🇬🇧 Some U.K. politicians do not want President Trump to address parliament when he visits. And yet President Zelensky was given this opportunity twice.
📄 Leaked documents indicate that the U.S. may close embassies in Africa and reduce diplomatic missions in Canada.
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Lead: Russia and Iran
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As the U.S. moves forward with a nuclear peace treaty with Iran, Russia has also solidified its relationship with Iran. Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly “ratified parliamentary approval of a crucial treaty with Tehran.”
Translation: These two are allies and a war with Iran would likely mean a war with Russia too.
The new commitment solidifies the two countries in areas such as national security, nuclear energy and “joint resistance against unilateral sanctions.” Both countries have faced grueling international sanctions, Iran based on Obama-era lies about a nuclear weapons program.
You may have noticed that the pro-war with Iran rhetoric online is reaching a crescendo as the Trump administration moves closer to a deal that would prevent such a war. Could this be the first lie-based war that is thwarted because the Internet has allowed us to see through it!?
China Tests Hydrogen Bomb
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Chinese researchers have reportedly “successfully detonated a hydrogen-based explosive device in a controlled field test, triggering devastating chemical chain reactions without using any nuclear materials.”
Translation: China can make a bomb that is not nuclear but still creates a fireball that exceeds 1,000°C for over two seconds. That is 15 times longer than a comparable TNT explosion. They called it a “sustained inferno.”
The weapon sounds terrifying but maybe a little less terrifying because it does not produce nuclear radiation or fallout.
Why would anyone want this? Reportedly, “the researchers looked at the weapon’s other potential military applications, such as using it to cover a large area with intense heat and focusing its power on high-value targets to destroy them”
It’s a targeted and terrifying bomb. China has a “no first use” policy about nuclear weapons. Does this still count since it’s not nuclear?
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The 9/11 Commission was a scam. We should all agree on that by now. Dare we hope for another one based on legitimate questions?
That is what Republican Senator Ron Johnson has suggested. He wants new congressional hearings to look into unanswered questions such as: How did Building 7 come down?
“Structural Engineers say that thing didn’t come down in any other way than controlled demolition. Molten steel. Destruction of evidence. We want answers. What really happened on 9/11? It’s being covered up by our government,” Senator Johnson said. He claims that the government has destroyed evidence related to this.
Building 7 fell seven hours after the Twin Towers fell. The government explanation was that it was caused by fires from debris but architects and engineers don’t buy that.
There is an appetite for government disclosure right now. Should the U.S. government do this? Do we have any confidence that if they did, they would give it to us straight?
News By The Numbers
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7 months. That is how long Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut were in space. They landed on Sunday after a 220 day mission. Not 11 minutes. Seven months.
$75,000 to $200,000. That is how much the corporate sponsorship packages were for the White House Easter Egg hunt. According to The Telegraph, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg were amongst the bunny bankrollers. The eggs were “small and medium” sizes to “avoid contributing to even higher prices amid an on-going egg shortage crisis in the United States, driving up prices.”
What’s Trending?
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The movie Conclave is trending because people want to refresh on the Vatican intrigue that will choose the next Pope. The next pope will not be Ralph Fiennes.
Chipotle is trending because the restaurant is offering a Buy One Get One deal for the Stanley Cup Playoffs on Tuesday.
And The Oscar Goes To
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The Academy Awards launched a new rule for members who vote for Oscar winners. The rule is: You have to watch the movies to be eligible to vote for winners.
THEY WEREN’T DOING THAT BEFORE!? How can that be a NEW rule? What were votes based on before before?
It turns out, before academy voters were “encouraged” to watch the nominated films but now they have to. The Academy doesn’t say how they’ll verify that they did.
Anonymous ballots have been recently published with voters admitting that they didn’t watch some films. So prior to this change, what is an Oscar worth knowing that votes were not based on the actual work? What a charade.
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