Republican Matt Bevin concedes in Kentucky governor’s race…
November 14, 2019
he acknowledged at a press conference Thursday that the recanvass would not make a significant difference in the vote count. He said he would not ask the Republican-controlled legislature overturn the results.
Leaked Bank Records Confirm Burisma-Biden Payments To Morgan Stanley Account…
November 14, 2019
The newly leaked records show 45 payments between November 2014 and November 2015 totaling $3.5 million, mostly in increments of $83,333.33. The payments correspond to Morgan Stanley bank records the New York Times reported on earlier this year. The records were submitted as evidence in a case against Archer who was convicted in a scheme to defraud pension funds and an Indian tribe of tens of millions of dollars. Archer's conviction was overturned in November by a judge who felt that he may not have willingly participated in the scheme.
Pelosi: What Trump did makes Nixon look small…
November 14, 2019
Nearly half in poll say they struggle to determine if information is true…
November 14, 2019
Forty-seven percent of those surveyed said they believe it’s difficult to determine if the information they encounter is correct, while 31 percent said it is easy to do so. Respondents widely agreed that the best way to determine information’s veracity is to consider how it was gathered and if it is based on data.
Update: Female student dead and 4 injured during Shooting at California high school – teen gunman captured by SWAT and hospitalized…
November 14, 2019
Graham Blocks The Armenian Genocide Resolution…
November 14, 2019
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., blocked a congressional resolution Wednesday that would have recognized the Armenian genocide by Ottoman Turks hours after he and President Trump met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Graham objected to passing H.Res.296, according to The Hill, saying senators shouldn’t “sugarcoat history or try to rewrite it.” Graham’s office did not comment on the matter in response to a Fox News request.
Former President Jimmy Carter ‘up and walking’ day after brain surgery…
November 14, 2019
The Rev. Tony Lowden of Maranatha Baptist Church visited Carter Wednesday and told reporters that the 95-year-old was in good spirits. Carter Center spokeswoman Deanna Congileo has said there were no complications during the surgery for a subdural hematoma, which is when blood is trapped in between the brain and skull.
Chinese state media issues dire warning to Hong Kong. ‘You are on the edge of doom’…
November 14, 2019
The level of unrest and destruction in the almost six-month-long protest movement has reached new and unnerving heights in recent days, with several people critically injured and Chinese state media warning radical protesters, "You are on the edge of doom."... it is not clear if Beijing has a red line, and what it would take for protesters to cross it before provoking a Chinese military response. Analysts say it is still a question that Beijing is actively considering...
Congressman Prods Attorney General on Gold, Silver Trading Questions Ignored by CFTC…
November 14, 2019
In a letter dated November 1 and made public today, the U.S. representative, Alex W. Mooney, Republican of West Virginia, commends Barr for the Justice Department’s recent criminal prosecution of manipulation in the monetary metals futures markets. But Mooney calls attention to the explosion in use of a mechanism called “exchange for physicals” for settling metals futures contracts in the United States, a mechanism that, Mooney contends, may pose “some danger of a systemic issue” if, as seems to be the case, those settlements are being transferred to European markets...
Neutrinos Lead to Unexpected Discovery in Basic Math…
November 14, 2019
The formula “looked too good to be true,” said Tao, who is a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, a Fields medalist, and one of the world’s leading mathematicians. “Something this short and simple — it should have been in textbooks already,” he said. “So my first thought was, no, this can’t be true.”
Then he thought about it some more...
Militarized microbes? Pentagon’s DARPA seeks means to spread genetically modified bacteria as ‘explosives sensors’…
November 14, 2019
In an idea seemingly pulled from dystopian science fiction, the Pentagon has teamed up with Raytheon to develop a system capable of delivering genetically modified bacteria underground. For purely defensive purposes, of course... the project seeks to “program two bacterial strains to monitor ground surfaces for explosive materials,” defense contractor Raytheon said in a joint press release with the Worcester Polytechnic Institute...
Has Joseph Mifsud resurfaced? Alleged audio of mysterious professor emerges two years after disappearance…
November 14, 2019
For more than two years, Joseph Mifsud, the man who triggered the Russia investigation, has been MIA. In recent weeks, his name has resurfaced as a critical subject in U.S. Attorney General William Barr and prosecutor John Durham’s criminal probe. Nonetheless, his location has been a mystery – until perhaps now. On Wednesday, Italian publication Adnkronos published audio -- sent to them in two separate encrypted files -- claiming to be Mifsud and taped on November 11...
The org that doles out .org websites just sold itself to a for-profit company | That seems at odds with what .org represents…
November 14, 2019
The entire internet has been slowly getting bought out. The golden age of freedom, logic, information, and openness is being crushed so that corporations can ruin it like they did with cable TV in the 90s.
DNA analysis helps work out origin of nearly 6 million mummified ibises…
November 14, 2019
...the level of diversity in the mitochondrial DNA among the ancient birds is similar to that among modern wild birds, and have similar levels of potentially harmful mutations... Wasef said this suggested that, rather than being bred in a mass-farming situation, sacred ibises were tempted to local areas and kept in a natural habitat – or perhaps captured and kept in farms for a short time, ready for sacrifice.
Ibises were worshiped as divine incarnations of Thoth.
Former California insurance exec receives longest college admissions scandal sentence. He was sentenced Wednesday to six months….
November 14, 2019
Toby MacFarlane, 56, of Del Mar, paid bribes to get his two children admitted to the University of Southern California as phony athletic recruits, prosecutors said... He was also ordered to pay a fine of $150,000, perform 200 hours of community service and to be under two years of supervised release, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts said in a statement.
American ISIS suspect deported to U.S. after being stuck at Turkey-Greece border…
November 14, 2019
The United States agreed to take him in and will provide him with travel documents, the ministry said, adding that the repatriation was underway.
Michigan teacher found tortured to death in Dominican Republic…
November 14, 2019
An elementary school teacher from Michigan was found bound, gagged and strangled to death in her apartment in the Dominican Republic, according to local media reports. Patricia “Patty” Ann Anton, 63, was found dead in her bed on Tuesday, inside her home in the province of Puerto Plata...
Disruptions across Hong Kong as city braces for another day of protest violence…
November 14, 2019
Sessions on impeachment hearings: It’s a show trial…
November 14, 2019
Did the DOJ hint that McCabe may not be prosecuted?…
November 14, 2019
In the filing, the Justice Department said it is withdrawing its argument that releasing public records related to Mr. McCabe would interfere with an ongoing enforcement proceeding. The government typically invokes that exemption, known as 7(A), when there is an ongoing probe or prosecution...