NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED:  SATURDAY NIGHT VERSION NEWSDUMP WEEKEND, AMMON BUNDY DENIED FIREARM PURCHASE, US ATTACK IN SYRIA MORE....

NEWSDUMP HOLIDAY WEEKEND REPORT

Federal prosecutors are looking at five women associated with the late Jeffrey Epstein suspected of being operatives in a sex trafficking network.

Ghislaine Maxwell, Sarah Kellen, Leslie Groff, Adriana Ross, and Nadia Marcinkova are reported to be under investigation by the US Attorney's office in Manhattan.

The "New York Times" has more on the story.......LINK

Sirhan Sirhan, convicted of assassinating Senator Robert F. Kennedy in June 1968, stabbed in prison Friday afternoon.

The 75 year old Sirhan is in stable condition after the attack at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility where he is serving a life sentence.

One person is dead and eight others wounded in a Saturday afternoon knife attack in France at Villeurbane, near Lyon.

Police have made one arrest with another suspect being sought.

Cease-fire violations being reported in northwestern Syria Saturday.    The Syrian government side says it shot down a drone belonging to the HTS jihadist group (formerly Al-Qaeda).

Meanwhile, an organization sympathetic to the jihadists and other opposition groups, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, alleged a government air attack that killed 45 at a jihadist training camp near Idlib city.

BUT THE LATE WORD IS THAT THIS ATTACK IN IDLIB THAT KILLED 40  AL-QAEDA LEADERS WAS LAUNCHED BY THE UNITED STATES.   MORE FROM 'ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS'....LINK

In Hong Kong protesters setting up barricades Saturday with police using water cannon and tear gas.

Numerous pro-democracy leaders arrested ahead of the Saturday protest but it came off as the police blockaded key government buildings to prevent protests there.

Tens of thousands involved in the demonstrations with police resorting to spraying them with blue dye at one point as a means of tracking them.

Video of the Saturday protests.......LINK

This live stream from Ruptly is now sending in video of protesters at a police station in Hong Kong where its now Sunday morning......LINK

The anti-mass immigration Alternative for Germany Party expected to perform well in tomorrow's elections in two German states.

The AfD expected to exceed 20 percent of the popular vote in the eastern states of Brandenburg and Saxony.

The autopsy report on the July 1st death of Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs says he had high level of opioids in his system including fentanyl and oxycodone.

The Tarrant County. Texas medical examiner also says Skaggs also had high levels of alcohol in his system.

The report says that he died after choking on his own vomit.

Welcome to the holiday weekend "Nextrush Unplugged".....

Music Links:

'HOT FUN IN THE SUMMERTIME'-SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE

'IT MIGHT AS WELL RAIN UNTIL SEPTEMBER'-CAROLE KING

'CONGRATULATIONS'-CLIFF RICHARD

And there he is Sir Cliff Richard in color at the 1968 Eurovision Song Contest in London with the first time the show was broadcast in color singing the song that finished number two "Congratulations".

The song a big hit in the UK back in 1968.

Let me whip out the phone and read my latest text message:

"UPDATE:  We MUST reclaim Pres. Trump's majority in 2020.   Our August deadline is TONIGHT.  Take a stand now...."

The GOP wants my money to elect people other than Judge Roy Moore to the US Senate in Alabama who of course would actually get in there behind President Trump a lot more than the typical GOP politicians do.

If I respond to this appeal I hurt President Trump.

And by the way when do we get to the President Republicans with some pardon calls for Jerry Delemus and Greg Burleson and Todd Engel, the Bunkerville Standoff prisoners.

If they are in prison you don't need my money or votes Republicans.

If Ammon Bundy can't exercise his Second Amendment right and buy a firearm in this county after not being convicted of a crime you can go pound sand Republican Party.

Both parties are taking away our freedom one increment at a time after all the emotional energy of Fox News and talk radio is expended every day.

AMMON BUNDY DENIED FIREARM PURCHASE

Yes Ammon Bundy posted a video on Facebook today describing the situation he is in when it comes to his Second Amendment right and how he's being flagged and his liberty restricted even though he has not been convicted of any crime.

This just posted online by "Raw Story" dripping with bias but you can see the video from Ammon Bundy where he explains he's being "forced to go on the street" to purchase a firearm.....LINK

"And away we go" as Jackie Gleason used to say it on Saturday nights.....


Music Links:



'MELANCHOLY SERENADE'-JACKIE GLEASON ORCHESTRA



'RUNAROUND SUE'-DION AND THE BELMONTS



'HONEY, HONEY'-ABBA



A frantic holiday weekend of news dumping to hide things from the public and some actual breaking news events mixed.

BREAKING NEWS

THE US LAUNCHED AN ATTACK IN SYRIA TODAY AND ITS WORTH TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE THE US HAS BEEN ON THE SIDE OF THE SYRIAN OPPOSITION OF NORTHWEST SYRIA ATTACKING THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT AND THE RUSSIANS, THE IRANIANS FOR USING MILITARY FORCE AGAINST THESE ADMIRERS OF OSAMA BIN LADEN, THESE AL QAEDA JIHADISTS NOW CENTERED IN NORTHWESTERN SYRIA.

YET TODAY SATURDAY AUGUST 31ST THE USA OPTED TO ATTACK AND KILL SOME 40 AL QAEDA IN NORTHWESTERN SYRIA.

WHAT A TURN OF EVENTS......READ WHAT ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS HAS TO SAY.....



US ATTACKS AL QAEDA IN NORTHWESTERN SYRIA



THIS ATTACK OCCURRING JUST HOURS AFTER THE RUSSIAN INITIATED CEASE-FIRE CAME INTO FORCE IN NORTHWESTERN SYRIA AND INITIALLY THE SYRIAN OBSERVATORY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS WAS BLAMING THE ATTACK ON THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT SIDE OF THE WAR.


OTHER LINKS ON THIS ATTACK INCLUDE 'SOUTHFRONT'......'SOUTHFRONT'-US ATTACK IN SYRIA


AND THE 'MOON OF ALABAMA' WEBSITE WITH ITS ROUNDUP OF HOW THE SITUATION UNFOLDED AHEAD OF THE US TAKING RESPONSBILITY FOR THE ATTACK...'MOON OF ALABAMA'-US ATTACK IN SYRIA. 


WHY DID THIS HAPPEN AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE RUSSIA CALLED FOR A CEASE-FIRE AND THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT AGREED TO ONE IN ADVANCE OF THE ATTACK?



Music Links:



'TOSSIN AND TURNIN'-BOBBY LEWIS



'THE BEAT GOES ON'-SONNY AND CHER



'THERE'LL ALWAYS BE AN ENGLAND'-VERA LYNN



And after all that England's gone through it finds itself in its present circumstances and here's a line from Peter Hitchens column this weekend regarding the current Prime Minister Boris Johnson:

"Am I supposed to like this, just because I don't like Jeremy Corbyn or Angela Merkel?"

Knee jerk hatred of one major political party is promoted to numb us to the liberalism, political correctness, the abridgment of the Constitution and or values that emanate from the other major political party.

I stopped being fooled by that in recent years so I am no knee jerk Republicans are always right and I don't even vote for them anymore and even though I voted for Donald J. Trump, I don't worship him as a deity.

Hitchens tries to explain to his readers how can a guy (Boris Johnson) who was the mayor of a major left-wing city (London) really be that conservative?

PETER HITCHENS COLUMN ON HIS BLOG



Music Links:



'A FRIEND SO TRUE'-KELLY WILLARD



'BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER'-SIMON AND GARFUNKEL


Back to the here and now.....Back to more insanity and rage on display.


I saw something posted on a vehicle here in York, PA today and I had to question why it was posted.


Was it insanity or someone trying to create a false flag?


It read:

Make America Great Again.

Assassinate Nancy and Chuck

Am I reading something here advocating killing Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer from a loony and a nut or some false flag operation here in a Trump voting area?

To Texas and the Midland-Odessa area east of El Paso in western Texas.    They call it the "Permian Basin" where you find energy to fuel America.

The Texas Department of Public Safety says troopers pulled someone over who ended up shooting at them through the back window.   One trooper injured and the driver went on to do drive-by shootings in the area.

Five killed, 21 wounded with the perpetrator shot dead by the police.

"NewsWest9" is on the story.......LINK

The Hurricane Dorian is moving in a direction that will keep it close but off the coast of the United States tonight.    That's the latest on the storm which will make its way slowly to the west and then north and northeast off the southeastern coast of the US in the coming week.

The protests in Hong Kong continued into the night around a police station and the police came out to clear the streets towards dawn Sunday.

In Boston there was the "Straight Pride" parade and the counter protest of those offended by it.

Police on hand as the counter-protesters showed their rage towards the "Straight Pride" group.

What's behind all this?    I ask that tonight.   Just like the Proud Boys out in Portland, Oregon coming in and waving the cape before the enraged left-wingers charging into them.  What is going on?

I hope you find some sanity, sobriety and the God of your understanding tonight and beyond.

Glen Campbell closed  a television special this way and I leave you with it tonight.

Good Night and God Bless.....

Music Link:

'AMAZING GRACE'-GLEN CAMPBELL 

FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 42:  THE 'REGRETS' OF MACRON BUT THE PROTESTS CONTINUE

During last weekend's G 7 meeting at Biarritz in southwestern France protesters were kept back to towns to the southwest and it was here that the "black blocks' of militants focused their attention rather than peppering themselves in with Yellow Vests.

Across France some 150 protests were held last Saturday from marches through cities to takeovers of toll booths operated by private companies given control of French highways.     That according to "The Yellow Number" Facebook page.

France 2 television interviewed President Emmanuel Macron at the end of the G 7 earlier in the week and asked about the various aspects of the Yellow Vests protests.

Macron expressed his "regrets" citing injuries to protesters and police.

He also noted the "black blocks" involvement in the demonstrations.

But his government continues to move forward with his notions of reforms and pensions will be on the agenda in the coming months among other things.

Yellow Vests took their protest across the border to Geneva, Switzerland today protesting the Macron's government's use of force against Yellow Vests protests using the offices of the United Nations as their venue.   The media reporting hundreds in attendance there.......

YELLOW VESTS WEEK 42 PROTEST AT UN OFFICES IN GENEVA, SWITZERLAND



In Paris some Yellow Vests presence revealed on this video today along the side of a street where they were gathering.......


YELLOW VESTS GATHERING IN PARIS WEEK 42 8/31/2019



A live video stream from Toulouse of the Yellow Vests today.  Hundreds gathered to protest......



YELLOW VESTS TOULOUSE WEEK 42



The live video stream from Sputnik of today's Paris Yellow Vests protest.....



SPUTNIK VIDEO PARIS YELLOW VESTS WEEK 42

Protesters in Paris today reported to have numbered around 200 by Reuters.   Here's a 25 minute video of Paris Yellow Vests.....LINK

Yellow Vests also marching in the streets of Marseille today....MARSEILLE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 42

Media reports of hundreds protesting in Bordeaux today.

And to sum up the Yellow Vests protests continued in France with reduced numbers for the 42nd Saturday in a row on August 31st, 2019.

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT FRIDAY 8/30/2019 NEWSDUMP WEEK

(SERVICE THAT WILL POST A LITTLE MORE AND CONCLUDE BY MIDNIGHT EASTERN US TIME)

"You're fired"

That was the message to a close aide of President Trump's who was formerly with the Republican National Committee.

Madeline Westerhout became a:

"separated employee"

Thursday after the President found out a conversation she had with reporters earlier this month.

The BBC version of the story of Westerhout's firing......LINK

The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeting Friday night just after 7 pm Eastern time that the Iranian oil tanker "Adrian Darya 1" is headed for Syria based on "reliable information".

The "Adrian Darya 1" is wanted by the United States accused of connection to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps which has been designated as a terrorist organization.

The US got British Royal Marines to seize the tanker on July 4th near Gibraltar.    After its release earlier this month, the US threatened any nation that receives the tanker with sanctions.  The US is saying that the tanker is transporting oil to Syria in violation of sanctions.

On Friday the US Treasury Department announced that it "took action" against the oil tanker.

Iran is saying the "Adrian Darya 1" is headed for Turkey but Turkey's foreign minister is saying that the tanker is headed for Lebanon.

More on this story from Russia's "Sputnik"....LINK     Also more on the story from "Press TV' in Iran......LINK

A  NEW CEASE-FIRE COMING INTO EFFECT IN NORTHWESTERN SYRIA AFTER A SERIES OF MILITARY VICTORIES FOR THE SYRIAN REGIME OF BASHAR ASSAD IN ITS FIGHT AGAINST JIHADIST AND OTHER OPPOSITION GROUPS.

WHILE THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT ACCEPTS THE CEASE-FIRE PROPOSAL OF THE RUSSIAN RECONCILIATION CENTER IN SYRIA, THERE HAS BEEN NO ACCEPTANCE FROM THE OPPOSITION SIDE.

THE TIME FOR THE NEW CEASE-FIRE TO COME INTO FORCE IS 6 AM SYRIAN TIME SATURDAY, 11 PM EASTERN US TIME FRIDAY.

Will there be more Israeli military action against Iran and Iranian affiliated groups in the Middle East this weekend as there was last weekend?

Its a possibility in the coming hours but Israeli media are citing a report in a Kuwaiti newspaper claiming that Lebanon's Hezbollah is planning an attack to kill Israelis in the next 72 hours.

Its the kind of notion that could lead to Israeli military action on grounds of  preventing such an attack.

A judge in Scotland has decided not to issue a preliminary injunction against British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plan to suspend parliament in a few weeks.

A group of 75 parliamentarians are bringing a case against the proroguing of parliament and the judge, Lord Doherty, will hold a full hearing next Tuesday.

Arrests in Hong Kong Friday of numerous democracy activists with a few of them charged and released from jail.    More from the BBC.....LINK

Economic uncertainty in Argentina with its currency falling Friday as three credit agencies downgraded the country's bonds.

Argentina's central bank taking action to shore up the country's financial reserves Friday.

More from Reuters.......LINK

Turbulence in the Italian political situation Friday as Five Star Movement leader Luigi Di Maio laid down his party's view of what a new government with the "center-left" mainstream Democratic Party should look like.

Di Maio saying he wants the tough immigration policies of the League and its leader Matteo Salvini to continue in a new government something the Democratic Party wanted to reverse.

Consultations on forming that new government underway but the situation unsettled with the Five Star Movement appearing to deliver an ultimatum as reported by the ANSA News Agency....LINK

The Twitter account of its founder and CEO Jack Dorsey hacked.    Offensive tweets described as "racist" and  "anti-Semitic" posted on it over a 15 minute period.

A group called the "Chuckling Squad" taking responsibility for breaking into Dorsey's account.

HURRICANE DORIAN PACKING WINDS OF 140 MILES PER HOUR AS OF 11 PM EASTERN FRIDAY NIGHT STILL SOME 545 MILES DUE EAST OF PALM BEACH, FLORIDA MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT SOME 10 MILES PER HOUR.   

THE POWERFUL HURRICANE EXPECTED TO REACH FLORIDA LATE MONDAY OR EARLY TUESDAY..

In Portland Oregon this week legal action reported in connection with the attack on a bus carrying opponents of Antifa during the competing protests two weeks ago Saturday.

The spin from "OregonLive".....LINK

Actress Valerie Harper is dead at the age of 80.    Harper best remembered for her character "Rhoda Morgenstern" first portrayed on the "Mary Tyler Moore Show" in the 1970's and on the TV series "Rhoda" that followed.


And that's the way it really is on a Newsdump Friday going into the Labor Day weekend, August 30th, 2019.

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT THURSDAY 8/29/2019 NEWSDUMP WEEK

(LIMITED SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH LATE THURSDAY)

The former FBI Director James Comey broke rules but should not be prosecuted.   That's the conclusion of the Justice Department's Office of Inspector General.

Comey leaked memos of his interactions with President Trump that ended up being reported in the mainstream media.

A Hong Kong democracy activist has been arrested by police there, said to have been forcefully pushed into a minivan.    More from the BBC.....LINK

President Trump said Thursday that US is withdrawing five thousand troops from Afghanistan and that a deal with the Taliban is close as peace talks with them continue.   The story as reported by AP and published by "Al Arabiya" from Saudi Arabia.....LINK

Syrian government forces continue to advance in Idlib province against jihadist and other opposition forces.

Two more towns captured following an attempted counteroffensive by the opposition forces.

In Yemen the Saudi backed government forces aren't just fighting the Iranian Houthi rebels now.

Separatists backed by the United Arab Emirates just took control again in the city of Aden in recent days and when government reinforcements moved towards the city they came under air attack.

The Yemeni government says that UAE aircraft bombed their forces.

More as reported by France's AFP News Agency.....LINK

Opponents of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to suspend parliament next month have raised some one million signatures online against it.

Meanwhile the leader of the House of Commons in Johnson's government, Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg, says the only "constitutional crisis" going on right now in the UK is front those who oppose the result of the 2016 Brexit referendum which approved leaving the European Union.

BUT "MR. BREXIT" NIGEL FARAGE CONTINUES TO WARN THAT JOHNSON'S POLITICAL MANEUVERS ARE DESIGNED TO DELIVER SOMETHING LESS THAN A CLEAN BREAK FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION......LINK

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte says a budget is the priority of the new government he will lead.  Conte is speaking of protecting people who save money and dealing with rising "Value Added Tax" in the country.    

Conte is designated to continue as PM in the Five Star Movement-Democratic Party government that is replacing the previous arrangement with Matteo Salvini's League party.

Mr. Salvini has announced a demonstration against the new government on October 19th and said it is a government "born in Brussels" to get rid of him.

More from the ANSA News Agency of Italy......LINK

President Trump is cancelling his planned trip to Poland this weekend on the 80th anniversary of the beginning of World War 2 there.

The President staying home to watch the situation regarding Hurricane Dorian.

Vice-President Mike Pence will replace him.

And in brief that's the way it really is on this Thursday August 29th, 2019.

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 8/28/2019

(LIMITED SERVICE THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY WHEN ABLE)

The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson asked the Queen for a suspension of parliament ahead of the Brexit deadline of October 31st.    It is to begin between September 9th and 12th.    Her Majesty has approved his plan.

The proroguing of parliament will be followed with a speech to parliament by the Queen on October 14th laying out what he calls a "very exciting agenda".

Johnson denies he is trying to force through a 'No-Deal' Brexit as he pursues talks with the European Union on a new deal for British withdrawal from the EU.

Opponents of Brexit in the House of Commons believe the move may lead to a vote of no-confidence in Johnson's government.

The BBC has a live blog running on the breaking news today.....LINK

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage says any attempt by Johnson to push through a modified version of former Prime Minister Theresa May's deal with the EU will be opposed, but that there will be support for real "No Deal" Brexit.

More from Farage's Twitter page......LINK

A new government is taking shape in Italy with the combined Five State Movement and Democratic Party majority in parliament.

The new government has been agreed to by the two parties and will put the current Deputy Prime Minister and League leader, Interior Minister Matteo Salvini , out of government.

The anti-Establishment Five Star Movement agreed to form a government with the insider "Left" Democratic Party on condition that its Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte remain in his post.

Mr. Conte was summoned to meet Italy's President Sergio Mattarella Wednesday night to be designated as the leader of the new government in which Five Star leader Luigi Di Maio will remain as a Deputy Prime Minister.

More from Italy's ANSA News Agency...... LINK

Three policemen killed overnight in Gaza in two separate suicide bomb attacks that the controlling group Hamas said were carried out by Israel.    A group linked to Islamic State is also being cited as the perpetrator of the attacks.

Hamas controlled Gaza has been the launching pad for numerous rocket attacks and other acts aimed at causing destruction in Israel.

Fighting in northwestern Syria with a counterattack by HTS (former Al-Qaeda) forces against the Syrian government forces.

The HTS forces turned back with a report that a Turkish observation post in the area was during a Syrian government airstrike.

The Houthi rebels in Yemen, backed by Iran, are claiming an early morning missile attack with one missile striking a target at the Abha International Airport in southern Saudi Arabia.

Hurricane Dorian building up strength north of Puerto Rico Thursday night with maximum sustained winds of 85 miles per hour as of 11 pm Eastern US time.

Additional strengthening expected in the days ahead landfall on the southeastern US coast from Florida northward possible by Monday of next week.

And in brief that's the way it really is for Wednesday August 28th, 2019.

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 8/27/2019

(LIMITED SERVICE AS ABLE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY)

Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Russia and Turkey have agreed on additional steps in northwestern Syria to deal with jihadist forces there.

Turkey and Russia are joint guarantors of a "deconfliction zone" in and around Idlib which has failed in the face of repeated jihadist attacks from the region.

Putin holding talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who's visiting Russia.  

The two taking a look at Russian weaponry Tuesday at the 2019 MAKS air show.    More from the Tass News Agency....LINK

Rockets fired from Gaza at Israel Tuesday and Israel responding with strikes into Gaza after one of the rockets landed in Israeli territory.    The others fell short landing in Gaza.

The Italian President Sergio Mattarella consulting with political parties in the next 24 hours before deciding the next move in the political crisis.

New elections or a new government possible.

The anti-Establishment Five Star Movement is talking with the mainstream "center-left" Democratic Party on a new government but insists on the current Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte remaining in his post for a new government.

News being leaked out to the media about talks between the Five Star Movement and Democratic Party over a new government with conflicting information being leaked that makes the true status of their talks hard to discern.

Brazil's government will not accept money from the G7 nations to fight fires in the Amazon region.

Brazilian officials say the 22 million dollar offer smacks of colonialism and that major foreign nations nations want to control the Amazon.

French President Emmanuel Macron and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro have confronted each other over the matter.

BUT LATE TUESDAY A SPOKESMAN FOR THE GOVERNMENT SAID BRAZIL IS WILLING TO ACCEPT FINANCIAL AID FROM INDIVIDUAL NATIONS DONATING TO THE FIREFIGHTING EFFORT.

The Brazilian president has already accepted an offer of help from Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu involving firefighting chemicals.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage says his party is ready to contest all seats across England, Wales and Scotland if a General Election is called in the UK.

Farage appeared Tuesday morning on the "Good Morning Britain" program.

More from Nigel Farage's Twitter page......LINK


From Israel more pregnancies and more abortions reported in the Israel Defense Forces.

This has caused concern among some rabbis and they've expressed their concerns to top officials.       More from "Israel National News".....LINK

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 8/26/2019

(LIMITED SERVICE THAT WILL CONCLUDE LATE MONDAY)

President Trump saying he is willing to meet Iran's President Hassan Rouhani if the situation is right, saying that Iran would have to be:

 "good players" 

for that to happen.

The US President saying that Iran must be a nation without nuclear weapons and that he felt good about the possibility of a new nuclear deal.

The Iranian President said Monday that he is willing to meet with anyone if it would benefit Iran.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying Monday evening:

"Israel will continue to defend its security in whatever way is required"

Those words following Saturday night strikes in Syria that Israel takes responsibility for and other attacks in Iraq and Lebanon that followed them attributed to Israel.

Netanyahu said that Iran was plotting to carry out terrorist attacks in Israel and calling on other nations to act with these words:

"I call on the international community to act immediately so that Iran will stop these attacks"

On Monday Iran said that the oil on the "Adrian Darya 1" oil tanker has been sold and that the owner of that oil will decide on the destination of the tanker.   Greece had opted not to receive the oil tanker after the United States threatened sanctions on any nation that did.

Gibraltar freed the oil tanker after holding it for more than a month following its seizure by British Royal Marines on July 4th.    

"Great respect for the fact that President Xi & his Representatives want 'calm resolution'.   So impressed they are willing to come out & state the facts so accurately.   This is why he is great leader & representing a great country.   Talks are continuing!"

The Monday morning tweet from President Trump signaling a new phase following China's tariff announcement Friday and the response of President Trump later Friday that caused markets to tumble.

Israel's election campaign underway for the second vote this year on September 17th with religious factions concerned about the courts.

Recent court rulings in Israel have outlawed separation of men and women at public events staged by religious Israelis.

The United Torah Judaism Party won eight seats of the 120 in the parliament in April's election and is advocating for a law to override Supreme Court decisions.

More from "Israel National News"......LINK

In Oklahoma a state judge ordering the pharmaceutical company Johnson and Johnson to pay the state government more than 570 million dollars for responsibility in the state's opioid drug problems.

Johnson and Johnson plans to appeal the decision.

Is President Trump endorsing Justin Trudeau for re-election as Canada's Prime Minister?

Trump's Sunday tweet contradicted the message of a weak Justin Trudeau meeting with President Trump at the G7 conveyed by Canadian libertarian journalist-activist Ezra Levant.

The political fight is on in Canada ahead of the October 21st General Election in Canada and Levant was on the attack against Trudeau when Trump challenged Levant's message on Twitter.

See it here.....LINK

Australia's government is moving forward along with New Zealand to censor media following the March 15th attacks on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison discussing his country's plans during the G7 meeting in France over the weekend.

New Zealand's media regulatory agency has fined "Sky News" in that country for using portions of a video made by the perpetrator of the mosque attacks.

This Reuters story published by Israel's "Ynet" provides more details......LINK


In brief that's the way it really is on this Monday August 26th, 2019.

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 8/25/2019-NUMEROUS ISRAELI ATTACKS REPORTED IN MIDDLE EAST 

(SERVICE WILL CONTINUE AS ABLE THROUGH LATE SUNDAY)

Events related to Iran and Israel appear to be dominant with numerous Israeli attacks reported in Iraq, Lebanon and Syria since Saturday night.   There's also been a rocket attack aimed at southern Israel from Gaza Sunday evening.

But first:

Iran's Foreign Minister arrived by airplane at Biarritz, France, site of the G7 summit, just after 8am Eastern US time Sunday morning.

Word is that President Trump was informed by French President Emmanuel Macron of the surprise arrival of Javad Zarif at the summit site.

Zarif is discussing the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA) with France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian.

Zarif left Biarritz later in the day with no immediate details on what happened.

Macron is pursuing his own initiative to mediate with Iran.    More from Reuters as published by Israel's "Haaretz".....LINK

The Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said the Israeli drone strike reported in the suburbs of Beirut early Sunday was a:

"blatant attack on Lebanon's sovereignty"

Two explosions in a neighborhood that is the stronghold of the Iranian backed Hezbollah group with Hezbollah claiming two Israeli drone were involved.

Late Sunday the Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah spoke to his followers calling the incident a:

"very, very very dangerous development"

More on the background of this story from "Israel National News"....LINK

More on the Hezbollah's leader's statement from "Southfront"....'LINK

The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke with the Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri Sunday saying escalation needs to be prevented in the region.

Pompeo defended Israel's right to act in self-defense against Iranian threats.

From Syria five are reported dead after Israeli strikes near Damascus late Saturday night.    Israel said it was thwarting Iranian plans for attacks on Israel from Syria.

A Shiite Muslim militia in Iraq reports nine of its members killed in what is said to be an Israeli drone attack near the Iraq-Syria border Sunday evening.

LATER SUNDAY EVENING THREE ROCKETS FIRED AT SOUTHERN ISRAEL CREATING PANIC AMONG FESTIVAL GOERS IN THE SOUTHERN CITY OF SDEROT.  ONE WOMAN INJURED WHEN SHE RAN FOR COVER THERE.

TWO INTERCEPTED BY THE IRON DOME DEFENSE SYSTEM WITH ONE LANDING ON ISRAELI TERRITORY

THE ROCKETS FIRED FROM GAZA WITH ISRAELI ATTACKS ON TARGETS THERE REPORTED EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

Lebanese media reporting during the overnight hours early Monday morning an Israeli attack on a Palestinian camp in the Bekaa Valley near the Syrian border.

ISRAEL'S SECURITY CABINET WILL MEET LATER MONDAY MORNING.

LATE SUNDAY MORE CLASHES BETWEEN POLICE AND PROTESTERS IN HONG KONG WITH POLICE USING TEAR GAS, WATER CANNON, RUBBER BULLETS AND EVEN LIVE AMMUNITION IN AT LEAST ONE CASE.....VIDEO FROM HONG KONG   36 ARRESTS REPORTED BY THE HONG KONG POLICE.

In Hong Kong earlier Sunday protest against the government's extradition to China law continuing after unusual events Saturday involving small groups of masked and helmeted protesters getting into clashes with police.

Those incidents Saturday led to 29 arrests according to Hong Kong police.

President Trump says he has power under US law to force US companies to stop doing business with China under the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act. 

President Trump citing the law in Twitter posts in recent days.

Its been used to target terrorists, drug traffickers and nations like Iran, Syria and North Korea.

China's Ministry of Commerce warning the United States of consequences if it does not end its "wrong actions" regarding trade.

More from "India Today" and Reuters.....LINK

At the G7 in France President Trump hailing a new trade deal with Japan he says is:

"tremendous"

and is an agreement that will help farmers and ranchers in the US.

Political buzz in Washington about a former Republican congressman opposing President Trump in the GOP primaries and caucuses next year.

Walsh was given a spot on ABC's  "This Week" program Sunday to pitch his candidacy.

Walsh telling host George Stephanopoulos that Mr. Trump is "unfit" for office and "lies" every time he opens his mouth.

He's also saying that he expects to be attacked by Trump and "his bullies".

More from ABC News.........LINK

And that's the way it really is on this Sunday August 25th, 2019.

NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED:  SATURDAY NIGHT VERSION  ITALY'S NEXT GOVERNMENT? BORIS THE BETRAYER? AND MORE......

Music Links:

'LIKE TO GET TO KNOW YOU'-SPANKY AND OUR GANG

'THAT'S AMORE'-DEAN MARTIN

'VOLARE' ('NEL BLU DIPINTO DI BLU')-DOMENICO MODUGNO

Domenico Modugno making an American TV appearance in the 1950's with Ed Sullivan singing a hit song in the USA and the winning song of the 1958 Eurovision song contest.

Italian politics has been on the table in recent days as the government of the Five Star Movement and the League has fallen.

The future of Italy's government and politics to be determined in the coming days with a Tuesday deadline from Italy's President Sergio Mattarella.


That's when he wants to hear back from the political parties about what they want. 

Do they want new elections?   Do they want a new government?


Five political parties matter in Italy right now.


Party number one is the Five Star Movement, currently the largest party in the parliament but projected to have its numbers cut almost in half if new elections were held.    Five Star is for reform and considered to the left of center slightly.

Next up the League of Matteo Salvini called a party of the right but centered in the north of Italy coming into the last election advocating autonomy for the economically rich northern parts of the country.   Now Salvini has broadened his base and leads public opinion polls with his strong stance on immigration and opposition to allowing migrants in.

Salvini wants new elections to enable him to lead the next government in Italy with other parties as his partners instead of the Five Stars.

Third on the list is the mainstream party of the "Left" in Italy, the Democratic Party.   They have held out the notion of governing with the Five Star's in a new government, but with conditions that are pretty steep on the Five Star Movement.

Fourth on the list the mainstream party of the "Right",  Forza Italia.    The pro-European Union crony capitalist once in bed with the Socialists who called himself a "socialist" decades ago leads this group.     None other than Silvio Berlusconi.

FI very much a coalition partner for Mr. Salvini in a new government following elections.

The fifth party polling well enough to win seats and again a potential coalition partner for Salvini in a new is the political party that is called a "right-wing" party but who's roots are in the person of a former Socialist.

The Brothers of Italy inherited the mantle of the Italian Social Movement  (MSI) strong in the poorer parts of southern Italy advocating welfare programs among other things.      Their onetime leader, Alessandra Mussolini.    She left Forza Italia last year, what is her next political move?    She is the granddaughter of Benito Mussolini who founded the Fascist Party out of the Socialist Party way back when.

The Brothers of Italy are led by Giorgia Meloni and they also could be partners with Salvini in some new governmrnt down the road.


Boris Johnson, can you trust him in the end?

There's a lot of drama and emotion about a "No Deal" Brexit on October 31st with Boris Johnson posturing in that direction even as he spends time trying to cut a new deal with the EU.

Peter Hitchens posted this on his blog recently about  Al ("Boris") Johnson....LINK

From Nigel Farage's Brexit Party Member of European Parliament Alexandra Phillips is asking if Johnson can be trusted on Brexit?....LINK

Meanwhile the picture tonight from the G7 shindig in France of  Boris Johnson with President Trump.....JOHNSON AND TRUMP AT G 7



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'THE CARNIVAL IS OVER'-THE SEEKERS



'HARBOR LIGHTS'-THE PLATTERS



'DEAR HEARTS AND GENTLE PEOPLE'-BING CROSBY


Beautiful singing from Bing Crosby and when I think of the "dear hearts" and "gentle people" out there I think of the Bundy's as in Cliven Bundy and his son Ammon Bundy, leader of 2016's  Oregon Standoff protest.

No shots fired, no violence from Ammon Bundy's side of that standoff, but from the FBI federal government side all of the above.

Ammon Bundy posted some things recently which help put things in perspective while the political drama rages around us....


This one posted Thursday on "Facebook" and reposted on  Bundy Ranch Facebook.

"Freedom will not be preserved through the ballot box or the courts.  That time has passed for now.  Liberty will be regained by the ONE saying NO and the MANY standing around him or her in defense"

AMMON BUNDY ON FACEBOOK 8/22/2019

Well if you like politics and elections I have something for you to read.   Israel goes to the polls three weeks from Tuesday.

What does the situation look like politically in Israel right now?    This analysis from "Israel National News" with the title of "Forebodings of War?"

ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS-WARNINGS OF WAR

BREAKING NEWS

What's been happening in recent hours Israel saying openly that it attacked targets in Syria tonight that it said are Iranian to preempt drone attacks on Israel.

More from "Israel National News"....LINK

More poking of Iran hoping to get a punch back from Iran so Israel can be portrayed as the victim or perhaps just some pre-election toughness from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu?


Syria saying it shot down most of the incoming from the Israelis. 
The "Syrian Arab News Agency" reports.....LINK



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'WE'RE NOT THE JET SET'-GEORGE JONES AND TAMMY WYNETTE



'IT'S ALL IN THE MOVIES'-MERLE HAGGARD



'SOMEBODY LOVES YOU'-CRYSTAL GAYLE



In the here and now on this Saturday night.    There's a new approach here on the blog with daily short summaries of news and this Saturday night special format still carrying on.

I have a new work schedule and I have to adapt to it.

Fewer re posts to Free Republic as well in this new configuration of things.


Well to the news....

NEWS UPDATE

In the hours following the reported Israeli strikes in Syria tonight Hezbollah in Lebanon saying two Israeli drones attacked in the stronghold of the Iranian backed organization in the southern suburbs of Beirut.

Hezbollah says four are dead.


The spin on this from "Southfront".....LINK


Getting back to the attack on Syria here is the version of the story from "Al Masdar News" about tonight's Israeli military action there.....LINK

The BBC has a story about Boris Johnson talking of the need for "compromise" to allow British products into the US market under any US-UK trade deal down the road....LINK

North Korea proclaiming the test of a new "multiple rocket launcher" Saturday under the supervision of Kim Jong-un.    More from the AFP news agency....LINK

Good Night and I'm tired and tired isn't good if one wants to stay sober and sane but I hope you find peace and serenity out there.   A power greater than myself restores me to sanity.....




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'HIGHER POWER'-DARRELL MANSFIELD

YELLOW VESTS FRANCE WEEK 41: G 7 SUMMIT PROTESTS AND THE TRADITION CONTINUES

The Yellow Vests on the streets of Paris again for Week 41 of protests and at other locations across the country.

YELLOW VESTS WEEK 41 PARIS RUPTLY VIDEO STREAM

The procession stepping off at around 215 pm Paris time, 815 am Eastern US time.


But much attention focused on the southwest of France where the kind of globalization the Yellow Vests movement protests against is on full display this weekend at the G7 summit.

Coordinated "green" policies like President Emmanuel Macron's obsession with the wildfires in the Amazon remind us of Macron's domestic agenda of gasoline taxes in the name of "green" that helped to spark the Yellow Vests movement in the first place.


The G 7 meeting is at Biarritz, a resort community on the Atlantic coast near the Spanish border.


Some 13,000 plus police deployed in the area including large numbers of mobile gendarmes and CRS riot police  (six thousand).

Some nine thousand protesters estimated in the area where protests are being allowed to the southwest of Biarritz at Urrugne and Hendaye.   Their numbers appeared to have swelled to some 15-thousand as the day went on Saturday.

The 'black blocs' anarchists in evidence among the protesters with Friday night confrontations involving the anarchists and police.    The two hour fight at the weekend protest camp included the use of tear gas grenades by the police.

Getting back to the Paris protest, Yellow Vests continue to offer a strong message in favor of referendums.       The signs that say 'RIC' are advocating a "Citizens Initiative Referendum".

Reporting from AFP news agency and BFM-TV on today's Paris Yellow Vests includes comments from Olivier Pham, a 48 year old maintenance man who describes himself as being on the "Right".

Pham says the 'RIC' concept works in California and Switzerland saying for France:

"It would be very good.  It would not be anarchy."

Pham also says that he was:

"....shocked by the violence of some police officers..."

at the Yellow Vests protests.


One protester named Annie, age 72, says:

"The price of gas has gone up, the government.....is despising us.    We are being robbed of money for giant lobsters."

Her comments a reference to the former Minister of the Environment Francois Du Rugy.

Du Rugy forced to resign after a French media report on his spending of the taxpayers money for lobster dinners and the refurbishing of his apartment, among other things.


In other parts of France Week 41 included a procession in Le Mans......YELLOW VESTS WEEK 41 LE MANS

And a typical Yellow Vests protest manifested itself at a toll station at La Ciotat on the Mediterranean coast.    The Yellow Vests shutting down the toll collecting operation of a private company given control of the highway by the government.....YELLOW VESTS WEEK 41 TOLL STATION PROTEST LA CIOTAT


This is a two hour video showing the Yellow Vests in Toulouse today.......YELLOW VESTS WEEK 41 TOULOUSE 8/24/2019


Late in the day Saturday (Today) this video stream was coming from southwestern France near Biarritz where protesters were gathered many appearing to be black blocs anarchists....LINK


Summing up the Yellow Vests protests continue with their original issues like high gas prices caused by taxes, tolls imposed on privatized highways and the call for citizen referendums all on the table.

The left-wing elements of the anarchists continue to be around, this time focusing their energies on the G7 summit area itself.

The who, what where why etc. of their activities may be everything from their leftist nature to manipulation by government police and intelligence agencies to discredit the Yellow Vests movement as a whole.

For now, their numbers may be reduced, but the Yellow Vests continue to make their presence known throughout France every Saturday.

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT FRIDAY 8/23/2019 NEWSDUMP FRIDAY

(LIMITED SERVICE INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING)

.....we need to win the hearts and minds of the public.   Not to give the police the excuse they need for more heavy hand tactics....."

Tommy Robinson's latest letter from prison explains the reasoning behind  cancellation of a Saturday demonstration in his support set for Central London.

Robinson explained his concern about more people getting injured like they did at the hands of left-wing activists and even the police during a previous demonstration August 3rd.

He explained that any future protests should be well organized to keep participants safe and from being put into situations where they may get arrested.

You can read Tommy's letter in full at this link to TR.News......LINK

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro says that French President Emmanuel Macron's call for fires in the Amazon to be discussed this weekend at the G7 summit smacks of "colonialism".    Bolsonaro also said that Macron was talking up the fires to make political points with some voters in France and that the nations in the Amazon region should be allowed to deal with the Amazon.

Mr. Macron raising the tempo of his attack saying that President Bolsonaro lied to him about climate change and that France will not support a European Union trade deal with Brazil unless it takes more action to deal with the fires.    The BBC has more on this story with the anti-Brazilian position explained in more detail.....LINK

LATE FRIDAY PRESIDENT BOLSONARO MADE A SPEECH ANNOUNCING THAT THE BRAZILIAN ARMY WILL BE USED TO FIGHT THE FIRES.

The economic conflict between the United States and China Friday saw China announce tariffs on American goods followed by a US response.

President Trump putting out the word that planned or existing tariffs on Chinese goods will be raised by five percent.

President Trump traveling to France Friday night for the G7 summit in the French town of Biarritz near the Spanish border.  Other leaders there include the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and China's President Xi Jin-ping.

Syrian forces continuing their advance against jihadist and other opposition forces in northwestern Syria.   Latest word is that the town of Kafr Zita is now in government hands in Hama province.

Russia's fighter jets scrambled 20 times to intercept foreign aircraft approaching its air space in the last week.    More on this story from the Tass News Agency.....LINK

The associations of Jeffrey Epstein in the news.    "Bloomberg" publishing a story last weekend about a modeling agency owned by Jean-Luc Brunel and its business dealing with major retailers.

More from "Bloomberg".....

LINK

From France Friday word that a rape investigation is underway into the alleged sexual assault of three then 12-year old girls in Paris by Epstein.

In Israel 17-year old Rina Shnerb buried late Friday after she died in a terrorist attack earlier in the day.  She was hiking with her brother and father in an area 9 miles north of Jerusalem when a bomb went off.     Her brother and father seriously wounded by the explosion.

A Special Prosecutor sworn in Friday to look at the Jussie Smollett case.    Former US Attorney Dan Webb probing both Smollett's false claim of a "hate crime" attack on him in Chicago earlier this year and the sudden decision of the local prosecutor to drop the case against Smollett for lying.

A serial killer executed in Florida early Friday morning just after Midnight by lethal injection.

Gary Ray Boles was dubbed the "I 95 Killer" and he was put to death after a last ditch appeal to the US Supreme Court failed.

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

A  US Supreme Court announcement Friday that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been treated for a cancerous tumor in her pancreas.

Ginsburg underwent three weeks of radiation treatment at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.

And in brief that's the way it really is as we Newsdump into Saturday August 24th, 2019.

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT THURSDAY 8/22/2019

(LIMITED SERVICE WITH UPDATES, ADDITIONS, ETC. POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE THURSDAY)

Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif talking to French President Emmanuel Macron Friday just ahead of Macron's meeting with President Trump and other world leaders at the G7 summit in France.

Salvaging the JCPOA nuclear deal will be part of the agenda with France seeking to get economic concessions for Iran in exchange for compliance but Iran having its own demands including an end to US interference in the Persian Gulf.

Israel has launched several attacks in Iraq according to US officials.    That story being reported by the "New York Times".

Meanwhile from Iraq its being said that the Iranian connected Popular Mobilization Units have shot down a drone that attempted an attack in recent days.

A few weeks after an accident at a Russian hypersonic weapons testing facility the United States is putting out the word that the US that its in the arms race for the same kind of systems.

The US says it will develop hypersonic weapons within two years.

Italian President Sergio Mattarella will hear back from Italy's political parties Tuesday as he gives them time to decide on whether the country will have a new government or new elections.

It was a  day of consultations in Italy Thursday involving President Mattarella and the various political parties.

The League-Five Star Movement government collapsed this week with new elections being advocated by some political parties but the mainstream party of the "Left", the Democratic Party, making an offer to the Five Star Movement on forming a new government.

The Five Star Movement is the largest single party in Italy's parliament.

But word is that the Democratic Party is laying down conditions for a new government with Five Star that involve reversal of policies of both Matteo Salvini on immigration and the Five Star Movement on reform.

As Boris Johnson continues to talk about changes to Brexit with European leaders,  "Mr. Brexit" Nigel Farage continues to express concern about betrayal of Brexit.     More on his Twitter page.....LINK

On Thursday the French president Emmanuel Macron confirmed that any renegotiated deal on Brexit is:

"not an option"

when he met with Prime Minister Johnson.


And in brief that's the way it really is on this Thursday August 22nd, 2019.

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 8/21/2019

(LIMITED SERVICE WITH UPDATES, ADDITIONS POSSIBLE UNTIL LATE WEDNESDAY)

News from the war in Syria's northwest is that Syrian government forces are in full control of the key town of Khan Shaykhun.   Opposition forces including jihadists are reported cut off and surrounded  to the south.

From Yemen's civil war  the Iranian backed Houthi rebels say they have attacked a Saudi command and control center with a "ballistic missile" causing a large number of casualties late Wednesday.

The Houthis also say two drones were launched into Saudi Arabia targeting the King Khalid Air Base.    The Saudis say that one of the drones was intercepted.

Under threat from the United States, Greece is now saying it will not allow the Iranian tanker "Adrian Darya 1" to dock there.    The US says the tanker is violating sanctions and is associated with the Iran Revolutionary Guards Corps, designated a terrorist organization by the US.

The US also is saying that another oil tanker in Dubai is set to violate sanctions against oil deliveries to Syria.    That tanker is beginning a month long roundabout journey to get to the area.

The Italian President Sergio Mattarella starting consultations Wednesday on what's next after Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte's resignation.

One possibility is new elections.

Another could be a new government based on the outsider anti-Establishment Five Star Movement and the Democratic Party, the mainstream party of the "Left" in Italy.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel Wednesday seeking change in the Brexit plan offered to the UK by the European Union.

Johnson seeking to scrap the Irish border backstop but the EU remains adamant about maintaining it at this point.

A French child protection organization has given the Paris prosecutor evidence pointing to the abuse of two underage girls in France.

In the defamation lawsuit involving one of the Epstein's victims, Virginia Guiffre, she claimed that Epstein raped three 12-year old French girls.

An Israeli Supreme Court justice issued an injunction this week to stop the Justice Minister from appointing a new director general.

Ophir Cohen was named by Justice Minister Amir Ohana instead of a member of the civil service.

Justice George Kara issuing the temporary order and calling for a hearing as soon as possible on the matter.

With the pending indictments of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in three corruption cases, matters related to Israel's Justice Ministry have become a contentious issue.

More from "Haaretz"......LINK


And in brief that's the way it really is for this Wednesday August 21st, 2019.

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 8/20/2019 

(LIMITED SERVICE A WORK IN PROGRESS WITH EDITING, ADDITIONS, UPDATES ETC. POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY)

The Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has resigned after an emotional speech in Italy's Senate where he said that Deputy Prime Minister-Interior Minister Matteo Salvini  has put "personal and party interests' ahead of the national interest.

Salvini, leader of the League party, submitted a no-confidence motion in the coalition government with the Five Star Movement last week.

Mr. Conte said that Salvini has been looking for a pretext for a new election in the country since his party's success in the European elections in May.

The future course of Italy's governance remains uncertain as it will be up to the President Sergio Mattarella to decide.

Mattarella could allow parties to attempt to form a new government or call new elections.   Another possible scenario is the emergence of a non political party government of "technocrats"

A victory for the Syrian regime of Bashar Assad as jihadist opposition forces have pulled out of the town of Khan Shaykhun in Idlib province.

Speculation following an explosion near an Iraqi military base Tuesday.    The explosion at a location where an Iranian backed Popular Mobilization Unit is stationed.

The possibility of an Israeli attack is being discussed.   More from "Southfront".......LINK

"She hates Israel and all Jewish people.   She is an anti-Semite...."

Some of the words from President Trump on Twitter aimed at Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib of Michigan after a tearful news conference where she discussed Israel's decision to ban her and Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of Minnesota from visiting.

Tlaib also discussing Israel's decision to allow her to visit her Palestinian grandmother there under restrictions.

Speaking with reporters at the White House Tuesday, the President said that the two congresswomen
hate Israel and the Jewish people.  He wonders how Jewish people can vote for Democrats because of them.

More from "Israel National News"......LINK

President Trump very much focused on the economy this week ahead of the G7 summit in France and the early stages of the 2020 Presidential campaign.

Talk of payroll tax cuts as the President continues to push for the Federal Reserve Board to lower interest rates to keep the economy moving.   The payroll tax that is taken for Medicare and Social Security is where those cuts would come from.

President Trump has cancelled a planned trip to Denmark after that country said no to the notion of the United States buying Greenland from the Danes.

Its Wednesday in Australia where Cardinal George Pell has lost his appeal of child sex abuse convictions.    Pell will serve out the remainder of his six year sentence being eligible for parole in October 2022.

The ABC in Australia is following the story in more detail.....LINK

And that's the way it really is in brief for this Tuesday August 20th, 2019

NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED:  MONDAY NIGHT VERSION

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'HOMEWARD BOUND'-SIMON AND GARFUNKEL

'I CAN SEE FOR MILES'-THE WHO

Great to be with you on this Monday night as we continue to move forward just like the Syrian army is moving forward in the northwest with the key town of Khan Shaykhun the scene of battle in southern Idlib province.    A link below:

'SOUTHFRONT' SYRIA STORY

The story is that the jihadists of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham  (HTS) are in the process of being defeated there.    HTS is the new name of Al-Qaeda in Syria.

Another aspect of the story is the story of what happened when a convoy of reinforcements was rolling towards the front.    Turkish backed opposition forces are aligned with HTS and this Turkish convoy was bombed by the Syrian regime as the Turks were trying to reinforce the jihadist side of the battle.

It is being said that three civilians were killed, others injured.

Even the President of the United States has expressed his outrage at the notion of civilian casualties in the fight against "Al Qaeda of Syria" if you will repeating this line that Assad's government, its Russian and Iranian allies are just awful.

The BBC spins the propaganda and why are Western nations like the  US and the UK and others so intent on creating sympathy when the Syrian government tries to fight the "admirers of Osama bin-Laden" in Syria?......LINK


Voters in Germany go to the polls in two states on Sunday September 1st, just 13 days from now.

Brandenburg and Saxony part of the former East Germany and both strongholds of support for the anti-mass immigration Alternative for Germany.    Here the AfD enjoys support at levels over 20 percent and will be dramatically increasing its support from the last elections in 2014.

Latest polling data puts the AfD in the lead in Brandenburg at around 21 percent and in second place in Saxony at around 25 percent.

Here's a story published on "The Local" written by the AFP News Agency describing the mood of Brandenburg voters.....LINK

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'OCEAN FRONT PROPERTY'-GEORGE STRAIT



'WORKIN' MAN BLUES'-MERLE HAGGARD



And that Merle Haggard song was a country music hit 50 years ago this month.


The story of the Iranian oil tanker continues to unfold as the newly named "Adrian Darya 1" sails eastward through the Mediterranean now under the Iranian flag.

The US Justice Department with a warrant linking the tanker to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps.     The US labels the IRGC a terrorist organization.    The State Department warning Greece which is the ship's next destination about offering any assistance to the vessel.

"Russia Today" summarizes the situation.......LINK


We are operating under new parameters with limited time so good night to everyone and "The Yellow Number" Facebook posted tonight that there some 140 Yellow Vests protests in France last Saturday as the numbers are small but the gatherings numerous across the country during the summer.

Hope you find some sane and sober things to do, the next right things and the passionate performance of Johnny Cash at San Quentin singing "Folsom Prison Blues" closes us out.


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'FOLSOM PRISON BLUES'-LIVE JOHNNY CASH

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 8/18-MONDAY 8/19/2019

(WORK IN PROGRESS THROUGH LATE SUNDAY)

Hundreds of thousands gathered at Victoria Park Sunday in the latest protest against Chinese government policies in Hong Kong.    A peaceful protest as China's government has massed paramilitary forces on the territory's border.

Protesters gathered in the rain using umbrellas which have become a symbol of the protest movement in Hong Kong.

An Iranian oil tanker is on the move leaving the British territory of Gibraltar more than one month after it was seized.

Gibraltar earlier rejected a US request to detain the Iranian tanker that it decided to free.   The US Justice Department issued a warrant Friday to seize the "Grace 1" claiming it was transporting oil to Syria in violation of sanctions.

The local authorities in the British territory cited adherence to European Union sanctions on Iran, which are different from the US ones.

Gibraltar decided to allow the tanker to leave its waters Sunday night and has said it had promises from Iran that no oil would be delivered to Syria.

But Iran's foreign ministry says it has made no such promises.

In addition, the tanker is now flying the Iranian flag and has been renamed the "Adrian Darya 1" with Iran saying it is prepared to use its navy to protect the ship.

Again The Latest Word Is That The Tanker Is On The Move.  Here is the story from Iran's "Press TV"......LINK

From the war in Syria government forces in the northwest continue to make progress in an offensive against opposition jihadist forces.

On Sunday they entered the key town of Khan Shaykoun in Idlib province.

Spain is proposing to allow 107 migrants to enter the country at the port of Algeciras.   They are part of a the hundreds on multiple ships that have been picked up in recent weeks off the coast of Libya.

On Saturday Italy's Interior Minister Matteo Salvini agreed to allow a group of 27 teenage migrants to disembark on the Italian island of Lampedusa.

The Battle of Brexit.   A  disaster scenario has been laid out in leaked British government documents if there is a "No-Deal" Brexit.

Food, fuel and medicine shortages are all predicted in documents revealed by the "Sunday Times".

The BBC reports on the story.....LINK

The war in Yemen with Saudi Arabia's oil fields being targeted by the Iranian backed Houthi rebels.

The Houthi drone attack on a major oil field this weekend is said to to have caused limited damage.

An Israeli satellite company released images of the Shaybah oil field following the attack.

More from "Southfront".......LINK

The feminist icon Gloria Steinem says she isn't traveling to Israel, at least while Benjamin Netanyahu is prime minister.

That is Steinem's reaction to Israel's decision to bar Democrat congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib from visiting the country.

She posted an open letter on Twitter reacting to the Israeli ban.   

More from "Haaretz"........LINK

And an official statement from Buckingham Palace saying Prince Andrew is "appalled" at the allegations against Jeffrey Epstein.

The statement follows publication of a video said to show the prince at Epstein's home in New York in 2010.

Numerous pictures linking Prince Andrew to Epstein have been published and a woman who says she was exploited by Epstein when she was a teenager says that she was ordered to have sex with the prince.

More from the BBC......LINK

And that's the way it really is as we come into Monday August 19th, 2019.

NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED:  SATURDAY NIGHT VERSION

News Link Below:

"OREGONLIVE" BLOG UPDATES ON PORTLAND PROTESTS

Welcome aboard you can tap into information from Portland with expectations of developments late afternoon Portland time into the evening at that link above.

Music Links:

"THEME FROM 'THE APARTMENT'"-FERRANTE AND TEICHER

'STRANGER ON THE SHORE'-ACKER BILK

'LOVE IS BLUE'-PAUL MAURIAT

Great instrumental music to open up the night as we move towards the end of summer 2019.

My summer routine began to shift dramatically in recent days and it will affect posts here on the blog and reposts to Free Republic.

But posting will continue.    You can sure of that.

Woodstock was deep into its third day 50 years ago tonight with the music as I understand it continuing into Monday morning August 18th at around 8:30.   Jimi Hendrix the final performer offering up his version of our national anthem......

'THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER'-JIMI HENDRIX AT WOODSTOCK

The media was onto the story and it made it to the television news the cutting edge of media 50 year ago.

I linked to CBS the other night and their spin on Woodstock.    The "Huntley-Brinkley Report" on NBC Monday August 18th Chet Huntley introduces the story as reported by Lem Tucker, who ended up working for all three of the big networks during his career.....

NBC-TV WOODSTOCK 8-18-1969



Also the ABC version of Woodstock with the legendary Frank Reynolds intoducing with commentary from the legendary Howard K. Smith.....



ABC-TV WOODSTOCK 8-18-1969

Control population was Howard K. Smith's tagline to Woodstock but we are still here and still surviving with our much greater population 50 years later.

If there's a complaint its about the importation of humanity into our midst from other nations that is the societal irritant of our times.

No violence it was noted in that news reporting but the Antifa leftists in Portland are sitting down in the street as of around 415 to 430 pm Portland Time, 715 to 730 pm Eastern.

Portland Police declaring an unlawful assembly...

This late video.....FAR-LEFT PROTESTERS SIT IN PORTLAND STREET

Around 4 PM Portland time some confrontational scenes downtown as the Antifa were chasing down victims.....FISTS FLY.........

Earlier in the day they found "prey" among their opponents and Andy Ngo, himself attacked by the leftists in Portland less than two months ago, posting video as you scroll down the Twitter link to the latest video....LINK

Some 50 years ago this group was around performing called "Peppermint Rainbow" from Baltimore...

Music Links:

'WILL YOU BE STAYING AFTER SUNDAY'-THE PEPPERMINT RAINBOW

'BABY DON'T GO'-SONNY AND CHER

Back on Portland you can get the latest tweets from Andy Ngo at this link......HERE

Talk of a peace deal in Afghanistan with the US representative holding talks with the Taliban on multiple occasions in recent months.

But the violence continues there with a wedding hall explosion in the capital of Kabul caused by a suicide bomber.

The BBC noting in its reporting that Shia Muslims were being targeted by Sunni Muslims and there was a comment from another news source suggesting dozens of dead and wounded.

It happened Saturday afternoon Eastern US time and this is the CNN version...LINK

Updating that 63 dead and 180 wounded in the attack in Afghanistan.

Time to say goodnight.     The spin on the Portland protests portrays one side as the aggressor while the other side appears to be committing the acts of violence.

I guess that's the problem with political activism, the consuming rage and anger.   The Antifa seem to be that way.

Its amazing how in Portland the US Attorney got involved and provided law enforcement assistance for the local authorities for what seemed to be a very poor job of maintaining order.

But I do think Mayor Wheeler wants Portland to be a place where business can be done without disruptions.   The business community puts pressure on him in that direction and the Chamber of Commerce stood behind the mayor when he tried to gain authority from city council unsuccessfully to have authority to ban demonstrations.

Pro-Beijing protesters in Canada disrupting a rally in support of Hong Kong protesters.

That story from CTV News in Canada at the link below.

LINK


Good Night everyone.   Hope you find some sanity and sobriety out there.

YELLOW VESTS WEEK 40:  SUMMER SLOWDOWN PROTESTS CONTINUE

Video Links:






TOULOUSE WEEK 40 YELLOW VESTS VIDEO STREAM:

MULITPLEX VIDEO STREAM OF PROTESTS WEEK 40




GILETS JAUNES (YELLOW VESTS) PARIS ACTE 40 (WEEK 40)



Yellow Vests protests continuing in France today in the midst of the summer slowdown in the country and a rainy day in Paris with rain gear and umbrellas among the Yellow Vests.

This video was posted to summarize what happened in Paris with the number of Yellow Vests there estimated in the hundreds......LINK

Yellow Vests visible in area outside the major cities like this traffic circle in Perpignan near the Spanish border on the Mediterranean coast......LINK


And for now we have no information on nationwide numbers but the "Yellow Number" Facebook page has been avoiding specific numbers for the July and August summer months in France.

They may publish an interactive map of today's protests at some point in the next few days.

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT FRIDAY 8/16-SATURDAY 8/17/ 2019 NEWSDUMP EDITION

(WORK IN PROGRESS ON A SUMMARY LIMITED BY PERSONAL AND WORK COMMITMENTS)

Leading the newsdump again this weekend the accused child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

The findings of the New York City medical examiner on his death last Saturday morning with the conclusion that Epstein committed suicide at around 630 am using a bed sheet.

Epstein's defense lawyers issued a statement Friday saying they are launching their own independent investigation into his death.

More on that from "Business Insider".....LINK

Attention will be focused on Portland, Oregon Saturday as Antifa and opponents of Antifa are expected to rally.

Concern about a violent confrontation from various officials ranging from Democrat Mayor of Portland Ted Wheeler to local law enforcement and the US Attorney in Oregon, Billy Williams, first appointed by the Obama Administration and reappointed to a more permanent status by the Trump Administration.

"OregonLive" offers its version of a preview of Saturday's events....LINK


Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib of Michigan opting against Israel's new offer allowing her to visit her grandmother on humanitarian grounds. 

Israel at first agreed to allow Tlaib and fellow Representative Ilhan Omar to visit beginning Saturday but on Thursday a sudden last minute reversal.

Then Israel decided to allow Tlaib to see her grandmother the the Congresswoman saying she will not agree to restrictive conditions imposed by Israel that she says are "silencing me and treating me like a criminal".

The US Justice Department issued a warrant Friday to seize an Iranian oil tanker that a judge in Gibraltar ordered released Thursday.    The "Grace 1" is still in Gibraltar with expectations it will be allowed to depart in coming hours.

Actor Peter Fonda is dead at the age of 79.     Part of a family of actors he was the son of Henry Fonda, father of Bridget Fonda and brother of Jane Fonda.   Peter Fonda best remembered for the 1960's film "Easy Rider".

And in brief that's the way it really is as we Newsdump into Saturday August 17th, 2019.