A Gigantic Comet approaches the Sun on Jan.31

Posted on January 31, 2023 by Leslie Park

From Wikipedia

A gigantic comet is heading towards the Sun on Jan.31, 2023, according to Livescience.com. This Machholz 1 is more than two-thirds of the height of Mount Everest in size. Its size will protect it from complete evaporation when near the Sun. The 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) wide space iceball called 96p/Machholz 1 is considered to have come from somewhere outside of our solar system. This huge comet is being monitored by the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft. It heads to the inside of the orbit of Mercury.

In 2008, “an analysis of the material shed by 150 comets found that 96P/Machholz 1 contained less than 1.5% of the expected levels of the chemical cyanogen while also being low in carbon that leads astronomers to conclude that it could be an interloper from another alien solar system. it was discovered on 1986 May 12 by D.E. Machholz observing with 29×130 binoculars from Loma Prieta, California (Machholz, Morris & Hale 1986) and confirmed the following days by S. Morris and A. Hale observing from near Mt Wilson, California.

This icy interloper’s closest approach to the sun will come on Tuesday (Jan. 31, 2023), and it will be three times closer than Mercury in distance. SOHO has observed more than 3,000 comets since its December 1995 launch, and the spacecraft’s primary mission is to observe the sun for violent eruptions or solar flares that lead to geomagnetic storms on Earth. Scientists have alerted that these geomagnetic storms would bring our planet’s magnetic field disruption of satellites’ functionality. It leads to our internet dysfunction as well.

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FMR Brazil President Bolsonaro Applies For US Tourist Visa

Posted on January 31, 2023 by Leslie Park

After the riot on January 10, 2023 in Brazil, Mr. Bolsonaro didn’t accept responsibility for the incident; instead, he applied for a U.S. Tourist Visa for himself. Since December 30, He has stayed in Florida and has expressed a desire to travel nationwide. The radical rightists stormed the government buildings on January 10, similar to how the radical right stormed the U.S. Capitol in the January 6 incident.

The former president Mr. Bolsonaro’s lawyer, Felipe Alexandre told BBC, “he devoted 34 years of his life to public service” and would “like to take some time off”.

Mr. Bolsonaro came to the US with an A-1 visa for diplomats and heads of state which is 30 days visa that expired today. He doesn’t want to go back to the country where the January 10th events are under investigation right now. Mr. Alexandre said Mr. Bolsonaro hopes to “clear his head and enjoy being a tourist in the United States for a few months before deciding what his next step will be”.

Mr. Bolsonaro, the rightist leader of the country, has faced criticism for the incident following the 2022 general election defeat against leftist leader Lula da Silva. His visa status is pending, and Washington DC is considering the ramifications of approving the former Brazilian President’s visa status.

U.S. and International Cybersecurity partners Hack the Hackers

Posted on January 26, 2023 by Leslie Park

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Thursday at the news conference that the FBI and international partners have hacked ransomware gangsters who have infiltrated schools and hospitals and held them hostages to extort significant amounts of money. At the conference, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco and other government officials stated the measure of how the sting operation worked. According to Yahoo Finance, “Simply put, using lawful means, we hacked the hackers,” Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said at a news conference.

Officials said that the targeted syndicate Hive is one of the top five ransomware networks that has attacked the healthcare system. FBI Director Christoper Wray stated that the FBI placidly accessed its control panel in July and was able to obtain software keys it used with German and other partners to decrypt networks of some 1,300 victims globally. Yahoo Finance cited the article from AP.

Officials didn’t say in detail how it plans to bring justice down upon the well-organized syndicate of ransomware gangs but continue to operate the mission to eventually succeed in prosecuting them. On Wednesday night, FBI agents seized computer servers in LA used to support the network. Two Hive dark websites were captured: One used for leaking data of non-paying victims, the other for negotiating extortion payments.

This infiltration saved at least $ 130 million and was one of the big successes of this sting operation. “Cybercrime is a constantly evolving threat, but as I have said before, the Justice Department will spare no resource to bring to justice anyone anywhere that targets the United States with a ransomware attack,” Garland said. He said the infiltration, led by the FBI’s Tampa office, allowed agents in one instance to disrupt a Hive attack against a Texas school district, stopping it from making a $5 million payment.

This Hive gang used ransomware as a service tool targeting a wide range of businesses, critical infrastructure, government, manufacturing, and healthcare systems. Hive ransomware broke into 1,300 companies worldwide from June 2021 to November 2022, and obtained about $100 million in payments. Only 20% reported potential issues have been identifiable to law enforcement, Wray said. “Here, fortunately, we were still able to identify and help many victims who didn’t report. But that is not always the case,” Wray said. “When victims report attacks to us, we can help them and others, too.”

It has been announced that some entities would pay hackers for the stolen data without notifying public officials as revealing this information could often lead to decreased trust in the company’s cybersecurity safety and expose it to lawsuits and other backlashes by the public.

37 nations have begun to work for this global task force this week, and it is led by Australia which has been attacked by ransomware that hit major medical insurers and telecom in recent years.

Modi’s Question by BBC Prohibited in India

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Leslie Park

The Indian government is oppressing people who watch a documentary called “Modi’s Question” released by the BBC. Many students, activists, lawyers, and members of rival parties have been watching multiple YouTube videos, and Twitter accounts have shared the links to the BBC’s new two-part documentary film, which have been blocked by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB).

According to Yahoo Finance, “Videos sharing @BBCWorld hostile propaganda and anti-India garbage, disguised as ‘documentary’, on @YouTube and tweets sharing links to the BBC documentary have been blocked under India’s sovereign laws and rules,” Kanchan Gupta, senior adviser at MIB, tweeted on Jan. 21—four days after the first part released on TV in the UK. The second aired there yesterday (Jan. 24) on its news website.

The Modi’s Question documentary shows the event of Gujarat riots in 2002 which was three days of inter-communal violence related to the burning of an express train. The coach number S-6 was set on fire, killing 59 passengers, including 27 women and 10 children.

The three days of riots left 1044 killed, 223 missing, and 2,500 injured. More than 75% of the dead were Muslim. By the time of the riots, Narendra Modi (72) (Oct.7, 2001-May, 22, 2014 incumbent at the office) was the chief minister of the Gujarat government, and critics have arisen against Modi since then.

A Special Investigation Team operated by the Supreme Court of India has been investigating Modi’s involvement in the three days riots and the death of many. However, despite all the efforts to investigate Modi, they were unable to find any evidence to initiate a prosecution proceeding against Modi in 2012.

However, the BBC is now covering an event and showing evidence of Modi’s involvement, which is seen as having a huge impact on his reelection in 2024 as Prime Minister. A secret UK department report pins Modi as being directly responsible for the event. According to Yahoo, widespread sexual attacks toward Muslim women in the Hindu region had also been occurring at the time, and considered the event as part of ethnic cleansing activities.

Now the Indian government detained the viewers as protestors. Even Elon Musk has allowed the removal of the links in the Twitter accounts as requested by the PM in India.

US Plans, and Germany Finalizes, Plans to Send Tanks to Ukraine

Posted on January 24, 2023 by Leslie Park

The U.S. and German are ready to send their tanks to Ukraine soon. The plan will be executed accordingly. It is unclear how many tanks are being sent over to Ukraine. Ukrainian tank crews are needed to be trained on how to operate and maintain tanks ahead of time to transfer to Ukraine.

The U.S.-made Abrams tanks and The German-made Leopard tanks are going ahead to Ukraine and other countries including Poland. Poland had already requested Berlin for permission to export its own Leopard tanks to Ukraine. According to CBS, the U.S. didn’t answer right away on the request for the tanks by president Zelenskyy, but last Thursday, Secretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl, said that “We’re not there yet,” justifying the reason as “The Abrams tank is a very complicated piece of equipment. It [is] expensive. It [is] hard to train on… it is not the easiest system to maintain.”

The German-made Leopard 2 tanks account for more than 2,000 in Europe itself including more than 200 located in Germany, according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

The U.S. has committed to training 500 Ukrainians per month for a different large scale and level of training between air and ground. The U.S. has committed more than $26.7 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of the Biden Administration.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has decided today to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine soon. The US is considering sending the AbramsX, the hybrid electric diesel engine which is more fuel-efficient than the current gas that uses Abrams tanks. Twelve countries have agreed to supply Ukraine with around 100 Leopard 2 tanks according to ABC News. The Leopard 2 tanks have a good reputation, and it is capable of hitting targets 5 km away while on the move. So far, this Leopard 2 tank is in the top-of-the-top tank worldwide. Currently, 19 countries use the Leopard 2 tanks.

LAPD identifies the mass shooting suspect as 72 years old man

Posted on January 23, 2023 by Leslie Park

Most Asian Americans celebrate the Lunar New Year as a custom. Dancing and traditional food sharing with families and friends is a common trait shared among many of the Asian societies and cultures that celebrate the Lunar New Year.

However, the opening into the Water Rabbit Year has become quite dark. LAPD found out that the gunman Huu Can Tran (72) died of self-inflicted gunshot wounds in his white van on Sunday after killing at least 11 and injuring 10 people at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio, Monterey, CA, on lunar new year’s eve, and trying to get into a dance studio in Alhambra, CA. He was a former dance instructor at one of the dance studios, according to the police.

Police issued a search warrant to the suspect’s house and seeks of the motive of this heinous crime. His ex-wife doesn’t want to let her name known but reported to CNN, that she met him at the dance studio, and that he was a very hot-tempered dance instructor at the studio. She told CNN that Tran came from China. The Asian American community was shocked by this massacre; most of the residents that frequented those dance studios are well over 50 years old and had enjoyed dancing as a routine way to enjoy their lives.

President Biden offered his condolences to the victims of this mass shooting and ordered flags to fly at half-staff at the White House and other federal buildings. 7 injured people are still staying in the hospital. Police are still investigating this mass shooting.

Police found enough magazines with a semi-automatic weapon and a handgun. Police have identified the owner of those guns.

Alec Baldwin gets Involuntary Manslaughter Related with a Cinematographer’s Death

Posted on January 19, 2023 by Leslie Park

FILE – The Bonanza Creek Ranch, where the film “Rust” was being filmed, appears in Santa Fe, N.M. on Oct. 23, 2021. On Wednesday, April 20, 2022, New Mexico workplace safety regulators issued the maximum possible fine against a film production company for firearms safety failures on the set of “Rust” where a cinematographer was fatally shot in October 2021 by actor and producer Alec Baldwin. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

On January 19, 2023, an announcement was made by a New Mexico prosecutor about Alec Baldwin (64): the movie star is to be charged with involuntary manslaughter as related to the gun shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins (44) in 2021.

Hutchins was killed and director Joel Souza was wounded by Baldwin’s gun which fired off a bullet during a rehearsal on October 21, 2021, during the filming of “Rust” set in place in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Balwin has said he believed the gun was not loaded with live rounds, and that he loved Hutchins as good staff. In the film world, guns should carry blanks and should not hurt anyone. New Mexico’s medical examiner has announced that the shooting was an accident.

As an agreement, Hutchins’ husband will be the executive director of the movie, and it will be resumed soon.

DC council overrides Mayor Bowser’s veto for the rewritten criminal code

Posted on January 18, 2023 by Leslie Park

Mayor Bowser vetoed a rewritten 450-page criminal code by the DC council. The 12-1 vote to override her veto was not anticipated. On January 17, 2023, The DC council voted to override Mayor Muriel Bowser’s veto of a sweeping overhaul of the city’s century-old criminal code.

Bowser is concerned about perception regarding public safety the most but the majority of city councils are concerned with modernizing the criminal system through this rewritten code which doesn’t take effect until October 2025. Recently, criminal activities have increased in the D. C. metro area, and Mayor Bowser is concerned that this revised criminal code would add another chaotic chapter and derail the purpose of the criminal system in the region.

The overhaul of the criminal code expresses the big three points which are: decreasing maximum penalties in some cases, eliminating mandatory minimum sentences for all offenses except first-degree murder, and expanding the right to a jury trial for people charged with misdemeanor offenses.

If this revised criminal code is approved by both houses of Congress, President Biden will decide it at the end. If Congress disagrees with the criminal code, they may issue a resolution to discourage signing by President Biden, who may or may not veto the resolution. If Congress agrees, it may also submit a resolution encouraging the President to sign the code into effect for Washington, D.C.

The democratic city council and mayor stand at odds with each other, due to how they feel about the criminal code written in the early 1900s.

Extreme Weather Will Hit Northeast This Weekend

Posted on January 17, 2023 by Leslie Park

Another weather advisory alerts from Northwest to Northeast again show that millions of residents in the US will be experiencing disrupted travels due to snow, ice, and thunderstorm. AccuWeather meteorologists predict this extensive storm will bring down the temperature to the wintry precipitation from Thursday to Friday.

Winter rain is expected in the metro areas of New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington, D. C. According to AccuWeather.com, “Thunderstorms that poke northward from the Southern states could turn severe in parts of western Pennsylvania and Ohio Thursday, with strong wind gusts and power outages posing the greatest threat. Farther to the east, in much of the Interstate 95 zone, a period or two of rain with low cloud ceilings and areas of fog could slow motorists down and lead to airline delays. Rumbles of thunder can occur as far to the east as the mid-Atlantic coast with this storm system Thursday night to early Friday.” stated their weather news outlet.

Recent weather havoc hit the West coast, with flashing floods, mudslides, potholes on the highways, and overflowing reservoirs in the driest regions. The ACE (Altamont Corridor Express) train stopped due to a landslide. The ACE spokesperson said in their official release, that the train stalled and became stuck on the tracks Tuesday morning along Niles Canyon after being struck by a landslide. The train was heading westbound, did not derail, and no one was injured in this incident.

From Thursday morning to Friday morning, the biggest concern is for motorists and pedestrians due to freezing rain becoming icy streets, highways, and sidewalks from parts of northern Pennsylvania, New York state, Connecticut, and Massachusetts to southern Vermont, and southern New Hampshire respectively, AccuWeather Meteorologist Nicole LoBiondo said.

The upper New York state, Canada, Southern Ontario, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine are expected to see snow from 6-12 inches.

9,600 Flights canceled, 1,300 delayed due to Unknown Computer Blackout in the U.S. On Wednesday

Posted on January 11, 2023 by Leslie Park

9,600 scheduled flights at 6 a.m. on Wednesday were delayed for three hours at the most by unknown computer problems at the airports nationwide. 1,300 flights were canceled nationwide. United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, and Southwest Airlines all reported 40% or more flight delays or cancellations on Wednesday.

FAA officials along with other government authorities have looked into the outage to a damaged database file and couldn’t find any specific evidence of a cyberattack so far. This advisory was lifted at 9 a.m. EST.

During this time, many travelers were stranded at the airports, and President Biden briefed the nation on this air traffic disaster. “Normal air traffic operations are resuming gradually across the United States following an overnight outage to the FAA’s Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) system that provides safety information to flight crews,” the FAA wrote in its fifth update of the morning.

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