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An active shooter has been reported at Naval Medical Center San Diego in Balboa Park.
No injuries have been reported.
Here is the tweet from Navy officials:
**!ATTENTION!** An active shooter has just been been reported in building #26 at Naval Medical Center San Diego. All occupants are advised to run, hide or fight. All non-emergency response personnel are asked to stay away from the compound, located at 34800 Bob Wilson Drive, San Diego, CA 92134.
Three schools in the vicinity have been placed into lockdown, according with Linda Zintz, director of communications at San Diego Unified School District. Zintz said that all the student and personal are safe and the measurement is just a precaution one due to the proximity of the police activity. The schools are San Diego High, Roosevelt Middle School and Garfield Elementary School.
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01/26/2016 12:13 ||
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[New York Post] The FBI is investigating whether members of Hillary Clinton's inner circle "cut and pasted" material from the government's classified network so that it could be sent to her private email address, former State Department security officials say. Investigating cut and paste? Aside from the paranormal, I'm not certain there's any other way it could have been done.
Clinton and her top aides had access to a Pentagon-run classified network that goes up to the Secret level, as well as a separate system used for Top Secret communications.
The two systems -- the Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet) and the Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System (JWICS) -- are not connected to the unclassified system, known as the Non-Classified Internet Protocol Router Network (NIPRNet). You cannot email from one system to the other, though you can use NIPRNet to send Âemails outside the government.
Somehow, highly classified information from SIPRNet, as well as even the super-secure JWICS, jumped from those closed systems to the open system and turned up in at least 1,340 of Clinton's home emails -- including several the CIA earlier this month flagged as containing ultra-secret Sensitive Compartmented Information and Special Access Programs, a subset of SCI.
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Huma, Cheryl Mills, and Jake Sullivan are now the prey. They'll never rat on Hilkdabeest, but taking them down is doable and does implicate her in a Felony conspiracy and a Felony crime
Posted by: Frank G ||
01/26/2016 14:13 Comments ||
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This cannot be done without intent to violate the law. If my boss asked me to do this I would be compelled to report her.
Posted by: Sven the pelter ||
01/26/2016 17:02 Comments ||
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Sven, you wouldn't report her if she was Hillary Clinton.
1.) You might suddenly get very depressed and get Vince Fostered.
2) You are probably more loyal to her than to your country or the rule of law.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia ||
01/26/2016 18:30 Comments ||
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There is always an idepedent security officer. I have quit jobs over less. Re: 1, I would hope to take at least one with me.
Posted by: Sven the pelter ||
01/26/2016 20:11 Comments ||
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[Guardian] In a surprise move, a Texas grand jury investigating Planned Parenthood wrapped up on Monday by issuing several indictments not to the women's healthcare provider, but to two of the anti-abortion activists who had prompted the investigation.
The grand jury, convened by the Harris County district attorney's office, indicted David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt for tampering with a governmental record, the DA's office announced. Daleiden received a second indictment under a law prohibiting the purchase and sale of human organs.
Daleiden is the founder of the group, the Center for Medical Progress, that filmed and released a series of sting videos edited so they appeared to show Planned Parenthood employees selling fetal tissue in violation of federal law.
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The Mandarinate is dedicated to the smooth running of the country---on behalf of the People, of course. Anybody who interferes with this smooth running, is the Enemy of the People.
[AnNahar] Gunmen believed to be ethnic Fulani herders have killed a policeman and 19 civilians and torched homes in Nigeria's northeastern Adamawa state in a spat over grazing rights, the police said Monday.
They said it appeared to be Dire Revenge attacks following a row over destroyed crops.
"We lost a DPO (Divisional Police Officer) and 19 civilians in his area of jurisdiction when they came under attack by Fulani herdsmen in Girei district," police front man Othman Abubakar told AFP.
The senior police officer with his team were "responding to a distress call from the communities under attack to restore calm following an invasion by the armed herdsmen", he said.
Local media reports gave a much higher corpse count of 30, including the police officer following the raids on Sunday morning.
The herders attacked the farming hamlets of Demsare, Wunamokoh, Dikajam and Taboungo following a feud between some herders and farmers over destruction of farm crops, Abubakar said.
The villages are in Girei municipality, less than 20 kilometers (12 miles) from state capital Yola.
The raiders looted food supplies and set fire to homes before fleeing, Abubakar said. One suspect was jugged Please don't kill me! and an investigation has been launched, he added.
Adamawa is one of three states in the northeast apart from Borno and Yobe worst hit by attacks from Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... Islamists whose insurgency has claimed more than 17,000 lives and displaced more than 2.6 million since 2009.
The state which borders Borno, Boko Haram's spiritual home and stronghold, has seen a drastic drop in Boko Haram attacks in recent months after sustained military campaigns against the group.
However, today is that tomorrow you were thinking about yesterday... the raids on the four communities had nothing to do with Boko Haram insurgency, the police front man said.
"This is purely a communal unrest between farmers and herdsmen," he said.
Disputes between nomads and farmers over grazing and watering rights are common in northern and central Nigeria leading to frequent deadly flare-ups.
The problem has persisted despite interventions by state governments and community leaders who tried to broker truce between the two sides and ending the cycle of deadly attacks and reprisals.
I read the Wikipedia article on the Fulani herdsmen of Nigeria, and ended up confused. But here's what I think I know: the Fulani are the world's largest population of nomadic herdsmen, wandering over seven African countries from West Africa to Egypt. About half of them became settled farmers over the past half millenium, the farmers having retained the old religion whle the herders converted to Islam. Naturally the farmers and herdsmen clash over grazing and water rights, no doubt abetted by religious imperatives. If only global warming had continued with its concommitent increased rain and improved plant growth, but alas, it was not to be.
[Daily Caller] Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister would neither confirm nor deny the potential purchase of a nuclear weapon from Pakistan recently, leaving one of the Middle East's greatest security questions unanswered. "The atom bomb will never determine who is right — only who is left."
Author unknown.
Foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir remained coy Thursday when a CNN reporter asked him if his country had plans to buy a nuclear weapon from Pakistan. Speculation as to whether or not Saudi Arabia would purchase a nuclear weapon from fellow Sunni Muslim ally Pakistan has been rampant since the negotiations, and eventual agreement, on Iran's nuclear program occurred in 2015.
"I am not going to get into details of discussions we have with foreign governments, and certainly not allied governments. I'm sure you understand," said Jubeir in response to the question Thursday, "I would not discuss these things in a public forum, certainly not on television." It's almost as if the man understands how things work...
Jubeir's response follows Tuesday remarks made by Secretary of State John Kerry that any purchase of a nuclear weapon from Pakistan by Saudi Arabia would have "all kinds of [Non-proliferation treaty] consequences. I mean, there are huge implications of that."
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Battlefield + SRBM Nukes is repor the Saudi focii, which IMO reflects the broad OWG Globalist penchant for any Mil Conflicts to be LIMITED WARS, BE IT LIMITED CONVENTIONAL ANDOR LIMITED NUCLEAR WAR INCLUD BUT NOT LIMITED TO TACNUKES.
LIMITED CONVENTIONAL-NUCLEAR ANNIHILATION.
Ditto as per any major or significant mil conflicts invol OWG "Par" Co-Superpowers USA versus RUSSIA, CHINA, + IRAN, OTHER(S)-TO-COME.
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How would SA deliver the bomb? If it is a single stage device it could take out 10 city blocks. A thermal nuclear bomb could create a crater 10 miles in diameter.
Posted by: Sven the pelter ||
01/26/2016 20:21 Comments ||
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Sven,
The Saudis have had Chinese-built IRBMs for decades. It has always been assumed that they could bolt nuclear warheads on pretty quickly, and this may be the two-minute warning.
Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski ||
01/26/2016 20:45 Comments ||
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[RFE/RL] Vladimir Putin has criticized Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin, accusing him of placing a "time bomb" under the country, and sharply denouncing brutal repression by the Bolshevik government. Putin was particularly critical of what he said was Lenin's belief that Soviet republics should be equal and have the right to secede, suggesting it strongly contributed to the breakup of the Soviet Union.
Putin's criticism could be part of his attempts to justify the Kremlin's policy in the Ukraine. It also may reflect Moscow's concern about separatist sentiment in Russian territory.
[CNBC] China is strengthening economic ties with Iran a week after international sanctions were lifted against the country, but does so at the risk of infuriating Saudi Arabia.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, the first international leader to visit Iran after the trade restrictions were removed, capped his visit to Tehran with 17 agreements for cooperation in areas including energy, trade, and industry. The two countries also agreed to increase bilateral trade more than 10-fold in the next decade as China pursues its One Belt One Road project, an ambitious network of road, rail and port routes that will connect China to Central Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.
With Iran at the end of the Asian road before it heads into Turkey and Europe, China is likely targeting to build numerous infrastructure facilities in Iran, said .
But the warmer ties will irritate oil giant Saudi Arabia whose already fraught relationship with Iran has worsened after Saudi Arabia executed a well-known Shiite cleric earlier this month. Xi visited Riyadh and Egypt before heading to Tehran.
Jean-Francois Seznec, a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, said, "China loves Saudi Arabia as far as the oil is concerned because they love Saudi Aramaco as a very reliable supplier, but otherwise from a political standpoint, Iran is going to be the favorite child of China in that region."
As for Iran, various factions in the country are likely to be more united in accepting China over the U.S. or Europe as a partner, said Seznec.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei met with Xi on Saturday where he expressed the Iranian government's distrust of the United States and Europe. He said, "The government and nation of Iran have always been and [still] are looking for the expansion of relations with independent and reliable countries like China and on this basis, the agreement between the presidents of Iran and China for [promotion of] 25-year strategic relations is totally correct and endowed with wisdom. The Western [governments] have never been able to win the Iranian nation's trust."
China conducted six successful tests of a new high-speed hypersonic glide vehicle, the most recent in November, and also recently tested an anti-satellite missile, the commander of the U.S. Strategic Command said Friday.
Adm. Cecil D. Haney, the commander in charge of nuclear forces, said the tests are part of a worrying military buildup by China, which also includes China's aggressive activities in the South China Sea.
"China continues to make significant military investments in their nuclear and conventional capabilities, with their stated goal being that of defending Chinese sovereignty," Haney said during a speech to the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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In yet another dispute with the ground forces the air forces now proposes to retire half the EC-130H fleet in order to provide more money for F-35s and the new heavy bomber.
Proving once again that the F-35 may as well have been designed by our worst enemy.
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I am confused about the terms they use. To me, nothing that is unpowered can "glide" faster than the terminal velocity of a falling object - which is effectively "gliding" straight down.
The exception is a "projectile" - but we do not say that a bullet "glides" to its target.
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How fast do you think the business end of a Minuteman III reenters the atmosphere?
How hard do you think it is to put moveable fins on a reentry vehicle? "Add a couple states to the Kalman filter Scotty!"
Just saying.
Posted by: Sven the pelter ||
01/26/2016 6:46 Comments ||
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I tend to ask questions; sorry. RVs have a high orbital velocity so they reenter at hypersonic speeds. It takes development work to put moveable fins on a RV but conceptually it is not difficult. Kalman filters are used by tracking radars to predict where to put the next track pulse, and BTW, the interceptor.
Posted by: Sven the pelter ||
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Gathering for the first time after their epoch-ending decision to raise interest rates in December, the backdrop couldn't be more different for Federal Reserve policy officials.
The long-awaited rate increase went smoothly, but simmering concerns over China, the global economy as a whole, deflating commodities and financial market valuations have since risen to the fore. Even fund managers that were relaxed about slightly tighter monetary policy last month are now wondering whether that was complacent.
"It is reasonable for investors to wonder whether Fed's December rate hike was a policy error," admits Bob Michele, chief investment officer of JPMorgan Asset Management. "Historically the Fed has raised rates because either growth or inflation was uncomfortably high. This time is different -- growth is slow; wage growth is limited; deflation is being imported." I never wondered for a second. I knew then and know now it was just a lame attempt to try to suggest to the average idiot that things were getting better.
Perhaps most of all, many investors now fret that they are operating without a safety net they had grown attached to during the post-financial crisis era.
Markets have been buffeted by powerful headwinds since 2008-09, ranging from predictable Middle East strife to the spectre of the disintegration of the European common currency. But central banks have been a constant source of comfort in hard times, suppressing interest rates and market volatility, thereby reinforcing the view among investors of a 'central bank put', or downside protection.
Such an assurance now appears less certain given the recent approach from central banks.
The Bank of Japan has failed to expand its quantitative easing programme as expected; the European Central Bank dashed unrealistically high hopes of more eurozone QE in December; the People's Bank of China has failed to calm concerns over China through aggressive action; and the Fed has started tightening monetary policy.
As a result, the "era of asset price reflation, fuelled by both post-crisis undervaluation and aggressive central bank easing, is over", according to Jeffrey Knight, global head of asset allocation at Columbia Threadneedle.
"It was fun while it lasted, as the recovery of financial asset prices from the nadir of the great financial crisis has been dramatic, one of history's most fruitful periods for investors. But 2015 returns were rather different, and the early experiences of 2016 only reinforce the likelihood of a new investment climate," he wrote in a note.
Indeed, Stephen Jen, a hedge fund manager, argues that this year's sudden bout of concern over China has merely been the trigger for a broader reappraisal of central banking puts and omniscience by investors.
"My guess is that the new strike prices for these central bank puts are probably 10 to 20 per cent below where the markets are now," he recently told clients. "It is the presence of this 'air pocket' that was the main trigger for the equity sell-off at the start of the year, in my humble opinion."
The danger is that turbulent financial markets become a self-fulfilling prophecy by undermining confidence and weakening the global economy. That could trigger a feedback loop where turmoil hurts growth, which in turn fuels more choppiness.
Most economists maintain the risk of a US recession this year are slim, but markets are now pricing roughly even odds of one, and that in itself has consequences. As Larry Fink, the head of BlackRock, said last week, the ferocity of the stock market rout "puts a negativity across the economy, a negativity to every CEO looking at his or her stock price, a negativity about business".
Should financial turbulence infect the real economy, the US central bank's plan to raise rates another four times this year becomes extremely challenging. Investors have long doubted this rate path, but now they are virtually laughing at it.
The interest rate futures market indicates the Fed may only raise rates one more time this year, and not until well into the second half of 2016. The "yield curve" -- the slope derived from various bond maturities -- has flattened sharply this year, as the likelihood of tighter monetary policy has receded.
Nonetheless, investors should be careful not to throw in the towel and plough their money into guns, gold and agrarian land, assuming that the era of the central banking put is dead.
As the ECB showed in timely fashion last week, central banks are still able to calm nerves when needed. While Mario Draghi did not produce any more monetary easing his hints of action to come in March were strong enough to trigger a relief rally on Thursday and Friday, which could receive some more fuel this week.
In addition to the Federal Reserve's meeting, the Bank of Japan's policymakers will get together on Thursday and Friday. Even if there is little concrete action on the monetary front, most analysts expect clear signals that central banks remain on guard.
Jordi Visser, chief investment officer of Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers, a hedge fund, says: "I don't expect any sign from the Fed this month, but I expect a gradual shift in the tone if financial conditions continue to weakenâ.â.â.âIf fear gets to a high enough level to affect financial stability I think the Fed would still step in to calm things down."
[BRU.direct] NEW DELHI/HONG KONG: India will set up a satellite tracking and imaging centre in southern Vietnam that will give Hanoi access to pictures from Indian earth observation satellites that cover the region, including China and the South China Sea, Indian officials said.
The move, which could irritate Beijing, deepens ties between India and Vietnam, who both have long-running territorial disputes with China.
While billed as a civilian facility - earth observation satellites have agricultural, scientific and environmental applications - security experts said improved imaging technology meant the pictures could also be used for military purposes.
Hanoi especially has been looking for advanced intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technologies as tensions rise with China over the disputed South China Sea, they said.
"In military terms, this move could be quite significant," said Collin Koh, a marine security expert at Singapore's S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies. "It looks like a win-win for both sides, filling significant holes for the Vietnamese and expanding the range for the Indians."
The state-run Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will fund and set up the satellite tracking and data reception centre in Ho Chi Minh City to monitor Indian satellite launches, the Indian officials said. Indian media put the cost at around $23 million.
India, whose 54-year-old space programme is accelerating, with one satellite launch scheduled every month, has ground stations in the Andaman and Nicobar islands, Brunei, Biak in eastern Indonesia and Mauritius that track its satellites in the initial stages of flight.
The Vietnam facility will bolster those capabilities, said Deviprasad Karnik, an ISRO spokesman. Had we not been 'leading from behind' the U.S. could have easily identified and met this need, but of course we would have greatly angered our bankers and Chinese Communist friends.
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LAOS is repor coming out in favor of deterring China on the SCS island issues.
AFAIK CAMBODIA has not committed, likely as due to Beijing hoping for local MilBase rights + to degrade or displace Vietnam's influence as Cambodia's partner in trade.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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[RFE/RL] Vladimir Putin has criticized Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin, accusing him of placing a "time bomb" under the country, and sharply denouncing brutal repression by the Bolshevik government. Putin was particularly critical of what he said was Lenin's belief that Soviet republics should be equal and have the right to secede, suggesting it strongly contributed to the breakup of the Soviet Union.
