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Reuters

BEIJING, Nov 9 (Reuters) – China’s top state oil major Sinopec, one of the country’s top banks and its sovereign wealth fund have agreed to help develop Alaska’s gas sector as part of U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit, company and government statements said on Thursday.

Sinopec, China Investment Corp and the Bank of China will work with the Alaskan government on LNG marketing, financing and China’s role in developing the state’s major liquefied natural gas (LNG) project.   Continue reading “Chinese companies agree to develop LNG in Alaska as Trump visits”

Forbes – by Nick Sibilla

With only 550 residents and a main street just 600 feet long, Castleberry, Alabama has certainly fallen on hard times. But the town has found a way to make its fortune: take it from someone else.

Lying on US Route 31, about halfway between Mobile and Montgomery, Castleberry has become one of the state’s worst speed traps. Earlier this year, 15 people filed a lawsuit against the town and its police chief, claiming that Castleberry police unlawfully seized their cash, impounded their cars or detained them against their will.   Continue reading “Tiny Alabama Speed Trap Seizes Cash, Impounds Cars To Fund Police”

RT

Washington has expended a whopping $5.6 trillion on wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Pakistan since 2001, according to a new study. That figure is more than three times what the Pentagon has claimed in official estimates.

Research from the Watson Institute of International and Public Affairs at Brown University found that as of late September, the US wars combined with “additional spending on Homeland Security and the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs” had totaled more than $4.3 trillion since the 9/11 attacks in 2001. That number surged to $5.6 trillion once likely costs were added for fiscal year 2018, along with estimated future spending on veterans.    Continue reading “US spent $5.6 trillion on wars since 9/11 – study”

The Hill – by Jordain Carney

The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on rules regulating firearm accessories and the national background check system in the wake of mass shootings in Texas and Las Vegas. 

Sen. Chuck Grassley‘s (R-Iowa) office announced on Tuesday that they will hold a hearing in one week on “firearm accessory regulation and enforcing federal and state reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).”   Continue reading “Senate panel to hold hearing on bump stocks, background checks”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Ever since President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping shared a slice of chocolate cake at Mar-a-Lago in April, many have speculated about the burgeoning “bromance” between two of the world’s most powerful men.

Well, if anybody had any doubts about thelr “special relationship”, the opulent welcome that the Trump’s received upon landing in Beijing should put them to rest.  Continue reading “Trump Receives Hero’s Welcome In Beijing As Chinese Roll Out The Red Carpet”

LA Times – by David Montero

A federal judge Tuesday delayed opening statements in the trial of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy amid defense allegations that there may be recorded video related to the 2014 standoff at his Bunkerville ranch that the government failed to turn.

U.S. District Court Judge Gloria Navarro pushed opening statements back to Nov. 14 to give prosecutors time to track down the surveillance footage — though she agreed it was unclear whether the equipment had, in fact, recorded anything at all.   Continue reading “Nevada standoff trial postponed as judge orders search for surveillance video”

Providence Journal, AP

SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — The gunman who killed 26 people at a small-town Texas church had a history of domestic violence and sent threatening text messages to his mother-in-law, a member of First Baptist, before the attack in which he fired at least 450 rounds at helpless worshippers, authorities said Monday.

A day after the deadliest mass shooting in state history, the military acknowledged that it did not submit the shooter’s criminal history to the FBI, as required by the Pentagon. If his past offenses had been properly shared, they would have prevented him from buying a gun.   Continue reading “Texas church gunman fired 450 rounds”

The Hill

Democrats are renewing their calls for gun reform after reports of a mass shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, on Sunday.

Multiple people are dead after gunfire erupted at the church, which is not far outside San Antonio, according to reports.

Sens. Bob Casey Jr. (Pa.), Dick Durbin (Ill.) and Kamala Harris (Calif.) were among the Democrats who urged Congress to act in response to the latest deadly shooting.  Continue reading “Dems renew calls for gun control in wake of Texas church shooting”

Newsweek

For anyone monitoring America’s far-right, it was only a matter of time before Devin Patrick Kelley, the man identified as the Sutherland Springs, Texas, shooter, became “antifa.”

Antifa, a leftist protest movement with no organizational hierarchy whatsoever, wasblamed for the mass shooting in Las Vegas by Alex Jones’ conspiracy website Info Wars. They were responsible for allegedly plotting a civil war involving supersoldiers Saturday—one that utterly failed to manifest. And on Sunday, after a man murdered at least 26 people in a Texas church, the right’s conspiracy peddlers waited only a matter of hours to try to blame the violence on leftists.   Continue reading ““Antifa” Responsible For Sutherland Springs Murders, According To Far-Right Media”

My Fox 8

SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas — The gunman in Sunday’s church mass shooting had in-laws who attended the church — but those in-laws were not present at the time of the massacre, according to Wilson County Sheriff Joe Tackitt.

The in-laws came to the church after hearing about the shooting Sunday. The attack in Sutherland Springs left 26 people dead, included the visiting pastor, Tackitt said. “I think nearly everyone had some type of injury,” the sheriff said.   Continue reading “Texas gunman’s in-laws attended church”

IB Times

Police shot and killed a man, identified by law enforcement as Devin Kelley, 26, of New Braunfels, Texas, Sunday in Sutherland Springs after he allegedly opened fire on a community church.  At least 25 people were killed and many more were injured in the attack. Kelly was identified by police as the shooter and was believed to be the sole person responsible.

Kelley reportedly entered the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs and began shooting Sunday afternoon. The town lies about 30 miles southeast of San Antonio. No motive had yet been ascertained in the shooting, Wilson County Sheriff Joe Tackett told NBC News. Kelly reportedly lived in a suburb of San Antonio and did not appear to be linked to any organized terrorist groups, an official told the Associated Press.   Continue reading “Who Is Devin Kelley? Texas Church Shooting Suspect Killed By Police”

Fox News

An Illinois police officer died Sunday morning after he was seriously injured during a traffic stop, police said.

The officer was conducting the traffic stop about 1 a.m. Sunday when he called for extra assistance, the Rockford Police Department said. Police responding to the call found the officer, identified as Jaimie Cox, suffering from life-threatening injuries.     Continue reading “Illinois police officer killed after traffic stop”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Perhaps the most shocking revelation contained in the excerpts from former DNC Chairwoman Donna Brazile’s book was, unsurprisingly, buried in a Washington Post overview of the various allegations (and frankly, we’re surprised the Post, given its status as a protector of the Washington establishment, deigned to publish it).

In the aftermath of Wikileaks’ decision to publish a cache of emails stolen from the DNC’s servers, Donna Brazile says she became increasingly paranoid about both possible Russian efforts to sway the election. Surprisingly, she says top Democrats initially instructed her not to discuss her concerns with others.   Continue reading “Donna Brazile Says She “Feared For Her Life” After Seth Rich Was Killed”

The Oregonian

LAS VEGAS — More than three years after the 2014 Bundy standoff with federal officers near Bunkerville and after two trials in the case, testimony elicited in court Friday revealed for the first time that the FBI had one surveillance camera perched on a hill overlooking the Bundy Ranch.

A large TV screen set up in the federal officers’ makeshift compound carried a live feed from the images, National Park Service ranger Mary Hinson testified.

Her testimony came during questioning by defendant Ryan Bundy in a pretrial hearing held in federal court in Nevada.   Continue reading “Days before trial, defense confirms FBI had surveillance camera outside Bundy Ranch”

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MSN

Yemen’s air force on Saturday targeted an airport in Saudi Arabia’s capital with a ballistic missile, according to Yemen’s Houthi-controlled Defense Ministry.

But the missile was intercepted over northeast Riyadh, the Saudi Ministry of Defense said in a statement carried on government-backed Al-Arabiya television.   Continue reading “Saudi Arabia intercepts ballistic missile over capital”

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NBC News

Sen. Rand Paul was “blindsided” and suffered a minor injury when he was allegedly tackled by a neighbor at his home in Bowling Green, Kentucky, police and a Paul spokesperson said Saturday.

Rene Boucher, 59, of Bowling Green, was charged with one count of fourth-degree assault in the incident, which occurred at about 3:20 p.m. local time Friday, Kentucky State Police said.   Continue reading “Sen. Rand Paul Suffers Minor Injury After Being Tackled by Neighbor, Police Say”

Yahoo News

BEIJING (AP) — China’s rubber-stamp legislature on Saturday made disrespecting the national anthem a criminal offense punishable by up to three years in prison amid rising nationalist appeals from the ruling Communist Party under the leadership of President Xi Jinping.

The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress passed an amendment to the country’s criminal law outlining punishments for people found “seriously” disrespecting the national anthem in public.   Continue reading “China’s answer to anthem disrespect: up to 3 years in prison”