Ukraine-gate as Russiagate 2.0

After it sponsored 2014 coup d'état which brought to power far right nationalists (which would have come to power in any case via next Parliamentary election, as Yanukovich has almost no chances to win them), the West, and first of all the USA, is not going to make a prosperous paradise out of Ukraine. The collective West is only interested in stripping it of anything of value, and using it to inflict damage on Russia as weakening Russia is the geostrategic goal of Washington. The USA were instrumental in unleashing the civil war in Donbass. In the meantime the standard of living in Ukraine dropped at least two times, while currency dropped 3 times, While 2018 and 2019 looks like some stabilization on a very low level, it now is a debt slave and as such can go down much further.

Barr investigation was getting closer to understanding the role of Ukraine in Russiagate. While the issue of Biden criminality and corruption was important, timing was very bad, and being an impulsive person and a very bad diplomat Trump in his phone call with Zelensky provided the Deep State an excellent opportunity for the counterattack. And it followed with the ferocity that actually surprised many observers.

Like in Russiagate the pretext was completely fake: semi-senile Biden does not represent any danger to Trump as an opponent in the 2020 election: he is a Hillary-style corrupt classic neoliberal, and as such is very vulnerable to Trump attacks. On a lighter note: Can you imagine the epic word salad that would be a Trump/Biden debate?

As such Biden is definitely preferable by "team Trump" then Sanders, Warren of Tulsi as an opponent for Trump in 2020 election. And it was very a very stupid idea to try to undermine him because now Trump is probably facing Warren in the national elections -- a more formidable and far more dangerous opponent which can attract disaffected Trump voters, because her program reminds them Trump unfulfilled 2016 promises and first of all jobs and better Social protection from unemployment and critical illnesses. Just reading his promises by Warren can have a devastating effect of Trump.

So the working hypothesis should be that here Trump mixed vengeance with a honest desire to investigate corruption of a high level US official. During the Obama presidency, Biden was the US proconsul for Ukraine, and not only he was involved in many corruption schemes, he was heavily involved in February 2014 coups d'état. The head of the CIA-linked STRATFOR called Ukraine “the most blatant coup in history.” Several thousand Ukrainians were killed over a million displaced. Ukraine lost several territories.

In Ukraine the USA deviated from its longstanding policy of supporting constitutional order governance, allied with far right nationalists and smashed the constitutional order installing marionette far right government ( Nulandgate ) . On the part of the USA this was done to achieve geopolitical goals of weakening Russia. On the part of EU this was done for expanding EU economic “Lebensraum” into xUSSR space. Subsequent Provisional Government of Yatsenyuk-Turchinov, and President Poroshenko were just the USA/EU marionette. Poroshenko was a known agent of US influence in Ukraine even before the February 2014 events. So it is not surprising that during 2016 campaign he acted as Clinton stooge and willing Russiagate helper.

A very plausible version of the story is as following (The Plundering of Ukraine by Corrupt American Democrats, by Israel Shamir - The Unz Review):

After the 2014 coup, IMF demanded to raise the price of gas for the domestic consumer to European levels, and the new president Petro Poroshenko obliged them. The prices went sky-high. The Ukrainians were forced to pay many times more for their cooking and heating; and huge profits went to coffers of the gas companies. Instead of raising taxes or lowering prices, President Poroshenko demanded the gas companies to pay him or subsidise his projects. He said that he arranged the price hike; it means he should be considered a partner.

Burisma Gas company had to pay extortion money to the president Poroshenko. Eventually its founder and owner Mr Nicolai Zlochevsky decided to invite some important Westerners into the company’s board of directors hoping it would moderate Poroshenko’s appetites. He had brought in Biden’s son Hunter, John Kerry, Polish ex-President Kwasniewski; but it didn’t help him.

Poroshenko became furious that the fattened calf may escape him, and asked the Attorney General Shokin to investigate Burisma trusting some irregularities would emerge. AG Shokin immediately discovered that Burisma had paid these ‘stars’ between 50 and 150 thousand dollar per month each just for being on the list of directors. This is illegal by the Ukrainian tax code; it can’t be recognised as legitimate expenditure.

At that time Biden the father entered the fray. He called Poroshenko and gave him six hours to close the case against his son. Otherwise, one billion dollars of the US taxpayers’ funds won’t pass to the Ukrainian corruptioners. Zlochevsky, the Burisma owner, paid Biden well for this conversation: he received between three and ten million dollars, according to different sources.

AG Shokin said he can’t close the case within six hours; Poroshenko sacked him and installed Mr Lutsenko in his stead. Lutsenko was willing to dismiss the case of Burisma, but he also could not do it in a day, or even in a week. Biden, as we know, could not keep his trap shut: by talking about the pressure he put on Poroshenko, he incriminated himself. Meanwhile Mr Shokin gave evidence that Biden put pressure on Poroshenko to fire him, and now it was confirmed. The evidence was given to the US lawyers in connection with another case, Firtash case.

... ... ...

Two years ago, (that is already under President Trump) the United States began to investigate the allocation of 3 billion dollars; it was allocated in 2014, in 2015, in 2016; one billion dollars per year. The investigation showed that the documents were falsified, the money was transferred to Ukraine, and stolen. The investigators tracked each payment, discovered where the money went, where it was spent and how it was stolen.

As a result, in October 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice opened a criminal case for “Abuse of power and embezzlement of American taxpayers’ money”. Among the accused there are two consecutive Finance Ministers of the Ukraine, Mrs Natalie Ann Jaresko who served 2014-2016 and Mr Alexander Daniluk who served 2016-2018, and three US banks. The investigation caused the USAID to cease issuing grants since August 2019. As Trump said, now the US does not give away money and does not impose democracy.

The money was allocated with the flagrant violation of American law. There was no risk assessment, no audit reports. Normally the USAID, when allocating cash, always prepares a substantial package of documents. But the billions were given to Ukraine completely without documents. The criminal case on the embezzlement of USAID funds had been signed personally by the US Attorney General, so these issues are very much alive.

Sam Kislin was involved in this investigation. He is a good friend and associate of Giuliani, Trump’s lawyer and an ex-mayor of New York. Kislin is well known in Kiev, and I have many friends who are Sam’s friends [said Tsarev]. I learned of his progress, because some of my friends were detained in the United States, or interrogated in Ukraine. They briefed me about this. It appears that Burisma is just the tip of the scandal, the tip of the iceberg. If Trump will carry on, and use what was already initiated and investigated, the whole headquarters of the Democratic party will come down. They will not be able to hold elections. I have no right to name names, but believe me, leading functionaries of the Democratic party are involved.

Poroshenko was aware of that; he gave orders to declare Sam Kislin persona non grata. Once the old man (he is over 80) flew into Kiev airport and he was not allowed to come in; he spent the night in detention and was flown back to the US next day. Poroshenko had been totally allied with Clinton camp.

Of course, mentioning Biden in his phone call was a strategic mistake, and Trump now will pay the price. Obama/Brennan faction was not sleeping and realized that it can golden opportunity for the counterattack.

The real reason of this recent bout of rage by the Deep State against Trump is probably that there are the multiple skeletons in the Ukrainian closets left after 2016 elections (especially related to CrowdStrike as well as getting dirt of Trump via Alexandra Chalupa.) After Barr visit to Italy, the Deep staters felt the real danger and acted accordingly: they launched a pre-emptive attack as the offence is the best form of defense. In other words they want to sink Barr and Durham investigation into the roots of the Trump-Russia collusion hoax.

Looks like John Brennan went out of channels to solicit Five Eyes help in running sting operations. It is perfectly appropriate that Barr is seeking cooperation from Australia, Italy and Ukraine in pursuing possible criminal misconduct by FBI, CIA and other Federal employees. And the role of CrowdStrike in unleashing Russiagate should be investigated as some facts suggest that they converted internal leak of DNC document in Russian intrusion by running a false flag operation, possibly from their Ukrainian servers. In other words it was Crowdstrike specialists who broke into those servers with the specific goal to implicate Russians. Now with Ukrainian material it became more plausible that while DNC was a leak by and disgruntled insider (possible Seth Rich), there was an subsequent to the leak additional operation of CIA with the goal to frame Russia in the leak in which Ukrainians participated. False flag operations are CIA specialty.

But it was much less appropriate for Trump to touch the issue of biden corruption in his conversation with Zelensky, while he is on the campaign trail. this matter belongs tothe Department of justice which is obligated to investigate corruption of US officials in foreign territories due to the existence of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Acc of 1977

All-in-all Ukrainegate is probably more of a product of the sufferings on John Brennan and Co after the collapse of Mueller witch hunt -- a preemptive counterattack against Barr investigation of Russiagate origins.

"Foreign influence on the USA elections" part of Ukrainegate is a complete fake

The most funny thing in this story is that Ukraine can't exert any foreign influence as n no way it is an independent country. So the "foreign influence" claim is just a sad, cruel joke. Since 2014 coup d'état (aka EuroMaydan color revolution, courtesy of Victoria "F*ck EU" Nuland) is fully controlled from Washington. So any reference about "foreign power" here is completely hypocritical.

Tha means that for all all practical purposes Ukrainegate should be viewed as Russiagate 2.0. It is a continuation of CIA/FBI/State Department attempts to depose Trump under false pretences. It helps CIA-democrats to hide evidence and create another constant pressure point on Trump. They also expect that the impeachment investigation in the House will put enough dirt of Trump to increase their chances in 2020 election.

As s side effect of Ukrainegate is that it sanctified arms supplies to Ukraine as the issue that enjoy bipartisan consensus. While Trump behave way too clumsy and sleazy, the wisdom of supplying arms to Ukraine to prolong war in Donbass is greatly suspect. Obama who initiated the 2014 coup d'état in Ukraine later tried to avoid supplied arms to Ukraine despite the pressure from hawks in his cabinet, Only under Trump Ukraine got Javelins which no might end in God know which hands.

In his Sept. 29, 2019 post "CIA sets terms for Democrats: impeachment inquiry into Trump’s crimes’, Joseph Kishore reports:

“The scandal over the Ukraine call has been instigated by the intelligence agencies. It was a CIA agent in the White House who prepared the report that is the basis of the inquiry. It was the decision by a group of Democrats drawn from the military and intelligence agencies that led Pelosi and Schiff, both with longstanding ties to these same agencies, to shift from their previous opposition to impeachment."

The more interesting thing is, why did Pelosi agreed to the impeachment inquiry? Of course, it removed Biden from the list of contenders, which is probably good because he's lost it. But more importantly it creates real and sustainable anti-Trump sentiment among electorate. She wants a nominee who will keep the status quo and defeat Trump. Looks like they are currently putting all the apples in the Warren bucket. But Warren promises are far to the left of any establishment stooge and unless she is co-opted like Trump, think might became interesting.

Christopher Neiweem who is a GOP strategist said for all we know the Warren campaign could be pushing the story hoping indirectly take down both Biden and Trump.

Intelligence community strikes back

The catalyst for impeachment is the alleged CIA whistleblower and the team of intelligence community officials he is going to bat for. Trump picked a fight with the wrong crowd. Now, they’re fighting back, with the Constitution in one hand and evidence of Trump’s corruption in the other. Game on.

You might call this team, collectively, “Deep State Throat.” They’re a deep state, all right, but not like Trump thinks. They’re not rogues. They’re patriots. Let’s just buckle up and watch how this plays out over the coming weeks and months.

To me, the whistleblower appears to have taken a leadership role [ of the whole team ], sticking his neck out to protect subordinates in the intelligence community while conveying their information to appropriate authorities through appropriate channels. It’s easy to see how the intelligence community inspector general steered it to the Congressional Intelligence Committees, under the cover of great credibility

The sentence "They’re a deep state, all right, but not like Trump thinks. They’re not rogues. They’re patriots." is pure bullshit. They are rogues. They've anointed themselves as "saviors of democracy". Ignoring the fact that democracy requires elections, not deep state manipulation. Like it or not, Trump won the 2016 election under the rules in place at the time. While his actions as the President raise many objections, nothing he had done rises to an impeachable offense. And nobody has the right to overturn that election except voters in the next election. So this is nothing but a Praetorian guard coup against the president. in best Rome traditions.

Trump is a horrible president who is doing some very bad things, but this issue is not one on which Dems could built a solid impeachment case. It amounts to an attempted coup. Trumps "crimes" were to ask that Ukraine cooperate with the Attorney General's investigations. Anyone that has seen Biden's disgusting, arrogant comments at the Council on Foreign Relations would have to agree with Trump that it "sounds horrible." If you want evidence of withholding aid for political purposes you need look no farther than Biden and Obama. What sickens me, however, is how completely the MSM bough this narrative. They never mention Biden's comments at the Council of Foreign Relations. They never mention that the fired Prosecutor General testified that he was fired because he made Biden unhappy. They misconstrue, they misdirect and they simply lie. This, unfortunately, is not new. Recall Russiagate and the lead up to the invasion of Iraq, among other things. Trump is often called a fascist, but compared to John Brennon, John Bolton, their like-minded colleagues and their enablers, Trump is a rank and incompetent amateur whose great sin is to fuck up the US descent into neofascism.

Interestingly, the same neocon/neolib alliance which endorsed George W. Bush's case for war with Iraq is pretty much the same alliance that is now, all these years later, braying for confrontation with Russia. Including the same cast of characters reading from the Iraq-war era playbook.

The prevailing sentiment of the media establishment during the months prior to the disastrous March 2003 invasion of Iraq was that of certainty: George Tenet's now infamous assurance to President Bush, that the case against Iraq was a "slam drunk," was essentially what major newspapers and television news outlets were telling the American people at the time.

The Bush administration cynically engaged in what we would today call a "disinformation campaign against its own citizens" by planting false stories abroad, safe in the knowledge that these stories would "bleed over" and be picked up by the American press.

The Bush II neocons were able to launder what were essentially "fake news" stories, such as the aluminum tubes fabrication , by leaking to Michael R. Gordon and Judith Miller of The New York Times. We see the same set of well coordinated leaks here.

By 2002, no one had any right to be surprised by what Bush and Cheney were up to; since at least 1898 (when the U.S. declared war on Spain under the pretense of the fabricated Hearst battle cry "Remember the Maine!") American governments have repeatedly lied in order to promote their agenda abroad. And in 2002-3, the media walked in lock step with yet another administration in pushing for an unnecessary and costly war.

Like The New York Times, The Washington Post also relentlessly pushed the administration's case for war with Iraq. According to the journalist Greg Mitchell , "By the Post 's own admission, in the months before the war, it ran more than 140 stories on its front page promoting the war." All this, while its editorial page assured readers that the evidence Colin Powell presented to the United Nations on Iraq's WMD program was "irrefutable." According to the Post, it would be "hard to imagine" how anyone could doubt the administration's case.

But the Post was hardly alone in its enthusiasm for Bush's war. Among the most prominent proponents of the Iraq war was The New Yorker's Jeffrey Goldberg , who, a full year prior to the invasion, set out to link Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda. Writing for The New Yorker in March 2002, Goldberg retailed former CIA Director James Woolsey's opinion that "It would be a real shame if the C.I.A.'s substantial institutional hostility to Iraqi democratic resistance groups was keeping it from learning about Saddam's ties to Al Qaeda in northern Iraq."

Indeed, according to Goldberg , "The possibility that Saddam could supply weapons of mass destruction to anti-American terror groups is a powerful argument among advocates of regime change," while Saddam's "record of support for terrorist organizations, and the cruelty of his regime make him a threat that reaches far beyond the citizens of Iraq."

We see Deja Vu All Over Again in case of a smooth transition of Russiagate into Russiagate 2.0 (aka Ukrainegate).

From Ukraine With Love: The real story of Biden corruption

After the coup the fleecing of Ukrainian population by the new team of oligarchs who supported the coup started and the USA politicians and Ukrainian diaspora jointed this with great enthusiasm. As the result the standard of living in Ukraine dropped at least to the half of very low level that existed in 2014 and currency depreciated ~300% (or 60% per year, although the process was uneven). Now Ukraine is the poorest country in Europe.

When DemoRats (Clinton wing of Democratic Party) dusted off and added Joe Biden to the already overclouded roster of candidates (and falsified polls to show that he is a leader and thus artificially created a following for his candidacy), that was clearly a move directed on reelection of Trump, a very favorable for Trump event. And it is true that DemoRats are afraid of Bernie Sanders more then of Trump.

In September three House committees announced earlier this month that they were investigating whether Trump used the withholding of military aid as leverage to get Ukraine’s new President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to probe the Bidens — an allegation that has been bolstered by a "whistle-blower"( this person is not a whistle-blower but a leaker, as we are talking about potentially criminal actions by Biden which falled under Foreign Corrupt Practices Act , and which do deserve investigation both by the Ukrainian side and the Department of Justice) complaint from inside the intelligence community. Which makes it similar to Steele dossier.

Democrats risked to discover that in the released transcript Trump did not cross the line and at this point you can say good-buy to Creepy Joe as the leader of the pack, if not as a candidate. So it could well be that the "whistle-blower" is Warren sympathizer within the intelligence community and the whole operation was devised to prop-up Warren and hurt Trump in best Russiagate style. Looks like powerful faction within the intelligence community clearly had a candidate in 2016. Do they also have one in 2020?

The US authorities now are obligated to conduct a full-scale inquiry of Biden behavior, but what is even worse tis that it will add a lot of additional air time to allegations about Biden criminality, linking their party’s 2020 presidential front-runner to Clinton family corruption.

The last thing Democrats want is another candidate on the defensive, after Trump was rolled over Hillary 2016.” Also in view of the scandal voters may think Biden not only just too old to be the President, but that maybe that he carries was too much neoliberal baggage. The whistleblower incident is more likely to end the political career of Biden. The whole matter involving his son’s foreign business dealings not only raises unflattering questions but also provides plenty of reminders about his life in the swamp. Trump practically has been defined by his ability to outlive Democratic “witch hunts.'”

Trump probably will crush Creepy Joe even with all the negative factors he now has, or will acquire. Creepy Joe (as WaPo nicknamed him) has three major skeletons in the closet:

his narcoaddict son magically escaped justice when a crack pipe was found in his rental car
Biden role in Ukrainian events which are disgusting if not outright criminal. Later after the EuroMaydan events he instrumental if firing Ukrainian Chief Persecutor to squash investigating of gas company Burisma (where his some do some reason got a position in the board of the company) which paid around $50K a month to his son) and his son financial dealings with China. So his son fleeced impoverished Ukraine where standard living dropped 2-3 times after Euromaydan, which was converted into the debt slave of the West and where most population live of $2 a day or less.

The fact of the matter is that Hunter wasn’t on the board because of his expertise in Eastern European energy issues. He’s part of a long tradition of nepotism when family members of influential politicians profiting off a sense that it’s politically and economically useful to cultivate these connections.

not to mention his past as the "mentor" of Yanukovich whom he later backstabbed
His China dealings also need careful investigation, and interpretation of some actions by Biden family in view of trade war with China might be very damaging for Biden.

At night on September 24, 2019 Pelosi have announced they will pursue impeachment charges against President Trump because an unverified, hearsay whistleblower made a complaint about a phone call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenski.

In response Trump published the transcript of the call. Trump’s move to release the un-redacted transcripts of the phone call was the right move. But Dems did not stop. They just moved goalposts.

There are few hard facts: a leak claims a whistleblower in the intelligence community believes that during a July 25 phone call, Trump made unspecified “promises” to the Ukrainian president in return for his investigating Biden family corruption. The whistleblower did not have direct knowledge of what was said, and may have read a transcript or summary. Trump knew the call was monitored by multiple people yet said whatever he said anyway

The actual words matter a lot. If this whole thing looks like a dance around some flippant statement by the president about investigating corruption that may involve the Biden family turning it into a quid pro quo accusation, it will fail spectacularly with voters. If we all have to become whistleblower law experts the same way we all were obstruction experts just a few weeks ago, it fails.

Yet while the actual words matter, it should not be lost that none of what Trump was supposed to have really done — using military aid to get dirt on Biden — happened.

No one claims the Ukrainians investigated Biden at Trump’s demand (and Dems insist there was no Biden wrongdoing anyway, so an investigation would be for naught). It is thus a big problem in this narrative that the long-promised military aid to the Ukraine was only delayed and then paid out, as if the bribe was given for nothing in return—which makes it hardly a bribe. Trump is apparently bad at bribing. Even though he made the decision to temporarily withhold the aid for some reason, the Ukrainians were never even told about it until weeks after the “extortion” phone call, meaning nobody’s arm got knowingly twisted. So no bribe was given, or to the Ukrainians’ knowledge, no money withheld.

In previous case FBI plot to entrap Trump with Moscow hotel led to the Dems claim that they see a smoking gun. But there is no body on the ground under the muzzle. So will this devolve into another complicated thought crime, another “conspiracy” to commit without the committal?

“No explicit quid pro quo is necessary to betray your country,” helpfully tweeted Adam Schiff, chair of the House Intelligence Committee, a member of Congress Pro-isreal lobby. He does not even understand how right he is.

People became way too cynical following the collapse of Russiagate for Dems to have any level of success in derailing Trump.

Hunter Biden’s American-based firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners LLC, was hired by the Ukrainian natural gas firm, Burisma Holdings in 2014. They gave Hunter Biden a seat on their board and paid Biden’s firm an average of $166,000 a month during his employment with them. The problem? Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin in the Ukraine started a widespread corruption probe into Burisma Holdings with specific plans to look at all board members – including Joe Biden’s son. (Source)

As Vice President, Joe Biden traveled to Ukraine to give them the news that the United States was going to be granting Ukraine $1 Billion in loan guarantees. While there, he threatened to pull the guarantees if they did not fire Prosecutor Shokin, who was investigating the firm Biden’s son was a board member of. (Source)

Sure enough, Ukraine folded in order to not risk losing the loan guarantees and fired Prosecutor Shokin. The corruption investigation into Burisma Holdings was abandoned and no charges were brought against the firm or Hunter Biden. Last year, Joe Biden bragged on video about personally strong-arming the Ukrainians into firing the prosecutor. (Source)

Is military assistance to Ukraine in the USA national interest, or this is a dangerous continuation of neocon foreign policy

The US neocons announced "iron support" for military assistance to Ukraine. They noted that Washington views military support for Kiev as serving the USA national interest.

“Support by the United States for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine remains iron, and the US sees support for Ukraine through military assistance as an important national interest,” the US embassy in Kiev said.

On September 12, 2019 the US Senate Committee on Costs approved the allocation of $ 250 million to Ukraine to support the country's armed forces. In other words the USA continue Cold War2 increasing the danger of World War III which would wipe our both the USA and Russia from the face of the Earth.

The interesting part of this phase of Cold War II is the role of intelligence agencies in unleashing and sustaining it. Which made intelligence agencies an important political force in the USA, and as such the slide of the USA to the neofascist model of governance, which is reflected in the term the Deep State. Barann is the face of those tendencies.

Due to Ukraine-gate Biden is down and soon will be out Warren emerged as the most probable nominee

The most logical reading of the situation, based on known facts is that Biden gone, the corporate Dems such as Kamala Harris are much weaker..

Biden got in big trouble and the most natural path for him is down and put. He can't recover from the barrage of Ukraine-related dirt and deny his connection to his narcoaddict son; Ukraine+China factor will sink him sooner or later.

Warren looks like the net beneficiary of Pelosi initiated impeachment hearrings. This is the only silver lining in this dark cloud.

But please note that "Full of Schiff" candidates, the candidates that endorsed the impeachment (the list that includes Warren, only Tulsi has thecorage to abstain) might sill later regret jumping into this bandwagon. Because resulting polarization greatly favors Trump. Here we again will be completely distracted from real and complex issues facing the country into yet another senseless mud slinging match courtesy to Obama/Brennan faction in CIA. And that favors Trump.

With some PR skills Trump now can definitely present Warren as "yet another corrupt neoliberal" hell bent of trating corruption within Dem Party, including the corruption of Clinton family differently from everybody else, ruthless female opportunist who tries to capitalize on her identity and resorts to dirty tricks to get to power. Or, worse, as a malleable pretender without any spine. Iether already controlled by the establishment, or candidate which establishment will have for lunch in two or three months since inauguration (as happened with Trump ;-)

Both variants pose some danger for her candidacy.

The Damocles sword of Senate trial hangs over Schiff

President Trump said he wants an impeachment trial in the Senate if the House impeaches him. If Republiucan senators, who will control this process want that can drag Pelosi, Schiff and company via all the Obama and intelligence agencies dirt and completely destroy Dems chances of winning 2020 depicting them as plotter, who wanted to overthrow legitimately elected President by any means possible.

Speaking to Fox & Friends the president claimed he wants a trial in the Senate. Host Brian Kilmeade responded, “You want a trial?” Trump replied, “Oh, I would! Look, number one, they should never, ever impeach. I watched, I watched five people on your network yesterday say there’s nothing here. Andy McCarthy, how about Ken, special prosecutor,” Trump said. Kilmeade interjected: “Ken Starr.” “Special counsel. Ken Starr, he was fantastic, he said there’s nothing here. So ready? Number one, there should never be an impeachment. This is not an impeachment,” Trump concluded.

The president's remarks come a day after White House counsel Pat Cipollone signaled during a meeting with key Senate Republicans that Trump has concluded he has more to gain politically from presenting a detailed defense at trial than from the GOP preventing a trial from happening at all.

Top Visited <p>Your browser does not support iframes.</p>					Switchboard
					Latest
					Past week
					Past month

NEWS CONTENTS

20200121 : Opinion - Joe Biden, Friend Or Foe Of Corruption ( Jan 21, 2020 , www.informationclearinghouse.info )
20200121 : DemoRats blowed thier change to impech Trump due to thier own dishonesty, jingoism and cowardice ( Jan 21, 2020 , www.theamericanconservative.com )
20200121 : I don't see how Trump has actually governed much differently from any other contemporary Republican. The difference between Trump and, say Ted Cruz, or Marco Rubio, is mostly style, not policy. ( Jan 21, 2020 , www.theamericanconservative.com )
20200121 : Iran, Trump, and the neoliberal-neoconservative compact ( Jan 21, 2020 , off-guardian.org )
20200121 : Bernie Sanders Walks Straight Into the Russiagate Trap ( Jan 21, 2020 , www.strategic-culture.org )
20200120 : Documentary Released Monday Sheds New Light on Ukrainegate ( Jan 15, 2020 , consortiumnews.com )
20200119 : It is unclear what percentage of Congress are alcoholics, but judging from their statements looks like more then half ( Jan 19, 2020 , www.zerohedge.com )
20200119 : debunked by Trump himself ( Jan 19, 2020 , www.commondreams.org )
20200119 : In 2019, Parnas served as a translator for a legal case involving Dmytro Firtash, one of Ukraine's wealthiest oligarchs with self-admitted mob connections ( Jan 19, 2020 , www.zerohedge.com )
20200119 : McConnell Should Toss Out This Malicious Impeachment by Patrick J. Buchanan ( Jan 17, 2020 , www.theamericanconservative.com )
20200119 : Russiagate was to hide Clinton's corruption. Ukrainegate is to hide Biden's corruption ( Jan 19, 2020 , www.zerohedge.com )
20200119 : US strategy and what the gas pipeline war is costing us by Manlio Dinucci ( Jan 19, 2020 , www.voltairenet.org )
20200118 : Trump Lawyers Frame Impeachment Removal Trial as Violation of Constitution, Election Meddling - Sputnik International ( Jan 18, 2020 , sputniknews.com )
20200118 : Impeachment circus begins in earnest, and will change nothing -- RT Op-ed ( Jan 18, 2020 , www.rt.com )
20200118 : If Trump is removed, will the Speaker of the House not be the Sovereign ( Jan 18, 2020 , turcopolier.typepad.com )
20200118 : I was intrigued by its reference to one of the richest men in Ukraine, Dmytro Firtash and wondered as to his links to the 'Biden Burisma business ( Jan 18, 2020 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20200118 : Importance of Cyprus is gas wars ( Jan 18, 2020 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20200118 : Diaspora in the USA has an outsized influence on how their host country thinks of its interests in their regions of birth ( Jan 18, 2020 , www.unz.com )
20200118 : We Need A Full Investigation Bannon Accuses Pelosi, Schiff And MSM Of Colluding ( Jan 18, 2020 , www.zerohedge.com )
20200118 : Lukashenko wants the prices for oil and natural gas for Belarus to be the same as for Russian regions, but refuses to behave like a Russian region. ( Jan 18, 2020 , www.unz.com )
20200118 : Germany behaviour in Naftogas-Gasprom conflict makes zero sense unless you believe that Germany was acting as a proxy on behalf of a greater power ( Jan 18, 2020 , www.unz.com )
20200117 : In the full sprit of bipartisanship ( Jan 17, 2020 , www.zerohedge.com )
20200117 : A Malicious Indictment Mitch Should Toss Out ( Jan 17, 2020 , www.zerohedge.com )
20200115 : The Strange Case of Chrystia Freeland and the Failure of the 'Super Elite' by Matthew Ehret ( May 11, 2019 , canadianpatriot.org )
20200114 : A Sea Change for Canada Foreign Policy as Freeland Is Replaced by a Pro-Chinese Politico by Matthew Ehret ( Jan 14, 2020 , canadianpatriot.org )
20200114 : VICTIM OR AGGRESSOR CHRYSTIA FREELAND'S FAMILY RECORD FOR NAZI WAR PROFITEERING, AND MURDER OF THE CRACOW JEWS ( Jan 14, 2020 , johnhelmer.net )
20200114 : Leonid Bershidsky: Chrystia Freeland's dismissal of her family's Nazi connection is only helping Russia's propagandists ( Jan 14, 2020 , nationalpost.com )
20200114 : Neocons and globalists regrouping to battle Russia and Trump by Wayne Madsen ( Jan 19, 2017 , futurefastforward.com )
20200114 : Freeland's New Role as Deputy Prime Minister Puts her 2nd in Command (of the Titanic?) ( Jan 14, 2020 , canadianpatriot.org )
20200114* Impeachment Of President Trump An Imperial War Game by By Barbara Boyd ( Nov 22, 2019 , futurefastforward.com ) [Recommended]
20200114 : Impeachment Of President Trump An Imperial War Game ( Nov 22, 2019 , futurefastforward.com )
20200112 : Canadian neocon Chrystia Freeland ready to betray Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Video) ( Jan 12, 2020 , theduran.com )
20200112 : Dangerous Neocon Soros Puppet Chrystia Freeland Replaced as Canada's Foreign Minister SOTN Alternative News, Analysis Co ( Jan 12, 2020 , stateofthenation.co )
20200112 : Lament for Canada -- Strategic Culture ( Jan 12, 2020 , www.strategic-culture.org )
20200112 : It continue to be highly suspicious of the fact that it is a Ukrainian plane. Ukraine is firmly in the Anglo-Zionist camp, ( Jan 12, 2020 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20200110 : Joe Biden under cross examination in senate trail would be Conedy Central show transmitted live ( Nov 27, 2019 , www.forbes.com )
20200110 : Turkey discovered how dependent its economy had become on Russia including Russian gas during the trade embargo that ensued upon the shootdown of SU-24 ( Jan 10, 2020 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20200109 : And for $5 trillion spent bombing unoffending MENA countries the US has gotten what? ( Jan 09, 2020 , www.zerohedge.com )
20200108 : US strategy and what the gas pipeline war is costing us by Manlio Dinucci ( Jan 08, 2020 , www.voltairenet.org )
20200108 : Without a steady supply of gas and oil from the Saudis and Emirates it will very quickly get cold and dark in Europe this winter and they'll soon regret allowing Uncle Sammmy to put a kink in Nord Stream 2 and TurkStream. ( Jan 08, 2020 , caucus99percent.com )
20200108 : Assassination of Soleimani was done on false pretences much like Bush II Iraq war justification. Trump abused his power and now needs to be impeached ( Jan 08, 2020 , www.theamericanconservative.com )
20200108 : Impeachment as a way out for the USa for create Trump Soliemani muder deadlock with Iran ( Jan 08, 2020 , www.nytimes.com )
20200108 : McConnell Wrangles Republicans For Speedy Trump Acquittal As Schumer Cries Cover-Up ( Jan 08, 2020 , www.zerohedge.com )
20200108 : A bit weird how Danes oscillate between obstructing and just harrassing. Both USA and Germany seem to have influence. ( Jan 08, 2020 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20200108* If we assume that Pompeo persuaded Trump to order to kill a diplomatic envoy, Trump is now a dead man walking as after Iran responce Pelosi impeachment gambit now have legs ( Jan 06, 2020 , www.moonofalabama.org ) [Recommended]
20200107 : McConnell Wrangles Republicans For Speedy Trump Acquittal As Schumer Cries Cover-Up ( Jan 07, 2020 , www.zerohedge.com )
20200107 : Trump wags the hippopotamus - The Washington Post ( Jan 07, 2020 , www.washingtonpost.com )
20200107 : US strategy and what the gas pipeline war is costing us by Manlio Dinucci ( Jan 07, 2020 , www.voltairenet.org )
20200104 : The Three Main Reasons Trump Can't Lose 2020 Dispelling Nonsense Polls and Wishful Thinking ( Jan 04, 2020 , www.strategic-culture.org )
20200103 : If a conflict between USA led NATO and Russia goes thermonuclear,we can all kiss our asses goodbye. Two maybe three hundred million dead outright within an hour or so. What then?? Who the fuck knows. ( Jan 03, 2020 , thenewkremlinstooge.wordpress.com )
20200103 : Secondary sanctions are evil because they prevent minor transactions because banks don't think it is worth the severe penalties. ( Jan 03, 2020 , thenewkremlinstooge.wordpress.com )
20200103 : The USA have an upper hand in the current scirmish of the gas war with Russia. But that does not guarantee the final victory as Ukraine might switch sides by victor Kaminenvv ( Jan 02, 2020 , topwar.ru )
20200102 : The EU's LNG imports jumped by 102 percent on the year, with Russia accounting for 19 percent of LNG imports, second only to Qatar with 30 percent, and ahead of the U.S. with 12 percent ( Jan 02, 2020 , oilprice.com )
20200102 : The end of Ukranian gas rent, which is due to the fact that USSR lay piplenes via its terroty is near ( Jan 02, 2020 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20200101 : Must-read on George Soros's manipulations in Ukraine. ( Jan 01, 2020 , www.unz.com )
20200101 : Tulsi Gabbard Defends 'Present' Vote; Warns Impeachment Will Backfire ( Jan 01, 2020 , www.zerohedge.com )
20200101 : "Freedom gas" named Worst Words of the Year ( Jan 01, 2020 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20200101 : Twitter Scrubs Viral Trump Retweet Of Alleged Hoaxblower's Name ( Jan 01, 2020 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191231 : Skripals false flag and Russiagate are birds of the feather ( Dec 31, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191231 : The US is now openly dismissive as a matter of law any ally or partner who engages in economic activity it disapproves by Tom Luongo ( Dec 26, 2019 , astutenews.com )
20191231 : Skripals false flag and Russiagate are birds of the feather ( Dec 31, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191231 : Israel will not be supplying Germany gas any time soon. ( Dec 31, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191230 : Because You d Be In Jail! - The Real Reason Democrats Are Pushing Trump Impeachment by Robert Bridge ( Dec 29, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191230 : Twitter Scrubs Viral Trump Retweet Of Alleged Hoaxblower s Name ( Dec 30, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191229 : People you are voting for actually serve as representatives of MIC, not you: House Dems Unanimously Vote to Condemn Withdrawal From Syria ( Dec 29, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191229 : Note on Washington's bizarre priorities by James Antle ( Dec 29, 2019 , www.theamericanconservative.com )
20191229 : Lyle J. Goldstein The War in Ukraine Must End ( Dec 29, 2019 , scotthorton.org )
20191229 : Note on Ukrainian tribalism and Mechanisms of Russophobia in Ukraine ( Dec 29, 2019 , crookedtimber.org )
20191229 : CNN (Shockingly) Calls Out Chuck Schumer Over 1999 Impeachment Hypocrisy Zero Hedge ( Dec 29, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191229 : Last Week's Russian-Ukrainian Gas Deal Took the World by Surprise by Andrew Korybko ( Dec 29, 2019 , astutenews.com )
20191228 : An American Oligarch's Dirty Tale Of Corruption by William Engdahl ( Dec 28, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191228 : In many cases of ethnic/cultural nationalism this looks more like a competition for resources with the smoke screen of noble intentions/human rights/past oppression/ humiliations/etc ( Dec 28, 2019 , crookedtimber.org )
20191228 : Washington's Unmasked Imperialism Towards Europe And Russia ( Dec 28, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191225 : Washington s sanctions are own goal ( Dec 25, 2019 , caucus99percent.com )
20191225 : Trump Impeachment as Dems dirty election campaign move ( Dec 25, 2019 , www.nationalreview.com )
20191225 : Trump understands perfectly well that impeachment the Neoliberal Dems dirty election strategy trick and he fights back ( Dec 25, 2019 , twitter.com )
20191225 : Escobar You Say You Want A (Russian) Revolution by Pepe Escobar ( Dec 24, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191225 : A new incarnation of the fundamental question "How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?" Democrats Debate Whether Trump Has Been Impeached ( Dec 25, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191225 : Professor Stephen Cohen on impeachment ( Dec 25, 2019 , thenewkremlinstooge.wordpress.com )
20191225 : Freedom gas ( Dec 25, 2019 , thenewkremlinstooge.wordpress.com )
20191225 : Analysts have identified a way to increase the export of Gazprom to bypass the Ukraine The Eugal pipeline built to deliver gas from "Nord Stream-2 " to end users, will be operating in 2020, despite US sanctions ( Dec 24, 2019 , thenewkremlinstooge.wordpress.com )
20191225 : US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo want to expand trade with Russia, but the US Congress continues sanctions ( Dec 25, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191225 : https://off-guardian.org/2019/12/24/sanctions-security-and-the-nord-stream-2-pipeline/ ( Dec 25, 2019 , off-guardian.org )
20191225 : Gazprom has purchased a pipe-laying ship which would allow the company to build undersea pipelines despite sanctions ( Dec 25, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191225 : Germans angry at US for Nord Stream meddling ( Dec 25, 2019 , thenewkremlinstooge.wordpress.com )
20191225 : Rapoza in his review for Forbesof the Russia/Ukraine gas deal suggests that Russia did not really have to give up very much, it would be to Ukraine's advantage to stop fucking around and concentrate now on the issues, ( Dec 25, 2019 , thenewkremlinstooge.wordpress.com )
20191225 : https://www.stalkerzone.org/the-gas-war-has-retreated-but-the-most-interesting-thing-is-yet-to-come/ ( Dec 25, 2019 , www.stalkerzone.org )
20191225 : In return for that $3 billion, which will be pocketed by many Yukitard bastards, I am sure, Gazprom's never ending altercations with the Yukie gas outfit over compensation and claims and counter-claims have had a line drawn under them. ( Dec 25, 2019 , thenewkremlinstooge.wordpress.com )
20191224 : Only Tulsi had the sense to see impeachment for what it is, a farce that only helps Trump ( Dec 24, 2019 , www.nakedcapitalism.com )
20191224 : The Lies That Are Used for Denying the Legitimacy of Crimea's Breakaway by Eric Zuesse ( Dec 23, 2019 , www.strategic-culture.org )
20191224 : The Fake Impeachment Pelosi's Botched Ploy Helps Trump Towards Victory by Joaquin Flores ( Dec 22, 2019 , www.strategic-culture.org )
20191224 : Trumpian Rhetoric The Case of His Letter to Pelosi (and Foreshadowing 2020) ( Dec 24, 2019 , www.nakedcapitalism.com )
20191223 : Adam Schiff Has 'No Sympathy' For FBI Victim Carter Page; Page Responds ( Dec 23, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191223 : The Afghanistan Papers - TTG - Sic Semper Tyrannis ( Dec 23, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com )
20191223 : Love but not from the first sight ( Dec 23, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191223 : Kabuki theate drama continues: The Senate will decide how we dispose of this sham created by the house by the house ," Graham tweeted, referring to the impasse created by Pelosi - who is refusing to transmit two articles of impeachment against President Trump until the Senate agrees to her terms. ( Dec 23, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191223 : McConnell Pelosi will cave on her impeachment demands - WND ( Dec 23, 2019 , www.wnd.com )
20191223 : Two gangs are not that different: Bruce Fein, a former senior official in the Department of Justice and a constitutional scholar, has identified 12 impeachable offenses committed by Donald Trump. But, as he notes, many of these constitutional violations are not unique to the Trump administration. They have been normalized by Democratic and Republican administrations ( Dec 23, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191223 : Durham Is Scrutinizing Ex-C.I.A. Director's Role in Russian Interference Findings - The New York Times ( Dec 23, 2019 , www.nytimes.com )
20191223 : Bannon Trump Impeachment Will Be Trial Of The Century ( Dec 22, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191222 : Ukraine games and the Democrats. There is much in this article I have not heard before. Many very specific and therefore potentially testable allegations. ( Dec 22, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191222 : Key House Dem Raskin urges Pelosi to stand her ground against a 'farce' Senate trial by Michael Isikoff ( Dec 21, 2019 , news.yahoo.com )
20191222 : https://www.unz.com/tsaker/autopsy-of-the-minsk-agreements/ ( Dec 22, 2019 , www.unz.com )
20191222 : Warren, AOL, Pelosi and the Kabuki theater of Trump impeachment ( Dec 22, 2019 , www.nakedcapitalism.com )
20191222 : Gussifer 2.0 released nothing remotely damaging to the DNC and is arguably US based (timestamps), and is either CIA or Crowdstrike. ( Dec 22, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com )
20191222* So US intelligence tipped off the DNC that their emails were about to be leaked to Wikileaks. That's when the stratagem of attributing the impending Wikileaks release to a Russian hack was born -- distracting from the incriminating content of the emails, while vilifying the Deep State's favorite enemies, Assange and Russia, all in one neat scam ( Dec 22, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com ) [Recommended]
20191222 : We Live In Hysteric Times What Trump's Impeachment Really Means by James George Jatras ( Dec 21, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191222 : Dirty Nancy ( Dec 22, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com )
20191222 : The idea to delay Senate trial is too clever by half: Withholding the articles would allow the Senate to evade its constitutional duty ( Dec 22, 2019 , newrepublic.com )
20191222 : Nancy Pelosi's vineyard makes her fourth-richest Californian in congress. ( Dec 22, 2019 , www.nakedcapitalism.com )
20191222 : Right now, it's Schrodinger's impeachment ( Dec 22, 2019 , www.nakedcapitalism.com )
20191222 : The impeachment reflects the level of panic in the part of the establishment reposible for Russiagate, as it is unlear how Barr will play this game and who will be hurt ( Dec 22, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191221 : Democrats just gave Trump the greatest gift of all ( Dec 21, 2019 , discussion.theguardian.com )
20191221 : Trump would wear such as badge of honour--in the sense he was attacked non-stop by what he calls "The Deep State" and survived. ( Dec 21, 2019 , discussion.theguardian.com )
20191221 : Trump thinks that Pelosi after her death might not be accepted even to hell due to all her crimes ( Dec 21, 2019 , discussion.theguardian.com )
20191221 : 'Christianity Today' anti-Trump editorial is a sign of things to come - CNN ( Dec 21, 2019 , www.cnn.com )
20191221 : The debate reminds us that the only way to remove Trump from office is at the ballot box - The Washington Post ( Dec 21, 2019 , www.washingtonpost.com )
20191221 : To paraphrase Benjamin Franklin there are going to be three things in life that are certain. Death, taxes and the impeachment of a US President when the House is held by a different party ( Dec 21, 2019 , discussion.theguardian.com )
20191221 : Impeachment is Already Backfiring on the Democrats ( Dec 21, 2019 , www.theamericanconservative.com )
20191221 : Trump claim he has been subjected to worse treatment than that endured by people accused of witchcraft in the 17th century. ( Dec 21, 2019 , www.theguardian.com )
20191221 : The impeachment in name only in suspended animation will be used as the Same Mullergate style main stream narrative to sway weak minded Americans and Voter fraud to get Trump in 2020 ( Dec 21, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191221 : Totally partisan impeachment based what constitutional scholar Jonathan Turley called "non-crimes as well as Schiff incompetence created huge problems for Pelosi: she can't send article impeachment to senate, and she can't sit on them indefinitely. ( Dec 21, 2019 , discussion.theguardian.com )
20191221 : There is a difference between impeaching the President and removeing the President due to impeachment ( Dec 21, 2019 , www.theamericanconservative.com )
20191221 : Congress Isn't as Neutered as Democrats Want You to Think ( Dec 21, 2019 , www.theamericanconservative.com )
20191221 : The Trump Campaign Promises Monitor has posted a month-by-month timeline of the impeachment inquiry, from the day Congress approved Ukrainian military aid to yesterday's impeachment vote. ( Dec 21, 2019 , www.theamericanconservative.com )
20191221* If the plan was to sabotage Trump's second-term campaign, it seems to have backfired spectacularly ( Dec 21, 2019 , astutenews.com ) [Recommended]
20191221 : America will always pick and choose the leaders it props up and tears down. It never was and never will be for humanitarian reasons -- that is a clever veil. ( Apr 27, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191221* Time to Terminate Washington's Defense Welfare ( Sep 01, 2017 , nationalinterest.org ) [Recommended]
20191221 : Since the turn of the century, the US has dumped trillions of dollars into wars ( Apr 06, 2017 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20191221* The ruthless neo-colonialists of 21st century ( Apr 09, 2019 , failedevolution.blogspot.com ) [Recommended]
20191221 : Do you think this is leverage, to not send us something we'd rather not do? ( Dec 21, 2019 , www.nytimes.com )
20191221 : Trump Impeachment Ukrainegate Hidden Evidence by Eric Zuesse ( Dec 20, 2019 , off-guardian.org )
20191220* Did John Brennan's CIA Create Guccifer 2.0 and DCLeaks by Larry C Johnson ( Dec 20, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com ) [Recommended]
20191220 : Democrats have inadvertently supplied the template for undermining a future antiwar president by W. James Antle III ( Dec 20, 2019 , www.theamericanconservative.com )
20191220 : Luongo: Pelosi's Coup Attempt Is Now Open Warfare, There Will Be Casualties ( Dec 20, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191220 : Here is why Tulsi voted as she did ( Dec 20, 2019 , caucus99percent.com )
20191220 : Following Pelosi logic the President can just ignore the Senate trial. Nobody can't force him to show up, right? ( Dec 20, 2019 , caucus99percent.com )
20191220 : Imperial Tool Pelosi Falsely Links Russia to Ukrainegate by Stephen Lendman ( Sep 29, 2019 , stephenlendman.org )
20191220 : House-Senate Impeachment Impasse Would Mean Trump Wasn't Impeached At All Harvard Law Prof ( Dec 20, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191220* Letter from President Donald J. Trump to the Speaker of the House of Representatives ( Dec 17, 2019 , www.whitehouse.gov ) [Recommended]
20191220* Sen. Mitch McConnell great speech in which he slams Dem impeachment on Senate floor ( Dec 20, 2019 , www.youtube.com ) [Recommended]
20191220 : Democrats' impeachment drive is centered on claims that Trump has been insufficiently aggressive in fighting a proxy war against Russia in Ukraine ( Dec 20, 2019 , www.wsws.org )
20191220 : Sen. Mitch McConnell great speach in which he slams Dem impeachment on Senate floor ( Dec 20, 2019 , www.youtube.com )
20191219 : Senate hearings give impression that the whole sordid, nasty conspiracy seems on the verge of being exposed, maybe as high as Obama himself, although he is just a puppet himself ( Dec 19, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191219 : America is a pathetic nation; a fascist state fueled by the greed, malice, and stupidity of her own people. - strife delivery ( Dec 19, 2019 , caucus99percent.com )
20191219 : "I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant." Robert J. McCloskey, U.S. State Department spokesman. From a press briefing during the Vietnam war. ( Dec 19, 2019 , caucus99percent.com )
20191219 : The truth is never as interesting as wild speculation ( Dec 19, 2019 , caucus99percent.com )
20191219 : The Trump Card was and is a masterstroke of scripting live, non-stop, divisive, politically paralytic distraction while the US oligarchy goes all-tard-in for private power. ( Dec 19, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191219 : Tucker Impeachment is a terrible idea for the country ( Dec 19, 2019 , www.youtube.com )
20191219* MIC lobbyism (which often is presented as patriotism) is the last refuge of scoundrels ( Dec 19, 2019 , angrybearblog.com ) [Recommended]
20191219* A the core of color revolution against Trump is Full Spectrum Dominance doctrine ( Dec 19, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org ) [Recommended]
20191219 : Hidden Evidence Regarding Ukrainegate -- Strategic Culture ( Dec 19, 2019 , www.strategic-culture.org )
20191219 : Collins: This is an impeachment based on presumption. This is a poll-tested impeachment DemoRats now want to sell to American people. It is based on lies, not the search for truth. ( Dec 19, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191219 : Has Trump impeachment been a legitimate process -- or partisan weapon? ( Dec 19, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191219 : When a Chief Justice Reminded Senators in an Impeachment Trial That They Were not Jurors – Consortiumnews ( Dec 19, 2019 , consortiumnews.com )
20191219 : Looks like Trump won in the court of public opinion ( Dec 19, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191219 : Some House Democrats push Pelosi to withhold impeachment articles, delaying Senate trial ( Dec 19, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191219 : The impeachment farce and most of the battle with Trump is kabuki for the rubes. Business as usual continues in DC, except the swamp realizes more and more that their grip on power is slipping. ( Dec 19, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191219 : Tulsi Gabbard did the smart thing and abstained in the vote from the circus ( Dec 19, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191219 : Why Pelosi Plans To Delay Sending Impeachment Articles To The Senate ( Dec 19, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191219 : Pelosi Digs In Against McConnell Over Impeachment Trial Standoff ( Dec 19, 2019 , www.bloomberg.com )
20191219 : The Kabuki now starts in earnest ( Dec 18, 2019 , caucus99percent.com )
20191219 : Delaying Senate trial as new DemoRat tactic ( Dec 19, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191219 : Here's How Trump Is Using Impeachment To His Political Advantage ( Dec 19, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191219 : Impeachment should be viewed is the context of a larger effort to initiate the new McCarthyism. ( Dec 19, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191219 : I'm starting to think the whole Trump presidency is a con by making him look like a target for the Deep State and anti establishment, he continues the empire while people who want real change get sunk ( Dec 19, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191219 : Are neoliberal Dems trying to save Biden? There are so many other issues on which to impeach Trump but the issue of Joe Biden's conflict of interest regarding his son's involvement in Burisma Holdings and eastern Ukraine generally is the weakest ( Dec 19, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191219* A joint French-Ukrainian journalistic investigation into a huge money laundering scheme using various shadow banking organizations in Austria and Switzerland, benefiting Clinton friendly Ukrainian oligarchs and of course the Clinton Foundation. ( Dec 19, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org ) [Recommended]
20191219 : Ciaramella is a real Star Chamber performer. ( Dec 19, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191219* Historically the ability of unelected, unaccountable, secretive bureaucracies (aka the "Deep State") to exercise their own policy without regard for the public or elected officials, often in defiance of these, has always been the hallmark of the destruction of democracy and incipient tyranny. ( Dec 19, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org ) [Recommended]
20191218 : With impeachment imminent, Kushner has pushed out his enemies, installed allies, and taken control of the campaign and large swaths of policy -- only Kellyanne Conway is still pushing back. ( Dec 18, 2019 , www.unz.com )
20191217 : Looks like Dems drink or smoke something that gives them the ability to read minds ( Dec 17, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191217 : Schiff show is to designed as a counterattack against Barr investigation. He and his puppermasters want to shield intelligence agencies from any responsibility ( Dec 17, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191217 : Nunes's frank letter might have a surprising effect. He has declared open season on Schiff. It's like the child in the Emperor's New Clothes. Once the cat is out of the bag like this and "what must not be spoken" gets spoken, it could send shock waves. ( Dec 17, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191215 : Any son or daughter of the US politician running in national election now is a solid insurance against criminal invesgigation of foriegn company, no matter wht th wrongdoing are. Hunter Biden has really bright future till 2021 ( Dec 15, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com )
20191215 : The Ukrainian Anti-Corruption Bureau is a U.S. creation. It is therefore not astonishing to find that it is corrupt ( Dec 15, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191215 : Nunes to Schiff: 'You Need Rehabilitation' ( Dec 15, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191215 : Impeachment is part of Dem cover-up ( Dec 15, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191215 : Establishment Politics are for the Rich ( Dec 15, 2019 , www.counterpunch.org )
20191215 : Note of the Deep State coup against Trump: Neoliberal Dems and "nervious" Pelosi went off rail caling that delay with relase of military iad to Ukraine is a netional security risk ( Dec 15, 2019 , www.wsws.org )
20191215 : Former CIA Spook Eric Holder Just Revealed That The Deep State Is Running Scared by Greg Hunter ( Dec 15, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191214 : We Just Got a Rare Look at National Security Surveillance. It Was Ugly ( Dec 14, 2019 , www.msn.com )
20191214 : Why Do They Hate Us? by Jacob G. Hornberger ( Dec 10, 2019 , www.fff.org )
20191214 : You Backing The Russians, Boy - Illinois Man Charged With Threatening To Murder GOP Congressman ( Dec 14, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191214 : Trump Impeachment Is Approved While Republicans Rant by Jonathan Bernstein ( Dec 14, 2019 , www.bloomberg.com )
20191214 : Federal Judge Unseals Nancy Pelosi's Alcoholic Treatment Records ALLOD Bustatroll.org ( Dec 14, 2019 , bustatroll.org )
20191214 : Will Pelosi have the Votes to Impeach by Renée Parsons ( Dec 12, 2019 , off-guardian.org )
20191214 : The impeachment ( Dec 14, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com )
20191214 : In politics there are no accidents by Harry Truman ( Dec 14, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191214 : To date, not a single shred of actual evidence has ever been produced to prove Russian involvement or interference in the 2016 presidential election ( Dec 14, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191214 : Warmongeing is the national sport for the neoliberal elite in the USA ( Dec 14, 2019 , discussion.theguardian.com )
20191214* A Determined Effort to Undermine Russia ( Dec 08, 2019 , consortiumnews.com ) [Recommended]
20191214 : Impeachment trial would be amusing to watch. However, the end result is a lose-lose for The United States no matter who wins. ( Dec 14, 2019 , www.nakedcapitalism.com )
20191214 : McConnell: There's No Chance The President's Going To Be Removed ( Dec 14, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191214 : Impeachment vote represents a trap for Sanders ( Dec 14, 2019 , www.nakedcapitalism.com )
20191213 : The Impeachment Deal Between The House And The Senate ( Dec 13, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191213 : In the Shadow of Impeachment, Neoliberal Democrats Hand Trump a Victory With USMCA (NAFTA 2.0) ( Dec 13, 2019 , www.nakedcapitalism.com )
20191213 : NY Post Editorial Board Names Eric Ciaramella As Whistleblower ( Dec 13, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191213 : Why did so many people -- from government contractors and high-ranking military officers, to state department and National Security Council officials -- feel the need to lie about the wars the USA is engaged? ( Dec 13, 2019 , discussion.theguardian.com )
20191213 : The True Soviet History of Lt. Col. Vindman by Andrew Rosenthal ( Nov 01, 2019 , finance.yahoo.com )
20191213 : Looks like Vindman spend two years in Moscow including one during US sponsored colore revolution which failed ( Dec 13, 2019 , news.yahoo.com )
20191213 : Retired Army Officer Remembers Lt. Col. Vindman as Partisan Democrat Who Ridiculed America Flopping Aces ( Dec 13, 2019 , www.floppingaces.net )
20191213 : Eugene Vindman, Alexander Vindman's Twin Brother: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know by Jessica McBride ( Nov 19, 2019 , heavy.com )
20191213 : Vindman reveals that he had been offered a position as defense minister of Ukraine ( Dec 13, 2019 , www.washingtonexaminer.com )
20191213 : 'Pushing a coup' Fellow soldiers slam Vindman for testifying in uniform ( Dec 13, 2019 , www.washingtonexaminer.com )
20191213 : Rudy Giuliani Can Barely Contain Himself Over His Ukraine Findings ( Dec 13, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191212 : The Democrats have insisted on impeaching by Christmas: the problem is with the absence of the evidentiary record. It remains both incomplete and conflicted ( Dec 12, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191212* The FBI - Pushed By John Brennan - Lied To The Court Seven Times To Spy On The Trump Campaign ( Dec 11, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org ) [Recommended]
20191211 : The belief that Trump is the victim of a vast and ongoing conspiracy is a crucial element of the president's enduring appeal to his supporters. ( Dec 11, 2019 , www.theatlantic.com )
20191211 : The neocon narrative that Ukraine did not interfere in 2016 elections started to crumple ( Dec 11, 2019 , www.theatlantic.com )
20191211 : Senate Republicans To Let Bidens Off The Hook May Skip Witnesses In 'Expedited' Impeachment Trial ( Dec 11, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191211 : Pamela Karlan was 'totally biased, completely unhinged' Rep. Zeldin - YouTube ( Dec 11, 2019 , www.youtube.com )
20191211* The fundamental question is: How is lying the country into the Iraq war not impeachable, and this mass of anodyne trivialities impeachable? ( Dec 11, 2019 , www.nakedcapitalism.com ) [Recommended]
20191211 : Karlan's statement was not even footnoted ( Dec 11, 2019 , www.nakedcapitalism.com )
20191210 : FBI Didn't Tell Surveillance Court That Carter Page Was Operational Contact For CIA With Positive Assessment ( Dec 10, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191210 : Former Ukrainian Prosecutor Exposes Yovanovich Perjury, George Kent's Motive To Impeach Trump by Sundance ( Dec 10, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191210 : It is common knowledge that Congress, too, is corrupt and sells out the national interest in favor of their own political and personal interests on a daily basis. They have no moral credibility here by saying: ( Dec 10, 2019 , www.theamericanconservative.com )
20191210 : Sad old political clown Pelosi forgot her behaviour when the House tried to impeach Bush II for Iraq war by Lambert Strether ( Dec 09, 2019 , www.nakedcapitalism.com )
20191210 : FISA Report Reveals Clinton Meddled In 2016 Election ( Dec 10, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191210 : Watch Live Dems Present Plans For At Least 2 Articles In Impeachment Push ( Dec 10, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191210 : John Solomon Slams Adam Schiff's Surveillance State Abuse Chilling Effect On Press Freedom ( Dec 10, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191210 : Those geriatric crazies like Pelosi, or Hillary, or completly corrupt, bought by lobbies politicos like Schumer or Schiff, and their stooges like "linguist" Ciaramella, "politruk", master of arts in Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian studies Vindman, or Soros-connected rabid neocon Fiona Hill do not know what seven minutes on launch means ( Dec 10, 2019 , www.unz.com )
20191210 : The revealed face of the the USA ruling class during Trump impeachment is Neo-Orwellian. ( Dec 10, 2019 , www.nakedcapitalism.com )
20191210 : Nation reporter to Tucker: Strange to see media pretending Ukraine meddling didn t happen ( Dec 05, 2019 , www.foxnews.com )
20191210* The level of Neo-McCarthyism and the number of lunitics this NYT forums is just astonishing: When it comes to Donald Trump and Russia, everything is connected. ( Dec 10, 2019 , www.nytimes.com ) [Recommended]
20191210 : 'This Lady Needs A Shrink!' Tucker Mocks Prof Karlan's Unhinged Impeachment Testimony ( Dec 05, 2019 , www.infowars.com )
20191210 : Gutfeld: Impeachment is one big, fat prank being played on you and me - YouTube ( Dec 10, 2019 , www.youtube.com )
20191210 : The brats are spoilt beyond belief and 100% believe they're entitled to having Full Spectrum Dominance because of their exceptionalist ideology ( Dec 10, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191209 : If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed. ( Dec 09, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191209 : For fools rush in where angels fear to tread ( Dec 09, 2019 , jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com )
20191209 : There is something to the idea that American political culture is becoming increasingly Sovietized ( Dec 09, 2019 , eastwestaccord.com )
20191209 : Why is it that whenever I find a US scholar talking about Eastern Europe, they have some kind of refugee from Communism pedigree? ( Dec 09, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191209 : The Interagency Isn t Supposed to Rule in Foreign Policy ( Dec 09, 2019 , www.wsj.com )
20191209 : As is usual when members of neo-Nazi groups carry out political attacks, the Right Sector and their former battalion commander fraudulently attempted to distance themselves from Lavrega and Semenov, claiming they had lost contact with them since they left Ukraine's armed forces in June. These claims are not credible. ( Dec 09, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191209 : A Determined Effort to Undermine Russia ( Dec 08, 2019 , consortiumnews.com )
20191209 : The military leadership are loaded with rapture believers, in particular the Air Force ( Dec 09, 2019 , www.unz.com )
20191209 : WW2 men were realists and competent. And that their replacements were delusional fools. The level of incompetence was breath-taking by 1992 when NATO as the cloak of Empire undertook to bomb cities in Yugoslavia self evidently criminal and foolish officers went along ( Dec 09, 2019 , www.unz.com )
20191208 : WSJ Article Runs Through The Greatest Hits of a Dysfunctional Foreign Policy Debate ( Dec 08, 2019 , responsiblestatecraft.org )
20191208 : The Delusions Of The Impeachment Witnesses Point To A Larger Problem ( Dec 05, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191208 : Karlan, US neocons and "The Russians Are Coming!" scare ( Dec 08, 2019 , www.theamericanconservative.com )
20191208 : Chuck Todd Goes Nuclear After Ted Cruz Mentions 'Debunked' Ukraine Election Meddling ( Dec 08, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191208 : Ted Cruz 'I Do' Believe Ukraine Interfered in 2016 ( Dec 08, 2019 , www.mediaite.com )
20191208 : Anyone that dares to ask about Hunter Biden after this will be dismissed by Biden who will say that the question's been asked and answered and he's being hounded by Trump partisans. ( Dec 08, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191208 : About making stratinc decition by chichenhawks like Richard Perle and Paul Wolfowitz, none of whom had spent a day serving in cadre officer uniform ( Dec 08, 2019 , www.unz.com )
20191208 : Tim Morrison as yet another neocon hawk ( Dec 08, 2019 , www.cbsnews.com )
20191208 : Never argue with stupid people, if then want to join NATO ( Dec 08, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191208 : Fake Trump tried to derail Biden hypothesis: The more realistic picture is Trump sweeping the path in front of Biden, with a broom like in a curling match, making sure Biden gets the DNC nod. ( Dec 08, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com )
20191208 : Neocon wing of US political elite is simply mentally inadequate. ( Dec 08, 2019 , www.unz.com )
20191207 : Calling Trump 'Putin's boy' brings up coup tactics used by Birchers when Truman fired MacArthur! ( Dec 07, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20191207 : It is obvious that Russia is calling the shots ( Dec 07, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20191207 : I wasn't sure how to characterize McMaster and Kelly. My sense was that they represented the foreign policy establishment consensus, ergo neocon by default. ( Dec 07, 2019 , www.unz.com )
20191207 : Orange is the new black: Trump main crime is that he offends neoliberal sense of decorum. ( Dec 07, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20191207 : The reason Democrats haven't gone after Trump for his more obvious forms of criminality is most likely that they are guilty of the same forms of corruption. ( Dec 07, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20191207 : The Democratic establishment is deeply and widely imbued with rancid Russophobic attitudes ( Dec 07, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20191207 : The average demorat, aside from worshipping Ba'al and hating the constitution, is depraved, been such since crooked Hillary forgot that the neocon, empire spreading, war mongering liberals living on the coasts do not run the world. ( Dec 07, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20191207 : Corrupt sociopaths like Comey, Mueller, Holder, Lynch, Clintons, Schumer., Pelosi, Brookings swampers...... run by the 'owners'! ( Dec 07, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20191207* Impeachment does not require a crime. ( Dec 07, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com ) [Recommended]
20191207 : Bought and sold Nancy: yet more evidence of Pelosi's perfidy ( Dec 07, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20191207 : Senator Burr: I don't think there's any question that elected officials in Ukraine had a favorite in the election ( Dec 07, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20191207 : Ukraine Was The Origin Of The Trump-Russia Collusion Hoax ( Dec 07, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191206 : Putin derangement syndrome in full display: As a Catholic, I resent you using the word 'hate' said full of hate Nanci. "All roads lead to Putin," she told reporters. ( Dec 06, 2019 , www.msn.com )
20191206 : The Delusions Of The Impeachment Witnesses Point To A Larger Problem ( Dec 06, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191206 : HARPER ANGRY AND SHRILL SCHOLARS NOT WHAT WAS NEEDED ( Dec 05, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com )
20191206 : Thanks to Pamela Karlan for so aptly capturing Democratic elites' delusional, Reaganite, jingoistic Cold Warrior mindset ( Dec 06, 2019 , twitter.com )
20191206 : The '80s called! Impeachment witness Karlan mocked for suggesting Ukrainians are helping prevent Russian invasion of US ( Dec 06, 2019 , www.rt.com )
20191206 : 'This Lady Needs A Shrink!' Tucker Mocks Prof Karlan's Unhinged Impeachment Testimony ( Dec 06, 2019 , www.prisonplanet.com )
20191206 : Defeat the Mainstream Media Low-Intellect Dinosaurs Are Behind US Foreign Policy ( Dec 06, 2019 , abeldanger.blogspot.com )
20191206* Who Is Making US Foreign Policy by Stephen F. Cohen ( Dec 06, 2019 , www.unz.com ) [Recommended]
20191206 : Joe Biden acknowledges Ukraine work 'may have looked bad' ( Dec 06, 2019 , www.msn.com )
20191206 : Yes, Ukraine Meddled in the 2016 US Election by Yasha Levine ( Dec 06, 2019 , consortiumnews.com )
20191206 : Reminder No intelligence agency ever saw the evidence of the alleged russian hacking reported by CrowdStrike ( Dec 06, 2019 , www.investmentwatchblog.com )
20191206 : Th ey think they are the people who set national policy and the president is this figurehead who is guided by all these people around him who agree on everything," he said. "The president doesn't need to use the State Department at all to conduct foreign policy ( Dec 06, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com )
20191206 : So now when a President doesn't allow The Blob to dictate Ukraine policy it's an impeachable offense? Really? ( Dec 06, 2019 , www.nakedcapitalism.com )
20191205 : American Intelligence Media ( Dec 05, 2019 , aim4truth.org )
20191205 : Dmitri Alperovitch Archives - The Clinton Foundation Timeline ( Dec 05, 2019 , clintonfoundationtimeline.com )
20191205 : Ukrainian Embassy confirms DNC contractor solicited Trump dirt in 2016 TheHill by John Solomon John Solomon ( Dec 05, 2019 , thehill.com )
20191204 : CrowdStrikeOut: Mueller's Own Report Undercuts Its Core Russia Meddling Claims ( Jul 09, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com )
20191204 : 'Snarky' Stanford Impeachment Witness Apologizes After Outrage Over Barron Trump Comment ( Dec 04, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191204 : Democratic ship of fools some hits below waterline; it still show, now it is a more entertaining show ( Dec 04, 2019 , twitter.com )
20191204 : Staford professor as a low level hitman doing dirty job for neocon lobby ( Dec 04, 2019 , caucus99percent.com )
20191204 : Kangaroo court has its own internal dynamics: Democrats quietly debate expanding impeachment articles beyond Ukraine ( Dec 04, 2019 , caucus99percent.com )
20191204 : A Furious Scalise Demands To Know Why Schiff 'Spying' On Nunes, Journalist ( Dec 04, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191204 : Looks like the Blob and Ds are concerned that their narrative on Ukraine is being undermined by Solomon's reporting. ( Dec 04, 2019 , www.nakedcapitalism.com )
20191204 : "Fruit of the poisonous tree" objection. That evidence obtained illegally cannot be used and anything gained (the "fruit") from it is tainted as well. ( Dec 04, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com )
20191204 : Looks like Congressional Dems Democrats might paint themselves into a corner ( Dec 04, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com )
20191204* The central question of Ukrainegate is whether CrowdStrike actions on DNC leak were a false flag operation designed to open Russiagate and what was the level of participation of Poroshenko government and Ukrainian Security services in this false flag operation by Factotum ( Dec 04, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com ) [Recommended]
20191204* Responding to Lt. Col. Vindman about my Ukraine columns with the facts John Solomon Reports ( Dec 04, 2019 , johnsolomonreports.com ) [Recommended]
20191204* Ukrainegaters claim that Trump Reduced the USA empire 'Global Commitments' was fraudulent from the very beginning. Trump is yet another imperial president who favours the "Full spectrum Dominance; The problem is that the time when the USA can have it are in the past. Europe finally recovered from WWII losses and that alone dooms the idea ( Dec 04, 2019 , www.theamericanconservative.com ) [Recommended]
20191204* Common Funding Themes Link 'Whistleblower' Complaint and CrowdStrike Firm Certifying DNC Russia 'Hack' by Aaron Klein ( Sep 28, 2019 , www.breitbart.com ) [Recommended]
20191204* DNC Russian Hackers Found! You Won't Believe Who They Really Work For by the Anonymous Patriots ( Jan 01, 2017 , themillenniumreport.com ) [Recommended]
20191204* June 4th, 2017 Crowdstrike Was at the DNC Six Weeks by George Webb ( Nov 27, 2019 , www.youtube.com ) [Recommended]
20191204* Cyberanalyst George Eliason Claims that the "Fancy Bear" Who Hacked the DNC Server is Ukrainian Intelligence – In League with the Atlantic Council and Crowdstrike ( Dec 04, 2018 , www.reddit.com ) [Recommended]
20191204* Fancy Bear - Conservapedia ( Dec 04, 2019 , www.conservapedia.com ) [Recommended]
20191204* June 2nd, 2018 Alperovich's DNC Cover Stories Soon To Match With His Hacking Teams by George Webb ( Nov 27, 2019 , www.youtube.com ) [Recommended]
20191204* America's War Exceptionalism Is Killing the Planet by William Astore ( Dec 02, 2019 , www.nakedcapitalism.com ) [Recommended]
20191204 : So the Congressional Research Service is also in on the coup ( Dec 04, 2019 , theconservativetreehouse.com )
20191204 : Opinion: Of All the Efforts to Defend Trump, This Conspiracy Theory Is the Worst by The Editorial Board ( Dec 04, 2019 , www.nytimes.com )
20191204 : The Resistance as Barr has called them are so blind with hatred for Trump that they can't see beyond their nose. They will now create a precedent where a House majority of one party can impeach at will the President of the opposing party while using a kangaroo court inquiry. ( Dec 04, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com )
20191204 : Will Pelosi be having second thoughts when Obama is subpoenaed to testify before the Senate intelligence Committee ( Dec 04, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com )
20191204 : George Soros' Giant Globalist Footprint in Ukraine's Turmoil by William F. Jasper ( hangthebankers.com )
20191204 : Instructions on the WB info says your disclosure must involve Classified Information, but not about differences of opinions ( Dec 04, 2019 , theconservativetreehouse.com )
20191204 : ICIG Whistleblower Form Recently Modified to Permit Complaint "Heard From Others" by sundance ( Sep 27, 2019 , theconservativetreehouse.com )
20191204 : whistleblower Eric Ciaramella appears to have been acting on behalf of former CIA director John Brennan as a essentially a spy within the Trump White House ( Dec 04, 2019 , theduran.com )
20191204* Atkinson role in Ukrainegate ( Dec 04, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com ) [Recommended]
20191204 : Sketchy Inspector General Michael Atkinson Admits 'Whistle-blower' Never Informed Him of Contact With Schiff Committee ( Dec 04, 2019 , theconservativetreehouse.com )
20191203 : House Intel Democrats Releases Trump Impeachment Report ( Dec 03, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191203 : George Soros admits to funding the Ukraine crisis ( Jun 02, 2014 , hangthebankers.com )
20191203 : Ukrainegate hysteria in neoliberal MSM repeats in minute details the neoliberal MSM hysteria about Trump meeting with Putin ( Jan 13, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191203 : Do The Democrats Have A Death Wish by James Howard Kunstler ( Dec 02, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191203 : Soviet style Kangaroo court became a little bit more troubling for neoliberal Dems ( Dec 03, 2019 , www.nytimes.com )
20191202* The cost of militarism cannot be measured only in lost opportunities, lives and money. There will be a long hangover of shame ( www.theamericanconservative.com ) [Recommended]
20191202 : A bunch of neocons in key positions in Trump administration really represents a huge threat to world peace ( Oct 28, 2016 , crookedtimber.org )
20191202 : The Vichy left – essentially people who are ready to sacrifice all principles to ensure their own prosperity ( Oct 24, 2016 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20191202 : Alexander Dubinsky told a press conference on Wednesday, citing the investigation's materials. According to him, Burisma money came from duplicitous criminal activity. ( Dec 02, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191202* A Think Tank Dedicated to Peace and Restraint ( Jul 01, 2019 , www.theamericanconservative.com ) [Recommended]
20191202 : The new meaning of intelligence: Adam Schiff, the man who every time he talks, shows his incompetence and lack of integrity is the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. ( May 01, 2019 , anamericancomment.blogspot.com )
20191201 : Dirty neocon games around Ukraine, with Ukraine as a sacrificial pawn to ensure encirclement of Russia by NATO ( Dec 01, 2019 , ahtribune.com )
20191201 : Can Trump Turn the Tables on His Impeachment Accusers The National Interest ( Dec 01, 2019 , nationalinterest.org )
20191201 : Adam Schiff In Crosshairs As Republicans Seek Impeachment Witnesses ( Dec 01, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191201 : Something about death threats that supposedly Fiona Hill is getting ( Dec 01, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191201 : Democrats Should Stop Making 'Ukrainegate' About Ukraine by Eric Levitz ( Nov 24, 2019 , nymag.com )
20191201* Academic Conformism is the road to 1984. - Sic Semper Tyrannis ( Dec 01, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com ) [Recommended]
20191201 : Warren Wealth Tax Has Wide Support, Except Among One Group ( Dec 01, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20191201 : Stephen Cohen (one of the few pundits who actually knows something about Russia) about false narrative that persist in the Democratic Party ( Dec 01, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20191130 : Henry Kissinger Gets It US 'Exceptionalism' Is Over ( Nov 29, 2019 , www.strategic-culture.org )
20191130 : Commonsense Wonder Obama WH corruption Rampant pay to play by Clinton, Kerry, and Biden ( Nov 30, 2019 , commonsensewonder.blogspot.com )
20191130 : Member of Ukraine s Parliament Leaks Trove of Biden Financial Records by Kit Knightly ( Nov 29, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com )
20191130 : The Transparent Cabal The Neoconservative Agenda, War in the Middle East, and the National Interest of Israel Stephen J. Snie ( Nov 30, 2019 , www.amazon.com )
20191130 : Ukraine Land Privatization Demanded by IMF, Links to Biden Graft Scandal. Engineered Bankruptcy of National Economy by Dmitriy Kovalevich ( Nov 28, 2019 , www.globalresearch.ca )
20191130 : Schiff Committee Finds no Impeachable Offense by Kit Knightly ( Nov 26, 2019 off-guardian.org/ )
20191130 : Former CIA Analyst to CBN News: 'An American Insurrection is Now Underway' by Gary Lane ( Nov 22, 2020 , www1.cbn.com )
20191130 : Eric Ciaramella, Brennan protege, more coup plotter than "whistleblower" ( Nov 03, 2019 , www.greanvillepost.com )
20191130 : Ukrainian Burisma Money Laundering Indictment Points To People In the Obama White House by Steve MacDonald ( Nov 30, 2019 , granitegrok.com )
20191130* CrowdStrike: a Conspiracy Wrapped in a Conspiracy Inside a Conspiracy by Oleg Atbashian ( Nov 29, 2019 , www.frontpagemag.com ) [Recommended]
20191130 : American Intelligence Media ( Nov 30, 2019 , aim4truth.org )
20191130 : Questions That Need to be Asked By Both Sides, Regarding Russia and Ukraine by Levi Mikula ( Nov 04, 2019 , mikulawire.com )
20191130 : Fact-Checking the "Fact Checkers" on Ukraine by Levi Mikula ( Nov 09, 2019 , mikulawire.com )
20191130 : PropOrNot Unmasked ... by George Washington ( Jan 25, 2018 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191130 : Who is Alexandra Chalupa by Levi Mikula ( Oct 30, 2019 , mikulawire.com )
20191130 : Victoria Nuland, Alexandra Chalupa, Ukrainian Ties the Steele Dossier by Jeff Carlson ( Mar 09, 2018 , themarketswork.com )
20191130 : Ukraine: The Democrats Russia by Levi Mikula ( Nov 30, 2019 , mikulawire.com )
20191130 : Chalupa reportedly acknowledged in her 2017 interview with Politico that she worked as a consultant for the DNC during the 2016 campaign with the goal of publicly exposing Trump campaign aide Paul Manafort's links to pro-Russian politicians in Ukraine. Chalupa admitted coordinating with the Ukrainian Embassy, and with Ukrainian and U.S. news reporters. ( Nov 30, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191130 : Former DNC Official Partnered With Convicted Bomb Maker To Investigate Trump ( Nov 30, 2019 , dailycaller.com )
20191130 : Beyond The DNC - Leaks, Hacks, and Treason by George Eliason George Eliason ( Nov 30, 2019 , www.mintpressnews.com )
20191130 : Irena Chalupa Archives - The Clinton Foundation Timeline ( Oct 07, 2019 , clintonfoundationtimeline.com )
20191130 : Hammer About to Drop on Alexandra Chalupa - Hoaxer Behind Fake Russia Narrative and Key Promoter of DNC 'Resist Trump' Rallies ( Nov 30, 2019 , www.thegatewaypundit.com )
20191130 : Victor Pinchuk, the Clintons Endless Connections by Jeff Carlson ( Mar 11, 2018 , themarketswork.com )
20191129 : Manufacturing a pretext for the U.S. missile strike on Syria in April 2018 is nowhere near the biggest of OPCW's crimes. The OPCW is an accessory, both before and after the fact to the crime of mass murder. ( Nov 29, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191129 : Russiagate and Ukrainegate strongly suggest that the US Intelligence Community organized a color revolution to overthrow the President Trump. ( Nov 29, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191129 : The 'Whistleblower' and the Politicization of Intelligence by Scott Ritter ( Nov 27, 2019 , consortiumnews.com )
20191129 : Mainstream Policy Expert Reveals How He Was Silenced On Syria Truth Did Not Matter ( Nov 29, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191129* Where s the Collusion ( Dec 28, 2017 , www.youtube.com ) [Recommended]
20191129 : Iran, China, Russia Gear Up For Unprecedented War Games In Message To The World ( Nov 29, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191128 : Every American should realize that he/she can't get any reliable news from the MSM on Ukraine, Russia, or the USA itself by Gordon M. Hahn ( Nov 28, 2019 , gordonhahn.com )
20191128 : Ukraine vs Iraq ( Nov 28, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191128 : Ukrainegate 13,000 Times Worse Than You Think by Joe Giambrone ( Nov 26, 2019 , dissidentvoice.org )
20191128 : The War in Ukraine Must End by Lyle J. Goldstein ( Nov 28, 2019 , nationalinterest.org )
20191128 : It is now important for every American to realize that he or she can get little to no reliable news from the US mainstream media on Ukraine, Russia, or even the United States itself. ( Nov 28, 2019 , gordonhahn.com )
20191128 : Biden has been revealed as an incredibly corrupt sleazebag ( Nov 28, 2019 , www.theamericanconservative.com )
20191128 : Guccifer 2.0 certainly didn't make a genuine effort to "conceal a Russian identity," far from it ( Nov 28, 2019 , www.reddit.com )
20191128 : Yes, Ukraine interfered in the 2016 presidential election ( Nov 28, 2019 , thenewkremlinstooge.wordpress.com )
20191128 : Sanders Calls Out MSNBC s Corporate Ownership -- In Interview On MSNBC HuffPost ( Nov 28, 2019 , www.huffpost.com )
20191128 : List of non-prosecuted Ukrainians made by America was published ( Nov 28, 2019 , 112.international )
20191128 : Impeachment Inquiry Democrats Want to Damage Trump's Credibility Before 2020 - Pundit ( Nov 28, 2019 , sputniknews.com )
20191128 : Impeachment Circus A Distraction From Iran War Plans? by ( Nov 20, 2019 , www.antiwar.com )
20191128 : Ex-US Ambassador Denies Giving Ukraine 'Do Not Prosecute List' in Impeachment Inquiry ( Nov 28, 2019 , sputniknews.com )
20191128 : Glenn Beck Marie Yovanovitch committed 'perjury' when she LIED under oath about 'do not prosecute list' ( Nov 28, 2019 , www.theblaze.com )
20191128 : Glaring anomalies in the Trump impeachment by General Vinod Saighal ( Nov 28, 2019 , www.voltairenet.org )
20191128 : Ambassador Yovanovitch "do not prosecute" list ( Nov 28, 2019 , truthout.org )
20191128 : Freedom of press in Ukraine: Founded in 1897, Rabochaya Gazeta was banned earlier this year under Ukraine's reactionary anti-communist laws after it published articles quoting Karl Marx ( Nov 28, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191128 : Report Rudy Giuliani Eyed Deals in Ukraine While Seeking Biden Probe ( Nov 28, 2019 , www.breitbart.com )
20191127 : Chalupa's Mission to Take Down Candidate and President Donald Trump by Penny Starr ( Nov 27, 2019 , www.breitbart.com )
20191127 : DiStefano Long Before Hunter s Ukraine Gig, Joe Biden Used Legal Graft by Joseph DiStefano ( Nov 26, 2019 , www.breitbart.com )
20191127 : The influence of some Eastern European émigrés on American foreign policy has been uniformly deleterious ( Nov 08, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com )
20191127 : Diaspora Communities Influencing US Foreign Policy by Thomas Ambrosio & Yossi Shain ( Nov 27, 2019 , www.wilsoncenter.org )
20191127 : Dems found themselves in Zugzwang with "Pelosi impeachment gambit": in no way they can allow Senate trial, and they can't allow just a censure, or they lose the face and strengthen Trump chances for reelection ( Nov 27, 2019 , crookedtimber.org )
20191127 : Is Censure The Democrats' Escape Clause ( Nov 27, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191127 : The House Will Not Vote On Impeachment. It Will Censure Trump ( Nov 26, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191127 : Looks like "Full of Schiff" Dems are now full cooked and, unless something dramatic happens, lost their chances in 2020 elections ( Nov 27, 2019 , crookedtimber.org )
20191127 : Did Pelosi went along with impeachment to block nomination of Bernie Sanders? ( Nov 27, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191127 : Moon of Alabama ( Nov 27, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191127 : Glaring anomalies in the Trump impeachment by General Vinod Saighal ( Nov 27, 2019 , www.voltairenet.org )
20191127 : Bolivia, laboratory of a new destabilization strategy, by Thierry Meyssan ( Nov 27, 2019 , www.voltairenet.org )
20191127 : House Judiciary Committee Sets Date For Impeachment Hearing, Invites Trump To Testify ( Nov 27, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191127* Could your county use some extra money? ( Nov 27, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com ) [Recommended]
20191127 : How Democrats Lost the Impeachment Debate by James P. Pinkerton ( Nov 27, 2019 , www.theamericanconservative.com )
20191126* John Solomon Everything Changes In The Ukraine Scandal If Trump Releases These Documents ( Nov 26, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com ) [Recommended]
20191126 : Support for Restraint Is on the Rise by Daniel Larison ( Nov 26, 2019 , www.theamericanconservative.com )
20191126 : The Illiberal World Order ( Nov 26, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191126 : Democrats Empower a Pack of Paranoid Neocon Morons both in State Department and Pentagon by David Stockman ( Nov 22, 2019 , original.antiwar.com )
20191126 : Who debunked the Biden conspiracy theories by Colonel Lang ( Nov 26, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com )
20191126 : 11-21-19 David Stockman on the Phony 'Ukrainegate' Witch Hunt by Scott ( Nov 22, 2019 , scotthorton.org )
20191126 : Neocon Uses Impeachment To Push Russophobic Agenda by David Stockman ( Nov 25, 2019 , original.antiwar.com )
20191126 : The problem with the loyalty of government employees in the state that strive to dominate the world ( Nov 26, 2019 , www.unz.com )
20191125 : Impeaching Trump and Demonizing Russia Birds of a Feather ( Nov 25, 2019 , www.theamericanconservative.com )
20191125 : These folks are not latter-day De Toquevilles or great historians, even if many came from colleges viewed as top drawer ( Nov 25, 2019 , www.theamericanconservative.com )
20191125 : Note of a State Deparment neocons giving testimony on Ukrainegate: please do not forget to mention Russia's aggressive training whales to spy on Norway, crickets to drive the US embassy in Cuba nuts, weaponizing Masha and the bear, using Pokemon to sow the seeds of discord, as well as contemplating on freezing up a few states, ( Nov 25, 2019 , www.theamericanconservative.com )
20191125 : 11-21-19 David Stockman on the Phony 'Ukrainegate' Witch Hunt The Scott Horton Show ( Nov 25, 2019 , scotthorton.org )
20191125 : Antiwar.com Regional News ( Nov 25, 2019 , original.antiwar.com )
20191125 : WSWS: This utterly reactionary, pro-imperialist role played by the USA was demonstrated Friday in the tribute that Yovanovitch paid, in the course of her testimony, to Arsen Avakov, the Ukrainian interior minister ( Nov 25, 2019 , caucus99percent.com )
20191125 : Vindman testimony: A man always has two reasons for what he does -- a good one and the real one ( Nov 25, 2019 , caucus99percent.com )
20191125 : What Pelosi really wants from impeachment by Charles Lipson ( Oct 15, 2019 , spectator.us )
20191125 : Ukrainian inflience on 2016 election is a Russian Operation, US Intelligence Says ( Nov 25, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191125 : Waht is the motivation behind the rabid Russophobia of the American neo-liberals and neocons ( Nov 25, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com )
20191125 : Arming Ukraine Is Still Folly by Daniel Larison ( Aug 01, 2017 , www.theamericanconservative.com )
20191125 : Adam Schiff, 'Lt. Col.' Vindman and the impeachment ratings flop Spectator USA ( Nov 25, 2019 , spectator.us )
20191125 : Russia issues stern warning U.S. is fueling new bloodshed in Ukraine - The Washington Post ( Dec 23, 2017 , www.washingtonpost.com )
20191125 : The US neocons and neo-liberals created The Maidan coup How odd! - Not! ( Nov 25, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com )
20191125 : Arm Ukraine by Max Boot ( Feb 03, 2015 , www.commentarymagazine.com )
20191124 : Why arming Ukraine is a bad idea by Kimberly Marten ( Aug 07, 2014 , www.washingtonpost.com )
20191124 : Wait, what aid are we actually sending to Ukraine Spectator USA by Michael Tracey
( Oct 04, 2019 , spectator.us )
20191124 : 25 Times Trump Has Been Dangerously Hawkish On Russia by Caitlin Johnstone ( Nov 19, 2019 , consortiumnews.com )
20191124 : There Is No Accountability in US Foreign Policy ( Nov 24, 2019 , www.theamericanconservative.com )
20191124 : Ukraine Part of America's Vital Interests by Barry R. Posen , ( May 12, 2014 , nationalinterest.org )
20191124* When you consider military assistance as the way to pressure the country, the first thing to discuss is whether this military assistance serves the USA national interests or not. This was not done ( Nov 24, 2019 , crookedtimber.org ) [Recommended]
20191124 : Ukrainegate impeachment saga worsens US-Russia Cold War by Stephen Cohen ( Nov 24, 2019 , www.youtube.com )
20191124 : War with Russia From Putin Ukraine to Trump Russiagate by Stephen F. Cohen Books ( www.theamericanconservative.com )
20191124 : Bolton Protege: US Aids Ukraine So We Don t Have to Fight Russia Over Here by Barbara Boland ( Nov 19, 2019 , www.theamericanconservative.com )
20191124 : Ukraine, Trump, Biden - The Real Story Behind Ukrainegate ( Nov 24, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191124 : Neocons don t care what uniform their storm troopers wear as long as they can be the chess players moving the pieces ( Nov 24, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191124 : Ciaramella also has close links with Dem Operative Alexandra Chalupa who went to the Ukraine Embassy in DC in early 2016, asking for them to dig up any dirt they could find on Manafort or Trump. ( Nov 24, 2019 , ian56.blogspot.com )
20191123 : Fiona Hill a rabid neocon promoting UK foreign policy within the USA government, a book writer of Luke Harding mold, was appointed by Trump in 2017 when Russiagate was in full broom ( Nov 23, 2019 , en.wikipedia.org )
20191123* In Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskiy Must Tread Carefully or May End up Facing Another Maidan Uprising by Stefan Wolff and Tatyana Malyarenko ( Nov 19, 2019 , consortiumnews.com ) [Recommended]
20191123 : More Biden Buffoonery Kickbacks ( Nov 23, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191123 : Testimony to the House Intelligence Committee by Hill and David Holmes ( Nov 21, 2019 , www.c-span.org )
20191123 : Mark Levin On Impeachment Inquiry Backfiring On Dems What Republicans Should Do Next - YouTube ( Nov 23, 2019 , www.youtube.com )
20191123 : Bring It On! Trump Wants Senate Trial 'Of Some Length' If House Impeaches ( Nov 23, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191123 : Did Schiff Turn Trump Into Billionaire Martyr With Ill-Advised Impeachment Gambit ( Nov 22, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191123 : Ukraine 10 Talking Points For Rational People ( Nov 23, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191123 : Eric Ciaramella: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know by Tom Cleary ( Nov 23, 2019 , heavy.com )
20191123 : Vindman's family is tight with Joseph Mifsud ( Nov 23, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191123 : David Stockman Exposes The Ukrainian Influence-Peddling Rings, Part 2 ( Nov 23, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191123 : Are the Coup Plotters Against Trump Facing a Reckoning by Larry C Johnson - Sic Semper Tyrannis ( Nov 23, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com )
20191122 : Another Glass Menagerie ( Nov 22, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com )
20191122 : Rand Paul To Trump Don't Let Neocons Run State Department ( Feb 07, 2017 , www.infowars.com )
20191122 : Listening to our "world's best diplomats" convinced me that the deep state is real ( Nov 22, 2019 , www.theamericanconservative.com )
20191122 : Marie Yovanovitch, the Poster Child of #FSProud ( Nov 22, 2019 , www.theamericanconservative.com )
20191122* CROWDSTRIKE's role in the Democrat impeachment smokescreen needs to keep moving forward because, it is not going away. ( Nov 22, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com ) [Recommended]
20191122* Impeachment is DemoRats election strategy, because then have nothing better to offer their voters ( Nov 22, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org ) [Recommended]
20191122 : NeoMcCarthyism WMDs weapons of mass deceptions more dangerous than anarchy in thier effects on society ( Nov 22, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191122 : Great parallel to Dems saying that the Ukrainian border is of vital importance for our national security, yet they also say that our own border is not. ( Nov 22, 2019 , www.youtube.com )
20191122 : Tucker: Democrats have no actual plan for impeachment ( Nov 22, 2019 , www.youtube.com )
20191122 : Impeachment Circus - Today's Bombshell Is Another Dud ( Nov 22, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191122 : If an impeachment arrives in the senate it can be thrown out on the basic that it violates statute ( Nov 22, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com )
20191122 : The favor was for Ukraine to investigate Crowdstrike and the 2016 DNC computer breach. ( Nov 22, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com )
20191122 : Congress has really perverted sense of humor: Trump is under investigation for a nothingburger phone call and Obama is not despite primes against peace he committted ( Nov 22, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191122 : UkraineGate is potentially deathly to the Dems, if IMF transfers were lauded back to Obama administration official or other structures ( Nov 22, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191122 : Hill asks Congressmen: whom do you want to believe me or your lying eyes ( Nov 22, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191122 : The Intelligence Whistleblower protection Act did not apply to the phone call ( Nov 22, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com )
20191122 : Is Vindman is careest, a yes boy who just want to climb the ladder? ( Nov 22, 2019 , www.theamericanconservative.com )
20191122 : WATCH Nunes' full questioning of Vindman and Williams Trump impeachment hearings ( Nov 19, 2019 , www.youtube.com )
20191122 : Jordan presses Vindman on unnamed official he spoke to after Ukraine call - YouTube ( Nov 22, 2019 , www.youtube.com )
20191122 : WATCH Rep. Elise Stefanik's full questioning of Vindman and Williams Trump impeachment hearings - YouTube ( Nov 19, 2019 , www.youtube.com )
20191122 : Rep. Stefanik Adam Schiff is an abject failure ( Nov 22, 2019 , www.youtube.com )
20191122 : The article states: "Intelligence sources in Kyiv have informed CD Media that the 'witness' narrative of LT COL Alexander Vindman was created by corrupt U.S. State Department officials in Kyiv, Ukraine ( Nov 22, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191122 : Ambassador Volker finds it totally unremarkable that a Ukrainian official would come to him for editing and approval of a public statement by the Ukrainian government ( Nov 22, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com )
20191121 : Fireworks Erupt As Schiff Shields Questions Over Biden And Burisma ( Nov 15, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191121 : The Civilian Government Doesn't Owe Deference To Military Officers ( Nov 21, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191121 : Top NSC Official Told Secret Impeachment Panel Nothing Improper Transpired During Trump-Zelensky Call ( Nov 18, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191116 : Devin Nunes begins Republican questioning of Taylor and Kent ( Nov 13, 2019 , www.youtube.com )
20191116 : 'I Have Freedom Of Speech' Trump Hits Back After Critics Claim Witness Intimidation, 'Thugocracy' ( Nov 15, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191115 : We need to get the globalist class under control: Sputnik is reporting that the US has spent $6.4 Trillion fighting wars that have killed 800,000 since Sept 11/01, that number is unbelievable, at least 1,500,000 dead in Iraq, 250,000 in Afghanistan, 750,000 in Syria. ( Nov 15, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191115 : 'I Have Freedom Of Speech': Trump Hits Back After Critics Claim Witness Intimidation, 'Thugocracy' ( Nov 15, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191115 : Trump And Zelensky Want Peace With Russia. The Fascists Oppose That ( Nov 14, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191115 : The 15 essential questions for Marie Yovanovitch, America's former ambassador to Ukraine John Solomon Reports ( Nov 15, 2019 , johnsolomonreports.com )
20191115 : Understanding the Foreign Service Officer Nerd Behavior by Larry C Johnson ( Nov 14, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com )
20191115 : Choking on the Democrats' Ukraine Fantasy Narrative by Barbara Boland ( Nov 14, 2019 , www.theamericanconservative.com )
20191115* Letter to Congressman Adam Schiff from Krishen Mehta - American Committee for East-West Accord ( Nov 14, 2019 , eastwestaccord.com ) [Recommended]
20191115 : The level of lies Schiff is pushing made the USA not the "Empire of Illusions" but "Superempire of illusions" ( Nov 15, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191114 : Neocon US Ambassador tells impeachment panel what they want to hear about Trump-Ukraine Quid Pro Quo ( Oct 23, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191114 : House Releases Transcripts From Recalled US-Ukraine Ambassador Yovanovitch And Michael McKinley ( Nov 04, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191114 : From Russiagate to Ukrainegate An Impeachment Inquiry by Renée Parsons ( Oct 30, 2019 , off-guardian.org )
20191114 : A Timeline Of Joe Biden's Intervention Against The Prosecutor General Of Ukraine ( www.theamericanconservative.com )
20191114 : America Is Wide Open for Foreign Influence by Stephen M. Walt ( Apr 08, 2019 , foreignpolicy.com )
20191114 : The Impeachment Pantomime by PATRICK LAWRENCE ( Nov 12, 2019 , consortiumnews.com )
20191113 : Neocon vipers nest in the State Department wants to destory Trump ( Nov 13, 2019 , www.nakedcapitalism.com )
20191113 : Vindman in his opening remarks made it clear that the consensus policy of experts (like John Bolton) had been following an agenda from the Obama administration (or before, but implemented under Obama, Biden and Nuland) and it is verboten to change anything, despite these people at best only having advisory roles. The Ukrainian Americans involved in the coup are deeply committed since 2014, and they expect to reap the benefits and are probably much more corrupt than Ukrainians governing their country before 2014. ( Nov 13, 2019 , consortiumnews.com )
20191113 : The Impeachment Pantomime - A Primer ( Nov 13, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191113 : Ilargi Vindman, the Expert ( Nov 13, 2019 , www.nakedcapitalism.com )
20191113 : In Washington you are judged by the men you've destroyed. By this criteria Trump is a weakling ( Nov 13, 2019 , www.unz.com )
20191113 : CIA emerged as a Political Party ( Nov 10, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191113 : Is Whistleblower Aid a Charity Fraud by Larry C Johnson ( Nov 13, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com )
20191112 : Currently staring in Congress Impeachment Ukraine testimony against Trump ( Nov 12, 2019 , www.unz.com )
20191112 : This Trump coup is coming from the NSC and the State Department, not the CIA this time. ''Here's the bottomline--Ciaramella, lacking first hand information, does not qualify as a whistleblower.'' ( Nov 12, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com )
20191112 : Is Whistleblower Aid a Charity Fraud by Larry C Johnson - Sic Semper Tyrannis ( Nov 12, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com )
20191111 : I Caught The Swamp - CrowdStrike Server, DNC-NATO Blackberries, OCONUS Lures ( Nov 11, 2019 , www.youtube.com )
20191111 : A Timeline Of Joe Biden's Intervention Against The Prosecutor General Of Ukraine ( Nov 11, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191111 : House Republicans release their impeachment inquiry witness wish list ( Nov 11, 2019 , www.vox.com )
20191111 : The Rule of Law or CIA Coup? by Scott Horton ( Nov 07, 2019 , original.antiwar.com )
20191111 : Nunes Demands Schiff Testify After Lying; Also Wants Whistleblower And Hunter Biden To Appear ( Nov 11, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191111 : ee Pete Lavell and his fellas have addressed CT/RT) the name that may no longer be spoken. ( Nov 11, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191110 : Republicans want to call Alexandra Chalupa, Nellie Ohr to testify ( Nov 10, 2019 , www.vox.com )
20191109 : Visitor Logs Reveal Whistleblower And DNC Contractor Visited Obama White House Multiple Times ( Nov 09, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191109* Donald Trump s Only Crime Is Defending Himself by Daniel McCarthy ( Nov 08, 2019 , nationalinterest.org ) [Recommended]
20191109 : The Media's Obsession With Personalities Consortiumnews ( Nov 09, 2019 , consortiumnews.com )
20191109 : Possible republican counter gambit -- sacrifice Trump and win elections ( Nov 09, 2019 , www.nakedcapitalism.com )
20191109 : UN says 12,800 13,000 killed since April 2014. That's not enough. So Congress bought a pile of Javelin AT munitions ( Nov 09, 2019 , www.nakedcapitalism.com )
20191109 : Right, one of his possibly effective lines of defense could be that he indeed made that request for the benefit of the country, and that it was just an unfortunate coincidence that it was regarding a political opponent. And he would have some backing evidence in the form of his other unusual requests like pressuring Sweden to release the rapper and all that. ( Nov 09, 2019 , www.nakedcapitalism.com )
20191109 : Trump will go, but these self-aggrandizing intelligence agencies will stay ( Nov 09, 2019 , www.thenation.com )
20191109 : Facebook Scrubs All References To Alleged Whistleblower Eric Ciaramella ( Nov 09, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191108 : One simple question about the USA foreign policy for Trump accusers ( Nov 08, 2019 , www.nakedcapitalism.com )
20191108 : On Schumer's concern for the welfare of whistleblowers ( Nov 08, 2019 , off-guardian.org )
20191108 : Establishment s Coup Attempt Is Approaching End Game ( Nov 08, 2019 , www.theamericanconservative.com )
20191108 : Steve Bannon predicts Trump impeachment fallout in Fox News exclusive ( Nov 08, 2019 , www.youtube.com )
20191108 : There's no whistle to blow because there was no deal by Dan Bongino ( Nov 08, 2019 , www.youtube.com )
20191108 : Did Biden pushed Provisional goverment of Yatsenyk-Turchinov for actions that helped to start the civil war in Ukraine? What is the real nature of the EuroMaydan coup d' tat which was spearheaded by Obama administration ? ( Nov 08, 2019 , crookedtimber.org )
20191108 : When is a Whistleblower, not a Whistleblower by Renée Parsons ( www.zerohedge.com )
20191108 : Sen. Johnson All whistleblowers are not created equal - YouTube ( Nov 07, 2019 , www.youtube.com )
20191108 : Deep State On The National Security Council Colonel Vindman Is An Expert With An Agenda by Philip Giraldi ( Nov 08, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191108 : Inconvenient Truths by Stephen F. Cohen ( Nov 08, 2019 , www.unz.com )
20191108 : "Coup has started" Tweet by "whistleblower" attorney 10 days after Trump took office Sharyl Attkisson ( Nov 08, 2019 , sharylattkisson.com )
20191107 : Imagine I worked for Putin, who was arming MS-13, and then Putin put me on trial because, for whatever reason, I stopped arming MS-13 ( Nov 07, 2019 , crookedtimber.org )
20191107 : Nunes Schiff is a fact witness to this disaster - YouTube ( Nov 07, 2019 , www.youtube.com )
20191107 : Steve Bannon sounds off on Russia probe, impeachment inquiry ( YouTube )
20191107 : Only Bannon mentions CrowdStrike. Cooper is trying to present he this whole thin that Trump going after Biden. Biden is ideal opponent for Trump. And CrowdStrike is much more important ( Nov 07, 2019 , www.youtube.com )
20191107 : Steve Bannon predicts Trump impeachment fallout in Fox News exclusive ( Nov 07, 2019 , www.youtube.com )
20191107 : Why neoliberal DemoRats claim that arming Ukraine is a good thing? ( Nov 07, 2019 , crookedtimber.org )
20191107 : Deep State On The National Security Council Colonel Vindman Is An Expert With An Agenda ( Nov 07, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191106 : Impeachment Inquiry Transcripts: Read Excerpts of Sondland's and Volker's Testimonies ( Nov 06, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20191106 : Trump Jr. Outs CIA Whistleblower Over Twitter ( Nov 06, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191106 : Don't make the same stupid assumptions twice ( Nov 06, 2019 , crookedtimber.org )
20191106 : It is a story of ripping the US taxpayer and the Ukrainian customer off for the benefit of a few corruptioners, American and Ukrainian ( Nov 06, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191106 : US foreign policy is driven by "diaspora politics" ( Nov 06, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191106 : Adam Schiff Announces First Public Impeachment Hearings ( Nov 06, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191106 : This is a pro-wrestling type of exercise, a dirty media-oriented trick designed to increase the chances of Dem neoliberal candidate (supposedly Warren) to win the 2020 election? ( Nov 06, 2019 , crookedtimber.org )
20191106 : This is not about Russia, or Ukraine, or quid pro quo in supplying weapons to Ukraine (it is unclear why Liberasts (note the Russian term) think that it is a good thing; it does not change the balance of power in the region and they might ends in the hands of Ukrainian far right; kind of Christian Taliban ( Nov 06, 2019 , crookedtimber.org )
20191106 : Trump's Impeachment Lures Democrats Into A Cold War Mentality ( Nov 06, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191106 : A Timeline Of Joe Biden's Intervention Against The Prosecutor General Of Ukraine ( Nov 06, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191106 : 'Coup Has Started' Whistleblower's Attorney Vowed To 'Get Rid Of Trump' In 2017 ( Nov 06, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191106 : Rand Paul 'Subpoena Whistleblower, He May Be Involved In Corrupt Ukraine Dealings' ( Nov 06, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191105 : The Foreign Policy Blob Versus Trump by Hunter DeRensis ( Oct 30, 2019 , nationalinterest.org )
20191105 : Most Americans Have 'Little To No Trust' In Impeachment Process, Would Rather Let Voters Decide In 2020 ( Nov 05, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191105 : Establishment's Coup Attempt Is Approaching End Game ( Nov 05, 2019 , www.theamericanconservative.com )
20191104 : Nunes: Fired Ukrainian ambassador might have been spying on reporters by Ed Morrissey ( Nov 04, 2019 , hotair.com )
20191104 : Right-wing media tries to smear former Ukraine ambassador Marie Yovanovitch Media Matters for America ( Nov 04, 2019 , www.mediamatters.org )
20191104 : John Solomon Exposes Fired Ukrainian Ambassador's Links to Radical Soros Group (VIDEO) - David Harris Jr ( Nov 04, 2019 , davidharrisjr.com )
20191104 : The Key Players in Ukrainegate LaRouchePAC ( Nov 04, 2019 , larouchepac.com )
20191104 : From Russiagate to Ukrainegate An Impeachment Inquiry by Renée Parsons ( Oct 30, 2019 , OffGuardian )
20191104 : Why the large part of the US elite wants to depose Trump ( Nov 04, 2019 , crookedtimber.org )
20191104 : Dershowitz Weaponizing Impeachment Against Political Opponents ( Nov 04, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191104 : Attorneys Admit 'Whistleblower' Had Contacts With Other Presidential Candidates ( Nov 04, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191104 : BREAKING Burisma Holdings Paid Joe Biden $900,000 For Lobbying Activities Ukrainian MP ( Nov 04, 2019 , www.thegatewaypundit.com )
20191104 : Ukrainegate, or the Coup Against President Donald Trump -- Phase Three (Part I) ( Oct 31, 2019 , larouchepac.com )
20191104 : Ciaramella (if it was he) probably was a Brennan spy in the West Wing, which Peter Strzok and Lisa Page named "Charlie" That created a huge problem for impeachment. ( Nov 04, 2019 , crookedtimber.org )
20191104 : Adam Schiff's Impeachment Witness Tampering Julie Kelly RUTHFULLY YOURS ( Nov 04, 2019 , www.ruthfullyyours.com )
20191104 : If one wished to be completely cynical, one might argue that the quick release and simple story of UkraineGate was more effective than the constantly shifting story of RussiaGate ( Nov 04, 2019 , www.nakedcapitalism.com )
20191104 : Burn CIA and FBI to the ground? Start over? ( Nov 04, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com )
20191104 : Brennan's Spy New Theories Emerge About Trump-Ukraine Whistleblower ( Nov 04, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191104 : I Know Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman ( Nov 04, 2019 , www.youtube.com )
20191104 : He's a One-Man Ukrainian Lobby! - Taki's Magazine - Taki's Magazine ( Nov 04, 2019 , www.takimag.com )
20191103 : Little mentioned is the server in Ukraine which was brought up in the phone call. Barr's investigation has become a criminal investigation and interested in a server in Ukraine. The impeachment farce is trying to put the focus on Biden, but the server may be what they are trying to protect ( Nov 03, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191103 : Brennan's Spy New Theories Emerge About Trump-Ukraine Whistleblower ( Nov 03, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191103 : Comparing two impeachments ( Nov 03, 2019 , www.wsws.org )
20191103 : US House of Representatives votes to back impeachment inquiry by Patrick Martin Some interesting points from Trotskyites site Some interesting points from Trotskyites site ( Nov 01, 2019 , www.wsws.org )
20191103 : Eric Ciaramella is not a whistleblower - he is a suspect ( Nov 03, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191103 : Ratcliffe rats out the Schiff show ( Nov 03, 2019 , www.citizenfreepress.com )
20191103 : Rep. John Ratcliffe: Adam Schiff's Problem Isn't That He's Biased, It's That He's Running A Corrupt Process ( Nov 03, 2019 , thefederalist.com )
20191103 : If I prefer "conduct unbecoming a president" as an impeachment charge I'm not restricting impeachment to violations of criminal statutes. For example warmongering is not a criminal offense, but a political and moral one ( Nov 03, 2019 , crookedtimber.org )
20191103 : Reminiscence of the Future... Whistle While You Work... ( Nov 03, 2019 , smoothiex12.blogspot.com )
20191102 : GOP laments Schiff's handling of Ukraine probe, Volker testimony ( Nov 02, 2019 , www.rollcall.com )
20191102 : The proper legal course was for the US Justice Department to draw up a list of requirements of the sort specified in the treaty. The US embassy in Kyiv would then relay the request to their counterparts and get all the necessary dirt completely legally ( Nov 02, 2019 , crookedtimber.org )
20191102 : Graham Gives Giuliani Senate Platform To Lay Out Biden-Ukraine Corruption Case ( Oct 08, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191102 : The Energy 202 Rick Perry's role in Ukraine under scrutiny ( Nov 02, 2019 , www.washingtonpost.com )
20191102 : The Sudden Martyrdom of the Government Whistleblower by Maj. Danny Sjursen ( Oct 24, 2019 , www.truthdig.com )
20191102 : CIA Circles Wagons Dispatches Media Narrative Engineers to Defend Interests ( Nov 02, 2019 , theconservativetreehouse.com )
20191102 : The Last Refuge ( Nov 02, 2019 , theconservativetreehouse.com )
20191102 : Maria Bartiromo Outlines The Architect of "Spygate" and "Crossfire Hurricane", CIA Director John Brennan ( Nov 02, 2019 , theconservativetreehouse.com )
20191102 : Enough Quid Pro Quo Gaslighting! ( Nov 02, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191102 : Enemy Assets - Who Really Betrayed Their Country ( Nov 02, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191102 : Trump-Ukraine Whistleblower Suddenly Won't Testify; Lawyers Break Off Negotiations Amid New Revelations ( Nov 02, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191101 : Borg and symbolic importance of Ukraine for the neocon foreign policy ( Nov 01, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191101 : Looks like legally Trump was a pretty good grounds requesting material about Crowdstrike, but he spoiled everything by including Biden into this request ( Nov 01, 2019 , crookedtimber.org )
20191101 : Why Debbie Wasserman Shultz is not yet in jail and dare to offer her opinion about impeachment ? ( Nov 01, 2019 , thehill.com )
20191101 : the impeachment "charge" of Trump strong-arming the foreign president for political gain has no merit ( Nov 01, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191101 : Pelosi Begins Political Death March As Impeachment Resolution Offers Few Answers ( Nov 01, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191101 : Who Is Supposed To Define U.S. Foreign Policy - Hint: It Is Not The Borg ( Nov 01, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191101* Viable Opposition The Legal Connection Between Washington and Kiev ( October 15, 2019 , viableopposition.blogspot.com ) [Recommended]
20191101 : Ukraine as strategic US colony by Stephen F. Cohen ( Oct 30, 2019 , www.unz.com )
20191101 : If Eric Ciaramella really is the whistleblower, the whole impeachment narrative is decimated by JD Rucker ( Oct 30, 2019 , noqreport.com )
20191101 : How the Army officer who testified against Trump could end up in a court-martial ( Nov 01, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191101 : Russia, Ukraine, and Donald Trump by Stephen F. Cohen ( Nov 01, 2019 , www.unz.com )
20191101 : My take on Burisma ( Nov 01, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191101 : The Piece of Presstitute Excrement known as the NYTimes Has Had to Admit that Yes there Is a Deep State at War with President Trump by Paul Craig Roberts ( Nov 01, 2019 , www.unz.com )
20191031 : Pelosi and most of the Democratic leadership understand that impeachment proceeding is a cynical political stalling tactic that might backfire ( Oct 31, 2019 , www.nakedcapitalism.com )
20191031 : Adam Schiff Coached Alexander Vindman Throughout Impeachment Testimony Nunes ( Oct 31, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191031 : Seditious Conspiracy / Sketchy Witness Schiff Blocks Questioning of NSC Staffer Alexander Vindman to Protect Him from Legal Exposure ( Oct 31, 2019 , theconservativetreehouse.com )
20191031 : WhistleBlower Ciaramella - IPOT ( Oct 23, 2019 , www.youtube.com )
20191031 : Rush Limbaugh Everyone in Washington Knows the Whistleblower's Name ( Oct 31, 2019 , www.redstate.com )
20191031 : Who Is Eric Ciaramella ( Oct 11, 2019 , meaninginhistory.blogspot.com )
20191031 : Ukrainian refugee entered Ukrainegate power play ( Oct 31, 2019 , www.unz.com )
20191031 : There were several troubling aspects to Vindman's testimony ( Oct 31, 2019 , www.redstate.com )
20191031 : The Failed FBI Plot to Paint Trump Doing Deals with Putin by Larry C Johnson ( Oct 31, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com )
20191031 : Who Is Supposed To Define U.S. Foreign Policy - Hint It Is Not The Borg ( Oct 31, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191030 : Bill Taylor Led Ukraine Delegation for Group Advised by Hunter Biden ( Oct 30, 2019 , www.breitbart.com )
20191030 : Pelosi is Blowing Smoke, But Where's the Fire ( Oct 30, 2019 , www.theamericanconservative.com )
20191030 : Breaking Ethics Complaint Filed Against Adam Schiff ( Oct 30, 2019 , www.redstate.com )
20191030 : It's Not All About the Bidens Why Trump Has Ukraine on the Brain by Lee Smith ( Oct 07, 2019 , www.realclearinvestigations.com )
20191030 : Mittens, the Deep State, and the Ongoing Coup Against POTUS ( Oct 30, 2019 , www.redstate.com )
20191030 : The Beltway's 'Whistleblower' Furor Obsesses Over One Name ( Oct 30, 2019 , www.realclearinvestigations.com )
20191030 : You Don't Need to Question LTC Vindman's Patriotism to Have a Lot of Questions for LTC Vindman ( Oct 30, 2019 , www.redstate.com )
20191030 : Here Are the Giuliani-Ukraine Notes Few Have Seen RealClearInvestigations ( Oct 30, 2019 , www.realclearinvestigations.com )
20191028 : 'We Will Not Legitimize The Sham Impeachment' House Minority Leader Responds To Pelosi Announcement ( Oct 28, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191028 : Frothing Hysterics The Fumes Of Fanaticism by James Howard Kunstler ( Oct 28, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191027 : Frat Boy Thermopylae The American Conservative ( Oct 27, 2019 , www.theamericanconservative.com )
20191027 : The Plundering Of Ukraine By Corrupt American Democrats ( Oct 27, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191027 : There is a probably valid school of thought that the deep establishment has a faction that is pro-Trump and behind the general idea of disengaging from wasteful overseas adventures, since it is becoming clear that this is a ruinous path that the US cannot really afford anymore... ( Oct 27, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191027 : Biden's Intervention In Ukraine And Ukraine's 2016 Election Meddling Are Matters of Fact ( Oct 27, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191026 : The Blob Strikes Back by Hunter DeRensis ( Oct 23, 2019 , nationalinterest.org )
20191026* The Plundering of Ukraine by Corrupt American Democrats by Israel Shamir ( Oct 26, 2019 , www.unz.com ) [Recommended]
20191026 : Russiagate Probe Has Some Ambiguous News ( Oct 26, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191025 : Is not only a the coup against Trump, it is also an attempt to cover up the crimes against humanity that America's Ruling Class has been committing ( Oct 25, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191025 : Ukrainegate and Impeachment Robert Wright Michael Tracey [The Wright Show] - YouTube ( Sep 30, 2019 , www.youtube.com )
20191025 : Dershowitz Impeachers Searching For New Crimes ( Oct 25, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191025* Trump-Haters, Not Trump, Are The Ones Wrecking America s Institutions, WSJ s Strassel Says ( Oct 24, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com ) [Recommended]
20191024 : People take their heroes to heart notwithstanding too many are often miserable characters. ( Oct 24, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20191023 : Retired imperial soldiers still dream about the glory of empire ( Oct 23, 2019 , peakoilbarrel.com )
20191023 : Niko House makes an interesting connection ( Oct 23, 2019 , caucus99percent.com )
20191022 : Desperate in the denial of its demise, confronting its own shadow of corruption as the Dems have morphed into a branch of the CIA – not unlike origins of the East German Stasi government... ( Oct 22, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191022 : Kurt Volker Testified To Congress On Trump's Conversations With Ukraine ( Oct 22, 2019 , www.buzzfeednews.com )
20191022 : Birds of the feather. In a sense William Taylor participation in Ukrainegate is just a top, the final accord of his long carrier as a color revolution specialist. ( Oct 22, 2019 , www.buzzfeednews.com )
20191020 : Finding a Vaccine for the Impeachment Derangement Virus by Peter Van Buren ( Oct 14, 2019 , www.theamericanconservative.com )
20191020 : Russo-Japanese War financed by Jacob Schiff The Strange Side of Jewish History by David ( Oct 20, 2019 , strangeside.com )
20191020 : Was Adam Schiff running a spy operation against the White House by Monica Showalter ( Oct 12, 2019 , www.americanthinker.com )
20191020 : Executive order 12333, 1981, prohibits the CIA from spying on American citizens on domestic soil, or internationally, except as incidental to terrorist investigations outside the US of A ( Oct 20, 2019 , www.unz.com )
20191020 : The Deep State Goes Shallow 2.0 by Edward Curtin ( Oct 20, 2019 , off-guardian.org )
20191020 : Quiz for the day: Does this whistleblower even exist? Or is it a composite creation of the CIA, Schiff and Co? ( Oct 20, 2019 , www.theamericanconservative.com )
20191020 : Unasked Questions About US-Ukrainian Relations by Stephen F. Cohen ( Oct 20, 2019 , www.unz.com )
20191019 : Schiff Staffer Flew To Ukraine 2 Months Ago, Met With Impeachment Witness ( Oct 18, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191019 : The current CIA talking point is that it is illegal for the President to seek foreign assistance for his campaign. One might also slant it that the President of the United States has an obligation to the people who elected him to require an allied, friendly government to reopen the investigation of Biden because there is adequate reason to suspect that the Democrats are running yet another corrupt criminal for President. ( Oct 19, 2019 , www.unz.com )
20191019 : WaPo Admits State Department Official Raised Alarms In 2015 Over Hunter Biden's Ukraine Business, But Was Ignored ( Oct 18, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191019 : 'Tucker Carlson Tonight' obtains photo of Joe Biden golfing with his son and Ukrainian business partner ( Oct 19, 2019 , www.unz.com )
20191016 : Schiff: Public Has No Right To Observe Impeachment Inquiry...Then Kicks GOP Lawmaker Out ( Oct 16, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191016 : Protecting the 'Whistleblower' Other Preposterous Pranks by James Howard Kunstler ( Oct 15, 2019 , consortiumnews.com )
20191015 : The congress has sole power to impeach. ( Oct 15, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20191015 : The line between investigating and persecuting is a very fine one, and the junior Senator from Wisconsin (in this case the media DNC house of representatives monkey cage) has stepped over it repeatedly ( Oct 15, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20191015 : What we know is, that Russia-gate was a scam perpetrated from the highest levels of government and enabled by the media. Ukrainegate is Russiagate 2.0 ( Oct 15, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191015 : Calling action of Ukraine "foreign interference" in the US election in case of Biden is an insult to the intelligence of US voters. ( Oct 15, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20191015 : DC's Atlantic Council Raked in Funding from Hunter Biden's Corruption-Stained Ukrainian Employer While Courting His VP Father ( Oct 14, 2019 , consortiumnews.com )
20191015 : Hunter Biden's jobs as pay for play for his daddy's efforts in congress go back a long ways. Burisma and China were just two of many ( Oct 15, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191014 : REMEMBER when they used to say once KGB always KGB? ( Oct 14, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com )
20191013 : Opening Statement of Marie L.Yovanovitch to the House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence,Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Committee on Oversight and Reform ( Oct 11, 2019 , d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net )
20191013 : The CIA Versus Donald J. Trump ( Oct 13, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191013 : Rep. Jim Jordan Asks 17 Awkward Questions About Pelosi's Impeachment Inquiry ( Oct 13, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191010* Trump, Impeachment Forgetting What Brought Him to the White House by Andrew J. Bacevich ( Oct 10, 2019 , consortiumnews.com ) [Recommended]
20191010 : Investigation Of Biden-Enriching Burisma Opened Months Before Zelensky Even Elected Report ( Oct 09, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191010 : Biden 'Personally Paid $900,000 By Burisma' According To Ukrainian MP In Bombshell Admission ( Oct 09, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191009 : Dems publish Trump administration officials' texts in Ukrainegate impeachment frenzy ( Oct 09, 2019 , www.rt.com )
20191009 : Trump has accused the US' intelligence agencies of "spying" on his 2016 campaign and obtaining a FISA wiretapping warrant under false pretenses ( Oct 09, 2019 , www.rt.com )
20191009 : Demorats try to present Ukraine as a foreign power instead of a new Puerto Rico, totally contolled by the USA territoty. In other words they are "Full of Schiff" ( Oct 09, 2019 , www.rt.com )
20191009 : 'Unconstitutional, illegitimate secretive' White House pens lengthy letter on why it won't cooperate with 'impeachment inqui ( Oct 09, 2019 , www.rt.com )
20191009 : As long as a majority of the House is willing to vote for a special rule, there is little that the Rules Committee cannot do ( Oct 09, 2019 , theconservativetreehouse.com )
20191009 : Five Questions That Frighten Impeachment-Focused Dems by Graham Noble ( Oct 09, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191009 : Schiff role in Ukrainegate ( Oct 09, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191009 : Does it bother anybody that it is the CIA that is interfering in US elections? ( Oct 09, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20191009 : CIA palace coup against Trump ( Oct 09, 2019 , caucus99percent.com )
20191009 : NYT spit Clinton camp propaganda again. In reality, Ukraine is vassal state fully controlled by Washington (kind of Puerto Rico); what foreign influence we are talking about ? ( Oct 09, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20191009 : If he s a whistleblower, and not a CIA plant whose task it is to take down the president, then his career is probably over. ( Oct 09, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20191009 : This fake 'whistleblower' tale is tells us more about CIA then about Trump ( Oct 09, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com )
20191009 : CIA Whistleblower 'Professionally Tied' To 2020 Candidate; 2nd 'Whistleblower' Was First One's Source ( Oct 09, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191009 : Here they go again Senate reheats 'Russian meddling' claims, using assertions as evidence -- RT USA News ( Oct 09, 2019 , www.rt.com )
20191009* Ukrainegate as the textbook example of how the neoliberal elite manipulates the MSM and the narrative for purposes of misdirecting attention and perception of their true intentions and objectives -- distracting the electorate from real issues ( Oct 09, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com ) [Recommended]
20191008 : Ukraine is not a sovereign state. At least since 2014. It is a a vassal state totally (I mean totally) controlled from Washington, DC. Including country security services. Kind of Puerto Rico. ( Oct 08, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20191008* Parade of whistleblowers: a second whistleblower is now considering filing a complaint about President Donald Trump's conduct regarding Ukraine ( Oct 08, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com ) [Recommended]
20191008 : Robert Reich as a despicable neoliberal stooge who pushed lies and distortions bout Ukrainegate ( Oct 08, 2019 , www.theguardian.com )
20191008 : Bill Black: Eric Holder is the Official Missing from Discussions of the Bidens' Ukrainian Efforts ( Oct 08, 2019 , www.nakedcapitalism.com )
20191006 : Correct or not, Trump thrives on victimization. His supporters will lap it up and be angry, very angry. Democrats basically shot themselves in the foot ( Oct 06, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20191005 : Ukrainegate is another stage of the intelligence agencies color revolution against Trump -- Russiagate 2.0. ( Oct 05, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20191005 : Ukraine's new chief prosecutor said Friday his office will conduct an "audit" of an investigation into Burisma, a Ukrainian gas company that had recruited Hunter Biden for its board ( Oct 05, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20191005 : RUMORBLOWER IS NOT WHISTLEBLOWER by Larry C Johnson - Sic Semper Tyrannis ( Sep 28, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com )
20191005 : Elisabeth Warren: Is Time for the United States to Stand Up to China in Hong Kong ( Oct 05, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20191005 : Neoliberals try to detail Biden corruption narrative to push for Russiagate 2.0 ( Oct 05, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20191005 : The Biden Affair in the Ukraine by Israel Shamir ( Oct 01, 2019 , www.unz.com )
20191003 : We don't call him shifty Schiff for nothing ( Oct 03, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191003 : adjudicated ( Oct 03, 2019 , www.nytimes.com )
20191003 : Adam Schiff s collusion with oligarch, Ukrainian arms dealer, exposed ( economistsview.typepad.com )
20191003 : 'Heartbroken' Pelosi Fast-Tracks Impeachment, by Pat Buchanan ( Oct 03, 2019 , www.unz.com )
20191003 : Schiff And NYT Do Damage Control Over Sneak Peek At CIA Whistleblower Complaint; Trump Says Schiff Wrote It ( Oct 03, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191003 : The whistleblower protection law (which Obama never let get in the way of his reprisals) law says the spook must have "reasonably believed" Trump did wrong. How do you get there with a trained swamp creature of the CIA? ( Oct 03, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20191003 : Why we see another CIA coup detat against Trump ? ( Oct 03, 2019 , thecommonsenseshow.com )
20191002 : What you are seeing is the neoliberal Democrats are finally discovering that they actually need the voters that they've been dissing for decades. ( Oct 02, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20191002 : Whistleblower tries to deny that he is "Full of Schiff" ( Oct 02, 2019 , abcnews.go.com )
20191002* The Self-Set Impeachment Trap naked capitalism ( Oct 02, 2019 , www.nakedcapitalism.com ) [Recommended]
20191002 : An interesting analogy with Biden pushing his son into Burisma board ( Oct 02, 2019 , www.nakedcapitalism.com )
20191001 : Twisted Pair, Part 1 US UK Barrelling Towards Great Troubles ( Oct 01, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191001 : Ron Paul Asks Impeachment... Or CIA Coup by Ron Paul ( Sep 30, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20191001 : Another sign of growing division and polarization of political scene in the USA: Trump supporter suggests that successful impeachment would cause Civil War-like fracture ( Oct 01, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20191001 : Daniel McAdams: The US Has Ceased Being A Republic And Has Become A National Security State ( Oct 01, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20190930 : Looks like Trump at odds with rabid neocons in State, CIA and FBI. ( Sep 30, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20190930 : Ukraine's most recent popularity among cold warriors started when Bill Clinton decided that NATO should surround Russia. Coincidental with breaking and continuity of certain oligarchs' fortunes. up Serbia. ( Sep 30, 2019 , taskandpurpose.com )
20190930* In Trump impeachment, "no one is above the law" could backfire on Democrats by Byron York ( Sep 29, 2019 , www.washingtonexaminer.com ) [Recommended]
20190930 : In Trump impeachment, Pelosi "no one is above the law" stance could backfire on hypocritical Democrats in such way that Warren, unfortunately, might lose the election ( Sep 30, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20190930 : Team Pelosi at the behest of the intelligence services freaked out when they saw Trump going to Ukraine to get to the bottom of the allegations against him. At this point they repalced Russiagate with Ukrainegate and aggressively push their narrative via contolled by them MSM ( Sep 30, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20190930 : Acting DNI Joseph Maguire testifies on whistleblower complaint - YouTube ( Sep 30, 2019 , www.youtube.com )
20190930 : Role in Ukraine in RussiaGate lauching is propagating (including Crowdstrike role) is again the topic that is discussed ( Sep 30, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20190930* Stephen Miller calls whistleblower a 'partisan hit job' in fiery interview ( Sep 30, 2019 , www.youtube.com ) [Recommended]
20190930 : President Trump says in that phone call that, "What Joe Biden did was shameful," a statement with which I cannot help but agree. ( Sep 30, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com )
20190930 : Stephen Miller: Trump Is the Real Whistle-blower Uncovering Corruption ( Sep 30, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20190930 : Biden extorted a $2 million dollar payoff from the Ukraine laundered by putting his totally unqualified coke head son on the Board of Directors of a the National Gas Company of the Ukraine ( Sep 30, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20190930 : Nunes This could be the end for Biden's campaign ( Sep 22, 2019 , www.youtube.com )
20190929 : Marie L. Yovanovitch blocked visa to the senior prosecutor Kostiantyn Kulyk ( Jun 19, 2019 , lidblog.com )
20190929 : How a Shadow Foreign Policy in Ukraine Prompted an Impeachment Inquiry ( Sep 29, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20190929 : GOP have no answer for Pelosi's pre-planned, lawfare-assisted impeachment plan by sundance ( Sep 29, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20190929* This Man Stopped a Runaway Impeachment by Barbara Boland ( Mar 11, 2019 , www.theamericanconservative.com ) [Recommended]
20190929 : Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) Introduces Motion To Censure Adam Schiff ( Sep 29, 2019 , lidblog.com )
20190929 : I think Team Pelosi at the behest of the intelligence services freaked out when they saw Trump going to Ukraine to get to the bottom of the allegations against him. They have created their narrative Russiagate being conveniently replaced by Ukrainegate. They will aggressively push their narrative through the mainstream media. ( Sep 29, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20190929 : Read the Whistle-Blower Complaint ( Sep 27, 2019 , www.nytimes.com )
20190929 : This "rumorblower complaint" is so similar in style to certain NYT/Wapo articles pushed by Brennan faction of "intelligence community" that it does not pass the smell test ( Sep 29, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20190929 : Intel Community Secretly Nixed Whistleblower Demand Of First-Hand Info by Sean Davis ( Sep 27, 2019 , thefederalist.com )
20190929 : Biden is history, as are the democrats' chances in 2020 for every national office. ( Sep 29, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20190929 : Here Is The Dirt Trump Wanted About The Bidens (And Why Zelensky Doesn't Want To Give It To Him) by Eric Zuesse ( Sep 29, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20190929 : RNC Research on Twitter Ian Bremmer "Biden does have a problem," Hunter Biden was paid clearly to be selling influence" htt ( Sep 29, 2019 , twitter.com )
20190928 : In his phone call with Zelensky, President Trump mentioned two subjects in particular which are Kryptonite to the Democrats: Crowdstrike and "the server," meaning the DNC server which was never forensically examined by the FBI. ( Sep 28, 2019 , www.unz.com )
20190928 : House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday she believes President Trump is "goading" House Democrats to impeach him because he thinks it could help him politically. ( Sep 28, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20190928 : Schiff converts impeachment process into parody ( Sep 28, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20190928 : Trump Slams Fraud Adam Schiff For Reading Fabricated Mafia Version Of Ukraine Transcript ( Sep 28, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20190928 : Intel Community Quietly Scrapped Requirement For First-Hand Knowledge Before CIA 'Rumorblower' Relied On Hearsay ( Sep 27, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20190928 : Brennan fingerprints in this coup attempt ( Sep 28, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com )
20190928 : Breennan faction stikes Trump again: It appears that the whole impeachment has been orchestrated by the CIA. The whistleblower is CIA. ( Sep 28, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20190928 : Impeachment is a essentially Russiagate-II. the second coup attempt. Russiagate-I did not work. ( Sep 28, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20190928 : Has Ukrainian foreign office staff or SBU leaked it to the alleged "whistle blower"? 'It seems that former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Klimkin boasts about it.' ( Sep 28, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20190928 : Did Ukrainian officials interfere in the 2016 election by creating or hyping the debunked Russiagate affair and by supporting the Clinton campaign? ( Sep 28, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20190928 : MSM Defends CIA's Whistleblower, Ignores Actual Whistleblowers ( Sep 28, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20190928 : The whistleblower, presumably someone of medium to higher rank employee in the CIA belonging to CIA faction; possibly an Obama appointed femalof Samantha Power mold ( Sep 28, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20190928 : The complaint looks like a "lawyer-assisted document" created by a group of CIA emplees with support of House intelligence committee staff for the sole pupose to start impeachment proceedings against Trump ( Sep 28, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20190928 : The Real Winner of Impeaching Trump? Liz Warren by Patrick J. Buchanan ( Sep 28, 2019 , www.theamericanconservative.com )
20190928 : An open letter to Establishment Democrats by Not Henry Kissinger ( Sep 28, 2019 , caucus99percent.com )
20190928 : Was Trump bulling during the call criminal ( Sep 28, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20190928 : Hunter Biden served on the President's advisory council of the National Democratic Institute (NDI,) a subsidiary of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). NED was formed after the CIA was stripped of its authority to pursue regime change. NED's mandate includes regime change and color revolutions. From that perch, Hunter Biden could have had intimate, inside knowledge of the Ukrainian coup. ( Sep 28, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20190928 : Joe Biden is Impeachment's First Casualty by Pat Buchanan ( Sep 28, 2019 , www.unz.com )
20190927 : Did Crowdstrite transrefered DNC disk images to Ukraine for the analysys? ( Sep 27, 2019 , southfront.org )
20190927 : Pelosi's Impeachment bluff hides real Ukraine story; CrowdStrike, Soros, Hillary servers in Kiev ( Sep 27, 2019 , www.youtube.com )
20190927 : US House Of Representatives Launched Impeachment Inquiry Against President Donald Trump ( Sep 27, 2019 , southfront.org )
20190927 : Christopher Steele's connection to Ukraine ( Sep 27, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20190927 : If you read the phone call memo it is obvious that Trump is praising Shokhin, the prosecutor general fired by Porky on behalf of Biden. And Z tells Trump that he will put in "100% my guy" as new prosecutor general (replacing Lutsenko), to which Trump has no objection at all. ( Sep 27, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20190927 : When Trump conducted his phone call with Zelensky, he stupidly said words that would end up in a transcript and come back to haunt him, like currently is happening. It just points to the inability of Trump's "advisers" to keep him in check. ( Sep 27, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20190927 : Know Your Place! White House Declassified Zelensky Conversation Memo Despite Protests From Kiev ( Sep 27, 2019 , southfront.org )
20190927 : WATCH Ukraine president said 'nobody pushed me' to investigate Biden ( Sep 25, 2019 , www.youtube.com )
20190927 : From Russiagate To Ukrainegate by Finian Cunningham ( Sep 26, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20190927 : NYTimes 'Outs' Ukraine-Call Whistleblower As CIA Officer ( Sep 27, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20190927 : Aaron Mate explains to Jimmy Dore why Ukrainegate is a nothing-burger ( Sep 27, 2019 , youtu.be )
20190926* Did Nancy Pelosi Just Make One Of The Biggest Political Mistakes In History ( Sep 26, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com ) [Recommended]
20190926 : Trump Pushed Ukraine's President To Investigate Issues Of US Public Interest ( Sep 26, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20190926 : WhistleBlower Is a CIA Officer Who Was Detailed to the White House ( Sep 26, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20190926 : Watch Live Acting DNI Testifies On Whistleblower Complaint ( Sep 26, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20190926 : He Had Help Former CIA, NSC Official Questions Too Convenient And Too Perfect Whistleblower Report ( Sep 26, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20190926 : The Full Scope of Ukraine's Impact on the 2016 Election Has Yet to Be Examined by Lev Golinkin ( Sep 24, 2019 , www.thenation.com )
20190926 : I agree with Tulsi Gabbard - an impeachment at this time serves no point. It also discounts the value of voting Democrat. This act may hand the White House to Trump for another 4 years. ( Sep 26, 2019 , www.theamericanconservative.com )
20190926 : Does Donald Trump Want to Be Impeached? ( Sep 26, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20190925 : Trump should be impeached not for his Ukrainian call but for Venezuela regime change efforts ( Sep 25, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20190925 : The Winners and Losers of the Latest Trump Scandal. A snapshot of the Ukrainian fallout. ( Sep 25, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20190925 : Neolib/neocon in Democratic Party from now on will be viewed as The Children of Lieutenant Schmidt (a fictional society of swindlers from the 1931 classic The Little Golden Calf by Ilf and Petrov). ( Sep 25, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20190925 : God Truly Does Have a Sense of Humor by Anatoly Karlin ( Sep 25, 2019 , www.unz.com )
20190925 : Neoliberal democrats dream of impeching the President Trump despite his 80% level of support from Republican party, who hold majority in Senate ( Sep 25, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20190925 : Amazing how so many countries would scramble to do business with Hunter - a guy with virtually no experience who was discharged from the Navy after testing positive for cocaine - who just happened to be the Vice President's son. ( Sep 25, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20190925 : The current "whistleblower" from intelligence services revival of this scandal might be designed as a Trojan horse to weaken Trump and simultaneously to end Biden run. ( Sep 25, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20190925 : Go Team Pelosi! Your corrupt, incompetent, sclerotic leadership gives us all confidence ( Sep 25, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20190925 : Trump ordered hold on aid days before calling Ukraine's president, officials say ( Sep 25, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20190925 : Ukraine and Whistle-Blower Issues Emerge as Major Flashpoints in Presidential Race ( Sep 25, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20190925 : I wonder why Dems can't wait for transcript of the talk which Trump promised to release before taking action on impeachment ;-) ( Sep 25, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20190925 : The Democrats Impeachment Attempt Against Trump Is A Huge Mistake ( Sep 25, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20190924 : House Speaker Nancy Pelosi formally announced that the House will begin an impeachment inquiry into whistleblower charges; one reason to do this is to replace pressure that Mueller investigation put of Trump with the new similar one in oder to paralize Trump administration for the rest of the term ( Sep 24, 2019 , www.nakedcapitalism.com )
20190924 : Michael Flynn pleads Fifth, won't testify before Adam Schiff, House intelligence committee by Rowan Scarborough ( Sep 23, 2019 , www.washingtontimes.com )
20190924 : Joe Biden's 2020 Ukrainian nightmare A closed probe is revived TheHill ( Sep 24, 2019 , thehill.com )
20190924 : Why are we calling Ukraine story leaker a whistleblower ( Sep 24, 2019 , hotair.com )
20190924 : Biden Admits to Getting Ukraine Prosecutor who Investigated Son Fired ( Sep 24, 2019 , www.nakedcapitalism.com )
20190924 : ANALYSIS Does Schiff already know the Trump whistleblower's story ( Sep 24, 2019 , www.washingtonexaminer.com )
20190924 : Trump Ruins Democrats Witch Hunt Garbage - Will Release Transcript, Complaint, IG Report By End Of Week ( Sep 24, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20190924 : Buchanan Will Ukraine-Gate Imperil Biden's Bid ( Sep 24, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20190923* Giuliani Hits Bidens With New $3 Million Ukraine-Latvia-Cyprus Money Laundering Accusation ( Sep 23, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com ) [Recommended]
20190923 : Could Corruption Sink Joe Biden's 2020 Aspirations Peter Schweizer Reveals How the Vice President's Policy Enriched His Son ( Sep 23, 2019 , pjmedia.com )
20190919 : Pelosi Unloads On Nadler; Tells Him To Drop 'Moby Dick' Like Impeachment Obsession ( Sep 18, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20190909 : no title ( Sep 09, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20190824 : Accomplices : Freeland and Pompeo Take Questions on China, Venezuela [Russia] and More... ( Aug 24, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20190729 : CrowdStrikeOut Mueller's Own Report Undercuts Its Core Russia-Meddling Claims by Aaron Maté ( Jul 25, 2019 , off-guardian.org )
20190729* Peace in Ukraine by Stephen F. Cohen ( Jul 29, 2019 , www.thenation.com ) [Recommended]
20190709 : Crowdstrike - Cashing in on a scam ( Jul 09, 2019 , caucus99percent.com )
20190709 : So what does a cybersecurity company that is hemorrhaging money and can't protect it's clients do? It does an IPO ( Jul 09, 2019 , caucus99percent.com )
20190709 : Crowdstrike mode of operation: ( Jul 09, 2019 , caucus99percent.com )
20190630 : Adam Schiff -- The Left Wing of the Hawk by John Kiriakou ( Jun 30, 2019 , consortiumnews.com )
20190620 : FBI Never Saw CrowdStrike Unredacted or Final Report on Alleged Russian Hacking Because None was Produced – Consortiumnews ( Jun 20, 2019 , consortiumnews.com )
20190618 : Crowdstrike Never Produced Final Report on Alleged Russian Hacking by Ray McGovern ( Jun 18, 2019 , original.antiwar.com )
20190616 : US Govt's Entire Russia-DNC Hacking Narrative Based On Redacted Draft Of Crowdstrike Report ( Jun 16, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20190614 : Our old acquaintance Crowdstrike has gone public, and in its IPO debut, the stock surged to a market cap of over $12 Billion ( Jun 14, 2019 , thenewkremlinstooge.wordpress.com )
20190614 : This is Crystal Clear -- Find the Creator of the Guccifer 2.0 Hoax, and You Find the Murderer of Seth Rich by veganmark ( Jun 14, 2019 , caucus99percent.com )
20190613 : A loyal servant of empire -- Crowdstrike CEO -- is well-rewarded for his role in creating Russiagate hysteria by Caitlin Johnstone ( Jun 13, 2019 , caitlinjohnstone.com )
20190613 : DOJ Investigating CIA Role In Russiagate ( Jun 13, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20190601 : Mueller silver bullet failed. So they will find another cause and go with the impeachment with all the media hysteria accompanying it fully realizing that they don t have the votes in the Senate convict. ( Jun 01, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com )
20190530 : Impeachment in House is possible but who will benefit from it is unclear ( May 30, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20190529 : Pelosi, Schumer Refuse To Endorse Impeachment After Mueller Statement ( May 29, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20190526 : Trump Targets UK, Australia And Ukraine Over 'Greatest Hoax In The History Of Our Country' ( May 26, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20190523 : Guccifer 2.0 Was Not a Russian Creation by Larry C Johnson ( May 23, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com )
20190522 : Israel hacking the world ( May 22, 2019 , www.unz.com )
20190519* How Russiagate replaced Analysis of the 2016 Election by Rick Sterling ( May 19, 2019 , dissidentvoice.org ) [Recommended]
20190518 : Daniel Lazare's recent work on Assange indicated via chronological sequencing it's much more likely Guccifer 2.0 was the phony he was suspected to be at the time ( May 18, 2019 , consortiumnews.com )
20190514 : Well, Well, Well, Look Who Adam Schiff Has Family Ties To ( Mar 29, 2019 , truthfeednews.com )
20190514 : Trump may provoke impeachment by obstructing investigations, says Russiagater Schiff ( May 14, 2019 , www.theguardian.com )
20190514 : Pat Buchanan Reflects On A Nation At War With Itself ( Apr 26, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20190514 : House Dems Issue Friendly Subpoena To Multiple Banks, Probing Different Form Of Trump-Russia Collusion ( Apr 15, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20190514 : Only a rabid Israel-firster and Clinton loyalist like Schiff could ignore the excellent report of the patriotic Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS); the report explains why Clinton/DNC emails were never hacked but "leaked." ( Apr 24, 2019 , www.unz.com )
20190511 : Ukrainian efforts to sabotage Trump backfire by KENNETH P. VOGEL and DAVID STERN ( Jan 11, 2017 , www.politico.com )
20190511* Just worth noting that in the hand-written notes taken by Bruce Ohr after meetings with Chris Steele, there is the comment that the majority of the Steele Dossier was obtained from an expat Russian living in the US, and not from actual Russian sources in Russia ( Aug 30, 2018 , craigmurray.org.uk ) [Recommended]
20190511* Crowdstrike planted the malware on DNC systems, which they discovered later discovered and attributed to Russians later ( Mar 03, 2018 , www.zerohedge.com ) [Recommended]
20190511* Why Crowdstrike's Russian Hacking Story Fell Apart -- Say Hello to Fancy Bear ( Dec 29, 2017 , www.washingtonsblog.com ) [Recommended]
20190511 : Schiff's presence is interesting: UkraineGate. SaudiGate. UAEGate . ( May 11, 2019 , www.nakedcapitalism.com )
20190510* Mueller Report - Expensive Estimations And Elusive Evidence by Adam Carter ( May 06, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com ) [Recommended]
20190510 : #Guccifer2 hashtag on Twitter ( May 10, 2019 , twitter.com )
20190507 : Ukrainian Embassy confirms DNC contractor solicited Trump dirt in 2016 TheHill ( May 07, 2019 , thehill.com )
20190502* Neoliberalism and the Globalization of War. America s Hegemonic Project by Prof Michel Chossudovsky ( Jun 16, 2016 , www.globalresearch.ca ) [Recommended]
20190501 : Christya Freeland vs Victoria Nuland ( Apr 30, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20190501 : Freeland for the President of Galicia ( May 01, 2019 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20190425 : Much of CrowdStrike's role is not really to provide any sort of relevant technical expertise or investigation, but to serve as an outside "expert" to provides the "correct" claims to form the basis of a desired media narrative ( Apr 25, 2019 , www.unz.com )
20190425 : Why did the DNC not allow the FBI to investigate the so-called" Russian hacked" emails? Rather, they hire Crowd Strike ( Apr 25, 2019 , consortiumnews.com )
20190423 : Crowdstrike and the reprise of the Iraq-WMD Fiasco ( Feb 03, 2017 , consortiumnews.com )
20190416 : Reps Cummings, Waters, And Schiff Sign Secret MOUs To Target Trump ( Apr 16, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20190408 : "FullOf Schiff" Russiagater behave like typical members of doomsday cult, when the prophecy was not fulfilled. They just became more fanatical ( Apr 08, 2019 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20190408 : Is there no end to the perversity of "FullOf Schiff" people? ( Apr 08, 2019 , consortiumnews.com )
20190401 : Trey Gowdy Adam Schiff is a 'deeply partisan person' ( Apr 01, 2019 , www.youtube.com )
20190331 : Adam Schiff essentially took at a decision to investigate a political rival. Which means this is a witch hunt ( Mar 31, 2019 , twitter.com )
20190331 : Now they do not even pretend that Justice exists in the USA: only kangaroo courts ( Mar 04, 2019 , turcopolier.typepad.com )
20190329 : Adam Schiff should resign Jason Chaffetz - YouTube ( Mar 28, 2019 , www.youtube.com )
20190329 : News about #FullofSchiff on Twitter ( Mar 29, 2019 , twitter.com )
20190329 : Jason Chaffetz Says Republicans Should Target Adam Schiff's Security Clearance ( Mar 29, 2019 , dailycaller.com )
20190328 : Adam Schiff Furious After GOP Calls For His Immediate Resignation In Explosive Hearing ( Mar 28, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20190324* The manner in which Guccifer 2.0's English was broken, did not follow the typical errors one would expect if Guccifer 2.0's first language was Russian. ( Mar 24, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com ) [Recommended]
20190222 : Adam Schiff met with Glen Simpson in Aspen and should really recluse himself ( Feb 22, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20190216 : Guccifer 2.0's American Fingerprints Reveal An Operation Made In The USA ( Feb 16, 2019 , disobedientmedia.com )
20190213 : After Collusion Case Collapses, House Dems Set To Launch Vast Russia Probe 2.0 ( Feb 13, 2019 , www.zerohedge.com )
20190208 : How Chrystia Freeland Organized Donald Trump's Coup in Venezuela by Eric Zuesse ( Feb 08, 2019 , off-guardian.org )
20181220 : One of the two CrowdStrike executives that had helped push the story to the press was a former department director at the FBI serving under Robert Mueller ( Dec 20, 2018 , disobedientmedia.com )
20181220 : Forensicator Guccifer 2.0 Returns To The East Coast by Elizabeth Lea Vos ( Dec 20, 2018 , www.zerohedge.com )
20181126 : Ray McGovern on Adam Schiff's Incredible, Incurable Credulity ( Nov 25, 2018 , www.antiwar.com )
20181107 : Adam Schiff: Russia 'Collusion' Investigation Top Priority If Democrats Win ( Nov 07, 2018 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20180817 : What is definitely conclusive is the Gucci 2 entity forged the inclusion of Russian fingerprints in the leaked version of the documents by pasting it into a Russian language Word template. ( Aug 17, 2018 , consortiumnews.com )
20180731 : The Comey, Brennan, Mueller claim - indeed a central one upon which the recent indictment rests- that Guccifer 2.0 was a Russian State agent that hacked the DNC- was discredited and put to rest last year by the forensics conducted by Bill Binney and his colleagues. ( Jul 31, 2018 , turcopolier.typepad.com )
20180731 : Guccifer 2.0 and GCHQ ( Jul 31, 2018 , turcopolier.typepad.com )
20180720 : The Day That Guccifer 2.0 Quit Hacking The DNC ( May 23, 2018 , www.zerohedge.com )
20180720 : A comment from Spooks Spooking Themselves ( Jun 09, 2018 , consortiumnews.com )
20180720* So many (ex-) MI6 operators (Steele, Tait, etc) involved in the story. It is interesting that the media don t question the intense involvement of the British in all this. And of course, the British haven t been laggards in adding fuel to the fire by the whole novichok hoax ( Jul 20, 2018 , turcopolier.typepad.com ) [Recommended]
20180718 : Crowdstrike brings up a couple of interesting questions. ( Jul 18, 2018 , www.nakedcapitalism.com )
20180529* Guccifer 2.0's American Fingerprints Reveal An Operation Made In The USA by Elizabeth Lea Vos ( May 29, 2018 , www.zerohedge.com ) [Recommended]
20180308 : Several respected journalists have cast serious doubt on CrowdStrike s report on the DNC servers ( Mar 03, 2018 , www.zerohedge.com )
20180308* Given the CrowdStrike itself is a massively compromised organization due to its founder and CEO, those "certified true images" are themselves tainted evidence ( Mar 08, 2018 , turcopolier.typepad.com ) [Recommended]
20180227 : I still say Crowdstrike so called analysis is where the rubber really starts to hit the road with Wikileaks disclosure, saying it was the Russians ( Feb 27, 2018 , www.youtube.com )
20180221 : Thus, Putin-basher Clinton hired Putin-basher Alperovitch to investigate an alleged electronic heist, and to absolutely no one's surprise, his company concluded that guilty party was Vladimir Putin. Amazing! ( Feb 21, 2018 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20180220 : Thus, Putin-basher Clinton hired Putin-basher Alperovitch to investigate an alleged electronic heist, and to absolutely no one's surprise, his company concluded that guilty party was Vladimir Putin. Amazing! ( Feb 20, 2018 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20180208 : Was DNC hack a CIA Cyber False Flag ( Feb 08, 2018 , wearechange.org )
20180208 : CIA Dirty Cyber Tricks by Matthew Vadum ( Mar 08, 2017 , www.frontpagemag.com )
20180204* DNC collusion with Ukrainian IT Security company Crowdstrike tied to the Atlantic Council to push false narrative of DNC hack and malware to influence US election ( Feb 04, 2018 , www.zerohedge.com ) [Recommended]
20180102 : Crowdstrike is responsible for Guccifer 2.0, at the behest of Hillary ( Jan 02, 2018 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20171229 : Russian Hacker "Guccifer 2.0 Was Actually A DNC Tech Guy! We've Got The Names And The Proof! ( Dec 29, 2017 , 50shadesofpissedoff.com )
20171228 : Th>ere is one thing that is certain according to McAffee (the McAffee) If it looked like it was the Russians, then I can guarantee it WASN'T the Russians. ( Dec 28, 2017 , theduran.com )
20171228* How CrowdStrike placed malware in DNC hacked servers by Alex Christoforou ( Dec 28, 2017 , theduran.com ) [Recommended]
20170917* The So-called Russian Hack of the DNC Does Not Make Sense by Publius Tacitus ( Sep 05, 2017 , turcopolier.typepad.com ) [Recommended]
20170824 : Vault 7 release includes revelation of CIA capability to allow it to misdirect the attribution of cyber attacks leaving behind the fingerprints of the very groups that the attack techniques were stolen from ( Aug 24, 2017 , www.moonofalabama.org )
20170730 : CrowdStrike Revises and Retracts Parts of Explosive Russian Hacking Report ( Mar 28, 2017 , libertyblitzkrieg.com )
20170729 : CrowdStrikes fake quotes and fake information about claimed Russia hack ( Jul 29, 2017 , en.wikipedia.org )
20170706 : Bolton: Russia Hack May Have Been False Flag Operation ( Dec 12, 2016 , dailywire.com )
20170614 : Credibility Of Cyber Firm That Claimed Russia Hacked The DNC Comes Under Serious Question ( Jun 14, 2017 , www.zerohedge.com )
20170614 : Now some fragments of the picture of DNC hack fall into place and one interesting hypothesis is that it was a false flag operation performed by the CrowdStrike, the same firm which were later assigned to investigate the hack. ( Jun 14, 2017 , economistsview.typepad.com )
20170614 : Strange Oversight by Comey tells us a lot by Ray McGovern ( Jun 13, 2017 , original.antiwar.com )
20170610 : CrowdStrike, The DNCs Security Firm, Was Under Contract With The FBI ( Jun 10, 2017 , medium.com )
20170608 : DNC Caught; Fake Russian Hacker A CIA Contractor by Pet Rock ( Jun 08, 2017 , www.ashtarcommandcrew.net )
20170607 : CIA contractor-CrowdStrike owner is DNC Russian hacker...Works for the DNC ( Jun 07, 2017 , www.puppetstringnews.com )
20170607 : CrowdStrike DNC s Private Cyber Security Firm Had A Contract With The FBI ( Jun 07, 2017 , www.ashtarcommandcrew.net )
20170530 : The Strata-Sphere DNCs Russian Hack NOT Investigated By FBI – But By DNC Contractor by AJStrata ( Apr 02, 2017 , strata-sphere.com )
20170404 : VIDEO Ex-Obama Staffer Who Urged Spying On Trump Predicted 'Quick' Impeachment Weeks Before Election ( Apr 04, 2017 , www.breitbart.com )

Old News ;-)

[Jan 21, 2020] Opinion - Joe Biden, Friend Or Foe Of Corruption

Notable quotes:

"... This article was originally published by " ..."

Jan 21, 2020 | www.informationclearinghouse.info

UkraineGate - Inconvenient Facts

Watch

Joe Biden, Friend Or Foe Of Corruption?

Although Joe Biden very often denounces the "cancer of corruption", this first episode shows that he has lied several times, and that his attitude remains very questionable on this subject.

You will discover three characters at the heart of UkraineGate. First, Mykola Zlochevsky, the Ukrainian oligarch through whom the scandal happened. Then, General prosecutor Viktor Shokin, whose resignation was obtained under pressure from Joe Biden, less than ten months after his appointment. And finally, the latter's successor, Yuriy Lutsenko, whom Biden was quick to describe as a "solid man"
Summary – Part 1 – A Not So Solid Prosecutor
https://videos.les-crises.fr/embed/player.php?video=ukgate_short_s1e1_en_43p4orvx0fqmvdye

Full Version

https://videos.les-crises.fr/embed/player.php?video=ukgate_long_s1e1_en_jovv1vhy4zcnqlvof

Part II
Not so "dormant" investigations
This second episode focuses on the investigations of General prosecutor Shokin, described as "dormant" by the Biden clan. It demonstrates the fallacy of the narrative launched by Biden's communication advisors. But you will also discover that Biden's defense - widely reported by the mainstream media without any verification - has been challenged by Viktor Shokin in various interviews, of which we reveal several excerpts that have never been broadcast...

https://videos.les-crises.fr/embed/player.php?video=ukgate_long_s1e2_en_i0q1ez5vjqmetagp

- We will post other sections of this documentary as the become available-

This article was originally published by " UkraineGate " -

[Jan 21, 2020] DemoRats blowed thier change to impech Trump due to thier own dishonesty, jingoism and cowardice

Jan 21, 2020 | www.theamericanconservative.com

Alex (the one that likes Ike) fuow • 15 hours ago • edited

If that means Uncle Joe, then Trump may bloody well already uncork the champagne. Remember that recent Iranian debacle of his, which is already starting being forgotten? That was the *only* real chance for Democrats to look solid in the Senate when trying to impeach him. The only way to make Republican senators look dishonest and partisan when defending him. An unexpected and unprovoked electoral gift to them from Trump (a would-have-been-serious gift - read Daniel Larison's articles as to how many American voters, no matter their partisan leanings, are anti-war now). How did the DNC manage that gift? Exactly. By directly bringing it to the trash bin without a moment of hesitation and keeping on desperately clinging to the politically stillborn clownery around Ukraine which will allow the Republican senators to laugh their Democratic colleagues out of the stage and seal Trump's victory the very moment the said clownery is brought to the upper chamber of the parliament. Now Democrats look like a poor feller in front of an insurmountable wall, who, having witnessed a door which magically/quantumly appeared in that wall, screamed "To battle!/Arriva!/Kovfefe!", slammed the said door shut, industriously broke the handle so that it could never be opened again in the quantum dimension he exists and resumed his attempts to - how to put it mildly? - shatter the reinforced concrete with his forehead.
So please spare me the righteous posturing. Be honest at least to yourself and admit that America's mainstream parties are owned by the same people, hence the only thing you choose is the ideological agenda on cultural issues you prefer. The battle between them is as much of a battle between good and evil and of the rule of law against the lawlessness as the one between Pol Pot and D'Aubuisson Arrieta.

[Jan 21, 2020] I don't see how Trump has actually governed much differently from any other contemporary Republican. The difference between Trump and, say Ted Cruz, or Marco Rubio, is mostly style, not policy.

Jan 21, 2020 | www.theamericanconservative.com

one vote fuow • 21 hours ago

I'm a former Trump voter who could vote for Warren or Sanders but not Biden. Trump has been the biggest disappointment of my political life, and I'll never forgive him for the failures on immigration, but Biden and bis family looks to be at least as personally sleazy and corrupt as the Trumps, if not as outright sickening.
Clyde Schechter fuow • 21 hours ago
Well, I'm a non-Democrat leftist (except for conservative leanings on social issues and a vehemently anti-war posture that is a minority view on both the left and right). I have voted for third-party candidates for President most of my life (and I'm a septuagenarian). For reasons of foreign policy and economics, I would probably vote for either Sanders or Warren, at least if they don't get too bonkers on identity politics. But there is no way I would vote for any of the other Democratic contenders, and there is no way I would vote for Trump.
For what it's worth, I think the whole frenzy to defeat Trump no matter what is overblown. Except for the Twitter feed, I don't see how Trump has actually governed much differently from any other contemporary Republican. The difference between Trump and, say Ted Cruz, or Marco Rubio, is mostly style, not policy.

Osse Clyde Schechter • 7 hours ago
That last sentence is true. But it is style that really matters to many Democrats. Obama was their ideal President almost entirely because of his style.
And Trump's style is what attracts his hard core supporters.

Alex (the one that likes Ike) fuow • 15 hours ago • edited
If that means Uncle Joe, then Trump may bloody well already uncork the champagne. Remember that recent Iranian debacle of his, which is already starting being forgotten? That was the *only* real chance for Democrats to look solid in the Senate when trying to impeach him. The only way to make Republican senators look dishonest and partisan when defending him. An unexpected and unprovoked electoral gift to them from Trump (a would-have-been-serious gift - read Daniel Larison's articles as to how many American voters, no matter their partisan leanings, are anti-war now). How did the DNC manage that gift? Exactly. By directly bringing it to the trash bin without a moment of hesitation and keeping on desperately clinging to the politically stillborn clownery around Ukraine which will allow the Republican senators to laugh their Democratic colleagues out of the stage and seal Trump's victory the very moment the said clownery is brought to the upper chamber of the parliament. Now Democrats look like a poor feller in front of an insurmountable wall, who, having witnessed a door which magically/quantumly appeared in that wall, screamed "To battle!/Arriva!/Kovfefe!", slammed the said door shut, industriously broke the handle so that it could never be opened again in the quantum dimension he exists and resumed his attempts to - how to put it mildly? - shatter the reinforced concrete with his forehead.

[Jan 21, 2020] Iran, Trump, and the neoliberal-neoconservative compact

Jan 21, 2020 | off-guardian.org

The author asks an interesting question: what is the urgency to remove Turmp before the election. Why notwait Novemebr and see if he is removed by voters?

One of the best articles I've seen on both sides of the current scene is Jim Kavanaugh's "Impeachment: What Lies Beneath?" Let us note that this essay was first published at the author's website, The Polemicist, on Dec. 17, 2019.

In the first half of the essay, "The Raw," the author is discussing the remarkable weakness of the impeachment case and articles; the second half of the essay, "The Cooked," begins with the following two paragraphs:

Which makes me wonder. The obviousness of this losing hand, and the fact that the most politically-seasoned, can't-be-that-stupid Democrats seem determined to play it out, have my paranoid political Spidey senses all atingle. What are the cards they're not showing? What lies beneath the thin ice of these Articles of Impeachment?

If the apparent agenda makes no sense, look for the hidden. Something that better explains why Pelosi, et. al. find it so urgent to replace Trump before the election and why they think they can succeed in doing that.

There is one thing that I can think of that drives such frantic urgency: War. That would also explain why Trump's "national security" problem -- embedded in the focus on Ukraine arms shipments, Russian aggression, etc. -- is the real issue, the whistle to Republican war dogs.

But if so, the Ukro-Russian motif is itself a screen for another "national security"/war issue that cannot be stated explicitly. There's no urgency about aggression towards Russia. There is for Iran.

These paragraphs mirror the structure of the essay altogether: beginning with impeachment and ending with Iran. In the next paragraph we see Kavanaugh's prognosis, his proposal for how things might unfold:

So here's my entirely speculative tea-leaf reading: If there's a hidden agenda behind the urgency to remove Trump, one that might actually garner the votes of Republican Senators, it is to replace him with a president who will be a more reliable and effective leader for a military attack on Iran that Israel wants to initiate before next November. Spring is the cruelest season for launching wars."

This was striking to read on December 17 and even more striking to reflect upon as of Friday, January 3. Kavanaugh's arguments make a lot of sense, and perhaps it will turn out that "April is the cruelest month" (as he says at the end of the essay) -- but don't we have to consider that perhaps Trump has once again outplayed both Democrats and Republicans, and, even more, the Deep State?

As Trump said in announcing the drone strike that killed Gen. Soleimani, "We took action last night to stop a war; we did not take action to start a war."

Attacks in/on other countries by the U.S. will not receive praise from me, not any more than did the U.S.-abetted coup in Bolivia. I will say, though, that I sure wish the party of the King of Drones, Barack Obama (who openly bragged about being "very good at killing people") would shut the hell up.

That's not going to happen, of course -- the only thing here that will restrain them is the role of Israel in this.

Again, there's no mystery to any of this -- but what is a mystery to me is why anybody listens to the Democrats on this or any other issue.

Undoubtedly there are elements to this situation I don't see or understand -- but what we all have as a helpful guide is the fact that whatever the Democratic Party leadership says here, and whatever the conventional Left narrative presents on this situation, absolutely cannot be trusted.

[Jan 21, 2020] Bernie Sanders Walks Straight Into the Russiagate Trap

Jan 21, 2020 | www.strategic-culture.org

Daniel Lazare January 20, 2020 © Photo: Wikimedia The New York Times caused a mini-commotion last week with a front-page story suggesting that Russian intelligence had hacked a Ukrainian energy firm known as Burisma Holdings in order to get dirt on Joe Biden and help Donald Trump win re-election.

But the article was flimsy even by Russiagate standards, and so certain questions inevitably arise. What was it really about? Who's behind it? Who's the real target?

Here's a quick answer. It was about boosting Joe Biden, and its real target was his chief rival, Bernie Sanders. And poor, inept Bernie walked straight into the trap.

The article was flimsy because rather than saying straight out that Russian intelligence hacked Burisma, the company notorious for hiring Biden's son, Hunter, for $50,000 a month job, reporters Nicole Perlroth and Matthew Rosenberg had to rely on unnamed "security experts" to say it for them. While suggesting that the hackers were looking for dirt, they didn't quite say that as well. Instead, they admitted that "it is not yet clear what the hackers found, or precisely what they were searching for."

So we have no idea what they were up to, if anything at all. But the Times then quoted "experts" to the effect that "the timing and scale of the attacks suggest that the Russians could be searching for potentially embarrassing material on the Bidens – the same kind of information that Mr. Trump wanted from Ukraine when he pressed for an investigation of the Bidens and Burisma, setting off a chain of events that led to his impeachment." Since Trump and the Russians are seeking the same information, they must be in cahoots, which is what Democrats have been saying from the moment Trump took office. Given the lack of evidence, this was meaningless as well.

But then came the kicker: two full paragraphs in which a Biden campaign spokesman was permitted to expound on the notion that the Russians hacked Burisma because Biden is the candidate that they and Trump fear the most.

"Donald Trump tried to coerce Ukraine into lying about Joe Biden and a major bipartisan, international anti-corruption victory because he recognized that he can't beat the vice president," the spokesman, Andrew Bates, said. "Now we know that Vladimir Putin also sees Joe Biden as a threat. Any American president who had not repeatedly encouraged foreign interventions of this kind would immediately condemn this attack on the sovereignty of our elections."

If Biden is the number-one threat, then Sanders is not, presumably because the Times sees him as soft on Moscow. If so, it means that he could be in for the same neo-McCarthyism that antiwar candidate Tulsi Gabbard encountered last October when Hillary Clinton blasted her as "the favorite of the Russians." Gabbard had the good sense to blast her right back.

"Thank you @Hillary Clinton. You, the queen of warmongers, embodiment of corruption, and personification of the rot that has sickened the Democratic Party for so long, have finally come out from behind the curtain. From the day I announced my candidacy, there has been a concerted campaign to destroy my reputation. We wondered who was behind it and why. Now we know – it was always you, through your proxies and powerful allies in the corporate media and war machine ."

If only Sanders did the same. But instead he put out a statement filled with the usual anti-Russian clichés:

"The 2020 election is likely to be the most consequential election in modern American history, and I am alarmed by new reports that Russia recently hacked into the Ukrainian gas company at the center of the impeachment trial, as well as Russia's plans to once again meddle in our elections and in our democracy. After our intelligence agencies unanimously agreed that Russia interfered in the 2016 election, including with thousands of paid ads on Facebook, the New York Times now reports that Russia likely represents the biggest threat of election meddle in 2020, including through disinformation campaigns, promoting hatred, hacking into voting systems, and by exploiting the political divisions sewn [sic] by Donald Trump ."

And so on for another 250 words. Not only did the statement put him in bed with the intelligence agencies, but it makes him party to the big lie that the Kremlin was responsible for putting Trump over the top in 2016.

Let's get one thing straight. Yes, Russian intelligence may have hacked the Democratic National Committee. But cybersecurity was so lax that others may have been rummaging about as well. (CrowdStrike, the company called in to investigate the hack, says it found not one but two cyber-intruders.) Notwithstanding the Mueller report, all the available evidence indicates that Russia did not then pass along thousands of DNC emails that Wikileaks published in July 2016. (Julian Assange's statement six months later that "our source is not the Russian government and it is not a state party" remains uncontroverted.) Similarly, there's no evidence that the Kremlin had anything to do with the $45,000 worth of Facebook ads purchased by a St. Petersburg company known as the Internet Research Agency – Robert Mueller's 2018 indictment of the IRA was completely silent on the subject of a Kremlin connection – and no evidence that the ads, which were politically all over the map, had a remotely significant impact on the 2016 election.

All the rest is a classic CIA disinformation campaign aimed at drumming up anti-Russian hysteria and delegitimizing anyone who fails to go along. And now Bernie Sanders is trying to cover his derrière by hopping on board.

It won't work. Sanders will find himself having to take one loyalty oath after another as the anti-Russia campaign flares anew. But it will never be enough, and he'll only wind up looking tired and weak. Voters will opt for the supposedly more formidable Biden, who will end up as a bug splat on the windshield of Donald Trump's speeding election campaign. With impeachment no longer an issue, he'll be free to behave as dictatorially as he wishes as he settles into his second term.

After inveighing against billionaire's wars, he'll find himself ensnared by the same billionaire war machine. The trouble with Sanders is that he thinks he can win by playing by the rules. But he can't because the rules are stacked against him. He'd know that if his outlook was more radical. His problem is not that he's too much of a socialist. Rather, it's that he's not enough.

[Jan 20, 2020] Documentary Released Monday Sheds New Light on Ukrainegate

Notable quotes:

"... I appears to me that Biden stepped into something and it's stuck to his foot. IMPOTUS never seeming to have the ability grasp victory from the jaws of defeat failed, again and stepped into the same mess. ..."

"... Viktor Shokin said under oath in a case in Austria that he was investigating Burisma and that's why Biden had him fired ..."

"... We now know that whenever Biden virtue signals, the exact opposite applies. When he talks about how democratic we are, or about transparency and what not, it's because we are not. Snake Oil salesman. ..."

"... So basically Joe Biden did everything that the Democrats accuse Trump of doing. And Biden is so brazen about the whole thing, he brags on tape at the Council of Foreign Relations and admits to his crime. And Biden is running for president? Image if people like Rachel Maddow did this kind of reporting and truly informed the citizens about the abuses in our own gov't instead of the establishment bullshit she has been spewing for years. We are a banana republic. ..."

"... Biden is the poster boy for nepotism and corruption. ..."

"... This report provides overwhelming evidence that Joe Biden intervened directly to coerce the president of Ukraine to fire an honest and competent prosecutor general, and to put in place a corrupt one. ..."

Jan 15, 2020 | consortiumnews.com

A new documentary by Olivier Berruyer, editor of the website les-crises.fr , released in conjunction with Consortium News on Monday, sorts out the complicated scandal and the role Joe Biden played in it.

UkraineGate – Inconvenient Facts

Part One: "A Not So 'Solid' Prosecutor"

https://videos.les-crises.fr/embed/player.php?video=ukgate_long_s1e1_en_jovv1vhy4zcnqlvof

Tags: Hunter Biden Joe Biden Petro Poroshenko Viktor Shokin

Skip Intro , January 15, 2020 at 22:34

Great video, thanks. I fear you may have misinterpreted the word "solid" in Biden's statement. I believe he meant something more like "reliable", in the sense of being compliant with US wishes. The opposite of 'not corrupt' really. Look at the body language, and it's the CFR, ffs.

robert e williamson jr , January 15, 2020 at 21:06

Right on Joe Lauria !

I have watched this video three times. A long cast of characters with similar, unfamiliar names here, some making multiple appearances.

I appears to me that Biden stepped into something and it's stuck to his foot. IMPOTUS never seeming to have the ability grasp victory from the jaws of defeat failed, again and stepped into the same mess.

A case exists to fry both Biden and the IMPOTUS over the same fire in their own fat, greedy little piggy's. Great stuff for non-partisans.

Now this video needs to go viral. like ASAP!

Three Cheers for" Inspector Clouseau", great job.

Nicolas , January 17, 2020 at 14:06

Merci beaucoup Robert! What a great compliment!

I absolutely agree with you, and we (a very small French team, I mostly researched material in Russian and Ukrainian) didn't do this documentary to help your president, and I don't think it will. It could be the opposite, depending on what happens with the primaries.

We're French (not Russian hackers, LOL!), what matters is that there are wrongdoings that had not been investigated properly until us, and therefore we had a great opportunity to do something serious to let the public know the truth, and make a name for ourselves in the process. If this series does go viral (and I have hopes it will :) ), then, well, it could generate enough donations for us to continue investigating, on other subjects. That would be really cool.

Stay tuned on ukrainegate.info for the next episodes :)

A one minute teaser you can share is available on twitter.com/Ukraine_Gate/

Again, thank you for the compliment, you made me smile.

Eugenie Basile , January 15, 2020 at 02:01

I guess this makes Biden the most solid candidate MSM and DNC can deliver.

DW Bartoo , January 16, 2020 at 15:07

Much appreciation to Olivier Berruyer, les-crises.fr, and CN.

Genuine investigative journalism of the highest order.

(The truth is a powerful gift and critically necessary to empowering understanding, which might even allow the many to find both the courage and imagination to bring about needful change and even permit humanity to have a future, that is not corrupted by crony finance capitalism, endless war, and a global political class intent on extraction on all levels, but rather is premised upon humane and sustainable behaviors and fundamental moral principles that value life above brute domination and cooperation above violent tyrannical oppression.)

Putting U$ MSM, for which only money and sycophantic propaganda pandering is all that matters, to well-deserved shame.

Jonathan Marshall , January 14, 2020 at 19:39

Here's another take from Daria Kaleniuk, executive director of Ukraine's Anti-Corruption Action Center, who is quoted in this video:

"Lutsenko and prosecutor Konstantin Kulik have been giving Giuliani information on this case purely with an agenda to save their careers, inventing the story about the Biden investigation."

In 2016, Vice President Biden demanded that Ukraine fire Prosecutor General Victor Shokin, who Trump might have called a "very good prosecutor," but he was seen by reformers in Kyiv as a disaster. A year earlier, Kalemniuk's watchdog organization had pushed to dismiss Shokin for neglecting multiple corruption cases.

"Here is why I do not say anything about Hunter Biden," Kaleniuk explained. "Vice President Biden called for Ukraine to fire Shokin not because of the Burisma investigation, absolutely not, but because Ukraine's prosecutor general did not investigate Burisma. U.S. Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt insisted [in early 2016] that Shokin should be investigating Burisma.

The U.S. government had a clear position: The Burisma probe was killed by Shokin."

www (dot)thedailybeast(dot)com/trump-zelensky-phone-call-shocks-daria-kaleniuk-one-of-ukraines-top-independent-corruption-fighters

Joe Lauria , January 15, 2020 at 02:09

Viktor Shokin said under oath in a case in Austria that he was investigating Burisma and that's why Biden had him fired. Are we supposed to believe the Daily Beast over sworn testimony? The idea that Biden got ride of Shokin because he wouldn't investigate his son's company is way too fantastic to believe.

Jason M Homer , January 15, 2020 at 13:00

Interesting until realizing your sourcing your information from the Daily Beast. Please find new sources of information. The Daily Beast has been repeatedly proven to be pure propaganda.

Clark M Shanahan , January 15, 2020 at 21:49

BTW: Chelsea Clinton is on the Daily Beast's board of directors.

Debra L. Carr de Legorreta , January 14, 2020 at 17:22

We now know that whenever Biden virtue signals, the exact opposite applies. When he talks about how democratic we are, or about transparency and what not, it's because we are not. Snake Oil salesman.

Erin , January 14, 2020 at 16:59

I can't wait to see part 2. When is that coming out? This is an incredible deep dive into the whole stinking Urkrainegate/Biden issue. I paused the film several times because there is so much information provided.

So basically Joe Biden did everything that the Democrats accuse Trump of doing. And Biden is so brazen about the whole thing, he brags on tape at the Council of Foreign Relations and admits to his crime. And Biden is running for president? Image if people like Rachel Maddow did this kind of reporting and truly informed the citizens about the abuses in our own gov't instead of the establishment bullshit she has been spewing for years. We are a banana republic.

Blessthebeasts , January 15, 2020 at 13:15

I almost think the Democrats are deliberately sandbagging Biden with the impeachment farce. They know he would likely lose as Hillary did, but he feels "entitled" like she did, so they think this will finish him once and for all.

Our government is useless.

VallejoD , January 15, 2020 at 13:42

Agreed. Biden is the poster boy for nepotism and corruption.

DC_rez , January 16, 2020 at 16:08

Are you insinuating Rachel Maddow is a journalist?

Nicolas , January 17, 2020 at 14:13

Thank you very much for the compliment!
Part 2 is ready (and it's fun!), if everything is OK you'll see it next week, if you stay tuned to ukrainegate.info and/or twitter.com/Ukraine_Gate
Don't hesitate to share and help us go viral :)

Brewer , January 14, 2020 at 16:13

Spent this morning promoting this documentary on my regular alt-media haunts and sent it to journos and politicians I know. Strongly urge others to do likewise. MSM already blocking it so it is important to get it out there.
Many thanks to Consortium News. A real scoop.

Debra L. Carr de Legorreta , January 14, 2020 at 16:07

It's not surprising that the the CEO of Burisma, Mykola Zlockevsky looks like a mobster. What kind of a person heads a fossil fuel company, an enterprise hell bent on increasing CO2 emissions? not someone you'd like to bump into in a dark alley.

Ruth Harris , January 14, 2020 at 14:48

Some points to ponder:
1. Biden was sent to Ukraine with the backing of both parties in congress and the IMF to remove Shokin in exchange for $5 Bn in aid to the Ukrainian gas industry.
Question: Was any of that money intended for or received by Burisma?
2. Hunter Biden's position at Burisma facilitated connections with a NATO think tank, the Atlantic Council, which was the recipient of million$ from Burisma.
Question: Did any of that money originate from the aid money?
3. The Atlantic Council, an anti Russian organization, sits amid a web of US defense contractors, Raytheon and Lockheed, producers of the Javelin missiles, being two of them. Some of the $300 + million Trump withheld, was to purchase those weapons.
Question: What part did the Atlantic Council and those defense contractors play in the whistle blowing incident that revealed Trump's quid pro quo?
consortiumnews(dot)com/2019/10/14/dcs-atlantic-council-raked-in-funding-from-hunter-bidens-corruption-stained-ukrainian-employer-while-courting-his-vp-father/

Desmond , January 14, 2020 at 18:29

Excellent questions. Thank you.

Dianne Foster , January 15, 2020 at 04:07

Interesting. So far, I only knew that Biden and McCain enabled Nuland to replace Yanukovich with a neo-Nazi-filled government in 2014. Thus to re-start the Cold War with Russia .0

Fred Grosso , January 14, 2020 at 14:05

Thank you for this information. I don't think this vindicates Trump. It shows how he fits so nicely into our corrupt politics. He is of value because he commits immoral acts that he believes others have committed, but he doubles down and he is ruthlessly transparent. Biden is what he is and not as he is presented to us by the media and his gang. How we get the fanatical supporters of these corrupt demons to stop empowering them is a puzzling dilemma.

Louis Robert , January 14, 2020 at 18:02

Gramsci:

" The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters."

rosemerry , January 14, 2020 at 14:01

I would be delighted to see Facebook allowing "The Magnitsky Act-Behind the Scenes", as NOBODY else online is allowed to or brave enough to let the truth be told about that Browder action.

Frank Munley , January 14, 2020 at 12:07

I do not use FB for sending links. I hardly use my FB account at all. But I did access ukrainegate.info through my Safari browser. I noticed immediately that there is an 8:50 short summary of the video posted by CN. I hope there is a transcript of the longer version, because like some others, I don't like to watch videos.

Tim Slater , January 14, 2020 at 11:39

This is what investigative journalism should be!

Nicolas , January 17, 2020 at 14:18

Thank you very much for the compliment!
For the next episodes, see ukrainegate.info
There's also a one-minute teaser on twitter.com/Ukraine_Gate that you can share to help us go viral.

Linda C , January 14, 2020 at 11:06

Corruption has tarnished Joe Biden. He is no longer a viable Democratic candidate in the U.S. This is what Trump was after, even if it was for his own political gain. Impeaching one president and preparing to elect another crooked one is what American politics looks like these days. Ukraine doesn't have a corner on the market of corruption.

Mike from Jersey , January 14, 2020 at 17:49

Linda,

Biden is unfit for office.

The problem is that the Corporate Media will suppress info like this.

That is why sites like this one are important.

The more people get the word out the better.

Adele A Roof , January 14, 2020 at 11:05

I very much appreciated this video, that clearly confirms how corrupt Biden would be were he elected president.

I tried to send a donation to the French company that investigated and produced this and have not yet figured out a way to do that.

Please suggest an alternative link.

Iovleff , January 15, 2020 at 10:48

The page is in french but after filling the form (first name, second name, . In fact you can put what you want, there is no check)
and clicking on the button "Faire un don avec Paypal", you will be able to donate

https://www.les-crises.fr/faire-un-don-a-diacrisis/

Antiwar7 , January 15, 2020 at 13:31

An English-language support page for that site is at:
https(colon)//www(dot)les-crises(dot)fr/support/

Nicolas , January 17, 2020 at 14:28

Thank you very much for your compliment (I'm one of the few members of the investigative team), Adele, and thank you very much to Antiwar for providing the link. I hope it's OK to repeat this link in clear www(dot)les-crises (dot)fr/support/

OK, I think this is the 4th thank you message I write, and I should stop here before CN bans me for flooding the comment section, but I'm really extremely moved by all the compliments on this page.
See you soon for the next videos :)

AnneR , January 14, 2020 at 10:41

Additional and hardly coincidental that NPR should use Area 1 Security as a "source" for "insightful," "reliable and true" information (ho ho) Wikipedia (not itself a reliable, unaffiliated source, but likely so in this case, informs that the Oren Falkowitz and his two co-founders of this (supposed independent) cybersecurity firm, prior to their establishing this "cybersecurity" company they (all three) worked for – guess who? – the US National Security Agency (NSA). You know, that abominable snooping, spy cyber-agency that hacked into everyone's cell/smartphone around the world, including Frau Merkel's.

You have to admire the hubris and arrogance of these men; and the reliance of the NPR on their loyal audience members either fully accepting what any *American* cyber *security* company says about the Reds, the black hats or should they bother to check out the Wiki that audience trusting utterly anything and everything such men and their company say (and do). Mind-boggling.

Charles K. Hof , January 14, 2020 at 10:34

And Joe Biden wants to be the US president. I also note Obama willing to go along with this "change", and use funds for leverage. Unfortunately it seems this is how not only the US but other countries work.
Trump is corrupt, and we may not like what he does, and yes he got caught. The fact that the Republicans do not reign him in is equally as bad.
Enough of the "Old Gard and their version of Ethics/Morality"

AnneR , January 14, 2020 at 10:29

I'd much rather read than watch (bad for my eyes) or listen, so have missed out on this revealing item. However, it is excellent that CN has posted the access to this video for those more than willing to view (I'd love to read a transcript, mind) it.

Makes me wonder if the existence of this evidence has *anything* to do with NPR's Morning Edition today and the new (?) "Russia (GRU) did it" story they are happily broadcasting about the (purported) hacking of Burisma's email accounts. Their source of info? Some CA based "cybersecurity" company called Area 1 Security. Yep, those scary, dastardly Russians (the *only* country with hackers, let alone government funded hackers) have been at it again – and, of course, they have had ill intent, just as they did vis a vis Killary's election campaign

This is from NPR's website, what was said by the Security firm's co-founder: " "What we've uncovered is that the same Russian cyber actors who targeted the DNC in 2016 have been actively launching a phishing campaign against employees of Burisma Holdings and its subsidiaries, to try to steal their email usernames and passwords," Area 1 co-founder Oren Falkowitz tells NPR's Noel King."

Well, of course.

Just in case anyone in the US population begins to raise their head above the Huxleyan-Orwellian propaganda and gets other ideas about what reality really looks like And perhaps in preparation for an impeachment trial taking place in the Senate and the Biden gangsters being subpoenaed .Gotta keep the lid on it.

DH Fabian , January 15, 2020 at 00:28

In fairness, Russia-gate is all that the Democrats have left to sell. They sold out their values, and a good portion of their voters, years ago.

Blessthebeasts , January 15, 2020 at 13:28

I don't usually watch longer videos but I watched this while working in the kitchen and it was easy to follow and clearly laid out. I recommend it; you will gain even more insight into the corruption of these evil people.

ML , January 14, 2020 at 09:12

Remember the older gentleman Merle Gorman, who Joe Biden savaged at an Iowa town hall meeting a few weeks ago? The story ran on CBS nightly news one night. All the retired farmer asked Joe was two questions: 1. That he himself at 83, knew he was too old to have the job of president of the U.S. and how did Biden feel about his own age and job aspirations? 2. What was the deal about Ukraine's Burisma hiring Hunter to their board when Hunter had no experience in oil and gas? And Biden called him a "damned liar" and "fat," challenged him to a physical competition and attacked Mr. Gorman terribly. It was a disgusting display by Biden. Well, I looked up Merle in Hampton, Iowa and wrote him a letter, telling him he was a hero for bringing these issues up so bravely in front of a big crowd. A couple weeks later, I received a two page, hand-written letter from Mr. Gorman himself. Many Americans had written or called him to offer their support. It was delightful to be able to converse with a fellow American on this issue, a complete stranger who had the temerity to confront Biden directly on his corruption. Mr. Gorman, I told you about Consortium News in my letter to you. So if you are reading this, once again, BRAVO! Great video here that proves the point he so courageously made at that Iowa town hall. And Joe is tanking. I hope he continues to tank.

Helga I. Fellay , January 14, 2020 at 21:27

ML – I believe you are correct, that Biden is tanking, as he should be. However, the democrats and their supine MSM are still holding him up as if he were a shoo-in to win the nomination. CBS evening news tonight declared him way out in front, although other polls put Sanders first and Biden way behind. There is only one reason the Dems and the media insist that he is the front runner: because without that pretext, their entire impeachment hoax would collapse. The President has every right to ask that an obviously corrupt senator meddling in foreign affairs be investigated. It's only "illegal" IF that senator is his political rival. But as long as Biden can't win the primary, that would pull the rug out from under the entire impeachment hoax. So between now and the primary, we will hear and read again and again that Biden is the front runner, the truth be damned.

VallejoD , January 15, 2020 at 13:50

Good for you! I was absolutely disgusted with Biden. The man is an ethical sinkhole and then attacks an elder American citizen in the vilest way.

I would not vote for Biden to collect my trash.

James Whitney , January 14, 2020 at 08:18

Les Crises is the most important economic blog in France during the last several years. It welcomed the well-known economist Jacques Sapir who had been kicked out of his previous blog position for criticizing president Macron. One of the best features of Les Crises is the people who leave excellent comments on the many articles published. I am one of these commentators, although I comment a lot less often than some of the best (my comments generally well received all the same).

Robyn , January 14, 2020 at 07:46

I agree with Dingleberry's rhetorical question about why people continue using FB etc. So many people object to being spied on and lament social media's increasing censorship, yet they keep on using them – just as they keep going to MSM sites. I'd like to see a huge boycott of them all, even for just 24 hours.

People – take back the power.

Fran Macadam , January 14, 2020 at 07:28

You've been zucked.

countykerry , January 14, 2020 at 06:10

Joe, Joe say it ain't so !

Thank you for sharing this documentary with us, another example of the corrupt behavior of Joe Biden.

And brought to us not by our own MSM but from France.

Michael Meo , January 14, 2020 at 02:02

This report provides overwhelming evidence that Joe Biden intervened directly to coerce the president of Ukraine to fire an honest and competent prosecutor general, and to put in place a corrupt one.

I am interested to see how the honest prosecutor was presented in European and American mass media as corrupt. I donated 50 dollars, and hope to see the explanation in the second installment.

mbob , January 13, 2020 at 23:14

This video is astonishing! I couldn't stop watching. I normally don't bother with videos, since it's much faster to read than to watch and listen. And this video is very lengthy -- over 50 minutes.

But it's one of the most amazing and compelling things I've ever viewed.

I'll admit: I believe everything that Berruyer says and shows here. The video should completely demolish Biden's candidacy. Although not very explicit about him, it sheds enormous shade on Obama and on the impeachment hearing. It comes near to completely vindicating Trump on the UkraineGate charge, while essentially convicting Biden of what Trump was accused of.

I'll try to learn more about Berruyer to see if he is as objective as this video appears to make him out to be.

And if he is . wow!

Thanks ConsortiumNews for finding and showing this. As I said, I've seen nothing like it. And I'll make a contribution shortly.

If, as Ville from Finland write, the video violates Facebook's norms, then that opens up very troubling issues in itself.

Keep up the good work!

Olivier Berruyer , January 14, 2020 at 08:31

Thanks a lot ! You know, we are french, not americans. We are not politically motivated : we are not pro-democrats, or pro-republicans. We just try to be each day pro-journalism.

As Robert Parry told it : https://consortiumnews.com/2019/12/29/an-apology-and-explanation-two-years-on/

ElderD , January 14, 2020 at 09:08

>>> " It comes near to completely vindicating Trump on the UkraineGate charge . . ."

I don't think that's true. Trump clearly used the leverage of withholding aid authorized by Congress, in order to coerce Ukraine into taking action that would help his reelection campaign. That's seriously bad stuff, regardless of the actions of the Biden family.

>>>". . . while essentially convicting Biden of what Trump was accused of."

Yes. It definitely does that.

John Wright , January 13, 2020 at 22:00

Excellent and important documentary that everyone should watch if they want to understand the roots of UkraineGate.

Thanks for posting this CN !

michael , January 13, 2020 at 17:26

Excellent video! Ukraine is laughably corrupt. American politicians must feel they have died and gone to Paradise!

Piotr Berman , January 14, 2020 at 11:56

Funny countries are laughably corrupt. USA is a serious country. American corruption is .. [exercise for high school kids]

Paul , January 13, 2020 at 18:22

This was remarkable and important. Well done.

Eugenie Basile , January 14, 2020 at 08:30

I wonder if this falls under meddling with U.S. elections by a foreign agent providing kompromat on a U.S. political frontrunner. Mr. Berruyer you are a very courageous man.

[Jan 19, 2020] It is unclear what percentage of Congress are alcoholics, but judging from their statements looks like more then half

The situation in neoliberal MSM probably is close to a real epidemics ;-)

Jan 19, 2020 | www.zerohedge.com

Last of the Middle Class , 2 hours ago link

Finally, a group Pelosi can lead and be proud of .

[Jan 19, 2020] debunked by Trump himself

Jan 19, 2020 | www.commondreams.org

when he tweeted that 'it doesn't really matter' if there was such a threat or not.

In a letter to the New York Times the now 100 years old chief prosecutor of the Nuremberg trials, Benjamin B. Ferencz, warned of the larger effects of such deeds when he writes :
The administration recently announced that, on orders of the president, the United States had "taken out" (which really means "murdered") an important military leader of a country with which we were not at war. As a Harvard Law School graduate who has written extensively on the subject, I view such immoral action as a clear violation of national and international law.
The public is entitled to know the truth. The United Nations Charter, the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice in The Hague are all being bypassed. In this cyberspace world, young people everywhere are in mortal danger unless we change the hearts and minds of those who seem to prefer war to law.

The killing of a Soleimani will also only have a short term effect when it comes to general deterrence. It was a onetime shot to which others will react. Groups and people who work against 'U.S. interests' will now do so less publicly. Countries will seek asymmetric advantages to prevent such U.S. action against themselves. By committing the crime the U.S. and Trump made the global situation for themselves more complicated.

It is interesting that the commentary closes with a letter by Benjamin Ferencz, perhaps the last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor. As he indicates, the assassination is a war crime, and, in my view, even the threat of such an assassination is a serious breach of international law. Regimes following such a policy have gone rogue, and cabinet ministers making such a pronouncement that the assassination was carried out as a deterrent are, in effect, confessing to war crimes. In future the reach of the offending regime may be much less than it is now, and, if that occurs, the rogue minister better be careful if he travels outside of his home country.
Posted by: exiled off mainstree | Jan 18 2020 20:00 utc | 5

"By committing the crime the U.S. and Trump made the global situation for themselves more complicate."
USA is not exactly the sole economic superpower, but as long as the allies, EU, NATO, major allies in Asia and Latin America, behave like poodles, USA pretty much controls what is "normal". After Obama campaigns of murder by drone, now Trump raises it to a higher level, and Europe, the most critical link in the web of alliances, applauds (UK) or accepts and cooperates. That can be a useful clarification for US establishment.

So the bottom line is that while it is hard to show constructive goals achieved by raising murder policies to a more brazen level, nothing changes for the worse. Allies tolerate irrationality, cruelty etc. and to some extend, join the fun.

Posted by: Piotr Berman | Jan 18 2020 20:06 utc | 8

Pompeo: "In all cases, we have to do this."
In all cases they have to murder? That is psycho killer talk. Notice how comfortable the American public is with that.

America disconnected from reality years ago. I rather doubt they could even find their way back if they were to somehow return to their senses.

Posted by: William Gruff | Jan 18 2020 20:07 utc | 9

Deterrence and decapitation strikes ...
Idle speculation on my part, but I am not alone in wondering if the Soleimani assassination accelerated Putin's restructuring agenda. (I'm not suggesting it was generated or even influenced in substance by the strike, just that the timing may have been.) Given the power of the President in Russia, as the CIA itself very well understands, there is perhaps no more tempting target for an overt military assassination strike than President Putin.

Of course, deterrence of rational actors is precisely what would prevent this, but I imagine Russian strategic thinkers have wondered whether or for how long the US remains a rational actor. Moreover, this would be the sort of thing that a fanatical faction could pull off. In some Strangelovean bunker somewhere, there may be those who would actually welcome a last gasp of large-scale warfare before the Eurasian Heartland is lost and the Petrodollar-fueled global finance empire, nominally sheltered in the US, dies away.

Creative destruction ... a last chance to shuffle the cards, and perhaps reset a losing game to zero.

Posted by: Paul Damascene | Jan 18 2020 20:20 utc | 13

Maybe I stupidly posted this in the wrong thread?
Trump is simply a third-rate Godfather type gangster, with a touch of the charm and a lot of the baggage. I think his murder of General Qassem Soleimani was not something he would have done if he had any choice. It was a very stupid move, and Trump is just not that stupid. I really think this was demanded by the 'churnitalists'. These churnitalists are probably the psychos of the predatory arm of the CIA, and their billionaire allies.

See, it all works like this:

These churnitalists (who supposedly provide us with 'protection', or 'security') are the real rulers (because everybody who defies them ends up dead). Now just ask your self: How does rulership actually really work? It's really kind of simple. The only actual way to establish rulership over other people is to prove, again and again, that you can force them to do stupid things, for absolutely no reason. This is called 'people-churning', and all you have to do is just keep churning out low-class 'history' by constantly forcing the weaker ones to do stupid things. Again and again. This happens constantly in a churnitalist gangster society. Even in schools and legislatures, and so on. Haven't you noticed it yet?

Posted by: blues | Jan 18 2020 21:39 utc | 30

[Jan 19, 2020] In 2019, Parnas served as a translator for a legal case involving Dmytro Firtash, one of Ukraine's wealthiest oligarchs with self-admitted mob connections

Jan 19, 2020 | www.zerohedge.com

MushroomCloud2020 , 2 hours ago link

Lev Parnas

In 2019, Parnas served as a translator for a legal case involving Dmytro Firtash , one of Ukraine's wealthiest oligarchs with self-admitted mob connections, ^[12] who is fighting extradition to the U.S. to face bribery charges. Firtash has lived in Vienna for five years. "Mr. Parnas was retained by DiGenova & Toensing , LLP as an interpreter in order to communicate with their client Mr. Firtash, who does not speak English," the Washington-based law firm said in a statement. ^[13] However, recordings of Parnas speaking Ukrainian and Russian evidence that he has not retained total fluency in these two languages since coming to the United States. A Swiss lawyer for Firtash loaned $1 million to Parnas's wife in September 2019, according to prosecutors. ^[14]

In addition to working on joint business and political efforts, Parnas and Fruman have been involved in Jewish charities and causes in the U.S., Ukraine and Israel. ^[15] Fruman and Parnas are on the board of a Ukrainian-Jewish charity, "Friends of Anatevka", founded by Ukrainian rabbi Moshe Reuven Azman , to provide a refuge for Jews affected by the Russian military intervention in Ukraine . ^[16] Parnas and Fruman visited Israel in the summer of 2018 as a part of a delegation, led by former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee and joined by Anthony Scaramucci , of "right-wing Jewish and evangelical supporters of Trump." While there, the group met with various leaders and personalities including the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, David M. Friedman , Benjamin Netanyahu 's son Yair Netanyahu , as well as billionaire Simon Falic, one of Netanyahu's most generous donors. ^[17] Huckabee joined the two once again in March 2019 when they were awarded with the "Chovevei Zion" (Lovers of Zion) awards at a gala for the National Council of Young Israel , an event focused on supporting President Trump and Israeli West Bank settlements . Rudy Giuliani and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy were in attendance as well. While in Israel Parnas and Fruman also met with oligarch Ihor Kolomoyskyi , a wealthy Ukrainian under investigation by the Department of Justice for money laundering. ^[15]

[Jan 19, 2020] McConnell Should Toss Out This Malicious Impeachment by Patrick J. Buchanan

Jan 17, 2020 | www.theamericanconservative.com

Patrick Buchanan
About the impeachment of President Donald Trump she engineered with her Democratic majority, Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday: "It's not personal. It's not political. It's not partisan. It's patriotic."

Seriously, Madam Speaker? Not political? Not partisan?

Why then were all eight House members chosen as managers to prosecute the case against Trump, who ceremoniously escorted the articles across the Capitol, all Democrats? Why did the articles of impeachment receive not a single Republican vote on the House floor?

The truth: The impeachment of Donald Trump is the fruit of a malicious prosecution whose roots go back to the 2016 election, in the aftermath of which stunned liberals and Democrats began to plot the removal of the new president.

This coup has been in the works for three years.

First came the crazed charges of Trump's criminal collusion with Vladimir Putin to hack the emails of the DNC and the Clinton campaign and funnel them to WikiLeaks.

For two years, we heard the cries of "Treason!" from Pelosi's caucus. And despite the Mueller investigation's exoneration of Trump of all charges of conspiracy with Russia, we still hear the echoes:

Trump is Putin's poodle. Trump is an asset of the Kremlin.

All we want, and what the American people deserve, is a "fair trial," Democrats and their media collaborators now insist. But can a fair trial proceed from a manifestly deficient and malicious prosecution?

Consider. In this impeachment, we are told, the House serves as the grand jury, and Adam Schiff's Intelligence Committee and Jerry Nadler's Judiciary Committee serve as the investigators and prosecutors.

But the articles of impeachment on which the Judiciary Committee and the House voted do not contain a single crime required by the Constitution for impeachment and removal. There is no charge of treason, no charge of bribery or "other high crimes and misdemeanors."

So weak is the case for impeachment that the elite in this city is demanding that the Senate do the work the House failed to do .

The Senate must subpoena the documents and witnesses the House failed to produce, to make the case for impeachment more persuasive than it is now.

Not our job, rightly answers Mitch McConnell.

The Senate is supposed to be an "impartial jury."

But while there is a debate over whether Republicans will vote to call witnesses, there is no debate on how the Senate Democrats intend to vote -- 100% for removal of a president they fear they may not be able to defeat.

Consider Trump's alleged offense: pressing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investigate Burisma Holdings and Hunter Biden.

Assume Zelenskiy, without prodding, sent to the U.S., as a friendly act to ingratiate himself with Trump, the Burisma file on Hunter Biden.

Would that have been a crime?

Why is it then a crime if Trump asked for the file?

The military aid Trump held up for 10 weeks -- lethal aid Barack Obama denied to Kyiv -- was sent. And Zelenskiy never held the press conference requested, never investigated Burisma, never sent the Biden file.

There is a reason why no crime was charged in the impeachment of Donald Trump. There was no crime committed.

Not political, said Pelosi. Why then did she hold up sending the articles of impeachment to the Senate for a month, after she said it was so urgent that Trump be impeached that Schiff and Nadler could not wait for their subpoenas to be ruled upon by the Supreme Court?

Pelosi is demanding that the Senate get the documents, subpoena and hear the witnesses, and do the investigative work Schiff and Nadler failed to do.

Does that not constitute an admission that a convincing case was not made? Are not the articles voted by the House inherently deficient if the Senate has to have more evidence than the House prosecutors could produce to convict the president of "abuse of power"?

Can we really have a fair trial in the Senate, when half of the jury, the Democratic caucus, is as reliably expected to vote to remove the president as Republicans are to acquit him? What kind of fair trial is it when we can predict the final vote before the court hears the evidence?

It is ridiculous to deny that this impeachment is partisan, political and personal. It reeks of politics, partisanship and Trump-hatred.

As for patriotic, that depends on where you stand -- or sit.

But the forum to be entrusted with the decision of "should Trump go?" is not a deeply polarized Senate, but with those the Founding Fathers entrusted with such decisions -- the American people.

In most U.S. courts, a prosecution case this inadequate, with prosecutors asking the court itself to get more documents and call more witnesses, and so visibly contaminated with malice toward the accused, would be dismissed outright.

Mitch McConnell should let the House managers make their case, and then call for a vote to dismiss, and treat this indictment with the contempt it so richly deserves.

Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of Nixon's White House Wars: The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever.

Mary Myers • 2 days ago

I want to know all the dirt. I want the Dems to be able to call their witnesses, and I want Trump's team to call their witnesses. And I want cross examinations. Let's have a real trial so the American people can learn what has been going on. To sweep it all under the carpet by having Mitch McConnell move for dismissal is to suppress the truth. What is wrong with Pat Buchanan? I always thought Buchanan was a truth seeker and a truth teller. So very disappointed in him.
Gary Sellars Mary Myers • a day ago
Fools and charlatans should not be encouraged. This faux "impeachment" is simply an exercise in pre-election mischief-making by a Democrat party that simply hopes to damage Trump in the eyes of the voters.
Hank Linderman Gary Sellars • a day ago
The "pre-election mischief" was Trump's efforts re Ukraine, Biden, etc.
TISO_AX2 Hank Linderman • a day ago • edited
Biden is a good Dem, shaking down Ukraine on behalf of his Navy-rejected druggie son, using US public money. And we have it on videotape.
Crooks need to be exposed. Good on the President for exposing Democrat-Ukraine corruption. He hasn't ended it yet but he has exposed it.

phreethink TISO_AX2 • a day ago
So this is your argument: The Bidens were corrupt so Trump gets a pass on violating the law AS FOUND BY THE NONPARTISAN GAO! Yup, sounds reasonable to me. MAGA
Gary Sellars phreethink • a day ago
Government agencies are only as "non-partisan" as the political appointees tasked to run them.
No-one cared when Creepy joe Biden did it openly, but its a crime because some choose to believe that Trump did the same? LOL!!! No sorry, that won't wash.

Juts because Biden is seeking to be president that doesn't mean he gets some kind of immunity from investigation for corrupt activities in foreign nations.

If you think that a Dem-funded dodgy dossier on Trump is sufficient to initiate an FBI probe on trump when he is the Repubs nominee, how can you possibly think that Biden is untouchable given his public admission of squeezing the Ukro gov using foreign aid as leverage?????

Hilarious. The cognitive dissonance is strong with this one.

Gary Sellars Hank Linderman • a day ago • edited
What pre-election "Trump efforts in Ukraine"? I think you have an inability to follow time-lines.
Manafort was involved in corrupt dealing with shady Oligarchs, but that was before he worked for Trump, and the Bad Orange Man wasn't in the slightest bit involved.

I still find it hilarious that the libs think Trump committed a crime in his conversation with Zelensky, but its OK for Creepy Joe (as Veep) to blackmail Poroshenkos regime to get rid of the prosecutor sniffing around Burisa Holdings and thereby threatening his sons get-rich-quick scheme (and then BRAGGING about it on camera). Un-freakin-believable... :-D

TISO_AX2 Mary Myers • a day ago
Why won't the Dems and leftwing media leave him alone then? Rep. Al Green (D-Tx) let that cat out of the bag when he told us that they have to impeach him otherwise he's going to get re-elected. The impeachment gambit is no more complicated than that.
Mary Myers TISO_AX2 • a day ago • edited
The Left can't stand Trump because of his Supreme Court nominations, his pulling out of the Climate Accord, and his pro-life positions. That's why they want him stopped and removed from office. That being said, Trump is his own worst enemy because he is so full of himself that he is incapable of behaving in an adult and judicious way.
phreethink Mary Myers • a day ago
Absolutely true. 100% But it doesn't change the fact that Trump tried to blackmail Ukraine into announcing an investigation of the Bidens by withholding Congressionally mandated aid.
So, KNOWING the Dems were out to get him, he still does that, and is stupid enough to get caught red handed. Your great leader picks such "winners." Rudy, Lev, and the gang did him right.

If Obama did it, a GOP House and Senate would have run him out of town in a week.

Mary Myers phreethink • a day ago
Like, I said, Trump is his own worst enemy. And a lot of Republicans are hypocrites. If Obama behaved as Trump has they'd be all over him with criticism.
TISO_AX2 Mary Myers • a day ago
If we could design our own president..he'd be perfect. For us that is. A president is there to do a job. It's laid out in the Constitution. The job desription says nothing about personality type.
Would I like him to say some things differently, sure. Sometimes I cringe. But nothing that he says affects us negatively (unless it's in an emotional or psychological way). Your life, family, your career, your bank accounts, are not hurt by DJTs tweets or sayings or interactions with anyone else in Washington.

So if that's the price to pay to have a leader who works to keep his promises it's a small price, and Americans ought to have the grace and fortitude to handle the daily news without melting down emotionally or psychologically. A good spirit and a joyful outlook are good for your soul.

Joe Frank TISO_AX2 • 21 hours ago • edited
A quote: "Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, one by one."
Charles MacKay, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
Food for thought.

TISO_AX2 Joe Frank • 20 hours ago • edited
Things are tough all over. Especially among those who are not on America's side.
Gary Sellars Mary Myers • a day ago
If that was the case, just not leave him to hang himself. Instead the corrupt libs indulge in big lies and sedition. The witch hunt is clear and obvious, and it will stiffen Trumps sails as he heads into the 2020 showdown.
Mary Myers Gary Sellars • a day ago • edited
Probably. However, the ancients had a saying; "Whoever the gods would destroy, they first make drunk with power."
Gary Sellars Mary Myers • a day ago
You're referring to Shrillary I must presume?
Mary Myers Gary Sellars • a day ago
"The mills of God's justice grind exceedingly slow, but they also grind exceedingly fine."
TISO_AX2 Mary Myers • 20 hours ago • edited
How do you know that God's justice isn't what's behind Donald Trump's success?
Mary Myers TISO_AX2 • 4 hours ago
We shall see what happens to Mr. Trump in the long run. God is inscrutable. No one can claim to know the workings of God.
TISO_AX2 Mary Myers • 4 hours ago
What happens to Mr. Trump in the long run is not our business. He's the POTUS. Anything beyond both the scope of and the time of his presidency is an obsession with his person. Better to leave what's between him and his country out of any ideas of what's between him and God.
Joe Frank Mary Myers • a day ago
Well spoken Mary. I find it ironic that the American Conservative would publish a "hit piece" about a supposed "hit job." I come to the American Conservative for thoughtful, insightful ideas, not this. When the president grants himself "absolute immunity," which I would expect Pat Buchanan and American Conservative writers and readers to be outrages at, and I read a piece like this, I wonder how Pat and company can editorialize and comment at a level well below the dignity of this publication?
Joe Frank Joe Frank • a day ago
I think this statement is closer to the truth of the matter:
"I think the votes have been decided. As much as anybody will be pretending to be judicious about this, I don't think that there's one senator who hasn't decided how they're going to vote... I think if you're pretty much no longer interested in running for office, or no longer interested in getting Republican votes, you might vote to impeach the president... When it comes to whether or not you're going to impeach a president of your own party, particularly over a policy difference or whether or not he has lack of decorum or whatever, I think that's something that a lot of voters will not excuse."

Rand Paul, Regarding the Impeachment Trial, January 16, 2020

phreethink Joe Frank • a day ago
Absolutely agree. And those in the GOP who close their eyes and ears to Trump's attempted blackmail/bribery will answer to the electorate. That's why we need to get this trial going and get it over. Sure would be nice to hear what all the president's men say about it, but that would only provide the first-hand evidence further proving Trump's guilt.
So there's no way they'll have witnesses. They'll try to blame the Dems for not letting Trump delay the whole thing in Court and for refusing to have Hunter and Joe testify, even though that is a sideshow to the attempted blackmail/bribery. This is so obviously a bunch of bull. If the Senate really wanted to hear from Joe and Hunter, they could subpoena them right now, today into a committee hearing on their supposed Ukraine corruption. They haven't, so we know its just a bunch of smoke. The only question is how many voters in the middle are going to let them get away with it.

Gary Sellars phreethink • a day ago
Witnesses to say what? The same sort of hearsay and opinion that dominated the House hearings?
Errr... NO. The case will be judged on what the Dems have submitted in their articles of impeachment. They don't get to turn this into a sustained lynch attempt or a never-ending talk-show for liberals and their minions who hate Trump and just want to be heard.

Gary Sellars Joe Frank • a day ago • edited
Quite frankly, without evidence of High Crimes, that is the way it should be.
phreethink Joe Frank • a day ago
Agree. But Buchanan has become just another Trumper.
Constantinople Mary Myers • a day ago
Buchanan was a longtime aide to Richard Well, when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal Nixon. The people who accept this line of argument contend, in effect, that the purpose of the American Revolution and the US Constitution was to replace a hereditary monarchy with an elected one.
Westcoastdeplorable Mary Myers • a day ago
I want all the dirt aired as well, but the SENATE is not the proper venue. These traitors need to be indicted, tried, probably convicted, and sent to Gitmo. I hope McConnell shuts this down good and proper.
Mary Myers Westcoastdeplorable • a day ago • edited
So how are we to know who the traitors are if there are no witnesses and cross examinations in the Senate? Are you expecting the justice department to come down with a bunch of indictments?
phreethink Westcoastdeplorable • a day ago
Under Bill Barr's DOJ the traitors who sought a bribe from Ukraine to benefit Trump's reelection will be prosecuted? HAHAHAHAHAHA. Good one.
TISO_AX2 • 2 days ago • edited
Indeed. The Senate should consider the case that the House sent them in writing, and only that case. Too bad for Pelosi and Schiff that it's so weak.
phreethink TISO_AX2 • a day ago
It's so weak that if it weren't the President, there'd already be an indictment.
timoth3y • 2 days ago
Mr. Buchanan has a deep understanding of these matters on both an academic level and from personal experience. It's unfortunate, but the only conclusion to draw is that the numerous falsehoods in this article are not mistakes, but deliberate attempts to deceive the reader.
Whatever one's opinion on the behavior of Trump, the Democratic House or the Republican Senate, we should, at a bare minimum, respect the truth.

1) Impeachment is not a criminal trail. It does not require an underlying crime to be committed, and the rules for impeachment hearings are not the same as those for criminal or civil trails. Furthermore, the GAO has stated that what Trump is accused of is indeed a crime.

2) The Mueller report was not an "exoneration of Trump of all charges of conspiracy with Russia." The report literally said that it was not and Mueller testified to Congress that it was not an exoneration.

3) The claim that "The Senate must subpoena the documents and witnesses the House failed to produce" is absurd. it was the White House that failed to produce to documents that the House subpoenas demanded. Whether you believe there should be witnesses (or a trail at all) in the Senate. Implying that House Democrats is somehow concealing these documents is a lazy lie.

I must put aside Mr. Buchanan's comments regarding what the various senators are "really thinking" because I lack the physic mind-reading abilities that he seems to possess.

However, whatever our opinion on the impeachment and the events that led up to it, can we please stop with the bald-faced lies?

If the Senate decides to dismiss, so be it, but if they publicly swear to God and country that they "will do impartial justice according to the constitution and laws: so help you God?" then we should do our best to ensure they act that way.

Gary Sellars timoth3y • a day ago
"The Mueller report was not an "exoneration of Trump of all charges of conspiracy with Russia." The report literally said that it was not and Mueller testified to Congress that it was not an exoneration."
Total rubbish. A lack of evidence IS exoneration. Without evidence, all there is left is a bunch of allegations without proof. Mueller was given the job to hang trump but he couldn't prove the lie to be fact. He won't admit it so he indulges in innuendo to give a little complimentary red meat to his team mates.

This "impeachment" is a disgrace, nothing more than a corrupt exercise in partisan party politics. No high crimes. No high misdemeanors. Nothing but a steaming pile of hearsay, allegations, bias and opinions. Certainly nothing that should ever justify the removal of a legal and constitutionally elected POTUS.

Wezz Gary Sellars • a day ago
"Disgrace". Trump has hypnotized his followers to repeat his 5 favorite words mindlessly... in this case it must be the word Trumps mother kept using to admonish him, it's one of his favorite.
Jeffrey Samuels Gary Sellars • a day ago
it wasn't lack of evidence. It was the DOJ rule that you can't indict a sitting president that prompted Mueller's response.
TISO_AX2 Jeffrey Samuels • a day ago
Yes, it was a lack of evidence. The purpose of a special prosecutor is to prosecute. When they have the evidence then they bring an indictment. If this is not possible for the US President, there would be no purpose for an investigation of a President. And when a prosecutor fails to bring an indictment the accused is presumed innocent.
Mary Myers TISO_AX2 • a day ago • edited
There was evidence of collusion. It's in the tapes of the phone calls Gen. Mike Flynn had with the Russian ambassador in December of 2016. It's just that the collusion was not with Russia but was instead a collusion with another country to get Russia to do something that would undermine Obama's policy at the U.N. But to reveal those tapes to the public is politically incorrect, and Robert Mueller wasn't going to go there.
TISO_AX2 Mary Myers • a day ago
There was evidence of collusion. It's in the tapes of the phone calls
Gen. Mike Flynn had with the Russian ambassador in December of 2016.
Cite it, please. Let's see what this collusion looks like.

Mary Myers TISO_AX2 • a day ago • edited
The Mueller Report (The Washington Post edition) page 538 barely touches on it, but you can get the drift.
"Flynn also agreed that he lied to the FBI about another contact with Kislyak, a December 2016 phone call in which Flynn asked if Russia would delay or vote against a proposed United Nations resolution critical of Israel. Flynn said he made this call at the direction of a "very senior member" of the presidential transition team," identified later as Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner."

Phil Giraldi, who was terminated at TAC, also did an article on this that you can find on www.unz.com . I believe the title of Phil Giraldi's column is "Russiagate is really Israelgate."

TISO_AX2 Mary Myers • a day ago
Flynn was plea bargaining to save his family from the heavy hand of uncontrolled government prosecutors. He has since withdrawn the plea so any collusion remains in doubt. This also fits the narrative that the FBI agents did not think Flynn was lying when they interviewed him.
Mary Myers TISO_AX2 • a day ago
Well, there is one way to find out for sure, and that would be for the tapes of the Kislyak conversation to be released so we can hear exactly what Flynn said. It sure can't be classified information as he wasn't yet working for the government during the transition period in December of 2016. For some reason they don't want those taped phone conversations to be released even in Judge Emmett Sullivan's courtroom.
Gary Sellars Mary Myers • a day ago • edited
You seem to be one of these "True Believers" who simply cannot digest the reality of Muellers report. He searched high and low, and found NOTHING.
No Trump crimes.
No Trump collusion.

Accept the facts and get a life. You'll be happier for it.

Mary Myers Gary Sellars • a day ago
At least I read the report. Did you?
Gary Sellars Mary Myers • a day ago • edited
You read it, focused on the bits that you wanted, made your mind up on what you wanted it to mean, and then ignored the rest.
Mary Myers Gary Sellars • a day ago
No, I found that the report was rather boring, and, of course, there was no proof of any collusion with Russia. The report paints Trump as a stupid, self serving oaf. I am sure you couldn't bear to even read the report and preferred to get your summary of it from FOX News.
Gary Sellars Mary Myers • a day ago • edited
"The report paints Trump as a stupid, self serving oaf. "
So? Who cares what Mueller and his Democrat minions think? It wasn't the investigations remit to critique Trump as a person or even as a President.It was to find evidence of collusion and criminal behaviour by Trump and his campaign.

It found NOTHING or the sort. Personal bad behaviour by Manafort in Ukraine doesn't stain trump. Flynn getting caught in a procedural trap by FBI agents looking entrap him doesn't count (and he is recanting his plea bid now, and good for him).

Unsupported innuendo about bad behaviors mean NOTHING. Trump isn't bound to assist the Witch Hunt against him. He has no obligation to help those that are concocting fallacies in an attempt to bring down or sabotage his tenure. Refusal to co-operate with your own lynching by your enemies is not "obstruction". Trump hasn't broken any laws by his refusal to co-operate, and as president, he has a great amount of privilege in this respect (as all previous presidents have had and exercised when required).

Great big nothing-burger. Accept the truth and get over yourself.

[Jan 19, 2020] Russiagate was to hide Clinton's corruption. Ukrainegate is to hide Biden's corruption

Jan 19, 2020 | www.zerohedge.com

Dank fur Kopf , 2 hours ago link

You can all go and ignore the whole Trump impeachment, because it's just smoke to try and hide the real fire.

Joe Biden's actual blackmail of the Ukrainian government, when he threatened to withhold $1 billion if the Prosecutor investigating his son, Hunter Biden, wasn't immediately fired.

Russiagate was to hide Clinton's corruption.
Ukrainegate is to hide Biden's corruption.

And because Biden is such an arrogant piece of ..., here's him admitting to it on camera:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3115&v=Q0_AqpdwqK4&feature=emb_logo

Dank fur Kopf , 2 hours ago link

You can all go and ignore the whole Trump impeachment, because it's just smoke to try and hide the real fire.

Joe Biden's actual blackmail of the Ukrainian government, when he threatened to withhold $1 billion if the Prosecutor investigating his son, Hunter Biden, wasn't immediately fired.

Russiagate was to hide Clinton's corruption.
Ukrainegate is to hide Biden's corruption.

And because Biden is such an arrogant piece of ..., here's him admitting to it on camera:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3115&v=Q0_AqpdwqK4&feature=emb_logo

[Jan 19, 2020] US strategy and what the gas pipeline war is costing us by Manlio Dinucci

Jan 19, 2020 | www.voltairenet.org

30 December 2019

After having forbidden the Chinese company Huawei to compete in the calls for tender for the 5G network, the United States are now forbidding the Europeans to increase their supplies of Russian gas. While the first decision was aimed at maintaining the coherence of NATO, the second is not a result of Russophobia, but of the 1992 " Wolfowitz doctrine " - preventing the EU from becoming a competitor of the " American Empire ". In both cases, the point is to infantilise the EU and keep it in a situation of dependence.

Although they were locked in a convoluted struggle concerning the impeachment of President Trump, Republicans and Democrats in the Senate laid down their arms in order to vote, in quasi-unanimity, for the imposition of heavy sanctions on the companies participating in the construction of North Stream 2, the doubling of the gas pipeline which delivers Russian gas to Germany across the Baltic Sea. The main victims were the European companies which had helped finance the 11 billion dollar project with the Russian company Gazprom. The project is now 80 % finished. The Austrian company Omy, British/Dutch Royal Dutch Shell, French Engie, German companies Uniper and Wintershall, Italian Saipem and Swiss Allseas are also taking part in the laying of the pipeline.

The doubling of North Stream increases Europe's dependence on Russian gas, warn the United States. Above all, they are preoccupied by the fact that the gas pipeline – by crossing the Baltic in waters belonging to Russia, Finland, Sweden and Germany – thus avoids the Visegrad countries (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary), the Baltic States and Ukraine. In other words, the European countries which have the closest ties to Washington through NATO (to which we must add Italy).

Rather than being economic, the goal for the USA is strategic. This is confirmed by the fact that the sanctions on North Stream 2 are included in the National Defense Authorization Act , the legislative act which, for fiscal year 2020, hands the Pentagon the colossal sum of 738 billion dollars for new wars and new weapons (including space weapons), to which must be added other posts which bring the US military expenditure to approximately 1,000 billion dollars. The economic sanctions on North Stream 2 are part of a politico-military escalation against Russia.

An ulterior confirmation can be found in the fact that the US Congress has established sanctions not only against North Stream 2, but also against the Turk-Stream, which, in its final phase of realisation, will bring Russian gas across the Black Sea to Eastern Thrace,the small European area of Turkey. From there, by another pipeline, Russian gas should be delivered to Bulgaria, Serbia and other European countries. This is the Russian riposte to the US action which managed to block the South Stream pipeline in 2014. South Stream was intended to link Russia to Italy across the Black Sea and by land to Tarvisio (Udine). Italy would therefore have become a switch platform for gas in the EU, with notable economic advantages. The Obama administration was able to scuttle the project, with the collaboration of the European Union.

The company Saipem (Italian Eni Group), once again affected by the US sanctions against North Stream 2, was severely hit by the blockage of South Stream – in 2014, it lost contracts to the value of 2.4 billion Euros, to which other contracts would have been added if the project had continued. But at the time, no-one in Italy or in the EU protested against the burial of the project which was being organised by the USA. Now German interests are in play, and critical voices are being raised in Germany and in the EU against US sanctions against North Stream 2.

Nothing is being said about the fact that the European Union has agreed to import liquified natural gas (LNG) from the USA, an extract from bituminous shale by the destructive technique of hydraulic fracturation (fracking). In order to damage Russia, Washington is attempting to reduce its gas exports to the EU, obliging European consumers to foot the bill. Since President Donald Trump and the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, signed in Washington in July 2018 the Joint Statement of 25 July: European Union imports of U.S. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) , the EU has doubled its importation of LNG from the USA, co-financing the infrastructures via an initial expenditure of 656 million Euros. However, this did not save European companies from US sanctions. Manlio Dinucci

Translation
Pete Kimberley

Source
Il Manifesto (Italy)

[Jan 18, 2020] Trump Lawyers Frame Impeachment Removal Trial as Violation of Constitution, Election Meddling - Sputnik International

Jan 18, 2020 | sputniknews.com

The US Senate has formally initiated the trial for the removal of US President Donald Trump from office, which kicked off with House officials reading the charges to the upper chamber and the swearing-in of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to preside over the process. Trump's legal team on Saturday released a statement attempting to reject his impeachment by the House, characterising the charges against the US president as a "dangerous attack" on Americans and their right to vote.

"We are on strong legal footing. The president has done nothing wrong and we believe that will be borne out in this process", a source said, ahead of the document's submission to the Senate scheduled later in the day.

Trump's defence team formally responded to the six-page document containing the articles of impeachment and stated their opinion on the merits of the two charges - abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.

"The articles of impeachment submitted by House Democrats are a dangerous attack on rights of the American people to freely choose their president. This is a brazen and unlawful attempt to overturn the results of the 2016 election and interfere with the 2020 election, now just months away", the document states.

A spokesman for Trump's legal team suggested that the articles of impeachment are constitutionally invalid. "They fail to allege any crime or violation of law whatsoever, let alone high crimes and misdemeanors", the document said.

The lawyers reportedly stressed that Trump did nothing wrong and predicted that he would not be removed from office during the upcoming Senate trial, adding that the defence team planned to argue that the impeachment articles violate the US constitution.

On Saturday, US lawmakers managing the Senate removal trial filed a brief laying out their arguments supporting charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress against the US president.

The Democratic House of Representatives impeachment managers faced a deadline of 5 p.m. EST (22:00 GMT) on Saturday to file the document before the trial of the US president starts in the Senate next week. Lawmakers argued in the brief that Trump must be removed from the Oval Office to safeguard the integrity of the upcoming presidential election.

On 18 December, the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives voted along party lines to impeach Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress for freezing military aid to Ukraine in exchange for Kiev launching a probe of political rival Joe Biden.
© REUTERS / JONATHAN ERNST 'Impeached Forever': Pelosi Slams Trump as Senate Trial Set to Begin Next Week According to the US Constitution, the House has sole power to impeach, which is analogous to an indictment, while the 100-seat Senate, currently controlled by the Republicans, has the sole power of removing a president.
Trump is the third US president to be impeached. Neither of the previous two, Andrew Johnson in 1868 and Bill Clinton in 1999 were forced from office. Another US president, Richard Nixon, resigned in August 1974 before the House could vote on his impeachment, thus avoiding a removal trial in the Senate.

Trump has called his impeachment a "witch hunt" designed to overturn the results of the 2016 election.

An unnamed senior Trump administration official told reporters earlier this week that the president's legal team - made up, in part, of lawyers who formerly worked for deceased paedophile and sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein - expect a "rapid acquittal" and doubt the removal trial will last more than two weeks.

[Jan 18, 2020] Impeachment circus begins in earnest, and will change nothing -- RT Op-ed

Jan 18, 2020 | www.rt.com

... ... ...

The Republican-controlled Senate will almost certainly vote to acquit Trump. No concrete evidence of wrongdoing was revealed during the House Intelligence Committee's inquiry, and none of the second-hand witnesses to Trump's infamous phone call with Zelensky revealed any smoking gun evidence. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has ignored Democrat pleas to admit more witnesses and more evidence, arguing that the House's case be tried as is.

Meanwhile, Republicans ridiculed Pelosi for sitting on the impeachment articles for four weeks, despite Democrat claims that Trump posed a "clear and present danger" to national security, and Pelosi's insistence that removing him was an "urgent concern."

Any doubt that impeachment was a partisan affair was removed by Pelosi on Wednesday night, when she handed out souvenir pens to reporters after signing the articles, posing in front of a lectern with a placard reading "#defendourdemocracy" on it. McConnell described the signing ceremony as "The House's partisan process distilled into one last perfect visual. Not solemn or serious. A transparently political exercise from beginning to end."

Yesterday, the Speaker celebrated impeachment with souvenir pens, bearing her own golden signature, brought in on silver platters. The House's partisan process distilled into one last perfect visual. Not solemn or serious. A transparently political exercise from beginning to end. pic.twitter.com/AshajRLH2F
-- Leader McConnell (@senatemajldr) January 16, 2020

McConnell is not above partisan games either, and has openly pledged to work with the White House to see Trump acquitted.

Which begs the question, what was it all for? If Trump is acquitted, the Democratic Party has no political capital left to launch another impeachment campaign, even if Trump blatantly commits the "high crimes and misdemeanors" necessary to trigger an actual, bipartisan impeachment effort.

Trump then also gets to claim victory, with an acquittal justifying his cries of "witch hunt" and "presidential harassment," further solidifying his base and embarrassing the Democrats in front of undecided voters. Pelosi stated on Sunday that regardless of the trial's outcome, Trump is "impeached for life," but Trump is louder and brasher than Pelosi, and will milk an acquittal for all it's worth.

Even as the trial against him formally opened on Thursday, the president celebrated the passage of his US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, his second trade win in two days. His approval rating also rose to 51 percent, the highest it's been since he was impeached just over a month ago. All of this strengthens his argument against the party he's taken to calling "Do Nothing Democrats."

[Jan 18, 2020] If Trump is removed, will the Speaker of the House not be the Sovereign

Jan 18, 2020 | turcopolier.typepad.com

After the War of Independence from Great Britain, the US had a very different form of government than the present one. This government functioned under the Articles of Confederation. This government had been formed in 1775 and had served the rebellious colonies fairly well throughout the war and into the initial years of peace and separation from the mother country across the sea.

Some people judged that government to be too loose an arrangement among the constituent states. A sufficient number of so minded people persuaded the states to convene a convention at Philadelphia to consider some amendments to the Articles of Confederation and to report these back as RECOMMENDATIONS to the state legislatures.

That did not happen. Instead the delegates to this convention seized control of the agenda and wrote a document that created a form of government in which there was an Executive Branch empowered in many ways to act without the direction given by the Legislative Branch. This Executive was made to be particularly independent in the conduct of war and and foreign relations. Some restrictions were established in that the military was to be funded by the legislature (if it chose to do so). The military was to be designed by the legislature and officers thereof were to be appointed by the senate on recommendation of the president. In foreign affairs the appointment of ambassadors and the approval of international treaties were made the responsibility of the senate as well, but both in war and in foreign relations the content and conduct of these government affairs were reserved to the Executive Branch. As an example of this, the Congress of the US had no role in running WW2.. The House of Representatives did not "sign off" on Operation Overlord or any other plan. The Congress did make an attempt to control military operations during the Civil War. A Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War was formed from among the most radical Republicans in both houses, but Lincoln largely ignored the machinations of this body.

Trump is to be tried for abuse of power and obstructing Congress. In the first instance he is accused of seeking political advantage by soliciting an investigation of the affairs of Joe Biden in a telephone call to the president of the Ukraine. His motivations in that call are unclear and are contested even among those who listened to the call in an official capacity. Biden was not then a candidate for office. He was a potential candidate. In the second article Trump is accused of Obstructing Congress. No president has ever been impeached on such a charge even though an inherent conflict between the Executive and Legislative Branches was built into the structure of the US Constitution in order to limit the power of both branches. For example; the president may wish to make some change in government practice that the Congress does not want. Many presidents have sought to obviate this difficulty by attaching signing statements to laws passed by Congress. These often say, in effect, "I am signing this but will not execute the will of Congress." No president has ever been impeached for doing that. Obama did that many times.

Speaker Pelosi has succeeded indicting Trump on such grounds and now seeks to control the trial pf the president in the senate through intimidation of members and such devices as accusing the Majority Leader of the Senate of being a Russian agent of influence "Moscow Mitch.". Her justification for that is McConnell's unwillingness to obey her.

Pelosi and company are now trying to remove a president on the grounds mentioned above. If they can do that, they will have succeeded in reverting the power structure within the federal government, reverting it to something much like the government of the Articles of Confederation. In that set up the federal government will become driven by the House of Representatives and will become the sole controlling part of the federal government with the ability to remove an opposition president through a simple majority vote and a rubber stamp trial in an intimidated senate. We will then have become a parliamentary democracy with the Speaker of the House controlling all.

Alan Dershowitz will testify in this wise at Trump's trial. I support his position. pl

[Jan 18, 2020] I was intrigued by its reference to one of the richest men in Ukraine, Dmytro Firtash and wondered as to his links to the 'Biden Burisma business

Jan 18, 2020 | www.moonofalabama.org

uncle tungsten , Jan 18 2020 7:28 utc | 112

evilempire #73
I am having trouble getting replies to you posted but here is a tale on Mogilevitch (2014) that you might find interesting.

I was intrigued by its reference to one of the richest men in Ukraine, Dmytro Firtash and wondered as to his links to the 'Biden Burisma business' if any. Of course he may have links to the progeny of Pelosi too. The entire impeachment episode went ballistic as soon as Trump stated picking over the turds in Ukraine so I suspect that is where the democrazies will come undone.

[Jan 18, 2020] Importance of Cyprus is gas wars

Jan 18, 2020 | www.moonofalabama.org

Jon_in_AU , Jan 18 2020 15:35 utc | 140

Hausmeiseter@121
I can't say that I've dug into that in detail, although I do recall reading the post.

What I would like to say, however, is that the Cyprus question is one of the pivotal pieces in the current geopolitical situation.

A few points warranting further investigation to try and tie into a coherent whole:

1) The Cyprus banking crisis c. 2012-2013. This includes Russian oligarch/mafia money, and whether it was squirreled out of there before the buy-in orchestrated collapse of Laiki Bank of Cyprus as well as who was behind this push (IMF/NATO/GER/etc)

2) The Turkstream (1 & 2) gas projects (from which Turkey will extract considerable transit fees for decades to come). This also supports one of the main pillars of the Russian Federations' economy. Links also to US hegemon trying to kill off Nordstream 2.

3) The plans/MOU for Israel, Cyprus and Greece to build an undersea gas pipe network. This will effectively by-pass Turkstream, and is probably behind the push to have Israeli claims over the Golan Heights crystallise (along with the US staying put in Syria and Iraq). I also recall reading about ISIS shipments of stolen Syrian oil taking a cross-country route through Turkey to end up being refined in Israel, and on-sold to Greece (and others). This points at another whole behind-the-scenes dynamic.

4) Recent attempts by Turkey to get involved in Libya, create a new exclusive maritime zone, develop gas of the coast of Cyprus, and now military involvement. This is drawing rebuke from Israel, as it will scupper their planned pipe network. Greece likewise is now trying to send in troops (as observers/peace-keepers, LOL).
Cyprus is also rallying around to try and stop the Turkish plan from going ahead.

5) Recent arrests of Israeli intel assets in Cyprus of late also adds further heat to the situation.

I would really need to dedicate months of my life to try and untangle all of this, and by the time I did the situation would have moved on. (reminds me of the quote from Wagelaborers' blog: "We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality – judiciously, as you will – we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors . . . and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do."
Karl Rove)

[Jan 18, 2020] Diaspora in the USA has an outsized influence on how their host country thinks of its interests in their regions of birth

Jan 18, 2020 | www.unz.com

wedish Family , says: Show Comment January 3, 2020 at 11:10 pm GMT

@AP

1. The interests of these countries may be aligned.

2. Even if the immigrant may be mistaken, if his belief is sincere he may still provide valuable contact, intelligence, etc.

This is a very naive idea of how perceived "national interests" form. In real life, highly-motivated groups of immigrants will have an outsized influence on how their host country thinks of its interests in their regions of birth. This is basically a geopolitical example of Nassim Taleb's minority rule .

United States is especially vulnerable to such subversion since much of its conception of itself and its place in the world centers on elastic and easily abused ideas like freedom and human rights .

[Jan 18, 2020] We Need A Full Investigation Bannon Accuses Pelosi, Schiff And MSM Of Colluding

Jan 18, 2020 | www.zerohedge.com

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has called for a full investigation into coordination between Congressional Democrats and members of the media, after articles of impeachment against President Trump appear to have been deliberately 'slow walked' in order to coincide with two 'bombshell' developments in the Ukraine story.

" Why did they time this? Why did they wait? " asked Fox Business host Trish Regan.

"First off, Rachel Maddow should be a witness of fact now . She should be brought in," replied Bannon - referring to the seemingly coordinated media blitz surrounding Lev Parnas, an indicted former Rudy Goiliani associate whose undated, hand-written notes appear to support the claim that President Trump pressured Ukraine into investigating Joe Biden for corruption.

" We ought to have all the emails and all the text messages between Schiff, between Nancy Pelosi, Phil Griffin at MSNBC News. We ought to bring the whole thing out. How did this get dropped? Why have they been working on this for so long? How did this just come about at the last second? She admitted she's been working on this for months, and the House just got this. The Republicans didn't even see this when the vote when down," said Bannon, adding "This is now a complete farce."

" I think there was collusion between MSNBC, Rachel Maddow, Lev Parnas's attorneys, and the entire process." -Steve Bannon

"So why did this not come forward earlier?" asks Regan.

"You know why, because they wanted to drop their "big reveal," this was going be such a big bombshell. This is all total hearsay from a guy trying to talk his way into a lesser sentence because he's already indicted. It's so obvious what he's trying to do."

Adding to the collusion / 'slow walk' theory is the completion of a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requested by Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen, which found that President Trump's pause of US aid to Ukraine violated the law. Of note, virtually every previous administration has received a similar nastygram from the GAO - just not the day after directly related impeachment articles were delivered to the Senate ahead of a trial.

Watch: Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has called for a full investigation into coordination between Congressional Democrats and members of the media, after articles of impeachment against President Trump appear to have been deliberately 'slow walked' in order to coincide with two 'bombshell' developments in the Ukraine story.

" Why did they time this? Why did they wait? " asked Fox Business host Trish Regan.

"First off, Rachel Maddow should be a witness of fact now . She should be brought in," replied Bannon - referring to the seemingly coordinated media blitz surrounding Lev Parnas, an indicted former Rudy Goiliani associate whose undated, hand-written notes appear to support the claim that President Trump pressured Ukraine into investigating Joe Biden for corruption.

" We ought to have all the emails and all the text messages between Schiff, between Nancy Pelosi, Phil Griffin at MSNBC News. We ought to bring the whole thing out. How did this get dropped? Why have they been working on this for so long? How did this just come about at the last second? She admitted she's been working on this for months, and the House just got this. The Republicans didn't even see this when the vote when down," said Bannon, adding "This is now a complete farce."

" I think there was collusion between MSNBC, Rachel Maddow, Lev Parnas's attorneys, and the entire process." -Steve Bannon

"So why did this not come forward earlier?" asks Regan.

"You know why, because they wanted to drop their "big reveal," this was going be such a big bombshell. This is all total hearsay from a guy trying to talk his way into a lesser sentence because he's already indicted. It's so obvious what he's trying to do."

Adding to the collusion / 'slow walk' theory is the completion of a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requested by Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen, which found that President Trump's pause of US aid to Ukraine violated the law. Of note, virtually every previous administration has received a similar nastygram from the GAO - just not the day after directly related impeachment articles were delivered to the Senate ahead of a trial.

Watch:

Steve Bannon weighs in on Lev Parnas, calls Impeachment a 'farce' - YouTube

David Reynolds 20 hours ago It's a coup attempt. The Democrats (and other globalists) are trying to overthrow Trump by any means necessary, because he's totally wrecking the leftist and globalist agenda. usero misa 19 hours ago Democrats pulling the same TRICK with this impeachment BS like Justice Kavanaugh's Senate confirmation hearing. Remember Christine Blasey Ford! Now is Lev Parnas. And like Christine Ford, Lev Parnas has been secretly coached by the Democrats Legal team, reason for their delay tactics.

novictim , 9 minutes ago link

If you going to make Lev Parnas the center of your impeachment witch-hunt, shouldn't you first have to remove the man's ankle bracelet?

NeverDemRino , 9 minutes ago link

Mark Levin EXPOSES Obama/Clinton for their COLLUSION on Sean Hannity here: Obama/Clinton Collusion

Here is the full Sean Hannity Show from 1-16-20 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rmCUmlIyUU

See how YouTube "Orwellizes" this Sean Hannity Show down to ONE second. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8y6JuUDXC4

and here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx4OVtZPLqg

and here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Seke8j4Irb0

and here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqROj2xpHJs

and here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz9e-e8R8TM

Seems like the FakeNews/MSM, and JewTube don't want anyone to know about the Obama/Clinton criminality.

blindfaith , 17 minutes ago link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkpsKSyeRL4

a very good introduction to why this guy is another lair, in all kinds of trouble like Avanetti and Cohen were...looking for a deal to be presented to stay out of jail. The interview with Madcow, does not jive with the NYT interview he gave, not does it match up with what the Ukrainians are saying about this. The Ukrainian Head of Foreign Relations gave an interview to CNN, and flat out said no one there knows this guy and he never spoke to anyone including him, and he is NOT to be trusted. But that does not fit in with the Democrats plan, so they will step in it once again.

Then there is this:

(his) undated, hand-written notes appear to support the claim that President Trump pressured Ukraine into investigating Joe Biden for corruption.

go read them , If you don't laugh then you are the problem. If the Democrats want more evidence, look here. If you think this guy was on a double, double secrete mission and met personally with Trump to receive it, then maybe your meds are wrong.

Here is certified "EVIDENCE" for the Democrats just found in the nearby woods.

__________________________________________________________

Adam *****, Nancy Pilosie*, and Fat Nadler* are terrible crazy people* and are not to be trusted*.

*evidence for the "committees"

respectfully submitted this day by,

Rocket J. Squirrel, Esq

novictim , 13 minutes ago link

https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2020/01/16/amanpour-ukrainian-foreign-minister-impeachment-iran-plane.cnn

blindfaith , 7 minutes ago link

Thank you for that....BRAVO. Those damn FACTS always Trump lies the left tries so hard to sow.

[Jan 18, 2020] Lukashenko wants the prices for oil and natural gas for Belarus to be the same as for Russian regions, but refuses to behave like a Russian region.

Jan 18, 2020 | www.unz.com

AnonFromTN , says: January 15, 2020 at 6:42 pm GMT

@Shitposter him some fighter planes for free and he will build an airbase of the Belarus army.
6. Belarus makes gasoline and other products from Russian oils and resells them at a huge profit. Besides, he wants to export it all via Baltic statelets, providing their ports business that Putin is taking away from them by building Russian deep-sea ports, like Ust-Luga.
7. Not to mention that he talks about 10 times more than is wise, saying mostly BS (the latter is natural for a moron).
There are many more, but these are enough to explain how most Russians feel about him. Belarus either gets rid of that idiot, or suffers because of his stupidity.

[Jan 18, 2020] Germany behaviour in Naftogas-Gasprom conflict makes zero sense unless you believe that Germany was acting as a proxy on behalf of a greater power

Jan 18, 2020 | www.unz.com

,

Thulean Friend , says: Show Comment December 23, 2019 at 5:34 am GMT

About this whole Ukraine-Russia gas transit thing that Felix is panicking about. It seems Germany had a key role in facilitating the deal.

However, that risk receded this week after Moscow and Kyiv concluded a landmark agreement that will ensure Russian gas continues to transit through Ukraine even after Nord Stream 2 is completed. Germany played a critical role in brokering the agreement and pressuring Russia to maintain Ukraine's transit status.

Why would Germany spend all this time and resources to construct these pipelines and then suddenly pressure Russia to maintain the transit fees? That makes zero sense unless you believe that Germany was acting as a proxy on behalf of a greater power. My pet theory: Germany most likely caved to US pressure and tried to triangulate at the last minute in a bid to stave off a larger German-US conflict.

Thulean Friend , says: Show Comment December 24, 2019 at 4:43 am GMT

@Swedish Family

What Germany wants, it seems to me, is (1) cheap energy for German industry, (2) a maximally weak Russian hand visavi Ukraine (which is now in effect a NATO/EU dependency), and (3) good enough relations with the Kremlin for Russia not to go rogue. Goals (1) and (3) obviously sit uneasily with goal (2), which is why we see so much back and forth.

I agree with (1) and (3) but I'd disagree over (2). I am not convinced Germany cares much about Ukraine's well-being. It is a very small economy (barely over 100 billion USD) and Germany's trade exposure to Ukraine is minimal. It isn't part of NATO, EU or any other major Western framework.

If Ukraine collapsed it would create significant refugee streams but Ukrainians are very easily assimilated into Western European countries, unlike Syrians or Turks, so even in a worse-case scenario the fallout would not be a major problem. If Croats or Serbs can mix into Germany easily, I don't see why Ukrainians would be a problem. Germany's shrinking work force would in fact even need such an influx. The only kink would be Russia's expanding borders if both Belarus+Ukraine was swallowed up but Germany probably would calculate that Russia wouldn't attack a NATO ally (and they wouldn't be wrong). I'm not saying Germany would want such an outcome, only that the worst-case scenario wouldn't be a big problem for them.

I think this has the fingerprints of the US all over it. Trump personally hates Ukraine, which has been documented in leaked documents during the impeachment process and major personalities of the Trumpist movement like Tucker Carlson openly cheers for Russia. So it wasn't Trump or his people who pushed for this but rather the permanent national-security state that was behind it and they are obsessed with keeping Russia down, or inventing fake Russiagate hoaxes to justify their paranoia. Germany made a 180 and suddenly pressured Russia to do something which Germany itself had no interest in keeping for the longest time. That suggests Germany caved to US pressure and tried to do a compromise. The US interest would be for NS2 to be scrapped completely. This was a German attempt at triangulating.

Either way, Ukraine got a big win purely because of Great Power politics over which they had no direct control.

[Jan 17, 2020] In the full sprit of bipartisanship

Notable quotes:

"... Why then were all eight House members chosen as managers to prosecute the case against Trump, who ceremoniously escorted the articles across the Capitol, all Democrats? Why did the articles of impeachment receive not a single Republican vote on the House floor? ..."

Jan 17, 2020 | www.zerohedge.com

Why then were all eight House members chosen as managers to prosecute the case against Trump, who ceremoniously escorted the articles across the Capitol, all Democrats? Why did the articles of impeachment receive not a single Republican vote on the House floor?

[Jan 17, 2020] A Malicious Indictment Mitch Should Toss Out

Jan 17, 2020 | www.zerohedge.com

Authored by Patrick Buchanan via Buchanan.org,

About the impeachment of President Donald Trump she engineered with her Democratic majority, Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday: "It's not personal. It's not political. It's not partisan. It's patriotic."

Seriously, Madam Speaker? Not political? Not partisan?

Why then were all eight House members chosen as managers to prosecute the case against Trump, who ceremoniously escorted the articles across the Capitol, all Democrats? Why did the articles of impeachment receive not a single Republican vote on the House floor?

The truth : The impeachment of Donald Trump is the fruit of a malicious prosecution whose roots go back to the 2016 election, in the aftermath of which stunned liberals and Democrats began to plot the removal of the new president.

This coup has been in the works for three years.

First came the crazed charges of Trump's criminal collusion with Vladimir Putin to hack the emails of the DNC and the Clinton campaign and funnel them to WikiLeaks.

For two years, we heard the cries of "Treason!" from Pelosi's caucus. And despite the Mueller investigation's exoneration of Trump of all charges of conspiracy with Russia, we still hear the echoes:

Trump is Putin's poodle. Trump is an asset of the Kremlin.

All we want, and what the American people deserve, is a "fair trial," Democrats and their media collaborators now insist. But can a fair trial proceed from a manifestly deficient and malicious prosecution?

Consider. In this impeachment, we are told, the House serves as the grand jury, and Adam Schiff's Intelligence Committee and Jerry Nadler's Judiciary Committee serve as the investigators and prosecutors.

But the articles of impeachment on which the Judiciary Committee and the House voted do not contain a single crime required by the Constitution for impeachment and removal. There is no charge of treason, no charge of bribery or "other high crimes and misdemeanors."

So weak is the case for impeachment that the elite in this city is demanding that the Senate do the work the House failed to do.

The Senate must subpoena the documents and witnesses the House failed to produce, to make the case for impeachment more persuasive than it is now.

Not our job, rightly answers Mitch McConnell.

The Senate is supposed to be an "impartial jury."

But while there is a debate over whether Republicans will vote to call witnesses, there is no debate on how the Senate Democrats intend to vote -- 100% for removal of a president they fear they may not be able to defeat.

Consider Trump's alleged offense : pressing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investigate Burisma Holdings and Hunter Biden.

Assume Zelenskiy, without prodding, sent to the U.S., as a friendly act to ingratiate himself with Trump, the Burisma file on Hunter Biden.

Would that have been a crime?

Why is it then a crime if Trump asked for the file?

The military aid Trump held up for 10 weeks -- lethal aid Barack Obama denied to Kyiv -- was sent. And Zelenskiy never held the press conference requested, never investigated Burisma, never sent the Biden file.

There is a reason why no crime was charged in the impeachment of Donald Trump. There was no crime committed.

Not political, said Pelosi. Why then did she hold up sending the articles of impeachment to the Senate for a month, after she said it was so urgent that Trump be impeached that Schiff and Nadler could not wait for their subpoenas to be ruled upon by the Supreme Court?

Pelosi is demanding that the Senate get the documents, subpoena and hear the witnesses, and do the investigative work Schiff and Nadler failed to do.

Does that not constitute an admission that a convincing case was not made? Are not the articles voted by the House inherently deficient if the Senate has to have more evidence than the House prosecutors could produce to convict the president of "abuse of power"?

Can we really have a fair trial in the Senate, when half of the jury, the Democratic caucus, is as reliably expected to vote to remove the president as Republicans are to acquit him? What kind of fair trial is it when we can predict the final vote before the court hears the evidence?

It is ridiculous to deny that this impeachment is partisan, political and personal. It reeks of politics, partisanship and Trump-hatred.

As for patriotic, that depends on where you stand -- or sit.

But the forum to be entrusted with the decision of "should Trump go?" is not a deeply polarized Senate, but with those the Founding Fathers entrusted with such decisions -- the American people.

In most U.S. courts, a prosecution case this inadequate, with prosecutors asking the court itself to get more documents and call more witnesses, and so visibly contaminated with malice toward the accused, would be dismissed outright.

Mitch McConnell should let the House managers make their case, and then call for a vote to dismiss, and treat this indictment with the contempt it so richly deserves.

[Jan 15, 2020] The Strange Case of Chrystia Freeland and the Failure of the 'Super Elite' by Matthew Ehret

May 11, 2019 | canadianpatriot.org

Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland has become a bit of a living parody of everything wrong with the detached technocratic neo-liberal order which has driven the world through 50 years of post-industrial decay. Now, two years into the Trump presidency, and five years into the growth of a new system shaped by the Russia-China alliance, the world has become a very different place from the one which Freeland and her controllers wish it to be.

Having been set up as a counterpart to the steely Hillary Clinton who was supposed to win the 2016 election, Freeland and her ilk have demonstrated their outdated thinking in everything they have set out to achieve since the 2014 coup in Ukraine. Certainly before that, everything seemed to be going smoothly enough for End of History disciples promoting a script that was supposed to culminate in a long-sought for "New World Order".
The Script up until Now
Things were going especially well since the collapse of the Soviet system in the early 1990s. The collapse ushered in a unipolar world order with the European Union and NAFTA, followed soon thereafter by the World Trade Organization and the 1999 destruction of Glass-Steagall (1). The trans-Atlantic at last was converted into a cage of "post-sovereign nations" that no longer had actual control of their own powers of credit generation. Under NATO, even national militaries were subject to technocratic control. This cage was perfect for the governing elite "scientifically managing" from above while the little people bickered over their diminishing employment and standards of living from below.

Even though the former Soviet bloc nations were in tatters by 1992, their sovereign powers could only be undone by applying the liberalization process which took 30 years in the west in a short space of only a decade. This was done under the direction of such monetarist "reformers" such as Anatoly Chubais and Yegor Gaidar under Yeltsin. Similar privatization and liberalization reforms were applied viciously to Ukraine and other Warsaw pact countries during the same period. Those pirates that became the "nouveau riche" of the west were joined by such contemporary modern oligarchs such as Oleg Deripaska, Boris Berezovksy, Mikhail Fridman, Roman Abramovich in Russia, alongside Petro Poroshenko, Rinat Akhmetov, Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Viktor Pinchuk of Ukraine (to name a few). Not to forget their spiritual roots, many of these oligarchs soon purchased houses in the swank upmarket sections of London which has come to be known as "Moscow on Thames." (2)

By the end of the 1990s a new phase of this de-nationalization was unleashed with the unveiling of the Blair doctrine explicitly calling for a "post-Westphalia" world order which unleashed a wave of hellish regime change wars in the Arab World beginning with 9-11, and with a long term intention to target Libya, Syria, Iran, and Lebanon while expanding NATO's hegemony against the potential re-emergence of Russia and China.
The Economic Meltdown Was Always the Intention
Let's be clear: the whole point of the post-1971 world was directed with the intention of destroying the moral-political and economic foundations for western society. The belief in scientific progress and industrial growth was the cause of all true progress from the 15 ^th century Golden Renaissance to the assassinations of the 1960s. The intended consequences of this post-1971 (zero growth) policy were:

1) The destruction of the productive forces of labor vis a vis outsourcing to "cheap labour markets" driven by shareholder profit.

2) The consolidation of wealth into an ever smaller array of private multi-billionaire owners under a logic of Darwinian survival of the fittest.

3) The creation of a vast speculative bubble supported by ever greater rates of unpayable debt and totally detached from the physically productive forces of reality.

Just like 1929, after years of speculation known as the roaring twenties, the "plug could be pulled" on the bubble in order to impose a bit of shock therapy onto a sleeping population who would beg for fascism as a solution if only it would put bread on their tables. Though this plan failed 80 years ago due to the American rejection of fascism under President Roosevelt, the belief that the formula could succeed in the 21 ^st century was adhered to most closely as long as America was brought firmly under control of the City of London and their Wall Street lackies (3).

The destruction of the industrial mode of existence with the 1971 floating of the US dollar unleashed a new system of scarcity within a fixed closed system upon the west. Above: Alexander King and the Limits to Growth Model justifying depopulation once the system hits an inevitable crisis

Although the fascist "solution" to their manufactured crisis was put down during WWII, this new attempt was premised upon the policy that a new system of Global Government managed by draconian regulation would be imposed under a "Green New Deal" framework whereby the instruments of banking regulation, state directed capital and centralized government (not evils unto themselves), would be directed only to green, low energy flux density forms of energy which inherently lower the population of the earth. This is very different from the protectionism, bank regulation, state credit and central authority exerted by America during the 1930s New Deal (or Eurasian New Silk Road policy today). The difference is that one system empowers sovereign nations, and increases the productive powers of labor and energy flux density of humanity while increasing quality of life, the other "Green" agenda has the opposite effect whereby monetary incentives are tied to decreasing the "carbon footprint" of the earth. The image of a drug addict getting paid heroine as an incentive to bleed himself to death is useful here.

With the slow collapse of first world economies after the assassination of nationalist leaders in the 1960s, the plan for depopulation and global government seemed to be unfolding without serious opposition.
The Role of Chrystia Freeland
Freeland's bizarre role in this whole affair was to do what every good Rhodes Scholar is conditioned to do upon their completion of their indoctrination at Oxford: facilitate the tough transition of the "pre-collapse" world economy into a new operating system that was meant to be the "green post-collapse" world economy. It wasn't going to be easy to tell a new "pirate class" of billionaires that they would have to accept losing much of their wealth (less population equals less money), and operate under a strict new global operating system of regulation necessary to contract the society. The Rhodes Scholarship program begun in 1902 to advance a re-organized British Empire and had worked alongside the Fabian Society for over a century producing more than 7000 scholars who have permeated across all fields of society (media, education, government, military and corporate).

Cecil Rhodes

In his 1877 will, Cecil Rhodes said this group should be "a society which should have its members in every part of the British Empire working with one object and one idea we should have its members placed at our universities and our schools and should watch the English youth passing through their hands just one perhaps in every thousand would have the mind and feelings for such an object, he should be tried in every way, he should be tested whether he is endurant, possessed of eloquence, disregardful of the petty details of life, and if found to be such, then elected and bound by oath to serve for the rest of his life in his Country. He should then be supported if without means by the Society and sent to that part of the Empire where it was felt he was needed."

After leaving Oxford in 1993, Chrystia Freeland learned the ropes of "perception management" by working for the London Economist, Washington Post, Financial times and Globe and Mail and Reuters. After serving a stint as editor-at-large of Reuters, the time had come for her to play the role of Valery Jarrett to the "Barack Obama" of Canada then being prepped for Prime Ministership of Justin Trudeau.

She was perfect.

As an asset of the global propaganda system, Freeland had made high level contacts with those Ukrainian, Russian, and Western oligarchs mentioned above including Viktor Pinchuk and Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Larry Summers, George Soros and Al Gore, were just a few players in the west whom she considered her "close friends" and whom she was happy to bring into Canada during the period of re-organization of the Liberal Party (2011-2014) as it prepared to take power under the banner of the Canada 2020 think tank . What made Freeland even more special was that she was bred from a zealous family of Ukrainian nationalists under the patriarchy of her Nazi grandfather Michael Chomiak . This network was brought to Canada after WWII by Anglo-American intelligence and cultivated as a force with ties to pro-Nazi Ukrainian counterparts ever since.

Freeland's admission into politics was managed by another Rhodes Scholar named Bob Rae who served as interim controller of the Liberal Party during several of the Harper years and was a major player in Canada 2020. Rae, who had been the NDP Premier of Ontario from 1990-1995 was happy to abdicate his seat to Freeland ensuring her entry into Trudeau's inner circle and thus becoming his official handler (4).
Freeland Promotes the New Global Elite
Freeland has made it clear that she understands well that there is a fundamental difference in cultural identities of the "new rich" relative to the older oligarchic families which she serves. In the 2011 Rise of the New Global Elite , she describes it as follows:

To grasp the difference between today's plutocrats and the hereditary elite, who "grow rich in their sleep" one need merely glance at the events that now fill high-end social calendars."

Freeland then breaks down the categories of "new plutocrats" into two subcategories: the good, technocratic friendly plutocrats who are ideologically compatible with the New World Order of depopulation, such as Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, George Soros, et al and the "bad" plutocrats who tend not to conform to the British Empire's program of global governance and depopulation under the green agenda. In Freeland's world "good oligarchs" are those who adhere to this agenda, while "bad oligarchs" are those who do not. Trump is a terrible Plutocrat, and – Viktor Yanukovych was a good plutocrat until he decided to not sacrifice Ukraine on the altar of the collapsing European Union and chose to throw Ukraine's destiny into the Eurasian Economic Union in October 2013.

In the same paper, Freeland wrote:

if the plutocrats' opposition to increases in their taxes and tighter regulation of their economic activities is understandable, it is also a mistake. The real threat facing the super-elite, at home and abroad, isn't modestly higher taxes, but rather the possibility that inchoate public rage could cohere into a more concrete populist agenda– that, for instance, middle-class Americans could conclude that the world economy isn't working for them and decide that protectionism is preferable to incremental measures." Quoting billionaire Mohamed El-Erian, the CEO of Pimco she wrote: "one of the big surprises of 2010 is that the protectionist dog didn't bark."

Freeland ended her article with this message:

The lesson of history is that, in the long run, super-elites have two ways to survive: by suppressing dissent or by sharing their wealth Let us hope the plutocrats aren't already too isolated to recognize this".

But what does Freeland really think of the technocratic management under a plutocratic governance of society? In Plutocrats vs. Populists (Nov. 2013), Freeland lets her pro-plutocratic worldview out of the bag when she gushes:

At its best, this form of plutocratic political power offers the tantalizing possibility of policy practiced at the highest professional level with none of the messiness and deal making and venality of traditional politics a technocratic, data-based, objective search for solutions to our problems"

Since a technocratic managerial class committed to a common ideology must be solidified for this system to work, Freeland goes on to make the case to recruit young people to the imperial civil service:

Smart, publicly minded technocrats go to work for plutocrats whose values they share. The technocrats get to focus full time on the policy issues they love, without the tedium of building, rallying– and serving– a permanent mass membership. They can be pretty well paid to boot."

The End of a Delusion?
Now that Russia and China's new operating system shaped by the Belt and Road Initiative has created a force of opposition to this British-run Deep State design, nothing which those would-be gods of Olympus have attempted to achieve has succeeded. Syria stands strong and the Arab nations are increasingly joining China's Belt and Road Initiative . Venezuela has failed to fall the way so many regimes have done before 2014 and NAFTA has been seriously challenged by a nationalistic president in the USA who has also totally rejected the Malthusian agenda with the killing of COP21 and the Green New Deal. Trudeau's usefulness has withered away quicker than you can say "SNC Lavalin " and now the decision appears to be seriously humored whether Freeland will take the reins of Canada after Trudeau is eliminated in order to "preserve the dying British Empire" and the dream of Cecil Rhodes. While the universe may be organized by a principle of reason, no one can say the same applies to the mind of an oligarchic. May 11, 2019

*Originally published on the Strategic Culture Foundation. Notes

(1) The separation of speculative from commercial banking was the bedrock of financial regulation since its implementation in 1933. Its destruction as Clinton's last act in office resulted in the creation of the largest bubble in history amounting to a $700 trillion derivatives time bomb now ready to explode.

(2) When Putin began exiling many of these unrepentant oligarchs, they quickly made their way to London where many became disposable playthings of the British Empire.

(3) The self-professed "Fabian Society of Canada" was set up in the height of the Depression by five Rhodes Scholars in order to create a Canadian fascist regime in 1932. This organization known as the League of Social Reconstruction, set up a political party called the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) which later changed its name to the New Democratic Party (NDP) in 1961. While good people have found themselves members of the NDP and Liberals over the years, it is useful to keep in mind that this rotten core tied to the highest echelons of the British oligarchy are real.

(4) It is a useful point to make here that as Premier of Ontario Bob Rae brought in Maurice Strong as President of Ontario Hydro from 1992-1994 during which time Canada's nuclear sector was nearly shut down and a prototype for a "green New Deal" was applied. Strong had famously described a "fiction book he wished to write someday saying: "What if a small group of world leaders were to conclude that the principal risk to the Earth comes from the actions of the rich countries? And if the world is to survive, those rich countries would have to sign an agreement reducing their impact on the environment. Will they do it? The group's conclusion is 'no'. The rich countries won't do it. They won't change. So, in order to save the planet, the group decides: Isn't the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn't it our responsibility to bring that about?"

[Jan 14, 2020] A Sea Change for Canada Foreign Policy as Freeland Is Replaced by a Pro-Chinese Politico by Matthew Ehret

Jan 14, 2020 | canadianpatriot.org

December 1, 2019

In Chrystia Freeland's 2012 book Plutocrats, Canada's leading Rhodes Scholar laid out a surprisingly clear analysis of the two camps of elites who she explained would, by their very nature, battle for control of the newly emerging system as the old paradigm collapsed.

In her book and article series, she described the "practical populist politician" which has tended to be adherent to business interests and personal gain during past decades vs the new breed of "technocrat" which has an enlightened non-practical (ie: Malthusian) worldview, willing to make monetary sacrifices for the "greater good".

She further defined the "good Plutocrats" vs "bad Plutocrats". Good Plutocrats included the likes of George Soros, Warren Buffet, Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos who made their billions under the free-for-all epoch of globalization, but who were willing to adapt to the new rules of the post-globalization game. This was a game which she defined in an absurd 2013 TED Talk as a "green New Deal" of global regulation under a de-carbonized (and depopulated) green economy. For those "bad plutocrats" unwilling to play by the new rules (ie: the Trumps, Putins or any industrialist who refused to commit seppuku on the altar of Gaia), they would simply go extinct. This threat was re-packaged by Canada's "other" globalist puppet Mark Carney, who recently said "If some companies and industries fail to adjust to this new world, they will fail to exist."

Of course, when Freeland formulated these threats in 2011, China's Belt and Road had not yet existed, nor had the Russia-China alliance which together are now challenging the regime-change driven world order in remarkably successful strides. The thought that nationalism could possibly make a comeback in the west was as unthinkable as the failure of free trade deals like NAFTA or the TPP.

As of November 18, 2019, Freeland has found herself cut down a notch by the "plutocrats" that she has worked so assiduously to destroy since becoming Canada's Foreign Minister in 2017 when she ousted a Foreign Minister (Stephane Dion) who had called for a renewed cooperation with Russia on space, counter-terrorism and arctic development with Sergei Lavrov. Freeland's unrepentant support for Ukrainian Nazis and NATO encirclement of Russia resulted in a total alienation of Russia. Her alienation of China was so successful that the Chinese government removed their ambassador in the summer of 2019. Freeland's work in organizing the failed coup in Venezuela and supporting the MI6-Soros White Helmets in Syria became so well known that she became known as the Canadian queen of regime change.

Other pro-Chinese "bad plutocratic" companies which have been targeted for destruction under Freeland's watch have included the beleaguered construction giant Aecon Inc. who's board voted in favor of being sold to China in March 2018 in order to play a role in Belt and Road Projects ( a decision vetoed by the Federal Government in May 2018 ), as well as Quebec-based SNC Lavalin which has had major deals with both Russia and China on nuclear power and major infrastructure projects and which now faces being shut down in Canada for having bribed politicians in Libya when it built Qadaffi's Great Manmade River (destroyed by NATO in 2011).

Former Liberal Minister of Infrastructure from Shawinigan Quebec, Francois-Philippe Champagne has taken over Freeland's portfolio and with him it appears a new pro-Eurasian policy may be emerging in Canada much more conducive to the long term survival (and strategic relevance) of Canada. This shift has already been noted by China which has responded by sending a new Ambassador to Ottawa, while a new Canadian Ambassador with a long history of working towards positive Chinese relations in the private sector (Dominic Barton) has just begun working in Beijing. Barton was the first Ambassador to China since "old guard" politician John McCallum was fired in January 2019 for defending Huawei's Meng Wanzhou to a group of Chinese journalists.

In opposition to the cacophonic voice of Freeland, Champagne had spoken positively of China in 2017 saying "In a world of uncertainty, of unpredictability, of questioning about the rules that have been established to govern our trading relationship, Canada, and I would say China, stand out as [a] beacon of stability, predictability, a rule-based system, a very inclusive society."

Champagne is a long-standing protégé of former Prime Minister Jean Chretien and world travelled businessman who has worked in the European nuclear sector and has promoted industrial development with China for years. Jean Chretien, who campaigned for Champagne's recent re-election, represents everything Freeland hates: A "practical" old school politician who recognizes that World War III and alienating Eurasian nations who are shaping the future is bad for business. In 2014, Chretien was given the "Friend of Russia" award and has played a major role in the private sector working with Quebec-based Power Corporation which runs the Canada-China Business Council (CCBC) and has brokered major contracts throughout China since ending his term as PM in 2003. Chretien is also the father in-law of current CCBC chair Paul Desmarais Jr. who is the heir to the PowerCorp dynasty. While these are not groups that in any way exemplify morality, they are practical industrialists who know depopulation and world war are bad for business and would prefer to adapt to a China-led BRI system over a "green technocratic dictatorship".

Since December 2018, Chretien has attacked Freeland's decision to support Meng Wanzhou's extradiction to the USA, and has volunteered to lead a delegation to China in order to smooth tensions.

So while the "bad plutocrats" appear to have taken an important step forward though the debris of the recent near failure of the Liberal Party which narrowly kept a minority government after the October 21 Federal Elections, the ideologically driven technocrats led by Queen Freeland shouldn't be discounted, as her new position as Deputy Prime Minister puts her in a position to possibly take control of Canada as 2 ^nd in command of a highly fragmented nation which is now hearing renewed calls for separation in Alberta, and Quebec.

Strategic Culture

[Jan 14, 2020] VICTIM OR AGGRESSOR CHRYSTIA FREELAND'S FAMILY RECORD FOR NAZI WAR PROFITEERING, AND MURDER OF THE CRACOW JEWS

Jan 14, 2020 | johnhelmer.net

By John Helmer, Moscow

Chrystia Freeland (lead image), appointed last week to be the new Canadian Foreign Minister, claims that her maternal family were the Ukrainian victims of Russian persecution, who fled their home in 1939, after Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin agreed on a non-aggression pact and the division of Poland between Germany and the Soviet Union. She claims her mother was born in a camp for refugees before finding safe haven in Alberta, Canada. Freeland is lying.

The records now being opened by the Polish government in Warsaw reveal that Freeland's maternal grandfather Michael (Mikhailo) Chomiak was a Nazi collaborator from the beginning to the end of the war. He was given a powerful post, money, home and car by the German Army in Cracow, then the capital of the German administration of the Galician region. His principal job was editor in chief and publisher of a newspaper the Nazis created. His printing plant and other assets had been stolen from a Jewish newspaper publisher, who was then sent to die in the Belzec concentration camp. During the German Army's winning phase of the war, Chomiak celebrated in print the Wehrmacht's "success" at killing thousands of US Army troops. As the German Army was forced into retreat by the Soviet counter-offensive, Chomiak was taken by the Germans to Vienna, where he continued to publish his Nazi propaganda, at the same time informing for the Germans on other Ukrainians. They included fellow Galician Stepan Bandera, whose racism against Russians Freeland has celebrated in print, and whom the current regime in Kiev has turned into a national hero.

Just before Vienna fell to the Soviet forces in March 1945, Chomiak evacuated with the German Army into Germany, ending up near Munich at Bad Worishofen. On September 2, 1946, when Freeland says her mother was born in a refugee camp, she was actually in a well-known spa resort for wealthy Bavarians. The US Army then controlled that part of Germany; they operated an Army hospital at Bad Worishofen and accommodated Chomiak at a spa hotel. US Army records have yet to reveal what the Americans learned about Chomiak's war record, and how he was employed by US Army Intelligence, after he had switched from the Wehrmacht. It took Chomiak another two years before the government in Ottawa allowed the family to enter Canada.

The reason the Polish Government is now investigating Freeland is that Chomiak's wartime record not only victimized Galician Jews, but also the Polish citizens of Cracow. In a salute to Freeland as a "great friend of Poland" by the Polish Embassy in Ottawa last week, Warsaw officials now believe a mistake was made.

Last July, Freeland, then trade minister, was in a large delegation of Canadians accompanying Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on a visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in southern Poland. Freeland is not included in the press photographs; Trudeau wept. A statement issued by one of the Canadian Jewish organizations in the delegation said: "Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau signifies the importance of remembering the six million Jews and countless others who died at hands of the Nazi regime. The Holocaust will forever stand as the ultimate expression of human hatred. That is why every Canadian should use this as an opportunity to reflect upon their personal role in combating the forces of antisemitism, racism and bigotry wherever they are found."

Trudeau (above) and his staff, as well as Foreign Minister at the time Stephane Dion, and the Jewish representatives appear not to have known this was familiar territory for Freeland and her family. Michael Chomiak and his wife Alexandra, parents to Freeland's mother Halyna, spent the war from 1939 to 1945 working and living just 68 kilometres away in Cracow.

According to the autobiographical details Freeland has provided herself to the Canadian media, Freeland's family were victims of war. "My maternal grandparents," she wrote in May 2015, "fled western Ukraine after Hitler and Stalin signed their non-aggression pact in 1939 they saw themselves as political exiles with a responsibility to keep alive the idea of an independent Ukraine." In November 2015 Freeland told the Toronto Star: "Michael Chomiak was a lawyer and journalist before the Second World War, but they knew the Soviets would invade western Ukraine (and) fled and, like a lot of Ukrainians, ended up after the war in a displaced persons camp in Germany where my mother was born."

Centre: Michael Chomiak and wife Alexandra, with their children in Canada in 1952. Freeland's mother Halyna is second from left. Source: https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2015/11/29/how-chrystia-freeland-became-justin-trudeaus-first-star.html

According to Freeland, "they were also committed to the idea, like most in the (Ukrainian) diaspora, that Ukraine would one day be independent and that the community had a responsibility to the country they had been forced to flee to keep that flame alive."

The Edmonton, Alberta, newspaper obituary for Halyna Chomiak Freeland says she had been "born on September 2, 1946 in Bad Worishofen, Germany in a displaced person's camp." The Alberta provincial government library reports it holds Michael Chomiak's papers. He is described as having "graduated from Lviv University with master's degree in law and political science. In 1928, as a journalist, he started work in the Ukrainian daily Dilo, and from 1934 to 1939 he served on the editorial staff. During the Nazi occupation, he was the editor of Krakivski Visti, published first in Cracow and then in Vienna."

There is much more to the story which Freeland has not revealed. The details can be found in Polish and Ukrainian sources; from the archived files of Krakivski Visti ("Cracow News"); and from the evidence of Jewish Holocaust museums around the world. Chomiak was editor in chief of the newspaper after a Jewish editor was removed. The newspaper itself was set up in January 1940, publishing three times weekly in Cracow, until October 8, 1944. It was then published in Vienna from October 16, 1944, until March 29, 1945. The precision of the dates is important. They coincide with the movement of the German Army into Cracow, and then out of the city and into Vienna. The newspaper itself was established by the German Army; and supervised by German intelligence. Chomiak was employed by an officer named Emil Gassner (above). His title in German indicates he was the German administrator in charge of press in the region. When Gassner moved from Cracow to Vienna, he took Chomiak with him.

Chomiak's publication was an official one of the German administration in Galicia, known at the time as the General Gouvernement. The printing press, offices and other assets which provided Chomiak with his work, salary, and benefits had been confiscated by the Germans from a Jewish publisher, Moshe Kafner . Kafner was a native of the region; he and his family were well educated and well known until the Germans arrived, and replaced Kanfer with Chomiak. Kanfer was forced to flee Cracow for Lviv. From there he was taken by the Germans to the Belzec concentration, where he was murdered some time in 1942. From Chomiak's office to Belzec the distance was 300 kilometres.

Left: SS guards at Belzec; right: Ukrainian guards about to kill a Belzec inmate

Krakivsti Visti was "the most important newspaper to appear in the Ukrainian language under the German occupation during World War II," according to this history from the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, published in 1998. Chomiak -- reports the Harvard history by John-Paul Hinka from a contemporary source -- "had the ability to sense what could be written and how in the severe German reality, and he gained some trust among the German officials, without which the work would have been impossible."

In print, according to this archive of Krakivsti Visti, when Chomiak was in charge, there were reports of the "success" of the German Navy in killing 13,000 US Army soldiers, when their transports were torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic enroute to England. Chomiak editorialized: "this last German attack [was] a smashing blow to the solar plexus of the alliance."

Chomiak also reported the US "colonization" of Australia and Canada . "Americans who are now living in Australia believe that the economic possibilities of Australia are even much better than those of the USA, and many US soldiers are thinking about staying in Australia after the war as they feel much better there than in their own Fatherland There are such close relations between the USA and Canada and Australia that there will be a special trade and tax [agreement] between these countries after the war. In other words, the United States does not hide the intention of the US to begin full economic penetration of Canada and Australia."

By the standard of Trudeau at Auschwitz, Freeland's grandfather also produced race hatred to Nazi order, including antisemitism and racism against several other nationalities, including Americans, Poles and Russians.

Chomiak not only justified the death camps surrounding Cracow. He attempted to foster Ukrainian sentiment against the Poles in the region. The German objective was to support the Ukrainian takeover of Galicia and cleanse it of its Jewish and Polish populations. For this reason Chomiak and his newspaper were given special favour by the German administration; Chomiak himself was reportedly held in high esteem by the Nazis. In the Harvard history it is reported "there can be no doubt that Krakivs'ki visti enjoyed more autonomy than any other legal Ukrainian-language publication under the German occupation."

Himka, a Ukrainian-Canadian academic, composed his history of Krakivtsi Visti from Chomiak's personal papers in Alberta. He mentions the newspaper's backing for ethnic cleansing of Poles. He omits to mention Jews. Chomiak's antisemitic record can be found in the files of the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust. For details, read this .

Chomiak didn't flee from the Ukraine in 1939, as Freeland claims. Five years were to elapse before he left Cracow; that was when the German Army pulled out in defeat, as the Soviet Army advanced from the east to liberate the city. Gassner was moving the media operation to his home town, Vienna.

Chomiak closed down Krakivsti Visti in Vienna in March of 1945 for the same reason. The Soviet Army was days away, and a new Austrian government replaced the Third Reich in April of that year. With the retreating Wehrmacht Chomiak then moved westwards into Germany. But a full year is missing from the official records available publicly. That's between March of 1945 and April of 1946, when the displaced persons camp was opened in the Bavarian town of Bad Worishofen, where Freeland says her mother was born.

As the name indicates, Bad Worishofen was (still is) a thermal waters resort for wealthy Bavarians and day-trippers from Munich. Freeland claims her mother was born as a victim in a refugee camp. In fact, she was born in a hospital administered by the US Army, while her parents were living in a spa hotel managed by a US Army intelligence unit.

A US Army parade in Bad Worishofen after the US took the town on April 27, 1945; http://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/mindelheim/Der-Tag-an-dem-der-Frieden-kam-id33776287.html

During the war there had been a Luftwaffe training aerodrome at Bad Worishofen. But it was so insignificant operationally, it wasn't bombed by the allies . More or less intact, along with the spa hotels, the town welcomed new paying guests from the US Army when they arrived in April of 1945.

According to US records, a US Army Intelligence "training unit" was established, as well as a US Army hospital. The trainees weren't Americans; they were East Europeans, including Lithuanians, Ukrainians, Poles and others who had been fighting on the German side.

On June 28, 1945, the 2 ^nd Hospitalization Unit of the 30th Field Hospital left a forward position at Ebsenee, Austria, where it had been caring for the survivors of the Ebensee-Matthausen concentration camp.

The war in Europe now over, the hospitalization unit regrouped in the rear at Bad Wörishofen, where its role was to support the 80th Infantry Division. The unit history says : "As usual, living quarters proved excellent (buildings), with many conveniences added to make living conditions very comfortable." Among the people the American Army doctors now cared for were Mr and Mrs Chomiak.

The camp for displaced persons or refugees at Bad Worishofen was not formally established for another year, until April 1946. Ukrainians who were there at the time say the camp housed mostly Lithuanians, and also 490 Ukrainians. The term camp is a misnomer. The records show that many of the Ukrainians were living in spa hotels when they were subject to the administration of the camp. Although the subsequent records of the Ukrainians are voluble on what happened there between 1946 and 1948, including testimony from Ukrainians who moved on to the US and Australia, there is no reference to the Chomiak family at all.

"All the camps in Bad Worishofen were liquidated in May 1948 due to consolidation of the various camps by IRO (International Relief Organization)," remembers this Ukrainian.

It is not (yet) known when Chomiak presented himself to US Army Intelligence, offering the same services he had been performing for Gassner and the Wehrmacht. Journalism, however, wasn't what the US occupation authorities wanted from him. In return, Chomiak received accommodation; living expenses; and the hospitalization which produced Freeland's mother in September of 1946.

Two years were to elapse before Chomiak left Bad Worishofen for Canada, arriving there in October 1948. He already had a sister in Canada, but no job of a professional kind to which his university education and experience qualified him. In Alberta Chomiak worked as a manual labourer. Why the Americans didn't offer him intelligence and propaganda employment in the US may be revealed in the Chomiak files in Washington. The Canadian government file on his admission in 1948 is likely to include some of the details Chomiak revealed about his work with the Americans. Unless he kept that secret.

Last week the Polish Embassy in Ottawa issued this tweet in celebration of Freeland's promotion:

This week Polish political analyst and journalist Stanislas Balcerac has opened the dossier on Freeland and Chomiak. The Polish Foreign Minister, Witold Waszczykowski, has been asked to investigate, and to decide if, according to Balcerac, "the circumstances and family loyalties of Mrs Freeland may affect the support that Canada provides the pro-Bandera Government of Ukraine, so they can have a direct impact on Polish interests."

Regarding Bandera (right), the record of Chomiak's involvement with him when they were under German, then US supervision, Freeland did not reveal in the Financial Times when she reported Bandera as one of the Ukraine's all-time heroes. "Yaroslav the Wise, the 11th-century prince of Kievan Rus, was named the winner in a last-minute surge, edging out western Ukrainian partisan leader Stepan Bandera, who led a guerrilla war against the Nazis and the Soviets and was poisoned on orders from Moscow in 1959 .The Soviet portrayal of Bandera as a traitor still lingers. That would be a mistake."

Freeland was asked directly to clarify her own claims about Grandfather Chomiak's war record. Her press spokesman, Chantal Gagnon, asked for more time, but then the two of them refused to answer.

"The sins of the grandfather can hardly be attributed to the granddaughter," says Polish investigator Balcerac, " -- except for two, race hatred and lying. Chomiak made a lucrative war selling hatred of Jews, Poles and Russians. Freeland is doing the same preaching race hatred of Russians. To mask what she's doing, she has lied about the Nazi record of her family. The Chomiaks weren't victims; they were aggressors."

A Washington source adds: "Chomiak was recruited by US intelligence to wage war in the Ukraine against the Russians. Let's see what the US Army and intelligence files reveal about his role, and let's compare that to the one Freeland is now playing in Canada."

https://apis.google.com/se/0/_/+1/fastbutton?usegapi=1&size=medium&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fjohnhelmer.net&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjohnhelmer.net%2Fvictim-or-aggressor-chrystia-freelands-family-record-for-nazi-war-profiteering-and-murder-of-the-cracow-jews%2F&gsrc=3p&ic=1&jsh=m%3B%2F_%2Fscs%2Fapps-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fk%3Doz.gapi.en_US.sMn3oj1Y3cA.O%2Fam%3DwQc%2Fd%3D1%2Fct%3Dzgms%2Frs%3DAGLTcCN2dfVUHs4zuTf0kWyDefSg5_jNrA%2Fm%3D__features__#_methods=onPlusOne%2C_ready%2C_close%2C_open%2C_resizeMe%2C_renderstart%2Concircled%2Cdrefresh%2Cerefresh%2Conload&id=I0_1578888998229&_gfid=I0_1578888998229&parent=http%3A%2F%2Fjohnhelmer.net&pfname=&rpctoken=23238021

by Editor - Thursday, January 19th, 2017

[Jan 14, 2020] Leonid Bershidsky: Chrystia Freeland's dismissal of her family's Nazi connection is only helping Russia's propagandists

Jan 14, 2020 | nationalpost.com

The minister's dismissive attitude about her grandfather's past will inevitably be taken as evidence that she, too, would have worked with the Nazis

Last week, Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland opened a can of worms by dismissing references to her family's World War II history as Russian disinformation. That wasn't entirely true, and in the current climate, history is politics.

Freeland was banned from entering Russia for her fiercely pro-Ukraine stand. When she became foreign minister in January, Moscow refused to lift the ban. Soon, the story of her maternal grandfather, Michael (Mykhailo) Chomiak, was circulating on pro-Russian websites.

Broadly, the story is true. The known facts were laid out by the independent U.S. investigative site Consortium News at the end of February. During World War II, Chomiak, a Ukrainian nationalist, edited a newspaper called Krakivski Visti -- first in the Nazi-held Polish city of Krakow, then in Vienna -- that ran articles praising Hitler and his appointees in occupied Eastern Europe and denouncing Jews. According to family lore, Chomiak helped anti-Nazi resistance forces by helping their fighters get German papers. When the war ended, Chomiak was in Germany; it took him some time to move his family to Canada.

Asked about Chomiak last week, Freeland batted away the question, saying "I don't think it's a secret. American officials have publicly said, and even Angela Merkel has publicly said, that there were efforts on the Russian side to destabilize Western democracies, and I think it shouldn't come as a surprise if these same efforts were used against Canada."

The awkward dodge elicited a spectrum of responses from the Canadian media. "So much for Russian disinformation," David Pugliese wrote for the Ottawa Citizen after reviewing the evidence. "No coherent allotment of blame and absolution is possible," Paul Wells argued in the Toronto Star, adding that the survival history of Freeland's family did not detract from her "important work" to prevent history from repeating itself.

The underlying issue, however, is more fundamental than the nature of Russian propaganda (which can only be effective if it's grounded, to some extent, in truth) or the moral murk of the terrain Timothy Snyder, a historian sympathetic to the Ukrainian cause, called the Bloodlands. For the Kremlin -- and for many Russians -- the current conflict with Ukraine is, in a way, an extension of that war. It's more than a propaganda argument: Russia's claim of a moral right to interfere depends on this interpretation.

Any sign of historic betrayal is fair game. Long before Freeland's grandfather got their attention, pro-Russian sites alleged that the father of Oleksandr Turchynov, Ukraine's acting president after the 2014 "Revolution of Dignity," served as a private in a German army unit. Stories of the annual torchlit marches in Kiev to commemorate Stepan Bandera, a Ukrainian nationalist who collaborated with the Nazis for a period, play big in the Russian press.

So do stories featuring the Azov Regiment of the Ukrainian National Guard, staffed with ultranationalists and using a Nazi symbol on its emblem. Like Poland, Russia has noted a Ukrainian law bestowing hero status on the 1940s nationalist organizations that worked closely with the Nazis and are known to have unleashed genocide on Poles and Jews.

[Jan 14, 2020] Neocons and globalists regrouping to battle Russia and Trump by Wayne Madsen

Jan 19, 2017 | futurefastforward.com

The parasitic nature of neo-conservatives and their globalist kin has prompted them to regroup to fight against both Russia and the incoming Russia-friendly and anti-globalist administration of Donald Trump. With the departure of arch-neocons Victoria Nuland from her perch in the State Department, Samantha Power from the U.S. mission to the United Nations, and Susan Rice from the National Security Council, the neocon and globalist establishments, which have in common their Atlanticist views, have settled on Canada as the ideal place from which to wage their wars of subterfuge and propaganda.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau fired his foreign minister Stephane Dion to make way for a virtual replacement for Nuland, Power, and Rice on the world stage: Chrystia Freeland, his trade minister. Dion's policy of seeking to engage with Russia is what ultimately cost him his job as Ottawa prepares to host every anti-Trump instability operation it can manage to draw to the Canadian capital.

Freeland became a darling of the globalists after she hammered out a free trade agreement with the European Union last year. Freeland leaned heavily on the one holdout to the deal, the regional government of Wallonia in Belgium. After the threats from the French-speaking Walloons were neutered, Freeland reveled in the signing of the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement. Freeland also oversaw the signing of the Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement with the neo-fascist govenrment in Kiev.

With the appointment of Freeland as foreign minister and Somali-born Ahmed Hussen as Immigration Minister, Trudeau has drawn a red line against both President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on issues of globalization and open immigration. Ottawa will soon become a nest for anti-Trump operations that will almost certainly involve the billionaire global troublemaker George Soros.

Like Power, Freeland is a former journalist who traded in her journalistic credentials to become a shill for globalization's new world order. A Rhodes scholar, graduate of Harvard, and alum of the Brookings Institution, she represented the Financial Times in Washington, New York, and Moscow.

Freeland is also of Ukrainian descent and her anti-Russian stance, including her support for sanctions against Russia over Ukraine and Crimea, earned her a visa ban by Russia. Having reported from Moscow for the FT from the mid-1990s to late 2000, Freeland became a major critic of Putin and later accused him of creating a dictatorship in Russia. Freeland's bias against Russia was present in her reporting, especially on Chechnya, long before the Ukrainian civil war and the retrocession of Crimea to Russia. In one of her first statements as foreign minister, Freeland vowed that Canadian sanctions will not be lifted against Russia. Freeland also indicated in a speech last week in Ottawa that Canada will serve as a front against rising global "trade protectionism and xenophobia." In December 2016, Canada hosted a meeting of the United Nations High Commission on Refugees and Soros's Open Society Foundations that seeks to expand the movement of refugees from the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia to the industrialized nations of the West. There is little doubt that Russophobes Freeland and Soros are cooperating on several fronts against Russia, Trump, and anti-Soros leaders like Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and French National Front presidential candidate Marine Le Pen.

Anti-globalists and anti-neocons have a new "Nuland" to contend with: Freeland.

From Ottawa, Freeland will lead the neocon and globalist charge against any attempt by Trump to tear up the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). She will almost certainly try to salvage the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which includes Canada and which Trump has vowed to scrap. Freeland will also likely open up Canada's Arctic to a military presence by anti-Russian NATO countries like Norway, Denmark, and Germany, as well as pro-NATO Sweden and Finland. An increased NATO presence, without U.S. forces, in the Canadian Arctic will not only militarize the region but send a warning to Russia about Canadian control over emerging Arctic sea lanes that are increasingly navigable due to

Trudeau has signaled the world that opposition to the Trump administration on everything from Russia and NATO to free trade and open borders will be fought from Ottawa, which is just 61 miles from the U.S. border crossing at Ogdensburg, New York. It will be incumbent upon the Trump administration to pay special attention to anti-U.S. political activities staged from Ottawa and Trump should think seriously about severing all signals intelligence and human intelligence links with Canadian intelligence agencies. These agencies, including the Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC) and the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service (CSIS) will soon pose a threat to U.S. national security. CSEC and CSIS will likely be tasked with spying on the Trump administration and be required to pass the intelligence to their German, French, Dutch, Belgian, and Japanese counterparts.

Freeland is already banned from visiting Russia, a travel ban that the Russian embassy in Ottawa says will continue. Perhaps that ban on Freeland should be expanded by the Trump administration to include the United States, with a sole exemption for traveling to and from United Nations headquarters in New York. Freeland is currently indistinguishable from the throngs of Hillary Clinton's desperate supporters who are planning to engage in every form of disruption and resistance with the financial support of Soros.

[Jan 14, 2020] Freeland's New Role as Deputy Prime Minister Puts her 2nd in Command (of the Titanic?)

Notable quotes:

"... "positions her as one of the top candidates to take over the liberal party after Trudeau" ..."

"... Government Operations Committee ..."

"... "All liberal democracies in the world today are facing huge challenges, and for me the conclusion that pushed me to is; there are only 37 million Canadians. Hugely challenging world threats posed to the rules-based international order, greater threats since the 2nd World War. We have to be united in how we confront those challenges." ..."

"... Ever since her appointment to the role of Cabinet Minister in 2015, Freeland played the role assigned to her as a high level Rhodes Scholar and priestess of neo-liberalism. Springing from a Nazi-connected Ukrainian family based out of Alberta, Freeland made her mark working as lead editor in British Intelligence-controlled news agencies the London Economist, Thompson-Reuters, Financial Times and later Canada's Globe and Mail. Through these positions as "perception manager" of the super elite, she became friends with some of the most vicious Russian, Ukrainian and other eastern European oligarchs who rose to power under Perestroika and the liberalization of the east-bloc. ..."

"... The author is the founder of the Canadian Patriot Review and Director of the Rising Tide Foundation of Canada. He has authored 3 volumes of the series "The Untold History of Canada" and can be reached at matt.ehret@tutamail.com ..."

Jan 14, 2020 | canadianpatriot.org

editor / November 27, 2019 An interesting victory has been won for forces in Canada who have wished to clean up the mess made by the two disastrous years Chrystia Freeland has spent occupying the position of Foreign Minister of Canada. This victory has taken the form of a Freeland's removal from the position which she has used to destroy diplomatic relations with China, Russia and other nations targeted for regime change by her London-based controllers. Taking over the helm as Minister of Global Affairs is Francois-Philippe Champagne, former Minister of Infrastructure and ally of "old guard" Liberal elder Jean Chretien- both of whom have advocated positive diplomatic and business relations with China in opposition to Freeland for years.
As positive of a development as this is, the danger which Freeland represents to world peace and Canada's role in the New Emerging system led by the Eurasian Alliance should not be ignored, since she has now been given the role of Deputy Prime Minister, putting her into a position to easily take over the Party and the nation as 2 ^nd in command.

Already the Canadian press machine on all sides of the aisle are raising the prospect of Freeland's takeover of the Liberal Party as it "positions her as one of the top candidates to take over the liberal party after Trudeau" as one Globe and Mail reporter stated.
The Strange Case of Deputy Prime Ministers
The very role of Deputy Prime Minister is a strange one which has had many pundits scratching their heads, since the Privy Council position is highly under-defined, and was only created by Justin's father Pierre in 1977 as part of his "cybernetics revolution" which empowered the Privy Council Office and Prime Minister's Office under "scientific management" of a technocratic elite. Although it is technically the position of 2nd in Command, it is not like the position of Vice-President whose function has much greater constitutional clarity.

In some cases, the position has been ceremonial, and in others, like the case of Brian Mulroney's Dep. PM Don Mazankowski (1986-1993) who chaired the Government Operations Committee and led in imposing the nation-stripping NAFTA, the position was very powerful indeed. Some Prime Ministers have chosen not even to have a Deputy PM, and the last one (Anne McLellan) ended with the downfall of Paul Martin in 2006. McLellan and another former Deputy Prime Minister John Manley were both leading figures behind the creation of the think tank Canada2020 in 2003 that soon brought Justin and Obamaton behaviorists into a re-structuring of the Liberal Party of Canada during the Harper years, shedding it of its pro-China, pro-Russia, anti-NATO influences that had been represented by less technocratically-minded statesmen like Jean Chretien years earlier.

Personally, as a Canadian-based journalist who has done a fair bit of homework on Canadian history, and the structures of Canada's government, I honestly don't think the question of Freeland's becoming Prime Minister matters nearly as much as many believe for the simple reason that Justin is a well-known cardboard cut-out who simply doesn't know how to do anything terribly important without a teleprompter and experienced handlers. This is not a secret to other world leaders, and anyone familiar with the mountains of video footage taken from G7 events featuring the pathetic scene of little Justin chronically ignored by his peers goes far enough to demonstrate the point.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/JQwNIYB2Z6s?feature=oembed

Freeland's role in Canada has never had much to do with Canada, as much as it has with Canada's role as a geopolitical chess piece in a turbulent and changing world and her current role as Deputy Prime Minister as well as Minister for Intergovernmental Affairs can only be understood in those global terms.
Unity for the Sake of Greater Division
For Canada to play a useful role in obstructing the Eurasian-led New Silk Road paradigm sweeping across the globe in recent years, it requires the fragmenting American monarchy be kept in line.

The problem for the British Empire in this regard, is that the recent elections have demonstrated how divided Canada is with the Liberal Party suffering total losses across the Provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Quebec due to the technocratic adherence to the Green New Deal agenda and resistance to actual industrial development initiatives. The collapse of living standards, and the lack of any policies for rebuilding the industrial base that 30 years of NAFTA have destroyed, has resulted not only in the rejection of the Liberal Party but has also awoken a renewed demand for separation in all three provinces.

Referring implicitly to the crisis of such "authoritarian regimes" as China, Russia, Iran and Trump's USA, as well as the need to decarbonize the world, Freeland put the problem she is assigned to fix in the following terms : "All liberal democracies in the world today are facing huge challenges, and for me the conclusion that pushed me to is; there are only 37 million Canadians. Hugely challenging world threats posed to the rules-based international order, greater threats since the 2nd World War. We have to be united in how we confront those challenges."

To put it simply, if centralized control were to break down at a time when the Belt and Road Initiative ( and its Polar Silk Road extension ) is redefining the world system OUTSIDE of the control of the western oligarchy, then it is clearly understood that the Green Agenda will fail, but the dynamics of the BRI will become hegemonic as Canada realizes (like the Greeks and Italians currently) that the only viable policies for growing the real economy is coming from China.
Some final words on Freeland, Neo-liberal High Priestess
Ever since her appointment to the role of Cabinet Minister in 2015, Freeland played the role assigned to her as a high level Rhodes Scholar and priestess of neo-liberalism. Springing from a Nazi-connected Ukrainian family based out of Alberta, Freeland made her mark working as lead editor in British Intelligence-controlled news agencies the London Economist, Thompson-Reuters, Financial Times and later Canada's Globe and Mail. Through these positions as "perception manager" of the super elite, she became friends with some of the most vicious Russian, Ukrainian and other eastern European oligarchs who rose to power under Perestroika and the liberalization of the east-bloc. She also became close friends with such golems as George Soros, Larry Summers and Al Gore embedding their institutions ever more deeply into Canada since she was brought into Canada2020 (her move to politics was facilitated by fellow Rhodes Scholar/Canada2020 leader Bob Rae abdicating his position as MP for Ontario in 2013).

When Foreign Minister Stephane Dion committed the crime of attempting to heal relations with China and called for a Russia-Canada Summit to deal mutually with Arctic development, counter-terrorism and space cooperation , he had to go. After an abrupt firing, Freeland was given his portfolio and immediately went to work in turning China and Russia into public enemies #1 and #2, passing the Magnintsky Act in 2017 allowing for the sanctioning of nations for human rights (easily falsified when Soros' White Helmets and other CIA/MI6-affiliated NGOs are seen as "on-the-ground" authorities documenting said abuse).

Her role as champion of NAFTA which Trump rightly threatened to scrap in order to re-introduce protective tariffs elevated her to a technocratic David fighting some orange Goliath, and her advocacy of the Green New Deal has been behind some of the most extreme energy/arctic anti-development legislation passed in Canada's history.

Whether it is though individual provinces claiming their rights to form independent treaties with Eurasian powers around cooperation on the BRI, or whether Canada can be returned to a pro-nation state orientation under the "Chretien faction" in the federal government, the current future of Canada is as under-defined as the role of "deputy minister". Either way the nation chooses navigate through the storm, it is certain that any commitment to staying on board the deck of the Titanic known as the "western neoliberal order" has only one cold and tragic outcome which Freeland and her ilk will drown before admitting to.

The author is the founder of the Canadian Patriot Review and Director of the Rising Tide Foundation of Canada. He has authored 3 volumes of the series "The Untold History of Canada" and can be reached at matt.ehret@tutamail.com
Facebook Twitter WordPress Print Kindle It November 27, 2019 in Miscellaneous . Tags: deep state , freeland , rhodes scholar , world government Related posts Unravelling the Mystery of the 'Annexation Movement of 1849' The 'Greta Effect': Are We Really This Time, for Certain Certain, Heading for the End Times? Living Under the Spectre of Hyperinflation: 1923 Weimar and Today
Post navigation ← Remembering John F. Kennedy's Vision for the Future that Should Have Been Vivre sous le spectre de l'hyperinflation : de Weimar 1923 à aujourd'hui →
Search Filters Filters Video Player
https://www.youtube.com/embed/7QByzhXiF1U?controls=0&rel=0&disablekb=1&showinfo=0&modestbranding=0&html5=1&iv_load_policy=3&autoplay=0&end=0&loop=0&playsinline=0&start=0&nocookie=false&enablejsapi=1&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fcanadianpatriot.org&widgetid=1 00:00 16:37 © 2020 The Canadian Patriot

[Jan 14, 2020] Impeachment Of President Trump An Imperial War Game by By Barbara Boyd

Highly recommended!

Barbara Boyd correctly called Kent testimony "obsine" becase it was one grad neocon gallisination, which has nothing to do with real facts on the ground.

She attributed those dirty games not only to the USA but also to London.

Nov 22, 2019 | futurefastforward.com

If you want to stop the coup against the President, you must understand how Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton's State Department carried out a coup against the democratically elected government of Ukraine in 2014.

In a November 16 webcast, LaRouche PAC's Barbara Boyd presented the real story behind the present impeachment farce: how the very forces running the attack on President Trump, used thugs as their enforcers, in order to turn Ukraine into a pawn in the British geopolitical war drive against Russia.

https://youtu.be/uBg3vLjWePI

[Jan 14, 2020] Impeachment Of President Trump An Imperial War Game

Nov 22, 2019 | futurefastforward.com
If you want to stop the coup against the President, you must understand how Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton's State Department carried out a coup against the democratically elected government of Ukraine in 2014.
In a November 16 webcast, LaRouche PAC's Barbara Boyd presented the real story behind the present impeachment farce: how the very forces running the attack on President Trump, used thugs as their enforcers, in order to turn Ukraine into a pawn in the British geopolitical war drive against Russia.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/uBg3vLjWePI?feature=oembed&wmode=transparent Must Watch Videos

Iran Strike: Reality / Karbuki Show (And All Were In On It!)

The Story Behind The Iran Cables – The Worst Defeat Of US Military's History

Who Inspires You?

Matthew Goodwin: Why Labour Lost The Election

DOJ & FBI Corruption Exposed: Lindsey Graham Details Massive FBI Coup Against President Trump

Coup d'état Failed. PH Promised The Impossible. Buku Harapan = Quran! Madness!!

The Forbidden Chapter In The Hebrew Bible, Isaiah: 53 – Why Is Isaiah 53 Forbidden In Synagogues?

Impeachment Of President Trump – An Imperial War Game

President Assad Interview With RT – Must Watch Video

Understanding The Intel And Law Enforcement Plot To Destroy The Trump Presidency

[Jan 12, 2020] Canadian neocon Chrystia Freeland ready to betray Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Video)

Jan 12, 2020 | theduran.com

Chrystia Freeland, the Ukrainian-Canadian who is Foreign Minister of Canada, was at a loss for words at the outcome of the Ukrainian presidential election on Sunday. Instead, she re-tweeted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's statement.

"Canada and Ukraine are united by a strong relationship, rooted in close people-to-people ties," Trudeau declared, referring to the western Ukrainians – now numbering three million, ten percent of Canada's population. They had sided with Adolph Hitler and the German Army in World War II; after their defeat they were accepted by Canada as refugees. Freeland's maternal grandfather, Michael Chomiak from a village near Lviv, had served in the German Army as a spy and as press editor and propagandist for the administration of Galicia, which then included both Ukrainian and Polish territory, headed by Governor-General Hans Frank (lead image, left).

"We are unwavering in our support of Ukraine's sovereignty and our enduring commitment to the rules-based international order," Trudeau announced, and Freeland re-tweeted in a formula broad enough to accept terms with Russia to end the five-year war in the east of Ukraine. "I look forward to working with President-elect Zelenskiy to deepen our relationship and build a more secure, more prosperous future for people in both our countries."

The only region of Ukraine in which the majority did not vote for Vladimir Zelensky was Lviv region and adjoining areas of old Galicia. There, if Freeland, who has tried but failed to challenge Trudeau for the Canadian prime ministry, were to run for election, she would be the favourite to be President of Galicia.

Countrywide, Zelensky defeated the incumbent president Petro Poroshenko by 73% to 24%, with a turnout averaging 62%. The only exception was the city of Lviv and the Lviv region, where Poroshenko scored 63% to Zelensky's 34%, with turnout of more than 67%.

In the east of the country, Zelensky won with more than 80% of the votes – 87% in Donestk, 89% in Lugansk, and 87% in Odessa. The New York Times reported this geographic distribution as Zelensky's "triumph in every region, except for the area around the city of Lviv, a center of Ukrainian culture and nationalism in the west of the country."

[Jan 12, 2020] Dangerous Neocon Soros Puppet Chrystia Freeland Replaced as Canada's Foreign Minister SOTN Alternative News, Analysis Co

Jan 12, 2020 | stateofthenation.co

Dangerous Neocon & Soros Puppet Chrystia Freeland Replaced as Canada's Foreign Minister Posted on December 2, 2019 by State of the Nation A Sea Change for Canada Foreign Policy as Freeland Is Replaced by a Pro-Chinese Politico

Matthew Ehret
Strategic Culture Foundation

In Chrystia Freeland's 2012 book Plutocrats, Canada's leading Rhodes Scholar laid out a surprisingly clear analysis of the two camps of elites who she explained would, by their very nature, battle for control of the newly emerging system as the old paradigm collapsed.

In her book and article series, she described the "practical populist politician" which has tended to be adherent to business interests and personal gain during past decades vs the new breed of "technocrat" which has an enlightened non-practical (ie: Malthusian) worldview, willing to make monetary sacrifices for the "greater good".

She further defined the "good Plutocrats" vs "bad Plutocrats". Good Plutocrats included the likes of George Soros, Warren Buffet, Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos who made their billions under the free-for-all epoch of globalization, but who were willing to adapt to the new rules of the post-globalization game. This was a game which she defined in an absurd 2013 TED Talk as a "green New Deal" of global regulation under a de-carbonized (and depopulated) green economy. For those "bad plutocrats" unwilling to play by the new rules (ie: the Trumps, Putins or any industrialist who refused to commit seppuku on the altar of Gaia), they would simply go extinct. This threat was re-packaged by Canada's "other" globalist puppet Mark Carney, who recently said "If some companies and industries fail to adjust to this new world, they will fail to exist."

Of course, when Freeland formulated these threats in 2011, China's Belt and Road had not yet existed, nor had the Russia-China alliance which together are now challenging the regime-change driven world order in remarkably successful strides. The thought that nationalism could possibly make a comeback in the west was as unthinkable as the failure of free trade deals like NAFTA or the TPP.

As of November 18, 2019, Freeland has found herself cut down a notch by the "plutocrats" that she has worked so assiduously to destroy since becoming Canada's Foreign Minister in 2017 when she ousted a Foreign Minister (Stephane Dion) who had called for a renewed cooperation with Russia on space, counter-terrorism and arctic development with Sergei Lavrov. Freeland's unrepentant support for Ukrainian Nazis and NATO encirclement of Russia resulted in a total alienation of Russia. Her alienation of China was so successful that the Chinese government removed their ambassador in the summer of 2019. Freeland's work in organizing the failed coup in Venezuela and supporting the MI6-Soros White Helmets in Syria became so well known that she became known as the Canadian queen of regime change.

Other pro-Chinese "bad plutocratic" companies which have been targeted for destruction under Freeland's watch have included the beleaguered construction giant Aecon Inc. who's board voted in favor of being sold to China in March 2018 in order to play a role in Belt and Road Projects ( a decision vetoed by the Federal Government in May 2018 ), as well as Quebec-based SNC Lavalin which has had major deals with both Russia and China on nuclear power and major infrastructure projects and which now faces being shut down in Canada for having bribed politicians in Libya when it built Qadaffi's Great Manmade River (destroyed by NATO in 2011).

Former Liberal Minister of Infrastructure from Shawinigan Quebec, Francois-Philippe Champagne has taken over Freeland's portfolio and with him it appears a new pro-Eurasian policy may be emerging in Canada much more conducive to the long term survival (and strategic relevance) of Canada. This shift has already been noted by China which has responded by sending a new Ambassador to Ottawa, while a new Canadian Ambassador with a long history of working towards positive Chinese relations in the private sector (Dominic Barton) has just begun working in Beijing. Barton was the first Ambassador to China since "old guard" politician John McCallum was fired in January 2019 for defending Huawei's Meng Wanzhou to a group of Chinese journalists.

In opposition to the cacophonic voice of Freeland, Champagne had spoken positively of China in 2017 saying "In a world of uncertainty, of unpredictability, of questioning about the rules that have been established to govern our trading relationship, Canada, and I would say China, stand out as [a] beacon of stability, predictability, a rule-based system, a very inclusive society."

Champagne is a long-standing protégé of former Prime Minister Jean Chretien and world travelled businessman who has worked in the European nuclear sector and has promoted industrial development with China for years. Jean Chretien, who campaigned for Champagne's recent re-election, represents everything Freeland hates: A "practical" old school politician who recognizes that World War III and alienating Eurasian nations who are shaping the future is bad for business. In 2014, Chretien was given the "Friend of Russia" award and has played a major role in the private sector working with Quebec-based Power Corporation which runs the Canada-China Business Council (CCBC) and has brokered major contracts throughout China since ending his term as PM in 2003. Chretien is also the father in-law of current CCBC chair Paul Desmarais Jr. who is the heir to the PowerCorp dynasty. While these are not groups that in any way exemplify morality, they are practical industrialists who know depopulation and world war are bad for business and would prefer to adapt to a China-led BRI system over a "green technocratic dictatorship".

Since December 2018, Chretien has attacked Freeland's decision to support Meng Wanzhou's extradiction to the USA, and has volunteered to lead a delegation to China in order to smooth tensions.

So while the "bad plutocrats" appear to have taken an important step forward though the debris of the recent near failure of the Liberal Party which narrowly kept a minority government after the October 21 Federal Elections, the ideologically driven technocrats led by Queen Freeland shouldn't be discounted, as her new position as Deputy Prime Minister puts her in a position to possibly take control of Canada as 2 ^nd in command of a highly fragmented nation which is now hearing renewed calls for separation in Alberta, and Quebec.

___
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/11/30/sea-change-canada-foreign-policy-as-freeland-is-replaced-by-pro-chinese-politico/

[Jan 12, 2020] Lament for Canada -- Strategic Culture

Jan 12, 2020 | www.strategic-culture.org

Lament for Canada Michael Jabara Carley January 29, 2018 © Photo: Public domain

I immigrated to Canada in 1967, not quite fifty-one years ago. At the time I was young, naïve and did not know much. Well, I knew a little since I was caught up in 1960s America, then roiled with opposition to segregation and Jim Crow and to the US war of aggression in Southeast Asia. Americans did not call it that of course; for them it was the "Vietnam War". I walked on the last day of the march from Selma to Montgomery , Alabama in 1965. We travelled in a train from Washington, DC to Montgomery and back, with the shades drawn, so crackers would not have good targets to shoot at. It was the year after Ku Klux Klansmen murdered Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner in Mississippi. It was dangerous to be black in America, and it still is. It was dangerous too for naïve young whites to stick their nose into business that did not concern them. But of course when you are young, you don't see the danger, or think that it could come looking for you. Death was still a rather abstract thing. Then we "graduated", so to speak, to opposition to "the Vietnam War". That was more personal because you had to decide whether -- and I put this politely -- you were going to fight in a war in which you did not believe.

It was the year after Ku Klux Klansmen murdered Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner in Mississippi

I headed to Canada. At the time it was a pretty quiet place compared to the United States. Sure, there was Expo '67, and there were demonstrations and campus sit-ins for this and against that. Many Canadians opposed the US war of aggression in Southeast Asia, and I remember there was an underground railway to help deserters and "resisters", or "draft dodgers" (if you did not like them), get into Canada.

Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau

Anyway, I went to graduate school, adapted to being in Canada, assimilated, eventually swore allegiance to the Queen. The way I spoke English changed. I started to pronounce "out and about" and other words like an English Canadian from the Empire Loyalist parts of eastern Canada. "Eh" crept into the sing-song of my spoken English. I emphasise English because I also speak French, though a few of my students at the Université de Montréal object to my "Parisian" accent. I don't mind..

A year after I got to Canada, Pierre Elliot Trudeau became Liberal prime minister. He was an interesting man and politician. Eccentric, intellectual, a man of his times, different in some ways from your average Canadian politician. People liked, or loved him, or didn't. One thing he had which most North American politicians do not have, was a backbone. You could like it or not, but he had it. He stood up to Québec separatists in 1970, who hated him for it. "Well, just watch me", he famously replied to journalists, when asked what he would do to deal with " the October crisis " in Québec.

Toward the United States, he had to take a softer line. What could a Canadian prime minister do in face of the Yankee Hegemon? Sleeping next to an elephant used to be the nice way to put it. Maybe we should have paid more attention to how Finland managed to remain independent next to its giant neighbour. Trudeau tried unsuccessfully to establish an independent Canadian energy policy but succeeded in keeping some distance from the United States on Vietnam. In fact, it was his government which effectively opened the doors to American deserters and resisters. Believe it or not, they were a good source of new immigrants, or so the Canadian government used to say.

During the 1960s, English Canadian intellectuals worried about Canada's loss of independence vis-à-vis the United States. In 1965 Canadian philosopher George Grant wrote Lament for a Nation where he criticised the Liberals for caving in to Washington on defence policy. Previous Liberal governments developed a bad reputation for failing to control US investment and the takeover of Canadian industries and natural resources. If you don't pay attention to these essentials, and diversify trade and investment, you will lose your political independence. This is what happened to Canada. You learn these things in university, if you have good professors, but it is hard to go up against entrenched, powerful economic interests, who don't care a pin about Canadian independence.

Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien

Pretty soon, the Conservatives became as negligent as the Liberals (I make an exception for Trudeau) in protecting Canadian independence. Under Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, Canada opted for free trade with the United States. If you didn't care so much about independence, free trade would open markets, create jobs, so the argument went: it was the only way.

"Canada Let's not Trade it Away," became the political slogan of the Council of Canadians, an organisation of English Canadian intellectuals, founded by the late Mel Hurtig . Québec "nationalists" were asleep at the wheel on this issue. Their idea was to embrace the United States to get clear of English Canada. That was a really bad idea; it was jumping from the frying pan into the fire. By that time, I had become more catholic than the pope, or more Canadian, say, than Sir John A. , and I supported the campaign against free trade. We lost that fight.

Is there anything left now of Canadian independence? The Liberal Prime Minister, Jean Chrétien, kept Canada out of the US-British war of aggression against Iraq in 2003. About that war, I call a spade, a spade. Chrétien maintained tolerable relations with the Russian Federation, though that was before the present wave of anti-Russian hysteria. Russian diplomats look back to the Chrétien period as the good ol' days. They are long gone.

No thanks to the far right Conservatives led by Stephen Harper, a crude right-wing politician, and wannabe American, who dreamed of leading a Canadian-style "Reagan Revolution" in Canada. He was an American Trojan horse, uncritically following US foreign policy and damaging Canadian relations with the Russian Federation. For any Canadian with a sense of pride, myself included, it was painful to watch the conduct of the Harper government. His minister for external affairs, John Baird, reminded me of a clown, backing US policies, inter alia, in favour of Apartheid Israel and the fascist coup d'état in Kiev, and against Iran and the Russian Federation. The Russian ambassador in Ottawa could not get a meeting with top Canadian diplomats, let alone with the minister. "Check with Washington," was Harper's foreign policy.

Stéphane Dion, Canadian Minister for External Affairs was sacked in 2017

Then came a brief glimmer of hope at least for me. Justin Trudeau, the son of Pierre Elliot, became prime minister in late 2015, defeating the by then widely hated Mr. Harper. The Liberals campaigned amongst other items on better relations with the Russian Federation. Stéphane Dion, a sensible intellectual, former leader of the Liberal party and former professor of political science at the Université de Montréal, became minister for external affairs. He indicated his intention to improve relations with Russia, but nothing came of it, and he was sacked in January 2017.

Chrystia Freeland, a Ukrainian-Canadian and former journalist with a long list of anti-Russian articles under her by-line, succeeded Dion. Freeland's grandfather was a mid-level Nazi collaborator in German occupied Poland, whose life Freeland celebrates. Sins of the fathers, or grandfathers, should not of course be visited upon their descendants, unless they want to boast of them. Ms. Freeland's Ukrainian "nationalism" leads her to turn a blind-eye to her grandfather's Nazi collaboration, and to the fascist torchlight parades in putschist Kiev. I sarcastically referred to her as the Ukraine's minister of foreign affairs in Ottawa .

Freeland's Russophobia makes her persona non grata in the Russian Federation. Trudeau appointed her to External Affairs, surely knowing of her background and her hatred of Russia and its president Vladimir Putin. One can only conclude that Trudeau decided to abandon his campaign promise to improve relations with Russia, and to revert to Harper's foreign policy.

In October 2017 the Canadian Parliament, mimicking the United States, passed a so-called Magnitsky bill which allows the Canadian government to sanction Russian or other citizens for so-called "human rights violations". Everyone knows or should know that the United States uses "human rights" or R2P (responsibility to protect) as a pretext for military intervention anywhere it chooses, against governments it does not like. What section of international law gives Washington that right? The Magnitsky narrative, used as a pretext for the original US law, is built upon bogus allegations disseminated by one William Browder, an apparently slippery businessman. He claimed that his lawyer Sergei Magnitsky was the victim of Russian abuse in the cover-up of embezzlement and massive tax fraud of which Browder in fact, and Magnitsky, his accountant, appear to have been the perpetrators. Monsieur Dion opposed a Magnitsky-type bill because it would pointlessly provoke the Russian government. It demonstrates how anti-Russian hysteria has spread from the United States to Canada.

Trudeau fils is certainly not a chip off the old block

I voted for the Liberal candidate in my riding at the last election, but I am not going to vote in the next federal election. What's the point? Vote for tweedle dee and get tweedle dum, or vice versa. Foolishly, I actually hoped Trudeau fils might be a chip off the old block. He is nothing of the sort . He likes to appear in gay parades and to tout identity politics to show how "progressive" he is, but it's just showboating. Canada has voted against anti-Nazism resolutions in the UN , along with the United States and the Ukraine. What a trio. Trudeau fils backs US policy in the Ukraine and has Canadian military "advisors" there training "nationalist" militias for war against the Donbass resistance.

On January 16 Freeland and Rex Tillerson held a one-day conference of most of the participants of the last war against North Korea

Even more dangerous, the Trudeau government apes US policy on North Korea (DPRK), flirting with the idea of a maritime blockade, which would be an act of war, in a US-led war of aggression against a sovereign state with every right to defend itself. Canadians may have forgotten the Korean War, but people in the DPRK have not forgotten US atrocities accounting for the deaths of an estimated 20% of the civilian population . On 16 January in Vancouver Freeland and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson held a one-day conference of most of the participants of the last war against North Korea. The Russian Federation and China, which have borders on the DPRK, were not invited. Obviously, the United States, with Canadian complicity, is alluding to a new alliance of the old alliance partners to launch a new Korean war even as North and South Koreans were talking about reducing tensions. It is a tacit threat of war against the DPRK. The Canadian chief of staff says the Canadian navy is ready, if asked, for blockade duty. If who asks? The UN has not authorised the use of force against the DPRK. Nor will it, China and the Russian Federation would veto such a resolution in the UN Security Council. Is the Canadian navy prepared to commit acts of war against China or Russia by stopping their ships on the high seas? China has warned the United States not to launch a "pre-emptive" war against the DPRK. Did anyone in Ottawa read the Chinese statement? Washington affects not to notice the Chinese position, but Canada should notice before it is too late.

The Trudeau government will claim to have won US concessions to make it possible to "save" NAFTA, because Canada has no choice but to capitulate

Admittedly, young Mr. Trudeau is in a tight spot. The United States has forced Canada and Mexico into a renegotiation of the North American free trade agreement (NAFTA). 75% of Canadian trade goes to the United States, but not the other way around, so that Washington has the Canadian government by the throat. Freeland is the chief negotiator. She says upcoming negotiations "are going to be fun and I hope really useful and productive." If you were Canadian, would you have confidence in Freeland? Already there are stories in the Mainstream Media about the possible negative effects of the US abrogation of NAFTA on the Canadian loonie (the dollar) and the perennially anaemic Toronto Stock Exchange. You can see where this is leading. The Trudeau government will claim to have won US concessions to make it possible to "save" NAFTA, because Canada has no choice but to capitulate. Trudeau went to Davos, Switzerland last week to meet various American notables to explain why it is in US interests to stay in NAFTA. Isn't the American elite, the celebrated 1%, capable of understanding and defending its own interests? Next week Trudeau is going to tour the United States without seeing US President Donald Trump "in an effort to 'further strengthen the deep bonds that unite Canada and the United States'." That is a sure sign of weakness. Is it really in Canadian national interests to have "deeper bonds" with Hegemon?

I used to be fiercely proud of being Canadian. I have travelled to all the provinces from Victoria, British Columbia to St. John's, Newfoundland. I have hiked in the Fraser River Country and watched from the foothills of the Rocky Mountains as a thunder storm moved across the prairies below me. I have marvelled at the clear waters of Lake Superior and smelled the salt air of the sea on the Canadian east coast. Now, however, I am not so proud, watching one Canadian government after another go to its knees before Hegemon. It does not matter what political party holds power, even the so-called "left" New Democratic Party pursues the same servile policies toward the United States. What options do critically minded Canadians now have?

The US Secretary of War, General "Mad Dog" Mattis, gave a recent speech where he said basically it's our way or the highway. "To those who would threaten America's experiment in democracy: if you challenge us, it will be your longest and worst day." You have to wonder what dystopian, upside down world General Mattis lives in, and what "democracy" he is talking about when US electoral choices are between tweedle dee and tweedle dum who fund their campaigns with tens or hundreds of millions of dollars. Abroad. the United States has supported and continues to support dictators in Latin America and absolutist kings and princes in the Middle East, fascists in the Ukraine, and Islamist terrorists of every stripe and description in the Middle East and Central Asia, not to mention Apartheid Israel. It has overthrown democratically elected governments in Syria, Iran, Guatemala, Brazil, Ecuador, Indonesia, Greece and Chile, to mention only a few examples, but the list is endless. The CIA was involved in the hunting down and murder of Congo leader Patrice Lumumba. It tried to overthrow the Cuban government and assassinate its late leader Fidel Castro, more than six hundred times by some estimates, and it is attempting to topple the popular Venezuelan leader, Nicolás Maduro. Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen are amongst other victims. Is the US government capable of dealing with other countries without brandishing a gun in their faces? Work with our diplomats or deal with our military, "Mad Dog" said in effect.

The US Secretary of War, General "Mad Dog" Mattis, gave a recent speech where he said basically it's our way or the highway

So what does a Canadian do faced with the uninspiring conduct of the Harpers and the young Mr. Trudeau? I don't know. There seems to be no satisfactory answer. One can only imagine with pleasure how Trudeau père, if he were still with us, might berate his son for craven, fatuous behaviour. Pierre Elliot is long gone, however, and we are on our own. The views of individual contributors do not necessarily represent those of the Strategic Culture Foundation. Tags: Canada Chrystia Freeland

[Jan 12, 2020] It continue to be highly suspicious of the fact that it is a Ukrainian plane. Ukraine is firmly in the Anglo-Zionist camp,

Jan 12, 2020 | www.moonofalabama.org

Tom_LX , Jan 11 2020 19:40 utc | 250

The fact that the plane was brought down because of the conflict initiated by Trump makes everything about it very suspicious. Just because Iran states that it is responsible does not disqualify the possibility that they were not made to make this mistake. We do not know the facts as to what the Iranian defense system saw as that Ukrainian plane was flying.
I continue to be highly suspicious of the fact that it is a Ukrainian plane. Ukraine is firmly in the Anglo-Zionist camp, period. Zelensky or not the deal was sealed when V. Nuland finished her work in Kiev. The only reason Ukraine made a deal with Russia is because it is in financial trouble and needs revenue. The West will not keep it afloat. So thinking that suddenly it is conducting its own foreign policy is incorrect.

As an aside. Does a sovereign country bring in a man like this to help it run its country ?

Mikheil Saakashvili - born 21 December 1967) is a Georgian and Ukrainian politician.[7][8] He was the third President of Georgia for two consecutive terms from 25 January 2004 to 17 November 2013. From May 2015 until November 2016, Saakashvili was the Governor of Ukraine's Odessa Oblast.[1][9][10] He is the founder and former chairman of the United National Movement party.
How about this one,
Natalie Ann Jaresko is an American-born Ukrainian investment banker who served as Ukraine's Minister of Finance from December 2014 until April 2016.[1] In 20 March 2017, she was appointed as executive director of the Financial Oversight & Management Board for Puerto Rico.
or this one,
Aivaras Abromavičius is a Lithuanian-born Ukrainian investment banker and politician. On 31 August 2019 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Abromavičius the Director General of Ukroboronprom.[1] Previously he was Ukraine's Minister of Economy and Trade starting in December 2014 (Abromavičius announced his resignation on 3 February 2016). He did not retain his post in the Groysman Government that was installed in 14 April 2016.[2]

Ukraine is a Captured State.

Thus the possibility exists that that plane may have had some equipment placed in it in Kiev that could trick the Iranian Defense system to think a craft is a danger to it. Kiev would have been a safe place to do it (reasons above). If this were true does anyone here believe that announcing this fact Public opinion would believe it ? I for one don't. Russia knows how that worked out with Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17). No matter what Iran would have said that would have been spun in the West as attempting to blame someone else. Thanks to this all attention in the Media would have been on Iran which Trump would have loved. Again, Russia knows how this was played out in Malaysia MH17 case. The average CNN viewer in that case would not see how the BUKA Russian was being used as evidence that it was Russia that shot the plane down.

Iran did the right thing in admitted that it was responsible whether it was their fault or not. There was simply no way to win in the case of having being fooled into shooting the plane down.

E Mo Scél , Jan 11 2020 20:36 utc | 259

The FAA banned flights of commercial airplanes over Tehran 2 hours before the plane came down. Note, over Tehran, not over Iran. That's quite specific. Communication was lost when the officer had to make a decision. Communication jamming is part of modern warfare. Maybe this is a thwarted attempt by the US at a "disproportionate response" to Iranian strikes. Maybe this is why Trump is not that excited and had to take drugs before performing his Iran speech.
alaff , Jan 11 2020 21:00 utc | 265
Iran deserves respect, if only because it openly and honestly admitted its responsibility for what happened. This shows the maturity and courage of the political and military leadership of this country.
It is clear that the plane was shot down unintentionally. It is also obvious that Iran was provoked by the actions of the United States.
This is called life. That happens. And not only that. Human factor. We cannot avoid this and 100% eliminate all risks.

In 1914, an idiot killed a monarch, which led to a large-scale war and the death of millions of people. Human factor. Soldiers accidentally make the wrong buttons. Workers at an oil factory smoke in the wrong place, resulting in huge fires. People do not notice an extinct burner on a gas stove, resulting in an explosion, collapse of the house and death of people. Vacationers tourists did not extinguish after themselves a fire in the forest, as a result of which a giant fire covers thousands of hectares of territory. During the invasion of Iraq in 2003, American Patriot systems destroyed a friendly British Tornado fighter bomber (in addition to the destroyed American fighters). In February 2017, the Russian Aerospace Forces mistakenly attacked the Turkish military in northern Syria. In 2001, Ukrainian air defense, conducting military exercises, shot down a Russian passenger plane TU-154 over the Black Sea, 78 people died. So on and so on... The technique and equipment is imperfect. People all the more.

The Iranian situation is very similar to what happened in September 2018. Syrian air defense shot down a Russian military plane, provoked by deliberate actions by Israeli aviation. Just to remind that the Russian side has made it clear who is the true culprit of the tragedy. In the case of Iran, the same thing. It is one thing if the plane crashes as a result of a pilot error or a technical malfunction. But when it is now clear that plane was shot down, and the Iranian air defense acted as it was provoked by the actions of the United States, then the guilt of the United States only increases.

bevin , Jan 11 2020 19:27 utc | 242
Iran bears very little, if any responsibility in this matter.
The United States is entirely to blame-what has occurred is exactly what the
US government was aiming at. It has created an atmosphere of fear and panic
in the knowledge that it would create chaos-that normal government would break down
and mistakes be made.
The US plays with the lives of people. It plays God, a God dedicated to the principle of pure evil.
It plays with people's lives, the lives of the 'ants' that Harry Lime saw from above Vienna,
as a matter of course. In Gaza children with cancer cannot get treatment because the US and Israel
want to make life harder for their parents. The evil objective is to madden the people to the point
that they will rise up and kill those who oppose the Occupation. In Colombia, Bolivia, Honduras, Ecuador
and Brazil-even as we speak Death Squads-trained armed and financed-by the US and Israel stalk those
who want to reform their society. In Venezuela the supply of food and medicine is interrupted as far as
the power of the US and its allies extends.
Around the world where there are evil deeds being carried out, where children are starving, medicines are
withheld, protesters are being assassinated and militias are terrorising the population-the hands of the
United States and its allies are always evident. It was they who imported tens of thousands of wahhabis
into Afghanistan, Russia, China and the battlegrounds that we all know in order to kill, frighten and impoverish
the people. The people of Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen, Iran, Lebanon and far beyond- all of them have seen their
living standards diminished, their security removed their hopes of happiness systematically thwarted.
In order, evil order, to punish them, not for anything that they have done but in the hope that they will
surrender themselves to the United States and its agents, submit.
The truth is that human history has never seen a regime like that now ruling the United States and attempting
to rule the world. Nothing compares with it, the Nazis were simply malicious pygmies in comparison.
Many people from Trudeau to posters here refuse to admit what is crystal clear and what history will
confirm: all the deaths that come, daily, weekly, yearly from this assumption by the United States of
prerogatives, religion reserves for God; all the deaths that come from this juvenile playing with the lives of
ordinary people are entirely the choice of the US government.
Trudeau bears more responsibility for the deaths of these airline passengers than anyone in Iran. It was his choice to
keep the Embassy doors closed, to withdraw diplomatic representation and to join the US in its sanctions
against the Iranian people. He has made the same choice in Venezuela, where similar accidents may occur (have occurred
as in the sabotage of the power grid). People died then, people die daily and they do so because of choices made by
governments playing with the lives of the people.
Everyone of the victims would be alive today had not the mafia in Washington decided to smash up their society.
And they would almost certainly have been alive still had Trudeau and Freeland-and the four parties in Ottawa- done
, what most Canadians want them to do and disassociate themselves and Canada from the evil games Washington plays.
I hope that no Iranian is tricked into surrendering to evil. I hope that the tone of the Revolutionary Guards-one
of sincere regret and manly apology- does not inform their future moves which must be to re-double their commitment
to the defence of their country and the defeat of the most evil government the world has ever seen.

Ort , Jan 11 2020 19:30 utc | 243
Re: Trudeau's escalating attempts at scene-stealing
The odious, opportunistic popinjay Trudeau seems to have calculated that it's time for him to upgrade his "brand" from "dashing young Bonnie Prince Justin" to "Mature Statesman with Gravitas".

Thus, his predilection for elbowing his way to the head of the Western Hegemony Official Spokesperson line and bumptiously blowing off his big bazoo.

The new beard is a "tell"; some men, especially handsome but "baby-faced" men, are susceptible to an abiding adolescent impulse to grow facial hair in order to appear more mature. It can't be a coincidence that Trudeau's beard correlates with his increased penchant for making (fatuous) bold and aggressive pronouncements on geopolitical crises.

I know that Trudeau has a pedigree that nominally puts him in the top drawer of Canada's political aristocracy. Still, he reminds me a lot of the Venezuelan golpista boy-toy Juan "Random Guy" Guaidó.

Andromeda , Jan 11 2020 20:38 utc | 261
Prometheus - Thank you for your information. I previously thought the transponder signal would identify the plane as a civilian aircraft but one question remains for me: even without IFF would the airtraffic control not (verify the identity)and be in contact with the pilot when the course is changed? Is there no coordination between civlian and military air-control? (especially in such a tense situation)
(the Ukrainain plane turned around - why?)

Still ...despite the admission it is strange that an aviation expert like Peter Haisenko (retired Lufthansa pilot with special technical knowledge who knows Tehran airport well) came to a very different conclusion: (excerpt from German Original - my translation)

Weil mittlerweile bekannt ist, dass die Boeing nach dem ersten Aufprall noch etwa 500 Meter über den Boden geschrammt ist, darf man davon ausgehen, dass sie in flachem Winkel den Boden berührt hat, etwa wie bei einer Landung. Sie ist also nicht „ungespitzt" in den Boden gerammt.

Since it is now known the Boing grazed the ground for about 500 metres after impact it is reasonable to assume that she touched the ground at a flat-angle, like in a regular landing. [...]

Das deutet wiederum darauf hin, dass sich die Piloten in ihrer Notlage gar nicht bewusst waren, wie nahe sie dem Boden bereits sind und völlig unerwartet Bodenkontakt hatten. [...]

This is an indication that the Pilots were not aware of their emergency (how close to the ground they were) and unexpectedly touched the ground. [...]

Fest steht wohl, dass die ukrainische Boeing nach dem Start einen Motorschaden hatte. Und zwar einen soliden, mit Feuer und Totalausfall.

It appears to be certain that the Ukrainian Boeing suffered an engine breakdown after take-off, a severe one with fire and total failure.

Zunächst stelle ich fest, dass es nahezu unmöglich ist, ein Passagierflugzeug in dieser Flugphase abzuschießen. Man müsste schon jemanden mit einer kleinen Boden-Luft-Rakete im erwarteten Abflugkorridor platzieren, der dann dem abfliegenden Jet die Rakete hinterher schießt. Dieses hitzesuchende Projektil könnte dann einen Motor treffen, was aber kein zwingender Grund für einen Absturz ist. Mit einem Motor kann das Flugzeug weiter fliegen, wenn die Rahmenumstände entsprechend aller Vorschriften gesetzt worden sind. Eine größere, aufwendigere Flugabwehreinrichtung scheidet für diese Flugphase und den Ort aus. Nicht nur wegen der geringen Höhe über Grund, sondern auch, weil es solche Anlagen in dieser Gegend nicht gibt. Wenn, dann befinden sie sich im weiteren Umkreis, um Angriffe aus größerer Höhe weit vor der Stadt abzuwehren. Warum ist es dann überhaupt zu dem Absturz gekommen?
https://www.anderweltonline.com/wissenschaft-und-technik/luftfahrt-2020/ist-die-ukrainische-b-737-in-teheran-abgeschossen-worden/

Haisenko asserts that " it is nearly impossible to shoot down a passenger plane in this phase of the flight. In order to do that you'd need to place a (sort of) MANPAD in the expected flight-corridor and the heat-seaking missile could then destroy one of the engines.But this does not automatically lead to the crashing of the plane since it is able to fly with one engine [...] A bigger anti-aircraft system is not suitable for this phase of the flight ... these systems aim to intercept (destroy) targets flying at much higher altitutes and farther away from the cities ... So why did the crash happen?

Obviously he wrote that before the Iranian admission was published and with limited knowledge but still one wonders if electronic warfare played a role and certain parties wanted that plane to crash ... (at least a closer look at the passenger list seems advisable)

Emily , Jan 11 2020 21:01 utc | 266
Bevin 242
That is one of the best posts I have ever read and I have read more than a few.
Never a truer word.
If it needed a precis.......
Madeleine Albright.
The deaths of of 500,000 Iraqi children is a price worth paying.
This from a woman who had played a leading role in the destruction of Yugoslavia and the handing of the Serbian province of Kosovo to the KLA a forerunner of Al Qaeda and ISIS.
Today a narco criminal islamic state - and a base for the bloodletting and birthing of the European Caliphate.
And unlimited proxies for the USA War Of!! Terror across the Middle East.
Pure evil.

harold , Jan 11 2020 21:02 utc | 268

Sadly due to their own incompetence, Iran lost there moral high ground!
A great disappointment to those of us who supported Iran through thick and thin.

I'm not convinced this is a moral issue.

E Mo Scel , Jan 11 2020 21:03 utc | 269
am repeating my first comment for context sake:
The FAA banned flights of commercial airplanes over Tehran 2 hours before the plane came down. Note, over Tehran, not over Iran. That's quite specific. Communication was lost when the officer had to make a decision. Communication jamming is part of modern warfare. Maybe this is a thwarted attempt by the US at a "disproportionate response" to Iranian strikes. Maybe this is why Trump is not that excited and had to take drugs before performing his Iran speech.

Adding:

This would also explain why this is the first time the US did not respond to a state attacking US institutions/military bases. The Us, in fact, did respond: "Let this serve as a WARNING that if Iran strikes any Americans, or American assets, we have targeted 52 Iranian sites (representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago), some at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture, and those targets, and Iran itself, WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD. The USA wants no more threats!"

we have (!) targeted (that must mean there were plans for imminent actions in place, it's not saying "we will target") Iranian sites, some at a very high level (!), very fast (!) and very hard.

Their response went horribly wrong. Maybe a US drone was found. Maybe the US jammed communication systems. It's all speculation but it could be that the US response is the cause for the shooting down of the plane. It is a mystery to me why the airport was not closed down that night, esp. in view of the FAA warning that specifically addresses Tehran. The Iranian civil flights authority should have known about this, or is information of this kind proprietary, i.e. not shared across countries/systems? The FAA is a lead aviation agency, it's not as if the aviation agency of Tristan da Cunha had issued such a ban.

The FAA banning US aircraft flying over Tehran after Iran had struck the bases - my gut tells me the US had planned and were executing a response involving a target in Tehran which resulted in the plane being targeted by Iranian air defense systems... the jamming of communication systems (which would have been part of the US response) would be the direct cause for the plane being targeted. If this is true the US has this blood on their hands, not Iran. Again, that's why Trump was clearly under the influence of some drugs. Because that blood is on his hands, or rather, his big mouth and big ego.

...

"Let this serve as a WARNING that if Iran strikes any Americans, or American assets, we have targeted 52 Iranian sites (representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago), some at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture, and those targets, and Iran itself, WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD."

somebody , Jan 11 2020 21:08 utc | 270
Daily Telegraph with explanations
(before Iran confessed)
How would the passenger plane have been accidentally targeted?
That is less clear, but is one of the challenges facing any missile operator. While military aircraft will plot course to avoid radar, civilian airliners are equipped with transponders that identify the craft and their flight path set and share it with military bases in the area.

Theoretically, the Ukrainian Boeing 737-800 should have been identified as a civilian craft on any radar. But if the Western assessment is true, this incident will join other tragic incidents of civilian planes being shot down by anti-aircraft weaponry.

In 2014, Malaysia Airline Flight 17 was suspected to have been inadvertently shot down by Russian missiles, though Moscow has consistently denied any involvement. And in 1988, a US warship engaging with Iranian gunboats in the Persian Gulf, the USS Vincennes, shot down an Iranian passenger plane after mistaking it for a jet fighter, killing all 290 people on board.

They have a nice map of Iran's rocket range. The map explains the Russian attitude towards Iran which is complex. Iran's rockets do NOT reach the USA but they reach the whole of the Middle East and a large part of Russia.

mikh , Jan 11 2020 21:29 utc | 272
To all the smart asses:Yes Iran should have closed the airport but other have some responsibility too. The Ukraine for example. Allowing planes to fly in to what is practically a war zone. Not that thei have done it before..

Peter AU1 , Jan 11 2020 21:34 utc | 274
Iranian military presentation which shows flight path, at what position in the turn
the aircraft was hit and location of SAM site in relation to the plane.
https://twitter.com/AbasAslani/status/1215942737557671936
The aircraft was hit when it had turned directly towards the Tor unit, at that point a
turn of nearly ninety degrees which I take it was located at the military site.

Bill Smith , Jan 11 2020 21:46 utc | 281
According to this Iran has fired this system at other civilian aircraft. From the news in 2012:
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/03/world/middleeast/wary-of-israel-iran-is-said-to-blunder-in-strikes.html

"Iranian air defense units have taken inappropriate actions dozens of times, including firing antiaircraft artillery and scrambling aircraft against unidentified or misidentified targets," noted a heavily classified Pentagon intelligence report, which added that the Iranian military's communications were so inadequate and its training deficiencies so significant that "misidentification of aircraft will continue."

Peter AU1 , Jan 11 2020 22:14 utc | 291
E Mo Scel 284
The Ukraine plane was the target and the operation was successfull.
this was the only way US could strike Iran without Iran striking US bases throughout the regin plus Israel.
When Trump threatened strikes against 52 cultural sites if Iran retaliated for the killing of Soleimani, Iran said Isreal would also be hit (it has been noticeable US and Isreal have beeing trying pass of US as threatening Iran as indipendent of Isreal).
This is when the Trump admin and Israel would have settled on the takedown of a civian craftby Iran air defence. This makes Iran look fools in the eyes of fools as has occurred here and not the highly professional force they truly are.

Sam , Jan 11 2020 22:21 utc | 292

Iranians have gathered in the streets of Tehran to demand the resignation of Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei after the regime admitted it had mistakenly shot down a civilian passenger plane.
Angry crowds gathered on Saturday night in at least four locations in Tehran, chanting 'death to liars' and calling for the country's supreme leader to step down over the tragic military blunder, video from the scene shows.

What began as mournful vigils for Iranian lives lost on the flight soon turned to outrage and protest against the regime, and riot police quickly cracked down, firing tear gas into the crowd.

'Death to the Islamic Republic' protesters chanted, as the regime's security forces allegedly used ambulances to sneak heavily armed paramilitary police into the middle of crowds to disperse the demonstration.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7876363/Iranian-protesters-Tehran-turn-against-regime-military-admits-shooting-plane.html

I don't blame the Iranians protesting the unnecessary deaths of their compatriots through sheer incompetence and lack of coordination among civil and military officials. They clearly should have grounded all commercial flights. Their air defense units should have at least the basic ability to discern between a commercial jet and military aircraft & missiles. If they are this incompetent or their systems are so poor how do they expect to withstand the onslaught of an air attack by the US that would include thousands of missiles and thousands of sorties a day! Tehran will be flattened.

E Mo Scel , Jan 11 2020 23:19 utc | 313
Peter AU1 291
We agree that there was a US response, and that the plane was involved in this response. You think it was the idea from the beginning to trick Iranian air defense into shooting this particular plane down, I think there was a different target and things did not go according to plan, while the plane played a role. Both of us are speculating. You think the operation was successful, I say no, things went wrong. The US could not continue with their operation as this would have made it obvious they had utilized the plane in some way. It's different from the incident where Syria shot down a Russian military plane when Israeli jets used it as cover - this here was a civilian plane. So, speculation from my side.

It's also to be observed that 146 people on the plane were Iranian citizens; this could speak for your theory as this is a problem for the government of Iran (protests) ("One-hundred forty-six victims held Iranian passport, ten Afghan, five Canadian, four Swede and two Ukrainian. All nine crew members consisting of three cockpit crew and six cabin crew were Ukrainian. Note: A number of victims could have had multiple nationalities, so other news reports might introduce them with different nationalities than the ones in this report. The above list concerns the passport with which they left the Islamic Republic of Iran air border.") https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Iran-CAO-PS752-Initial-Report.pdf

I have no means to know. I am sure, though, that the big mouthed announcement of Trump is real. There was a response. I hope the dams won't hold for this one.

Peter AU1 , Jan 11 2020 23:32 utc | 314
E Mo Scel
Various MSM have stories of victims. The British and Canadian victims I saw in these articles all had Iranian names. Students expats ect returning to Iran for a visit.
One couple to get married in Iran.
Seemed to be a large number of university students including a couple of professors.

Vasco da Gama , Jan 11 2020 23:39 utc | 317
Regarding the FAA NOTAMS restricting airspace a list is provided here . It is not accurate to claim only Tehran was restricted:
KICZ A0001/20 - SECURITY..UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FLIGHT PROHIBITION AGAINST CERTAIN FLIGHTS IN THE BAGHDAD FLIGHT INFORMATON REGION (FIR)
(ORBB) - 07 JAN 23:45 2020 UNTIL PERM. CREATED: 07 JAN 23:49 2020

KICZ A0002/20 - SECURITY..UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FLIGHT PROHIBITION AGAINST CERTAIN FLIGHTS IN THE TEHRAN FLIGHT INFORMATON REGION (FIR) (OIIX) - 08 JAN 00:10 2020 UNTIL PERM. CREATED: 08 JAN 00:07 2020

Notice these cover national airspace, it is not limited to the cities they refer to. The timezones are UTC.

Zanon , Jan 11 2020 23:41 utc | 318
Well Israel and neocons sure have a good laugh how well it turned out for them past week. Not sure how Iran will be able to get back from this anytime soon, now being attacked both from abroad and internally. Not to mention the collaboration between protesters and the west.

Qparticle , Jan 11 2020 23:51 utc | 321
This site and its comments have been an unfortunate repository of ridiculous, reflexive anti-American nonsense over the past few weeks. The speculation about the flight, and inability to accept Iranian responsibility, was one of the more silly charades.
Posted by: Daniel Lennon | Jan 11 2020 16:46 utc | 185

I would add anti-Semitic too....
In my own country can't criticise Mossad actions on the news.. it would be anti-Semitic too...

So here what came from a Forbes article that helped uncover a huge Mossad Operation targeting Cyprus Larnaka airport (their Cypriot allies)
The 2 "ex" agents identified is only probably the tip of the proverbial iceberg...

"A Multimillionaire Surveillance Dealer Steps Out Of The Shadows . . . And His $9 Million WhatsApp Hacking Van"
https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2019/08/05/a-multimillionaire-surveillance-dealer-steps-out-of-the-shadows-and-his-9-million-whatsapp-hacking-van#5787fb8231b7

Youtube: https://youtu.be/Tl3mpywMYFA

9.5 million smart phones it is estimated were hacked by the Mossad Stingray like tech discuised as plain ambulances alone in Larnaka air port during the time of the operation.

Peter AU1 , Jan 12 2020 1:10 utc | 346
This is looking to be a very complex operation the US and five eyes is pulling off. Rather than simply reacting to events after the killing of Soleimani, the killing was inteded to set up circumstances to induce Iran into firing at a civilian aircraft. The act of war in killing the Iranian military official and diplomat followed by threats against Iranian cultural sites. With Iran air dfences on high alert, all it required was to cut air defence coms and turn an aircraft at the same time. Once that is aclomplashed, making Iran look incompetent in the eyes of the world it is straight into the pre-organised regime change operation.
I hope Russia and China will be giving Iran a bit of an assist in this because they are facing a very dangerous moment. Anything can happen now that US thinks it has Iran on the backfoot. And I think Iran is on the backfoot at the moment. What has happened has shocked them. Zarif and others, saying the plane definitely was not shot down and then realising they were wrong.
Very dangerous period for Iran as US will now press its attack harder, and perhaps in more unexpected ways. Hopefully the crew that fired will not be punished because of this. If they are, air defense crew will be hesitant to make decisions anytime their coms are cut.
The IRGC said they had asked for all flights to be grounded but the request was not acted on. This is the area hopefully the Iranian investigation will focus on.

Peter AU1 , Jan 12 2020 1:38 utc | 353
VK "Right after the assassination of Soleimani, Pompeo went publicly and said Iran was "one step closer to regime change""
The Assassination was the first step. Trump threats against Iran cultural sites the second step. Iran retaliation against the US bases the third step. Downing the civilian aircraft step four. And guess what... regime change operation kicks into gear.

stevelaudig , Jan 12 2020 1:43 utc | 354
But for Trump's murder of Soleimani, the Iranians would not have been so jumpy.
Trump's murder of Soleimani, was a significant factor in making the Iranians jumpy.
These deaths go on Trump's death count card along with all the dead in Syria.

[Jan 10, 2020] Joe Biden under cross examination in senate trail would be Conedy Central show transmitted live

The folks who hatched that particular impeachment plan and pitched it to Nancy Pelosi must have been the same idiots in the DNC who dreamt up the Russiagate scandal and also pursued Paul Manafort to get him off DJT's election campaign team. Dmitri Alperovich / Crowdstrike, Alexandra Chalupa: we're looking at you.

The real Trump move would be to hit the twitter right before the house impeachment vote and announce that he has instructed the House Republicans to vote for impeachment.

Notable quotes:

"... At least this mess made it patently clear the Dem obsession with Russia has been all about preserving their Ukraine pickpocketing operation. ..."

Nov 27, 2019 | www.forbes.com

Forbes.com billwhalen 26 September 2019 Link

I ordered a truckload of pop corn to snack on during the trial in the Senate. Just imagine Joe Biden under cross examination as he flips 'n flops! "Was that me in the Video, I can't recall."

Maracatu | Nov 26 2019 21:56 utc | 18

I can see a Trump marketing consultant designing a campaign centered on the impeachment hearings called "The Swamp Strikes Back". It might be most effective as a comic strip.

Fly | Nov 27 2019 0:30 utc | 33
At least this mess made it patently clear the Dem obsession with Russia has been all about preserving their Ukraine pickpocketing operation.
Just Saying | Nov 27 2019 7:22 utc | 58

All the bull-Schiff comes from Hillary's lingerie. The democrats need to secure a huge laundromat

[Jan 10, 2020] Turkey discovered how dependent its economy had become on Russia including Russian gas during the trade embargo that ensued upon the shootdown of SU-24

Jan 10, 2020 | www.moonofalabama.org

karlof1 , Jan 8 2020 20:09 utc | 228

Walter @215--
Thanks for your reply! Some years ago prior to Russia's Syrian intervention, I examined where genuine Turkish national interests lay and concluded they weren't in the EU given the numerous repulses when attempting membership but rather they lay to the North and East in rekindling relations with longtime rivals Russia and Iran. Putin noted this rekindling's been ongoing for awhile:

"I would like to note that Russia has been exporting gas to Turkey for 30 years, even though not everyone knows about it. It was initially shipped through the Trans-Balkan gas pipeline, then through the direct, transit-free Blue Stream pipeline. Last year alone, 24 billion cubic metres of fuel was delivered to our Turkish partners."

Turkey discovered how dependent its economy had become on Russia during the trade embargo that ensued upon the shootdown of the Mig, which IMO is the main reason a spiteful Erdogan released the torrent of refugees into the EU as he finally realized Turkey's been used for decades by the West with no real tangible benefits to show. And yes, IMO he was returning to sender Terrorists to Libya, and it was no small number as it was several thousand.

IMO, Qatar and Turkey have Seen the Light when it comes to sponsoring terrorist affiliated organizations like the Muslim Brotherhood; That all they've done is contribute to the Evil Outlaw US Empire's plan for continuous destabilization of the Persian Gulf region as part of its strategy to interdict Eurasian Integration, the latter of which is in both Qatar's and Turkey's genuine national interest.

[Jan 09, 2020] And for $5 trillion spent bombing unoffending MENA countries the US has gotten what?

Jan 09, 2020 | www.zerohedge.com

Savvy , 1 hour ago link

Nordstream II cost $12 billion. Russia is selling 55 billion M3 of LNG to Europe. Add Nordstream I, another 55 billion, Power of Siberia to China and Turkstream just opened.

And for $5 trillion spent bombing unoffending MENA countries the US has gotten what? Moar war. That's it.

Russia is building infrastructure while the US destroys.

[Jan 08, 2020] US strategy and what the gas pipeline war is costing us by Manlio Dinucci

Jan 08, 2020 | www.voltairenet.org

After having forbidden the Chinese company Huawei to compete in the calls for tender for the 5G network, the United States are now forbidding the Europeans to increase their supplies of Russian gas. While the first decision was aimed at maintaining the coherence of NATO, the second is not a result of Russophobia, but of the 1992 " Wolfowitz doctrine " - preventing the EU from becoming a competitor of the " American Empire ". In both cases, the point is to infantilise the EU and keep it in a situation of dependence. Voltaire Network | Rome (Italy) | 30 December 2019 français italiano Español Português Türkçe română Deutsch norsk

German chancellorAngela Merkel and her Minister of the Economy, Olaf Scholz, immediately denounced US interference.

Although they were locked in a convoluted struggle concerning the impeachment of President Trump, Republicans and Democrats in the Senate laid down their arms in order to vote, in quasi-unanimity, for the imposition of heavy sanctions on the companies participating in the construction of North Stream 2, the doubling of the gas pipeline which delivers Russian gas to Germany across the Baltic Sea. The main victims were the European companies which had helped finance the 11 billion dollar project with the Russian company Gazprom. The project is now 80 % finished. The Austrian company Omy, British/Dutch Royal Dutch Shell, French Engie, German companies Uniper and Wintershall, Italian Saipem and Swiss Allseas are also taking part in the laying of the pipeline.

The doubling of North Stream increases Europe's dependence on Russian gas, warn the United States. Above all, they are preoccupied by the fact that the gas pipeline – by crossing the Baltic in waters belonging to Russia, Finland, Sweden and Germany – thus avoids the Visegrad countries (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary), the Baltic States and Ukraine. In other words, the European countries which have the closest ties to Washington through NATO (to which we must add Italy).

Rather than being economic, the goal for the USA is strategic. This is confirmed by the fact that the sanctions on North Stream 2 are included in the National Defense Authorization Act , the legislative act which, for fiscal year 2020, hands the Pentagon the colossal sum of 738 billion dollars for new wars and new weapons (including space weapons), to which must be added other posts which bring the US military expenditure to approximately 1,000 billion dollars. The economic sanctions on North Stream 2 are part of a politico-military escalation against Russia.

An ulterior confirmation can be found in the fact that the US Congress has established sanctions not only against North Stream 2, but also against the Turk-Stream, which, in its final phase of realisation, will bring Russian gas across the Black Sea to Eastern Thrace,the small European area of Turkey. From there, by another pipeline, Russian gas should be delivered to Bulgaria, Serbia and other European countries. This is the Russian riposte to the US action which managed to block the South Stream pipeline in 2014. South Stream was intended to link Russia to Italy across the Black Sea and by land to Tarvisio (Udine). Italy would therefore have become a switch platform for gas in the EU, with notable economic advantages. The Obama administration was able to scuttle the project, with the collaboration of the European Union.

The company Saipem (Italian Eni Group), once again affected by the US sanctions against North Stream 2, was severely hit by the blockage of South Stream – in 2014, it lost contracts to the value of 2.4 billion Euros, to which other contracts would have been added if the project had continued. But at the time, no-one in Italy or in the EU protested against the burial of the project which was being organised by the USA. Now German interests are in play, and critical voices are being raised in Germany and in the EU against US sanctions against North Stream 2.

Nothing is being said about the fact that the European Union has agreed to import liquified natural gas (LNG) from the USA, an extract from bituminous shale by the destructive technique of hydraulic fracturation (fracking). In order to damage Russia, Washington is attempting to reduce its gas exports to the EU, obliging European consumers to foot the bill. Since President Donald Trump and the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, signed in Washington in July 2018 the Joint Statement of 25 July: European Union imports of U.S. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) , the EU has doubled its importation of LNG from the USA, co-financing the infrastructures via an initial expenditure of 656 million Euros. However, this did not save European companies from US sanctions. Manlio Dinucci

Translation
Pete Kimberley

[Jan 08, 2020] Without a steady supply of gas and oil from the Saudis and Emirates it will very quickly get cold and dark in Europe this winter and they'll soon regret allowing Uncle Sammmy to put a kink in Nord Stream 2 and TurkStream.

Jan 08, 2020 | caucus99percent.com

CB on Wed, 01/08/2020 - 1:26am

Can you please explain further?
@Situational Lefty
...The world is not dependent on Iranian oil. But it is dependent on Gulf oil and gas. A few missiles fired into a Q-Max will cause a real problem - mainly in Europe. Without a steady supply of gas and oil from the Saudis and Emirates it will very quickly get cold and dark in Europe this winter and they'll soon regret allowing Uncle Sammmy to put a kink in Nord Stream 2 and TurkStream.

Speaking of TurkStream, Putin will be going to Turkey to attend the official launching with Erdogan right after his pleasant visit with Assad . I wonder what in the world Putin and Erdogan are going to do with those extra 31.5 billion cubic meters of natural gas?

Russia and China are relatively isolated. American actions in the last 2 decades have caused the two to elope and their love affair is going strong. Putin and Xi have already had 30 intimate dates discussing just this very scenario.

Of course, the extra transport costs to ship America's shoes, underwear and pots to piss in is going to be a bitch for the now burgeoning poor class.

[Jan 08, 2020] Assassination of Soleimani was done on false pretences much like Bush II Iraq war justification. Trump abused his power and now needs to be impeached

The neocon cabal of Pompeo, Ester and O'bian needs to be fired immediately and investigated by FBI.

Notable quotes:

"... As for the war powers resolution justification provided by the administration, that legislation was not designed to alter the fundamental constitutional balance, but to restore it, Healy says. Critically, it does not give presidents a free pass to carry out military action for 60 days without congressional approval, as some have suggested. ..."

"... The war powers resolution itself was introduced after Congress discovered Nixon's secret war in Cambodia in 1973. It was designed to allow Congress to terminate any unauthorized actions taken by the executive branch and to require transparency. If the president responds to any "imminent threat" not covered by an existing statute or law authorizing use of force, then the president must within 48 hours report to Congress what actions have been taken. ..."

"... "With the Soleimani strike, the administration is saying they're responding to an imminent threat, but they have not publicly stated what that threat is," said Kate Kizer, policy director at Win Without War, in an interview with TAC. "From reporting, there's not a lot of evidence of an imminent attack. So they should have come to Congress first and said what they were going to do." ..."

"... The Constitution clearly gives the power to declare war to Congress. Article II states that the president can act without Congress only when it is necessary to do so against imminent threats to U.S. territories, possessions, or citizens. ..."

Jan 08, 2020 | www.theamericanconservative.com
claims the strike was "authorized" in part by the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), which provided the legal basis for the war in Iraq.
"Unless Trump is using his presidential sharpie, it's not at all clear how this 17-year-old statute authorizes what seems to be a major escalation that could start a whole new war," said Gene Healy, vice president of the Cato Institute, in an interview with The American Conservative. 

As for the war powers resolution justification provided by the administration, that legislation was not designed to alter the fundamental constitutional balance, but to restore it, Healy says. Critically, it does not give presidents a free pass to carry out military action for 60 days without congressional approval, as some have suggested.

The war powers resolution itself was introduced after Congress discovered Nixon's secret war in Cambodia in 1973. It was designed to allow Congress to terminate any unauthorized actions taken by the executive branch and to require transparency. If the president responds to any "imminent threat" not covered by an existing statute or law authorizing use of force, then the president must within 48 hours report to Congress what actions have been taken.

In the case of Soleimani, "the Pentagon statement doesn't mention any imminent attacks," notes Healy . Secretary of State Mike "Pompeo says Soleimani was planning an attack that could have killed hundreds of lives, but he's provided no evidence for that. I think it's hardly cynical to verify, instead of blindly trusting, given the track record of this administration and recent past administrations."

"With the Soleimani strike, the administration is saying they're responding to an imminent threat, but they have not publicly stated what that threat is," said Kate Kizer, policy director at Win Without War, in an interview with TAC. "From reporting, there's not a lot of evidence of an imminent attack. So they should have come to Congress first and said what they were going to do."

That's because there's simply " no viable argument " that the 2002 AUMF authorizes force against Iran , according to Brian Egan, a former legal adviser to both the State Department and the NSC, and Tess Bridgeman, a senior fellow at NYU School of Law and former a ssociate c ounsel to the p resident.

The 2002 AUMF allows the president to "defend the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq " and "enforce all relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions against Iraq " ( e mphasis added ).

"Those are plainly not relevant to the situation" today, Egan and Bridgeman write.

The Trump administration also said it does not " need congressional sign off from a legal standpoint" for the Soleimani strike because of the president's authority as commander-in-chief under Article II of the Constitution , CNN reported.

The Constitution clearly gives the power to declare war to Congress. Article II states that the president can act without Congress only when it is necessary to do so against imminent threats to U.S. territories, possessions, or citizens.

That's why Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Pentagon chief Mark Esper, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley were so emphatic Monday that the U.S. was responding to an "imminent threat." But so far, no evidence of that has been provided.

While a 2018 Office of Legal Council (OLC) opinion offers a very liberal definition of executive authority and provides " very little constraint on modern presidential uses of force," it appears to classify the Soleimani strike as an act of war, since Iran is a nation state that will likely escalate its military retaliation in response to the killing of their uniformed military member.

Indeed, the U.S. has already said it will send 3,500 additional troops to the Middle East "after Iran vowed to exact 'severe revenge.'" The U.S. has warned its citizens to leave Iraq, and Iran has already begun firing at housing for American forces in Iraq: all signs that point to escalation.

Moreover, targeted political assassinations, like the kind used against Soleimani, have been banned by executive order since the Ford administration. Ronald Reagan signed Executive Order 12333, which reads: "No person employed by or acting on behalf of the United States Government shall engage in, or conspire to engage in, assassination."

Soleimani was "not a rogue outlaw, but a military official of a sovereign government we were not at war with, making his killing an assassination," writes Ben Friedman, policy director at Defense Priorities. "His actions, however evil, served Iranian policy."

"The idea that the president can, without going to Congress, take out a top level official of a country we're not in an authorized war with, is crossing a Rubicon," said Healy.

So what happens now?

Congress has several choices to make in the days ahead. It can pass empty, non-binding resolutions, that require the president's sign-off, like the kind suggested by Kaine and Pelosi. Or it can repeal the decades-old AUMFs that have been used to justify continuing U.S. escalations in the Middle East. Congress could also pass bills like those by Representative Khanna and Senator Sanders to strip funding for offensive military action against Iran from the NDAA.

It remains to be seen if Congress will choose substantive actions, like defunding unauthorized wars, over window dressing.

[Jan 08, 2020] Impeachment as a way out for the USa for create Trump Soliemani muder deadlock with Iran

Jan 08, 2020 | www.nytimes.com

Hineni47 NYC area 6h ago

"Unlike with North Korea, it's difficult to imagine any photo op or exchange of love letters defusing the crisis the president has created. " The only thing that might defuse this crisis would be the Senate convicting Trump and removing him from office. It would be a good idea if the House passes another article of impeachment accusing the president of committing an act of war without Congressional authorization.
Sirlar Jersey City 3h ago Times Pick
Threatening to destroy cultural sites of a country is the sign of a deranged madman. I can't believe a US president would dare say something like that. It goes against all the principles America stands for. Nothing will motivate the people of Iran to fight the US more than the threat of destruction to their cultural sites. If we go to war with Iran, this is a Republican war. They own it. When are decent Republicans going to stand up and do the right thing? If they don't, this could be very, very, bad.
PatMurphy77 Michigan 5h ago
The Defense department is already walking back Trump's tweet about bombing Iran culture sites. Unfortunately, it's too late because the damage to our reputation as the "shining light on the hill" has already been destroyed. I'm afraid more than now than I have ever been in my life. Who knows when or where the revenge will occur but I'm fairly certain it will happen and we'll be more isolated than ever before. It's taken centuries to build goodwill and our reputation as a beacon of democracy for the world. We gave the keys to the kingdom to a false prophet and we'll pay for his indiscretions for the rest of my lifetime. God help us all.
stan continople brooklyn 3h ago Times Pick
You've sure got it right with "rapture-mad", and the most frightening thing is that the religious zealotry of Pompeo, Pence, Mulvaney and Barr, inoculates them against any criticism, because they believe they are serving a "higher"power and any criticism is a testimony to their faith. In fact, by turning themselves into martyrs, they get to advance in line for the Rapture. It seems particularly ironic that Evangelicals who support Israel do so because they see God's plan unfolding there. The Jews, just happen to be sacrificial lambs in the grand scheme. so they must must be preserved until the time is ripe for their rightful annihilation, heralding the Second Coming. So, the problem of Pompeo, et al, is not Iran destroying Israel, it's just that they've determined the timing is off.
Eric Ashland 4h ago Times Pick
As for the "wag the dog" theory, sure, Trump sees no difference between his personal fortunes and national interests. But worse, the impeachment rests upon evidence that points to a personal criminality on an international scale, which is the landscape where we find ourselves. The president pardons convicts like Gallagher and Arpaio because they are cruel or bloodthirsty. He admires dictators and ignores the law whenever he can, both as a private individual and a president, and has obstructed a legal investigation into his corruption. Now, on the international stage, by bypassing Congress, he is ignoring the sovereignty of the American people, while incoherently threatening war crimes. Trump is fully blossoming into a man like those he admires, an unrestrained, unprincipled, heavy hitting international tyrant. I'm so disgusted with those whose job it is to check this man, and have abdicated their responsibility, because they want to be like him. Reply 230 Recommend Share
Aaron San Francisco 4h ago Times Pick
I was at a friend's house on election night ready to celebrate Clinton's victory. When the networks suddenly announced that Trump had won Florida, a professor of international relations who was with us ominously predicted, "we are going to war with Iran." And here we are.
PT Melbourne, FL 4h ago Times Pick
America has become a living nightmare. A global power perceived mostly as benevolent by the world is now a danger to all, including itself. Already having killed the Paris Agreement, and Iran Nuclear Treaty, not to mention walking away from a nuclear arms treaty with the Russians, Trump is now ready to wreak real havoc on the world - start a war. Boy will they forget about impeachment now!
Jonathan Baron Staunton, Virginia 5h ago
We haven't authorized the assassination of a military leader since the daring mission to kill Japanese Admiral Yamamoto in 1943. Although he'd been the architect of the Pearl Harbor attack, and we were at war with Japan, this was a departure so significant that it only proceeded after lengthy deliberation. And now, this. Your article fills in precisely how this was so very much not that. But one party is in so cult-deep into this president now that the lies won't stop. Thousands of Iranian have lost their lives in the past month trying to rid themselves of this regime. Not only were those deaths rendered in vain by the assassination of Suleimani, but the Iranian people are also even more yoked to a government they hate. And wasn't the idea of grassroots-driven change in regime a core strategy behind pulling out of the nuclear deal? And it's not okay because Suleimani is "evil." That's both subjective and never a justification for an assassination of a foreign military leader of a nation we're not at war with. As I noted, it was questionable when it was a military leader of nation we were at war with. But, most important, what did we gain from this? Following yet another disasterous military and foreign policy snap decision it only makes the importance of removing Trump from office more urgent. Come for the Constitutional crime but convict because the defendant is also manifestly unfit for the office. People are dying because of it and more will die if he stays. Reply 186 Recommend Share
Joe Portland, ME 3h ago Times Pick
What, then, for an effective response? Outrage is mere fuel: what is the engine? A full year seems too long. The Senate seems hopeless. What does that leave? Must we take to the streets to stop this disaster of a president? All this time spent wondering how this will end makes me feel like a victim of domestic abuse. What a waste. 1 Reply 180 Recommend Share
AnitaSmith New Jersey 4h ago Times Pick
The near silence of the countries frequently referred to as our allies -- before the age of Trump -- is deafening.

[Jan 08, 2020] McConnell Wrangles Republicans For Speedy Trump Acquittal As Schumer Cries Cover-Up

Jan 08, 2020 | www.zerohedge.com

McConnell Wrangles Republicans For Speedy Trump Acquittal As Schumer Cries Cover-Up by Tyler Durden Tue, 01/07/2020 - 15:11 0 SHARES

Most Senate Republicans have lined up behind Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's plan for a lightning-fast, witness-free impeachment trial which will end with the acquittal of President Trump - much to the chagrin of Senate Democrats led by Chuck Schumer of New York.

McConnell (R-KY) has been unswayed by former National Security Adviser John Bolton's offer to testify, as well as the recent emergence of emails suggesting Trump's direct involvement in his administration's pausing of US aid to Ukraine after asking President Volodomyr Zelensky to investigate Joe and Hunter Biden ahead of the 2020 US election.

Two Republicans who have on occasion broken with Trump and have criticized McConnell's statements about the trial -- Alaska's Lisa Murkowski and Maine's Susan Collins -- say they back his plan to follow the precedent of Bill Clinton's 1999 impeachment trial by delaying any decision on witnesses.

"I think we need to do what they did the last time they did this unfortunate process, and that was to go through a first phase and then they reassessed after that," Murkowski said.

McConnell likely has the votes to force the issue without cooperation from Democrats . - Bloomberg

McConnell has guaranteed that Senate Democrats won't have the 67 votes required to convict Trump and remove him from office. Meanwhile, he can simply point to Clinton's impeachment as precedent on witness testimony, as it would allow Trump's lawyers and White House impeachment managers to make their arguments and answer questions from Senators before administration figures such as Bolton and acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney have a chance to speak.

There have been no discussions between McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who can go pound sand as talks seem unlikely.

"If every Republican senator votes for a rigged trial that hides the truth, the American people will see that the Republican Senate is part of a large and awful cover-up," said Schumer in a Tuesday screed on the Senate floor.

Chuck Schumer: "Whoever heard of a trial without witnesses and documents? It's unprecedented ... Witnesses and documents? Fair trial. No witnesses and no documents? Cover-up. That simple sentence describes it all." Via ABC pic.twitter.com/eKhKoBjIVP
-- Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 7, 2020

According to Trump, Bolton 'would know nothing' about the Ukraine situation.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), meanwhile, has yet to reveal when she plans to transmit the articles of impeachment to the Senate, thereby making Trump's impeachment official according to House Democratic witness and Harvard Law professor, Dr. Noah Feldman.

Pelosi's allies argue that the Senate turning down Bolton's offer to testify under subpoena suggest that Republicans are involved in covering up evidence against Trump.

"McConnell is making very plain he's not interested in the country learning the full extent" of Trump's misconduct, according to a Tuesday statement by House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff. "And apparently there are any number of senators willing to go along with that head-in-the-sand strategy," he added.

Albertarocks , 9 minutes ago link

Six ways from Sunday Chuck. "Six ways from Sunday." It must really suck to be you these days.

Nov1917Sucks , 10 minutes ago link

The only difference between a Dem and a Repub in Congress is the shear ignorance of their voters. But Trump has exposed his voters to be the biggest dolts of the last century!

BryanM , 17 minutes ago link

If Pelosi could have offed that terrorist Salami to change the subject she would have. She has seriously misjudged this escapade. I'm sure Schiff and Nadler convinced her they could use the MSM to split off some republican votes and gain momentum. Their case is so weak they couldn't even get any the 30+ republicans that are retiring with nothing to lose to split off and vote with the dems. Where's the popcorn?

[Jan 08, 2020] A bit weird how Danes oscillate between obstructing and just harrassing. Both USA and Germany seem to have influence.

Jan 08, 2020 | www.moonofalabama.org

Piotr Berman , Jan 8 2020 14:55 utc | 55

Today Tass (or Tacc) gave a big update on Nord Stream-2.
Number one, Academic Cherskiy will remain in the Far East, because it is essential in completion of far more important projects than Nord Stream. Pipes from Sakhalin (and through Amur river? I am not sure on that) together have to deliver 80 [huge units] per year, and they will be laid by Tschersky (Nord Stream 2 has capacity 55 HU)

Number two. Danes softened their requirements. Concerning the specs for a pipe laying vessel, they can be satisfied by Fortuna that is finishing some bits in the German sector. Danes added requirement that the sea has to be sufficiently calm during the work, seems like weather when swimming is forbidden on Baltic beaches, but on summer usually it is permitted. So Fortuna will finish the job on the Baltic.

A bit weird how Danes oscillate between obstructing and just harrassing. Both USA and Germany seem to have influence.

Piotr Berman , Jan 8 2020 15:31 utc | 70

mk | Jan 8 2020 15:23 utc
So new progressive Danish government issued the permission in November, after full three months. And now they still make a gesture as if the wanted to inflict huge extra cost. That said, they were perhaps a bit slow in correcting disinformation.

[Jan 08, 2020] If we assume that Pompeo persuaded Trump to order to kill a diplomatic envoy, Trump is now a dead man walking as after Iran responce Pelosi impeachment gambit now have legs

Highly recommended!

This is truly shocking: Trump assassinates diplomatic envoy he himself arranged for. . If the U.S. lured Soleimani to Iraq with a promise of negotiations with the Iraqis as mediators and then proceeded to kill him, surely that would be an impeachable offense. Particularly in view of the failure to brief Congress. If it was Saudi tricked Soleimani by getting Iraq to "mediate" (Iraq's prime minister was expecting a message by him on the mediation when he was assassinated), Saudi will get targeted.

The US changed the rules of engagement. They had decided to assassinate Soleimani when he was in Syria, having just returned from a short journey to Lebanon, before boarding a commercial flight from Damascus airport to Baghdad. The US killing machine was waiting for him to land in Baghdad and monitored his movements when he was picked up at the foot of the plane. The US hit the two cars, carrying Soleimani and the al-Muhandes protection team, when they were still inside the airport perimeter and were slowing down at the first check-point.

US forces will no longer be safe in Iraq outside protected areas inside the military bases where they are deployed. A potential danger or hit-man could be lurking at every corner; this will limit the free movement of US soldiers. Iran would be delighted were the Iraqi groups to decide to hit the American forces and hunt them wherever they are. This would rekindle memories of the first clashes between Jaish al-Mahdi and US forces in Najaf in 2004-2005.

Jan 06, 2020 | www.moonofalabama.org
Tom , Jan 5 2020 15:55 utc | 16
Impeachment with GOP support could be just around the corner. And who lost Iraq??? He would be a dead man walking in that case. I can't see the evangelical crowd saving him. President Pence. Might have to get use to that.
Here is a link to a twitter account with a good video of massive crowds on the streets of Mashhad awaiting the arrival of Qassem Suleimani. Very powerful.

https://twitter.com/sonofnariman/status/1213792565075550208

Piotr Berman , Jan 5 2020 16:02 utc | 17

There will be no draining of any swamps. Trump-Kushner just another Bibi lackey.
Posted by: Jerry | Jan 5 2020 15:48 utc | 13

1. Draining swamps was a marker of progress in the past. >>Wiki:But in the late 1960s and early 1970s, researchers found that marshes and swamps "were worth billions annually in wildlife production, groundwater recharge, and for flood, pollution, and erosion control." This motivated the passage of the 1972 federal Water Pollution Control Act.<<

2. To recognize this vital role, parties should adopt more acquatic symbols. Caymans are a bit too similar to alligators, but, say, Alligators vs Snapping Turtles?

Sasha , Jan 5 2020 16:02 utc | 18
A video which says it all...
Gen. #Soleimani, enemy of Daesh and Trump!
Trump has threatened #Iran with destroying its cultural sites but that is not his only similarity with Daesh, they both hated General Soleimani.

https://twitter.com/PressTV/status/1213804505537679362

Bemildred , Jan 5 2020 16:02 utc | 19
Posted by: Tom | Jan 5 2020 15:55 utc | 16
Yes, it might just be that this debacle provides the extra impulse to get him removed. Can't say I can even imagine what that would look like, but there would seem to be a good argument now that he must be restrained somehow. Somebody needs to tell Pompeous to stop digging the hole deeper (shutup) too.

[Jan 07, 2020] McConnell Wrangles Republicans For Speedy Trump Acquittal As Schumer Cries Cover-Up

Jan 07, 2020 | www.zerohedge.com

McConnell Wrangles Republicans For Speedy Trump Acquittal As Schumer Cries Cover-Up by Tyler Durden Tue, 01/07/2020 - 15:11 0 SHARES

Most Senate Republicans have lined up behind Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's plan for a lightning-fast, witness-free impeachment trial which will end with the acquittal of President Trump - much to the chagrin of Senate Democrats led by Chuck Schumer of New York.

McConnell (R-KY) has been unswayed by former National Security Adviser John Bolton's offer to testify, as well as the recent emergence of emails suggesting Trump's direct involvement in his administration's pausing of US aid to Ukraine after asking President Volodomyr Zelensky to investigate Joe and Hunter Biden ahead of the 2020 US election.

Two Republicans who have on occasion broken with Trump and have criticized McConnell's statements about the trial -- Alaska's Lisa Murkowski and Maine's Susan Collins -- say they back his plan to follow the precedent of Bill Clinton's 1999 impeachment trial by delaying any decision on witnesses.

"I think we need to do what they did the last time they did this unfortunate process, and that was to go through a first phase and then they reassessed after that," Murkowski said.

McConnell likely has the votes to force the issue without cooperation from Democrats . - Bloomberg

McConnell has guaranteed that Senate Democrats won't have the 67 votes required to convict Trump and remove him from office. Meanwhile, he can simply point to Clinton's impeachment as precedent on witness testimony, as it would allow Trump's lawyers and White House impeachment managers to make their arguments and answer questions from Senators before administration figures such as Bolton and acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney have a chance to speak.

There have been no discussions between McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who can go pound sand as talks seem unlikely.

"If every Republican senator votes for a rigged trial that hides the truth, the American people will see that the Republican Senate is part of a large and awful cover-up," said Schumer in a Tuesday screed on the Senate floor.

Chuck Schumer: "Whoever heard of a trial without witnesses and documents? It's unprecedented ... Witnesses and documents? Fair trial. No witnesses and no documents? Cover-up. That simple sentence describes it all." Via ABC pic.twitter.com/eKhKoBjIVP
-- Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 7, 2020

According to Trump, Bolton 'would know nothing' about the Ukraine situation.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), meanwhile, has yet to reveal when she plans to transmit the articles of impeachment to the Senate, thereby making Trump's impeachment official according to House Democratic witness and Harvard Law professor, Dr. Noah Feldman.

Pelosi's allies argue that the Senate turning down Bolton's offer to testify under subpoena suggest that Republicans are involved in covering up evidence against Trump.

"McConnell is making very plain he's not interested in the country learning the full extent" of Trump's misconduct, according to a Tuesday statement by House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff. "And apparently there are any number of senators willing to go along with that head-in-the-sand strategy," he added.

[Jan 07, 2020] Trump wags the hippopotamus - The Washington Post

Jan 07, 2020 | www.washingtonpost.com

The idea of launching military action to distract from domestic political troubles has been a thing at least since the 1997 film "Wag the Dog" (as in, the tail wagging the dog) gave it a name. Republicans accused President Bill Clinton of it in 1998 when he ordered airstrikes against Sudan and Iraq as impeachment loomed. Trump alleged (wrongly) that President Barack Obama would " start a war with Iran " before the 2012 election.

Trump's assassination of Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani has, at least for the moment, shifted attention from the Senate trial. Before the attack, pro-impeachment activists had scheduled a protest inside the Hart Senate Office Building for Monday, but only 45 demonstrators showed up for the event, nearly equaled by the 20 journalists and 15 police officers who greeted them. Though wearing "Remove Trump" and "Trump is Guilty" T-shirts, they were about as disruptive as a tour group.

... ... ...

Now, Trump has lit the Middle East on fire, with only a halfhearted attempt to justify the sudden urgency ("This president waited three years. I mean, we've had Soleimani in our sights for just as long as we've been here," Trump strategist Kellyanne Conway told Fox News on Monday). Thousands of U.S. troops are hurriedly deploying to the region, Iraq is demanding that U.S. troops leave the country , and Iran is threatening retaliation and renewing its nuclear ambitions .

This is precisely why the impeachment trial -- and Bolton's long-sought testimony -- must go forward. The same lawlessness and recklessness that led Trump to extort political help from Ukraine has now brought us, willy-nilly, to the precipice of war, as Trump openly threatens to commit war crimes. If unchecked, he'll do this again -- and worse.

[Jan 07, 2020] US strategy and what the gas pipeline war is costing us by Manlio Dinucci

Jan 07, 2020 | www.voltairenet.org

After having forbidden the Chinese company Huawei to compete in the calls for tender for the 5G network, the United States are now forbidding the Europeans to increase their supplies of Russian gas.

While the first decision was aimed at maintaining the coherence of NATO, the second is not a result of Russophobia, but of the 1992 " Wolfowitz doctrine " - preventing the EU from becoming a competitor of the " American Empire ". In both cases, the point is to infantilise the EU and keep it in a situation of dependence.

lthough they were locked in a convoluted struggle concerning the impeachment of President Trump, Republicans and Democrats in the Senate laid down their arms in order to vote, in quasi-unanimity, for the imposition of heavy sanctions on the companies participating in the construction of North Stream 2, the doubling of the gas pipeline which delivers Russian gas to Germany across the Baltic Sea. The main victims were the European companies which had helped finance the 11 billion dollar project with the Russian company Gazprom. The project is now 80 % finished. The Austrian company Omy, British/Dutch Royal Dutch Shell, French Engie, German companies Uniper and Wintershall, Italian Saipem and Swiss Allseas are also taking part in the laying of the pipeline.

The doubling of North Stream increases Europe's dependence on Russian gas, warn the United States. Above all, they are preoccupied by the fact that the gas pipeline – by crossing the Baltic in waters belonging to Russia, Finland, Sweden and Germany – thus avoids the Visegrad countries (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary), the Baltic States and Ukraine. In other words, the European countries which have the closest ties to Washington through NATO (to which we must add Italy).

Rather than being economic, the goal for the USA is strategic. This is confirmed by the fact that the sanctions on North Stream 2 are included in the National Defense Authorization Act , the legislative act which, for fiscal year 2020, hands the Pentagon the colossal sum of 738 billion dollars for new wars and new weapons (including space weapons), to which must be added other posts which bring the US military expenditure to approximately 1,000 billion dollars. The economic sanctions on North Stream 2 are part of a politico-military escalation against Russia.

An ulterior confirmation can be found in the fact that the US Congress has established sanctions not only against North Stream 2, but also against the Turk-Stream, which, in its final phase of realisation, will bring Russian gas across the Black Sea to Eastern Thrace,the small European area of Turkey. From there, by another pipeline, Russian gas should be delivered to Bulgaria, Serbia and other European countries. This is the Russian riposte to the US action which managed to block the South Stream pipeline in 2014. South Stream was intended to link Russia to Italy across the Black Sea and by land to Tarvisio (Udine). Italy would therefore have become a switch platform for gas in the EU, with notable economic advantages. The Obama administration was able to scuttle the project, with the collaboration of the European Union.

The company Saipem (Italian Eni Group), once again affected by the US sanctions against North Stream 2, was severely hit by the blockage of South Stream – in 2014, it lost contracts to the value of 2.4 billion Euros, to which other contracts would have been added if the project had continued. But at the time, no-one in Italy or in the EU protested against the burial of the project which was being organised by the USA. Now German interests are in play, and critical voices are being raised in Germany and in the EU against US sanctions against North Stream 2.

Nothing is being said about the fact that the European Union has agreed to import liquified natural gas (LNG) from the USA, an extract from bituminous shale by the destructive technique of hydraulic fracturation (fracking). In order to damage Russia, Washington is attempting to reduce its gas exports to the EU, obliging European consumers to foot the bill. Since President Donald Trump and the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, signed in Washington in July 2018 the Joint Statement of 25 July: European Union imports of U.S. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) , the EU has doubled its importation of LNG from the USA, co-financing the infrastructures via an initial expenditure of 656 million Euros. However, this did not save European companies from US sanctions. Manlio Dinucci

[Jan 04, 2020] The Three Main Reasons Trump Can't Lose 2020 Dispelling Nonsense Polls and Wishful Thinking

Jan 04, 2020 | www.strategic-culture.org

Looking at Pelosi's statements and methods, it would appear that the process left Democrats looking extremely partisan to the detriment of getting the business of the country done. That business included the USMCA, the Mexico-Canada Agreement that redefines a host of matters previously mishandled by Bill Clinton's tremendously unpopular NAFTA. Why this seems to be the case – Trump was in the process of getting his USMCA through congress, and with high support from organized labor. As we consistently explain, Democrats rely on organized labor not only for votes, but more critically for their entire ground campaigns, especially making phone calls to other voters, and precinct walking during the campaign and on Election Day. That labor always opposed NAFTA and generally supports the USMCA is critical. The key line in Pelosi's post impeachment charade statement, regarding why they were not actually going to send the articles to the Senate and therefore complete the process of impeaching the president, was that she said specifically that they needed instead to prioritize passing the USMCA.

Imagine that for a moment. Because of the relationship between labor and the Democrat Party, it was necessary for Democrats to appear as its champion, even that it was their idea in the first place. This means that Democrats had the practical wisdom to understand that their impeachment charade did not appeal to blue collar Democrat voters, but in fact would work against them. What they needed in part in the impeachment, apart from implementing their strategy of a thousand cuts, was to energize college educated upper middle-class boomers, which form the bulk of the Rachel Maddow, and Democrat leaning mainstream media consumer demographic. While these people control work-place politics and effectively police water-cooler talk, this back-fires. Voting in the US is secret ballot – and so with this class in control of people's ability to remain employed, unenthusiastic, rehearsed, regurgitated, manufactured 'orange man bad' utterances are more commonly heard than they are truly believed. People say one thing at work to keep their job, and then vote another way on Election Day.

But the USMCA fiasco surrounding the impeachment tells us a lot. Eight years of Bill Clinton and decades of his NAFTA has been symptomatic of the Democrat's anti-labor politics. Democrats from that time onward invested their political capital into developing socialism. However, they didn't develop this in the US, but in China – while in the US a crony class grew up and lined their own pockets from it all. This is something which is perhaps, in a strange turn of events, quite good for China and many other developing parts of the world including Africa. But that has come at the expense not of America's wealthy 'bourgeoisie', but rather its own 'working class'. Bill Clinton was supposed to work to reverse 12 years of Reagan-Bush, whose anti-labor policies amounted to one of the single greatest austerity campaigns in US history. And yet this was only to be outdone by Clinton's outsourcing and off-shoring of jobs, and deregulation of the financial sector.

What has shown to matter least of all, and especially where Trump is concerned, are polls. And even here too, polls – when read correctly – point to a Trump victory.

There are also reasons why left-wing Democrats like documentary film maker Michael Moore also understand that Trump is likely to win. Needless to say, his fixation therefore on an impeachment succeeding, and his blanket support for Nancy Pelosi's absurd and failing strategy, is also why even progressive Democrats like Sanders fail to understand why Trump is unbeatable. Their placing hopes in impeachment isn't so much that impeachment is viable or likely, but from a sober and scientific approach, it's only more likely than an electoral defeat of Trump at the polls given that the party stubbornly insists on promoting Biden and Buttigieg.

"It's the economy, stupid"

Sure, it will always be argued that the improved economy under Trump was in fact either related to impersonal forces of the global economy unrelated to Trump; sun spots, the invisible hand, or Obama policies whose fruits we are now only reaping. But voters never go for this reasoning. Partisans do, but voters don't.

Democrats at best are going to point out that while employment numbers have improved, 'never before have so many earned so little'. And while that's true, we are dealing with a badly bruised and insecure American working class. Things right now appear to be going in the right direction, and so being able to find work even if it's a lower salary than they had before their several-year unemployed stint, they are literally thanking the heavens, the stars, and even Trump, that today they have any job at all. And even here, Trump's tax cuts put a few thousand dollars back in the pockets of households where the average combined income is about $70k. His even larger, but targeted, tax cuts for the rich in certain areas, due to the economic growth these cuts in part inspired, resulted in more tax revenues overall.

And yes, we get it – old black people like Biden . At least mainstream media reports on certain polls, whose methodologies we can't see, report as much. What did that question actually look like? We think the push-poll went something like: "In the coming election, would you support Obama's good friend and Vice President , a gay mayor, a neurotic Jew, a Hindu veteran who may have PTSD, Pocahontas, or a Chinaman good at math? Obama's VP was Biden. Will you vote for Biden? Y/N".

But still this figure is misleading, and doesn't relate to Biden's electability, but is supposed to get past this trope that he's a racist – a meme trending surrounding the first few debates. Older black voters won't turn swing-states, and older black voters aren't part of an energized or energizing electorate for new voters. This means that the media's reportage cycle on this 'factoid' is about virtue signaling to the above mentioned Rachel Maddow demographic that Biden is ' progressive since black people like him '. Oh, you don't like Biden? Well black people like Biden. Don't you like black people?

And our jokingly hypothetical poll question aside, the reality isn't far off. This targeted poll of black voters relates almost entirely back to labor union activism. The DNC controls organized labor, and Biden is the DNC's choice. Black workers are extraordinarily over-represented in the public sector, and the public sector is extraordinarily over-represented in union membership. Older people are more likely to be involved in activism in their labor union, and as a consequence, older black people trend towards Biden more than other candidates. This factoid may trend well right now in media, but will have nothing to do with the outcome of the election except that it will guarantee Trump's victory if Biden is the Democrat nominee.

And so we have it, our three primary reasons Trump will win: the lack of enthusiasm for the DNC's picks, the increasing enthusiasm among Trump supporters which will be contagious (again), and the economic growth which, while favoring the rich, in fact did in this case 'trickle down'.

[Jan 03, 2020] If a conflict between USA led NATO and Russia goes thermonuclear,we can all kiss our asses goodbye. Two maybe three hundred million dead outright within an hour or so. What then?? Who the fuck knows.

Jan 03, 2020 | thenewkremlinstooge.wordpress.com

Northern Star
January 2, 2020 at 5:30 pm
"With each passing day of the impeachment crisis, the distance between the official reasons for the conflict in Washington and the real reasons grows wider.
It has become increasingly clear that the central issue is not Trump's attempt to "solicit interference from a foreign country" by "pressuring a foreign country to investigate one of the president's main domestic political rivals," as alleged in the whistleblower complaint that triggered the impeachment inquiry.
Rather, the conflict raging within the state centers on Trump's decision to temporarily delay a massive weapons shipment to Ukraine.

The ferocity with which the entire US national security apparatus responded to the delay raises the question: Is there a timetable for using these weapons in combat to fight a war against Russia?

A New York Times front-page exposé published Monday, coming in at 5,000 words and bearing six bylines, makes it clear that Trump's decision to withhold military aid -- over a month before his phone call with Ukrainian President Zelensky -- triggered the conflict that led to the president's impeachment.

As the Times reports, "Mr. Trump's order to hold $391 million worth of sniper rifles, rocket-propelled grenades, night vision goggles, medical aid and other equipment the Ukrainian military needed to fight a grinding war against Russian-backed separatists would help pave a path to the president's impeachment."

"Despite the unforeseen and disastrous consequences of the CIA-backed coup in Ukraine, the United States is determined to continue its efforts to militarily encircle Russia, which it sees as a major obstacle to its central geopolitical aim -- control of the Eurasian landmass, which would give it a staging ground for a conflict with China."

If a conflict between USA led NATO and Russia goes thermonuclear, we can all kiss our asses goodbye. Two maybe three hundred million dead outright within an hour or so. What then?? Who the fuck knows.

However if the conflict remains non thermonuclear -but possibly involving tac nukes -- I can conceive of no scenario in which Russia does not stomp the living shit out of a USA/NATO aggressor. Russia and China allied and working together? Capitulation of the USA/NATO forces within a month tops.

The problem is that we have psychopaths in D.C. and Brussels who actually believe that the peoples of the Eurasian land mass can be subjugated. As long as their insanity is tolerated ,we are all living on borrowed time.

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/31/pers-d31.html

Northern Star January 2, 2020 at 5:34 pm
Yup!!!
Like I was saying:
https://www.checkpointasia.net/with-the-demented-advice-biden-is-getting-on-russia-better-buckle-your-seatbelts-if-he-wins-2020/

[Jan 03, 2020] Secondary sanctions are evil because they prevent minor transactions because banks don't think it is worth the severe penalties.

Jan 03, 2020 | thenewkremlinstooge.wordpress.com

cartman January 2, 2020 at 4:54 pm

How Our Economic Warfare Brings the World to Heel
Nothing untrue in this article. Secondary sanctions are evil because they prevent minor transactions because banks don't think it is worth the severe penalties. So Iranian cancer patients aren't allowed to buy chemotherapy medications. Trump has gone overboard because he has learned that there is no political cost to doling these out.

I think this is how US dominance will end. No challengers will end it, although some may rise in the vacuum. The internal changes the US needs to make to come back are politically impossible. Sanctions are big government on steroids, and having the US Government sitting atop the global economy will cause it to seize up. The question is how long commerce will be able to continue under these conditions.

[Jan 03, 2020] The USA have an upper hand in the current scirmish of the gas war with Russia. But that does not guarantee the final victory as Ukraine might switch sides by victor Kaminenvv

With the USA help Ukraine got three billions from Russia. But that might mean that if Ukraine does not switch sides the Ukrainian transit will became minuscule and unable to help Ukraine to survive financially. Then what ?

Jan 02, 2020 | topwar.ru

The introduction of us sanctions against Nord stream 2, immediately signed by President trump, created a new situation in Europe at the request of the Congress.

The Stockholm verdict

Gazprom retreated from its positions and agreed to an agreement with Naftogaz on transit, including the payment of 2.9 billion dollars to Kiev according to the verdict of the Stockholm arbitration, this is a difficult compromise for Moscow and a consequence of American sanctions that actually suspended the construction of the SP-2 for at least six months.

I can't help remembering how President Yanukovych received three billion dollars of credit from Moscow, and now President Zelensky also received almost three billion, although on other grounds, according to the decision of the Stockholm arbitration.

But Moscow gave money, and immediately, although it could stretch these payments with gas supplies, which Naftogaz agreed to. Moscow seems to be banking on Zelensky in his projected clash with the nationalists behind Poroshenko. As a lesser evil.

Big European game

The Stockholm billions and Ukrainian transit are also a big European policy. For the first time, us sanctions hit Germany and Europe as a whole: all energy and construction companies related to the SP-2. Germany's energy supply was under threat.

In this situation, Russia is making compromises and concessions on Ukrainian transit, and Ukraine is also making compromises on its part, apparently under pressure from Germany and the European Union. As a result, Russia and Germany with their friends and the SP-2 are situationally in the same boat against US sanctions. This is an important episode in the unfolding Great European game for gas and its delivery routes.

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov makes a sharp statement: "Russia will definitely respond to the sanctions against the SP-2." So as not to"shoot yourself in the foot." Almost simultaneously, the US intelligence agencies are giving Moscow information about the upcoming terrorist attacks in St. Petersburg -- an incredible fact, given the current relations between Washington and Moscow, unless President trump wants to soften Moscow's reaction to the sanctions against SP-2, hinting that he was forced to sign them.

By the sum of circumstances

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak called the payment of $ 2.9 billion to Kiev "a difficult decision, a choice between bad and very bad." What is the difference between " bad " and "very bad"?

Here are the congressional sanctions that really slowed down the construction of the SP-2, and the judicial burden in the international courts under the influence of the United States, and the situation in Ukraine. And soon there will be a trial in London on a three-billion-dollar loan from Russia to Ukraine during the time of President Yanukovych -- this seems to be another reason why we had to pay for the Stockholm gas verdict.

If Russia refused to pay the debt awarded in Stockholm, the London court could on this basis refuse to consider the claim of Russia. And so, too, Moscow paid 2.9 billion dollars to Kiev immediately in money. Of course, the London court may follow the Stockholm path, but then the West and its financial system will lose their reputation in the non-Western world, and Russia may declare the West a non-legal community.

Victory as treason (Peremoga as zrada)

In General the Ukrainian "Naftogaz" behaves very recklessly and boldly with "Gazprom", flooding it with lawsuits. His" victory " is undoubtedly Pyrrhic, since Gazprom, as an energy supplier, will be able to recoup its Stockholm losses.

"Naftogaz" as if Ukrainian, because it is really run by American managers, for them "Naftogaz – - only a tool to counter Russia, and what will happen then, it does not matter. What could it be? There may not be a discount of 25 percent, which was in the rejected package of "Gazprom". New agreements – new discounts.

On the other hand, Gazprom's concessions are due to the entire sum of the political and economic circumstances of the great European game: Moscow is still trying to create a Moscow-Berlin axis against us sanctions pressure.

[Jan 02, 2020] The EU's LNG imports jumped by 102 percent on the year, with Russia accounting for 19 percent of LNG imports, second only to Qatar with 30 percent, and ahead of the U.S. with 12 percent

Jan 02, 2020 | oilprice.com

In Q2 2019, thanks to the LNG supply glut and converging prices, the EU's LNG imports jumped by 102 percent on the year, with Russia accounting for 19 percent of LNG imports, second only to Qatar with 30 percent, and ahead of the U.S. with 12 percent, the European Commission's Quarterly Report on European Gas Markets shows .

Between January and November, LNG imports into Europe including Turkey hit a record high, beating the previous record from 2011, the EIA said in its latest natural gas update. The U.S., Russia, and Qatar boosted their LNG supplies to Europe this year, and the U.S. beat Russia in volumes supplied to Europe in the latter part of the year, EIA data shows.

While Russia and the U.S. compete for gas market share in Europe, the U.S. hit Russia's Nord Stream 2 project with sanctions this month, delaying the completion of the project with at least several months.

Following the announcement of the sanctions, Switzerland-based offshore pipelay and subsea construction company Allseas immediately suspended Nord Stream 2 pipelay activities.

Also

The agreement between Gazprom and Naftogaz provides for the rejection of new claims, withdrawal of claims, payment by the decision of the Stockholm arbitration-Miller
MOSCOW, Dec 21-RIA Novosti. Gas transit through Ukraine in 2020 will be 65 billion cubic meters, and 40 billion in 2021-2024, said the Head of "Gazprom" Alexey Miller.

In turn, the Minister of energy of Ukraine Oleksiy Orzhel noted that the tariff will increase due to a decrease in pumping volumes.

The agreement provides for the rejection of new claims, the withdrawal of claims and the payment of about 2.9 billion dollars on the decisions of the Stockholm arbitration court.

In addition, Gazprom and Naftogaz will sign an agreement to settle mutual claims under existing contracts. With Kiev, the Russian company will sign a settlement agreement to withdraw the claim of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine.

The European Commission in the framework of the new agreement on gas cooperation guarantees the compliance of transit with EU standards, the Ukrainian side-the independence of the regulator, protection of the interests of the transit customer, predictability and economic feasibility of tariff formation.

MOSCOW, Dec 21-RIA Novosti. "Gazprom" and "Operator of GTS of Ukraine" on Saturday are preparing in Vienna inter-operator agreement signed on Friday between Russia and Ukraine Protocol of the contract on gas transit and settlement of mutual claims is already working, told reporters the representative of "Gazprom".

[Jan 02, 2020] The end of Ukranian gas rent, which is due to the fact that USSR lay piplenes via its terroty is near

Notable quotes:

"... With Nordstream II becoming operational, Russia can bypass Ukraine completely in supplying gas to EU countries and Ukraine will only receive enough gas for its own needs. Ukraine becomes a liability to the West as that country continues its slow and agonising collapse. Perhaps in 2020 the Donetsk and Lugansk oblasts may officially declare their independence and apply for inclusion into the Russian Federation, or combine into a new nation. Other adjoining oblasts (Kharkiv?) may follow suit. Transcarpathia oblast in the far west of Ukraine may declare independence and then apply to join Hungary. ..."

Jan 02, 2020 | www.moonofalabama.org

Jen , Dec 31 2019 19:49 utc | 37

Dear B,
Nordstream II should be completed in 2020 in spite of the many handicaps and threats of sanctions the US has applied against Germany if the pipeline project continues. Its completion is bound to change the geopolitical landscape in central and eastern Europe considerably.

With Nordstream II becoming operational, Russia can bypass Ukraine completely in supplying gas to EU countries and Ukraine will only receive enough gas for its own needs. Ukraine becomes a liability to the West as that country continues its slow and agonising collapse. Perhaps in 2020 the Donetsk and Lugansk oblasts may officially declare their independence and apply for inclusion into the Russian Federation, or combine into a new nation. Other adjoining oblasts (Kharkiv?) may follow suit. Transcarpathia oblast in the far west of Ukraine may declare independence and then apply to join Hungary.

Volodymyr Zelensky may not last long as President and is likely to be turfed out in a coup. Civil war will come again to Ukraine but not in its Russian-speaking east.

Belarus should be monitoring its own southern borders. Maybe crunch-time is coming for President Lukashenko there as to whether he should align Belarus more closely with Russia or with the EU instead of trying to get the best of both worlds by playing one against the other.

My predictions for 2020 are that Ukraine's final collapse and fragmentation will start, that the use of threats and sanctions continues to isolate the US to its detriment, and that (maybe, just maybe) the collapse of Ukraine will lead to some of the truth of what actually happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 becoming public with whistleblowers in the investigation finally coming forward.

Lydia , Dec 31 2019 19:57 utc | 39

To prevent the truth about MH17 becoming common knowledge, the powers that be will really crack down on the Internet.
Perimetr , Jan 1 2020 16:42 utc | 93
Re Jen @37 "With Nordstream II becoming operational, Russia can bypass Ukraine completely in supplying gas to EU countries and Ukraine will only receive enough gas for its own needs."
Zerohedge reports Ukraine & Russia Ink Landmark Gas Transit Deal Hammering European Gas Prices

I am hoping this is a bad joke, but perhaps not. I suppose, if true, it will prevent a lot of Ukrainians from freezing to death this winter. But considering the benefits it will provide to the Ukro-nazis who hate Russia, I have to wonder about the decision-making process in Moscow.

[Jan 01, 2020] Must-read on George Soros's manipulations in Ukraine.

Jan 01, 2020 | www.unz.com

Skeptikal , says: December 30, 2019 at 1:39 am GMT

An expose by F. William Engdahl constitutes what might be considered evidence of Mr. Joyce's assertion.

Must=read, in any case, on George Soros's manipulations in Ukraine.

"An American Oligarch's Dirty Tale of Corruption"

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/52773.htm

[Jan 01, 2020] Tulsi Gabbard Defends 'Present' Vote; Warns Impeachment Will Backfire

Tulsi proved to be amazingly talented politician. Viva Tulsi. Down with old neocon and war criminal Pelosi

Jan 01, 2020 | www.zerohedge.com
by Tyler Durden Tue, 12/31/2019 - 11:15 0 SHARES
Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D) has taken flack from the left after voting "present" during last week's formal House impeachment vote, and now says that the process may only "embolden" President Trump and increase his chances of reelection (which House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned about before she caved to her party).

"I think impeachment, unfortunately, will only further embolden Donald Trump, increase his support and the likelihood that he'll have a better shot at getting elected while also seeing the likelihood that the House will lose a lot of seats to Republicans," said Gabbard in a Saturday interview with ABC News in Hudson, New Hampshire.

Tulsi Gabbard: "Unfortunately the House impeachment of the President has greatly increased the likelihood that Donald Trump will remain the President for the next 5 years... Furthermore the House impeachment has increased the likelihood that Republicans will take over the House." pic.twitter.com/gQIPssX0nS
-- The Hill (@thehill) December 31, 2019

Gabbard also told CBS News that impeachment may allow Republicans to regain the majority in the House after the 2020 election.

WATCH: I sat down with @TulsiGabbard to discuss her "present" vote on impeachment. Gabbard says the Senate trial will strengthen President Trump.

Most Gabbard supporters I've spoken with in New Hampshire approve of her vote, particularly independents.

🔗 https://t.co/SOsvF9jsHQ pic.twitter.com/hDi7JoI4Kg
-- Nicole Sganga (@NicoleSganga) December 31, 2019

Gabbard -- a 2020 president candidate -- noted that the prospect of a second term for Trump and a Republican-controlled House is a "serious concern" of hers, adding that she's worried about the potential ramifications that will be left if Trump is acquitted.

She told ABC News that it could leave "lasting damage" on the country as a whole.

The Democratic congresswoman -- who is known to be an outspoken critic of her own party -- was the lone lawmaker to not choose a side on impeachment, and has faced intense criticism for her choice. - ABC News

Gabbard defended her decision to vote present, calling it an "active protest" against the "terrible fallout of this zero sum mindset" between Democrats and Republicans. She told ABC News that her vote was "not a decision of neutrality," and that she was indeed "standing up for the people of this country and our ability to move forward together.

A rope leash , 4 minutes ago link

If she isn't the Democratic nominee, the Democratic Party will cease to exist.

She is clearly the only uncorrupted adult running, including Trump.

She is running on foriegn policy. Those worried about her domestic policy forget it will go nowhere in a Republican Congress.

She's the only anti-war candidate. You want Tulsi or you want war.

GALLGE , 12 minutes ago link

DiGenova: Comey and Brennan were 'coup leaders'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Oea0Dz0w4U

Vince Clortho , 15 minutes ago link

Observe Tulsi while you can. She is the last of a dying breed -- a relatively moderate democrat. In today's Glo-Bol-Commiecrat party you have to be completely onboard with their 4 sheets to the wind extremist platform or you are the enemy.

ddiduck , 48 minutes ago link

Not to worry folks, if Tulsi is announcing president Trump and a majority in both the house and senate it is safe to say things are right on track. However, HERE COME THE CIA and NSA orchestrated false flag distractions and diversions I.e, Iran.. Also expect a much amped up domestic terrorism by the MKULTRA radical nut jobs they will be using to divert attention. Also creating a civil war starting in Virginia is examples of the allegiances to the satanic fraternity by certain governors. These retards will also becoming out of the woodwork.

ddiduck , 48 minutes ago link

Not to worry folks, if Tulsi is announcing president Trump and a majority in both the house and senate it is safe to say things are right on track. However, HERE COME THE CIA and NSA orchestrated false flag distractions and diversions I.e, Iran.. Also expect a much amped up domestic terrorism by the MKULTRA radical nut jobs they will be using to divert attention. Also creating a civil war starting in Virginia is examples of the allegiances to the satanic fraternity by certain governors. These retards will also becoming out of the woodwork.

Polymarkos , 50 minutes ago link

I wish you conspiracy twits would drop the MKULTRA nonsense. MKULTRA was an UMBRELLA PROGRAM that covered hundreds of classified operations, almost NONE of which had anything to do with anything you people think it did. Head out of ***, please!

emmanuelthoreau , 34 minutes ago link

Oh, yeah, MKULTRA was totally cool, normal stuff, really. Just the Dulles Brothers and a bunch of other psychos throwing people out of windows in the name of protecting Amurica from the dirty Reds.

Glad to know a self-identified former intel person is on here making death threats against Gabbard, by the way. Guess you have a get out of jail free card, huh? Why don't we find out?

MauiJeff , 51 minutes ago link

She is my Congresswoman. Tulsi is not perfect but she is good enough. Both the Democrat Senator (Schatz and Hirono) don't support her on our only other Democrat Congressperson does not support her. She is also despised by the national Dem party. This means she is doing something right.

Savyindallas , 1 hour ago link

Leave Tulsi alone. She's the best of the group by far. Some of you sound like all the George Bush supporters I knew who loved young Bush because he was so "pro-life". Give me a break. She has socially conservative roots. Unfortunately she has had to take on some of this progressive **** to be elected in a Democratic District. I have heard her views repeatedly on abortion, gun rights and immigration. She doesn't worry me at all. I trust her on all these issues more than Trump or any other establishment republican who I know are owned by the elites and who will sell us out when they are told to.

This is the real Tulsi. Look at her Christmas eve video--enjoy:

https://www.tulsi2020.com/updates/2019-12-25-special-holiday-message?sourceid=1014165&ms=em191225&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=em191225&emci=bb9e7d2e-6727-ea11-a601-2818784d6d68&emdi=bc9e7d2e-6727-ea11-a601-2818784d6d68&ceid=117332

kalboking , 1 hour ago link

TULSI GABBARD IS true patriot Dont y'all remember when she called trump as Israel's bitch?

[Jan 01, 2020] "Freedom gas" named Worst Words of the Year

Jan 01, 2020 | www.moonofalabama.org

Mao , Dec 30 2019 9:03 utc | 48

"Freedom gas" named Worst Words of the Year
Plain English Foundation has voted freedom gas as the worst word or phrase of 2019.

The term comes from the United States Department of Energy, which rebranded natural gas as "freedom gas" and boasted about bringing molecules of US freedom to the world.

"When a simple product like natural gas starts being named through partisan politics, we are entering dangerous terrain," said the Foundation's Executive Director, Dr Neil James. "Why can't natural gas just remain natural gas?"

Each year, Plain English Foundation gathers dozens of examples of the worst words to highlight the importance of clear and ethical public language.

The full list of 2019's worst words and phrases follows.

https://www.plainenglishfoundation.com/documents/10179/636280/2019_Worst_Words_media_release

[Jan 01, 2020] Twitter Scrubs Viral Trump Retweet Of Alleged Hoaxblower's Name

Jan 01, 2020 | www.zerohedge.com

Twitter blamed a computer glitch after President Trump's retweet of a post containing the name alleged whistleblower Eric Ciaramella mysteriously disappeared from his timeline. After 'fixing' the issue and restoring the retweet, the user was simply banned from the platform so that nobody could see the tweet, which quickly went viral.

" Rep. Ratliffe suggested Monday that the "whistleblower" Eric Ciaramella committed perjury by making false statements in his written forms filed with the ICIG and that Adam Schiff is hiding evidence of Ciaramella's crimes to protect him from criminal investigations," read the tweet made by by now-banned @surfermom77, which describes herself as living in California and a "100% Trump supporter."
Ciaramella has been outed in several outlets as the 'anonymous' CIA official whose whistleblower complaint over a July 25 phone call between Trump and with his Ukrainian counterpart is at the heart of Congressional impeachment proceedings.
Trump retweeted the post around midnight Friday. By Saturday morning, it was no longer visible in his Twitter feed.

When contacted by The Guardian 's Lois Beckett for explanation, Twitter blamed an "outage with one of our systems."

Some people reported earlier today that someone had deleted the alleged-whistleblower's name-retweet from Trump's timeline. Others of us still see *that tweet* on Trump's timeline. When asked for clarification, Twitter said this: https://t.co/Rftkg3nbus https://t.co/XREAvvxjhf
-- Lois Beckett (@loisbeckett) December 29, 2019

By Sunday morning, the tweet had been restored to Trump's timeline - however hours later the user, @Surfermom77, was banned from the platform .

Running cover for Twitter is the Washington Post , which claims " The account shows some indications of automation , including an unusually high amount of activity and profile pictures featuring stock images from the internet."

Surfermom77 has displayed some hallmarks of a Twitter bot, an automated account. A recent profile picture on the account, for instance, is a stock photo of a woman in business attire that is available for use online.

Surfermom77 has also tweeted far more than typical users, more than 170,000 times since the account was activated in 2013. Surfermom77 has posted, on average, 72 tweets a day, according to Nir Hauser, chief technology officer at VineSight, a technology firm that tracks online misinformation. - WaPo

Meanwhile, Trump retweeted another Ciaramella reference on Thursday, after the @TrumpWarRoom responded to whistleblower attorney Mark Zaid's tweet calling for the resignation of Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) from the Senate Whistleblower Caucus after she made "hostile" comments - after she tweeted in November that "Vindictive Vindman is the "whistleblower's" handler (a reference to impeachment witness Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman.

It's pretty simple. The CIA "whistleblower" is not a real whistleblower! https://t.co/z6bjGaFCSH pic.twitter.com/RHhkY1BGei
-- FOLLOW Trump War Room (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@TrumpWarRoom) December 26, 2019

As the Washington Times notes, "This week, it was revealed that conservative organization Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act request in November for the communications of Ciaramella, a 33-year-old CIA analyst who is alleged to be the whistleblower."

"The watchdog group requested conversations between Ciaramella and special counsel Robert Mueller, former FBI agent Peter Strzok, former FBI Director Andrew McCabe, and former FBI attorney Lisa Page."

Wahooo , 12 minutes ago link

No one likes a rat

Deep Snorkeler , 39 minutes ago link

Trump Makes The Joker Look Normal

We are a Christian Nation, but it's a myth.

We are an empire, without a military success.

Every country is a threat, every friend an enemy.

Americans hate Americans, most of all.

America, a humorous exaggeration of Rome.

Is-Be , 31 minutes ago link

The USA is an over-confident teenager.

SweetDoug , 40 minutes ago link

'

'

Deep Snorkeler , 1 hour ago link

The American Empire Has Reached a Dead End

despair and spiritual decay

paranoia and mistrust and hysteria

slow and vulnerable - - -

Led by the Lawrence Welk of Washington,

Don Trump.

[Dec 31, 2019] Skripals false flag and Russiagate are birds of the feather

Notable quotes:

"... If the CIA/MI6/FBI did attempt to create a sting it need not be as dramatic as the Skripal fakery. What would you dream up if you were tasked by the CIA to propose something? KISS. ..."

Dec 31, 2019 | www.moonofalabama.org

librul , Dec 29 2019 22:21 utc | 28

@Posted by: sleepy | Dec 29 2019 17:38 utc | 8
Thanks sleeply,

But underlying your comment is an assumption of *logic* in this world. If it ever existed it certainly does not apply any longer. Look how much mileage the MSM and the anti-Democracy Party got out of the nothingburger Russiagate.

The MSM doesn't even need to smell real blood, they will run with anything to continue the coup.

Anything negative that involves Edward Gallagher between now and election day could be magnified 1 million-fold and
repeated 1000 million times by the MSM and dropped in Trump's lap.

If the CIA/MI6/FBI did attempt to create a sting it need not be as dramatic as the Skripal fakery. What would you dream up if you were tasked by the CIA to propose something? KISS.

[Dec 31, 2019] The US is now openly dismissive as a matter of law any ally or partner who engages in economic activity it disapproves by Tom Luongo

Dec 26, 2019 | astutenews.com

Europe is willing to defy the U.S. on Nordstream to the point of forcing the U.S. to openly and nakedly destroy its reputation with European contractors and governments to stop one pipeline in a place where multiple gas pipelines will be needed for future growth.

This is the diplomatic equivalent of the nuclear option. And the neocons in the Senate just pushed the button. Europe understands what this is really about, the U.S. retaining its imperial position as the policy setter for all the world. If it can set energy policy for Europe then it can set everything else.

And it's clear that the leadership in Europe is done with that status quo. The Trump administration from the beginning has used NATO as an excuse to mask its real intentions towards Europe, which is continued domination of its policies. Trump complains that the U.S. pays into NATO to protect Europe from Russia but then Europe buys its energy from Russia. That's unfair, Donald complains, like a little bitch, frankly, even though he right on the surface. But if the recent NATO summit is any indication, Europe is no longer interested in NATO performing that function. French President Emmanuel Macron wants NATO re-purposed to fight global terror, a terrible idea. NATO should just be ended.

But you'll notice how Trump doesn't talk about that anymore. He wants more billions pumped into NATO while the U.S. still sets its policies. This is not a boondoggle for the MIC as much as it's a Sword of Damocles to hold over Europe's head. The U.S.'s involvement in should be ended immediately, the troops brought home and the billions of dollars spent here as opposed to occupying most of Europe to point missiles at a Russia wholly uninterested in imperial ambitions no less harboring any of them.

And Trump also knows this but thinks stopping Nordstream 2 is the price Europe has to pay him for this privilege. It's insane. The time has come for Europe to act independently from the U.S. As much as I despise the EU, to untangle it from the U.S. on energy policy is the means by which for it to then deal with its problems internally. It can't do that while the U.S. is threatening it. Circling the wagons against the immediate threat, as it were.

And that means protecting its companies and citizens from the economic depredations of power-mad neoconservatives in the U.S. Senate like Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham.

Allseas, the Swiss company laying the pipe for Nordstream 2, has halted construction for now , awaiting instructions from the U.S. Gazprom will likely step in to finish the job and Germany will green light any of the necessary permits to get the pipeline done. Those people will be put out of work just in time for Christmas, turning thousands of people against the U.S. Commerce drives people together, politics drives them apart.

But, at the same time, the urgency to finish Nordstream 2 on time is wholly irrelevant now because Ukraine and Russia came to terms on a new five-year gas transit contract. This ensures Gazprom can meet its contractual deliveries to Europe that no one thought could be done on time. But when the Nazi threat to Zelensky meeting with Merkel, Macron and Putin in Paris failed to materialize, a gas deal was on the horizon.

And, guess what? U.S. LNG will still not have the marginal lever over Europe's energy policy because of that. Putin and Zelensky outmaneuvered Cruz, Graham and Trump on this. Because that's what this boils down to. By keeping Russian gas out of Europe, it was supposed to constrain not only Russia's growth but also Europe's. Because then the U.S. government can control who and how much energy can make it into European markets at critical junctures politically.

That was the Bolton Doctrine to National Security. And that doctrine brought nothing but misery to millions.

And if you look back over the past five years of U.S./EU relations you will see this gambit clearly for what it was, a way to continue European vassalage at the hands of the U.S. by forcing market share of U.S. providers into European markets.

Again, it gets back to Trump's ideas about Emergy Dominance and becoming the supplier of the marginal erg of energy to important economies around the world.

The smart play for the EU now that the gas transit deal is in place is to threaten counter-sanctions against the U.S. and bar all LNG shipments into Europe. Gas prices are at historic lows, gas supplies are overflowing thanks to fears of a deal not being in place.

So, a three to six month embargo of U.S. LNG into Europe to bleed off excess supply while Nordstream 2 is completed would be the right play politically.

But, in reality, they won't need to, because the U.S. won't be able to import much into Europe under current prices and market conditions. And once Nordstream 2 is complete, LNG sales to Europe should crater.

In the end, I guess it's too bad for Ted Cruz that economics and basic human ingenuity are more powerful than legislatures. Because Nordstream 2 will be completed. Turkstream's other trains into Europe will be built. Venezuela will continue rebuilding its energy sector with Russian and Chinese help.

There is no place for U.S. LNG in Europe outside of the Poles literally burning money virtue signaling their Russophobia. Nordstream 2 was a response to the revolt in Ukraine, to replace any potential losses in market share to Europe. Now Russia will have what it had before passing through Ukraine along with Nordstream 2. By 2024 there will be at least two trains from Turkstream coming into Europe.

Iran will keep expanding exports, settling its oil and gas trade through Russian banks. And the U.S. will continue to fulminate and make itself even more irrelevant over time. What men like Ted Cruz and Donald Trump refuse to understand is that when you go nuclear you can't ever go back. If you threaten the nuclear option, there's no fall back position.

And when those that you threaten with annihilation survive they are made all the stronger for passing through the eye of the needle. Looking at Gazprom's balance sheet right now, that's my take.

By Tom Luongo. Source: Gold Goats 'n Guns

[Dec 31, 2019] Skripals false flag and Russiagate are birds of the feather

Dec 31, 2019 | www.moonofalabama.org

librul , Dec 29 2019 22:21 utc | 28

@Posted by: sleepy | Dec 29 2019 17:38 utc | 8
Thanks sleeply,
But underlying your comment is an assumption of *logic* in this world. If it ever existed it certainly does not
apply any longer. Look how much mileage the MSM and the anti-Democracy Party got out of the nothingburger Russiagate.
The MSM doesn't even need to smell real blood, they will run with anything to continue the coup.

Anything negative that involves Edward Gallagher between now and election day could be magnified 1 million-fold and
repeated 1000 million times by the MSM and dropped in Trump's lap.

If the CIA/MI6/FBI did attempt to create a sting it need not be as dramatic as the Skripal fakery. What would you dream up if you were tasked by the CIA to propose something? KISS.

[Dec 31, 2019] Israel will not be supplying Germany gas any time soon.

Dec 31, 2019 | www.moonofalabama.org

Bianca , Dec 30 2019 19:48 utc | 54

FYI
Being almost 100% sure that Israeli cornering East Mediterranean gas reserves was a done deal
and after Cyprus gerrymandered its EEZ under UNCLOS -- and Greece signing up
as pipeline terminus in Europe -- Trump put this cart before horse -- and sanctioned
Nord Stream. Europe was to get Israeli gas. Then Turkey and Libya declared EZZ,
and pipeline cannot go!
Also. there will be other claimants to reserves -- Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Gaza.

Nice try -- but Israel will not be supplying Germany gas any time soon.

[Dec 30, 2019] Because You d Be In Jail! - The Real Reason Democrats Are Pushing Trump Impeachment by Robert Bridge

Dec 29, 2019 | www.zerohedge.com

Authored by Robert Bridge via The Strategic Culture Foundation,

In the time-honored tradition of Machiavellian statecraft, all of the charges being leveled against Donald Trump to remove him from office – namely, 'abuse of power' and 'obstruction of congress' –are essentially the same things the Democratic Party has been guilty of for nearly half a decade : abusing their powers in a non-stop attack on the executive branch. Is the reason because they desperately need a 'get out of jail free' card?

Due to the non-stop action in Washington of late, few believe that the present state of affairs between the Democrats and Donald Trump are exclusively due to a telephone call between the US leader and the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. That is only scratching the surface of a story that is practically boundless.

Back in April 2016, before Trump had become the Republican presidential nominee, talk of impeachment was already in the air.

"Donald Trump isn't even the Republican nominee yet," wrote Darren Samuelsohn in Politico.

Yet impeachment, he noted, is "already on the lips of pundits, newspaper editorials, constitutional scholars, and even a few members of Congress."

The timing of Samuelsohn's article is not a little astonishing given what the Department of Justice (DOJ) had discovered just one month earlier.

In March 2016, the DOJ found that "the FBI had been employing outside contractors who had access to raw Section 702 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) data, and retained that access after their work for the FBI was completed," as Jeff Carlson reported in The Epoch Times.

That sort of foreign access to sensitive data is highly improper and was the result of "deliberate decision-making," according to the findings of an April 2017 FISA court ruling ( footnote 69 ).

On April 18, 2016, then-National Security Agency (NSA) Director Adm. Mike Rogers directed the NSA's Office of Compliance to terminate all FBI outside-contractor access. Later, on Oct. 21, 2016, the FBI and the DOJ's National Security Division (NSD), and despite they were aware of Rogers's actions, moved ahead anyways with a request for a FISA warrant to conduct surveillance on Trump campaign adviser Carter Page. The request was approved by the FISA court, which, apparently, was still in the dark about the violations.

On Oct. 26, following approval of the warrant against Page, Rogers went to the FISA court to inform them of the FBI's non-compliance with the rules. Was it just a coincidence that at exactly this time, the Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter were suddenly calling for Roger's removal? The request was eventually rejected. The next month, in mid-November 2016 Rogers, without first notifying his superiors, flew to New York where he had a private meeting with Trump at Trump Towers.

According to the New York Times, the meeting – the details of which were never publicly divulged, but may be guessed at – "caused consternation at senior levels of the administration."
Democratic obstruction of justice?
Then CIA Director John Brennan, dismayed about a few meetings Trump officials had with the Russians, helped to kick-start the FBI investigation over 'Russian collusion.' Notably, these Trump-Russia meetings occurred in December 2016, as the incoming administration was in the difficult transition period to enter the White House. The Democrats made sure they made that transition as ugly as possible.

Although it is perfectly normal for an incoming government to meet with foreign heads of state at this critical juncture, a meeting at Trump Tower between Michael Flynn, Trump's incoming national security adviser and former Russian Ambassador to the US, Sergey Kislyak, was portrayed as some kind of cloak and dagger scene borrowed from a John le Carré thriller.

Brennan questioning the motives behind high-level meetings between the Trump team and some Russians is strange given that the lame duck Obama administration was in the process of redialing US-Russia relations back to the Cold War days, all based on the debunked claim that Moscow handed Trump the White House on a silver platter.

In late December 2016, after Trump had already won the election, Obama slapped Russia with punitive sanctions, expelled 35 Russian diplomats and closed down two Russian facilities. Since part of Trump's campaign platform was to mend relations with Moscow, would it not seem logical that the incoming administration would be in damage-control, doing whatever necessary to prevent relations between the world's premier nuclear powers from degrading even more?

So if it wasn't 'Russian collusion' that motivated the Democrats into action, what was it?
From Benghazi to Seth Rich
Here we must pause and remind ourselves about the unenviable situation regarding Hillary Clinton, the Secretary of State, who was being grilled daily over her use of a private computer to communicate sensitive documents via email. In all likelihood, the incident would have dropped from the radar had it not been for the deadly 2012 Benghazi attacks on a US compound.

In the course of a House Select Committee investigation into the circumstances surrounding the attacks, which resulted in the death of US Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other US personnel, Clinton handed over some 30,000 emails, while reportedly deleting 32,000 deemed to be of a "personal nature". Those emails remain unaccounted for to this day.

I want the public to see my email. I asked State to release them. They said they will review them for release as soon as possible.
-- Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) March 5, 2015

By March 2015, even the traditionally tepid media was baring its baby fangs, relentlessly pursuing Clinton over the email question. Since Clinton never made a secret of her presidential ambitions, even political allies were piling on. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), for example, said it's time for Clinton "to step up" and explain herself, adding that "silence is going to hurt her."

On July 24, 2015, The New York Times published a front-page story with the headline "Criminal Inquiry Sought in Clinton's Use of Email." Later, Jennifer Rubin of the Washington Post candidly summed up Clinton's rapidly deteriorating status with elections fast approaching: "Democrats still show no sign they are willing to abandon Clinton. Instead, they seem to be heading into the 2016 election with a deeply flawed candidate schlepping around plenty of baggage -- the details of which are not yet known."

Moving into 2016, things began to look increasingly complicated for the Democratic front-runner. On March 16, 2016, WikiLeaks launched a searchable archive for over 30 thousand emails and attachments sent to and from Hillary Clinton's private email server while she was Secretary of State. The 50,547-page treasure trove spans the dates from June 30, 2010 to August 12, 2014.

In May, about one month after Clinton had officially announced her candidacy for the US presidency, the State Department's inspector general released an 83-page report that was highly critical of Clinton's email practices, concluding that Clinton failed to seek legal approval for her use of a private server.

"At a minimum," the report determined, "Secretary Clinton should have surrendered all emails dealing with Department business before leaving government service and, because she did not do so, she did not comply with the Department's policies that were implemented in accordance with the Federal Records Act."

The following month brought more bad news for Clinton and her presidential hopes after it was reported that her husband, former President Bill Clinton, had a 30-minute tête-à-tête with Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch, whose department was leading the Clinton investigations, on the tarmac at Phoenix International Airport. Lynch said Clinton decided to pay her an impromptu visit where the two discussed "his grandchildren and his travels and things like that." Republicans, however, certainly weren't buying the story as the encounter came as the FBI was preparing to file its recommendation to the Justice Department.

The summer of 2016, however, was just heating up.

I take @LorettaLynch & @billclinton at their word that their convo in Phoenix didn't touch on probe. But foolish to create such optics.
-- David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) June 30, 2016
Hack versus Leak?
On the early morning of July 10, Seth Rich, the director of voter expansion for the Democratic National Committee (DNC), was gunned down on the street in the Bloomingdale neighborhood of Washington, DC. Rich's murder, said to be the result of a botched robbery, bucked the homicide trend in the area for that particular period; murders rates for the first six months of 2016 were down about 50 percent from the same period in the previous year.

In any case, the story gets much stranger. Just five days earlier, on July 5th, the computers at the DNC were compromised, purportedly by an online persona with the moniker "Guccifer 2.0" at the behest of Russian intelligence. This is where the story of "Russian hacking" first gained popularity. Not everyone, however, was buying the explanation.

In July 2017, a group of former U.S. intelligence officers, including NSA specialists, who call themselves Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) sent a memo to President Trump that challenged a January intelligence assessment that expressed "high confidence" that the Russians had organized an "influence campaign" to harm Hillary Clinton's "electability," as if she wasn't capable of that without Kremlin support.

"Forensic studies of 'Russian hacking' into Democratic National Committee computers last year reveal that on July 5, 2016, data was leaked (not hacked) by a person with physical access to DNC computer," the memo states (The memo's conclusions were based on analyses of metadata provided by the online persona Guccifer 2.0, who took credit for the alleged hack). "Key among the findings of the independent forensic investigations is the conclusion that the DNC data was copied onto a storage device at a speed that far exceeds an Internet capability for a remote hack."

In other words, according to VIPS, the compromise of the DNC computers was the result of an internal leak, not an external hack.

At this point, however, it needs mentioned that the VIPS memo has sparked dissenting views among its members. Several analysts within the group have spoken out against its findings, and that internal debate can be read here . Thus, it would seem there is no 'smoking gun,' as of yet, to prove that the DNC was not hacked by an external entity. At the same time, the murder of Seth Rich continues to remain an unsolved "botched robbery," according to investigators. Meanwhile, the one person who may hold the key to the mystery, Julian Assange, is said to be withering away Belmarsh Prison, a high-security London jail, where he is awaiting a February court hearing that will decide whether he will be extradited to the United States where he 18 charges.

Here is a question to ponder: If you were Julian Assange, and you knew you were going to be extradited to the United States, who would you rather be the sitting president in charge of your fate, Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump? Think twice before answering.
"Because you'd be in jail"
On October 9, 2016, in the second televised presidential debates between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, Trump accused his Democratic opponent of deleting 33,000 emails, while adding that he would get a "special prosecutor and we're going to look into it " To this, Clinton said "it's just awfully good that someone with the temperament of Donald Trump is not in charge of the law in our country," to which Trump deadpanned, without missing a beat, "because you'd be in jail."

Now if that remark didn't get the attention of high-ranking Democratic officials, perhaps Trump's comments at a Virginia rally days later, when he promised to "drain the swamp," made folks sit up and take notice.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/slLCjLc

Softpanorama	Home	Switchboard	Unix Administration	Red Hat	TCP/IP Networks	Neoliberalism	Toxic Managers
Softpanorama	May the source be with you, but remember the KISS principle ;-) Skepticism and critical thinking is not panacea, but can help to understand the world better

News	Nancy Pelosi impeachment gambit	Recommended Links	Ciaramella as potential fake whistleblower, the sacrificial pawn for Brennan	Obama administration participation in the intelligence services putsch against Trump	MSM as attack dogs of color revolution	Senate Trial and its effect of 2020 elections	Blob attacks Trump: Viper nest of neocons in state department fuels Ukraingate	Alexander Vindman role in Ukrainegate
Alexandra Chalupa role in fueling Russiagate	House Democrats attempt to backstab Barr and derail his investigation into the origin of Russiagate	Adam Schiff Witch Hunt	The demagogy of constitutional law professor Pamela Karlan	Coordinated set of leaks as a color revolution tool	FBI and CIA contractor Crowdstrike and very suspicious DNC leak saga	Brennan elections machinations	Fake News scare and US NeoMcCartyism	Creepy neocon Joe Biden and fleecing of Ukraine
Post-Russiagate remorse -- the second Iraq WDM fiasco	Poroshenko presidency	Civil war in Ukraine	Nulandgate	UA officials role in fueling Russiagate and Ukrainegate	Ukrainian Security Services role in Spygate (aka Russiagate)	Ukraine debt enslavement	Yovanovich and her fake drama	Fiona Hill as Soros mole in Trump administration
Russiagate -- the attempt to entrap Trump with Russia ties by CIA, FBI, MI6 and Clinton mafia	Strzokgate	Steele dossier	Special Prosecutor Mueller and his fishing expedition	"Seventeen agencies" memo about Russian influence on elections	Joseph Misfud and MI6 connection to Russiagate	FBI contractor Fusion GPS	Anti Trump Hysteria	Wiretaps of Trump and his associates during Presidential elections
Is national security state in the USA gone rogue ?	History of American False Flag Operations	Color revolutions	Amorality and criminality of neoliberal elite	Audacious Oligarchy and "Democracy for Winners"	Rosenstein and appointment of the special prosecutor	Anti-Russian hysteria in connection emailgate and DNC leak	The problem of control of intelligence services in democratic societies
US and British media are servants of security apparatus	MSM as fake news industry	Media-Military-Industrial Complex	Neoconservatism	New American Militarism	Elite Theory And the Revolt of the Elite
Control of the MSM during color revolution is like air superiority in the war	The Deep State	The Iron Law of Oligarchy	Principal-agent problem	Pope Francis on danger of neoliberalism	Militarism and reckless jingoism of the US neoliberal elite	Skeptic Quotations	Politically Incorrect Humor	Hypocrisy and Pseudo-democracy

Ukraine-gate as Russiagate 2.0: an "all in" counterattack on Trump attempt to investigate origins of RussiaGate

The head of the CIA-linked STRATFOR called Ukraine “the most blatant coup in history.”

Obama/Brennan faction in CIA and FBI, the nest of neocon vipers in the State Department and "FullOfSchiff" gang in House of Representatives sense their last chance to depose Trump using the intelligence services leaker; or, at least, improve Dems election chances ("Pelosi Gambit")

Introduction

From Slate: "

"FullOfSchiff" people should be viewed as the members of a new hardcore cult of "Russian collision"

"Foreign influence on the USA elections" part of Ukrainegate is a complete fake

From Ukraine With Love: The real story of Biden corruption

Is military assistance to Ukraine in the USA national interest, or this is a dangerous continuation of neocon foreign policy

Due to Ukraine-gate Biden is down and soon will be out Warren emerged as the most probable nominee

The Damocles sword of Senate trial hangs over Schiff

NEWS CONTENTS

Old News ;-)

[Jan 21, 2020] Opinion - Joe Biden, Friend Or Foe Of Corruption

Notable quotes:

"... This article was originally published by " ..."

Jan 21, 2020 | www.informationclearinghouse.info

[Jan 21, 2020] DemoRats blowed thier change to impech Trump due to thier own dishonesty, jingoism and cowardice

Jan 21, 2020 | www.theamericanconservative.com

[Jan 21, 2020] I don't see how Trump has actually governed much differently from any other contemporary Republican. The difference between Trump and, say Ted Cruz, or Marco Rubio, is mostly style, not policy.

Jan 21, 2020 | www.theamericanconservative.com

[Jan 21, 2020] Iran, Trump, and the neoliberal-neoconservative compact

Jan 21, 2020 | off-guardian.org

[Jan 21, 2020] Bernie Sanders Walks Straight Into the Russiagate Trap

Jan 21, 2020 | www.strategic-culture.org

[Jan 20, 2020] Documentary Released Monday Sheds New Light on Ukrainegate

Notable quotes:

"... I appears to me that Biden stepped into something and it's stuck to his foot. IMPOTUS never seeming to have the ability grasp victory from the jaws of defeat failed, again and stepped into the same mess. ..."

"... Viktor Shokin said under oath in a case in Austria that he was investigating Burisma and that's why Biden had him fired ..."

"... We now know that whenever Biden virtue signals, the exact opposite applies. When he talks about how democratic we are, or about transparency and what not, it's because we are not. Snake Oil salesman. ..."

"... Biden is the poster boy for nepotism and corruption. ..."

"... This report provides overwhelming evidence that Joe Biden intervened directly to coerce the president of Ukraine to fire an honest and competent prosecutor general, and to put in place a corrupt one. ..."

Jan 15, 2020 | consortiumnews.com

[Jan 19, 2020] It is unclear what percentage of Congress are alcoholics, but judging from their statements looks like more then half

The situation in neoliberal MSM probably is close to a real epidemics ;-)

Jan 19, 2020 | www.zerohedge.com

[Jan 19, 2020] debunked by Trump himself

Jan 19, 2020 | www.commondreams.org

[Jan 19, 2020] In 2019, Parnas served as a translator for a legal case involving Dmytro Firtash, one of Ukraine's wealthiest oligarchs with self-admitted mob connections

Jan 19, 2020 | www.zerohedge.com

[Jan 19, 2020] McConnell Should Toss Out This Malicious Impeachment by Patrick J. Buchanan

Jan 17, 2020 | www.theamericanconservative.com

[Jan 19, 2020] Russiagate was to hide Clinton's corruption. Ukrainegate is to hide Biden's corruption

Jan 19, 2020 | www.zerohedge.com

[Jan 19, 2020] US strategy and what the gas pipeline war is costing us by Manlio Dinucci

Jan 19, 2020 | www.voltairenet.org

[Jan 18, 2020] Trump Lawyers Frame Impeachment Removal Trial as Violation of Constitution, Election Meddling - Sputnik International

Jan 18, 2020 | sputniknews.com

[Jan 18, 2020] Impeachment circus begins in earnest, and will change nothing -- RT Op-ed

Jan 18, 2020 | www.rt.com

[Jan 18, 2020] If Trump is removed, will the Speaker of the House not be the Sovereign

Jan 18, 2020 | turcopolier.typepad.com

[Jan 18, 2020] I was intrigued by its reference to one of the richest men in Ukraine, Dmytro Firtash and wondered as to his links to the 'Biden Burisma business

Jan 18, 2020 | www.moonofalabama.org

[Jan 18, 2020] Importance of Cyprus is gas wars

Jan 18, 2020 | www.moonofalabama.org

[Jan 18, 2020] Diaspora in the USA has an outsized influence on how their host country thinks of its interests in their regions of birth

Jan 18, 2020 | www.unz.com

[Jan 18, 2020] We Need A Full Investigation Bannon Accuses Pelosi, Schiff And MSM Of Colluding

Jan 18, 2020 | www.zerohedge.com

[Jan 18, 2020] Lukashenko wants the prices for oil and natural gas for Belarus to be the same as for Russian regions, but refuses to behave like a Russian region.

Jan 18, 2020 | www.unz.com

[Jan 18, 2020] Germany behaviour in Naftogas-Gasprom conflict makes zero sense unless you believe that Germany was acting as a proxy on behalf of a greater power

Jan 18, 2020 | www.unz.com

[Jan 17, 2020] In the full sprit of bipartisanship

Notable quotes:

"... Why then were all eight House members chosen as managers to prosecute the case against Trump, who ceremoniously escorted the articles across the Capitol, all Democrats? Why did the articles of impeachment receive not a single Republican vote on the House floor? ..."

Jan 17, 2020 | www.zerohedge.com

[Jan 17, 2020] A Malicious Indictment Mitch Should Toss Out

Jan 17, 2020 | www.zerohedge.com

[Jan 15, 2020] The Strange Case of Chrystia Freeland and the Failure of the 'Super Elite' by Matthew Ehret

May 11, 2019 | canadianpatriot.org

[Jan 14, 2020] A Sea Change for Canada Foreign Policy as Freeland Is Replaced by a Pro-Chinese Politico by Matthew Ehret

Jan 14, 2020 | canadianpatriot.org

[Jan 14, 2020] VICTIM OR AGGRESSOR CHRYSTIA FREELAND'S FAMILY RECORD FOR NAZI WAR PROFITEERING, AND MURDER OF THE CRACOW JEWS

Jan 14, 2020 | johnhelmer.net

[Jan 14, 2020] Leonid Bershidsky: Chrystia Freeland's dismissal of her family's Nazi connection is only helping Russia's propagandists

Jan 14, 2020 | nationalpost.com

[Jan 14, 2020] Neocons and globalists regrouping to battle Russia and Trump by Wayne Madsen

Jan 19, 2017 | futurefastforward.com

Obama/Brennan faction in CIA and FBI, the nest of neocon vipers in the State Department and "FullOfSchiff" gang in House of Representatives sense their last chance to depose Trump using the intelligence services leaker;
or, at least, improve Dems election chances ("Pelosi Gambit")

"... The Constitution clearly gives the power to declare war to Congress. Article II states that the president can act without Congress only when it is necessary to do so against imminent threats to U.S. territories, possessions, or citizens. ..."