NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day

May 15, 2023

M16: Eagle Nebula Deep Field

From afar, the whole thing looks like an eagle. A closer look at the Eagle Nebula, however, shows the bright region is actually a window into the center of a larger dark shell of dust. Through this window, a brightly-lit workshop appears where a whole open cluster of stars is being formed. In this cavity, tall pillars and round globules of dark dust and cold molecular gas remain where stars are still forming. Already visible are several young bright blue stars whose light and winds are burning away and pushing back the remaining filaments and walls of gas and dust. The Eagle emission nebula, tagged M16, lies about 6500 light years away, spans about 20 light-years, and is visible with binoculars toward the constellation of the Serpent (Serpens). This picture involved long and deep exposures and combined three specific emitted colors emitted by sulfur (colored as yellow), hydrogen (red), and oxygen (blue).

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html?

Human ‘Stash House’ Busted in Southwestern US, 54 People Found Living in Squalor

May. 15, 2023 8:30 am

An El Paso, Texas, stash house where human traffickers hid illegal immigrants was raided recently, with authorities discovering more than 50 illegal immigrants living there.

The Border Patrol’s Santa Teresa Anti-Smuggling Unit, the Border Patrol’s Integrated Targeting Team, and troopers from the Texas Department of Public Safety participated in the raid, according to KTSM-TV.

Border Patrol El Paso Sector Chief Anthony Good said on Twitter that authorities “encountered 54 migrants inside a local stash house living in deplorable conditions. 6 migrants were found to have prior removal orders and will be prosecuted accordingly.”

Stash houses are not uncommon. Last month, the Border Patrol raided two locations near El Paso, according to a Customs and Border Protection release in April.

In one raid, 51 illegal immigrants were discovered. The illegal immigrants had come from Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala.

The release said two so-called caretakers were arrested and face charges connected with human smuggling.

In the second raid from early April, 94 illegal immigrants from Guatemala, Mexico and Ecuador were found in a stash house.

Because Title 42 was still in effect during April, all illegal immigrants found in those raids were deported.

The release said that during federal Fiscal Year 2023, agents in the Border Patrol’s El Paso Sector found 130 stash houses with over 1,800 illegal immigrants.

“The citizens in our local El Paso community provide an important partnership to help us safeguard our city. We encourage anyone with information to report suspicious activity to our office. That one phone call could help save many lives,” Good said.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/05/human-stash-house-busted-southwestern-us-54-people-found-living-squalor/

https://twitter.com/USBPChiefEPT/status/1657401047885963264

The Great America Show with Lou Dobbs - THE BIDEN REGIME IS KILLING AMERICANS

MAY 15, 2023

GUEST: TOM HOMAN, FORMER ICE DIRECTOR, THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION

Tom Homan says the criminal Cartels are now in all our major cities. MS-13 is in 48 states and 30 countries across the globe. Biden won’t stop or hold China accountable for making or transporting chemicals used to make fentanyl in Mexico and to kill hundreds of thousands of Americans. Biden is the first President in history who refused to secure the border. This is not just an immigration issue anymore. It’s a public safety issue, a public health issue and Homan says it’s the biggest national security threat to this country since September 11th. Homan says what upsets him most is that the strongest nation in the world does not have operational control of its border. The Mexican Cartels do.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-biden-regime-is-killing-americans/id1594728054?i=1000613037179

Australian gold miner Newcrest backs Newmont's $17.8 billion offer

May 14, 2023 5:17 PM PDT

(Reuters) - Australian gold miner Newcrest Mining Ltd said on Monday it would back Newmont Corp's (NEM.N) A$26.2 billion ($17.8 billion) takeover offer in one of the world's largest buyouts so far this year.

The deal, subject to approval from shareholders of both companies and other regulatory hurdles, would lift Newmont's gold output to nearly double its nearest rival, Barrick Gold Corp (ABX.TO), and catapult the miner past Freeport McMoRan (FCX.N) to become the largest U.S. gold and copper producer by market capitalisation.

Newcrest shareholders would receive 0.400 Newmont share for each share held, with an implied value of A$29.27 a share, higher than a previous exchange ratio of 0.380 that Newcrest's board rejected in February.

Newcrest shares opened on Monday 1.5% higher at A$28.68, and the offer is a 30.4% premium to the stock's price in February before the Newmont bid became public.

Newmont is also allowing Newcrest to pay a franked special dividend of up to $1.10 per share on the implementation of the deal that returns tax credits to Australian shareholders.

The merger is set to be the third-largest deal ever involving an Australian company and the third-largest globally in 2023, according to data from Refinitiv and Reuters' calculations.

"This transaction will combine two of the world's leading gold producers, bringing forward significant value to Newcrest shareholders through the recognition of our outstanding growth pipeline," said Newcrest Chairman Peter Tomsett.

Newmont said it would have about 8 million ounces of total combined annual gold production once the deal closed, with more than 5 million gold ounces from 10 long-life and low-cost mines.

The Denver-based miner added it would have combined annual copper production of approximately 350 million pounds from Australia and Canada.

Newcrest shareholders will be able to choose to receive New York Stock Exchange-listed Newmont shares or Australian-listed CHESS Depository Instruments (CDIs) as payment.

Newcrest said it recommended its shareholders vote in favour of the deal at a meeting expected to be held in September or October.

The deal requires Australia's Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) approval as well as Newcrest and Newmont shareholders to vote in support the transaction, among other regulatory requirements.

The companies said the deal was due to be finalised in the fourth quarter of 2023.

($1 = 1.4743 Australian dollars)

https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/australias-newcrest-supports-newmonts-178-billion-offer-2023-05-14/

Sidney Powell - Defending The Republic Newsletter

May 15, 2023

“The Lives of Others”

Dear Patriots,

If you have not yet seen the movie, “The Lives Of Others”, now would be a good time to do so. If you have seen it, now is the time to review it. The movie lays out what happens when the Secret Police (FBI) steps in to destroy lives.

Every day we are getting more indications of the how the Deep State is working to demolish freedom and free speech in America.

The movie is available in various ways at Amazon.

1- The FBI is insidiously monitoring and tracking anyone who has questions about the government pushed agenda.

Children’s Health Defense

FBI Contractor Created Fake Online IDs to Join Chatrooms Run by Groups Organizing Against Vaccine Mandates

2- Hiding and reframing results of their own polling is how the far left uses polling to propagandize and rebrand their horrible policies.

Daily Mail Online

Dem-linked pollsters refuse to publish their own study showing Americans OPPOSE trans procedures on kids – and discuss how voters must be ‘educated’ and hatch plan to ‘rebrand’ puberty blockers in meeting about results

3- Americans poured out support for brave Marine, Daniel Penny, after he sprung into action to protect subway riders from a violent, mentally ill, serial-offender (40 arrests!).

Yet another example of how the far left has weaponized the judicial system, Soros supported DA Alvin Bragg has charged this act of self defense as manslaughter.

Daily Mail Online

Daniel Penny page on GiveSendGo has raised over $1 million

4- There is an unspoken agreement by all the old, fake, corporate news organizations to ignore stories proving Democrat corruption.

American Greatness

ABC, CBS, NBC Devote ZERO Seconds to Oversight Committee’s Bombshell Findings on Biden Family Corruption

1. As we watch our country circling the drain, many ask, “What can I do?”. We can no longer sit back and expect the Fifth Estate/the free press, to do their job. We need to start asking the questions we pretend aren’t worth asking. The Swamp is counting on us to keep pretending everything is okay. Conservative Treehouse offers examples of how to approach your Elected Ones with questions to hopefully push them out of their very comfortable zones.

The Conservative Treehouse

“What Can I Do?” – Stop Pretending, Start Confronting – Make the Debt Ceiling Being Raised Contingent on Border Being Closed…

https://truthsocial.com/@realSidneyPowell/posts/110373084378587581

https://defendingtherepublic.org/the-lives-of-others/