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Articles from the October 5, 2016 edition


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  • Kim Kardashian Held At Gun Point in Paris

    Observer Staff|Oct 5, 2016

    1/3 Kim Kardashian West was held up at gunpoint Sunday night inside a luxury Paris apartment by two masked men dressed as police officers, according to a spokeswoman. She was "badly shaken but physically unharmed," the spokeswoman told The Associated Press, offering no further details. The police were on guard outside the doors of the private luxury residence in central Paris on Monday morning, said the New York Times. Ms. Kardashian West, famous for her use of social media, had not posted...

  • Did Tiffany Trump Leak Dad's 1995 Tax Returns to the New York Times?

    Stan Greene, Observer Staff Writer|Oct 5, 2016
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    The New York Times reports that it has obtained a copy of Donald Trump's 1995 IRS Form 1040, which registers a loss of $916 million. Going forward 18 years, DT may never have paid taxes since. This is because he was entitled to a $50,000,000 loss each of the next 18 years. The story does leave us with an obvious question: Who gave the New York Times the Donald's tax returns? The Times says Donald's returns "were surreptitiously left in our mailbox." Sure, but by whom? The obvious culprit:...

  • Enemy Drone, Laser Weapon Destroyed SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket, Elon Musk Now Believes

    Stan Greene, Observer Staff Writer|Oct 5, 2016

    An article in today's Washington Post website corroborates what conspiracy theorists have said since a SpaceX rocket exploded on September 1, 2016: It was deliberately sabotaged. The investigation centers on one particular competitor, United Launch Associates. ULA is a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and Boeing, and there is no love lost between ULA and SpaceX. ULA occupies a building at the Kennedy Space Center launch facility in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The theory is that a rogue ULA...

  • FAA Launches Investigation of Santa Monica's Treatment of Cloverfield Airport

    Stan Greene, Observer Staff Writer|Oct 5, 2016
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    The Federal Aviation Administration has announced that it is investigating the City of Santa Monica's policy intended to "starve" the airport into leaving. It has asked the City to withdraw its 30 day Notices to Vacate. The stakes here are very high. Can a city close a Municipal Airport by starving it of services? Pilots, the FAA and towns all across America are watching. "The FAA strongly recommends that the city withdraw the notices to vacate until such a time as this matter can be resolved,"...