Forget about Adam Schiff’s mythical ‘Russian Bots’ – meet the world’s premier trolling and propaganda operation…

By James George JATRAS | Strategic Culture Foundation | 25.01.2018 What the result will be of Turkey’s offensive against the Kurdish-held enclave of Afrin in northwest Syria may not be clear for a while, but two things are already certain. Bad decisions in Washington provided the trigger, and Washington’s regional position will suffer as a […]

Article first appeared on RPT.

Congress has agreed to a temporary funding measure to end the government shutdown, but there is still no guarantee for bipartisan immigration reform. Native American activist Bill Means discussed the issue of humane reform with Dennis J. Bernstein. By Dennis…Read more →

The first monkeys have been cloned in China... but is there a deeper story:
In a scientific first, cloned monkeys are born. Will they…
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by Auslander for The Saker Blog I watched US Secretary of Defense ‘General’ Mattis live on 19 January and I’m reasonably sure a lot of us either watched him or

The Russiagate Stakes Are Extreme
Paul Craig Roberts
The Republicans’ delay in releasing the summary of the House Intelligence Committee’s Russiagate investigation is giving weight to the presstitutes’ claim that the report is not being released, because it is a hack attempt at a Trump coverup that is not believable. Only Republicans are stupid enough to put themselves in such a situation.

By Adam Johnson | FAIR | January 23, 2018 “American leadership” is one of a long list of vague, seemingly benign pseudo-concepts our media throw around to justify increased spending on soft power and military adventurism. It’s a difficult concept to pin down, but it’s almost always presented as something the United States is “failing” […]

When Trump voters went to the polls, how many of them were voting to end the rules to keep blood-sucking payday lenders from ripping them off? Probably not many-- but that's what they're getting. As you know, Trump appointed OMB director Mick Mulvaney acting head of the CFPB-- the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

In a recent article for The Duran I wrote of how the economic situation in Ukraine appeared once more to be deteriorating, with economic statistics apparently being distorted to conceal the extent of the rise in inflation, making the claimed figure of 2% GDP growth in 2017 unlikely.
In a further sign of a deteriorating economic situation, recent reports from Ukraine speak of rolling electric power blackouts in some regions, suggesting growing energy shortages as the price of oil hikes.

By Nebojsa Malic | RT | January 25, 2018 US Defense Secretary James Mattis is a Marine’s Marine and a respected military scholar. Yet his recent remarks to reporters about US conduct around the world smack of either hypocrisy or woeful misinformation. Mattis is visiting Indonesia and Vietnam this week, as part of a US […]

The fundamental influence of Sino-Indian relations, which are constantly under surveillance of NEO, can hardly be doubted, not only on the situation in Indo-Pacific Regions (IPR), but also in the world as a whole.

A cross-border conservation agreement signed by 126 countries will offer extra protection to migratory species including lions, chimpanzees and blue sharks
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Ninety per cent of young people quizzed in a survey last year said they wanted careers that would “make a difference”
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Germany, a country with a population of 82-million, welcomed one- million migrants and unvetted “refugees” in 2015, and another 280,000 in 2016. In July, 2017, German Chancellor Angela Merkel shut down the idea of creating upper limits on refugees entering Germany. During this time, rape and sexual assault have risen dramatically. Since the government refuses to crack down on the offenders and stop the immigration, merchants have introduced 'Safety Pants' with loud alarms.

Benton, Kentucky: A 15-year-old, male student was arrested on murder charges after allegedly opening fire in the Marshall County High School, killing two students and wounding 14 others. The motive is unknown at this time. The boy illegally obtained the gun and he illegally used it in a gun-free zone. [Let's hear it for gun-control laws.] [...]

GWPF | Jan 24, 2018 2017 seemed like a year full of bad weather news. But a deeper look at the global data suggests that attempts to link the last year’s extreme weather to climate change are misleading.

Antifa has arrived in the City of Davos at the same time The World Economic Forum is being held for world leaders and industry titans. Antifa is presenting itself as 'grassroots' protesters against global warming, Donald Trump, and nationalism. The irony is that this mission statement is in perfect alignment with the mantra of the globalist elite attending the Forum. The Communist Left and the allegedly anti-Communist Right are merely variants of the same ideology called collectivism. They are brothers under the skin.

By Aram Mirzaei for The Saker Blog After weeks of belligerent rhetoric and preparations, Turkey finally invaded Afrin last week. It came as no surprise that Turkey would go for

The Department of Justice is in the process of recovering five months worth of missing text messages between two FBI employees accused of bias in their investigations of both Hillary Clinton and President Trump.
According to Fox News the DOJ has already reportedly started recovering the now infamous missing Strzok-Page text messages.
Sean Hannity had Sara Carter, Gregg Jarrett and Jason Chaffetz on his Fox News show to discuss the next steps in the #ReleaseTheMemo process.

By Andrew Levine / Counterpunch.

Photo by Marc Nozell | CC BY 2.0

His description of Moscow in the grip of Lenin’s dictatorship still elicits shudders in readers today:

Law enforcement recovered hundreds of photos of child pornography from the computer of Stephen Paddock, the Las Vegas shooter. Several prostitutes who knew Paddock reported the violent nature of his sexual deviancy. Investigative reporter, Jake Morphonios, speculates that the FBI knew of Paddock's sexual issues and may have extorted him to work for the agency in return for not being sent to prison. The Paddock brothers own two homes in northern California that are very close to the edge of Bohemian Grove, a 2,700-acre wooded area used for secret meetings and occult rituals.

Republicans in the U.S.

In the January issue of Revisionist History® newsletter we document the significant role of Éliphas Levi, a “traditional Catholic,” in introducing Satan into the Feminist movement; utterly factual, but many “Catholics” run from the truth.Levi's demonic conspiracy in the pontificate of Pius IX was immune to charges of heresy or ecclesiastical interference of any kind.

DOLE, the produce giant and papaya producer in the Philippines, says its papayas exported to China are all non-GMO

The worries around Brexit, the US elections, risks in the Chinese economy, and populism in Europe that loomed large 12-18 months ago have eased. Our “worry index,” which tracks references to terms such as risk, uncertainty, and instability in the major business papers has fallen by 30 percent from its 2016 peak. Financial measures of risk have declined, so much so that some see markets as overly complacent.

Recently, a memory of my son as a small boy came back to me...

The most recent state legislative election was in a state House district southeast of Pittsburgh, in a blueish district where the longtime Representative Marc Gergely (D) was convicted for being part of an illegal gambling ring and forced to resign. Tuesday, voters were not enthusiastic about going to the polls and just 11% of registered voted bothered.

  The scene of thugs in the street throwing stones at innocent school children send a chilling message that the Hindutva groups are deliberately using the entire Padmavat controversy to mobilise their disgruntled caste groups. In a democratic state, we have to abide by the institutions and their authorities. If the Supreme Court has cleared the film Padmavat, we don’t[Read More...]

A new research by scientists at the San Diego State University finds, to put it briefly, a correlation between over-use of Smartphone and teens’ increased unhappiness. All major news providers have prominently presented the news of the study. Overall finding of the study annoys all parents, guardians and responsible citizens. It’s not the only study that finds such annoying facts[Read More...]

By Tony Heller | Real Climate Science | January 24, 2018 This week is the hottest week of the year in Antarctica, and the entire continent is below freezing. In the map below, I have masked out all above freezing temperatures. Climate Reanalyzer Meanwhile, our fake news and fake science organizations tell us Antarctica is melting […]

The pro-and anti-GMO positions will remain polarized until larger questions about the future of food production are addressed

On January 23rd, this analysis piece written by The Duran’s own Alexander Mercouris detailed the strategic steps and missteps that the American military and foreign policy directors have been taking with the Kurds, and with the Syrian situation overall.
One key point Alexander made was that it was likely that:

Global demand for oil is expected to rise, helping push oil prices higher [Xinhua]
For the first time in more than three years when oil prices first took a dive, Brent crude hit $71 a barrel on Thursday on news that inventories had fallen again in the US.
US benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose to $66.53.
Oil markets have been steadily rising since Saudi Arabian-led OPEC agreed to oil production cuts with non-cartel world producers such as Russia.

The Trump administration wants to abolish the nuclear agreement with Iran. The big European countries want to keep the formal agreement but are actively looking for other reasons, specifically Iran's ballistic missiles, to put new sanctions on Iran. A detailed look into the issue reveals that those European countries are willfully misreading the relevant UN resolutions and mislead the public about their real motivations.

Henry Miller has continued to spin promotional content for the agrichemical industry without disclosing to readers his relationship with Monsanto

Former Secretary of State John Kerry met with a top Palestinian officials in London, where the former Obama White House official told those in attendance to “stay strong” because POTUS Trump will not be in office much longer.
Kerry later hinted that he may run for the White House in 2020.
Via Israel National News…

As you might have gathered, I've been watching the news this past week with an eye on financial and cyber-hacking stories. And this one…
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(Paul Craig Roberts) – In the 1970s neoconservative Irving Kristol aptly described the Republicans as “the stupid party.” We are seeing this today in the hesitation of the House Intelligence Committee to release to the American public the results of its investigation of Russiagate.

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would be willing to be interviewed under oath by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
“I‘m looking forward to it, actually,” Trump, speaking to reporters at the White House, said of an interview with Mueller. “I would do it under oath.”
Trump long time advisor Roger Stone believes that a testimony to Robert Mueller is nothing more that a “perjury trap” for Trump.
Stone discusses the dangers Trump faces if he does move forward with an under oath interview by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

What the result will be of Turkey’s offensive against the Kurdish-held enclave of Afrin in northwest Syria may not be clear for a while, but two things are already certain. Bad decisions in Washington provided the trigger, and Washington’s regional position will suffer as a result of Ankara’s Orwellian-named “Operation Olive Branch.”

The UN Security Council meeting on Tuesday regarding Turkey’s military operations in Syria turned out to be like the dog that didn’t bark in the night in the Sherlock Holmes short story. There was no bark – no statement by the Security Council – condemning Turkey.

Arkibusering under finska inbördeskriget. En ikonisk bild som historiker nu menar troligen är arrangerad.Följ med till fånglägerhelvetet i Dragsvik, Finlands blodigaste fångläger efter inbördeskriget för 100 år sedan. Hör om krigets historia, dess terror och omänskliga behandling av sina offer.För 100 år sedan bröt det finska inbördeskriget ut – ett krig som kom att bli ofattbart blodigt och som präglades av terror från båda sidorna.

Arkibusering under finska inbördeskriget. En ikonisk bild som historiker nu menar troligen är arrangerad.Följ med till fånglägerhelvetet i Dragsvik, Finlands blodigaste fångläger efter inbördeskriget för 100 år sedan. Hör om krigets historia, dess terror och omänskliga behandling av sina offer.För 100 år sedan bröt det finska inbördeskriget ut – ett krig som kom att bli ofattbart blodigt och som präglades av terror från båda sidorna.

Pentagon planners clearly anticipate another year of playing at defense by keeping the offense on the field. An impetuous and poorly informed president is a danger to all of us, particularly as he is surrounded by general-advisers who see a military solution to every problem.

-by NoahDateline: Undisclosed Location-Vice President Mike Pence was presented with his own personal, giant monogrammed dildo today. As he wept with revealing excitement and joy, it was hard to hear his words of thanks but, we at DWT have some ideas about what he may have said as he expressed his gratitude. Feel free to choose any or all from the following possibilities of "best words":1. Thank you so much! I can't wait to show mother!2. How did you know?3.

  On January 15, millions of Americans commemorated Martin Luther King’s Day. His famous speech, ‘I Have a Dream’ was repeated numerous times in media outlets as a reminder of the evil of racism, which is being resurrected in a most pronounced way in American society. But that is only one version of Dr. King that is allowed to be[Read More...]

Novak Djokovic, on returning to competitive tennis at the Australian Open, caused something of a a stir that a revolt in the game was brewing.  Was it about ball boys or girls, or his smooth unblemished victory against the unfortunate Donald Young?  Umpires and adjudications?  Nothing of the sort.  It was tennis players, and the old issue of remuneration. At[Read More...]