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Sunday, October 6, 2019

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 10/6/2019-- PARIS POLICE TERROR ATTACK PROBE, TURKEY INVADING NORTHEASTERN SYRIA AFTER TRUMP-ERDOGAN PHONE CALL

French Premier Edouard Philippe announcing the creation of two "missions" to detect "radicalization" in police anti-terrorism operations.

Philippe's announcement follows the terrorist attack Thursday at the Paris police headquarters where four were killed and one wounded by a police IT employee with a long-bladed ceramic knife smuggled into the building.

Attacker Michael Harpon had converted to Islam in 2008 and was known by authorities before Thursday's attack to have justified the 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris.

"Obviously there were flaws......There was a malfunction. If there were mistakes, we will correct them...."

The words spoken by France's Interior Minister responsible for the nation's police, Christophe Castaner, on TF 1 television Sunday afternoon.

Castaner also cited no information in Harpon's personnel file to indicate he was associated with terrorism. He also said this regarding the perpretator of the terrorist attack:

"He did not hide himself from being but it is not because one is a Muslim that one is a terrorist"

THE TURKISH PRESIDENT SPOKE BY PHONE SUNDAY WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP AND AGREED TO MEET NEXT MONTH IN WASHINGTON.

RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN WANTS A STRONG "SAFE ZONE" IN NORTHEASTERN SYRIA TO PREVENT KURDISH FORCES FROM THREATENING TURKEY'S SECURITY.

THE LATEST WORD FROM THE WHITE HOUSE TONIGHT IS THAT TURKEY WILL INVADE NORTHEASTERN SYRIA AND THAT US TROOPS WILL NOT BE PART OF THE TURKISH OPERATION. PRESS SECRETARY STEPHANIE GRISHAM SAYS US TROOPS "WILL NO LONGER BE IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA"

THE SYRIAN OBSERVATORY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP, ALIGNED WITH SYRIA'S OPPOSITION, SAYS US WARPLANES ARE CONDUCTING PATROLS ON THE NORTHEASTERN SYRIAN BORDER WITH TURKEY.

THE REPORT COMES AMID CONCERN FROM THE US ABOUT A TURKISH MILITARY OPERATION AGAINST US ALLIED KURDISH UNITS IN NORTHEASTERN SYRIA. THE TURKS CONSIDER THE KURDISH FIGHTERS TO BE TERRORISTS. THEY CALL THEMSELVES THE SYRIAN DEMOCRATIC FORCES.

THE SDF GROUP IS REPORTED ON HIGH ALERT AND PROMISES 'ALL OUT WAR' IF THE TURKS ATTACK. TURKISH PRESIDENT ERDOGAN SAID SATURDAY THAT A GROUND AND AIR OPERATION IS IMMINENT IN THE REGION.

Eight are reported dead in Baghdad as protests continued against Iraq's government after reforms were announced today.

The government of Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi issuing a decree that includes 17 reforms including land distribution and more welfare payments for poor families. Benefits will be increased for those who do not have jobs. Youth unemployment said to be 25 percent in the country.

More than 100 have been killed across the country and many more injured since the protests began Tuesday.

There are reports that snipers have killed protesters during the demonstrations.

The Iraqi government is launching an investigation into the sniper incidents and says that police did not engage in the sniper activity.

The protests against the cutting of fuel subsidies in Ecuador have taken a new turn with indigenous groups in the countryside blocking major highways.

50 police officers are reported to have been taken hostage and there have been clashes involving the use of tear gas.

Protests in urban areas had subsided but a national strike is planned for Wednesday.

PROTESTS ON THE STREETS OF HONG KONG SUNDAY WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS PROTESTING THE NEW FACE MASK BAN FOR DEMONSTRATORS AND THE USE OF LIVE AMMUNITION ON DEMONSTRATORS THAT INJURED TWO PEOPLE IN RECENT DAYS.

POLICE USED TEAR GAS AND WATER CANNON. THEY CHARGED INTO PROTESTERS BEATING AND ARRESTING THEM.

GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND A METRO STATION WERE ATTACKED BY PROTESTERS.

Nine shot and four killed at a bar in Kansas City, Kansas early Sunday morning. Police still trying to figure out if more than one person was involved in the shooting.

Witnesses saying the shooting may been the result of an altercation earlier in the evening. The four dead men are described as Hispanic.

More from KMBC in Kansas City including embedded video......LINK

From the political drama in Washington, word that a second "whistle blower" from within the "intelligence community" is coming forward to contest the phone call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. That call discussing corruption allegations surrounding former Vice-President Joe Biden's son Hunter.

IN UKRAINE TODAY THOUSANDS PROTESTED IN THE STREETS OF THE CAPITAL KIEV OPPOSING PRESIDENT ZELENSKY'S PEACE PLAN FOR EASTERN UKRAINE. ZELENSKY OFFERING AUTONOMY TO THE RUSSIAN POPULATION OF THE EAST IN EXCHANGE FOR AN END TO THE WAR THAT HAS PLAGUED THE COUNTRY SINCE 2014.

Day 3 of the pre-indictment hearing for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel. Attorney General Avechai Mandelblit giving Netanyahu's lawyers the opportunity to question the evidence against him in three separate corruption cases.

Today "Case 1000" being reviewed and expensive gifts given to the Prime Minister by wealthy businessmen. His lawyers see the gifts being related to friendship while the Attorney General and prosecuting attorneys see the gifts as being related to the passage of legislation favorable to the business interests of the gift givers.

The release of a couple with Australian citizenship by Iranian authorities in recent days was apparently part of a prisoner exchange involving the release of an Iranian research student-scientist detained by Australia in connection with US charges of trying to export American military radar equipment to Iran.

As the couple made their way back to Australia Reza Dehbashi Kevi made his way home to Iran according to Iranian media. ABC in Australia says that he was released from a Queensland jail and flown back to Tehran accompanied by Iran's ambassador to Australia.

Australia's Attorney General Christian Porter announced this weekend that Dehbashi will not be extradited to the US, but is not giving any details publicly about Dehbashi being allowed to go home.

Porter declined to say whether there was a prisoner swap but for all intents and purposes that appears to be exactly what happened.

And the view from Australia on the "ABC" website......LINK

The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says a deal with the European Union on Brexit is possible if there is a willingness to compromise.

The Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay urging intensified negotiations ahead of a summit of European leaders October 17th and 18th.

The French President Emmanuel Macron said through a spokesman that the talks between the UK and EU should proceed swiftly this week so it can determined at the end if a deal is possible.

Elections Sunday in Tunisia and Portugal.

First, Tunisia and the contest for 217 seats in that country's parliament. The Islamist Ennhada Party projected to get 40 seats with the Heart of Tunisia Party getting 35 or so seats. Heart of Tunisia led by the detained businessman Nabil Karoui.

Preliminary official results not expected in Tunisia until Wednesday with complex negotiations to form a new government after that.

There were six major parties contesting Portugal's election Sunday.

The Socialists, the Social Democrats, the Left, the Communists, the Christian Democrats and the Animal and Nature Party.

230 seats at stake in the country's parliament and the Socialists won the contest to be the leading party again moving from 86 to 106 seats, still short of a majority. The Social Democrats at 77 seats, the Left at 19 seats, the Communists at 12, Christian Democrats at 13 seats, the Animal and Nature Party at four seats.

Two new political parties each won a single seat in Portugal's parliament Sunday. The populist Chega and the liberal pro-business Liberal Initiative.

And that's the way it really is for Sunday October 6th, 2019.

Saturday, October 5, 2019

NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED: SATURDAY NIGHT VERSION LATEST NEWS, POLITICS, TOMMY ROBINSON , MORE WITH NORTH KOREA, WITNESS IN AMBER GUYGER TRIAL MURDERED

Music Links:

"FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH"-BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD

"ALL OVER ME"-PETRA

"I DON'T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM"-HELEN REDDY

THE STORY OF THE WEEK, AT LEAST THE GOOD STORY OF THE WEEK DESCRIBED ON YOU TUBE BY ACTIVIST GAVIN SEIM.....

BOTHAM JEAN'S BROTHER FORGIVES AMBER GUYGER FOR KILLING HIM!

THE PAIN AND SUFFERING IN THIS WORLD CAUSED BY THE HARMING OF OTHERS BY ALL OF US SINCE WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER AND MY OWN HARM TO OTHERS BECAUSE I AM A DRUNK STANDS OVER ME.

AND YES IN A SPECIFIC WAY THE POLICE CAUSING HARM TO OTHERS IN THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE OF THEIR HUMAN WEAKNESSES, THEIR OWN INTOXICATION.

WE NEED SOMETHING MORE THAN POLITICS TO DEAL WITH THE EVIL AMONG US.

BRANDT JEAN'S ACTION GAVE US SOME HOPE FOR A BETTER WAY.

Music Link:

"TO FORGIVE"-STEVE TAYLOR (WITH POPE JOHN PAUL II AND MEHMET ALI AGCA)

Onto politics and President Trump fighting to defend himself amidst wobbly knees from many elected Republicans. Some GOP leaders saying they are raising money to defend Trump. I say they raise money to defend their own positions and power.

A caller challenged Rush Limbaugh Thursday on why the GOP doesn't go after President Trump's enemies and El Rushbo noting that the Republicans will only support things that have popular support.

In the past Rush has noted that Democrats use "focus group" polling to decide what to say, what issues to get involved in, what positions to take.

Well I guess Rush admitted without saying it that the Republicans do the same thing as the Democrats do.

It reminds me of Dr. Martin Luther King and what he really did and it sure wasn't "community service" which is what the Establishment cooks up for his holiday.

MLK took non violent civil disobedience and used it to confront the political machines like John F. Kennedy's Democrat machine and Mayor Richard Daley's Chicago Democrat machine that made policy based on public opinion which wasn't on the side of ending racial discrimination.

But King went forward anyway and it will take something more than politics to really change things in this country, that is what we learn from the events of this week.

The Democrat tribe with its base of support from government employees who happen to be teachers or social workers or health care workers.

The Republican tribe with its base of support from government employees who happen to be police and fire people, the "first responders", the military.

Both relying on factions of government employees for their support.

How will big government and massive spending ever be torn down in this country, how will real change ever be accomplished?

You vote typical D or typical R you vote for two sides of the same coin.

Outsiders like Roy Moore in Alabama and Kris Kobach in Kansas running for US Senate in 2020 but will President Trump support business as usual or people who will support him all the way and go to the mat for him when the words like "impeachment" get tossed about?

Here's a story about Kris Kobach's run in Kansas:

LINK

Music Links:

"I WALK THE LINE"-JOHNNY CASH

"BABY DON'T GO"-SONNY AND CHER

"LOOK WHO IT IS"-HELEN SHAPIRO

"LOVE IS ALL AROUND"-THE TROGGS

NEWS UPDATE-TURKEY-SYRIA-KURDS-CYPRUS OIL DRILING

The "Wall Street Journal" reported Friday fears from US officials of a Turkish military operation in northeastern Syria against the Kurdish allies of the US in Syria.

The leader of Turkey saying Saturday a ground an dair operation will be launched east of the Euphrates River in Syria in the next 48 hours.

"We have made our preparations; we have finalized our operation plans, given the necessary instructions"

The words of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a retreat for his ruling AKP Party in Turkey.

The forces that have helped the US in Syria against Assad and ISIS and so on seen as terrorists by the Turks.

Is he bluffing to get a phone call from Donald Trump? Maybe not. Maybe he means it. The pro-government "Yeni Safak" published a story Friday noting that Trump said the US was pulling its troops out of Syria alluding to Trump's talk.

The story also noted that US troops are still in Syria regardless of what the President said.

Will the POTUS call to talk Erdogan down or will this go forward with danger aimed at allies in the US campaign against Assad with the US military potentially in harms way?

The "Yeni Safak" story listed hundreds of trucks worth of US supplies flowing into the Kurdish regions with disdain.

ALSO ON SATURDAY US SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO WARNING TURKEY OVER ITS OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING PLANS NEAR CYPRUS.

TURKEY CLAIMING THE RIGHT TO DRILL ON OFFSHORE WATERS CLAIMED BY THE CYPRIOT GOVERNMENT.

A TURKISH DRILLING SHIP RECENTLY MOVING INTO DISPUTED WATERS.

THE TURKS SAYING THEY INTEND TO START DRILLING 'AS SOON AS POSSIBLE'.

MORE FROM THE 'MIDDLE EAST MONITOR' WEBSITE.....LINK

Money, politics, power and the vaping controversy with plenty of state attorney general's looking for loot to plunder for state treasuries, to fund the "Welfare States of America" if you will.

But mainstream media reporting mentioned on Twitter by Maxine Bernstein this week got my attention.

She works for "OregonLive-The Portland Oregonian" and she is a working journalist in the best traditions of journalism.

I trained to be a journalist at a major university in a major city and did some time in the MSM myself.

I'm pro journalism and sick of the cable news propaganda that supplants a tradition of reporting on a variety of stories instead of focusing on single stories for political impact.

When it comes to flavored vaping the FDA wanted to ban it four years ago but top Obama Administration officials got in the way after being lobbied by the vaping industry.

The "Los Angeles Times" reported the story Tuesday.....LINK

My after take on this story is that since the decision making was up against 2016, the Presidential Election Year, what role if any did the Clinton Machine have in this decision making since Obama's crew was on the way out and obviously concerned about Hillary's team replacing them?

And in the 1970's if you liked pop music you had Elton John and for those of us who listened to country music radio like I did, we listened to a singer who was on the pop charts as well. Olivia Newton-John.

Music Links:

"HAVE YOU NEVER BEEN MELLOW"-OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN

"YOU DON'T MESS AROUND WITH JIM"-JIM CROCE

"ARE YOU READY FOR THE COUNTRY"-WAYLON JENNINGS

"WHY HAVE YOU LEFT THE ONE YOU LEFT ME FOR"-CRYSTAL GAYLE

Back to the country music of the 1970's my go to music back then. Heck if I heard pop music it was during my DX'ing adventures on AM or Shortwave radio.

I still listen to AM radio. You can hear a lot of Mexican music there nowadays, that's for sure.

Here in York, PA I can tune in Long Island's WBWD on 540 AM putting out 10-thousand watts in the day, only 220 at night.

40 years ago it was WLIX and only put out 250 watts daytime only. The station carried religious programs till 130 pm and then played "Contemporary Christian Music".

Lloyd Parker was in charge of the operation as I recall it and I remember meeting him at one of the festivals I attended as a member of the religious media in the early 1980's.

A full radio station history of 540 AM on Long Island with links via Wikipedia....AM 540 LONG ISLAND WIKIPEDIA

BREAKING NEWS-TERRORIST ATTACK PARIS

The news continuing to leak out in the Newsdump period about the knife attacker at Paris police headquarters Thursday.

On Friday Michael Harpon, 45 ,killed by police after he killed four and wounded one, was revealed to be an convert to Islam and involved with Salafist Islam. He justified the 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris.

Now on Saturday we are learning that authorities were fully aware of Harpon yet took no action before the attack at the police headquarters where he was an IT employee.

A French prosecutor describing Harpon as a "radicalized Islamist".

BREAKING NEWS-NORTH KOREA-US TALKS

We have reporting coming from the Yonhap News Agency of South Korea that North Korea has ceased talking with the United States on its nuclear program until the United States brings something new to the table.

US negotiator Stephen Biegun had been talking earlier Saturday with North Korea's Foreign Minister Kim Myong Gil in Stockholm, Sweden.

Back into the music and a classic from Rick Nelson or as he was known in the early 1960's, Ricky Nelson.

Music Links:

"HELLO MARY LOU"-RICKY NELSON

"THE WAH WATUSI"-THE ORLONS

"YOU ARE EVERYTHING"-THE STYLISTICS

"HAVE YOU SEEN HER"-THE CHI-LITES

NEWS UPDATE-MAN ARRESTED AT BERLIN SYNAGOGUE

A 23-year old Syrian man armed with a knife ran into a Berlin synagogue Friday and was arrested. He was yelling of course:

"Allahu Akhbar"

Being on the side of Saudi Arabia and Al-Qaeda in Syria to oppose Iran has its consequences like the refugee-migrant flood into Europe. That's led to danger and death, rape and murder in Europe.

The Gulf Arabs, US, UK Western Europe and Israel all played their part in the rage and violence stirred up against Assad of Syria.

No other media talking about that aspect of the story but you can read details as interpreted by "Israel National News".

SYRIAN MAN ARRESTED BERLIN SYNAGOGUE

But the question to be asking tonight is this dirty game of serving money rich Saudi Arabia and its allied nations repeating itself again in Iraq. Is Iran's ability to use Iraq as a pathway of resupply to Syria and Lebanon in the process of being interdicted by a new "Arab Spring"?

This is what the BBC is publishing tonight and remember street protests are exactly how the Syrian war got started back in 2011.

BBC STORY-IRAQ VIOLENCE

BREXIT UPDATE: WILL NIGEL FARAGE BE THROWN UNDER THE BUS?

The Tories trying to reach what Boris Johnson has called a "reasonable compromise" with the European Union as the talks move along towards a "deal".

And who doesn't like a "deal". Ask the President of the United States.

Nigel Farage sees a "sellout" to the European Union and Peter Hitchens who is disgusted with the whole conflict and controversy over Brexit sees Boris Johnson as just the kind of "cynical" guy who can claim to deliver Brexit when he's not.

But is all this just a way for Johnson and Trump and others to claim a victory and for Nigel Farage to be put away. MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, who has been portrayed as a Brexit advocate, now saying Farage is a good man but he should get out of the way for the Conservatives to take care of things.

Johnson has gone so far as to have told a Scottish court Friday through his lawyers that if no deal is reached with the EU by October 19th, a letter will be sent to the EU asking for a delay in Brexit. Johnson has made public statements claiming a firm October 31st deadline for Brexit.

More delay, more thwarting of the democratic will of the people expressed in the 2016 referendum.

Nigel Farage has distanced himself from those he considers "extreme" and those people right now like Tommy Robinson more sympathetic to Boris Johnson.

Also expressing her support for Johnson is Anne Marie Waters of "For Britain". Here's her video posted in recent days before we learned about the court filing Friday in Scotland I mentioned earlier.

ANNE MARIE WATERS ON BREXIT

TOMMY ROBINSON TAKES OUT BBC JOURNALIST WORKING ON FUTURE PROJECTS AND ALSO DEFENDING BORIS JOHNSON

Tommy Robinson did a sting operation on a BBC journalist and his comments creating his "Panodrama" documentary. This week Ezra Levant spoke with Tommy about his efforts that led to the end of journalist John Sweeney's BBC career.....EZRA LEVANT-TOMMY ROBINSON

Tommy telling Ezra about his future plans and what he's doing now like taking his children to school and spending time with them following his stint in prison. Tommy Robinson about finished with a documentary called "Shalom" about the persecution of a British Jew in modern day London.

His major project planned for the future with risks involved will be entitled:

"The Rape of Britain"

Also ahead work on media bias directed at him and how the bias works.

Music Links:

"WHO AM I"-PETULA CLARK

"WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL"-THE NEW VAUDEVILLE BAND

"SPANISH FLEA"-HERB ALPERT AND THE TIJUANA BRASS

"GRAZING IN THE GRASS"-HUGH MASAKELA

SATURDAY NIGHT NEWSDUMP-THE REAL NEWS SUMMARY

A key witness at the trial of former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger murdered Friday night.

Joshua Brown, who lived in the apartment complex as Guyger and was a neighbor of murder victim Botham Jean, shot and killed shortly after 1030 pm.

He was found lying on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to a hospital where he died.

President Trump wholeheartedly supported Mitt Romney's election to the US Senate over a conservative opponent in 2018's Republican primary.

But this Saturday afternoon on the weekend Trump tweeting about the notion of impeaching Mr. Romney.

The full tweet here......LINK

The violence continued in Iraq Saturday with at least 14 more protesters shot and killed in anti-government demonstrations across the country.

Protests erupting again on the streets after a 48 hour curfew was lifted in Baghdad.

Local TV news channel offices and the Saudi owned Al Arabiya news channel's office in Baghdad attacked. People working there beat up and equipment destroyed.

The presidential campaign of Democrat Senator Elizabeth Warren dismissing a top staffer for inappropriate behavior.

Rich McDaniel is a veteran political operative fired because the campaign determined his reported conduct as "inconsistent" with the campaign's values.

McDaniel worked for Hillary Clinton's campaign in 2016 and the campaign of Alabama Senator Doug Jones in 2017.

He issued his own statement saying he "would never intentionally engage in any behavior inconsistent with the campaign or my own values".

At least 14 wounded in a grenade attack in Kashmir on Saturday. India's move to directly rule the majority Muslim territory has increased tensions there.

The attack aimed at police outside a house but the grenade exploded on a road wounding mostly pedestrians.

As Spain heads for new elections on November 10th, the second election this year, a party on the "Right" expressing its willingness to work with the Socialist Party to form a majority after the election.

The Ciudadanos (Citizens) Party's leader Albert Rivera not wanting to formally join a Socialist led government but willing to abstain or vote for the government if the Socialists would agree to 10 "reforms" Rivera would like to see.

Rivera advocating a policy to improve Spain's fertility rate, a program to address depopulation of rural areas, reform of the electoral system along with education, health and labor reforms.

The Socialists and their left-wing allies Podemos are again expected to fall short of the 176 seats needed to command a majority in the 350 seat parliament.

RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT IN ACTION IN NORTHWESTERN SYRIA EARLY SATURDAY STRIKING JIHADIST OPPOSITION POSITIONS IN SOUTHEASTERN IDLIB PROVINCE.

Israel's security cabinet meeting Sunday afternoon with the latest threat from Iran said to be at the top of the agenda.

And in brief that's the way it really is on this Saturday night October 5th, 2019.

Well moving towards the end right now and hoping you aren't too hungry, angry, lonely or tired.

Hope you find the next right thing to do.

Music to close us out and carry us on into the night........

Music Links:

"SOMETHING"-THE BEATLES

"THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC"-ABBA

"A SONG IN THE NIGHT"-SILVERWIND

"IN THE MISTY MOONLIGHT"-DEAN MARTIN

FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 47: THOUSANDS ON THE STREETS AGAIN

Last Saturday's protests drew crowds estimated to be at least 15,947 strong at more than 100 locations across France.

Events going on around the Yellow Vests include the Lubrizol plant fire in Rouen with concerns about pollution and health problems caused by the fire and the seemingly slow response of the government.

And then Thursday's attack by a police IT employee on his fellow employees at the police headquarters in Paris with four dead, one wounded.

The attacker shot dead and it turns out he converted to Islam in 2008 and had justified the Paris terrorist attacks of 2015. The anti-terrorism police investigating the case.

Looking forward there are plans for a one year anniversary of the Yellow Vests protests to be observed Saturday November 16th and Sunday November 17th across France.

(8 AM EASTERN TIME US, 2 PM PARIS)

Yellow Vests gathering for a procession in Paris starting soon.

LIVE VIDEO STREAM PARIS

But word of Yellow Vests and "climate activists" occupying the Italy 2 shopping center complex in Paris

Here is a 42 minute video posted in recent hours.......

ITALY 2 SHOPPING CENTER OCCUPATION PARIS

The occupation started around 10 am this morning and built up to several hundred participants. No police intervention reported yet to remove the hundreds of participants involved.

Slogans like "Pollute consume and shut your mouth" and "destroy the palaces of power, build houses of the people" were put in front of the windows of the shops.

Police have positioned themselves around the shopping center. Wooden pallets, chairs and ropes blocking the entrances and exits have been deployed by the protesters.

A Yellow Vests Multiplex Live Video Is Up. It shows Yellow Vests protests from various locations......

YELLOW VESTS MULTIPLEX VIDEO

A live video stream coming in from the Yellow Vests gathering in Toulouse.......

TOULOUSE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 47

Protests continued across France today including Marseille......MARSEILLE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 47

The Yellow Vests in Lyon today continuing to carry banners promoting the "RIC" (Citizens Initiative Referendum)........LYON YELLOW VESTS WEEK 47

Here's a two minute video showing a crowd of many hundreds marching in the streets of Toulouse today.....

TOULOUSE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 47

The Yellow Vests maintaining their protest in the south of France at Montpellier today. Here is a five minute video clip.......MONTPELLIER WEEK 47 YELLOW VESTS

A live video of a Yellow Vests speaker in Amiens, France is up on You Tube speaking to a crowd just after 6 pm in France.....AMIENS, FRANCE YELLOW VESTS SPEAKER ADDRESSES CROWD LIVE

At Amiens today the government estimated some 450 Yellow Vests including a small group of anarchists. 500 Yellow Vests estimated at Besancon for Week 47.

Shouts and traditional slogans on the streets of Bordeaux as the Yellow Vests marched today. They also spent part of their time in a shopping complex. This six minute, 37 second video posted.......YELLOW VESTS BORDEAUX WEEK 47

Avignon also the site of a Yellow Vests protest this Saturday.....AVIGNON YELLOW VESTS WEEK 47

A 19 minute, 45 second video posted of Yellow Vests activities in Nantes today.......NANTES WEEK 47 YELLOW VESTS

And in recent hours video posted on You Tube from Besancon where police used tear gas against the demonstrators. They are marching through a road tunnel....BESANCON YELLOW VESTS WEEK 47

Also video from Saint Etienne of the Yellow Vests rally....YELLOW VESTS WEEK 47 SAINT ETIENNE

To sum up Yellow Vests by the thousands continue to manifest themselves on highways and byways of France every week and they did again in the tens of thousands on Week 47.

Friday, October 4, 2019

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT FRIDAY 10/4/2019 NEWSDUMP FRIDAY

(SERVICE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 1 AM OR LATER SATURDAY MORNING EASTERN US TIME)

A federal court case about a Louisiana law that regulates abortion clinics and the doctors who perform abortions will be heard by the US Supreme Court.

Its similar to a Texas law struck down by the court in recent years, but there's concern that Justice Brett Kavanaugh may provide a decisive vote to uphold the Louisiana law.

"This has NOTHING to do with politics or a political campaign against the Bidens. This does have to do with their corruption!"

In part that is one of President Trump's Friday morning tweets as the political drama over the "impeachment inquiry" continues in Washington.

The White House planning to ask House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for a full House vote to authorize an "impeachment inquiry" as was done in the cases of former presidents Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton.

Democrats in the House requesting more documents from the White House for their inquiry and the "New York Times" reporting that another whistle blower may come forward from within the intelligence community with a formal complaint about the phone call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

That phone call discussing a corruption probe involving former Vice-President Joe Biden and his son Hunter in Ukraine.

PRESIDENT TRUMP ORDERING A REDUCTION OF THE STAFF OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL. THE NSC RECENTLY GOT A NEW LEADER WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF ROBERT O'BRIEN AT NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 310 STAFF MEMBERS AT THE NSC.

Unemployment at its lowest rate in 50 years. The September rate was 3.5 percent, the lowest since December 1969.

Mainstream media reporting speaks of "cautiousness" in hiring but 136-thousand new jobs were added to the economy last month.

A judge in Scotland is being asked by anti-Brexit activists including members of Parliament what can be done if Prime Minister Boris Johnson opts to Leave the European Union without a deal.

A majority in the House of Commons passed legislation to force the government to ask the EU for an extension of talks if no deal is approved by Parliament as of October 19th.

The petitioners broaching various notions including a letter on his behalf extending the negotiations with the EU or fines and imprisonment of the Prime Minister.

Late word in the case is that the government has submitted papers in the Scottish court saying a letter to ask for extension of the October 31st deadline will be sent to the EU if there is no "deal".

White arguments will be heard in the Scottish court this week and next, the talks with the European Union still underway with Johnson working towards a "deal".

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage's estimation of the situation is that Johnson's latest offer to the EU:

"resembles an attempt to put lipstick on a pig"

and is a sellout to the EU and not real Brexit. Farage's full tweet.....LINK

The Chinese government authorities in Hong Kong imposing a face-mask ban set to take effect Saturday.

Chief Executive Carrie Lam made the announcement Friday.

Lam saying that the protests in Hong Kong are:

"...destroying the city"

Demonstrators taking to the streets promising to defy the ban and urging others to do so. One 14-year old protester was shot in the leg.

ALSO WORD FROM HONG KONG THAT THE METRO SYSTEM WILL BE CLOSED ALL DAY SATURDAY WITH SHOPPING MALLS AND SUPERMARKETS CLOSING DOWN AS WELL.

Iraq's top Shia Muslim cleric urging protesters and authorities to refrain from using violence.

A sermon on Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani's behalf read out in the city of Kerbala Friday.

Sistani saying that the government and elected officials have not answered the demands of the people to fight corruption in the country.

At least 60-now reported killed and hundreds more injured as protesters have taken to the streets across Iraq this week and the protests continued Friday.

The Iraqi military saying that unidentified snipers operating in Baghdad have killed four including two police officers.

The government in Iraq says it wants to meet with leaders of the protest and answer their concerns.

Meanwhile, the message from a senior Iranian cleric is that the United States and Israel were fomenting the unrest in Iraq to prevent pilgrims from making a pilgrimage to Kerbala.

Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova says the Iranian ambassador has been summoned over the arrest of Russian journalist Yulia Yuzik.

The Iranians arrested Yuzik alleging she was a spy for Israel. They intend to put her on trial Saturday with the possibility of ten years in prison.

Also from Iran word that a couple held for three months are now free.

Jolie King, an Australian-British dual citizen, and her fiance Mark Firkin on their way home with all charges dropped.

Microsoft is saying that Iranian hackers are getting involved in the 2020 presidential campaign and have targeted several candidate websites.

Democrat Presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont released from a Las Vegas hospital Friday. His campaign confirming that Sanders had a heart attack Tuesday. More from "The Guardian".....LINK

There's a two month state of emergency in Ecuador following the withdrawal of subsidies that lowered the cost of fuel in the country.

Withdrawal of the subsidies led to street protests in the country. The protests continued Friday in the capital city of Quito and in the port city of Guayaquil with makeshift barricades set up and tires being set on fire.

350 arrests reported in the country.

Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno forced to back away from the lower fuel prices in order to get a loan from the International Monetary Fund.

Moreno is saying he will not "negotiate with criminals".

MASS PROTESTS ON THE STREETS OF HAITI FRIDAY DEMANDING THE RESIGNATION OF PRESIDENT JOVENEL MOISE. PROTESTERS VOWING TO STAY ON THE STREETS UNTIL MOISE GOES DECRYING CORRUPTION, INFLATION AND SHORTAGES OF BASIC GOODS.

Image enhancement from Saudi Arabia with the announcement Friday that women will now be allowed to serve in that country's armed forces. The latest PR move comes on the week of the anniversary of last year's murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.

And the price of gasoline easing back down to 249.9 a gallon here in the York, PA area. That's the price at the time of the attack on Saudi oil facilities September 14th. Saudi Arabia says its got the production levels back up.

And that's the way it really is for Newsdump Friday October 4th, 2019.

Thursday, October 3, 2019

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT THURSDAY 10/3/2019

(LIMITED SERVICE WHEN ABLE UNTIL LATE THURSDAY)

"China should start an investigation into the Bidens"

President Trump urging other nations to investigate the activities of former Vice-President and 2020 Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son Hunter.

The President specifically naming China and Ukraine.

Kurt Volker, former US Envoy to Ukraine and Executive Director of the McCain Institute at Arizona State University, testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Thursday.

Volker was behind closed doors and after his testimony the Democrats and Republicans on the committee offered different interpretations of his testimony.

A knife attack at the Prefecture of Police in Paris. Four are reported dead and the attacker is also reported to have been killed. One other person wounded in critical condition.

The attack started inside the building at around 7 am Eastern US time, 1 pm in Paris with the attacker moving into the "Intelligence Directorate" of the building. He eventually was shot in the courtyard.

The attacker was an IT specialist who worked at the police headquarters. His knife described as having a long blade.

The attacker said to be a long-time employee with more than 16 years of service. Also it is being said there were tensions between the employee and his supervisor.

NATIONAL RALLY LEADER MARINE LE PEN URGING THE GOVERNMENT TO SHED LIGHT ON THE MOTIVES OF THE ATTACKER.

Live video from BFM-TV......BFM-TV LIVE

Demonstrations in Iraq that:

"appear to lack any organized leadership"

according to the BBC continue in opposition to the government of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi. Protesters demonstrating against corruption.

Live ammunition being used by authorities with at least 25 dead since Tuesday and many hundreds injured. The Iraqi government also reported to be restricting access to the Internet.

The United States calling for "restraint" by the government.

This is the BBC version of the story......LINK

Iran's "Press TV" offers another version of the situation saying the curfew is to protect the Iraqi people and that protests are against "alleged economic problems".....LINK

Perhaps outside forces are stirring up the protest in Iraq as part of an anti-Iran strategy?

A leader of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps says an "Israeli-Arabic" plot to kill IRGC commander Gen. Qasem Soleimani has been foiled.

A director of the IRGC's Intelligence Service spoke to an assembly of IRGC commanders Thursday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling on other parties to join him in a "unity government" that is "broad based".

His comments coming after a meeting with Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman, who wants Netanyahu's Likud and the Blue and White Party of Benny Gantz to agree to work together before he will join.

Netanyahu's Likud Party moving to hold primary elections for leadership in an apparent move to demonstrate Netanyahu's control of the party.

In Syria airstrikes continue in the country's northwest with government forces hitting jihadist opposition groups.

A government rocket hit an opposition position in Idlib province killing one and wounding nine others.

MGM Resorts coming up with a settlement package for victims and their families of the mass murder attack on October 1, 2017 in Las Vegas.

The attacker Stephen Paddock fired from MGM's Mandalay Bay Resort.

58 killed and more than 400 wounded. Hundreds of others injured in the stampede to escape.

The value of the settlement is between 735 and 800 million dollars.

And in brief that's the way it really is for Thursday October 3rd, 2019.

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 10/2/2019

(LIMITED SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY)

President Trump minced no words in describing House Intelligence Committee Chairman Democrat Adam Schiff.

"shifty Schiff"......"lowlife"......"he should resign from office in disgrace"...."Frankly, they should look at him for treason"...

The President spoke at the White House alongside the visiting Finnish president.

Schiff is a leading force behind the "impeachment probe" of the President.

The "New York Times" reporting Wednesday evening that Schiff had advance knowledge that a whistle blower complaint was to be filed by someone in the intelligence community regarding President Trump's phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky where corruption allegations against former Vice President Joe Biden's son Hunter were discussed.

Former Dallas Police officer Amber Guyger received a ten year sentence in the murder of 26-year old Botham John Wednesday. Guyger shot John in his apartment believing she was in her own apartment and that he was an intruder.

Some were disappointed at the sentence saying it was not enough in the racially charged case.

John's brother Brandt expressed his forgiveness towards Guyger at sentencing and asked to hug her. The judge allowed it and for one minute he embraced her. The video from this link at the BBC website....LINK

THE ISRAELI POLITICAL UPDATE. TOMORROW PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU MEETING WITH AVIGDOR LIEBERMAN, LEADER OF THE YISRAEL BEITEINU (ISRAEL OUR HOME) PARTY HOPING TO WIN HIS SUPPORT FOR A NEW GOVERNMENT.

BUT LIEBERMAN DID NOT SUPPORT NETANYAHU IN THE END AFTER APRIL'S GENERAL ELECTION FORCING THE SECOND ELECTION IN ISRAEL THIS YEAR LAST MONTH.

LIEBERMAN WANTS THE BLUE AND WHITE PARTY OF BENNY GANTZ TO JOIN NETANYAHU'S LIKUD PARTY IN A UNITY GOVERNMENT AND HAS SAID IF THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN BY NEXT WEDNESDAY, HE WILL OFFER HIS OWN PROPOSAL.

The pre-indictment evidence hearing for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began today in Jerusalem.

Its a process that will be spread out over four days in the next two weeks.

Netanyahu facing indictment in three separate corruption cases.

More on what was happening as Netanyahu's lawyers went in from "Israel National News"....LINK

An Associated Press opinion story on the Netanyahu corruption allegations has been published by "Ynet" in Israel......LINK

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson laying down what is being called a "final offer" to the European Union in a speech to the Conservative Party conference today.

But it is also being called the basis for a "reasonable compromise" again underlining that widely held belief that Johnson is just rebooting a new version of former Prime Minister Theresa May's deal with the EU that was considered a sellout and "fake Brexit".

Some tough talk from Mr. Johnson in the speech but tough talk apparently designed to move the EU towards a "deal", not in the direction of a clean and clear break from the EU.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage tweeted today "It is clear Boris Johnson is going to reheat her dreadful deal".....LINK

A source in Baghdad say four were killed Tuesday as protesters filled the streets demonstrating against corruption and lack of services like electricity. More than 700 injuries also reported.

Live ammunition was used along with tear gas by the Iraqi police.

The protests considered to be the most serious against the year old government of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi.

The nationwide death toll in Iraq now reported to be seven with curfews imposed in Baghdad and three other cities.

"ONE YEAR AGO, SAUDI CROWN PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN THOUGHT HE COULD END A DEBATE WITH A BONE SAW"

The anniversary today of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consultate in Istanbul, Turkey. Khashoggi wrote opinion for "The Washington Post" and for the anniversary the "Post" offered opinions about the murder.....LINK

The Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei, says his country will continue to reduce its commitments under the JCPOA nuclear agreement of 2015 until its gets the desired results saying the US has failed with its sanctions against Iran.

Khamenei also said that the United States is responsible for creation of the Islamic State, also called "Daesh" and that the people of the region destroyed it, not the US. He said in part:

"They created Daesh at hefty costs and provided it with weapons as well as financial and media support, and now that Daesh has been destroyed thanks to the diligence of youths in Syria, Iraq and Iran, they tell lies (by claiming) that 'We destroyed Daesh'"

The full story from Iran's "Press TV"......LINK

And in brief that's the way it really is for Wednesday October 2nd, 2019.

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 10/1/2019

(LIMITED SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY)

North Korea conducted a missile launch Wednesday morning local time and there is suspicion that a missile was fired from a submarine.

It flew some 280 miles eastwards and landed in the Sea of Japan.

US and South Korean military authorities are gathering more information about the launch.

A top Japanese official expressed the belief that two missiles were launched.

"I shot an innocent man"

She faces a possible sentence of 99 years in prison but could get one as low as five years.

Guyger was originally arrested and charged with manslaughter but then rearrested and charged with murder after weeks of protest because the shooting victim was a black person and it was felt she was being allowed to get away with the killing.

Politics in Washington, President Trump tweeting that the "impeachment inquiry" the Democrats have launched is a:

"COUP"

The attempt to form a new government in Israel has ended with the Blue and White Party refusing to be part of a government led by Benjamin Netanyahu of Likud.

The pre-indicment evidence hearing for Netanyahu which will be spread out over two weeks begins Wednesday. He faces charges in three separate corruption cases.

It's "National Day" in China where there's been a massive parade to commemorate 70 years of Communist rule in the country.

Democracy protesters are making their presence felt in Hong Kong with clashed reported between the demonstrators and police.

Tear gas and water cannon being used.by the police. A blue colored water shooting from the water cannon with the suggestion that it may be designed to be an additional tear gas like irritant.

Radio Television Hong Kong says the liquid was corrosive as it decided to take its reporters off the streets after one was injured by the police.

And in at least one case live ammunition used with a protester wounded.

The BBC is blogging the developments......LINK

"Sky News" reported from the protest earlier today......LINK

From London Boris Johnson being pushed for details on what the border with Ireland will be like under his Brexit deal proposal to the European Union.

Johnson saying that there will be customs checks on the border but rejecting the notion that there will be customs posts along the border.

The final details of his proposal for a deal with the EU being tweaked. The talks for that deal will be going on in the weeks leading up to the October 31st deadline which Johnson says is a firm one for Brexit with or without a deal.

Supporters of Leave which won the 2016 referendum in the UK see a deal with the EU not as Brexit but as a sham and a sell-out.

Also under discussion in the UK a cross-party attempt by the opposition to replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister but the pro-Remain, pro-European Union Liberal Democrats leader Jo Swinson rejecting the notion of Jeremy Corbyn becoming PM. The BBC has more.....LINK

Canada's election now less than three weeks away and four party leaders will debate in French in Quebec on Wednesday night.

One of the four is the new leader of the Bloc Quebecois Yves-Francois Blanchet. Blanchet has aligned himself with new provincial government of Premier Francois Legault and seen poll numbers rise in the province.

Blanchet has gone beyond the provincial government's ban on religious symbols for government employees at work to advocate for federal services to be delivered and received with uncovered faces in what appears to a notion aimed at the increasing Islamic presence in Quebec.

The CBC reports on the Bloc and its new leader......LINK

ONE PERSON IS DEAD AND TEN ARE WOUNDED IN AN ATTACK AT VOCATIONAL SCHOOL IN KUOPIO, FINLAND. A SWORD SAID TO HAVE BEEN USED IN THE ATTACK.

THE ATTACKER ENTERED THE SCHOOL AND STABBED PEOPLE. POLICE HAVE MADE ONE ARREST WITH THE ATTACKER REPORTED AMONG THE WOUNDED. POLICE SAID THEY FIRED TWO SHOTS AT THE SCENE.

THIS IS THE ENGLISH VERSION OF THE STORY BEING PUBLISHED BY FINLAND'S GOVERNMENT MEDIA OUTLET "YLE".......LINK

In France the Paris prosecutor's office investigating writer and journalist Eric Zemmour for comments about Islam and immigration during a "Convention of the Right" last weekend.

He is being targeted accused of "public insults" and "public provocation to discrimination".

Zemmour told the meeting of the Right in France last weekend in part:

"In France, as in all Europe, all our problems are aggravated by immigration, school, housing, unemployment, social deficits, public order, prisons....and all our problems aggravated by immigration are aggravated by Islam, its double punishment. Between living (and living) together, you have to choose"

Zemmour was sentenced for "provocation to religious hatred" in 2011 ordered to pay a fine and legal costs totaling more than 14-thousand dollars.

"NO FARMERS, NO FOOD"

In the Netherlands today a mass protest of farmers clogging highways with thousands of tractors and a rally to hit back at the claim that cattle are causing a:

"nitrogen emissions problem"

contributing to "climate change".

A report is calling for farms in the country to be closed down that are "inefficient".

The BBC's spin on the story.....LINK

The Iranian supported Houthi rebels continue to release pictures from their military operation said to have killed or captured thousands of Saudi-coalition forces in Yemen.

In their latest release the Houthis say there is evidence that some of the Saudi-coalition forces that are provided support by the United States and United Kingdom are linked to Al Qaeda.

"Southfront" has more.......LINK

And in brief that's the way it really is for Tuesday October 1st, 2019.