Israel and US Successfully Carry Out Long Range Missile Interceptor Tests Above the Atmosphere

The US and Israel successfully carried out a long range missile interceptor tests above the atmosphere in Alaska.

This was the first time the weapons system intercepted a missile simulating a ballistic one. The Israeli Defense Ministry said the weapons system successfully demonstrated hit-to-kill interception.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tweeted about the successful tests on Sunday.

During three recent tests in Alaska, the Arrow 3 intercepted ballistic missiles beyond the atmosphere at unprecedented altitudes and speeds. Perfect execution! I would like to express my deep and strong appreciation to the United States for advancing our joint security. 🇮🇱🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/HTFnYFXGIs

— Benjamin Netanyahu (@netanyahu) July 28, 2019

The US and Israel carried out three independent tests of the system.

PM & DM Netanyahu made the following the remarks (English captions available):

In recent weeks we have carried out three pioneering secret experiments of the Arrow 3 missile. These experiments were held in the US, in Alaska, in full cooperation with our great ally the US. pic.twitter.com/u49hYMuSVC

— PM of Israel (@IsraeliPM) July 28, 2019

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/07/breaking-israel-and-us-successfully-carry-out-long-range-missile-interceptor-tests-above-the-atmosphere-video/

President Trump to Nominate Rep. John Ratcliffe to Replace Deep State DNI Chief Dan Coats: REPORT

A couple weeks ago it was reported that President Trump was eager to remove Deep State Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and replace him with former CIA officer and NSC official Fred Fleitz, an anti-Deep State think tank.

On Sunday, the New York Times and Axios reported that according to 3 sources familiar with the matter, President Trump is expected to nominate Republican Congressman John Ratcliffe to replace Coats as Director of National Intelligence.

Ratcliffe, a pro-Trump GOP favorite grilled Mueller real good on Wednesday about his Constitutional abuses and according to Axios, Trump was impressed with his performance during the House Judiciary Hearing.

‘Can you give me an example other than Donald Trump where the Justice Department determined that an investigated person was not exonerated because their innocence was not conclusively determined?’ Ratcliffe asked Mueller.

Mueller was left stuttering and could not answer Rep. Ratcliff so he mumbled something about this being a ‘unique situation.’

Ratfcliffe interjected and told Mueller the reason why he can’t find another example of this happening is because it doesn’t exist.

Although Ratcliffe did a great job last week grilling Mueller, the Texas lawmaker has been on Trump’s radar for some time and the president has been seriously considering him for DNI chief.

Dan Coats is a Deep State stooge and is causing a bottleneck for Barr and Durham in the declassification process in their Spygate investigation.

Recall, in May of this year, Dan Coats warned Attorney General Bill Barr against releasing “highly-sensitive classified information” would imperil national security after President Trump ordered a declassification of Spygate documents.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/07/new-president-trump-to-nominate-rep-john-ratcliffe-to-replace-deep-state-dni-chief-dan-coats-report/

One Giant Ponzi? "Carried To Its Logical Conclusion, The Softbank Process Leads To Prices That Are Infinite"

“The power to predict the future is about to emerge,” declared Masayoshi Son. “The amount of data will grow by a million times over the next 30 years,” continued the SoftBank Chairman, pitching his $108bln Vision Fund II which will target companies that facilitate an acceleration of the artificial intelligence revolution.

Microsoft, Apple, Foxconn, numerous Asian financial firms, and three Japanese banks will give their cash to Masayoshi Son (forgoing $14trln in negatively yielding global bonds).

He launched his first $100bln Vision Fund in November 2016. It quickly used nearly all its working capital, buying stakes in companies like Arm, Uber, Didi, WeWork.

That first fund is leveraged, with $40bln of its capital in preferred securities that pay a 7% coupon. The remaining $60bln delivered a +29% annualized investment return (as reported by SoftBank using private valuations over which it has enormous influence).

You see, when you borrow money to buy shares in private companies then mark their valuations higher, the returns look extraordinary. But ‘extra’ ordinary returns are extremely difficult to deliver at scale, and then only in the most exceptional circumstances for brief periods.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-07-28/one-giant-ponzi-carried-its-logical-conclusion-softbank-process-leads-prices-are

Coast Guard Seizes 26,000 Pounds Of Cocaine In The Pacific Ocean

The U.S. Coast Guard seized over 26,000 pounds of cocaine worth more than $350 million from several drug busts throughout the Pacific Ocean, which it unloaded in San Diego Friday.

The Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast intercepted six suspected drug-smuggling vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico, Central and South America between late June and mid-July, according to a Coast Guard press release.

“This was 26,000 of cocaine that will not make it to the main streets of the U.S.A., and it also gives us the opportunity to make sure that we can continue to combat transnational criminal organizations that transport this cocaine deep in the Pacific every single day,” said Rear Adm. Peter Gautier, the 11th Coast Guard District commander, in a statement. “Because we know that with a supply chain of illegal narcotics, at every single step there’s violence, instability and despair.”

In one of the busts, the Coast Guard released footage which shows suspected smugglers throwing bags of cocaine overboard as their boat raced through the ocean July 18.

“The crew members apprehended the suspected smugglers and seized approximately 2,300 pounds of cocaine from the vessel,” according to the Coast Guard.

The last two fiscal years have seen a record number of drug seizures on the waters of the eastern Pacific, Coast Guard Lt. Commander Matthew Kroll said, according to NBC. Most of these seizures involved cocaine.

Kroll added while the Coast Guard seized a record-setting 460,000 pounds for all the previous fiscal year, this fiscal year they have seized 230,000 pounds thus far. The fiscal year will end on September 30, 2019.

“This is still a very high number and we still have a few months to go,” said Kroll.

Gautier offers a similarly concerning assessment of the drug problem that exists on the eastern Pacific.

“There has been a spike in cocaine production in South America,” Gautier told NBC San Diego. “Eighty percent of the cocaine that arrives in America starts its journey in the eastern Pacific.”

https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/27/coast-guard-cocaine-ocean/

Italian council to ban gender-altering drugs for kids

The regional council of Friuli Venezia Giulia in northern Italy has approved a motion which calls on the national government to prohibit the use of hormone-blocking prescription drugs used in so-called ‘gender reassignment treatment’ for gender-confused children.

These drugs prevent normal sexual development in adolescents.

The council’s motion clearly states that “puberty is not a disease” and therefore shouldn’t be prevented with medications or surgery that can produce irreversible effects. The motion also mentions the long-term negative effects of drugs containing the hormone-altering chemical triptorelin.

The motion reads, “There is no evidence, in fact of the effective full restoration of fertility in the case of withdrawal from treatment,” and cites data from the American College of Pediatricians which states that as many as 98% of minors outgrow their gender dysphoria or the feeling that one’s biological sex doesn’t match up with one’s gender expression).

Council member Mauro Bordin of the national populist League party told reporters from VoceControCorrente, “We express opposition to the use of this drug,” while adding that there hasn’t been enough clinical studies, “especially regarding the possible long-term negative effects and why blocking puberty pharmacologically could cause a misalignment in [adolescent]physical and cognitive development.”

Bordin argued that the motion is not an “ideological position but a proposal of common sense in the exclusive interest of the health of children throughout Italy.”

Medical scientists and physicians from around the world have also warned against medical interventions of individuals experiencing gender dysphoria.

In 2017, Dr. Michelle Cretella of the American College of Pediatricians stated, “Transgenderism is a psychological disorder, not a biological one,” adding “Consequently, we expect transgenderism and its associated medical procedures to increase as society increasingly promotes this lifestyle.

Dr. Cretella also has astutely criticized the recent decision by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons to use the term “gender confirmation surgery”.

“Linguistic engineering precedes and accompanies social engineering,” Cretella said.

“Transgender activist physicians realize that sex reassignment surgery is a misnomer. In other words, surgery cannot change a person’s sex. By renaming sex reassignment surgery gender-confirming surgery, they give the impression that they are affirming an inborn trait and further the innate immutable transgender myth,” she added.

The American College of Pediatricians has also released statements warning the surgeon general of the U.S. that hormones and surgery harm gender-confused children. The ACP referenced warnings issued by the U.K.’s Royal College of General Practitioners which notes that the long-term side effects of these procedures haven’t been subjected to enough medical research

https://voiceofeurope.com/2019/07/italian-council-to-ban-gender-altering-drugs-for-kids/