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How Covid-19 could give Kim Jong Un a doomsday weapon

Most swing-state voters back extending $600 weekly unemployment benefit, CNBC/Change poll finds

Over 100 police agencies pull out of agreements to guard Democrat National Convention

Twitter censors videos of doctors’ presser, locks Breitbart account

EU to limit export of ‘sensitive’ tech in response to Hong Kong security law

Coronavirus live updates: California, Florida, Texas report record-high average daily deaths

Politico publishes then scrubs article saying Biden picked Kamala as VP

Election interference: Google purges Breitbart from search results

Trump administration rejects new DACA applications as it works to end program

Kodak shares soar 200%, halted repeatedly on Trump deal to make drug ingredients

Some local U.S. law enforcement using Chinese drones cited for espionage concerns

Pelosi: ‘Despicable’ Barr was not forthcoming in his testimony

STAND UP FOR AMERICA!

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Biden reveals deep bench in campaign bundlers

Elon Musk says Boring Company’s Las Vegas will ‘hopefully’ be operational next year

Imus dead ... Shock jock spanned generations

Christian Post: Buttigieg’s ‘bible missing a lot of pages’

Did Democrats take black voters in Michigan for granted in 2016?

70% of American investors wish they’d handled money differently in 2019

Mystery drone sighting continue in Colorado, into Nebraska ... Fleet of 30?

China doubles U.S. soy purchases during phase 1 trade deal talks

Intel probe puts CIA’s Haskell in a bind

Russia claims its new hypersonic weapon is ready for war

2010s = 1984: The decade we finally understood George Orwell ...

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Trump warns Syria , Russia,  and Iran against killing ‘innocent civilians’ in Idtib Provence

New rule would make it possible to track and identify nearly all drones flying in the U.S.

ChinaRussinIran navy drills ... Growing alliance

IG Report shock: Steele funneled claims through John McCain after FBI dropped him as source

Democrats seize on anti-Obamacare ruling to steamroll GOP 2020

Trump stock market  rally is far outpacing past US presidents

Trump already searching for his next Secretary of State

Lisa Murkowski ‘disturbed’ by coordination vow between Senate and White House

Democrat insiders: Bernie could win the nomination

China races to build its own Tesla as economy slows and subsidies dry up

Americans retiring to Vietnam, for cheap healthcare and decent living standard.... Monthly expenses rarely exceed $2,000

Michael Moore: Trump will not debate Democrat candidate

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Weapons seized at Portland right-wing rally, counter protest

The Chinese central bank just effectively made a rate cut, analysts say

Texas under ransomware attack ... 20 locales hit

Maher: ‘BDS is a bullshit purity test’ for the historically ignorant

U.S. issues warrant to seize Iranian tanker held in Gibraltar

Massive Arctic wildfires just emitted more CO2 in June than Sweden does in entire year

FACEBOOK pressured therapists to leak confidential employee info ...

Senate Finance Committee eyes Biden-linked Chinese tech sale

Joe Kennedy-for-senate backers mount drive to drum out Ed Markey

Weight Watchers eye a new clientele: Children

Saudi oil plant attacked by drones ...

Poll: Most Britons prefer a no-deal Brexit over a Prime Minister Corbyn and a second referendum

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Mueller scrambles hearing by choosing top deputy as counsel

DOJ says it will take a broad antitrust look at Big Tech, stocks dip

NYT: Only 35 arrested in ICE raids

Exclusive: Gulf cartel recruitment of young teens on rise near border

Crackdown on food stamps could worsen hunger, USDA acknowledges

US-China in-person trade talks expected next week, White House eyes longer-term timeline for deal

Mexico sets murder record ...

Trump sues to block Congress from obtaining [his] tax returns

NAACP  leadership unanimously votes to support impeaching Trump

New research finds differences in the brains of US Cuban embassy staff after mystery attacks

CENTCOM: [US] May have downed more Iranian drones ...

Tucker: Dems say ‘no one is above the law’ — make exception for illegals

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Justice Ginsberg gets surgery to remove cancerous nodules

US government begins third shutdown of 2018 amid fight over Trump's border wall

Two drone pilots arrested after Gatwick [UK airport] chaos ...

Southern California highway named after Obama

Shutdown begins as talks falter over Trump's wall

Dow dives 400 points to end its worst week in ten years

How much border wall does $5 billion buy? 215 miles ...

Trump urges Mitch McConnell to use 'nuclear option' to fund government

Supreme Court rejects Trump's plea to reject asylum ban

Top finance execs losing confidence in China's economy, survey says

Is America's military loyal to its commander-in-chief?

[Bernie] Sanders: 'I'm not going to support spending for a wall'

Aesop Updated

Too many drones will take down a beehive ...

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All from Internet news sites, Guess which ones from Politico?

Kushner used private email to conduct White House business

Fall is in the air -- nearly 40 people shot in Chicago over the weekend

NKorea accuses USA of declaring war ...

Anthony Weiner sentenced to 21 months in sexting case

Tony Blair says the left has lost its way

22-year-old with concealed carry stops Tennessee church shooter

Swarm attack by armed drones pose 'grave threat' to Trump ...

Pittsburgh Steelers boycott national anthem, stay in locker room

Trump continues NFL clash: NASCAR fans won't disrespect our flag

London mayor compares Trump with ISIS

In dire straits, Connecticut faces 90 days without a budget ...

McCain calls brain cancer prognosis 'very poor'

Acolytes

Today President Obama is nominating three acolytes to fill three vitally important posts in his administration … John Kerry to State, Chuck Hagel to Defense, and John Brennan to head the CIA.  They are soon to replace, in this order, three much more independently-minded people … Hillary Clinton (in questionable health),  a burned-out Leon Panetta, and former General David Petraeus (who fell on his sword … possibly an unfortunate analogy) … see: Earthlink News. 

Two of these nominees are long-time legislators (Hagel and Kerry) and such people usually don't translate well to administrative posts (I’ll comment more on this at some later date), but, to me, this CIA nomination is even more unfortunate in that Brennan has always appeared to me to put politics and his career ahead of his patriotic duties.  I first noted this in January, two years ago, when he botched the crotch bomber incident … see Head(s) Should Roll

Since then, Brennan, who is currently Obama’s assistant for counter-terrorism and homeland security, has appeared to be involved in numerous unsavory security leaks (such as those surrounding the killing of Osama Bin Laden) and national security screw-ups (e,gs,, the Benghazi fiasco/cover-up and the loss of a high-tech drone to Iran … see: Cyber Warfare).  Yes, but one could also argue he has also been in the forefront of the use of drones to take out much of al Qaeda’s leadership in Pakistan, Yemen and elsewhere… but he has also approved the selling of drones to Pakistan (see: Are We F...ing Crazy?) and giving F-16 fighter jets to Egypt … both silly bone-headed moves.

Putting Brennan in to head up the CIA makes me very uneasy in that he seems more politically active and willing to massage Obama's ego than is advisable in this post.  He (like Obama's two other neophyte acolytes) really does not seem to be up to the job.

Afterward: See also: Breitbart Story and His Remarks about Jihad and The Left Dislikes Him Too