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”

Conservative Treehouse – by Sundance

Internet researcher Katica (Twitter GOPollAnalyst) may have found the hidden thread that unravels a much bigger story within the Uranium One-Clinton-FBI scandal.

In an otherwise innocuous FBI FOIA FILE Katica located a notice for preservation of documents sent by an FBI special agent to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on August 28th, 2015.  What is interesting about the preservation request(s) are the recipients, their attachment to CFIUS (Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States), and the timeline of events surrounding the agent’s notification.   Continue reading “Uranium One: Previously Undiscovered FOIA Documents Could Be Game-Changer in Investigation…”

Fox News

President Trump blamed his 11-minute Twitter account outage on Thursday on a “rogue employee.”

“My Twitter account was taken down for 11 minutes by a rogue employee. I guess the word must finally be getting out-and having an impact,” Trump tweeted early Friday morning.   Continue reading “11-minute Trump Twitter outage prompts company investigation”

Nextrush Free

The jury for the third Bunkerville Standoff trial has been chosen.    Six men and six women are on the jury.    The 12 jurors along with four alternates are ready for the trial with opening arguments set for Tuesday morning at 8:30 in Las Vegas.

“Yes, I believe they are guilty” wrote Juror No. 66 on their questionnaire, but this juror was still on the final roster today even after Ryan Bundy read that answer directly to Judge Gloria Navarro yesterday.   Continue reading “Bunkerville Standoff Trial: Jury Selected With Opening Arguments Tuesday, Evidence Hearing Continues Tomorrow”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

The GOP released the “talking point” highlights of the republican tax plan which, as previewed earlier this morning, will keep the 20% corporate tax cut as permanent, and which allegedly will assure that a family of 4 making $59,000 will get a $1,182 tax cut.

As discussed previously, the bill keeps a top rate of 39.6% for the highest-earners and doubles the standard deduction for middle class families. It expands the child tax credit to $1,600 from $1,000 and will not make any changes to the 401(k) plans. The bill also “makes no changes to the popular retirement savings options that Americans have today — including 401(k)’s and Individual Retirement Accounts, or I.R.A.s. Americans will be able to continuing making both traditional, pretax contributions and ‘Roth’ contributions in the way that works best for them.”
Continue reading “GOP Tax Plan “Talking Point” Highlights Released”

Nextrush Free, November 1, 2017

In Las Vegas today the fight in the courtroom was one about who should be a juror or not.

The prosecution not wanting a member of the pool  who discussed the Uranium One scandal.

The defense not wanting a member of the pool who wants more gun control laws.

The Constitution of the United States was the focus of defendant Ryan Bundy’s questioning of jury pool members.   Bundy is arguing in his own defense at the trial.  Continue reading “Bunkerville Standoff Trial: Arguments Over Potential Jurors; Judge Worries About Broadcasting, Mistreatment Of Ammon And Ryan Bundy Continues”

Ormat Technologies Inc. is a provider of alternative and renewable energy technology based in Reno, Nevada. The company built over 150 power plants and installed over 2,000 MW. As of February 2016 Ormat owns and operates 697 MW of geothermal and recovered energy based power plants. The company’s shares have been listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange since 1991, and the New York Stock Exchange since 2004. The company’s main production facilities are based in Yavne, Israel.   Continue reading “Company based in Israel owns 697 MW of geothermal and recovered energy based power plants in Nevada”

Fox News

The alleged ISIS fanatic authorities say was behind Tuesday’s deadly New York City slaughter came to the United States seven years ago from Uzbekistan under the Diversity Visa Program, details of Sayfullo Saipov’s travel to America that could become all the more important as President Trump proposes revisions to his “extreme vetting” program.

The Diversity Visa Program, a State Department program which offers a lottery for people from countries with few immigrants in America, drew the ire of Trump early Wednesday morning.   Continue reading “NYC terror attack suspect, Sayfullo Saipov, entered US through Diversity Visa Program”

Salt Lake Tribune – by Pamela Manson

University Hospital nurse Alex Wubbels has agreed to a $500,000 payment to settle a dispute over her arrest by a Salt Lake City police officer after she barred him from drawing blood from an unconscious patient, her attorney said Tuesday.

Attorney Karra Porter said at a news conference that the agreement with Salt Lake City and the University of Utah covers all parties and takes the possibility of legal action off the table. “There will be no lawsuit,” she said.

Continue reading “Utah nurse reaches $500,000 settlement in dispute over her arrest for blocking cop from drawing blood from patient”

LA Times

SWAT officers on Tuesday evening swarmed a Riverside elementary school classroom and shot a parent who had taken a teacher hostage, ending an hours-long standoff.

The parent, identified as Riverside resident Luvelle Kennon, 27, died later at a hospital, said Riverside Police Officer Ryan Railsback.

The teacher, Linda Montgomery, sustained some scrapes and abrasions when she was grabbed and pulled into an empty classroom, Railsback said.   Continue reading “Parent who held teacher hostage at elementary school killed by police after hours-long standoff”

Intellihub – by Shepard Ambellas

What if the entire Oct. 1 operation was conducted via an advanced air assault? Flight records show it could be likely

Preface: I want to make clear that I am in no way saying that this scenario for sure happened. I am merely reporting on data which I’ve found after scouring hundreds of hours of information, flight data records, and video footage captured between the hours of 9:40 and 10:30 p.m. on the night of October 1 (i.e. If it happened this is how it occurred.)   Continue reading “Vegas flight records reveal well-planned air assault and elaborate getaway extraction all possible”

ABC News 7

LOWER MANHATTAN, New York (WABC) — At least two people are dead near the West Side Highway in New York City after they were apparently struck by a truck.

The incident happened just after 3 p.m. on the bike path that runs along the highway in Lower Manhattan.

The NYPD initially said: “We are responding to reports of shots fired in Lower Manhattan.” But it’s not clear yet if any shots were fired.   Continue reading “At least 2 dead after hit by truck on West Side bike path in Lower Manhattan”

CBS Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Prospective jurors are being questioned for a second day in the trial of rancher Cliven Bundy, two sons and one other co-defendant facing federal charges in an April 2014 armed standoff with federal agents.

More than 50 prospective jurors were in court Tuesday, after a separate group of 49 was questioned Monday.   Continue reading “Possible Jurors Queried in Bundy Standoff Trial”

Yahoo News

More than 200 people are feared to have died when a tunnel caved in at North Korea’s nuclear test site after its latest detonation, a Japanese news report said Tuesday.

A tunnel collapsed at Punggye-ri in early September, days after North Korea conducted its sixth and largest underground nuclear test on September 3, TV Asahi said, quoting unnamed North Korean sources.   Continue reading “200 dead in tunnel accident at N.Korea nuclear test site”

Reuters

SINGAPORE, Oct 31 (Reuters) – China’s state oil major Sinopec is evaluating two projects in the United States that could boost Gulf Coast crude oil exports and also expand storage facilities in the Caribbean, two people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, with U.S. President Donald Trump set to visit Beijing next week.

With U.S.-China energy trade likely to feature prominently during Trump’s visit, the people said one of the projects could see Sinopec partnering with U.S. commodities trader Freepoint Commodities LLC and U.S. private equity firm ArcLight Capital Partners LLC.  Continue reading “China’s Sinopec mulls U.S. oil projects ahead of Trump’s visit – sources”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Just a day after Puerto Rico’s cash-strapped power authority on Sunday canceled its controversial $300 million contract with Whitefish Energy, a small Montana company tasked with rebuilding the island’s power grid after it was completely destroyed by Hurricanes Maria and Irma, the WSJ is reporting that the FBI is looking into the circumstances surrounding the contract.

The contract was canceled on orders from Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello, who pointed to the burgeoning controversy surrounding the company – including its relationship with Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, who is from the same small Montana town where Whitefish is based.   Continue reading “FBI Is Probing Puerto Rico’s $300 Million Power Contract With Whitefish Energy”

The Hill

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is being charged with 12 counts, including conspiracy against the United States, in the first indictment to come from the investigation of special counsel Robert Mueller.

The 12-count indictment includes Manafort’s former business partner and protégé Rick Gates, who was ousted from the pro-Trump group America First Policies in April.

Manafort turned himself in at the FBI’s Washington, D.C., field office on Monday morning.    Continue reading “Manafort indicted on 12 counts, surrenders to FBI”