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Donald Trump, in only the 4th time in 70 years, disallowed the merger of Broadcom and QUALCOMM. Broadcom is the 5G leader out of Singapore with ties to Huawei, the giant Chinese electronics conglomerate that's also heavily tied to the PLA. The merger would have resulted in the dismantling of Qualcomm, with Broadcom and Huawei taking any advanced 5G technology and leaving the rest for scraps.

Kaspersky has denied links to the Russian government, but US officials are raising doubts.

Former Reporter of the Commie Lunatic Rag - The Intercept, Juan Thompson, arrested in connection with phoning in bomb threats to Jewish community centers.

2014 birthday toast On the 3rd January 1892 JRR Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa. To celebrate this event, on this day each year Tolkien fans around the world were invited to raise a glass and toast the birthday of this much loved author 21:00 (9 pm) your local time. The toast is "The Professor". For those unfamiliar with British toast-drinking ceremonies: To make the Birthday Toast, you stand, raise a glass of your choice of drink (not necessarily alcoholic), and say the words 'The Professor' before taking a sip (or swig, if that's more appropriate for your drink)....

France to U.N.: I'm shocked, shocked to find the nonsense going on in here! [ a member of Hamas hands France a pile of money] Abdul: Your winnings, sir.

President Obama faces political catastrophe in the form of Solyndra -- a San Francisco Bay area solar company that he touted as a gleaming example of green technology. It has announced it will declare Chapter 11 bankruptcy. More than 1,100 people will lose their jobs.

Mubarak Speaks

China has subsidized their Green Jobs manufacturing sector to the tune of $25 Billion dollars. The making of solar panels is now the province of China. No other country can now produce them at a cost to make it a viable industry. The new Solyndra solar panel plant in Silicon Valley, which President Obama visited with much fanfare earlier this year, will become a another empty building - a white elephant perched next to I-880 as another example of more empty promises from the Environmental lobby.

The State Dept. will pay for the fund raising tour of the Imam who wants to build the mosque at Ground Zero. He will visit Riyadh, S.A., Quater, and Dubai, among other countries. After several days of phone calls and e-mail inquiries, the State Dept. answered, "we need to get clearance to comment" No denial was forthcoming. The Imam already has a mosque 10 blocks from the sone he wants to build.

Obama will be on vacation in Chicago this Memorial Day, instead of presiding over Memorial Day ceremonies at Arlington. This may be the first time since the Civil War that a president will not pay respect to the veterans passed.

New York turns up the heat on Crips, Bloods 3-day sweep nets 167 alleged gang members August 27, 1997 Web posted at: 11:43 p.m. EDT (0343 GMT) From Correspondent Peg Tyre NEW YORK (CNN) -- The Crips and the Bloods, gangs synonymous with bloody violence on the West Coast, have been steadily migrating eastward, but they have run into a rude welcome in New York. In a recent three-day sweep, New York City police arrested 167 alleged members of the gangs. Most of them are reported to be Bloods, but at least one unit of Crips was collared. The alleged...

On the Pete Wilson Show, he is allowing and/or encouraging the leftist tin-foil mad hatter crowd to call. The moonbat gang are repeating all the great conspiricy theories attributed to G.W. and 9/11. Numbskull's on display. This is only of interest to those able to recieve KGO radio 810 AM.

The real threat to U.S. security By Rick Steves Special to The Times Rick Steves The greatest risk to our society today is not Islamo-fascist terrorism, but the people who use that term to scare us. As the human, fiscal and ecological damage caused by our nation's economic priorities grows, it's becoming clear that we're addicted to more than oil — we're addicted to military spending, too. The United States spends as much on its military as the rest of humanity combined: more than $400 billion annually (not including the hundreds of billions of dollars for the wars in Iraq...

ABC radio reported that Congressional Republicans have agreed to an extension of G.W.'s tax cut proposal. 15 million taxpayers would have been a victim of the alternative minimum tax. The agreement also extends exiting low rate for capitol investment.

Helen sez - "Too many democrats being moderate democrats", calls most democrats "Republican Lite".(Less Filling, Tastes Bad) "They are behaving like Republicans, caving in to them and they have no "plan"" . Susan says the democrats, like Richard Nixon, have a "Secret Plan", which means no plan at all. Helen agreed and wants to use the phrase. Helen and Susan bashing moderate and conservative democrats, insulting their manliness and are saying they are afraid to engage the President.

That whinning snitch (har), Mary Mapes, continues her whinning tour-de-force, this time on KGO radio 810 in S.F. "I've always worked like a dog", proclaims the Mighty Mapes. Snausages anyone?

Complaining of shortness of breath. Cheney taken to George Washington University Hospital. He has an internal defibulator to help his heart.

Looking for a United States map with the county breakout - like the one from 2000.

United Defense Defeats RPGs with Close-In Counter Measure Active Protection System On Sept. 8, United Defense Industries announced that its Close-In Counter Measure (CICM) active protection system successfully intercepted and destroyed incoming Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPGs) during end-to-end testing at the U.S. Army’s Redstone Technical Test Center at Redstone Arsenal, Ala. In successful end-to-end tests, the United Defense CICM system detected launched RPGs, tracked incoming rockets, launched its countermeasures and defeated RPGs before they reached the protected system. "This successful counter-RPG mission was accomplished in less than nine months through targeted research and development efforts and rapid prototyping capabilities by...

Rush just read a press release, I believe, from the Swift Boat Vets and Lt. Elliot. Elliot stands behind his previous statements. The Boston Globe reporter who wrote this article HAS JUST FINISHED WRITING THE OFFICIAL KERRY-EDWARDS CAMPAIGN BOOK. The reporter is also Kerry's biographer.