By Grand Rapids Anonymous
wednesday, june 25, 2025 at 1:44:00 a.m. edt
wednesday, june 25, 2025 at 9:57:00 p.m. edt
"in the great debate over the efficiency of the U.S. bombing of iran, Israel and the cia counter cnn and ny times saying, 'mission unsucessful'"
"(zh) Israel’s military chief of staff as well as prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu have spoken up following President Trump's words before wednesday's nato summit which declared iran's nuclear program 'obliterated.
"the Israeli military agrees, saying that the program suffered 'systemic' damage and was set back years due to both the Israeli warplane attacks, as well as the large-scale U.S. b-2 bomber raids on three main facilities.
"the military further declared that Idf's goal of the 'immediate existential threat' from iran has been met.
"Trump too said wednesday, 'last weekend, the United States successfully carried out a massive precision strike on iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities and it was very, very successful.
"Netanyahu has also offered his agreement - at least on the fordow site.
"it's not just Israel confirming it now.
"cia director John Ratcliffe issued a statement about intelligence on iran's nuclear program:
"cia can confirm that a body of credible intelligence indicates iran's nuclear program has been severely damaged by the recent, targeted strikes."
GRA: Media's motto: Never give Trump an even break.
--GRA
NATASHA BERTRAND IS THE CULPRIT BEHIND CNN'S ATTEMPT TO DOWNPLAY TRUMP'S IRAN BOMBING RESULTS
ReplyDelete(Breitbart)One of the CNN reporters behind an anonymously-sourced report stating the U.S. strikes on Iran did not destroy key components of nuclear sites also wrote the story in which over 50 former intelligence officials claimed the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation in 2020.
CNN reporter Natasha Bertrand, along with Katie Bo Lillis and Zachary Cohen, published the article, which draws on a description of an “early U.S. intelligence assessment” from various anonymous sources, on Wednesday. The story stated that “core components ” of Iran’s nuclear program were not destroyed in Operation Midnight Hammer and the mission “likely only set it back by months.”
However, Trump, who is calling for Bertrand to be fired, read a report from the Atomic Energy Commission of Israel later in the day, stating that “the devastating U.S. strike on Fordow destroyed the site’s critical infrastructure and rendered the enrichment facility totally inoperable” and that the mission thwarted “Iran’s ability to develop nuclear weapons for many years to come.”
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said that new intelligence has confirmed Iran’s nuclear sites were destroyed.
GRA:Same Trump hatred,different year.
--GRA
LALO SCHIFRIN GOES FROM COMPOSING TO DE-COMPOSING--DEAD AT 93
ReplyDeleteass[ociated] press:
Lalo Schifrin, the composer who wrote the endlessly catchy theme for “Mission: Impossible” and more than 100 other arrangements for film and television, died Thursday. He was 93.
Schifrin’s sons William and Ryan confirmed his death to trade outlets. The Associated Press’ messages to Schifrin’s publicist and representatives for either brother were not immediately returned(GRA:I wouldn't return a.p.'s call either).
The Argentine won four Grammys and was nominated for six Oscars, including five for original score for “Cool Hand Luke,” “The Fox,” “Voyage of the Damned,” “The Amityville Horror” and “The Sting II.”
“Every movie has its own personality. There are no rules to write music for movies,” Schifrin told The Associated Press in 2018. “The movie dictates what the music will be.”
He also wrote the grand finale musical performance for the World Cup championship in Italy in 1990, in which the Three Tenors — Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti and José Carreras — sang together for the first time. The work became one of the biggest sellers in the history of classical music.
Schifrin, also a jazz pianist and classical conductor, had a remarkable career in music that included working with Dizzy Gillespie and recording with Count Basie and Sarah Vaughan(GRA:Leave it to ass press to bring up negroes in a White man's obit) But perhaps his biggest contribution was the instantly recognizable score to television’s “Mission: Impossible,” which fueled the just-wrapped, decades-spanning feature film franchise led by Tom Cruise.
Written in the unusual 5/4 time signature, the theme was married to an on-screen self-destruct clock that kicked off the TV show, which ran from 1966 to 1973. It was described as “only the most contagious tune ever heard by mortal ears” by New Yorker film critic Anthony Lane and even hit No. 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968.
Schifrin originally wrote a different piece of music for the theme song but series creator Bruce Geller liked another arrangement Schifrin had composed for an action sequence.
“The producer called me and told me, ‘You’re going to have to write something exciting, almost like a logo, something that will be a signature, and it’s going to start with a fuse,’” Schifrin told the AP in 2006. “So I did it and there was nothing on the screen. And maybe the fact that I was so free and I had no images to catch, maybe that’s why this thing has become so successful — because I wrote something that came from inside me.”
GRA:The music of 1950s,60s and early 70s movie soundtracks and tv shows was brilliant. There must be a reason so many great musicians all appeared at one period of time. They wouldn't be allowed to in 2025.
--GRA