CNN analyst suggests the Manchester terrorist attack was a right wing false flag to frame Muslims extremists
During its coverage of the terrorist attack in Manchester last night CNN analyst Paul Cruickshank suggested this attack was conducted by right wingers as a false flag to frame Muslim extremists.
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CNN Terror Analyst Paul Cruickshank was reporting live on Anderson Cooper’s “AC360” on Monday night as the Manchester Bombing’s details were unfolding, and during his report noted that the right has been trying to frame Islamists for acts of terrorism.
Cruickshank suggested that though there was evidence of a suicide bomber — confirmed by authorities later that night, and named by law enforcement as 22-year-old Salman Abedi on Tuesday — it couldn’t be confirmed because of purported right-wing plots to sabotage Islamists.
“It must also be noted that in recent months in Europe, there’s been a number of false flag plots where right wing have been trying to blame Islamists for terrorism,” Cruickshank noted and added that “we have seen that in Germany in recent weeks.”
Yeah, because there have been so many examples in the past of right wingers willing to blow themselves up in an attempt to frame Muslim extremists…
Although this takes it to a whole new level this is nothing new coming from the mainstream media and the left: after all, the mainstream media speculated that because the Boston Marathon bombing happened on April 15th it could have been right wing tax protesters, and after the foiled Times Square bombing the left speculated that this could have been attempted by somebody who was upset with Obamacare.
Even as politically correct Great Britain has become the authorities in were treating this as a terrorist attack from the very beginning but that did not stop CNN from promoting fake news to serve its agenda.
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MSNBC cuts away from Manchester attack to bring ‘shocking’ news about Russia collusion scandal
All the talk on the news last night, and rightfully so, was about the terrorist attack by ISIS in Manchester, England where teenage girls were targeted by a suicide bomber in which 22 people were killed.
It goes without saying that this was a horrible display of just how depraved ISIS is and to what lengths they will go to spread their ideology across the globe, human life means nothing to them.
This was the top story for all the networks except for one, MSNBC: Chris Matthews on Hardball last night mentioned the terrorist attack in passing while video footage played showing people leaving the arena yelling and screaming before cutting away to the network’s big story of the day. Calling it “shocking” news that the Washington Post was reporting that Donald Trump reached out to two intelligence officials to publicly deny any collusion between the campaign and Russia he left the coverage of the terrorist attack. He left real news for fake news, apparently ISIS targeting teenage girls was not shocking enough…
Here is the video; the first 32 seconds are relevant, after that the video cuts away to hyperbole but I do not think that takes away from what happened on MSNBC and it was the only video of this that I was able to come up with so I decided to use it.
You have to have priorities I guess…
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Michael Flynn invokes his Fifth amendment right, will not comply with Congressional subpoena
It is now being reported that Michael Flynn–it should be remembered here that Donald Trump fired Michael Flynn when he found out he lied to Mike Pence about his connections to foreign governments–will not comply with a subpoena for his records.
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Michael Flynn informed the Senate Intelligence Committee Monday that he will not comply with the committee’s subpoena for a list of his communications with Russian officials ahead of last year’s presidential election.
The Senate Intelligence panel is investigating Flynn, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, and other Trump campaign aides as part of its larger probe of Russia’s meddling in November’s election. Flynn had previously signaled he was not cooperating with the committee’s May 10 request for documents.
Flynn’s lawyer, Robert Kelner, asserted in a letter Monday that his client has a Fifth Amendment right not to produce the documents, as doing so would amount to a “testimonial act.”
The letter noted Flynn previously told the committee he would testify only if he got “assurances against unfair prosecution” and that his demand for immunity is unchanged.
Here is a statement from his lawyer:
“The context in which the committee has called for General Flynn’s testimonial production of documents makes clear that he has more than a reasonable apprehension that any testimony he provides could be used against him,”
The fact that he believes his testimony can be used against him and is still seeking immunity in exchange for his testimony suggests that Michael Flynn did something wrong and while I will always support a person’s Constitutionally guaranteed rights it does appear as if he is hiding something. Donald Trump should never have named a life-long Democrat to his cabinet in the first place…
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Last week it was reported that a Private Investigator who was hired by the family of murdered Democratic National Committee insider Seth Rich to get to the bottom of the non-burglary burglary had determined that Seth Rich was in contact with WikiLeaks. It had long been speculated in some circles that Seth Rich might have been the person who was leaking DNC emails, and that speculation was fueled by WikiLeaks admission it was an inside job.
The family of Seth Rich quickly condemned the story, possibly embarrassed by their son’s involvement in the crime, and the story was muddied by Fox News’s fake story that the FBI was in possession of thousands of emails between Seth Rich and WikiLeaks.
However, over the weekend Kim Dotcom tweeted out that he knew Seth Rich was the leaker because he helped him. Here is the Tweet:
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A couple of days ago the rock world lost a pioneering voice in the grunge movement from the early 1990’s when Chris Cornell decided to end his life after a show in Detroit. He was just 52 years old. Chris Cornell’s four octave voice could alternate between melodic and powerful and he will be missed in the rock world. The last song he ever sung was a cover of Zeppelin’s “In My Time of Dying” and I cannot help but think this was not an accident.
It is always sad when somebody comes to the conclusion that there is nothing in this life worth living for but it might be even more tragic when it is somebody who seems to have everything in this life that a person could ask for and still decides it is not enough. He, like so many others, was missing something in his life.
I have chosen to share AudioSlave performing “Show Me How to Live” as my tribute to Chris Cornell because I think you will see in these lyrics that he knew what he was missing, I only wish he could have found it:
Nail in my hand
From my creator
You gave me life
Now show me how to live
And here is a bonus video which shows his other side, Ave Maria:
frui diem
The Washington Post claims the Russia investigation has reached somebody in the White House
The Washington Post is at it again, using anonymous sources to push the Russia investigation into collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, this time claiming the investigation has now reached the White House.
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The law enforcement investigation into possible coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign has identified a current White House official as a significant person of interest, showing that the probe is reaching into the highest levels of government, according to people familiar with the matter.
The senior White House adviser under scrutiny by investigators is someone close to the president, according to these people, who would not further identify the official.
The revelation comes as the investigation appears to be entering a more overtly active phase, with investigators shifting from work that has remained largely hidden from the public to conducting interviews and using a grand jury to issue subpoenas. The intensity of the probe is expected to accelerate in the coming weeks, the people said.
The sources emphasized that investigators remain keenly interested in people who previously wielded influence in the Trump campaign and administration but are no longer part of it, including former national security adviser Michael Flynn and former campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
I do believe Michael Flynn might have something to worry about but I suppose that is what happens when you put someone who until recently has been a lifelong Democrat in your cabinet…
Maxine Waters is probably the face of all those who have gone off the deep end with the election of Donald Trump. While the Democrats might have some legitimate concerns over the Comey notes people like Maxine Waters do not help the cause with crazy conspiracy theories like this. She made the accusation today that Vladmir Putin was responsible for Donald Trump naming Hillary Clinton “crooked Hillary” and that stated the Russian President was behind the “lock her up” chants.
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“I am talking about strategies that were developed working with the Trump campaign. I really do believe that much of what you saw coming out of Trump’s mouth was a play from Putin’s playbook. I think that when you saw him absolutely calling Hillary crooked, the, “lock her up, lock her up” all of that was developed. I think that was developed strategically with people from the Kremlin, with Putin, and I think it’s more than bank records.”
When asked if she had any evidence to back up this claim she admitted she had none. She was just irresponsibly throwing this accusation out there hoping it would stick. This goes well beyond having a reasonable discussion on Donald Trump’s alleged ties to Russia in fact I think it hurts the cause because of the credibility issues she is creating.
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Things have really ratcheted up in the whole Russia hacking/collusion scandal in the last couple of days and today it was announced that Robert Mueller has been chosen as special counsel to oversee the investigation. Here is more:
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller to serve as special counsel to oversee the previously confirmed FBI investigation of Russian efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election and related matters.
“I have determined that a Special Counsel is necessary in order for the American people to have full confidence in the outcome,” Rosenstein said in a statement.
The letter announcing the appointment reads that Mueller is authorized to investigate “any links and/or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump; and…any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation.”
The appointment comes as numerous Democratic lawmakers have called for a special counsel, colloquially known as a special prosecutor.
This could be an attempt to appease the Democrats who have been calling for a special prosecutor for weeks now. To date there has been nobody in the government who has been able to state there is evidence that points to collusion between Donald Trump and Russia and I do not think there is or we would have already heard about it with all of the leaks coming out of Washington.
However I get the gut feeling that Donald Trump is not going to be able to survive this onslaught. Donald Trump is taking on the Democratic and the Republican establishment, who do not want him in the White House, as well as the deep state and just last week Chuck Schumer warned Donald Trump about taking on the intelligence agencies saying they have “six ways from Sunday at getting back at you.”
That sounded a bit like a veiled threat and now we might be seeing the beginning of their revenge with the leak of James Comey’s transcripts.
Donald Trump might be trying to “drain the swamp” but the swamp creatures are not going to go down without a fight and they know all the angles, they are professionals while Donald Trump is an amateur in the arena. I still believe this is much to do about nothing but I question whether Donald Trump can survive but at the very least they have brought Donald Trump’s agenda to a standstill.
I would feel better about his chances if the Republicans had the nerve to stand up and fight but they do not because they were never really behind him in the first place.
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IRS officials claim their lives will be in danger if they testify about the TEA Party targeting scandal
According to this story a closed hearing is going to be held on Friday to determine whether or not IRS officials should testify in an open hearing about the TEA Party targeting scandal. The IRS officials do not want to testify publicly because they claim their lives will be in danger. Here is more:
Current and former IRS officials are asking not to publicly testify about the agency’s alleged bias against Tea Party and other conservative organizations, claiming they are in danger if they do so.
Former official Lois Lerner and Holly Paz both argued in recent filings under seal in the U.S. District Court in Cincinnati that the death threats and other harassment they have faced take precedence over the public’s right to hear their testimony on the case of IRS bias against conservative groups, USA Today reported.
It goes without saying but I feel I need to say it anyway in light of what I am about to write, I do not support death threats in any way shape or form. However, why would these officials fear death threats unless their testimony will confirm what the TEA Party already knows happened in the first place? If their testimony was to exonerate them there would be no fear but it is obvious to me their testimony will implicate them in the IRS targeting scandal and of course it should not be forgotten that this scandal first came to light when Lois Lerner admitted wrongdoing…
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For all of the hubbub about Donald Trump possibly colluding with Russia to throw the election not one shred of evidence has been found. And that might be because it was not Donald Trump but rather a Democratic insider who was actually working to take down Hillary Clinton.
Julian Assange has stated in the past that WikiLeaks did not get its information from the Russians and a WikiLeaks operative stated it was a Democratic insider who was disgusted with the system who leaked the information.
Ever since Seth Rich, a Democratic National Committee insider, was murdered in a robbery in which nothing was stolen there has been speculation in some circles that perhaps he was the Democratic insider who was responsible for the leaks and once it was found out he was murdered. Of course the mainstream media never found this story to be interesting so it was relegated to conspiracy theory. But now the family has released the results of its own private investigation and it turns out Seth Rich did in fact have contact with Wikileaks.
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