Top military leader says China's hypersonic missile test 'went around the world'

(CNN) China's test of a hypersonic missile over the summer "went around the world," the second most senior US general said in an interview released Tuesday, shedding new details on the test and warning that China might one day be able to launch a surprise nuclear attack on the United States.

"They launched a long-range missile," General John Hyten, the outgoing vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told CBS News. "It went around the world, dropped off a hypersonic glide vehicle that glided all the way back to China, that impacted a target in China."

When asked if the missile hit the target, Hyten said, "Close enough."

Hyten, who previously called the pace at which China's military is developing capabilities "stunning," warned that one day they could have the capability to launch a surprise nuclear attack on the US.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/17/politics/john-hyten-china-hypersonic-weapons-test/index.html

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GOP-majority court chosen to consider Biden vaccine mandate

Challenges to President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private employers will be consolidated in the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, a panel dominated by judges appointed by Republicans.

The Cincinnati-based court was selected Tuesday in a random drawing using ping-pong balls, a process employed when challenges to certain federal agency actions are filed in multiple courts.

The selection could be good news for those challenging the administration’s vaccine requirement, which includes officials in 27 Republican-led states, employers and several conservative and business organizations. They argue the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration does not have the authority to impose the mandate.

The challenges, along with some from unions that said the vaccine mandate didn’t go far enough, were made this month in 12 circuit courts. Under an arcane system, it was up to the clerk of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict litigation to select a ping-pong ball from a bin to choose where the cases would be heard.

https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-joe-biden-us-supreme-court-business-health-62a918becbcd80a77fbc12ca56dd14ad

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More than 45,000 of America's bridges are in 'poor' condition. Should you be worried?

>The 45,000 bridges in poor condition add up to 7% of all bridges in the United States, according to a USA TODAY data analysis of the inventory. That's better than in 2010, when about 11% of bridges rated as "structurally deficient," an older term that a highway administration spokesperson said equates to today's "poor" condition.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/more-than-45000-of-americas-bridges-are-in-poor-condition-should-you-be-worried/ar-AAQO761

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Color Revolution

standard technique for promoting “regime change” in targeted nations

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Seven stages of successful political revolutions:

1. A semi-autocratic rather than fully autocratic regime

2. An unpopular incumbent

3. A united and organized opposition

4. An ability to quickly drive home the point that voting results were falsified

5. Enough independent media to inform citizens about the falsified vote

6. A political opposition capable of mobilizing tens of thousands or more demonstrators to protest electoral fraud

7. Divisions among the regime's coercive forces.

Other Factors

• The advent of social media

• Communication in the form of short, catchy slogans and images that can be made to “go viral”

Recent History of Color Revolutions

Ukraine’s second Color Revolution (2014)

• Comically dubbed the “Revolution of Dignity” ; a successful marketing campaign must never be understated.

2019 protests in Hong Kong

• Gang violence was deployed

• Hopes of provoking a crackdown by the state

• Exploited for propaganda purposes

https://marisol-nostromo.medium.com/americas-color-revolution-343cdf1b1181

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Liftoff!

A Falcon 9 rocket launches from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla.

https://twitter.com/DeptofDefense/status/1460925716292329474