Saturday, October 12, 2019

NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED: SATURDAY NIGHT VERSION UKRAINE'S LEADER SHOULD COME AND TELL THE HOUSE DEMOCRATS TO SIT ON IT AND ROTATE




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What is the "Name of the Game"?    We're told the troops need to come home but it looks like they're going "home" to Saudi Arabia.     The "Moon of Alabama" blog ponders the matter......LINK


Can Donald Trump move his mouth faster than you or I can think?


Well God Bless President Trump its time to rant through the week and the conversation with Recep Tayyip Erdgoan last Sunday that led to so much this week.


Heck why isn't the House subpoenaing that?


A week ago today I was wondering about the implementation of the last December's Trump-Erdogan call about pulling our troops out of Syria and again we get the notion planted that our soldiers are leaving Syria but the truth remains they are still there just getting out of the way of the Turks along the northeastern border of Syria with Turkey.


Raging rants against  the ruler Assad of Syria, Iran and Russia coming out of Washington in recent years including President Trump's mouth at times when the Syrian issue is discussed.


In general this coldness towards Russia and I honestly think its a business proposition since former Interior Ryan Zinke told the energy lobbying group Consumer Energy Network last year that the US was willing to blockade Russian energy exports.  Yeah he said it but he's no longer in the cabinet maybe he was too honest.


Ukraine has been getting Russian energy but its needs to get good US energy like our liquid natural gas.    So yes that friend of Texas energy interests Rick Perry Secretary of Energy in the game asking the POTUS to talk to the Ukrainian President Zelensky.


The now infamous phone call at least if you have a D on your voter registration card to President Volodymyr Zelensky elected to deal with corruption in his country.   This guy an actor who never ran for office swept into power.


I would love to see Zelensky come to this country and I know its been reported an aide may testify to the House "impeachment inquiry" or is that "impeachment inquisition".


But I say let Zelensky testify to the Democrats that he was elected to take on the corruption in his country by his outraged and angry people and if that leads to the massive enrichment of Hunter Biden while his daddy was the Vice-President of the United States so be it.


The Democrats do not run Ukraine......



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Iran is launching an investigation into yesterday's explosions on two oil tankers. promising to respond to what is being called "piracy and banditry".


Iran is saying the two explosions were caused by missiles.


The Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani saying yesterday's explosions:


"will not go unanswered"



The explosions occurred while the tanker was moving in the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia.


More from Iran's "Press TV".....LINK



Moving forward to the Kurds and the Turks war is horrible and the civilians suffer so much.    In 1982 Israel moved to wipe out the PLO terrorists in Lebanon but the pressure from all quarters like Saudi Arabia and Europe and from the media "Dan Rather in a Lather" on the "CBS Evening News" was in the mix.


The civilian scenes seen by viewers around the world.


Ronald Wilson Reagan made the call and an international force ended up on the ground in Beirut including US Marines.    Hundreds of them killed in October 1983 in a bomb blast with other bombings of the international force.


Iran blamed for this attack so if anyone wants to use it to stir up hatred and more war the haters will in this day and age.....BEIRUT MARINE BARRACKS ATTACK OCTOBER 1983


If Donald Trump has to use military power against Turkey there is the potential for these consequences.


The people crying about the Kurds right now are the people who rage against Assad in Syria and who gave us the Libyan mess that goes on in a civil war today.


Thank You to Lindsay Graham and the late John McCain, to Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden, and the list goes on for what you did to Syria in the first place that has led to this situation.


Your war against Assad devastated a nation, unleashed jihadists including the Islamic State, drove refugees by the millions who turned in some cases to evil acts of terrorism and rape among other things across Europe.


Thank You to the haters of Bashar Assad's regime in Syria.


Joe Biden's corruption runs deeper than financial folks and all who raged against Assad from Cameron of the UK to Netanyahu in Israel are each in their own way accessories to the bad things I described above.


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NEWS UPDATE-ECUADOR PROTESTS


Ruptly sending out video from the streets of Quito, Ecuador as the protests continue against the fuel subsidy cut imposed by President Lenin Moreno to comply with the demands of the International Monetary Fund for a loan.




"Al Jazeera" published this report on Friday's protest in Quito with embedded video.....




Back to the canyons of Manhattan in 1978 listening to CBS FM 101 on my transistor radio. CBS FM focused on oldies but adding in current hits back then like this one......



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"IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU"-YVONNE ELLIMAN



WOMAN IN LOVE"-BARBRA STREISAND




"GOING OUT OF MY HEAD"-THE LETTERMEN





BREAKING NEWS-NEW HAMPSHIRE CHURCH SHOOTING



No fatalities reported but some are wounded, an unknown number, in a shooting at a Pentecostal church in Pelham, New Hampshire.

A suspect is in custody with police called just after 10 am Eastern US time Saturday morning.


More from WMUR in New Hampshire......LINK



Passionate music, music of obsession and lust it seems to me.


I read in the Good Book about a man who sought God passionately named David and he drank in the body of Bathsheba in an act of voyeurism and the consequences for him and Israel devastating.

Then there was Moses who was allowed to go up the mountain to see the Promised Land but not to enter it because of his wrongdoing if you will.

What a speech about the "mountain" and seeing "the Promised Land" we got on April 3, 1968 in Memphis,  Tennessee from the late great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.....
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APRIL 3, 1968 MARTIN LUTHER KING MOUNTAIN-PROMISED LAND SPEECH


After the speech that night in the hours leading to his death Dr. King's right-hand Reverend Ralph Abernathy picks up the story from his autobiography  "And The Walls Came Tumbling Down":


".....A "friend" of Martin's invited us to have steaks at her house, three of us-Martin, Bernard Lee and me. When we got there, we found three ladies waiting.   Martin's friend had provided dinner partners for Bernard and me, and we had a very heavy meal along with some light conversation.


I was exhausted at that stage of the evening; and since I was a happily married, I was not particularly interested in developing a closer relationship with my companion.  Nor was Bernard Lee, as best I recall.   I remember trying to keep up my part of the conversation during the meal and then, when the women went back into the kitchen, beating Bernard to an easy chair with an ottoman and falling fast asleep.     When I awoke, I saw an empty living room, except for Bernard stretched out on the sofa.   Shortly thereafter, Martin and his friend came out of the bedroom.   The other women had long since left.   It was after 1:00 AM....."



Even the greatest of us are human, indeed and we are human from the beginning at it were.....


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"I've ordered the joint command of the armed forces to immediately take steps necessary to re-establish order in all of Ecuador"






This video was sent out from Quito its 28 minutes long at around 5 pm Eastern US, 4 pm local time in Ecuador......VIDEO-RIOTS QUITO ECUADOR 10/12/2019

The comptroller's office in Quito overrun by protesters and the facilities of "Teleamazonas", a major television station, under attack with fires set and windows broken.

Deutsche Welle with a story in English about the situation.......LINK

This is the homepage of "TC Television" in Ecuador, the public-government channel....TC TELEVISION ECUADOR

This is the live broadcast of that television channel in Ecuador.......LIVE

A video message broadcast from the generals in uniform as the capital city region is "militarized".



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"DANIEL"-ELTON JOHN


"PEGGY SUE"-BUDDY HOLLY AND THE CRICKETS


"LA LA MEANS I LOVE YOU"-THE DELFONICS


"LOVE ON A TWO WAY STREET"-THE MOMENTS



Keeping things moving along this video from Ecuador tonight coming from a drone showing the fight on the streets of a village from above.....POLICE VERSUS PROTESTERS ECUADOR

To the war in northeastern Syria and the Turks and forces aligned with them jihadists-fighters etc. on the move with the roadside execution of a leading female Kurdish politician reported today.

"Southfront" has the story......LINK


"WAR IS HELL"


Wars cost money too and nations that spend on them like the UK in WW 1 and WW 2 and the USA like Vietnam set themselves on course to have to kiss other nations backsides.    

The kowtowing, the bending over and grabbing of the ankles for nations with money like Saudi Arabia and so on but of course there's China and the NBA or is that the "National Communist Basketball Association".

Chinese teams playing here in the US and NBA teams in China.    Some folks showed up to protest inside the arena in Philadelphia this week and they were booted from the arena for holding up signs supporting freedom in Hong Kong.

US teams in China and the need to isolate the teams from the media reported on by Germany's DPA news agency and published by the "Straits Times" in Singapore.......LINK



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"ONE OF US"-ABBA



"ONE LESS BELL TO ANSWER"-THE FIFTH DIMENSION



'GOODBYE TO LOVE"-THE CARPENTERS



"GOOD MORNING STARSHINE"-OLIVER




THE REAL NEWS SUMMARY


In Ecuador a curfew ordered and a militarization of the capital city Quito as the armed forces of the country are going into action after an intense day of street battles between protesters and police. 


The country swept by protests after President Lenin Moreno cut fuel subsidies to comply with a loan from the International Monetary Fund.


These were the scenes in the center of Quito during the day Saturday and in the days and nights leading up to today......LINK


Pots and pans being sounded in protest tonight in Quito in this recently posted video.....LINK


Also late Saturday night a conciliatory tweet from President Lenin Moreno offering some concessions on austerity measures.


Moreno also appearing on television tonight to make a conciliatory speech.


This is a live television broadcast from RTS in Ecuador in Spanish......LINK


The Turkish military claims to have captured a key town in northeastern Syria as it continues its attack to create a "safe zone" in Kurdish areas of Syria. 


The capture of Ras al-Ayn the biggest gain yet in Turkey's four day offensive.


Some 190-thousand civilians reported to have fled because of the fighting as reported by Russia's Tass News Agency.


Dozens killed and many others wounded.


Calls for the Turkish attack to end from around the world and Germany and France moving to cut off trade with Turkey because of it.



One person is dead, two missing, dozens hurt following a massive building collapse in New Orleans.


The collapse at the construction site for a new Hard Rock Hotel Saturday morning.


WWL-TV reports on the story.......LINK



Guests at a wedding in a New Hampshire church tackling a gunman who shot the clergyman and the bride, wounding both.

37 year old Dale Holloway under arrest in connection with the attack.

A third person hit in the head with an object and treated for his injuries.

Police believe this was not a "random event"

WMUR-TV in New Hampshire reports....LINK


British Prime Minister Boris Johnson moving into high gear to reach a "deal" with the European Union on Brexit.   The "Sunday Times" reporting he will talk to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Jean Claude-Juncker by the end of Monday.



California is the first US state to ban the manufacture and sale of animal fur.

Governor Gavin Newsom signing a law that will come into force in 2023.

Another new law approved with the governor's signature bans most animals from circuses except cats, dogs and horses.

Animal rights groups hailing the new laws.


A massive typhoon slamming into the eastern coast of Japan .   Typhoon Hagibis bringing high winds and torrential rains.   Flooding and landslides in many parts of the country.

At least seven reported dead, others missing and more than 100 injuries.

A full story from NHK in Japan.....LINK


A snowstorm in Canada's Manitoba province causing Premier Brian Pallister to take action.   He's declaring a state of emergency so power crews can repair damage caused by heavy wet snow.

More from "CTV News"......LINK



Election results from the "Open Primary" in Louisiana tonight show incumbent Democrat John Bel Edwards falling short of an overall majority forcing him into a runoff with the second place candidate Republican Eddie Rispone.  President Trump rallied Friday night in Lake Charles urging a vote for one of two Republican candidates in today's election both of whom he called good.


Results direct from the Louisiana Secretary of  State's office at the link......HERE



And for now that's the way it really is on this Saturday night October 12th, 2019.



GOOD NIGHT AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL.   WE WILL GO INTO THE NIGHT WITH MORE MUSIC.   HOPE YOU FIND THAT NEXT RIGHT THING TO DO......


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"WE DON'T TALK ANYMORE"-CLIFF RICHARD



"SAILING"-CHRISTOPHER CROSS



"BITS AND PIECES"-DAVE CLARK FIVE



'RAG DOLL"-FRANKIE VALLI AND THE FOUR SEASONS




















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FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 48: 16,017 PROTESTERS ESTIMATED THIS WEEK





Some 18,634 Yellow Vests estimated by the "Yellow Number" Facebook protesting in France last weekend with expectations of Yellow Vests and other elements on the streets of France this Saturday including the "Extinction Rebellion" climate change activists.

The "Yellow Number" Facebook arguing in recent days for a pragmatic approach seeing the climate changers as a movement of "resistance" like the Yellow Vests but also noting that climate change taxation imposed by governments like President Emmanuel Macron's are not serious efforts at dealing with any climate change problem.

The taxes are just an exploitation of ecological concern in the Facebook page's opinion to take more money out of people's pockets.



Yellow Vests are marching in the streets of Paris today.   Here is the Ruptly video:


RUPTLY YELLOW VESTS PARIS VIDEO LIVE


Another live video from Paris:


PARIS YELLOW VESTS WEEK 48 LIVE VIDEO STREAM


Today's live video stream from Toulouse is now available:


YELLOW VESTS WEEK 48 TOULOUSE



The police in Paris in action at the National Assembly building where the "Extinction Rebellion" protesters staged a blockade Saturday morning.


They removed the climate change protesters at mid-day but forced out members of the media first.


No reports of any arrests there, no sign of the toughness of the approach to the Yellow Vests protests from the French police towards the "Extinction Rebellion" movement.


Yellow Vests on the march in Marseille today......


YELLOW VESTS MARSEILLE WEEK 48


The Yellow Vests in Rouen mixed in with protest over the recent fire at the Lubrizol plant.....


YELLOW VESTS-LUBRIZOL FIRE PROTEST ROUEN 10/12/2019


In the north of France Yellow Vests on the streets of Lille........


YELLOW VESTS LILLE WEEK 48 10/12/2019


Thousands marched in Toulouse today and the police employed tear gas on the "national capital" of the Yellow Vests protests today.

Media reporting says the tear gas use was massive and that 17 people were arrested.

Here is a 14 minute video from Toulouse.......


TOULOUSE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 48 10/12/2019



Protests in other cities reported by mainstream media include Paris, Metz, Bordeaux and Lille.    Numbers said to be in the hundreds including 500 in Metz according to the media quoting the police.


So to conclude the Yellow Vests continue with the core thousands of people participating amidst a plethora of issues and controversies sweeping France.


(16, 017 YELLOW VESTS ESTIMATED BY THE 'YELLOW NUMBER' FACEBOOK PAGE ON  SUNDAY OCTOBER 13TH)









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Friday, October 11, 2019

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT FRIDAY 10/11/2019 NEWSDUMP FRIDAY



(LIMITED SERVICE WHEN AVAILABLE WITH HEAVY UPDATING THROUGH AT LEAST 1 AM SATURDAY MORNING EASTERN US TIME)




Acting Defense Secretary Mark Esper announcing the deployment of 1,800 additional US troops to Saudi Arabia Friday.


The move said to be a boost of defenses against Iran.


Two more fighter squadrons along with Patriot and THAAD missile defense systems on the way to "the Kingdom".




The move comes hours after explosions were reported on an Iranian oil tanker that may have been caused by a missile attack.



The Iranian tanker was in the Red Sea near the Saudi Arabian port city of Jeddah.



The crew of the tanker is reported safe.


An oil leak has been caused by the explosions.


This is the story as reported Iran's "Press TV"........LINK


Iran hailing the notion of mediation in its relations with Saudi Arabia.   Foreign Minister Javad Zarif telling the Turkish TRT World channel that his country is open to talking with its neighbor Saudi Arabia including any intermediaries like Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan who is visiting Iran this weekend.




Intense fighting in northeastern Syria as the Turkish military continues its attack to take Kurdish controlled territory.      Dozens of members of the Kurdish "Syrian Democratic Forces" reported killed with a Turkish solider also reported killed.


One hundred thousand civilians reported to have fled the fighting.


"Kurdistan 24" is following the fighting from the Kurdish side of the conflict......LINK


President Trump tweeting Friday that he and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have authority to impose sanctions on Turkey over its actions in Syria.


Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the military operation will continue.


CITING A KURDISH SOURCE AND ONE AT THE PENTAGON 'NEWSWEEK' REPORTED TODAY THAT SOME US SPECIAL FORCES GOT CAUGHT IN THE TURKISH SHELLING IN NORTHEASTERN SYRIA BUT THERE WERE NO CASUALTIES.    THE US TROOPS WITHDREW WHEN THE SHELLING ENDED.......LINK


In Syria Friday one Russian soldier and two Syrian soldiers wounded when and improvised explosive device exploded in southern part of the country.


The soldiers part of a joint patrol of Russian military police and Syrian soldiers in the western Daraa countryside.


The Russian Aerospace Forces (Air Force) active in northwestern Syria Friday bombing jihadist opposition positions in southern Idlib.


This story with videos  of the airstrikes..... LINK.......provided by "Southfront".



The wildfires in California and a major blaze forcing evacuation of some 100-thousand people in the northern Los Angeles Metropolitan Area.


A death reported as a result of the "Saddleridge Fire" with homes being engulfed in the blaze.


In northern California near Sacramento a man dead because of the PG and E power shut off to prevent the grid from starting wildfires.    The man who relied on an oxygen machine died after the power was turned off.


Coverage of the Los Angeles area situation from "ABC 7".....LINK





"We didn't vote Brexit to leave one EU treaty and sign up to another"


With Boris Johnson seeing progress towards a Brexit "deal" following "promising" talks between Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Ireland's Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, it appears that a strategy may be in play to create what Nigel Farage sees as a trick to leave the current European Union treaty and enter a new treaty calling the process "Brexit".


Keep in touch with the Brexit Party leader Farage's Twitter feed to get the latest from the pro-Brexit side of the debate.......LINK



FIVE WOUNDED IN A STABBING ATTACK IN MANCHESTER, ENGLAND FRIDAY.    THREE OF THOSE HURT SUSTAINED STAB WOUNDS.


POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A SUSPECT ON TERRORISM CHARGES.


POLICE SAY NONE OF THE INJURIES ARE SERIOUS.


THE BBC STORY ON THIS ATTACK......LINK



The French police moving against officers suspected of being Islamic extremists following the terrorist attack at Paris police headquarters a week before Thursday by an IT worker.


One French policeman has been suspended and another has had his weapon taken from him.



Hundreds of demonstrators wearing masks marching through Hong Kong's business district mid-day Friday as another round of democracy protests began in the city that's expected to continue through the weekend.


The Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Abiy Ahmed, the Prime Minister of Ethoipia.   Ahmed honored for his efforts to resolve the conflict with the neighboring nation of Eritrea.   More from the BBC....LINK



The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held a marathon news conference Thursday.  Zelensky met with small groups of reporters in one after the other at a food court in Kiev.    During the 14-hours of questioning Zelensky said there was nothing inappropriate in his phone conversation with President Trump.


He also said he was willing to open a probe into any Ukrainian interference in the 2016 presidential election in the United States.




Here in the USA Friday the House "impeachment inquiry" with a former US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch tesifying.    She was removed from her post in May of this year amidst disagreement with US policy in Ukraine.


A judge in South Africa opens to the door for former President Jacob Zuma to face trial on corruption  charges.   An attempt to thrown out the charges dismissed in court Friday.


Zuma suspected of receiving bribes from a French arms maker.



President Trump announcing the departure of Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan Friday.    He says a replacement will be selected next week.



Federal judges working in concert Friday with three separate courts in New York, California and Washington ruling to stop new rules that would deny green cards to immigrants getting Medicaid, food stamps and other forms of federal assistance.


Those rules were set to take effect next week.


Another federal judge ruling Friday that its OK for the House to subpeona financial records of President Trump's business dealings.



The final debate in Canada ahead of the election a week from Monday.    The six political party leaders focused much of their debate on oil pipelines.     Pipelines a contentious issue in Canada.


Prime Minister Justin Trudeau opposed them when Barack Obama was President of the United States and opposed them as well.   But when Donald Trump became President and  reversed course in favor of pipelines, Trudeau followed changing his position.


'CTV News" in Canada spins its version of the story......LINK



Longtime Fox News anchor Shepherd Smith has left the network.   His last newscast today.


Smith said to have asked the network to leave.   He told viewers he plans to "begin a new chapter".



A tentative trade deal with China reported Friday.   The deal said to include more importing of US agricultural products by the Chinese.   President Trump calls the deal good for both countries.




More business news and the shakeup at two major auto makers involved in a troubled alliance.    Renault moving Friday naming an interim CEO and looking for a permanent replacement.


Partner company Nissan named a CEO earlier this week.


More from "Bloomberg"......LINK


At Walmart a member of the leadership team leaving.    New Zealand native Greg Foran departing as CEO of Walmart in the United States after five years.   Foran came to Walmart with experience in retail and technology as the company began to face competition from online retailing that's stiffer than ever. 


Nike shutting down its "Oregon Project" distance group after its founder and coach Alberto Salazar was given a four year ban by the US Anti-Doping Agency.



And that's the way it is for Newsdump Friday October 11th, 2019.

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Thursday, October 10, 2019

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT THURSDAY 10/10/2019



(LIMITED SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH LATE THURSDAY)





The Battle of Brexit and the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson meeting his Irish counterpart Leo Varadkar.    The Irish border issue on the table.    Johnson said to be "cautiously optimistic" about a "deal" with the European Union.


After the meeting Johnson speaking about a "pathway" to a deal and the UK's Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay being sent to Brussels to meet with the EU's chief negotiator.


But writing in the "Daily Telegraph" Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage says the only way to get Brexit taken care of is for a clean break from the EU.


More on Nigel Farage's Twitter feed.......LINK



To the political drama and word that US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland will give a deposition to the House "impeachment inquiry" next week.   Sondland had originally declined to testify at the direction of the State Department but a report from "Axios" is saying Republicans on the committee want his testimony because it will help the President's position that nothing improper happened during his phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.



President Trump speaking at a rally in Minneapolis tonight pledging to work the next 13 months to win Minnesota in 2020.    The President came close to beating Hillary Clinton there in 2016.


Here's a seven minute segment of his speech tonight that includes references to Democrat candidate Joe Biden and his son Hunter, suspected of being involved in corrupt activities connected to Ukraine and China.....LINK




In northeastern Syria the Turkish ground units are advancing into the Kurdish territory and they've moved to take down a border wall.



Air strikes reported was well as "heavy fighting" on the ground as characterized by the BBC.  Seven civilian deaths also being reported in the fighting.


Mortar shells have been fired from northeastern Syria into Turkey with at least 17 civilians reported injured.    More from "Southfront"........LINK


This is live video as of 1130 am Eastern US time......LINK...... from the border region......



As the Turkish military operation continues in Syria President Trump has warned that if the Turks act in an "inhumane" way against the Kurds, he will "wipe out" the Turkish economy.


More reporting on the Turkish attack in Syria via the "Kurdistan 24" website......LINK


The Iranian parliament speaker, Ali Larijani, cancelled a trip to Turkey Thursday because of the Turkish military operation in Syria.


Widespread denunciations of the Turkish action from various world leaders including France's President Emmanuel Macron and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu along with Iran's Foreign Ministry.


The energy ministry in Ecuador announcing a shutdown of one of the country's two oil pipelines because of the ongoing protests against the cutting of fuel subsidies.

More battles fought in the streets of the capital city Quito Wednesday between protesters and police.

The protesters using molotov cocktails and paving stones with police countering with tear gas.

Five protesters now reported dead with 400 injured and some 700 arrests in Ecuador.


ON THURSDAY PROTESTERS IN ECUADOR DISPLAYED CAPTURED POLICE OFFICERS AND PARADED THEM IN QUITO.


PRESIDENT LENIN MORENO HAS RETURNED TO THE CAPITAL QUITO OFFERING TO NEGOTIATE BUT REFUSING TO BACK DOWN ON THE ABOLITION OF THE FUEL SUBSIDIES.


THE VOICE OF AMERICA IS REPORTING ON THE STORY........LINK


Two men associated with Rudy Giuliani arrested accused of making illegal contributions to Republican political campaigns including a pro-President Trump super PAC.


Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman taken into custody today at Dulles International Airport outside Washington as they were getting ready to leave the country.



Power outages now affecting over 350-thousand customers in the San Francisco Bay Area.   Its a deliberate shut down of power to prevent the electric grid from causing wildfires amidst dangerous conditions.


A report from ABC in San Francisco......LINK


Iran has released Russian journalist Yulia Yuzik who was arrested accused of being an Israeli spy last Wednesday.


She was flown from Tehran to Moscow early this morning.


The Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Iran will never develop nuclear weapons or possess them because it is prohibited by Islam.


Iran's "Press TV" reports.......LINK



"I want to start off slower and build up"


Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders vowing to come back with an active campaign following his recent heart attack.    Sanders will be on the stage with 11 other candidates for next Tuesday's Democrat presidential candidates debate.



And in brief that's the way it really is for Thursday October 10th, 2019.





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Wednesday, October 9, 2019

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 10/9/2019



(LIMITED SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY)




For the sake of the country, President Trump urged Democrats to back away from their "impeachment inquiry" speaking again of the Democrats efforts being a "witch hunt".


The former Vice-President and Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden claiming that the President has committed an impeachable offense.



Israel's political deadlock and a late Wednesday proposal from Yisrael Beiteinu (Israel Our Home) Party leader Avigdor Lieberman for a unity government including Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud and Benny Gantz's Blue and White parties.


Lieberman called on Likud and Blue and White to join his party to work out the guiding principles of a future government that would be secular and exclude Israel's religious parties.


The Likud has already rejected his proposal.


The "Times of Israel" reports......LINK





Turkish military operations are underway in northeastern Syria with air strikes and artillery attacks.


Civilians have begun to flee the areas under attack.


The UK and France plan to request an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council and Jean-Claude Juncker, European Union Commission President, calling for a "halt" to Turkish military operations. 


Ground forces on both sides have already begun fighting each other.   A report from the "Southfront" website....LINK


The US military has taken custody of two notorious ISIS prisoners that killed and tortured hostages removing them from a Kurdish prison in Syria.


The BBC reports.......LINK


The "Kurdistan 24" wesbsite in English is also providing reports........LINK


The Russian News Agency Tass also reporting.........LINK


Ruptly is providing a live video feed from Syria showing a lot of traffic moving in the dark after nightfall in Syria as of 1145 am Eastern US  time.....LINK




Parliament will sit on Saturday October 19th immediately after a summit of European Union leaders to decide the next steps regarding Brexit.


If there is a "deal" there will be a vote on the deal.    If there is no deal then the various options will be voted on in a Parliament dominated by the opponents of Brexit.


There's word that the Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, is actively working with the European Union to prevent a No Deal Brexit from occurring. 


For the pro-Brexit perspective stay with Nigel Farage, Brexit Party leader, on his Twitter feed......LINK



AN ATTACK OUTSIDE A SYNAGOGUE IN THE GERMAN CITY OF HALLE ON THE HOLIEST DAY OF THE JEWISH CALENDAR, YOM KIPPUR.    TWO ARE REPORTED DEAD.



MORE FROM RUSSIA'S TASS.........LINK    HERE IS VIDEO OF THE ACTUAL ATTACK.....LINK  REUTERS REPORTS PUBLISHED BY "YNET" IN ISRAEL....LINK



The situation in Iraq reported to be calmer in recent hours following a week of protests in which 110 have been killed and thousands injured.



The massive power cut in northern California could last several days and will impact many San Francisco Bay area residents outside the city of San Francisco.


Pacific Gas and Electric shutting power off to some 800-thousand customers because of conditions that could create wildfires.    PG and E's equipment determined to have caused the deadly "Camp Fire" that killed 86 in Paradise, California last year.



By late in the day several hundred thousand customers had power shut off with power to some restored through rerouting but most of the customers remaining shut off until weather conditions change.




The BBC reports.......LINK



Russia says its lawmakers will suspend visits to the United States after an incident October 3rd in New York.


A Russian legislator arriving in the United States for an international dialogue with Americans in California was detained and questioned by the FBI.


More from Russia's Tass News Agency......LINK



And in brief that's the way it really is for Wednesday October 9th, 2019.
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Tuesday, October 8, 2019

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 10/8/2019



(LIMITED SERVICE WHEN ABLE)



PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SET TO CUT POWER TO SOME 800,000 CUSTOMERS BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS THAT COULD CAUSE WILDFIRES.     THE SHUT OFF OF POWER COULD LAST SEVERAL DAYS.


PG AND E EQUIPMENT DETERMINED TO BE THE CAUSE OF LAST YEAR'S "CAMP FIRE"  THAT KILLED SOME 86 PEOPLE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.




"The EU were never going to negotiate in good faith.  We simply have to leave with a clean break"


One of Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage's tweets today as word is out that German Chancellor Angela Merkel is preventing Boris Johnson's attempt to reach a "deal" with the European Union from going forward.


Johnson's "deal" said to be impossible following a phone call with Merkel.


Keep up with Brexit developments on Farage's Twitter feed.......LINK





Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno left the capital city of Quito Monday night to govern from the port city of Guayaquil amidst protests against his decision  last week to cut fuel subsidies.


Moreno said that former president Rafael Correa and Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro were responsible for stirring up the protests in the country.


There were clashes on the streets of Quito Monday and the state oil company Petroamazonas suspended operations in three oil fields because "individuals not affiliated with the operation" took them over.


Moreno raised fuel prices in the country at the direction of the International Monetary Fund in order to obtain a loan from the IMF.


More from "The Guardian"......LINK


During the day Tuesday protesters attacked government buildings in Quito including the Parliament building getting inside before being driven back by tear gas.



From the political drama in Washington,  President Trump opting not to have US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland meet with House committees controlled by Democrats.


The President tweeting in part that if Sondland were to appear he would be before:


"a totally compromised kangaroo court"




Also word that a week from Thursday a "March for Trump" is set for the US Capitol at 10 am.    That will be on Thursday October 17th.


Tonight a letter sent by the White House Counsel to the House committees and Speaker Nancy Pelosi stating that the "impeachment inquiry" against President Trump is among others things "Unconsitutional" and does not have legitimacy.

The White House will not cooperate with a probe that the counsel says does not follow "the rule of law"



Does the Civil Rights Act of 1964's prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sex apply to sexual orientation and gender identity.


The US Supreme Court hearing arguments today on behalf of two gay plantiffs and a transgendered plantiff.    


The court will make a decision after hearing today's arguments.




Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visiting Kurdish leadership in northern Iraq Tuesday following a visit to Baghdad cut short by concern over the protests there in recent days.


The fate of Kurds in northeastern Syria was discussed with Russia asked to play a role in preventing deterioration of the situation.


More from Kurdistan 24.......LINK



Additional news the Tass News Agency saying that Lavrov has communicated with Turkey in recent hours.


Also word from Reuters that a Turkish airstrike was carried out on the Syria-Iraq border to cut off a route of reinforcement for Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria.



Joining the anti-Iran voices in high places in expressing opposition to the Turkish military operation against the Kurds in Syria is Iran itself.


Turkey gave assurances to Iran about the nature of its military operation.


Turkey reported reinforcing its military forces along the border with northeastern Syria tonight.


Kurdish military leaders in Syria saying an attack is imminent.




US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo saying the US will sanction Chinese officials involved in the persecution of China's Uighur Muslim minority.


That follows the imposition of sanctions on some 28 organizations and business involved in China's policies against the Uighurs.



The fourth and final day of  the pre-indictment hearing for Israel's Prime Minister Banjamin Netanyahu Monday.     Attorney General Avechai Mandelblit will now move forward with a final decision in the three corruption cases on indictments which is expected in the next few months.


And in brief that's the way it really is for this Tuesday October 8th, 2019.
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Monday, October 7, 2019

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 10/7/2019  THE TRUMP TURKEY-SYRIA-KURDISH POLICY TURN INCLUDING COMMENT, ANALYSIS



(LIMITED SERVICE THROUGH LATE MONDAY)





Reaction coming in to the late Sunday night announcement from the White House about a Turkish military operation in northeastern Syria.


The announcement read in part:



"Turkey will soon be moving forward with its long-planned operation into northern Syria.    The United States Armed Forces will not support or be involved in the operation, and United States forces, having defeated the Isis territorial 'Caliphate', will no longer be in the immediate area"



The statement also said Turkey would take responsibility for foreigners suspected of being ISIS fighters being held in the Kurdish zone and noted the unwillingness of other countries to imprison them.


The statement followed a phone conversation earlier in the day between President Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.


A spokesman for the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces Kino Gabriel said:



"There were assurances from the United States of America that it would not allow any Turkish military operations against the region.   The (US) statement was a surprise and we can say that it is a stab in the back for the SDF"


A five tweet series from President Trump this morning saying among other things it was time to bring US soldiers home from "ridiculous Endless Wars".


US Senator Lindsey Graham disagreeing with the decision saying Iran will be a big winner because of it.


Other so-called "neocons" in on the criticism like Congresswoman Liz Cheney of Wyoming and former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley.



More from "The Times of Israel".........LINK


Also a story from "Kurdistan 24"......LINK


This reaction story from Israel's "Haaretz".....LINK



(ANALYSIS-COMMENT)



The White House statement late Sunday night creates a news story that distracts from the political drama of the "impeachment inquiry" in Washington.


But it can also be interpreted as a move against the intelligence-defense community which appears to be the epicenter of efforts to bring down President Trump since his election in 2016.      These "deep state" elements also support the Kurds as allies in a Syria policy designed to oppose the rule of Bashar Assad.   


A policy that is explained away by the need to fight against ISIS with the use of the Kurds and the presence of US troops in Syria.    ISIS is a group that is very much a byproduct of the Washington Establishment's anti-Assad war policy of the last eight years.


The President is not withdrawing US troops from Syria entirely anyway.    They will be thicker and more present near the Iraq border with Syria with many suspecting US action to destabilize that country's government is underway.


The President also creating wiggle room to reverse course a bit in his twitter storm during the day.   His words "totally obliterate and destroy the Economy of Turkey" if the Turks do anything "off limits" give him that ability to shift course in the future.


More wiggling from the President with a threat in case any harm comes to US forces from the Turks during their military operation.


Not much of a Turkish military operation so far but a good information operation from the White House in the last 24 hours to distract from the political drama being generated against the President by the mainstream media.




A SCOTTISH JUDGE THREW OUT THE COURT CASE BROUGHT BY ANTI-BREXIT ACTIVISTS SEEKING TO FORCE PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON'S COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW BANNING A NO-DEAL BREXIT.


'THE JUDGE NOTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS GIVEN ASSURANCES IT WOULD COMPLY WITH THE LAW INCLUDING ASKING THE EUROPEAN UNION FOR AN EXTENSION TO THE OCTOBER 31ST DEADLINE IF THERE IS NO BREXIT DEAL BY OCTOBER 19TH.





The United States taking action against 28 Chinese organizations putting them on what's called an "Entity List" over human rights abuses involving China's Uighur Muslim minority.


The 28 organizations include government agencies and private companies.


The BBC reports on these latest US sanctions......LINK






Democrat Presidential candidate Julian Castro joining Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas in condemnation of the NBA.



Castro tweeting:



"China is using its economic power to silence critics--even those in the U.S.



The United States must lead with our values and speak out for pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong, and not allow American citizens to be bullied by an authoritarian government."



Cruz tweeting:




"As a lifelong @HoustonRockets fan, I was proud to see @dmorey call out the Chinese Communist Party's repressive treatment of protestors in Hong Kong.



Now in pursuit of big $$m the @nba is shamefully retreating."



Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey tweeted Friday with a graphic that said:



"Fight For Freedom.   Stand With Hong Kong"



The NBA rolled out a statement after Chinese media and business entities backed away from their involvement with the league that spoke of Chinese fans being "deeply offended" by Morey's tweet.


Morey himself backing down from the tweet with a new statement.


The BBC is reporting on the story.......LINK





Israeli politics and the leader of the "New Right" faction of three parliament members, former Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, putting down "Fake News" that's been spread about her group in recent days.


A story claiming the "New Right" is in talks to join the Likud Party bandied about in Israel.    If  "New Right" were to join Likud that would make Likud the largest party in the parliament.


She told Israel Defense Forces radio Monday there has been a "thawing in relations" with Likud but no talks are underway for a merger.


In the past Shaked has noted the hatred of her inside the Likud ranks especially from Sara Netanyahu, the wife of the Prime Minister and Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu.


"Israel National News" reports on today's developments......LINK



The "Extinction Rebellion" climate change protests got underway Monday worldwide with 30 arrested in Sydney, Australia and 100 in Amsterdam.    Thousands on the streets of London with hundreds arrested.     Chaos said to have been caused in the center of the city.


Demonstrators intend to keep up the blocking of streets and intersections among other things during a two week period.



In Canada tonight the debate two weeks before Election Day October 21st.


Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of the Liberal Party facing off against the leaders of five opposition parties.


The opposition candidates tore into Trudeau challenging him on everything from ethics to unfulfilled campaign promises from the last election.


Andrew Scheer of the main opposition Conservative Party told Trudeau:  "you're a phony and you're a fraud".


CTV News in Canada gives its version of what happened.......LINK


And in brief that's the way it really is for Monday October 7th, 2019.
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