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January 10, 2019

Test of steel prototype for border wall showed it could be sawed through

Source: NBC News



A photo exclusively obtained by NBC News shows the results of the test after experts from the Marine Corps were instructed to attempt to destroy the barriers with common tools.

The Trump administration directed the construction of eight steel and concrete prototype walls that were built in Otay Mesa, California, just across the border from Tijuana, Mexico. Trump inspected the prototypes in March 2018. He has now settled on a steel slat, or steel bollard, design for the proposed border barrier additions. Steel bollard fencing has been used under previous administrations.

However, testing by DHS in late 2017 showed all eight prototypes, including the steel slats, were vulnerable to breaching, according to an internal February 2018 U.S. Customs and Border Protection report.

Photos of the breaches were not included in a redacted version of the CBP report, which was first obtained in a Freedom of Information Act Request by San Diego public radio station KPBS.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/test-steel-prototype-border-wall-showed-it-could-be-sawed-n956856?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

January 10, 2019

Woodland animals leap from the screen in Finnish photographer's work

When most people think of Finland, they likely imagine a country of sprawling forests and winter wonderlands where everyone is content and has a respectful relationship with wildlife.

Helsinki University student and photographer Ossi Saarinen has lived in Finland his whole life, and his work reveals his passion for nature and animals.

"I've always been interested in animals. Somehow I find their behavior and all very interesting," Saarinen, 22, tells MNN. "Even being in the nature without seeing any animals is very enjoyable for me."

Saarinen has been interested in nature since he was a little boy, but it wasn't until he started taking photos of a family of foxes in 2015 that he realized this love of animals could frame his life's work.

"When I was just starting my photographing career I met a fox family with four tiny cubs. I managed to get some photos and in one of them, it looks like they're all walking towards the camera. It's my favorite not only because I like it as a photo but also because it was the day when my career really started and I felt like it was something I wanted to do in the future as well."













More: https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/woodland-creatures-finnish-fairyland-setting-ossi-saarinen
January 9, 2019

Chris Hayes: BUT THAT WAS THE DEAL HE RIPPED UP AND WALKED AWAY FROM!!!

BUT THAT WAS THE DEAL HE RIPPED UP AND WALKED AWAY FROM!!! WHY TRUST HIM AFTER THAT!!

Lisa Desjardins Verified account @LisaDNews

SEN ROBERTS: President Trump said if we can just stick this out maybe we get back to the $25 billion for DACA (four pillars) kind lf deal.

2:33 PM - 9 Jan 2019 from Washington, DC


https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/1083085050546216960
January 9, 2019

WATCH: Trump argues that we need a border wall to stop migrants just driving right across in their..

WATCH: Trump argues that we need a border wall to stop migrants just driving right across in their "unbelievable vehicles... stronger, bigger, and faster vehicles than our police have, than ICE has"


https://twitter.com/thedailybeast/status/1083061110264217600
https://twitter.com/XDXJ/status/1083061793382125568

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