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China just announced they would allow rice imports from the U.S. for the first time in their history.

Read that again.

Trump just sold rice to CHINA.

Democrat hair on fire....

 

Hong Kong Loves Trump

When It Absolutely, Positively HAS To Be There

UPS to the rescue!

A group of United Parcel Service (UPS) employees are accused of smuggling shipments of drugs and counterfeit vaping oils from Mexico and distributing the illicit products around the U.S. for at least a decade.

Authorities arrested 11 people, including four UPS drivers and supervisors, in Tucson, Ariz., for their roles in the alleged smuggling ring, the Department of Homeland Security said. Investigators say the suspects moved thousands of pounds of marijuana and other drugs into the U.S. from Mexico each week using the company's standard cardboard boxes, bypassing security measures.

Raul Garcia Cordova, 47, faces more than a dozen charges. A police raid at his home turned up 50,000 counterfeit vaping pens, a Chevrolet Corvette and a Range Rover.

Obviously, crime paid somewhat more than the standard UPS job.

Right up until it didn't....

 

Things Just Get Worse For Andrew

He was to vacate his offices at Buckingham Palace as of yesterday, and now the FBI wants to ask him a few questions.

That wicket just gets stickier all the time.

 

Revolution In Iran

If you haven’t noticed, anti-Iranian protests have broken out in Iraq where scores have died after being attacked by Iranian-sponsored militias in Baghdad and elsewhere. Protests are also increasing in Lebanon against the presence of Iranian-backed Hezbollah. Now protests inside of the Islamic Republic of Iran are spinning out of control. Sparked over a hike in fuel prices, the demonstrations have quickly moved to regime change, fueled by resistance activities.

Today Iranian Revolutionary Guard Forces (IRGC) opened fire on the crowd and killed 8 protesters. The Iranian Resistance is pushing for the removal of the Mullah’s regime which has been in power since the fall of the Shah of Iran during the Carter presidency.

In addition to those killed, a large number of protesters have been wounded.

Protesters have been confirmed to be shouting, “Down with dictator,…Down with Rouhani…Down with Khamenei”.

Dang, the kids started off by setting large fires all over the place, and since the IRGC started shooting, the kids are firing back with arrows. It appears the the Revolutionary Guard guys haven't been issued arrow-proof clothing.

#Breaking: Just in - Multiple banks are reportedly on fire right now in #Iran, and the main office building where imams manage their mosques in the Islamic republic in Iran has been burned down, as protests are getting more heavy and stronger each day.

It looks as though another revolution is underway over there.

Now doesn't seem like a good time to visit.

 

 

There's A Riot Goin' On

Iranians have taken to the streets after their government suddenly introduced rationing and jacked up fuel prices there by reducing the subsidies; at least two people have died and a number of injuries are reported.

Under the new measures, each motorist is allowed to buy 60 litres (13 gallons) of petrol a month at 15,000 rials ($0.13; £0.10) a litre. Each additional litre then costs 30,000 rials.

Previously, drivers were allowed up to 250 litres at 10,000 rials per litre, AP reports.

In other words, Iranians are up in arms because they now have to pay 52 cents per U.S. gallon for their first 13 gallons of gas. Purchases beyond that will run them $1.04 a gallon. As a result, protests and violence have erupted in nearly a dozen cities across the country. Their police have been involved in efforts to bring the rioters under control.

 

Building The Wall

In Denmark?

The never-ending increase in migrant-linked crime across Sweden, one of the most pro-migrant countries on the globe, suggests that President Donald Trump spoke truthfully when he warned two years ago of the consequences of unrestricted immigration.

The violence has grown so severe that this week Sweden’s southern neighbor, Denmark, tightened border restrictions around its capital city of Copenhagen, which borders the migrant-heavy Swedish town of Malmö.

Minnesota's working hard to catch up to Sweden.

 

The Number Two Tavern

This is the world’s first pub powered by recycled human waste. The power for The Number Two Tavern is coming from a ground-breaking process, called “anaerobic digestion”, which converts waste into biogas that can be used to generate heat and electricity.

Not exactly ground-breaking, as digesters have been around for quite some time, but it is admittedly a novel application of the technology.

The resulting power is stored in a standard hybrid-vehicle battery pack, then fed through an inverter to power lights and other equipment.

It's not a real pub, however; it's a demonstration project - basically a stage-set like you might see at a theater. It does serve real beers (not the crappy stuff), and both the exterior facade and the interior look remarkably permanent.

 

Can You Help?

The U.N. "climate summit" next month has been moved from Chile to Spain, and little Greta's flummoxed. She's asking for the public to help her make the 6,000-mile trip from Los Angeles to Spain (of course, by "eco-friendly" transport only).

“As #COP25 has officially been moved from Santiago to Madrid I’ll need some help,” Ms Thunberg tweeted from Los Angeles.

“It turns out I’ve travelled half around the world, the wrong way.”

“Now I need to find a way to cross the Atlantic in November … If anyone could help me find transport I would be so grateful.”

Thunberg refuses to fly because of the carbon emissions involved. I'd suggest water-wings and swim flippers, but they're made with petroleum products, so that's out. Maybe she could take one of these:

 

Saturday Night's All Right For Dyin'

TROUTDALE, Ore. —

Authorities say a teenage boy was hit by a train as he was taking his senior photos.

The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were called out to the tracks the Union Pacific train was on near the Columbia River Highway in Troutdale around 6 p.m. Saturday.

KOIN reports the 17-year-old student was declared dead at the scene.

Freight trains on that stretch of track usually take about one mile to stop. It's unclear why the kid was unable to avoid the oncoming train. One hopes that the photos came out well.

And on Monday in Mexico:

(CNN)Nine members of a Mormon community were killed on the Mexican side of the US-Mexico border, and authorities are investigating whether the attack was the result of mistaken identity.

The slain victims include three women, four small children and two infants, family member Alex LeBaron said from Mexico. He said all nine were dual US-Mexican citizens. The victims were "all shot while in vehicles while driving," LeBaron told CNN. Several children survived the attack.

 

Investigators believe three vehicles traveling between the Mexican states of Sonora and Chihuahua were ambushed by criminal groups Monday evening, Mexican authorities said.

 

"Women and children were massacred, burned alive," LeBaron said. "Mothers were screaming for the fire to stop."

Last year, Mexico witnessed its highest number of homicides -- 33,000. And 2019 is on course to break that record. Yet another reason to stay out of Mexico....