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Dec 15 2016

Merkel Wants to Fully Censor the Internet Claiming Putin Wants Her Defeated


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Re-Posted Dec 15, 2016 by Martin Armstrong

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Merkel is already adopting the Obama strategy by blaming Putin for any potential loss in the election. She is going much further, perhaps because she grew up in Eastern Germany and sees no problem grabbing more power. Her party, the CDU , claims that the ambitions of Vladimir Putin are to defeat her in the elections this fall in the Bundestag, ignoring that the CDU has been coming in third place. Angela Merkel now says that disinformation is being sent over the internet to dethrone her. Therefore, the CDU wants full censorship in Germany and is planning to impose incredibly strict rules for all communication on the internet. She is claiming any negative news is really instigated by agents of Russia. That will probably include this site, despite the fact our model is not influenced by any human intervention, no less Putin.

The way sources are saying she is drafting this Draconian measure can even capture people who do not work for Merkel.  It seems that everyone prefers to blame Putin for losing an election rather than simply looking at their own actions. Therefore, the CDU wants to control all communications on the internet. In the United States, the CIA has classified some 200 websites as supporting Russia and have created a watch-list. These websites were then divided into two main categories: official Russian state media and “useful idiots.” This was done AFTER the election.

In Germany,  Michael Grosse-Brömer has accused Russia of planning to influence the election: “A departure from Merkel would be a success for Putin.” Exactly how that would benefit Putin is not clear. All governments are turning against their governments because they have grossly mismanaged the economy and the refugee crisis. Merely proclaiming that Putin is behind manipulations and disinformation in social networks is very easy to make and the press will support whatever the government tells them. 

Proposals are already circulating to impose financial penalties if a company does not immediately delete criminal content and hate speech. The SPD faction leader Thomas Oppermann has called for a serious action against Facebook, “I believe that Facebook has to be obligated to delete these, or to provide them with the same range as the fake representation, in the case of proven false declarations, invented messages.” Of course, hate-speech is very broad and can be applied to anyone who disagrees with the refugee policies. How can such censorship be applied on a global basis? Will all analysis of political and economic trends be deemed subversive?

The CDU is also targeting Google, which also operates the video platform Youtube. After all, it was the BREXIT movie that was on YouTube. The CDU says it is unacceptable and that YouTube cannot control in advance what people see. There are those in European politics that are now advocating full-blown censorship fearing the collapse of the EU as well. There seems to be a movement to deny the right to the truth or free speech brewing under the pretense that they claim it is Putin.

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What happens if the BBC operated by the British government does a negative piece of Merkel? In Germany, the Deutsche Welle is directly subordinated to the Chancellor’s Office. State propaganda is acceptable, but anyone who disagrees is somehow now an agent of Putin. This is one of the last rungs a government breaks before it becomes the enemy of the people.

 

Dec 15 2016

Frontrunning: December 15


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by Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge Dec 15, 2016 7:34 AM
  • Yellen, Trump on the Same Page, for Now (WSJ)
  • Bond Rout Deepens After Fed Move (WSJ)
  • Dollar Climbs to Strongest Since 2003 on Fed Path; Bonds Drop (BBG)
  • Trump’s $6 Billion Cabinet: Mostly Men, Mostly White and Not Much Government Experience (BBG)
  • Trump’s Foreign Partners Expect to Benefit (WSJ)
  • Targeting U.S. automaker signals possible China retaliation over Trump talk (Reuters)
  • Chinese ambassador to U.S.: Sovereignty not a ‘bargaining chip’ (Reuters)
  • Italy ready to recapitalise ailing banks with 15 billion euros: (Reuters)
  • China Halts Trading in Key Bond Futures (WSJ)
  • Inside the BOJ, rate hikes are back on the radar. Really (Reuters)
  • Assad’s Choice: Fight Rebels but Give Way to ISIS (WSJ)
  • OPEC Threatened by a Tiny Oklahoma Town (BBG)
  • Russia says talks with U.S. over Aleppo suspended (Reuters)
  • Tokyo Regains Costliest City for Expats Title as London Drops (BBG)
  • SNB Joins Draghi in Warning of Dread for Politics Next Year (BBG)
  • Google extends conservative outreach as Trump calls tech meeting (Reuters)
  • Iran sanctions extension act to become law without Obama’s signature: White House (Reuters)
  • Stolen Yahoo Data Includes Government Employee Information (BBG)
  • $2 Billion Gulfport Buy Shows Drillers Thirsting for Next Play (BBG)
  • Average Credit Card Debt: $16K. Total Debt: $133K. Where Do You Fit In? (BBG)

 

Overnight Media Digest

WSJ

THE GLOBE AND MAIL

** Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson has decided to question Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau formally to determine whether he breached the Conflict of Interest Act when he attended Liberal Party cash-for-access fundraisers with corporate executives wanting favors from the federal government. https://tgam.ca/2h3yVcG

** The federal Liberal government will bow to a recommendation of a Senate committee that is reviewing legislation to end gender-based discrimination in the Indian Act by asking the Quebec Superior Court – which said the act had to be corrected by early February – for an extension to allow more time for consultation. https://tgam.ca/2gMxHqg

** A plan to lift Stelco Inc out of creditor protection is backed by the Ontario government and one of the steel maker’s union locals, but another union local, the city of Hamilton and a former president of the company oppose the proposal. https://tgam.ca/2hzDN9T

NATIONAL POST

** Canada is committing to public consultations on a potential free trade deal with China, and government officials from both countries are set to hold a first meeting early in 2017. http://bit.ly/2gCAPzK

** In a surprising move Wednesday, Evernote said it will be updating its privacy policy next month to allow employees to physically see data users upload to its service. http://bit.ly/2hwHPmk

** The Canadian federal government hopes its corporate governance bill will improve gender diversity on corporate boards, but won’t rule out quotas if the problem persists, innovation minister Navdeep Bains said Wednesday. http://bit.ly/2hohvdB

 

FT

– Spanish Healthcare group Grifols is buying the nucleic acid testing unit of Hologic for $1.85 billion. Deal includes a plant in San Diego along with development rights and licenses to patents and access to product manufacturers.

– New York Stock Exchange agreed to buy the National Stock Exchange. It also agreed to keep the National Stock exchange open. The deal will give the exchanges operator a fourth U.S. exchange licence and one that would be distinct from NYSE, NYSE MKT and Arca.

– Struggling internet giant Yahoo said hackers stole personal data on more than a billion users in 2013. This announcement comes after the summer’s disclosure of another intrusion in 2014 that affected 500 million Yahoo accounts.

– Darren Woods, former head of its refining and transport operations, was appointed as Exxon Mobil’s new chief executive, following the retirement of Rex Tillerson who has been picked by Donald Trump to be his secretary of state.

– Uber has been ordered by California highways regulator to pull its self-driving cars off the roads of San Francisco while it obtains the required permit, less than a day after it began the pilot in its hometown

 

NYT

– Yahoo Inc, already reeling from its September disclosure that 500 million user accounts had been hacked in 2014, disclosed Wednesday that a different attack in 2013 compromised more than 1 billion accounts. The two attacks are the largest known security breaches of one company’s computer network. http://nyti.ms/2hQbcMV

– The U.S. Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate Wednesday for just the second time since the financial crisis of 2008, saying the American economy is expanding at a healthy pace and setting itself up as a counterweight to President-elect Donald Trump’s push for considerably faster growth. http://nyti.ms/2hvQwNM

– President-elect Donald Trump met with Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com Inc and Timothy Cook of Apple Inc, among other tech leaders, in a surprisingly genial gathering. http://nyti.ms/2gNeRO3

– Fox News named Kevin Lord as the new head of human resources in the aftermath of a sexual harassment scandal that led to the ousting of the network’s chairman and exposed a culture of inappropriate behavior toward women. http://nyti.ms/2hQc6ZZ

– Exxon Mobil Corp wasted no time in announcing on Wednesday that Darren Woods, the company president, would succeed Rex Tillerson as chairman and chief executive now that Tillerson has been nominated to head the State Department. http://nyti.ms/2hHyclh

– Warner Bros streamlined its film operation on Wednesday, consolidating filmmaking power under Toby Emmerich and parting ways with Greg Silverman, a move that comes after a highly profitable but creatively inconsistent stretch for the studio. http://nyti.ms/2hvStd2

– Uber made a big splash in its hometown on Wednesday when it started offering self-driving car service to passengers here, making San Francisco the second city in the world where the ride-hailing company provides autonomous vehicles for public use. http://nyti.ms/2hyatAP

 

Canada

THE GLOBE AND MAIL

** Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson has decided to question Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau formally to determine whether he breached the Conflict of Interest Act when he attended Liberal Party cash-for-access fundraisers with corporate executives wanting favors from the federal government. https://tgam.ca/2h3yVcG

** The federal Liberal government will bow to a recommendation of a Senate committee that is reviewing legislation to end gender-based discrimination in the Indian Act by asking the Quebec Superior Court – which said the act had to be corrected by early February – for an extension to allow more time for consultation. https://tgam.ca/2gMxHqg

** A plan to lift Stelco Inc out of creditor protection is backed by the Ontario government and one of the steel maker’s union locals, but another union local, the city of Hamilton and a former president of the company oppose the proposal. https://tgam.ca/2hzDN9T

NATIONAL POST

** Canada is committing to public consultations on a potential free trade deal with China, and government officials from both countries are set to hold a first meeting early in 2017. http://bit.ly/2gCAPzK

** In a surprising move Wednesday, Evernote said it will be updating its privacy policy next month to allow employees to physically see data users upload to its service. http://bit.ly/2hwHPmk

** The Canadian federal government hopes its corporate governance bill will improve gender diversity on corporate boards, but won’t rule out quotas if the problem persists, innovation minister Navdeep Bains said Wednesday. http://bit.ly/2hohvdB

 

Britain

The Times

* Twenty-First Century Fox Inc is expected today to make a formal offer to buy Sky Plc in an 18.5 billion pounds ($23.17 billion) takeover. http://bit.ly/2hH1dO7

* Mortgage lending dipped in October for home movers, first-time buyers and buy-to-let landlords, according to the Council for Mortgage Lenders. The Council said a total of 10.5 billion pounds ($13.15 billion) had been lent in October. This was 11 percent lower than October last year. http://bit.ly/2hGTxeO

The Guardian

* The Danish firm Lego is to raise its prices in Britain by 5 percent next year as it becomes the latest manufacturer to respond to the plunging pound after the UK voted to leave the EU. http://bit.ly/2hGUync

* The maximum compensation someone can receive if an investment company goes bust could be increased from its current 50,000 pounds ($62,610.00) to as much as 1 million pounds ($1.25 million), Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority has suggested. http://bit.ly/2hGWD2p

The Telegraph

* It is vital to fight for the City London in the Brexit negotiations, and the government should not be ashamed to stand up for Britain’s banking expertise, a committee of Lords has announced. http://bit.ly/2hGQeUV

* The London Stock Exchange Group Plc has said it will “constructively engage” with European regulators after they homed in on derivatives clearing as the focus of their probe into the firm’s planned merger with Deutsche Boerse. http://bit.ly/2hGVojs

Sky News

* A strike by drivers who deliver goods for Argos Resources Ltd has been called off just a day after it was announced. http://bit.ly/2hGTgsd

* The architect of impending reforms to the BBC’s governance, David Clementi, is among a crop of candidates vying to become the broadcaster’s next chairman. http://bit.ly/2hGVzeI

The Independent

* British Airways cabin crew have voted in favour of strikes which could severely impact flights at Heathrow airport over Christmas. http://ind.pn/2hGVHuY

* Conditions at a JD Sports Fashion Plc’s warehouse are “worse than a prison” and staff are threatened with being sacked just for sitting down, according to allegations made in a Channel 4 News film. http://ind.pn/2hGNmYa

 

Dec 14 2016

A REAL JOURNALIST WARNS US WWIII WITH RUSSIA, CHINA IS ALREADY UNDERWAY


The nuclear weapons have been out here since the 50’s — China has grown significantly over the past 20 twenty some years and now has a world presence that didn’t exist before. Now they need the worlds raw materials to support their production so they also want to protect their shipping and that brings them into conflict with others. Most of this is because of Obama downsizing the army which projects weakness — so we are where we are and trump will need to deal with it!

Dec 14 2016

Sweden tells municipalities to prepare for war


Sweden has already been invaded by the Muslims it way to late for them!

Dec 14 2016

Nigel Farage Blasts EU Refusal to Accept “Democracy and the Rebirth of The Nation State”…


Mr. Nigel Farage, MEP (Member of European Parliament), spoke earlier today in Brussels. Farage warned, yet again, about the contradiction of a supposed ‘democratic body’ (the EU) refusi…

Source: Nigel Farage Blasts EU Refusal to Accept “Democracy and the Rebirth of The Nation State”…

And in the EU the same thing drain their swamp.

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Dec 14 2016

Europe Starting to Break Apart


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Re-Posted Dec 14, 2016 by Martin Armstrong

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You can tell that Europe is breaking apart because the EU has gone too far. EU President Jean-Claude Juncker has warned against attempts to undermine or dissolve the European Union. “Those who believe that it is time to divide, dismember and divide the EU into national divisions are completely wrong,” said Juncker in Maastricht, the Netherlands. Europe would lose its importance economically and populously in international comparison he argued. “We will not exist as a single country without the European Union.”

That statement makes it very clear that those in Brussels want a federalized Europe and see their role as managing “a single country.” Therein lies all the problem. The EU abandoned its economic union and wanted a political union of one country. That was the same dream of Hitler and Napoleon.

Dec 14 2016

There’s a Psy-OP, All Right, But It Isn’t “The Russians”


The worry is not the majority of the the people that do not believe the national media anyway, its the young crowd which might be incited to violence if this keeps up.

Dec 14 2016

Iran Warns Of “World War, The Destruction Of Israel”, If Trump Tears Up Nuclear Pact


Don’t fool with Trump he is not the pussy Obama!

Dec 14 2016

Russian Conspiracy Theory Spreads To U.K Parliament – Putin Now Blamed For Brexit…


The left-wing globalist moonbats, and the movement they represent, has found a common enemy, Russia.  Their ideological avoidance knows no boundary. Not content to simply blame Russia for the failu…

Source: Russian Conspiracy Theory Spreads To U.K Parliament – Putin Now Blamed For Brexit…

Putin is running the entire world now … WOW

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Dec 13 2016

Trump Picks Rick Perry To Lead Energy Department (That He Wanted To Do Away With In 2011)


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by Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge Dec 13, 2016 9:42 AM

Trump’s string of ‘anti’-status quo appointments continues with his selection of former Texas governor Rick Perry to lead the Energy Department, which it is worth noting he wanted to do away with in 2011.

Perry twice ran for his party’s presidential nomination, including against Trump, presenting himself as pro-business candidate.

Perry’s selection is amusingly ironic, because five years ago, Perry wanted to eliminate the Energy Department: in an infamous 2011 Republican primary debate, Perry forgot that the Energy Department was one of the three federal government agencies he wanted to do away with. The other two were the Commerce and Education Departments. According to some pundits, the gaffe may have cost him a shot at the party’s 2012 nomination.

Perry, Texas’ longest-serving governor, was indicted in 2014 for abuse
of power and coercion after threatening to veto funds for a Travis
County office that investigates corruption unless the district attorney,
who had pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated, resigned. Another
potential conflict of interest: Perry serves on the board of Energy Transfer Partners LP, the
company whose pipeline project has drawn opposition in North Dakota and
has become a rallying cry from environmentalists. While the Obama
administration has stalled the project, Trump has said federal approvals
for energy infrastructure need to come quicker.

Finally, those curious about Rick Perry’s policies, we bring your an
interview from June, where Perry questioned the science behind global
warning.  Here are the details:

During his 2012 presidential campaign, Perry regularly questioned climate science, saying that it hadn’t been settled. “There
are a substantial number of scientists who have manipulated data so
that they will have dollars rolling into their projects,” Perry
claimed during one New Hampshire campaign stop. He called the EPA a
“cemetery for jobs.” In his pre-campaign book, Fed Up!, Perry referred
to efforts to tackle global warming as “hysteria” and described the
science a “contrived phony mess.” He even wrote that “we have been experiencing a cooling trend.”
Perry’s 2012 campaign collapsed when, during a debate, he forgot which
three cabinet-level departments he wanted to eliminate. He called for
axing Commerce and Education, but he famously couldn’t remember that
Energy was also on the list of federal agencies he’d proposed
eliminating. “Oops,” he finally said when he was unable name the
department.

At the Conservative Political Action Conference this in February
0215, Perry touted his record fighting smog. But he sidestepped climate
change and called for the Keystone XL Pipeline to be built. “The point
is, you can have job creation, and you can make your environment
better,” he said. “That ought to be our goal in this country, and it all
starts with energy policy. Open up the XL pipeline, create jo