Thursday, August 31, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT THURSDAY 8/31/2023 NEWSDUMP HOLIDAY JUSTICE THOMAS ON OFFENSE OVER ETHICS CLAIMS, US BACKED GROUPS IN SYRIA FIGHT EACH OTHER, DUTCH NITROGEN CUT PLAN TIGHTENING, BIDEN ADMINISTRATION PUSHES NEW STATUS FOR MARIJUANA

 


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                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas going on offense over the allegations questioning his ethics.



A six-page statement from Justice Thomas's personal lawyer notes that left-wing groups have weaponized ethics against him.



The ethics allegations aimed at Thomas also engulfing other "Conservative" justices following last year's "Dobbs" decision giving states the ability to regulate abortions.



In an op-ed piece for "The Wall Street Journal" Justice Samuel Alito says allegations about him are "nonsense" and because the Supreme Court itself is not defending him he must defend himself...THE HILL




An unidentified object shot down over the northwestern Russian city of Pskov tonight.  Pskov the site of a Ukrainian drone attack earlier this week that set two transport planes on fire...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)







48 people killed by the military in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa.



Congolese soldiers attacking a religious group protesting the United Nations peacekeeping force in the city of Goma.



There were 75 people hurt and a policeman was also killed...AFP FRANCE-DIGITAL JOURNAL



The United States military calling on US-supported groups in eastern Syria to stop fighting each other.


40 have died and dozens are wounded since the clashes began Monday in the oil rich Deir el-Zour region.


That's part of the territory occupied by an international force led by the United States.



Sporadic fighting today with both sides bringing in reinforcements...NAVY TIMES




THE INFLATION AVERAGE IN THE EUROZONE 5.3 PERCENT FOR THIS MONTH.   


IN GERMANY THE INFLATION RATE IS HIGHER AT 6.4...TAGESSCHAU GERMANY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



NEW UNIVERSITY RESEARCH IN THE NETHERLANDS IS TRANSLATING INTO STRICTER OFFICIAL NITROGEN TARGETS IN THE NEXT DECADE.



ONE DUTCH FARMERS ORGANIZATION (LTO) THAT'S WILLING TO ENGAGE IN CUTTING NITROGEN EMISSIONS SAYS SAYS THE NEW TARGETS ARE 'COMPLETELY UNWORKABLE'.



NOT ONLY WILL FARMING SUFFER FROM DEEPER EMISSION CUTS BUT ALSO OTHER SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY STRAPPED BY FUTURE REQUIREMENTS FOR PERMITS TO OPERATE...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




Russia says its cutting oil supplies to foreign countries.   Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak says a deal has been cut with other OPEC+ nations which will be announced next week...TASS RUSSIA






THE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA SUGGESTING A NINE-MONTH TRANSITION BACK TO CIVILIAN RULE IN THE NEIGHBORING NATION OF NIGER.



PRESIDENT BOLA TINUBU CITING THE PRECEDENT OF A MILITARY COUP IN NIGERIA BACK IN THE 1990'S...AFP FRANCE-MSN...



THE NEW MILITARY GOVERNMENT IN NIGER REVOKING THE DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY OF FRANCE'S AMBASSADOR THERE.


POLICE ORDERED TO KICK AMBASSADOR SYVAIN ITTE OUT OF THE COUNTRY.



ITTE WAS GIVEN A 48-HOUR DEADLINE TO LEAVE NIGER LAST WEEK...PRESS TRUST OF INDIA-THIS WEEK



The markets today.




The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 168.33 points.




The NASDAQ up 15.66 points.


At 518 pm New York Time the price of oil is 83 dollars and 58 cents up one dollar and 95 cents a barrel...MARKETWATCH




The United Nations renewing the mandate of a UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon.



The vote 13-0 with China and Russia abstaining....TIMES OF ISRAEL




ONE KILLED AND FIVE WOUNDED IN ISRAEL IN A RAMMING ATTACK.    THE TERRORIST ATTACK INVOLVED A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



Ben Wallace resigning as British Defense Secretary.   Conservative Party insider Grant Shapps replacing him.    Shapps pledging to continue military support for Ukraine...BBC NEWS



MORE THAN 70 ARE DEAD IN JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA AFTER A FIRE BROKE OUT IN AN ABANDONED BUILDING.



THE BUILDING USED BY PEOPLE WHO HAVE ENTERED SOUTH AFRICA ILLEGALLY ("MIGRANTS")...BBC NEWS BLOG




The Biden Administration wants the US Food and Drug Administration to loosen federal rules regarding marijuana (cannabis).



The Department of Health and Human Services calling on the FDA to take marijuana off its "Schedule 1" status alongside drugs like heroin and LSD.



"Schedule 1" drugs are considered those of no medical use with a high likelihood of abuse.



40 of the 50 US states have legalized marijuana to varying degrees...BBC NEWS




THE NORTH KOREAN RULER KIM JONG-UN ORDERING A FINE TUNING OF THE COUNTRY'S WAR STRATEGY.



KIM ORDERING STRIKES AT THE BEGINNING OF A WAR THAT AMONG OTHER THINGS COULD FOMENT 'SOCIO-POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CHAOS".



IN THE LAST YEAR BIDEN ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS HAVE SAID THAT IN THE EVENT OF WAR, THE US WILL WIPE OUT KIM JONG-UN'S 'REGIME' IN NORTH KOREA...TASS RUSSIA...



THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION CLAIMS THAT ARMS TALKS BETWEEN NORTH KOREA AND RUSSIA ARE 'ACTIVELY ADVANCING'


WHITE HOUSE NATIONAL SECURITY SPOKESMAN JOHN KIRBY SAYS THAT'S BECAUSE OF AN EXCHANGE OF LETTERS BETWEEN NORTH KOREAN RULER KIM JONG-UN AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN ON THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE KOREAN WAR ARMISTICE.


RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTER SERGEI SHOIGU VISITED NORTH KOREA ON THE OCCASION LAST MONTH...KBS WORLD SOUTH KOREA



     THE UKRANE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA




ATTACKING DRONE DESTROYED IN BRYANSK REGION OF RUSSIA




                     TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED





         RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




The Russian Defense Ministry says that a Ukrainian drone was downed in the Bryansk Region of southwestern Russia this evening...TASS RUSSIA

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 8/30/2023 NORTH KOREA SIMULATES NUKE STRIKE ON SOUTH, MILITARY COUP IN AFRICAN NATION OF GABON, NEWS LEAK SUGGESTS SAUDIS SEEKING TIES TO ISRAEL

 



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                 LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



FOUR ISRAELI SOLDIERS HURT TONIGHT IN NABLUS AS THEY WERE SECURING THE ROUTE TO JOSEPH'S TOMB IN NABLUS FOR JEWISH WORSHIP.


A BOMB THAT WAS PLANTED ON THEIR PATH EXPLODED...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




Republican US Senate Leader Mitch McConnell freezing for 30 seconds when questioned by reporters today.



This is the second such public incident involving Senator McConnell...BBC NEWS




THE MILITARY GOVERNMENT IN MALI THAT RECENTLY STAGED A COUP ASKING THE FRENCH MILITARY TO PULL OUT BY SUNDAY.


THAT ACCORDING TO SKY NEWS IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES...TASS RUSSIA



The annual inflation in Russia stands at 5.03 percent for the week ending Monday.


That's an increase from 4.88 percent the previous week...TASS RUSSIA



AHEAD OF THE NOVEMBER 22ND ELECTION IN THE NETHERLANDS THE GOVERNMENT DECIDING TO RELEASE TWO BILLION EUROS (2.18 BILLLION US DOLLARS) TO SUPPORT LOWER INCOME PEOPLE.



EXISTING RENT SUBSIDIES AND CHILD CARE ALLOWANCES WILL BE INCREASED...NOS NETHERLANDS




The markets today.



The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 37.57 points.



The NASDAQ up 75.55 points.


At 436 pm New York Time the price of oil 81 dollars and 71 cents a barrel up 55 cents...MARKETWATCH




(Updated) Tonight North Korea launching ballistic missiles.    


Japanese officials say the projectiles landed in waters outside Japan's economic zone...NHK JAPAN...



The missiles of short range flew 360 kilometers landing in the East Sea (Sea of Japan)...TASS RUSSIA...



North Korea stating that the missile launches were a simulation of tactical nuclear strikes on South Korea...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




THE FORMER HEAD OF ISRAEL'S SECURITY AGENCY SHIN BET AND ISRAEL'S FORMER AIR FORCE CHIEF GOING TO ISRAEL'S HIGH COURT.



THEY ARE TRYING TO STOP THE GOVERNMENT FROM INVESTIGATING THE USE OF SPYWARE TECHNOLOGY BY ISRAEL'S POLICE...TIMES OF ISRAEL...



More news from Israel later in the summary.





MILITARY COUP IN AFRICAN NATION OF GABON

                                                        (UPDATED)



In the central Africa nation of Gabon on the Atlantic Coast, a coup with the President under house arrest and his son arrested.




The deposed president calling for international support.



France urging its nationals in the former French colony to stay home...(Info from BFM-TV France)




The coup leaders appointing a new interim President General Brice Oligi Nguema as President...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...



Gabon is a major oil producer and a French mining company operating in the country stopped operations.



Rallies shown on the streets of the country supporting the coup....TASS RUSSIA



This morning in Gabon military officers announced that they are taking power.



The results of the election for President last Saturday annulled according to their statement.



President Ali Bongo declared the victor of that election with nearly 2/3 of the vote.   The opposition called the election fraudulent...BBC NEWS





THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT WARNING LGBTQ TRAVELLERS TO THE USA.


THE WARNING SAYS SOME STATE LAWS MAY IMPACT "2SLGBTQI+" PEOPLE.   



VISITORS TO THE US URGED TO CHECK STATE AND LOCAL LAWS...CBC NEWS CANADA



The depth of the problems with migrants in Europe.


The Belgian government deciding not to give single men applying for asylum a place to stay.


Authorities prioritizing families seeking asylum hoping to keep children from having to sleep outside in the winter...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPTS)




SAUDI ARABIA SAID TO BE OFFERING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY.


THIS OFFER MADE EARLIER IN THE YEAR ACCORDING TO ISRAELI MEDIA.



THE SPIN ON THIS LEAK THAT SAUDI ARABIA IS SEEKING CLOSER TIES TO ISRAEL.


THE LEAK FOLLOWS A CONTROVERSY OVER ISRAELI DISCLOSURE OF TALKS BETWEEN ISRAELI AND LIBYAN FOREIGN MINISTERS...TIMES OF ISRAEL



    THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA



AIR RAID WARNING, EXPLOSIONS, FIRES IN KIEV



DRONE ATTACK REPELLED IN CITY SOUTHEAST OF MOSCOW



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       RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




The Mayor of Kiev reporting fires this morning following an air raid warning and explosions in the city...TASS RUSSIA





A Ukrainian drone brought down early this morning in Ryazan, Russia some 120 miles southeast of Moscow.


An explosion heard when Russian air defenses destroyed the drone...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




In other news...




Former BBC Director General Sir Mark Thompson named to lead CNN.



Thompson will seek to lift up a brand that has lagged in ratings and revenue in recent years against similar outlets like MSNBC and Fox News...BBC NEWS




Tuesday, August 29, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 8/29/2023 UKRAINE WAR ACTION TONIGHT, COURT IN PAKISTAN SUSPENDS KHAN CONVICTION, MAN FACES POSSIBLE DEATH PENALTY UNDER NEW HOMOSEXUALITY LAW IN UGANDA

 



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                 LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




Florida bracing for the effects of Hurricane Idalia strengthening and expected to make landfall tomorrow...NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ADVISORY





RUSSIA'S BLACK SEA FLEET REPELLING A DRONE ATTACK EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...TASS RUSSIA





TONIGHT A DRONE ATTACK ON AN AIRPORT IN NORTHWESTERN RUSSIA NEAR THE BORDER WITH ESTONIA.


A FIRE INVOLVING IL-76 TRANSPORT PLANES CAUSED BY THE DRONE ATTACK ON THE AIRPORT SOME 12 MILES FROM THE ESTONIAN REPORTED UNDER CONTROL...TASS RUSSIA...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (VIDEO EMBED) (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...(More into from RIA Novosti Russia and TASS)





TONIGHT RUSSIA SAYS THAT IT'S NAVAL AIR FORCE TOOK OUT FOUR ASSAULT BOATS CARRYING UKRAINIAN TROOPS IN THE BLACK SEA...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





"There are certain things become more important than me, than my ego.   Family, Nation, God...


Liberal originally meant freedom but in Europe Liberal means that you are an enemy of the people"



Those words from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the beginning of a 30 minute interview with Tucker Carlson.


Also in the interview Orban talks about the prosecution of President Trump and the Ukraine War...




Tucker Carlson "X" Post Viktor Orban Interview (Video Embed)





Syria's Ministry of Transport says the airport in Aleppo is operational again.   The announcement tonight comes after Syria says the facility was damaged in an Israeli airstrike yesterday morning...TASS RUSSIA





US POLITICS STEVE SCALISE THE SECOND RANKING REPUBLICAN LEADER IN THE US HOUSE ANNOUNCING HE HAS A RARE FORM OF BLOOD CANCER...BBC NEWS





ON HER VISIT TO CHINA US COMMERCE SECRETARY GINA RAIMONDO CLAIMING THAT US COMPANIES HAVE COMPLAINED TO HER ABOUT DOING BUSINESS IN CHINA.



ACCORDING TO RAIMONDO, THEY SPEAK OF CHINA BEING 'UNIVESTIBLE' BECAUSE OF LAWS AND FINES INCLUDING POLICE RAIDS ON BUSINESSES...REUTERS-INDIA TODAY





The markets today.




The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 292.69 points or .85 percent.



The NASDAQ rose 238.63 points or 1.74 percent.



At  445 pm New York Time the price of oil is 81 dollars and 22 cents a barrel up one dollar and 12 cents...MARKETWATCH





AN ADVISER TO NIGERIA'S PRESIDENT TELLING A NIGERIAN MEDIA OUTLET THAT SOME SANCTIONS ON NIGER WILL BE RELAXED.


AJURI NGELALE SAYING THE SUFFERING OF THE PEOPLE OF NIGER CAUSED BY THOSE SANCTIONS SHOULD BE EASED.



THOSE SANCTIONS IMPOSED AFTER A RECENT MILITARY COUP IN NIGER...TASS RUSSIA




Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says enemies of his country have failed to isolate it.


Raisi said attempts were made both to cut off Iran economically and to demoralize the Iranian people but they have not succeeded...NEWS AGENCIES-THE NEW ARAB



A FRENCH SOLDIER KILLED OTHERS WOUNDED IN AN ANTI-TERRORISM OPERATION IN IRAQ.    


SGT. NICOLAS MAZIER IS THE THIRD FRENCH SOLDIER KILLED IN IRAQ IN 10 DAYS.



MAZIER WAS PROVIDING SUPPORT TO IRAQI SOLDIERS INVOLVED IN THE OPERATION...(BFM-TV France)



The controversial Ultra Low Emission Zone scheme now expanded to include all boroughs of the City of London.


A charge equal to 15 dollars and 75 cents US a day to be imposed on all 'non-compliant' vehicles...BBC NEWS



THE LAWYER OF FORMER PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER IMRAN KHAN SAYS HIS CORRUPTION CONVICTION IS SUSPENDED.


KHAN CURRENTLY IN PRISON ITS NOT CERTAIN THAT THE ISLAMABAD HIGH COURT RULING WILL LEAD TO HIS RELEASE.


POWERFUL FORCES IN PAKISTAN LED BY THE ARMY PUSHING AGAINST KHAN WITH ACCUSATIONS RELATED TO INCIDENTS ON MAY 9TH THIS YEAR THAT RESEMBLED THOSE OF JANUARY 6TH IN THE UNITED STATES...REUTERS-MALAY MAIL




"...You seek to make us homeless.  You seek to strip every possession I have from me, causing my family to be destitute.  It is hard to imagine such a desire..."



Ammon Bundy writing to lawyer Erik Stidham of the Holland and Hart Firm.    


Stidham involved in the civil case against Bundy and others that's led to a 52 million judgement in a Boise, Idaho court.



Bundy unable to contest the lawsuit due to the high legal costs involved which would have run into hundreds of thousands of dollars.



Mr. Stidham represents Idaho medical giant St. Luke's Hospital a large business that's a key player in the Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry.



This lawsuit relates to Mr. Bundy's intervention on behalf of a 10-month-old Cyrus Anderson seized from his parents last year later returned over a claim of neglect.



Bundy also saying in the letter:




"That family came to St. Luke's for help and instead were threatened intimidated and ultimately had their child taken"



Mr. Stidham has responded to Bundy's letter...



LINK TO LETTER TO LAWYER ERIK STIDHAM FROM AMMON BUNDY AND RESPONSES...



Mr. Bundy also posting a video late Monday evening discussing the case....








IN GUATEMALA THE LEFTIST CANDIDATE WHO WON THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION BERNARDO AVERALO CERTIFIED THE WINNER.



BUT AUTHORITIES ALSO SUSPENDING HIS POLITICAL PARTY CREATING AN IMPEDIMENT TO HIS TAKING OFFICE AS SCHEDULED ON JANUARY 14TH...ASSOCIATED PRESS-IRISH EXAMINER



North Korean ruler Kim Jong-Un calling for the strengthening of his country's Navy.


Kim saying that the US is turning waters around the Korean peninsula into "the world's biggest war hardware concentration spot...REUTERS-MALAY MAIL...



The North Korean ruler also saying that nuclear weapons will be a part of North Korea's Navy...REUTERS-THE JAPAN TIMES






A man in Uganda being charged with "aggravated homosexuality" for engaging in sexual activity with another man apparently without consent.



This charge under Uganda's new homosexuality laws includes a possible death sentence.



Consensual same-sex relations in Uganda carry a penalty that potentially could be life imprisonment.


The new homosexuality law condemned by the UN, the US and rights groups.


The World Bank also suspending new loans to Uganda...AFP FRANCE-DIGITAL JOURNAL












   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA




                   TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




         RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

Monday, August 28, 2023

France Breaking News Commentary: The Macron Government's Fight To Crush The Left And Ultimately Defeat Marine Le Pen Takes A New Turn

 


                                                 (NEWS, COMMENT AND ANALYSIS)


            (MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES USED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS POST)




Yesterday's announcement by Education Minister Gabirel Attal, former government spokesman and Centrist political insider in Emmanuel Macron's government, banning Islamic dresses-robes in school (abayas) signified the latest move to change the subject from the highly unpopular raising of France's retirement age to 64.



Mr. Macron and his Liberal Capitalist Centrist political movement find themselves with core support of 30 percent or less.     


His movement must reach out to the "Right" in France including Les Republicains of the "Mainstream" Mitch McConnell-Mitt Romney type as well as "Reconquete" movement of the Sean Hannity-Fox News variety.



A key leader in Reconquete, Eric Zemmour, already calling for school uniforms in France following Attal's announcement.



This move on Islamic dress stirs up the Left in France which has been consistently demonized as "Extreme" and "Radical" by Macron and his government since the pension reform debate earlier this year.


It was in opposition to the raising of the retirement age that the Left took to the streets and it was then that acts of violence were recorded and exploited as Macron's government compared today's Left in France led by Jean-Luc Melenchon to the Terror of the French Revolution in the 1790's.



The incidents of "violence" in France this summer that appeared overplayed with even "Conservative" media descending on France to play it up gave the Macron government a chance to flex a notion of 'law and order".



In recent weeks special police units deployed to various French cities over dramatic incidents of violence.



There is more "Right" than "Left" in France right now including movements that are Moderate and Pro-Liberal Capitalism Globalism in the end like Les Republicains and Reconquete.


The Centrist movement of Mr. Macron must contest elections in the future including the 2027 Presidential Election where Mr. Macron will not be a candidate.    


Marine Le Pen leads Macron in polling right now and any other "Centrist" even one masking as being on the "Right" will have a tough go against her in such a race.



Hence the need for this symbolic movement to the "Right" by Emmanuel Macron's government.

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 8/28/2023 ISRAEL ANGERS BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WITH LIBYA REVELATION, FRANCE SUPPORTS MILITARY INTERVENTION IN NIGER, US COMMERCE SECRETARY ADMITS PROTECTION IS PART OF US ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA

 



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                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




THE US NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MONITORING STORM IDALIA STRENGTHENING INTO A HURRICANE OFF THE WESTERN TIP OF CUBA.



THE STORM SETTING A PATH FOR LANDFALL ON THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA IN A FEW DAYS...




ALSO OUT IN THE ATLANTIC CAUSING MINOR ISSUES FOR BERMUDA AND THE US EAST COAST IS POWERFUL HURRICANE FRANKLIN WITH MAXIUMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 150 MILES PER HOUR...



         US NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER WEBSITE




Problems this evening around 7 pm or shortly afterwards US Eastern Time for users of the social media platform "X" formerly "Twitter"...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




RUSSIA SAYS ITS AEROSPACE FORCES HAVE ATTACKED TERRORIST COMMAND CENTERS IN SYRIA.



THE RUSSIAN MILITARY IN SYRIA ALSO SAYS THAT US-LED COALITION FORCES VIOLATED DECONFLICTION PROTOCOLS 18 TIMES IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD...TASS RUSSIA...



More news about an Israeli strike in Syria later in the summary.



(Updated) The situation in Libya already unstable further destabilized after Israel's Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said he met Libya's Foreign Minister.


Cohen calling the meeting "historic" and a "first step" to normalizing relations between Libya and Israel.


A strong negative reaction in Libya including protests on the streets.    


The government dismissing the meeting saying it is illegal to normalize relations with Israel.



Libyan Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush dismissed and referred for investigation accused of grand treason...BBC NEWS...



Meanwhile the Biden Administration angered by the Israeli Foreign Minister's revelation...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



Israel's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich saying there can be no concessions to the Palestinians in any new relationship with Saudi Arabia.


The Biden Administration pushing for those closer ties with extensive talks involving Saudi Arabia...TIMES OF ISRAEL




FRANCE'S PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON SAYING HIS GOVERNMENT WILL SUPPORT MILITARY INTERVENTION BY WEST AFRICAN NATIONS IN NIGER.



FRANCE HAS SOLDIERS PERMANENTLY BASED IN NIGER WHICH IS NOW UNDER THE CONTROL OF A MILITARY GOVERNMENT WHOSE SUPPORTERS ARE SYMPATHETIC TO RUSSIA.


TODAY MR. MACRON CLAIMING THAT THE NEW GOVERNMENT IS NOT FIGHTING TERRORISM IN THE COUNTRY AND LOSING INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SUPPORT THAT WILL BENEFIT ITS ECONOMY...TASS RUSSIA...




MEANWHILE FRANCE'S AMBASSADOR TO NIGER REMAINS INSIDE THE EMBASSY IN THE CAPUTAL CITY OF NIAMEY.  



THE NEW GOVERNMENT ORDERED THE AMBASSADOR TO LEAVE WITHIN 48 HOURS LATE LAST WEEK...TASS RUSSIA




The markets today.





The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 213.08 points.





The NASDAQ went up 114.48 points.


At 450 pm New York Time the price of oil at 80 dollars and 10 cents a barrel up 27 cents...MARKETWATCH




US COMMERCE SECRETARY GINA RAIMONDO ON A FOUR-DAY VISIT TO CHINA.


RAIMONDO SPEAKING OF A 'STABLE COMMERCIAL RELATIONSHIP' BETWEEN THE US AND CHINA.



BUT SHE ADMITS THE US WILL 'PROTECT WHAT WE MUST' IN ECONOMIC RELATIONS WITH CHINA AND 'PROMOTE WHERE WE CAN'...REUTERS-INDIA TODAY




Israel striking the Aleppo Airport in Syria early this morning.


The 430 am strike putting the airport out of service.


Anti-government media in Syria speaks of the airport being used to receive weapons from Iran...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...TASS RUSSIA





Israel with a high cost of living compared to other nations in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.



Last year Israel's cost of living 38 percent higher than average in the OECD countries.


The prices of milk, bread and cheese in Israel range 50 to 70 percent higher versus average prices in OECD countries...TIMES OF ISRAEL









   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA




                 TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED





      RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)






Also today special commentary regarding the situation in France where the government announced a ban on Islamic dresses in schools on Sunday.


It's a move tinged with political motives...




France Breaking News Commentary: The Macron Government's Fight To Crush The Left And Ultimately Defeat Marine Le Pen Takes A New Turn





Sunday, August 27, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 8/27/2023 NEWSDUMP WEEKEND MACRON GOV'T SEEKS FIGHT WITH FRANCE'S LEFT OVER ISLAMIC DRESS BAN, RUSSIAN WARPLANE ESCORTS US DRONE APPROACHING RUSSIA, SARAH PALIN TROLLED ON 'CIVIL WAR' NOTION, BRITISH MP RESIGNS CITING 'ZOMBIE PARLIAMENT'

 


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                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:






RUSSIAN AIR DEFENSES DOWNING A DRONE APPROACHING MOSCOW EARLY MONDAY MORNING...TASS RUSSIA





(Updated) France's Education Minister Gabriel Attal announcing a ban on abayas (Islamic robes-dresses) in French schools this fall.


Speaking in northern France in the presence of Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne Attal stating that France is a secular country and that clothing in school will not distinguish the religion of students...(BFM-TV France)...


(Comment)   This move will stir things up in France but that's pretty much what President Macron's "Centrist" government wants.


The Left which gets much of its support from Muslims is raising objections.


But Macron's political machine has consistently attacked the Left for being "extreme" since the controversy over raising France's retirement age to 64 earlier this year.


Mr. Macron and his government remain very unpopular.


His political movement needs more popularity to deal with the European Elections,  Local Elections and the next Presidential Election in 2027 where Marine Le Pen has the edge in polling.


This announcement regarding Islamic dresses is part of that effort.





A RUSSIAN WARPLANE ESCORTING A US MILITARY DRONE OVER THE BLACK SEA TODAY.


RUSSIA SAYS THAT THE DRONE WAS APPROACHING THE TERRITORY OF RUSSIA...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




JAPAN COMPLAINING TO CHINA ABOUT PHONE CALLS BEING TAKEN BY JAPANESE BUSINESSES AND INSTITUTIONS.


THE CALLS WITH COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE RELEASE OF CONTAMINATED WATER FROM JAPAN'S DAMAGED FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT...BBC NEWS



Israel's cabinet voting to probe police use of spy technology.



Israel's Attorney General offered an opinion against such a probe.



Justice Minister Yariv Levin wants to examine the conduct of the State Attorney's office and police in obtaining spyware and using it to access the devices of Israeli citizens...TIMES OF ISRAEL



THREE US MARINES ARE DEAD, FIVE OTHERS HURT IN AN AIR CRASH IN AUSTRALIA.


THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON MELVILLE ISLAND LOCATED OFF THE COAST OF AUSTRALIA'S NORTHERN TERRITORY...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA




"America is currently in a state of disarray and conflict with itself...such domestic conflicts often lead to civil wars"



FORMER RUSSIAN PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER DMITRY MEDVEDEV SPEAKING OF A POSSIBLE CIVIL WAR HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.


MEDVEDEV TELLING RUSSIAN MEDIA US ELITES ARE IN DISPUTE AND THAT ONE REASON PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS BEING PROSECUTED IS TO PREVENT HIM FROM RUNNING FOR ELECTION...TASS RUSSIA...




"heaven forbid you ask the lunatics "IS THAT THEIR GOAL...CIVIL WAR?" 




That's Governor Sarah Palin the Republican Vice-Presidential nominee in 2008 as she deals with an attack by Democrat activist Ed Krassenstein accusing her of involvement in the notion of a "Civil War"...SARAH PALIN X SOCIAL MEDIA POST






British Conservative Party MP Nadine Dorries making her previously announced resignation a reality this weekend.



Dorries spoke of a threatening atmosphere created by Conservative Party Prime Minister Rishi Sunak that included police contacting her due to threats.



She said that Sunak has abandoned the "fundamental principles of  "Conservatism" with the country now run by a "Zombie Parliament"...BBC NEWS



(UPDATED) A MASS ATTACK IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH THREE PEOPLE DEAD.



THE ATTACKER KILLED WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES SPEAKING OF A RACIALLY MOTIVATED ATTACK AND THE FBI STARTING A 'HATE CRIME' INVESTIGATION...WTLV JACKSONVILLE (VIDEO EMBEDS)...



IT IS NOW BEING SAID THAT THE 21-YEAR OLD ATTACKER 'WROTE RACIST MANIFESTOS'...BBC NEWS




We're being told this weekend that the incumbent President of Zimbabwe, a nation with close ties to China and North Korea located in southern Africa, has won re-election.


Emerson Mnangagwa getting 52.6 percent of the vote and his main opposition Nelson Chamisa obtaining 44 percent of the vote.



The opposition Citizens Coalition for Change saying the vote was rigged in favor of the ruling ZANU-PF party...(BBC News)...NEWS 24 SOUTH AFRICA




In Niger tens of thousands of supporters of the new military government gathered in a stadium Saturday.



They displayed the flags of Niger, Russia and Algeria.



The protest follows the military government's order for the French ambassador to leave the country...(BFM-TV France)



  THE URKAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA




RUSSIA DOWNS UKRAINIAN WARPLANES, ROCKETS AND DRONES




ONE KILLED IN UKRAINIAN STRIKE ON SOUTHWESTERN RUSSIA



THREE UKRAINIAN PILOTS DEAD IN PLANE CRASH


                    TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




          RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





The Russian Defense Ministry says that two Ukrainian SU-25 warplanes along with HIMARS rockets and dozens of drones have been destroyed in a 24-hour period...TASS RUSSIA




Russian authorities say a man mowing his grass killed in a border village in southwestern Russia's Bryansk Region.


A Ukrainian drone dropping an explosive device on the man...TASS RUSSIA



Three Ukrainian pilots died in a plane crash Friday.    Two airplanes collided during a combat mission...ANI NEWS INDIA





In other news....




"For a creep like David Pressman who is not a diplomat who is a political activist and a Biden donor to show up in your country and lecture you about your culture and threaten you because you do things differently than where he lives hurts the United States and is a grave embarrassment to me as an American"

TUCKER CARLSON SPEAKING AT 3:12 INTO THE LINKED VIDEO-LINK




That's part of what former Fox News host Tucker Carlson was saying in Budapest, Hungary Friday.   


Carlson offering an apology for the conduct of US Ambassador to Hungary David Pressman who has taken a hostile line towards Hungary's socially conservative government.





Legendary game show host Bob Barker dead at the age of 99.



Barker the longtime host of the "Price Is Right" has a lengthy media career that began in the 1940's.



He was also known as a champion of animal rights...BOB BARKER WIKIPEDIA

Saturday, August 26, 2023

NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED WEEKEND: "THE VEGETABLE VERSUS THE CROOK", ISN'T BARBIE ANTI-SEMITIC?, GREEN=EVEN HIGHER COST OF LIVING, INDIA, ISRAEL AND US POLITICS, THE BOB BARKER I REMEMBER

 


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                                                  "WILD WORLD"-CAT STEVENS (LIVE)




                                                      "STRAIGHT AHEAD"-AMY GRANT




Your host for the reality in the midst of the insanity out there back again.


It's great to have relationships with people who have ten fingers instead of a couple of five fingered 'friends'.


Did I say that?






WHEN SEX WITH SELF REPLACES SEX WITH OTHERS THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES INCLUDING...







Fewer births more and more folks even Elon Musk says "Yes" to the notion of a population shortage...





                                 Elon Musk On "X" Post




I guess they've figured out they need more bodies in the workplace but is this a backhanded way to push more immigration on us down the road???






Let's go to the "Barbie Update" I sat back in silence as the hype came down and the "suckers" lined up to feed the Never Trump Corporate Machine a billion plus dollars this summer.


Let's listen to The Tremeloes "Silence Is Golden"...








                     Is "Barbie" Anti-Semitic?



What a cheap shot but that happens nowadays to all kinds of people in politics I saw it over and over again last year those mid-term elections and even Donald J. Trump with Jewish kin called an "Anti-Semite".



What I'm getting at heck the President of the Screen Actors Guild Fran Drescher isn't she Jewish and all those actors and writers who are Jewish among other things on strike against the entertainment industry.



All this hype about the "Barbie" movie sucking the money out of us to help the management side of the labor dispute in the entertainment industry.



And when it's all said and done it's management, ownership in the Entertainment Industry, Big Banks and Big Business in general taking out Donald Trump their money goes to the Limp Republicans and Rabid RINO-Democrat characters who rage against President Trump and actively persecute-prosecute him.



The big people in the "Business Roundtable" the Davos Crowd etc. etc. are taking out Trump and that's the truth.




I support Trump by limiting my support of major corporations including the one I work for and as the persecution continues I can turn the screws.



Heck, I work part-time and won't increase those hours. even though they would love me to work for them.



Buying stock in my big company I can regulate that too you want to take out Trump well let's invest less by buying less company stock.




Keep cash out of banks heck pull it out and bury it in your back yard or whatever else you choose to do.




The persecution of Trump orchestrated by the elites deserves a reaction against the big companies.


Deny the Never Trump Corporate Giants your labor and or investment.





                                             "MR. BUSINESSMAN"-RAY STEVENS (LIVE)






                                                "YELLOW SUBMARINE"-THE BEATLES






                                                        "RUNAROUND SUE"-DION






                                                "YOU DON'T OWN ME"-LESLEY GORE








THE POLITICAL ARGUMENT IN THIS COUNTRY BIDEN VERSUS TRUMP IN 2024 IS REDUCED TO THIS AFTER WE WADE THROUGH THE POLITICAL PROPAGANDA:




Vote for the vegetable Biden or the crook Trump? 



GOING GREEN ISN'T SAVING THE PLANET IT'S ABOUT IMPROVING THE BOTTOM LINE FOR BUSINESS.


I WALKED INTO THE WALMART IN LAKEWOOD, COLORADO THE OTHER WEEK NO PLASTIC BAGS AT THE REGISTERS JUST BAGS YOU BUY TO DO YOUR SHOPPING?



SO WALMART CUTS EXPENSES NOT HAVING TO PROVIDE SHOPPING BAGS AND MAKES MORE PROFIT GIVING YOU BAGS YOU BUY TO DO YOUR SHOPPING.



I'm paying 40 percent more for electricity this summer why is this going on?


Years ago here in Pennsylvania politicians approved private companies participation in providing electric service alongside the public utilities.



The difference the pricing.    The utility companies regulated at a lower price locked in price the private companies able to jack up prices higher after signing people up at lower prices.


Over the years I consistently said no the phone and mail pitches of these private companies to buy my electricity from them.


In recent years they would sometimes pitch themselves as "Green" energy providers.


So is the decision to not build more electric plants using fossil fuels a disguised decision to help private electricity providers who may be using the wind turbines and solar panels?



That's something to think about and something for real investigative journalists to probe further.




                                "LEAVING ON A JET PLANE"-PETER PAUL AND MARY









                            "LONG COOL WOMAN IN A BLACK DRESS"-THE HOLLIES








                                                       "HOLD YOUR HEAD UP"-ARGENT










Foreign Interference In US Politics Is Real But It's Not As Simple As Russia, China And Iran



The "Deep State" narrative is designed to get the American people united against Russia and China this Ukraine War Against Russia along with the Taiwan Provocations are designed to provoke Russia and China into a more aggressive stance that will be used against them in the Court of World Opinion.



More military aid for Taiwan a province of China announced this week.



Back in the days of Carter and Reagan and Bush 41 and Clinton the US government talked about "One China" that included Taiwan.



Having high level meetings and sending weapons treating Taiwan as a sovereign nation runs counter to previous US government commitments to China.



It is provocation of China and I don't endorse Communist China I note the two-faced hypocrisy of US leaders.



GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswathy recently laid out this notion that Taiwan is all about the US getting access to Taiwan's computer chip technology to beat China in that cutting-edge field.




What we need to talk about next is this?




Israel And India Have Reason To Intervene In US Politics?



India first the Hindu Nationalist ruling BJP party faces elections next year.    The opposition parties have all united the judiciary allowing Rahul Gandhi of the Congress Party back into politics he will challenge Prime Minister Narendra Modi.



India under fire for violence and intimidation of Muslims, Christians and other religious minorities...



BBC News: "India teacher investigated for telling pupils to slap Muslim peer"



The Biden Administration has chimed in and I say Biden is trying to take out Mr. Modi smiling meeting aside.



The US needs India against China but the US still seeks regime change and India needs to fight back.



India has leeway to mess around in US politics against Biden because Biden needs India so badly he can't openly attack or criticize Modi and India.



And then there's Israel the US constantly trying to drag Israel to a table to agree to a Palestinian State.



If Israel was forced into a Palestinian State scenario Israel would plunge into Civil War the Conservative, Nationalist segment of Israel would not accept such Bravo Sierria (B.S.).



Netanyahu is no fool Biden talking to the Saudis trying to shove a "deal" between Israel and Saudi Arabia that includes the "Palestinian State" notion...



Axios: "U.S. tells Israel mega-deal with Saudis must include concessions to Palestinians"



Israel can't accept that it has to throw roadblocks it has to undermine Biden his re-election.



Biden can't criticize Israel for "interference" in our elections for his administration to do so would mean him being slammed for Anti-Semitism.





NEWSDUMP ALERT: GAME SHOW HOST AND ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVIST BOB BARKER DEAD AT THE AGE OF     99....


CBS News: "Bob Barker, longtime "The Price Is Right" host, dies at 99"





BLAST FROM THE PAST-BOB BARKER ON 'TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES"



The Bob Barker I first saw on television as a child was this one hosting a syndicated television produced locally for Los Angeles and seen on local stations across the country.


I watched this show on WGAL-TV in these parts back around 1970...









SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE USA-DINING OUT WITH NEXTRUSH




From Pennsylvania the Real Climate Report not hot but certainly dry a lack of rain.


Here in York County less rain than forecast fell yesterday.



I'm starting to see leaves falling off the trees.



I put out over 75 dollars including the tip tonight a steak dinner baked potato all you can eat salad soup bar etc. etc.


Dinner for two cost that much at a chain of restaurants that's regional not national.




IN FRANCE HUNDREDS PROTESTED IN PARIS TODAY THE YELLOW VESTS BUT THE POLITICS IS VERY MUCH ON THE 'CENTRIST' MACRON GOVERNMENT TRYING TO INCREASE POPULARITY...



France Yellow Vests Week 250: Macron Denouncing "Extremism" And "Violence" Urging Climate Transition, Call For "Order" In France To Stop Marine Le Pen




I your host remain an unashamed supporter of President Donald J. Trump but I do send money to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hundreds headed his way before the end of the year, more hundreds early next year.


Trump is my President, not my G-d.


In his column this weekend Peter Hitchens despises Donald Trump and sees a major mess when it comes to his own nation.   He laments the dead Ukrainians lost on the battlefield (70,000 maybe more?).  Here's a snippet where he talks British politics:



"Our politics are not that stable.   Both our big parties are increasingly despised by people who were once their loyal voters.   Powerful, passionate resentments are growing in our midst.


We may sneer at American supporters of the oaf, Donald Trump.  But if we continue down our current path of debt, inflation and feeble government, with deepening war added to the mix, are we sure that we may not find and elect our own Trump before long?  I am not."...




PETER HITCHENS: Reason must triumph over emotion or we risk our very own Trump




Are the drugs legal and illegal, the adult beverages, the porn, video game fantasies getting the best of us?



Are we disconnecting from reality?




 'HEALTH CARE' IS A BIG INDUSTRY LIKE THE RAILROADS WERE 125 YEARS AGO.



IN IDAHO ONE SUCH 'HEALTH CARE' GIANT IS ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL NOW ENGAGED IN A CAMPAIGN TO CRUSH CRITICISM OF IT OVER THE WRONGFUL TAKING OF BABY CYRUS ANDERSON LAST YEAR.



A CAMPAIGN TO 'GET THE TRUTH OUT' TO THE PEOPLE OF IDAHO NOW UNDERWAY...



"HELP EXPOSE THE TRUTH ABOUT ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL"-GiveSendGo



I will start the Sunday news summary at Midnight Eastern US Time tonight.



                         Good Night.  God Bless.  Hope you find that next right thing to do.




                          "POWER TO ALL OUR FRIENDS"-CLIFF RICHARD  (LIVE)      




               

                                            "COAT OF MANY COLORS"-DOLLY PARTON






                            "MICHAEL ROW THE BOAT ASHORE"-THE HIGHWAYMEN (LIVE)










FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 250: MACRON DENOUNCING 'EXTREMISM' AND 'VIOLENCE' URGING CLIMATE TRANSITION, CALL FOR 'ORDER' IN FRANCE TO STOP MARINE LE PEN

 



         (MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES USED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS POST)

                                           (NEWS, COMMENT, ANALYSIS)



President Emmanuel Macron talking about the violence on French streets in recent months and the police killing of "Nahel" in Marseille.


Speaking to "Le Point" Mr. Macron said most of those arrested were born in France (90 percent) and that they often came from single-parent families or are involved in the child welfare system.


Macron talking about the need to integrate those young people into society through the economy and employment.   He urged more education and less "screen time" for youth.


Macron claiming that France does not a have an "immigration" problem but rather an "integration" problem.


On the big issue of "Climate" that has played in France this week with high temperatures over 40 degrees Celsius in many parts of the country Macron urged transition away from fossil fuels.


But he claimed to be against those who simply tell others to live a different lifestyle those who take 'extreme' views and polarize society.


Macron urging more action to reduce the carbon footprint rather than talking about how wrong others are in their carbon usage.



Last winter he warned France that the "end of abundance" had arrived.



INTERIOR MINISTER GERALD DARMANIN DENIED THAT IMMIGRATION WOULD BE A DECIDING ISSUE IN THE 2027 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.



IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE 'LA VOIX DU NORD' NEWSPAPER DARMANIN SAID IT WAS POSSIBLE THAT MARINE LE PEN WOULD WIN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN 2027.



HE SAID LE PEN WOULD WIN ON THE BASIS OF BEING THE CANDIDATE WHO WOULD CAPTURE WORKING AND MIDDLE CLASS SUPPORT ON THE BASIS OF ORDER IN SOCIETY IN GENERAL AND SCHOOLS IN PARTICULAR.



MR. DARMANIN WANTING THE CENTRIST GOVERNMENT OF PRESIDENT MACRON TO BRING ORDER TO SCHOOLS AND SOCIETY TO SUPPORT POLICE IN BRINGING 'ORDER' TO FRANCE.




President Emmanuel Macron put out a letter on Friday evening calling on opposition parties represented with a group in either the Senate or National Assembly to join him Wednesday afternoon for 'an afternoon of joint work and dinner'.



This move of reaching out to opposition parties is not some noble gesture it is rather an attempt to look good to influence public opinion which currently takes a dim view of Mr. Macron and his government.





VIDEO COMING IN FROM PARIS ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON A DISCUSSION ASSOCIATED WITH TODAY'S DEMONSTRATION...YELLOW VESTS PARIS 8/26/2023 VIDEO STREAM...



More video of today's protest in the summer heat on the streets of Paris.



Hundreds participating with just a few  wearing Yellow Vests.


There were drums at the front of the march.


Music and chanting as the protest made its way through the streets from roughly 230 to 630 pm today in Paris...


SECOND LIVE VIDEO STREAM YELLOW VESTS PARIS WEEK 250 8/26/2023



                                       And for now that's the story of France and the Yellow Vests.'






Also available the "Unplugged" post...Nextrush Unplugged Weekend: "The Vegetable Versus The Crook", Isn't Barbie Anti-Semitic?, Green=Even Higher Cost Of Living. India, Israel And US Politics, The Bob Barker I Remember



                         






Friday, August 25, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT FRIDAY 8/25/2023 NEWSDUMP FRIDAY CANADIAN WOMAN DIES AFTER BEING DENIED TRANSPLANT OVER COVID SHOTS, QURAN BURNING BAN PLANNED IN DENMARK, US TO BEGIN F-16 TRAINING FOR UKRAINIANS IN OCTOBER

 


      (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING TILL 11 PM EASTERN US TIME)




                      LATE NEWS TONIGHT:





The "cost of living crisis" along with increased consumption of craft beer cited as reasons for the decline in use of French wine.


As a result the French government allocating 200 million euros (216 million US dollars) to destroy surplus wine and support wine producers...BBC NEWS




Higher electricity costs like the 46 percent higher cost for electricity supplied here in York County Pennsylvania by Metropolitan Edison this year cited by discount retailer Dollar Tree in reporting a rough quarter.




Dollar Tree also noting higher gasoline costs and increased theft in its stores.



The company gross profit margin this quarter 29.8 percent down from 32.7 percent last quarter.



Dollar Tree, which also owns Family Dollar stores, plans drastic measures to reduce 'shrink' including putting some merchandise behind the counter and discontinuing other merchandise completely...CNN





Drug store chain Rite Aid heading for bankruptcy in the coming weeks.



The Wall Street Journal reporting that a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing is set to deal with the company's 3.3 billion dollar debt load along with lawsuits filed by governments over the distribution of opioids by Rite Aid...REUTERS




TONIGHT A UKRAINIAN WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT ATTEMPTED TO ATTACK MOSCOW...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





12 KILLED AND 80 INJURED IN A STAMPEDE AT A STADIUM IN MADAGASCAR.


THERE WERE SOME 50,000 PEOPLE ENTERING THE STADIUM FOR THE OPENING CEREMONIES OF THE INDIAN OCEAN ISLAND GAMES...ANI NEWS INDIA




The new military government in Niger expelling ambassadors from three countries.



Ambassadors from France and Germany as well Nigeria given 48 hours to leave...REUTERS-GLOBAL NEWS CANADA...TASS RUSSIA...(BFM-TV France provided additional information)





A US Marine Corps pilot dead following last night's crash of an F-18 Hornet warplane crashed near the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego...USNI NEWS




THE LEGER POLL TAKEN FOR THE NEW YORK POST SHOWS PRESIDENT TRUMP LEADING BOTH THE REPUBLICAN AND GENERAL ELECTION CONTESTS IN 2024.


TRUMP AT 61 PERCENT TO NINE PERCENT FOR RON DESANTIS AND FIVE PERCENT FOR VIVEK RAMASWATHY.



AND IN A MATCHUP WITH JOE BIDEN ITS TRUMP 44 PERCENT AND BIDEN 41 PERCENT.



OTHER POLLS TAKEN IN THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST SHOW TRUMP WITH A COMFORTABLE LEAD OVER RON DESANTIS AND OTHER OPPONENTS...REAL CLEAR POLITICS LATEST POLLS



"I really think I'm gonna have to cause you harm--physical harm"



Part of the voicemail messages left by Joseph Morelli for Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene early year.



Morelli sentenced to three months in prison after he pled guilty to 'interstate threats'...THE HILL




A woman is dead in Canada after she was denied an organ transplant.




Sheila Lewis denied the transplant because she did not get the COVID vaccine (shots)....REBEL NEWS CANADA X SOCIAL MEDIA




A REPORT FROM 'AXIOS' CLAIMS THAT JOE BIDEN WILL PROBABLY INVITE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU TO A MEETING.



THIS MEETING BETWEEN BIDEN AND NETANYAHU AT THE WHITE HOUSE MIGHT POSSIBLY HAPPEN DURING THE THIRD WEEK OF NEXT MONTH...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




CHINA'S DEFENSE MINISTRY WARNING THAT FURTHER US MILITARY SUPPLIES TO TAIWAN WON'T CONTAIN CHINA OR PREVENT CHINESE EXERCISE OF SOVEREIGNTY OVER TAIWAN.



SPOKESMAN ZHANG XIAOGANG COMMENTING AFTER THE US ANNOUNCEMENT OF 500 MILLION DOLLARS MORE MILITARY AID TO TAIWAN.



THE NEW AID INVOLVES ENHANCEMENTS IN SEARCH AND TRACKING SYSTEMS FOR F-16 FIGHTERS...TASS RUSSIA




The markets today.




The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 247.48 points or .73 percent.




The NASDAQ was 126.67 points higher or .94 percent.


At 412 pm New York Time the price of oil climbing higher at 80 dollars and five cents a barrel up one dollar...MARKETWATCH



In Idaho a federal judge ruling against a state law that kept restrooms use in schools across the state consistent with the sex (gender) of students at birth...IDAHO DISPATCH




AFTER BEING CONVICTED OF CORRUPTION CHARGES TWICE AND BEING TAGGED A 'DEFENDER' OF RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN, FORMER FRENCH PRESIDENT NICOLAS SARKOZY IS TO BE PUT ON TRIAL FOR A THIRD TIME.



SARKOZY NOW ACCUSED OF TAKING MONEY FROM LIBYA'S FORMER RULER MUAMMAR GADDAFI TO FUND HIS 2007 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN...NEWS AGENCIES-FRANCE 24...



JUST DAYS AGO MR. SARKOZY CAME UNDER FIRE FOR DEFENDING IN PART RUSSIA'S VIEWS REGARDING UKRAINE.     HE WAS ACCUSED OF 'DEFENDING PUTIN'...THE GUARDIAN UK




In Denmark the government will present a proposed law banning the burning of the Quran and other religious texts.



The government responding after Quran burning incidents in the country led to rioting in Muslim countries...ASSOCIATED PRESS





In Hawaii Maui County officials suing Hawaii Electric claiming the utility should have shut off electrical service to prevent wildfire damage...BBC NEWS



THE US WILL BEGIN TRAINING UKRAINIANS TO FLY AND MAINTAIN F-16 WARPLANES IN OCTOBER.




TRAINING WILL BE CONDUCTED AT BASES IN ARIZONA AND TEXAS...VOICE OF AMERICA



In Russia President Vladimir Putin denying any involvement in the plane crash that killed Wagner Private Military Contractor founder Yevgeny Prigozhin...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...



The United States already out with a "preliminary assessment" claiming it was 'very likely' that Prigozhin was targeted...TIMES OF ISRAEL





   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA




42 UKRAINIAN DRONES BROUGHT DOWN EARLY THIS MORNING OVER BLACK SEA NEAR CRIMEA




                   TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




       RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




Russian air defenses destroyed drones over the Black Sea near Sevastopol early this morning...TASS RUSSIA...Russia's defense ministry says that 42 drones were used in attempts to attack Crimea early this morning with 9 shot down and 33 downed by electronic means...TASS RUSSIA





In other news...



British Museum director Hartwig Fischer quitting.      


His resignations follow revelations that treasures were stolen from museum.




In his statement Fischer saying the museum did not respond fully when informed of thefts in 2021.



Police are conducting an investigation right now and have questioned an individual in connection with the missing treasures...BBC NEWS




DUTCH BREWER HEINEKEN HAS PULLED OUT OF RUSSIA.    THE BEER MAKER TAKING A 325 MILLION DOLLAR HIT.



IT SOLD IT BUSINESS IN RUSSIA FOR ONE EURO (ONE DOLLAR AND EIGHT CENTS)...AL JAZEERA




In the airline industry good news for Air New Zealand with a 412 million NZ dollar annual net profit ($243,780,400).    This follows three years of COVID related losses.



But CEO Greg Foran also putting out the word that prices of airline tickets will remain at their higher levels since COVID.



The best that can be done to contain any additional price increases or perhaps offer a little price relief would be the expected delivery of new airliners with more passenger seats in them...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND