Nemtsov, Crimea & Western Hypocrisy

GOOGLE TRANSLATION A black day for Russia and Europe February 28, 2015 Megeve: Boris Nemtsov was a truly fearless political fighter with strong convictions and a confidence that the ideals he stood for, sooner or later, would win and form a better Russia.  [Oh, please.  Spare us the 'high ideals' propaganda and put away the violin.] He was murdered most likely to silence him. His critical and clear voice was uncomfortable for the strong and dark interests which unfortunately means more and more in today's Russia. [We don't know who murdered him.  Guy was a womaniser by the look of things, so it could even have been some crazed boyfriend.  But what we do know is that the Kremlin is unlikely to knock off a minor player, ahead of a protest (near the Kremlin), so that the likes of McFaul & Bildt can have a media field day.] And there were probably actually no other way to silence Boris on. Others let themselves might be intimidated - it did not work on him.  [The motive is an assumption.  Not fact.  We don't know why he was killed.] When he occasionally arrested for participating in a demonstration declared illegal, he spent time in jail for spreading their beliefs and information to the police and guards. And had, as far as I remember he told me, considerable success with this.  [Does Bildt express the same care-factor for the Swedish protesters that were charged at by mounted police?  Or is it just some minor Russian opposition puppet that's worthy of the subsequent, and convenient, Western media hype?] We got to know each other first in the Russian democracy birth in the early 1990s. He belonged to the leader of the Democratic Party which then were set up and became the reform policy leading carriers. Along with Anatoly Chubais, he was its leading force. And then we had contact. In recent years, he has almost always been to spend an autumn weekend in Visby, along with friends from Europe and the United States of Jarl Hjalmarsson Foundation's annual meeting. His crystal clear analysis of developments in Russia has been important to many of us. In one little book after the other, he with difficulty been distributed across Russia, he has gone on the attack against the regime's lies and its corruption. A small writing the other year on the luxury and splendor that surrounds President Putin was extremely unpopular in the Kremlin. He was a friend of Ukraine since years back, albeit not by the regime Yanukovich there. And when the militant nationalism was trumpeted in connection with the aggression and the takeover of the Crimean a year ago he was one of the voices that stood up for Ukraine's right.  [Instead of crying about 'aggressor' Russia inciting 'righteous' Ukraine nationalism (and therefore Russia being responsible for Ukraine aggression, which is alluded to as apology for murderous neo-Nazi Ukraine thugs), why wasn't this 'liberty loving' crusader protesting the murder of his independence seeking compatriots - the ethnic-Russian majority civilians in eastern Ukraine (which, by the way, is historically Russian - hence 'Novorossiya').  Edit:  On subsequent reading of the 'friend of Ukraine' and 'militant nationalism was trumpeted in connection with the aggression' blah blah blah 'takeover of Crimea', it looks as though I have misunderstood whose 'aggression' and 'militant nationalism' Bilt was referring to. Talk about twisting facts and history to suit oneself.  Crimea is Russian.  Novorossiya is Russian.  And probably most of what has become 'Ukraine', post Soviet era, is historically Russian. 'Russian' 'militant nationalism' and 'aggression' is Russia stepping up to protect people in Crimea from the consequences of having murderous neo-Nazi thugs running amok and potentially subjecting Crimeans to (historically CIA fostered and Nazi collaborator fomented) neo-Nazi militant nationalism and hostility; thugs that were associated with the Ukraine puppet politicians and were supported by the US interlopers, because they're useful idiots. Furthermore, Slavic peoples of Europe have been divided by enemies who have exploited useful idiots who foster regional loyalties and separatist identities, rather than pan Slavic nationalism, because 'divide and conquer' is an effective take-down strategy. Why wasn't Nemtsov denouncing the West for backing the puppet Kiev & neo-Nazi murder of civilians?  MILITANT NEO-NAZI AGGRESSON was HARNESSED by the CIA & THE WEST & EXPLOITATION OF UKRAINE NATIONALISM was employed for a thug OVERTHROW of an ELECTED UKRAINE GOVT.  But this isn't denounced & the murder of the ethnic Russians in the east isn't denounced.  But Russia is denounced?  The only aggression is US-NATO-EU aggression and US-NATO-EU backed aggression enacted by Ukraine nationalist thugs - oddly, in a country run by FOREIGNERS.] Perhaps it is an irony of fate that he was killed exactly one year after the Crimean invasion launched by special forces early in the morning took over control of the regional parliament in Simferopol.   [Russians protecting Crimean Russians (who voted overwhelmingly to INTEGRATE with Russia) is Bildt's idea of an 'invasion'?  Nah, he and the West are just manipulating the narrative to suit their anti-Russian scaremongering, so that Western banking & corporate interest and NATO (strategic interests) can continue to mount their aggression against Russia, while the taxpayer is burdened with cuts to welfare and services, in order to finance more Western military spending and greed-based aggression, serving the interests of the wealthy banking, energy, and hedge fund elites.] On social media, I see reports that he was now working with a new scripture to expose the regime's lies about the war in the Donbass and how it has been driven and supported by the Kremlin. And it seems very likely.  [Social media?  Is that all the evidence Bilt and the West have?  Gee, it's like all those fake 'Russian army' invading Ukraine announcements we've had over and over and over again.  The West is a joke.  Seriously.  The West might have got away with this when all people had to rely on was maybe a daily newspaper or two, but there's a host of information available and the lies and propaganda the West keeps churning out do more to discredit the West than their targets.] A new generation has partially managed to take over the leadership of the weak but important Russian opposition, but Boris Nemtsov was always there with and remained a name with distinguished reputation and credibility. https://carlbildt.wordpress.com/2015/02/28/en-svart-dag-for-ryssland-och-europa/ INFO Jarl Hjalmarson Foundation Name = homage to the late Moderate Party Chairman Jarl Hjalmarson Chairman  =  Göran Lennmarker, former MP Former: Gunnar Hökmark, MEP Swedish former MFA, Margaretha af Ugglas ‘democracy foundation’ Closely linked to Moderate Party Founded 1994 (when Moderate Party supported newly independent Baltic countries) Member of the Centre for European Studies official foundation/think tank of the European People's Party Purpose: training of politicians active in the Moderate Party’s sister parties women youth engaged democratic political party workings educational programs & how to work politically know-how taught Operates in Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey & Balkans. Also:  Belarus, Africa & Latin America =  regional projects. [SOURCE - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarl_Hjalmarson_Foundation COMMENT A black day for Russia and Europe.  Exaggerating much, Carl?  LOL Of course, Carl Bidlt, the Eurocentric mob, UK politicians, the UK professional political chorus (ex MI6, some humanitarian bandwagon medico and anointed opinion-shaper, a lapdog press etc) and the USA team (Obama, McCain (who was 'heartbroken' LMAO), McFaul and the US ambassador in Russia dashing over for a photo-op) have all jumped on the suspiciously timed & located killing of a minor Russian opposition figure who was insignificant in elections and polls. McFaul's message still gives me the giggles.  Mein Gott, is that a touch of Killary I've got happening?  Guess I'm not the only one suspecting a US hand in the shooting of Nemtsov, just prior to a protest that had been arranged. Jarl Hjalmarson Foundation must be Sweden's version of the Freedom House trojan for dislodging those that are not Western puppets and appointing Western puppets in their place, using the guise of bringing 'democracy' to the targets of their exploitation:  in this case, women and youths. The aim in the Baltics was to get a firm hold of the politics and commerce, and to maintain a grip while denying the Russians a stake in the action, in any way possible. Pretty much the same deal everywhere else, however far-flung.  It's about keeping the regions in the sphere of American / Western corporate and military interest influence.  Funny how Bildt refers to the 'regime' and it's 'corruption' and the splendour the guy that got whacked reckons Putin's living in.   How, exactly, is this different to the riches of the 1% puppet-masters in the West, the benefits to their political puppets in Western politics, the fascist control that is capitalist government protecting the interest of those at the top, and the corruption of 'democracy', cronyism and so on that is the political reality of Western 'democratic' regimes? Oh, and this is what happens to protesters in a democracy (Sweden): Police spokeswoman Ewa-Gun Westford said officers on horseback chased rock-throwing demonstrators who were "causing violent riots" in Malmo, Sweden's third-largest city. Swedish media published photos of people on the ground as police horses raced over them down a street. [Daily Mail] Source:  Daily Mail Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. So somebody is throwing rocks somewhere during this protest and mounted police decide to charge ... right through a crowd of protesters?  Riiiiiight. When not charging over protesters on horseback or belting, capsicum spraying or otherwise abusing protesters, the West also imprisons protesters and does sneaky stuff like giving them bail (on charges they'll never pursue), so that the people charged can be excluded from participating in protests (which is their political right).  And it infiltrates dissenters.  Check out UK.  ............................................................ The West's Crimean 'annexation': Supreme Council of Crimea Determined:  ousting of President Viktor Yanukovych (2014 Ukraine): i)   a coup ii) interim govt in Kiev therefore illegitimate Referendum (March 2014)  = response to these developments Result =  96.77% vote (83.% turnout) Crimea CHOSE:  integration of region into Russian Federation Source:  Wikipedia [Edit = reference to 'Ukraine' earlier, in error.  Probably half asleep composing this rant. Noticed, also, that I'd misunderstood what Bilt was getting at.]

Peru vs Chile Spy Row

PERU / CHILE - SPY ROW Michelle Bachelet President Chile Since: March 2014 - won 62% of vote Socialist Party Served as President 2006–2010 --- LatAm Peru Peru withdraws ambassador to Chile / protest alleged espionage http://news.asiaone.com/news/world/peru-withdraws-ambassador-chile-espionage-row LatAm Peru military members allegedly paid by Chile to spy b/w 2005-2012 Chile ambass to Lima, Roberto Ibarra, to stay to respond LatAm Peru: Ambassador won't return to Chile until spying spat resolved x3 Peru navy NCOs passing info http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/agencia-efe/150307/peru-ambassador-wont-return-chile-until-spying-spat-resolved One of x3 NCOs accused of treason identified a Chilean lieutenant commander as one of recipients of classified info Peru Foreign Minister Chile Heraldo Muñoz said Chile:   "does not accept, carry out or support acts of espionage in other countries nor our own" COMMENT Spy row.  Cool.  Not much information at the moment.  Complaint by Peru.  Denial by Chile.  Investigation by Chile to take place.  Chile ambassador therefore in place for next few days to deal with allegations.  That's it so far.  Like this sort of news. NCO = non-commissioned officer/s

Totalitarian Evil Empire, USA

TOTALITARIAN EVIL EMPIRE ASSANGE & MANNING SUPPORTER SURVEILLANCE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION / SEC STATE CLINTON - DODGED F.O.I VICE News ran the Hillary Clinton by-passes FOI story.   Here Is the State Department’s First 'Official' Release of a Hillary Clinton Email https://news.vice.com/article/here-is-the-state-departments-first-official-release-of-a-hillary-clinton-email Maybe VICE are going to back the Republicans this election?  Or maybe that evil old bat isn't going to be a popular candidate with anybody, if she's running for office. Check out what a loathsome individual this woman is: Hillary Clinton:   "We came, we saw, he died ... [laughter]" Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. CBS exposes Hillary Clinton's lies:  'sniper fire' Bosnia Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research.  NOAM CHOMSKY - NATO Bombing Serbia Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Nobody deserves to die like Gaddafi did, and the US has no right to bomb sovereign European or African nations. Only a sick and twisted individual would lie and find brutal murder amusing. Of course, a sick and twisted USA also 'excuses' itself and gives itself the right to commit genocide (see Chomsky video above). Anyway, Killary's been using private e-mail for State business, which is a US federal law no-no, because State business needs to be archived on government servers to enable public access. Hillary Clinton has a pattern of lying & denying public scrutiny: I had also informed Hillary that the Douglas impeachment files were available for public inspection in the committee offices. She later removed the Douglas files without my permission and carried them to the offices of the impeachment inquiry staff-where they were no longer accessible to the public. [Jerry Zeifman] VICE Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Among the private e-mails is a communication concerning a DoJ subpoena issued to Twitter -- yep, Twitter, for f*ck's sake (lol) -- concerning information about Assange and 'certain individuals' who support Assange and Manning. On the basis of Hillary Clinton's history of unethical conduct in relation to matters of State and public interest, as disclosed by Jerry Zeifman, Hillary Clinton's use of private e-mail in relation to the Manning and Assange matters sure smacks of something dirty going on in the US State Department. That aside, that the US State Department is harassing people on social media and encroaching on their lives (wherever they may be), irrespective of their right to privacy, freedom of expression, and a right to political freedom, demonstrates beyond any doubt that the United States really is an Evil Empire. Everything they claim to represent - 'freedom', 'democracy', 'the people' and the rest of propaganda for the gullible - is, of course, an outright lie. United States is an evil, totalitarian, empire run by criminals. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. FLASHBACK: Hillary Clinton Fired From Watergate Investigation For ‘Lying, Unethical Behavior’ Excerpted from EO-History: The now-retired general counsel and chief of staff of the House Judiciary Committee, who supervised Hillary when she worked on the Watergate investigation, says Hillary’s history of lies and unethical behavior goes back farther – and goes much deeper – than anyone realizes. Jerry Zeifman, a lifelong Democrat, supervised the work of 27-year-old Hillary Rodham on the committee. Hillary got a job working on the investigation at the behest of her former law professor, Burke Marshall, who was also Sen. Ted Kennedy’s chief counsel in the Chappaquiddick affair. When the investigation was over, Zeifman fired Hillary from the committee staff and refused to give her a letter of recommendation – one of only three people who earned that dubious distinction in Zeifman’s 17-year career. Why? “Because she was a liar,” Zeifman said in an interview last week. “She was an unethical, dishonest lawyer. She conspired to violate the Constitution, the rules of the House, the rules of the committee and the rules of confidentiality.” How could a 27-year-old House staff member do all that? She couldn’t do it by herself, but Zeifman said she was one of several individuals – including Marshall, special counsel John Doar and senior associate special counsel (and future Clinton White House Counsel) Bernard Nussbaum – who engaged in a seemingly implausible scheme to deny Richard Nixon the right to counsel during the investigation. Why would they want to do that? Because, according to Zeifman, they feared putting Watergate break-in mastermind E. Howard Hunt on the stand to be cross-examined by counsel to the president. Hunt, Zeifman said, had the goods on nefarious activities in the Kennedy Administration that would have made Watergate look like a day at the beach – including Kennedy’s purported complicity in the attempted assassination of Fidel Castro. [...]  Zeifman says that Hillary, along with Marshall, Nussbaum and Doar, was determined to gain enough votes on the Judiciary Committee to change House rules and deny counsel to Nixon. And in order to pull this off, Zeifman says Hillary wrote a fraudulent legal brief, and confiscated public documents to hide her deception. EXTRACT ONLY - FULL AT SOURCE http://patdollard.com/2013/05/flashback-hillary-clinton-fired-from-watergate-investigation-for-lying-unethical-behavior-conspiracy-to-violate-the-constitution/ No way known can anybody expect to get justice in USA - ever. "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana It may help you to remember this bit of history regarding Hillary Rodham Clinton.... Of course, Nixon’s resignation rendered the entire issue moot, ending Hillary’s career on the Judiciary Committee staff in a most undistinguished manner. Zeifman says he was urged by top committee members to keep a diary of everything that was happening. He did so, and still has the diary if anyone wants to check the veracity of his story. Certainly, he could not have known in 1974 that diary entries about a young lawyer named Hillary Rodham would be of interest to anyone 34 years later. But they show that the pattern of lies, deceit, fabrications and unethical behavior was established long ago – long before the Bosnia lie, and indeed, even before cattle futures, Travelgate and Whitewater – for the woman who is still asking us to make her president of the United States. EXTRACT ONLY - FULL AT SOURCE http://www.eohistory.info/2013/hillaryHistory.htm Source:  sodahead.com Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. VIDEO LINKS Hillary Clinton:  "We came, we saw, he died ... [laughter]" https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FmIRYvJQeHM CBS exposes Hillary Clinton Bosnia 'sniper fire' lies https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8BfNqhV5hg4 NOAM CHOMSKY - NATO Bombing Serbia https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=oiMD7BghkVo

'Sam Harris rips academics who ceaselessly deny that religion can inspire brutal violence' [RawStory]

Sam Harris rips academics who ceaselessly deny that religion can inspire brutal violence Scott Kaufman 05 Mar 2015 at 10:33 ET                  Neuroscientist and public intellectual Sam Harris conducted a wide-ranging interview with journalist Graeme Wood that was supposed to be about the latter’s cover story in this month’s Atlantic, but which turned into an opportunity for Harris to outline what, to his mind, is the psychological state of a jihadist. Harris began by arguing that it was rational to believe that most believers understand religious texts at a literal level. “There are more or less plausible, more or less straightforward, more or less comprehensive readings of any scripture,” he said. “And the most plausible, straightforward, and comprehensive readings tend to be the more literalistic, no matter how self-contradictory the text. So, for instance, when it says in the Qur’an (8:12), ‘Smite the necks of the infidels,’ some people may read that metaphorically, but it’s always tempting to read it literally.” “In fact,” he continued, “a line like that fairly cries out for a literal reading. Of course, some Muslims believe that such violent passages must be read in their historical context. But it seems even more natural to assume that the words of God apply for all time. So it’s no accident that the Islamic State has made a cottage industry of decapitation.” Because “the Islamic State is giving a very plausible reading of the Qur’an and the hadīth. That’s a terrible problem, because one can’t stand up and say that this behavior is un-Islamic.” Harris then wondered why so many academics refuse to believe the statements made by jihadists at face value. “No one doubts the political and economic justifications that people give for their behavior. When someone says, ‘Listen, I murdered my rich neighbor because I knew he kept a pile of money in a safe. I wanted that money, and I didn’t want to leave a witness,’ nobody looks for an ulterior explanation for that behavior,” he said. “But when someone says, ‘I think infidels and apostates deserve to burn in hell, and I know for a fact that I’ll go to paradise if I die while waging jihad against them,’ many academics refuse to accept this rationale at face value and begin looking for the political or economic reasons that they imagine lie beneath it. So the game is rigged.” The reason those academics refuse to believe the statements of a believer is that they are too committed to their secular understanding of the world to fully comprehend the power of belief. But “once you imagine what it would be like to actually believe in paradise, and in martyrdom as the surest way of getting there, it becomes obvious why someone would want to join the Islamic State. If a person truly believes that the Creator of the universe wants him to wage war against the evil of unbelief and that the Islamic State is the very tip of His spear, he has to be insane not to join the cause.” “I see no reason to think that most jihadis are psychologically abnormal,” Harris said. “The truth is far more depressing: These are mostly normal people — fully capable of love, empathy, altruism, and so forth — who simply believe what they say they believe.” “The fact that most jihadis are generally rational, even psychologically normal, and merely in the grip of a dangerous belief system is, in my view, the most important point to get across.” “It is amazing how resolutely people will ignore the evidence of this,” he concluded. “Justin Bieber could convert to Islam tomorrow, spend a full hour on 60 Minutes confessing his hopes for martyrdom and his certainty of paradise, and then join the Islamic State — and Glenn Greenwald would still say his actions had nothing to do with the doctrine of Islam and everything to do with U.S. foreign policy.” http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/sam-harris-rips-academics-who-ceaselessly-deny-that-religion-can-inspire-brutal-violence/ COMMENT Interesting points raised by Sam Harris.  The bit about Beiber & Greenwald made me laugh. A heap of media focus and blame on 'radicalisation' at the moment, and not enough discussion of belief systems (although I'm sure US foreign policy also has a significant role in Middle East dramas). The 'psychologically normal' part isn't something I'd accept.   To my way of thinking, it isn't psychologically normal for modern man to believe he is on a mission from an almighty creator to destroy others or, at the other end of the spectrum, to seriously believe in any kind of religious being, powers, rituals and so on, no matter what belief system they represent. In other news: "Less Porn, More Scripture on New Russian Orthodox Search Engine" [MoscowTimes] Imagined a Soviet Union that had rid itself of the shackles of religious superstition.  But that's far from the case in post Soviet Russia.  It's encouraged.  Very disappointing.

Koch Whores - Wikileaks Expose: Kochs, Neocons & Covert Regime Change Ops (By Yasha Levine)

Koch Whores / October 17, 2011 Wikileaks Expose: Kochs, Neocons and Covert Regime Change Ops By Yasha Levine http://exiledonline.com/wikileaks-expose-kochs-neocons-and-covert-regime-change-ops/ Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. ................................................................ 'Anti-interventionalist' Kochs 'democracy building' in downtown Dushambe and former Soviet surrounds? ................................................................ Dushanbe Capital Tajikistan Largest city. Dushanbe means "Monday" - from market town on Mondays Saturday, 7 Mar - 3:20 pm, 5°C Sunni Islam / Secular Among others: Achaemenid, 1st Persian Empire Hephthalite, Iranian/Turkic  Samanid, Sunni Persian Mongol Timurid dynasty, Sunni Persianate Russia Empire Lang: Tajik = dialect of Modern Persian 'Stan' = 'place' {Persian} Tajikistan = Land of Tajik Islamisation = 7thC ................................................................ ROUGH SUMMARY - LEVINE ARTICLE CHARLES KOCH 'libertarian' think tank:  FREEDOM HOUSE one of the most notorious CIA / US State Dept front groups for American Empire Funding pro-Western opposition movements & seeding regime change across former Soviet Union[2] INSTITUTE OF HUMANE STUDIES (IHS) 'Libertarian recruitment & educational' organisation 2005 - Takes over Tajikistan running and funding of evicted FREEDOM HOUSE NGO IHS - ensconced in Tajikistan & controlled by Charles Koch New NGO - FREEDOM - founded to continue to meddle in local 'human rights community'[2] INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN STUDIES keen to fund >Tajik think tank to facilitate journalists and academics looking at domestic problems & solutions >Tajik think tank focused on 'economic & legal rights' and intellectual debate[2] FREEDOM HOUSE[2] Not charity, feeding starving third-world children or educating them Founded by Eleanor Roosevelt. Part of Franklin Delano Roosevelt domestic propaganda initiative. WWII propaganda to enthuse Americans to fight Nazis. Evolved into semi-covert ops arm of CIA / State Dept. Staff run by intelligence personnel. Funded almost exclusively by US federal govt. Mission:  "to challenge regimes hostile to US interests and values". By way of trojan:  "promoting the cause of political and economic freedom outside the US" FREEDOM HOUSE[2] Provided covert support to: >Afghanistan mujahadeen (jihadists)  >Contras in Nicaragua (various rebel groups, contra revolution / counter-revolutionaries) >Highly in Cube, aiming to subvert Castro govt. Cuba UN Rep:  "[FREEDOM HOUSE]  ... a machinery of subversion, closer to an intelligence service than an NGO."  >Brief coup - President Hugo Chavez 2002 >Main focus (Bush years):  Russia & former Soviet Union. FREEDOM HOUSE - FORMER SOVIET UNION - 2000-04[2] Three Musketeers of regime change & US corporate colonisation: Freedom House Open Society Institute (Soros) National Endowment for Democracy manipulated political opposition movements that brought down remnants of Soviet-era leadership in: >Serbia >Georgia >Ukraine Reformers, hand-picked by US business interests, were installed.[2] [Hey, this is very much what is happening before our eyes in Ukraine and also what appears to have also gone down to some extent in Romania, by the look of the politics, the players, the reforms and the European Union / Western interests overreach in Romania, right down to a Eurocentric reformer politician recently arguing that Romania's head of intelligence ought to be approved by NATO, before his appointment. Monica Macovei  Romania - argues appointment of Romania security head without NATO consultation unacceptable. "I understand that our NATO partners have not been consulted on this appointment and I consider this unacceptable ..." Romania parliament to vote on new intel head: Eduard Hellvig for Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI)  http://www.ziare.com/monica-macovei/stiri-monica-macovei/macovei-propunerea-lui-hellvig-la-sefia-sri-fara-consultarea-nato-inacceptabila-1350600  ] American NGO Musketeers' MO: Installing US corporate interests hand-picked reformers. Funding & establishment of political groups, NGOs & media organisations that chorus freemarket ideas & promote Western-friendly politicians. Training of activists and organisers. Broadcasting of catchy slogans & logos. By tapping into: (a) genuine desire for reform; (b) naive trust in West; channelling votes to politicians who took "marching orders directly from the IMF".[2] FREEDOM HOUSE Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Helped elect[2]: > Georgia - Mikheil Saakashvili,  groomed by State Dept to play role of Washington stooge > Ukraine - Viktor Yushchenko  Ukraine Central Bank (UCB) head [ * Yushchenko = married to State Dept. spook & former Reagan admin. member [2]] ................................................................ Mrs. Yushchenko by Peter Robinson    December 6, 2004 12:16 PM “Do you know who Yushchenko’s wife is?” John Podhoretz just asked in an email. “Turns out he’s married to Kathy Chumachenko, who worked in public liaison when we were at the White House!” Kathy Chumachenko, now Kathy Yushchenko, was one of the most completely delightful people in the Reagan White House, a Reaganite’s Reaganite. From Reagan staffer to first lady of Ukraine. How the Gipper would have loved it. http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/91560/mrs-yushchenko-peter-robinson ................................................................ Viktor Yushchenko Former President of Ukraine Third President of Ukraine from 2005 to 2010 Career in Ukrainian politics Head National Bank Ukraine 1999 to 2001 =  Prime Minister Dismissal as PM 2004 Ukrainian presidential election =  repeat (two-round / runoff) election (vs PM Viktor Yanukovych) Ukrainian Supreme Court called for the runoff election to be repeated allegations of widespread electoral fraud in favour of Viktor Yanukovych in original vote Public protests over alleged electoral fraud played major role in presidential election & led to:  Ukraine's Orange Revolution.[1] Assassination attempt in late 2004 during election campaign Yushchenko ingested hazardous amounts of TCDD (a contaminant in Agent Orange) = suffered disfigurement as a result of the poisoning -  slowly recovering. SLOGANS Yushchenko went into opposition to President Leonid Kuchma Founded the Our Ukraine bloc 2002 parliamentary election = Ukraine's most popular political force (on just short of 25% votes) "Yushchenko had slightly modernized his political platform, adding social partnership and other liberal slogans to older ideas of European integration, including Ukraine's joining NATO and fighting corruption. Supporters of Yushchenko were organized in the "Syla Narodu" ("Power to the People") electoral coalition, which he and his political allies led, with the Our Ukraine coalition as the main constituent force." [1] [Going by Levine's article, that sure looks like something CIA NGOs would have arranged in Ukraine, right down to the 'liberal slogans'.] INSTITUTE FOR HUMANE STUDIES[2] 'Home' of Kochite Reaganites (eg Nick Gillespie, Radley Balko) est. over 40 years primo liberatarian org & homebase for Friedrich Von Hayek, economist / libertarian thought proponent (and presumably devotee of bad news neo-classical economics - see Four Horsemen doco) Libertarian = anti-state intervention Kochs / Cato Institute >seen to be 'staunch anti-interventionists' (even by Glenn Greenwald)[2] INSTITUTE FOR HUMANE STUDIES[2] + Koch libertarian orgs (eg CATO INSTITUTE) may have history of smuggling banned libertarian literature into Soviet Union However:  FREEDOM HOUSE stands apart Not merely spreading ideas; it is about: "taking over for a CIA arm designed for foreign intervention and regime change."[2] Tajikistan involvement = "Just the fact that they were on the scene, buddying up with war-crazed neocons, CIA goons and State Department bureaucrats famed for their covert regime change ops tells us all we need to know: the anti-interventionist/anti-empire position of libertarianism is just another Koch con meant to give libertarians credibility, and bowl over gullible lefties and progressives into supporting the Kochs’ brutal 19th century economic policies." [2] COMMENT The key information contained in Yasha Levine article (which I really enjoyed), has been summarised above.  Best to read the article, in case my understanding's off.  And it's an enjoyable read.  Must be so nice being clever. Tinkered a bit with the notes by putting in some info from Wikipedia, as I did quickie look-ups. The thing about 'three musketeers' wasn't in the article; it's my way of trying to remember the NGOs. Hoping this note taking will help my recall, but I've got a memory like a sieve.  By next week, I'll probably forget most of what I've learned.  As those discussing Wikipedia on Reddit may attest, Wikipedia should be known as as 'Sneakipedia'  because of the preposterous spin and editing of entries by PR types and various people with political agendas doing the edits. Relied on some information regarding the Libyan army the other day, accepting without question what was before me: Libyan National Army  = newly assembled  by National Transitional Council (transit. govt)  fm rebel forces that defeated Gaddafi 2011  #Libya Somebody corrected me by pointing out that it wasn't a LNA win rebel win; Libya was bombed by the US and NATO. And so it was.  But the entry I was looking on the LNA itself, described it as 'forces aligned' to the Transitional National Council 'win' (the entry for which indicates a 'rebel forces' overthrow), which I just regurgitated without thinking (even though I vaguely know about Western intervention). I'm bashing this out quickly, so I'm not going to take the time to check whether the entry maintains it was an rebel win (despite intervention) or take the time to read about the intervention itself.  Intervention looks very one sided:  NATO forces are MASSIVE versus Libya.  Does that seem fair?  And look what it's produced; it's 2015 and Libya is still in chaos. Putin was right. Couldn't help myself.  Checked the Libyan National Army entry (quickly) to see what it said.  Was at first horrified, thinking I'd misunderstood the entry and had presented something that wasn't in the entry.  As I scanned further down, it looks like LNA has been credited with the Gaddafi defeat, so I didn't make I didn't make it up: The Libyan National Army was founded in 2011 by the National Transitional Council, after forces aligned to it defeated the previous Libyan Army and overthrew Muammar Gaddafi's regime.   ... Transitional National Council,[3] was the de facto government of Libya for a period during and after the Libyan Civil War, in which rebel forces overthrew the regime of Muammar Gaddafi.  No time to check the rest of the entries properly.  For all I know, I'm at fault because I'm just jumping on the first information I see.  But 'rebel forces which overthrew the regime of Muammar Gaddafi' is arguable, I suppose, if you consider the role of NATO. Somebody recently suggested I check out 'cultural Marxism'.  So I did.  During my travels, I found the entries on Reddit pointing out the bias etc, regarding Wikipedia entries.  Thought it was interesting reading in relation to the Sneakipedia failings as well as cultural Marxism, which I think I'm opposed to because I'm not huge on being told what to think.  But I've got a bit more reading to do on that before I know what the deal is; that's just my initial impression. Someone suggested a counter Wikipedia, I think.  A counter internet would also be good.  The internet as we know it doesn't accommodate truth.  It's censored like crazy.  Not too big on that. Also not big on the prospect of Google being the 'Ministry of Truth' of the internet.  Proposal to index searches based on the 'accuracy' of information rather than popularity of hits.  That is just WRONG and totalitarian. We should all bail and start using other platforms, avoiding Google like the plague. Google Gives New Meaning to “Orwellian” – Becomes Ministry of Truth http://www.globalresearch.ca/google-gives-new-meaning-to-orwellian-becomes-ministry-of-truth/5434333 [Excuse any typos.  In a mad rush.  Too tired to stay up and edit.]

Netanyahu - Iran 2015 vs Iraq 2002

IRAN NETANYAHU 2002 Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. 2015 Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. 2012 Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research.  1984 Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. ............................................................... The above images obviously do not belong to me and were not created by me.  They're examples of political comments currently available online and they're politically topical. The first image and quote from 2002 on Iraq is certainly thought provoking. At this point in time, I have no set opinion on any potential danger of Iran.

SWEDEN - "WikiLeaks" more perverse than the "guru" Article

"WikiLeaks", mai pervers decât "guru" - Jurnalul National jurnalul.ro/.../wikileaks-mai-pervers-decat-guru-5620... Translate this page Dec 7, 2010 - Fondatorul Wikileaks a ajuns marţi acolo unde şi-o doreau mulţi din ... Citeşte mai multe despre: gregorian bivolaru, wikileaks, julian assange. GOOGLE TRANSLATION "WikiLeaks" more perverse than the "guru" Author: Carmen Plesa Violeta Fotache December 7, 2010 - 5:53 p.m. Stefan Rousseau / PA / AGERPRES Julian Assange was arrested by British police on a warrant issued by Sweden European tracking / Photo: Stefan Rousseau / PA / AGERPRES Wikileaks founder arrived Tuesday where he wanted many of those affected by revelations that he published: in the hands of the police. And that after the Swedish justice heeded pretty strange allegations made by two women whose work put enough questions to whether the facts complained of. The same Swedish justice who issued a warrant for the arrest of Julian Assange for "sex by surprise" granted political asylum MISA leader Gregorian Bivolaru, when he was examined in Romania, among other things, sexual perversion, sexual intercourse with a minor child trafficking. If last week accused Wikileaks founder of "sex by surprise" returned Swedish justice, arguing that, in fact, the statements of one of the women were poorly written. "Sex by surprise" or "surprise" was the accusation ... ... Normally, for "sex by surprise" Swedish law amends the offender with 5,000 kroner (about $ 715). But Tuesday,  ... Julian Assange ... an international warrant ... was arrested ... On August 20, Swedish women had complained to police against Assange ... In a note to Swedish Dagens Nyheter newspaper, WikiLeaks founder denied the allegations, saying that he was contacted by police, and was released on 21 August prosecution. Assange was already known at that time, because the public had a secret recording of a US attack in Baghdad, which left many civilians had been killed. One of the women who accuse Assange seems to be XXXXX a militant feminist controversial. It has been known mainly because of a manual on how women legal revenge ...   Assange says it was consensual sex, the allegations are false ... WikiLeaks published secret telegrams brought great concern throughout the world diplomacy, but also companies working with Washington. No wonder that US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates [said on Tuesday] Assange's arrest is "good news". Tough WikiLeaks founder, who scared the Americans, Swedish justice was particularly sympathetic to the "guru" Bivolaru. Sweden told us "step" when asked Romania in 2005 to extradite "guru". And it was not even remotely accused of "sex by surprise" but of sexual perversion, sexual intercourse with a minor, child trafficking, human trafficking and illegal immigration state. Orgies Bivlaru not brought it from Sweden than ... protection, ie asylum. SOURCE http://jurnalul.ro/stiri/externe/wikileaks-mai-pervers-decat-guru-562060.html COMMENT While this Google translated article is a bit of a scrambled word salad, the essence is that Sweden told Romania to push off when Romania sought extradition of Gregorian Bivolaru, to whom Sweden granted political asylum. Interesting to note that 'sex by surprise' reportedly attracts a 5,000 kroner fine (or $715), according to the article author.  Hmmmmm ... What is of significance is the disparity between Sweden's handling of Assange and Sweden's handling of Gregorian Bivolaru, the 'guru'. GOOGLE TRANSLATE For years, the City of Copenhagen supported a yoga school suspected of engaging in selling porn and striptease shows.  The designated yoga school, Natha Yoga Center, has annually received 600,000 DKK in support of the municipality.  According to Jyllands-Posten guided yoga school by a Romanian-based sect, MISA, the Movement for Spiritual Integration into the Absolute, which was founded in 1990. MISA's founder, Gregorian Bivolaru, fled to Sweden in March 2005 after he had been accused of sexually abusing an underage girl.  In October 2005, wrote the priest and expert on cults Karl-Erik Nylund, a report on the MISA in which he concluded that the organization is not a manipulative sect. There Nylund also wrote that he doubted that Bivolaru would receive a fair trial in his home country. The report was one of the evidence that led the Supreme Court the same month decided to Bivolaru should not be extradited to Romania. On December 31, he received political asylum.  Now accuses the Danish priest Tom Thygesen Daugaard Danish yoga school to be a sect:  "It is deeply naive of the municipality of Copenhagen to give money to Natha Yoga Center without investigating what lies behind. There is a totalitarian, sectarian organization that manipulates young people, searching people and engaged in various sexual services. There is reason to firmly discourage young professionals to the organization, "he says to Jyllands-Posten.  According to the newspaper, several of the teachers working on yoga school had been active in the "Wild Venus", a group offering erotic shows for private parties and stag parties. The head of the school should also he be active porn star and one of the teachers owner of a site that offers "tantric sex".  According to the website the Center for Studies on New religion, the Romanian police have seized large quantities of pornographic material in a crackdown against MISA headquarters in 2004.  In April 2008, the International Yoga Federation to exclude Gregorian Bivolaru and all other related MISA from the organization. In its decision, the IYF to MISA "even used yoga as a cover for illegal activities." Clas Svahn, DN.se Who took care of sex crime trends Gregorian Bivolaru? Well, Sweden! On 21 October 2005 rejected a Supreme Court Justice Romania's request for extradition Bivolaru for sexual perversion, sexual intercourse with a minor, trafficking in minors (trafficking), and set him at liberty.  Just a few months later granted political asylum Migration Board to this Gregorian Bivolaru. Then I do not know if this individual has been helped to acquire apartment in a child friendly area ... However, I know that it will not be long before I speak out. The episode will be included in the XXXXXXX ... http://valens.nu//item/2011/01/kommun-gav-std-till-sex-sekt The second article is from what appears to be a 'justice' blog or similar.  Thought the content was interesting. Not sure what to make of it, apart from:  how bizarre is this?