Tuesday, May 31, 2022

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 5/31/2022 SUPREME COURT INTERVENTION ON PENNSYLVANIA MAIL-IN BALLOTS, CLINTON ASSOCIATED LAWYER FOUND NOT GUILTY, NEW ZEALAND'S CONTROVERSIAL GUN CONTROL PRIME MINISTER AT WHITE HOUSE TODAY

 


                               (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING)




              LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




IN CANADA'S WEST COAST PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA POSSESSION OF SMALL AMOUNTS OF OPIOIDS, COCAINE AND METHAMPHETAMINE WILL BE LEGAL STARTNG NEXT YEAR.


THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGREEING TO A REQUEST FROM THE PROVINCE TO ENABLE THE CHANGE...CBC NEWS CANADA



The US Supreme Court getting involved in a couple of issues.



First here in Pennsylvania Justice Samuel Alito issuing a stay halting implementation of a US Appeals Court order regarding undated mail-in ballots.



The case about a local judicial race in Lehigh County (Allentown and vicinity) last year where a Republican candidate led the race by 74 votes with more than 200 undated mail-in votes uncounted.



The appeals court had ordered that the undated mail-in ballots be counted.



Justice Alito's stay will give the High Court time to review the lower court decision.



Lawyers for David McCormick GOP Primary candidate for US Senate citing that ruling in his fight with Dr. Mehmet Oz in the close contest where a recount is now underway....



                    WASHINGTON POST



The Supreme Court also taking action regarding a Texas state law on social media.




A temporary hold put on the law that prevents control of content by social media companies.



Five justices supported the hold (John Roberts, Stephen Breyer, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett and Sonia Sotomayor).



The four opposing the hold (Elena Kagan, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas)...CNN





THE US NAVY RELIEVING THE TOP TWO OFFICERS AT THE NAVAL JUSTICE SCHOOL OF COMMAND.



THEIR REMOVAL COMES OVER CONCERN BY THE NAVY ABOUT THE 'CLIMATE' AT THE SCHOOL SAYING NEITHER OFFICER WAS INVOVED IN MISCONDUCT...USNI NEWS




On Wall Street a slightly down day with the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropping 222.84 points or .67 percent in value.


The NASDAQ fell 49.74 points or .41 percent in value...MARKETWATCH



A Washington DC jury acquitting Clinton associated lawyer Michael Sussmann.



Sussmann prosecuted by Special Prosecutor John Durham for selling the notion that President Trump and his campaign were colluding with Russia...(News Agencies)




NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER MEETS JOE BIDEN SHE DISCUSSED 'EXPERIENCE WITH GUN REFORMS' IN MEETING



                                                  (UPDATED)









New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern meeting Joe Biden at the White House today.


Ardern is known for her strict COVID policies and sweeping gun control legislation passed following mass murder attacks on two mosques in 2018.



"Warm, friendly, shared values and shared challenges...I am greatly heartened by the nature of the discussion we had today"



That was Ardern's take on her meeting with Biden.    She met Vice-President Kamala Harris prior to the Biden meeting.



The Indo-Pacific region discussed with the US hoping to counter Chinese influence in the South Pacific and "The New Zealand Herald" also reports that New Zealand's "experience with gun reforms" was discussed at the meeting...NEW ZEALAND HERALD






As Prime Minister Ardern visits the US police back home in New Zealand contending with gang violence punctuated by the use of firearms...TV ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND




ISRAEL PLANNING TO STATION POLICE AT ITS HOSPITALS CITING VIOLENCE AGAINST MEDICAL TEAMS IN THE COUNTRY....JEWISH NEWS SYNDICATE





ISRAEL PRIME MINISTER NAFTALI BENNETT PUBLICIZING CLASSIFIED UN ATOMIC ENERGY DOCUMENTS HE SAYS WERE STOLEN BY IRAN...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY



A setback for prosecutors at the corruption trial of Israel's former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today.



They wanted to amend the indictment to match changes in witness testimony during the trial involving a key aspect of the prosecution's case against Netanyahu.



The judges at the trial ruled against that they will allow new witnesses for the prosecution to discuss the notion of Netanyahu receiving illegal gifts...TIMES OF ISRAEL 




Deadly violence reported among miners at a gold mine in the African nation of Chad.   Around 100 killed and some 40 others injured.


Soldiers dispatched to the mine the government saying it will be closed...NEWS AGENCIES-ORF AUSTRIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





                 RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA




FIGHTING FOR CONTROL OF CITY IN EASTERN UKRAINE




DEAL ON RUSSIAN OIL BAN IN EU WILL LIMIT IMPORTS NOT BAN THEM





                      TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




                            BBC NEWS UKRAINE BLOG





And intense fight for control of the eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk.    Ukrainian authorities say a nitric acid container exploded with an airstrike being blamed...(BBC News)







The European Union reaching a compromise deal on a Russian oil embargo with loopholes in it.   


More than two-thirds of Russian oil imports to the EU will be cut off under the agreement...BBC NEWS





In other news...




German authorities raiding the offices of Deutsche Bank and its investment subsidiary today.



They are looking into allegations that investments are being marketed as "Green" when they are not so "Green"...NEWS AGENCIES-DEUTSCHE WELLE





Monday, May 30, 2022

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 5/30/2022 MEMORIAL DAY USA BIDEN RULES OUT LONG-RANGE ROCKETS FOR UKRAINE, LARGE CHINESE INCURSION IN TAIWAN AIR DEFENSE ZONE, GREECE INCREASES MILITARY READINESS FOLLOWING TURKISH THREATS, PELOSI CALLS HUSBAND'S DUI BUST "PRIVATE MATTER"

 


                             (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING)




New gun control legislation rolled out in Canada but first...






                               LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




At least five missiles fired into a US military base in western Iraq.



Minor damage and no casualties reported at this point at the Ain al-Asad base according to the Associated Press.


The US has previously accused Iranian-backed Iraqi militia of being responsible for such attacks...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




The head of the Methodist Church in Nigeria is free tonight after being abducted on Sunday...BBC NEWS






TOMORROW NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER JACINDA ARDERN IS SET TO MEET US PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AT THE WHITE HOUSE.



BUT TWO MEMBERS OF HER TRAVELING PARTY HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 WHILE CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM, WHO SHE MET LATE LAST WEEK...NEWSOM NEWS RELEASE..., ALSO HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID AND IS TAKING ANTIVIRAL MEDICATION...STUFF-NEW ZEALAND...CNN




Tonight in Canada new gun control legislation tabled by the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.



The proposals include a "freeze" on purchase, sale, importation and transfer of handguns in Canada.




Also in the mix a plan to "buyback" "banned assault weapons"...CBC NEWS CANADA







30 CHINESE WARPLANES ENTERED TAIWAN'S AIR DEFENSE ZONE TODAY.



IT'S THE LARGEST INCURSION SINCE JANUARY WITH TAIWAN SCRAMBLING ITS JETS TO WARN OFF THE CHINESE AIRCRAFT...REUTERS-US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT






CHINA CUTS DEALS WITH SOUTH PACIFIC NATIONS AS HIS VISIT IS SPUN BY WESTERN MEDIA



                              (UPDATED-COMMENT-ANALYSIS)




Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has concluded some deals with South Pacific nations during his trip to the region.



But the spin from Australia is that deeper agreements on security and trade have not been made with the entire group of South Pacific nations.



Western media claimed last week that China was seeking blanket security-cooperation deals with the whole group of South Pacific nations based on a leaked document.



China already has cut a security deal with the Solomon Islands some months ago and on Saturday a new deal involving "greater collaboration" was cut with Samoa during Wang's visit to the South Pacific...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA




China's President Xi Jinping offering written remarks for the China-Pacific Island Countries Foreign Ministers Meeting in Fiji.


Xi saying that China is willing to work with the Pacific Island nations for a "shared future"...CGTN NEWS CHINA...REUTERS




Greece placing its armed forces in the eastern Aegean Sea on high alert.


That's due to threats from high-ranking Turkish officials in recent days.



There's concern Turkey may escalate matters during the summer months...AHVAL TURKISH NEWS...




(New Story) Turkey may launch a military operation in northern Syria its armed forces said to be ready but awaiting a decision from its political leaders.



The Turkish newspaper "Hurriyet" reporting that today's conversation between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin is a decisive factor in such a decision...TASS RUSSIA





(Updated)Israel warning its citizens against travel to Turkey.   There's concern that Iran may retaliate following the recent assassination of an Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps officer.


A later report says that 100 Israelis have been told to leave Turkey over the threat...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...TIMES OF ISRAEL




AUSTRALIAN POLITICS THE FORMER RULING COALITION PARTIES PICKING NEW LEADERSHIP TODAY.


THE LIBERAL PARTY PICKING NEW LEADERSHIP FOLLOWING FORMER PRIME MINISTER SCOTT MORRISON'S DEFEAT IN THE ELECTION NINE DAYS AGO.   


PETER DUTTON THE FORMER DEFENSE MINISTER WILL BECOME LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION.      SUSSAN LEY THE FORMER ENVIRONMENT MINISTER BECOMING DEPUTY LEADER.


THE JUNIOR PARTY IN AUSTRALIA'S COALITION THE NATIONALS CHOOSING DAVID LITTLEPROUD TO REPLACE FORMER DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER BARNABY JOYCE AS THEIR LEADER...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA...




LABOR FINALLY GETS MAJORITY AS VOTE COUNT DRAGS ON DOWN UNDER



                                                    (UPDATED)



 MEANWHILE NINE DAYS LATER VOTES STILL BEING TALLIED IN AUSTRALIA'S ELECTION.



THE LABOR PARTY NOW HAS WON 76 SEATS AS OF MONDAY NIGHT A MAJORITY IN THE 151 SEAT HOUSE OF REPRESENATIVES.


TWO SEATS STILL UNDECIDED IN THE RACES FOR THE AUSTRALIAN HOUSE THE LIBERALS LEADING SLIGHTLY IN ONE, LABOR A NOTCH AHEAD IN THE OTHER...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA FEDERAL ELECTION RESULTS



IN SUDAN THE MILITARY GOVERNMENT ENDING ITS STATE OF EMERGENCY IMPOSED AFTER LAST OCTOBER'S COUP.


DETAINEES ALSO RELEASED AS THE MILITARY SEEKS TO HOLD TALKS WITH PRO-DEMOCRACY OPPOSITION FORCES...ASSOCIATED PRESS-TIMES OF ISRAEL



The wreckage of a missing plane that carried 22 passengeers found in Nepal.


  Bodies recovered from the scene with no survivors found...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





               RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA



BIDEN RULES OUT SENDING 'ROCKET SYSTEMS THAT CAN STRIKE INTO RUSSIA' TO UKRAINE



             EU DIVISION ON RUSSIAN OIL EMBARGO




                TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED






                       BBC NEWS URKAINE BLOG



                                                          (UPDATED)



"We are not going to send to Ukraine rocket systems that can strike into Russia"



Speaking to the media on the south lawn of the White House today Joe Biden appeared to ruling out those long range MLRS rocket systems requested by Ukraine.


Details expected to emerge later this week on exactly what new US arms sales to Ukraine will look like.


 MLRS sales may yet be a yes another system HIMARS which fires multiple rockets up to 187 miles has also been talked about regarding sales to Ukraine...AFP FRANCE-TIMES OF ISRAEL





The European Union struggling to reach consensus on a Russian oil embargo agreement.


Hungary wants special guarantees that its energy supply would not be disrupted by such an embargo.


Progress towards a compromise reported late tonight...(BBC News)








In other news...





IN SPITE OF RECURRING CONCERNS ABOUT HIS ETHICS WAYNE LAPIERRE HAS BEEN RE-ELECTED THE LEADER OF THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION.



THE NRA BOARD VOTING 54-1 TO RETAIN LAPIERRE IN HIS POSITION OFFICIALLY CALLED 'EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT'...










INFLATION IS WORSENING IN AUSTRIA.    


LAST MONTH THE INFLATION RATE CLIMBED TO 7.2 PERCENT ITS HIGHEST RATE SINCE OCTOBER 1981.



THE OFFICIAL FORECAST FOR INFLATION THIS YEAR RAISED A NOTCH FROM 5.8 TO 6.5 PERCENT...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY





An outbreak of Hepatitis A may be linked to strawberries sold in grocery stores in the United States and Canada.



Authorities in both countries probing that matter with 17 cases of Hepatitis A already confirmed in the US, 15 of them in California...INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES

Sunday, May 29, 2022

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 5/29/2022 NEWSDUMP HOLIDAY WEEKEND MAYOR GETS FED PROBE OF COPS RESPONSE TO TEXAS SCHOOL ATTACK, LEFTIST, POPULIST GO TO SECOND ROUND IN COLOMBIAN ELECTTION, HOUSE SPEAKER SPOUSE BUSTED FOR DUI, BRITISH SOCCER FANS ATTACKED BY FRENCH POLICE

 


                    (SERVICE WHEN ABLE UNTIL 11 PM EASTERN US TIME SUNDAY)


(SERVICE ENDING AT 11 PM EASTERN US TIME WITH NEW SERVICE FOR MONDAY LAUNCHING AFTER MIDNIGHT EASTERN US TIME)





As Joe Biden arrived in Uvalde, Texas today the Justice Department announced a federal probe into the law enforcement response to the attack on an elementary school there that killed 19 students and two teachers last Tuesday.


This federal probe is at the request of the Mayor of Uvalde.     


Texas state authorities already committed to probing the law enforcement response to the attack...ASSOCIATED PRESS-ABC 7 SAN FRANCISCO



AT LEAST 44 DEAD FOLLOWING LANDSLIDES AND FLOODING IN BRAZIL...BBC VIDEO STORY





FLAG DAY MARCH IN ISRAEL, CLASHES WITH PALESTINIANS


                                                 (UPDATED)


THIS EVENING IN THE EAST JERUSALEM NEIGHBORHOOD OF SHEIKH JARRAH FIGHTING BETWEEN JEWS WHO ENTERED THE PALESTINIAN AREA AND LOCAL RESIDENTS...YNET NEWS ISRAEL



LATE IN THE AFTERNOON TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ISRAELIS MARCHING IN A FLAG PARADE IN JERUSALEM TODAY.THAT WENT THROUGH THE CITY'S MUSLIM QUARTER.  THERE WERE CLASHES WITH PALESTINIANS SURROUNDING THE EVENT...TIMES OF ISRAEL 




EARLIER THOUSANDS OF ISRAELIS WERE WAVING FLAGS ON JERSUALEM DAY AT THE TEMPLE MOUNT ...TIMES OF ISRAEL




China's push underway in the South Pacific this weekend with a deal announced between China and Samoa involving "greater collaboration".



Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is on an eight-nation tour of the region.



China has already cut a deal with the Solomon Islands.   Australia and its western allies including the United States expressing their concern over the increasing ties between Beijing and South Pacific nations...THE GUARDIAN UK



POLICE CLASH WITH PROTESTERS IN SRI LANKA OUTSIDE PRESIDENT'S HOME


                                                       (UPDATED)



Police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of students advancing on the president's home today.    


The protesters took down iron barricades near President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's residence...AFP FRANCE-AL ARABIYA SAUDI ARABIA



Also in Sri Lanka the economically distressed nation is taking in Russian oil this weekend seeking to restart its only oil refinery.



Sri Lanka is also seeking additional imports of Russian oil and coal along with diesel fuel and gasoline...AFP FRANCE-FRANCE 24



RUSSIA TEST-FIRING A ZIRCON HYPERSONIC CRUISE MISSILE THIS WEEKEND.  


IT'S BEEN CALLED A SUCCESS THE MISSILE REACHING SPEEDS OF MACH 9. 


THE TEST CONDUCTED IN RUSSIA'S NORTHWEST FIRING FROM THE BARENTS SEA TO A TARGET IN THE WHITE SEA...UPI





PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DAY IN COLOMBIA-FIRST ROUND VOTING



LEFTIST WILL FACE POPULIST IN SECOND ROUND


                                                   (UPDATED)



Today the first round of voting in Colombia's Presidential Election.



The candidate of the "Left" Gustavo Petro favored in today's voting several decades ago Petro associated with left-wing extremism in the country.



His two principal opponents are Federico Gutierrez who is running as a "Centrist" and Rodolfo Hernandez called a "Populist" and compared to President Donald Trump in the United States.




A runoff will be held on June 19th between the top two candidates tonight the results show Gustavo Petro and Rodolfo Hernandez as the top two finishers...



Petro with 40 percent of the vote and Hernandez with 28 percent 100 percent of the vote counted...WIKIPEDIA-COLOMBIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS




WIKIPEDIA-COLOMBIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2022




              RUSSIA UKRAINE DRAMA




                   TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




                        BBC NEWS UKRAINE BLOG




This weekend Russian President Vladimir Putin warned French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz about increasing arms supplies to Ukraine.



Putin commenting during a three-way phone call saying more arms will lead to further destabilization...AL JAZEERA QATAR





In other news...





Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, arrested for DUI late Saturday night in Napa County, California.


Two charges filed against Mr. Pelosi driving under the influence of alcohol and driving with a blood alcohol content of .08 or higher...



Both charges considered misdemeanors.   Bail set at five thousand dollars...TMZ...


Fox News reporting Pelosi was booked into jail just after 4 am local time and released this morning at 7:26 am local time.





FANS CLASHED WITH RIOT POLICE ON THE SOCCER PITCH AT A FRENCH STADIUM THIS AFTERNOON.



THE SAINT- ETIENNE TEAM LOSINGTO BE KNOCKED INTO A SECOND LEAGUE THEN FANS CAME OUT ONTO THE FIELD IGNITING FIRES WITH FLARES.


POLICE USED TEAR GAS ON THE CROWD...FRANCE 24... 



                                                     (UPDATED)




The British Culture Minister is calling for an investigation into the incidents outside and near a French stadium Saturday night...BBC NEWS




Earlier the British soccer club Liverpool called for an investigation into what happened outside the Stade de Paris just outside Paris.



That's where Liverpool faced the Spanish team Real Madrid in a Champions League final.


Liverpool says there were 'unacceptable issues' involving the club's fans.



Liverpool fans with tickets kept from entering the stadium. 


French officials led by Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin say fake tickets were being used in some cases to enter the stadium.



French police making 105 arrests as fans with tickets entered the stadium climbing over fences.   Riot police using tear gas and charging fans who got inside.


Another incident occurred when a bar owner had police clear his establishment in the Liverpool Fan Zone near the stadium.


Reaction from French opposition political figures to the Saturday night incidents the National Rally's Marine Le Pen saying it was a failure of the government to deal with "scum" and on the Left  Jean-Luc Melenchon said the incidents were an embarrassment to France ahead of the 2024 Olympics in Paris...(BBC News, BFM-TV France)

Saturday, May 28, 2022

NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED WEEKEND: GOVERNMENT AND LAWS DON'T STOP INSANITY, STOP HURTING OTHER PEOPLE, A WOKE TYRANT VISITS THE USA, GUN CONTROL IN NEW ZEALAND THE BAD GUYS KEEP SHOOTING

 




                                                      "HYMN"-RANDY STONEHILL

 





                                      "DON'T SHOOT THE WOUNDED"-CHUCK GIRARD





                       "WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW"-JACKIE DESHANNON (LIVE)





Welcome to Your Weekend another attempt at Media Excellence my life interrupted by surgery this week and time to rest and read a book among other things.




THE INSANTITY CONTINUES THE DISCONNECTION OF HUMANITY FROM GOD AND OTHER HUMAN BEINGS.




SO MANY HUMAN BEINGS WOUNDED AND HURT BY OTHERS IN A MULTITUDE OF WAYS BEFORE THE GUNFIRE ERUPTS TO WOUND AND HURT VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES



THOSE HURTS AND WOUNDS LEAD TO CONNECTION WITH 'DRUGS' LEGAL AND ILLEGAL, ADULT BEVERAGES, PORN ETC. ETC. 


I GOTTA WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR OTHER PEOPLE IN THE END NOT SOMETHING BAD FOR THEM BECAUSE I GOT A DIFFERENCE WITH THEM ABOUT SOMETHING.



THE GOLDEN RULE DO UNTO OTHERS HAS BEEN TURNED ON ITS HEAD.  OMG!



NO POLITICAL OR LEGAL PRESCRIPTION WILL CHANGE THAT MAYBE TOO MANY MEDICAL PRESCRIPTIONS FOR ANTI-DEPRESSANTS OUT THERE



THE POLITICIANS TOO TIED TO BIG PHARMA PERHAPS?



STOP HURTING OTHERS I HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST AND I MUST MAKE SURE I DO NOT DO THAT IN THE FUTURE AND MAKE THE AMENDS FOR MY PAST.



AND I WILL RECALL WHAT THE 15-YEAR OLD GIRL TOLD ME WHEN I WAS 17 YEARS OLD...




"You're looking at me like I'm a piece of meat"



AND SO HELP ME G-D I CAN'T DO THAT TO ANOTHER HUMAN BEING EVER AGAIN.




I DON'T CARE WHO SAYS IT EVEN DONALD TRUMP SAYS IT BEWARE OF THE MENTAL HEALTH NOTION BEING "THE SOLUTION" ALLOWING THAT IDEA TO CREEP IN TO ALLOW THE MASS IMPRISONMENT OF PEOPLE AGAIN IN MENTAL INSTITUTIONS.


THAT WOULD BE HORRIBLE I SAW IT I WAS THERE I WAS TAKEN ON A TOUR OF SUCH A FACILITY IN MY YOUTH.



"MENTAL HEALTH" WILL MEAN THE POLITICIANS DEFINING "MENTAL ILLNESS" BY WHICH POLITICAL PARTY HAPPENS TO HOLD POWER AT A PARTICULAR TIME IN A PARTICULAR PLACE.



At the end of the day in Georgia earlier this year a comprehensive mental health law was signed off on by Governor Brian Kemp supported in general by the R's and D's like Stacey Abrams.   Only a few Libertarian Republicans raised any alarm.



     Our World Is A Long Way From Cronkite



Been reading the "Cronkite" biography written by historian Douglas Brinkley.   Uncle Walter a model for good journalism regardless of his political biases.


Walter Cronkite had disdain for the one story being killed into the ground mentality of media today wall-to-wall single story obsession.


To understand the world you and I live in a broader presentation of a variety of stories which inspires the news summaries published here.


I dumped out a big summary last evening some 30 stories in it a lot of news deposited by government entities etc. etc. for this Memorial Day weekend in the USA news they hope you will not remember...NEWS SUMMARY INTELLIGENCE REPORT FRIDAY 5/27/2022


Onto the music...




                                              "MORNINGTOWN RIDE"-THE SEEKERS





                                                 "LAZY DAY"-SPANKY AND OUR GANG




                              "WORKING ON A GROOVY THING"-THE FIFTH DIMENSION





NEWSDUMP ALERT:  GERMAN, FRENCH LEADERS TALK WITH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN ABOUT URKAINE RELATED MATTERS



French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz talking this weekend with Russian President Vladimir Putin.


Positions on Ukraine bandied about Putin saying he's ready to talk with the Ukrainian side...TASS RUSSIA


Scholz and Macron pushing direct talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky...TF 1 FRANCE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




A WOKE TYRANT VISITS THE USA HANGING WITH GAVIN NEWSOM IN CALIFORNIA AND THE CORPORATE GIANTS IN SEATTLE-NEW ZEALAND'S JACINDA ARDERN


 

COVID Tyrant and Gun Confiscator New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern hugging the coasts of the USA a commencement speech at Harvard and some Left Coasting signing a "Climate Pact" with California Governor Gavin Newsom.


Then she was off to Seattle meeting with Amazon and Microsoft hoping to have crumbs dropped Down Under...




New Zealand Herald: PM's US trip: Jacinda Ardern update from Seattle after Amazon, Microsoft talks




ARDERN TOOK GUNS AWAY FROM KIWIS WITH HER SWEEPING GUN CONTROL IN 2018 AND NOW IN NEW ZEALAND THE BAD GUYS KEEP ON SHOOTING 



TV ONE NEW ZEALAND: SEVEN ARRESTS FOLLOWING SPATE OF AUCKLAND SHOOTINGS


Recovery from surgery this weekend I guess I'll take it easy more will follow later...




                                                       "LOVIN THINGS"-MARMALADE





                              "THE YOUNG NEW MEXICAN PUPPETEER"-TOM JONES






                    "THE OTHER MAN'S GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER"-PETULA CLARK






                BEYOND THE PEOPLE'S CONVOY-1776                                               RESTORATION MOVMENT




Well it's been a week since those politically oriented folks pulled the plug on the "The People's Convoy" in Hagerstown, Maryland.


A guy with the nickname "Santa" emerging with dozens of those whose were disappointed by the unplugging of the convoy.


This video posted Wednesday online and the speaking from "Santa" starts 22 or so minutes into it...DAY 4 1776 RESTORATION MOVEMENT LIVE Q AND A WITH SANTA


And today a rally was held...



This video over four hour long speakers near the end...At around 3:33:30 into the video "Santa" begins to pick the up the passion in his speaking at one point around 3 hours, 34 minutes in he says:


"...The foundation of this nation, what makes us the nation that we are is literally being torn apart while we sit here in this parking lot..."... 







Both political parties held accountable in that speech by that man called "Santa"...In Davos at the WEF folks like Larry Hogan Republican Governor of Maryland and Eric Holcomb Republican Governor of Indiana and other GOP members of the House and Senate etc. etc.



                                        (9 PM EASTERN US TIME SATURDAY NIGHT)


I passed the donut drive-thru was that a police vehicle there yes indeed it was.




PRESIDENT TRUMP SPOKE TONIGHT IN CASPER WYOMING AT A 'SAVE AMERICA' RALLY



Russia's rubles running high Trump notes because the oil price is surging.


Russia is making a fortune to maintain its war in Ukraine also noted by Trump tonight in his speech....




         DONALD TRUMP SAVE AMERICA RALLY SPEECH 5/28/2022



The protests carry on in France limited but some soccer related action tonight outside a stadium in suburban Paris the riot police and tear gas was used there...FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 185...



     BLAST FROM THE PAST-COLOR TV DEVELOPMENT IN THE 1950'S




CBS and NBC fought a "color war" in the 1950's with NBC becoming the winner their color system adopted by the Federal Communications Commission.


This film was produced there was no videotape to record this in 1954 to show what CBS Color looked like...





The winner in Color TV was NBC as I mentioned earlier.


During World War 2 they made NBC's David Sarnoff a Brigadier General and William Paley of CBS only made Colonel so that sums the Media Pecking Order for Washington DC.


NBC went all out on color in the 1950's until the economy slowed at the end of the 50's NBC was able to become a 30 percent color network as it moved into the early 1960's would not go for 100 percent until the 1965-66 television season which came after the tax cuts of 1964 and before "Great Society Inflation" would again muck up the economy.


The next video is a dedication ceremony for a color studio in Northwest Washington DC as NBC opened up its new facilities in the Nation's Capital in 1958.   It's called the oldest surviving color videotape recording.   By 1958 videotape technology existed.


In this video you see David Sarnoff  "General Sarnoff" his son Robert Sarnoff who would lead NBC later in the 1960's and 70's and the President of the United States Dwight Eisenhower makes a dedication speech...






IS UKRAINE A SUCKER TRAP FOR PATRIOTS RUSSIA IS WINNING IN THE END AFTER GETTING PEOPLE ALL WORKED UP TO SUPPORT UKRAINE UKRAINE IS GETTING IT HANDED TO THEM?




Good Night.  God Bless.


The Sunday News Summary will be up after Midnight I will update as able.


News unfolding this weekend from China's Foreign Minister in the South Pacific touring the island nations and cutting a deal to the Soccer Row between British Liverpool fans and French authorities.   The riot cops out dozens of arrests tonight in the Paris suburbs...



The Liverpool Football Club song to start out the closing segment of music as done by Gerry and the Pacemakers....




                     "YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE"-GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS






                              "ZIP A DEE DOO DAH"-BOB B. SOXX AND THE BLUE JEANS


                         




                                           "MR. TAMBOURINE MAN"-THE BYRDS








                                                 

FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 185: THE POLITICS DRAGS ON, PROTESTS CONTINUE, SOCCER RELATED VIOLENCE THIS EVENING

 


(MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS POST INCLUDING FRANCE 24, BFM-TV, CNEWS ETC)




                           YELLOW VESTS GATHERING IN PARIS MAY 28, 2022




The campaign for the June 12th-19th legislative elections in France continues along with the polls.


Right now differing estimates in the first round but the Left seems to be in a strong unified position to meet or beat the "Centrist" political party of President Emmanuel Macron.    The National Rally of Marine Le Pen is around 20-21 percent in the popular vote for the first round.


Second round final totals of seats in the National Assembly point to a majority for the "Ensemble" group of President Macron from 290 to perhaps 335 seats in the 577 seat assembly...



                 WIKIPEDIA OPINION POLLS FOR FRENCH LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS




Today in Paris another Yellow Vests procession many colors in the crowd and flags..







In Tours the display of a Christian flag at this Yellow Vests gathering...








Getting back to things in Paris today's procession a phone sized view with the Yellow Vests and banners including a white one that proclaims support for the "RIC" among other things.


"RIC" stands for Citizens Initiative Referendum the notion that the people can initiate new laws through a referendum process.


Plenty of "characters" in this video story which includes the distribution of fruit to the crowd this video one hour and 46 minutes long.


There is what is meant to be comedy and humor in this video...






IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE IN TOULON A TABLE SET UP IN SUPPORT OF THE 'CAREGIVERS FUND' FOR WORKERS IN HEALTH CARE SUSPENDED FROM THEIR JOBS OVER THE VACCINE MANDATE.



THE VIDEO PROMOTES AN EVENT NEXT SATURDAY IN SUPPORT OF CAREGIVERS HURT BY THE COVID SHOT ORDER...










When evening came to Paris attention focused on the "Champions League Final" soccer match at Stade de Paris in suburban Saint-Denis.


The match between Liverpool and Real Madrid. 


Disturbances with tear gas used by riot police outside the stadium and the start of the match delayed.  


Fans tried to climb fences to gain entry to the stadium.   Media reports say people without tickets were gaining entry to the stadium...








This video from AFP news agency shows the clash as riot police rushed into the crowd outside the stadium fence...AFP FRANCE NEWS VIDEO...


BFM-TV reporting that riot police also used batons on people on the terrace of a bar in a nearby neighborhood.    The manager saying he needed the cops to close down the establishment.


BFM-TV reporting that Liverpool fans found themselves stuck outside the stadium with their tickets after the match got underway.


Journalists in the press room as well as many fans and stadium employees found themselves feeling the sting of the tear gas.



The explanation tonight from officials fans at the turnstiles attempting to gain entry with fake tickets.




UPDATE:  68 ARRESTS REPORTED TONIGHT BY FRENCH POLICE IN CONNECTION WITH THE DISORDERS.   THIS IS CALLED A PROVISIONAL ESTIMATE



THE LIVERPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB WANTS AN INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT HAPPENED AROUND THE STADIUM.



MANY LIVERPOOL FANS WITH TICKETS SAID THEY WERE BARRED FROM ENTERING THE STADIUM.



That is the story of France and the Yellow Vests for this week.





ALSO AVAILABLE THIS WEEKEND "NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED WEEKEND" POST...NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED WEEKEND: GOVERNMENT AND LAWS DON'T STOP INSANITY, STOP HURTING OTHER PEOPLE, A WOKE TYRANT VISITS THE USA, GUN CONTROL IN NEW ZEALAND THE BAD GUYS KEEP SHOOTING


                                                

Friday, May 27, 2022

NEWS SUMMARY INTELLIGENCE REPORT FRIDAY 5/27/2022 NEWSDUMP HOLIDAY WEEKEND TRUMP HONORS ATTACK VICTIMS, POT USE OF SCHOOL ATTACKER CENSORED, IRAN SAYS OUTSIDE POWERS IMPORTING JIHADISTS INTO AFGHANISTAN, CONTROVERSIAL NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER IN US

 



   (SERVICE IS LIMITED WHEN ABLE BUT EXPECTED UNTIL AT LEAST 10 PM EASTERN US TIME TONIGHT)



New developments in the mass murder attacks at a Texas school and a Buffalo, New York grocery store also Iran claiming seizure of Greek oil tankers but first...




              LATE NEWS TONIGHT...




A Washington DC jury convicting a man accused in connection with his presence in the US Capitol on January 6th, 2021.



Timothy Hale-Cusanelli found guilty on all five  charges created by federal prosecutors.



An FBI informant testified against Hale-Cusanelli, a former Army reservist and Navy contractor, calling him "an avowed white supremacist and Nazi sympathizer".



US District Judge Trevor McFadden, who has acquitted another defendant and partially acquitted another one in bench trials, will sentence Hale-Cusanelli on September 16th...MALAY MAIL MALAYSIA




Turkish backed forces shelling Kurdish targets in northern and northeastern Syria today.    


Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaking of a new military operation there this week but for now no ground offensive has been mentioned or launched in the region....KURDISTAN 24




In London two Metropolitan Police officers accused of rape.   Both officers suspended from the police force...SKY NEWS UK




IN OREGON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CALLING A DEMOCRAT CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARY FOR A 'PROGRESSIVE' CANDIDATE.


JAMIE MCLEOD-SKINNER DECLARED THE WINNER OVER SEVEN-TERM INCUMBENT DEMOCRAT CONGRESSMAN KURT SCHRADER LABELED AS A 'CENTRIST'...POLITICO



The "New York Times" reporting an attack on Iran's Parchin military complex Wednesday.   One killed and one wounded in the attack...TIMES OF ISRAEL




The numbers up on Wall Street today the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 1.76 percent in value or 575.77 points.   The NASDAQ up 3.33 percent in value or 390.48 points...MARKETWATCH




THE US IMPOSING NEW SANCTIONS ON NORTH KOREA FOLLOWING ITS LATEST MISSILE LAUNCHES.


THEY FREEZE ASSETS OF TWO NORTH KOREAN BANKS, ONE INDIVIDUAL AND A TRADING COMPANY... THE HILL





DR. OZ DECLARES HIMSELF PRESUMPTIVE WINNER OF GOP SENATE PRIMARY IN PENNSYLVANIA


                                              (UPDATED VOTE TOTALS)




"I am blessed to have earned the presumptive Republican nomination for the United States Senate"




Dr. Mehmet Oz declaring a victory in the Pennsylvania Republican race for US Senate in Pennsylvania with a 900 some vote lead over hedge fund manager David McCormick with the recount of the vote getting underway.



Oz also speaking of the need to 'heal' and 'pull people together again' in a campaign video released this morning...








The Associated Press vote total at 9 pm Eastern US Time tonight Mehmet Oz 419,631 votes to David McCormick 418,706 votes...


An official recount now underway by the Pennsylvania Department of State with final totals due by Tuesday June 7th.




The Department of State numbers differ from the Associated Press Count but when it comes to mail-in ballots they show 46,291 for David McCormick and 33,362 for Mehmet Oz...PA DEPARTMENT OF STATE VOTE COUNT



Dr. Oz was one of President Trump's political endorsements this year  Mr. Trump touting a 101-6 record for his endorsements on social media today...DONALD TRUMP GAB SOCIAL MEDIA




THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA RULING TODAY THAT THE MAN WHO KILLED SIX PEOPLE AT A MOSQUE IN QUEBEC CITY IN JANUARY OF 2017 WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE AFTER 25 YEARS INSTEAD OF 40.



THE COURT SAYING THAT THE ORIGINAL SENTENCE OF 40 YEARS UNTIL PAROLE WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY





IRAN SEIZES GREEK OIL TANKERS FOLLOWING GREEK SEIZURE OF SHIP CARRYING IRANIAN OIL


                                                          (UPDATED)





Iran says it has seized two Greek oil tankers in the Persian Gulf.



Iran claiming violation of naval regulations.



This follows seizure of a vessel carrying Iranian oil by the Greeks...ISLAMIC REPUBLIC NEWS AGENCY IRAN...



Today Iran protesting that seizure of an oil tanker in Greek waters.  


Iran says the United States pressured Greece to seize the ship said to be carrying oil in violation of sanctions on Iran.



The Swiss envoy, who represents US interests in Iran, summoned in Tehran for the official protest...ASSOCIATED PRESS-TIMES OF ISRAEL...PRESS TV IRAN




Iran says that outside powers are moving jihadists into neighboring Afghanistan.



The Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council making the allegation as he visited Tajikistan another nation next to Afghanistan.



Ali Shamkhani also says that United States needs to release frozen Afghan assets and pay compensation for the damage caused in Afghanistan...PRESS TV IRAN



FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON TALKING BETTER RELATIONS WITH AUSTRALIA.


MACRON ON THE PHONE WITH NEW LABOR PARTY PRIME MINISTER ANTHONY ALBANESE.



'REBUILD' THE PHASE BEING USED IN THE CONVERSATON FRANCE DEEPLY HURT BY AUSTRALIA'S DECISION TO GO WITH US SUBMARINE TECHNOLOGY DROPPING A SUBMARINE DEAL WITH FRANCE.


THAT WAS THE PART OF THE AUSTRALIA-UK-US DEFENSE ALLIANCE ANNOUNCED LAST YEAR.


MR. ALBANESE TWEETED THAT HE AND MACRON DISCUSSED COOPERATION ON A 'FREE OPEN AND RESILIENT' INDO-PACIFIC (OPPOSITION TO CHINA), CLIMATE CHANGE AND UKRAINE...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA






A RETIRED FEDERAL AGENT MAY HAVE HAD ADVANCE NOTICE ABOUT PLANS FOR A MASS MURDER ATTACK AT A BUFFALO, NEW YORK SUPERMARKET.



THE BUFFALO NEWS REPORTING THAT PAYTON GENDRON WAS SHARING HIS PLANS IN AN ONLINE CHATROOM OF 30 PEOPLE ONE HOUR BEFORE THE ATTACK.



THE RETIRED FEDERAL AGENT SAID TO HAVE BEEN INVITED TO READ THE PLANS BUT IT'S NOT CLEAR IF HE ACCEPTED THE INVITATION...FOX NEWS...






TEXAS LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL CITES 'WRONG DECISION' DURING DEADLY SCHOOL ATTACK





Today the Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw said that police believed the attacker at an elementary school was barricaded in a classroom not posing a risk to children.



This led to a 45-minute wait before an operation was launched to enter the classroom.



McCraw saying:  "Of course it was not the right decision.   It was the wrong decision"...THE NATIONAL-UNITED ARAB EMIRATES




(Updated) One aspect of the mass murder attack on an elementary school in Texas reportedly edited out by "The New York Times" a reference to the attacker Salvador Ramos and the use of marijuana...PETER HITCHENS TWITTER...The Daily Mail in the UK continues to report this...PETER HITCHENS TWITTER...



TRUMP ADDRESSES NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION IN HOUSTON HONORS SCHOOL ATTACK VICTIMS




There were many entertainment and political personalities who bowed out of the National Rifle Association convention in Houston following the school attack but President Trump spoke there late this afternoon. 



Trump reading the names of the victims.



He also spoke of "cynical politicians" exploiting the tragedy to take away Constitiutional rights...RUMBLE VIDEO-FULL SPEECH



INSTAGRAM SUSPENDING THE 'LIBS OF TIK TOK' ACCOUNT...TWITTER POST-LIBS OF TIK TOK




The US Justice Department for a third time declining to charge former FBI agents for their handling of the sex abuse allegations against former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.


The Justice Department saying its decision reflected "the recommendation of experienced prosecutors".



A third review of the matter ordered last October with "new information" being cited...CNN





In Spain a new sexual crime law passing Parliament supported by the Left and opposed by the Right on grounds it takes away the presumption of innocence and is unworkable.



Proof of physical resistance will no longer be required to prove sexual assault.



There is a broadening of the definition of sexual violence to include public behavior and comments.



15 year prison sentences for rape are included in the new law which also criminalizes "intimidating compliments" and distribution of sex videos.


Re-education of sex offenders in sexual behavior and equality is also included in the legislation...BBC NEWS...NEWS AGENCIES-ORF AUSTRIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...





The Southern Baptist Convention releasing information about hundreds of clergy accused of sexual abuse gleaned from public databases of ministers accused of sexual abuse such as news media articles.



Nine of the accused said to still be in ministry, two in Southern Baptist churches...NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN




LAWMAKERS IN POLAND PULLING THE PLUG ON A 'DISCIPLINARY CHAMBER' OF THE COUNTRY'S SUPREME COURT.


THE MOVE LINKED TO THE EUROPEAN UNION'S SANCTIONS ON POLAND WHOSE CONSERVATIVE-NATIONALIST GOVERNMENT OPTED TO CREATE THE CHAMBER IN WHAT WAS SEEN AS AN EFFORT TO REMOVE LIBERAL JUDGES.



THE LEGISLATON REPLACES THE DISCIPLINARY CHAMBER CONCEPT WITH A 'CHAMBER FOR PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY'...NEWS AGENCIES-ORF AUSTRIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



The US is selling nearly two dozen combat helicopters to Egypt. 


Joe Biden approving the deal worth some 2.6 billion dollars...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY




The Foreign Minister in Australia's new Labor Party government Penny Wong traveling to Fiji and saying Australia is listening to the concerns of the South Pacific region.


Her trip comes as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is in the region.    Wang is reported planning to pitch security agreements with the numerous island nations in the South Pacific including Fiji...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA...



China raising its objections to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's speech at George Washington University yesterday.


Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said the speech inflated China as a threat and was designed to contain China.



Blinken characterized China as the main threat to the world order separate from any threat posed by Russia...TASS RUSSIA





TURKEY STANDING FIRM WITH LITTLE PROGRESS REPORTED IN TALKS WITH FINLAND AND SWEDEN REGARDING THOSE NATIONS MEMBERSHIP IN NATO.



TURKEY OPPOSED TO FINNISH AND SWEDISH MEMBERSHIP OVER SUPPORT FOR THE KURDISH PKK GROUP CONSIDERED TERRORISTS BY THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT....AHVAL TURKISH NEWS






              RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA


       US TO SELL LONG RANGE ROCKETS TO UKRAINE



                        UN RELEASES REFUGEE TOTALS


                     TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




                            BBC NEWS UKRAINE BLOG




                              (UPDATED)...


Earlier today the Biden Administration was reported possibly authorizing the sale of long-range MLRS systems to Ukraine when new arms sales to Ukraine are announced next week...TASS RUSSIA...The "New York Times" reporting tonight that the Biden Administration will sell the rocket systems to Ukraine...TASS RUSSIA



According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 6,659,220 Ukrainians have fled the country since February 24th with more than 3.5 million going to Poland...(BFM-TV France)





In other news...




Israeli nationalists will march in Jerusalem Sunday amidst threats from the Hamas group in Gaza and the Iranian backed Hezbollah movement in Lebanon.



The Jerusalem Day Flag March will go ahead with Defense Minister Benny Gantz saying:




"We will hold whatever kind of march we want to in our capital.   You will not threaten our sovereignty"...



                        TIMES OF ISRAEL




A federal judge throwing out a lawsuit by President Trump seeking to stop the New York Attorney General's probe into his business practices.


The motion to throw out the lawsuit made by New York Attorney General Democrat Letitia James...THE HILL




POLITICS IN NORTH DAKOTA REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR DOUG BURGUM PUTTING NEARLY ONE MILLION DOLLARS ON THE TABLE TO OPPOSE FELLOW REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS.


THOSE REPUBLICANS ARE MEMBERS OF A CONSERVATIVE CAUCUS GROUP THAT'S BEEN DUBBED 'EXTREMIST' AND 'ULTRA-CONSERVATIVE'...THE HILL





New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will visit with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris at the White House next week.



Ardern currently visiting the US where she delivered a commencement address at Harvard University.



Ardern known for both her harsh COVID policies and the 2018 gun confiscation law which followed mass murder attacks at mosques in Christchurch...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND...



Ardern has already delivered a commencement address at Harvard that's led to a call for regulation of social media in her own country.


Andrew Cushen of Internet NZ has said the government needs to take a stand because social media platforms are radicalizing people...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND

Thursday, May 26, 2022

NEWS SUMMARY INTELLIGENCE REPORT THURSDAY 5/26/2022 NEWSDUMP HOLIDAY WEEK US SECRETARY OF STATE TAKES AIM AT CHINA, FIGHTING AT 'MAXIMUM INTENSITY' IN EASTERN UKRAINE

 


                         (LIMITED SERVICE WHEN ABLE REST PERIOD CONTINUES)






                LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




FIVE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR GOVENROR IN MICHIGAN INCLUDING TWO LEADING CONTENDERS KNOCKED OFF THE BALLOT.



A DEADLOCKED VOTE ON A STATE BOARD TRIGGERED THE REMOVAL OF THE FIVE CANDIDATES OVER SIGNATURE IRREGULARITIES ON NOMINATING PETITIONS.



FOUR OF THE FIVE CANDIDATES PLANNING TO APPEAL THEIR REMOVAL FROM THE BALLOT IN COURT...DETROIT FREE PRESS




LOCALLY HERE IN PENNSYLVANIA YORK COUNTY STATE REPRESENTATIVE MIKE JONES PUNISHED BY REPUBLICAN HOUSE LEADERSHIP.



JONES SUPPORTED TWO CONSERVATIVE CHALLENGERS WHO WON THE MAY 17TH PRIMARY CONTESTS IN TWO OTHER HOUSE DISTRICTS IN YORK COUNTY.


JONES TAKEN OFF OF THREE COMMITTEES HE SERVED ON AND HIS DESK MOVED TO A NEW LOCATION IN THE HOUSE CHAMBER...ABC 27 HARRISBURG





China and Russia vetoing a UN Security Council resolution imposing tougher sanctions on North Korea following recent missile tests.


13 other nations on the Security Council supported the resolution...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




Higher numbers on Wall Street today the Dow Jones Industrial Average went up 516.91 points or 1.61 percent in value.


The NASDAQ rising 305.91 points or 2.68 percent in value...MARKETWATCH




USING DEVELOPMENTS RELATED TO RUSSIA AND CHINA AS REASONS TO EXPLAIN ECONOMIC MALAISE, WORLD BANK PRESIDENT DAVID MALPASS SAYS IT'S:



    "hard to see how we avoid a recession"



MALPASS SPOKE TO A US BUSINESS EVENT THIS WEEK ALSO CITING GLOBAL GDP FIGURES AND A DOUBLING OF ENERGY PRICES IN HIS ESTIMATION OF THE WORLD'S ECONOMIC SITUATION...BBC NEWS




First politics here in Pennsylvania the numbers continue to trickle out in the Republican US Senate Primary contest between David McCormick and Mehmet Oz.



A recount is set to start tomorrow but the Associated Press and the Pennsylvania Department of State continue to update their numbers today.



The Associated Press totals remain ahead of the Department of State's and they show as of 530 pm Thursday afternoon Eastern US time 419,617 votes for Mehmet Oz and 418,688 for David McCormick.



The Department of State tally of Mail-In Votes shows 46,257 for David McCormick and 33,329 for Mehmet Oz...PA DEPARTMENT OF STATE ELECTION RESULTS



POLICE RESPONSE TO TEXAS SCHOOL ATTACK QUESTIONED



More about the Tuesday mass murder attack at a Texas elementary school.



The attacker inside the school for 40 minutes or more while police were urged by onlookers to charge inside...IRISH INDEPENDENT...



Today police were questioned by the media about how they responded to the attack waiting some one hour before a SWAT team entered the school and killed the suspect...NEW YORK POST





ISRAEL ANGERED BY A PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY PROBE THAT SAYS JOURNALIST SHIREEN ABU AKLEH WAS KILLED BY ISRAELI SOLDIERS AS SHE RAN FROM THEIR GUNFIRE.


DEFENSE MINISTER BENNY GANTZ SAYS ANY ALLEGATION THAT ISRAEL DELIBERATELY TARGETS JOURNALISTS IS A 'BLATANT LIE'...TIMES OF ISRAEL



Israel has told the United States it was behind the assassination of an Iranian Revolutionary Guards officer in Tehran last Sunday...TIMES OF ISRAEL



Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan backing off a planned protest in the center of Islamabad saying he and his supporters will return in six days if the government does not set a date for new elections.



Khan saying the government is trying to stir up tensions.    Police were in confrontations with the supporters of Khan who overcame blockades including shipping containers to enter the center of Pakistan's capital city...DAWN-PAKISTAN






US SECRETARY OF STATE ANTHONY BLINKEN LAYING OUT A US POLICY TO COUNTER CHINA.



SPEAKING AT GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY BLINKEN SAYS:



"We cannot rely on Beijing to change its trajectory.   So, we will shape the strategic environment around Beijing to advance our vision for an open inclusive international system"...



THE NATIONAL-UNITED ARAB EMIRATES




RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SERGEI LAVROV SAYS THAT THE US HAS BIOLABS IN ARMENIA, KAZAKHSTAN AND CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES...TASS RUSSIA



               RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA



    FIGHTING IN EASTERN UKRAINE AT 'MAXIMUM                                                      INTENSITY'




         " VERY DIFFICULT MOMENT AT THE FRONT"



                  TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




                          BBC NEWS UKRAINE BLOG





Ukraine says that Russian forces are pushing deeper into its territory amidst fighting that has reached "maximum intensity"...AFP-TIMES OF ISRAEL





Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos Ukraine's foreign minister says his country's military is facing a "very difficult moment at the front" in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region...NEWS AGENCIES-ORF AUSTRIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





In other news...




The US is seeking new sanctions on North Korea at the UN Security Council following this week's volley of missiles including an ICBM...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...China is expressing its view that the sanctions would not be useful and prefers a statement be issued by the President of the Security Council...TASS RUSSIA




An Israeli court reversing a lower court's decision in favor of four Jewish teenagers who prayed on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.


The previous court ruling had angered Jordanian officials.


There is an understanding that while Jews can visit the Temple mount they cannot pray there.   The area is reserved for Muslim worship...TIMES OF ISRAEL




Actor Kevin Spacey accused of four counts of sexual assault by British authorities.



The allegations involve three men Spacey is accused of assaulting in 2005 2008 and 2013.



Spacey is not in the UK and there was so comment on whether British authorities would seek Spacey's extradition to face the charges...CNN