/qnotables23/ - ===Q Notables 2023===

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20078965 (151640ZDEC23) Notable: What is the Linux kernel?

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https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/linux/what-is-the-linux-kernel

What is the Linux kernel?

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The Linux® kernel is the main component of a Linux operating system (OS) and is the core interface between a computer’s hardware and its processes. It communicates between the 2, managing resources as efficiently as possible.

The kernel is so named because—like a seed inside a hard shell—it exists within the OS and controls all the major functions of the hardware, whether it’s a phone, laptop, server, or any other kind of computer.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20078969 (151642ZDEC23) Notable: Did somebody say WilmerHale, AKA Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP.? Connections Much?

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>>113170 One law firm prepared both Penn and Harvard for antisemitism hearing

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Did somebody say WilmerHale, AKA Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP.? Connections Much?

Who do we find at WilmerHale and could the firm be called Southern District of New York Junior? There are many connections between WilmerHale and SNDY. Let's start withPreet Bharara. Anons remember that he's the former (fired) United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. In June 2022, it was announced that Bharara was joining WilmerHale.Robert S. Mueller IIIandAlejandro Mayorkashave histories with WilmerHale.

justice.gov - Preet Bharara - Statement

"Today, I was fired..."

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/statement-us-attorney-preet-bharara-0

NYTimes - Preet Bharara, the former federal prosecutor and Trump critic, has a new job: private practice.

June 13, 2022

The firm’s partners have includedRobert S. Mueller IIIandAlejandro Mayorkas.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/13/nyregion/preet-bharara-wilmerhale.html

Business Wire - Preet Bharara, Former SDNY US Attorney, Joins WilmerHale

June 13, 2022

former United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York

US Attorney after PresidentObamanominated him in 2009 and theSenate unanimously confirmed him

Vox Mediaas Creative Director of Cafe and host of Stay Tuned with Preet and The Cafe Insider Podcast

Sen.Schumer’s Chief Counsel

Staff Director of the US Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220610005579/en/Preet-Bharara-Former-SDNY-US-Attorney-Joins-WilmerHale

Wilmer-Hale - Preet Bharara

https://www.wilmerhale.com/en/people/preet-bharara

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20078973 (151643ZDEC23) Notable: Lara is talking about the "catch phrases" for the information war are the roadmap which trace back to the fedbois

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20078977 (151644ZDEC23) Notable: Did somebody say WilmerHale, AKA Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP.? Connections Much?

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Did somebody say WilmerHale, AKA Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP.? Connections Much?

Here's the sauce for Mueller and Mayorkas.

Wilmer-Hale - Robert S. Mueller III

https://www.wilmerhale.com/en/people/robert-mueller

Wilmer-Hale - Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Joins WilmerHale

Oct. 5, 2016

https://www.wilmerhale.com/insights/news/2016-10-05-homeland-security-deputy-secretary-alejandro-mayorkas-to-join-wilmerhale

Wilmer-Hale - US Chamber Announces Alejandro Mayorkas as Chair of Cyber Leadership Council

June 15, 2017

https://www.wilmerhale.com/insights/news/2017-06-15-us-chamber-announces-alejandro-mayorkas-as-chair-of-cyber-leadership-council

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20078985 (151647ZDEC23) Notable: Did somebody say WilmerHale, AKA Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP.? Connections Much?

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Did somebody say WilmerHale, AKA Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP.? Connections Much?

In 2004, Hale and Dorr merged with Wilmer Cutler Pickering to form WilmerHale. According to Harvard Law, William F. Lee was the managing partner at the time of the merger. You'll love some of the connections here.

Wilmer-Hale - Hale and Dorr and Wilmer Cutler Pickering to Combine in Merger of Equals

https://www.wilmerhale.com/insights/publications/hale-and-dorr-and-wilmer-cutler-pickering-to-combine-in-merger-of-equals-april-20-2004

Harvard Law School - William F. Lee

lead trial counsel for Harvard in the case attacking its race conscious admissions policy, Apple in its worldwide litigation with Samsung, Broadcom in the highly publicized cases between Broadcom and Qualcomm

representedPfizerin a trial that, after seven days, resulted in a settlement of $2.15 billion

From July 1987 through June 1989, Bill served as associate counsel to Independent Counsel Lawrence E. Walsh in theIran-Contrainvestigation

special assistant to the Massachusetts Attorney General - investigating alleged incidents of racial bias in the Commonwealth’s courts

managing partner at the time of the merger of Wilmer Cutler and Pickering and Hale and Dorr

Senior Fellow of the Harvard Corporation

Eli Goldston Lecturer at Harvard Law School, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers

https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/william-f-lee/

Wilmer-Hale - William F. Lee

https://www.wilmerhale.com/en/people/william-lee

American Academy of Arts and Sciences - William F. Lee

https://www.amacad.org/person/william-f-lee

American Academy of Arts and Sciences -Hillary Rodham Clinton

https://www.amacad.org/person/hillary-rodham-clinton

American Academy of Arts and Sciences -Anthony Stephen Fauci

https://www.amacad.org/person/anthony-stephen-fauci

American Academy of Arts and Sciences -William Henry Gates Sr.- Last Updated Feb 2023

Co-Chairman ofBill and Melinda Gates Foundation, co-foundedPreston Gates & Ellis LLP

- serves on the board of directors ofUnited Way of America

- served on the board: Costco, Pacific Health Summit

- president ofSeattle-King CountyBar Association andWashington StateBar Association

- distinguished regent of the University of Washington, Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, American Judicature Society Herbert Harley Award, Washington Medal of Merit, Chi Psi Fraternity's Albert S. Bard Award

- worked with ChuckCollinsin writing "Wealth and Our Commonwealth:Why America Should Tax Accumulated Fortunes."

https://www.amacad.org/person/william-henry-gates

American Academy of Arts and Sciences -Francis S. Collins

https://youtu.be/ftvkgpmgMao - video - "Somewhere Past the Pandemic" - Video - Collins Singing

- Commission on the Arts

-ExDirector of the National Institutes of Health

- wife Diane Baker

https://www.amacad.org/mixtape/francis-collins-pandemic-song

Washingtonian - Dr. Francis Collins and Diane Baker

https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/12/18/washingtonians-of-the-year-2019/#Dr-Francis-Collins-and-Diane-Baker

The Children's Inn at NIH- Leadership - Diane Baker (Francis Collins' wife)

https://childrensinn.org/about/leadership/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20078986 (151647ZDEC23) Notable: Fed’s John Williams says the central bank isn't 'really talking about rate cuts right now'

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Fed’s John Williams says the central bank isn't 'really talking about rate cuts right now'

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[This is the dynamic presently: Powell at last (prior to this last Weds) FOMC said “no way we aren’t even discussing this (rate cuts) yet” but in his response to a question he admitted (in FED speak on Weds) that they are and have been at the terminal rate and instead of 2% as acceptable inflation they are going to use 3% which is still fantasyland and by trotting out NYFED chair Williams (who doesn’t say much at all and ALL the operations done out of NYFED see link below and click on ‘Market Policy and Implementation’ ) to pour cold water on all that from Weds as the market is pricing in rate cuts (that have ALREADY HABBENED in bond markets-30y went from just under 8% to 6.62% or thereabouts, 10y to just under 5% to

3.922% and finally on a short term bill6m 5.6 to 5.3% in a very short timethis is across the entire curve) so delivery bois FOMC are trying to manage expectations as you could still have them pause Prime/FFR for an extended time thus creating a bifurcation between bond market and wut the FOMC actually sets…those 2 see cap 4 FRED history of FFR rates. So as previously mentioned this proves the prediction several months ago-when many were still believing the FOMC and US Treasury PR releases that the system is not going into the meat of election season with elevated rates and also a shit ton of CRE refis needing to be done]

New York Federal Reserve President John Williams said Friday rate cuts are not a topic of discussion at the moment for the central bank.

"We aren't really talking about rate cuts right now," he said on CNBC's "Squawk Box." "We're very focused on the question in front of us, which as chair Powell said... is, have we gotten monetary policy to sufficiently restrictive stance in order to ensure the inflation comes back down to 2%? That's the question in front of us." The Dow Jones Industrial average shot to a record and the 10-year Treasury yield fell below 4.3% this week as traders took the Fed's Wednesday forecast for three rate cuts next year as a sign the central bank was changing its tough stance and would start cutting rates sooner-than-expected next year.

Traders are betting that the central bank would cut rates deeper than three times, according to fed funds futures. Futures markets also indicate that the Fed could start cutting rates as soon as March.

Williams is reining in some of that enthusiasm a bit it appears.

"I just think it's just premature to be even thinking about that," Williams said, when asked about futures pricing for a rate cut in March.

Williams said that the Fed will remain data dependent, and if the trend of easing inflation were to reverse, it's ready to tighten policy again.

"It is looking like we are at or near that in terms of sufficiently restrictive, but things can change," Williams said. "One thing we've learned even over the past year is that the data can move and in surprising ways, we need to be ready to move to tighten the policy further, if the progress of inflation were to stall or reverse." The Fed projected that its favorite inflation gauge — the core personal consumption expenditures price index — will fall to 2.4% in 2024, and further decline to 2.2% by 2025 and finally reach its 2% target in 2026. The gauge rose 3.5% in October on a year-over-year basis.

"We're definitely seeing slowing in inflation. Monetary policy is working as intended," Williams said. "We just got to make sure that .... inflation is coming back to 2% on a sustained basis."[sowee but Powell put that to bed on Weds and several other FED heads have hinted at accepting 3% in their speeches over last few months]

Moar

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/fed-s-john-williams-says-the-central-bank-isnt-really-talking-about-rate-cuts-right-now/ar-AA1lym3x

https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/interest-rates/cme-fedwatch-tool.html

https://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/mortgage-rates/30-year-fixed

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/fedfunds

https://www.newyorkfed.org/

https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/bond/tmubmusd06m

https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/bond/tmubmusd10y

Keep up in mind that there is still ongoing US Debt auctions and the continued sales by the Foreign owners of our debt which is wut caused the yield spike in Sept/Oct and a declining usage of the Reverse Repo Facility by the also declining # of counterparties in that facility-that peaked in May of this year at around 110 or so and now sits in the 80 to 90 range

https://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/desk-operations/reverse-repo

And last thing to consider: just because the market is sending the signal that they want Prime/FFR rates cut via the purchase of the CME rate contracts does NOT mean they will get it-it’s just showing what those contracts buyers want-want and result are 2 different things entirely

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20078995 (151649ZDEC23) Notable: Did somebody say WilmerHale, AKA Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP.? Connections Much?

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Did somebody say WilmerHale, AKA Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP.? Connections Much?

There are many SDNY connections at WilmerHale but we should do some groundwork first. Enter, stage left, Robert T. Novick. Think the Clinton Administration and that sucking sound of our jobs going to other countries. Novick is a co-managing partner at the WilmerHale.

Wilmer-Hale - Robert Novick

co-managing partner

https://www.wilmerhale.com/en/people/robert-novick

Before we go any further, it should be understood that Novick takes the diversity issue very seriously. He has made a pledge to something called the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity. Notice that, when you hover your cursor over the diversity part of the LCLD LOGO, it turns pastel. Does that LOGO remind Anons of anything? To see the pledge that Novick made (to the LCLD), visit the sauce below.

Leadership Council on Legal Diversity - Robert T. Novick

https://www.lcld.com/pledge/novick-robert-t/

Clinton Presidential Library - Robert Novick - China - WTO - GATT - Collection Finding Aid

This page has a link to a PDF inventory list ofFOIAinformation aboutNovickandChina. The URL for that PDF is really long and may be full of tracking information, so Anon won't post it here. Find that PDF link at the sauce below.

https://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/show/118705

Chambers.com - Robert Novick

- Office of the US Trade Representative, Executive Office of the President, from 1997 to 2001 (think Clinton)

-WTOandNAFTA

-US-ChinaWTO market-opening agreement

- oversaw US participation in the multilateral negotiations on China's accession to the WTO

https://chambers.com/lawyer/robert-t-novick-usa-5:222997

The Legal 500 - ROBERT NOVICK > WILMERHALE > WASHINGTON DC, UNITED STATES > LAWYER PROFILE

- co-managing partner at WilmerHale and Management Committee

- - Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement

- - globalclimate changeinitiatives and international trade rules and internetcensorship

- Executive Office of the President (US) - Office of the US Trade Representative - Counselor and General Counsel

- WTO - NAFTA

- US-China WTO - China's accession to WTO

- Congressionally-established Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce

- Recent representations

- - Amgen

- - The Boeing Company

- - Cisco Systems

- - ExxonMobil

- - Google

- - Information Technology Industry Council

- - PhRMA

https://www.legal500.com/firms/51073-wilmerhale/51604-washington-dc-usa/lawyers/226427-robert-novick/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20079000 (151651ZDEC23) Notable: Blackstone-led joint venture pays $1.2B for stake in Signature Bank real estate portfolio

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for the record. not because any of the morons here would understand the implications.

Blackstone-led joint venture pays $1.2B for stake in Signature Bank real estate portfolio

A joint venture led by investment giant Blackstone has taken a 20% interest in Signature Bank's commercial real estate loan portfolio, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. announced late Thursday afternoon.

https://www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/blackstone-led-joint-venture-pays-12b-stake-signature-bank-commercial-real-estate

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20079002 (151651ZDEC23) Notable: Did somebody say WilmerHale, AKA Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP.? Connections Much?

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Did somebody say WilmerHale, AKA Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP.? Connections Much?

Another co-managing partner at WilmerHale is Susan W. Murley. Like Novick, Murley supports diversity in the legal field. In light of current events, Anon finds it interesting that Murley, along with Novick, have signed on to MurleyHale's denunciation of Anti-Semitism. Anon wonders what Harvard's President Gay thinks about the firm's politics. Is Gay standing on a limb while someone is sawing it off? Is WilmerHale surprised to see Gay's performance at the hearing? Is there a conflict of interest here or is Anon confused?

Wilmer-Hale - Susan W. Murley

- co-managing partner.

https://www.wilmerhale.com/en/people/susan-murley

Leadership Council on Legal Diversity - Susan W. Murley

https://www.lcld.com/pledge/murley-susan-w/

Wilmer-Hale - Susan W. Murley and Robert T. Novick - Denouncing Anti-Semitism

- Many other law firms signed the firm's statement on Anti-Semitism.

https://www.wilmerhale.com/en/about/equal-justice-statement/denouncing-anti-semitism

Law Tally - Susan Murley

https://lawtally.com/lawyers/susan-murley/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20079009 (151652ZDEC23) Notable: Did somebody say WilmerHale, AKA Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP.? Connections Much?

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Did somebody say WilmerHale, AKA Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP.? Connections Much?

While we're on the topic of diversity, lets take a look at WilmerHale's Anjan Sahni who spent over 10 years with the Southern District of New York. Sahni will be replacing Novick and Murley in Jan. 2024 as managing partner of the firm.

Wilmer-Hale - Anjan Sahni

Southern District of New York

https://www.wilmerhale.com/en/people/anjan-sahni

Wilmer-Hale - WilmerHale Elects Anjan Sahni as Managing Partner

https://www.wilmerhale.com/insights/news/20230615-wilmerhale-elects-anjan-sahni-as-managing-partner

Wilmer-Hale - WilmerHale's Next Leader on Value ofDiverseRepresentation

https://www.wilmerhale.com/insights/news/20230621-wilmerhales-next-leader-on-value-of-diverse-representation

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20079021 (151655ZDEC23) Notable: Did somebody say WilmerHale, AKA Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP.? Connections Much?

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Did somebody say WilmerHale, AKA Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP.? Connections Much?

Jamie Gorelickalso has a relationship with WilmerHale. Her Mayorkas appointment is not her first position in the government.

Wilmer-Hale - Jamie Gorelick Appointed by DHS Secretary Mayorkas to Prestigious Homeland Security Advisory Council

March 17, 2022

- this announcement provides a list Mayorkas' appointments in the Biden Administration

https://www.wilmerhale.com/insights/news/20220317-jamie-gorelick-appointed-by-dhs-secretary-mayorkas-to-prestigious-homeland-security-advisory-council

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (from the archive, so info is old)

9-11commission.gov - Jamie S. Gorelick - Commissioner

-Fannie Mae

- U.S. Deputy Attorney General

- General Counsel - Department of Defense

-Department of Energy

- - assistant to the secretary

- - counselor to the deputy secretary

- President of theDistrict of Columbia Bar(1992 - 1993)

-HarvardCollege and Harvard Law School

- serves on several boards

- - Fannie Mae Foundation

- - United Technologies Corporation

- - Schlumberger, Limited

- - The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

- - Harvard College Board of Overseers

- - America's Promise

- - the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless

- - theCarnegie Endowment for International Peace

- - the Local Initiatives Support Corporation

- - The National Park Foundation

- member of theCouncil on Foreign Relations

-American Law Institute

- co-chaired, with Senator Sam Nunn - Advisory Committee of the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection

- currently serves on the Central Intelligence Agency's National Security Advisory Panel

- President's Review of Intelligence

https://9-11commission.gov/about/bio_gorelick.htm

policy.defence.gov - Jamie Gorelick

https://policy.defense.gov/OUSDP-Offices/Defense-Policy-Board/Jamie-Gorelick/

dhs.gov - Jamie Gorelick

Mar 21, 2022

Co-ChairHomeland Security Advisory Council- appointed byAlejandro Mayorkas

https://www.dhs.gov/medialibrary/assets/photo/29195

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20079030 (151657ZDEC23) Notable: Did somebody say WilmerHale, AKA Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP.? Connections Much?

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Did somebody say WilmerHale, AKA Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP.? Connections Much?

More Jamie Gorelick. The Media Matters Memo, below, explains that Gorelick is not responsible for IC failures to communicate, prior to 9-11. Anon finds it disturbing that someone who may have contributed to IC failures prior to 9-11 was on the 9-11 Commission. The Miller Center Oral History piece is very long and Anon has not looked at all of it. Does anyAnon feel up to seeing what she thinks of herself? With an American Thinker title like "Mistress of Disaster: Jamie Gorelick", it's plain to see that some don't think as highly of Jamie Gorelick as Secretary Mayorkas does.

Media Matters- Memo to NY Post , et al: So-calledGorelick “wall”could not have been responsible for military failure to share alleged Atta intel

08/18/05

https://www.mediamatters.org/new-york-post/memo-ny-post-et-al-so-called-gorelick-wall-could-not-have-been-responsible-military

Miller Center - Jamie Gorelick Oral History

https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-oral-histories/jamie-gorelick-oral-history

American Thinker - Mistress of Disaster: Jamie Gorelick

Sept. 19, 2008

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2008/09/mistress_of_disaster_jamie_gor.html

The Revolving Door Project - Jamie Gorelick: Amazon's Anti-Union Shadow Adviser At The DOJ

Feb. 12, 2021

- Jamie Gorelick on the board atAmazon?

https://therevolvingdoorproject.org/jamie-gorelick-amazons-anti-union-shadow-adviser-at-the-doj/

Harvard Law Today - Jamie Gorelick ’75: ‘The need for both vigilance and imagination remains high’

Sept. 9, 2021

- here we learn that Jamie Gorelick is a member of theTrilateral Commission

- Reference 9-11 Commission, Gorelick said, "We did our Job."

https://hls.harvard.edu/today/jamie-gorelick-75-the-need-for-both-vigilance-and-imagination-remains-high/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20079031 (151657ZDEC23) Notable: Her Work Is Complete: Crooked Assistant US Attorney Lesley Wolf Who Blocked Search Warrants and Felony Charges for the Bidens Resigns at DOJ

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tyb

Her Work Is Complete: Crooked Assistant US Attorney Lesley Wolf Who Blocked Search Warrants and Felony Charges for the Bidens Resigns at DOJ

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/lesley-wolf/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20079051 (151702ZDEC23) Notable: 8 KUN MP4 ARCHIVE UPDATED

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20079054 (151703ZDEC23) Notable: Biggest solar flare in years causes problems with radio communications with planes

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https://twitter.com/TheInsiderPaper/status/1735692392119087188

https://insiderpaper.com/biggest-solar-flare-in-years-causes-problems-with-radio-communications-with-planes/

Biggest solar flare in years causes problems with radio communications with planes

Brendan TaylorDecember 15, 2023 10:53 am

According to NASA, a massive solar flare has erupted on the Sun, releasing a large amount of radiation energy, causing issues with radio communications with planes, Fox Weather reported. A spacecraft recorded the entire event on video.

Solar flare causing radio communication issues, largest since Sept. 2017, NASA reports

The pictures released by NASA on Thursday show the largest solar flare since September 10, 2017, according to NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC).

Solar flares and other solar eruptions have a known impact on communications equipment, electrical grids, and even spacecraft. While no irregularities have been reported on the International Space Station, a scheduled SpaceX undocking was delayed due to weather conditions on Earth, not in space.

The flare, reported as an X2.8, ranks among the most intense events, unleashing a burst of radiation directed towards Earth. Space experts classify flares based on strength, starting with the smallest known as B-class, followed by C, M, and the most potent, X-class.

In each category, events are assigned numbers that aid in determining their scale. Consequently, the 2.8 rating falls on the lower end of the strong event spectrum. The most potent solar flare on record is thought to be an X45, occurring in 2003, although the majority of X-class events typically register between 1 and 9 on the scale.

The SPWC stated that the recent event was potent enough to result in high-frequency radio blackouts on Earth. Federal agencies characterized the occurrence as “one of the largest solar radiation events ever recorded,” noting substantial interference with radio communication for aircraft.

Increasing solar activity and insights into solar cycle 25 and aurora forecasts

Solar activity has been increasing, linked to the peak of Solar Cycle 25 anticipated in 2024. Officials from the SWPC mentioned that Thursday’s flare is the most substantial one identified in this solar cycle.

Although the overall strength of the cycle is predicted to be weaker than average, it is expected to be more significant than the solar events observed in previous cycles.

A coronal mass ejection (CME), larger than a solar flare and commonly known as a CME, has the potential to create spectacular Northern Lights displays. Forecasters have identified two small CMEs this week, expected to reach Earth by Friday and Saturday.

Aurora forecasts are typically released only 24-48 hours in advance, and the most recent NOAA forecast indicates values remaining in the low to moderate range.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20079088 (151713ZDEC23) Notable: PF Eyez on Skyz

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GTMO001 departed Dothan,AL Regional Airport after and overnight and arriving as UNKN from Ft. Lauderdale depart

Not a normal destination for these and arriving as UNKN as well (could be a history issue in ADS-B too)

VV107 US Navy ‘brass’ west from JBA

FORGE78 G5 arrived at Tallahassee Intl from JBA depart

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20079126 (151727ZDEC23) Notable: Top USSF leaders discuss the Space Force of 2030

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Top USSF leaders discuss the Space Force of 2030

Dec. 14, 2023

A trio of Department of the Air Force senior leaders discuss their views on the Space Force of 2030 during the inaugural Spacepower Conference hosted by the Space Force Association in Orlando, Florida, Dec. 13.

The panel included Maj. Gen. Shawn Bratton, currently the special assistant to the Chief of Space Operations; Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting, commander of Space Operations Command; and Chief Master Sgt. Jacob Simmons, the command senior enlisted leader of U.S. Space Command.

The Space Force is approaching its fourth anniversary Dec. 20 and has been laser-focused on building its structures and organizations while continuing to bolster security in the space domain – something the panel emphasized is needed to maintain momentum to project power into the future.

Additionally, the trio discussed the ways the force will continue to organize, train and equip Guardians for an uncertain future warfighting landscape. The concerns with ever-present and consistent advancement of space-based capabilities by strategic competitors have existed since before the U.S. established a Space Force. To meet these challenges, Simmons urged Guardians to keep moving fast but to move with “a sense of purpose with that speed.”

Whiting added that the Space Force must move at the “speed of the threats it faces.”

Throughout the panel, the three leaders recognized that Guardians should collaborate with industry partners and allies to be postured to win.

The resounding tone of the discussion was that the future remains uncertain due to how quickly the space domain evolves and new capabilities are introduced, fielded and utilized globally. To combat this, Bratton explained that there’s a need to develop imagination and curiosity to aid in forecasting the future of the space domain.

“If there were a fifth ‘C’ in our Guardian Values, I would lobby for ‘curiosity,’” Whiting said. “When we talk about thinking outside the box, curiosity is the thing that is going to get the Space Force through all these unknowns.”

While 2030 is only six years away, the panel assured the crowd of Guardians that the Space Force will continue to adapt, defend and strengthen capabilities in the space domain.

https://www.spaceforce.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/3617805/top-ussf-leaders-discuss-the-space-force-of-2030/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20079128 (151728ZDEC23) Notable: Space Force birthday today! established in 1982

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Space Force birthday today!

AirForce Space Command established in 1982

GPS technology is now 30 years old.

Therefore, on February 14th, 1989 the first satellite component of the current GPS network was launched into orbit. Completed in 1995, this network contains 24 satellites that orbit the Earth every 12 hours. One year later, the first civilian GPS units went up for sale. Today, the GPS development, accuracy, and price continue to improve, advancing locational technology for military and civilian use.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20079140 (151734ZDEC23) Notable: Keyword Stuffing

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Although frowned upon, sometimes it can be advantageous to stuff your post with keywords.

From this example you can see anon was able to generate over a 400% increase from a standard shit post view.

So yes, take the time to review Trends, prior to a crafted post and stealth embed the words to reach optimized levels of Shitposting.

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20079144 (151736ZDEC23) Notable: Hunter Biden Threatens to ‘Flee’ America if Donald Trump Reelected

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Report: Hunter Biden Threatens to ‘Flee’

America if Donald Trump Reelected

Breitbart, by Wendell Husebø

Posted By: Beardo, 12/15/2023 12:31:48 PM

Hunter Biden reportedly threatened to take extreme action and flee the United States of America if voters reelect former President Donald Trump. The threat represents the often neurotic nature of the president’s son, 53, who faces 42 years in prison for tax and gun charges in an ongoing investigation. “In recent conversations with family friends, he [Hunter] has worried that he might have to flee the country if Trump were to be elected president again,” two people who spoke with Hunter told Politico’s Jonathan Lemire.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20079153 (151737ZDEC23) Notable: Is humanity prepared for contact with intelligent aliens?

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Is humanity prepared for contact with intelligent aliens?

Dec 15, 2023

A new study calls for humanity to prepare for an encounter with extraterrestrial intelligence and examines the possible social consequences of such contact.

First of all, the consequences of first contact strongly depend on the way it takes place. The paper offers the view that first contact with alien life poses considerable risks for humanity. Additionally, a first contact event could also take place without being culturally recognized.

The intriguing new research paper is led by Andreas Anton of the Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health in Freiburg, Germany.

Scenarios

Anton and colleagues serve up a set of scenarios:

The signal scenario is the basis of SETI (search for extraterrestrial intelligence) programs, in which radio astronomers search for signs of alien civilizations. It assumes that radio telescopes can pick up artificial signals from the far reaches of space.

The technosignature scenario envisions that future powerful telescopes will find evidence of past or present extraterrestrial technology.

The artifact scenario assumes that one day, somewhere in our solar system (or even on Earth itself), we will come across the material remains — such as a space probe — of an extraterrestrial civilization.

The encounter scenario involves the appearance of an alien spacecraft in near-Earth space that can be assumed, based on its flight maneuvers or other actions, to be controlled by intelligence, either biological or artificial.

Biological beings or artificial intelligence?

The prospect of an encounter scenario, the paper points out, raises an important question: Whether the alien technology is controlled by a biological life form or an artificial intelligence.

"A biological life form, we suspect, could potentially cause greater anxiety, as the immediate question would be what 'they' want here. It also has an inbuilt assumption that they have a relatively nearby base or have superfast travel (maybe faster than light) and would thus be very far ahead of us technologically," Anton and co-authors write in their paper.

"However, the question of whether the encounter is with a biological life form or the emissaries of a machine civilization could remain unresolved for a long time," they add.

Be prepared

The paper concludes by acknowledging that the more we know about the universe and the further we penetrate into the cosmos through our own research activities, "the more likely it is that we will be confronted with alien civilizations, their signals or their legacies."

That being the case, the researchers suggest, humanity needs to be prepared as a global society for this scenario.

"In the political sphere, the question of how to deal with this discovery and possible communication with extraterrestrial civilizations would lead to a global discourse," they write in the paper. "International cooperation would be essential to develop a unified approach to dealing with this new reality."

This research paper, titled "Meeting extraterrestrials: Scenarios of first contact from the perspective of exosociology," is available here.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S009457652300629X?via%3Dihub

https://www.space.com/contact-intelligent-aliens-is-humanity-prepared

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20079155 (151739ZDEC23) Notable: @Biz_Shrink Steals $4mil as head of DEI at Meta. So plagiarism, theft…what’s next to be exposed? Or should we ask WHO will be next?

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Dr. Jan Halper-Hayes

@Biz_Shrink

Steals $4mil as head of DEI at Meta. So plagiarism, theft…what’s next to be exposed? Or should we ask WHO will be next?

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20079166 (151742ZDEC23) Notable: Shipping giant Maersk pauses all voyages through the Red Sea despite two American aircraft carrier groups in the region./also Hapag-Lloyd

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JUST IN - Shipping giant Maersk pauses all voyages through the Red Sea despite two American aircraft carrier groups in the region.

Hapag-Lloyd also pauses Red Sea shipping until at least Monday.

Attacks from Houthi-controlled Yemen struck two ships in the Bab al-Mandab Strait on Friday.

@disclosetv

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20079170 (151743ZDEC23) Notable: School Board Member Sworn In On Stack Of Gay Porn Instead Of Bible

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School Board Member Sworn In On Stack

Of Gay Porn Instead Of Bible

Daily Wire, by Luke Rosiak

Posted By: Beardo, 12/15/2023 12:19:10 PM

A school board member in Virginia took his oath of office with his hand not on a Bible, but on a stack of books containing graphic depictions of gay sex. Karl Frisch, who will become chairman of the Fairfax County School Board, swapped the Bible for books including “Lawn Boy,” “Gender Queer,” and “Flamer.” His male partner held the books as he placed his left hand on them and his right hand in the air. “He was sworn in on a stack of the five LGBTQ-themed books most frequently banned by other school systems,” Frisch’s campaign said on his website.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20079184 (151747ZDEC23) Notable: Vanita Gupta, Top DOJ Official Who Oversaw Abortion Taskforce, To Resign

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Vanita Gupta, Top DOJ Official Who Oversaw

Abortion Taskforce, To Resign

Daily Caller, by Arjun Singh

Posted By: Beardo, 12/15/2023 12:02:12 PM

Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta, who oversees the Department of Justice’s effort to sue states with conservative abortion restrictions, will resign from the Biden administration, according to an announcement by Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday. (snip) As Associate Attorney General, Gupta was the third-highest-ranked officer of the United States in the Department of Justice, behind Garland and Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco. (snip) “Unlike previous nominees that have received bipartisan support, there is not a single person on this side of the aisle that believes that Ms. Gupta is fit to serve as the third-in-command at the Department of Justice,” said Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20079192 (151751ZDEC23) Notable: Scientists push for UAP research without waiting for government

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Scientists push for UAP research without waiting for government

Updated: DEC 14, 2023 / 08:10 PM CST

While lawmakers in Congress are working to force more transparency on UAPs, more commonly called UFOs, some of the world’s top scientists say they aren’t going to wait for the government to disclose what it knows.

A new group wants to study the phenomenon using hard data and begin outlining pathways forward to research and harness the nonhuman technology they fervently believe exists.

NewsNation has spoken to many of the members before. Those involved in the project include Christopher Mellon, a former Defense Department official; Dr. Avi Loeb, a Harvard professor who claims to have found proof of nonhuman technology at the bottom of the ocean; Leslie Kean, a journalist who helped break the David Grusch story; Grusch’s attorney Chuck McCullough, who served as inspector general for the intelligence community under the Obama administration and former Navy scientist Tom Gallaudet.

The leader of the group is Dr. Garry Nolan, a world-renowned immunologist, professor of pathology at Stanford and biotech entrepreneur who believes there is something out there and it’s not human.

“The circumstantial evidence basically has me convinced that it’s well worth my time to spend time looking at it,” he said.

Nolan’s breakthrough biotechnology gene therapy discoveries around cancer treatment are used around the world. He’s also the head of The Sol Foundation, which just announced a new initiative for UFO research and policy.

The intent behind Sol is to be a serious, well-funded, cutting-edge group performing academic research into UAPs. Nolan said the first step is identifying what questions need to be asked.

“Once we’ve put all of the data into the right categories, we say what of this meets the academic standards and criteria of excellence?” Nolan said.

Military pilots who testified before Congress said they have felt discouraged from reporting unexplained occurrences, be they alien or otherwise. Nolan says the same stigma exists in the scientific community.

“There’s plenty of people who I talk to behind the scenes, who are mainstream academics. They just don’t want to talk about it yet because they feel the stigma is still too high,” Nolan said.

Nolan said he believes researchers, not government, will have to spearhead the effort to explain UFOs in ways all of us can understand.

“There’s something they’re trying to hide,” Nolan said. “You have the people from within the government who’ve said that it’s real.”

Yet the government continues to deny any evidence of nonhuman intelligence.

“You can’t wait for daddy government to tell you what you think you already know. They don’t need to give you permission to move forward,” Nolan said.

Nolan said there needs to be an incentive for individuals and government entities to release information on UAPs.

“The incentive should be that this is going to help the country in some way,” he said.

Nolan believes non-human technology could bring benefits and opportunities for humanity, especially if non-human beings are smarter than we are.

“I don’t think I’m going to have an anti-gravity craft before the end of my existence,” he said. “But what I do see is a whole new way, perhaps, to think about the universe. So I look at that as an opportunity to learn from somebody who’s more intelligent. It’s as simple as that.”

https://www.newsnationnow.com/space/ufo/scientists-uap-research-waiting-government/

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20079200 (151753ZDEC23) Notable: Melania Trump welcomes new citizens at National Archives naturalization ceremony in rare public appearance

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Melania Trump welcomes new citizens at National Archives naturalization ceremony in rare public appearance trib.al/FdVcVhQ

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20079208 (151755ZDEC23) Notable: PF Eyez on Skyz

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SAM615 C40B arrived at Dhabi UAE from Tel Aviv departure

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20079216 (151758ZDEC23) Notable: ‘Mayday!’: Plane erupts in flames after crash-landing on NC highway

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@nypost

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‘Mayday!’: Plane erupts in flames after crash-landing on NC highway

trib.al/EPvIm5j

Dec 15, 2023 · 4:46 PM UTC

https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1735702844248883708

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20079223 (151802ZDEC23) Notable: @JamesOKeefeIII JUST LEARNED: @IBM has shut down their entire Slack Channel after @OKeefeMedia published the slack messages below…

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James O'Keefe

@JamesOKeefeIII

JUST LEARNED: @IBM

has shut down their entire Slack Channel after @OKeefeMedia

published the slack messages below…

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UPDATE: A source from inside @IBM and @RedHat has just given us INTERNAL SLACK MESSAGES that reveal employee response to our reporting. According to one IBM / Ret Hat emplyee @jaywryan, “The truth is, it’s his fault (James O'Keefe's) that we are even having this conversation. We…

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20079229 (151804ZDEC23) Notable: @AGAndrewBailey “Missouri attorney general exposes DOJ funding to Soros-backed group that trains left-wing prosecutors”

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Attorney General Andrew Bailey

@AGAndrewBailey

“Missouri attorney general exposes DOJ funding to Soros-backed group that trains left-wing prosecutors”

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20079242 (151807ZDEC23) Notable: Officer Harry Dunn, outspoken about Jan. 6, plans to leave Capitol Police.

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Roll Call

@rollcall

Officer Harry Dunn, outspoken about Jan. 6, plans to leave Capitol Police.

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20079262 (151812ZDEC23) Notable: Ex-FBI counterintelligence chief Charles McGonigal sentenced to four years in prison for secretly colluding with Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.

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BREAKING 🚨 Ex-FBI counterintelligence chief Charles McGonigal sentenced to four years in prison for secretly colluding with Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20079267 (151813ZDEC23) Notable: 'What is that material?': Potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu stumps scientists with its odd makeup

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'What is that material?': Potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu stumps scientists with its odd makeup

Dec 15, 2023

Tasked with finding clues about origins of life on Earth, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft scooped up pieces of a rugged, rubble-pile asteroid named Bennu in late 2020 and delivered them to Earth about two months ago. On Monday (Dec. 11), scientists got their first detailed description of some of that extraterrestrial collection.

"We definitely have hydrated, organic-rich remnants from the early solar system, which is exactly what we were hoping when we first conceived this mission almost 20 years ago," Dante Lauretta, the mission's principal investigator, said at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) conference being held this week in California and online. "I fully expect the cosmochemistry community is going to go to town on this."

Lauretta, a professor of planetary science and cosmochemistry at the University of Arizona, said the bits of the ancient asteroid that have been retrieved so far are from the outer lid of the sample capsule and are rich in carbon and organic molecules. All the particles are very dark in color and consist of centimeter- and millimeter-sized "hummocky boulders" that have a rough "cauliflower-like texture," said Lauretta. "They cling to everything we touch them with."

The OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft was designed to be in contact with Bennu for six seconds, but it ended up plunging 1.6 feet (0.5 meters) into the asteroid's surface for 17 seconds instead. A victim of its own success, the probe dug out so much material that particles began leaking out of the sample collector's head — but they were still protected inside its outer lid. On Monday, Lauretta blamed a 1.3-inch (3.5 cm) Bennu stone that appeared to have jammed open a small flap on the head and let the material escape into the lid.

Two faulty fasteners continue to prevent technicians from removing the lid to access and catalog the bulk of the collected sample that's still trapped within the head. While they wait for new tools to be approved for use on the precious rocks, they are using tweezers to pick tiny rocks through the partially open flap, totaling the collected material to 70.3 grams (0.07 kg) — higher than the mission's mandated minimum of 60 grams (0.06 kg).

Some of that material was shipped for spectral analysis at the NASA-supported Reflectance Experiment Laboratory (RELAB) facility in Rhode Island, while another batch was sent to the Natural History Museum in London. Initial findings using spectroscopy, a scientific technique that reveals a material's makeup by studying how it reflects different wavelengths of light, show a dominant spectral signature in blue. This azure hue is currently unexplained but may mean the space rocks contain even more water than scientists initially predicted, Lauretta said, adding that more results will be shared at a scientific meeting next spring.

The material also hosts high amounts of magnesium, sodium and phosphorus, a combination that so far puzzles the team.

"I've been looking at meteorites for a long time, and I've never come across anything like that," said Lauretta. "It's a head-scratcher right now. What is this material?"

https://www.space.com/potentially-hazardous-asteroid-bennu-samples-stump-scientists

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20079302 (151824ZDEC23) Notable: @SpeakerJohnson The latest alarming example of why we MUST have transformative policy changes to secure our southern border.

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IMMIGRATION

Watch out peeps - lets get this exposed asap

https://twitter.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1735723213143916715

Speaker Mike Johnson

@SpeakerJohnson

The latest alarming example of why we MUST have transformative policy changes to secure our southern border.

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20079333 (151835ZDEC23) Notable: Dozens of men arrested for sex trafficking during undercover Las Vegas strip operation, over 200 victims identified

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Dozens of men arrested for sex trafficking during undercover Las Vegas strip operation, over 200 victims identified

LAS VEGAS, NV - A recent sex trafficking operation run by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) caught 70-plus men during the week of the Las Vegas Grand Prix event.

Local news outlet 8 News Now was able to obtain detailed information on seven of those men. According to Captain Hector Cintron of LVMPD's vice unit, those seven men were arrested for "luring a child or soliciting a minor." Police said that all seven men were under the impression that they were meeting a teenage girl.

Arrest records indicate that the oldest man to be arrested was 64 years old and the youngest was 22 years old.

Each defendant has an open case in the Las Vegas Justice Court with a variety of sex charges against them, including luring a child for sexual acts. One of them, a 31-year-old, also faces a gun charge for carrying a concealed weapon without a permit.

That individual reportedly told police that he "carries a firearm when he is alone." According to the police report, the man acknowledged meeting a 14-year-old girl. He said that the $100 in his pocket at the time of his arrest was to "buy sushi."

According to 8 News Now Investigators, most men agreed to pay their "decoys" somewhere between $100-$120. One of the men who was arrested initially offered his decoy $120, but then lowered it to $100. Reports stated that most had cash on their person and some even brought protection; others negotiated sex without protection.

One of the other defendants, a 46-year-old, lists his address as being in Sacramento. He was reportedly arrested in his blue Lexus with California plates. He thought he was meeting a 14-year-old teenage girl. Upon searching his vehicle, police found two Viagra pills. The man denied that they were his and then proceeded to saying that he "has Viagra because his 'thing doesn't work.'"

Captain Cintron said that while the Las Vegas strip was inundated with tourists during the week of the event, the issue of sex trafficking plagues the entire Las Vegas valley on a nearly continuous basis. He said, "I want the community to understand that this is not specific to our tourist corridors. It's occurring in our neighborhoods beyond the strip."

In November 2023 authorities held a press conference where they stated that they are planning on launching a public awareness campaign to help increase awareness around sex trafficking and to teach the community what signs to look for in sex trafficking.

FOX 5 reported that leading up to the week-long undercover operation, dubbed F1, LVMPD said that hundreds of workers at hotels, airlines, and nightclubs were trained on how to spot the signs of sex trafficking in preparation for a week-long operation.

After the arrests, LVMPD Deputy Chief Nicholas Farese said in a statement, "What we're seeing in the human trafficking world is that these panderers, these pimps, they travel around the country and sometimes internationally, going where the money is. So, we weren't surprised to see people flying in."

During the week-long operation, police identified 215 people believed to be victims of sex trafficking, including five juveniles. Farese said, "These are five juveniles that were reported as runaways that we came into contact with, in various operations both on the strip and then in other areas of town, that are running away from a bad situation and then they're being preyed upon by human traffickers."

Police also said that LVMPD will be working with the NFL to combat sex trafficking in advance of Super Bowl 58, which is scheduled for February 11, 2024.

When asked to weigh in on whether the Super Bowl causes an increase in sex trafficking, Samantha Calvin, an instructor with Arizona State University's Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation who has been teaching and studying human trafficking for more than a decade, said that the Super Bowl does not itself create a spike in trafficking.

Instead she said, "Men who are women buyers and come to a new city for an event or a conference, the chances of them buying sex in that city are pretty high. So, it's not the Super Bowl or the Barrett-Jackson Auction or the Phoenix Open that creates trafficking. It's the people who already are buying sex and they come here and they buy sex here."

https://lawenforcementtoday.com/sex-trafficking-operation

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20079367 (151845ZDEC23) Notable: There's an important hearing in Maine this morning on whether Donald Trump should be kept off the ballot as disqualified from office under the 14th amendment

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Noah Bookbinder

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There's an important hearing in Maine this morning on whether Donald Trump should be kept off the ballot as disqualified from office under the 14th amendment.

https://twitter.com/NoahBookbinder/status/1735675888472043910

https://www.pressherald.com/2023/12/08/maine-secretary-of-state-receives-three-challenges-to-trump-appearing-on-primary-ballot/

The Maine secretary of state has received three challenges to former President Donald Trump appearing on the presidential primary ballot.

Former Portland Mayor Ethan Strimling and two former state lawmakers, Tom Saviello and Kimberly Rosen, together filed a challenge to Trump appearing on the ballot in a letter to Secretary of State Shenna Bellows dated Friday.

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Former President Donald Trump speaks during a Commit to Caucus rally on Dec. 2, in Ankeny, Iowa. Matthew Putney/Associated Press

Mary Anne Royal, of Winterport, and Paul Gordon, of Portland, each filed letters with Bellows challenging Trump’s appearance on the ballot. All three letters were submitted prior to the department’s 5 p.m. deadline for receiving challenges on Friday.

“We intend to issue a notice of hearing for any properly filed challenge on Monday morning to the parties to the challenge,” Emily Cook, spokesperson for the Department of the Secretary of State, said in an email. She said the department will assess the challenges Monday to see if they meet all state requirements.

The filings come as the Republican frontrunner’s place on ballots is being challenged across the country. Challenges have been filed in at least 32 states, according to the blog Lawfare, which is tracking such efforts. It does not list any successful challenges to date.

Challengers in other states argue Trump should be ineligible because the 14th Amendment prohibits people from holding office if they “have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.”

Strimling, Saviello and Rosen also cited the 14th Amendment in their letter to Bellows, written by attorney Benjamin Gaines, saying Trump engaged in insurrection, contrary to his oath to support the Constitution, and is now ineligible to hold office.

In addition to serving as Portland mayor from 2015 to 2019, Strimling also served three terms in the Maine Senate as a Democrat. Saviello and Rosen both served as Republican state lawmakers.

“The constitution commands that, having sworn an oath to ‘preserve, protect and defend’ it, and then having desecrated that oath by directing a violent mob to storm the capitol while Congress was performing a core constitutional function essential to the transition of power, Trump is ineligible to hold any office under the United States, least of all president,” Gaines wrote in the letter sent to Bellows.

The secretary of state then has seven days to provide notice of and hold a public hearing on the challenge, and five days from the date of the hearing to rule on the challenge. State law also provides a process for appealing the ruling in court.

Trump is among six Republican candidates who qualified for the March primary ballot in Maine. The others are: Doug Burgum, the governor of North Dakota; Ryan Binkley, a Texas businessman and pastor; Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis; former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley; and Vivek Ramaswamy, a biotech entrepreneur from Ohio.

Burgum has since announced that he is suspending his campaign. Cook, the spokesperson for the secretary of state’s office, said they did not receive petitions from Asa Hutchinson, a former Arkansas governor who is also running for president.

Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20079384 (151852ZDEC23) Notable: 'What is that material?': Potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu stumps scientists with its odd makeup

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Asteroid Benny is interesting check the gif.

Asteroid has an eye.

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Originally posted at >>>/qresearch/20079388 (151853ZDEC23) Notable: Japan Inc. sees record capital spending in fiscal 2023, led by EV, AI

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Japan Inc. sees record capital spending in fiscal 2023, led by EV, AI

Capital investment by big Japanese companies is expected to hit a record 31.9 trillion yen ($213 billion) in fiscal 2023 ending next March, shattering the record for the second year running, a Nikkei survey finds.

Spending on plant and equipment is forecast to rise 17.3% from the previous year overall, driven by the demand for electric vehicle (EV) production[not gonna end well that part for sure]and data centers as artificial intelligence (AI) becomes widespread.

The semiannual survey collected revised plans for domestic and overseas capital investment as of the end of October from 874 listed companies and others with capital of 100 million yen or more. Year-on-year growth in spending is likely to be the fastest since fiscal 2000. The Japanese currency's depreciation in the foreign exchange market has pushed up the value of overseas capital investment in yen terms-see cap 2 for the YE strength-

Manufacturing industries increased planned investment 21.0% and nonmanufacturing industries 11.5%.

By industry, only four sectors - paper and pulp, real estate, construction, and mining foresee less capital spending than the previous year. Automakers are beefing up production capacity for EVs and car batteries, both domestically and abroad.

Toyota Motor increased its investment 5.9% to 1.97 trillion yen from its initial plan for the current fiscal year, which was already a record. Honda also revised its plan upward by 10%, mainly due to the weaker yen, We have no intention of slowing down," said Honda Executive Vice President Shinji Aoyama.

The proliferation of AI, which many predict will lift productivity, has increased the volume of data and demand for data centers. Telecom provider KDDI, which acquired a local data center from a Canadian company in June, lifted its investment budget 22.7% from the previous fiscal year to 770 billion yen. Rival NTT, with 2 trillion yen in spending, is likely to be the single largest corporate investor. About half its total spending will go to growth areas such as data centers.

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