Monday, January 23, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 1/23/2023 PLEA DEAL IN IDAHO CHILD GRAB TRESPASS CASE, TURKEY REBUFFS SWEDEN NATO MEMBERSHIP OVER QURAN BURNING, NEW PENSION REFORM PROTEST IN PARIS, MAJOR POWER OUTAGE IN ENERGY STRAPPED PAKISTAN

 


                                     (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING)




The deadly attacks at two farms near San Francisco, new developments in the Israeli political tensions and the big power outage in Pakistan but first...




                LATE NEWS TONIGHT:


"this was an effort for me to extend an olive branch to St. Luke's...a peace offering to say 'look, i'll i'll take this and i just want peace' and they in my opinion spit in my face"


IDAHO LIBERTARIAN ACTIVIST AMMON BUNDY EXPLAINS HIS EFFORT TODAY SEEKING A PLEA DEAL IN A TRESPASS CASE INVOLVING A MAJOR BUSINESS ENTITY ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL AND A CHILD TAKEN FROM ITS PARENTS AND PLACED THERE



IN IDAHO A PLEA DEAL IN A CASE INVOLVING LIBERTARIAN ACTIVIST AMMON BUNDY.



BUNDY ARRESTED LAST MARCH AT ST. LUKE'S HOPSITAL IN BOISE FOR TRESPASSING WHEN HE OBJECTED TO THE SEIZURE OF BABY CYRUS ANDERSON FROM HIS PARENTS.


THE CHILD LATER RELEAED TO THE CUSTODY OF THE PARENTS AND THE CASE AGAINST THEM DROPPED....BABY CYRUS CASE BREAKING NEWS...FULL BABY CYRUS STORY...



THE DEAL REACHED IN A BOISE COURTROOM BEFORE A TRIAL WAS TO BE HELD.



ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL, A MAJOR IDAHO BUSINESS ENTITY, SEEKING JAIL TIME AND FINES FOR BUNDY IN THE COURTROOM TODAY RESISTING THE NOTION OF A PLEA DEAL.


A GUILTY PLEA FROM MR. BUNDY FOR TESPASSING, A CREDITED AND SUSPENDED JAIL SENTENCE OF 90 DAYS $1,157.50 IN COURT COSTS AND FINES.



BUNDY ALSO GIVEN ONE YEAR OF UNSUPERVISED PROBATION...IDAHO DISPATCH NEWS STORY (LINK AT END TO FACEBOOK VIDEO WITH AMMON BUNDY)




MEANWHILE ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL IS TAKING AMMON BUNDY TO COURT IN A CIVIL CASE OVER HIS DEFENSE OF THE CHILD WRONGFULLY TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.



BUNDY BELIEVES THAT THE HOSPITAL IS:



             "trying to take everything I own"




FACEBOOK VIDEO AMMON BUNDY SPEAKING AFTER COURT HEARING 1/23/2023






SEVEN PEOPLE SHOT AND KILLED AT TWO FARMS IN HALF MOON BAY, CALIFORNIA JUST SOUTH OF SAN FRANCISCO THIS AFTERNOON.



ONE HURT IN THE ATTACKS.



A SUSPECT TAKEN INTO CUSTODY THE ARREST CAPTURED ON VIDEO.


THE SUSPECT NAMED AS CHUNLI ZAHO...ABC7 KGO SAN FRANCISCO (VIDEO EMBEDS)




In Germany tonight the protests against government COVID, economic and Russia policies in numerous cities and towns.    This walking protest in the streets of Eisenach...






Another protest in Leipzig with the anti-US message "Ami Go Home" or "Yankee Go Home"...




Another protest tonight in Zittau...VIDEO LINK...




And this view of the protest rally in Bautzen, Germany tonight...VIDEO LINK







IN MEMPHIS TODAY AUTHORITIES RELEASED THE FOOTAGE OF THE JANUARY 10TH POLICE BEATING OF TYRE NICHOLS.



NICHOLS DIED AFTER THAT CONFRONTATION.




A LAWYER FOR THE FAMILY CALLING THE VIDEO:




                        "appaling, heinous"...



          ACTION NEWS 5 MEMPHIS (VIDEO EMBEDDED)







A WASHINGTON DC JURY CONVICTING FOUR MEMBERS OF THE 'OATH KEEPERS' GROUP IN CONNECTION WITH JANUARY 6TH.    


THE JURY FINDING THEM GUILTY OF FEDERAL CHARGES OF 'SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY' AND OTHER CHARGES....THE NEW DAILY AUSTRALIA




A former FBI official involved in the Trump-Russia probe is accused of illegal dealings with a Russian oligarch...FREE REPUBLIC POST-WASHINGTON TIMES STORY-DISCUSSION




(Updated)  Sweden should not expect Turkish support for its NATO membership bid.    



That's the word from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan following last Saturday's protest where the Quran was burned outside Türkiye's embassy in Stockholm...AL JAZEERA QATAR...



The US State Department has reacting to the Quran burning incident suggesting it may have been sabotage.



The US is seeking to get Sweden into NATO as part of its campaign to apply pressure on Russia...AFP FRANCE-AL ARABIYA




THE US AND ISRAEL KICKING OFF JOINT MILITARY MANEUVERS.    THEY INVOLVE 140 WARPLANES AND 12 WARSHIPS.



THE MANUEVERS MEANT TO SEND A MESSAGE TO IRAN...TIMES OF ISRAEL





IN PERU THE LATEST PROTESTS BY SUPPORTERS OF FORMER LEFTIST PRESIDENT PEDRO CASTILLO NOW IN THEIR 20TH DAY .



POLICE USED TEAR GAS AGAINST PROTESTERS IN LIMA THIS AFTERNOON.



HIGHWAY BLOCKADES ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH BUSINESS INTERESTS DEMANDING THE USE OF FORCE AGAINST DEMONSTRATORS.



PROTESTERS HAVE DISRUPTED VARIOUS BUSINESSES INCLUDING THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR OF PERU'S ECONOMY...RPP PERU BLOG (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





PENSION REFORM TURMOIL IN FRANCE


                                               (Updated)


 In Paris today thousands of bakers and craftsmen taking to the streets protesting the "Pension Reform" proposal of President Emmanuel Macron.


Large formations of riot police deployed against the protest.


At one point hundreds of the protesters sitting down to block an intersection...VIDEO STREAM...



Various job actions planned in the next week with a major national strike planned a week from tomorrow (January 31st).



Electricity workers unions may target the wealthy elite in France with power cutoffs.



Unions representing ski lift operators in France filing strike notices for next month.



The government insisting that it will move forward with the reform as quickly as possible the Minister of Labor saying such reform will create jobs and growth for France's economy.



The opposition in the National Assembly will use amendments to delay passage but the French Constitution allows the President to use Article 49.3 to force legislation through regardless of any legislative opposition.



           (Information from BFM-TV France used in connection with this story)






GROCERY PRICES RISING 9.2 PERCENT DURING THE FINAL QUARTER OF LAST YEAR AT AUSTRALIA'S TOP SUPERMARKETS.



RESEARCH DONE BY UBS INVESTMENT BANK SAYS THE HIGHEST QUARTERLY INCREASE AT SUPERMARKET CHAINS COLES AND WOOLWORTHS HAPPENED BETWEEN OCTOBER AND DECEMBER.


ANALYSTS EXPECT THE FOOD PRICE HIKES TO CONTINUE IN THE MONTHS AHEAD...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA





MUSIC STREAMING GIANT SPOTIFY CUTTING SIX PERCENT OF ITS 10,000 MEMBER WORKFORCE...BBC NEWS





The numbers on Wall Street moving upwards.




The NASDAQ performing very well up 223.98 points or 2.01 percent in value.


The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 254.07 points or .76 percent in value.


The price of oil down slightly to 81 dollars and 61 cents a barrel at 445 pm New York time...MARKETWATCH




           ISRAELI POLITICAL TENSIONS



WARNING FROM GOVERNMENT LEADERS TO ATTORNEY GENERAL WITH AG DENYING ANY PLANS TO ASK BENJAMIN NETANYAHU TO STEP ASIDE


                                                         (UPDATED)




Leaders of the parties in Israel's governing coalition warned Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara that any move to force Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take a leave of absence would be tantamount to a coup.



There were media reports last Friday night strongly suggesting she intended to do so...TIMES OF ISRAEL




But tonight she denies that any such discussions mentioned in those media reports happened...TIMES OF ISRAEL...



Opponents of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claiming progress in their efforts to stop his judicial reform proposal.    


Former Defense Minister Benny Gantz says Netanyahu is buckling under the pressure of mass protest.


Gantz sees statements Netanyahu has made in English to foreign officials and media reflecting a softer tone on the judicial overhaul...TIMES OF ISRAEL



A cabinet minister from Israel's nationalist Religious Zionism Party says that the new government of Benjamin Netanyahu has failed to give powers promised to Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich over civil life in Judea and Samaria (The West Bank).



Minister Orit Strock says that Mr. Netanyahu needs to sort things out after nationalist cabinet ministers were overruled Friday and Jewish settlers were evicted from a settlement site...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




THE US SAYS IT CONDUCTED A RAID IN SYRIA THAT CAPTURED THREE MEMBERS OF THE ISLAMIC STATE ORGANIZATION...AFP FRANCE-TIMES OF ISRAEL




A Russian warship armed with the newest hypersonic cruise missiles will join exercises with Chinese and South African warships next month.


The exercises to be held off the coast of South Africa...REUTERS



                 RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA



RUSSIAN ANALYST WARNS ABOUT TANK DELIVERIES TRIGGERING RUSSIAN RETALIATION


                      TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED



A Russian analyst says he expects a response if and when tanks are sent to Ukraine in the coming months.    


Fyodor Lukyanov of the Valdai Discussion Club in Moscow says if tanks are moved into Ukraine supply routes and warehouses will become Russian targets.    


This will bring Russia and NATO to the brink of a clash...TASS RUSSIA


In other news...





In Pakistan, where energy conservation measures are already in force over lack of money to pay for fuel imports, a major nationwide power outage today.       


The power went out at 730 am local time (930 pm Sunday US Eastern Time) impacting all major cities.



Restoration expected by 10 pm local time (12 Noon Monday US Eastern Time).



The Power Minister acknowledged that generating plants in the country's electricity system were shut down as a conservation measure overnight and the failure in the system happened during the morning restart of those plants...BBC NEWS




And in New Zealand tap beer is disappearing from bars.     Plants that make "food grade" CO2 have shut down.



The last plant to stop operating citing safety issues.



The CO2 shortage forcing a craft beer maker in New Zealand to leave 60,000 liters (15,850 gallons) of beer sitting unfinished...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND

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