John Yoo on Bill Barr’s Announcement: Democrats should be Quite Worried… AG Barr Must Think Something Criminal Happened

Former Deputy Assistant US Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel John Yoo joined Laura Ingraham on The Ingraham Angle on Monday night.

Earlier tonight Attorney General Bill Barr assigned top special prosecutor John Durham to investigate the origins of the Russia probe.

John Durham, a US Attorney in Connecticut will examine the origins of Spygate according to a new report by The New York Times, citing two sources familiar with the matter.

John Yoo told Laura Democrats should be very worried tonight.

John Yoo: If I were the Democrats I would be quite worried. And the reason why is by appointing a US attorney Attorney General Barr is essentially signaling that he thinks it’s possible that criminal violations occurred in the start of the whole investigation into any kind of Trump-Russia collusion. As Judge Starr said there is already an inspector general investigation that’s been going on that’s going to come to a conclusion. That’s what you’d do if you were just interested in reforming… But you wouldn’t go with a US attorney like Durham or someone of his stature unless the Attorney General thinks actually something criminal might have happened.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/05/john-woo-on-bill-barrs-announcement-democrats-should-be-quite-worried-ag-barr-must-think-something-criminal-happened-video/

US Accuses Iran Of Attack On Saudi Tankers

Update: Just as everyone with half a frontal lobe had expected, the WSJ reported late on Monday that according to an initial U.S. assessment, "Iran was likely behind the attack" on the two Saudi Arabian oil tankers and two other vessels damaged over the weekend near the Strait of Hormuz, a U.S. official said, a finding that, whether confirmed or not, will certainly inflame military tensions in the Gulf and likely result in a global proxy war that drags in the US, China and Russia. Oh, and that would be the Persian Gulf for those wondering, not the Gulf of Tonkin, which is where another famous False Flag naval incident occurred.

Furthermore, as we predicted would happen on Sunday, this "official assessment", was the first suggestion by any nation that Iran was responsible for the attack and follows a series of U.S. warnings against "aggression" by Iran or its allies and proxies against military or commercial vessels in the region. Some more details from the WSJ:

The U.S. official, who declined to be identified, didn’t offer details about what led to the assessment or its implications for a possible U.S. response. The U.S. has said in the past week that it was sending an aircraft carrier, an amphibious assault ship, a bomber task force and an antimissile system to the region after it alleged intelligence showed Iran posed a threat to its troops.

“If they do anything, they will suffer greatly. We’ll see what happens with Iran,” President Trump said while meeting with Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the White House earlier on Monday.

The assessment, predictable from a mile away, squares perfectly with CIA veteran Mike Pompeo's warning from just two days before the alleged attack, in which he said that "The regime in Tehran should understand that any attacks by them or their proxies of any identity against US interests or citizens will be answered with a swift and decisive US response,” the US Secretary of State wrote in a statement warning that Iran should not mistake US “restraint” for a “lack of resolve,” and criticizing Iran for “an escalating series of threatening actions and statements in recent weeks."

Two days later Iran - according to US officials - staged the most brazen attack on oil tankers in the Straits of Hormuz in years.

Of course, Iran would have to be utterly irrational to provoke such a sequence of events that culminates with a US campaign against it; so irrational in fact, as to be on par with the false flag chemical attacks staged by the "democratic powers" in Syria on various occasions, whose only purpose was to provoke the Trump administration into launching what were ultimately unsuccessful "regime change" air strikes.

That said, at this point we would urge readers to go long Brent call spreads, or outright calls, as it now appears that the Trump administration is fully intent on launching a "limited" military confrontation with Iran. Which, considering that Iran's biggest geopolitical backers are China and Russian, will be anything but limited.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-13/sabotage-attacks-saudi-tankers-stoke-fears-war-accident

"Have Sex Marathons Every Day" Alibaba's Jack Ma Tells Newlyweds To Try '669'

China's richest man, Jack Ma, has raised eyebrows after telling his newlywed employees to have sex six times in six days, according to the Daily Mail.

The billionaire Alibaba founder was speaking at his company's annual mass wedding, which takes place on "Ali Day" - May 10, at the company's Hangzhou headquarters in east China.

"At work, we emphasize the spirit of 996. In life, we should follow 669," said Ma, invoking the company's highly controversial '996' work schedule in which staff are required to work 12 hour shifts from 9am to 9pm six days per week.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-13/have-sex-marathons-every-day-alibabas-jack-ma-tells-wedding-guests-try-669

AFCENT confirms first B-52 bombers' mission in anti-Iran deployment

The B-52H Stratofortress bombers, sent to the Middle East amid the United States’ anti-Iran deployment, have carried out their first mission, says the US Air Forces Central Command.

AFCENT said in a brief statement on Monday that the mission was launched from a US base in Qatar Sunday.

“This was the first mission of the Bomber Task Force deployed to U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in order to defend American forces and interests in the region,” read the statement, released along with purported images of the mission.

The announcement came as US officials were stepping up rhetoric against Tehran in the wake of US unilateral pressure.

Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) aerospace division General Amir Ali Hajizadeh asserted Sunday that the US forces stationed in the Persian Gulf “will be hit on the head” if they make a mistaken move.

No ‘happy people’ in Iran, Trump threatens

https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2019/05/13/595877/US-B52s-conduct-first-antiIran-mission

Don't 'Iraq' Iran

How many people advocating for war against Iran actually know what it looks like from an on the ground perspective? How many neocon advocates for bombing Tehran have actually seen the ultra-modern downtown skyline of the capital city? How many know flesh and blood Iranians who whose world and families and whole existence will be shattered when the missiles are unleashed?

Once again, the armchair hawks are clamoring to bomb far-away places which for them contain abstract "villains" which in reality pose little to no direct threat to the United States — all based on anonymously sourced and vague "intelligence". Like the disastrous Iraq war, Washington is now saying, just "trust us". And like Iraq, the results of yet another war to "take out the regime" will no doubt be a worse nightmare than the current status quo and stability, however undesirable Iran's current leaders might be.

http://ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2019/may/11/bomb-iran-half-way-back-to-the-stone-age/

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-12/dont-iraq-iran

Former PM Helen Clark is throwing her support behind changing NZ's hate speech laws

Former Prime Minister Helen Clark has thrown her support behind a review of New Zealand's hate speech laws and is calling for a social media watchdog to be established, to prevent the spread of extremism online.

She has also praised Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's Christchurch Call summit and says she has a real opportunity to "set the pace" when it comes to preventing violent extremism online.

Yesterday, Clark unveiled her foundation's report on reducing the harm caused by social media.

The report has a number of different recommendations, including implementing an independent regulatory body to oversee social media.

It comes two months after a gunman livestreamed the killing of 51 people in two mosques in Christchurch on Facebook.

The video also appeared on Twitter.

Justice Minister Andrew Little has indicated it is time for a review of the country's hate speech laws and has said he would fast-track a review of the Human Rights Act, which could see a crackdown on hate speech.

He said the current hate speech laws were not strong enough and said they needed to change.

Speaking to Q&A, Clark agreed with Little and said it was "time to have a look at the law in light of what is happening in society".

Her report said the current laws governing hate speech on social media was a "patchwork of legislation much of which pre-dates social media".

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12230745

Bomb Iran Halfway Back to the Stone Age

Is it just a coincidence that TV networks are re-running old ‘Dirty Harry’ films just as a powerful US Naval armada and Air Force B-52 bombers are headed for what could be a clash with Iran? Here we go again with the ‘good guys’ versus the ‘bad guys,’ and ‘make my day.’

Maybe it’s more bluffing? The current US military deployment was scheduled before the latest flare-up with Iran, but the bellicose threats of White House neocon crusaders like John Bolton and Mike Pompeo certainly create the impression that the US wants war.

Adding to the warlike excitement, President Trump just ordered seizure of a large North Korean bulk cargo ship. This was clearly a brazen act of war and violation of international law. More dangerous brinkmanship by administration war-mongers who increasingly appear besotted by power and hubris.

So much for the president who vowed to avoid foreign wars – and so much for the millions of anti-war voters who believed him.

Why does Trump let his two horsemen of the apocalypse get away with this?

I’m following this latest gunboat diplomacy with particular interest because I had the privilege in 1994 of going to sea on the very same aircraft carrier, “CVN-72 USS Abraham Lincoln” that is now reportedly steaming towards Iran’s coast. With it are a nuclear submarine, a cruiser and a group of destroyers, all equipped with land-attack missiles.

As a former soldier and war correspondent, I was deeply impressed by the ‘Lincoln’ and her youthful crew. They were efficient, motivated and superbly well-organized. In our lifetime, no other navy will ever equal the skills of the US carrier fleet. The only real threat to America’s huge carriers is the growing power and accuracy of Russian, Chinese and Indian heavy anti-ship missiles.

https://www.globalresearch.ca/bomb-iran-half-way-stone-age/5677315

5 killed, 10 injured in midair seaplane collision in Alaska

Two seaplanes carrying a total of 16 people have collided midair and crashed into waters off Ketchikan City, Alaska. While ten people miraculously survived the incident, at least five were killed and another one is still missing.

Five people have been confirmed dead after a de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver and de Havilland DHC-3 Otter collided and crashed near a popular tourist lodge on Monday.

Meanwhile ten people were accounted for, the Coast Guard said in a statement, amid an ongoing search and rescue effort. One of the survivors was reported in critical condition, three are in serious condition and six people are in fair condition, authorities said earlier.

https://www.rt.com/news/459265-two-planes-collision-canada/

New York State Added 250k Democrats, Only 9k Republicans In Last Year

New York state added a quarter-million Democrats and only 10,000 Republicans to its rolls of registered voters in the last year, data show.

Hillary Clinton won New York with only 59% of the vote in 2016, but the growth in Democratic registration outnumbers the Republican rate 26-fold, data show.

Factors behind the change include the addition of teenagers who just turned 18 and immigrants who gained the right to vote, as well as the subtraction of older citizens who moved out of state, according to a university professor.

New York state added 250,000 registered Democrats and only 10,000 Republicans to its list of active voters in the last year, data show.

While it is no surprise that New York is a blue state, Hillary Clinton — a former New York senator — won the 2016 presidential race there with only 59% of the vote. By comparison, among the increases to the Democrats and Republicans last year, the split went about 96% Democrat.

Among all current voters in the state, Democrats outnumber Republicans two to one. Outside of New York City, Democrats outnumber Republicans only slightly in the state, 2.6 million to 2.2 million. But the growth in Democratic registration outnumbers the Republican rate 26-fold, according to The Daily Caller News Foundation’s analysis of Board of Elections data, comparing April 2018 with February 2019, the latest available.

The changes in party registration come from teenagers registering to vote for the first time, immigrants who gain the right to vote, and voters changing parties. But they also come from removing voters who have died, become inactive or moved out of state.

The state is experiencing the steepest population loss in the U.S., losing 48,500 people in the year ending July 2018, according to Census estimates. The population loss is sharpest upstate. New York’s voting registration figures show that in the part of the state outside New York City, the number of registered Republicans declined by more than 4,000, yet the number of registered Democrats there actually increased by 78,000.

Older and wealthier New Yorkers from downstate are also fleeing, whether to retire or to earn money in a lower-tax state. More New Yorkers moved to Florida, which does not have a state income tax, than across the river to New Jersey, according to the IRS. In 2015-2016, 35,000 families moved from New York to Florida, taking a combined income of $3.5 billion with them. Those older and wealthier residents are more likely to be conservative.

More people have traditionally left the New York City area for elsewhere in the U.S. than the reverse. That’s where immigration from foreign countries comes into play.

“Compared to other large U.S. cities and metro areas, New York’s population growth depends heavily on foreign immigration and natural increase (the difference between births and deaths) to offset losses from domestic out-migration,” a 2018 Baruch College study said.

https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/13/new-york-democrats-republicans-voters/

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but those sons are just cattle to Israel like the rest of us lowly goyim