(Natural News) If you had any doubts about the culture of corruption at the CDC, a look at some internal correspondence regarding vaccine studies should clear things up for you. This email correspondence, which is the subject of a recent expose by Vera Sharav for the World Mercury Project, shows just how far officials at the CDC will go to shield vaccines and their recommended childhood vaccination schedule.

According to the emails, their deception extends to outsourcing epidemiological studies that are pretty irrelevant to the current vaccine exposure of American children but awfully convenient for furthering their cause.

The CDC has often used The Danish Studies to support their claim that the mercury-based preservative thimerosal used in vaccines does not have a statistically significant link to autism, although it remains a very controversial study. Their choice of Denmark as a population study comparator to the U.S. for vaccine risks was a very deliberate one.

According to an email exchange, several of the doctors involved in the studies acknowledged that the vaccination schedule in the U.S. exposes American babies to far higher thimerosal doses than European babies. In fact, the Danish babies used in the study got 75 percent less thimerosal than American babies.

In Denmark, the only childhood vaccine given to babies younger than five months was monovalent pertussis, while American children were given multiple doses of pertussis, diphtheria, polio, tetanus, and hepatitis B vaccines by that age. This means the Danish studies simply cannot be compared to American children and have no value in determining how risky thimerosal vaccines are  it is a case of comparing apples to oranges, if you will.

In one email, the author of a 2001 study whose first phase found a 7.6 increased risk factor of developing autism from thimerosal exposure, Dr. Tom Verstraeten, voices concerns about scientific dishonesty when writing to a heavy metal toxicity expert about his VSD study. He said that he couldnt make the statistical link between autism and thimerosal disappear when he wrote: It just wont go away.

Apparently, they did find a way, however. In the study, one of the underhanded tactics used to diminish the risk included changing the cut-off age to eliminate the children who were later diagnosed with autism. Some of the other tactics uncovered by an analysis included inconsistent inclusion criteria, inconsistent diagnostic criteria and the omission or deletion of data. Verstraeten left the CDC to work for vaccine maker GlaxoSmithKline shortly after the revised findings were released.

One pediatrician. Dr. Edward Yazbak, stated: They hope to bury evidence of the dangers of vaccines. At the same time, they have waged a misinformation campaign in making claims that skyrocketing Autism/ASD rates are due to better diagnostics.

In a 2014 review, independent scientists who took a closer look at the six studies the CDC often cites as evidence supporting the safety of vaccines was published in the journal Biomed Research International. In the study, researchers listed 165 other studies that refute the notion that thimerosal is safe. Sixteen of the studies looked specifically at the effects thimerosal can have on infants and children, finding deaths, malformations, neurodevelopmental disorders including autism, developmental delays and allergic reactions.

This type of corruption isnt a one-off incident that happened years ago; in fact, this behavior continues to this day. Just last month, CDC director Brenda Fitzgerald was forced to resign after it was discovered that she owns shares in vaccine manufacturer Merck, erasing any lingering doubts anyone might have had about whether or not the government agency has a vested interest in promoting vaccines.

Follow more news about the corruption of the CDC at CDC.news.

CDC emails reveal culture of deep corruption and scientific dishonesty


As the government continues to cut funding for police, top officer, Sergeant Simon Kempton raises the alarm that police are very close to losing the streets. The operation policing lead for the Police Federation believes the cuts in police numbers is directly responsible for the rise in violent crime.

He has requested the government focus on protecting its citizens, stating that the future looked bleak if officials continue their gross underfunding of the police service. Sergeant Kempton has urged the government to stop underfunding the police service.

I think the first and the last duty of any government is to protect its citizens, and if the budgets across government have to be constrained difficult decisions need to be made.

UK Very Close to Losing Streets Top Official


On tonights Banned Live Midterm Election coverage, we break down juicy details surrounding the migrant caravan thats growing  and heading north to the US border. We also look into the viral NPC meme spreading over the Internet. Tune in every weeknight until the midterm election on Nov. 6th:

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Two mayoral candidates  Susana Mendoza and Dorothy Brown  appeared to be in
the most vulnerable position as the filing period ended Monday and the
campaign entered the petition challenge phase thats expected to winnow the
field.

Brown and Mendoza each filed roughly 25,000 signatures. Thats only double the
legal requirement of 12,500 and well below the more than 40,000 filed by
fellow Monday filer state Rep. La Shawn Ford.

Candidates typically shoot for triple the minimum to provide the legal cushion
they need to survive a challenge.

You need 12,500 good ones, right? Thats what matters, and thats the number
we were shooting for, Mendoza said.

Its gonna be enough. We worked really hard to get those. And we validated
our signatures ... before we turned `em in. So, were good. Were gonna be on
the ballot ... We were working under a very short time period, but I think we
did a pretty awesome job.

Mendoza acknowledged that she got a late start because she first needed to get
re-elected state comptroller.

If we would have had four or five months like the other candidates, wed have
more signatures. But, I think its impressive that we got over 25,000 in about
a three-week span, she said.

When the dust clears on a lengthy and costly challenge process that could drag
on through much of December, Brown said she, too, expects to be on the ballot.

Weve already done our verifications and were running 70 [to] 80 percent
accuracy, Brown said.

When the week-long filing period closed Monday, 21 candidates had submitted
petitions for the mayoral race. Thats one more than eight years ago  the
last time the mayors office was up for grabs. In that race, to succeed
retiring Mayor Richard M. Daley, 20 men and women had filed for mayor at the
close of the filing period. But only six wound up on the ballot after
challenges and candidate withdrawals.

This year, Brown and three other mayoral candidates  Bill Daley, Gery Chico
and Garry McCarthy  lined up early Monday to present nominating petitions on
the final day of filing, skipping the lottery for first and last place on the
ballot.

That lottery for the bottom spot will be held Dec. 5, and will have six
entrants who filed late Monday: former alderman Bob Fioretti; activist JaMal
Green; Ford; John Kozlar; entrepreneur Neal Sales-Griffin; and former Police
Board president Lori Lightfoot.

Petition challenges are due by 5 p.m. on Dec. 3.

Bill Daley, the son and brother of Chicago mayors, checked in with 45,000
signatures, along with a headline-grabbing proposal to lower the bar for
future mayoral campaigns.

The Legislatures got to look at this whole process and say, `Whats a real
number? Were much higher than any other major city. It ought to be lowered,
Bill Daley said.

![Bill
Daley](https://suntimesmedia.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/img_8088.jpg?w=400&h=300)

Mayoral candidate Bill Daley (right) files roughly 45,000 signatures Monday on
the final day of filing. Daley will join the lottery for last place on the
ballot that includes Gery Chico, Garry McCarthy and Dorothy Brown. | Fran
Spielman/Sun-Times

And the thought that, [with] people [getting] in at different stages of this
campaign, if you sign one petition you cant sign another is a little
disingenuous considering we want more ballot access. We want more people
involved in the process.

Bill Daley didnt flinch when reminded that the current restrictions were
tailor-made to benefit his father and brother, who ruled Chicago for 43 years.

Thanks for pointing that out, Bill Daley said. Obviously, my proposal is
very different than theirs. Its one of many differences between family
members, as [with] every family.

Chico begged to differ with Bill Daley after filing a little over 32,000
signatures.

Hes all for allowing registered voters to sign the nominating petition of
more than one mayoral candidate.

This isnt a vote. So, were not implicating the Constitution [clause], `One
person, one vote,  he said.

But, Chico said he does not support reducing the signature requirement below
12,500.

There ought to be some rigor here. This is a very important office. Theres a
lot of peoples lives that are impacted by who this individual will be, he
said.

McCarthy, the fired Chicago police superintendent, said he filed around
55,000 signatures after knocking out roughly 10,000 he deemed invalid.

We feel very good about it. We had a lot of volunteers ... and we ended up
paying for a lot of it, too, because volunteers  they kind of trail off, as
Im learning, he said.

Paid circulators are dangerous. Lured by the bounty, many cut corners.

But, McCarthy said, Weve had people reviewing over and over again. Were
very confident that the number we put in is gonna get us there.

Asked whether he intends to challenge anybody elses petitions, McCarthy said
only: Maybe.

Everybody whos in it is game, he said. Some of us draw from the same
constituencies.

Toni Preckwinkle, Willie Wilson, Paul Vallas and Jeremiah Joyce Jr.  will
enter a lottery for the top spot on the ballot. All four filed in the first
hour of the first day last week.

Mendoza and Amara Enyia also opted out of both lotteries by filing in mid-
afternoon of the final day.

But, the 62,000 signatures Enyia filed mid-afternoon were tailor-made to make
a political statement.

Theyre even more than the roughly 60,000 filed by Preckwinkle, the County
Board president who doubles as chairman of the Cook County Democratic Central
Committee. Mendoza, who got off to a late start, filed close to 30,000
signatures.

We didnt have the advantage of decades of political experience [or] the
advantage of an entire party infrastructure. We simply had a message. We had
enthusiasm from people who believe in the vision for the city and we worked
extremely hard and extremely creatively, Enyia said.

That is a very strong statement  not only about the quality of our campaign,
but where the city is and the response that we had from people, many of whom
said: `Ive never gotten involved in the political process until now.'

Enyia acknowledged that the celebrity endorsement she got from Chance the
Rapper has elevated her candidacy and generated excitement, particularly among
the 18-to-37 demographic that turned out heavily during the mid-term
elections.

Endorsements will only take you so far if theres no substance. He definitely
helped give it that boost of visibility. But the substance is whats created
the groundswell, Enyia said.

[![Garry
McCarthy](https://suntimesmedia.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/img_8087.jpg?w=640&h=480)](https://suntimesmedia.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/img_8087.jpg)

Mayoral candidate Garry McCarthy (right) files roughly 55,000 signatures
Monday morning. He said his campaign deleted some 10,000 signatures determined
to be invalid. | Fran Spielman/Sun-Times

Rounding out the field were a handful of low-profile hopefuls: Catherine Brown
DTycoon, Conrien Hykes Clark, Sandra L. Mallory, Roger L. Washington and
Richard Mayers. Mayers, a resident of the Southwest Side Clearing
neighborhood, also filed to run for city clerk, city treasurer and 23rd Ward
alderman.

Altogether, 211 men and women filed to run for aldermen. Only four of the
citys 50 wards did not see contested races, all represented by sitting
aldermen: Brian Hopkins in the 2nd, Scott Waguespack in the 32nd, Gilbert
Villegas in the 36th and Brendan Reilly in the 42nd.

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Coastal towns in South Carolina were bracing themselves for unprecedented flooding on Tuesday as rivers swollen by Hurricane Florence continued to rise above record levels.

Almost 8,000 people were advised to leave their homes amid fears that access to Georgetown County could be all but cut off.

There were warnings only one main road out of the area could be usable, with floodwaters expected to top bridges.

It is a disaster nearly two weeks in the making.

Georgetown County was on alert for days for days before Hurricane Florence made landfall on September 14, about 110 miles up the coast near Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.

At least 32 people died in the state, which has been left with an estimated bill of $44billion in damage and lost output.

South Carolina avoided the worst of the storms winds, but now Georgetown County is set to be hit by vast amounts of rainwater that has slowly made its way downstream.

Rivers swollen by Florence in North Carolina are a considerable distance from  shore and the water takes longer to drain as the coastal plain flattens out  hence the near-two-week delay in the arrival of the floods.

To make things worse, the county sits at the mouth of three rivers: the Waccamaw, the Great Pee Dee and Sampit.

Forecasters are saying that the county will see at least 10 feet of flooding lasting throughout the weekend.

The Polo Farms neighbourhood, off Highway 905, is already underwater.

Lee Gantt, who lives further south near the Sampit, has barricaded her home with sandbags. Im nervous, she said. Cant you see me shaking?

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The Trump administration faced yet another judicial check on its attempts to reshape American law this week. Federal District Judge Jon S. Tigar ruled that they could not enact a reshaping of immigration law through executive order.

To be more specific, the president and his allies had sought to deny the right to asylum to migrants who cross over the U.S. border somewhere other than the designated ports of entry, but Tigar insisted that the proposed system just doesnt match up with the law  and the White House doesnt just get to avoid accountability because theyre the White House.

Tigar asserted while handing down a temporary restraining order blocking the move until next month, when further court time is scheduled:

The originally attempted shift figured into a broader Trump administration aim to paint immigrants to the U.S. as a looming threat.

That effort began all the way back when Donald Trump insisted Mexican immigrant populations harbor large populations of criminals during his initial rise to prominence in the 2016 presidential race. Its continued ever since to the point of the Trump administration dispatching some 5,900 active duty members of the military to the nations southern border to meet migrants including plenty of women and children who Trump has characterized as invaders.

At least some of that troop presence has begun to be dialed down  soon after the midterm elections, when the acute political expediency of going all out to stoke fear got used up.

BREAKING Federal Judge Ruins Trumps Evil Plans For Caravan Refugees


In the crazy, topsy-turvy year of 2018, socialism is somehow on the rise in America. To those of us unfortunate enough to have been born in the Soviet Union, this is troubling.

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Lady Gaga has seemingly confirmed her engagement to her agent, Christian Carino.  The singer casually referred to him as her fiance during a speech at the Elle Women in Hollywood event in LA on Monday.

Their engagement had long been speculated given Gaga has been wearing a giant sparkler on her ring finger for many months now, but she has never publicly confirmed anything.  However, in her speech, she said: Thank you to all the loved ones in my life. [Manager] Bobby [Campbell], I love you. Everyone at table five. My fiance, Christian. All the loved ones in my life who take care of me every day. And Ryan Murphy, thanks for giving me my first leading role [in American Horror Story: Hotel]. You know that Golden Globe belongs to you.

Gaga, 32, and Christian, 49, were first romantically linked in January 2017, later spotted looking close while on the field ahead of her Super Bowl LI halftime show the following month.  The Bad Romance singer was previously engaged to her on-off partner of four years, Taylor Kinney, until they called things off for good in 2016.  In a post on Instagram at the time, she said: Taylor and I have always believed we are soulmates. Just like all couples we have ups and downs, and we have been taking a break. We are both ambitious artists, hoping to work through long-distance and complicated schedules to continue the simple love we have always shared.

Gaga, who is currently receiving huge plaudits for her performance in A Star Is Born, later opened up about her new-found love for Christian in an interview with Page Six last year, saying: The best part about being in love with someone is having them there to catch you if you fall. As well as Gaga, Christian also looks after other big stars including Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus and Jennifer Lopez.

Lady Gaga Confirms Engagement To Agent Christian Carino


The Trump administration has made its priorities clear, not just with reference to social political rhetoric. When it comes to the nuts-and-bolts of governing, Trumps government is as far-right as it gets. At a time when we already outspend every other nation in the world on the military several times over, and with wealth disparity worse than ever, Republicans want to slash social spending, while giving hundreds of billions more to the military, and trillions to the rich.

For example, in the budget proposal the White House released for 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services is being cut by a massive 21 percent, more than one-fifth of the operating budget. Nearly every duty that the agency carries out would see its funding slashed. The only exceptions are the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration.

In some areas, the cuts are especially draconian. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will see a billion dollar budget shortfall if the plan sees reality. The Administration for Children and Families, which provides assistance to low income families, would see a 20 percent cut, losing almost four billion dollars.

Senseless military spending in the face of crippling domestic issues is not whats going to make America great again, and we cant do everything at once. You cant slash taxes, increase military spending, and rebuild our bridges, roads, and airports at the same time (Trump expects local governments to pick up the tab for infrastructure, anyway). This isnt fiscally conservative by any reasonable definition.

The proposal slashes the budget of nearly every federal oversight agency. The Department of Agriculture is cut by 16 percent, the Department of Education by 10.5 percent, the Department of Health and Human Services by 21 percent, the Department of Housing and Urban Development by 18.3 percent, the Department of the Interior by 16 percent, the Department of Labor by 21 percent and the Department of Transportation by 19 percent, in addition to the EPA cut. Such cuts mean less money to guarantee food is uncontaminated, workers are safe and the environments we live in are inhabitable.

Currently, the Republican goal seems to be to bankrupt the nation with military spending and tax cuts (which primarily and overwhelmingly are designed to help the richest of the rich at cost to everyone else). After that, theyll use the deficit as an excuse to force a Democratic administration into unpopular cuts and austerity policies. Or, worst case, the Republican wet dream comes true, and they are able to leverage the massive debt theyll leave hanging over our nation as an excuse to gut Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.

Its up to voters to set our nation back on the right path in November. The Republican Party has made it clear that they do not have the best interests of the American public at heart, and likely never will.

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(Natural News) Monitoring eye health is useful as many diseases involve visual conditions as a primary symptom. An article in NaturalBlaze.com walks you through eight warning signs of disorders that can be seen in or around the eyes.

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The human body proves to be an efficient symptoms monitoring system as certain diseases manifest themselves over various parts of the body. The eyes in particular, have been long established as good indicators of certain disorders. In fact, a type of alternative medicine called iridology, examines a patients irises to determine the presence of disease, infections, and various other ailments. The practice originated in 1670s, but the advent of modern iridology began in the 1980s when the International Iridology Practitioners Association was founded.

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California man Farzad Fazeli, 35, was charged on Tuesday after trying to stab Republican House candidate Rudy Peters with a switchblade while screaming, F**k Trump! Fuck Trump!

A Castro Valley man shouting profanities about President Trump attacked a Republican congressional candidate who was working an election booth at a town festival, threatening him and trying to stab him with a switchblade knife, authorities and the candidate said Tuesday. Farzad Vincent Fazeli, 35, was jailed after the alleged Sunday attack on Rudy Peters at the Castro Valley Fall Festival. Alameda County prosecutors charged Fazeli on Tuesday with a felony count of making criminal threats and misdemeanor counts of exhibiting a deadly weapon and possessing a switchblade. No one was seriously injured.

Fortunately, Fazeli was too stupid to operate the switchblade.

In an interview, Peters said he had never been concerned about his safety prior to Sunday, though his wife has often warned him to be careful. Its a shame, he said. People are just polarized right now, and this countrys divided and its just a mess. It shouldnt be that way. County sheriffs deputies responded at about 3:45 p.m. to a report of a possible knife attack at the festival on Castro Valley Boulevard. According to officials, witnesses told deputies that Fazeli approached Peters in an aggressive manner at his booth, and made disparaging remarks about the GOP and elected officials. All of a sudden we hear someone screaming, F Trump, f Trump! Peters recalled. He said the man raised his middle finger and was standing right in front of the booth.

Peters had been sitting with Joseph Grcar, a Republican state Assembly candidate. He said they were both kind of shocked by the outburst, but that the man seemed like he was walking off. The next thing you know, Peters said, he stops and turns around and says, Ill show you, and runs at the booth. The man grabbed a coffee cup from the table and threw it at Peters, the candidate said, prompting Peters to come around the table and grab him. The two wrestled to the ground before the suspect hopped up, reached into his pocket and grabbed the switchblade, Peters said. Hes screaming, Im gonna kill you, motherf! Peters said. He had the knife but the blade wouldnt shoot out. A sheriffs deputy said in a court affidavit that Fazeli threatened to use the pink switchblade on Peters but could not open it.

Peters said he grabbed a sign from a nearby cupcake booth and braced to use it as a shield. Someone stepped in and urged the attacker to calm down, Peters said, before he left the booth. [...]Fazeli has past convictions in Alameda County for burglary and battery, records show. On his Facebook page, he criticized Trump for complacency following this years mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Florida. In another post, he wrote Hurricane Irma ... Payback for voting Donald Trump.

Is the fake news media going to take any responsibility for the climate of hate theyve created?

This violence comes on the heels of the Congressional baseball mass shooting carried out by a Bernie Sanders supporter pumped full of fake news and the near-murder of Republican congressman Rand Paul.

Maxine Waters is still telling her supporters to threaten Republicans out in public:

Fazelis Facebook shows hes a March For Our Lives supporter who wants to disarm the American public, presumably so he and his ilk can have an easier time killing us:

Fk Trump Farzad Fazeli Attempts to Stab GOP House Candidate On 911


Comedy Centrals Trevor Noah loves to talk about just how racist his home country of South Africa is.

As the host of The Daily Show, Noah has lectured his audience on why it makes sense for South Africa to imprison a woman for racism.

On Sunday, Noah said on CNN, Ive said from the very beginning that Donald Trump reminds me of an African dictator.

For all of Noahs apparent concern about racism, while he compares President Trump to an African dictator, Noah seems unconcerned by an issue plaguing his home country  the genocide of white farmers.

One investigative report found 16 recorded murders in 46 gruesome farm attacks across South Africa in February alone. WNDs Alex Newman has reported that, Since the early 1990s, when white South Africans voted in a referendum to surrender power, the estimates of farm murders range between 2,000 and 4,000.

South African Defense Minister Julius Malema has reportedly called for the murder of white people.

Will Trevor Noah call out actual genocide occurring in his home country of South Africa, or continue to preposterously compare President Trump with an African dictator?

President Trump just helped end the Korean War, and this is how the leftists still talk about him. If President Trump cured cancer, leftist comedians would demand to see his tax returns.

Trevor Noah Compares Trump To African Dictators While He Ignores South African Genocide


Vibrant and ever so different, Hotel Indigo Lower East Side was made for travellers wanting to ditch the Manhattan you see in the movies for a more hyperlocal and genuine New York City experience.

With its infectious vibe, views for days and laid back attitude, Hotel Indigo is easily IHG's coolest offering yet.

Where is it?

On Ludlow Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Oodles of indie cafes, restaurants, clubs and boutiques reign supreme in this part of town and it's just half a block away from the infamously good Katz's Deli - a bonus if you want to get there early and avoid those massive lines for a pastrami sub. Fancy foodie hangouts Beauty and Essex, Stanton Social and Verlaine are minutes away. Walk 10 minutes east and you'll land in the madness of the East Village. For boho chic vibes head west for the trendy shopping haven that is SoHo.

Transport-wise it's very well connected, too. The F and M, J, Z subways are within five blocks and the B and D trains are a zig zag 15-minute walk down Houston Street. In a nutshell, the hotel is perfectly situated for anyone who wants to explore Downtown by foot and avoid Midtown at all costs.

Look around the neighbourhood, and you'll instantly notice that street art is at the heart and soul of Ludlow's identity - something Hotel Indigo designers Tim Horn and Amanda Sullivan wanted to celebrate in all of its public spaces and guest rooms. Their styling is totally industrial, with bare red brick walls, stained concrete floors, reclaimed wood and diamond pattern metallics strewn about the place. The major design sell, however, is the art dotted around each floor, which include politically motivated pieces and an unbeatable collection of objects from the modern era.

Dramatic works from French artist Mr. Brainwash, including the stand-out Life is Beautiful Sculpture on loan from the artist's pop-up gallery, as well as a set of bicycle wheels that suspend near the hotel concierge desk on the ground floor, also infuse the hotel with that extra bit of hipster creative charm.

The 14th floor sky mural by celebrated New York City street and graffiti artist Lee Quininones, with its detailed snapshots of significant moments in the Lower East Side vernacular, is also worthy of a spot on your Instagram. Make no mistake, this Hotel Indigo was designed for the cool arty kid trapped inside you.

Relaxed, down-to-earth and unpretentious service is king. Staff greet you with beaming smiles and expert knowledge of their city and can't do enough to make you feel welcome as soon as you get through the door. Their ethos is simple: to make you feel calm and comfortable throughout the duration of your stay.

Unlike many other hotels in the city, dining options are far from traditional. Instead, you'll find an all day dining bar/restaurant/nightclub hybrid, which offers everything from flatbreads to light salads and bagels. For breakfast, Balthazar mini croissants, egg sarnies, and steel-cut oatmeal are on the menu.

Aside from free and very fast complimentary Wi-Fi, on-site valet parking and a fitness centre, the star of the amenity show is ultimately the heated lap pool crowning the outdoor space on the 15th floor. Set parallel to the beautiful bar spot that is Mr Purple, sip Manhattans, dirty martinis and, of course, the Mr. Purple (a tequila, cranberry, apple and lemon punch mash-up) poolside in the inspiring shadow of the Empire State Building.

The only space that might just rival it is the stylish lobby. If you're in the city on business, it's the perfect spot to meet, greet and work in and is ideal for a quick cup of coffee or light bite (go for the Russ & Daughters bagel with cream cheese, smoked salmon, and a garnish of capers, pickled onions, and sliced tomatoes) before you start exploring the town.

We stayed in a 14th floor city view king overlooking the grand cityscape of Manhattan. Think unobscured panoramas of the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges, One World Trade Center and the Empire State Building. If you're lucky, your rain shower will come with a view of the city. For what you pay, all rooms are generously sized and feature a host of amenities including luxe C.O. Bigelow toiletries, Frette linens, the use of a safe, minibar and a Keurig coffeemaker.

Other thoughtful additions include a make your own cocktail graffiti shaker, coffee table books, bluetooth docking stations, scented linens,a sofa conveniently placed by the floor-to-ceiling windows, free copies of local and city magazines and the use of an iron and ironing board.

For those of you who get your hands on a luxury suite, expect plump terry cloth bathrobes, bouncy slippers and fancy terraces donning private and exclusive city views.

Our only criticism is that some parts of our room were a little tired. There were several scuffs on the couch and furniture, and the walls could do with a fresh lick of paint.

If you haven't already managed to fill your phone memory with countless snaps of the rooftop pool or the view from your room (pictured above), then we suggest you start simple with a sunrise shot of your bed overlooking the glorious sight of Manhattan. The hotel's beautiful collection of art and dining areas (especially the bar at Mr. Purple) also deserves prime spot on your feed.

Arty hipster types, business travellers and those looking to experience a slice of the real New York City.

Double rooms start from $220 (167) in low season; and from $420 (318) in high. Breakfast comes at an additional cost of around $20 to $30 (15 to 23) per person. Hotel handling fees are also applicable. For a two night stay, expect a $150 refundable hold for incidentals, although this charge depends on the daily rate of your room. For more information, contact the Hotel Indigo reservations department. 171 Ludlow Street, NY, 1002, USA. 0012122371776

Hotel Indigo New York City - hotel review


CNN interviewed a group of Conservative Christian women who are Trump supporters about the Stormy Daniels story. The liberal network was surprised to learn that the women stood by Trump and saw the story as nothing more than another effort to attack Trump, which is exactly what it is.

Watch Women Trump Supporters React to Stormy Daniels Interview: If He Slept With Her, Whatever

And after hearing what she had to say, this women stayed supportive of the president.

While one woman expressed she felt sorry for her, all of them felt she was sharing her story either for money or for attention. Some dont even believe Stormy Daniels because she lacked hard proof.

Should we believe the president of the United States or a stripper porn star? Gina OBriant elaborated. I go with the president of the United States.

They admit that they knew Trump wasnt a choir boy when they elected him, but theyre convinced that the recent revelations of Trumps numerous alleged affairs is an effort by the media to define a narrative.

You are looking for a way to impeach my president that I worked very hard for, Dr. Lynnett Bryant said.

CNN Shocked That Republican Women Dont Believe Stormy Daniels On Trump VIDEO


America is about to protect its borders for the first time in recent history and Matt Bracken breaks down whats likely to happen as the globalists push the Village Without Borders, narrative.

When Push Comes to Shove Migrant Mob vs 6000 Troops


VANCOUVER A delegation of Canadian cabinet ministers are headed to Mexico next week to meet with the countrys incoming government as North American trade talks continue to stall.

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said in a tweet Thursday afternoon she, Finance Minister Bill Morneau and newly shuffled International Trade Minister Jim Carr will be in Mexico on Wednesday where they will meet with president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

The left-leaning Mexican president won the countrys July presidential election in a landslide.

The United States, Canada and Mexico are in the midst of renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement, where negotiations have stalled.

On Wednesday, the U.S. president reportedly mused about engaging in bilateral trade talks with Mexico.

We have had very good sessions with Mexico and with the new president of Mexico, who won overwhelmingly, and were doing very well on our trade agreement, Trump said to reporters ahead of a cabinet meeting in Washington, according to Reuters.

So well see what happens. We may do a deal separately with Mexico and well negotiate with Canada at a later time. But were having very good discussions with Mexico.

Canadas chief NAFTA negotiator Steve Verheul called into the Canadian Federation of Agricultures annual summer meeting on Wednesday where he gave an update on the trade talks, which have been in a lull since June.

Canadas agriculture ministers are in Vancouver for their annual gathering where trade is expected to be raised. Ministers are scheduled to receive a trade briefing on Friday morning from Canadas Chief Agriculture Negotiator Frederic Seppey.

Current trade tensions are also overshadowing the annual gathering of Canadas premiers, where several provinces  including Manitoba  are pushing for improved interprovincial trade, in part because of concerns about NAFTA.

The premiers, who are meeting in St. Andrews, N.B., requested a special First Ministers meeting on trade this fall. The provincial leaders met with U.S. Ambassador David MacNaughton on Thursday morning where the premiers explored new ways that Canada could reach out to Americans given the uncertainty over trade issues.

He noted that the premiers have been helpful in reaching out to U.S. politicians and businesses.

In a tweet, Dominic LeBlanc, Canadas newly appointed minister of intergovernmental relations, said he was open to hold a meeting on trade with his provincial counterparts.

In a press release Thursday afternoon, the Prime Ministers Office said Trudeau will lead discussions on how to eliminate barriers to trade between provinces and territories, and work toward a stronger, more interconnected Canadian economy that is free from unnecessary barriers and restrictions imposed by provinces and territories.

The prime minister and premiers will also discuss ways to build on Canadas economic growth through diversifying international trade and improving trade within our borders.

Freeland Carr headed to Mexico next week


Calling all arts and culture lovers - these are the best new openings happening in London this week.

This years four shortlisted artists present their work at Tate Britain, before the winner is announced in December. tate.org.uk

Shocking artworks by baroque painter Jusepe de Ribera go on show for the first time in the UK. dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk

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The New Zealand artist creates a series of sculptures for the 30th Curve commission. barbican.org.uk

London arts The best art theatre dance and concerts to see in London this week


As Joe Hoft at The Gateway Pundit reported in May

At Least 6 and Potentially 7 Known and Suspected Intelligence Informants Accused of Spying on Trump Campaign

And now there are more.

 Trump associates Roger Stone and Michael Caputo were approached by another FBI informant during their campaign in the Deep States quest to tie Donald Trump to Putins Russia.

And  once again  neither of them took the bait.

On Monday Michael Caputo joined Sean Hannity to discuss his run-in with the FBI informant.

Michael Caputo: When I spoke to the Mueller investigation about this I told them that I assumed he was a Russian but I thought he was an American citizen. As it turned out the Mueller investigation already knew that he was a Russian citizen and not an American citizen. That really set off alarm bells for me. Because when I disclosed this to the Mueller investigation unprompted they knew more about it than I did. They knew he was a Russian citizen not an American.

IT WAS A SET-UP Trump Campaign Aide Reveals Mueller Knew More About FBI Informant Than He Did VIDE


Broncos rookie linebacker Josey Jewell was an observer the first five days of training camp. He stretched. He ran. And he waited out an injured hamstring, until finally on Friday, Jewell was cleared to return.

The Broncos 109th overall pick admits being patient during that rehab proved difficult.

You want to get out there. You want to show them what you got. You dont want to wait for anything, Jewell said. You just want to get out there and play and do your best and give them your best self. Its tough, but I have to try to find something positive.

Denver held Jewell out of team periods Friday, but he did participate in 7-on-7 and individual drills. Each day is another building block toward a roster spot. The Broncos, relatively thin at inside linebacker, would appreciate a big rookie impact from Jewell.

Maybe youre not the fastest guy, but you need to be able to be really technique oriented, really detailed with that kind of stuff, Jewell said. I think I learned that through high school and college, and theyre still coaching me now, so you can never be perfect.

You want to show them what you got Broncos rookie LB Josey Jewell is back


Prison officers at a drug-ridden jail initially refused to take up their posts the morning after one of their number was choked unconscious during an attack by an inmate.

Staff at HMP Lindholme, in South Yorkshire, demanded restrictions on prisoners movements until safety measures could be put in place in the wake of the incident on Thursday night.

The Prison Officers Association (POA) said the jail's governor initially refused their request, demanding they carried on as normal and fully unlock cells.

Officers arriving at work on Friday morning did not immediately take up their posts as they discussed the next steps, The Independent understands.

Following an emergency meeting the governor then agreed to allow a restricted regime for prisoners until substantive talks are held.

Mark Fairhurst, national chair of the POA, said staff wanted action taken after two colleagues were attacked on Thursday and one passed out while being strangled.

The governor wanted to carry on as normal, as if nothing has happened, he told The Independent.

But staff deserve to be able to work in a safe environment. Levels of violence have spiked at Lindholme.

He said officers wanted inmates to be allowed out of cells only to be given medication until a management plan was put in place.

They have staffing problems and shortages but the main problem is its ridden with drugs, Mr Fairhurst added.

A spokesperson for the Ministry of Justice said staff were on the wings on Friday morning after a short meeting with management.

The prison officer who was strangled received medical attention and is due to return to work on his next scheduled shift.

On Friday afternoon, a relative of one inmate told The Independent prisoners had not been let out of their cells even to shower.

"Its ridiculous - I know they are in there to be punished but they have human rights," she added. "Food has been taken to cells with no choice of meals, just what they were given."

Prison officers walked out across England and Wales in September after the government was given an official warning over deteriorating safety, but the Ministry of Justice sought an injunction against the move after banning industrial action by jail staff last year.

The latest incident came a day after the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman warned that extreme violence was spreading from high-security prisons to low-security establishments.

HMP Lindholme itself is a category C prison that holds more than 1,000 male prisoners, mostly serving sentences of more than four years.

The most recent report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons found that the safety of the prison was significantly compromised by the ready availability of drugs and the consequent debt, bullying and violence.

It identified a key vulnerability as the three mile perimeter of the prison, which occupies a former RAF base and is surrounded by homes, fields, footpaths and other public rights of way.

Packages of drugs, banned mobile phones and other illicit items have been thrown over the perimeter fence, fished into cells by inmates using supplied hooks or even flown in using drones.

More than two thirds of prisoners told inspectors it was easy or very easy to get hold of drugs, and 27 per cent said they had developed a drug problem only after going inside.

The problem is exacerbated by the fact a fifth of prisoners have links to organised crime.

HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) said the perimeter was difficult to defend, adding: When this is combined with the linkages of so many prisoners to organised crime and their obvious resourcefulness in getting large quantities of drugs into the jail, it means that further progress will be difficult to achieve.

There is a question to be asked as to whether Lindholme is actually a suitable establishment in which to hold its current population.

The government named it as one of 10 prisons with acute problems with high drug use, violence and building issues after announcing 10m funding to improve security.

Similar problems are found across the country, including at HMP Chelmsford where contraband worth more than 15,000 was seized in a single month.

The prison seized 28 drug packages and 44 mobile phones during searches, and 18 parcels that had been thrown over the perimeter wall during the period, HM Inspectorate of Prisons revealed in a report released on Friday.

Other finds of mobile phone-related items, heroin, cocaine and other drugs were also discovered, it added.

The estimated value of the items seized during that month alone was more than 15,000."

The prison in South Yorkshire also holds a large number of men who were connected to organised crime gangs, and they were responsible for much of the supply of illicit items, according to the report.

HMIP said levels of violence at the jail were far too high, while the response to self-harm and suicide had been "inadequate".

Michael Spurr, chief executive of HM Prison and Probation Service, said there was a committed team in place who will robustly tackle the issues.

We are working closely with the police and healthcare to tackle the supply and use of drugs and to reduce violence at the prison, he added.

Progress is being made and the problems are being actively addressed.

Prison officers refuse to take up posts after colleague strangled by inmate at aposdrug-riddenapo


(Natural News) Big-government leftists, many of whom live in large cities, are known to tout their electric and hybrid vehicles, social activism, and other sustainable lifestyle habits as helping to save the planet. But much of what far-left liberals love to brag about concerning their alleged support of clean energy and environmental conservation are empty myths that have no basis in reality.

During a recent episode of his Health Ranger Report show, available for viewing at REAL.video, Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, punches a few big holes in popular liberal mantras that, upon closer investigation, represent little more than fake news from the usual suspects involved with the liberal mob.

People who live in cities think of electric cars as being clean, but really they just export pollution to rural areas outside the cities, Adams points out, reducing the Im better than you because I drive a Prius crowd to logical rubble.

What powers an electric car? Well, you might think batteries. Okay. But lets take it one step further here. What powers the batteries? Where does that electricity come from? Predominantly it comes from coal-fired power plants, which are located outside the cities. And those coal plants, of course, emit some amount of mercury and heavy metals, and they emit carbon dioxide, of course, and particulate pollutants, which then settle on farm lands and forests and rural areas.

Watch this full episode of the Health Ranger Report at REAL.video below:

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Almost everything about city life in 2018, Adams points out, is far more polluting than activist liberals would have us all believe. Even if every single gas-guzzling automobile was pulled from the road and replaced with a Tesla, theres still pollution being distributed somewhere.

If you have a city where, lets say, you dont even have combustion engines any longer for regular vehicles, all youre doing is youre taking that pollution that used to exist in the city, coming out of the tailpipes, and now youre pushing that pollution out into the countryside, says Adams.

And thats not the first time that cities have done that. They also do the same thing with sewage: its called bio-sludge. So all that sewage that people flush down their toilets in the city, that ends up spread as fertilizer on farms in the countryside.

Its a completely unsustainable and unethical situation that ends up leaving all the pollution at the doorsteps of people who live in the country, even as their city folk counterparts revel in feelings of superiority for supposedly taking the moral high ground by living sustainably.

Cities ... they are polluters, they export pollution to surrounding areas, Adams states.

They steal resources from the countryside as well  many cities have to steal water from rural areas in order to provide enough water for the city. So theyre taking in water and theyre stealing resources from the countryside while exporting their pollution back to the countryside.

In Adams view, country folk are the truly sustainable ones, at least when theyre not dumping harmful pesticides and herbicides all over their crops. Their septic systems, as opposed to city sewer systems, are better for the environment, and many of them grow their own food, collect their own rainwater, and all-around treat the environment better than the average city person.

People who live in cities like to talk about sustainable living and green living and environmental consciousness, but they dont realize that the very fact that theyre living in a city is environmentally disastrous and completely unsustainable because theyre just polluting the world with their feces and with their electrical usage, which is much higher, per capita, in a city than it is in a rural environment, by the way, explains Adams.

Rural living is sustainable. In rural environments, you can collect your own rainwater, you can throw some solar panels on the roof ... or maybe you can go off-grid, even. You can grow some of your own food.

Be sure to watch this full episode of the Health Ranger Report at REAL.video.

Electric cars sustainability and other city folk ideologies are a clean energy MYTH watch at R


As Americans were finalizing their holiday plans on July 3, the New York Times quietly announced that Ali Watkins, the reporter caught up in a federal investigation into illegal leaks of classified information, would be

Unaccountable Big Media Personified


China does not intend to build a military base in Afghanistan, a top diplomat maintained in the face of conflicting reports.

We have checked on this report and it is not true, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said during Wednesdays briefing, according to the official transcript.

Huas denial contradicts an initial report that China would build a base and eventually deploy several hundred troops to the Wakhan Corridor, a spur of territory that abuts against Chinese and Pakistani territory. The confusion follows months of reports of Chinas interest in military expansion in Afghanistan and Pakistan, as well as Russian and Chinese concerns about terrorism in the region.

China Denies Plan to Deploy Troops to Afghanistan


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(Natural News) As the Left-wing social media giants continue to punish Americans who dont conform to their Marxist worldview, there is a free-market solution stepping up to fill the void: REAL.video.

REAL.video is a gun-friendly video community thats about to launch as an alternative to YouTube. Video content creators can use the site for free, and videos can be embedded in web pages on their own sites. As YouTube continues silencing gun channels through censorship, we are creating a firearms friendly alternative video community that isnt afraid to stand up for the First and Second Amendments, said Mike Adams, founder of REAL.video and publisher of SecondAmendment.news.

In recent days, Google made the decision to further alienate a plurality of Americans  gun owners and the gun industry  by banning words like gun-grips and scopes and sights from its list of acceptable AdWords. The ban will take effect later this month, as Breitbart News AWR Hawkins reports.

In addition, the search behemoth will be banning all AdWords that are related to 3D printing of guns or gun parts, which will include instructions on 3D printing of any and all parts for firearms.

Google made the decision as part of changes to the companys Dangerous Products or Services Policy.

Hawkins noted that also on the list of banned AdWords are stocks, conversion kits, and tripods and bipods.

In groupthink fashion, the change to Googles policy comes just a few months after Google-owned YouTube said it would be banning all gun demonstration videos, which in turn followed Facebooks incremental banning of gun ads and sales (and political content that, oddly, seems to include mostly conservative content).

The Google war on guns is a direct attack on gun ownership. Maybe it is time to regulate the internet giants like Google, Facebook, and YouTube and not gun ownership, said Second Amendment Foundation Executive Director Alan Gottlieb in a statement to Breitbart News.

The decision amounts to another step towards backdoor gun control, he added. (Related: Google, Facebook, YouTube censorship of conservative sites, voices just like Communist CHINA.)

Of course, thats true, but the move is also part of a broader effort by the Left to punish Americans who refuse to toe the Marxist-Progressive line.

Regarding the YouTube ban, Hawkins reported in March that the ban on firearms instruction videos also included the intent to prohibit videos with instructions on how to assemble firearms.

He noted further that no guns assembled at private residences were involved in any of the mass shootings around the country which Google, Facebook, and YouTube are all using to justify their bans.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) noted that the move was worrisome because whats coming next, most likely, is a similar ban even on educational content.

We suspect it will be interpreted to block much more content than the stated goal of firearms and certain accessory sales. We see the real potential for the blocking of educational content that serves instructional, skill-building and even safety purposes, the organization said, as Hawkins reported.

Much like Facebook, YouTube now acts as a virtual public square. The exercise of what amounts to censorship, then, can legitimately be viewed as the stifling of commercial free speech.

So far, federal courts have not agreed with that assessment. A recent challenge to YouTubes censorship by PragerU was dismissed by a federal judge  Lucy Koh  because the company was a private business, not a government entity, so somehow the Constitutions free speech protections dont apply.

Regulating Left-wing social media companies isnt the right approach either, because that means all social media ties would be subject to the same government regulations (which would no doubt wind up being onerous and costly).

No, a better option is to simply start using a video-and-social-media platform that fully supports the Second Amendment and doesnt censor gun-related materials that pertain to legal actions (like instructions on how to assemble or clean a firearm).

A platform like REAL.video, which is set to launch July 4th.

Already flooded with content requests, Real.video will be a valuable resource for gun enthusiasts and a great environment for makers of firearms and gun parts (like gun grips, stocks, and all the AdWords banned by Google).

For advertising information, interested companies should inquire at [email protected].

Search for more information that the social media giants censor at Censored.news.

J.D. Heyes is also editor-in-chief of The National Sentinel.

As YouTube and Google continue to punish gun makers and sellers REALvideo offers pro-2A platform f


As TGPs Kristinn Taylor previously reported, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced at a July press briefing that President Donald Trump is reviewing the process to revoke the security clearances of several Deep State critics for abusing their post-government retention of security clearances by lying about Trump and Russia, as well as politicizing and monetizing their security clearances.

Historically, former heads of intelligence and law enforcement agencies have been allowed to retain access to classified information after their government service so that they can consult with their successors regarding matters about which they may have special insights and as a professional courtesy. Neither of these justifications supports Mr. Brennans continued access to classified information.

Watch Sarah Sanders deliver the breaking news...its music to our ears:

The issue was brought up in July by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) who said he would be meeting with Trump about revoking the security clearance of John Brennan, reported TGPs Cassandra Fairbanks.

Sanders named former Obama CIA Director John Brennan, former G.W. Bush CIA Director Michael Hayden, former Obama National Security Adviser Susan Rice, fired FBI Director James Comey, fired Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe and former Obama Director of National Intelligence James Clapper.

John Brennan routinely attacks President Trump from his Twitter account and called Trumps meeting with Putin in Helsinki treasonous.

John Brennan was involved in this attempted coup which is why hes lashing out on his Twitter account.

In fact, Chairman Nunes is currently investigating whether John Brennan perjured himself in a public testimony about the dossier.

Brennans fingerprints are all over Spygate scandal, says Paul Sperry.

BREAKING President Trump Revokes John Brennans Security Clearance VIDEO


Sara Cox has thanked fans for their support after landing her dream job presenting BBC Radio 2 Drivetime.

Cox will take over the 5-7pm slot from Simon Mayo, who is leaving the station, and Jon Whiley  who will front a new show  from January.

Sharing the social media statements on her own page, Cox wrote: *forward roly-poly into double fist-pump*.

Cant wait to start my dream job. I solemnly promise to play you brilliant music and make you lol-a-lot.

Lordy. So many lovely messages. Thank you! *cartwheels down the stairs to feed the dogs*.

Cox, who currently anchors the 10pm-midnight show Monday through Thursday, was announced as the new Drivetime host on Monday.

In a statement, Cox said: Ive been proud to be part of the Radio 2 family for a few years now and the opportunity to present such a big show as Drivetime - playing fantastic music and hopefully making people smile as they cook tea or head home after a days graft - is the icing on what is already a very brilliant cake.

The Bolton-born host added that she was beyond chuffed with her new role, which comes just weeks after she missed out on landing the Breakfast presenter role.

Cox, 43, had been favourite to take over from Chris Evans after he announced he was leaving Radio 2 to go back to Virgin Radio .

However, It Takes Two host Zoe Ball was later unveiled as Evans successor with Cox sending a series of cryptic tweets following the announcement.

The new Radio 2 schedule including Cox and Ball's new roles will kick in in the New Year.

Sara Cox on Drivetime BBC Radio 2 presenter thanks fans for support after landing aposdream joba


The governments bovine tuberculosis (bTB) strategy has allowed the culling of tens of thousands of badgers but neglected basic infection prevention on farms which is severely hampering efforts to control the disease, a major report has found.

Campaigners maintain that culling is ineffective as well as being costly and cruel, however an independent review of the scheme found the badger cull has had a modest but real benefit in reducing the disease.

However, the authors said that preventing the disease spreading between cattle on farms and in livestock trading was a more important way to control infection.

If I had to say more one than the other its definitely more on the cattle to cattle side [than badger to cattle infection], the reviews chair Sir Charles Godfray, professor of zoology at Oxford University, said.

We realise that wildlife does have a role in this disease, but its wrong to put all the blame on wildlife and to use this as an excuse to not make hard decisions in industry, which is going to cost the industry money.

Sir Charles said there was also an urgent need for more evidence on the efficacy of vaccinations to inoculate badgers. This approach is being used in cross-border efforts in Ireland, and the review panel called for government to adopt its own trials to develop the evidence.

While recognising the burden that bTB places on farmers and their families, the Bovine TB Strategy Review said there is disappointingly low uptake of basic biosecurity measures to limit its impact.

The report blames this on the backlash around badger culling which has had the unfortunate consequence of ... deflecting focus from what can be done by the individual farmer and livestock community.

In particular, the poor take up of on-farm biosecurity measures and the extent of trading in often high-risk cattle is, we believe, severely hampering disease control, it said.

Other measures include keeping neighbouring herds separated to prevent the tuberculosis bacteria passing from nose to nose contact, and preventing badgers from getting on to farms, particularly around feed bins.

Recent evidence also raises the case for using a battery of tests on herds where bTB is suspected after research found a commonly used skin test is ineffective. It also highlights the spreading of manure slurry on fields which can increase the spread of bTB, and can be addressed with different treating methods or with more modern equipment to inject the slurry under the soil.

These efforts could have a greater impact on the spread of disease than culling, which the Badger Trust charity estimates could have killed as many as 75,000 badgers at a cost of over 50m of public money.

The review said the best evidence on the effect of culling remains the Randomised Badger Cull Trial (RBCT) that ran between 1998 and 2005 and suggests it can lower bTB incidence by around 15 per cent.

However Sir Charles said the group was explicitly told not to consider evidence from current culls that have been underway since 2013, although figures from Gloucestershire and Somerset were consistent with the RBCT.

The latest culls have incurred significant costs. The review says 32 culls have been authorised since 2013, at an average cost of 600,000 per site over a four year period  more than a third of this cost on policing.

The reviews publication comes a day after leading vets accused the government of barefaced lies in claiming these cull areas had already reduced bTB in cattle.

A letter published in the Vet Record journal argues data from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is unclear and deliberately opaque and that bTB rates were falling before culling began.

The letters lead author, veterinary surgeon Dr Iain McGill of the Prion Interest Group, told the BBC there is now evidence bTB was rising in these areas, saying: Badger culling has not worked. They are issuing barefaced lies in this matter.

These concerns have been echoed by other campaigners.

To date the government have spent over 50m of public money undertaking the largest destruction of a protected species in living memory, said Dominic Dyer, CEO of the Badger Trust.

Despite this huge slaughter the government have no reliable evidence that badger culling is lowering bovine bTB in cattle.

He added: Although Sir Charles does not call for an end to the cruel, hugely costly and ineffective badger cull, he does recognise that badger vaccination could be a viable alternative to culling.

Chris Sherwood, chief executive of the RSPCA, said: Our concern is that the focus on blaming badgers has stalled vital research and investment to find more effective solutions that would save the lives of cattle and move away from the current futile killing of badgers.

National Farmers Union vice president Stuart Roberts said: The industry has stepped up to work with government in tackling bovine bTB.

Farmers are already taking a range of steps to protect themselves against this disease. The Godfray review suggests more can be done but the question many cattle keepers have is which measures bring the greatest disease control benefits.

Defra has stood by its use of the figures and said it would respond to the Godfray report after it had reviewed its recommendations.

Farming minister George Eustice said: As a government we are committed to eradicating bTB and have always been clear that there is no single measure for tackling it.

Thats why we have pursued a range of interventions, including cattle movement controls, vaccinations and controlled culling in certain areas.

Badger cull Blaming wildlife while neglecting cheap farming improvements aposseverely hamperinga


Tickets to big-name Broadway touring shows, such as Hamilton, are hard to come by in Denver. Thats due in part to the fact that the shows are popular and critically acclaimed, but also because the Denver Center for the Performing Arts  which books and hosts these productions at its Buell Theatre  gives its subscribers first access to them over the public.

That makes sense for the DCPA, given that the tickets double as tools for driving subscriptions. But it also narrows the amount of general-audience tickets available for the rest of us.

Never fear: As with Hamilton, there will be a digital ticket lottery for the upcoming production of Tony-winning sensation Dear Evan Hansen, which kicks off its first-ever national tour at the Buell on Sept. 25 (and runs through Oct. 13).

Today the DCPA announced details of the lottery, which will offer tickets for the relatively low price of $25 (vs. $10 per ticket for the Hamilton lottery). The lottery is in effect for each and every performance, and begins 48 hours prior to each show, according to the DCPA. Entries will be accepted until 9 a.m. the day before the performance.

Feeling lucky? Sign up at luckyseat.com/dearevanhansen-denver, where you can also opt to get daily notifications via email. Winners can then buy up to two tickets at $25 each.

Tickets must be purchased online with a credit card by 4 p.m. the day prior to the performance using the purchase link and code in the customized notification email, the DCPA said. Tickets not claimed by 4 p.m. MT the day prior to the performance will be considered forfeit.

Winners can pick up their lottery tickets at the Buell Theatre box office will-call window (1350 Curtis St.) starting one hour before the show with a valid photo I.D. (as always, tickets are void if they find out you re-sold them).

And theres some fine print: Seat locations awarded by the lottery are subject to availability, according to a DCPA press release. Patrons must be 18 years or older and have a valid, non-expired photo I.D. that matches the name used to enter. Tickets are non-transferable. Ticket limits and prices displayed are at the sole discretion of the show and are subject to change without notice.

Dear Evan Hansen Denver tickets 25 seats to be available via digital lottery


ZHUHAI, November 8. /TASS/. The three-year portfolio of defense export orders
of the Russian Helicopters holding affiliated with Rostec Corporation is over
120 aircraft, Chief Executive Officer of the company Andrei Boginsky told
reporters on Thursday.

"The export orders portfolio for 2019 - 2021 is over 120 helicopters of the
defense segment," the top manager said. "If we take plans of the next year,
they are approximately 90% supported by firm orders," the top manager said.

The company is boosting supplies of civilian helicopters, he said. "We are
increasing deliveries of civilian aircraft within the framework of Rostecs
strategy: about 75 civilian helicopters will be handed over to customers this
year," Boginsky noted.

According to preliminary results of this year, the company will supply to all
customers "approximately the same number of new and upgraded helicopters as in
the last year," he added.

In other media

Russian Helicopters plan to export over 120 military aircraft by 2021


Barclays chief executive Jes Staley on Thursday admitted that Britains banks are being punished by the vote to leave the EU and warned that a hard Brexit could be a disaster.

The American banker was talking as Barclays revealed a 20% jump in half-year profits to 3.7 billion, a sign, said Staley, that the bank is clean and ready to keep stealing business from Wall Street giants such as Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.

Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds are all paying a steep price for Brexit said Staley, with share prices failing to reflect the firms value.

British banks are on the lowest multiples of any banks, he said. It is very important to get an agreement, to continue in the customs union.

While a hard Brexit might have benefits in the long term, the short term impact would be huge, he warned.

Barclays is under fire from activist investor Ed Bramson, who thinks the bank has billions of dollars in capital it could return to investors immediately.

Staley admits Barclays could soon have cash to play with, but ruled out a big merger deal.

The bank is clean. All the major legacy issues are dealt with. This is a bank that is functioning. We are going to be generating excess capital going forward, but I dont believe we should be going into another restructuring, he said.

All youve got to do is look at Deutsche Bank. Barclays paid out 1.4 billion to the US Justice Department, knocking results, but the investment banking arm had record returns from advising clients on takeovers. Overall revenue was flat at 10.9 billion.

Staley admitted Barclays has a history of creating self-inflicted wounds and said we want to be boring.

There was another 400 million pay-out for PPI claims, aside from which the UK arm is doing well.

Barclays shares were flat at 191p, which values the bank at 33 billion.

Bramson has built up a 5% stake and has told his own backers he wants Barclays to ditch its trading arm.

Staley said while the bank has had conversations with Bramson, it is far from clear what his intentions are.

Barclays boss says hard Brexit could be disaster for banks


The rapid turnover rate among the presidents senior staff members doesnt end at the confines of his presidential administration. His personal legal team also remains in flux at present, with the announcement coming just this Wednesday that  despite the presidents past denials of reporting that such a move was coming  lawyer Ty Cobb had decided to leave his legal team. As Cobb left, the presidents legal team accepted a new member, Emmet Flood, who worked for President Bill Clinton when he was facing impeachment proceedings.

In the face of this shuffling, the president took to Twitter late Wednesday to attempt to fall back on past comments from someone who is himself a former member of his legal team, John Dowd. Dowd resigned as the lead lawyer for the president in his battle with the Russia probe back in March just a short time after explicitly calling for Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to fire Special Counsel for the Russia investigation Robert Mueller.

Quoting Dowd, the president quipped on Twitter late Wednesday as follows:

This isnt some game. You are screwing with the work of the president of the United States. John Dowd, March 2018. With North Korea, China, the Middle East and so much more, there is not much time to be thinking about this, especially since there was no Russian Collusion.

No matter how many random sets of quotes the president puts in his tweets, hes not going to be able to make the issue of his teams collusion with Russia go away. Whether or not the Trump team colluded is no longer a question thanks to things like Donald Trump Jr.s eager acceptance of help from the Russian government against Hillary Clinton back in 2016.

Theres an easy way for the scandal to take more of a back seat than it has at present  if the president stopped whining about it at what seems like every opportunity, wed talk about it less, it could run its course, and that would be that.

However, the fact that the president is continuing to go on and on indicates that hes not really that committed to letting the investigation conclude as he claims. He enjoys the attention and continues to dig his hole deeper and deeper, having explicitly threatened the Justice Department Wednesday morning, when he wrote on Twitter that he was prepared to use the powers granted to the Presidency to make the justice system fall more in line with his wishes.

He just goes on and on.

Check out Twitters response to some of the presidents latest rambling below.

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Chelsea midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko has assured AC Milan they will soon see his best form after a poor start to his loan spell in Italy.

The 24-year-old joined the Blues in a 40 million deal from AS Monaco last summer but was frozen out of the first team after a disastrous second half to the season.

As a result, he was farmed out on loan to the Serie A giants after being told he wasn't part of Maurizio Sarri's plans and has struggled to make an impression at San Siro.

Coach Gennaro Gattuso has remarked that Bakayoko is finding it difficult to adapt to the team's shape and has only used the France international sparingly in the league, having coming for just seven minutes in the derby against Inter Milan.

But Bakayoko believes that in good time, his temporary employers will see his best level.

Ive been very well received, he told reporters ahead of AC Milan's Europa League match against Real Betis.

Its a good group and my integration has gone very well, Im trying to adapt the way I play. The best of me has yet to come and itd be better to play a bit more, but Im already seeing improvements.

A lot of things have changed, its a new league and a new style of football but Im trying to give my best.

With time youll see the Bakayoko you talk about.

Reports have suggested the Italian club are ready to cut short Bakayoko's loan if his performances do not improve, with his loan spell due to expire until the end of the season.

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(Natural News) Researchers from the California State University (CSU) found that marine vegetation could play a significant role in minimizing ocean acidification (OA), a phenomenon wherein the ocean waters become too acidic due to higher concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere.

Ocean acidification is a chemical reaction brought about by a significant reduction of pH levels in ocean waters caused by an excess of CO2 in the atmosphere. In other words, the oceans are absorbing too much CO2 from the atmosphere, making the water more acidic.

This phenomenon affects marine species, particularly shrimps and oysters, whose exoskeletons and shells dont form as fast in highly acidic waters. Highly acidic oceans may also change the behavior of fish.

However, much like their counterparts on land, aquatic plants such as kelp and seagrass take up CO2. The researchers from CSU found that these plants may help mitigate the effects of ocean acidification and help marine species cope with harsh ocean water.

The Ocean Protection Council Science Advisory Team (OPC-SAT) Working Group, which is managed by the California Ocean Science Trust, brought together a group that included five CSU faculty to study whether aquatic vegetation could protect vulnerable species on Californias coast.

A lot of people are not aware how strikingly challenging OA could be in our future, says Karina Nielsen, Ph.D., co-chair of the group that authored the report titled, Emerging Understanding of Seagrass and Kelp as an Ocean Acidification Management Tool in California.

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The ocean is an iconic part of Californias identity. OA is a big threat to that, she added, noting that the effects are getting more apparent now.

Such effects could potentially change the entire oceanic food web which would greatly affect human populations that depend on marine species for food and commodities, according to Krista Kamer, Ph.D., director of CSU Council on Ocean Affairs Science and Technology (COAST). She also says ocean acidification could also impact protected species such as whales, turtles and sea birds.

According to Nielsen, kelp and seagrass do have the capacity to locally increase the pH of seawater, and that they provide a sort of low-acid refuge for species such as oysters, abalone, crab and fish that stay around these plants.

The study highlights two species of eelgrass, a type of underwater coastal seagrass, and two species of kelp that are said to have the greatest pH-raising potential for Californias coast.

Study co-author Kerry Nickols, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology at CSU Northridge, who specializes in kelp research, said kelp and seagrass support marine habitats in different ways. She also added that kelp is a large species and grows at a faster rate than seagrass: It can grow up to a foot a day. According to Nickols, the sheer size and speed of growth of kelp offer tremendous potential for future research.

The top of the kelp  the canopy  is where all the new growth is, and this is where we are finding the higher pH levels, Nickols says. We still need to determine how far the pH benefits can extend in the water, and how marine life can benefit.

According to Nielsen, investing in the conservation and restoration of eelgrass and kelp populations helps not only the plants, but the surrounding ecosystem. Underwater seagrass meadows and kelp forests offer numerous benefits, including reducing coastal erosion and providing shelter for a wide range of marine species.

The study highlights the potential of eelgrass as it may be able to absorb and trap CO2 long-term, much like how trees can store CO2 from the atmosphere. Scientists call this carbon sequestration.

If researchers are able to quantify substantial carbon sequestration benefits, Nielsen said, eelgrass restoration and conservation projects could have financial value in carbon markets.

Moreover, ocean acidification indirectly impacts Californias coastal economy, as it may also harm the states fisheries, which may affect tourism and recreation.

If the things that draw people to California are negatively impacted, the identity and the cultural landscape of the state could potentially be at risk, Nielsen noted.

Today, ocean acidification is recognized as an emerging threat to marine life, and researchers have put their knowledge and effort into finding solutions to lessen its impact. To learn more about these mitigation efforts, visit Ecology.news.

Seaweed could save Californias coastline by reducing ocean acidification


Last night was a night that wont soon be forgotten in the UFC.

Winner Nik Lentz gave a shout out to the new Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh

After his knockout win over Russian Alexander Volkov, Derrick Lewis  the Black Beast  from the USA made some astounding remarks.

Lewis first said that he took off his pants because his balls were hot.

He then stated that the President called him before the fight and told him to knock that Russian Mother F*cker out!

He ended his interview stating that he would be happy to smoke some weed with Joe Rogan, the UFC commentator interviewing him!

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(Natural News) As the most common cancer among women around the world, breast cancer is one of the biggest health issues of our time. Its also quite controversial, as you might expect, from a problem that has the potential to generate so many profits. In addition to living with a constant worry of developing this potentially deadly disease, women have to deal with overdiagnosis, dishonest surgeons who prey on their fear, and questionable charities that dont put their funds toward finding a cure as claimed. A diagnosis can be extremely traumatic as women face questions about their mortality, and for those who are undergoing treatment, theres a whole slew of side effects that can make their make life pretty miserable.

Some breast cancer patients undergo chemical hormone suppression as part of their treatment. Drugs like Tamoxifen and Arimidex often add to the trauma of breast cancer by causing hair loss, libido crashes, hot flashes, and fatigue, to name just a few side effects. It gets so bad that some women quit their treatment, while others are given psychotropic drugs like Prozac or Lyrica that pile on even more side effects.

It might seem like its just an endless series of bad news when it comes to breast cancer, but a new study has found that there could be some help in the form of honey and bee pollen. Researchers set out to see if bee pollen could reduce menopause-like symptoms in those taking hormone-suppressive drugs for breast cancer. They got the idea after a trial showed that bee pollen extracts enhanced menopausal womens quality of life and reduced their hot flashes.

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Not only did they find that the bee pollen was indeed effective, but they discovered something else completely unexpected at the same time. In the study, they used honey as the placebo, but to their surprise, they discovered that it was every bit as effective as the bee pollen when it came to reducing symptoms!

In the randomized crossover trial, the researchers assessed the menopausal complaints of 46 breast cancer patients who were receiving anti-hormonal treatment. An incredible 70.9 percent noted improvements when taking bee pollen, while an equally remarkable 68.3 percent noted improvements in her symptoms when taking honey. In fact, the difference between the two groups was so small that it was not considered significant, making them essentially equally good choices.

These results were confirmed in a follow-up. The researchers mention that honey actually raises estrogen levels, which goes against the idea behind suppressing hormones in the first place  even if it did lead to improvements in symptoms in the study. Nevertheless, they believe that women who are looking to discontinue treatment because they arent finding symptom relief from alternatives like acupuncture could be offered bee pollen. They also called for future tests to look into the use of honey and bee pollen in relieving menopausal symptoms in healthy women.

Of course, its important to keep in mind that finding relief from the symptoms caused by hormone-suppressive drugs does not actually protect the body from their dangers. Sometimes a bad reaction is your bodys way of telling you that whatever youre taking should be avoided. For example, extended tamoxifen use has been linked to endometrial and liver cancer.

Nevertheless, many women feel compelled to continue the treatment their doctors have prescribed, and anything that can make this a more pleasant experience naturally and without side effects is worth consideration.

Irrefutable evidence proves that honey and bee pollen improve menopausal symptoms in breast cancer p


The Prime Minister told a crunch European Council summit in Brussels that she was "ready to consider" the extension floated by EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier to give time to resolve the ongoing row over the Irish border. If agreed, the change would mean the UK remaining within the single market and customs union and subject to EU rules and regulations for almost three years after the official date of Brexit in March 2019. And it would be more than five years after the historic referendum vote to Leave. Brexiteer-in-chief and former UKIP leader Nigel Farage said that it would delay full withdrawal almost until the general election scheduled for May 2022 and "may mean we never leave at all". After her Chequers plan for Brexit was humiliatingly rejected at the last EU summit in Salzburg last month and efforts to seal a last-minute deal foundered last weekend over the EU's demand for a "backstop" to avoid a hard border in Ireland. Mrs May has been fighting to keep the door open for an agreement to deliver an orderly withdrawal.

Addressing leaders of the 27 remaining EU member states in Brussels, she stressed that significant progress had been made in many areas of the negotiations and urged them to find a "creative" way out of the current dilemma. The PM said: "We have shown we can do difficult deals together constructively. I remain confident of a good outcome." And she told them: "The last stage will need courage, trust and leadership on both sides." Following her 20-minute speech, Mrs May left to eat at the UK ambassador's residence in the Belgian capital, leaving the EU leaders to discuss Brexit in her absence over a dinner of turbot cooked in wheat beer.

Mrs May's future as Prime Minister appears to be staked on the success of her Brexit negotiations  with infighting within her own party threatening her position. Brexiteers such as Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees-Mogg have been critical of the PM's handling of Brexit, and there is cabal of 40 Tory MPs who have pledged to vote down her proposals. Britain continues to be split by Brexit more than two years since the referendum  which was settled in favour of Leave by 52% to 48%. Thousands expected to march on Westminster this weekend calling for a so-called "People's Vote" on the final Brexit deal reached by the PM.  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has slammed Mrs May's approach as "blindfolded" as the oppositions continues to pressure for a new General Election.

The president of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani, who also spoke, said: "Both sides mentioned the idea of an extension of the transition period as one possibility which is on the table and would have to be looked into." A senior EU official later said Mrs May had indicated she was "ready to consider" a longer transition period. Mrs May initially suggested an "implementation period" of around two years after Brexit, to give the UK's authorities and companies time to prepare for the new arrangements. But she later accepted a 21-month transition offered by the EU, ending on the last day of December 2020.

It emerged on Wednesday that Mr Barnier was ready to discuss a further year's extension to allow time to find a solution to keep the Irish border open. UK officials stressed that the Prime Minister was not proposing any extension to the period already agreed. Any further extension is likely to be fiercely opposed by Eurosceptics, who warn the UK would become a "vassal state" of Brussels, bound by its rules but unable to influence them. And it is certain to involve a demand from Brussels for a further year's contributions towards EU budgets, which could cost the UK as much as 9 billion.

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As Special Counsel Robert Muellers investigation broadens, the number of shady characters surrounding the president grows ever-increasingly  That was why it came as no surprise that Donald Trumps former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, may have been committing another crime or crimes. This last reported one had not been reported before, though.

It appeared that federal prosecutors in the New Yorks Southern District have uncovered yet another problem for the man who used to say that he would take a bullet for the president. This time, these investigators have been investigating whether or not Cohen has been committing tax fraud.

He and POTUS relationship suffered after the president moved to the White House in D.C. and did not take Cohen with him. Trump wrote, according to The Wall Street Journal:

According to the Wall Street Journal, Cohen has been investigated for whether his multiple taxi-medallions business did not properly report its income on the federal tax return forms. That was not the only crime they were probing, it seemed.

The prosecutors have also been looking into whether any bank employees were complicit in allowing the presidents former self-described fixer obtain loans illegally. To do that, he would have had to obtain the loans without proper documentation.

Prosecutors are also examining if any bank employees improperly allowed Cohen to receive loans without providing sufficient proof of assets.

The federal investigators zoomed in on the Sterling National Bank. That was where Cohen got his taxi-medallion company financing.

The former Trump attorney may have inflated how much his assets were worth and then, used those inflated figures as collateral in order to obtain loans from Sterling National Bank. If so, that would be illegal.

Federal prosecutors have been going over Cohens loan applications with a fine-tooth comb, looking for any false statements or even any misrepresentations. At this time, the prosecutors have subpoenaed Jeffrey Getzel. He was an accountant who worked for Cohen, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Cohen has already been in substantial trouble. He was under investigation by the feds for alleged campaign finance violations and bank fraud.

Trumps former fixer made payments to adult entertainer and producer, Stormy Daniels, on behalf of the president. The purpose of that $130,000 payment was to prevent Daniels from talking about their one-time sexual interlude prior to the 2016 election. It appears, that the man sitting in the Oval Office also had Cohen pay off more women,

Should the attorney be convicted of federal tax evasion and bank-fraud, he could face years in jail. These possible sentence would be a wedge that could be used by prosecutors to get Cohen to cooperate with them.

According to CNN, Cohen said that he would cooperate with Mueller. Apparently, he is willing to reveal all about the infamous Trump Tower meeting with the presidents eldest son, Donald Trump, Sr., son-in-law Jared Kushner, campaign manager Paul Manafort, and a group of Russians.

In that meeting, a Russian attorney said that she could provide Trumps people with dirt on the Democratic 2016 presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton.

Later, Trump claimed that his former attorney was lying to stay out of trouble.

BREAKING New Michael Cohen Investigation Announced As Trumps World Crumbles


People who are geniuses do not normally go around telling people how smart they are. Yet, our braggart president has always been fond of patting himself on the head and saying really smart. Donald Trump has been an embarrassment throughout his campaign, but he managed to humiliate himself even further on the world stage.

During his impromptu press conference after the NATO summit, the Donald reminded the world that he was a very stable genius:

A reporter asked him if he planned to tweet once he was in the air on Air Force One. He responded:

The tweeter-in-chief told the crowd that he had forced the other NATO members to substantially up the amount of money they spent on their defense. Awkward for him, foreign leaders immediately contradicted him.

Early this year, people were questioning Trumps fitness for office. He responded saying he was like, really smart, according to The Washington Post:

Then, the commander-in-chief could barely contain his excitement about seeing his role model, Russias President Vladimir Putin.

The Twitter world went nuts. Check out some of our favorite tweets below:

Trump Talks About His Mental Stability Einstein-Like Intelligence During Summit VIDEO


The US and India signed a military cooperation deal on Thursday that has been more than a decade in the making, an unexpected and substantial development that American officials hailed as a breakthrough but which raised questions about what India was getting in return.

The deal will see India joint a select group of fewer than 30 countries that have agreed to align their military communications systems with Americas.

Nirmala Sitharaman, Indias defence minister, said the deal elevated India-US relations to unprecedented heights. General Mattis said the breakthrough made their alliance one of the most consequential in the region and in the world.

The US has been pushing for the Communications Compatibility and Security Agreement (Comcasa) for many years, saying it will allow American manufacturers to sell high-tech equipment such as armed surveillance drones into the Indian market.

India has previously said it wants such drones to monitor Chinese activity in the Indian Ocean - but baulked at the idea of potentially opening up its communications network to the US military.

For its part, India hailed an agreement from the US to begin negotiations on another deal that would allow Indian defence manufacturers to bid for projects building weapons with sophisticated US technology.

That would be a big step for Narendra Modis Make in India policy, which seeks international investment to strengthen the countrys manufacturing sector.

In other developments, the two countries also agreed to open a hotline between their foreign ministries and hold joint exercises - the first involving all three military branches in the air force, navy and the army - off the eastern Indian coast in 2019.

Gopalan Balachandran, distinguished fellow at the Delhi-based Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, told The Independent: Comcasa has been on the table for at least the last 10 years, so this is a significant breakthrough - at least as far as the United States is concerned.

How far it is significant for India remains to be seen. They have secured a memorandum of understanding only. We still dont know what made the Indian government decide this was now a good deal, after holding out for so many years.

One factor may have been the way Donald Trump has ramped up diplomatic pressure on India's main regional rivals, Pakistan and China - earning him plenty of goodwill in Delhi in the process.

Mr Pompeo held a meeting in Islamabad on Wednesday with Pakistan's new prime minister, Imran Khan, hours after it was revealed that the US had cut $300m in aid payments to Pakistan over its alleged failure to combat militant groups.

India supports President Trumps South Asia policy, said Indias foreign minister, Sushma Swaraj. In her opening remarks on Thursday. [Trumps] call for Pakistan to stop its policy of supporting cross-border terrorism finds resonance with us.

At the same time, the Comcasa deal will also give the US a good excuse to look the other way over Indias efforts to buy an S-400 air defence system from Russia, which would violate US sanctions against Moscow.

Asked about that deal, which had been framed as a major sticking point ahead of the 2+2 summit, Mr Mattis told reporters on his way to India: Freedom means that at times nations don't agree with each other. That doesn't mean we can't be partners. That doesn't mean we don't respect the sovereignty of those nations.

India is also seeking some flexibility from the US on its Iran sanctions. Delhi has been holding productive trade talks with Tehran in recent months, particularly on oil purchases, even as President Trump has insisted that any country working with Iran will have no business from the US.

Ahead of the Delhi talks, a senior US State Department official told the Reuters news agency the US was engaged in "very detailed conversations" with India over the Iran issue.

"We're asking all of our partners, not just India, to reduce to zero oil imports from Iran, and so I'm confident that will be part of our conversation with India," the official said.

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Republican Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn is running against former Democrat Governor Phil Bredensen for the US Senate.

Blackburn is 100% conservative and a favorite of President Donald J. Trump.

Bredensen is a worn out old timer Governor with backing from Hollywood and big money from out of state. Taylor Swift did endorse him.

Marsha Blackburn would be the first woman ever to represent the State of Tennessee in the US Senate.

The Democrats have not won since Al Gore in 1980.

Philip Bredensen would be the next Al Gore.

The State is solidly Republican and not a Purple State. Blackburn should win  if voters turn out.

Its not finished until its finished but Blackburn is surging.

This Senate race has been called the most important in the country.

All eyes are on Tennessee.

The Democratic Party is not popular in Tennessee for a reason. Bredensen IS a Democrat.

He may waffle and try to couch his terms but he would vote with Chuck Schumer 100% of the time.

He was a Clintonista and detests Trump.

Blackburn on the other hand supports the Republican majority and would have voted FOR Judge Kavanaugh.

She is for due process while her opponent couldnt even decide what he was for.

Make this go viral in the Volunteer State.

Midterm 2018 TENNESSEE Marsha Blackburn vs Phil Bredensen