In Chalmette, Louisiana near New Orleans an investigation underway following an explosion and fire at an oil refinery.
Fire crews from the refinery supported by local firefighters quickly put out the blaze last evening.
Residents concerned that emergency alarms did not activate when the explosion occurred...WDSU New Orleans
UTAH SUPREME COURT JUSTICE DIANA HAGEN RESIGNING.
HER RESIGNATION FOLLOWED A MOVE BY REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR SPENCER COX AND GOP LEGISLATIVE LEADERS TO INVESTIGATE HAGEN.
THERE WAS A COMPLAINT TO THE STATE'S JUDICIAL CONDUCT COMMISSION STATING THAT HAGEN HAD ENGAGED IN AN INAPPROPRIATE RELATIONSHIP WITH AN ATTORNEY ARGUING BEFORE THE COURT.
THAT ATTORNEY AGRUED IN A CASE CHALLENGING UTAH'S CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT MAP.
IN HER RESIGNATION LETTER HAGEN DENYING WRONGDOING AND CITING PRIVACY OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS ALONG WITH DETAILS OF HER RECENT DIVORCE...DESERET NEWS SALT LAKE CITY
ISRAEL'S CREDIT RATING LEFT UNCHANGED BY RATINGS AGENCY "S AND P".
THE "A/A-1" RATING COMES WITH A 'STABLE' OUTLOOK FOR ISRAEL EXPECTATIONS ARE OF LIMITED AND CONTAINED CONFLICT INVOLVING ISRAEL AND ITS ADVERSARIES IN THE MONTHS AHEAD...TIMES OF ISRAEL
The US Justice Department seeking to take away the naturalized US citizenship of 12 people linked to serious crimes.
In filings with federal courts prosecutors say the individuals naturalized obtained their citizenship fraudulently.
This included lying about their previous criminal behavior...The Hill USA
THE US AND SOUTH KOREA SIGNING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON SHIPBUILDING COOPERATION.
ITS PART OF A SOUTH KOREAN COMMITMENT TO INVEST IN SHIPBUILDING PROJECTS IN THE UNITED STATES UNDER A US-SOUTH KOREA TRADE AGREEMENT...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA
The US sanctioning companies and individuals for their connections with Iran.
Some of those people and entities sanctioned are in China and Hong Kong.
The US says they are responsible for helping Iran to obtain materials used in missiles and drones...Anadolu Agency Turkey (Turkiye)
Two new suspected cases of hantavirus reported one of them in Spain another on the remote South Atlantic island of Tristan du Cuhna.
This follows the earlier outbreak reported on a cruise ship.
The woman in Spain with the suspected case sat behind a woman involved in the cruise ship outbreak on an airliner. That woman later died in hospital.
The British man on the South Atlantic island was on the cruise ship getting off during a stop on the island...Reuters-Onmanorama Malaysia
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONER MARTY MAKARY IS LEAVING HIS POST.
THIS REPORTED BY 'POLITICO' CITING A WHITE HOUSE SOURCE.
A NUMBER OF CONTROVERSIES SURROUNDING HIS MORE THAN ONE-YEAR TENURE INCLUDING THE APPROVAL OF FLAVORED VAPES AND THE LACK OF ACTION TO RESTRICT DISTRIBUTION OF THE ABORTION DRUG 'MIFEPRISTONE'...POLITICO USA
THE PENTAGON PUTTING OUT THE FIRST BATCH OF FILES RELATED TO UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS (UFO'S).
IN THE FIRST FILES PHOTOS TAKEN ON THE MOON DURING THE APOLLO 12 MISSION MORE THAN 50 YEARS AGO.
The Virigina Supreme Court ruling 4-3 against the Democrats US House redistricting referendum last month.
Voters approved a redrawing of districts that would have seen Democrats gain four more US House seats.
The court majority saying the referendum did not follow proper procedures...The Hill USA
IRAN'S FARS NEWS AGENCY REPORTING CLASHES BETWEEN THE US AND IRAN IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ...TASS RUSSIA
US CENTRAL COMMAND SAYS TWO VESSELS WERE DISABLED IN THE GULF OF OMAN IN CONNECTION WITH A NAVAL BLOCKADE OF IRAN...OSINTdefender "X" (Video Embed)
"Every time a diplomatic solution is on the table, the US opts for a reckless military adventure"
That's the opinion of Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. He says US military activity against Iran in recent days could be a 'crude pressure tactic' or the 'duping' of President Trump.
Araghchi says Iranian never bow to pressure...Press TV Iran
BRITISH LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS SHOWING A SURGE FOR THE REFORM UK PARTY AND A COLLAPSE OF THE LABOUR PARTY OF PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER.
REFORM GAINING MORE THAN 1400 SEATS ON LOCAL COUNCILS AND CONTROL OF AT LEAST 14 OF THEM.
THE LABOR PARTY LOSING CONTROL OF THE PARLIAMENT IN WALES WITH THE PLAID CYMRU NATIONALISTS BECOMING THE LARGEST GROUP.
SCOTTISH NATIONALISTS MAY BE LOSING THEIR MAJORITY IN THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT...
"The Prime Minister of Israel effectively declared today that the responsibility for the October 7 massacre lies with him and him alone"
The "October Forum" of family members of those victimized by Hamas in the October 2023 attack on Israel say Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is admitting he is responsible for the attack.
Their statement follows Netanyahu's submission to Israel's High Court asserting that the 'security of the state lies with the prime minister, and him alone'.
Mr. Netanyahu defending his appointment of military aide Roman Gofman as the new chief of Israel's Mossad spy agency...Times of Israel
Three killed in a volcanic eruption in Indonesia with a search underway for 20 missing hikers. Authorities warning of volcanic ash, ejected rocks and lava flows...News Agencies-Al Jazeera Qatar
IN THE NETHERLANDS A PORNOGRAPHIC WEBSITE LINKED TO SECRET FILMING OF WOMEN TAKEN DOWN.
THE PUBLIC PROSECUTION SERVICE BEGINNING AN INVESTIGATION IN THE AFTERMATH OF MAINSTREAM MEDIA REPORTING ABOUT THE 'MOTHERLESS' SITE.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up slightly 12.19 points.
The NASDAQ rose 440.88 points or 1.71 percent.
At 433 pm New York Time the price of oil 94 dollars 87 cents a barrel up six cents...Marketwatch
"Does Israel currently possess enrichment capabilities, and at what level?"
30 US HOUSE DEMOCRATS SIGNING AN ELECTION YEAR LETTER REQUESTING CLARITY FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT ON ISRAEL'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM.
THE LETTER ASKS SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO FOR PUBLIC DISCLOSURE FROM THE US GOVERNMENT REGARDING ISRAEL'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS CAPABILITIES INCLUDING WARHEADS AND LAUNCHERS.
THE LETTER ALSO ASKS WHETHER ISRAEL HAS GIVEN THE US ANY DETAILS ABOUT ITS 'NUCLEAR DOCTRINE' INCLUDING ISRAEL'S GROUNDRULES FOR USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE WAR WITH IRAN...AL JAZEERA QATAR
China protesting a European Union decision to ban financial support of Chinese energy generating equipment.
China's Commerce Ministry calling the move an 'act of stigmatization' and a 'manifestation of discriminatory attitudes towards Chinese products'.
China now defined by the EU as a 'high-risk country'.
The Chinese statement noting the EU's decision will harm Europe's energy security and planned transition to 'green energy' as well as spreading harm into global trade and supply chains...Tass Russia
A FEDERAL JUDGE IN NORTH CAROLINA AGREEING TO CONDITIONALLY CANCEL A COURT APPEARANCE FOR FORMER FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY.
COMEY ALREADY APPEARED IN A VIRGINIA COURTROOM OVER AN ALLEGED ONLINE THREAT AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP.
MR. COMEY REQUIRED TO FILE A WAIVER TO AVOID THE HEARING THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SUPPORTING HIS REQUEST...THE HILL USA
In Australia former Foreign Minister Julie Bishop resigning as Chancellor of Australian National University in Canberra.
Staff and students along with some politicians pushing for Bishop's resignation in recent months. Her term set to conclude at the end of this year.
Bishop saying there was 'unprecedented and coordinated interference' as the university recently scrapped a plan to cut 250 million dollars in costs...ABC News Australia
(Updated) In the UK local government elections being held a test of strength for political parties including the Labour Party of Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
The Reform UK Party of Nigel Farage gaining many seats a results trickle in...Sky News UK
THE US COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE RULING AGAINST THE 10 PERCENT GLOBAL TARIFFS IMPOSED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP.
THOSE TARIFFS IMPOSED FOLLOWING THE US SUPREME COURT RULING AGAINST THE EARLIER TARIFFS IMPOSED BY THE PRESIDENT...THE HILL USA
The "Wall Street Journal" reporting the US being allowed to use military bases in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia for operations against Iran.
Both countries reversing course after earlier restrictions according to the report...(Wall Street Journal)
(THIS STORY UPDATED EXPANDED)
IRAN SAYS 'ENEMY UNITS' CAME UNDER MISSILE FIRE AFTER AN ATTACK ON AN IRANIAN VESSEL IDENTIFIED AS AN OIL TANKER.
THE US MILITARY CONFIRMING ATTACKS ON BANDAR ABBAS AND QESHM ISLAND ACCORDING TO FOX NEWS...OSINTdefender "X"...
LATER THE US CENTRAL COMMAND SAYING THE ATTACKS WERE ON IRANIAN FACILITIES THAT ATTACKED US WARSHIPS...TASS RUSSIA
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Vatican meeting Pope Leo XIV. The meeting comes amid recent differences between the Pontiff and President Donald Trump over the Iran War and other issues.
Mr. Rubio says those matters not being discussed but US government cooperation with the Roman Catholic Church to distribute aid to Cuba is a matter being advanced...OSINTdefender "X" (Video Embed)
THE US SANCTIONING THE DEPUTY OIL MINISTER OF IRAQ AND IRAQI MILITIA GROUPS.
Dozens of Ukrainian drones shot down attacking Moscow today...Tass Russia...
Russia warning against Ukrainian attacks on its capital city in connection with the Victory Day celebrations on Saturday commemorating the end of World War 2.
Foreign governments and Ukrainian civilians warned of Russian retaliatory strikes on Ukraine's capital city of Kiev...Tass Russia
TWO ATTACKNG UKRAINIAN DRONES LANDING IN THE BALTIC NATION OF LATVIA.
ONE DRONE STRIKING AN OIL DEPOT WITH A FIRE IGNITED. IT WAS LATER EXTINGUISHED.
NBC News reports that US President Donald Trump halted an operation to support merchant vessels through the Strait of Hormuz at the request of Saudi Arabia.
Mr. Trump said unable to resolve differences with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman...Times Of Israel
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 313.62 points or .63 percent.
The NASDAQ down 32.75 points or .13 percent.
At 435 pm New York Time the price of oil 96 dollars 13 cents a barrel up one dollar five cents or 1.1 percent...Marketwatch
At least 16 killed when a fuel tanker collided head-on with a bus. Four others injured. It happened on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia...ABC News Australia
NEW REVISIONS TO NORTH KOREA'S CONSTITUTION WITH SOUTH KOREA ACKNOWLEDGED AS A SEPARATE NATION.
THE NOTION OF UNIFICATION BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA REMOVED.
OTHER CHANGES INCLUDE DROPPING OF REFERENCES TO THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF KIM JONG-UN'S FATHER AND GRANDFATHER AND AN ELEVATION OF KIM JONG-UN TO A POSITION GREATER THAN THAT OF THE 'SUPREME PEOPLES ASSEMBLY'...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA
ISRAELI MILITARY FORCES WITH ANOTHER INCURSION INTO SYRIAN TERRITORY LATE WEDNESDAY.
EIGHT MILITARY VEHICLES DEPLOYED. ISRAELI INCURSIONS IN THE PAST INCLUDED RAIDS OF HOMES, CHECKPOINTS AND ARRESTS OF CIVILIANS...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY (TURKIYE)
(SERVICE WHEN ABLE WITH PERSONAL COMMITMENTS LIMITING SERVICE)
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
(UPDATED) A FEDERAL JUDGE RELEASING A SUICIDE NOTE ATTRIBUTED TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN...THE HILL USA...
THAT NOTE READS IN PART:
"They investigated me for months--FOUND NOTHING!!!"
THE NOTE ALSO SPEAKS OF AN INVESTIGATION BASED ON PRIOR CHARGES AGAINST EPSTEIN ADJUDICATED THROUGH A CONTROVERSIAL PLEA DEAL.
Israeli drone and air strikes in Lebanon killing 16 and wounding 21. Paramedics among those killed according to Lebanese officials...Anadolu Agency Turkey (Türkiye)
US COMMERCE SECRETARY HOWARD LUTNICK GIVING TESTIMONY BEHIND CLOSED DOORS TO THE US HOUSE GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
MR. LUTNICK TALKING ABOUT HIS TIES TO EPSTEIN AFTER THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN FILES REVEALED CONTACT BETWEEN EPSTEIN AND LUTNICK LATER THAN MR. LUTNICK ADMITTED BEFORE.
SECRETARY LUTNICK CHANGING HIS ACCOUNT ADMITTING TO VISITING EPSTEIN'S ISLAND IN 2012 FOLLOWING MR. EPSTEIN'S PLEA DEAL CONVICTION FOR CHILD SEX OFFENSES...POLITICO US
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convening his security cabinet this evening.
Netanyahu speaking of 'full coordination' between Israel and the United States amid leaked news stories about a possible US-Iran agreement to stop the Iran War...Israel National News
FIVE KILLED IN THE LATEST ISRAELI ATTACKS IN GAZA WHERE US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP PROCLAIMED A CEASEFIRE LAST FALL.
News continuing to be leaked out that drives oil prices down and stock markets higher.
The latest Trump Administration leak speaks of movement towards a "Memorandum of Understanding" to end warfare leading to a period of negotiation between the US and Iran.
This reported by insider media outlet "Axios"...Times of Israel
AUSTRALIAN AUTHORITIES PLANNING SPECIAL MEASURES WHEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN ASSOCIATED WITH ISLAMIC STATE (DAESH) IN SYRIA RETURN TO AUSTRALIA.
ARRESTS, INVESTIGATIONS AND DIRECTION OF CHILDREN INTO PROGRAMS OF INTEGRATION AND COUNTERING EXTREMISM ARE PLANNED...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA
Consumer prices in South Korea surged to an annual rate of 2.6 percent in April. It's the highest rate of inflation in 21 months.
A Ukrainian drone attack in Moscow with two drones shot down. A third drone struck a high rise building. No injuries...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
THIS MORNING IRAN'S FARS NEWS AGENCY SAYS A US NAVY VESSEL WAS STRUCK WITH TWO MISSILES.
THE NAVY SHIP TRYING TO ENTER THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ ACCORDING TO THE IRANIANS.
THE IRANIAN REPORT DENIED BY THE US...PRESS TV IRAN...
(COMMENT)...THIS KIND OF STORY WOULD INFLUENCE OIL PRICES TO GO HIGHER.
(SERVICE AS ABLE WITH VERY LIMITED SERVICE DUE TO PERSONAL COMMITMENTS)
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
ISRAEL'S ATTORNEY GENERAL GALI BAHARAV-MIARA RESPONDING TO THE ISRAELI PRESIDENT'S CALL FOR PLEA DEAL TALKS WITH PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU.
SHE IS WILLING TO PARTICPATE IN PLEA DEAL TALKS IF THERE ARE NO PRECONDITIONS AND MR. NETANYAHU'S CORRUPTION TRIAL IS ALLOWED TO PROCEED.
PRESIDENT ISSAC HERZOG PUSHING PLEA DEAL TALKS AS HE FACED PRESSURE FROM MR. NETANYAHU'S LEGAL TEAM BACKED BY US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TO GRANT NETANYAHU A PARDON.
MR. NETANYAHU'S LAWYERS HAVE NOT YET RESPONDED TO THE PRESIDENT'S PLEA DEAL TALKS PROPOSAL...TIMES OF ISRAEL
As the oil trading markets opened tonight US President Donald Trump announcing a plan to move merchant vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.
The plan stops short of using US warships to escort vessels in the region.
It dangles a notion of US intervention to help ships that may be threatened...OSINTdefender "X"
IN WESTERN NIGERIA AT LEAST 41 FULANI HERDSMEN KILLED.
GOVERNMENT BACKED-MILITIAS CONDUCTED RAIDS ON THE HERDSMEN.
Six Russian civilians wounded in Ukrainian drone attacks in Russia's Belgorod Region. Damage at two apartment houses...Tass Russia...
Russian air defenses taking down 59 attacking Ukrainian drones over the Leningrad Region around Russia's second largest city St. Petersburg Sunday morning.
The Ukrainian attacks aimed at oil export facilities in the area.
AN ABORTION PILL MAKER WITH AN EMERGENCY APPEAL TO THE US SUPREME COURT.
THIS FOLLOWS FRIDAY'S APPEALS COURT RULING IN FAVOR OF A LOUISIANA STATE LAWSUIT SEEKING PROHIBITION OF PRESCRIBING AND DISPENSING THE ABORTION DRUG MIFEPRISTONE ONLINE...THE HILL USA
An oil tanker seized off the coast of Yemen and forced towards Somalia. It's the fourth such attack to take place near Yemen recently.
ISRAELI AIR ATTACKS IN LEBANON KILLED DOZENS IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD THIS WEEKEND AS FIGHTING WITH THE IRAN-ALIGNED HEZBOLLAH MOVEMENT CONTINUES.
THE TOTAL DEATH TOLL SINCE THE LEBANON WAR BEGAN ALONGSIDE THE IRAN WAR TWO MONTHS AGO IS NOW WELL OVER 2,600 WITH MORE THAN EIGHT THOUSAND WOUNDED ACCORDING TO LEBANESE HEALTH OFFICIALS...ASSOCIATED PRESS USA-AL JAZEERA QATAR
POLICE IN AUSTRIA ARRESTING A MAN SUSPECTED OF PUTTING RAT POISON IN BABY FOOD.
HE IS ACCUSED OF EXTORTING GERMAN BABY FOOD MAKER "HIPP" WITH A DEMAND FOR TWO MILLION EUROS WORTH OF CRYPTOCURRENCY.
That bit of history reminds me of the many faces out there telling us what they think each day. In the end Jim Jones in Guyana turned out to be a Marxist-Leninist.
For those of you in Rio Linda "Reverend Jim Jones" was a Communist who pretended to be a Protestant follower of Jesus.
Jones called the "Peoples Temple" a "Marxist-Leninist organization" in the final audio tape as the deadly Kool Aid was mixed and dispensed.
So here's a list of "voices" I encounter in the course of a week via social media:
TUCKER CARSLON
THOMAS MASSIE
NICHOLAS J. FUENTES
CANDACE OWENS
JULIE K. BROWN
SARAH PALIN
DOUGLAS WILSON
PETER HITCHENS
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE
BARAK RAVID
DONALD J. TRUMP
Those folks and others are inputs into my life and I do not blindly follow them agree with everything they say etc. but I do pay attention to what they share.
Blindly following other human beings could have dangerous consequences IMHO.
And another thing descending into anger or resentment of these folks even though some may push at buttons with their over-the-top rhetoric is a dead end.
"See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no 'root of bitterness' springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled..."
HEBREWS 12:15 ESV BIBLE
Feminism claims Men are the problem but of course Women make mistakes too here's a country song from the 1970's Crystal Gayle singing about taking the "wrong road again". This is the music I listened to in the 1970's...
"WRONG ROAD AGAIN"-CRYSTAL GAYLE
"DON'T COME HOME A DRINKIN' (WITH LOVIN' ON YOUR MIND)-LORETTA LYNN
"I DO I DO I DO I DO I DO"-ABBA (LIVE)
My wife and I in the car hearing that song yesterday and I thought was that song pre-selected by the AI considering our 40th wedding anniversary is tomorrow.
REMEMBERING DAD
Wow there's been a lot in this week the passing of my father he loved sports when the $$$$ just wasn't in it.
He came out of a river town (Sunbury, PA) where he was a high school basketball star, then went to work in a factory and played basketball games in the "Industrial League" back in the 1950's here in York.
In those days the NFL players would come to town to play basketball in the off season my dad got to play basketball against the "Baltimore Colts".
I READ THIS BEFORE I FELL TO SLEEP LAST NIGHT:
"Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed--not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence--continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.
for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.
Do everything without grumbling or arguing,
so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generations. Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky
as you hold firmly to the word of life. And then I will be able to boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.
But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service coming from your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.