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Boeing considering debt raise amid 737 Max crisis

Fox Business
Mon, 06 Jan 2020 21:37 UTC

Boeing is reportedly considering a move to bolster its finances as it struggles to get its best-selling 737 MAX aircraft back in service.

The aerospace giant could raise more debt in order to help deal cover expenses related to the 737 Max, The Wall Street Journal reports, citing people familiar with the matter. The company had about $20 billion of available funds at the end of the third quarter.

A Boeing spokesperson did not immediately respond to FOX Business' request for comment.

The need for additional debt could help Boeing with the mounting costs associated with the 737 Max. Aside from claims associated with the deadly crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia, the company is also dealing with costs associated with getting the aircraft back in service.

'Commander of Hearts': Millions upon millions of Iranians bid farewell to General Soleimani

RT
Sun, 05 Jan 2020 09:11 UTC

Comment: US leaders want us to believe that the Iranians are dancing in the streets at Soleimani's death.

Instead, an ocean of mourners in black are crying their eyes out.

5 million attended the funeral in Tehran today, according to one estimate.

Once the last one is held in Soleimani's hometown on Tuesday 7th January, the total attendance at all 7 funerals in Iraq and Iran will be in the tens of millions, making it easily the most attended funeral in history.

Massive crowds of mourners have gathered for a farewell procession dedicated to Quds Force commander Major General Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a US drone strike in Iraq earlier this week.

The solemn procession began at 7am at the Rumi Square in Ahvaz, the capital of Iran's western Khuzestan Province, which borders Iraq. Hundreds of thousands of black-clad mourners have completely filled both the streets and a bridge over the Karun River to pay their last respects to the major general.

Comment: This was the scene in Iran's parliament yesterday:

After the funeral at Ahvaz, the caskets were taken to the city of Mashhad:

Today there was another funeral, this time in the capital Tehran:

There is another day of mourning and funerals to come...

Mother of all ironies: US veterans are returning to Vietnam 'for a better life'

Robert Bridge
RT
Mon, 06 Jan 2020 11:23 UTC

It sounds almost unbelievable, but a number of US citizens are deciding to cash out of the elusive 'American dream' as they settle down in foreign places, such as Vietnam, where many of them were once loathed as invaders.

Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia. For many Americans, those names invoke powerful memories and images of unspeakable violence, and perhaps the last places on earth to consider visiting. Yet not only are more US veterans and retirees visiting Southeast Asia, an increasing number have decided to call it home. The reason? Many point to affordable healthcare, cheap rent and a rising standard of living.

"Aging American boomers are living a lifestyle reminiscent of Florida, Nevada and Arizona, but in Vietnam," the Los Angeles Times recently reported. "Monthly expenses here rarely exceed $2,000, even to live in a large unit...including the help of a cook and a cleaner."

That just might be the mother of all ironies. Retired US soldiers and average American retirees would rather take their chances living abroad among their erstwhile enemies than trying to make ends meet on their pensions back home in the US. That doesn't say much about the condition of capitalism in America. Indeed, let's not forget that Vietnam is socialist, which is about as close to a four-letter swear word in the US as you can get. Yet none of that seems to matter to the new arrivals, some of whom were sent to the Asian jungles many years ago to help eradicate the ideological convictions of Washington's sworn enemy.

Supposed victim of 'antisemitic attack' caught in lie by his own Apple watch

Bisma Parvez
Detroit Free Press
Fri, 03 Jan 2020 15:01 UTC

A 26-year-old man faked his own stabbing at the West Bloomfield synagogue where he worked and then reported he was attacked because of his Jewish faith, authorities say.

Now Sean Samitt is facing a felony charge of filing a false police report, according to West Bloomfield Police.

Police said Samitt's Apple Watch helped them solve the case.

Samitt was arrested on Dec. 20 and arraigned the same day before Magistrate Julie Nelson-Klein at the 48th District Court in Oakland Country on one count of falsely reporting a felony, a crime punishable up to four years. According to authorities, his $7,500 bond was posted by Samitt's mother.

On Thursday, he appeared at the 48th District Court for a probable cause hearing. He is expected to appear for the preliminary examination on Jan. 14.

Samit reported he was attacked and stabbed in the abdomen by an unknown man in the parking lot at the Temple Kol Ami, where he worked as a cantorial soloist, which is a music director.

Climate change? Nearly 200 people arrested across Australia for deliberately starting bushfires

Paul Joseph Watson
Summit News
Mon, 06 Jan 2020 13:38 UTC

Authorities in Australia have arrested close to 200 people for deliberately starting the bushfires that have devastated the country, yet the media and celebrities continue to blame "climate change" for the disaster.

The fires have caused at least 18 deaths, destroyed thousands of homes, millions of hectares of land and killed hundreds of millions of animals.

A total of 183 people have been arrested by police in Queensland, NSW, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania for lighting bushfires over the last few months, figures obtained by news agency AAP show.

Comment: Never let the truth get in the way of a good narrative.

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Ricky Gervais divides social media after he eviscerates 'woke' Hollywood hypocrites in scorching opening monologue at the Golden Globes

Chris Pleasance, Lauren Edmonds and Justin Enriquez
Daily Mail
Mon, 06 Jan 2020 11:25 UTC

Back for more: It is the fifth time the 58-year-old comedian has emceed the gala as he has done previously from 2010 to 2012 and once again in 2016 (pictured).

Ricky Gervais skewered 'woke' Hollywood, made jokes about Jeffrey Epstien, Harvey Weinstein and Prince Andrew, and tackled topics such as MeToo and ISIS as he left his A-list audience wincing during his opening monologue at the 77th Golden Globe awards.

Tom Hanks, Robert De Niro, and Gwyneth Paltrow were left with stunned looks on their faces as Gervais mocked Felicity Huffman over the college admission scandal, branded James Corden a 'massive p****' and ripped Judi Dench for 'licking her own a***hole' in his eight-minute speech.

In a particularly blunt moment, Gervais advised those receiving awards to avoid making political speeches because 'you're in no position to the public about anything' before adding: 'If you win, come up, accept your little award, thank your agent, and your God and f*** off.'

Comment: See also:

"Potentially catastrophic" wiring issue on Boeing 737MAX confirmed by FAA

AIRLIVE
Mon, 06 Jan 2020 11:31 UTC

Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed on Sunday they are reviewing a wiring issue that could potentially cause a short circuit on the 737 MAX.

Boeing spokesman Gordon Johndroe said Sunday the U.S. planemaker "identified this issue as part of that rigorous process, and we are working with the FAA to perform the appropriate analysis. It would be premature to speculate as to whether this analysis will lead to any design changes."

The New York Times reported Boeing is reviewing whether two bundles of wiring are too close together, which could lead to a short circuit and potentially result in a crash if pilots did not respond appropriately.

Comment: It'd be a a bizarre miracle if Boeing managed to shift any of those planes considering the tragedies and relentless faults connected with them:

Knife wielding man shot dead by police in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on the same day of a similar incident in France

Deutsche Welle
Mon, 06 Jan 2020 11:08 UTC

Police in Gelsenkirchen said the alleged perpetrator was attacking officers when he was shot. A similar incident in France saw another alleged attacker shot and injured by police.

Police in Germany have shot dead a man who was trying to assail police officers with a knife in the west German city of Gelsenkirchen.

The man hit a patrol car with an object and sought to charge at officers standing by the vehicle "with a raised object," a police spokesman told news agency Agence France-Presse on Sunday.

Police also said the attacker had a knife behind his back and called out, warning him to stop his assault. However, these demands fell on deaf ears and a 23-year-old policeman shot and killed the potential assailant.

Comment: Those are just the latest in a number of recent 'random' attacks, as noted in French police shoot man wielding knife & yelling 'Allahu Akbar'- follows similar incident 2 days earlier:

Four police officers were also left dead in a knife attack at police headquarters in Paris in October.

We're saved! Golden Globes serving plant-based meal to 'send a signal' about climate change

RT
Mon, 06 Jan 2020 02:19 UTC

The Golden Globes will be serving its first exclusively vegan menu at its ceremony on Sunday night, and many are wondering if it's another empty, virtue signalling move from the limousine and private jets loving stars.

The goal with serving a en vogue meatless menu to guests before the televised ceremony is to "send a signal" about the potential dangers of climate change.

"If there's a way we can, not change the world, but save the planet, maybe we can get the Golden Globes to send a signal and draw attention to the issue about climate change," Hollywood Foreign Press Association president Lorenzo Soria said in a statement. "The food we eat, the way we grow the food we eat, the way we dispose of the food is one of the large contributors to the climate crisis."

Entree items include king oyster mushrooms scallops and wild mushroom risotto. Brussel sprouts and carrots will also be served, and a golden beet soup will be the evening's appetizer.

There is no official word on whether the food was produced locally or what was used to deliver it, but Matthew Morgan, executive chef at The Beverly Hilton, which is where the ceremony takes place, said the dishes were already mostly available. They were simply vegan options in the past and Morgan simply enhanced the dishes for the new, slimmer menu.

First trans person to obtain legal 'non-binary' sex status changes back to birth sex in blow to LGBT movement

Tyler O'Neil
PJ Media
Tue, 31 Dec 2019 06:14 UTC

James Shupe in front of the Gainesville, Fla. Department of Veterans Affairs.

This month, the first person to obtain a legal "non-binary" sex designation has successfully petitioned the court originally responsible for his "non-binary" status to order that the sex on his birth certificate be restored to "male." In documents exclusively provided to PJ Media, James Shupe's petition described his "non-binary" designation as a "psychologically harmful legal fiction." He told PJ Media he hopes this decision will prevent a woman currently seeking "non-binary" recognition from following the same lies.

"The charade of not being male, the legal fiction, it's over," James Shupe told PJ Media on Tuesday. "The lies behind my fictitious sex changes, something I shamefully participated in, first to female, and then to non-binary, have been forever exposed. A truthful accounting of events has replaced the deceit that allowed me to become America's first legally non-binary person."

"The legal record has now been corrected and LGBT advocates are no longer able to use my historic non-binary court order to advance their toxic agenda," he added. "I am and have always been male. That is my biological truth, the only thing capable of grounding me to reality."

While he became a hero for the transgender movement, Shupe now aims to dispel the lies of gender identity and reverse the harm caused by the precedent of his "non-binary" legal designation.

Comment: Kudos to Shupe for taking a stand against the trans-agenda. See also:

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Society's Child

Boeing considering debt raise amid 737 Max crisis

'Commander of Hearts': Millions upon millions of Iranians bid farewell to General Soleimani

Mother of all ironies: US veterans are returning to Vietnam 'for a better life'

Supposed victim of 'antisemitic attack' caught in lie by his own Apple watch

Climate change? Nearly 200 people arrested across Australia for deliberately starting bushfires

Ricky Gervais divides social media after he eviscerates 'woke' Hollywood hypocrites in scorching opening monologue at the Golden Globes

"Potentially catastrophic" wiring issue on Boeing 737MAX confirmed by FAA

Knife wielding man shot dead by police in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on the same day of a similar incident in France

We're saved! Golden Globes serving plant-based meal to 'send a signal' about climate change

First trans person to obtain legal 'non-binary' sex status changes back to birth sex in blow to LGBT movement

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