Heathrow Terminal 2 about to reopen shortly
https://twitter.com/mtenewsuk/status/1081920437574160385
A moderate 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit the Iranian territory close to the border with Iraq on Sunday afternoon, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre said.
The EMSC registered the tremor 87 kilometers (54 miles) northwest of Ilam, a Kurdish-majority city in western Iran, and 141 kilometers (87 miles) northeast of Iraqi capital Baghdad.
The EMSC said the epicenter was at the depth of 20 kilometers (12 miles). A shallower 4.1-magnitude aftershock was reported closer to the border minutes later.
The agency estimated the population in the area where the quake was felt at around 30 million. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201901061071259274-quake-iran-iraqi-border/?utm_source=https://t.co/YihyIqXJe6&utm_medium=short_url&utm_content=kypm&utm_campaign=URL_shortening
Subject: In town pool 1: departure / quotes from POTUS
From: Cameron Joseph
Date: January 6, 2019 at 9:34:18 AM EST
Subject: In town pool 1: departure / quotes from POTUS
President Trump exited the White House at 9:24am and made a brief statement before taking some questions.
"The jobs numbers were beyond anyone's expectations."
He says he was going to camp David to discuss China trade deal
"We have to build the wall or we have to build a barrier."
Said steel instead of concrete is fine.
"It's a very important battle to win" on the shutdown.
"This wall will pay for itself many times over the course of this year… Most importantly it's about safety."
"You think I like doing this? I don't like doing this."
Said many of the government workers not getting paychecks "agree 100 percent with what I'm doing"
"I may decide a national emergency depending on what happens over the next few days."
"I have tremendous support within the Republican Party."
"Human trafficking is a big deal."
"Everybody's playing games but I'll tell you this, I think the Democrats want to make a deal."
"This shutdown could end tomorrow or it also could go on for a long time."
Check against transcript, he was hard to hear over Marine One. More coming asap. He's still talking.
https://publicpool.kinja.com/subject-in-town-pool-1-departure-quotes-from-potus-1831526673
New DJT
By the time of Lincoln’s inauguration (March 4, 1861), seven states of the lower
South had announced their secession from the Union; the Confederate provisional
government had been established (February 4, 1861); Jefferson Davis had been
elected (February 9, 1861) and installed as president of the confederacy (February 18,
1861); and an army was being mobilized by the secessionists. Lincoln had a little
over two months to consider his course of action.
When the new President assumed office, Congress was not in session. For
reasons of his own, Lincoln delayed calling a special meeting of the legislature, but soon ventured into its constitutionally designated policy sphere. On April 19, he
issued a proclamation establishing a blockade on the ports of the secessionist states,19
“a measure hitherto regarded as contrary to both the Constitution and the law of
nations except when the government was embroiled in a declared, foreign war.”20
Congress, of course, had not been given an opportunity to consider a declaration of
war.
The next day, the President ordered the addition of 19 vessels to the navy “for
purposes of public defense.”21 A short time later, the blockade was extended to the
ports of Virginia and North Carolina.22
By a proclamation of May 3, Lincoln ordered that the regular army be enlarged
by 22,714 men, that navy personnel be increased by 18,000, and that 42,032
volunteers be accommodated for three-year terms of service.23 Such a directive, of
course, antagonized many Representatives and Senators, because Congress is
specifically authorized by Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution “to raise and
support armies.”
In his July message to the newly assembled Congress, Lincoln suggested that,
while his actions with regard to the expansion of the armed forces might be legally
suspect, “[t]hese measures, whether strictly legal or not, were ventured upon under
what appeared to be a popular and a public necessity, trusting then, as now, that
Congress would readily ratify them. It is believed,” he wrote, “that nothing has been
done beyond the constitutional competency of Congress.”24
Indeed, Congress subsequently did legislatively authorize, and thereby approve,
the President’s actions regarding his increasing armed forces personnel, and would
do the same later concerning some other questionable emergency actions. In the case
of Lincoln, the opinion of scholars and experts is “that neither Congress nor the
Supreme Court exercised any effective restraint upon the President.”25 The
emergency actions of the Chief Executive were either unchallenged or approved by
Congress, and were either accepted or, because of almost no opportunity to render
judgment, went largely without notice by the Supreme Court.
https://fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/98-505.pdf
Do we know anything about GS lately?
If this is a confirmed GS marker (secondarily), that means Dec 15-17th is he was shown his special place.
https://twitter.com/ELINTNews/status/1081934006889926656
Al Qaeda operative tied to USS Cole bombing killed in US airstrike, Trump says
Jamal al-Badawi, the Al Qaeda operative tied to the deadly 2000 attack on USS Cole, was killed during a U.S. airstrike in Yemen, President Trump announced Sunday.
“Our GREAT MILITARY has delivered justice for the heroes lost and wounded in the cowardly attack on the USS Cole. We have just killed the leader of that attack, Jamal al-Badawi. Our work against al Qaeda continues. We will never stop in our fight against Radical Islamic Terrorism!” Trump wrote on Twitter.
Capt. Bill Urban, U.S. Central Command spokesman, said on Friday the airstrike in Yemen carried out on New Year’s Day was directed at al-Badawi, who was on FBI’s list of “Most Wanted Terrorists.” Urban could not confirm the Al Qaeda operative’s death, saying U.S. forces were still assessing the results.
US AIRSTRIKE IN YEMEN TARGETED AL QAEDA OPERATIVE TIED TO USS COLE BOMBING; FORCES ‘ASSESSING’ STRIKE RESULTS, OFFICIAL SAYS
The U.S. government sought al-Badawi for his alleged part in the terrorist attack launched nearly 20 years ago against the USS Cole. The attack, which predated the 9/11 terror attacks, left 17 sailors dead.
“Jamal al-Badawi was indicted by a federal grand jury in 2003, charged with 50 counts of various terrorism offenses, including murder of U.S. nationals and murder of U.S. military personnel,” the statement said.
The suspect “is also charged with attempting with co-conspirators to attack a U.S. Navy vessel in January 2000,” it added.
Fox News’ Elizabeth Zwirz contributed to this report.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/al-qaeda-operative-tied-to-uss-cole-bombing-killed-in-us-airstrike-trump-says
Powerful 5.9 quake strikes Kermanshah province AGAIN
The powerful 5.9 earthquake struck the border areas between Iran and Iraq in Kermanshah province at 5:11 PM local time, while the epicenter is reported to have been Gilan-e Gharb this time.
The spokesman for Iranian Emergency Center Mojtaba Khaledi confirmed the 5.9 earthquake, saying that five rescue teams have been dispatched to the quake-hit areas in Gilan-e Gharb County.
Meanwhile the deputy governor of Kermanshah province has said that the quake occurred in the depth of 10 km under the surface, adding there are no immediate reports of any casualties. The quake is also reported to have been felt in the adjacent counties.
The same province was hit by another deadly 7.3 magnitude earthquake in the autumn of 2017, killing hundreds and injuring thousands more. Since the 2017 quake, several other powerful quake have also hit the province during 2018, injuring hundreds of people and damging many houses.
KI/FNA13971016001051
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/141254/Powerful-5-9-quake-strikes-Kermanshah-province-again
never called for violence
but be ready cause he ignited an extra spark
creatively demolish u assholes
Pinned