3 days old but the australia cyclone reminded me of this

https://www.vietnamup.com/2020/01/indonesia-uses-weather-modification-technology-to-prevent-flooding/

Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesia’s Agency for the Assessment and Application of

Technology (BPPT) plans to use weather modification technology (WMT) in an

attempt to divert rain clouds from Greater Jakarta to prevent additional

flooding.

National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesperson Agus Wibowo said on January 2 that the BPPT would use WMT to accelerate the process of rainfall so the rain would fall before the clouds reached the capital and surrounding areas.

The BPPT plans to cause the rain to fall in the Sunda Strait or Lampung, but if the wind blows to the east, the rainfall will be directed to dams such as Jatiluhur and Jatigede, Agus said .

He added that the BPPT, along with the BNPB and the Indonesian Military (TNI), would deploy two types of aircraft for the weather modification mission.

https://twitter.com/Tasnimnews_EN/status/1214091960694329344

A senior leader of #Palestinian Hamas resistance movement paid tribute to General Qassem #Soleimani –the top Iranian commander who was assassinated in a #US drone strike in Iraq- as a martyr of al-Quds

http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20200106000678

The conflict may have a limited impact on Korea in the meantime because the nation has not imported oil from Iran since May last year due to US sanctions. However, if the situation worsens, domestic impact is unlikely to be avoided, industry watchers said.

“If Iran decides to start an all-out war, blocking the main oil channel, the Strait of Hormuz or attacking oil facilities of other Middle East nations of the US allies, it would have dire consequences,” said Cho Sang-beom, a communication manager at the Korea Petroleum Association.

https://thehimalayantimes.com/business/fuel-supply-through-cross-border-pipeline-temporarily-halted/

Kathmandu, January 5

The supply of petroleum products via the Motihari-Amlekhgunj Petroleum Pipeline has been disturbed for the last 10 days after Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) halted supply citing it was upgrading its refineries across the country, including in Motihari.

Despite the halt in the supply of fuel through the pipeline, Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has informed that supply of petroleum products in domestic market is normal as NOC has been collecting necessary fuel through tankers from different refineries of IOC.

“IOC had earlier informed us regarding possible supply disruption of fuel amid refinery maintenance works. As a result, IOC is not supplying through the pipeline temporarily,” informed Sushil Bhattarai, deputy managing director of NOC, adding that IOC had informed that it will resume fuel supply through the pipeline from Monday.

>>7730270

Privately owned firearms will no longer be allowed on Offutt Air Force Base beginning Thursday, in a change to the Nebraska installation’s gun policy announced after a review conducted by the 55th Wing commander.

The new policy prohibits almost all personal firearms from base, ending a regulation that allowed individuals with Defense Department identification and concealed carry permits issued by Nebraska or certain other states to access the post with guns that were locked in their vehicles.

https://www.stripes.com/news/us/starting-thursday-nearly-all-privately-owned-firearms-will-be-prohibited-on-offutt-afb-1.613095

Beginning Jan. 2, 2020, the 55th Wing commander has directed that the transportation of privately owned firearms on Offutt Air Force Base, with few exceptions, will be prohibited,” the Facebook post read. “… The commander’s intent for this change is that firearms will be effectively controlled and safely handled on Offutt AFB and is reflective of the full confidence in the 55th Security Forces Squadron’s ability to defend the installation and its personnel.”

Marks implemented the review of firearms policies on the post after taking command in June. Offutt, just south of Omaha, is home to some 8,000 troops, including the 55th Wing and the headquarters of U.S. Strategic Command, which oversees the U.S. nuclear enterprise among other responsibilities.

The change comes less than one month after a pair of deadly shootings on U.S. military bases in the United States. The shootings occurred Dec. 4 and Dec. 6 at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard in Hawaii and Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida, respectively. The first shooting was committed by a sailor on guard duty in Hawaii who killed two civilian contractors before fatally shooting himself with his M9 service pistol. The second shooting was committed by a member of the Saudi Arabian Air Force who was training to fly jets at Pensacola. The shooting in Florida left three dead before police killed the attacker. It is being investigated by the FBI as a potential terrorist act and has spawned a Defense Department review on its vetting process for foreign troops training in the United States.

antifa update thread

https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1213961100871360512

At the far-left demonstration today near Seattle city hall, dozens of antifa black bloc showed up. They were there to oppose a conservative/Republican rally. There was also an antifa-linked militia providing security with rifles.

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3851241

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A Taiwanese citizen surnamed Chen (陳) captured a photograph of an upside-down rainbow in the Taichung sky Monday morning (Jan. 6) and decided to share the rare sight with the public.

According to Chen, he came across the unusual rainbow in Dongshi District while on his way to work. He said that this was the first time he had observed such a phenomenon and that he was amused by the "smile in the sky."

The Central Weather Bureau's (CWB) Taichung Weather Station said that the "upside-down rainbow" is known as a circumzenithal arc, and despite being similar in appearance to a rainbow, it is actually produced by the sun interacting with ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere rather than by light refracting through raindrops, reported Liberty Times.

https://tnimage.s3.hicloud.net.tw/photos/2020/01/06/1578290485-5e12cd356d264.jpg

https://thehimalayantimes.com/world/delhi-police-facing-criticism-probe-attack-on-students-at-elite-university/

NEW DELHI: Delhi police are investigating how masked men burst into a premier university and attacked a student protest with sticks and rods, an officer said on Monday, the latest incident to ignite criticism of India’s ruling Hindu nationalists.

Sunday’s attack at a university long seen as a bastion of left-wing politics comes as students nationwide lead a campaign against a citizenship law introduced last month by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that is seen as targeting Muslims……

Critics accuse Modi of pushing a Hindu-first agenda that undermines India’s foundations as a secular democracy.

The citizenship law lays out a path for Indian nationality for minorities from six religious groups in neighboring countries but excludes Muslims.

The government says the law is meant to tackle the grievances of minorities, such as Christians, Hindus and Sikhs, who face persecution in Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

saddam was a puppet too, so was al-bakir, the revolution of 1958 was probably the event that installed puppets.

>>7730401

https://thehungaryjournal.com/2020/01/06/ministry-hungarian-troops-to-carry-on-with-mission-in-iraq/

Reacting to reports of NATO missions suspending some of their activities in Iraq in view of the tensions between Iran and the United States, the ministry said experts of the ministry and the Hungarian Armed Forces will continue to analyse the situation, with a view to guaranteeing the security of Hungarian soldiers.

The ministry noted that by contributing to NATO and coalition operations, Hungarian troops work on creating and maintaining Iraqi security. NATO has suspended training programmes in Iraq as a precautionary measure, the statement said. The decision impacts only parts of the operation of the Hungarian contingent as it is active in other fields as well, it said.

https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/news/Three-arrested-trying-to-enter-Nanyuki-army-base/539546-5408210-xo95o7/index.html

Police are holding three people who were arrested Sunday after they attempted to break into the British Army base in Nanyuki, Laikipia County.

The suspects are being held over terrorism links.

Rift Valley Regional Commissioner George Natembeya Monday morning confirmed the Sunday evening arrests, saying the suspects are being interrogated by detectives.

The motive of the attempted forced entry into the British Army Training Unit in Kenya (Batuk) remains unclear but the three are suspected to have been spying on it.