Dick Morris, The Machinery of the Deep Administrative State is Trying to Bait Trump and the MAGA Movement into an Angered Reaction

March 25, 2023 | Sundance |

Dick Morris is a man who knows the machinery of the leftist state. As a life-long democrat operative, control agent and emissary of the Clinton machine, he is fully aware of the scheming and conniving ways of the Alinsky tribe.

Morris accurately encapsulates the leftist motive in their targeting of President Trump {Direct Rumble Link}. The accusations, charges, indictments and full-throated targeted efforts are intended to create a weaponized self-fulfilling prophecy. The abusers shout incessantly and condescendingly at the target, trying to provoke a reaction so that as soon as the angered response is delivered,they can say “see, we told you how violent and threatening you are“…WATCH:

https://rumble.com/embed/v2c6wlm/?pub=4

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/03/25/dick-morris-the-machinery-of-the-deep-administrative-state-is-trying-to-bait-trump-and-the-maga-movement-into-an-angered-reaction/

26 Mar, 2023 09:06

Seizing Russian assets is ‘challenging’ – EU task force head

Debates on the legality of assets expropriation continue, with many arguing it could become a dangerous precedent

The EU working group that deals with the issue of confiscating frozen Russian assets will have to be “innovative” in approaching the task, Swedish diplomat and head of the EU’s “freeze and seize task force,” Anders Ahnlid, told AFP on Friday.

According to Ahnlid, “it is a challenge to find legal means that are acceptable” to expropriate the assets in order to use them for thereconstruction of Ukraine, which is the task force's plan. He noted that precedents for such actions are rare, one of the few being the seizure of Iraqi assets by the US at the end of Saddam Hussein's regime.

“Hopefully, we can achieve results during Sweden's EU presidency [which ends in June]… But these are complicated matters. There will be short-term and long-term aspects of what we're doing,” the diplomat warned, adding that his working group will have “to be a bit innovative in order to move forward.”

He noted that the task force is still trying to determine “which assets are we talking about and where are they.” There are two types of assets –state propertythat belongs to the Russian government and private assets. The former mostly refers tonearly $300 billion in Russia’s foreign currency reserves, which have been frozen by the West. According to Ahnlid, they are easier to seize legally. The latter, however, are much harder to identify and can be seized only in a few cases, for instance when they can be proven to be the proceeds of a crime. The diplomat says the task force may decide not to confiscate these assets permanently, but only seize income or interest on the capital.

Ahnlid is not the first to point out the difficulties surrounding the plan to confiscate Russian assets. The Swiss government, for instance, has been opposed to the move, saying last month that it would violate international agreements and Switzerland’s constitution.

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has also been openly skeptical, warning that apart from legal obstacles, such a step could be considered aprecedent jeopardizing faith in the Western financial systemand the dollar. According to her, countries could becomereluctant to keep money in US banks, fearing that their funds could be seized as well. Many analysts also point out that the move could put European and American assets at risk, as they could also be in danger of being confiscated in case of an international dispute.

Moscow, meanwhile, has repeatedly called the freezing of its assets “theft,” andwarned of countermeasuresshould Western states attempt to take Russian-owned funds and redirect them to Ukraine.

https://www.rt.com/business/573600-seizing-russian-assets-challenging/

(This is such a stupid idea, when Russia says countermeasures, they can seize of individual and corporate business real estate in Russia, plus many other avenues.)

26 Mar, 2023 08:33

Russia outproducing West's ammunition supplies to Kiev – Putin

The country is boosting its defense production capacity at a rapid pace, the president has said

Russia is set to drastically increase its munitions production, President Vladimir Putin has said, adding that Western arms shipments to Kiev willonly delay the inevitableoutcome of the Ukraine conflict.

In an interview with Russia 1 TV aired on Saturday, Putin was asked to comment on Western plans to support Ukraine with a million additional artillery shells.

While describing the amount as “very considerable,” the president stated that according to Moscow’s data, the US is currently producing14,000-15,000 artillery shells a month, while the Ukrainian militaryuses up to 5,000shells each day. “Next year… [the US plans] to produce as much as 42,000, and 75,000 in 2025.”

However, Putin said that Moscow’s forces have been using far more munitions than Ukraine, and that the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff “even had to introduce certain limitations.”

“Russia’s output level and its military-industrial complex are developingat a very fast pace, which was unexpected by many,” he said. While multiple Western countries will provide Ukraine with munitions, “the Russian production sector on its own will producethree times moreammunition for the same period of time,” according to the president.

Putin also noted that the Western “instigators”of the conflict plan to send more than400 tanks to Ukraine. “The situation here is the same as with the ammunition. During that period, we willproduce and modernize over 1,600 [tanks],” he said, adding that the total number will exceed Ukraine’s by more than three times.

Putin stated that the arms shipments to Ukraine are of concern to Russia only because they constitute “an attempt to prolong the conflict” and will “only lead to a bigger tragedy and nothing more.”

The president’s comments come after former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who now serves as deputy chairman of the Security Council, stated this week that Moscow has rapidly boosted military production despite the Western sanctions and claims that Russia is running out of weapons.

https://www.rt.com/russia/573610-russia-ammo-production-putin/

Two months ago Russia announced their military arms factories are on 24 hour shifts now. They planned well in advance of western countries.

25 Mar, 2023 18:04

Kanye West changes his mind about Jewish people

The rapper’s decision comes after watching Jonah Hill’s performance in 21 Jump Street

US rap artist Kanye West has watched the comedy 21 Jump Street, starring actor Jonah Hill, and it has changed his outlook on Jewish people, he wrote on Instagram on Saturday. The musician has been at the center of multiple anti-Semitism scandals.

“Watching Jonah Hill in 21 Jump Street made me like Jewish people again,” West said. “No one should take anger against one or two individuals andtransform that into hatred towards millions of innocent people,” he elaborated, possibly referring to himself in the post that has already garnered 1.4 million likes.

West concluded the post by thanking Hill and saying he loves him.

The rapper, who legally changed his name to ‘Ye,’ is a multi-Grammy award winning artist and producer. In October 2022, Ye posted to Twitter that he was about to go “death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE,” a reference to the US defense readiness alert system. The tweet was removed and West’s account was suspended. In December, West was a guest on the controversial InfoWars podcast, hosted by Alex Jones. During the show, the rapper stated that he “sees good things about Hitler.”

West’s Twitter account was reinstated by the platform’s new CEO, Elon Musk, in November. However, the very next month the artist found himself banned once again after he tweeted an image of a swastika inside the Star of David.

West’s anti-Semitic remarks have cost him partnerships with multiple brands like Vogue, Balenciaga and Gap. German sneaker brand Adidas announced a “review” of their billion-dollar deal with Ye, which impacted the performer’s net worth, causing him to lose his billionaire status. Ironically, West had boasted in October that “I can say anti-Semitic s**t and Adidas cannot drop me.”

The Anti-Defamation League released a report in February counting at least 30 anti-Semitic incidents directly connected to West and his beliefs. The organization said that those instances “demonstrate the ongoing influence of Ye’s conspiratorial, bigoted rants.”

The movie that apparently caused the 180-degree turn in the artist's views, 21 Jump Street, is a 2012 buddy cop action comedy. It was a commercial and critical success, praised for its humor. Jewish-American comedian Jonah Hill played the character of Morton Schmidt in the film. He has not yet commented on his performance having such a profound effect on West.

https://www.rt.com/pop-culture/573585-kanye-likes-jewish-people/

(This sounds like a weird attempt to get back in. Wasn’t he pointing out bankers not the whole jewish race?)

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This is a sneaky way to fool his citizens, and may be his backers are using him for now while having another person in the closet, would it be HRC, does she have a new war chest reported to the FEC? How long are they hiding the real opposition?

26 Mar, 2023 12:46

Apple boss hails China ties

Tim Cook has praised the company’s nearly 30-year-long relationship with the country, both as a market and a manufacturing hub

US iPhone maker Apple and China have “grown together” over the past three decades, and the relationship between the company and one of its largest markets has become “symbolic,” Apple CEO Tim Cook said at the China Development Forum in Beijing on Saturday.

In his first visit to China since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, Cook said the company would soon celebrate the 30th anniversary of operating in the Chinese market.

“We could not be more excited… Apple and China… grew together and so thishas been a symbiotic kind of relationship,” Apple CEO stated, as cited by the Financial Times.

During his speech, Cook also praised Apple’s “very large supply chain operation in China,” as well as “a thriving App Store” in the country. According to Reuters, citing a local news outlet, Cook also praised China’s efforts with regard to innovation technologies, stating that “innovation is developing rapidlyin China and I believe it will further accelerate.”

The CEO also mentioned education and the “need for young people to learn programming critical thinking skills,” adding that Apple plans to increase spending on itsrural education programin China to 100 million yuan ($14.5 million).

Cook’s visit comes at a time when Beijing and Washington are at loggerheads over the latter’s attempts to block Chinese access to US technology. The trip also follows a difficult year for Apple, which suffered from supply chain constraints due to China’s zero-Covid controls. The company’srevenue in the final quarter of 2022fell for the first time in over three years after it had to delay deliveries of some of its products during the holiday period due to supply disruptions in China.

Сook did not mention either problem in his speech, however, which some analysts see as a show of support for the country.

While Apple has reportedly been mulling boosting iPhone production in India, industry experts say the company is unlikely to shift production in the near term, as the scope of products it manufacturesin China is too vast. A report by CNN, citing an estimate from market research firm Counterpoint, said that as of September 2022 Apple’s manufacturing plant in the city of Zhengzhou wasproducing 85% of its iPhone Pros.

Analysts also point out that China fulfills a range of crucial requirements for iPhone manufacturing that are difficult to replicate in other countries, including the availability of materials and components, well-organized infrastructure andaccess to a large and cheap workforce of professional engineers.(Slave labor)

https://www.rt.com/business/573614-apple-cook-ties-china/