Teddy bear and group hug time?-----London Bridge travel advice: station to reopen for Monday morning rush hour but TfL advises commuters avoid the area if possible

London Bridge travel advice: station to reopen for Monday morning rush hour but TfL advises commuters avoid the area if possible:
"London Bridge station is set to reopen this morning following Saturday's terror attack, but commuters have been warned to avoid the station if possible because of overcrowding.
The central London station should be open in time for rush hour on Monday morning, while Borough Underground station reopened on Sunday evening..."

Lunch video-----25 Places You Have To See Before You Die

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Remember the "Plame Outrage"?-----EXCLUSIVE: Hillary Clinton Posted Names of Hidden Intelligence Officials On Her Email - Breitbart

EXCLUSIVE: Hillary Clinton Posted Names of Hidden Intelligence Officials On Her Email - Breitbart: "Hillary Clinton posted and shared the names of concealed U.S. intelligence officials on her unprotected email system.
Federal records reveal that Clinton swapped these highly classified names on an email account that was vulnerable to attack and was breached repeatedly by Russia-linked hacker attempts. These new revelations — reminiscent of the Valerie Plame scandal during George W. Bush’s tenure — could give FBI investigators the evidence they need to make a case that Clinton violated the Espionage Act by mishandling national defense information through “gross negligence.”
Numerous names cited in Clinton’s emails have been redacted in State Department email releases with the classification code “B3 CIA PERS/ORG,” a highly specialized classification that means the information, if released, would violate the Central Intelligence Act of 1949.
The State Department produced a document to Judicial Watch in April 2014 that identifies different types of “(b)(3)” redactions, including “CIA PERS/ORG,” which it defines as information “Specifically exempted from disclosure by statute … Central Intelligence Act of 1949.”"

Simply awful people-----CNN hosts makes 'racist' comment to 12-year-old Spelling Bee Champion | The Independent

CNN hosts makes 'racist' comment to 12-year-old Spelling Bee Champion | The Independent:
"A CNN host is accused of making what some are saying is a "racist" remark to 12-year-old Scripps Spelling Bee Champion Ananya Vinay who the host said likely misspelled a word on air because "its root is not in Sanskrit, which is what you're probably used to using." 
Hosts Alisyn Camerota, who made the comment, and Chris Cuomo jokingly asked her to spell 'covfefe,' what Ms Camerota called a "nonsense word."
Ananya, who is of Indian origin, was born and raised in Fresno, California and had just been named the 2017 champion the previous evening. An Indian-American child has won the competition every year since 2008, and Ananya is the 13th overall to do so.
Donald Trump had used the word in a now-deleted tweet that read "Despite the constant negative press covfefe", which stayed up on his account for nearly five hours overnight as social media mercilessly mocked him for the typo.
...CNN has not responded to a request for comment on the matter. 
Ms Camerota has not responded to the several tweets lambasting her for what they feel is a "racist" comment. "

'They shouted 'this is for Allah', as they stabbed indiscriminately' - How the London terror attack unfolded

'They shouted 'this is for Allah', as they stabbed indiscriminately' - How the London terror attack unfolded:
"The attack came out of the blue and out of the night.
Beneath the shadow of The Shard, Europe’s tallest skyscraper, terror hit Britain’s streets again.
At shortly after 10pm, a white B&Q van being driven at speeds of up to 50 miles per hour mounted the pavement at London Bridge and ploughed into pedestrians, knocking them down like skittles. Reports suggested some victims were thrown into the water of the Thames below.
Others may have jumped in in an attempt to avoid the speeding vehicle.
The van came to a halt on the south side of the bridge but it wasn’t the end of the carnage.
Three men wielding knives 10 inches long began attacking passersby, even entering at least one restaurant to attack Saturday night diners.
One report suggested throats had been slashed by the marauders, likely to be Islamic State-inspired terrorists – although that had not been confirmed by the early hours of this morning..."

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The News Only Gets Worse For ObamaCare — And Democrats | Stock News & Stock Market Analysis - IBD

The News Only Gets Worse For ObamaCare — And Democrats | Stock News & Stock Market Analysis - IBD:

"ObamaCare defenders now claim that premiums are rising because Trump won't guarantee to pay insurers certain subsidies for covering low-income people.
But premiums will continue rising, regardless of whether Trump pays those subsidies, because Democrats ignored basic actuarial principles when they created ObamaCare.

Democrats wanted all the credit when they passed ObamaCare in 2010 — especially for creating the health insurance exchanges.  And it's important to ensure they get it."

Controversial Footage Of A B-24 Shot Down Finally Debunked! - World War Wings

Controversial Footage Of A B-24 Shot Down Finally Debunked! - World War Wings
"For 70 Years This Footage Was Argued Over. Now, Let’s Look At The Facts.
On May 4th, 1945, A B-24 nicknamed Brief was sent on a mission to destroy anti-aircraft installations in Koror, the capital city of Palau. 
This mission was being filmed by the War Department to be used for training and news footage and was titled Mission To Koror And Arakabesan, Palau Islands. 
As you’ll see, while filming Brief’s port side wing explodes and folds over, the plane spiraling down towards the earth.
After the footage was released, people have debated whether or not the plane was shot down or if another plane in the formation dropped a bomb from above. 
Nowadays this debate got even more heated as the YouTube comment section is open to anyone willing to give their opinions. 
To shut the lid on this controversial topic, we’ve compiled this list of facts and common sense observations....
...All in all, this event was tragic and only goes to show what World War II was like. 
11 young lives lost within minutes in just one incident. 
Of those, there were literally thousands. 
We all thank them for their service, bravery and sacrifices.
Here’s the full video if you haven’t seen it and the 40s commentary that originally came with it.

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History for June 5

History for June 5 - On-This-Day.com:
Adam Smith 1723 - Author, "Pancho" Villa (Francisco Villa, José Doroteo Arango Arámbula) - Mexican Revolutionary general, John Maynard Keynes 1883 - Economist


Dennis Gabor 1900 - Electrical engineer, inventor of holography, Robert Lansing (Robert Howell Brown) 1929 - Actor, Ken Follet 1949 - Author


1752 - Benjamin Franklin flew a kite for the first time to demonstrate that lightning was a form of electricity.


1827 - Athens fell to the Ottomans.


1851 - Harriet Beecher Stow published the first installment of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in "The National Era."


1884 - U.S. Civil War General William T. Sherman refused the Republican presidential nomination, saying, "I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected."


1940 - During World War II, the Battle of France began when Germany began an offensive in Southern France.


1947 - U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall gave a speech at Harvard University in which he outlined the Marshall Plan.


1967 - The Six Day War between Israel and Egypt, Syria and Jordan began.


1981 - In the U.S., the Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported that five men in Los Angeles were suffering from a rare pneumonia found in patients with weakened immune systems. They were the first recognized cases of what later became known as AIDS.

Witnesses: Police Fled From Stabbings At Borough Market | The Daily Caller

Witnesses: Police Fled From Stabbings At Borough Market | The Daily Caller:

"Multiple eyewitnesses said that community police officers fled from Borough Market in London after seeing two men with knives stabbing people as part of a terror attack Saturday."

Job Creators Network Applauds Trump's Paris Climate Treaty Pullout

Job Creators Network Applauds Trump's Paris Climate Treaty Pullout:

"The Job Creators Network, founded by Home Depot co-founder and former CEO Bernie Marcus, is praising President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from participating in the Paris Climate Treaty.
The Georgia-based organization applauded the “positive impact the move will have on small businesses, jobs, and wages.”"

The way we were-----Harry Belafonte Day-O ( Banana Boat )

Government Hype Helps Terrorists - Reason.com

Government Hype Helps Terrorists - Reason.com:
"John Kelly, the secretary of homeland security, seems to be moonlighting as a publicist for ISIS. How else to explain his fearmongering warnings about terrorism on Fox News last Friday?
"I was telling Steve on the way in here," Kelly said, referring to Fox & Friends co-host Steve Doocy, "if he knew what I know about terrorism, he'd never leave the house in the morning." 
Kelly's remarks, which seemed designed to put a damper on everyone's plans for Memorial Day weekend, complemented the efforts of terrorists, who aim to provoke an emotional response that grossly exaggerates the threat they pose.
"It's everywhere," Kelly said.
"It's constant….It can happen almost here anytime."
He probably meant it can happen here almost anytime, but you get the idea:
The threat of terrorism is so severe and pervasive that it's foolhardy to venture past your front doorstep.
Contrary to Kelly's claims, terrorism is not everywhere, and it is not constant. 
It is a rare event that is much less likely to kill you than myriad hazards that somehow do not deter us from leaving our homes in the morning.
From 1970 through 2016, according to numbers from the Global Terrorism Database, terrorist attacks killed 3,662 people in the United States. 
Nearly 3,000 of those deaths, 82 percent of the total, resulted from the attacks of September 11, 2001.
Counting 9/11, the average is 78 deaths a year, which makes the annual risk of dying in a terrorist attack within the United States 1 in 4.2 million for a random American.
The lifetime risk, based on a life expectancy of 78.8 years, is roughly 1 in 53,000..."

53% Say Media Leaks Are Act of Treason - Rasmussen Reports™

53% Say Media Leaks Are Act of Treason - Rasmussen Reports™:
"When politics is the name of the game, one man’s treason is another man’s service to the nation.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that just over half (53%) of all Likely U.S. Voters still consider the leaking of classified information to the media to be an act of treason.
Thirty percent (30%) disagree, while 18% are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
This is largely the same way voters felt in November 2010 following WikiLeaks’ publication of top secret U.S. government data related to the war in Afghanistan and other defense and foreign policy issues.
But while 73% of Republicans consider the leaking of classified information which plagues the Trump administration as treasonous, only half as many Democrats (36%) feel that way now. 
Voters not affiliated with either major party agree by a 50% to 27% margin that the leaks are an act of treason..."

While Snowflakes Melt Over Paris, Here are 25 Climate Change Charts They Don't Want You to See

While Snowflakes Melt Over Paris, Here are 25 Climate Change Charts They Don't Want You to See:

"Why should the U.S. further reduce its “carbon emissions” when the rest of the planet, oblivious regimes run by central planners in Russia and China, are happily emitting away?

Most importantly, why should American taxpayers spend billions, if not trillions, of dollars fighting a quixotic crusade to keep the planet's climate from changing?

Man's activities play but a small part in the global scope of things, and 25 graphs show that to be the case."