A Space Force is worth the price

One of the most hotly debated proposals in the FY 2020 budget cycle is likely to be the creation of a military service for space. One of the main arguments being made against the creation of a Space Force is the cost. In September, an internal Air Force memo leaked to the media estimated that cost at $13 billion — an eye-popping figure, if true. But missed in this headline were some important caveats, namely that this was a five-year cost estimate and it included a lot more than just a Space Force, such as a billion-dollar new headquarters building for U.S. Space Command.

The true cost of a Space Force likely would be much less than the Air Force’s estimate. Deputy Secretary Patrick Shanahan recently noted that the five-year cost will be in the low single-digit billions, and my own estimate pegs the number at somewhere between $1.5 billion and $2.7 billion, much less than what the Department of Defense (DOD) will spend on audit readiness over the same five-year period. Cost, however, should not be a primary concern in this debate because there are three compelling reasons the United States needs a Space Force…

https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/418055-a-space-force-is-worth-the-price

WASHINGTON — Multiple witnesses reported an active shooter at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Tuesday.

Lockdown initiated.

https://breaking911.com/breaking-multiple-reports-of-active-shooter-at-walter-reed-medical-center/

>>4050602

video here..

https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/1067502527481081861

Borussia Dortmund bus bomber gets 14-year prison sentence

DORTMUND, Germany (Reuters) - A German court sentenced a German-Russian man to 14 years behind bars on Tuesday for a bomb attack on the Borussia Dortmund (BVB) soccer team bus in 2017 as part of a money-making scheme.

The defendant, 29, identified by authorities only as Sergei W., had admitted to setting off the roadside bomb in April 2017, which injured one of the club’s players, but said he wanted to make money rather than harm or kill anyone.

He had been charged with attempted murder, inflicting grievous bodily harm and causing an explosion.

“The deed was planned meticulously over a long period of time,” Judge Peter Windgaetter told the court. The defendant, he added, had acted out of greed and reckoned with the possibility that people in the bus could be killed.

The team had been heading to the club stadium - Germany’s biggest with a capacity of 80,000 - for a Champions League match against AS Monaco when the bomb went off.

Spanish defender Marc Bartra and a police officer were injured and the match was delayed by a day.

The defendant, who looked unmoved as the judge sentenced him, has expressed deep regret for the attack, saying he had not meant to harm anyone and made clear the aim was to trigger a fall in BVB’s share price from which he could profit.

The judge said he had decided on the attack in October 2016 and tried to mislead investigators by writing fake letters from supposed Belgian Islamists claiming responsibility.

Prosecutors, who wanted him imprisoned for life, had argued that the defendant bought some 44,000 euros (39,010.74 pounds) worth of options on the day of the attack which he could have sold at a profit if the share price had dropped.

In fact, BVB shares rose after the attack. Shares in the club also climbed 2.7 percent on Monday after the club’s latest victory in the Bundesliga took it to the top of the German table.

Both sides left open the option of an appeal.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-germany-trial-bvb-idUKKCN1NW1HD?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=5bfda38d04d3011f7e56523d&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

U.S. says upset over Hungary's extradition of arms dealers to Russia

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) – The U.S. State Department said here on Tuesday that it is disappointed in Hungary's recent decision to extradite two suspected Russian arms dealers required by the U.S. side to Russia, noting the decision "raises questions about Hungary's commitment to law enforcement cooperation."

In a statement, Heather Nauert, the State Department spokesperson, said that the United States had requested the extradition of two suspected Russian arms dealers, Vladimir Lyubishin Sr. and Vladimir Lyubishin Jr., pursuant to the U.S.-Hungary Extradition Treaty.

"Hungary denied the U.S. request and instead extradited the suspects to Russia, where it is unclear whether they will face trial," she said. "The United States is disappointed in the Hungarian government's decision."

"Hungary is a partner and friend of the United States, but this decision raises questions about Hungary's commitment to law enforcement cooperation," Nauert added. "This decision is not consistent with our law enforcement partnership, undercuts the work that our agencies had done together to build this case, and will make citizens in the United States, Hungary, and the world less safe."

Western media reported that the two men had been charged with conspiring to sell Russian military weapons, including anti-aircraft missiles. The two suspects were also accused by the U.S. authorities of trying to send narcotics into the United States and offer arms to protect their shipments.

A spokesman of the Hungarian government was quoted by Reuters as saying that his country made the extradition decision based on international laws.

He also noted that Washington has rejected eight of nine extradition requests from the European nation in the past five years.

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-11/28/c_137635531.htm

Sarah Sanders dismisses government report on climate change: "Not based on facts"

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday dismissed the findings of a governmental report that warned of the impending consequences of climate change, claiming it's "not based on facts."

“The president’s certainly leading on what matters most in this process, and that’s on having clean air, clean water,” Sanders told reporters at a press briefing. “In fact, the United States continues to be a leader on that front.”

Sanders disputed the report’s findings, claiming it’s “not based on facts” and arguing that modeling the climate “is never exact.” She did not indicate that Trump would call on world leaders at this week's G20 Summit to address the report's findings.

“We think that this is the most extreme version and it’s not based on facts,” she said. “It’s not data driven. We’d like to see something that is more data driven. It’s based on modeling, which is extremely hard to do when you’re talking about the climate.”

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/418502-sarah-sanders-calls-climate-change-report-most-extreme-version-not

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/last-21-latin-king-members-and-associates-sentenced-27-years-prison-racketeering-conspiracy

>>4050698

no i know what's fake, i use the fake news to learn the truth i am done discussing that u fuckers, filter me if u don't like it

>>4050710

seems like SWAT went in, no confirmed injuries

VIDEO: Gender reveal party leads to 73-square-mile wildfire in Arizona

TUCSON, Ariz. – A wildfire in southern Arizona started when an off-duty U.S. Border Patrol agent shot at a target to reveal a baby's gender.

The 2017 fire near Green Valley burned 73 square miles (190 square kilometers) of state and federal land. The damage and firefighting costs topped $8 million.

A video released Monday by the U.S. Forest Service shows the target explode after being hit with gunfire, sending a blue substance into the air. The tall, dry grass immediately bursts into flames.

A figure blacked out on the video moves toward the flames after a few seconds but then backs up. A male voice twice shouts "Start packing up!"

Agent Dennis Dickey said he constructed the target with an explosive substance inside. He pleaded guilty in September to a misdemeanor charge.

https://abc7.com/video-gender-reveal-party-sparks-73-square-mile-wildfire/4774366/

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-iran-nuclear-salehi/irans-nuclear-chief-warns-eu-patience-is-running-thin-idUKKCN1NW1NY

>>4050756

i'll do so soon, but the narratives they push need to be investigated regardless of being false and there are many clues within…i'll drop some lines for u but last time i did I was called a Marxist fuck so

Don't people get drill alerts?

It’s 07:45 on a Wednesday morning in May at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and passengers are boarding Delta Air Lines flight 334 to Mexico City. One by one the passengers scan their boarding passes and approach a camera that’s set up on a jetway where they have their pictures taken before they board the flight.

pay attention to WALTER REED DRILL… THAT IS MOST LIKELY NOT A DRILL… something else

>>4050814

i appreciate ur help here, i will be more elaborate to gain energy behind the post… thanks

double fucking tornado

>>4050948

i guess, u tell me

Former Venezuelan treasurer sentenced to prison in U.S. court

Nov. 27 (UPI) – A federal court in West Palm Beach, Fla., sentenced on Tuesday former Venezuelan Treasurer, Alejandro Andrade, to a decade in prison for laundering $1 billion in bribe money through Florida investments including real estate.

Andrade, 54, posted a $1 million bond and will not have to enter prison until the last week of February, according to a report Tuesday by the Miami Herald….

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2018/11/27/Former-Venezuelan-treasurer-sentenced-to-prison-in-US-court/1211543348155/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Breaking: Syrian Army launches powerful attack against jihadists in northern Latakia

BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:40 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) unleashed a powerful assault this evening in the northern countryside of the Latakia Governorate, a military source told Al-Masdar News.

According to the source, the Syrian Arab Army launched several surface-to-surface missiles towards the defenses of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham and the Turkestan Islamic Party in the Turkmen Mountains of northern Latakia.

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The source added that the Syrian Arab Army is responding to the jihadist attack that targeted their positions in the Turkmen Mountains….

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/breaking-syrian-army-launches-powerful-attack-against-jihadists-in-northern-latakia/

In Her Majesty's service: How UK reportedly pushes anti-Russian propaganda in EU

The Integrity Initiative claims to be a group fighting back against 'Russian misinformation,' but leaked files show a clandestine network of influencers that manipulate European politics with the British government's backing.

Formed in 2015, the Integrity Initiative (II) was set up by the UK-based Institute for Statecraft – a national security think tank – to "reveal and combat propaganda and disinformation." But think-tanks like the Atlantic Council have been picking through RT articles and monitoring Twitter for what they deem is "wrongthink" for some time now. What's different about this one?

Well, according to documents leaked online this month, the II is more than just a network of like-minded neoliberals. It's a large-scale "information service", whose influencers are drawn from political, military, academic, and journalistic communities, and answer to the British government.

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https://www.rt.com/news/445004-integrity-initiative-propaganda-russia/

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[ROGER STONE]

EXCLUSIVE: STONE: REPORT I DEVELOPED A ‘COVER STORY’ WITH CORSI OVER A TWEET IS DEVOID OF LOGIC

My friend Dr. Jerry Corsi is being harassed by the special counsel, not for lying, but for refusing to lie. It is inconceivable that in America, someone would be prosecuted for refusing to swear to a false narrative pushed on him by Robert Mueller’s team of investigators.

However, according to new media reports, Dr. Corsi received “limited-use immunity” to testify that he worked with me to develop an after-the-fact cover for my now-iconic Aug. 21, 2016 tweet about John Podesta and his brother, Tony, in which I stated it would “it will soon be the Podesta’s time in the barrel.” The idea that we developed any such story is completely devoid of logic.

At the time, that tweet went completely unnoticed and unreported. I did not need anything to deflect attention. I steadfastly maintain that Jerry, who had been researching the Podesta brothers, brought their business dealings to my attention, and that is what prompted my tweet. I asked him if he would write it up, and he agreed. It took him until around the end of August to do so.

Go back and look at the reporting at the time. It was not until after the Podesta emails were released that my tweet got any attention. If the reports are true, Jerry is simply mistaken that what we discussed was a cover. Ask yourself: a cover for what? In August 2016, there was no investigation, no special counsel, no congressional committees, and no subpoenas. Why would a cover story be necessary?

https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/27/stone-corsi-tweet

Paul Manafort and WikiLeaks are threatening legal action against The Guardian over its report on Tuesday that the former Trump campaign chairman met secretly in March 2016 with Julian Assange.

The report, if true, would be a significant development in special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe, which is looking into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian government.

In a rare statement issued from federal prison, Manafort called the report “totally false.” WikiLeaks says it is “100% fake,” and is offering to wager The Guardian $1 million that the story is false.

https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/27/manafort-wikileaks-assange-meeting/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=atdailycaller