Senate GOP Investigation into Burisma-Biden Heats Up with Subpoena Planned Next Week

Ok question did DS know that Biden is so vulnerable with Ukraine and other countries they relevantly backed him, because if he’s exposed they’re exposed?

How does this work the premise of forerunner getting investigated, just like HRC, how’d that work out? Really how does the guy get indicted for crimes if he’s running for president? The only thing I can thing is other illegal shit comes out and he’s kicked and the DNC puts up another failing person, such as HRC. Their system is so strange that it seems they can override the voters wishes and they could give a shit! After all the voters are duped anyway thinking they have a say in anything

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/03/07/senate-gop-investigation-into-burisma-biden-heats-up-with-subpoena-planned-next-week/

Chinese Factory Output Plummets – Total Jan/Feb Exports Drop 17.2% and Worsening

my comment, they shouldn’t have been so careless with bioweapons, after all Chinese are known as the worst drivers (besides India)

This whole event reveals how dependent how the world companies has used Chinese workers to say money on their own countries, and now they are Reeping the world wind.

Most people are aware the Wuhan coronavirus has become an economic contagion within China. However, the scale of the contraction is only now being quantified and the data doesn’t match the visible reality.

When evaluating the data showing drops in exports from China is worthwhile to consider the lack of visible supply-chain disruption formerly predicted by global economic “analysts”. According to Reuters; to the extent data can be gathered from within a closed communist system; total exports from China dropped 17.2% in January and February.

The lack of factory production has cut the estimated growth rate within China by half. However, is that a cause? – or – Is that a cover? For decades corporations have moved to a supply chain process known as Just-In-Time (JIT) inventory.

If Chinese component manufactured goods were part of a critical corporate supply chain, and with more than 30-days of source disruption quantified, there would be impacts by now. Where are the crippled customers? There are no measurable, demonstrable, citations for missing component parts making downstream finished goods impossible. There are lots of anticipatory declarations, but no shortage has materialized.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/03/07/chinese-factory-output-plummets-total-jan-feb-exports-drop-17-2-and-worsening/#more-185731

I think “read the transcript” actually may relate to many crimes committed, not only the whole parchment thingie. When everything is declassified it will have much greater meaning

23 US Soldiers Quarantined After Possible Coronavirus Exposure in Norway

Almost two dozen U.S. soldiers in Norway for a large-scale exercise are in quarantine isolation after possibly encountering a Norwegian service member who tested positive for the coronavirus, the Marine Corps said Friday.

The U.S. soldiers are among the roughly 1,500 personnel from the U.S. Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy in Norway participating in Exercise Cold Response 20, slated to run through March 18.

The Norwegian service member and the 23 soldiers were training at Skjold Garrison in the Troms region of Norway, the Marine Corps said in a statement.

The soldiers, with the 500th Engineer Support Company, 15th Engineer Battalion, based in Grafenwoehr, Germany, have not shown any signs or symptoms of the virus and were put in isolation "as a precautionary measure," the Marine Corps said.

The Marine Corps did not specify where the U.S. soldiers were being quarantined.

"We remain in close coordination with the Norwegian military and public health authorities to ensure the well-being of our personnel and local population," the Marine Corps said.

Since the first coronavirus infections were found in China in January, the disease it causes, COVID-19, has spread through much of the world, with more than 101,800 known infections and more than 3,400 deaths. Seven personnel affiliated with U.S. Forces Korea have tested positive for the virus in South Korea, while the 31st Fighter Wing at Aviano Air Base, Italy, has isolated 134 people with symptoms typical of the virus.

In statements issued this week offering guidance on monitoring and controlling coronavirus during Cold Response, the Norwegian Armed Services said that exercising units would be responsible for handling any suspected infections because of limited capacity at "patient holding facilities" at Elvegardsmoen and Setermoen/Skjold military camps.

"Isolation means that the person is kept separated from other personnel, including separate sleeping and ablution facilities," said a Norwegian Armed Forces statement issued Friday. "The person should be isolated until she/he is no longer suspected to be infected, or no longer a possible transmitter of the disease. Remember that being isolated is psychologically challenging. Provide the necessary welfare for the person isolated."

About 15,000 personnel are taking part in the large-scale tactical field training exercise, which is intended to enhance cold-weather warfighting capabilities. Other participating nations are the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany, France, Belgium, Denmark, Finland and Sweden.

The U.S. sent about 3,000 fewer troops than originally planned to Norway as the Pentagon shifted personnel in the wake of recent tensions in the Middle East between America and Iran, the Barents Observer, an online news site, reported this week, citing Norwegian Armed Forces spokesman Lt. Col. Ivar Moen as the source.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/03/06/23-us-soldiers-quarantined-after-possible-coronavirus-infection-norway.html

Military Shifts Troops on Border to Cope with Spike in Illegal Crossings, Pentagon Says

the 9th circuit court is causing chaos in southern border, right while corona virus is at peak concern, something’s gotta happen with these judges

The military has shifted 160 Army troops already deployed to the southern border region to entry points at San Ysidro, California, and El Paso, Texas, to bolster security following a spike in illegal crossings, the Pentagon announced Friday.

The additional troops at the two ports of entry will be used to put up temporary barriers and provide force protection for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents, a Pentagon spokesman said in a statement.

The 160 troops are from the 687th Engineer Construction Company and the 519th Military Police Battalion, both based at Fort Polk, Louisiana, according to the statement. There are more than 3,500 active-duty troops deployed to the border region on order of President Donald Trump.

The CBP announced Tuesday that more than 76,000 mostly migrant families had crossed the border illegally in February, an 11-year high.

Related: Navy Leaders Left Out of Talks to Cut Shipbuilding, Move Funds to Pay for Border Wall

"The system is well beyond capacity, and remains at the breaking point," Kevin K. McAleenan, the CBP commissioner, said Tuesday in announcing the new figures.

The surge has overwhelmed processing centers and resulted in migrant families jamming into already overcrowded detention facilities, McAleenan said. "This is clearly both a border security and a humanitarian crisis."

The surge occurred despite the Trump administration's controversial decision under an emergency order to divert billions from military construction accounts already approved by Congress to build new sections of the border wall and replace existing sections.

The administration took $3.6 billion in military construction funding in 2019, which had been slated for such projects as schools, hospitals, port expansions and firing ranges, to pay for the wall.

The administration has also announced proposals to divert another $3.7 billion this year from military construction for the wall.

Trump has said the wall is vital to national security, but critics such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, have called it a "vanity" project to make up for the president's unfulfilled campaign promise to have Mexico pay for the wall along the 1,900-mile border.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/03/06/military-shifts-troops-border-cope-spike-illegal-crossings-pentagon-says.html

VA Whistleblower Protection Office Retaliated Against Its Own Whistleblowers, Report Claims

this is bullshit, why do leadership think they can still get away with it

The office set up within the Department of Veterans Affairs to protect whistleblowers has itself engaged in retaliation against its own staff in policy disputes, according to a report by the nonprofit Project on Government Oversight (POGO).

The POGO report alleges that a climate of intimidation exists at the VA's Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection (OAWP), which was created in 2017 at the urging of President Donald Trump to root out corruption and safeguard those who come forward to charge wrongdoing.

Citing 20 anonymous current and former staffers at OAWP, the report alleges that an OAWP supervisor, a former Army colonel, was fired for refusing orders not to cooperate with investigators from the VA's Office of Inspector General. Another staffer was demoted for the same reason, the report states.

The report also alleges that a toxic work environment exists under Dr. Tamara Bonzanto, an assistant VA secretary and head of OAWP since January 2019.

Bonzanto, a former Navy corpsman, allegedly made demands to clear up case backlogs while failing to define procedures to carry out her orders, the report found.

"It is unacceptable that the office created to protect whistleblowers at the Department of Veterans Affairs is retaliating against whistleblowers," Liz Hempowicz, director of public policy at POGO, said in a statement on the report.

Daniel Van Schooten, author of the POGO report, said he had reached out several times to the VA for comment but received no answer.

In response to Military.com, a VA spokeswoman issued a statement defending Bonzanto but not directly commenting on the allegations in the report.

Bonzanto "has been actively working to make a number of improvements to OAWP's investigative processes, including more timely and thorough investigations and better communication with whistleblowers," according to the statement.

She also "is committed to fostering an open and positive work environment and addressing any concerns employees may have" and has "received positive feedback from many employees on various initiatives to address staff concerns," it adds.

However, a scathing report issued last October by the VA's office of Inspector General charged that OAWP is failing in its mission to protect whistleblowers and hold senior leaders accountable.

The IG's report said that OAWP has dismissed whistleblower complaints without cause and "floundered" in efforts to protect them.

The report also appeared to support charges by VA union officials that OAWP investigations focused on custodial staff and other low-level employees while giving a pass to political appointees and other senior leaders.

Only one senior VA executive has been fired since OAWP was created in 2017, the IG's report states.

"Very little has changed" at OAWP since the IG issued its report last October, Van Shooten said. "Clearly, this office is not holding senior VA officials accountable."

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/03/06/va-whistleblower-protection-office-retaliated-against-its-own-whistleblowers-report-claims.html

Tom Hanks Commands a WWII Convoy, Dodges U-Boats in 'Greyhound

ok anons this is weird since hanks posts have been viewed here, see if there is something connected

Tom Hanks loved C.S. Forester's 1955 novel "The Good Shepherd" so much that he wrote a screenplay based on the book so he could star in a movie version.

Set in 1942, the movie features Hanks as newly minted U.S. Navy Cmdr. Ernest Krause, whose first mission is leading a convoy of 37 ships across the Atlantic. This would be a simple task, if not for the wolf packs of Nazi U-boats tasked with sinking every one of those Allied boats.

The trailer shows how difficult the mission will be and how treacherous Atlantic crossings were back in the day when ships had to spend days with no radio contact as they traveled the ocean.

Hanks is joined by the always-excellent English actor Stephen Graham (Tony Provenzano in "The Irishman," Al Capone in "Boardwalk Empire"), who appears to portray the destroyer's XO and also seems to be taking on a Southern accent this time around. Elisabeth Shue plays Krause's wife; the movie's director is Aaron Schneider.

Forester's novels have been excellent source material for Hollywood, providing the basis for movies such as "The African Queen" and "Captain Horatio Hornblower, R.N." More recently, his Hornblower novels inspired a series of excellent TV movies in the U.K. back at the turn of the century.

Greyhound" looks to be the kind of big-budget war movie that studios are hesitant to make these days. Hanks used his considerable clout to get this one made. The movie opens June 12 and gets a 12-day window before "Top Gun: Maverick" lands in theaters. Here's hoping that "Greyhound" lives up to the promise of the trailer.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/03/06/tom-hanks-commands-wwii-convoy-dodges-u-boats-greyhound.html

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That would be fun, “you know the thing”, meaning God quoting the constituent or Declaration of Independence and the HRC looking up to in visuals balloons, wow, whee!!!

The dems are lost in space or worse

__what happened with Erdogan threats of the Ottoman Empire fighting Russia, guess it was anons pointing out they barely won, and bully talk speaking doesn’t work with Russians—

Russia, Turkey Reach Cease-Fire Deal in Northwestern Syria

MOSCOW — The presidents of Russia and Turkey said they reached agreement on a cease-fire to begin at midnight Thursday in northwestern Syria, where escalating fighting had threatened to put forces from the two countries into direct conflict.

The deal struck by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also would set up a security corridor along a key east-west highway in Idlib province.

Putin voiced hope the agreement will serve as a “good basis for ending the fighting in the Idlib de-escalation zone, put an end to suffering of civilian population and contain a growing humanitarian crisis.”

The agreement appears to achieve Russia's key goal of allowing the Syrian government to secure control over strategic highways essential for consolidating its grip on the country after a devastating nine-year war.

But in a nod to Turkey's interests, the deal also puts the brakes on Syrian President Bashar Assad's push to reclaim control over all of Idlib province, the last opposition-controlled region that borders Turkey.

Erdogan said he and Putin agreed to help refugees return to their homes. More than 900,000 people have been displaced by the fighting since Assad's forces began an offensive in December backed by Russian airstrikes.

Both leaders had underlined the need for an agreement at the start of the Kremlin talks, which lasted more than six hours. One goal had been to prevent damaging their bilateral relations and blossoming trade.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “takes note” of the cease-fire agreement and hopes it will lead “to an immediate and lasting cessation of hostilities that ensures the protection of civilians in northwest Syria, who have already endured enormous suffering,” U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.

Guterres also called for a return to the U.N.-facilitated political process, aimed at ending the nine-year conflict, Dujarric said.

Until the latest crisis, Putin and Erdogan had managed to coordinate their interests in Syria even though Moscow backed Assad while Ankara supported the government's foes. Both Russia and Turkey wanted to avoid a showdown but the sharply conflicting interests in Idlib province made it difficult to negotiate a mutually acceptable compromise.

The Syrian offensive in Idlib has resulted in Turkey sending in thousands of troops to repel the Syrian army. Clashes on the ground and in the air have left dozens dead on both sides. Russia, which has helped Assad reclaim most of the country’s territory, has signaled it won't sit by while Turkey routs his troops.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/03/05/russia-turkey-reach-cease-fire-deal-northwestern-syria.html