The Swedish government wants to ban runic script, which is part of their Norse cultural heritage, because some ‘people’ might get offended…
May 22, 2019
According to the government proposal, ancient Norse symbols and jewelry can also be banned as hot people against ethnic groups. This applies, among other things, to Thor's hammer, the electoral knot Odens knot and Vegvisir...
They are criminalizing there own heritage.
Ron DeSantis orders review of election security across Florida after Russia hack revealed…
May 22, 2019
In a letter sent, DeSantis, a Republican, directed Florida Secretary of State Laurel Lee to review the election systems in all 67 counties of the state, as well as the development of a plan to "identify and address any vulnerabilities" they may find.
“While the breaches did not compromise the outcome of the 2016 election, nonetheless, they highlight the importance of protecting the security of our elections system," DeSantis said in a statement...
Michael Avenatti charged with fraud and aggravated identity theft involving Stormy Daniels, and with attempting to extort more than $20 million from Nike…
May 22, 2019
Prosecutors charged Avenatti with stealing about $300,000 of Daniels' advance for her book contract, according to court papers, using that money to pay employees of his law firm and a coffee business he owned... With Wednesday's charges, Avenatti has faced federal indictment three times over the course of about six weeks.
Judge rules Qualcomm violated antitrust law in chip market…
May 22, 2019
A federal judge has ruled that Qualcomm unlawfully squeezed out cellphone chip rivals and charged excessive royalties to manufacturers such as Apple in a decision that undercuts a key part of its business. The decision vindicates the U.S. Federal Trade Commission two years after it filed its antitrust lawsuit against the San Diego chipmaker.
ARM Suspends Business With Huawei Just As EE Removes Huawei Phones From 5G launch…
May 22, 2019
"U.K.-based chip designer ARM has told staff it must suspend business with Huawei... ARM instructed employees to halt 'all active contracts, support entitlements, and any pending engagements' with Huawei and its subsidiaries to comply with a recent US trade clampdown." This comes about because ARM's designs, which "form the basis of most mobile device processors worldwide" contain “U.S.-origin technology"...
"Britain’s largest mobile phone network has pulled Huawei’s phones from its 5G launch." The newspaper said that EE "had planned to offer Huawei phones but decided to 'pause' their launch due to the uncertainty around the use of the Android operating system,"
judge pushing for a special prosecutor in the Jussie Smollett case on Tuesday filed a flurry of paperwork, including a bid to block Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx from using any of her office’s attorneys from representing her in the legal fight…
May 22, 2019
“Tax supported attorneys are to do the business of the people — not protect the State’s Attorney in disobeying the law,” Sheila O’Brien argued in the likely long-shot effort. O’Brien, who wants a special prosecutor to look into the abrupt dismissal of charges alleging Smollett staged an attack on himself, also renewed her call for the matter to be transferred to a judge outside Cook County.
New Jersey man arrested for plotting terror attack at Trump Tower…
May 22, 2019
The man... is expected to appear later Wednesday in federal court... The suspect also is accused of discussing the surveillance of Trump Tower as a bombing target... He also allegedly lied to enlist in the US Army for training.
New York lawmakers gave final passage to legislation Wednesday that would allow President Donald Trump’s state tax returns. The legislation was sent to Gov. Andrew Cuomo who supports the principle behind the legislation but will review the bill carefully before deciding whether to sign it…
May 22, 2019
The Boycott Begins: Chinese Company Orders Employees To “Stop Using American Products, Eating At KFC”…
May 22, 2019
“Employees are prohibited from purchasing or using iPhones;... “Employees are not allowed to purchase vehicles made by China-U.S. joint venture automakers. "Employees are forbidden to eat at McDonald’s or Kentucky Fried Chicken. They are not allowed to purchase P&G [Proctor and Gamble, a U.S. maker of household products], Amway [U.S. maker of health and beauty products], or any other American brands. Employees must not go to the United States as a tourist. ”...
Schumer: Americans’ Jaws Would Drop If They Knew What Happened In White House Meeting…
May 22, 2019
"They really want a do-over!"
....But they really want a do-over! You can’t investigate and legislate simultaneously - it just doesn’t work that way. You can’t go down two tracks at the same time. Let Chuck, Nancy, Jerry, Adam and all of the rest finish playing their games....
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 22, 2019
"To watch what happened in the White House would make your jaw drop," Sen. Chuck Schumer says after clash at meeting with Pres. Trump on infrastructure. https://t.co/Ul9OUxLrzx pic.twitter.com/HEiEdQjrkv
— ABC News (@ABC) May 22, 2019
JUST IN: Speaker Pelosi says "we believe the president of the United States is engaged in a cover up" by stonewalling testimony for ongoing congressional investigations. pic.twitter.com/7ILMb95vZM
— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 22, 2019
Trump says he told Pelosi and Schumer that he won't work on an infrastructure deal until they stop investigating him pic.twitter.com/pqoaqPKxXM
— Axios (@axios) May 22, 2019
U.S. fighters intercept Russian bombers flying near Alaska for second day in a row…
May 22, 2019
This latest incident happened Tuesday, as two pairs of F-22 fighters and an Airborne Warning And Control System, or AWACS, surveillance craft were sent to keep an eye on two Tu-95 bombers and a pair of Su-35 fighter jets, according to a statement by the North American Aerospace Defense Command.
The Russian aircraft remained in international skies and at no time entered U.S. or Canadian sovereign airspace, according to NORAD. But the Russian crafts were inside a buffer zone known as the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone, officials said.
Shanahan orders new restrictions on sharing of military operations with Congress…
May 22, 2019
The memo was shared widely inside the Pentagon but was sent to key lawmakers only after inquiries by The Post. It outlines a half-dozen guidelines, including requirements that military officials and political appointees evaluate whether the request “contains sufficient information to demonstrate a relationship to the legislative function.” The memo urges Defense Department officials to provide a summary briefing rather than a requested plan or order itself.
NASA’s Juno spacecraft observes changes in Jupiter’s magnetic field…
May 22, 2019
Scientists think atmospheric winds are responsible for changes in the planet’s magnetic fields. The winds extend from the surface to over 1,860 miles deep where the planet’s interior starts to change from gas to highly conductive liquid metal. It is believed that these winds shear the magnetic fields, stretching and carrying them around the planet. The discovery will help scientists better understand the many mysteries of Jupiter and could even help unlock some of the remaining secrets of Earth’s magnetic field.
Group oral sex session to pleasure NXIVM cult leader Keith Raniere was interrupted by federal raid, ex-follower testifies…
May 22, 2019
An exotic commitment renewal ceremony with his front-line followers was nothing more than a “group (oral sex)” session for alleged cult leader Keith Raniere that was interrupted when federal agents busted into his Mexican hideaway to arrest him, a former member testified Tuesday... one of the women told her it involved a “group b-----b.” “It’s going to be us pleasuring him,” she said the woman told her.
Mnuchin said it would be “unlawful” to give President Trump’s tax returns to Congress and asserted that a confidential IRS draft memo revealed on Tuesday didn’t contradict him…
May 22, 2019
“If I had turned them over, I would have been violating the law,” Mnuchin told the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday.
Roger Stone sent a letter to U.S. Attorney John Durham seeking answers about whether he was a subject of surveillance by the U.S. government…
May 22, 2019
"We have strong reason to believe that Mr. Stone was among three advisors to candidate Trump who was under surveillance by the FBI during the 2016 presidential campaign," Stone's lawyer Paul Jensen wrote in the letter obtained by The Hill. Jensen also said Stone's Fourth Amendment rights may have been violated.
Adam Schiff: DOJ turning over 12 categories of Mueller counterintelligence material…
May 22, 2019
"DOJ has accepted our offer, and will begin turning over to the Committee twelve categories of counterintelligence and foreign intelligence materials beginning this week. Our subpoena will remain in effect, and be enforced should DOJ fail to comply with the full document request," Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said Wednesday morning.
Time to resign? UK PM May’s final Brexit gambit bombs…
May 22, 2019
British Prime Minister Theresa May was under growing pressure to resign on Wednesday after her final Brexit gambit was rejected across the board by lawmakers and even criticized by some of her own ministers...
Steve Bannon says killing Huawei more important than trade deal with China…
May 22, 2019
He also said he would dedicate all his time to shutting Chinese companies out of US capital markets... “It is a massive national security issue to the West,” Bannon said, in a phone interview on Saturday with the South China Morning Post. “The executive order is 10 times more important than walking away from the trade deal. It [Huawei] is a major national security threat, not just to the US but to the rest of the world. We are going to shut it down”.
15 species of coffee face extinction in East Africa…
May 22, 2019
Already, Robusta and Arabica, the most popular species of coffee globally, are facing a bleak future. Tanzania, Africa’s fourth-biggest coffee producer, said output beginning July may drop 23 per cent to 50,000 tonnes because of a drought and lower crop cycle... The good news, according to Aaron Davis—a botanist from the Royal Botanic Gardens in the UK—is that there are 124 other unknown coffee species that can weather diseases and even climatic changes