Wow! -- April 13, 2017

Link here.

How did the market react? The Dow 30 was down 98 points before the event; after the event the Dow 30 is down 71 points.

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Another Win

Link here. A win for North Dakota farmers and small businesses.  Making America great again.

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The Physics Page

"Dark matter" "captured"? Link here. The article is interesting, but the article doesn't really say what the "images" captured. Dark matter does not "interfere" or "react" with any tool physicists currently have in their toolkit.

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Yeah, His Phone Lines Were Tapped And He Knew It

Link here.

The European countries that passed on electronic intelligence – known as sigint – included Germany, Estonia and Poland. Australia, a member of the “Five Eyes” spying alliance that also includes the US, UK, Canada and New Zealand, also relayed material, one source said.

Another source suggested the Dutch and the French spy agency, the General Directorate for External Security or DGSE, were contributors.

It is understood that GCHQ was at no point carrying out a targeted operation against Trump or his team or proactively seeking information. The alleged conversations were picked up by chance as part of routine surveillance of Russian intelligence assets. Over several months, different agencies targeting the same people began to see a pattern of connections that were flagged to intelligence officials in the US.

Again, everything must have been squeaky clean or Obama/Hillary/Bill/Loretta/Jim would have all "leaked' it to The New York Times.