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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

US Senator Cruz Says Negotiators Refusing to Provide Lawmakers With Border Deal Text

US Senator Cruz Says Negotiators Refusing to Provide Lawmakers With Border Deal Text

January 29, 2024

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US Senate negotiators working on a border security deal will not provide lawmakers the text of the proposed agreement, Senator Ted Cruz said on Monday.
"I haven’t read the bill and there’s a reason: nobody’s read the bill. They won’t actually give us the text," Cruz said during an interview with Fox News. "If you’re hiding the text, it means it’s even worse than people think it is."
Negotiators have only provided lawmakers with general "bullet points" about the potential deal, Cruz said. The deal would allow 5,000 migrants into the United States every day, totaling approximately 1.8 million per year, he said. 
 
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Source:  Obama is the real power behind Biden or whatever actor is wearing the mask of deceit.  Yes, the Kenyan Pedophile, Fag wants the Senate to vote YES on something that he will not allow them to see.  When will this POS be arrested?  

 

 

Saturday, March 11, 2017

'Normalization Completed'? What Erdogan Wants From Moscow

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'Normalization Completed'? What Erdogan Wants From Moscow

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On Friday, the presidents of Russia and Turkey chaired the 6th meeting of the High-Level Russia-Turkey Cooperation Council and had a second, private meeting behind the closed doors. What does Erdogan want from Moscow and how does he see his future relationship with Russia?

On Friday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Moscow, accompanied by a large ministerial delegation, to take part in the 6th meeting of the High-Level Russia-Turkey Cooperation Council. The Turkish leader also had a second, private meeting behind the closed doors with Russian President Putin.

"The discussion covered the entire scope of Russian-Turkish relations with a focus on the further restoration of mutually beneficial trade and economic ties," says a statement on the official website of the Russian President.
A package of documents was signed after the meeting.
Members of Russian and Turkish delegations, led by Presidents Vladimir Putin (5th R) and Tayyip Erdogan (5th L), attend a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, March 10, 2017
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Members of Russian and Turkish delegations, led by Presidents Vladimir Putin (5th R) and Tayyip Erdogan (5th L), attend a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, March 10, 2017
An intergovernmental mid-term trade, economic, scientific, technical and cultural cooperation program for 2017–2020 was signed, as well as an agreement between the Russian Direct Investment Fund and the Turkish Sovereign Fund to establish a Russian-Turkish investment fund with a capital of up to $1 billion.
Also signed were a memorandum of mutual understanding between the foreign ministries on diplomatic personnel training and the sharing of informational documents, and a memorandum of understanding between the Federal Service for Intellectual Property and the Turkish Patents and Trademarks Agency.
Other documents concern holding the bilateral year of culture and tourism in 2019, cooperation between the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Turkish Ministry of Justice, cooperation in the small and medium-sized business sector and cooperation between the news agencies of the two countries.

Following a meeting in Moscow, the two leaders held a joint press conference.
'Normalization Completed'?
"In our official statements, I believe we can dispense with the phrase “normalization of relations” because we believe we have already passed this stage on issues such as Syria and regional security. We have considered these issues. We often hold telephone conversations in the course of which we address these issues," President Erdogan stated at the press conference.
The Russian leader has also acknowledged that the political dialogue between the two counties has resumed.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, second left, shakes hands with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 10, 2017
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, second left, shakes hands with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 10, 2017
"The meeting in this format is taking place after a pause that was caused by the well-known tragic events. Proactive political dialogue resumed between our countries, and so did efforts by foreign ministers to coordinate strategic planning. The mixed intergovernmental commission and bilateral civil society forum have also resumed their work," he said.
"Russia and Turkey have great potential for further advancing their neighbourly relations. Together, not only can we make up for the opportunities that were lost, but also raise our cooperation to a new level. At least Russia is willing to do so and committed to moving in this direction," Vladimir Putin added.
Key Issues Discussed
After the narrow format meeting of the Presidents, Vladimir Putin said that energy remained a priority area in cooperation between the two countries.

"Russia reliably supplies Turkey with energy sources. The Blue Stream gas pipeline has been stably operating for years. This year, Gazprom plans to move forward with the construction of another major energy route, the Turkish Stream. Two lines with a capacity of 15.75 billion cubic metres a year each will be laid across the Black Sea bed. The first will carry the fuel to Turkey’s domestic market and the second – provided our European partners are interested – will bring gas to Europe via Turkey," he said.
The Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation is going ahead with building the Akkuyu nuclear power plant in Turkey: four power units with an aggregate capacity of 4,800 MW, he added.
"The project’s implementation opens up long-term prospects for Russian-Turkish cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear energy. We expect Akkuyu to receive strategic investment status in the near future. To reiterate, both projects – Turkish Stream and the nuclear power plant – meet modern environmental and technological standards and will become major elements in ensuring energy security in the region," the Russian leader announced.
While discussing topical international issues, the President said, considerable attention was given to the situation in the Middle East, in particular Syria. The parties spoke in favour of combining the efforts of the entire world community in the fight against terrorism. They noted that largely thanks to the active role of Russia and Turkey, it became possible not only to ensure the cessation of hostilities between Syrian government forces and the armed opposition but also to begin substantive talks, direct and concrete negotiations between the parties to the conflict in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan.

"The ceasefire in Syria is generally holding thanks to the well-coordinated efforts of Russia, Turkey and Iran. The level of violence has declined substantially. We agreed with our Turkish colleagues to continue our cooperation in fighting terrorist groups, above all ISIS, working together through our military and special services," Vladimir Putin said.
The Kurdish Factor
Meanwhile, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in his meeting with Vladimir Putin on Friday that Turkey expects Russia to end the the Kurdistan Workers' Party's  (PKK) and its Syrian affiliate Democratic Union Party's (PYD) activities in Moscow.
"As for the activity of Syrian groups affiliated with the PKK terrorist organization, such and PYD and YPG, I believe it is necessary to completely put an end to their activity in Russia. Regarding the FETO (the Gülenist Terror Group) terrorist organization, unfortunately, we know that under the guise of other organizations, they are active in certain Russian cities, as well as in Moscow and St Petersburg. We believe that the Russian authorities will take steps to put an end to that activity," the Turkish leader said.
Commenting on this remark of the Turkish President, Russian political analyst Alexander Kirpichev, familiar with the course of negotiations, called importance of the Kurdish factor to the Turkish leader "like a red rag to a bull."

"To Erdogan, the Kurdish factor like a red rag to a bull in terms of the regional security and the security of Turkey," he told Russia's online newspaper Gazeta.ru.
The expert suggested that the urge to end any cooperation with the Kurds was the major purpose of Erdogan's trip to Moscow.
"It is very important to Erdogan that Russia does not cooperate with the Kurds on the Syrian territory where Turkey is conducting its Operation Euphrates Shield, which is de facto aimed against the Kurds. Ankara is planning to setup a buffer zone there between the Turkish border and the Kurdish regions," he concluded.
 

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Hope for Deadlock in TTIP

A pedestrian walks past a wooden blockade built by Greenpeace activists at the main entrance of a conference center where negotiators are expected to discuss the 12th Round of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) in Brussels, Belgium, February 22, 2016.

Environmentalists Hope Leaks Can Force Deadlock in EU-US TTIP Deal

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Bill Waren, a senior analyst at Friends of the Earth, stated that a deadlock in US-EU trade talks is very possible but only if environmental campaigners and the public keep up the pressure.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — A deadlock in the EU-US negotiations on Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) agreement is possible if environmental campaigners and the public keep up the current stance against it, a representative of the Friends of the Earth international network of environmental organizations told Sputnik on Tuesday.

On Sunday, Greenpeace said it had obtained 248 pages of classified TTIP documents representing around two-thirds of the draft EU-US free trade deal. The documents detail the leading role of corporate interests in the agreement, as well as policies threatening the environment and public health, according to Greenpeace.
"A deadlock in US-EU trade talks is very possible but only if environmental campaigners and the public keep up the pressure," Bill Waren, a senior analyst at Friends of the Earth, said.
The leaked documents exposed major contention between the two sides on the issues of environment protection and public safety standards. It triggered a wave of criticism from advocacy groups and environmental activists.
"I think it very possible that France and several other national governments in the EU will balk at the deal if public pressure in unrelenting," Waren continued.
Earlier on Tuesday, French Foreign Trade Minister Matthias Fekl said France could not sign the TTIP agreement due to the attitude of the United States, calling it "a bad deal."

Following the Greenpeace leak, EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom rushed to calm down the public and said that the European Union would not reduce its consumer protection as a result of the TTIP agreement.
Meanwhile, US Trade Representative Michael Froman said that interpretations of the leak had been misleading and incorrect. The White House stated that the leak would not impede the agreement's signing by the end of the year.
"US proposals for TTIP include an obligation to establish institutions and procedures to quash environmental initiatives before they can even be promulgated. Regulatory review chapters in the TTIP would encourage business-friendly, cost-benefit analysis that would hamstring environmental or other public interest regulations," Waren explained.
The latest round of negotiations on the TTIP concluded on Friday, with a view to finalize the agreement by the end of the year. The drive to accelerate negotiations was backed by US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel during Obama's recent visit to Germany.

The TTIP deal has drawn severe criticism for the lack of transparency in the negotiations as well as for the tremendous power it would potentially give to international corporations. The TTIP has also been slammed for bypassing the framework of the World Trade Organization and excluding the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) countries.

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

[text] Benjamin Fulford says Something strange happening around Antarctica as negotiations for new financial system

Tuesday, March 22, 2016 12:05

Something strange happening around Antarctica as negotiations for new financial system
March 22, 2016
Something is happening around Antarctica these days that is shrouded in secrecy but is also attracting a lot of heavy hitters. The visit to Antarctica by Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, in February was the first sign of something unusual happening. Now this week US Presidential spokesperson Barack Obama will be visiting the Nazi South American headquarters in Bariloche, in Southern Argentina.
Just before the Obama visit, it was revealed that China has built a giant space exploration base in Southern Argentina. Following this revelation, the Argentine government reported they sank a “Chinese fishing boat,” near a restricted area off the coast of Southern Argentina. Pentagon sources say the boat was probably a Chinese spy vessel since a normal fishing vessel would have responded to Argentine warnings.
Furthermore, the heavy handed attempt Khazarian mafia attempt to overthrow the government of Brazil has now failed, depriving the Khazarian mafia of Brazil as a place to flee now that the American people are waking up to the crimes that have been committed against them, CIA sources in South America say.
Now CIA sources in Asia are saying their connections “who are above the government,” are all “flying South,” this week and hinted strongly that “South” referred to Antarctica. This is all very interesting because years ago Paul Laine, a source in Pentagon military intelligence, told this writer the then state of the art UK guided missile destroyer HMS Sheffield had been captured by Nazis operating out of an undersea base in the region. The Sheffield was supposedly sunk in 1982 during the Falklands war between Argentina and the UK by an Exocet missile.
This increase in highly secret activity in the Southern Hemisphere near Antarctica is somehow connected to ongoing negotiations over a gold mine in Papua, New Guinea, that Laine also indicated was the location of a Nazi secret base.
America’s top spy, James Clapper, flew to Australia last week in what Australian media reports described as a “secret visit.”
One topic of discussion is the revelation a Chinese company has acquired a 99 year lease on the Australian harbour at Darwin that includes Australian Navy facilities.
However, there is also a very different agenda being discussed connected to gold and secret bases. CIA sources in Asia say that also present at the meeting were top Indonesian and Australian military officials. At one level, the discussions are about allowing the US military to station a fleet around Badua Island, close to the South China Sea.
At another level, the negotiations are also about giant new gold and platinum reserves found in the same general area as the giant Freeport McMoRan mine (and secret base) is located, Indonesian sources say.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo is also expected to visit this week the Indonesian equator monument that is supposed to be the location of a giant gold stash, the sources say. The US military is keen to build a giant new harbour there, in part as a cover for a gold recovery operation, CIA sources say.
Meanwhile the Asian side has revealed more details about a gold transaction being negotiated in order to provide funding for the creation of a future planning agency. At present, 8000 metric tons of gold (worth about $320 billion at current market prices) are on offer by the Asians at a 13% discount from the market price. Of this, 4000 tons would come from Thailand and 4000 tons from China, Chinese government sources say. Of the 13% discount, 10% would go towards setting up the planning agency and remaining 3% would be for commissions, the government officials say. The gold on offer is what is known as “black gold” or off-ledger gold. This gold, mostly held by Asian royal families, has been kept out of the Western financial system because allowing the Asians to cash their gold would give them overwhelming financial and thus global, power.
In this deal, the Asians would get dollars and other hard currency that can be used around the world while the gold starved Westerners would be able to replenish their bullion coffers. As of this writing, no formal Western response has been received for the 8000 ton offer but one is expected soon.
In related news, this writer participated in the taping of a Japanese prime TV show due to be aired on March 31st that will show the Japanese public clear evidence of Western cabal plans to kill 90% of the world’s population. The show includes footage of the notorious Georgia Guide Stones. The show also includes a segment discussing why Princess Diana was murdered and a segment about Native American contacts with possible aliens. This appears to be the beginning of some sort of disclosure process.
It must be noted this show must have been approved by US Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy. Kennedy’s father, President John F. Kennedy, was murdered in part because he wanted to use Asian gold to take the US dollar out of the control of the Khazarian mafia cabal.
We are also now hearing from the US military that the “North Korean submarine” sunk recently was actually an Israeli submarine that was sunk on March 11th “in remembrance for Fukushima.” However, Pentagon sources say “Israel still has two more subs and much more to pay because 16 US ships that aided Japan in operation tomodachi after 311 are still contaminated.”
Another Khazarian crime that is still to be fully punished is the downing of Malaysian airlines flight 370. Pentagon sources are saying that Goldman Sachs may have been used to pay Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak $680 million to help cover up the hijacking of this plane to prevent the return home of 20 Chinese engineers working for Freescale Semiconductors. FBI Director Jim Comey visited China on March 14th, likely as a part of this probe that also involves Russian investigators, the sources said.
Inside the US as well, the takedown of the Khazarian mafia is proceeding at an accelerating pace. For one thing, the various death threats against Republican candidate Donald Trump are being firmly dealt with by the Secret Service and other enforcement authorities. The rent a mobs being hired by George Soros are also being dealt with.
The attacks on Hillary Clinton have also escalated to such an extent that even the New York Times propaganda rag has come out with stories that the Clintons handed over uranium mines in the US to the Russians in tandem with donations to their foundation.
Meanwhile Presidential spokesperson Barack Obama’s attempt to place Khazarian Jew Merrick Garland on the Supreme Court to replace Antonin Scalia has created a huge backlash of opposition. Garland was involved in the cover-up of the Oklahoma city bombings and is in support of gun control. His appointment is opposed by Republicans, the Vatican, the military, the NRA, militia members and many others. It is almost as if he was selected deliberately to galvanize opposition to Khazarian mob rule.
The other Khazarian mafia stronghold under attack is the widely reviled Monsanto Corporation. Their attempt to ban the labelling of GMO crops on foodstuffs has backfired, and now several major food makers, including General Mills and Campbell Soup, have promised to label GMO foods. Furthermore, the FBI is now probing the various food poisoning outbreaks that affected the Chipotle fast food chain after it announced it was going GMO free. Initial evidence is pointing to Monsanto goons as being the culprits, FBI sources say.
In the Middle East, meanwhile, the UN and the US have begun to openly call Turkish and Saudi Arabian attacks war crimes and genocide. This is paving the way for a major military campaign to clean up that troubled region once and for all.
Turkish President Recep Erdogan seems to losing control of his senses under the pressure as evidenced by recent statements calling journalists and politicians “terrorists.”
The Turkish military know they will have to dump him if they are to save their country from dismemberment.
It may be already too late for Saudi Arabia to do the same. A Saudi Prince, who was involved in an attempt to offer the White Dragon Society $25 trillion to go away, once admitted “we have been obeying them for so long,” that his countries’ rulers could not contemplate any other course. The “them” was a reference to the Khazarian mob but, in the context, he was clearly referring to something even more ancient and evil. This is the human slaver guild known to history as the Hyksos, who worshipped a goat faced being with a forked tail we refer to as Satan. Certainly the recent actions of the Saudis, such as bombing markets and killing innocent people, can only be described as Satanic.
On a final note, Russian sources say Pope Francis is planning to make a major announcement, possibly in May, and then retire. While experience has taught us to be wary of specific dates or deadlines, it is undeniable that major world changes are taking place. The WDS, for its part, will make some sort of announcement if and when it sees the actual physical gold mentioned.

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Monday, March 14, 2016

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