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Tuesday, January 07, 2020

THE ARIZONA FRINGE Part 2: Left-Leaning Republican Wing Nut-Job Paul Gosar

The watchful eyes of at least two diligent vigilant investigative reporters - including Steven Hsieh writing in the Phoenix New Times - once again snagged Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar, saying quite politely that Gozar has "a tenuous relationahip with the truth . . ."

Tweets Fake Photo of Obama Shaking Hands With Iran's President

Steven Hsieh

Phoenix New Times | 2020-01-06 14:37:00

"Paul Gosar strikes again.

This time the Arizona Congressman tweeted a fake image of former President Barack Obama shaking hands with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. . ."

The Prescott Republican captioned his photo:

"The world is a better place without these guys in power."

Phoenix New Times reporter Steven Hsieh goes on to say that, ". . . several media outlets reported at the time, the image actually depicts Obama meeting with former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2011. The ad simply superimposed Rouhani's head onto Singh's body."

Gosar's response to his Twitter post:

"[N]o one said this wasn’t photoshopped."

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BLOGGER NOTE: That's one way to get attention for sure!

What is it about The Great State of Arizona that produces so many whacky-political wunderkind from the same southwest territory here in the continental United States?

Something in the water?

Gosar is from Prescott, home of Arizona's first State Capitol

Other U.S.Congress members Andy Biggs and Debby Lasko were both first elected to the Arizona State House in Phoenix.

Then again, from here in Maricopa County we got both Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Russell Pearce.

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Steven Hsieh resumes reporting:

> Obama has never met with Rouhani, though he has spoken with the leader on the phone.

> The doctored image appears to be taken from a 2015 election ad from a Super PAC supporting Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson that criticized Obama for negotiating with Iran over its nuclear program.

> As several media outlets reported at the time, the image actually depicts Obama meeting with former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2011.

> The ad simply superimposed Rouhani's head onto Singh's body.

The Congressman, known for having a tenuous relationship with the truth, doubled down on his tweet after reporters roundly criticized him for spreading misinformation.

Daniel Medina, a freelance reporter who has contributed to The Intercept and The Guardian, pointed out that Rouhani remains Iran's president and that Obama never met with him.

"[N]o one said this wasn’t photoshopped. No one said the president of Iran was dead. No one said Obama met with Rouhani in person."

In a follow-up tweet, Gosar wrote: "The point remains to all but the dimmest: Obama coddled, appeased, nurtured and protected the worlds No. 1 sponsor of terror. The world is better without Obama as president. The world will be better off without Rouhani."

Steven Hsieh finishes his articles with this notation:

"But Gosar is probably best known for getting politically abandoned by his six siblings, who all endorsed his general election opponent in 2018."

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ALSO SEE:

What The Gosar Family Tells Us About

Our Broken Political Culture

Link > OTB Outside The Beltway

Six siblings of Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar are starring in political ads against him. This is just another unfortunate example of the extent to which our political culture has been ruined by hyperpartisan polarization.

Doug Mataconis · Tuesday, September 25, 2018 · 38 comments

MD530F Cayuse Attack Helicopters: Contracts & Deliveries Update

3 hours ago Defence Web announced that MD Helicopters has delivered all six new MD 530F Cayuse Warrior helicopters to Kenya, on schedule as per the September 2018 contract.
That delivery is only part of an uptick for billions spent on attack weapons systems used in both country and national conflicts and Global Support Contracts worldwide.

That is all directly connected to and aimed at the goals "to increase interoperability with the US Armed Forces and other partners in the regions.
Additionally, a strong national defence and dedicated military force will assist in its efforts to maintain stability."

BLOGGER NOTE:
it's been anything but "assisting efforts to maintain stability."
Recent actions in The Middle East, especially in Iraq, Afghanistan and Iran are telling totally different stories in real time.
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HERE'S THE INTERACTIVE GLOBAL CONFLICT TRACKER
FROM THE COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
Farther down is a link that was last updated yesterday January 6, 2020
This image is from Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Source: https://sysnica.blogspot.com/2016/04/global-conflict-tracker.html
Readers might like to note that almost four years later, most of the conflict are ongoing now:
Explore Conflicts with Critical Impact

TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN

CIVIL WAR IN SYRIA

TERRITORIAL DISPUTES IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA

TENSIONS IN THE EAST CHINA SEA

NORTH KOREA CRISIS

WAR AGAINST ISLAMIC STATE IN IRAQ

CIVIL WAR IN LIBYA

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Wednesday 13 April 2016

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Link to GLOBAL CONFLICT TRACKER
COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS

Impact on U.S. Interests Scroll down to explore the conflicts:

Critical

Significant

Limited

Critical Impact on U.S. Interests

Conflict directly threatens the U.S. homeland, is likely to trigger U.S. military involvement, or threatens the supply of critical U.S. strategic resources

War in Afghanistan

Territorial Disputes in the South China Sea

Tensions in the East China Sea

North Korea Crisis

Confrontation Between the United States and Iran

Significant Impact on U.S. Interests

Conflict affects countries of strategic importance to the United States but does not involve a mutual-defense treaty commitment

Civil War in Syria

Political Instability in Iraq

Islamist Militancy in Pakistan

Political Instability in Lebanon

Instability in Egypt

Conflict in Ukraine

Conflict Between Turkey and Armed Kurdish Groups

Criminal Violence in Mexico

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Boko Haram in Nigeria

Conflict Between India and Pakistan

Instability in Venezuela

Limited Impact on U.S. Interests

Conflict could have severe/widespread humanitarian consequences but in countries of limited strategic importance to the United States

Civil War in Libya

War in Yemen

Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict

Destabilization of Mali

Violence in the Central African Republic

Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Rohingya Crisis in Myanmar

Civil War in South Sudan

Al-Shabab in Somalia

About The Conflict Tracker

The Center for Preventive Action's (CPA) Global Conflict Tracker is an interactive guide to ongoing conflicts around the world of concern to the United States. The interactive covers nearly thirty conflicts with background information and resources on each conflict.

Learn More

https://www.cfr.org/interactive/global-conflict-tracker
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Kenyan MD 530Fs delivered

Written by defenceWeb -

7th Jan 2020

Kenyan MD 530Fs.

MD Helicopters has delivered all six new MD 530F Cayuse Warrior helicopters to Kenya, on schedule as per the September 2018 contract.
The six helicopters were seen partially disassembled in a hangar at the end of December along with what appears to be a Kenya Air Force Z-9WE, indicating the aircraft arrived at their destination before year-end
The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) requested 12 of the helicopters valued at $253 million in May 2017

On 27 September 2018 MD Helicopters was awarded a contract to deliver six MD530Fs to Kenya under a $1.4 billion award that also covers the supply of up to 150 armed MD530Fs/MD530Gs to US and partner nation military forces.
The Kenyan contract includes initial logistics support (ILS) for the aircraft, aircraft systems and ground support equipment.

MD Helicopters on 13 September 2019 announced that it was awarded a contract for logistics support and training by the US Army Contracting Command in terms of the five-year Kenyan contract. It added that shipment of the six MD 530F Cayuse Warriors would be complete by the end of 2019.

an all-digital glass cockpit with tinted windows
ballistically tolerant crashworthy fuel system
FN Herstal Weapons Management System
DillonAero Mission Configurable Armament System (MCAS)
62 mm ballistic armour protection
FN Herstal .50 caliber HMP 400 Machine Gun Pods and
M260 7-shot rocket pods.

Effective from 1 September 2019, the support contract covers transition training at the MD Helicopters headquarters in Mesa, Arizona, with foreign operations, including field service support, armament, and gunnery training, scheduled to occur at Laikipia Air Base in Kenya.

The US Defence Security Cooperation Agency, in announcing the Kenyan contract in 2018, said the sale would advance Kenya’s efforts to conduct scout and attack rotary wing aircraft operations in support of their AMISOM mission in Somalia.

“The MD 530F will also replace Kenya’s aging MD500 fleet, which is the current reconnaissance platform supporting Kenyan ground forces. This sale will significantly enhance the Kenyan Army’s modernization efforts and increase interoperability with the US Armed Forces and other partners in the region. Additionally, a strong national defence and dedicated military force will assist Kenya in its efforts to maintain stability in East Africa.”
(The U.S. State Department in May 2017 approved the sale of 12 MD 530F helicopters to replace Kenyas MD 500 aircraft.
The proposed $253 million sale included 4,032 M151 high-explosive warhead rockets, 1,536 2.75-inch M274 smoke signature warhead rockets, and 400,000 rounds of .50 caliber ammunition.
Source: Defense Post Oct 2018

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Little Bird for KENYA
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Premiered Oct 2, 2018

Views: 7,000+

MDHI to deliver armed ‘Little Bird’ helos to Kenya, Lebanon

MD Helicopters Inc (MDHI) is to deliver 12 of its MD 530F/G scout and light-attack platforms to Kenya and Lebanon as part of a wider US Army effort to equip allied air arms with up to 150 ‘Little Bird’-series rotorcraft.

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Lebanon and Kenya each order 6 MD 530 light attack helicopters

The Defense Post

Lebanon and Kenya have each ordered six MD 530 light attack helicopters, MD Helicopters said.

Afghan Air Force MD 530F Cayuse Warrior helicopter fires its two FN M3P .50 caliber machine guns during a media demonstration at a training range outside Kabul, Afghanistan, April 9, 2015. Image: US Air Force/Staff Sgt. Perry Aston

Both delivery orders were awarded by U.S. Army Contracting Command under a $1.4 billion contract awarded in September 2017 for up to 150 MD 530 F and G model helicopters for partner forces, the company said, although the U.S. Department of Defense contract notification specifies only MD 530F helicopters for Afghanistan. U.S. Army Contracting Command could not be immediately reached for clarification.

With the two awards and a further 30 helicopters ordered in September 2017 for the Afghan Air Force, nearly 30 percent of the aircraft are in production, the company said. It delivered the first five MD 530F Cayuse Warrior helicopters to the Afghan Air Force in Kandahar on August 8. The company said they were readied for active service in less than 10 days.

Six MD 530G Scout Attack Helicopters for Lebanon

MD 530G Scout attack helicopter. Image: MD Helicopters

Lebanon’s Air Force ordered six MD 530G Scout Attack Helicopters, MD Helicopters’ most-advanced model, the company said in a Monday, October 1 release.

The firm fixed price delivery order includes initial logistics support, as well as aircraft systems, ground support equipment, and associated services, the release said.

Deliveries are scheduled to be complete by the fourth quarter of 2020.

The MD 530G Scout Attack Helicopter ordered by Lebanon features DillonAero’s Mission Configurable Armament System, which supports up to six weapon stations. It can be configured for Hellfire missiles, M134D miniguns, GAU-19B .50 caliber Gatling guns, FN HMP-400 .50 caliber machine guns, M260 7-round or M261 19-round 2.75-inch rocket launchers and Raytheon’s Griffin B mini-missiles.

The Lebanese aircraft will have FN Herstal .50 caliber HMP-400 machine gun pods, M260 rocket pods, 70mm/2.75-inch APKWS (Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System) rockets, and a WESCAM MX-10D EO/IR laser designator.

In September, General Dynamics was awarded a $44 million contract for Hydra rockets for foreign military sales, including to Lebanon. These unguided 2.75-inch rockets can be fitted with precision guidance systems like the semi-active laser guided Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System.

Lebanon has received significant military equipment from the U.S. in recent months.

In August, Lebanon received eight Bradley Fighting Vehicles. In total, the U.S. was to send 32 M2A2 Bradleys to the country, worth more than $100 million, Ambassador Elizabeth Richard said in August 2017.

In June, four A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft were formally handed over to Lebanon by the U.S., completing an order of six planes. Richard at the time highlighted the “strong bond between the U.S. and Lebanon,” and that over the last decade, the U.S. government has invested over $1.5 billion in training and equipment, and trained over 32,000 Lebanese troops.

Richard said in December that the U.S. was to supply new systems valued at more than $120 million to Lebanon including six MD 530G helicopters, six new Scan Eagle unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as communication and night vision devices.

Sunday, January 05, 2020

PUBLIC HEARING ANNOUNCEMENT > You Read Between-The-Lines

8 Take action on the following resolutions declaring terms/rates/fees/charges to be public records and available to the public, and introducing the following ordinances to modify City-owned utility terms/rates/fees/charges and setting January 27, 2020 as the date of the public hearing on these ordinances:

19-1051 A resolution declaring proposed terms/rates/fees/charges for electric utility services to be a public record (Districts 1 and 4). *8-a
20-0032 An ordinance modifying terms/fees/charges for electric utility services. (Districts 1 and 4) *8-b
19-1052 A resolution delcaring proposed terms/rates/fees/charges for natural gas utility services to be a public record (Citywide). *8-c
20-0034 An ordinance modifying terms/rates/fees/charges for natural gas utility services. (Citywide) *8-d
19-1053 A resolution declaring proposed terms/rates/fees/charges for water utility services to be a public record. (Citywide) *8-e
20-0035 An ordinance modifying terms/rates/fees/charges for water utility services. (Citywide) *8-f
19-1054 A resolution declaring proposed terms/rates/fees/charges for wastewater utility services to be a public record. (Citywide) *8-g
20-0036 An ordinance modifying terms/rates/fees/charges for wastewater utility services. (Citywide) *8-h
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January 13, 2020City Council Meeting Agenda - Tentative

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19-1055 A resolution declaring proposed terms/rates/fees/charges for solid waste utility services to be a public record. (Citywide)

*8-i

20-0037 An ordinance modifying terms/rates/fees/charges for solid waste utility services. (Citywide)

*8-j

Sunbelt Holdings Going Gang-Buster North of Marana > Hitting Pay-Dirt Time

How sweet it is!
. . .and how good can it get.
BTW SIHI is doing better than OK here in Mesa too.
Yep that's an understatement.
Let the good times roll

The community is planned to include approximately 3,800 homes at build out.

Sunbelt Holdings’ additional Tucson and Pinal communities include

the 565-acre La Estancia community
the 550-acre Sendero Pass community
and the 1,598-acre Sycamore Canyon community.

Sunbelt Holdings sells lots at Red Rock Village to Richmond American

Posted by Staff / January 3, 2020 / No Comments

Red Rock Village / Real Estate Daily News

Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Sunbelt Holdings

Real Estate Daily News

"Scottsdale-based Sunbelt Holdings, who acquired the remaining 680-acres within the 1,000-acre Red Rock Village master planned community in 2018, announced the closing of the first 91 lots to Richmond American Homes. Sunbelt Holdings will begin development of the 50’x120’ sized lots in early 2020 in preparation for a Richmond American Homes’ model completion and grand opening late 2020. . . "

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> Will White and John Carroll with Land Advisors Tucson handled the transaction.

> An additional 250 lots are in the final stages of planning and are anticipated to be available for homebuilder sales in 2020.

> Located approximately 7.5 miles north of Marana, AZ the Red Rock Village community currently has approximately 900 completed homes.