Hong Kong Police Warn of More Arrests After Sweep of Activists (Bloomberg) — Hong Kong police arrested prominent opposition figures including Joshua Wong — and warned other protesters could share their fate at illegal demonstrations this weekend — raising tensions as authorities seek to quell pro-democracy demonstrations that have raged for almost three months. The … Read more
Greg Hunter gives The Weekly News Wrap-Up for Friday 8/30/19 via USAWatchdog The Office of Inspector General report is out on fired FBI Director James Comey about his leaking to get his friend Robert Mueller installed as Special Counsel. Let me sum up the 85 page report: Comey is guilty of criminal leaks, and he will not … Read more
From Birch Gold Group U.S. consumers and retailers may not escape the next round of tariffs set to roll out on September 1. Turns out, they won’t be delayed until December as originally stated. The new tariffs will be raised to 15% from 10% in response to China’s additional tariffs on $75 billion of American goods. According to a Newsmax piece, POTUS … Read more
EEE fears sweep US: Officials in 3 states warn residents to stay inside at dawn and dusk and to NOT touch dying birds At least five people have contracted Eastern equine encephalitis in three states The virus kills about a third of humans who develop it and several have been left in comas or on … Read more
Google says hackers have put ‘monitoring implants’ in iPhones for years An unprecedented iPhone hacking operation, which attacked “thousands of users a week” until it was disrupted in January, has been revealed by researchers at Google’s external security team. The operation, which lasted two and a half years, used a small collection of hacked websites to deliver … Read more
Law enforcement officers in Virginia have seized enough fentanyl to kill 14 million people, busting a massive three-state drug ring as part of what they called “Operation Cookout.” Thirty-five suspects were arrested, and four others are on the run. “This opioid crisis is not an issue that is happening someplace else, or to someone else. … Read more
via realclearpolitics: Late Tuesday afternoon, some conservatives on Twitter started grumbling about an article the Washington Post published that morning. The op-ed in question accused best-selling conservative author J.D. Vance of being racist, and otherwise tried dubiously to connect the dots between mainstream pro-life advocates and white supremacists. At a speech in July, Vance said the … Read more
by sundance There was a scheduled joint status filing due today between DOJ prosecutors and the Mike Flynn defense team led by Sidney Powell. As Mr. Flynn’s cooperation has ended in all other aspects related to the former special counsel, there are apparently many issues still to be resolved prior to Flynn’s sentencing. In a filing … Read more
by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Marty; What is your opinion on the Democrats threat to stack the Supreme Court if they win the presidency? SK ANSWER: I believe that the Supreme Court should be restructured. The Constitution ONLY created the Supreme Court and Congress could not shut it down. However, all other lower Federal courts are statutory, created by Congress. … Read more
by Raúl Ilargi Meijer Of course the notion of addressing Hong Kong has been in my mind for a while, but it’s a bit of a moving target: things change all the time, and seemingly on the fly. However, with today’s fresh developments, it seems silly to wait any longer. Hong Kong Civic party lawmaker … Read more