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Former FBI Director James Comey said Saturday that Special Counsel Robert Mueller did not succeed in his mission due to "inadequate transparency." "He didn't succeed in his mission because there was inadequate transparency to the American people on whose behalf he was investigating," Comey said during the Politicon political conference in Nashville. He said there were two major ways that this "transparency" was lacking: "the way in which his report was spun, massaged and, in my view, misconstrued by the attorney general," and "they way in which it was physically presented made it impossible for the American people to have...

U.K. lawmakers on Oct. 24 debated the escalating tensions in Hong Kong, and whether to give British nationality to residents of the former British colony. Dozens of young Hong Kong supporters watched the debate from the public gallery. Among those at the debate was the last governor of Hong Kong, Chris Patten. He said that, for a dozen or so years, the one country two systems worked well, but in the past few years there’s been a tightening of Beijing’s control over Hong Kong. He described the introduction of the extradition bill as “extraordinarily foolish,” and urged protestors not to...

During the Obama presidency, Biden was the US proconsul for Ukraine, and he was involved in many corruption schemes. He authorised transfer of three billion dollars of the US taxpayers’ money to the post-coup government of the Ukraine; the money was stolen, and Biden took a big share of the spoils. The Ukraine has a few midsize deposits of natural gas, sufficient for domestic household consumption. The cost of its production was quite low; and the Ukrainians got used to pay pennies for their gas. After the 2014 coup, IMF demanded to raise the price of gas for the domestic...

Bill Kristol Tweet: "If John Kelly spoke privately with the ten Republican senators he knows best, and Jim Mattis spoke with the ten senators he’s closest to, and if each told the senators how much he fears for the country with Trump, untrammeled and unhinged, at the helm...Trump would be gone."

The Talk Shows October 27th, 2019 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): White House counselor Kellyanne Conway; Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif. (Former *NOPE, but hey, he got paid!)MEET THE PRESS (NBC): National security adviser Robert O’Brien; Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, *NOPE; Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.FACE THE NATION (CBS): Former Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.). Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.). Presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), *NOPE. Former National Security Advisor Susan Rice. THIS WEEK (ABC): Rep. Adam Schitt (D-Burbank). Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas). Syria: Gen. Joseph Votel. U.S. Army (Ret.); Adm. James...

US special operations forces who are believed to have killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi issued an airstrike on his compound to prevent the location from becoming a shrine, according to Newsweek. Soldiers from the 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment, or Delta Force, conducted a raid against what they believed to be Baghdadi at the northern province of Idlib, Syria, on Saturday, unnamed US officials said in numerous news reports. Baghdadi, who fetched a $25 million bounty in the US, is believed to have been killed in the raid. Military officials were still awaiting forensics verification, according to Newsweek, who...

There are no words to accurately describe this video A Long Island, New York, man and his young son were caught on video harassing a deer hunter who was minding his own business in the woods and looking for deer. Ditch the fake news ==> Click here to get news you can trust sent right to your inbox. It's free! What are the details? Dominick Lobifaro, a 30-year-old hunter from Brooklyn, New York, caught the incident on camera. While Lobifaro was seeking for a place to hunt, he was approached by a man and his son as well as a...

After again shutting power to hundreds of thousands this week, California’s utility PG&E disclosed Thursday that it had discovered a broken jumper cable by the ignition site of a wildfire blazing across Sonoma County. The company has warned of more blackouts this weekend and perhaps for the next decade as it refurbishes its aging grid. Gov. Gavin Newsom is trying to deflect political blame. “It’s about dog-eat-dog capitalism meeting climate change. It’s about corporate greed meeting climate change. It’s about decades of mismanagement,” Mr. Newsom declared. But Democrats for years have treated PG&E as their de facto political subsidiary. The...

AN ASTEROID the size of the World Trade Centre is on a dangerous Earth-bound orbit that could see the rock smash the planet during Christmas festivities. The asteroid, known as 216258 2006 WH1, is set for its closest approach to Earth on December 20 - just days before Christmas. The 540 metre space rock is the same size as the World Trade Centre and would cause a significant amount of damage and mass extinction. ... The asteroid hasn’t yet been measured on the Torio Impact Hazard Scale, but will likely be listed as a serious threat when and if it...

An exclusive restaurant in Lima, Peru, has been fined over $60,000 for its practice of giving men and women different menus. La Rosa Nautica, a popular gourmet restaurant overlooking the Pacific Ocean, provides women with a gold menu without prices while giving men a blue one with the cost details. The Associated Press reported that La Rosa Nautica defended the tradition during legal proceedings. The restaurant’s owners argued that their menus without prices “extoll the position of women, considering it a pleasure for them to enjoy a romantic evening with their partner, without taking into account the cost of the...

For the third consecutive week, a top-10 team fell in stunning fashion and shook up the potential College Football Playoff race. Unranked Kansas State’s 48-41 upset of No. 5 Oklahoma on Saturday follows South Carolina’s upset of Georgia and Illinois’ stunner against Wisconsin in jumbling the top of the rankings. With the Sooner bandwagon toppling over this week, much like its Schooner did last week, Oklahoma will start the CFP rankings well outside the top four. Their loss, combined with Notre Dame’s faceplant at Michigan, shakes up what the initial CFP rankings will look like on Nov. 5. It’s safe...

He’s confused me. Again. Mr. President, that is. Oh, I know some of you like him, but he still confuses me. Like this week, when he said, “We’re building a wall in Colorado. We’re building a beautiful wall. A big one that you can’t get over and you can’t get under.” Now, I’m wondering WHERE in Colorado? Maybe he’s thinking that New Mexico is part of old Mexico, so that’s where the wall will be built. Representative Diana DeGette added to the President’s remarks “And New Mexico will pay for the wall.” I know he came back later and said...

Today’s Cryptogram Courtesy The Arkansas Gazette FCHI C XBFP B GCUP OCHXPS XN QXNJ XCWZBHT CHS DBHS NAX OGCX B KPCWWI EPWBPUPS. —OCWXPK WBJJFCHH You can find this little fun word game, to combat early dementia and senility in us baby boomers, in several daily publications. The way it works is a letter stands for another letter. For example: AXYDLBAAXR is LONGFELLOW (does not apply to today's cryptogram). Beware, the game is very addictive. If this is your first time, don't be intimidated. PLEASE DO NOT post the answer in general comments, but DO post your time and any tips...

After dozens of House Republicans demanded access to a secure facility in the Capitol on Wednesday where House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., was preparing to depose a Pentagon official, Democrats expressed outrage at the breach of protocol. “They’re doing this because this is what the guilty do,” said Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif. “Innocent people cooperate with investigations. Innocent people follow the rules of the House.” Well, people engaged in impartial investigations aimed at finding the truth don’t violate every precedent and standard of due process set during previous presidential impeachments. Contrast today’s partisan inquiry with the Nixon impeachment....

NGHE AN: A photo of her missing daughter Bui Thi Nhung, an offering of fruit and a bouquet of flowers - a makeshift shrine laid by a desperate mother in a remote Vietnamese town many fear was home to some of the 39 people found dead in a truck in Britain. More than 20 Vietnamese are feared to be among the bodies found in a refrigerated trailer in an industrial park in Essex east of London on Wednesday (Oct 23). Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/uk-truck-deaths-vietnamese-pray-for-missing-relatives-12037694

North Korea said Sunday the United States must not exploit the "close personal relations" between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump as negotiations over Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal remain deadlocked. Talks between Pyongyang and Washington have stalled since a second summit between Trump and Kim in Hanoi in February broke down without an agreement. The two have since blamed each other for the failure of the summit, with the North demanding the US bring forward a "new method" by the end of the year.

A mass shooting has left at least two dead and more than a dozen injured at a homecoming party in Greenville, just northeast of Dallas, local officials and witnesses say. Only few details are currently available. The incident happened just after midnight on Sunday when officers were called for an active shooter at The Party Venue on Highway 380 in Greenville, a city in Hunt County. Details about what happened were not immediately known. According to initial reports, there are up to 20 gunshot victims, including multiple fatalities and serious injuries. Jason Whitely, a reporter for local ABC affiliate WFAA,...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP/VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE and AMERICA: Government, Family, Military, Business, Education, Churches, Farmers and the Media. Religion Forum threads labeled “Prayer” are closed to debate of any kind. Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He chose for His inheritance. Psalm 33:12

A lawyer for the U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland told The Wall Street Journal that Sondland told impeachment committee members that President Trump's dealings with Ukraine amounted to a quid pro quo. Sondland's lawyer, Robert Luskin, told the news outlet that Sondland revealed to House committees he thought that a meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky would only take place if the country agreed to investigate corruption allegations about his political rivals.

October 27 2019 Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Sir 35:12-14, 16-18 The LORD is a God of justice, who knows no favorites. Though not unduly partial toward the weak, yet he hears the cry of the oppressed. The Lord is not deaf to the wail of the orphan, nor to the widow when she pours out her complaint. The one who serves God willingly is heard; his petition reaches the heavens. The prayer of the lowly pierces the clouds; it does not rest till it reaches its goal, nor will it withdraw till the Most High responds,...