my football career is over."

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Russian air base in Syria repels another Western proxy drone attack

South Front
Wed, 25 Apr 2018 18:04 UTC

On the evening of April 24, Russian forces repelled an attack by armed drones on their Hmeimim airbase in the province of Latakia.

According to the reports, Russian Pantsir-S1 air defense systems shot down two drones armed with projectiles before they were able to attack the base. Some sources added that the airbase had also come under rocket attack. However, these rocket were also intercepted.

Later the Russian Defense Ministry released a statement saying that its air defense systems had intercepted "small aerial targets of unknown origin".

The repeated drone attacks on the Russian military facilities show that militant groups operating in Syria have no more resources with which to oppose the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), backed by Russia and Iran, and their key current goal is to gain media coverage in a desperate attempts to receive additional funds and support from their foreign sponsors.

Such a media effect could be achieved if militants were to succeed in delivering damage to the Russian airbase and the aircraft deployed there.

Comment: This appears to be the second time that's happened. Previously:

US legalized cannabis market on track to hit $25bn by 2025

RT
Mon, 30 Apr 2018 11:26 UTC

Medical and recreational marijuana sales in the US will reach $11.7 billion this year, according to cannabis analytics firm New Frontier Data. It has predicted a 25 percent increase for 2019.

Overall, the American legal weed industry could be worth $25 billion in seven years, the researcher said.

"With a number of states expected to advance cannabis legalization measures in the next 24 months, more Americans will be able to access legal cannabis in the years to come, making this a watershed 4/20," said New Frontier Data's chief executive officer, Giadha Aguirre De Carcer.

April 20 (or 4/20) is the day thousands of Americans gather around the country every year to celebrate and smoke marijuana, which remains illegal in most of the country.

'Not our way:' Moscow says it won't break into US diplomatic compounds

RT
Mon, 30 Apr 2018 18:03 UTC

Samuel Hyde House residence of the Russia consul-general Seattle

© Jason Redmond / Reuters
US State Department officials hold a tarp to cover a locksmith working to gain access to the former residence of the Russian consul general in Seattle on April 25, 2018.

Russia does not plan to answer in kind to Washington forcing its way into Russia's locked consulate in Seattle, which Moscow sees as a violation of international law, Russia's Foreign Ministry spokesperson said.

Last week, US officials called a locksmith to break into the sealed Russian consulate in Seattle, which was vacated by Russian diplomats after Washington ordered it closed, citing its proximity to a US Navy base and a Boeing construction site. Plainclothes US Department officials held a large blue tarp over the consulate's entrance as the locksmith was gaining access to the building that had the Russian flag still flying over it.

Moscow, which did not agree to remove the diplomatic immunity from the compound, vocally protested what it labelled as "a gross violation of diplomatic conventions."

Seattle voids criminal records for misdemeanor pot convictions, giving people a second chance

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Sun, 29 Apr 2018 17:55 UTC

All too often, homeless or otherwise unemployed people are accused of being lazy or complacent because they do not have a job. However, many of those people don't have jobs because-thanks to the government's war on drugs-they've become unemployable. Because of a massive and successful backlash against a portion of the war on drugs, however, many of these folks are now getting a second chance.

It is no secret that a marijuana conviction is a blow to individual freedom-even if you were lucky enough not to go to jail or have already gotten out. A drug conviction limits the ability for people to get a job, borrow money, or even find a place to live. This attack on freedom then leads to a function known as recidivism which limits an individual's choices thereby fostering an environment which will lead to that person ending up back in jail.

The city of Seattle is taking action to help those whose lives have been thrown off track after getting caught by police with a plant. Officials have filed a motion in municipal court that will vacate-retroactively void-all misdemeanor marijuana convictions in the city.

As Fortune Magazine reports, according to a statement from Mayor Jenny Durkan, the request would effect 542 people. The city has also requested the dismissal of outstanding misdemeanor possession charges.

How the US treats its own: Puerto Ricans still suffering 8 months after Hurricane Maria

Frank Sellers
The Duran
Sun, 29 Apr 2018 17:40 UTC

For all those peoples around the world, who worship America as the land of milk and honey, and believe that adopting its principles and aligning their political policies with those of America will somehow mean that they will suddenly experience a comprehensive national renaissance, or that America will reward them by exporting to them massive prosperity, just take a look at how America treats its own. Let's take a brief look at Puerto Rico.

Around eight months ago, Hurricane Maria struck the Caribbean island, one of America's colonies, leaving it 'totally destroyed'. In the aftermath, with so much destruction, one might expect that the Feds would be putting together an aid package to rebuild the island's infrastructure.

Puerto Rico, by and large, still looks and operates much as though it were still stuck in the dark ages, and at night, it definitely is, as the power grid, damaged by Hurricane Maria, remains an unreliable public infrastructure all these months later. The water situation isn't much better as the citizenry must additionally filter the water that comes from the tap, since its quality can't be taken for granted.

Cannabis investors descend on Mayfair hotel to talk marijuana legalization

RT
Mon, 30 Apr 2018 16:34 UTC

Around 200 people have gathered in central London for the Cannabis Invest Conference 2018 to discuss the financial opportunities that cannabis legalization in the UK could bring.

Investors filled the conference rooms of a Mayfair hotel to hear of the benefits legalization could bring to the UK economy. Nine states in the US have already legalized the drug, and later in the year Canada will become the first country in the G8 to completely legalize the drug.

Legal cannabis sales in North America were expected to hit $10 billion by the end of 2017 - a 33 percent increase from 2016, according to a new report released by cannabis industry analysts at Arcview Market Research.

Some are positive that decriminalization is on the horizon for the UK. Cam Battley, chief corporate officer of Aurora Inc, a Canadian cannabis supplier, said that he expects to see cannabis in the UK medical system.

Mandated transgender brainwashing: California school district forbids parents from opting children out of LGBT 'education'

Todd Starnes
ToddStarnes.com
Wed, 25 Apr 2018 00:00 UTC

Parents in Orange County, California may not opt their children out of lessons related to gender identity or sexual orientation, according to a memorandum written by the school district's general counsel.

"Parents who disagree with the instructional materials related to gender, gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation may not excuse their children from this instruction," read the memorandum from Ronald Wenkart to the Orange County Board of Education.

A school district spokesman confirmed the authenticity of the memorandum sent to us by a parent.

"However, parents are free to advise their children that they disagree with some or all of the information presented in the instructional program and express their views on these subjects to their children," the attorney wrote.

Comment: The 'authorities' are becoming increasingly bold in their assertions that they are better qualified than parents to assess what is best for their children, setting dangerous precedents toward total control by the state:

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Society's Child

Zakharova to reveal Western journalists who scoffed at Syrian witnesses at next briefing

False flag operations: The current practices

Gazan who lost limb due to IDF sniper fire during peaceful protest talks to RT

Russian air base in Syria repels another Western proxy drone attack

US legalized cannabis market on track to hit $25bn by 2025

'Not our way:' Moscow says it won't break into US diplomatic compounds

Seattle voids criminal records for misdemeanor pot convictions, giving people a second chance

How the US treats its own: Puerto Ricans still suffering 8 months after Hurricane Maria

Cannabis investors descend on Mayfair hotel to talk marijuana legalization

Mandated transgender brainwashing: California school district forbids parents from opting children out of LGBT 'education'

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