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Pelosi Leads Bipartisan Delegation to Belgium and Luxembourg for 75th Anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge

Speaker Nancy Pelosi is leading a bipartisan Congressional Delegation to Belgium and Luxembourg to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge. The delegation will take part in observances of the anniversary alongside veterans and their families and active duty servicemembers. They will also meet with foreign leaders, dignitaries and government and military officials from the region.

“As we mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, it is a great privilege to lead a distinguished bipartisan delegation to Belgium and Luxembourg to honor one of the greatest acts of American heroism in our nation’s history,” said Speaker Pelosi. “We commemorate the courage of our servicemembers who braved weeks of bitter winter to secure the victory of freedom over tyranny, not only for Europe, but for all the world. Their service reminds us of our mission: to build a future worthy of their sacrifice.”

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Pelosi Remarks at the Bastogne Veteran Recognition Ceremony Marking the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge

Bastogne, Belgium – Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks at the Bastogne Veteran Recognition Ceremony, during the bipartisan Congressional Delegation to Belgium and Luxembourg to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge.

It tells how in the time of the Crusades, Elynas, the King of Albany (an old name for Scotland or Alba), went hunting one day and came across a beautiful lady in the forest. She was Pressyne, mother of Melusine. He persuaded her to marry him but she agreed, only on the promise—for there is often a hard and fatal condition attached to any pairing of fay and mortal—that he must not enter her chamber when she birthed or bathed her children. She gave birth to triplets. When he violated this taboo, Pressyne left the kingdom, together with her three daughters, and traveled to the lost Isle of Avalon.

The three girls—Melusine, Melior, and Palatyne—grew up in Avalon. On their fifteenth birthday, Melusine, the eldest, asked why they had been taken to Avalon. Upon hearing of their father's broken promise, Melusine sought revenge. She and her sisters captured Elynas and locked him, with his riches, in a mountain. Pressyne became enraged when she learned what the girls had done, and punished them for their disrespect to their father. Melusine was condemned to take the form of a serpent from the waist down every Saturday. In other stories, she takes on the form of a mermaid.

Raymond of Poitou came across Melusine in a forest of Coulombiers in Poitou in France, and proposed marriage. Just as her mother had done, she laid a condition: that he must never enter her chamber on a Saturday. He broke the promise and saw her in the form of a part-woman, part-serpent, but she forgave him. When, during a disagreement, he called her a "serpent" in front of his court, she assumed the form of a dragon, provided him with two magic rings, and flew off, never to return.

https://wikileaks.org/opcw-douma/

Third batch of documents showing doctoring of facts in released version of OPCW chemical weapons report on Syria. Including a memo stating 20 inspectors feel released version “did not reflect the views of the team members that deployed to [Syria]”

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Third batch of documents showing doctoring of facts in released version of OPCW chemical weapons report on Syria. Including a memo stating 20 inspectors feel released version “did not reflect the views of the team members that deployed to [Syria]”

Honour and Glory to Heroes

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>Are we the ones out of Platos cave and trying to pull our friends out of their chains?

Yes exactly.

The returning prisoner, whose eyes have become accustomed to the sunlight, would be blind when he re-enters the cave, just as he was when he was first exposed to the sun. The prisoners, according to Plato, would infer from the returning man's blindness that the journey out of the cave had harmed him and that they should not undertake a similar journey. Plato concludes that the prisoners, if they were able, would therefore reach out and kill anyone who attempted to drag them out of the cave.

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>https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/digitally-altered-deepfake-videos-a-growing-threat-as-2020-election-approaches-75100229602

Digitally altered ‘deepfake’ videos a growing threat as 2020 election approaches

The technology known as ‘deepfakes’ – deceptive videos of real people altered using artificial intelligence – are quickly beginning to damage our trust in the truth of video evidence. How will we trust the footage we see, especially with a presidential election approaching? Jake Ward hears from researchers in California teaching computers to tell the difference.

Anybody read up on molten salt reactors wanna give us a synopsis?

Safe and cheap nuclear power?

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>molten salt reactors

I ask because maybe

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50778001

However Poland, which is heavily reliant on coal, remains opposed and has been exempted for the time being.

European Council President Charles Michel admitted that it was more difficult for some countries and regions to adapt.

He said the EU would continue to work to convince Poland to support the deal.

Several eastern European countries wanted financial and other guarantees before they agreed to the EU cutting to zero its net amount of greenhouse gas emissions.

The Czech Republic and Hungary were brought on board after assurances that nuclear energy could be included in the final mix.

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>against the wall

David Koresh about Waco

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>You'd be surprised at how far they actually went when it came to using force on US civilians.