NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 2/28/2025*NEWSDUMP FRIDAY*ISRAEL WANTS RUSSIAN MILITARY IN SYRIA*CHINA SEES FENTANYL ISSUE AS BLACKMAIL*TRUMP CONFRONTS ZELENSKY SAYS HE DISRESPECTED US*MEXICAN DRUG SUSPECTS EXTRADITED*ISRAELI AG PROBING NETANYAHU AIDE'S QATAR TIES*

 

       (SERVICE WHEN ABLE WITH FINAL POSTING AROUND 11 PM EASTERN US TIME)

         (FINAL POSTING IN THE 8-11 PM EASTERN US TIME WINDOW)

                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

THIS WEEK A US STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON ECHOING THE MESSAGE OF IMPEACHED SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT YOON SUK-YEOL.

AT HIS CONSTITUTIONAL COURT IMPEACHMENT TRIAL PRESIDENT YOON SAYING THAT CHINA IS INVOLVED IN A DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN AGAINST SOUTH KOREA.

THE STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON SAYING 'FAKE NEWS, PROPAGANDA AND DISINFORMATION' ARE PART OF 'BEIJING'S DIPLOMACY'.

THOSE COMMENTS RESPONDING TO CHINA'S AMBASSADOR IN SOUTH KOREA WHO CRITICIZED CONSERVATIVE GROUPS IN SOUTH KOREA DEFENDING PRESIDENT YOON AND SAYING CHINA IS INTERFERING IN ELECTIONS THERE.

MR. YOON FACING HIS IMPEACHMENT TRIAL AS WELL AS A CRIMINAL CASE OVER HIS DECLARATION OF MARTIAL LAW LAST DECEMBER...VOICE OF AMERICA

The new FBI Director Kash Patel out tonight with a social media post defending a female FBI agent mentioned in connection with a 'honeypot' operation that targeted President Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.

Patel saying she was not a 'honeypot' and referencing evidence to the contrary including the work of Special Counsel John Durham...FBI Director Kash Patel "X"

TONIGHT US SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO TELLING CNN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WANT TO KEEP THE UKRAINE WAR GOING FOR ANOTHER YEAR TO 'WEAKEN RUSSIA'.

RUBIO SAYS THE US SEES SUCH A NOTION AS UNREALISTIC...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...

MR. RUBIO ALSO SAYING THAT UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY NEEDS TO APOLOGIZE OVER HIS MEETING WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

RUBIO EXPRESSING DOUBTS THAT ZELENSKY WANTS PEACE...CNN

"Zelensky cannot make peace with Moscow, he would be removed within days.  

It is possible that being publicly overborne by Trump by relieving him of responsibility for any retreat, makes life easier for him. Only a guess"

The opinion of British journalist Peter Hitchens tonight following President Donald Trump's rebuke of Ukraine's president at the White House.   

Mr. Trump telling Volodymyr Zelensky he can come back when he wants peace...Peter Hitchens "X" Post

FROM CANADA AND MANY EUROPEAN COUNTRIES TONIGHT EXPRESSIONS OF SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE AND HOSTILITY TO RUSSIA.

THIS FOLLOWS UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY'S PUBLIC RESISTANCE TO US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S EFFORTS TO END THE UKRAINE WAR.

AFTER THE TRUMP-ZELENSKY TENSIONS AT THE WHITE HOUSE VARIOUS LEADERS INCLUDING FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON AND OUTGOING GERMAN CHANCELLOR OLAF SCHOLZ REAFFIRMED THEIR VIEWS FAVORING UKRAINE AGAINST RUSSIA.

BRITISH PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER REAFFIRMED 'UNWAVERING SUPPORT' FOR UKRAINE...(BBC NEWS)...

THEY WERE JOINED BY LEADERS FROM THE NETHERLANDS AND CANADA.

A GROUP OF NATIONS WILL MEET IN LONDON ON SUNDAY TO DISCUSS UKRAINE.

PRESIDENT ZELENSKY WILL BE THERE.

 ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER GIORGIA MELONI CALLING FOR A 'SUMMIT' INVOLVING THE US AND OTHER NATIONS REGARDING UKRAINE.

BFM-TV FRANCE (TRANSLATION PROMPT) (EMMANUEL MACRON-OLAF SCHOLZ-FRENCH-GERMAN REACTION

NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT) (DUTCH GOV'T SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE)

CBC NEWS CANADA (TRUDEAU SUPPORT UKRAINE)

FOLLOWING PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY'S RESISTANCE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PUSH FOR PEACE IN UKRAINE, THE WASHINGTON POST REPORTS THE US MAY STOP SHIPMENTS OF MILITARY AID...TASS RUSSIA

The FBI returning property seized from President Trump during its 2022 raid on his Mar-a-Lago home.   Presidential aide Alina Habba says she loaded some of the boxes personally onto Air Force One.  

This right before the President departed for Florida this evening...The Hill

IN NEW MEXICO THE SANTE FE COUNTY SHERIFF TALKING ABOUT THE DEATH OF ACTOR GENE HACKMAN AND HIS WIFE BETSY ARAKAWA.

TESTS FOR CARBON MONOXIDE COMING UP NEGATIVE.

THEIR BODIES WERE FOUND IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THEIR HOME.

HACKMAN'S PACEMAKER SHUT OFF ON MONDAY FEBRUARY 17TH NINE DAYS BEFORE THE BODIES WERE DISCOVERED WEDENSDAY AFTERNOON...KOAT (VIDEO EMBED)

IN ROME POPE FRANCIS HAVING A BREATHING CRISIS TODAY NOW RECEIVING GAS THROUGH A FACE MASK TO ASSIST HIS BREATHING.

HE IS DESCRIBED AS ALERT AND IN GOOD SPIRITS WITH HIS PROGNOSIS UNCERTAIN FOR THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS...BBC NEWS

The US State Department announcing three-billion-dollars worth of arms sales to Israel.

The deal includes a large stockpile of bombs and armored bulldozers...Times Of Israel

FOUR SOURCES TELLING REUTERS NEWS AGENCY THAT ISRAEL IS LOBBYING FOR US SUPPORT TO KEEP SYRIA WEAK.

PART OF THAT EFFORT IS KEEPING RUSSIAN MILITARY BASES IN SYRIA.

ISRAEL SAID TO BE CONCERNED THAT THE NEW ISLAMIST GOVERNMENT BACKED BY TURKEY POSES A THREAT TO ISRAEL'S SECURITY...TIMES OF ISRAEL

MICROSOFT SHUTTING DOWN VIDEO COMMUNICATION SERVICE SKYPE.   IT BEGAN 22 YEARS AGO AND AT ITS PEAK HAD 300 MILLION USERS.

SKYPE USERS WILL BE ABLE TO USE THE 'TEAMS' SERVICE OFFERED BY MICROSOFT...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

"The fentanyl issue is just an excuse the US uses to impose tariffs on, pressure and blackmail China..."

CHINA CONDEMNING THE LATEST ANNOUNCEMENT FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP OF A SECOND TEN PERCENT TARIFF INCREASE FOR CHINESE GOODS.

CHINA'S COMMERCE MINISTRY ALSO SAYING THAT CHINA IS COOPERATING WITH THE US ON THE DRUG TRAFFICKING ISSUE AND THAT ADDITIONAL TARIFFS WILL BE 'COUNTERPRODUCTIVE'...THE HILL

The markets today sharp rises for the Dow and NASDAQ.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 601.41 or 1.39 percent.

The NASDAQ up 302.84 points or 1.63 percent.

The price of oil lower tonight at 69 dollars 95 cents a barrel down 40 cents...MARKETWATCH

IN THE UK INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT MINISTER ANNELIESE DODDS RESIGNING FROM THE LABOR PARTY GOVERNMENT.

DODDS PROTESTING THE DECISION OF PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER TO CUT INTERNATIONAL AID SPENDING.

STARMER SHIFTING SPENDING TO THE DEFENSE BUDGET...BBC NEWS

Mass protests across Greece today some of them violent.   The demonstrations on the second anniversary of a deadly train crash.

Protesters demanding justice for the crash victims saying there needs to be more accountability for the accident and a more thorough investigation...ERT NEWS GREECE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

TRUMP-ZELENSKY TENSIONS WITH NO MINERALS AGREEMENT REACHED BETWEEN US AND UKRAINE

                                                              (UPDATED)

"I want PEACE.  He disrespected the United States of America in its cherished Oval Office.  He can come back when he is ready for Peace"

US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ON SOCIAL MEDIA AFTER HIS MEETING WITH UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY-LINK

AT THE WHITE HOUSE UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY MEETING PRESIDENT TRUMP.

BOTH MR. TRUMP AND VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE ASKING ZELENSKY TO BE MORE RESPECTFUL OF THE UNITED STATES IN GENERAL AND THE PRESIDENT IN PARTICULAR.

VANCE SAID THAT ZELENSKY CAMPAIGNED FOR DEMOCRATS BEFORE LAST FALL'S ELECTION.

TRUMP WARNING 'YOUR COUNTRY IS IN BIG TROUBLE'.

MR. TRUMP INDICATING UKRAINE NEEDS TO MAKE A DEAL OR THE UNITED STATES WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING UKRAINE.

UNDERLYING TODAY'S TENSIONS THE LACK OF A RARE EARTH MINERALS AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE US AND UKRAINE.

MR. ZELENSKY ABRUPTLY LEAVING THE WHITE HOUSE AND DEMOCRATS EXPRESSING THEIR ANGER WITH TODAY'S TURN OF EVENTS...BBC NEWS BLOG...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

(Updated) In northwestern Pakistan a deadly bombing at a Pro-Taliban seminary mosque. At least six killed (BBC News) in the blast with dozens hurt.

The school nicknamed the "University of Jihad" over its ideology and training of Taliban fighters.

Around four thousand students hosted there with free clothing, food and education provided...Hindustan Times India

UNDER PRESSURE FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION MEXICO EXTRADITING 29 DRUG SUSPECTS TO THE US INCLUDING LEADING CARTEL MEMBER RAFAEL CARO QUINTERO.

QUINTERO WANTED FOR MURDERING A US DRUG AGENT 40 YEARS AGO...BBC NEWS

An international police operation led by European police agency Europol arresting at least 25 people for distributing AI child sex abuse images.

A Danish man is described as a prime suspect the original producer of the images.

19 countries are involved in the case with 30 houses searched and 300 suspects.    More arrests are possible...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

A FORMER US NAVY SAILOR ENTERING A GUILTY PLEA TO CHARGES OF PLOTTING AN ATTACK ON A NAVY BASE.

38-YEAR XUANYU PANG ENDED UP COMMUNICATING WITH AND MEETING FBI EMPLOYEES PRETENDING TO BE PART OF THE QUDS FORCE OF THE IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS CORPS.

PANG WAS DISCUSSING AN ATTACK ON THE NAVAL STATION GREAT LAKES IN ILLINOIS.   HE IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD WITHOUT BAIL PENDING SENTENCING FACING A POSSIBLE 20 YEARS IN PRISON...USNI NEWS

Israeli Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara ordering a criminal investigation into alleged ties of officials in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office and Qatar.

One allegation involves former Netanyahu spokesman Eli Feldstein working for a firm that sought to plant pro-Qatar news stories in the Israeli media.

Qatar the nation where Hamas officials were based for many years.

Qatar also a source of funding for Hamas governance of Gaza allowed by Prime Minister Netanyahu's government in the name of pacifying the territory prior to the October 7th attack on Israel...Times of Israel

IN AUSTRALIA CONSUMERS WARNED THAT EGG SHORTAGES COULD LAST FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS WITH HIGH PRICES LIKELY.

AUSTRALIA'S SHORTFALL OF EGGS AT LEAST 500 MILLION THIS YEAR.

10 PERCENT OF THE LAYING FLOCK DESTROYED OVER BIRD FLU OUTBREAKS.  MAJOR AUSTRALIAN GROCERY RETAILERS LIKE WOOLWORTHS, COLES AND IGA LIMITING EGG PURCHASES TO TWO CARTONS...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA

   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                       (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

                        TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS

         RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

In other news...

In Turkey (Türkiye) a jailed Kurdish leader calling for an end to conflict between Turks and Kurds.

PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan calling on his organization to lay down arms and stop fighting against Turkish rule.  Ocalan has been jailed in solitary confinement since 1999.

In his letter Ocalan said that "Democratic consensus is fundamental way".

In recent months a Turkish nationalist leader Devlet Bahceli, an ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has reached out to Kurdish politicians seeking and end to the Kurdish fight against Turkish rule.

Bahceli suggesting Mr. Ocalan can be paroled if he renounces violence and dissolved the PKK group...BBC News

IN MOROCCO A CALL FROM KING MOHAMMED VI NOT TO SLAUGHTER SHEEP FOR THE EID AL-ADHA (FEAST OF SACRIFICE) ON JUNE 6TH.

ITS A HOLIDAY COMMEMORATING THE WILLINGNESS OF ABRAHAM TO SACRIFICE HIS SON.

DROUGHT HAS LED TO A SHORTAGE OF LIVESTOCK. THE KING INTENDING TO SLAUGHTER A SHEEP ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE COUNTRY...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

Soviet-era world chess champion Boris Spassky has died at age 88.

He was remembered as 'one of the greatest players of all time'.

In 1972 American Bobby Fischer defeated Spassky to take the world title...Associated Press USA-Irish Examiner

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 2/27/2025*NEWSDUMP THURSDAY*FIRST EPSTEIN FILES RELEASED*STEEP NASDAQ DROP*RULING FOR BRITISH WOMAN IN RAPE CASE INVOLVING ISRAELIS*TRUMP IMPOSING NEW CHINA TARIFFS*TATE BROTHERS LEAVE ROMANIA*

 

                       (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING)

                 LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

In Canada's most populous province Ontario today an election called suddenly by Premier Doug Ford of the Progressive Conservative Party.

Ford seeking to capitalize on tensions between Canada and the United States over tariffs and get a mandate with a campaign of praise for his country and a pledge to 'resist' US President Donald Trump.

Ford's Progressive Conservatives the projected winners with over 40 percent of the popular vote and a close to 2/3 majority of the 124 provincial parliament seats...CBC News Canada Live Blog

ISRAEL'S MILITARY OUT WITH AN INTERNAL REPORT CONCERNING THE HAMAS ATTACK OF OCTOBER 7TH, 2023.

IT SPEAKS OF MISJUDGEMENT REGARDING HAMAS PREPARATIONS FOR THE ATTACK AND MISTAKES ON THE DAY IT HAPPENED.

NO INDIVIDUAL OR INDIVIDUALS ARE HELD RESPONSIBLE IN THE REPORT...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

North Korea says it conducted cruise missile tests off its west coast this week.  

The tests described as a demonstration of North Korea's nuclear deterrence.

North Korean ruler Kim Jong-un overseeing the tests calling for 'more thorough battle readiness of nuclear force and full preparedness for their use"...Yonhap News Agency South Korea

(This Story Has Been Updated With Some Additional Names)

THE US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT RELEASING FILES RELATED TO CONVICTED CHILD SEX ABUSER AND ACCUSED CHILD SEX TRAFFICKER THE LATE JEFFREY EPSTEIN.

TONIGHT'S RELEASE CALLED THE 'FIRST PHASE' BY US ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI.

FLIGHT LOGS HAVE BEEN RELEASED RELATED TO EPSTEIN ALONG WITH A CONTACT LIST AND A MASSSUSE LIST.

MORE MATERIAL STILL IN THE HANDS OF THE FBI IT HAS NOT BEEN TURNED OVER FOR RELEASE BUT THE DOJ IS ASKING TO RECEIVE THOSE DOCUMENTS BY TOMORROW MORNING.

THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF NAMES ON A CONTACT LIST RELEASED TONIGHT FAMOUS NAMES OF LIVING PEOPLE AND OTHERS WHO ARE DECEASED.

THE RECENTLY APPOINTED BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES PETER MANDELSON IS ON THE CONTACT LIST.

MEDIA MOGUL RUPERT MURDOCH, FORMER DEPUTY WHITE COUNSEL IN THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION CHERYL MILLS AND MANY OTHERS.

AND THE NAME OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP APPEARS ON THAT CONTACT LIST.

FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE, CLIMATE CZAR AND US SENATOR JOHN KERRY ALSO ON THE LIST.

JOURNALIST WALTER ISSACSON ANOTHER CONTACT NAME ON THE EPSTEIN LIST AS WELL AS LEGAL SCHOLAR ALAN DERSHOWITZ.

FORMER ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER EHUD BARAK ANOTHER NAME ON THE LIST...

..THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT "X" POST (LINKS TO NEWS RELEASE, THEN DOCUMENTS)

"everything was calculated, everything was planned"

Those words from Calin Georgescu Romanian populist presidential candidate.    Georgescu taken into custody from a vehicle he was traveling in yesterday.

Then six charges were announced against him as he was held for questioning.

Last evening he was released in front of a crowd of cheering supporters.

Georgescu calling for a major protest rally in Romania's capital city of Bucharest on Saturday...(Daily Romania "X")

               RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)

                    Daily Romania "X" (Video Embed)

At the White House an exchange between Vice-President JD Vance and visiting British Prime Minister Keir Starmer over freedom of speech in the UK.

Vance noting US-UK differences on free speech amid a reported British request for access to Apple encrypted accounts in the US as well as police visits and charges against British citizens over social media posts.

Mr. Starmer responding that he is 'proud' of his country's record on free speech...

                   LBC NEWS UK STORY (VIDEO EMBED)

US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AUTHORIZING A ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF SANCTIONS IMPOSED ON RUSSIA IN 2014, 2016 AND 2022...TASS RUSSIA

The European Court of Human Rights ruling in favor of British woman prosecuted in Cyprus after she made rape allegations against a group of Israelis.

Cyprus ordered to pay 25,000 euros ($26,015) to the woman.

She was prosecuted for making a false report and given four months probation (suspended sentence) after being pressured to drop her allegation of rape against 12 Israeli youths...

          NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

                            BBC News Story

The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 193.62 points or .45 percent.

The NASDAQ fell 530.84 points or 2.78 percent.

At 411 pm the price of oil in New York 70 dollars 15 cents a barrel one dollar 53 cents or 2.23 percent higher.

At 1245 pm New York Time the Dow sharply higher the NASDAQ sharply lower and the price of oil sharply higher over 70 dollars a barrel...Marketwatch

US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYING HE'S IMPOSING A SECOND TEN PERCENT TARIFF ON GOODS FROM CHINA.

THIS FOLLOWS THE PREVIOUS 10 PERCENT TARIFF IMPOSED ON CHINESE GOODS.

AS MR. TRUMP IMPOSES REAL TARIFFS ON CHINA HE CONTINUES TO TALK ABOUT POSSIBLE TARIFFS ON CANADA AND MEXICO THE LATEST MESSAGING IS THAT THEY WILL TAKE EFFECT NEXT TUESDAY MARCH 4TH...BBC NEWS

A car ramming attack in northern Israel with 14 people taken to hospital. One of them in critical condition.   

The terrorist attack happening at a bus stop...Israel National News

AT LEAST 11 KILLED IN CONGO SCORES WOUNDED WHEN A BOMB EXPLODED AT A REBEL LEADER'S RALLY.

IT HAPPENED IN THE CITY OF BUKAVU RECENTLY CAPTURED BY THE RWANDAN BACKED M23 REBEL GROUP...ASSOCIATED PRESS-PBS USA

                                       (THIS STORY IS UPDATED)

ONLINE INFLUENCER BROTHERS ANDREW AND TRISTIAN TATE GIVEN PERMISSION TO LEAVE ROMANIA WITH AUTHORITIES SAYING THEY ARE STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.

THE TATE BROTHERS FLYING TO THE UNITED STATES AND ARRIVING IN FLORIDA.

SEX RELATED ALLEGATIONS WERE LEVELED AGAINST THE TWO BUT ROMANIAN COURTS HAVE NOT CONSIDERED ANY EVIDENCE GIVEN TO THEM SERIOUS ENOUGH TO BRING THEM TO TRIAL.

ALLEGATIONS ALSO LEVELED AGAINST THE BROTHERS IN THE UK AND A CIVIL SUIT FILED HERE IN THE US.

THEY ARE DESCRIBED AS 'STRONG SUPPORTERS' OF US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...

THERE ARE REPORTS THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SPECIAL ENVOY RICHARD GRENELL BROUGHT UP THE TATE BROTHERS CASE AS THE MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE EARLIER THIS MONTH IN A CONVERSATION WITH ROMANIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER.

FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS SAYING TODAY THAT THE TATE BROTHERS ARE 'NOT WELCOME' IN THE STATE.

ON THEIR ARRIVAL IN FLORIDA ANDREW TATE SAYING THAT HE AND HIS BROTHER ARE 'LARGELY MISUNDERSTOOD' AND THAT THEY WERE PROSECUTED IN A RIGGED MANNER IN ROMANIA.

(EDITORIAL NOTE:  THE TATE BROTHERS RELEASE COMES AT THE SAME TIME ROMANIA HAS DECIDED TO PURSUE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST POPULIST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE CALIN GEORGESCU IN THE FACE OF US CRITICISM OVER LAST YEAR'S ELECTION CANCELLATION)

South Korea's intelligence agency out with new claims about North Korean troops in Russia fighting in the Ukraine War.

The first being that North Korean troops were deployed to the front line in Russia's Kursk Region the second being that "it appears that there has been a deployment of additional troops, but their size is still being determined".

The suggestion from the intelligence agency is that between 1,000 and 3,000 North Korean troops were transported to Russia earlier this year...Yonhap News Agency South Korea

TODAY THE VISIT TO THE WHITE HOUSE BY BRITISH PRIME MINSTER SIR KEIR STARMER.  STARMER MEETING PRESIDENT TRUMP WITH UKRAINE A MAJOR ISSUE...BBC NEWS

US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard says she's looking into reports the British government is seeking access to encrypted data from Apple customers around the world.

Gabbard says she was not informed about the British request.

In a letter to members of Congress she says if the reports about the British government's request are true they amount to an 'egregious violation' of US citizens privacy...BBC News

IN SOUTH KOREA THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT RULING REGARDING ACTING PRESIDENT CHOI SANG-MOK'S DECISION NOT TO APPOINT A JUSTICE TO THE COURT LAST YEAR.

THAT DECISION RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL BUT THE COURT DECIDING THAT A CANDIDATE OFFERED TO THE COURT BY THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY WILL NOT BE APPOINTED.

THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CURRENTLY DECIDING THE FATE OF IMPEACHED PRESIDENT YOON SUK YEOL...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA

   THE URKAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                       (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

                        TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS

      RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

In other news...

HOLLYWOOD ACTING LEGEND GENE HACKMAN AND HIS WIFE ALONG WITH THEIR DOG FOUND DEAD.

AUTHORITIES IN SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO SAYING FOUL PLAY IS NOT SUSPECTED...BBC NEWS

Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos changing the opinion page tone of the Washington Post.

The Bezos owned media outlet will now offer opinions that 'support or defend the pillars of personal freedom and the free market'...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt) 

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 2/26/2025*AG BONDI SAYS 'OVER 250' EPSTEIN VICTIMS*ENERGY COMPANIES MOVE AWAY FROM "GREEN"*ROMANIAN POPULIST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ARRESTED*TRUMP 'GOLD CARD' FOR WEALTHY FOREIGN MIGRANTS*

 

                            (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING)

                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

Late tonight US Chief Justice John Roberts with an order overruling a federal district judge.

The Trump Administration had been ordered to release foreign aid funds totaling tens of billions of dollars by 1159 pm tonight.

That order from Judge Amir Ali will now be considered by the full Supreme Court...The Hill

"BLOOMBERG" REPORTING THAT THE US AND RUSSIA ARE DICUSSING JOINT PROJECTS TO EXTRACT THE NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE ARCTIC...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

"What you're going to see hopefully tomorrow is a lot of flight logs a lot of names a lot of information..."

That's what Attorney General Pam Bondi told Fox News this evening as she expects release of some files related to Jeffrey Epstein tomorrow.

Bondi saying information that needs to be redacted in connection with the Epstein files is that of 'over 250' victims of Epstein's sex abuse and sex trafficking...Fox News (Video Embed) (Epstein Files Portion at 1:54 Into Video)

TONIGHT, THE TRANSFER OF THE BODIES OF FOUR ISRAELI HOSTAGES IN GAZA FOR THE RELEASE OF HUNDREDS OF PALESTINIAN PRISONERS BY ISRAEL.

ISRAEL REFUSED TO RELEASE PALESTINIAN PRISONERS LAST WEEKEND UNDER THE CEASEFIRE-HOSTAGE DEAL WITH HAMAS...AL JAZEERA QATAR LIVE BLOG

The US Treasury Department sanctioning six Chinese and Hong Kong businesses.

The sanctions linked to Iran's procurement of components for drones...US Treasury Department News Release

A STATEMENT FROM THE US STATE DEPARTMENT REGARDING A BRAZILIAN SUPREME COURT JUSTICE'S ATTEMPT TO SHUT DOWN SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS IN THE UNITED STATES.

THE STATEMENT SAYS THAT BLOCKING ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND IMPOSING FINES ON US BASED COMPANIES FOR VIEWS EXPRESSED BY PEOPLE IN THE US IS 'INCOMPATIBLE WITH DEMOCRATIC VALUES'...BUREAU OF WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS "X"

                                      (WARNING STRONG LANGUAGE)

PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING THAT 25 PERCENT TARIFFS ARE ON THE WAY FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION.  

MR. TRUMP SAYING THE EU WAS 'CREATED TO SCREW THE UNITED STATES'...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

  AT THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY A CABINET MEETING ATTENDED BY ELON MUSK WITH THE OVERALL MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND MR. MUSK ONE OF CUTTING WASTE AND EXCESS OUT OF THE US GOVERNMENT...

                           (THIS STORY IS UPDATED)

GUNFIRE OUTSIDE A COURT IN BIELEFELD, GERMANY THIS AFTERNOON WITH FOUR PEOPLE INJURED.

TWO SUSPECTS IN CUSTODY ANOTHER SUSPECT IS EXPECTED TO TURN HIMSELF IN.

A MAJOR POLICE OPERATION UNDERWAY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

REVENGE IS SUSPECTED IN THE ATTACK.

INSIDE THE COURT A SUSPECT ON TRIAL FOR THE MURDER OF BOXER BESAR NIMANI...TAGESSCHAU GERMANY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

Energy giant BP deciding to cut investment in 'green energy'.  BP will return its focus to the production of gas and oil.

Rival companies like Shell and Equinor have also made similar moves...BBC News

TENSION IN THE BALKANS TODAY WHERE THE PRESIDENT OF THE SERBIAN REGION OF BOSNIA WAS GIVEN A ONE-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE AND A SIX-YEAR BAN FROM POLITICS.

THE SENTENCING FROM A BOSNIAN COURT IN SARAJEVO LINKED TO MILORAD DODIK'S FAILURE TO FOLLOW THE DIRECTIVES OF AN INTERNATIONAL 'PEACE ENVOY'.

MR. DODIK APPEARED BEFORE THOUSANDS OF HIS SUPPORTERS IN THE CITY OF BANJA LUKA DEFIANT IN REACTION TO THE RULING.

DODIK SAYING HE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH SERBIA'S PRESIDENT ALEKSANDAR VUCIC AND HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR ORBAN...NEWS AGENCIES-DEUTSCHE WELLE GERMANY

The markets today. 

The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 188.04 points or .43 percent.

The NASDAQ up 48.88 points.

 At 451 pm New York Time the price of oil lower 68 dollars 81 cents a barrel down 12 cents...Marketwatch

RUSSIAN AND US DIPLOMATS MEETING IN ISTANBUL TOMORROW. 

THEIR TALKS WILL DEAL WITH OPERATIONS OF DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS WHICH WERE SEVERELY CURTAILED DUE TO THE UKRAINE WAR...TASS RUSSIA

               (THIS STORY IS UPDATED)

Tonight the Romanian populist presidential candidate Calin Georgescu released by authorities.  A crowd cheering as he was freed...Daily Romania "X"...

 Georgescu was arrested earlier today with six charges leveled against him.   

Georgescu taken for interrogation by prosecutors in Romania after he was stopped along a highway.

The latest word is that Mr. Georgescu is being investigated on six criminal charges.

They include incitement to act against the constitutional order and dissemination of false information...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)...

Mr. Georgescu the winner of the first round of Romania's presidential election last fall.   Then the election was annulled by the Constitutional Court amid allegations of Russian-paid advertising on social media.

In a recent speech in Munich, US President JD Vance criticized the cancellation of that election as a departure from democratic norms...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)

AT LEAST 46 KILLED AND OTHERS INJURED IN THE CRASH OF A MILITARY AIRCRAFT IN SUDAN.

THE PLANE, REPORTEDLY CARRYING HIGH-RANKING MILITARY OFFICERS, HAD TAKEN OFF FROM THE CITY OF OMDURMAN JUST BEFORE THE CRASH THE FLIGHT HEADED TO PORT SUDAN ON THE RED SEA.

HOUSES ON THE GROUND WERE DAMAGED IN THE CRASH...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

US President Donald Trump proposing a "Gold Card" worth five million dollars to replace a previous "Investor Visa" program.

Those who put up the money would get "Green Card" privileges to work in the United States and a pathway to citizenship.

More details of the plan to be announced in a few weeks...Hindustan Times

IN A BID TO CURB RETAIL THEFT NEW ZEALAND'S GOVERNMENT PROPOSING STRONGER ARREST RIGHTS FOR RETAILERS AND CITIZENS.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC BEING GIVEN POWERS TO DETAIN SUSPECTED THIEVES USING 'REASONABLE FORCE'...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND

   THE URKAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                      (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

                       TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS

       RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 2/25/2025*DEBT GOES UP TRILLIONS IN BUDGET PLAN*US JUDGE RULES AGAINST BRAZILIAN JUSTICE'S CENSORSHIP*NEW GOVERNMENT EXCLUDING 'FAR RIGHT' EXPECTED IN AUSTRIA*DEADLY ILLNESS IN CONGO*

 

                               (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING)

                 LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

Canadian politics tonight four candidates seeking to replace Justin Trudeau debating.

The four contenders to be Canada's next Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Party all making promises to confront US President Donald Trump...CBC News Canada...

The top two contenders are former Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland and the former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor Mark Carney.

The online vote to select a new leader starts tomorrow with the winner announced Sunday afternoon March 9th at 3 pm Eastern US Time.

TONIGHT, THE US HOUSE APPROVING A BUDGET RESOLUTION 217-215.

PRESIDENT TRUMP APPEALED TO A GROUP OF REPUBLICANS SEEKING MORE CUTS IN FEDERAL SPENDING.

IN THE END CONGRESSMAN THOMAS MASSIE OF KENTUCKY, CONCERNED ABOUT CONTINUED HIGH LEVELS OF SPENDING, WAS A NO VOTE ALONG WITH DEMOCRATS...THE HILL...

EARLIER TODAY CONGRESSMAN MASSIE SPOKE OF 20 TRILLION DOLLARS MORE WORTH OF DEBT IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS IN THE BUDGET PLAN...THOMAS MASSIE "X" (VIDEO EMBED)

HAMAS SAYS IT HAS AN AGREEMENT WITH ISRAEL FOR THE RELEASE OF PALESTINIAN PRISONERS THAT WAS DELAYED BY ISRAEL.

FOUR BODIES OF HOSTAGES HELD IN GAZA WILL BE RETURNED TO ISRAEL IN EXCHANGE FOR THE PRISONERS...TASS RUSSIA

US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard says that National Security Agency employees in pornographic chatrooms have been identified and will lose their jobs.

The chatrooms associated with Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) policies within the NSA...The Blaze

A US FEDERAL JUDGE WITH A RULING SAYING THAT TRUMP MEDIA AND THE RUMBLE VIDEO PLATFORM ARE NOT REQUIRED TO SHUT DOWN ACCOUNTS AS ORDERED BY BRAZILIAN SUPREME COURT JUSTICE ALEXANDRE DE MORAES.

MORAES SEEKING TO SHUT DOWN ACCOUNTS SUPPORTING FORMER BRAZAILIAN PRESIDENT JAIR BOLSONARO.

SERVICE OF HIS ORDER WAS NOT DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL TREATIES NOR WAS ANY ENFORCEMENT CARRIED OUT ACCORDING TO JUDGE MARY SCRIVEN.

SHE ALSO SAID THE LAWSUIT OVER HIS ORDER WAS PREMATURE SINCE IT DID NOT MOVE THROUGH THOSE OFFICIAL CHANNELS...REUTERS

"The only way to restore the rule of the people in America is to impeach judges.   No one is above the rule of law including judges.

This is what it took to fix El Salvador.  Same applies to America."

A social media post from Elon Musk as judges impede the work of the Department of Government Efficiency and the Trump Administration regarding spending cuts and other matters...Elon Musk "X" Post

A FEDERAL JUDGE SETTING A DEADLINE OF 1159 PM TOMORROW FOR THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO RELEASE FUNDS TO FOREIGN AID CONTRACTORS.

DISTRICT JUDGE AMIR ALI HAS ALREADY ORDERED PAYMENTS TO CONTINUE BUT MONEY FOR WORK DONE BEFORE FEBRUARY 13TH IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN STALLED...POLITICO

The US Justice Department says a federal judge's order regarding federal aid is moot because the memo freezing the aid has been withdrawn.

Judge Loren Ali Khan issued the order today in response to a lawsuit from various groups receiving federal funding...The Hill USA 

ISRAEL CONDUCTING MILITARY OPERATIONS IN SOUTHERN SYRIA LATE TONIGHT.

AIRSTRIKES AND A GROUND INCURSION WITH ISRAELI FORCES SEEKING TO PREVENT ANY 'THREATS' FROM MATERIALIZING ON THE SYRIAN BORDER...TIMES OF ISRAEL..."X" TRENDING POST (VIDEO EMBEDS)

A close call a Chicago's Midway Airport today a Southwestern Airlines flight forced to abort a landing.

Flight 2504 from Omaha had to pull up 50 feet from the ground as a business jet appeared on the runway in front of it....ABC 7 CHICAGO

(UPDATED) A NATIONWIDE POWER OUTAGE IN CHILE.  THE COUNTRY'S COPPER MINES ARE AMONG THE BUSINESSES SHUT DOWN.

THE GOVERNMENT SAYS A CYBER ATTACK DID NOT CAUSE THE POWER OUTAGE WHICH ORIGINATED IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTRY.

A STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED WITH CURFEWS IMPOSED TONIGHT AND AN INDEFINITE ESTIMATE AS TO WHEN POWER WILL BE RESTORED....

        TVN 24 HORAS CHILE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

..NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

Ukraine agreeing to a rare earth minerals deal with the United States...(News Agencies)

IN AUSTRIA THREE POLITICAL PARTIES MOVING TOWARDS FORMING A NEW GOVERNMENT THAT EXCLUDES THE 'FAR RIGHT' FREEDOM PARTY.

THE PEOPLES PARTY, SOCIAL DEMOCRATS AND LIBERAL CAPITALIST NEOS PARTY HOLD 110 OF THE 183 SEATS IN AUSTRIA'S PARLIAMENT.

A PROGRAM FOR THE NEW GOVERNMENT TO BE PRESENTED THURSDAY AND FOLLOWING APPROVAL BY THE NEOS PARTY A NEW GOVERNMENT EXPECTED TO TAKE OFFICE NEXT MONDAY...ORF AUSTRIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

TWO DEAD AND OTHERS WOUNDED IN AN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE IN EASTERN LEBANON...TIMES OF ISRAEL

                  "Have fun everybody"

THAT SOME OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S WELCOME FOR THE FIRST OFFICIAL WHITE HOUSE TOUR GROUP THIS YEAR...MARGO MARTIN "X" (VIDEO EMBED)

"When you are in the midst of a crisis, and specifically a crisis of democracy, how do you resist?  When fascism isn't just coming, it's already here"

Those comments from Left-leaning host Joy Reid on the last MSNBC show following its cancellation.  

Other MSNBC hosts like Rachel Maddow, Nicole Wallace and Lawrence O'Donnell joined her for her final show...The Independent UK

BRITISH PRIME MINISTER SIR KEIR STARMER HOLDING A NEWS CONFERENCE AFTER PLEDGING IN PARLIAMENT TO INCREASE DEFENSE SPENDING TO 2.5 PERCERNT OF GDP BY 2027.

MR. STARMER SPEAKING OF A 'DANGEROUS NEW ERA' THAT INCLUDES CYBER THREATS AND THE THREAT OF ASSASSINATIONS.

STARMER GEARING UP FOR HIS THURSDAY MEETING AT THE WHITE HOUSE WITH US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP...BBC NEWS BLOG

THE STOCK OF TESLA DECLINED 8.39 PERCENT TODAY WITH DECLINING SALES OF ITS VEHICLES REPORTED AMID STIFF COMPETITION FROM CHINESE ELECTRIC CAR MAKERS.

The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 159.95 points or .37 percent.

The NASDAQ fell 260.54 points or 1.35 percent.

At 441 pm New York Time the price of oil at 69 dollars 13 cents a barrel a decline of 2.22 percent...Marketwatch

IN NORTHWESTERN CONGO AN UNKNOWN ILLNESS HAS KILLED MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE.

DOCTORS IN THE AREA AND THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAY THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE ONSET OF SYMPTOMS AND DEATH IS 48 HOURS IN MOST CASES.

SINCE JANUARY 21ST 419 CASES RECORDED WITH  53 LEADING TO DEATH...ASSOCIATED PRESS-ABC NEWS USA 

A 22-member delegation from Bangladesh representing government and societal leaders on a 10-day visit to China.

The visit comes amid tensions between Bangladesh and India following the overthrow of its former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

India is refusing to extradite her to face charges leveled by the new government.

Hasina has said that her ouster was engineered by outside forces with United States seeking access to Bangladeshi territory...BBC News

FOUR DEAD AND SIX INJURED IN THE BRIDGE COLLAPSE AT A FREEWAY CONSTRUCTION SITE IN SOUTH KOREA.

CONCRETE SLABS PLUNGED TO THE GROUND BURYING CONSTRUCTION WORKERS UNDER THEM...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA

North Korean hackers behind the theft of 1.5 billion US dollars' worth of digital currency from cryptocurrency exchange Bybit.

That according to security firm TRM...The Hill

IN SUDAN'S CIVIL WAR THE RAPID SUPPORT FORCES SEEKING TO FORM THEIR OWN ALTERNATIVE GOVERNMENT IN THE CONFLICT WITH THE SUDANESE ARMY.

UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL ANTONIO GUTERRES WARNING OF 'FURTHER ESCALATION' OF THE WAR...NEWS AGENCIES-TRT WORLD TURKEY (TURKIYE)

IN MARSEILLE, FRANCE TWO MEN DETAINED AT A PRO-UKRAINIAN DEMONSTRATION.

ONE IS SUSPECTED OF THROWING EXPLOSIVE DEVICES AT THE RUSSIAN CONSULATE IN MARSEILLE YESTERDAY...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

  THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                        (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

                       TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS

RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

In other news...

A WARNING IN ISRAEL ABOUT THE ALLEGED ACTIVITIES OF 'CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES'.

INDIVIDUALS SAID TO BE ACTIVE AMONG OBSERVANT JEWS IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA (THE WEST BANK).

THE NOTION OF A 'DEEP CONSPIRACY' INVOLVING CHILDREN RAISED TO BE MISSIONARIES ALSO PRESENTED...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 2/24/2025*KENNEDY ASSASSINATION SECRET SERVICE AGENT DIES*MUSK COMMENTS ON NETANYAHU TRIAL*US, ISRAEL, NORTH KOREA RUSSIA VOTE TOGETHER ON UKRAINE AT UN*CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS-SOCIAL DEMOCRATS MOVE TOWARDS NEW GERMAN GOV'T*KENYAN COP KILLED IN FIGHT WITH HAITIAN GANGS*

                                    (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING)

                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

In South Korea three killed and five injured in the collapse of a bridge at an expressway construction site.

Five 50-meter beams hold the bridge up collapsing one by one as workers were trying to move steel beams between piers with a crane...Yonhap News Agency South Korea

ELON MUSK SAYING FEDERAL EMPLOYEES HAVE A SECOND CHANCE TO RESPOND TO A REQUEST ABOUT WHAT THEY DID ON THE JOB LAST WEEK.

MUSK'S LATEST COMMUNICATION GIVING THE IMPRESSION THAT WORKERS MAY LOSE THEIR JOBS IF THEY DO NOT RESPOND.

GUIDANCE FROM THE FEDERAL OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SAYING EMPLOYEES ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RESPOND...THE HILL USA

Retired US Secret Service Agent Clint Hill dead at the age of 93.   Hill jumped onto the car of President John F. Kennedy when he was assassinated in 1963.

Hill wrote books related to the assassination and was says he was haunted by his experience that day...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

ISRAEL DETAINING TWO SUSPECTS WHO CROSSED THE BORDER FROM JORDAN.

CROSS BORDER ARMS SMUGGLING IS SUSPECTED...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

              "The Deep State is everywhere"

Elon Musk posting on "X" regarding the corruption trial against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Musk responding to a post by conservative commentator Mark Levin regarding the 'legal war' against Mr. Netanyahu...Elon Musk "X" Post (Link To Mark Levin Video)

The United States, Russia and China voting together in the UN Security Council favoring a rapid end to the Ukraine War.

The resolution approved 10-0 with five countries abstaining including France and the UK...OSINTdefender "X"

AN AMENDED UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION ON UKRAINE.

93 COUNTRIES IN FAVOR WITH EIGHT COUNTRIES OPPOSING IT THE UNITED STATES AMONG 73 COUNTRIES ABSTAINING.

THIS FOLLOWED THE EARLIER UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTIO REPORTED ON LATER IN THIS SUMMARY...TASS RUSSIA

In Sudan's civil war the Sudanese Army capturing the strategic city of El Obeid from the Rapid Support Forces.

The city lies between the capital city of Khartoum and the South Darfur region which is under RSF control...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

A DRONE SUPPRESSED BY RUSSIAN ELECTRONIC WARFARE CAME DOWN IN THE PORT CITY OF SEVASTOPOL IN CRIMEA.   THE FACADE OF AN APARTMENT BUILDING DAMAGED.   NO INJURIES REPORTED...Tass Russia

Israel striking the site of a rocket launch in Gaza.  The rocket fell short of Israel landing in Gaza...Israel National News

AT THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY TODAY THE UNITED STATES, RUSSIA, NORTH KOREA AND ISRAEL ALL FOUND THEMSELVES VOTING TOGETHER TO OPPOSE A RESOLUTION STRONGLY SUPPORTING UKRAINE IN THE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA.

CHINA, IRAN AND CUBA ABSTAINED ON THE RESOLUTION...OSINTdefender "X"

STARBUCKS CUTTING MORE THAN 1,000 CORPORATE JOBS AND ELIMINATING 30 PERCENT OF ITS MENU IN HOPES OF REVERSING DECLINING SALES AND INCREASING PROFITABILITY.

THE CUT IN MENU ITEMS LINKED TO THE COMPLEXITY OF MAKING THE DRINKS...CNN

The British government rolling out new sanctions on Russia today including some that impact Chinese companies...Tass Russia

At the White House today French President Emmanuel Macron meeting President Donald Trump to discuss Ukraine...(News Agencies)...BBC News Blog

GERMAN POLITICS 'MAINSTREAM' POLITICAL PARTIES SEEKING TO KEEP THE ALTERNATIVE FOR GERMANY OUT OF POWER FOLLOWING YESTERDAY'S ELECTION.

CHRISTIAN DEMOCRAT LEADER FRIEDRICH MERZ SEEKING TO BECOME CHANCELLOR IN A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SOCIAL DEMOCRATS WHO LED THE LAST GOVERNMENT.

TOGETHER THEY CONTROL 328 OF THE 630 BUNDESTAG SEATS...TAGESSCHAU GERMANY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

In the UK a suspended Labor Party member of parliament given a 10-week prison sentence for punching a constituent.

Mike Amesbury punched Paul Fellows to the ground back on October 26th.

In his sentencing the judge said Amesbury continued to punch Fellows after he hit the ground shouting at him...BBC News

THERE WERE EXPLOSIONS AT THE RUSSIAN CONSULATE IN MARSEILLE TODAY ON THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE START OF THE UKRAINE WAR.

POLICE SAY THREE PLASTIC SODA BOTTLES WERE THROWN AT THE BUILDING WITH TWO OF THEM EXPLODING.

THE PERPETRATOR FLED...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

A HOST OF WORLD LEADERS APPEARING IN KIEV TODAY.

THEY EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT URSULA VON DER LEYEN, SPANISH PRIME MINISTER PEDRO SANCHEZ AND CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU.

THEIR VISIT A SHOW OF SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE ON THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE WAR...

The markets today.    

The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 33.19 points.

The NASDAQ down 237.08 points or 1.21 percent.

 At 431 pm New York Time the price of oil 70 dollars 85 cents a barrel up 45 cents...Marketwatch

In Haiti a Kenyan police officer killed in a shootout with criminal gang members.

800 Kenyan police are the major component of an international police force deployed to Haiti.

The force deployed to help local police fight the gangs...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

NEW ZEALAND'S FOREIGN MINISTER WINSTON PETERS ANNOUNCING A NEW SET OF SANCTIONS ON RUSSIAN ENTITIES OVER UKRAINE.

NEW ZEALAND ALSO COMMITTING THREE MILLION DOLLARS (1.73 MILLION DOLLARS US) TO A WORLD BANK FUND SUPPORTING UKRAINE...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND

ISRAEL'S SECURITY AGENCIES RECOMMENDING THIS YEAR'S RESTRICTIONS ON TEMPLE MOUNT ACCESS FOR RAMADAN.

THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE THAT MEN OVER 55, WOMEN OVER 50 AND CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 12 WILL NOT BE ALLOWED ON THE HOLY SITE WHERE THE AL AQSA MOSQUE IS LOCATED.

ISLAM''S HOLY MONTH OF RAMADAN BEGINS THIS COMING SATURDAY...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

    THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                       (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

        22 UKRAINIAN DRONES DOWNED BY RUSSIA

                       TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS

        RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

Russian air defenses downed 22 Ukrainian drones Sunday night into Monday.   The drones taken down in four different parts of Russia...Tass Russia

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 2/23/2025*NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*CONSERVATIVE PODCASTER NAMED DEPUTY FBI DIRECTOR*GERMAN ELECTION RESULTS FAVOR OPPOSITION*ISRAEL EXPELS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIANS*MASSIVE FUNERAL FOR HEZBOLLAH LEADER*DEADLY HOSTAGE INCIDENT AT PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL*

 

(SERVICE WHEN ABLE WITH FINAL POSTING 1130 PM-12 MIDNIGHT EASTERN US TIME)

    (THE NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED POST FOR THIS WEEKEND...LINK)

                 LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP NAMING CONSERVATIVE PODCASTER DAN BONGINO DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE FBI

BONGINO IS A FORMER SECRET SERVICE AGENT AND NEW YORK CITY POLICE OFFICER...BBC NEWS 

A UN Security Council resolution on Ukraine described as "neutral" is set for a vote tomorrow...Tass Russia

AN EMERGENCY MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN UNION'S EUROPEAN COUNCIL SET FOR THURSDAY MARCH 6TH.

EUROPEAN COUNICL PRESIDENT ANTONIO COSTA SAYS THE MEETING WILL CONSIDER UKRAINE AND THE IMRPOVEMENT OF EUROPEAN DEFENSE CAPABILITIES...SHAFAQ NEWS IRAQ

Mainstream media report confusion inside the United States government.

That's because of advice given by different federal departments responding to this weekend's email from the Department of Government Efficiency.

The DOGE seeking information from each employee regarding the work they carry out.

Some departments like the FBI and US State Department saying such matters are handled internally with other departments advising employees to give a response...BBC News

OPPOSITION PARTIES TRIUMPH IN GERMAN ELECTION

TRUMP OFFERS 'CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL'

WINNING PARTY LEADER REJECTS COALITION WITH ALTERNATIVE FOR GERMANY

                          (THIS STORY IS UPDATED)

TODAY THE GERMAN ELECTION 630 SEATS IN THE BUNDESTAG (PARLIAMENT) CONTESTED WITH THE CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS LED BY FRIEDRICH MERZ WINNING.

THE ALTERNATIVE FOR GERMANY LED BY ALICE WEIDEL FINISHING IN SECOND PLACE.

TURNOUT FOR THIS ELECTION HIGHER THAN THE PREVIOUS ELECTION IN 2021.

THE PRELIMINARY RESULT MONDAY MORNING GIVING THE CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS 208 SEATS AND THE ALTERNATIVE FOR GERMANY 152 SEATS.

AFD LEADER ALICE WEIDEL TELLING DUTCH MEDIA OUTLET 'NOS' SHE IS LOOKING AHEAD AND HOPES THAT THE AFD WILL BECOME GERMANY'S LARGEST POLITICAL PARTY IN THE FUTURE.

THE CHRISTIAN DEMOCRAT LEADER FRIEDRICH MERZ REJECTING COOPERATION WITH THE ALTERNATIVE FOR GERMANY SAYING 'THEIR GOALS ARE OPPOSITE TO OURS'...TASS RUSSIA...

TWO OF THE PARTIES IN THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT THE SOCIAL DEMOCRATS WITH 120 SEATS AND THE GREENS WITH 85.    

THE OTHER PARTY THAT WAS IN THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT THE CAPITALISITC FREE DEMOCRATS WITH NO SEATS

THE FORMER EAST GERMAN COMMUNISTS "THE LEFT" WINNING 64 SEATS.

PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SOCIAL MEDIA RESPONSE NOTES THE VICTORY OF 'THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY' IN GERMANY BECAUSE OF A LACK OF 'COMMON SENSE' POLICIES ON IMMMIGRATION AND ENERGY.

TRUMP SAYING IT WAS A 'GREAT DAY FOR GERMANY' ALSO SAYING 'CONGRATUALATIONS TO ALL'...Donald J. Trump Truth Social...

THE AFD PARTY CONGRATULATED ON ITS SUCCESS TONIGHT BY DUTCH PARTY OF FREEDOM LEADER GEERT WILDERS...

TAGESSCHAU GERMANY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

NOS NETHERLANDS LIVE BLOG (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

A massive funeral in Beirut today for the assassinated Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

At the funeral a message read out from Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.

He said that 'resistance' to Israel 'will continue until the ultimate goal is reached, by the will of God.'...Press TV Iran

ISRAEL CARRYING OUT MASS EXPULSIONS AT THREE PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMPS IN THE 'WEST BANK'.

40,000 INVOLVED IN THE DISPLACEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE CAMPS USE AS BASES FOR TERRORIST ATTACKS IN ISRAEL...BBC NEWS

IN AFGHANISTAN A BRITISH COUPLE IN THEIR 70'S SEIZED BY THE TALIBAN.

PETER AND BARBIE REYNOLDS WERE INVOLVED IN TRAINING PROJECTS IN AFGHANISTAN.

THEY OPTED TO STAY IN THE COUNTRY WHEN THE TALIBAN TOOK OVER...BBC NEWS

A shootout at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico early Saturday morning.   One airman dead another shot in the hand.

The incident said to have involved an off-base pursuit near the northern gate of the base.

Albuquerque Police called to the scene of the shooting with the police and FBI investigating.

Full details of the incident are not known at this time...Task and Purpose

A DEADLY HOSTAGE INCIDENT IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT OF A HOSPITAL HERE IN YORK, PENNSYLVANIA.

A MAN ENTERED THE UPMC MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CARRYING A BAG CONTAINING A HANDGUN AND ZIPTIES.

HE SHOT AND WOUNDED SEVERAL STAFF MEMBERS TAKING HOSTAGES.    FOUR STAFF MEMBERS HURT.

POLICE CONVERGED ON THE HOSPITAL AND ATTEMPTED TO CONFRONT THE GUNMAN.

HE WAS HOLDING A HOSTAGE AS POLICE FIRST ATTEMPTED TO TALK TO HIM THEN THERE WAS A SHOOTOUT AS POLICE OPENED FIRE THE GUNMAN KILLING ONE OFFICER AND WOUNDING TWO OTHERS.

THE GUNMAN SHOT DEAD.

IT IS SAID HE WAS DELIBERATELY TARGETING THE HOSPITAL STAFF...WGAL...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...TASS RUSSIA

IN FRANCE A DEADLY STABBING ATTACK IN MULHOUSE NEAR THE GERMAN BORDER.  A 69-YEAR-OLD PORTUGUESE MAN TRYING TO STOP THE ATTACKER KILLED.  

THREE POLICE OFFICERS WOUNDED.  THE SUSPECT A 37-YEAR-OLD ALGERIAN MAN SUBJECT TO DEPORTATION.

FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON CALLING THE ATTACK 'AN ISLAMIST TERRORIST ATTACK'...BBC NEWS

Pope Francis remains in critical condition in a hospital in Rome.  He experienced a 'respiratory crisis' this weekend.

The pontiff received blood transfusions as part of his treatment.

He is being treated for pneumonia in both of his lungs...BBC News

This weekend part of the latest prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas under their ceasefire-hostage release deal.

Six freed by Hamas and 620 were to be freed by Israel but Israel delayed the release of those prisoners.

Hamas saying that Israel was in 'blatant violation' of the ceasefire-hostage release agreement.

Israel saying Hamas must not conduct ceremonies when releasing hostages...Al Jazeera Qatar...BBC News

CHINA WARNING THAT IT WILL RESPOND TO A US MOVE TO LIMIT CHINESE INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES.

A WHITE HOUSE MEMORANDUM CALLS FOR RESTRICTING CHINESE INVESTMENT.

CHINA'S COMMERCE MINISTRY DESCRIBING THE US MOVES AS WEAPONIZING AND POLITICIZING TRADE AND ECONOMIC ISSUES...TASS RUSSIA

IN NEW ZEALAND A SERIES OF ARSON ATTACKS ON CHURCHES EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

THE ATTACKS IN THE TOWN OF MASTERSON NORTH OF THE CAPITAL CITY OF WELLINGTON.    SEVEN BUILDING TARGETED WITH FOUR OF THEM CATCHING FIRE.

AN ONLINE SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEO POST CLAIMING RESPONSIBILITY WITH A MAN EXPRESSING ANTI-RELIGIOUS AND ANTI-MONARCHIST VIEWS.

POLICE HAVE INCREASED PATROLS IN THE AREA OF THE ATTACKS AND ARE INVESTIGATING...BBC NEWS

THE UNITED STATES WANTS UKRAINE TO WITHDRAW A UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION CONDEMNING RUSSIA OVER THE UKRAINE WAR.

US MAINSTREAM MEDIA REPORTING THAT THE UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT IS 'STUNNED' AND REFUSES TO WITHDRAW THE RESOLUTION...TASS RUSSIA...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

  THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                     (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

                               EXPLOSIONS IN KIEV 

      20 DRONES DOWNED BY RUSSIAN AIR DEFENSES

                      TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS

        RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

A series of explosions in Kiev Saturday night into Monday morning...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)

Russian air defenses took down 20 Ukrainian drones Saturday night into Sunday morning in six regions...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)

In other news...

US CENTRAL COMMAND ANNOUNCED THE KILLING OF AN AL-QAEDA AFFILIATED LEADER IN NORTHWESTERN SYRIA.

THE ASSASSINATION CARRIED OUT FRIDAY ON A TOP OFFICIAL IN THE HURRAS AL-DIN ORGANIZATION...US CENTRAL COMMAND "X"

In the civil war in Sudan a cholera outbreak reported in the southern part of the country.

At least 58 killed and 1300 infected.

The outbreak in the city of Kosti linked to a breakdown in the water supply leading residents to drink river water...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

A farmers organization in the Netherlands reports threats, intimidation and harassment of farmers by animal rights activists.

The LTO organization speaking of 25 'serious threats' in the last month after it set up a hotline for reporting.   Other less serious incidents were also phoned in.

Many farmers complaints aimed at one particular organization "Animal Rights" which says that it's targerting the farming industry as a whole not individual farmers...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED WEEKEND*USAID FUNDED TERRORISM TO WHAT END?*THE MONEY CRUNCH*THE 'SPARK' THAT LIT THE INFLATION FIRE*UKRAINIANS USED TO WHAT END?*A POSTER THAT DESERVES MORE ATTENTION*REPUBLICAN-LED IDAHO CORRUPTION ROLLS ON*

 

                                 (SOME MATERIAL MAY BE DISTURBING OR OFFENSIVE)

NEWSDUMP UPDATE:  KNIFE ATTACK SUSPECT IN BERLIN DESCRIBED AS MAN WHO WANTED TO KILL JEWS

On the eve of a German election where one major party (AfD) has been given the 'far-right' label a stabbing attack incident last night near a Holocaust memorial in Berlin.

The Syrian attacker described as a man who "wanted to kill Jews" by German authorities...(BFM-TV France) 

A wounded Spanish tourist in hospital his life now out of danger...

                                               BBC News

How 'well timed' was that incident.  Show me the 'terrorists' and the intelligence agencies are around the negotiations with Hamas involve intelligence agencies coming and going.

The first song this week from Glen Campbell a fellow I saw on television as a child Glen with his own television show.

                                      "WICHITA LINEMAN"-GLEN CAMPBELL (LIVE)

                                 "THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES"-JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ

                      "ROSE GARDEN"-LYNN ANDERSON (LIVE-BBC TOP OF THE POPS)

The Music of My Life as I experienced it on country music radio in the early 1970's.

Welcome to this week's attempt at media excellence.

Donald Trump and Elon Musk getting the attention but there's a lot coming out of the USAID funding story in case you missed it the money of us American taxpayers indeed goes to fund the terrorists.

In case you missed it last week see it again...

"because your money, your money 697 million dollars annually plus the shipment to...funds madrasas, ISIS, Al Qaeda, Boko Haram, ISIS-Khorasan terrorist training camps that's what it's funding..."

CONGRESSMAN SCOTT PERRY (R-PENNSYLVANIA) SPEAKING AT :05 IN THE VIDEO LINKED BELOW ABOUT USAID FUNDING...

"Congressman Perry says USAID funded..."-Africa Facts Zone "X" (Video Embed)

And what does the funding of terrorism by your tax dollars administered by politically biased bureaucrats achieve?

It sets up a 'crisis' that creates more intelligence, law enforcement and criminal justice infrastructure that can be used by politically biased bureaucrats to persecute and prosecute political opponents right here in the good ole USA.

Money is short inflation cutting into spending power and Elon Musk talked about giving people more money 5000 dollars a person.

President Donald Trump spoke of 20 percent of the savings in federal spending obtained by the Department of Government Efficiency would be given back to taxpayers...

"Musk says he'd look into DOGE stimulus checks"-Axios

This idea is indeed that 5,000 dollars should go to 79 million of 132 million US households representing 20 percent of the 2 trillion dollars that Mr. Musk is trying to save through DOGE.

But achieving the 2 trillion dollar goal remains to be seen.

NEXT MONTH WE WILL REMEMBER THE FIFTH YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE SPARK THAT LIT THE INFLATION FIRE IN THIS COUNTRY AND BEYOND.

IN MARCH OF 2020 THE FATEFUL DECISION MADE TO THROW TWO TRILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF US SPENDING AT COVID RIGHT HERE IN THE USA.

A DECISION THAT WOULD LEAD TO THE INFLATION WE NOW ENDURE IN 2025. 

FROM THEN HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI TO THEN PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AGREEMENT TO SPEND THE TRILLIONS.

The next song performed live on the first "Saturday Night Live" back in October of 1975...

                                            "NOTHING FROM NOTHING"-BILLY PRESTON

                                                "QUEEN FOR TONIGHT"-HELEN SHAPIRO

                                                            "LET IT BE"-THE BEATLES

(WARNING: THE FOLLOWING MAY BE DISTURBING OR OFFENSIVE)

The "Ukraine War Update" our theme whoa it's the "Plastic Ono Band" John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Tommy Smothers and more including Timothy "LSD" Leary "Give Peace A Chance" as performed live in Montreal in May of 1969...

My take on the Ukraine War and those who are on the side of Ukraine in the war is this:

"...the defenders of #Ukraine are defending Ukraine's Soviet borders propping up nationalists who have undeniable Nazi heritage whose forefathers killed for Hitler"-X Post

And what about the human cost the use of those Ukrainian nationalists by a major world power?

"Ukrainians were used by America as a battering ram and now they've given up battering Russia.

They're laying aside their battering ram and those who took part in the battering I'm afraid are going to find themselves alone and quite possibly abandoned as many, many other American allies from Vietnam to Afghanistan..."

PETER HITCHENS SPEAKING AT 11:55 IN THE VIDEO LINKED BELOW...

"Why Should Britain Carry On?" Peter Hitchens Questions UKs Involvement In Ukraine War Against Russia

      A POSTER THAT DESERVES MORE ATTENTION

"Your 'boyfriend' should be your prayer partner, not your sex partner"

"Abstain from all forms of sexual immorality! Ladies he ain't from God if he wants to cause you to sin against Him"-Be The Church "X" Post

What a poster there and let's turn this around gentlemen...

"Your 'girlfriend' should be your prayer partner, not your sex partner"

"Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord"

                                                     ACTS 3:19 NIV BIBLE

                          And that's my story in the last year.

A COUPLE OF VIDEOS ABOUT CORRUPTION ONE FUNNY ONE NOT SO FUNNY

CONGRESSMEN TO WEAR BARCODES SO LOBBYISTS CAN SELF-CHECKOUT-THE BABYLON BEE...

   What a video there Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky with a cameo.

Today Ammon Bundy posting a video about the relentless pursuit of him that began when Baby Cyrus Anderson was seized from his parents based in part on a faulty understanding of his medical condition.

The parents falsely accused of neglecting the infant.

Ammon Bundy and others successfully got the child back with his parents who made it to sanctuary in Florida with the child's rare medical condition.

The Idaho medical business giant "St Luke's Hosptial" going after the child's grandfather Diego Rodriguez, Ammon Bundy and the Peoples Rights movement in Idaho that challenged the conglomerate over its participating in seizing the baby.

Ammon Bundy was part of a movement challenging the political machine in that state that fronts itself as "Conservative".  St. Luke's Hospital a key player in the Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry that Republican Governor Brad Little used to work for before he entered politics.

A 52-million-dollar judgement in a civil suit leading to seizure of Ammon Bundy's assets like his home in Idaho and lawyers in seven states continuing to get everything they can from Ammon Bundy who now lives in southern Utah.

A bankruptcy attempt by Mr. Bundy in federal court has been denied.

And then there's the case of "Stickergate" authorities in Moscow, Idaho including the court system relentlessly pursuing those who protested COVID tyranny with stickers featuring the Communist Hammer and Sickle...

"Stickergate FAQ: I've been asked more than a few times why my son didn't just pay the fines and move on..."-Heather Wilson "X" Post

And we are supposed to be upset about the "chainsaw" of Elon Musk in Washington DC.

Idaho's government could use a shakeup IMHO so let Trump and Musk inspire action not a sideshow.

Of course, St. Luke's gets lots of funding from Washington is RFK Jr. in the loop on this?

But ultimately people in Idaho need to step up to the plate IMHO.

THE NEWS SUMMARY FOR SUNDAY STARTS TO POST AT MIDNIGHT EASTERN US TIME.  

A DEADLY ATTACK IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT OF A HOSPITAL RIGHT HERE IN YORK, PENNSYLVANIA.

THE GERMAN ELECTION TOMORROW EXPECTING A VICTORY FOR THE CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS.

FRIEDRICH MERZ SEEMS ON HIS WAY TO BE CHANCELLOR FORGET THE 'FAR RIGHT' DRAMA.

MERZ EXPRESSING HIS 'SHOCK' OVER THE TRUMP-PUTIN PUSH FOR PEACE IN UKRAINE.

French President Emmanuel Macron meeting President Donald Trump at the White House Monday the story from France this week about Russia and Ukraine also a deadly knife attack called 'terrorism' in eastern France near the border of Germany...

"France Yellow Vests Week 327*Macron Slams Russia, Putin As Trump Seeks Peace In Ukraine*Legislation To Ban Religious Symbols In Sport*National Rally Leader Backs Out Of CPAC Speech*Knife Attack*

                      SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE USA 

Dining out Friday and Saturday night my wife and I spending 86 dollars getting 10 dollars off via my wife's phone apps for the restaurants we ate at.

She has the smartphone I have the "dumbphone".

I'm grateful and thankful for our 'dinner dates' I'll say that much.

      

                                                               Good Night. God Bless.

                                                    "RUSHING WIND"-KEITH GREEN

                                             "ROD AND STAFF"-2ND CHAPTER OF ACTS

                                    "CHANGED INTO HIS IMAGE"-ERNIE AND DEBBIE