Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/Flights_Logs_Show_A_Single_Israeli_Plane_Secretly_Flew_Out_of_Atlanta_During_Airport_Blackout/62285/0/38/38/Y/M.html

According to the air traffic website, FlightRadar24, there was at least one flight that landed at the airport right before the power went out and then left in the middle of the ordeal. A Boeing 747, with the tail number 4X-ICB, is a cargo plane that landed in Atlanta from Mexico City at 1 p.m. on Sunday. The plane is operated by CAL Cargo Airlines, headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. Its fleet consists of three Boeing 747’s and it claims to transport a variety of cargo, including “controlled pharmaceutical and healthcare products, live animals, dangerous goods, oversize and overweight cargo.”

The airline’s website lists two members on its Board of Directors—Chairman & CEO, Offer Gilboa, an Israeli entrepreneur who previously worked for one of the largest commercial real estate companies in Israel; and Vice Chairman Muli Ravina, an Israeli businessman who previously worked as Assistant to the Director General at the Ministry of Finance.

Link: https://www.rawstory.com/2017/12/nothing-like-this-or-even-close-has-ever-happened-atlanta-airport-blackout-is-a-chaotic-mess/

Conflicting messages from Georgia Power and airport personnel have added to the confusion about what has caused the power failure and when it will end. Furthermore, as hundreds of flights are canceled and thousands of passengers are rerouted, delays and cancelations are expected to spread to airports around the world.

Atlanta’s 11 Alive news said that power is gradually being restored to some areas of the building and that construction crews are arriving with portable lighting rigs to help passengers trying to leave the airport. The Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) is providing buses to help evacuate the airport.

CNN reported that a fire at a Georgia Power underground facility be to blame, but former Secretary of Transportation to President Barack Obama Anthony Foxx said it’s inexcusable that the airport did not have a redundant emergency power supply in case of an outage of this kind.

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed (D) said at a press conference that there is no reason to believe at this time that the outage was caused deliberately.

Link: http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2017/12/18/545971/greece-turkey-erdogan-assassinate

Greek newspaper To Vima reported on Sunday that the group of nine members of the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) had planned to kill Erdogan with rocket launchers, grenades and Molotov cocktails.

Link: https://sputniknews.com/military/201712171060082983-us-specops-record-2017-deployment/

US Special Operations troops, including Navy Seals and Army Green Berets, were deployed in 149 nations in 2017, a 150 percent jump from the administration of George W. Bush, and a modern record for shipping US military policy around the globe.

Link: http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=57730

The Philadelphia City Council voted 14-3 on Thursday to pass a bill allowing the city's Department of Licenses and Inspections to ban shop owners from protecting themselves and their employees with bulletproof plexiglass.

Philadelphia 8th District Councilwoman Cindy Bass, who sponsored the bill, said previously that having to see plexiglass represents an "indignity" to her constituents.

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/Cook_County_Commissioner_Asks_The_U.N._To_Send_Troops_To_Chicago_/62219/0/38/38/Y/M.html

Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin recently met with the Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations during which he requested that the world governing body send troops onto the violence-plagued streets of Chicago. Boykin then went on to reveal that he is actually seeking to have the United Nations police the civilian population in Chicago.

After being asked by a reporter why he believes using UN troops to curb violence rather than actual American police would be a good idea, Boykin revealed that he does indeed want the requested troops to essentially become the police in Chicago.

“They have been able to help in places like Africa, where they have sent troops in, sent forces in, to help protect minority and vulnerable populations, so frankly I think the same can be said for here in Chicago,” said Boykin.

Link: https://www.rt.com/business/413449-bitcoin-tops-20000-dollars/

The value of bitcoin has shot up to 20,000 US dollars, double the milestone 10k mark it hit in late November.

The cryptocurrency has surged in value once again, having doubled its value over the past three weeks and reached over twenty times its worth a year ago. This is despite a number of crashes along the way, from which it has bounced back dramatically. Bitcoin’s seemingly unstoppable growth has excited investors, all the while some financial experts have continued to warn of a bubble that will inevitably burst.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/413459-putin-trump-cia-information/

Russian President Vladimir Putin has thanked his US counterpart Donald Trump for help in preventing a terrorist attack in St. Petersburg. Data provided by the CIA enabled Russian security services to find and detain terrorists

The Russian leader expressed his gratitude in a telephone call, adding that the Russian security services would also always share information with their US colleagues, were they to obtain data on any planned attacks on US soil.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/413443-netanyahu-protest-israel-corruption/

Thousands of Israelis marched in Tel Aviv, calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following corruption allegations. Protesters chanted “Bibi is an embarrassment” and held signs reading “Crime Minister.”

Some 10,000 anti-corruption protesters joined the so-called ‘March of Shame’ on Tel Aviv’s Rothschild Boulevard for a third consecutive week, Ynet news reported.

Link: http://govtslaves.info/2017/12/canadian-billionaire-found-hanging-from-railing-in-his-mansion/

Canadian billionaire and philanthropist Barry Sherman and his wife were reportedly found hanging in their mansion Friday, and police said they were investigating their deaths as suspicious.

Sherman, the founder of Apotex, and his wife Honey were found dead at their luxury mansion in an upscale neighborhood north of Toronto just before noon on Friday.

Link: http://govtslaves.info/2017/12/ireland-to-consider-housing-homeless-in-prison/

Dublin City Council is considering using a section of the Mountjoy prison campus to help deal with the capital’s homeless problem.

The Department of Justice has offered the training unit of Dublin’s largest prison to the local authority, which is now considering it to house homeless people..

Link: https://www.rt.com/usa/413411-trillions-dollars-missing-research/

The US government may have misspent $21 trillion, a professor at Michigan State University has found. Papers supporting the study briefly went missing just as an audit was announced.

Two departments of the US federal government may have spent as much as $21 trillion on things they can’t account for between 1998 and 2015. At least that’s what Mark Skidmore, a Professor of Economics at MSU specializing in public finance, and his team have found.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/413397-eu-targets-bitcoin-anonymity/

The EU is targeting bitcoin anonymity, saying the measure is needed to tackle tax evasion and other crimes. Anonymity of the cryptocurrency holders is a built-in feature that the EU hopes to undermine.

The new rules concerning cryptocurrency passed on Friday by the European Parliament and the European Council are part of a larger package, which also target prepaid cards and trust funds. The agreement is meant to be enshrined in legislation within 18 months by EU members.

Link: http://tass.com/politics/981397

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov: The Americans insist that 50,000 Kalashnikov rifles with munitions that were handed over to the Afghan security forces free of charge be removed from operational use and Afghanistan buy US-made rifles and submachine guns instead," question where these 50,000 rifles are to go.

Link: http://govtslaves.info/2017/12/engineers-create-plants-that-glow-illumination-from-nanobionic-plants-might-one-day-replace-some-electrical-lighting/

MIT engineers embedding specialized nanoparticles into the leaves of a watercress plant, they induced the plants to give off dim light for nearly four hours. “The vision is to make a plant that will function as a desk lamp — a lamp that you don’t have to plug in. The light is ultimately powered by the energy metabolism of the plant itself,” says Michael Strano, the Carbon P. Dubbs Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT and the senior author of the study. This technology could also be used to provide low-intensity indoor lighting, or to transform trees into self-powered streetlights.

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/New_City_Ordinance_Outlaws_Giving_Money_to_Panhandlers%2C_Violators_Will_Be_Fined_%26_Jailed/62190/0/38/38/Y/M.html

City of Wichita made panhandling a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of $500 and 30 days in jail. The ordinance also fines motorists with the same fines and possible jail time if they choose to give to the homeless.

Link: http://www.thedailysheeple.com/california-legislators-appear-to-spend-every-waking-hour-finding-new-ways-to-tax-their-citizens_122017

California is number one in state income taxes, and number 10 in sales tax charges, but these do not include the vast number of other fees and charges. Mileage tax may require the state being allowed to track your cell phone without a warrant to be able to monitor and tax your travel. Over the past 20 years California has seen a large migration of both individuals and businesses leaving the state

Link: https://www.rt.com/usa/413327-trump-russia-help-nkorea/

President Donald Trump would like to have Russia’s help to deal with North Korea, he told reporters following his phone call with President Vladimir Putin.

"The primary point was to talk about North Korea, because we would love to have his help on North Korea. China's helping, Russia's not helping; we'd like to have Russia's help," Trump said at a briefing outside the White House.

On Thursday, Trump and Putin discussed the situation on the Korean Peninsula during a phone call initiated by Washington. Describing his conversation with Putin, Trump said it was “great."

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/Predominant_doctor_who_exposed_the_non-existence_of_Clinton_Foundation-promised_medical_care_in_Haiti_found_dead_with_knife_in_chest/62120/0/38/38/Y/M.html

A well-known surgeon who exposed major inadequacies in medical trauma care promised to the Haitian people by the Clinton Foundation after the non-profit raised over $30 million dollars in donations following the devastating 2010 earthquake was found dead in his upscale apartment Sunday with a stab wound to the chest.

Link: https://www.rt.com/business/412846-litecoin-growth-bitcoin-record/

While bitcoin’s 1,700 percent rally seems impressive, there is a cryptocurrency whose value grew much faster this year – litecoin. On Tuesday, litecoin set another record high of $341, up an astounding 85 percent in the last 24 hours. On January 1, the virtual currency was worth just above $4.