PM Modi to shift India’s top weapons supplier from Russia to US?…
May 24, 2019
Speaking to US-based CNBC news on Thursday, Ambassador Harsh Shringla admitted that “there has been a tradition of dependence on defense equipment from Russia.”
The envoy referenced latest figures from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) to point out that in the five-year period ending in 2018, India’s purchase of weapons from the US has surged by over five times while imports from Russia were cut by more than half...
Employees at the U.S. Department of Agriculture are quitting at a rapid pace as Secretary Sonny Perdue prepares to move forward with plans to relocate two offices far outside the Washington, D.C., Beltway…
May 24, 2019
Perdue added: “We will be placing important USDA resources closer to many stakeholders, most of whom live and work far from Washington, D.C. We will be saving money for the taxpayers and improving our ability to retain more employees in the long run.”...
Sounds like the ones that are quiting were more in it for the pay and east coast lifestyle than anything else. It's almost as if many USDA jobs were just given out as favors by certain people in DC. This is truely Draining The Swamp. Conservatives have been saying for years "You can't get rid of government employees". Trump found the loophole.
Very good and smart by Perdue. Move the offices closer to where the meat and vegetables are, so people who actually know about agriculture can work there. What a brilliant way to cut the fat.
They should do the same with Congress.
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Sundance From ConservativeTreeHouse Gives Good Insight Into Trump’s Move To Declassify…
ZeroHedge: Trump Orders FBI, CIA To "Fully Cooperate" With Barr; Grants "Full And Complete Authority To Declassify"...
May 24, 2019
ANON COMMENT ON ZEROHEDGE:
"What they say doesn't matter now...
Mueller wants to testify in private? doesn't matter
Comey saying the FBI doesn't spy on people? doesn't matter
Anything Obama, Hillary, Comey, Brennan, Clapper, Lynch, Rosenstein, Rachel Madcow, Maxine FloodWaters, Schiff, Pelosi, Schumer, the House of Representatives, Paul Rino, Joyless Bayhar, CNN, MSNBC, NBC, CBS, ABC, Chris shaking leg Mathews, Joe Scarbourough and Stinka at PMSNBC, Bill Maher, Jerrold Nadler, AOC, the other two morons with her, the entire MSM, the Washington Post, the Washington Times, Robert de Zero, Alec Baldwin, the late night TV whores, the snowflakes, and etc.
They are DONE! They will not even be able to show their faces in public after this!"
Weinstein Reaches $44 Million Deal in Sexual-Misconduct Case…
May 24, 2019
The deal, which has been reached with his accusers, his former film studio’s board members and the New York attorney general’s office, was reported by the Wall Street Journal and Associated Press.
More than 15 lawsuits have been filed accusing Weinstein or his company Weinstein & Co of misconduct. The settlement would cover many of them, including a class action by alleged victims and a suit by the New York attorney general.
Declass Coming…
May 24, 2019
Snapchat employees spied on users with an internal tool called SnapLion…
May 24, 2019
This tool, allegedly called SnapLion, was supposedly built to make law enforcement requests easier. Multiple teams have access to SnapLion–including the security group and spam and abuse. Motherboard, citing anonymous sources who either work or have worked at Snap, says there were multiple occurrences of employees abusing their access to the internal search tool. It’s unclear what data these employees accessed.
Anti-robocall bill passes almost unanimously in the Senate…
May 24, 2019
They voted 97-1 to pass the Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act, which would empower law enforcement to tackle robocallers, and bump up civil penalties to as much as $10,000 per call.
Acting head of the DHS disputed accusations that U.S. authorities are continuing to separate children from their families..
May 24, 2019
"First of all, that is not happening. We're separating children in maybe one case a day out of the 3,000 families arriving," Kevin McAleenan said Thursday in an exclusive interview on Fox News' "The Ingraham Angle." "It's very rare," he added. "It's for the safety of the child first and foremost."
Purdue infiltrated WHO, manipulated opioid policies to boost sales, report finds…
May 24, 2019
The investigation identified two WHO guidance documents that appear to parrot some of Purdue's misleading and outright false marketing claims about the safety and efficacy of their highly addictive opioids... Based on public records, the report outlines a tangle of organizations and individuals that connect financial threads from Purdue to WHO.
Teresa May resigns. Will step down in two weeks…
The race is on: Contenders vie to become next British PM...
May 24, 2019
May’s departure will deepen the Brexit crisis as a new leader is likely to want a more decisive split, raising the chances of a confrontation with the EU and a potentially unpredictable snap parliamentary election...
What is this glorious day? Krassensteins banned?? Intel agencies under investigation? Pelosi mental? Stubborn old british chick getting out of the way of true english patriots? Is this it? Is this the happening?!!!!
KILL SHOT: A.G. Barr’s Authority is “NOT DELEGABLE ” (not transferable) and applies “NOTWITHSTANDING” (regardless of) any other authorization or limitation. Short translation: A.G. Barr can declassify anything he chooses despite objections by the FBI, CIA and other branches of the IC…
May 24, 2019
Sec. 2. Declassification and Downgrading.
With respect to any matter classified under Executive Order 13526 of December 29, 2009 (Classified National Security Information), the Attorney General may, by applying the standard set forth in either section 3.1(a) or section 3.1(d) of Executive Order 13526, declassify, downgrade, or direct the declassification or downgrading of information or intelligence that relates to the Attorney General’s review referred to in section 1 of this memorandum. Before exercising this authority, the Attorney General should, to the extent he deems it practicable, consult with the head of the originating intelligence community element or department. This authority is not delegable and applies notwithstanding any other authorization or limitation set forth in Executive Order 13526.
This statement ensures that Barr has full authority to view, obtain, declassify or disclose any records, communications or other forms of evidence that he chooses despite IC objections including laws, rules and procedures that would otherwise restrict his authority.
JPMorgan cuts ties with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma…
May 24, 2019
The move makes JPMorgan, the largest U.S. bank by assets, the most high-profile corporation known to have distanced itself from Purdue and its wealthy owners, the Sackler family, amid thousands of lawsuits alleging the company pushed addictive painkillers while downplaying their abuse and overdose risks.
An Astounding Amount of Water Has Been Discovered Beneath the Martian North Pole…
May 24, 2019
Using ground-penetrating radar, scientists detected a massive reservoir of frozen water sandwiched by layers of sand beneath the northern polar ice cap on Mars. This reservoir contains so much ice that, if melted and brought to the surface, it would submerge the entire planet.
Chick-fil-A’s AI can spot signs of foodborne illness from social media posts with 78% accuracy…
May 24, 2019
Chick-fil-A’s goal, then, was to develop an AI framework that could reliably identify keywords, phrases, and customer sentiment from posts to help spot emerging foodborne illness. Its AWS-hosted solution processes Restaurant review data every 10 minutes from a range of social platforms, which are passed onto a Python routine that filters for over 500 keywords (including words like “illness,” “food poisoning,” “vomit,” “throw up,” “barf,” and “nausea”) and AWS Comprehend, Amazon’s natural language processing service, which checks sentiment and determines legitimacy.
Obama-appointed Judge who upheld Trump subpoenas from the House Financial Services and Intelligence Committees has donated to the Dems on those committees…
May 24, 2019
After an hour of oral arguments... Judge Edgardo Ramos ruled the subpoenas to Deutsche Bank and Capital One have "a legitimate legislative purpose," and that Trump was unlikely to prevail in a lawsuit to quash the requests... Federal election records show that, when he was a partner at the law firm Day Pitney LLP and before he was appointed to the bench in 2011, Ramos sent $350 to Connecticut Democrat Rep. Jim Himes from 2007 to 2008, as well as $500 to elect New York Rep. Nydia Velazquez in 2010. Himes sits on both the Intelligence and Financial Services Committees, while Velazquez sits on Financial Services.
Colorado Dem accused of providing alcohol to underage aide, comparing her to Monica Lewinsky…
May 24, 2019
Former state Rep. Rochelle Galindo, 29, a Democrat from Greeley, was elected last November but resigned May 12 amid an investigation into the allegation, which was not public at the time Galindo departed... The young woman told authorities that she and other interns would consume wine while making calls to potential campaign donors. In her case, the drinking would sometimes lead to sex with Galindo...
NASA’s Kepler just spotted 18 new Earth-sized planets, but only one is worth dreaming about…
May 24, 2019
A whopping 18 new planets are one heck of a discovery, but almost none of them would likely be habitable by life as we understand it. In fact, a full 17 of them are likely far too hot for liquid water to exist on their surfaces. That’s a huge bummer for those of us who dream of the discovery of a true “alien” world complete with its own unique forms of life.
The single outlier, a planet called EPIC 201238110.02, is quite a bit larger than Earth but still within the realm of what astronomers consider “Earth-like.” It’s at the right distance from its host star that it could likely support liquid water on its surface.
Engineer charged with faking inspection reports for parts used in SpaceX rockets…
May 24, 2019
The misconduct was brought to light thanks to an investigation from NASA’s inspector general, the FBI, and the Air Force’s office of special investigations. The man, James Smalley, was a quality assurance engineer at PMI Industries, a machining company in Rochester, New York that makes various aerospace parts... Smalley is accused of tampering with up to 38 reports of critical parts used in SpaceX’s Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rocket line... The investigation also found that up to 76 PMI pieces had either been rejected during inspection or never inspected at all; they were sent to SpaceX anyway.