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Back-channel diplomacy is neither new nor illegal. snip Erik Prince, who is close to several members of the Trump administration, set up the back channel with a Russian tied to the Kremlin, the report alleges. Prince reportedly met in Seychelles with the Putin-tied official and a UAE lobbyist to discuss future U.S.-Russia relations. Notably, Prince has never taken a position in the administration. The back-channel allegations are far removed from the original “collusion” allegations put forward by much of the legacy media. Even if it turns out to be true, there does not appear to be anything illegal or unprecedented...

The United States on Tuesday moved to head off preparations for a suspected Russian military buildup in Syria as Bulgaria agreed to an appeal from the Obama administration to shut its airspace to Russian transport planes. The planes’ destination was the Syrian port city of Latakia. The administration has also asked Greece to close its airspace to the Russian flights, Greek and American officials said, but Greece has not publicly responded to the request. Over the weekend, two giant Russian Condor transport planes ferried more supplies and equipment from an air base in southern Russia across Iran and Iraq to...

State Dept: Murder of Americans Not Terrorism, But Acts of TerrorPosted By Daniel Greenfield On February 2, 2015 @ 8:48 am In The Point | 16 Comments Translating from Obamanese to English can be hard work, because the Obamanese use English words with very specific coded meanings known only to them, their lawyers and their professors of political correctness.Obama Inc. originally refused to call Benghazi terrorism, but Obama did generally reference “Acts of Terror”, an issue that came up in the Obama-Romney debate.Is the distinction between terrorism and “Acts of Terror” significant? Apparently to Obama Inc. it is. State Department...

Is Obama Trying to Kill President Bush?Posted By Daniel Greenfield On February 2, 2015 @ 12:55 am In Daily Mailer,FrontPage | 7 Comments From Left: Adel Al-Hakeemy and Muhammed Ali Husayn. Ask the White House and itÂ’ll tell you that Al Qaeda is on the run. But it conveniently neglects specifying which direction itÂ’s running in.While Obama and his small army of spokesmen mumble something about degrading and destroying ISIS, his policies pad out the ranks of Al Qaeda and ISIS with experienced recruits released from Gitmo.ItÂ’s still unclear whether there is any Gitmo terrorist that Obama will not...

Who knew Obama was so budget-conscious? You wouldn’t think it with his latest $4 trillion budget, but he’s actually pinching pennies here.Just think, every missile that takes out a terrorist is a lawyer that can’t be hired for the EPA. Every time we bomb an ISIS camp, that’s money that can’t be used for an environmental review. Every apology for a dead Jihadist is money that can’t be used to study the drinking habits of overweight lesbians.(Not a joke. It costs $1.5 million to study why lesbians are fat and $2.7 million to study why they drink too much.)Obama wants...

The Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party Gennady Zyuganov believes that Russia still needs to help Syria. "We have to constantly realize that we will be next after Syria," the leader of the Communist Party told Pravda.Ru. The situation around Syria sharply escalated on August 21, when there were reports of the use of chemical weapons near Damascus. The information was distributed from the opposition, which, of course, accused the Syrian government of the attack.

The Syrian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood called on Sunday for the United States and Europe to deliver the rebels promised military support after the opposition's National Coalition voted in a new president and ended a months-long leadership vacuum. The United States has signaled it is ready to send arms to the rebels, in addition to humanitarian and non-lethal military aid already in the millions of dollars. Its Gulf allies Qatar and Saudi Arabia are already sending in arms. But there have been no confirmed reports of shipments reaching Syria from its hesitant Western backers. "We feel abandoned and disappointed...

NGOs are urging Syrian rebels to release a Ukrainian journalist, Anhar Kochneva, who is set to be executed Thursday. Meanwhile the group behind the kidnapping warned it would now target all Russians, Ukrainians and Iranians on Syrian soil. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), ARTICLE 19, the International Press Institute and Reporters Without Borders issued a joint statement expressing deep concern about Kochneva’s life and urging the leadership of the Free Syrian Army and of the Syrian Opposition Coalition to ensure that the journalist is safe and set free. The groups also called on the French, British and US governments,...

Terrorists have blown up a bus on Shaul HaMelech street in central Tel Aviv. At least three people are seriously wounded. There are at least 10 passengers wounded, most of them with lesser injuries, and ambulances have evacuated them to hospitals.

Rumors over with...so much for change...it is the man who has one of the worst tempers and hatred for Republicans in the history of Washington as Chief of Staff for President-Elect Barack Obama