The Fight is On: Clinton Campaign Calls For Intel Briefing Ahead Of Electoral College Vote; Maybe NO President Trump afterall

KW: President Trump or President Paul Ryan as his replacement? This bazaar story just grows legs every day with even financial websites filling up with the impossible news. The Clintons are going for broke now. From Zerohedge (albeit named as a pro Russian website, along with Paul Craig Roberts in the Washington Posts story about…

Former UK Ambassador Blasts “CIA’s Blatant Lies”, Shows “A Little Simple Logic Destroys Their Claims” | Zero Hedge

KW: Another more succinct view of the Russian hacking story that mainstrem media is wacking on about. “I have watched incredulous as the CIA’s blatant lie has grown and grown as a media story – blatant because the CIA has made no attempt whatsoever to substantiate it. There is no Russian involvement in the leaks…

The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : US Sends 200 More Troops To Syria Days After Obama Lifts Ban On Arms Supplies To Rebels

KW: Within hours of this announcement ISIS has attacked the ancient desert city of Palmyra in Syria for the second time in two years after being driven out of the city hours earlier by heavy Russian aerial attacks, a group monitoring the country’s conflict reported. So American reinforcing of Islamic State rebels is directly responsible…

Trump Blames Democrats For “Ridiculous” Russia Hacking Report | Zero Hedge

KW: This is the Trump reaction to the mainstream media beatup about fake news Speaking to Fox News’ Chris Wallace on Sunday morning, the President-elect blasted the Friday night Wapo report that a secret CIA assessment concluded Russia intervened in the U.S. presidential election to help him win the presidency. Source: Trump Blames Democrats For…

Senate Quietly Passes The “Countering Disinformation And Propaganda Act” | Zero Hedge

KW: This bill will affect us here in New Zealand as well as everywhere else in the western world. The paranoia about Russian hacking of the U.S. election has reached hysteria levels as the Clinton, Bush, Obama/Clinton dynasty of rule seeks to explain the loss for Hillary Clinton rather than just owning the fact that…

Entrenching Capitalist Agriculture in India Under the Guise of “Development” | Global Research – Centre for Research on Globalization

KW: The Indian Government Is Self-inflicting India With A Humanitarian Crisis, writes Paul Craig Roberts. In exchange for bags of money government officials in India are producing a massive humanitarian and food crisis inside India for the profits of global agri-business, he says. Source: Entrenching Capitalist Agriculture in India Under the Guise of “Development” | Global…

John Key was known as the smiling assassin. And people still liked him | Alex Frankel | Opinion | The Guardian

KW: An interesting opinion peice on the departed. I’m not sure that I think his self annoited successor Bill English is going to enjoy the same easy road as Key appears to have driven not that I pass criticsm on English but without poster boy Key National has lost a lot of leverage I suggest….