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  • NSA/CSS Adds Two Heroes to Its Cryptologic Memorial Wall

    12/25/2015 10:46:05 PM PST · by Rabin · 5 replies
    Spc. Landis, from the city of Independence in northern Kentucky, was assigned to the U.S. Army, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne). In late 2013, he deployed with his group to Afghanistan, where he consistently worked to collect and analyze enemy communications. On Feb. 10, 2014, Spc. Landis was operating on the harsh battlefields of Kapisa Province when his unit came under heavy fire. During the attack, Spc. Landis was hit and severely injured by a rocket propelled grenade. He survived the assault, but ultimately succumbed to his wounds later that day at Bagram Airbase. Spc. Pelham, born into...
  • U.S. manslaughter charges filed in deadly 2012 oil platform blast

    11/30/2015 10:28:34 PM PST · by Rabin · 15 replies
    reuters ^ | Thu Mar 12, 2015 5:01am EDT
    The indictment accused the men of "negligent and grossly negligent" supervision of testing at the well in the run up to the explosion. Robert Kaluza and Donald Vidrine were the two highest-ranking supervisors on board the Deepwater Horizon on April 20, 2010, when the deadly 2012 explosion sent millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico along with $42 billion in stock holders cap, and 11 good seamen through a flaming hell to a watery grave... A federal appeals court today, dismissed all all seaman's manslaughter charges against BP managers, Kaluza and Vidrine. The Court noted. "the manager's...
  • NOAA chief tells lawmaker: No one will ‘coerce the scientists who work for me’

    11/24/2015 9:48:43 PM PST · by Rabin · 12 replies
    WashingtonPost ^ | November 24 at 6:00 AM | Lisa Rein (Federal Eye)
    The Obama cronies continues to stone House of Rep. demand for access to the RICO related Nobel O, Nobel Goreworld / Chelsy & Bill, mentorship program, connections to NOAA.... one of several warming studies lawmaker are investigating. In smackback to the irreverent House Science Committee's Chairman Lamar Smith, Penny Pritzker, godesslike head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Imperial Directorate, leaned forward to Chairman (Smith). Her staff will not be intimidated by elected meddling, sniveling and the like. As in Buzz off. “If yours don't like our junk,” Sullivan wrote, “it has the tools to jinn up its own.
  • Shell-BG Merger Takes Another Step Forward.

    11/19/2015 8:26:19 PM PST · by Rabin · 3 replies
    Rigzone ^ | Thursday, November 19, 2015 | Chee Yew Cheang
    Royal Dutch Shell plc's acquisition of BG Group plc took another step forward with the receipt of unconditional merger clearance from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the company said Thursday. Following previously announced clearances in Brazil and the European Union, three of the five pre-conditions to the Shell-BG merger have now been satisfied, leaving only approvals from Australia’s Foreign Investment Review Board and China’s Ministry of Commerce outstanding.
  • Not so fast, Paul Ryan

    10/26/2015 10:15:28 PM PDT · by Rabin · 20 replies
    The Bull Elephant ^ | October 23, 2015 | Dave Brat
    So far, I’ve received confirmations from several candidates, but have yet to receive a written response from Ryan. Congressman Ryan has noted he does not want to adbmit to preconditions. House Speaker’s race is not about the person. It is about the principles, and structural reforms so that the process serves the best interest of the American people. This is too important a decision to leave to a few people good old boys. For our party to re-unite, and get things done, our Speaker need be of the people. Communicating honestly with us would be a good start.
  • US, Russia sign memo on safe flight operations over Syria

    10/23/2015 9:24:01 PM PDT · by Rabin · 7 replies
    Indiat News ^ | October 21, 2015 | Staff & Aaron Mehta
    What is known is that the agreement covers the US and its entire coalition operating in Syria, for both manned and unmanned systems. It also provides some guidelines on what frequencies pilots should us to communicate with each other if needed. The agreement, reached through several weeks of negotiations between the Pentagon and Russian military officials, is built on shaky ground.
  • FBI confiscates 4 State Dept. servers

    10/13/2015 11:01:42 PM PDT · by Rabin · 17 replies
    World Tribune Life ^ | October 13, 2015 | Bill Gertz
    The FBI has seized nine White House computer servers as part of its probe into how classified information was compromised on State Department email system, according to people familiar with the investigation. Additionally six servers, which were located at the NSA Fort Mead headquarters building, were seized. They are being checked by technical analysts charged with determining how all communications to and from the state department were being routed via homeline parallel Soviet, and Clinton Foundation pathways as standard procedure, even prior to 2009 to 2013, said two people familiar with the probe. The people spoke on condition of anonymity....
  • Outsider Dornan, Tops New Republican nomination List.

    10/08/2015 9:15:05 PM PDT · by Rabin · 6 replies
    wikipedia ^ | March 1985 | staff and contributors
    Dornan makes headlines in confrontation with Representative Thomas Downey (D-NY) on the House floor today. Downey asked Dornan about comments he had made calling Downey "a draft-dodging wimp." According to Downey, Dornan, grabbing him by collar and tie, said, "It's good you're being protected by the sergeant-at-arms. If I saw you outside, it would be a different story" and threatened him "with some form of bodily harm." Dornan claimed he was merely straightening Downey's tie and refused to apologize for the incident or the derogatory comment. A Dornan aide said, "It will be a cold day in hell before he...
  • Saudi Cuts Oil Prices To Asia, U.S.

    10/06/2015 9:26:17 PM PDT · by Rabin · 4 replies
    oilpro.com ^ | posted yesterday | Abisha Rabiyah
    Saudi Aramco reduced the price of its light-crude deliveries to Asia by $1.70/bbl. As a result, Marketwatch switched to a discount of $1.60/bbl against the rival Dubai benchmark from the previous premium of $0.10/bbl. Aramco also reduced its prices for heavy oil by $2/bbl to the Far East and by $0.30/bbl to the U.S. Aramco also reduced its official selling price for medium grade crude to Asia in November to a discount of $3.20/bbl below the regional benchmark, versus a $1.30 discount for October sales, the company said Sunday. The discount for the medium grade to Asia, the primary market...
  • Vatican fires senior priest deviant advocate..

    10/03/2015 10:34:37 PM PDT · by Rabin · 11 replies
    Aljazeera ^ | 03 Oct 2015 | Religion
    The Vatican has fired a who came out gay on the eve of a major meeting of church leaders to discuss homosexu senior priests. In a statement on Saturday, a spokesman for Pope Francis said Polish priest Krzysztof Charamsa's action had been "very serious and irresponsible". Krzysztof will be replaced "by a theologian" in the Vatican.
  • Frac Industry Catches A Break, Judge Strikes Down Costly Regs

    10/02/2015 5:12:23 PM PDT · by Rabin · 4 replies
    Oilpro ^ | 10/2/15 | Jeff Reed
    A federal judge in Wyoming has issued an injunction against new Department of Interior regulations that tighten controls over hydraulic fracturing on federal lands. The move grants some of relief to producers who would have confronted higher costs at a time when oil prices are already hitting their profits, curbing activity, and reducing headcounts....
  • HILLARY SHARED AN EMAIL NETWORK WITH THE CLINTON FOUNDATION

    09/01/2015 12:54:54 AM PDT · by Rabin · 16 replies
    breitbart ^ | 31 Aug 2015 | Patrick Howley
    Hillary server was maintained in the server master network of Clinton Foundation, (a massive, tax exempt, non profit power structure now run by Chelsea). Latest dump reveal that Hillary's clintonemail.com shared it's IP address with Bill's presidentclinton.com, on Clinton Foundation servers since 2009. "Clinton Foundation" net computers had open access and input to top level State Department communications, for years. The Espionage Act frowns on un-cleared access and control of classified matter. It seems clear, Secretary of State sold us out to maintain Bills pay for play, to friend and foe, top dollar foundation. The fact that code word Intel...
  • Civil War ironclad CSS Georgia recovers from Savannah River

    08/24/2015 8:15:56 PM PDT · by Rabin · 3 replies
    Army Mil. ^ | August 21, 2015 | Jeremy Buddemeier
    Tonnage and undersized propulsion, combined with the strength of the Savannah River's currents and tides, pigeonholed the vessel into becoming a floating battery across from Old Fort Jackson, where it guarded against a Union naval advance into Savannah.
  • Sinking currencies point to jitters about emerging economies

    08/22/2015 11:50:18 PM PDT · by Rabin · 3 replies
    myway ^ | Aug 21, 3:18 PM (ET) | PAUL WISEMAN and JOSHUA GOODMAN
    In "emerging markets" worldwide, currencies are falling because "emerging markets" are on the verge of a fall. Hyped until recently, "emerging markets" are now designated casualties of slower growth in "emerging market". Investors worry that the "emerging markets" monster China currency manipulation will surpass the "us lobby" capacity to buy off politically correct response. Many "economists" are confident that the U.S. economy can continue to be milked just like Europe's economy. Even so, the trouble in (non China) "emerging markets" is surprising and unsettling. "It's remarkable Three years ago Lima, was chosen to host an International Monetary Fund's meeting of...
  • Indictment of former House speaker Dennis Hastert

    08/18/2015 10:02:47 PM PDT · by Rabin · 34 replies
    washingtonpost ^ | pass | staff
    Federal prosecutors on Thursday indicted former House speaker J. Dennis Hastert on charges of purposefully withdrawing less than $10,000 in order to evade... Violations: Title 18, United States Code, Section 1001(a)(2); Title 31, United States Code,Section 5324
  • Hillary Clinton diced and sliced

    08/14/2015 9:37:02 PM PDT · by Rabin · 33 replies
    BBC ^ | 12 August 2015 | Anthony Zurcher North America reporter
    Shortly before she was sworn in as secretary of state in 2009, Hillary Clinton set up an email server hdr22@clintonemail.com, at her home in Chappaqua, NY. She, her Chief of Staff Cheryl Mills, and Iranian conduit Huma Abedin, providing an 24-7 administration back channel under cover of state dept electronic correspondence during her four years in office. She did not use, or activate, a state.gov email account, which would have been hosted on servers owned and managed by the US government.
  • Michael Savage: Fox Working for Hillary, Megyn 'Picture of Dorian Gray'

    08/09/2015 10:41:07 PM PDT · by Rabin · 77 replies
    newsmax ^ | Saturday, 08 Aug 2015 09:19 PM | Sandy Fitzgerald
    Savage lambasted Megan Kelly for her lead question to Don Trump; his "documented quotes" about women.. "it's now clear... that she's gone over to the dark side... her new stance is even changing her looks... It's as clear as a bell that 'Mayhem Kelly' has gone over to the dark side, and frankly her looks are changing."
  • Turkey to Boost Security for Energy Infrastructure as PKK Attacks Rise

    08/06/2015 9:21:24 PM PDT · by Rabin · 1 replies
    Rigzone ^ | Thursday, August 06, 2015 | Orhan Coskun and Humeyra Pamuk|
    Oil flow in the Iraq-Turkey pipeline, carrying Kurdish and Kirkuk oil to Turkey's southern port of Ceyhan, resumed on Thursday after a week-long shutdown following a PKK attack, a Turkish energy official and a shipping agent told Reuters.
  • Rand Paul defies McConnell to defund "Planned Parenthood"

    07/26/2015 11:50:08 PM PDT · by Rabin · 10 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | 7/25/15 | BARBARA BOLAND
    The more I learn about Planned Parenthood's racket, aborting children and then selling off their organs, the more my head spins I'm not about to let "Planned Parenthood" (crush the face then pelvis, retail the mostly dark tender vitals), off the hook.
  • Senate advances Export-Import Bank lifeline

    07/26/2015 10:15:33 PM PDT · by Rabin · 22 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | 7/26/15 | SUSAN FERRECHIO
    Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., kept a promise made to Democratics earlier this year that in exchange for their support on an important trade deal, he would allow a vote on a measure to extend the bank.... Obama administration is closer than ever on a breakthrough on the biggest trade deal in world history. http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/trans-pacific-partnership-trade-pact-challenges-120600.html All the Good ol Boys are convinced we the people, maintain generic, or self-inflicted stupid. We the people keep proving it is so, up to the tipping p0int. Raben