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Must read:
https://medium.com/@yonatanzunger/trial-balloon-for-a-coup-e024990891d5#.s27hpqjv6
In particular, this:
"Finally, I want to highlight a story that many people havent noticed. On Wednesday, Reuters reported (in great detail) how 19.5% of Rosneft, Russias state oil company, has been sold to parties unknown. This was done through a dizzying array of shell companies, so that the most that can be said with certainty now is that the money paying for it was originally loaned out to the shell layers by VTB (the governments official bank), even though its highly unclear who, if anyone, would be paying that loan back; and the recipients have been traced as far as some Cayman Islands shell companies.
Why is this interesting? Because the much-maligned Steele Dossier (the one with the golden showers in it) included the statement that Putin had offered Trump 19% of Rosneft if he became president and removed sanctions. The reason this is so interesting is that the dossier said this in July, and the sale didnt happen until early December. And 19.5% sounds an awful lot like 19% plus a brokerage commission.
kydo
(2,679 posts)Moliere
(285 posts)Author is absolutely legit. Must follow along with Sarah Kendzior, Leah McElrath and Propane Jane (all on Twitter). Has another piece called what would this look like (I believe). Also very much worth reading.
crappyjazz
(950 posts)and it is actually keeping me up at night. I believe there is a coup/terrorist attack/martial law coming and it is coming soon.
I'm Canadian and my wife is American and we are scared that we won't be able to go to America to visit her family anymore. We're gay, not Muslim, but who knows what will be next on his list.