French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said 89,000 members of the security forces would be deployed nationwide on Saturday, including 8,000 in Paris, where armored vehicles will also be out on the streets. “We are facing people who are not here to protest, but to smash and we want to have the means to not give […]
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Italian Police Make Major Arrests Linked to Sicilian Mob…
Italian authorities said Tuesday they had dismantled the rebuilt upper echelons of the Sicilian Mafia by arresting 46 people including the presumed new regional boss who took over after the death of the “boss of bosses” Salvatore “Toto” Riina. Interior Minister Matteo Salvini called the sweep an “extraordinary operation” in the Sicilian capital, Palermo. Based […]
Brexit: May Bloodied but Not Yet Bowed…
As Clive warned yesterday, “Don’t trust U.K. based reporting of events. I heard so much provable rubbish today, it’d fill a book.” We’ll try to be relatively sparing, since the big events that will provide more information come next week: the Withdrawal Act vote (the margin of loss will be critical), the presumed motion of […]
China’s Xi Promises to Crack Down on Illegal Chinese-Made Fentanyl…
After meeting with President Donald Trump in Argentina on Dec. 1, Chinese leader Xi Jinping said he intends to list fentanyl as a controlled substance, “meaning that people selling fentanyl to the United States will be subject to China’s maximum penalty under the law,” according to a statement from the White House. Fentanyl, a synthetic […]
Police Target ‘Ndrangheta Mafia in Raids Across Europe…
Joint investigative teams involving police in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium are targeting members of the Calabrian ‘Ndrangheta mafia. Around 90 arrests were made; 4,000 kilograms (8,820 pounds) of cocaine and 140 kilograms of ecstasy pills were seized. In Germany, the raids — which are part of Operation Pollino — are focused on the […]
Brexit: Coming to a Head?…
I’ll attempt to be brief, since events are very much in play, and there is still a great deal of noise relative to signal. The overarching issue is that while some exciting skirmishes are underway, what matters is the configuration of forces on the battlefield. We’ll discuss the two big events of the day (so […]
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Macron Folds: France Suspends Fuel Tax Hike After “Yellow Vest” Riots…
With his popularity rating at record lows (recent polls put it at around 26%, on par with Hollande), his capital city burning and the populists he defeated during his stunning electoral victory last year making serious electoral inroads, French President Emmanuel Macron finally caved, and on Tuesday ordered a six month suspension of planned ‘fuel […]
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Israel’s Supreme Court to Decide If Netanyahu Must Resign After Indictment…
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit says the High Court of Justice will have to determine whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would need to resign if an indictment is filed in his corruption cases. Speaking to lawmakers in the Knesset State Control Committee, Mandelblit says, “When it comes to a minister, there’s a clear ruling from the […]
The Film the Israel Lobby Does Not Want You to See by Chris Hedges…
“The Lobby,” the four-part Al-Jazeera documentary that was blocked under heavy Israeli pressure shortly before its release, has been leaked online by the Chicago-based website Electronic Intifada, the French website Orient XXI and the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar. The series is an inside look over five months by an undercover reporter, armed with a hidden camera, […]
Brexit: More Thrashing About…
We’ll attempt to be sparing in our Brexit update, since the noise to signal ratio is even higher than usual right now. As you’ve undoubtedly heard, the EU Council approved May’s deal as expected. May gave in to Spain’s demands over Gibraltar: 96% of Gibraltar voted to Remain. In response the UK has sacrificed Gibraltar […]
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CONFIRMED: Yeppers, Looks Like the UK Is in Fact Funding a Massive Anti-Russia ‘BAD’ Propaganda Campaign…
Those who have been saying that the West has turned Russia into a scapegoat to be blamed for each and every thing that goes wrong have been proved right. We have witnessed concocted stories invented to denigrate Moscow that have gone viral as directed by the secret services. The UK, the country that is spearheading […]
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Ukraine – Poroshenko Initiated Clash With Russia to Gain Dictatorial Powers – He Failed…
The Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko’s attempted to shore up his approval rate for the upcoming election by provoking a military incident. It was a gamble and it failed. Three Ukrainian boats, a tug and two gun boats, attempted to sail from the Black Sea through the Kerch Strait into the Sea of Azov. The Kerch […]
Is the British Government Running a Massive Secret Anti-Russian Smear Campaign?…
In 2015 the government of Britain launched a secret operation to insert anti-Russia propaganda into the western media stream. We have already seen many consequences of this and similar programs which are designed to smear anyone who does not follow the anti-Russian government lines. The ‘Russian collusion’ smear campaign against Donald Trump based on the […]
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Russia Blocks Ukrainian Navy from Entering the Sea of Azov. Captures Ships…
The Ukrainian government under the oligarch Petro Poroshenko is in election campaign mode. That is one reason why it is launching new provocations against Russia. Yesterday Ukrainian forces reportedly occupied a town within the neutral zone between the government controlled part and the rebel held Donetsk area. Today the Ukrainian navy sent a tug and […]
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China Scientist Creates ‘Genetically Edited’ Babies…
A scientist in China claims to have created the world’s first genetically edited babies, in a potentially ground-breaking and controversial medical first. If true, it would be a profound leap of science and ethics. This kind of gene editing is banned in most countries as the technology is still experimental and DNA changes can pass […]
Britain’s Enemy Is Not Russia but Its Own Ruling Class, UN Report Confirms…
As the UK political establishment rips itself to pieces over Brexit, a far greater crisis continues to afflict millions of victims of Tory austerity. A devastating UN report into poverty in the UK provides incontrovertible evidence that the enemy of the British people is the very ruling class that has gone out of its way […]
May Rushes to Brussels for Last-Minute Talks Ahead of Weekend Summit…
Following another boisterous PMQ Wednesday morning where the Prime Minister notably hinted at the possibility that Brexit could be “cancelled” following a question posed by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn (he asked if there are “no circumstances under which the UK will leave the EU without a deal”, to which the prime minister said killing her […]
Syria – Back in the Arab Fold…
Following Syria’s military success against its enemies, Arab states which supported the war on Syria are again making nice with it. The United Arab Emirates will reopen its embassy in Damascus. Kuwait and Bahrain will follow. Today a delegation of parliamentarians from Jordan visited Damascus and met with President Assad – The members of the […]
Argentine Navy Submarine Found 2,600 Feet Deep in Atlantic a Year After Disappearing…
A submarine that went missing over a year ago together with 44 crewmen aboard has been found, the Argentinian navy said early Saturday. The ARA San Juan submarine disappeared on Nov. 15 last year, sparking an international search operation assisted by the United States and other countries. The discovery of the sub was announced just […]
Sweden: Green Party Suggests Confiscating Citizens’ Homes to Give Them to Migrants…
The Green Party in Sweden has suggested confiscating the homes of citizens and giving them to migrants if the property is deemed to be too large or if the owner has more than one residence. Blogger Katerina Janouch reveals how the party wanted to introduce a new law which would allow “Municipalities to seize housing […]
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