June 11th, 2019

The U.S. military also cut off the pilots access to the aircraft’s restricted information... If Ankara does not change course, all Turkish Air Force personnel involved in the program must leave the United States. For the six Turkish pilots at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona— two instructors and four students —their access to the new American-made jet has already been cut off...

It will be the first time that podiums have been made from recycled materials and organisers say they will need about 45 tonnes of plastic to fashion around 100 podiums for the Games. Tokyo 2020 chief executive officer Toshiro Muto said the plan would help push a message of sustainability, which organisers want to be a key theme of the Games next year...

UCLA came under public scrutiny Monday over its handling of a former staff gynecologist who has been charged with sexual battery and exploitation during his treatment of two patients at a university facility. UCLA acknowledged first receiving a complaint against Dr. James Mason Heaps in 2017; he was placed on leave the following year, but the university did not publicize the reason for his departure until this week... The charges against Heaps became public Monday after he surrendered to law enforcement and later pleaded not guilty in a Los Angeles courtroom. His attorney said Heaps did nothing wrong and will fight the charges.

Roughly two years ago, the city introduced an alternative to homeless shelters: “Safe parking,” otherwise known as an area designated specifically for the homeless. It essentially gives them a “safe” spot to park so they can sleep in their vehicle during the night. Because the first lot was a such a “success,” they called for more. The expansion will ultimately add an additional 150 safe parking spots, bringing the total to around 300...
According to the LA Times, a single mobile bathroom can cost roughly $300,000 per year in basic operations alone. Factoring other basic hygienic amenities– such as showers– could come with a $57 million annual price tag, the LA Times added... This news follows another chilling report, which sheds a light on the severity of the homelessness epidemic in Los Angeles County specifically. It indicates that about 59,000 homeless people are living on the streets in Los Angeles County, a 12 percent increase over the last year alone.

Molecular biologist Denis Rebrikov has told Nature he is considering implanting gene-edited embryos into women, possibly before the end of the year if he can get approval by then... The experiment will target the same gene, called CCR5,... but Rebrikov claims his technique will offer greater benefits, pose fewer risks and be more ethically justifiable and acceptable to the public. Rebrikov plans to disable the gene, which encodes a protein that allows HIV to enter cells, in embryos that will be implanted into HIV-positive mothers, reducing the risk of them passing on the virus to the baby in uter...

"It amounts, by definition, to economic terrorism because the US is putting pressure in terms of what its president calls warfare on normal ordinary Iranians in order to change the policies of their government," he told reporters... Zarif isn't the only senior official in the world who has spoken about to dollar's demise... Russia and China are set to sign an agreement which would boost the use of their national currencies in bilateral and international trade, in an attempt to move away from the dollar.

Abe will depart on Wednesday for the first visit to Iran by an incumbent Japanese premier in 41 years, although Tokyo and Tehran have friendly ties and mark the 90th anniversary of diplomatic relations this year. He will meet Rouhani on Wednesday and Khamenei the next day, before leaving Tehran... Abe had spoken to U.S. President Donald Trump by telephone to discuss Iran, Suga told a news conference.

Ivey, a Republican, made no public statement about the measure. She had given little indication whether she supported the measure until Monday, the last day she could sign the bill... Alabama is at least the seventh state allowing or requiring physical or chemical castration of some sex offenders, joining California, Florida, Louisiana, Montana, Texas and Wisconsin.

4 in 10 Americans say they would prefer living in a socialist country over a capitalist one... 55% of women between 18 and 54 would prefer to live in a socialist country than a capitalist country. But a majority of men prefer to live in a capitalist country.

Both sides said the settlement represented a win. “Infowars had said it planned to ‘free Pepe once and for all,’ but it backed down rather than face trial and lose,” Furie’s pro bono counsel, Louis Tompros, said in a statement. Last month, a judge declined to toss the lawsuit, while also reportedly limiting the potential jury award to about $14,000.

Furie’s attorneys said the artist would provide $1,000 of the $15,000 settlement to the amphibian conservation group Save the Frogs! Under the settlement, Infowars will also agree to destroy any remaining posters with Pepe and to not use the image again.

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Researchers suspect it may be caused by a mass of metal which originated from deep space being buried beneath the moon's surface and weighing it down... "Imagine taking a pile of metal five times larger than the Big Island of Hawaii and burying it underground," said the study's lead author Dr Peter James. "That's roughly how much unexpected mass we detected," Dr James said... "One of the explanations of this extra mass is that the metal from the asteroid that formed this crater is still embedded in the moon's mantle."...

5G... has been identified by over 2,000 scientists and 1,400 medical doctors from all over the World, as presenting a direct threat to human health, as well as to animal, insect and plant life. There have been no safety tests carried out to ensure its safety, in spite of the fact that 5G operates at between 10 and 100 times higher frequencies than current 3 and 4G cell phone tower transmitters.

The roll-out of 5G will involve the placement of millions of transmitter boxes at distances of no more than 10 to 12 houses apart in urban areas. Scientists have established that this will subject citizens living in urban areas to an unavoidable barrage of electromagnetic pollution...

A Mexican national, wanted in his native country for rape, was removed Friday by ICE, ERO, and transferred to the custody of the Mexican Federal Police. On Nov. 15, 2000, the Criminal Judicial Branch in Sinaloa, Mexico, issued a warrant against Arturo Lopez-Mendez (a.k.a. “El Mocho”), 45, for the offense of rape. Lopez-Mendez allegedly assaulted and raped a seven-year-old female at a private residence, leaving the victim with visible signs of the assault, including blood-soaked pants and legs. Lopez-Mendez came into ICE custody April 24, 2019, following his arrest by the United States Border Patrol and subsequent conviction for possession with intent to distribute marijuana.

This is cool and all but...

"This is a first, and if these data can be replicated, it is certainly a major advance,” says Harvey Klein, a blood transfusion expert at the National Institutes of Health’s Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, who was not involved with the work.

Let's pump the brakes until a couple of peer reviewed studies come out.

Both researchers agree that these conflicting findings cry out for more research on medical marijuana. Because the drug is illegal, it’s been hard for scientists to carefully study its effects on patients in a rigorous way, which is why they must rely on natural experiments such as the staggered implementation of cannabis laws. More studies would help scientists understand exactly how, if at all, cannabis can help with chronic pain and help people avoid addictive painkillers...

He told CNN he had attended a House Freedom Caucus board meeting before House votes on Monday night to announce he would step aside from both the board and the group as a whole. The other members didn't know he would be going to the meeting.

"It was a positive meeting. It wasn't negative," Amash said...

Despite the Phony Witch Hunt, we will continue to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! Thank you!! pic.twitter.com/MXuiolM745

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 10, 2019

The increase in the number of hires came almost entirely from the private sector, which increased hiring by 217,000 for the month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Government hiring was little changed for the month. The total number of job openings rose to a higher-than-expected 7.449 million. That was a slight decrease from March’s revised 7.474 million but still near record highs.

An actress testified Monday that "Smallville" star Allison Mack pulled her deeper into the activities of the cult-like group Nxivm, where she eventually became a "slave" in the organization's secret sex society and was blackmailed into staying silent... Her ex-boyfriend... suggested she take a program of courses called "The Source."... among many classes Nxivm offered. She liked that the courses combined acting and psychology... She said her ex-boyfriend told her about successful and famous people involved Nxivm... Nicole said, she was uncomfortable about some aspects of Nxivm. Students and instructors wore different colored sashes to signify their ranks, she said, and would bow when entering and leaving a room. Group members idolized Raniere, calling him the smartest man in the world...

In order to hear anything about the organization, Nicole would need to give "collateral" or damaging information that would hurt her family and those closest to her... "There were so many things that were added on later once you were, like, sealed into this situation," she testified...

Nicole said she remembers being led into a small cabin with only a table. Raniere asked her to take off her clothes again, and tied her wrists and ankles to the table corners. Then, she felt somebody begin to perform oral sex on her... "I realized there was another person in the room," she testified.
She later found out that it was a woman who performed oral sex on her...

Some already know the details about this cult, but this testimony gives an insider look at how they operated.

The Journal quoted the person as saying “There was a nexus” between the CIA and Kim Jong Nam. “Several former U.S. officials said the half brother, who had lived outside of North Korea for many years and had no known power base in Pyongyang, was unlikely to be able to provide details of the secretive country’s inner workings,” the Journal said. The former officials also said Kim Jong Nam had been almost certainly in contact with security services of other countries, particularly China’s, the Journal said.