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According to Al-Masdar, Kurdish YPG have received a shipment of MANPADS and TOWs from the United States to counter Turkish aircraft and armored vehicles if the situation deteriorates as part of a bargain on 15 January 2018.
Obtaining intelligence data on the forthcoming Turkish offensive the U.S. Special Operation Forces (USSOF) well in advance delivered these weapons in Afrin and handed it over to the Syrian Kurds. Continue reading “Evidence Shows Kurds Have Received MANPADS and TOWs”
As President Donald Trump plans to modernize and expand the US nuclear program, Frank Klotz, the outgoing head of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), warned that his agency is already at capacity.
Klotz, who retired from the NNSA on January 19, told Defense News the agency does not have the resources to modify and develop new nuclear capabilities that the Trump administration has outlined. Continue reading “Trump wants more nukes than US can handle – outgoing nuclear warhead chief”
A Hawaii-based US Army soldier who is accused of providing material support to ISIS was obsessed with terrorist videos, laughing at them and insulting the victims, an unsealed FBI affidavit and other court documents show.
The papers unsealed on Monday and seen by AP include revelations from an FBI informant, who the soldier – Ikaika Erik Kang – believed to be an ISIS member. Kang was assigned to Schofield Barracks, a US Army installation in Honolulu and served with the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade before his arrest in July 2017. Continue reading “Soldier accused of ISIS links was obsessed with videos of beheadings & suicide bombings – court docs”
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Latest on the sentencing of Michigan sports doctor Larry Nassar and other developments in the case (all times local): 12:50 p.m. A judge has told a Michigan sports doctor accused of sexually assaulting women and girls, “I just signed your death warrant.”
The remarks from Judge Rosemarie Aquilina came as she sentenced Larry Nassar to 40 to 175 years in prison. The sentence capped a remarkable seven-day hearing that brought more than 150 victims or their families to court, including Olympians. Continue reading “Judge: ‘I just signed your death warrant’”
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) — An appellate court judge on Wednesday voted to increase the jail time for a graft conviction against former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the first of three judges to weigh in on a case that could impact the presidential elections and even stability in Latin America’s largest nation.
After hearing arguments from both the prosecution and defense, Judge Joao Pedro Gebran Neto said da Silva’s jail time should be 12 years and one month, an increase of more than two years over the sentence leveled in July. Continue reading “Future of Brazil’s da Silva, elections, at stake in case”
When network television news was created in the late 1940s, no one in charge knew how to do it. It was a new creature.
Sponsors? Yes. A studio with a desk and an anchor? Yes. A list of top stories? Yes. Important information for the public? Yes. Continue reading “The rise and fall of television news: no more father figures”
Free Thought Project – by Rachel Blevins
La Mesa, CA – A school resource officer is under fire after a video was released online that showed him slamming a female student to the ground and then handcuffing her, while two other men stood nearby and did nothing to intervene.
After the video went viral, the La Mesa Police Department responded in a statement, claiming that the 17-year-old girl was “arrested by a La Mesa Police School Resource Officer for refusing to obey a lawful order to leave school grounds and resisting arrest.” Continue reading “Cop Attacks Handcuffed School Girl, Violently Slams Her Into the Concrete”
This amazing video just happened to capture the moment a large iceberg rolled over.
Bigger icebergs will often flip when they first break off from their original ice shelf, rolling into the most stable position. As this video demonstrates, iceberg flipping can also happen to older, smaller icebergs whose shape has changed over time due to uneven melting. Continue reading “Awesome Video Of Iceberg Flipping Over”
Honolulu Star Advertiser – by Kevin Dayton
Gov. David Ige told reporters today that part of the delay in notifying the public that the Jan. 13 ballistic missile alert was a false alarm was that he did not know his Twitter account password.
The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency issued the false alarm at 8:07 a.m., and Ige was told the missile alert was a false alarm two minutes after the alert was sent to cell phones across the state. However, Ige’s office did not get out a cancellation message until 17 minutes after the alert. Continue reading “After false missile alarm, Ige couldn’t log on to Twitter”
WASHINGTON, DC – The Supreme Court on Tuesday expedited its consideration of the Trump administration’s petition to review the legal challenge to President Donald Trump’s decision to end the DACA amnesty program for younger illegal aliens.
A court decision could come in June. Continue reading “Supreme Court Puts DACA Case on Track for June Decision”
As the Potemkin Village walls of The Left’s ‘Trump Collusion’ narrative crash and burn along with special counsel Mueller’s credibility, The New York Post’s Michael Goodwin sees far more wide-ranging problems ahead for America’s ‘intelligence’ agencies as the anti-Trump ‘secret society’ and lovers-texts-gate debacles threaten the core of the Deep State.
Goodwin writes that, during the financial crisis, the federal government bailed out banks it declared “too big to fail.” Fearing their bankruptcy might trigger economic Armageddon, the feds propped them up with taxpayer cash. Continue reading ““Too Big To Believe” – Massive Scandal Is Brewing At The FBI”
(Reuters) – Toys “R” Us Inc said on Tuesday it will shut about one-fifth of its stores in the United States in the coming months, as the toy store chain tries to emerge from one of the largest ever bankruptcies by a specialty retailer.
The closure of about 180 U.S. stores will begin in early February and continue until mid-April, Chief Executive David Brandon said in a letter on its website. http://bit.ly/2n5O1mR Continue reading “Toys “R” Us says to shut a fifth of its U.S. stores”
The Maine Supreme Court has turned back an attempt by Gov. Paul LePage to limit welfare benefits for some immigrants.
The case was brought forward by Euphrem Manirakiza, an asylum seeker from Burundi who was denied SNAP benefits, or food stamps, in 2015. Continue reading “Maine Court Turns Back LePage Limits on Food Stamps for Immigrants”
This morning’s collapse in the dollar – the biggest daily drop since March 2017 – has extended the 2018 demise to 3.2%, the worst start to a year since 1987.
Despite Wilbur Ross’ efforts to walk-back Mnuchin’s “game-changer” weak-dollar-policy implications, the Dollar Index is in freefall.. Continue reading “Dollar Plunges Most In 10 Months – Worst Start To A Year Since 1987”