NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED: SATURDAY NIGHT VERSION RUSSIA IS BAD FOR BUSINE$$
NEWSDUMP UPDATE-SWISS FIRM SUSPENDS PIPELINE OPERATIONS AS US SANCTIONS OF NORD STREAM 2 ARE SIGNED INTO LAW
The Swiss firm Allseas has suspended its pipeline laying operations for the Nord Stream 2 project that would export Russian natural gas under the Baltic Sea directly to Germany.
Allseas studying the ramifications of the sanctions signed into law Friday night by President Trump in the National Defense Authorization Act.
The sanctions aimed at firms involved in Nord Stream 2.
The Russian news agency Tass reporting today that Nord Stream project companies will finish the project as soon as possible.....LINK
NEWSDUMP UPDATE-HEAVY CASUALTIES IN NORTHWESTERN SYRIA FIGHTING
The top Russian general in Syria says some 200 members of the jihadist opposition forces were killed or wounded in Thursday night fighting in Idlib province.
17 Syrian soliders died and 42 were wounded.
A government offensive has been underway since then taking a number of towns and villages in southeastern Idlib.
The government's Syrian Arab News Agency has released photos of the offensive which are on the "Southfront" website........LINK
NEWSDUMP UPDATE-BRITISH GOVERNMENT APPROVES US COMPANY TAKEOVER OF DEFENSE CONTRACTOR
On Friday evening the British government announced approval of the takeover of defense and aerospace firm Cobham by the US private equity firm Advent International.
A government report said that risks to national security had been reduced to a level that was acceptable in connection with the takoever.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said today that there is a "need for an open and dynamic market economy" when asked about the matter.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said today that there is a "need for an open and dynamic market economy" when asked about the matter.
Music Links:
"WHAT CHILD IS THIS"-ANDY WILLIAMS
"OH LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM"-NAT KING COLE
"SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN"-THE CHIPMUNKS
'MISTLETOE AND WINE'-CLIFF RICHARD
Well here we are the Saturday before Christmas and the time for "hating and fighting to cease" well at least we can hope for that and live that in our lives in the here and now.
The "hate" is out there and it was George W. Bush from the energy producing state of Texas who politely spoke of the United States having:
"WHAT CHILD IS THIS"-ANDY WILLIAMS
"OH LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM"-NAT KING COLE
"SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN"-THE CHIPMUNKS
'MISTLETOE AND WINE'-CLIFF RICHARD
HATING RUSSIA IS GOOD FOR AMERICAN BUSINESS
Well here we are the Saturday before Christmas and the time for "hating and fighting to cease" well at least we can hope for that and live that in our lives in the here and now.
The "hate" is out there and it was George W. Bush from the energy producing state of Texas who politely spoke of the United States having:
"competitors"
out there like China for example.
A nation competing for business opportunities in the world like 5G service as being pushed by the Chinese firm Huawei. Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou now in legal limbo arrested in Canada for extradition to the USA.
And then there's Russia producing its oil and its natural gas just like Texas does.
And in Texas just three months ago President Trump on the stage in Houston with the Prime Minister of a big country that's been using a lot of Iranian oil to fuel its economy instead of that American energy that comes from Texas.
And in Texas just three months ago President Trump on the stage in Houston with the Prime Minister of a big country that's been using a lot of Iranian oil to fuel its economy instead of that American energy that comes from Texas.
Remember "Howdy Modi"
President Trump promoting the ties between India and the United States in a place that has energy products to fuel India's economy.
But that brings us to America's ties with an ally in recent years Germany and the strained ties over the Nord Stream 2 project that will bring Russian gas directly into Germany and other European countries.
And as the President signed the bills to spend more money so we can borrow more money from China to fund defense and domestic programs etc. etc. yesterday, included in the defense spending legislation sanctions to stop construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline system.
Co-sponsors include Democrat Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire and drum roll please a senator from the energy producing state of Texas Republican Ted Cruz.
Republican Senator Jim Risch calls the legislation something that will "protect the integrity of Europe's energy sector".
If Russia can be stopped from sending natural gas to Europe the alternate supplier becomes the United States with liquefied natural gas. It all reminds me that this hatred of Russia and the need to control and contain Russia is driven by business considerations with politicians bought and paid for by business clearly involved.
Former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke actually told an energy lobbying group in Pittsburgh some 15 months ago, the "Consumer Energy Network", that one last ditch option was a military blockade of Russian energy exports in the Middle East if needed.
INTERIOR SECRETARY NAVAL BLOCKADE TO DEAL WITH RUSSIA
As for these Nord Stream 2 sanctions former CIA employee Larry Johnson asks if they are designed to provoke Russia to war with the United States.
"PROVOKING A WAR WITH RUSSIA"-LARRY C. JOHNSON
All this hostility to Russia drives it towards the ultimate competitor-adversary China or are we so d**ned dependent on Chinese money now to fuel our massive national debt that Russia gets the s**t dumped on it.
Music Links:
"IF YOU LOVE ME (LET ME KNOW)"-OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
Well back to the news and the reaction from Germany not positive at all to the sanctions over Nord Stream 2. Here's a story published by "The Telegraph" in the UK......
"BERLIN OUTRAGED....."-THE TELEGRAPH 12/21/2019
And as you read all the stories you realize that this gas pipline affects Ukraine as well, oh my......
Its feared that Russian gas may not being going through Ukraine anymore.
What kind of money has Ukraine put into US politics? Rudy Guiliani has a lot to say about that but we all know that Burisma (Ukrainian energy firm) gave Joe Biden's some 38 payments of 83-thousand dollars a month (over 3 million dollars total).
Well back to the news and the reaction from Germany not positive at all to the sanctions over Nord Stream 2. Here's a story published by "The Telegraph" in the UK......
"BERLIN OUTRAGED....."-THE TELEGRAPH 12/21/2019
And as you read all the stories you realize that this gas pipline affects Ukraine as well, oh my......
Its feared that Russian gas may not being going through Ukraine anymore.
What kind of money has Ukraine put into US politics? Rudy Guiliani has a lot to say about that but we all know that Burisma (Ukrainian energy firm) gave Joe Biden's some 38 payments of 83-thousand dollars a month (over 3 million dollars total).
In the Newsdump going into the weekend the suspension of Twitter accounts linked to the Saudi spying case where the Saudis were operating an "information operation" to propagandize for the land of Bin Laden.
More here.....REUTERS STORY LINK SAUDI LINKED ACCOUNTS SUSPENDED BY TWITTER
Music Links:
"MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA"-GLADYS KNIGHT AND THE PIPS
"ITS BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS"-PERRY COMO
"CHANUKAH SONG"-ADAM SANDLER
And here we are Happy Hanukkah is rapidly approaching sundown tomorrow.
In France President Macron trying to deal with a strike over pension benefits because like so many Western nations there really is no more money left.to spend on pensions unless you want to borrow to infinity from China or other nations that have money like the Gulf Arabs or maybe Japan.
His scheme to combine 42 pension plans into one not fooling anyone. People know their bennies are being lost and 57 percent are opposed to the idea.
Macron has to con the public into supporting "pension reform" but of course if that fails his government promising police and the military in France they will not lose pension benefits.
The French president putting on a show in Africa visiting French troops before Christmas.
The government announcing the killing of 33 jihadists but the BBC publishing its doubts about what's happening in the Sahel region asking if France is losing to the terrorists.....LINK
More on the current French situation in our Yellow Vests Week 58 post........FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 58 POST
And British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the move with a Christmas trip to British soldiers sitting right next to Russia in the Baltic nation of Estonia. 850 of them to be exact. Today "Al" Johnson served up a Christmas lunch to the troops....;.VIDEO LINK
Music Links:
"LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW"-VAUGHN MONROE (LIVE VIDEO)
"DOCTOR, LAWYER, INDIAN CHIEF"-BETTY HUTTON
"THE OLD LAMPLIGHTER"-SAMMY KAYE
"OLE BUTTERMILK SKY"-KAY KYSER AND HIS ORCHESTRA WITH MIKE DOUGLAS VOCAL
Well Vaughn Monroe singing "his song" "Let It Snow" just put me in the mood for some classic music from 1946.
The last song there was from Kay Kyser's band with a singer named "Michael Douglas" but decades later we would see him on television in the 1960's to 1980's as a talk show host.
Everybody that was anybody appeared on his show that started in Cleveland and moved to Philadelphia being produced down on Independence Mall at KYW-TV for distribution to local television all over the country.
Here's a sample of what "The Mike Douglas Show" looked like in 1969 with his "co-hosts" Sonny and Cher as you'll see......LINK
"ITS BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS"-PERRY COMO
"CHANUKAH SONG"-ADAM SANDLER
And here we are Happy Hanukkah is rapidly approaching sundown tomorrow.
In France President Macron trying to deal with a strike over pension benefits because like so many Western nations there really is no more money left.to spend on pensions unless you want to borrow to infinity from China or other nations that have money like the Gulf Arabs or maybe Japan.
His scheme to combine 42 pension plans into one not fooling anyone. People know their bennies are being lost and 57 percent are opposed to the idea.
Macron has to con the public into supporting "pension reform" but of course if that fails his government promising police and the military in France they will not lose pension benefits.
The French president putting on a show in Africa visiting French troops before Christmas.
The government announcing the killing of 33 jihadists but the BBC publishing its doubts about what's happening in the Sahel region asking if France is losing to the terrorists.....LINK
More on the current French situation in our Yellow Vests Week 58 post........FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 58 POST
And British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the move with a Christmas trip to British soldiers sitting right next to Russia in the Baltic nation of Estonia. 850 of them to be exact. Today "Al" Johnson served up a Christmas lunch to the troops....;.VIDEO LINK
Music Links:
"LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW"-VAUGHN MONROE (LIVE VIDEO)
"DOCTOR, LAWYER, INDIAN CHIEF"-BETTY HUTTON
"THE OLD LAMPLIGHTER"-SAMMY KAYE
"OLE BUTTERMILK SKY"-KAY KYSER AND HIS ORCHESTRA WITH MIKE DOUGLAS VOCAL
Well Vaughn Monroe singing "his song" "Let It Snow" just put me in the mood for some classic music from 1946.
The last song there was from Kay Kyser's band with a singer named "Michael Douglas" but decades later we would see him on television in the 1960's to 1980's as a talk show host.
Everybody that was anybody appeared on his show that started in Cleveland and moved to Philadelphia being produced down on Independence Mall at KYW-TV for distribution to local television all over the country.
Here's a sample of what "The Mike Douglas Show" looked like in 1969 with his "co-hosts" Sonny and Cher as you'll see......LINK
NEWS UPDATE-SHIP WITH TURKISH CREW REPORTED SEIZED OFF LIBYAN COAST
Hours after Turkey's parliament passed the agreement for cooperation between Turkey and the UN recognized Government of National Accord in Libya, the rebel Libyan National Army put out the word that late tonight a ship was seized off the northern coast.
The vessel was flagged by Grenada with a Turkish crew.
The GNA backed by Turkey, Italy and France with the LNA backed by Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Russia.
This is what Russia's "Sputnik" news site is publishing tonight......LINK
BREAKING NEWS-BERLIN CHRISTMAS MARKET EVACUATED TWO SUSPECTS ARRESTED
In Berlin the Christmas market where a terrorist attack killed 12 in 2016 was evacuated tonight after a suspicious object was sighted.
Two suspects reported arrested described as Syrians with bomb making experience.
A story published by the "New York Post" tonight......LINK
Music Links:
"ROCKIN AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE'-BRENDA LEE
"SNOOPY'S CHRISTMAS VERSUS THE RED BARON"-THE ROYAL GUARDSMEN
"SILENT NIGHT"-NAT KING COLE
"JINGLE BELLS"-DEAN MARTIN
Whoa Dean Martin sings it only the way Dean Martin could. Dean a big drinking type of guy and I call myself a drunk, too. I moved away from booze but guys like Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra they lived wild and crazy lives in their own right just like I did.
I don't claim to be better than those guys and I watched them on TV when I was a kid in shows like this one for Christmas in 1967 the show airing 42 years ago tonight December 21st, 1967. Their families are involved in the show as well......
"CHRISTMAS WITH THE MARTINS AND THE SINATRAS"-DECEMBER 1967
Music Links:
"I APOLOGIZE"-BILLY ECKSTINE
"MARIA ELENA"-LOS INDIOS TABAJARAS
"DO WAH DIDDY"-MANFRED MANN
"SIMPLE SIMON SAYS"-1910 FRUITGUM COMPANY
Some of what they called "bubble gum rock" aimed at younger children in the 1960's and 1970's and that "Simple Simon Says" reminds me of US District Judge Michael Simon.
He held a Saturday hearing of the kind you don't normally have in federal court out in Portland, Oregon and followed up with an injunction to stop a rule to require immigrants to have proof of health insurance.
Yesterday the Friday before Christmas Judge Simon again striking out with a ruling that took away the grazing permit for the Hammonds out in Harney County, Oregon. They were pardoned by President Trump after the Bundys and the late LaVoy Finicum brought their case to the attention of the world with the Oregon Standoff protest in 2016.
THE OREGON STANDOFF PROTEST DONE IN THE NAME OF 'LOVE THY NEIGHBOR' AS IN THE HAMMONDS AND LAVOY FINICUM PAID WITH HIS LIFE IN THAT FBI LED OPERATION. GOD BLESS HIS MEMORY.
KEEP UP WITH HIS WIDOW AND FAMILY AND THEIR EFFORT WITH THE CIVIL SUIT OUT IN OREGON HERE......
LAVOY FINICUM'S STAND FOR FREEDOM FACEBOOK
Onto the news summary.........
Music Links:
"ROCKIN AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE'-BRENDA LEE
"SNOOPY'S CHRISTMAS VERSUS THE RED BARON"-THE ROYAL GUARDSMEN
"SILENT NIGHT"-NAT KING COLE
"JINGLE BELLS"-DEAN MARTIN
Whoa Dean Martin sings it only the way Dean Martin could. Dean a big drinking type of guy and I call myself a drunk, too. I moved away from booze but guys like Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra they lived wild and crazy lives in their own right just like I did.
I don't claim to be better than those guys and I watched them on TV when I was a kid in shows like this one for Christmas in 1967 the show airing 42 years ago tonight December 21st, 1967. Their families are involved in the show as well......
"CHRISTMAS WITH THE MARTINS AND THE SINATRAS"-DECEMBER 1967
Music Links:
"I APOLOGIZE"-BILLY ECKSTINE
"MARIA ELENA"-LOS INDIOS TABAJARAS
"DO WAH DIDDY"-MANFRED MANN
"SIMPLE SIMON SAYS"-1910 FRUITGUM COMPANY
Some of what they called "bubble gum rock" aimed at younger children in the 1960's and 1970's and that "Simple Simon Says" reminds me of US District Judge Michael Simon.
He held a Saturday hearing of the kind you don't normally have in federal court out in Portland, Oregon and followed up with an injunction to stop a rule to require immigrants to have proof of health insurance.
Yesterday the Friday before Christmas Judge Simon again striking out with a ruling that took away the grazing permit for the Hammonds out in Harney County, Oregon. They were pardoned by President Trump after the Bundys and the late LaVoy Finicum brought their case to the attention of the world with the Oregon Standoff protest in 2016.
THE OREGON STANDOFF PROTEST DONE IN THE NAME OF 'LOVE THY NEIGHBOR' AS IN THE HAMMONDS AND LAVOY FINICUM PAID WITH HIS LIFE IN THAT FBI LED OPERATION. GOD BLESS HIS MEMORY.
KEEP UP WITH HIS WIDOW AND FAMILY AND THEIR EFFORT WITH THE CIVIL SUIT OUT IN OREGON HERE......
LAVOY FINICUM'S STAND FOR FREEDOM FACEBOOK
Onto the news summary.........
THE REAL NEWS SUMMARY
In North Korea ruler Kim Jong-un meeting with the country's military leaders to discuss various matters with tensions running high.
North Korea demanding that the US back off from sanctions by the end of the year or else.
The meeting seen as a prelude to a meeting of the ruling party's central committee expected to make decisions related to North Korea's future policy.
More from the "Japan Times"......LINK
Also North Korea was discussed in a phone conversation late Saturday Japan time (Saturday morning in the US) between President Trump and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Also North Korea was discussed in a phone conversation late Saturday Japan time (Saturday morning in the US) between President Trump and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
"They are violating the Constitution"
President Trump's response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's delay in sending the articles of impeachment to the Senate.
The President speaking as the Turning Point USA conservative student conference.
The White House video of his speech is at this link......VIDEO LINK
The White House video of his speech is at this link......VIDEO LINK
President Trump speaking with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe following Abe's meeting with Iran's President Hassan Rouhani.
Abe said President Trump requested the conversation where the Japanese leader explained the results of his talks with the Iranian president.
They spoke for a total of 75 minutes with North Korea also part of the conversation.
More from Japan's "Kyodo News"......LINK
The voters in the southeastern European nation of Croatia voting the Sunday before Christmas on the country's new president. The unusually scheduled election seen as an attempt by the "conservative" HDZ party to boost the re-election chances of incumbent President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic.
She is opposed by a candidate on the "Left" former premier Zoran Milanovic and the "Far-Right" candidate folk singer Miroslav Skoro.
The top two finishers tomorrow face each other in a January 5th runoff election.
More from the AFP News Agency......LINK
The former Bolivian president Evo Morales calling on his supporters to come to the border between Bolivia and Argentina a week from Sunday (December 29th).
Morales told a local radio station in Argentina where he was granted political asylum that the rally will choose his Movement for Socialism's candidate in the upcoming presidential election.
Morales said that Argentina will provide security for the event. Just days ago Bolivia issued an arrest warrant for Morales accusing him of sedition.
And for now that's the way it really is on this Saturday night December 21st, 2019.
On into the night with music.
Good Night and God Bless.
Music Links:
"BECAUSE"-THE DAVE CLARK FIVE
"THE RAIN, THE PARK AND OTHER THINGS"-THE COWSILLS
"DOMINIQUE"-THE SINGING NUN
"QUE SERA, SERA"-DORIS DAY
Music Links:
"BECAUSE"-THE DAVE CLARK FIVE
"THE RAIN, THE PARK AND OTHER THINGS"-THE COWSILLS
"DOMINIQUE"-THE SINGING NUN
"QUE SERA, SERA"-DORIS DAY
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