USAF Is Spending Millions To Upgrade Turkey Bases Amid Turkish Threats To Kick Them Out

Turkey says it could shut down American military facilities if the United States sanctions it over buying Russian arms and its intervention in Syria.

The U.S. Air Force has announced that it will pay eight different Turkish firms tens of millions of dollars to update the infrastructure and complete other construction projects at facilities it operates in that country over the next five years. This comes amid threats from Turkey's government, including from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to suspend or outright terminate American access to various bases in the country, including Incirlik Air Base, where the United States presently stores approximately 50 B61 nuclear bombs.

The Pentagon announced the Air Force deals, worth $95 million in total, in its daily contracting announcement on Dec. 23, 2019. The notice does not say how much each of the Turkish companies received. The Air Force only considered offers from local companies in accordance with the U.S.-Turkey Defense Economic Cooperation Agreement (DECA), which the two countries signed in 1980 and includes guarantees for Turkish participation in military construction projects.

The contracting announcement does not say what bases in Turkey will see construction projects under the deals, but does say they will be limited to Air Force facilities. The contracts cover "design-build, partial design, and full design infrastructure requirements" and the "work will consist of multiple disciplines in general construction categories for the military base facilities of Air Force and support units within Turkey," according to the notice.

Though Incirlik is the best known of American facilities in Turkey, the U.S. military had eight major operating locations in the country as of September 2017, according to the most recent publicly available Department of Defense Base Structure Report. The Air Force is the lead service at seven of those sites, with the U.S. Army being responsible for operations at the Kurecik Radar Station, near the city of Malatya, also known as Site K, which you can read about in more detail in this past War Zone story.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/31622/usaf-is-spending-millions-to-upgrade-turkey-bases-amid-turkish-threats-to-kick-them-out

Syria: Turkey troops to stand their ground in Idlib despite Assad assault

Turkey will definitely stay at its observation posts monitoring a cease-fire in northwestern Syria, and its soldiers there have orders to respond to any acts of hostility, said Turkey’s defense chief on Sunday, according a report by Anadolu Agency.

“In no way will we evacuate 12 observation points heroically carrying out their mission of ensuring the cease-fire; we are not going to leave,” Defense Minister Hulusi Akar told army commanders in Hatay, a southern Turkish province bordering Syria.

His remarks came in the wake of attacks by the Assad regime, Russian, and Iranian-backed forces which have sent some 47,000 people fleeing Idlib, Syria – where the observation posts are located – towards Turkey’s borders.

Akar said the troops at these observation points have been ordered to respond without hesitation if they are attacked or harassed.

In September 2018, Turkey and Russia agreed to turn Idlib into a de-escalation zone in which acts of aggression are expressly prohibited.

Since then, more than 1,300 civilians have been killed in attacks by the regime and Russian forces in the de-escalation zone as the cease-fire continues to be violated.

Over a million Syrians have moved near the Turkish border due to the intense attacks in 2019.

According to the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, the Idlib province is home to around 3 million civilians, 75% of them women and children.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20191229-syria-turkey-troops-to-stand-their-ground-in-idlib-despite-assad-assault/

Church Used as Drug Stash House Raided by Mexican Border State Cops

MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon – Authorities in a Mexican border state raided a church that was being used to distribute large quantities of marijuana.

The raid took place this week in the Monterrey metropolitan area. The Nuevo Leon’s State Investigations Agency found more than 660 pounds of marijuana inside a church building.

https://www.breitbart.com/border/2019/12/29/church-used-as-drug-stash-house-raided-by-mexican-border-state-cops/

WIFE OF CONGRESSIONAL WHISTLEBLOWER WHO TESTIFIED AGAINST HILLARY CLINTON AND GOOGLE DIES IN TRAGIC CAR CRASH

Yet another suspicious death linked to yet another critic of the Clinton’s, just months after a respected doctor and researcher got into a public spat with Hillary Clinton after revealing Google’s scheme to help her get elected to the White House.

A car crash claimed the life of the wife of the doctor, researcher and respected Hillary Clinton critic who testified to Congress that Google’s search algorithms were slanted to help Hillary Clinton beat Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election.

Hillary Clinton attacked Dr. Robert Epstein for his research during the summer. And on Saturday, Epstein Tweeted about the untimely death of his wife.

“My beautiful wife Misti, a published poet, succumbed last night to injuries sustained in a car accident,” Epstein tweeted. “I was supposed to die in your arms some day, but a slippery road has ruined everything. You were not just my love, you were my greatest adventure.”

https://truepundit.com/wife-of-congressional-whistleblower-who-testified-in-against-hillary-clinton-and-google-dies-in-tragic-car-crash/

The Crap Your Kids are Reading: Teen Vogue Claims That Antifa ‘Aspires toward creating a better world’

So you thought Antifa was a racist and violent organization hell-bent on changing society through terrorist-like tactics? Good thing for you that Teen Vogue is on the job, using stellar journalism and fact-finding techniques to correct your woefully ignorant opinion.

(True Conservative Pundit)

Here is what Teen Vogue had to say about Antifa:

“Antifa grows out of a larger revolutionary politics that aspires toward creating a better world, but the primary motivation is to stop racists from organizing.”

o, I have ask a question here: creating a better world is obviously done by harassing people, assaulting those you disagree with, and beating the crap out of people right?

What planet are these idiots at Teen Vogue from anyway? It is certainly not the same one I live on.

Others on Twitter did not seem to be all that impressed either:

https://www.dcclothesline.com/2019/12/29/the-crap-your-kids-are-reading-teen-vogue-claims-that-antifa-aspires-toward-creating-a-better-world/

US Carries Out 'Defensive Strikes' Against Five Shia Militia Facilities in Syria and Iraq

The strikes follow a rocket attack on a base in northern Iraq on Friday which the US claims was likely carried out by an Iran-allied militia group.

US forces have carried out strikes targeting five Kata'ib Hezbollah facilities in Syria and Iraq, including weapons storage locations and command and control bases, the Pentagon said in a statement Sunday.

"In response to repeated Kata'ib Hezbollah (KH) attacks on Iraqi bases that host Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) coalition forces, US forces have conducted precision defensive strikes against five KH facilities in Iraq and Syria that will degrade [the group's] ability to conduct futgure attacks against OIR forces," Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said.

Unidentified military sources and militia commanders told Reuters that the US strikes, believed to have been carried out by drones, killed 'several' militia fighters.

Kata'ib Hezbollah is an Iraqi Shia paramilitary group formed during the Iraq War as an insurgency resisting the US military occupation following the 2003 US invasion. More recently, the group took part in Iraq's battle against the Daesh (ISIS)* terrorist group, joining the so-called 'Popular Mobilization Forces' coalition of Baghdad-allied militias which helped drive the terrorists out of the country between 2016 and 2017. The group is believed to be affiliated with Iran, and the State Department has accused Lebanon's Hezbollah movement of providing Kata'ib Hezbollah with military assistance.

https://sputniknews.com/world/201912291077895583-us-strikes-five-military-facilities-in-syria-and-iraq/

How does one defensive strike someone while illegally invading a countries sovereignty????

"If He'd Take It, Yes" - Biden Considers Obama For Supreme Court Nomination

Joe Biden's campaign trip through eastern Iowa on Saturday was met with a rather unusual conversation with reporters.

The Wall Street Journal's Ken Thomas said that reporters asked Biden in Washington, Iowa, if he would ever consider nominating former President Barack Obama to the Supreme Court if he was elected president in 2020.

Biden responded by saying: "If he'd take it, yes."

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/if-hed-take-it-yes-biden-considers-barack-obama-supreme-court-nomination

Shooting Reported Inside Texas Church; Multiple Fatalities Reported

Two people are dead and one is in critical condition following a shooting inside a Church in White Settlement, Texas Sunday morning.

The gunfire rang out around 11:30 a.m. local time at the West Freeway Church of Christ–1900 South Las Vegas Trail.

Police and EMS responded to the active shooting scene and located at least three victims.

https://breaking911.com/breaking-shooting-reported-inside-texas-church-multiple-fatalities-reported/

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Students in Seattle Told to Get Vaccinated or Don’t Come Back After Winter Break

Winter break is supposed to be a time filled with family, fun, new toys and games, and plenty of time to play and relax. But for thousands of Seattle Public School students and their families, this winter break has included an unexpected demand.

Thousands of students were warned that they won’t be welcome back to school after break if they don’t comply with Washington state’s vaccine laws.

Letters sent to families indicated that students must be in compliance with the laws by January 8th. A statement on the district’s website reads:

Student records must reflect updated immunization status by January 8, 2020, or students cannot attend school until the required information is provided to the school nurse.”

According to district officials, 2,274 students received the letter.

Seattle Public Schools district representative Tim Robinson says that the district has “to exclude them,” explaining:

“They would be excluded here, they would be excluded at any school district, and we certainly want to avoid that. I know all schools want to avoid it because you don’t want students to miss any school time.”

The district is offering free vaccination clinics in an effort to get all students in compliance with current laws by the deadline so they don’t miss any school. The next clinics will be held on December 30 at Aki Kurose Middle School and January 3 at Seattle World School.

While the “personal preference” exemption for the measles, mumps and rubella vaccination was removed earlier this year, both “religious” and “medical” exemptions are still allowed.

And if unvaccinated or under-vaccinated students show up at school after the deadline? Robinson says they’ll “have a plan in place.”

“If they come to school, we certainly have a plan in place that if a student comes to school on the 8th and their records aren’t up to date, they’ll just be held aside, their parents or guardian will be contacted.”

More information about the vaccination clinics and state vaccine requirements can be found on the Seattle Public Schools website.

https://www.naturalblaze.com/2019/12/students-in-seattle-told-to-get-vaccinated-or-dont-come-back-after-winter-break.html

Italy’s Top Court Legalizes Home-Grown Cannabis for Personal Use

In a landmark ruling, Italy’s Supreme Court has decriminalized growing small batches of cannabis at home for private use.

In the latest interpretation of laws governing the growth of narcotic plants, the judges decreed that “small amounts grown domestically for the exclusive use of the grower” should be exempt from criminal prosecution.

The top court’s decision was made on December 19, but wasn’t reported by national and international media outlets until Friday, sparking contentious reactions from conservative politicians who favor prohibitions as well as calls from advocates to legalize cannabis entirely.

Matteo Salvini, leader of the far-right League Party, blasted the decision as well as the widespread trade of low-strength “legal weed” or “cannabis light” in Italy, Reuters reports. Salvini has been in the midst of a crusade against the legal sale of low-potency marijuana with THC levels under 0.6 percent, which was made legal in 2016 and upheld by the parliament earlier this month.

In a statement, Salvini said:

Drugs cause harm, forget about growing them or buying them in shops.

While Maurizio Gasparri, a senator with the right-wing Forza Italia party allied to the league, promised that if a center-right coalition comes to power it “will cancel the absurd verdict of the court.”

It still remains unclear what quantity would constitute “small-scale cultivation” under the law, but the ruling arose from a case where an offender was in possession of two plants.

Lucio Fiorentino, the founder of cannabis supply company Cannabidiol Distribution, told La Stampa:

It’s the end of a nightmare … After Salvini’s witch hunt I had to fire 10 people and I lost 68 per cent of my revenues.

Matteo Mantero, a senator from the co-ruling Five Star Movement, has been a vocal advocate of the legalization and regulation of cannabis. Mantero commented:

The court has opened the way, now it’s up to us.

However, the complete legalization of cannabis for recreational purposes remains an uphill battle. While some figures within the Five Star Movement generally have a liberal, hands-off approach to cannabis, other members of the movement are opposed to decriminalization. The party’s center-left and centrist coalition partners are also generally cautious in their approach to cannabis.

https://www.naturalblaze.com/2019/12/italys-top-court-legalizes-home-grown-cannabis-for-personal-use.html

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>why do we bother if this is the quality of work here?

oldafags are asking the same question. The board is infested with low IQ and shills and most oldfags want to see some actual justice not just these false promises and circle jerk posts while criminals go about their business unabaited