Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire: 10/14/18

Saturday, October 20, 2018

Perry defends subsidy plan for coal, nuclear power

https://www.chron.com/business/energy/article/Perry-defends-subsidy-plan-for-coal-nuclear-power-13321135.php

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Cherokee Nation slams Elizabeth Warren's DNA test as 'inappropriate and wrong'

Cherokee Nation slams Elizabeth Warren's DNA test as 'inappropriate and wrong': On the same day that U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, an Oklahoma native, released DNA results that she says prove her Native American heritage, the Cherokee Nation called DNA test useless for determining tribal citizenship.

Monday, October 15, 2018

Stormy Daniels Lawsuit Dismissed, Trump Entitled To Legal Fees | Zero Hedge

Stormy Daniels Lawsuit Dismissed, Trump Entitled To Legal Fees | Zero Hedge: "No amount of spin or commentary by Stormy Daniels or her lawyer, Mr. Avenatti, can truthfully characterize today's ruling in any way other than total victory for President Trump"

Trump Faces the Khashoggi Affair – LobeLog

Trump Faces the Khashoggi Affair – LobeLog: by Paul R. Pillar The disappearance and probable death of Jamal Khashoggi at the hands of the Saudi regime is forcing itself onto Donald Trump’s decision plate in ways that not much else has during…

US' dangerously dreaming of new 'Cold War' - USA - Chinadaily.com.cn

Energy and Politics in the Persian Gulf 3 - YouTube

In Wake Of Terrifying Climate Report, German Environmentalists Will, In A Twist, Rally For Nuclear

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2018/10/15/in-wake-of-terrifying-climate-report-german-environmentalists-will-in-a-twist-rally-for-nuclear/#302a83149cf9

Arming for Cyberwarfare

David Sanger, a national security correspondent and author of “The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage, and Fear in the Cyber Age,” will moderate a discussion in Washington, D.C., on cyberwarfare, one of the greatest threats to American democracy and commerce, just days before a consequential midterm election. He will be joined by John Demers, the assistant attorney general for the national security division; Yasmin Green, the director of research and development for Jigsaw, a unit within Alphabet, Google’s parent company, that uses technology to address security; and Dmitri Alperovitch, co-founder of CrowdStrike, who discovered Russian hacking of the Democratic National Committee.

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