Senate passes sweeping sanctions bill targeting Iran, Russia, 98-2.

[goldenequity]

MAGA ;)
Senate passes sweeping sanctions bill targeting Iran, Russia, 98-2. (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/06/15/senate-passes-sweeping-sanctions-bill-targeting-iran-russia.html)
Trump would need to get okay from Congress to lift them under new measures restricting the presidents ability to remove sanctions


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3MINCT8qWM





Russian Embassy, UK russianEmbassy
Putin: The recession in Russia is over, and the economy has started growing.

[goldenequity]

The Senate just zombies along.. cowards really...
Everything the neocons do is lame... another example:

(the Russian cuck :) )
Embarrassing: This guy wants to run against Putin - 2018


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ConHdJRMmzg

Alexei Navalny is a Western-media darling, raised in the halls of Yale University.
In Russia Navalny famously stands against “Putin’s corruption” and often appears on channels such as the BBC and CNN,
blaming Putin for oligarchs’ wealth, discrediting the Syria effort as “distraction from internal problems”,
and generally following US State Department cue cards.

Navalny himself owns million dollar property/ies in Europe, all thanks to the US taxpayer, unbeknownst to them.
Western media portrays Navalny as Putin’s biggest threat today – however Mr. Navalny enjoys only 1-2% popular support according to polls.
This is the guy to watch for major disruption leading up to the 2018 Presidential election in Russia.
Ironically, his incompetency in the public sphere only plays in favour of Putin’s party.

[TheCount]

McMaster!!!!1

[spudea]

wish we still had Ron Paul in the house to expose this disgusting charade! Sanctions are an act of war and they have never worked.

[juleswin]

Trump should punish them by refusing to fight the deep states war in Syria and Iraq. That he still control of.

[nikcers]

wish we still had Ron Paul in the house to expose this disgusting charade! Sanctions are an act of war and they have never worked.
Ron Paul didn't leave us to fend for ourselves https://youtu.be/3VcEviWzj0I?t=8m50s

[Brian4Liberty]

Such a wonderful display of bipartisan cooperation! It's great to see Congress work together. A war with Russia and Iran would unite us all and make America great again! Who's next? North Korea? China? Qatar? Someone call Bill Kristal so he can tell Congress what trick to do next. Good doggies!

[goldenequity]

I lol'd. :D

Omsk, Russia: gang was arrested that was illegally...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DCUC5eAWsAEO4VW.jpg

building airplanes.

[goldenequity]

875030837665968129

[Origanalist]

https://media.giphy.com/media/isP4TLqhjm3zq/giphy.gif

[goldenequity]

New article by Vanessa Beeley

21stcenturywire.com
The Machiavellian Plot to Provoke Saudi Arabia and Qatar into a “Blood Border” War (http://21stcenturywire.com/2017/06/07/the-machiavellian-plot-to-provoke-saudi-arabia-and-qatar-into-a-blood-border-war/)

http://i1.wp.com/21stcenturywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/banned-pic.jpg?resize=600%2C305

(this prob deserves its own thread. It's excellent.)


Experts all across the world are trying to figure out what’s really fueling the Qatari-Saudi Cold War, but the answer is simple – the US. As it’s always prone to do, Washington is masterfully playing a game of divide and conquer in the Mideast, doing the same thing to its Gulf allies as it did to its North African ones during the theater-wide “Arab Spring” Color Revolutions, except this time pitting them against one another on a state-to-state level as opposed to an intra-state one between the government and some of its citizenry.

The long-term purpose behind all of this is to usher in Ralph Peters’ 2006 “Blood Borders” blueprint for the “New Middle East”, wherein the Gulf eventually undergoes a geopolitical reengineering just like “Syraq”, Turkey, and the Balkans are slated to do as well. All in all, the fracturing of the region into a myriad of internationally recognized and de-facto statelets is expected to facilitate the prolongation of American hegemony....

[goldenequity]

TELLING HALF THE TRUTH....

875381166857216000


the other half...

875384651099111426

[goldenequity]

A Russian Homestead Act...

Russia will give 100,000,000 citizenships (http://investmentwatchblog.com/russia-will-give-100000000-citizenships/)

Vladimir Putin has backed the idea of expanding a program that offers citizens a free hectare of land
in Russia’s Far East to all of the country’s regions.
The Russian president made the comment during one of his annual Q&A sessions on Thursday.


When asked whether the free land program in Russia’s Far East could be expanded to other regions, Putin answered
“there is enough land in Russia.
Forty-three million hectares of farmland alone are not used for their intended purpose.
These are huge, just huge land reserves.”


God knows they have the real estate.

[goldenequity]

In case there was any doubt,
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has just confirmed that official U.S. policy towards Iran includes regime change.

ANTIMEDIA
Sec. of State Tillerson Admits US Policy of Regime Change for Iran (http://theantimedia.org/regime-change-iran-tillerson-admits-us-policy/)



During a Wednesday hearing before the House Foreign Affairs Committee regarding the 2018 State Department budget,
Tillerson was asked whether or not the U.S. supports regime change in Iran.
He replied affirmatively, stating that U.S. policy is driven by relying on “elements inside of Iran”
to bring about a “peaceful transition of that government.”

Designating the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in its entirety as a terrorist organization
(yunno... the ones liberating entire Christian villages in Syria and defending Lebanon/Christian President Michael Aoun)


“We continually review the merits both from the standpoint of diplomatic
but also international consequences of designating the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in its entirety as a terrorist organization.
As you know, we have designated the Quds [Force].
Our policy towards Iran is to push back on this hegemony,
contain their ability to develop obviously nuclear weapons, a
nd to work toward support of those elements inside of Iran that would lead to a peaceful transition of that government.
Those elements are there, certainly as we know.”




Did you know?
Lebanon: The President, a Maronite Christian. The Speaker of the Parliament, a Shi'a Muslim. The Prime Minister, a Sunni Muslim.

[Ender]

The 2 who voted Nay were:

Rand Paul
Mike Lee

Shocker.

[goldenequity]

BREAKING: #APNewsBreak US official says Pentagon to send almost 4K additional US forces to Afghanistan; announcement as early as next week.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJyKOFAOV9E




‘They’re not helping us, they’re killing us’ Afghans want US troops that shot their family punished


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59B-mfOM_SY


================










Afghanistan: The 'Self Licking Ice Cream Cone' (http://www.moonofalabama.org/2017/06/the-war-in-afghanistan-is-a-racket.html)

[jllundqu]

MAGA ;)
Senate passes sweeping sanctions bill targeting Iran, Russia, 98-2. (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/06/15/senate-passes-sweeping-sanctions-bill-targeting-iran-russia.html)
Trump would need to get okay from Congress to lift them under new measures restricting the presidents ability to remove sanctions


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3MINCT8qWM





Russian Embassy, UK russianEmbassy
Putin: The recession in Russia is over, and the economy has started growing.

Who were the 2 'no' votes?

[Brian4Liberty]

The 2 who voted Nay were:

Rand Paul
Mike Lee

Shocker.


Who were the 2 'no' votes?

I thought it was Rand and Sanders.

[charrob]

I thought it was Rand and Sanders.



That's correct: it was Rand and Sanders: http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/337940-senate-passes-russia-sanctions-deal .

[H. E. Panqui]

...how many people in that 'liberty caucus,' again?...

...ugh...

[Ender]

I thought it was Rand and Sanders.

On the government page it says Lee & Rand:

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=1&vote=00144

[Ender]

That's correct: it was Rand and Sanders: http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/337940-senate-passes-russia-sanctions-deal .

It was definitely Lee.

http://www.sltrib.com/home/5403518-155/utahs-sen-mike-lee-votes-against

[William Tell]

It was definitely Lee.

http://www.sltrib.com/home/5403518-155/utahs-sen-mike-lee-votes-against

Looks that way. But Sanders put out a statement saying he voted against them. Did all 3 of them?

https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sanders-statement-on-iran-and-russia-sanctions

[Ender]

Looks that way. But Sanders put out a statement saying he voted against them. Did all 3 of them?

https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sanders-statement-on-iran-and-russia-sanctions

Not according to the gov page.

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=1&vote=00144

In Bernie's statement, he says he is supportive of Russian sanctions but not sanctions on Iran- a little fuzzy in what he was actually going to do.

[William Tell]

Not according to the gov page.

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=1&vote=00144

In Bernie's statement, he says he is supportive of Russian sanctions but not sanctions on Iran- a little fuzzy in what he was actually going to do.

But that link is a vote to an amendment to an amendment. Here is passage. https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=1&vote=00147

[phill4paul]

How many Americans actually knew about this vote? Has the media discussed this? Argued point-counterpoint? Has any Congresscritter that voted yes actually spoken to a single constituent in their district regarding this vote? Or does the government just do what ever the hell it cares to?

[goldenequity]

How many Americans actually knew about this vote? Has the media discussed this? Argued point-counterpoint? Has any Congresscritter that voted yes actually spoken to a single constituent in their district regarding this vote? Or does the government just do what ever the hell it cares to?

I'ma haffa go with 'd.' :D

[goldenequity]

Russian Embassy, UK russianEmbassy
Putin: The recession in Russia is over, and the economy has started growing.

Russian Central Bank cuts interest rates, raises growth forecast (http://russiafeed.com/russian-central-bank-cuts-interest-rates-raises-growth-forecast/)

[Swordsmyth]

The 2 who voted Nay were:

Rand Paul
Mike Lee

Shocker.
Take a mental note everybody, other than these 2 every senator is Evil.
Never think otherwise when any of them run for some office.

[Ender]

But that link is a vote to an amendment to an amendment. Here is passage. https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=1&vote=00147

Very interesting because Lee stated that he did not vote for the sanctions bill & the SLT says that only Lee & Rand voted against it.

[H. E. Panqui]

Very interesting because Lee stated that he did not vote for the sanctions bill & the SLT says that only Lee & Rand voted against it.

...looks like you got some bad information...everywhere i've read says paul and sanders are the two no's...which makes sense as republicrat lee is a fairly typical gd fool republican interventionist/warmonger...

[H. E. Panqui]

Take a mental note everybody, other than these 2 every senator is Evil.
Never think otherwise when any of them run for some office.

...so are you a 'bernie bro?'

[Swordsmyth]

...so are you a 'bernie bro?'

Rand Paul and Mike Lee is what I was told.
Sanders is Insane other ways.

[Ender]

...looks like you got some bad information...everywhere i've read says paul and sanders are the two no's...which makes sense as republicrat lee is a fairly typical gd fool republican interventionist/warmonger...

Lee has backed or co-sponsored many of Rand's bill proposals- and vs/vs- he is NOT like the rest of the senate- gonna look into this.

[charrob]

Rand Paul and Mike Lee is what I was told.
Sanders is Insane other ways.


S. 722 (Countering Iran's Destabilizing Activities Act of 2017) was the overall bill passed on June 15. Rand and Sanders voted 'no'.
https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=1&vote=00147


S.Amdt. 232 to S. 722 (Countering Iran's Destabilizing Activities Act of 2017) was an amendment on the bill which passed on June 14. Rand and Mike Lee voted 'no'.
https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=1&vote=00144


So the final bill put sanctions on both Iran and Russia:

Mike Lee wanted sanctions on Iran but not Russia but in the final bill he ended up voting for putting sanctions on both.
Sanders wanted sanctions on Russia but not Iran but in the final bill he ended up voting against putting sanctions on both.
Rand didn't want sanctions on Russia or Iran and in the final bill he voted against putting sanctions on both.

[Swordsmyth]

S. 722 (Countering Iran's Destabilizing Activities Act of 2017) was the overall bill passed on June 15. Rand and Sanders voted 'no'.
https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=1&vote=00147


S.Amdt. 232 to S. 722 (Countering Iran's Destabilizing Activities Act of 2017) was an amendment on the bill which passed on June 14. Rand and Mike Lee voted 'no'.
https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=1&vote=00144


So the final bill put sanctions on both Iran and Russia:

Mike Lee wanted sanctions on Iran but not Russia but in the final bill he ended up voting for putting sanctions on both.
Sanders wanted sanctions on Russia but not Iran but in the final bill he ended up voting against putting sanctions on both.
Rand didn't want sanctions on Russia or Iran and in the final bill he voted against putting sanctions on both.


Thank you.
So Rand is the only one who is not in favor of WW3.

[goldenequity]

(I wondered how long it would take Europe to wake up. :cool:)

"That Must Not Happen": Germany Threatens US With Retaliation Over New Russia Sanctions (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-16/must-not-happen-germany-threatens-us-retaliation-over-new-russia-sanctions)





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjAiOKK-8vk

[Swordsmyth]

(I wondered how long it would take Europe to wake up. :cool:)

"That Must Not Happen": Germany Threatens US With Retaliation Over New Russia Sanctions (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-16/must-not-happen-germany-threatens-us-retaliation-over-new-russia-sanctions)

They say that so Russia will blame us, but Europe is behind this Russia-phobia.

[charrob]

Thank you.
So Rand is the only one who is not in favor of WW3.


Right.

[charrob]

(I wondered how long it would take Europe to wake up. :cool:)

"That Must Not Happen": Germany Threatens US With Retaliation Over New Russia Sanctions (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-16/must-not-happen-germany-threatens-us-retaliation-over-new-russia-sanctions)


Goldenequity you keep coming up with these great posts but the system won't let me +rep you right now. I have no problem with destroying NATO, but this is not good. There is a real re-aligning being done among countries; that Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Qatar are our bestest of friends while we push Europe away does not seem too smart to me.

[Swordsmyth]

Goldenequity you keep coming up with these great posts but the system won't let me +rep you right now. I have no problem with destroying NATO, but this is not good. There is a real re-aligning being done among countries; that Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Qatar are our bestest of friends while we push Europe away does not seem too smart to me.
Dump them all.
GOD will take care of Israel if he feels they deserve it.

[Ender]

But that link is a vote to an amendment to an amendment. Here is passage. https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=1&vote=00147

OK- looks like Lee voted against the amendment which included Russia and voted for the original bill which is basically about Iran.

Too bad- I think Lee's usually more intelligent that this.


Utah Sen. Mike Lee was one of just two senators Wednesday who voted against a bipartisan measure to impose sanctions on Russia for cyberattacks and meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

Lee believes the amendment, part of a bigger, still pending package, which also includes sanctions on Iran, is costly and ultimately doesn't hit the mark.

"The Russian sanctions amendment included funding for programs and support of policies that I believe are not effective at addressing problems in the U.S.-Russia relationship and have promoted progressive policies unrelated to countering Russia at the expense of American taxpayers," Lee said in a statement.

Lee specifically opposed a section of the amendment that appropriates $250 million to coordinate aid and counter cyberattacks in a handful of countries "vulnerable to influence."

During a "tele town hall" Wednesday night, where Lee answered questions in an online video chat, the senator said those funds could potentially go to nongovernmental groups that "have in the past spent money on politically divisive projects."

"I'm not about to authorize new spending — $250 million or a lesser sum or a greater sum — to do that again without adequate restraints in place to make sure that these international organizations aren't going to blow this money or aren't going to spend it in a way that's harmful to the interests of the American people," he explained.

The other senator voting no, Republican Rand Paul of Kentucky, told The Washington Examiner that he doesn't favor any new measures against Iran or Russia. The sanctions that passed Wednesday, he added, are inadequate, like "tweaking their nose."

[goldenequity]

(I wondered how long it would take Europe to wake up. :cool:)

"That Must Not Happen": Germany Threatens US With Retaliation Over New Russia Sanctions (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-16/must-not-happen-germany-threatens-us-retaliation-over-new-russia-sanctions)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjAiOKK-8vk

I've been waiting for this cake to bake.
They're cutting their own throats and they need to stop.
Developing ties & trade with Russia, China and the EurAsian trading bloc
only makes absolute logical sense sense for them.
Politics should never drive markets.. bad things happen when it does.

Europe became the punching bag taking all the economic hits for this US 'policy'.

I didn't post the F U video to express antagonism to Europeans..
I posted to portray how
Deep State types like Pyatt & Nuland mock and ridicule them for it.
They're not 'allies'.. they're treated like vassal states
It confounds me why they put up with it.

[Swordsmyth]

I've been waiting for this cake to bake.
They're cutting their own throats and they need to stop.
Developing ties & trade with Russia, China and the EurAsian trading bloc
only makes absolute logical sense sense for them.
Politics should never drive markets.. bad things happen when it does.

Europe became the punching bag taking all the economic hits for this US 'policy'.

I didn't post the F U video to express antagonism to Europeans..
I posted to portray how
Deep State types like Pyatt & Nuland mock and ridicule them for it.
They're not 'allies'.. they're treated like vassal states
It confounds me why they put up with it.

Because they are the puppet master pretending to be the puppet.

[goldenequity]

In case there was any doubt,
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has just confirmed that official U.S. policy towards Iran includes regime change.

ANTIMEDIA
Sec. of State Tillerson Admits US Policy of Regime Change for Iran (http://theantimedia.org/regime-change-iran-tillerson-admits-us-policy/)

Designating the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in its entirety as a terrorist organization
(yunno... the ones liberating entire Christian villages in Syria and defending Lebanon/Christian President Michael Aoun)



IRGC will spearhead ground offensive to liberate the Deir Ezzor.

875990832557379584

It's ALL coming unglued & hegemons R butthurt :D




meanwhile the rats are killing each other off...
Idlib ('Green Bus' Jihaddi storage facility)

Infighting between HTS, FSA and ISIS sleeper cells erupts in Idlib city https:// (https://t.co/J9q0uZxOpc)

Further evidence of the decaying alliance between Turkish, Qatari-backed Islamist groups and Saudi-backed jihadist factions.

https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/875986916180582400/jPllzitg?format=jpg&name=600x314

Where's muh terrorist?



875991808332808192

[goldenequity]

Just L@@K at these headlines... Syria is going to get her country back... hegemon Syrian plans R done. Assad Must Go!! hahaha :)

http://en.farsnews.com/Default.aspx



funny stuff... :p

CNN mourns the loss of their fallen caliph

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DCeiJIfU0AAejDj.jpg:large

[H. E. Panqui]

Lee has backed or co-sponsored many of Rand's bill proposals- and vs/vs- he is NOT like the rest of the senate- gonna look into this.

...it seems to me, on the most important of issue$, 'there ain't a dimes difference' between [ugh]lee and the rest of the republicrat warmongering monetary ignoramuses fed to us by the backroom $tring-puller$...

http://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Netanyahu-meets-with-Tea-Party-darling-Mike-Lee




"Lee, 39, has been to Israel in the past and is considered a strong supporter. His wife lived and studied here for an extended period of time at the Brigham Young University extension in Jerusalem.In a pre-election position paper Lee wrote that Israel is Washington’s closest ally in the Middle East, and “faces many of the same threats confronting the United States.”His position paper said he supported the “maintenance of Israel’s qualitative military edge” and “direct talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority based on the fundamental principles that Israel should remain – and be recognized by the Palestinians as – a Jewish state.” Even before meeting Netanyahu, Lee said in his position paper that Israel “must have safe and secure borders and the ability to monitor and protect those borders,” and that if there are disagreements between Israel and the US, “those differences should be discussed and resolved in private, as is befitting the close relationship between two great democratic allies. No country, including the United States, should seek to impose any agreement upon Israel.”



After the meeting with Netanyahu, one government source said that Lee is not “neutral” on Israel – “he is a friend.”

[goldenequity]

ZEROHEDGE
Trump Cornered: White House Pushing To Weaken Russia Sanctions Bill (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-17/white-house-reportedly-pushing-weaken-russia-sanctions-bill)

The new 'sanctions' dictate is US designed to confound/delay
the Nordstrum 2 gas pipeline deal direct from Russia to Germany hub
(look ma NO TRANSIT FEES! Shrinks European dependency on US GAS shipments)
If Trump vetoes... Deepstate portrays him as manchurian Prez.

[devil21]

On the government page it says Lee & Rand:

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=1&vote=00144

That was the vote on adding the amendment to S722 which added Russian sanctions to the already created Iran sanctions, not the vote on S722 itself.

[Keith and stuff]

...how many people in that 'liberty caucus,' again?...

...ugh...

1. There is 1 excellent U.S. Senator. Better than 10, 20, or 40 years ago. Still not enough to make any difference on the federal level, unfortunately :(

[Ender]

That was the vote on adding the amendment to S722 which added Russian sanctions to the already created Iran sanctions, not the vote on S722 itself.

Yeah- I said that in post 42.

Thanks, though-

[devil21]

Yeah- I said that in post 42.

Thanks, though-

Cool. I'm glad others are watching what they're up to while the news cycle is filled with manufactured distractions.