Thursday 12 May 2016

It's Now A 3-Horse Race!

- And My Money's On

'The Bern' and on 'The Filly' (!)

Return To The Planet Of The Apes

As things 'hot up' in in 'The Campaign' you would think by now that 'The Donald' would have ended his 'war' on women, on Hispanics, on Latinos (in general) on Mexico, and his 'Crusade' on all the world's Muslims. On the contrary, 'The Donald' is now proposing a 'Commission' to look into the 'Muslim problem' in America.
This would, as I understand it, bypass law enforcement and report directly to himself - presumably for executive decision should Congress disapprove, and, of course, should he be elected President.
John McCain Is 'A Loser' (Donald Trump)
Senator McCain, a U.S. pilot in the Vietnam War, was shot down over enemy territory, captured and tortured by the North Vietnamese and, from what Senator McCain himself tells us, bore the psychological scars of this torture for a long time. To many, Senator McCain, a decorated War Hero, represents the best of America in terms of valor and fortitude. This comment by Donald Trump will resonate with some both outside and inside the veteran world.
Politicians who lack experience of 'real' war, beyond Hollywood, don't want to hear, up close and personal, what torture is like. In the Hollywood movie, you are supposed to either die or escape, and not be released and return home to tell of your experiences as a captured (and tortured) prisoner of war or PoW.

Practice What You Preach Senator McCain's voting record on Veterans issues, however, does not endear him to all in his constituency so the support by Veterans for Donald Trump has, in this regard, been more positively responsive than one would have expected after such comments about the Senator.**

That same warmth for 'The Donald' may not, however, resonate within other communities across America.

Rispetto [Respeto]
With regard to the Hispanic Community in general, to attack Senator Cruzs' family – his wife, his father – in the manner which Trump did shows a complete lack of knowledge of the cultural dynamics of family life and how precious it is to the Hispanic communities.

(Perhaps 'The Donald' attacked and villified Senator Cruzs' family for that very reason?) But you know something, family and Christian values resonate strongly within the Hispanic, Latin, Irish, Greek, Anglo-Saxon and other communities across Europe, Latin America, Canada and the United States.

If such personalised attacks had taken place outside this 'arena' they would have resulted in 'family' 'wars' - perhaps for generations before reconciliation. 'Trump' opened a 'Pandora's Box' when he made personalized attacks on the family of Senator Ted Cruz. Even outside Senator Cruzs' circle, the idea or concept of 'Respeto' [Rispetto] is widespread.

'The Donald' will be 'punished' at the ballot box for this transgression – to an extent he never thought possible and by many different diverse, communities, male and female, across the United States.

(But there again, who could believe that 'open society' politics could ever sink to such low depths in the Christian world?)'

Human Beings
Money certainly can't buy you happiness, neither can it buy you respect. As lyrics in a song by the artist 'Seal' go, 'when you loose your self esteem, that's when love dies.'

Only a public 'contrition' before the Election can (conceivably) save 'The Donald' in this regard – and that is not going to happen – so he will be 'punished' by an 'angry' electorate across many diverse communities, Christian and non-Christian, who respect family – and family values who will not see this candidate as representing the highest of civic society values they would want their children to aspire to.

Such 'values' thus also resonate across Europe, Africa, Asia and the Caribbean – and all are reflected in 'educated' American 'civil' society today.

What If…………...

A Trump-Cruz ticket would, as I said earlier in this Race, have given Hillary and or Bernie a run for their money – and might even have succeeded. But such was never to be.

Will 'The Donald' ever get it? I think not. The truth is, he doesn't really give a r$ts $ss. For himself, power is the name and power is the game.

Will America be better off with Hillary or Bernie?

That's another question – for another blog day (!)

©Patrick Emek, May 2016

late addition:
Breaking News!
'The Donald' has just lost most of Black America's vote:

Secret Service launches investigation after Donald Trump's long-term butler calls for Barack Obama to be killed
http://www.stripes.com/news/us/secret-service-investigating-trump-s-ex-butler-s-calls-for-obama-to-be-killed-1.409348
http://www.stripes.com/news/us/secret-service-investigating-trump-s-ex-butler-s-calls-for-obama-to-be-killed-1.409348

trump-butler-anthony-senecal-facebook-kill-obama

https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.significados.com/respeto/&prev=search

https://ayudadoctor.wordpress.com/2013/08/28/an-introduction-to-a-cultural-value-respeto-respect/

http://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-1-4419-5659-0_659

https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=https://books.google.co.uk/books%3Fid%3DXCW5Af4gELoC%26pg%3DPA68%26lpg%3DPA68%26dq%3Drispetto%2Bconcept%26source%3Dbl%26ots%3D8mckBSdEHC%26sig%3Doyd2jBoBUB9prCYpOKAgI-fx4ck&prev=search

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Nevq7gnw-WgC&pg=PA752&lpg=PA752&dq=rispetto+concept+explained&source=bl&ots=27SLT-JaYy&sig=bxUBaii1JBvTaiNs3TL8o-uiOx4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjA38fkiNbMAhVMmBoKHerSBcAQ6AEIIjAB#v=onepage&q=rispetto%20concept%20explained&f=false

https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/it/rispetto

http://wonkette.com/601714/trump-glad-he-called-john-mccain-a-loser-everything-was-beautiful-and-his-polls-went-up

What Was Donald Trump doing while John McCain was being tortured whilst held captive as a U.S. Prisoner of War in North Vietnam?

http://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2015/07/so_what_was_donald_trump_up_to.html

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2008/01/28/john-mccain-prisoner-of-war-a-first-person-account

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain

http://uk.businessinsider.com/john-mccain-donald-trump-prisoner-of-war-2014-12?r=US&IR=T
**However, Senator McCain's voting record on Veterans issues in his home State has not, for many, lived up to expectations:
(Please also read the many comments following the article.)

http://www.thepoliticalinsider.com/veterans-group-makes-a-huge-announcement-about-donald-trump-john-mccain-controversy/

http://wonkette.com/601714/trump-glad-he-called-john-mccain-a-loser-everything-was-beautiful-and-his-polls-went-up

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filly

https://feelthebernsalsa.com/

http://feelthebern.org/

https://www.hillaryclinton.com/

https://www.donaldjtrump.com/

https://www.donaldjtrump.com/press-releases/a-joint-statement-from-house-speaker-paul-ryan-and-donald-j.-trump

Seal:Human Beings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb5DrXddmok

lyrics:
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/seal/humanbeings.html

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/05/trump-butler-anthony-senecal-facebook-kill-obama

Brain Waves Have Been Detected Coming From 'Mini Brains' Grown in The Lab MICHELLE STARR 29Aug2019

''They grew the organoids in question from human pluripotent stem cells, or stem cells that can become any other kind of cell... not only are they scaled down and simplified, the also don't have other brain regions to connect to. They were also engineered to be deficient in a protein that's essential for the normal function of neurons...But others are genuinely concerned at the proximity of developing consciousness in a tub of culture in a lab...the closer they get to the preterm infant, the more they should worry,''

Trump, What's The Deal?A Documentary As Relevant Today As Was When First Suppressed 25 Years Ago

Iran:Donald Trump and his goon squad are in over their heads Bill Palmer | 10:00 pm EDT May15, 2019

Democrats tip off that Michael Cohen’s testimony will be even more devastating to Donald Trump....

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2020 Dems seize on MLK Day for campaign messaging BY MICHAEL BURKE - 01/21/19 09:07 PM EST

Democratic presidential hopefuls on Monday seized Martin Luther King Jr. Day to promote their respective campaign messages even as the 2020 field continues to broaden. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) kicked off the holiday by announcing her candidacy, while Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and other potential frontrunners made public appearances tying their messages to the civil rights leader. Appearing Monday on ABC's "Good Morning America," Harris declared her bid and said she was honored to do so on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. ADVERTISEMENT "Today, the day we celebrate Dr. King, is a very special day for all of us as Americans, and I'm honored to be able to make my announcement on the day that we commemorate him," she said. In announcing her bid, Harris became the latest of several Democratic senators to enter the field.

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As The Alleged Russian Spy Maria Butina Cuts Plea Deal, Her FSB-linked Handler Suddenly Disappears

Now we know how Saudi Arabia bought off Donald Trump Bill Palmer |9:16 pm EST December 5,2018

Roger Stone gives away how scared he is of Michael Flynn Bill Palmer |12:14 am EST December 6,2018

The real reason Donald Trump fears Michael Flynn so much Bill Palmer|10:45 pm EST December 5, 2018

“The beginning of the end of the Trump presidency” Bill Palmer | 10:05 pm EST November 29, 2018

Trump has managed to survive one ugly shocking revelation and criminal scandal after another. So is he finally toast? Let’s check in someone who would know. How about we ask Neal Katyal, the former Acting Solicitor General of the United States, who spent time working in the uppermost rungs of the Department of Justice, and has some familiarity with the criminal and political implications here. Katyal appeared on Hardball with Chris Matthews this evening and didn’t mince words. He said that today will go down as the “beginning of the end of the Trump presidency.” We’re inclined to agree. What happens next? click above to read on..

Today is going to be absolutely bonkers

It’s sometime after midnight on the east coast, meaning that it’s tomorrow already, and I couldn’t begin to tell you what’s going to happen once the sun comes up. I mean, we know what the chess board looks like as the day begins. It’s just that is some kind of bizarro Alice through the looking glass chess board where half the pieces are moving at the same time, some of the pieces are invisible, other pieces are on hallucinogenic drugs, and some of these chess pieces are just little statues of Rudy Giuliani making various pained faces. So let’s see what we’re really looking at here.

Donald Trump is circling the drain and everyone around him knows it Bill Palmer 11:33pmEST November

Donald Trump is circling the drain so swiftly, his own people are rushing to the media to sound the alarm – and many of them are cracking up as badly as he is. For instance, some of Trump’s people are telling MSN that since the midterms, he’s retreated into a “cocoon of bitterness and resentment” and they’re all trying to keep their distance from him. Another Trump insider is telling Politico that Trump has become so withdrawn, allowing his people to run amok in the process, his White House has become something out of a Maury Povich episode.

What the U.S. Public Are Not Being Told In Words by Mainstream Media CNN and Fox:

Stacey Abrams Refusing to Concede Georgia's Gerrymandered Election: ''Were we speaking of the former Soviet Republic of Georgia, there would be little doubt that the American Department of State would be taking a long jaundiced look. But the shenanigans are strictly those of Republican gubernatorial candidate and Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, who officially oversaw the very election in which he participated – and “won.” '' [ Robert Harrington | 11:40 pm EST November 7, 2018 Palmer Report » Analysis ]

You can vote for Robert Mueller on Tuesday. No, really. Bill Palmer | 9:33 pm EST November 4, 2018

Donald Trump is “terrified” of what comes next Bill Palmer | 8:08 pm EDT November 1, 2018

A whole lot of Robert Mueller’s cards are suddenly showing Bill Palmer| 9:10 pm EDT November 1 2018

If there’s one thing we all know about Special Counsel Robert Mueller, it’s that he keeps all his cards close to the vest, so he can catch his targets utterly by surprise when he comes out of nowhere and makes his biggest moves. Yet there are times when even he can’t keep something secret, because a court filing is made public, or a witness goes running to the media, or so on. But that tends to happen with Mueller only on occasion. That’s what makes this week’s revelations all the more surprising.

Fear The Traitor From Within More Than The Murderer:

“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero [click on image above for more quotes from Cicero]

Why Robert Mueller Has Played No Trump Cards To Date

Fact Check:Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooter Robert Bowers and His Views Toward Donald Trump Bill Palmer

Donald Trump’s Rally Meltdown After Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Is one Of His Lowest Moments Yet

Donald Trump gives vomit-worthy rally speech after bombs target Democrats Bill Palmer | 10:00pm EDT

Massive first day early voter turnout in Texas – and it’s good news for Beto O’Rourke Bill Palmer

It took Saudi Arabia Seventeen Days To Come Up With This Lame New Excuse for Khashoggi’s Murder

Michael Cohen (newly registered Democrat) is now ReTweeting The Palmer Report:

This afternoon, newly minted Democrat Michael Cohen posted this tweet: “The #MidtermElections2018 might be the most important vote in our lifetime.” He added the hashtags #GetOutAndVote and #VoteNovember6th. His message couldn’t have been more clear. He wants the Democrats to take control of Congress next month so that Donald Trump can be made to answer for his ongoing Oval Office crime spree. But Cohen wasn’t quite done. Palmer Report quoted Michael Cohen’s tweet, and added “Well… you heard the man.” This prompted Cohen to retweet us. That’s right, Michael Cohen is now retweeting Palmer Report. Considering our reputation for taking fierce stances against Donald Trump’s corruption, Cohen appeared to be sending yet another message. .....click the picture above to read on.....

New York State:Trump Organization Under Criminal Investigation:Palmer Analysis 11.30pm Oct. 14 2018

Trump-Russiagate:Mueller Moves To Seize Manafort's New York Apartment. [Analysis by Bill Palmer]

Anthony Kennedy’s retirement, which had Trump-Russia fingerprints all over it, is a bigger scandal

Trump-Russiagate:The Supreme Court Connection:On June 28th of this year, just as Anthony Kennedy was announcing the end of his Supreme Court tenure, the New York Times reported that his son Justin Kennedy “spent more than a decade at Deutsche Bank, eventually rising to become the bank’s global head of real estate capital markets, and he worked closely with Mr. Trump when he was a real estate developer.” This was particularly noteworthy considering that not too long ago, Deutsche Bank was busted for having laundered billions of dollars of Russian money into the hands of unnamed clients in cities including – ahem – New York City. now read on......

Team Trump’s attempted bribe of Paul Manafort crashed and burned Daniel Cotter|4:45 pmEDTSept22/18

Murder by mind control [HARRY HAMBURG | 5 SEPTEMBER 2018]

If you commit suicide while your thoughts are being controlled by someone else, is it really suicide, or is it murder? This is a question I’ve been thinking about after connecting the dots between three seemingly unlinked areas: parasites, artificial intelligence (AI) and brain-computer interfaces. As you’ll see, the three are much more connected than they first appear. And their combination throws up some interesting questions. Real-life mind control There is a species of fungus called Cordyceps that feasts on its host’s internal organs and then forces it to commit suicide. When it has eaten enough of the host’s organs it moves on to its brain. It takes control and tells the host to climb to the top of the nearest plant or tree, then clamp its jaws on a leaf and wait to die. After a short while the fungus then consumes the host’s brain, killing it, and bursts out of its head. After a few weeks of growth the Cordyceps releases its spores, which land on new hosts and the cycle continues. Thankfully for us, Cordyceps only attacks insects. And it lives in the jungle. However, it is so successful it can wipe out entire insect colonies. It was featured on Planet Earth in 2008. You can watch a short three-minute clip of it here. But be warned, it will leave you feeling uneasy. Another parasite, the lancet liver fluke, goes one better. This worm larvae lives in snail slime. When an ant eats this slime, the lancet liver fluke burrows into the ant’s brain and takes control of its mind. During the day the ant acts normally. But come evening, the ant will find the nearest blade of grass and climb it over and over again, until it is eaten by a grazing animal. If no animal comes along and eats it by the time the sun comes up, the ant goes back to its normal life… until the next evening when the process repeats itself. This strange cycle can continue for up to a year. When the ant is eventually eaten, it dies. But the lancet liver fluke moves to the animal’s liver where it lives out the rest of its days. While there the parasite produces more larvae which make its way out of the animal in its dung. Then a snail comes along and eats the dung. The parasite goes through the snail and is left in its slime trail. Then an ant comes along, eats the slime and ingests the parasite. The weirdest thing about an ant infested by the lancet liver fluke is that during the day it acts completely normal. It’s only at night that it becomes suicidal. There are many other parasites which do similar, crazy things to their hosts. Hairworms make crickets seek out water and drown themselves. Certain wasp larvae turn ladybirds into braindead bodyguards patrolling over wasp cocoons. Another species of wasp larvae invades the brain of its host caterpillar and cause it to whip about to scare off predators while the larvae’s siblings eat it from the inside out. Parasites are, frankly, terrifying. And the worst part is, we don’t even know how they achieve this mind control on their hosts. It’s usually referred to as an “unknown mechanism” or controlled by “unknown chemicals” So now we get to my second dot, AI....click above to continue reading....for the YouTubeClip copy and paste: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuKjBIBBAL8

Melania Trump is now talking divorce Bill Palmer | 10:30 pm EDT September 2, 2018

Here comes Robert Mueller’s big Trump-Russia week:Bill Palmer11:55 pmEDTSeptember2,2018PalmerReport

Over the past few weeks, several of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s big pieces have fallen into place in the Trump-Russia investigation. Paul Manafort was found guilty. Michael Cohen cut a plea deal, in an SDNY criminal case that is all but officially Mueller’s. The National Enquirer and the CFO of the Trump Organization cut immunity deals. Samuel Patten pleaded guilty, officially establishing a money trail from Russia to the Trump campaign. But this week looks to be arguably even bigger for Mueller. Let’s start with what we know. ...click above to read on...

Robert Mueller is going straight for the throat of the Trump Organization Bill Palmer 11:45 pm EDT

Back when the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York signed off on the FBI raid of Michael Cohen’s office and residence, Palmer Report took some heat for referring to this as a de facto Robert Mueller operation. Yes, the SDNY is a separate federal entity. But Mueller handed off the Cohen case to the SDNY, which would never have done anything with the case unless Mueller unofficially signed off on it. Now, new revelations are making clear that not only has Mueller been pursuing Cohen all along, it’s always been all about the Trump Organization.

Donald Trump has already lost to Jeff Sessions Bill Palmer | 11:15 pm EDT August 28, 2018

Donald Trump has been publicly attacking his own handpicked Attorney General Jeff Sessions for nearly as long as they’ve been in office together. Trump never could get past the fact that Sessions decided to protect his own backside by recusing himself in the Trump-Russia investigation, instead of retaining control and trying to protect Trump’s backside. Now suddenly we’re at a place where all the talk is about Trump firing Sessions – but it’s too late to matter. ...click above to read more...

(For Trump) It’s all downhill from here Tim Faulkner | 1:13 am EDT August 28, 2018 Palmer Report »

This is the part where Donald Trump loses everything Bill Palmer | 7:07 pm EDT August 26, 2018

Back when Donald Trump first figured out last year that the FBI was onto his Russia scandal, there was a window of opportunity for him to resign and potentially avoid any criminal consequences. Sure, he’d have been remembered as the worst failure in the history of the United States presidency, but at least he’d have been able to go home to his penthouse and run his real estate scam operation with his kids. It’s debatable as to precisely when that window began closing, but as of this week it’s slammed shut entirely............. the District Attorney for Manhattan revealed this week that he’s looking at criminal charges against top Trump Organization officials. Not only is it now a given that Trump’s assets will be seized and his kids will be criminally prosecuted, it may even happen while Trump is still in office.

Roger Stone says a member of Donald Trump’s family is about to be indicted Bill Palmer|1:43 am EDT

Here comes the dismantling of the Trump Organization Bill Palmer | 10:30 pm EDT August 23, 2018

Palmer Report/Analysis: If you suspected that Michael Cohen’s plea deal would lead to the eventual demise of the Trump Organization, it turns out you were right on track – but few expected things to begin rolling this quickly. Yesterday the state of New York subpoenaed Cohen in its ongoing fraud investigation into Donald Trump’s businesses, but now the District Attorney in Manhattan is already preparing to move forward with criminal charges against Trump Organization officials. ....click on image above to read on......

Duncan Hunter indictment scrambles California election plans BY MELANIE ZANONA - 08/23/18 06:00 AM

Rep. Duncan Hunter’s (R) indictment has put his traditionally red seat in Southern California in play this fall, further scrambling the GOP’s effort to hang on to its majority. Democrats had already planned to use the FBI investigation into Hunter’s alleged misuse of campaign funds as a weapon against Duncan in the midterms. But the indictment, which claims Hunter and his wife misused thousands of dollars in campaign money to pay for lavish vacations and other personal expenses, has given new ammunition to Democrats in their quest to flip Hunter’s seat.

Ivanka Trump has a whole new problem Bill Palmer9:05 pm EDT August 22,2018 Palmer Report » Analysis

Artificial Intelligence Shows Why Atheism Is Unpopular “I lose sleep at night on this.”

Imagine you’re the president of a European country. You’re slated to take in 50,000 refugees from the Middle East this year. Most of them are very religious, while most of your population is very secular. You want to integrate the newcomers seamlessly, minimizing the risk of economic malaise or violence, but you have limited resources. One of your advisers tells you to invest in the refugees’ education; another says providing jobs is the key; yet another insists the most important thing is giving the youth opportunities to socialize with local kids. What do you do?

Russian hackers turn on anti-Kremlin conservatives BY JACQUELINE THOMSEN - 08/22/18 06:00 AM EDT

Microsoft’s revelation that Russia-linked hackers targeted conservative groups is raising flags about who the Kremlin has in its crosshairs ahead of the 2018 midterm elections. The majority of previously disclosed cyberattacks linked to Moscow have targeted Democrats, but the latest false sites, apparently created by the hacking group known as “Fancy Bear,” were aimed at conservative think tanks publicly critical of Russia — a sign that the group could be expanding its attacks to go after any potential enemies in the U.S. click above to continue reading

Donald Trump launches into rant after Michael Cohen incriminates him and Paul Manafort Found Guilty

Bill Palmer | 5:57 pm EDT August 21, 2018: Bill Palmer | 5:57 pm EDT August 21, 2018: There was a brief window of a few minutes today that will receive several paragraphs in the history books, as Paul Manafort was found guilty while Michael Cohen was pleading guilty. It was the worst kind of worst-case scenario for Donald Trump. Because this day needed more drama, Trump just happened to be stepping off Air Force One moments after all the courtroom drama played out. Trump’s remarks for the cameras were subdued but nonetheless rant-like, and he appeared to give some things away.

Paul Manafort has been found guilty on eight felony charges. Here’s what happens now.By Bill Palmer

Bill Palmer | 5:41 pm EDT August 21, 2018 Palmer Report » Analysis:In a moment so stunning you couldn’t have gotten away with scripting it in a movie, a jury announced that Paul Manafort was guilty on eight felony charges while Michael Cohen was in a different courtroom pleading guilty to eight other felony charges. The real news of the day is that Donald Trump couldn’t be more screwed, as these are both nightmare scenarios for him. But there has been a lot of focus on the fact that Manafort was only convicted on eight of the eighteen charges. So what does this really mean?

Michael Cohen pleads guilty,names Donald Trump as an unindicted co-conspirator Bill Palmer | 5:11

Bill Palmer | 5:11 pm EDT August 21, 2018 Palmer Report » Analysis Michael Cohen cut a plea deal today, and he pleaded guilty to eight different felonies. Most of them are related to his various financial fraud activities. But when it came to the final charge of illegally paying two women to keep quiet during the election, when Cohen pleaded guilty, he specified that Donald Trump (referring to him as “the candidate”) instructed him to do so. That means Donald Trump just became an unindicted co-conspirator in a criminal case where his fellow co-conspirator just pleaded guilty and incriminated him. ......click above to read more....

The real reason Don McGahn is now making public remarks about his testimony against Donald Trump

Russian Spy Maria Butina caught working with John Bolton Bill Palmer | 7:07 pm EDT August 20, 2018

Back when Donald Trump hired John Bolton as his new White House National Security Adviser, various observers thought it was because Trump was preparing to start a war, and he wanted a perennial warmonger like Bolton in the fold. Palmer Report instead pointed to Bolton’s close ties to Cambridge Analytica, which had just gotten busted in the Trump-Russia scandal, and suggested that Trump was bringing Bolton into the White House because he was a key Trump-Russia player. Sure enough, Bolton has now been caught working with arrested Russian political operative Maria Butina.

National Preparedness Month

National Preparedness Month (NPM), recognized each September, provides an opportunity to remind us that we all must prepare ourselves and our families now and throughout the year. This NPM will focus on planning, with an overarching theme: Disasters Happen. Prepare Now. Learn How. Take time to learn lifesaving skills − such as CPR and first aid, check your insurance policies and coverage for the hazards you may face, such as flood, earthquakes, and tornados. Make sure to consider the costs associated with disasters and save for an emergency. Also, know how to take practical safety steps like shutting off water and gas.

Rand Paul is even more of a Russian puppet than we thought Tim Faulkner | 3:15 pm EDT August 19, 20

Reince Priebus and Sean Spicer have also flipped on Donald Trump Bill Palmer9:53pmEDT August18 2018

The mainstream media has finally outed White House Counsel Don McGahn for having spent the past ten months fully cooperating with Special Counsel Robert Mueller under Donald Trump’s nose. Trump responded by insisting on Twitter that he knew about it all along, and that he gave his people permission to cooperate in such a manner. This is unlikely, considering that McGahn has done a ton of damage to Trump’s prospects of staying out of jail. But it’s notable that Trump referred to his people, plural, instead of just McGahn. So who else has been undermining him?

Donald Trump flips out after learning White House Counsel Don McGahn flipped on him a long time ago

Today the mainstream media is reporting the supposedly “breaking” news that White House Counsel Don McGahn has long been fully cooperating with Special Counsel Robert Mueller behind Donald Trump’s back. If you’re a longtime Palmer Report reader, you’ve already known this for ten months. But it’s pretty clear that Trump has been blindsided by this today, as it means McGahn has been selling him out from under his nose all along. Trump’s reaction to the news tells us something about the situation he now finds himself in.

Donald Trump,Draft Dodger, ''The Infant King''

Revoking Brennan’s security clearance does nothing beneficial, but Trump’s hidden motive is to discredit Brennan’s character, just like he has tried to do with Hilary Clinton, Peter Strzok, James Comey, John McCain, Maxine Waters, Elizabeth Warren and the list goes on and on. While Mueller approaches from one side with facts and a criminal investigation, Trump is attempting to launch a counteroffensive based on petty retaliation and character assassination. It does not matter if what Trump says is true or not, just as long as his voters believe him when he says it.

Donald Trump goes utterly berserk after George Papadopoulos prison sentence revealed Bill Palmer |

Obamas: 'Aretha helped define the American experience' BY JUDY KURTZ - 08/16/18 12:34 PM EDT

John Brennan slam dunks Donald Trump: 1:57 am EDT August 16,2018 Palmer Report » Analysis

Donald Trump revoked the security clearance of widely respected former CIA Director John Brennan...Here’s what John Brennan posted in response to the news: “This action is part of a broader effort by Mr. Trump to suppress freedom of speech & punish critics. It should gravely worry all Americans, including intelligence professionals, about the cost of speaking out. My principles are worth far more than clearances. I will not relent.” Numerous political figures came out of the woodwork to defend Brennan and condemn Trump for the move.

TOAD OF TOAD HALL:Donald Trump goes to the dogs Robert Harrington/Palmer Report/Analysis/Aug14 2018

TOAD OF TOAD HALL: ''In the embarrassment of riches that are the myriad felonies, misdemeanors, solecisms, gaucheries, infelicities and improprieties that are the quintessence of the “president” of the United States, it’s easy to miss the odd Donald Trump boneheadism in so vast an ocean of its neon-lit companions. Yet when this loathsome toad, this circus geek of a man, this latter day Falstaff refers to a woman as a “dog,” even the most hardened Trump observer ought to sit up and take notice....'' click above to read more

Judge in the Manafort trial is creating some big problems BY JONATHAN TURLEY, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR —

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.) would be the first openly gay person elected as New York AG:

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.) would be the first openly gay person elected as New York attorney general should he succeed in his campaign for the office — and he sees the role as an opportunity to take on President Trump. In an interview Wednesday with the Washington Blade, the three-term congressman said he wants to go on offense and after winning the primary on Sept. 13 and the general election would “100 percent” use the office of attorney general to investigate Trump and challenge his anti-LGBT policies. “It’s not just Trump’s business and it’s not just Trump’s own actions,” Maloney said. “It’s the threat posed by the entire administration across a range of federal law and nowhere is that more true than in the area of LGBT equality.”

The real reason the Devin Nunes tape is so devastating for Donald Trump Bill Palmer | 4:16 am EDT

Donald Trump has senile meltdown at bizarre rally Bill Palmer | 11:40 pm EDT August 4, 2018

Facebook finds evidence of new campaign to influence midterm elections BY ALI BRELAND - 07/31/18 12

Russian prostitution ring busted in Trump Tower Tim Faulkner | 5:05 pm EDT July 24, 2018 Palmer Rep

Donald Trump tape reveals he’s nothing more than a two-bit thug Bill Palmer | 12:15 am EDT July 25,

Donald Trump’s security clearance stunt quickly blows up in his face Bill Palmer | 6:30 pm EDT July

In his latest attempt at distracting us from his criminal scandals and carrying out petty personal revenge on those who have called him out for his crimes, Donald Trump is now seeking to revoke the security clearances of several former U.S. intelligence community leaders. His Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced this morning from the White House press briefing podium that Trump plans to revoke the clearances of John Brennan, James Clapper, James Comey, Michael Hayden, Andrew McCabe and Susan Rice. However, it quickly blew up in his face. While all of the above people have held high ranking U.S. intel positions in recent years, none of them still have those jobs. Trump’s revocation of their security clearances would be symbolic at best, somewhere along the lines of taking down a former employee’s retirement plaque. But it turns out that, in at least one instance, what Trump is talking about isn’t even possible – because no such clearance exists.......

Trump’s Russia ambassador says he won’t resign BY JACQUELINE THOMSEN - 07/21/18 09:38 PM EDT

U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman on Saturday responded to a call to resign by saying he wouldn't. Huntman's family-owned newspaper ran a column urging him to step down after President Trump’s joint press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin.In the piece published in The Salt Lake Tribune, which is owned by Hunstman’s brother, Huntsman said that he would stay on the job after conducting “an unscientific survey among my colleagues” and asking his own naval officer sons if he should resign. “The laughter told me everything I needed to know,” the ambassador and former Utah governor wrote. “It also underscores the fragile nature of this moment.” His sons' response, he said, was "unprintable."

[Global Security:Pentagon In Chaos After Trump-Putin Summit Declarations]

The Pentagon has been caught flat-footed after President Trump’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week, with defense officials struggling to explain statements coming out of Moscow that the two leaders reached agreements involving military issues. Adding to the angst, Defense Secretary James Mattis has kept a low profile amid backlash to Trump's comments in Europe. While he met with his counterparts there, Mattis remained offstage for the president's trip and was not in attendance at this week’s Cabinet meeting. Mattis, a retired Marine Corps general and former NATO commander, has made no secret of his opinion of Russia, telling reporters traveling with him last week that Moscow has chosen to “undermine the fabric of nations that are young in their democratic processes … whether through false news reporting, economic strictures and interventions.”

Tweet from Maria Butina’s Kremlin handler incriminates Donald Trump in Russian election collusion

Paul Ryan is suddenly in real trouble Bill Palmer | 7:07 pm EDT July 18, 2018

By now we all know the widely reported story about Republican Congressman Kevin McCarthy joking about Donald Trump and Dana Rohrabacher being on Vladimir Putin’s payroll, and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan shushing McCarthy and then swearing the entire room of GOP Congressmen to secrecy. .....This week’s arrest and indictment of Russian political operative Maria Butina alleges that she met with a Republican Congressman during the 2016 election cycle. Once everyone figured out that it was Dana Rohrabacher, he admitted that he did indeed meet with Butina during the election. Every Republican in Congress takes NRA money, and every one of them knew that Butina was repping the NRA. If any of them knew that Butina was also repping Russia, and that the money they were getting from the NRA was being funneled from the Kremlin, then they’re all going to prison.

On 4th July, Vladimir Putin Welcomed at The Kremlin a U.S. Congressional Delegation

Bill Palmer Writes: ''Don’t get me wrong, everything is wrong with this. It’s brazen. It’s ridiculous. It’s unpatriotic. It almost certainly has criminal underpinnings. In fact, under the circumstances, it’s treasonous. But it finally hit me what felt so “off” about the whole thing – and that’s when I realized that this stunt ended up being a big failure for Vladimir Putin''......now read on.....[also paste and check out: https://shareblue.com/republicans-congress-celebrated-fourth-of-july-russia/ )]

The real reason Alan Dershowitz is flipping out about Donald Trump

The Dershowitz Enigma:Alan Dershowitz once called on U.S. Zionist organizations to ''intimidate'' institutions into supporting Israel. His almost fanatical support of Donald J. Trump suggest's such groups and prominent individuals such as Dershowitz are now 'singing from the same hymn sheet', regardless of the effect and impact of such inflammatory language and statements on America's global interests and image as the world's foremost superpower and leader of the free world. There appears to be no other sound basis why Dershowitz would proffer excuses for every abomination Trump commits - including the latter's establishment of concentration camps for migrants and promoting disaffection within the U.S. Armed Forces as attempts are made to, effectively intimidate and demoralize such with their new tasks as concentration camp guards. Tim Faulkner gives us an insightful analysis as to other factors which might be motivating Dershowitz's actions.

Bill Palmer Exclusive:Rudy Giuliani Under FBI Investigation Before He Joined Trump's Legal Team

Former First Lady Laura Bush,Wife of President George Bush Jnr.;Calls Trump 'Cruel and Immoral'

''Why Cover These Stories For No Money?'':Because Mainstream Media Will Never Tell You The Truth

Back in early and mid 2017, Putin bumped off a number of his own Russian assets, because he believed they were going to become liabilities in the Trump-Russia scandal. Remember when he had a Russian GRU official dragged away with a bag over his head? Remember the dead Russian intel official in the back of the car? How about the Russian officials who died of “heart attacks” but had visible head wounds? These were precisely the people who have ended up directly or indirectly helping Mueller to build criminal cases against Trump and his people.

Michael Cohen Faces Evidence Deadline Of Today(Friday):Cooperate With Mueller or Face Charges

Woman Sues NASA Over Vial of Moon Dust She Says Gifted by Neil Armstrong

If You Are Muslim, The Holy Month Of Ramadan Ends This Week With The Celebration of Eid ul - Fitr

Ramadan is similar to Lent for Christians. Lent for Devout Christians is 40 Days Of Fasting Before Easter. Today, many Christians do not strictly adhere to the extent they did earlier. Islam is very different, Fasting means no food or drink between sunrise and sunset (except for the very young, the elderly and for medical reasons) for one month. The purpose is that each Muslim experiences the pain of not having anything to eat as do impoverished people and those suffering famine throughout the world - to feel their pain and suffering ...............

Soldier killed in Somalia attack identified

'I've Nothing Left To Give!' - last words Melania Trump's soul cried out before committing suicide

''There's nothing left but an empty universe....I'm all burnt out...I've nothing left to give....I feel so empty inside'' ...these are reportedly the last words Melania Trump's soul cried out before committing suicide. [Police have not ruled out foul play but Rudy Giuliani has already refused Adam Schiff's demand to have Robert Mueller's scope for investigating Trump, Deutsche Bank, Money Laundering, The Mob, The Russian Mafia. and Russia collusion in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election to be expanded to include this suicide.]

Exclusive! Melania wants 'out' (of the marriage) but Trump won't hear of it (!)

A confidential source say's that not only do the Trumps no longer sleep together (nor have they for some time) but Melania's recent mental breakdown and hospitalization was caused by her husband's insistence that she stay in their failed marriage: ''he knows so much about me and my family I don't know what to do''.....'' everything has to be on his terms.... what I want is immaterial''...... she sobbed to a confidant .......... (There is also a rumor that Mrs Melania Trump, The First Lady, may have attempted suicide during her distressed state. The New York Post article above may give some indication as to her mental and emotional health earlier this year.)

Anonymous Source Confirms That Melania Trump's Hospitalization Was Really A ''Mental Health'' Issue

An anonymous source has told 'Hollywood Life' that Melania Trump's life has been 'turned upside down' by the public sex scandal revelations and 'Russiagate' surrounding President Donald Trump: ''As a very private person Melania has been 'devastated'......''..... “Melania really is getting to the point now where she just wishes Donald’s presidency was over, and she can’t wait to return to her ‘regular’ life again, even though she realizes it will never be quite the same.” (Anonymous Source)

Twitter Lift's Suspension On The Palmer Report

Here comes Robert Mueller’s takedown of Julian Assange Bill Palmer | 10:51 pm EDT May 24, 2018

Eight weeks ago, just as Special Counsel Robert Mueller was confronting Julian Assange’s associate Ted Malloch in an airport and subpoenaing him to testify before a grand jury, Ecuador began cracking down on Assange’s privileges. Palmer Report pointed out at the time that it was an unmistakable sign that Mueller was preparing to move on Assange, and Ecuador knew it, and it was taking the first steps toward giving him up. Sure enough, we’re learning this evening that, just as Mueller is preparing to move on Assange’s U.S. co-conspirator, Ecuador is preparing to shove Assange out the back door....(click on the image above to read more...)

Robert Mueller says he’s done with George Papadopoulos, and it means someone big is about to get in

Although it’s never been officially confirmed, it’s not difficult to parse that Mueller cut the plea deal with Papadopoulos in order to get him to testify against his supervisor, Trump campaign co-chair Sam Clovis. If there were going to be a Clovis trial, Mueller would need Papadopoulos to testify that trial. So this means there will be no Clovis trial. Logically, this tells us that Clovis has flipped on someone bigger. This dovetails with earlier widespread reports that Clovis showed up and testified for a Mueller grand jury. So who’s the big fish here?

Judge rules Trump can't block users on Twitter BY LYDIA WHEELER - 05/23/18 01:02 PM EDT

Trump's Use Of Twitter For Government Purposes Means He Does Not Enjoy the Right To Be Treated As A Private Citizen;Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald, of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, said President Trump’s Twitter account is a public forum and blocking people who reply to his tweets with differing opinions constitutes viewpoint discrimination, which violates the First Amendment. The court’s ruling is a major win for the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, which brought the lawsuit on behalf of seven people who were blocked from the @realDonaldTrump account because of opinions they expressed in reply tweets.

Trump ''Flirts'' With Constitutional Crisis

A president instructing the DOJ to open a criminal probe at his behest would be a startling break with precedent, calling into question the independence of law enforcement from partisan politics. “It is, in fact, one of his moves that are kind of characteristic of banana republic regimes, where he just sees the apparatus of the DOJ as something to use in a tit-for-tat way to get back at enemies,” said Harry Litman, who served as a deputy assistant attorney general during the Clinton administration.

By +972 Blog |Published May 15, 2018 Israeli army shoots dead dozens in Gaza's bloodiest day

Kompromat:Russia:How The FBI By Sheer Accident Stumbled Upon Cohen's Blackmail Material Last Month

An NYT Investigation:Last Month, The FBI Raided The Homes and Offices of Michael Cohen. What They Stumbled Upon Was An Incredible Trove Of ''Kompromat'' Being Compiled On behalf Of Donald Trump Against His Political Enemies. Names Of Individuals and Public Figures You Would Not Believe Were Being Targeted For Blackmail By Cohen and His Russian Underworld ''Associates''.A lawyer who says he once represented two women who claimed that the former New York attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, had “sexually victimized” them several years ago, asserted on Friday that he discussed their claims in 2013 with an unlikely person: Michael D. Cohen, Donald J. Trump’s longtime lawyer and fixer.......

When A U.S. President and His Attorney Call U.S. Institutions ''Nazis'' and ''Nazi Stormtroopers''

Legal Experts Said:''A U.S. Judge Will Never Believe The Word Of A Prostitute v. a U.S. President"

How Trump became the Russian Mafia’s bitch (Updated)

LONG TIME VT READERS WILL REMEMBER THE VIDEO FOOTAGE I WAS ABLE TO TAKE OF GORDON WHEN HE GAVE HIS HEADLINE PRESENTATION AT THE DAMASCUS COUNTER TERRORISM CONVENTION, WITHOUT NOTES AS USUAL AND WITH THE AWKWARD DELAY OF THE TRANSLATION. BUT HE SPILLED THE BEANS RIGHT OFF THE BAT THAT THE FORCES BEHIND THE TERROR WAR WERE NOT REALLY COUNTRIES, OR RELIGIONS, OR POLITICAL PARTIES…BUT INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME ON A SCALE THAT MOST WOULD FIND HARD TO EVEN COMPREHEND.....An astounding article came out today proving once and for all that not only should Trump have never been allowed to run for president, but as early as the aftermath of the fall of the Soviet Union in the early 90s, should have been in prison. VT has, for the last year, tied Trump and his closest associates, Jeffrey Epstein and Felix Sater to criminal organisations so powerful they supply ISIS with Stinger missiles and, according to FBI reports, materials to make nuclear weapons as well.

How Trump became the Russian Mafia’s bitch (Updated)

LONG TIME VT READERS WILL REMEMBER THE VIDEO FOOTAGE I WAS ABLE TO TAKE OF GORDON WHEN HE GAVE HIS HEADLINE PRESENTATION AT THE DAMASCUS COUNTER TERRORISM CONVENTION, WITHOUT NOTES AS USUAL AND WITH THE AWKWARD DELAY OF THE TRANSLATION. BUT HE SPILLED THE BEANS RIGHT OFF THE BAT THAT THE FORCES BEHIND THE TERROR WAR WERE NOT REALLY COUNTRIES, OR RELIGIONS, OR POLITICAL PARTIES…BUT INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME ON A SCALE THAT MOST WOULD FIND HARD TO EVEN COMPREHEND.........An astounding article came out today proving once and for all that not only should Trump have never been allowed to run for president, but as early as the aftermath of the fall of the Soviet Union in the early 90s, should have been in prison. VT has, for the last year, tied Trump and his closest associates, Jeffrey Epstein and Felix Sater to criminal organisations so powerful they supply ISIS with Stinger missiles and, according to FBI reports, materials to make nuclear weapons as well.

How Trump became the Russian Mafia’s bitch (Updated)

Senate panel approves bill to protect special counsel BY JORDAIN CARNEY - 04/26/18 11:09 AM EDT

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation on Thursday to protect special counsel Robert Mueller. In a 14-7 vote, the panel approved the bipartisan proposal that deeply divided Republicans on the committee. With every committee Democrat backing the legislation, only one Republican was needed to secure passage. In the end, four Republicans voted for the bill: Sens. Thom Tillis (N.C.), Lindsey Graham (S.C.), Chuck Grassley (Iowa) and Jeff Flake (Ariz.). Republican Sens. Orrin Hatch (Utah), Mike Lee (Utah), John Cornyn (Texas), Mike Crapo (Idaho), Ben Sasse (Neb.), John Kennedy (La.) and Ted Cruz (Texas) opposed it.

Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day is 24th April

Israel halts refugee deportation plan, UN to help with resettlement

After major public campaigns inside Israel and abroad, pressure on the Rwandan government not to accept refugees deported by Israel, and ultimately effective legal challenges, Israel announces it will scrap its mass deportation plan and work with the UN to resettle African asylum seekers in Western countries. This is a huge victory but there may be more fight ahead.Some 20,000 African asylum seekers and human rights activists protest against the Israeli government’s mass deportation plan in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on March 24, 2018. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)

Guccifer:Ace In The Hole:Major Conference To Be Held This Morning (Friday) By Rod Rosenstein

Howard Dean points to “treason charges” in Trump-Russia scandal

Howard Dean, the former Governor of Vermont and former DNC Chair, tweeted this on Saturday afternoon after a series of Trump-Russia developments: “Based on what Brennan has said and what the Mercers did, I am thinking there will be treason charges before we are done with all this.” So what precisely is Dean referring to? “Brennan” is in reference to retired CIA Director John Brennan, who recently asserted that Donald Trump’s status as a Russian puppet is a threat to national security, and tweeted this morning that Trump will be a “disgraced demagogue in the dustbin of history.”

As Trump Purges McCabe, The Last Witness To His Criminal Request Which Comey Rebuffed and Reported:

While selling out America to conspire with Russia to steal the 2016 election is likely what Donald Trump will go down for, he also sealed his fate on February 14, 2017 when he asked FBI Director James Comey to end his investigation into Mike Flynn, Trump’s first National Security Adviser. Comey would go on to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee that Trump told him, “I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go.” We would later learn that Comey shared the details of all of his conversations with Trump with three other individuals in the FBI – Andrew McCabe, Jim Baker, and James Rybicki.Jim Baker, who served as General Counsel, was reassigned in December 2017. James Rybicki, FBI chief of staff under Comey, was forced out by Republican pressure in January 2018. Now FBI Deputy Director McCabe has been fired, just two days short of receiving his full pension. Within hours of the news of his firing, Trump couldn’t contain his sense of vengeful accomplishment by tweeting out about the sudden termination. This deliberate purging of the very people Comey shared his conversations with will not go unnoticed.....

Nightclub provides new clues about Donald Trump’s Pee Pee Tape

When Donald Trump was putting together plans for his Miss Universe pageant in Russia in 2013, he held a planning meeting with Rob Goldstone and Emin Agalarov at a nightclub in Las Vegas. Why did Trump choose this particular club?It may have something to do with the fact that the strippers working at the club were simulating urinating on the patrons. Yahoo News says the club was eventually shut down because of it (link). Trump surely would have known about these kinds of antics when he chose the club for his meeting. This helps to verify that Trump really is into this particular fetish, and it goes a long way to giving validity to Trump’s “Pee Pee Tape” incident in Russia, which is alleged to have taken place just a short time later. There’s more......

Trump-Moscow-Prostitutes Tapes:The Thailand Link

Those Trump-Moscow-Hotel Prostitute Tapes:Russian Sex Worker Threatens To Blow Everything (!)

Donald Trump’s plot with Russia wasn’t collusion. It was treason.{Always CLICK ON IMAGES FOR STORY)

This was an Attack. By a Hostile Nation who had specific designs to undermine our Election and they sought out an Audience with a Candidate who they believed would do their bidding. The recent Indictments would seem to bear those facts out. The problem is not only the Crime but our perception of what the crime was.........But Conspiring with an Enemy of our Country to affect the outcome of an Election is definitely against the law. We have to collectively stop using the word because all we do is fuel the idea that somehow this is innocent. It wasn’t. This was a plot against our Nation. The only thing we do not know is, who came up with it and where? Did it originate with Trump? Putin? Manafort? But whoever, this was a strategy and it was based on a money making Scheme. The money was about Trump getting financing, and for Putin to have Sanctions lifted or unenforced by the Next President. It was definitely not Collusion. It was Treason. This was no different than when Benedict Arnold conspired with the British Military to hand over to them West Point. In the end, Arnold took the money and joined the British and then eventually fled to England. We have to make sure these people are brought to Justice. Read more from this author.

Congressman Adam Schiff,ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee:'Follow The Money'

Biohazard Levels Explained by the CDC

In this 2007 image, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) microbiologist was showering inside a Biosafety Level-4 (BSL-4) laboratory decontamination booth, prior to exiting the sealed confines of the BSL-4 lab. The process consists of a 4-minute, 5% Microchem wash, which is followed by a 3-minute rinse with water. See PHIL 10722 for another view of this activity. The Special Pathogens Branch works with BSL-4 viruses. These viruses are highly pathogenic and require handling in special laboratory facilities designed to contain them. The definition of biosafety levels:[click on image]

A 21st century Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Seminar

Abstract: Founded in 1945 by Manhattan Project scientists who “could not remain aloof to the consequences of their work,” the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists aimed to chronicle the dawn of the nuclear age through the words of the men and women who built the atomic bomb. In 1947, Bulletin supporters—including a veritable Who’s Who of nuclear physics, from Einstein and Fermi to Szilard and Oppenheimer—expanded their four-page newsletter into a magazine that featured a minimalist clock, ticking toward the midnight of nuclear Armageddon, on its cover. More than 70 years later, the now-famous Doomsday Clock is set each January to reflect the world’s security situation. That event is now covered by thousands of media outlets around the world, and today’s Bulletin is hardly your grandfather’s niche magazine.

Collapsing Trump administration forced to withdraw yet another nominee

Donald Trump’s presidency hasn’t merely been the most criminally corrupt and treasonously illegitimate in the history of the United States; it’s also been the most incompetent and unstable. In just a year, Trump has lost dozens of his own handpicked people. He’s now on his second Chief of Staff, his second Press Secretary, his third Communications Director, his second National Security Adviser, and there have been reports that he wants to fire everyone from the FBI Director to the Attorney General to the Secretary of State.

Region:South East Asia

(Eight Miles High)

Terrorism Alert

Status:

Elevated

Country:India

State:Goa

Area:Palolem

Kill Target(s):

Israelis/Americans/

Westerners

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Any Other Data:

Palolem high

priority but

for Goa State

in general as

multiple

simultaneous

attacks

likely pattern;

ISIS-inspired/

Middle East Politics;

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Risk Analysis:

Extreme Deteriorating Relations

India - Pakistan - U.S.

have increased risk.

No imminent attack but

extreme vigilance

recommended.

Evacuation Scenario:

Await instructions on your

phone or tablet.

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(no agreements yet exist to

alert tourists because of difficulty

with pre-empting

(predictive analysis)

and other reasons.)

The Presidential Line of Succession

With his immediate family surrounded by Israeli-trained private security - which he trusts more than the U.S. Secret Service - whose constitutional role it is to protect a sitting President - there is little worry nor concern of assassination by President Trump. But, things change. Things happen - over which even private security 24/7 nor the Secret Service have any control. There are many reasons Presidential succession facts are worth noting. An incumbent President can die in Office for many other reasons - of a stroke, heart attack, combination, or other ailment. Succession is important because continuity of process is a key part of democracy. The following link(s) above will help you to appreciate how the process continues after an incumbent U.S. President suddenly departs - for whatever reason.

New grand jury details reveal Robert Mueller is going for Donald Trump’s jugular

How Trump became the Russian Mafia’s bitch (Updated)

Exclusive! Melania wants 'out' (of the marriage) but Trump won't hear of it (!)

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'VT':Trump and His Organized Crime 'Mafia' Push The World Into A New Nuclear Arms Race

If you have been reading this blogs 'side' news feeds, you know already that Russia has secretly been developing 'new generation' weapons (outside existing treaty agreements) some of which are ''insane'' in comprehension (watch below) - and all to counter NATO's military expansion into Eastern Europe which Russia regards as gross violation of agreed boundaries at the end of the Cold War. In response to this the U.S. is now playing 'catch-up' in an arms race which NATO members (excluding the Gulf States) cannot afford but are obliged to meet as contributors.

I was recently asked'..is there any justification for the bestiality of Daesh to defenceless POWs?'

[PE reply]:Sadly xxxxxxx there is, if you are a Takfiri Salafist (Daesh) member, and a 'true' believer, the 'mindset' is this: words (reputedly) spoken by The Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) (as Hadith) justify this humiliation: ” Muslim recorded from Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet said: ‘Allah said, until they pay the Jizyah, if they do not choose to embrace Islam, with willing submission, in defeat and subservience, and feel themselves subdued, disgraced, humiliated and belittled. Therefore, Muslims are not allowed to honor the people of Dhimmah or elevate them above Muslims, for they are miserable, disgraced and humiliated' copy and paste:http://mquran.org/content/view/7287/2/

US finds itself isolated in Iran conflict BY LAWRENCE J. HAAS, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 06/22/19 11:30

''Dare To Dream'' [May 14th-18th, 2019, Tel Aviv, Israel]

As Israel prepares to host the Eurovision Song Contest this weekend under the slogan ''Dare To Dream'', Palestinians share a video of their dream for freedom while the rest of Europe applauds the Contestants - ignoring their plight and daily suffering - as outcasts in their own land:

The progressive Israeli website + 972 originally hosted this video until it was served with a security banning order.

Unfortunately we cannot display this video from the Israeli website of +972

https://972mag.com/eurovision-israel-palestine-dreams/141358/

(copy + paste)

They have been notified by the Israeli authorities it cannot be displayed nor can they (+972) give the public reasons why the video has been banned.

It is a simple video, non-violent, where young Palestinians voice their own dreams for freedom and the hope that, some day, they too, can ''Dare To Dream.''

You can, however, watch it at the Activestills Facebook page by clicking + pasting on the 'http' reference below:

https://www.facebook.com/Activestills/videos/2349605178438622/

''THE SUM OF ALL FEARS'' [With A Few Twists]

The Sum Of All Fears

[Robert Harrington |12:01 pm EDT May 4, 2019

Palmer Report » Analysis]

This article represents the culmination of an idea for which I laid the groundwork in my previous two articles. In “The real reason William Barr is committing crimes for Donald Trump,” I posited that Attorney General William Barr appears to be wholly unconcerned about the legal peril he has placed himself in – by lying to Congress, by obstructing justice, and so on – and that he told lies that he fully knew would be easy to discover and identify as lies. I suggested we ought to be worried about why he appears so counterintuitively unworried about all this, and so we should.

In my penultimate article, “There is nothing magic about Donald Trump,” I give evidence to the effect that Donald Trump possesses no special powers of charisma, that he has cast no spell over anyone, that everything everyone does for Trump they do with clear-eyed, self-aware volition. If anything, Donald Trump is so repellant a human being personally that most political operatives and insiders would find the idea of falling on their swords for him positively laughable. No one in Washington loves Donald Trump. He is only loved by people who don’t know him......................

[if you value your values and enslavement of the entire nation to elites - sleepwalking into America's oblivion after the next election - appals and horrifies you, continue reading by clicking here .

Even if you are one of the 40 per cent who supports Donald Trump regardless of what he does, you might still be persuaded to seize the last chance you might ever have to vote for any other Presidential Candidate next year after reading this compelling article.]

Donald Trump’s tax returns point to some kind of huge hidden bank account

From my own experience working as as Assistant to the Chief Accountant at one of London's top Casino clubs during the 1970s (see an earlier blog!) no gambling Casino loses money unless:

1.It is issuing I O U's to favored clients (not allowed by law!)

2.The Manager/Senior Staff /Owner(s) is/are ''skimming'' (a sackable and criminal offence - maybe punishable with an even more severe penalty if the club is root-financed by an organized crime family?)

or

Donald Trump’s tax returns point to some kind of huge hidden bank account
Bill Palmer | 8:10 pm EDT May 8, 2019
Palmer Report » News

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As Trump Fights To Conceal His Tax Returns and Threatens Subpoenas To Staff,Why He Cannot Survive:

Yesterday we learned that Deutsche Bank has multiple years of Trump’s tax returns in addition to his banking records, and is turning them over to House Democrats as soon as Trump’s fleeting legal efforts fail. The Democrats don’t need all of Trump’s former advisers to come forward and publicly testify about his obstruction of justice. The more the merrier, but they only need one of them to agree to go before the television cameras in order to make the case to the American people. [Palmer Analysis,0:25 pm EDT May 2, 2019]

The real reason Donald Trump is trying to get himself impeached Bill Palmer|9:09amEDT April 24,2019

''One theory is that, because the Mueller report has exposed Trump as not only a criminal but also an unpopular weakling who would have lost the 2016 election if not for Vladimir Putin’s cyberterrorist attacks against the United States, Trump is now singularly focused on distracting us all from it by any means necessary. If that means setting himself on fire so we all forget he’s an unpopular loser as we watch him burn, then in his deranged mind, so be it. But can it really be as simple as that?''...click above to read more analysis...

NATO-Allied Military Personnel Killed In Afghanistan Died For Absolutely Nothing

With President Trump's Betrayal Of The Afghan People To The Mercy Of Al Qaeda's Taliban and ISIL's Islamic Emirate Of Afghanistan Taking Shape, This Is The Taliban's View Of Impending Victory:''The Afghan nation under the leadership of Islamic Emirate has forced invaders to adopt strategy of leaving of Afghanistan due to the tenacious resistance. Tremendous amount of sacrifices of Afghan nation and valid stance of Islamic Emirate compelled invaders to flee without even consulting their puppets. So whether Ghani wishes or not, the invaders are leaving the country.''

CYPRUS MAIL ONLINE:Turkey pushing ahead with hydrocarbons exploration around Cyprus

Diego Garcia [to read more about this remote location click on the image]

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When researching David Irving I came across a racist poem he reputedly had written for his children.
(He would not call it 'racist' but probably just his personal expression of 'lifestyle' choice.)
Many decades ago I recall someone cry whilst listening to the song ''Jammin'' (Bob Marley.) When asked why, the answer was this: ''until I listened carefully and understood the meaning of the song, I was in darkness.''
The references below will give you
(a)An analysis of Rastafari
(b)The Holy Piby (Sacred Bible) of Rastafarians
[don't worry, it's very short - and unlikely to be the cause of nuclear chemical biological nor radiological Armageddon - for some time yet(!)]
3.A song by Bob Marley
Because of issues of space (in this dimension!), both Mr Irving - and this blog about Rastafari will be relegated further down this page after the coming weekend - so you will have to scroll down further to find both of them - happily coexisting in the same time and space (!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Lcm6Z6Cn2E

http://digjamaica.com/rastafarianism

https://www.globalgreyebooks.com/content/books/ebooks/holy-piby.pdf

http://www.rastaspeaks.com/Rasta/movement.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFRbZJXjWIA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9ioyEvdggk

(note:my research suggests ''The Gleaner'' a home-grown Jamaican newspaper, has used an incorrect title:
'Rastafarians' do not accept the term ''ism'' for their religion and prefer it be referred to as ''Rastafari'' and themselves as ''Rastas'' or ''Rastafarians.'')

''Black Planet''

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y07vgARrOUE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TBNVHU033c

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Genetically Engineered Bioweapons: A New Breed of Weapons for Modern Warfare

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Figure 1: Gram stained cerebrospinal fluid showing gram-positive anthrax baccilli (purple rods). Courtesy of Wikimedia.
Genome sequencing has given rise to a new generation of genetically engineered bioweapons carrying the potential to change the nature of modern warfare and defense.
Introduction
Biological weapons are designed to spread disease among people, plants, and animals through the introduction of toxins and microorganisms such as viruses and bacteria. The method through which a biological weapon is deployed depends on the agent itself, its preparation, its durability, and the route of infection. Attackers may disperse these agents through aerosols or food and water supplies (1).
Although bioweapons have been used in war for many centuries, a recent surge in genetic understanding, as well as a rapid growth in computational power, has allowed genetic engineering to play a larger role in the development of new bioweapons. In the bioweapon industry, genetic engineering can be used to manipulate genes to create new pathogenic characteristics aimed at enhancing the efficacy of the weapon through increased survivability, infectivity, virulence, and drug resistance (2). While the positive societal implications of improved biotechnology are apparent, the “black biology” of bioweapon development may be “one of the gravest threats we will face” (2).
Limits of Past Bioweapons
Prior to recent advances in genetic engineering, bioweapons were exclusively natural pathogens. Agents must fulfill numerous prerequisites to be considered effective military bioweapons, and most naturally occurring pathogens are ill suited for this purpose (3). First, bioweapons must be produced in large quantities. A pathogen can be obtained from the natural environment if enough can be collected to allow purification and testing of its properties. Otherwise, pathogens could be produced in a microbiology laboratory or bank, a process which is limited by pathogen accessibility and the safety with which the pathogens can be handled in facilities. To replicate viruses and some bacteria, living cells are required. The growth of large quantities of an agent can be limited by equipment, space, and the health risks associated with the handling of hazardous germs (1). In addition to large-scale production, effective bioweapons must act quickly, be environmentally robust, and their effects must be treatable for those who are implementing the bioweapon (3).
Recent Advances
As researchers continue to transition from the era of DNA sequencing into the era of DNA synthesis, it may soon become feasible to synthesize any virus whose DNA sequence is known (4). This was first demonstrated in 2001 when Dr. Eckard Wimmer re-created the poliovirus and again in 2005 when Dr. Jeffrey Taubenberger and Terrence Tumpey re-created the 1918 influenza virus (1). The progress of DNA synthesis technology will also allow for the creation of novel pathogens. According to biological warfare expert Dr. Steven Block, genetically engineered pathogens “could be made safer to handle, easier to distribute, capable of ethnic specificity, or be made to cause higher mortality rates” (2).
The growing accessibility of DNA synthesis capabilities, computational power, and information means that a growing number of people will have the capacity to produce bioweapons. Scientists have been able to transform the four letters of DNA—A (adenine), C (cytosine), G (guanine), and T (thymine)—into the ones and zeroes of binary code. This transformation makes genetic engineering a matter of electronic manipulation, which decreases the cost of the technique (4). According to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, “the emerging gene synthesis industry is making genetic material more widely available […] A crude but effective terrorist weapon can be made using a small sample of any number of widely available pathogens, inexpensive equipment, and college-level chemistry and biology.” (5)

Figure 2: Virus responsible for poliomyelitus (picornavirus). Through improved vaccination efforts, polio will soon be eradicated from the globe. Courtesy of Sanofy Pasteur.
Techniques to Enhance Efficacy of Bioweapons
Scientists and genetic engineers are considering several techniques to increase the efficacy of pathogens in warfare.
1. Binary Biological Weapons
This technique involves inserting plasmids, small bacterial DNA fragments, into the DNA of other bacteria in order to increase virulence or other pathogenic properties within the host bacteria (2).
2. Designer Genes
According to the European Bioinformatics Institute, as of December 2012, scientists had sequenced the genomes of 3139 viruses, 1016 plasmids, and 2167 bacteria, some of which are published on the internet and are therefore accessible to the public (6). With complete genomes available and the aforementioned advances in gene synthesis, scientists will soon be able to design pathogens by creating synthetic genes, synthetic viruses, and possibly entirely new organisms (2).
3. Gene Therapy
Gene therapy involves repairing or replacing a gene of an organism, permanently changing its genetic composition. By replacing existing genes with harmful genes, this technique can be used to manufacture bioweapons (2).
4. Stealth Viruses
Stealth viruses are viral infections that enter cells and remain dormant for an extended amount of time until triggered externally to cause disease. In the context of warfare, these viruses could be spread to a large population, and activation could either be delayed or used as a threat for blackmail (2).
5. Host-Swapping Diseases
Much like the naturally occurring West Nile and Ebola viruses, animal viruses could potentially be genetically modified and developed to infect humans as a potent biowarfare tactic (2).
6. Designer Diseases
Biotechnology may be used to manipulate cellular mechanisms to cause disease. For example, an agent could be designed to induce cells to multiply uncontrollably, as in cancer, or to initiate apoptosis, programmed cell death (2).
7. Personalized Bioweapons
In coming years it may be conceivable to design a pathogen that targets a specific person’s genome. This agent may spread through populations showing minimal or no symptoms, yet it would be fatal to the intended target (4).
Biodefense
In addition to creating bioweapons, the emerging tools of genetic knowledge and biological technology may be used as a means of defense against these weapons.
1. Human Genome Literacy
As scientific research continues to reveal the functions of specific genes and how genetic components affect disease in humans, vaccines and drugs can be designed to combat particular pathogens based on analysis of their particular molecular effect on the human cell (2).
2. Immune System Enhancement
In addition to enabling more effective drug development, human genome literacy allows for a better understanding of the immune system. Thus, genetic engineering can be used to enhance human immune response to pathogens. As an example, Dr. Ken Alibek is conducting cellular research in pursuit of protection against the bioweapon anthrax (2).
3. Viral and Bacterial Genome Literacy
Decoding the genomes of viruses and bacteria will lead to molecular explanations behind virulence and drug resistance. With this information, bacteria can be engineered to produce bioregulators against pathogens. For example, Xoma Corporation has patented a bactericidal/permeability-increasing (BPI) protein, made from genes inserted into bacterial DNA, which reverses the resistance characteristic of particular bacteria against some popular antibiotics (2).
4. Efficient Bio-Agent Detection and Identification Equipment
Because the capability of comparing genomes using DNA assays has already been acquired, such technology may be developed to identify pathogens using information from bacterial and viral genomes. Such a detector could be used to identify the composition of bioweapons based on their genomes, reducing present-day delays in resultant treatment and/or preventive measures (2).
5. New Vaccines
Current scientific research projects involve genetic manipulation of viruses to create vaccines that provide immunity against multiple diseases with a single treatment (2).
6. New Antibiotics and Antiviral Drugs
Currently, antibiotic drugs target DNA synthesis, protein synthesis, and cell-wall synthesis processes in bacterial cells. With an increased understanding of microbial genomes, other proteins essential to bacterial viability can be targeted to create new classes of antibiotics. Eventually, broad-spectrum, rather than protein-specific, anti-microbial drugs may be developed (2).
Future of Warfare
“The revolution in molecular biology and biotechnology can be considered as a potential Revolution of Military Affairs (RMA),” states Colonel Michael Ainscough, MD, MPH (2). According to Andrew Krepinevich, who originally coined the term RMA, “technological advancement, incorporation of this new technology into military systems, military operational advancement, and organizational adaptation in a way that fundamentally alters the character and conduct of conflict” are the four components that make up an RMA. For instance, the Gulf War has been classified as the beginning of the space information warfare RMA. “From the technological advances in biotechnology, biowarfare with genetically engineered pathogens may constitute a future such RMA,” says Ainscough (2).
In addition, the exponential increase in computational power combined with the accessibility of genetic information and biological tools to the general public and lack of governmental regulation raise concerns about the threat of biowarfare arising from outside the military (7). The US government has cited the efforts of terrorist networks, such as al Qaida, to recruit scientists capable of creating bioweapons as a national security concern and “has urged countries to be more open about their efforts to clamp down on the threat of bioweapons” (5).
Despite these efforts, biological research that can potentially lead to bioweapon development is “far more international, far more spread out, and far more diverse than nuclear science […] researchers communicate much more rapidly with one another by means that no government can control […] this was not true in the nuclear era,” according to David Kay, former chief U.S. weapons inspector in Iraq (7). Kay is “extraordinarily pessimistic that we [the United States] will take any of the necessary steps to avoid the threat of bioweapons absent their first actual use” (7).
“There are those who say: ‘the First World War was chemical; the Second World War was nuclear; and that the Third World War – God forbid – will be biological’” (2).
Contact Mackenzie Foley at Mackenzie.A.Foley.16@dartmouth.edu

References
1. Federation of American Scientists, Introduction to Biological Weapons (2011). Available at http://www.fas.org/programs/bio/bwintro.html (28 December 2012).
2. M. Ainscough, Next Generation Bioweapons: Genetic Engineering and Biowarfare (April 2002). Available at http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/cpc-pubs/biostorm/ainscough.pdf (28 December 2012).
3. J. van Aken, E. Hammond, EMBO Rep. 4, S57–S60 (2003).
4. A. Hessel, M. Goodman, S. Kotler, Hacking the President’s DNA. The Atlantic (November 2012). Available at http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/11/hacking-the-presidents-dna/309147/?single_page=true (28 December 2012).
5. Advances in Genetics Could Create Deadly Biological Weapons, Clinton Warns (07 July 2011). Available at http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/advances-in-genetics-could-create-deadly-biological-weapons-clinton-warns-531347.html (28 December 2012).
6. European Bioinformatics Institute, Access to Completed Genomes (17 December 2012). Available at http://www.ebi.ac.uk/genomes/index.html (28 December 2012).
7. https://sites.dartmouth.edu/dujs/2013/03/10/genetically-engineered-bioweapons-a-new-breed-of-weapons-for-modern-warfare/
8.https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a556597.pdf

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(I am presuming it is then a criminal offense if they then go on, regardless, to place cookies on your device?: - the equivalent of internet (or virtual) rape(!) - so you'd better retain 'proof' of the 'offense' if you intend to press charges! )
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http://ec.europa.eu/ipg/basics/legal/cookies/index_en.htm#section_5

Was Dominique Strauss-Kahn Set Up?

I met on Sunday with an individual who gave me information not yet in the public domain about the unnamed chambermaid making allegations against the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Director, Mr Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the intended main challenger to President Sarkozy as the next President of France. The person I met said, basically, that the woman involved in the allegation has a history of sexual dysfunctionality which makes here prone to making allegations after suggestive encounters towards men-not for attention seeking reasons but because of her own profile and background with relationships going back to her childhood. ‘’Because she is an immigrant her own background as a child may be hard to uncover and she is also in the unique position of having complete anonymity under US law-until she decides voluntarily to ‘cash in’ on this affair.’’ As the alleged victim,should anyone attempt to reveal her identity they too become liable to criminal prosecution. At this point, whether guilty or not, Strauss-Kahn is ruined politically and socially. ‘’The only people with the capability of unearthing the facts are the USCIS the FBI and the CIA and most likely all three agencies will be required to take a back seat as it’s a US Police local state (not Federal) matter and only the Justice Department will be involved.’’ As a Euro sceptic I have always been against most things which are EU-orientated. Indeed for many years I have supported an anti-European Union group as I share it’s sentiments-so I am the last person in the world to want to say any good words about the EU or it’s officials. Why would anyone want to ‘set-up’ Strauss-Kahn and who benefits from his absence from key talks about the Euro and it’s future hanging as they are in the balance? What would be the global implications of the collapse of the Euro as a single currency and how would it affect the dollar? Strauss-Kahn is undoubtedly a brilliant economist and visionary in his own field. He is singularly credited with saving the Euro from collapse by his ability to persuade Germany to buy into a rescue package with the prospect that it will emerge as the economic super-giant of the European continent when the European economies recover-which they eventually will. How would this emergence affect Europe’s relationship with the United States and the rest of the world? Let’s stick with the facts as known at present and remove the hype. Is it credible to believe that Mr Strauss-Kahn would, without being solicited, actively commit a sexual assault of the kind he is being accused of? The answer is currently unknown but as in the Julian Assange (WikiLeaks) case, there are troubling doubts-not about his guilt but about the scenarios of alleged guilt given the critical timings. ''Even if he is eventually proved to be guilty of attempted rape that does not preclude the possibility of him having being set up to commit a crime. Entrapment of high-profile individuals by rival companies and corporations is not unknown in the world in which we live.'' It is known that there have been prior issues affecting Mr Strauss-Kahn in his work environment and this alone is likely to heighten suspicions about his guilt-even before a fair trial. Already today an individual in France is alleging attempted assault and other individuals may see this as the time to also bring forward past affairs or grievances. ''These issues however were matters, as I gather, which could affect many co-workers working or travelling together for prolong periods of time and under great stress and should not have a bearing on any current accusation-but in this case they undoubtedly will-making it impossible for Mr Strauss-Kahn to be given a fair trial in the United States in the glare of media publicity which will now devour every aspect of the man’s private and public life.'' Back to the crises in Europe. Mr Strauss-Kahn is being replaced in these complex negotiations between economically ailing Euro zone countries and the IMF by someone who has only months of experience as a Deputy Director and lacks the charisma and ‘fixing’ abilities across so complex an economic structure which Strauss-Kahn is reputed to possess. Why is such an international high profile individual who cannot flee nor hide anywhere in the world being held in custody and not released on bail to continue his work-which is critical to the future of Europe? Even if he is released on bail or bond assurance, such is the damage done to his reputation that he may find it impossible to function in his current role at this critical juncture in EU-IMF relations such will be the detraction of this issue. This will have immediate effects on the course and direction of the negotiations-especially if European leaders lose faith in his credibility-which is highly likely. Of course everyone can be replaced-but in time. So the timing is critical in this instance. The Justice Department of The United States is fully aware of his role in IMF discussions aimed at saving the Euro and ensuring that Portugal, Greece, Spain and Ireland do not default so why are they not prepared to release him on bail in order that this work, vital to the unity of the European continent as an economic block can continue? They would quite rightly answer because he is being arrainged on a serious criminal matter and the issue of bail and bond is a matter for a judge at a hearing and is not the Justice Department's decision. In so high profile a case, The New York State Criminal Justice Department, the U.S. Justice Department and even The State Department could conceivably intervene with their own conflicting recommendations. The alternative interpretation of this event could be very troubling and not at all related to the alleged crime. Which currency, I was asked, most benefits with the collapse of the Euro as a single currency? ''The dollar has never been in a more precarious condition than it is today-under pressure from the Yuan. The emerging Russian Rouble is poised to affect the Eurozone in a way Strauss-Kahn has been working to positively and co-operatively pre-empt.'' Russia managed to prevent a global meltdown of its financial and industrial institutions several years ago when, what it perceived as an external conspiracy to place control of it's key strategic resources into the hands of hostile foreign corporations and place the country into a future situation of indebtedness was foiled. President Putin, a former intelligence officer, could never prove a conspiracy to bankrupt and seriously indebt the country so Russian authorities responded by promptly arresting and serving warrants for the arrest of all the oligarchs they could get within it’s own territory who were believed to be part of this unproven conspiracy and charged them on spurious economic crimes grounds-justified or not. Today, the Rouble is, like the Yuan, emerging as one of the future challengers to the Dollar-and the Euro-worldwide. Strauss-Kahn was involved in other delicate discussions-to bring the European Union and Russia into a closer economic union-and to persuade The German Chancellor Merkel to accept Turkey as a de facto associate member of the European Union with the issues of Cyprus and immigration being left for longer term settlement-should the Turks agree not to press for full membership. From what I gather, a complex man involved in intricate and complex issues profoundly affecting all our lives-now incarcerated in a U.S. jail and being paraded by U.S. Detectives from court hearing to court hearing as an indicted common criminal. The gut instinct of Chancellor Merkel and other European politicians will be to drop him like a stone as the political fall-out from having such an albatross could be even more damaging. No doubt many former colleagues will now try to distance themselves as far as possible from Mr Strauss-Kahn fearing the outcome on their own political careers. Strauss-Kahn’s impact as the most likely future President of France would have been even more profound. Even the incumbent President, Sarkozy, would admit he (Sarkozy) is not a brilliant economist. Having a man like Strauss Kahn running France and with German money and drive behind him, this powerful combination could have conceivably lifted Europe out of the economic recession faster than it will now take with the absence of so powerful an alliance of brilliance, brains, connections, fixing ability money and brawn - as all in unison would have effectively implemented an EU-structured Marshall Plan to save the economic union. Should any of the above prove true, (and I have been offered nor am offering any proof), then key personnel involved in critical aspects of EU policies may well be advised to take extra special precautions to avoid entrapment when on business or holiday trips abroad. If such proves to be the case, it would be reminiscent of the Cold War days when civil servants and other commercial and local government officials were expressly forbidden to travel behind the Iron Curtain without governmental permission It may well also be advisable to have a new set of rules governing the arrest of suspects so as to ensure that all are guaranteed protection from publicity under the law until conviction takes place as often the unproven allegations alone can destroy a life and a career. . The stakes are very high-a fact not appreciated by the general public since it's difficult to have access to a complete picture of exactly what is happening and how one issue affects another in a world where information overload creates as much confusion as it's paucity. Either this story represents the personal tragedy and the untimely end of a brilliant career of an individual who has succumbed to human failings at a most historically unfortunate time for Europe or a new, very vicious and very ugly chapter is emerging in the global fight for currency domination. I would hope that the former is the case so that one day Mr Strauss-Kahn and his victim will both be able to re-build their shattered lives and that the victim of this crime will see the justice she deserves. In conclusion, in the world we live, human failings and high public office do not go hand in hand. Is it any wonder that the most gifted and able individuals in this world avoid politics, high profile and public office like the plague. I left my contact with many questions unanswered and unresolved and with a heavy heart. Patrick Emek Europe Monday 16th May 2011 10.30am

Radioactive Traces from the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Found in California Wine

ollowing the 2011 Fukushima nuclear power plant accident, radioactive waste leaked into surrounding areas and contaminated waters and food. Seven years later, traces of the disaster were found half a world away — in California's wine. A group of French nuclear physicists tested 18 bottles of California's rosé and cabernet sauvignon produced in 2009 and onward and found that the wines produced after the disaster had increased levels of a man-made radioactive particle. Cabernet sauvignon, for example, had double the amount. [Tracking Japan's Tsunami Debris (Infographic)]