July 26th, 2019

Manhattan federal prosecutors are conducting an “ongoing investigation of uncharged individuals” connected to Jeffrey Epstein, according to court papers filed Thursday. The probe was revealed in a court filing that seeks to ensure that evidence in the case against Epstein remains secret. Prosecutors said they planned to give lawyers for the convicted pedophile “certain documents and materials” containing both “confidential” and “highly confidential” information that shouldn’t be made public. But they asked Manhattan federal Judge Richard Berman to first endorse a nine-page order prohibiting the lawyers from sharing the information with anyone not directly involved in Epstein’s case.

Hughes has argued in favour of breaking up Facebook from Instagram and WhatsApp - companies which the social network acquired, CNET reported on Thursday, citing The Washington Post and The New York Times. In an opinion piece in the NYT in May, Hughes said Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has yielded "unchecked power" and influence "far beyond that of anyone else in the private sector or in government"...

Hughes's lobbying efforts come at a time when the US Department of Justice's anti-trust division is reviewing whether and how market-leading online platforms have achieved market power and are engaging in practices that have

China's strategy for developing advanced space weapons were disclosed this week in Beijing's first defense white paper issued in years... The report—part policy statement and part propaganda—also claims the United States seeks "absolute military superiority."
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"The U.S. has adjusted its national security and defense strategies, and adopted unilateral policies," the report said. "It has provoked and intensified competition among major countries, significantly increased its defense expenditure, pushed for additional capacity in nuclear, outer space, cyber and missile defense, and undermined global strategic stability."
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On space warfare, the PLA report states that threats to space "loom large" and as a result space security is now among eight vital Chinese strategic interests... While insisting China favors the peaceful use of space, the white paper states that China is developing "relevant technologies and capabilities" for safeguarding satellites while maintaining the ability to safely enter, exit, and openly use space...

Pompeo explained in an interview with Bloomberg he would willingly appear on Iranian television to explain US reasoning behind the sanctions. "I would welcome the chance to speak directly to the Iranian people... about what it is their leadership has done and how it has harmed Iran," he said.
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He said the US goal is to "create as much stability in the Middle East as we could."
"So we broke out of the deal, we stopped giving them money, we put pressure on the Iranian regime, and we're forcing them to make tough decisions about how they're going to behave," Pompeo said...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the “demonstration” firing of a “new-type tactical guided weapon” on Thursday to send a warning to South Korea against holding a joint military drill with the United States next month, state-run media reported Friday.

The report came after Pyongyang fired two missiles from its east coast into the Sea of Japan on Thursday morning that Seoul says were a new type of short-range ballistic missile that flew about 600 kilometers.

...At one point, Lightfoot turned to corporation counsel Mark Flessner and said, “Back again. This is this FOP clown,” which was picked up on the meeting’s livestream. “It was not appropriate for me to say that out loud,” the mayor said after the meeting.

When asked if she planned to apologize to Murray or to the union, with which she needs to negotiate a new contract, Lightfoot waffled. “I think I just did. I think I said I shouldn’t have said that out loud,” she said.

Was she sorry she said it or was she sorry her remark got picked up on a hot mic? “I’m sorry that I said it out loud,” she said...

...at a launch facility in Boca Chica, Texas, SpaceX performed the first flight test of its next-generation Starship rocket, which may one day carry humans to Mars. This time around, the prototype vehicle, dubbed Starhopper, was supposed to stay close to home: The plan was for it to fire up its Raptor engine, rise to an altitude of about 60 feet, move sideways a few yards, and land.

When launch time came, smoke obscured any view of the rocket. But when the smoke cleared, Starhopper was back on the ground, not far from where it had started. Elon Musk confirmed the successful hop on Twitter, writing, “Water towers *can* fly.” (As it happens, a water tower would have come in handy: When the rocket landed, it promptly started a fire near the launchpad.)...

Drone cam pic.twitter.com/gVdMrMgUZq

— e^👁🥧 (@elonmusk) July 26, 2019

A tree stump that should have died is being kept alive by neighbouring trees that are funnelling water and nutrients to it through an interconnected root system. The finding adds to a growing understanding that trees and other organisms can work together for the benefit of a forest... Along with a growing awareness of the way fungi help trees exchange carbon and other nutrients, this relationship undermines the notion of trees as individuals or distinct entities. “And that dramatically changes our view of forest ecosystems as ‘superorganisms’,” says Leuzinger... Foresters have reported living stumps as far back as the 1800s, but this is one of the first studies of how they survive. There are several reasons why neighbouring trees could be supporting the stump. It could be that the stump and its roots offer the living tree more stability in the ground, or that a leafless stump just becomes part of the host tree’s broader root system.

SoftBank has closed $108 billion for its second Vision Fund — a mega-sized fund that the Japanese giant intends to invest in startups. Confirming previous reports, the Japanese telecom giant's Vision Fund II counts Apple, Foxconn, and Microsoft as backers from the tech industry, in addition to several international banking partners.

SoftBank's first Vision Fund backed some of the biggest names in tech, including Uber, Slack, and soon-to-be-public WeWork. Japanese billionaire Masayoshi Son personally led the $100 billion first fund since its launch in 2017.

Extremists from across Europe joined Daesh in droves in 2014, when the Takfiri terror group launched its campaign of death and destruction in Iraq and Syria. According to the commission, at least 5,500 foreign terrorist fighters left the continent to travel to Iraq and Syria, said Julian King, the European Commission for security. Of those two-thirds were men, and a quarter women. “We think at least 1,400 were killed, died," King said, adding that around 1,600 have since returned. "That leaves 2,500 unaccounted for, we don't know where they are," he added.

About 115 people are missing and feared to have drowned and another 134 were rescued by Libyan coast guards and local fishermen after a wooden boat carrying migrants capsized off Libya, a Libyan navy official said on Thursday... There were about 250 people on board, mainly from Eritrea and other sub-Saharan Africa and Arab countries, when the boat capsized off the coast near Komas, east of the capital Tripoli, Libyan navy spokesman Ayoub Qassem said. Libya is a hub for migrants and refugees, many of whom try to reach Europe in unseaworthy boats.

Actor Janice Dickinson reached a settlement with Bill Cosby”s insurance company on Thursday, ending a civil lawsuit she filed against the comedian after his representatives disputed her account that he had raped her, her lawyer said on Thursday... Her attorneys reached an agreement with Cosby’s insurer, American International Group Inc (AIG), despite objections from his lawyers. Financial terms of the settlement were not disclosed.

Around 2,200 Intel employees will join Apple, and Apple will acquire IP and equipment from Intel as well. The transaction is expected to close toward the end of the year...

AT&T said the drop was down to...

an increase in customers rolling off promotional discounts, competition, and lower gross adds due to a focus on the long-term value customer base*

It’s like saying a guy shot in the head died due to lead poisoning.

Patients are about to be enrolled in the first study to test a gene-editing technique known as CRISPR inside the body to try to cure an inherited form of blindness, per the AP. People with the disease have normal eyes but lack a gene that converts light into signals to the brain that enable sight. The experimental treatment aims to supply kids and adults with a healthy version of the gene they lack, using a tool that cuts or "edits" DNA in a specific spot. It's intended as a onetime treatment that permanently alters the person's native DNA. Two companies, Editas Medicine and Allergan, will test this in up to 18 people around the United States, including Massachusetts Eye and Ear in Boston, starting this fall. Only one other company, Sangamo Therapeutics, has tried gene editing inside the body, to treat metabolic diseases using a tool called zinc fingers...

Q !!mG7VJxZNCI ID: 13800c No.7193818 Jul 25 2019 22:35:06 (EST)

Anons going to play the new 'Save the Children from…….' video game when released?
The cast of characters should be interesting.
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Q !!mG7VJxZNCI ID: 13800c No.7194283 Jul 25 2019 22:51:16 (EST)

Anonymous ID: 2fff11 No.7194232 Jul 25 2019 22:49:40 (EST)
>>7193818
It's all coming out soon!!!

>>7194232
Nunes to receive a special package from BARR?
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Q !!mG7VJxZNCI ID: 13800c No.7194394 Jul 25 2019 22:54:45 (EST)

Anonymous ID: d77f5b No.7194329 Jul 25 2019 22:52:45 (EST)
>>7193818
Some Anon add the Punisher face to Pepe.

>>7194329
While it is certainly not meant to be 'funny', it sends a very important [intended] message.
"Cast of Characters" are known.
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