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Bibi1581 Blog For 05/27/2018: Evening Edition

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1…………> Russia’s War: Casualties

“An artillery battery of the regime’s forces was attacked this night; two Russian military advisers, who controlled the fire of the Syrian battery, were killed on the spot,” Russia’s DOD ministry disclosed in a statement that four of its soldiers have been killed and three others injured during a clash with remnants of “Obama Boys” militants of Al Nusra Brigade and associated jihadist punks in Deir Ez-Zor, according to the Russian DOD.


Russian servicemen along with the Syrian regime forces together fought the militants during the clash that lasted for about an hour; “43 jihadists” were also killed and six vehicles with heavy weapons were also destroyed, the statement added.

According to UN estimates, five hundred thousands of people have been killed in the conflict.

http://v.aa.com.tr/1158006

 

 

 

 

2…………..> In Harms Way: Navy In South China Sea

 

Despite the “good chemistry” between China’s President Mr.Xi, and President Trump who seeks his continued cooperation on North Korea de-nuclearization and negotiations with its unpredictable leader and Mr.Xi nephew Comrade Un, two US Navy warships sailed near South China Sea islands pirated out by China, in a move likely to anger Beijing that is ignoring “The Freedom of Navigation” principle of international law, just days after the Pentagon uninvited China from a major US-hosted naval drill. 

 

The Higgins guided-missile destroyer and the Antietam, a guided-missile cruiser, came within 12 nautical miles of the Paracel Islands, among a string of islets, reefs and shoals over which China has territorial disputes with its neighbours.


The US military vessels carried out manoeuvring operations near Tree, Lincoln, Triton and Woody islands in the Paracels, one of the officials said.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-28/us-warships-sail-near-disputed-islands-in-south-china-sea/9805576

 

 

 

 

3…………> Down With ADF: Berlin Hecklers

Some 20,000 pro-immigration hecklers confronted 5,000 supporters of the far-right (AFD) Alternative for the Islamic Merkledom of Germany marching through Berlin, blasting techno music across the capital trying to suppress
the anti-immigration, anti-European Union and anti-Muslim agenda that propelled it to be the third largest party in the German Bundestag in last September’s election.

“Our children, our country, our future: that is why we are here and we are the only party with this program,” said AfD leader Alexander Gauland, speaking to supporters at a rally near the Brandenburg Gate, where the march ended.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-28/german-far-right-supporters-outnumbered-by-counter-protesters/9806098


http://p.dw.com/p/2yP0b

 

 

 

4…………> Planet “Misery”: Outer Space Economics

 

No matter how much the politicians are lying to the electorate, night lights on earth captured by satellites from outer space are a good way to measure inequality, according to economists Praveen Chakravarty and Vivek Dehejia research that acquired images transmitted by satellites from the US Air Force Defence Meteorological Satellite Programme. 


These satellites circle the earth 14 times a day and record lights from the earth’s surface at night with sensors, then superimposed a map depicting India’s districts on their images, allowing them to develop a unique data set of luminosity values, by district and over time.

Using data generated by the night lights, they studied 387 of 640 districts in 12 states of India, that account for 85% of India’s population, 80% of its GDP, and 87% of parliamentary seats are in these districts. Using the novel methodology, the economists documented income divergence in India.

Most of India is dark at night because there is little economic activity going on. But the delicate tracery of lights as seen from space also showed that the states are becoming more unequal between and within them. 

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-44193144

5…………> Applied Global Warming: Birmingham

A sudden flash storm flooded UK city of Birmingham, forcing Midlands police to warn people to avoid driving in the city.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-44274887

 

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Bibi1581 Blog For 05/19/2018: Morning Edition

1…………> “This Is The Moment”: Prince Harry & Meghan

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have married at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle, in a ceremony watched by 600 guests, including stars of a non-Royal variety led by George and Amal Clooney, David and Victoria Beckham, and Ms. Markle’s co-stars from the TV show “Suits”, joined by millions of people on TV worldwide as the blessed pair vowed to love, comfort, honor and protect each other.

Ms. Markle entered the chapel alone before walking along the quire arm-in-arm with heir-to-the-throne, Prince Charles.

Visibly nervous before the big moment, Prince Harry was nothing but smiles as he saw his bride, just whispering to Ms. Markle, “You look amazing,”.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-19/royal-wedding-meghan-markle-and-prince-harry-have-married/9779532

 

 

2…………> Spratly’s: PLA Bomber Airbases

People’s Daily, China

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Chinese bombers including the H-6K conduct takeoff and landing training on an island reef at a southern sea area.

1:00 AM – May 18, 2018

105 people are talking about this, as world “Fake News ” media and “New World Disorder” talking heads are breathlessly waiting for President Trump to meet Mr.Xi nephew Comrade Un, while the PLA air force has landed long-range bombers on an airstrip in the South China Sea Spratly group of seven manmade islands that are equipped them with runways, hangars, radar, and missile stations, all pirated out in violation of international law.

“A division of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) recently organized multiple bombers such as the H-6K to conduct take-off and landing training on islands and reefs in the South China Sea in order to improve our ability to ‘reach all territory, conduct strikes at any time and strike in all directions’,” a statement read.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-20/china-air-force-lands-bombers-on-s.china-sea-island/9779614

 

 

3……….> Space Creatures: Octopuses

The universally accepted theory that octopuses evolved from a nautiloid that inhabited the Earth about 500 million years ago is being contradicted by a recent discovery that they can manipulate their own RNA to adapt to almost any environment, a feature that “seem to be borrowed from a distant terrestrial evolution”; i.e. an inference published in a paper of the journal “Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology” that “cryopreserved and matrix protected fertilized octopus eggs” might have been brought to Earth via a comet or other extraterrestrial object, noting that such objects often contain traces of organic matter.

If we ever get to talk with the UFO aliens, will they turn to be octopuses dressed in intergalactic space suits, flashing iPhones made of “Proxima Centauri” cerintian crystals? Have you read “Blue House Rock”? 

https://sputniknews.com/science/201805191064611666-alien-octopuses-eggs/

 

 

 

4…………> Persian “Ganat”: In Guadalajara

What a deep, 1200 feet long, perfectly straight, water carrying underground tunnel build and named “ganat” by the Persians nearly 5000 years ago doing in the little town of La Venta, west of Guadalajara?


With an illuminating hole in the ceiling 33 feet, and nearly constant 2% grade allowing water flow without using any energy, the qanat could supply water for at least the next 200 years, according to Dr. Phil Weigand, the discoverer of western Mexico’s circular pyramids or Guachimontones.

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/mexicolife/what-is-a-persian-qanat-doing-in-guadalajara/

 

5…………> Change In Command: US Pacific Fleet

 
 
 Adm. John C. Aquilino relieved Adm. Scott Swift as commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet during a change of command ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, May 17.


“I am grateful for the opportunities the Navy has provided. Most of all, I love the Navy for the relationships I have developed. But to finish my career here, in the Pacific Fleet, the only fleet I have ever sailed in, headquartered in the city I was born in, in the harbor of my father’s first command, doing what I love is something dreams are made of,” Adm. Scott Swift said, thanking the Navy, the Sailors and civilians at Pacific Fleet for their hard work at the command.

With the historic USS Arizona and Battleship Missouri memorials as the backdrop, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson welcomed Aquilino and recognized Swift’s achievements as Pacific Fleet commander.

“This is a celebration of the Pacific Fleet,” said Richardson. “In the action of a single salute, all authority, all responsibility, and all accountability will transfer from Admiral Swift to Admiral Aquilino. And with that transfer of command, with that salute, so to go our loyalties. So we are indeed saddened to see [Admiral Swift] and Trish go, but they are being replaced by another superb leadership team [Admiral Aquilino] and Laura. Congratulations on your selection to this unbelievably vital position. You are the perfect team to lead the fleet to a new level of performance.”

After assuming command, Aquilino said his mission was clear – be ready to execute prompt and sustained combat operations at sea against any adversary, and win.

“A great power competition has reemerged as the central challenge to security and prosperity against our nation,” said Aquilino. “Nowhere are the stakes of that great power competition higher than here in the Indo-Pacific region. To any potential adversary that wishes to challenge us, the secretary of defense said it best, ‘You can have no better friend, or you can have no worse enemy’ than the U.S. Pacific Fleet; that choice will be yours.”

U.S. Pacific Fleet is the world’s largest fleet command, encompassing 100 million square miles, more than half the Earth’s surface, from Antarctica to the Arctic Circle and from the west coast of the United States into the Indian Ocean. The U.S. Pacific Fleet consists of more than 200 ships and submarines, nearly 1,200 aircraft, and more than 130,000 Sailors and civilians.

http://www.navy.mil/view_imagex.asp?id=6477&t=4

http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=105644

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