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Framing Creation
by Tom McLaughlin
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Chinese Aviation Firm Seeking Investment in U.S. Aircraft Makers
{ freebeacon.com } ~ A Chinese state-run aircraft and missile manufacturer linked to military programs and past espionage is attempting to purchase interests in major U.S. aircraft manufacturers... According to Trump administration officials, the Aviation Industry Corp of China, known as AVIC, is seeking to gain access to advanced technology through attempts to buy minority stakes in major aircraft companies. The attempts were detected by U.S. intelligence agencies several months ago and reported internally within the U.S. government. One unit that has been tracking the activity is a special Air Force group known as the Office of Competitive Economic Analysis. Spy agencies are concerned about the buy-in effort since AVIC already has made inroads into the U.S. aircraft supply chain by buying aviation support companies and those involved in commercial aviation...
.dummycrats-Democrats Endorse Judicial Tyranny
by Tom Trinko
{ americanthinker.com } ~ It's very clear that dummycrats-Democrats -- the politicians, not all the people who vote for them -- hate democracy... dummycrats-Democrats don't believe that power is from the people; rather dummycrats-Democrats believe that the elites, which in the minds of dummycrats-Democrats is made up solely of dummycrats-Democrats, should rule the rest of us. We can see this in the dummycrats-Democrats refusing to accept the results of the 2016 election. We can see it in the dummycrats-Democrats enthusiasm for the administrative state where unelected, unaccountable, unfireable bureaucrats can create thousands of pages of rules and regulations which average Americans have to follow. But we see it most clearly in the panic that dummycrats-Democrats are experiencing over the idea that Trump will be nominating someone to the Supreme Court who will decide cases based on what the law says rather than what they think the law should say....The 2018 Medicare Trustees Report: Fiscal and Policy Challenges
{ aei.org } ~ Medicare’s financial outlook has deteriorated in the past year... according to the latest annual report by the program’s trustees. The Medicare Hospital Insurance trust fund is projected to be depleted in 2026, three years earlier than estimated in last year’s report. That understates the policy challenge. Every year, the program relies more on general revenues to cover its costs. In total, Medicare will receive $324 billion in general revenues this year. That will more than double by 2026. Prompt action is needed to put Medicare on a sound financial footing...
.Entire Thai soccer team, coach
freed from cave after daring rescue, Navy says
{ foxnews.com } ~ The dramatic three-day rescue of a Thai youth soccer team that had been stuck in a flooded cave came to an end Tuesday... when the last boy and the team's coach were plucked from the underground cavern -- more than two weeks after they became trapped, Navy officials said. The Thai Navy SEALS said on Facebook all 12 boys from the team and the team's coach were out of the cave. Four rescuers, a doctor and three Navy SEALS remained inside until coming out of the cave two hours later. "All 12 Wild Boars and coach have been extracted from the cave. Hooyah!" the post said. The Navy SEALS later wrote: "We are not sure if this is a miracle, a science, or what. All the thirteen Wild Boars are now out of the cave."...
.We Should Be Very Skeptical of This Jim Jordan Witch Hunt
{ patriotnewsdaily.com } ~ Other than perhaps Devin Nunes and Mark Meadows, we can think of very few Capitol Hill Republicans that dummycrats-Democrats would love to take down more than Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan... Jordan, a card-carrying member of the conservative Freedom Caucus, has been an ardent supporter of the president and a fierce critic of the Robert Mueller investigation. Together with Nunes and other patriots in the House, Jordan has been instrumental in shedding a light on the many misdeeds of the liar-nObama-era Justice Department, thus making it ever more difficult to the dummycrats-Democrats to pull off their legal coup against Donald J. Trump. We’re apparently supposed to take it as coincidence that he just happens to suddenly be facing multiple accusations that he stood by and allowed student wrestlers to be sexually assaulted while working as an assistant coach at Ohio State University. Hmm. For the record, we’re not saying that we flat-out don’t believe the accusations to be true. Perhaps they are. And if they are, then Jordan will have to face the political and, perhaps, legal consequences for whatever his role was in allowing this abuse to go on. We have no problem with that; we’re not in the business of protecting those who protect molesters – not by a long shot. But we are skeptical. Damn skeptical....
Framing Creation
by Tom McLaughlin
Smarts Hill |
Ram Island Light |
The older camera had rendered me thousands of great images over five years. It was always within reach, and with its 24.1 megapixel capability I could enlarge images with little blurring if I didn’t crop them too much. Colors were good, automatic focus worked well, and I have several lenses for it. When Nikon introduced the D850 last September — a full-frame DSLR for half the price of Nikon’s flagship D5, and with equivalent capabilities, I had to have it. It’s biggest advantage is that it shoots at a remarkable 45 megapixels. It’s also very fast, has great dynamic range, and enormous versatility in low light.
Diving Loon |
Bug Light |
That manner of seeing is especially acute just before and after sunrise, then again just before and after sunset. If there are clouds or mist to filter and reflect light at those times, I feel like I’m in heaven. Living on the side of a west-facing hill in Lovell gives me more opportunities at twilight, especially after a summer thunderstorm. In South Portland, there are several places within a five or ten-minute drive where I can watch the sun before and after it clears the Atlantic horizon before breakfast.
Comments
Bonnie
I strongly support Jim Jordan and the garbage that is hitting him is totally wrong and should stop. Rosenstein will continue to abuse his post continuing to be corrupt in not turning over the documents. He gives the impression that he is covering up, hiding something and he knows this.
they would like nothing more than to get rid of jim jordan yet it is a fact that rosenstein is not turning over the docs to congress as is their congressional oversight and when they ask he is supposed to do it
rosenstein sees himself as i am not sure what but he is surely abusing his post.