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North Korea

North Korea Hits New Level of Brinkmanship in Reacting to Trump

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/22/world/asia/kim-trump-north-korea.html?_r=0

North Korea may detonate nuclear bomb in Pacific, foreign minister tells reporters

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/21/north-korea-foreign-minister-says-may-detonate-nuclear-bomb-in-pacific-reports-south-korean-news-agency.html

Senior N. Korean diplomat to visit Russia for discussion

http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20170922000153

Hawaii prepares for nuclear attack, trying not to scare the daylights out of residents and tourists

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/09/21/hawaii-prepares-for-nuclear-attack-trying-not-to-scare-the-daylights-out-of-residents-and-tourists/?utm_term=.1c4677f52243

A North Korea nuclear test over the Pacific? Logical, terrifying

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-atmospheric-test/a-north-korea-nuclear-test-over-the-pacific-logical-terrifying-idUSKCN1BX0W5

North Korea's H-bomb threat: The dreaded 'Juche Bird'

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/north-koreas-h-bomb-threat-the-dreaded-juche-bird/article/2176860

Wrong Treatment: US threats are the reason North Korea has gone nuclear

https://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/talkingturkey/wrong-treatment-us-threats-are-the-reason-north-korea-has-gone-nuclear/

United States

US urges all nations to stop the spread of nuclear weapons

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/us-urges-all-nations-to-stop-the-spread-of-nuclear-weapons/2017/09/22/3fa551ce-9f59-11e7-b2a7-bc70b6f98089_story.html?utm_term=.39fd9292db23

This Obscure DC-Area Office Helps US Special Operators Hunt Down And Secure Loose WMDs

http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/14535/this-obscure-dc-area-office-helps-us-special-operators-hunt-down-and-secure-loose-wmds

Uranium program may overrun budget as UPF construction nears

http://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/2017/09/22/uranium-program-may-overrun-budget-upf-construction-nears/657173001/

Who watches WIPP?: Monitoring center a watchdog as facility recovers

http://www.currentargus.com/story/news/local/2017/09/22/who-watches-wipp-monitoring-center-watchdog-facility-recovers/690478001/

Why America's Biggest Nuclear Weapons Test Ever Was a Total Disaster

http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/why-americas-biggest-nuclear-weapons-test-ever-was-total-22366

International

Update on Iran’s Compliance with the JCPOA Nuclear Limits- Iran’s Centrifuge Breakage Problem: Accidental Compliance

http://isis-online.org/isis-reports/detail/update-on-irans-compliance-with-the-jcpoa-nuclear-limits/

Iran Foreign Minister: If U.S. Wants New Nuclear Concessions, We Do, Too

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/21/world/middleeast/iran-nuclear-trump-zarif.html

Germany will strive to save Iran nuclear deal: Gabriel

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-un-germany/germany-will-strive-to-save-iran-nuclear-deal-gabriel-idUSKCN1BW0VK

Russia says U.S. Iran sanctions undermine nuclear deal

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-un-assembly-russia/russia-says-u-s-iran-sanctions-undermine-nuclear-deal-idUSKCN1BW2QV

China state media: Pulling out of Iran deal would set 'bad precedent' for North Korea

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/22/china-state-media-pulling-out-of-iran-deal-would-set-bad-precedent-for-north-korea.html

Former Deputy Secretary Of State Talks About Future Of Iran Nuclear Deal

http://www.npr.org/2017/09/21/552708153/former-deputy-secretary-of-state-talks-about-future-of-iran-nuclear-deal

Does Trump even know what he hates about the Iran nuclear deal?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2017/09/21/does-trump-even-know-what-he-hates-about-the-iran-nuclear-deal/?utm_term=.cffc92bad891

South Korea's Moon urges North to give up nuclear weapons

http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/21/asia/south-korea-north-korea-un-moon/index.html

Short-Range Nuclear Weapons To Counter India's 'Cold Start Doctrine': Pak PM

http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/short-range-nuclear-weapons-to-counter-indias-cold-start-doctrine-pak-pm-1753151

Reprocessed nuclear fuel returned to Japan for reactor use

http://www.njherald.com/article/20170921/AP/309219939#

Japan’s Bomb in the Basement

http://www.atimes.com/article/japans-plutonium-proliferation-energy/

Canada’s neutron scientists lament closure of world’s oldest nuclear reactor

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/09/canada-s-neutron-scientists-lament-closure-world-s-oldest-nuclear-reactor

Statements and Key Addresses to [2017] IAEA General Conference

https://www.iaea.org/about/policy/gc/gc61/statements

New Members Elected to IAEA Board of Governors

https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/new-members-elected-to-iaea-board-of-governors-21-september-2017

General Interest

Forty years of impasse: The United States, Japan, and the plutonium problem

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00963402.2017.1364007

Supplies of Key Medical Isotopes Stable, but Vulnerabilities Remain

https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/supplies-of-key-medical-isotopes-stable-but-vulnerabilities-remain

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IAEA celebrates 20 years of waste safety convention

Reprocessed nuclear fuel returned to Japan for reactor use | World | omaha.com

Rosatom outlines future of nuclear in IAEA address

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International Trade Commission ruling sets stage for Trump to impose tariffs on solar imports

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State commission's ruling could throw wrench in Palisades closure plan | MLive.com

Trump officials adopt 'base'-first strategy on nuclear and coal | TheHill

Belarus Proceeding With Russian-Built Nuclear Plant Despite Accidents, Quake Worries, And Neighbors' Objections

Nuclear Experts Head to China to Test Experimental Reactors - Bloomberg

Middle East: Nuclear power’s new horizon - Saudi Gazette

Nuclear agenda in Africa under spotlight, as Rosatom launches wind energy firm | Fin24

India, Canada discuss bilateral nuclear energy collaboration, Energy News, ET EnergyWorld

Tillerson: Russia Seeks to Weaken IAEA in Probing Secret Nuclear Programs - Sputnik International

India to collaborate with Russia on Bangladesh's nuclear plant project | Dhaka Tribune

Canada’s neutron scientists lament closure of world’s oldest nuclear reactor | Science | AAAS

Scott Montgomery makes case for nuclear power in new book ‘Seeing the Light’

http://www.washington.edu/news/2017/09/21/scott-montgomery-makes-case-for-nuclear-power-in-new-book-seeing-the-light/

Here's the full text of Kim Jong Un’s unprecedented threat against Trump - Vox

Rouhani at the UN: The Power of Appearing Reasonable « LobeLog

My Journey to the Heart of the FOIA Request

Fifty years ago, the Freedom of Information Act gave the public access to government secrets — all you had to do was ask. How a simple request became a bureaucratic nightmare.

https://longreads.com/2017/09/20/my-journey-to-the-heart-of-the-foia-request/?utm_source=Weekly+Longreads+Email&utm_campaign=7cd4179ca8-Longreads_Top_5_September_22_2017&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bd2ad42066-7cd4179ca8-239031537&mc_cid=7cd4179ca8&mc_eid=9528811089

These Women Are the Last Thing Standing Between You and Nuclear War

As tensions rise between the United States and North Korea, an elite squad

http://www.marieclaire.com/politics/a29275/air-force-nuclear-missileers/?utm_source=Weekly+Longreads+Email&utm_campaign=7cd4179ca8-Longreads_Top_5_September_22_2017&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bd2ad42066-7cd4179ca8-239031537&mc_cid=7cd4179ca8&mc_eid=9528811089

A High-End Mover Dishes on Truckstop Hierarchy, Rich People, and Moby Dick

On the beauty and burdens of the long haul.

https://longreads.com/2017/09/21/a-high-end-mover-dishes-on-truckstop-hierarchy-rich-people-and-moby-dick/?utm_source=Weekly+Longreads+Email&utm_campaign=7cd4179ca8-Longreads_Top_5_September_22_2017&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bd2ad42066-7cd4179ca8-239031537&mc_cid=7cd4179ca8&mc_eid=9528811089

A Guide to the Kurdish Independence Referendum - Bloomberg

1.4 million phishing websites are created every month: Here's who the scammers are pretending to be | ZDNet

Google's Project Zero fuzzed top browsers for bugs: Safari users won't like the results | ZDNet

Star Trek: Discovery continues the mission of futurism and bold social commentary | ZDNet

The Future of the Kurds | Graham E. Fuller

In Rome, a Visit With the Anti-Trump - The New York Times

India’s Strategic Choices: China and the Balance of Power in Asia - Carnegie India - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

More Holes in Russia-gate Narrative – Consortiumnews

Trump Pushes US Closer to War | By Jeffrey D. Sachs | Common Dreams

Bernie Sanders: Saudi Arabia Is “Not an Ally” and the U.S. Should “Rethink” Its Approach to Iran

In defiance to US, Iran unveils latest missile during parade - ABC News

Trump Poised to Drop Some Limits on Drone Strikes and Commando Raids - The New York Times

Why the Mexico City Earthquake Shook Up Disaster Predictions - Scientific American

Life on the Road, and in a Walmart Parking Lot | Literary Hub

What Should Have Happened In Hillary Clinton's Useless Book | HuffPost

Russian special forces repel a US-planned attack in Syria, denounce the USA and issue a stark warning | The Vineyard of the Saker

The US Is Far More Deeply Involved In Syria Than You Know

'A rogue' and a 'dotard': Kim Jong-un's statement on Trump in full | World news | The Guardian

The U.S. Should Halt Arms Sales to the Saudi-Led Coalition | The American Conservative

Read: Bernie Sanders's big foreign policy speech - Vox

Bernie Sanders Just Gave the Progressive Foreign-Policy Speech We’ve Been Waiting For | The Nation

Sanders Speaks on Foreign Policy | The American Conservative

Toys R Us: Another Private Equity Casualty | naked capitalism

Electronic Frontier Foundation and ACLU Sue Over Warrantless Phone, Laptop Searches at US Border | naked capitalism

Gaius Publius: Obama Follows Clinton, Boards the Millionaire Speech Train to Wall Street | naked capitalism

Trump’s indecisive, ill-prepared debut at the United Nations

What If the Oil Industry Leaves the Gulf Coast? - CityLab

Taser Wants to Build an Army of Smartphone Informants

Mercedes Plots Tesla Attack With $1 Billion U.S. Electric Push - Bloomberg

Uber’s Other Big Problem: Driverless Cars Aren’t Ready Yet - MIT Technology Review

Licensing decision on Uber London Limited - Transport for London

We Need More Alternatives to Facebook - MIT Technology Review

(31) Mark Zuckerberg - I just went live a minute ago. Here’s what I...

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The Real Economic Cost of Accepting Refugees | Center For Global Development

Ascension Press Pick Up Your Cross and Follow Christ

Trump -- American Gaullist | Patrick J. Buchanan - Official Website

Uber has its London Licence Stripped - ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English

Thursday, September 21, 2017

Church collapses in Mexico quake during baptism, killing several

http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/several-killed-in-mexico-earthquake-as-church-collapses-during-baptism-18819/

Tomgram: Engelhardt, Tweeting While the Planet Burns | TomDispatch

Why Are Hillary's Approval Ratings Even Lower Than Trump's? | Alternet

Hillary Clinton Will Never Understand What Happened

Foreign Policy ‘Realists’ Hit Nerve With Establishment Elite | The American Conservative

The Consequences of the U.S. Baby Bust - Bloomberg

Hackers Entered Equifax Systems in March - WSJ

Bill Black: Massachusetts First to Sue Equifax Over Massive Hack | naked capitalism

Trump Praises Jordan in Assisting Syrian Refugees - ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English

Bishop Barron on The Devil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IED3S-vJ5AU

Additional Commentary from Fr. Barron on The Devil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzLQHoSQhsw

Bishop Barron on Whether Hell is Crowded or Empty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmsa0sg4Od4

The American Military’s Repetition-Compulsion Complex « LobeLog

(99+) US 'muddling through' in search of a doctrine | LinkedIn

Saudi government allegedly funded a ‘dry run’ for 9/11

http://nypost.com/2017/09/09/saudi-government-allegedly-funded-a-dry-run-for-911/

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Hillary Clinton’s Legacy Is Huge and Lasting | New Republic

One-Fifth of Medical Care Is Unnecessary, Doctors Say | RealClearScience

The Best Health Care System? Doctors Back Single-Payer Plan, Survey Shows

WHO warns the world is running out of antibiotics - MarketWatch

The Sickness of American Healthcare | naked capitalism

The Boring Story of the 2016 Election | naked capitalism

Out of Africa: Why the Migration Wave? | naked capitalism

The Vietnam Documentary And Military Lessons | Hoover Institution

Entitlements and the Budget | PolicyEd

Fr. Bob's Reflection for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Times: How many times are we to forgive?

Fr. Bob's Reflection for the 24^th Sunday in Ordinary Time

The Gospel opens today with a straight on question from Peter ‑ How many times are we to forgive? It is an interesting question for us all. The question requires us to take stock of ourselves as human beings and as Christians when we hear the question ‑ How many times must I forgive?

We remember more than 9/11 because that day was not a singular act of evil but rather it came on the heels of a spate of other such attacks on planes, ships, Embassies, trains, Churches, Synagogues, Mosques and marketplaces. When we think of all the people whose lives were ended or forever disrupted and they were of all religions and nationalities, it is tempting to rationalize or to categorize such acts in a class of their own, unforgivable.

So if we go by this Gospel, is Christ asking the mother to forgive the drunk driver who killed her child? Is He asking us to forgive every Judas who has ever betrayed us? I would like to make an important observation here; we have to distinguish between crime and sin. You punish crime and you forgive sin. Forgiveness is not condoning, we may forgive without approving of the offense. Forgiving is not forgetting, some wounds are simply unforgettable.

Some years ago, Saint Pope John Paul went to visit Mehmit Ali Agca, the man who tried to assassinate him. He held his hand and forgave him but he did not ask the Italian Government to release him. The Pope forgave the sin within the crime.

Now I would ask you to think is there anyone in your life who will not forgive you? I know a man who is an alcoholic and in his drinking days was abusive to his wife and children. He shamed and embarrassed them, poisoned their minds, turned their hearts and left them with many scars. His children have grown and left home and he went into rehab and is doing well. He has not had a drink in years, he has a great job, he is a good husband but his children, disgusted from years of abuse, want no part of him. Before he dies he is desperate for their forgiveness. They are either unwilling or unable to forgive so what does he do?

What about the people who will not forgive us? The people we may have wounded. We can do one of two things, we can nurse our guilt, turn into ourselves and destroy ourselves or else we can turn to Jesus. When others will not forgive us, Jesus comes in and takes on their identity. He steps into the place of those we have hurt and he tells us ‑ all is forgiven.

When people will not forgive, Jesus will. When people cannot forgive, Jesus will. When people are unable to forgive, Jesus will. Just look at the Gospel, they tell us the Shepherd left ninety‑nine sheep to look for the one or the Gospel of the Prodigal Son when the son repented, the Father went to meet him. He gave him hugs and kisses and said "all is forgiven."

Some of us need to forgive and others need to be forgiven. This is, I suggest, why He invented the sacrament of confession. It is the place Jesus has set up where you and I are reconciled to the Father. It is the one place where we can be reassured during our broken and dying moment that the Lord will come and say "Go in peace, your sins are forgiven. I on behalf of your mother, your brother, your daughter or anyone who will not forgive you, I will forgive."

If you are among those who find it hard to forgive, I would like to repeat the words I left you with last week of Archbishop Tutu of South Africa who lived with apartheid. He said "sometimes the victim has to forgive in order just to live. You cannot carry around resentment forever, sometimes for our own sake, we just have to let go."

Yours in Christ,

Fr. Robert Warren, S.A.

Spiritual Director

www.AtonementFriars.org

GRAYMOOR P.O. Box 301, Garrison, NY 10524

For more information call us at 888‑720‑8247.

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Bahrain goes public with shifting stance on Israel

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China to Trump: That speech on North Korea was really unhelpful - The Washington Post

U.S. national security endangered by North Korea - Washington Times

Egypt Says It Will Host 'Reorganization' of Libyan Army - The New York Times

Syrians Are Ready to Accept Bashar al-Assad as President | Foreign Policy

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Equifax lesson: It's time for tougher rules, regulations, fines to combat breaches

Can oversight and stiff punishments spur enterprises to prioritize cybersecurity and secure their data?

http://www.zdnet.com/article/its-time-for-tougher-rules-regulations-fines-to-stem-breaches/?loc=newsletter_small_thumb&ftag=TRE49e8aa0&bhid=25151283725937532891160407260705

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Tomgram: Ann Jones, When Will They Ever Learn? | TomDispatch

The Sanders Single-Payer Plan Is No Miracle Cure - The New York Times

The bipartisan president - The Boston Globe

What retirees should do in wake of Equifax data breach - MarketWatch

Climate change might make South Asia uninhabitable by 2100: Study

The Sickness of American Healthcare | naked capitalism

It's All to Play for in Syria, and Russia Is Winning | POV | OZY

Rand Paul: Unconstitutional Saudi War In Yemen Is Not In Our Interest, And Congress Should Vote

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/rand-paul-unconstitutional-saudi-war-in-yemen-is-not_us_59c037f8e4b0f96732cbc872

Monday, September 18, 2017

CRS INSIGHT Resolutions Censuring the President: History and Context, 1 st -114 th Congresses

CRS INSIGHT

Resolutions Censuring the President: History and

Context, 1

-114

Congresses

https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/IN10775.pdf

UNSCR 2375: What Just Happened Here? | 38 North: Informed Analysis of North Korea

No, We Cannot Shoot Down North Korea’s Missiles - Defense One

Inside the new battle against Google

The Silicon Valley Backlash Is Heating Up - Bloomberg

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The Medicare for All Act of 2017: The Politics | naked capitalism

When Wall Street Owns Main Street — Literally | naked capitalism

Why I Won’t Vote Unless Things Change - The Globalist

Senate on track to pass $700 billion defense policy bill - The Washington Post

Stephen Kinzer: America’s slow-motion military coup - The Boston Globe

Why Russia Won't Help More on North Korea - The Atlantic

The U.S. Military Can’t Keep Track of Which Missions It’s Fueling in Yemen War

The U.S. Military Can’t Keep Track of Which Missions It’s Fueling in Yemen War

https://theintercept.com/2017/09/18/the-u-s-military-cant-keep-track-of-which-missions-its-fueling-in-yemen-war/

This proves that anyone saying that the U.S. isn't "directly involved" in Saudi Arabia's Yemen war is lying. Even the Pentagon doesn't know the extent of U.S. involvement.

Therefore,
anyone who says that the Pentagon is complying with the limits of the
2001 AUMF, which, as Senator Corker publicly acknowledged, does not
authorize force against the Houthis, is also lying, because the Pentagon
doesn't know if it is complying or not. And, therefore, anyone who says
that the Pentagon is complying with the Davidson House NDAA
prohibition, is also lying.

(3) Bishop Barron on Gay Marriage & the Breakdown of Moral Argument - YouTube

Homosexuality, Gay Marriage, and Holiness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLrRfwpvERU&feature=youtu.be&utm_source=Ascension+Press&utm_campaign=4515a29ea8-Gay_Marriage_2017_09_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e09e12a778-4515a29ea8-351387457&goal=0_e09e12a778-4515a29ea8-351387457&mc_cid=4515a29ea8&mc_eid=2bb902f84a

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Friday, September 22, 2017

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Thursday, September 21, 2017

Church collapses in Mexico quake during baptism, killing several