#clinton

faab64@diasp.org

This is so surreal: US asks #China to tell #Russia to ask #Iran not to retaliate against #Israel!

When Iraqi/Syrian resistance attacked the illegal occupation forces of US in Syria and killed 3 of the occupation forces, #US retaliated by attacking 28 sites of various groups, completely unrelated to that attack and blamed Iran for the attacks and sent warning to #Iran to stop harassing Americans in occupied #Syria, 7000 miles away from American borders.

Almost 2 weeks ago, Israel bombs, destroyed and in the prices killed 7 members of Iranian revolutionary guards inside Iranian consulate in Damascus.
The US, UK, France, Canada and other moral guardians of law and order, not only did not condemn the attack, but now trying to create a protective umbrella around the genocidal regime of Israel and the media is playing along with the usual words we have heard so many times before "Israel has the right to defend itself".

I despise the regime of Iran and any member of #IRGC, they are the reason I left my country almost 40 years ago and been fighting to expose their crimes against the people of Iran ever since. But that does not mean I accept the criminal actions of state of Israel against the Iranian consulate or the sites of IRGC who are helping Syria fight ISIS and the plan of #Obama/ #Clinton to turn Syria into another #Libya in the evil quest to crush EU's economy and destroy all secular regimes in the Arab world.

I hate myself for defending them, I hate myself trying to condemn their death, I would have loved to see every single one of them rot in jail for what they had done to my country, but sadly, they were killed by an even bigger evil, the one who wants to dominate the region, if not the world and will do what ever it pleases, without the fear of being held accountable and for some reason, the entire "civilized" world standing beside it and supporting it.

I don't know what will come out of this current escalation of the conflict, I don't know if IRI will attack Israel directly or not, and I don't know if Israel will ever dare to retaliate by bombing different facilities deep inside Iran.

But one thing I know for sure, The feeling of despair and helplessness I felt in the summer of 94, when I spent my entire vacation and almost all my savings on phone and fax and travel to get the Swedish and European politicians to react and to stop the ongoing genocide in #Rwanda , the joy I felt when I heard #France had send troops to Rwanda and thought that they could be a force of good, something that others would follow, then later realize that the French did not go in to stop the Genocide, but to take those who were responsible for it to safety and away from the advancing rebels. That feeling of betrayal and helplessness is nothing like what I am feeling right now.

Back in 94, we had very limited internet access, BBS and some low speed text based web site and some low quality images wer al we had, and it wasn't until a group of reporters from CNN finally entered Zaire and showed the misery of millions of fleeing Rwandans and the testimonies of some of the victims plus some horrifying videos of the reporters who managed to smuggle the tapes out and show the world what was happening there, that the 3 major powers, US, UK and France who were strongly objecting a UN action there, finally gave up to the public pressure and changed the history and made themselves look like the saviors of the people of Rwanda and those who finally ended the ongoing Genocide there. And I went back to work, tired, angry and broken and decided to stop caring and focus on my life for a while because the evil among those in power was way too overwhelming for a man who had no power or will left to fight any more.

The Gaza catastrophe is different, unlike Rwanda, we have been able to see it live, every day, every minute and every second what is going on. We have seen tanks blow up unarmed civilians, we have seen apartment complexes full of innocent people blown up to dust right in front of our eyes, we have seen toddlers covered with the blood of their parents cry and some of them die right while we watch them on our TikTok, YouTube and Telegram posts.But just like Rwanda, no one cares, and unlike Rwanda, people actually punishing those who care, putting them in prison, firing them from their jobs, cutting their livelihood and calling them supporters of terrorism because they just don't want to see innocent children die.

And then we have the enemy of the civilized world, Iran, the best country to target so we can justify our unconditional support of the most right wing, out of control, racist and horrible regime in Israel's modern history.

And as I predicted right after the Israeli attack against Iranian consulate, the good old defenders of law and order, the leaders of the free world and the guardians of what is right in our world are all united to stand beside Israel's right to "defend itself".

As an old friend used to say it, "it is like the whole neighborhood standing up against the father of a raped child, who fell victim of a serial rapist, a bully and a pedophile, the one they KNOW is guilty,but still chose to protect because the victim is an outsider, it is not one of them and they can just can't allow him to be held accountable for what he has done".

libramoon@diaspora.glasswings.com

https://supreme.findlaw.com/supreme-court-insights/clinton-v--jones-case-summary.html

#Clinton v. Jones #Case Summary
By Laura Temme, Esq. | Legally reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last reviewed August 29, 2023

..."Paula Corbin Jones filed a #lawsuit in 1994 alleging that #President Bill Clinton had sexually harassed her when he was governor of Arkansas. By the time she filed a sexual harassment lawsuit, he was president -- and claimed the presidency made him #immune to civil #litigation.

The case led to an important ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1997. It also propelled former White House intern Monica Lewinsky into the national spotlight when court documents became public.

The #SupremeCourt held that nothing in the #Constitution protects the president from civil lawsuits while they are in office. And President Clinton was eventually impeached for lying under oath."...

faab64@diasp.org

The wok of Obama and Hillary: Twenty-Seven Migrants Found Dead in Libyan Desert

The crisis began at the beginning of July, when at least 1,200 migrants and asylum seekers of sub-Saharan origin were detained in mass raids in the city of Sfax, the main starting point of the migratory route by sea, and expelled to border areas, also with neighboring #Algeria.

Libyan authorities found 27 bodies of migrants dead since the beginning of the migration crisis in July.

Since July, there has been an increase in the flow of migrants arriving in #Libya from #Tunisia. The Libyan National Human Rights Committee believes that many of the migrants arriving at its borders from the neighboring country may have been forcibly expelled, forcing them to spend days in the desert without any possibility of survival.

#Africa #Immigrants #Tragedy #Obama #Clinton #NATO

https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Twenty-Seven-Migrants-Found-Dead-in-Libyan-Desert-20230810-0017.html

berternste2@diasp.nl

Een bikkelhard boek over de rol van consultancy in de publieke sector: ‘De overheid infantiliseert’

De Volkskrant

Ministeries in Nederland geven jaarlijks miljarden uit aan extern personeel zoals consultants. Rosie Collington (30) deed onderzoek naar de consultancy-industrie. Ze waarschuwt ervoor dat de publieke sector wordt uitgehold door een bedrijfstak vol belangenverstrengeling.

Politici en publiek hebben het geloof in publieke diensten verloren, zegt Rosie Collington. En mensen die in de publieke sector werken, hebben het vertrouwen in zichzelf verloren. Dat is volgens haar, in de kern, de reden dat complete overheidstaken zijn overgenomen door consultants. ‘Ze bedenken beleid én voeren het uit.’ Welke dramatische gevolgen dat heeft, zet Collington (30) uiteen in het net verschenen boek De Consultancy Industrie. (...)

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Foto van Rosie Collington
Politiek econoom en schrijver Rosie Collington. Beeld Carlotta Cardana / de Volkskrant.

Ook de Nederlandse overheid besteedt veel uit. Vorig jaar gaven ministeries een recordbedrag van 2,7 miljard uit aan extern personeel, zoals ict’ers, interim managers én consultants. Dat is ruim 14 procent van het personeelsbudget, ook al is in 2010 afgesproken dat 10 procent het maximum zou moeten zijn. (...)

‘Dat komt niet alleen door de verkooptechnieken van consultants, die hun cliënten ervan overtuigen dat zij neutrale handelaren in expertise zijn, en werkelijk waarde toevoegen. De diepere oorzaak ligt in de geschiedenis, in de manier waarop we binnen het kapitalisme tegen de rol van de overheid aan zijn gaan kijken.’

‘Het is geen toeval dat de uitgaven aan consultants in de jaren ’80, onder Reagan in de Verenigde Staten en onder Thatcher in het Verenigd Koninkrijk, spectaculair zijn gaan stijgen.’ (...)

‘Het voor langere tijd uitbesteden van overheidstaken, dat kwam daarna pas echt goed op gang onder de linkse leiders van de zogenoemde Derde Weg: Clinton in de VS, Blair in het VK en bij jullie Wim Kok.’ (...)

‘De filosofie van de Derde Weg was dat de overheid moest sturen en niet moest roeien. Maar dat is onlogisch. Overheden weten niet hoe ze moeten sturen als ze al zo lang niet zelf meer hebben geroeid. Je hebt eigen, praktische ervaring nodig om te kunnen bepalen wat er moet gebeuren.’ (...)

‘Inkopen kan veel meer kosten dan wanneer je een taak zelf had verricht. Die kosten zijn vooral hoog op de lange termijn. Want we willen als burgers een overheid die zich kan aanpassen als wij nieuwe behoeften hebben. Zoals nu bijvoorbeeld de klimaatcrisis te lijf gaan. Of het reguleren van big tech. Maar doordat de overheid allerlei competenties niet zelf ontwikkelt, verliest zij het vermogen om zich aan te passen aan nieuwe situaties. Daarom schrijven wij dat het uitbesteden van werk aan consultants de overheid infantiliseert.

‘Die theorie van de slanke organisatie gaat uit van een idee over kennis dat volstrekt irreëel is. Alsof je die in een presentatie kan zetten en kan overdragen. Maar met de meeste kennis kan dat niet. Zeker niet in de publieke sector, waar je je hoort te baseren op wat je van dag tot dag leert over je beleidsterrein, je team en vooral de gemeenschap voor wie je beleid is bedoeld. Dat is niet te standaardiseren.

‘Neem klimaatverandering. We weten dat de overheid daar nog heel lang mee bezig zal zijn. Dat maakt het nog logischer om kennis in huis te ontwikkelen. Toch is de klimaatconsultancy geëxplodeerd. En wij zeggen niet dat de overheid nooit met anderen moet samenwerken, uiteraard niet. Dit is geen pleidooi om overheden alles zelf te laten doen. Maar ook om goed samen te werken heb je kennis nodig.’ (...)

‘We vergelijken consultants met een slechte therapeut die zijn cliënten eeuwig in therapie houdt, in plaats van hen te helpen instrumenten te ontwikkelen waarmee zij op eigen benen kunnen staan.’ (...)

De oorspronkelijke, Engelse titel van het boek is The Big Con, de grote zwendel. De schade van het outsourcen, beschrijven Collington en Mazzucato daarin, is vaak pas na jaren te zien. Zo is met het outsourcen van ict al in de jaren ’90 begonnen en pas de laatste jaren worden de gevolgen duidelijk. (...)

Collington wijst er fijntjes op dat buitenproportioneel veel werknemers van de grote consultancyfirma’s werken in belastingparadijzen zoals de Kaaimaneilanden. Het is dus aannemelijk dat zij bedrijven helpen om zo min mogelijk belasting te betalen aan de overheden die ze intussen adviseren. Zo helpen ze dus actief om die overheden te verzwakken. (...)

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Tags: #nederlands #boeken #overheid #ambtenaren #publieke_sector #consultants #consultancy #belangenverstrengeling #McKinsey #Bain_en_Boston_Consultancy_Group #Deloitte #Ernst_&_Young #KPMG #PwC #kapitalisme #kleine_overheid #reagan #thatcher #derde_weg #blair #tony_blair #wim_kok #bill_clinton #clinton #outsourcen

faab64@diasp.org

U.S. Embassy Statement on Milorad Dodik’s Secessionist Threats

the stench of hypocrisy is truly nauseating! Remember how Clinton bypassed UN to bomb former Yugoslavia to stone ages to let Kosovo become a satelite state of US/NATO in the region?

I still remember when Thacher prevented EU to help Bosnia during the slaughter of Bosnians by Serb and Coratian militia, her exact words were "we do not want a muslim country in the heart of Europe"!

The United States, as it has for almost 30 years, will act to protect Bosnia and Herzegovina’s territorial integrity, sovereignty, and multi-ethnic character.t

There is no right under Bosnia and Herzegovina’s constitution for an entity or any other sub-state unit to secede, and the United States will not remain idle if Milorad Dodik acts to spark another conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

#Politics #Bosnia #Kossovo #Biden #Serbia #NATO #Hypocrisy #Clinton #Yugoslavia #Europe #EU #NeverForget #NeverForgive
https://ba.usembassy.gov/u-s-embassy-statement-on-milorad-dodiks-secessionist-threats/

faab64@diasp.org

The Candidate and the Spy: James Bamford on Israel’s Secret Collusion with #Trump to Win 2016 Race

The elephant in the room of US politics that no one dares to criticize publicly.

In his new book, Spyfail: Foreign Spies, Moles, Saboteurs, and the Collapse of America’s Counterintelligence, investigative journalist James Bamford reveals that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu dispatched a secret Israeli agent to the United States in the spring of 2016 to help Donald Trump win the presidential election. The agent met with advisers to Trump and offered to share secret intelligence with the campaign against Hillary #Clinton. Bamford’s investigation finds that while American media fixated on #Russia’s role in swaying the 2016 election, Israeli interference was completely ignored. He joins us from #Washington, D.C., for more on what’s been uncovered during his investigation. “The Israelis got what they wanted, and Trump got what he wanted, and the American public was screwed in the meantime,” @Bamford says.

#Israel #Polotics #USelection #SelfCensorship #Fascism

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/3/24/james_bamford_2016_israel_netanyahu_trump

faab64@diasp.org

Iraq invasion, 20 years on! But don't forge the years before that!

"We think the price was worth it"
- Madeline Albright, Secretary of State under Clinton, asked in 1996 about the death of 500.000 Iraqi children as a result of sanctions on Iraq.
Sanctions also had an impact on a child mortality rate - around 200 deaths per 1000 births in 1995.

#Iraq #Invasion #Inhumanity #Genocide #Clinton #NeverForget
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https://twitter.com/incontextmedia/status/1637127394665414659

nowisthetime@pod.automat.click

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https://youtube.com/watch?v=NV_QhlFQ-D0

#Epstein Associate Found Hung in Prison Cell, No Cameras; Death of #Clinton Aide Ruled Self Inflicted
THE CLINTON #DEAD POOL
1- James McDougal – Clintons convicted Whitewater partner died of an apparent heart attack, while in solitary confinement. He was a key witness in Ken Starr’s investigation.

2 – Mary Mahoney – A former White House intern was murdered July 1997 at a Starbucks Coffee Shop in Georgetown .. The murder …happened just after she was to go public w:th her story of sexual harassment in the White House.

3 – Vince Foster – Former White House counselor, and colleague of Hillary Clinton at Little Rock’s Rose Law firm. Died of a gunshot wound to the head, ruled a suicide.

4 – Ron Brown – Secretary of Commerce and former DNC Chairman. Reported to have died by impact in a plane crash. A pathologist close to the investigation reported that there was a hole in the top of Brown’s skull resembling a gunshot wound. At the time of his death Brown was being investigated, and spoke publicly of his willingness to cut a deal with prosecutors. The rest of the people on the plane also died. A few days later the Air Traffic controller commited suicide.

5 – C. Victor Raiser, II – Raiser, a major player in the Clinton fund raising organization died in a private plane crash in July 1992.

6 – Paul Tulley – Democratic National Committee Political Director found dead in a hotel room in Little Rock , September 1992. Described by Clinton as a “dear friend and trusted advisor”.

7 – Ed Willey – Clinton fundraiser, found dead November 1993 deep in the woods in VA of a gunshot wound to the head. Ruled a suicide. Ed Willey died on the same day his wife Kathleen Willey claimed Bill Clinton groped her in the oval office in the White House. Ed Willey was involved in several Clinton fund raising events.

8 – Jerry Parks – Head of Clinton’s gubernatorial security team in Little Rock .. Gunned down in his car at a deserted intersection outside Little Rock Park’s son said his father was building a dossier on Clinton He allegedly threatened to reveal this information. After he died the files were mysteriously removed from his house.

9 – James Bunch – Died from a gunshot suicide. It was reported that he had a “Black Book” of people which contained names of influential people who visited prostitutes in Texas and Arkansas

10 – James Wilson – Was found dead in May 1993 from an apparent hanging suicide. He was reported to have ties to Whitewater..

11 – Kathy Ferguson – Ex-wife of Arkansas Trooper Danny Ferguson, was found dead in May 1994, in her living room with a gunshot to her head. It was ruled a suicide even though there were several packed suitcases, as if she were going somewhere. Danny Ferguson was a co-defendant along with Bill Clinton in the Paula Jones lawsuit Kathy Ferguson was a possible corroborating witness for Paula Jones.

12 – Bill Shelton – Arkansas State Trooper and fiancee of Kathy Ferguson. Critical of the suicide ruling of his fiancee, he was found dead in June, 1994 of a gunshot wound also ruled a suicide at the grave site of his fiancee.

13 – Gandy Baugh – Attorney for Clinton’s friend Dan Lassater, died by jumping out a window of a tall building January, 1994. His client was a convicted drug distributor.

14 – Florence Martin – Accountant & sub-contractor for the CIA, was related to the Barry Seal, Mena, Arkansas, airport drug smuggling case. He died of three gunshot wounds.

15 – Suzanne Coleman – Reportedly had an affair with Clinton when he was Arkansas Attorney General. Died of a gunshot wound to the back of the head, ruled a suicide. Was pregnant at the time of her death.

16 – Paula Grober – Clinton’s speech interpreter for the deaf from 1978 until her death December 9, 1992. She died in a one car accident.

17 – Danny Casolaro – Investigative reporter, investigating Mena Airport and Arkansas Development Finance Authority. He slit his wrists, apparently, in the middle of his investigation.

18 – Paul Wilcher – Attorney investigating corruption at Mena Airport with Casolaro and the 1980 “October Surprise” was found dead on a toilet June 22, 1993, in his Washington DC apartment had delivered a report to Janet Reno 3 weeks before his death.

19 – Jon Parnell Walker – Whitewater investigator for Resolution Trust Corp. Jumped to his death from his Arlington ,Virginia apartment balcony August 15, 1993. He was investigating the Morgan Guaranty scandal.

20 – Barbara Wise – Commerce Department staffer. Worked closely with Ron Brown and John Huang. Cause of death: Unknown. Died November 29, 1996. Her bruised, naked body was found locked in her office at the Department of Commerce.

21 – Charles Meissner – Assistant Secretary of Commerce who gave John Huang special security clearance, died shortly thereafter in a small plane crash.

22 – Dr. Stanley Heard – Chairman of the National Chiropractic Health Care Advisory Committee died with his attorney Steve Dickson in a small plane crash. Dr. Heard, in addition to serving on Clinton ‘s advisory council personally treated Clinton’s mother, stepfather and brother.

23 – Barry Seal – Drug running TWA pilot out of Mena Arkansas, death was no accident.

24 – Johnny Lawhorn, Jr. – Mechanic, found a check made out to Bill Clinton in the trunk of a car left at his repair shop. He was found dead after his car had hit a utility pole.

25 – Stanley Huggins – Investigated Madison Guaranty. His death was a purported suicide and his report was never released.

26 – Hershell Friday – Attorney and Clinton fundraiser died March 1, 1994, when his plane exploded.

27 – Kevin Ives & Don Henry – Known as “The boys on the track” case. Reports say the boys may have stumbled upon the Mena Arkansas airport drug operation. A controversial case, the initial report of death said, due to falling asleep on railroad tracks. Later reports claim the 2 boys had been slain before being placed on the tracks. Many linked to the case died before their testimony could come before a Grand Jury.

THE FOLLOWING PERSONS HAD INFORMATION ON THE IVES/HENRY CASE:

28 – Keith Coney – Died when his motorcycle slammed into the back of a truck, 7/88.

29 – Keith McMaskle – Died, stabbed 113 times, Nov, 1988

30 – Gregory Collins – Died from a gunshot wound January 1989.

31 – Jeff Rhodes – He was shot, mutilated and found burned in a trash dump in April 1989.

32 – James Milan – Found decapitated. However, the Coroner ruled his death was due to natural causes”.

34 – Richard Winters – A suspect in the Ives/Henry deaths. He was killed in a set-up robbery July 1989.

THE FOLLOWING CLINTON BODYGUARDS ARE ALSO DEAD

35 – Major William S. Barkley, Jr.

36 – Captain Scott J . Reynolds

37 – Sgt. Brian Hanley

38 – Sgt. Tim Sabel

39 – Major General William Robertson

40 – Col. William Densberger

41 – Col. Robert Kelly

42 – Spec. Gary Rhodes

43 – Steve Willis

44 – Robert Williams

45 – Conway LeBleu

46 – Todd McKeehan

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taschenlampe@despora.de

Hillary Clinton Is Wrong: Electing a Far-Right Woman Is Not a Step Forward for Women

Hillary Clinton has claimed that Giorgia Meloni becoming Italy’s first woman prime minister will “open doors” for women. Yet Meloni’s far-right agenda closes doors for women who want well-paid jobs, sexual autonomy, and reproductive rights[...]
Clinton said, “every time a woman is elected to head of state or government, that is a step forward."

Now you know.

#clinton #meloni

olladij@diaspora.permutationsofchaos.com

At 6:30 AM on Monday, August 8th, the #FBI showed up with a search warrant at #Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s #Florida estate. They were looking for any classified documents or other records that the former president might have illegally taken with him when he left office. The internet promptly went crazy. Trump supporters flooded #right-wing channels with claims that politically motivated “weaponization of the law” was turning the US into a “banana republic” – never mind their longstanding demands to prosecute Hillary #Clinton over her private email server, a much less serious violation. On the left, Democrats cheered what they are billing as Merrick Garland‘s fearless pursuit of #justice, wherever the chase may lead.
On one level, the #Democrats have a point. As president, #Trump had access to the absolute highest levels of classified information, and if something like, say, plans for the next generation of spy satellites were gathering dust in the back of the Mar-a-Lago loading dock in an unlabeled cardboard box, that would be the most severe violation of classified protocols in US #history, by an ex-president no less. In anything like normal circumstances that would be a huge deal in its own right. But circumstances are not normal and this is Trump we’re talking about. It behooves us to dig a little deeper.

https://itsgoingdown.org/trump-raid-notes/ #usa #capitolriot #alexjones #biden #republicans #desantis