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Posted on June 4, 2018 by 1910emo1997

Bibi1581 Blog For 06/03/2018: Evening Edition

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	1…………> The Scent Of Eros & Aphrodite: Greece
	For the first time, an ancient scent takes its place among the treasure of antiquities next to sculptures of Eros and Aphrodite at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, after chemists used oil formulas referenced in the works of Dioskourides and Theophrastos and later studies focusing on the ancient technique of aromatic oil production. “We started the infusion of the wild olive oil, we mixed it with nutsedges. Then we flavored the formed oil with rose petals and colorized it with the root of alkanna,” Korres explained. According to Korres, the final scent is absolutely original, and it takes one back to something primitive and fresh which is the rose, with two more scents, are being unveiled and take their place in the museum in the coming months, the coriander, and the sage.

	http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-06/03/c_137227669_2.htm

	2…………> Volcanic Erruption: Guatemala
	Ejército Guatemala@Ejercito_GT Cuerpo de Ingeniros del Ejército realiza trabajos de remoción de ceniza volcánica en el Aeropuerto Internacional “La Aurora”.#365DíasAlServicioDeMiPatria 3:51 PM – Jun 3, 2018 · 44 people are talking about this Seven people have been killed and nearly 300 injured after Guatemala’s Fuego volcano erupted, officials say. The volcano, about 40km (25 miles) south-west of the capital Guatemala City, has been spewing black smoke and ash into the sky. Flows of lava have reportedly struck at least one village, causing deaths and injuries. People have been evacuated from several areas and the capital’s La Aurora airport has closed. President Jimmy Morales said a national emergency response was under way. The head of the National Disaster Prevention Authority Sergio Cabañas told a local radio station that a river of lava had changed course towards a small town. “People have been injured, burned and killed. Evacuations and searches are underway,” he said, quoted by Reuters. A total of about a million people have been affected by the eruption, the Guatemalan government says. Officials have advised citizens to wear masks due to falling ash, which has been raining down in four of Guatemala’s administrative regions.
	http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-44350974

	3…………> PLA Air Force: Deliberate, Experienced & Obedient
	The “Shenwei” unit of PLA long-distance aviation in the words of veteran pilot Wang Aiping, and his co-pilot Wei Xing, gives us a window of the degree of precision and hard work pilots and support crews go in piloting H-6K nuclear-capable bombers that have been observed landing on the “artificial” islands of the deeply contested South Chiba sea.

	http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-06/04/c_137228600.htm

	4…………> Money Laundering: “Down Under”

	CBA Newsroom @CBAnewsroom CBA CEO, Matt Comyn on AUSTRAC settlement: “Our agreement today is a clear acknowledgment of our failures and is an important step towards moving the bank forward. On behalf of Commonwealth Bank, I apologize to the community for letting them down.” 4:28 PM – Jun 3, 2018 The settlement of $530 million dollars came after court-ordered mediation between the country’s biggest bank and the country’s financial intelligence agency, the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC), for “serious and systemic non-compliance” with anti-money laundering and terror financing rules following Deutche Bank and a long list of US and EU banks that have used the very loose Central Banks monetary policy to procure tens of thousands of suspicious transactions and failed to adequately report them to authorities, allowing criminals and terror financiers to launder millions of dollars through CBA accounts.
	http://www.dw.com/en/australias-commonwealth-bank-to-pay-450-million-money-laundering-fine/a-44062899

	5…………> Murder Capital: Mexico City

	Mexico City has recorded its most violent first four-month period of any year of the past two decades with 382 intentional homicides between January 1 and the end of April. The figure is 14% higher than the 335 recorded in the same period last year and 24% higher than the murder rate registered in the first four months of 1998 when there were 309 homicides. There have not been more than 300 murders in Mexico City in the January-April period of any other year in the past 20.

	https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/violence-surges-in-mexico-city-worst-in-20-years/
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Posted on June 3, 2018 by 1910emo1997

Bibi1581 Blog For 06/03/2018: Morning Edition

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1…………> “Alien Sanctuary” NY: Cuddling Criminals

ICE prepared more than 440 detainers against aliens booked by NYPD or NYDOC. Nearly 40 individuals who were released from custody, reoffended and were again arrested for crimes by local law enforcement officers, for “minor” crimes like Criminal Contempt, Assault-3rd, Disorderly Conduct, Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle-Felony Grand Larceny, Robbery, Criminal Contempt, Assault and Disorderly Conduct, Fraud, Robbery and finally Homicide.

“In just three months, more than three dozen criminal aliens were released from local custody. Simply put, the politics and rhetoric in this city are putting its own communities at an unnecessary risk,” said Scott Mechowski, acting field office director for the ERO New York. “ICE has no choice but to continue to conduct at-large arrests in local neighborhoods and at worksites, wasting valuable resources on criminal aliens who could be securely turned over to ICE custody at jails and prisons. However, ICE remains committed to its public safety mission and will continue to enforce our nation’s immigration laws.”

https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/3-month-review-shows-how-new-york-citys-failure-honor-immigration-detainers-leads

2…………> Up Against The Flow: Tariff Wars

After forty years of exporting US capital, know-how and technology to our “Chinese partners”, the administration of President Trump is trying to reverse the treachery of the Council of Foreign Relations(CFR) that turned a third world communist country into world’s 2^nd superpower, and left thousands of American cities into drug-infested shanty towns, by using tariffs to reduce current account balance.

Mr.Xi and his lieutenants were clearly not amused:

“The achievements reached by China and the United States should be based on the premise that the two sides should meet each other halfway and not fight a trade war,” said the Chinese statement, carried by the official Xinhua News Agency.

“If the United States introduces trade sanctions including raising tariffs, all the economic and trade achievements negotiated by the two parties will be void.”

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-03/china-warns-us-trade-deals-off-if-tariffs-go-ahead/9830080

3…………> Google AI Project: Out Of DOD

“Cousin” Google “Artificial Intelligence Project” code-named “Maven” was using machine learning and engineering know-how to be able to distinguish people and objects in drone videos, an undertaking that led to 4,000 Google employees to sign an open letter saying that by its involvement in the project the Internet giant was putting users’ trust at risk, as well as ignoring its “moral and ethical responsibility”.

Company associates feared it was the first step towards using artificial intelligence for lethal purposes, and a top executive Diane Greene told the staff there would be no follow-up after the current contract expired next March.

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-44341490

4…………> Superman History: A Pure Chance

Superman’s “Action Comics No. 1“ sailed into immortality in June 1938, featuring very the first appearance of the superhero genre, destined to become one of the world’s most coveted pop culture collector’s items, when in 2014, one of the first copies containing the debut adventure of original superhero Superman, which cost 10 cents in 1938, sold for $3.2 million (2.4 million euros) through an auction on eBay.

The Superman character was initially created in 1933 by Jerry Siegel in a short story titled The Reign of the Superman, illustrated by his friend Joe Shuster, a self-published work in a science fiction magazine, later discovered by DC Comics. Comic book publisher Jack Liebowitz said that the decision to pick up the Superman figure was “pure accident” as he selected the cover image, which depicts the super-strong figure with a red cape lifting a car over his head.

Creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster were paid $10 per page — a total of $130 for their work on the issue.

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

5…………> Air Force Honor Guard: Memorial Day

“On Memorial Day,” President Donald J. Trump said in his 2018 proclamation, “we pause in solemn gratitude to pay tribute to the brave patriots who laid down their lives defending peace and freedom while in service to our great nation.”

Paying tribute and honoring fallen service members is what the 11th Operations Group is all about. That’s why they were in high demand over Memorial Day weekend.

More than 80 U.S. Air Force Honor Guard parade element members traveled west; about half went to Illinois for the 2018 Chicago Memorial Day Parade on May 26, while the other half went to Indiana for the Indianapolis Power and Light 500 Festival Parade, also on May 26, and then continued to Pittsburgh for the Lawrenceville Memorial Day parade May 27.

“Every time we do a parade, and I hear the support of the crowd, it always reinvigorates me and reminds me of why we do this,” said Senior Airman Amanda Skidmore, U.S. Air Force honor guardsman.

Meanwhile, the honor guard’s drill team, along with Air Force Band’s rock band “Max Impact,” traveled to Miami for the two-day National Salute to America’s Heroes Air and Sea Show.

http://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1538281/air-force-band-honor-guard-perform-in-memorial-day-events-across-country/

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Posted on June 3, 2018 by 1910emo1997

Bibi1581 Blog For 06/02/2018: Evening Edition

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1…………> BALTOPS Maritime Games: NATO

BALTOPS is an annual joint, multinational maritime-focused exercise. It is designed to improve training value for participants enhance flexibility and interoperability, and demonstrate resolve among allied and partner forces in defending the Baltic Sea region. The exercise will involve maritime, ground, and air forces so as to strengthen combined response capabilities necessary to ensure regional stability.

Participating nations in BALTOPS include Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

A total of 43 maritime units, more than 60 aircraft, and a combined amphibious landing force are scheduled to participate in BALTOPS 2018.

Here’s how you can follow BALTOPS 2018. We will file everything under the tag BALTOPS 2018, but you can also join the conversation on Twitter at @USNavyEurope, or with the hashtag #BALTOPS. You can also register for email updates and follow us on Facebook.

https://youtu.be/U5jVtg8b9bg?list=PLkmHpHy06vDC_jfuC_waYcDpxhgSQFnoa

http://www.c6f.navy.mil/news/status-fleet-baltops-aircraft-participate-photoex

http://www.c6f.navy.mil/forces-efforts/baltops

2…………> Drug Gang Busted: Mississippi

Eleven individuals are facing federal drug charges in multiple indictments unsealed May 30 targeting a large, multi-state drug trafficking organization based in Mississippi, following a joint investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics.

According to court documents, the indictments resulted from an extensive Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigation dubbed Operation Highlife. The Mississippi-based drug trafficking organization is charged with distributing more than 40 kilograms of methamphetamine, more than 3 kilograms of cocaine and over 100 pounds of marijuana illegally smuggled into the U.S. from Mexico across numerous states to include Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Texas, Tennessee and California.

Brandon Deshanta Miller, 32, of Dallas, Texas, and ten other co-conspirators are charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fifty grams or more of methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute fifty grams or more of methamphetamine, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. If convicted, Miller and his cohorts face a maximum penalty of life in prison and up to $30 million in fines.

https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/11-indicted-multi-state-drug-trafficking-case-following-ice-hsi-investigation

3…………> President Trump’s Power: Article 2 US Constitution

US President Donald Trump’s lawyers have sent a secret 20-page letter to special counsel Robert Mueller, asserting that Mr. Trump cannot be forced to testify in the ongoing investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election because he has absolute authority over all federal investigations.

The existence of the letter is a bold assertion of presidential power and another front on which Mr. Trump’s lawyers have argued that the President cannot be subpoenaed in the special counsel’s probe.

Mr. Trump’s lawyers argue that a charge of illegal obstruction is incorrect because the Constitution empowers the President to, “if he wished, terminate the inquiry, or even exercise his power to pardon”.

A court battle is likely if Mr. Trump’s team argues that the President cannot be forced to answer questions or be charged with obstruction of justice.

Mr. Giuliani said last week that the special counsel probe may be an “entirely illegitimate investigation” and need to be curtailed because it was based on inappropriately obtained information from an informant and Mr. Comey’s memos.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-03/donald-trump-accuses-robert-mueller-of-leaking-letter/9829288

4…………> South China Sea War: Impending Disaster?

US Defence Secretary James Mattis warned about the prospect of additional American steps against China if its “militarization” of the South China Sea keeps apace, saying Beijing was intimidating and coercing others in the region by putting weapons systems on manmade islands.

US President Donald Trump, backing the remarks by his Pentagon chief at an international security forum in Singapore, said on Twitter: “Very surprised that China would be doing this?”

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

Very surprised that China would be doing this? https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1002760314734170113 …

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Mr. Mattis said the Trump administration’s recent decision to disinvite China from a multinational naval exercise was an “initial response” to Beijing’s island activity.

He called the US action a “relatively small consequence”.

“I believe there are much larger consequences in the future,” he said.

China’s reliance on military muscle to achieve its goals “is not a way to make long-term collaboration the rule of the road in a region that’s important to China’s future,” Mr. Mattis said when asked to elaborate.

“There are consequences that will continue to come home to roost, so to speak, with China, if they don’t find a way to work more collaboratively with all of the nations who have interests,” he said.

China’s deployment of defensive facilities on its islands in the South China Sea is legitimate and necessary, a senior Chinese military official said here on Saturday.

The remarks were made by He Lei, vice president of the Academy of Military Science of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, in response to remarks on the South China Sea made by U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis at the on-going 17th Asia Security Summit, also known as the Shangri-la Dialogue, which opened here on Friday.

The South China Sea issue has always been a “hot topic” at the annual Shangri-la Dialogue in recent years, so much so that some have described it as a “golden routine subject,” said He, who is head of the Chinese delegation to the Dialogue.

China has indisputable sovereignty over the islands in the South China Sea and the adjacent waters, a fact verified by historical evidence and supported by international law, he said.

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-06/02/c_137225661.htm

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-03/china-warned-against-militarising-south-china-sea-islands/9829244

5…………> A Message Of Peace

Leave the madness behind and listen to the music of eternal peace, Christus Vincit circa 1982.

http://youtu.be/7cFgpvylbRU

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