kokolaunch's Blog: 06/08/17

Davido – Fall [New Song]

Davido – Fall. Finally one of the most anticipated singles of the year 2017 is here and I just wonder IF we would ever pause this new song.

Davido teased us with the video of his new single some hours ago and that video would be dropping in a matter of hours. But before the visuals, here is a follow up to the world banger IF. Fall is almost like If but with a little more juice.

Listen to the Kiddominant-produced song and please share your thoughts.

download here:Davido – Fall [New Song]

How Male Sperm Can Expose Cheating Partner – Expert Reveals

A clinical sexologist, Dr. Lindsey Doe, has explained ways the sperm is capable of revealing if one’s partner is cheating on them.

She said that up to 40 per cent of male ejaculation is made up of so-called “kamikaze” or “fighter sperm” designed to prevent another man’s sperm from fertilizing the egg.

According to her, when a man suspects that his partner is being unfaithful, the number of these aggressive sperm increases to tackle the perceived threat.

Explaining the phenomenon, Doe said, “Researchers have looked into the microscope and seen that maybe we have what are called kamikaze sperm; killer sperm; fighter sperm.

“This is because 40 per cent of sperm that is in an ejaculate are actually designed to fight off another man’s sperm.

“This means the fighter sperm isn’t designed to fertilize the egg. Instead, it’s included purely to prevent another male’s sperm from doing so.”

Dr. Doe further described this method of preventing other sperm from reaching the egg as “blocking.”

She said that “The fighter sperm use their tails as coils to set up traps by weaving them together to create walls and barricades.”

Doe added “that some fighter sperm would go and attack any sperm it sees as a threat in order to kill them.

“These fighter sperm are referred to as ‘kamikaze sperm.’”

Doe explained that, “When males suspect their partners are not being monogamous, Doe said, their body will produce more ‘fighter sperm’ as the threat is perceived to be greater.

“This does the job of increasing the level of protection against sperm from other males; but it can significantly reduce the number of sperm whose job it is to fertilize the egg and therefore reduce the chances of the female getting pregnant at all.”

READ: President Trump's lawyer's statement on Comey hearing

I am Marc Kasowitz, President Trump's personal lawyer.

Contrary to numerous false press accounts leading up to today's hearing, Mr. Comey has now finally confirmed publicly what he repeatedly told the President privately: The President was not under investigation as part of any probe into Russian interference. He also admitted that there is no evidence that a single vote changed as a result of any Russian interference.

Mr Comey's testimony also makes clear that the President never sought to impede the investigation into attempted Russian interference in the 2016 election, and in fact, according to Mr. Comey, the President told Mr. Comey "it would be good to find out" in that investigation if there were "some 'satellite' associates of his who did something wrong." And he did not exclude anyone from that statement.

Consistent with that statement, the President never, in form or substance, directed or suggested that Mr. Comey stop investigating anyone, including suggesting that that Mr. Comey"let Flynn go." As he publicly stated the next day, he did say to Mr. Comey, "General Flynn is a good guy, he has been through a lot" and also "asked how is General Flynn is doing." Admiral Rogers testified that the President never "directed [him] to do anything . . . illegal, immoral, unethical or inappropriate" and never "pressured [him] to do so." Director Coates said the same thing. The President likewise never pressured Mr. Comey. .

The President also never told Mr. Comey, "I need loyalty, I expect loyalty" in form or substance. Of course, the Office of the President is entitled to expect loyalty from those who are serving in an administration, and, from before this President took office to this day, it is overwhelmingly clear that there have been and continue to be those in government who are actively attempting to undermine this administration with selective and illegal leaks of classified information and privileged communications. Mr. Comey has now admitted that he is one of these leakers.

Today, Mr. Comey admitted that he unilaterally and surreptitiously made unauthorized disclosures to the press of privileged communications with the President. The leaks of this privileged information began no later than March 2017 when friends of Mr. Comey have stated he disclosed to them the conversations he had with the President during their January 27, 2017 dinner and February 14, 2017 White House meeting. Today, Mr. Comey admitted that he leaked to friends his purported memos of these privileged conversations, one of which he testified was classified. He also testified that immediately after he was terminated he authorized his friends to leak the contents of these memos to the press in order to "prompt the appointment of a special counsel." Although Mr. Comey testified he only leaked the memos in response to a tweet, the public record reveals that the New York Times was quoting from these memos the day before the referenced tweet, which belies Mr. Comey's excuse for this unauthorized disclosure of privileged information and appears to entirely retaliatory. We will leave it the appropriate authorities to determine whether this leaks should be investigated along with all those others being investigated. .

In sum, it is now established that there the President was not being investigated for colluding with the or attempting to obstruct that investigation. As the Committee pointed out today, these important facts for the country to know are virtually the only facts that have not leaked during the long course of these events. As he said yesterday, the President feels completely vindicated and is eager to continue moving forward with his agenda with this public cloud removed. Thank you.

Trump Sacked, Defamed & Lied Against me to Undermine FBI Russian Investigation – Comey

James Comey | Photo Credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images

Former FBI Director, James Comey on Thursday accused President Donald Trump of firing him to try to undermine the bureau’s investigation into possible collusion between his 2016 presidential campaign team and Russia.

Comey told U.S. lawmakers at a hearing before a Senate panel he was confused by “the shifting explanations” given by the Trump administration for his firing on May 9.

“Although the law required no reason at all to fire the FBI director, the administration then chose to defame me and more importantly the FBI by saying that the organization was in disarray, that the workforce had lost confidence in its leader. Those were lies, plain and simple, and I am so sorry that the FBI workforce had to hear them and that the American people were told that,” Comey said.

Trump dismissed Comey on May 9 and the administration gave differing reasons for the action.

Trump later contradicted his own staff and acknowledged on May 11 that he fired Comey because of the Russia probe.

Asked at a U.S. congressional hearing why he was fired, Comey said he did not know for sure. But he added.

“Again, I take the president’s words. I know I was fired because of something about the way I was conducting the Russia investigation was in some way putting pressure on him, in some way irritating him, and he decided to fire me because of that.”

Comey told the Senate Intelligence Committee that he believed Trump had directed him to drop an FBI probe into the Republican president’s former national security adviser as part of the Russia investigation.

But Comey would not say whether he thought the president sought to obstruct justice.

Comey said the administration had told lies and defamed him and the FBI after the president dismissed him.

In written testimony released a day before the hearing, Comey said Trump had asked him to drop an FBI investigation of former national security adviser Michael Flynn as part of the probe.

Comey said Trump told him at a meeting in the White House in February, “I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go.”

Some legal experts said Comey’s testimony could strengthen any impeachment case in Congress to remove Trump from office built on an allegation of obstruction of justice.

“I don’t think it’s for me to say whether the conversation I had with the president was an effort to obstruct. I took it as a very disturbing thing, very concerning. But that’s a conclusion I’m sure the special counsel will work towards to try and understand what the intention was there and whether that’s an offense,” Comey said.

The Republican president said Comey had lost the faith of his workforce, but later suggested that his dismissal was related to the Russia investigation.

The hearing could have significant repercussions for Trump’s presidency as special counsel Robert Mueller and several congressional committees investigate alleged Russian efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election and whether Trump’s campaign colluded with this.

Russia has denied such interference and the White House has denied any collusion.

The issue has dogged Trump’s first months in office, with critics saying that any efforts by him to hinder the FBI probe could amount to obstruction of justice.

Photo Credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images

James Comey hoped leak would lead to special counsel on Russia

Former FBI Director James Comey testified Thursday that he orchestrated the leak of accounts of conversations with President Donald Trump because he thought it might lead to the appointment of a special prosecutor to lead the Russia investigation.

The revelation emerged in a blockbuster Senate intelligence committee hearing, one of the most significant moments yet in the saga over Russia's role in the 2016 election, the subsequent investigation and how it led to the firing of Comey by the President in an episode that has cast a deep shadow over the administration.

Comey's appearance, carried live on national television networks, streamed on mobile devices and shown at watch parties at bars that opened early for the occasion, was one of the most eagerly awaited Washington moments in decades.

The former FBI chief warned in remarkable testimony that from the first time he met Trump he was worried that the President would misrepresent their conversations -- prompting him to write down everything that took place in meetings he found deeply uncomfortable. He accused the White House of lying about his leadership of the FBI and defaming him and called on Trump to release any tapes he may have of their conversations to provide corroboration.

But Republicans also seized on Comey's confirmation that he had indeed told Trump he was not personally under investigation in the Russia probe -- a fact that forms the bedrock of the defense case for Trump.

In one of the most revealing moments of the hearing, Comey said he had asked a friend at Columbia University to leak the content of one of his memos.

He said that it dawned on him that there could be corroboration of a memo that he wrote after the President tweeted that he better hope there were no White House tapes of their conversations.

"My judgment was that I needed to get that out into the public square," he said. He added he took the step "because I thought that might prompt the appointment of a special counsel."

Comey at one point told senators, "Lordy, I hope there are tapes."

Comey was asked by Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton whether he believed that Trump had colluded with the Russians.

"It is a question I don't think I should answer in an open setting," Comey said, adding that the question would be answered by special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.

Trump's lawyer read a statement responding to the Comey testimony, highlighting the significance of the former FBI director explaining his leaking of the contents of his memos.

"Although Mr. Comey testified he only leaked the memos in response to a tweet, the public record reveals that The New York Times was quoting from these memos the day before the referenced tweet, which belies Mr. Comey's excuse for this unauthorized disclosure of privileged information and appears to entirely retaliatory," Marc Kasowitz said. "We will leave it the appropriate authorities to determine whether these leaks should be investigated along with all those others being investigated."

Kasowitz also accused Comey of misrepresenting the content of his conversations with Trump, disputing two key planks of his testimony.

He said the President never told Comey: "'I need loyalty, I expect loyalty' he never said it in form, he never said it in substance," Kasowitz said.

Kasowitz also disputed the notion that the President had asked Comey to stop investigating Flynn, saying that Trump "never, in form or substance, directed or suggested that Mr. Comey stop investigating anyone, including suggesting that that Mr. Comey 'let Flynn go.'"

Trump administration 'lies, plain and simple'

Comey also testified that the Trump administration "chose to defame me," told "lies, plain and simple," and that he was "confused" by Trump saying he was fired due to the Russia probe.

"The administration chose to defame me and, more importantly, the FBI by saying the organization was in disarray ... those were lies," Comey said.

However, he also said that he did not believe that either Trump nor his staff had asked him to stop the Russia investigation.

He told the committee that the "shifting explanations" from the White House for why Trump fired him last month "confused" and increasingly concerned him.

At the White House, deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders pushed back on the idea that Trump was a liar.

"I can definitely say the President is not a liar, and I think it's frankly insulting that question would be asked," she said, pushing back on Comey's testimony that he was worried the President would not tell the truth about their meetings.

Comey also revealed new details about his meeting with Trump during the transition when he briefed the President-elect on details of a salacious dossier drawn up by a former British spy that suggested that Russia had incriminating information about him. Comey said he didn't want to create a "J. Edgar Hoover type situation" in which Trump concluded the bureau was trying to hold something over him. He said he was keen to leave the impression with Trump that the FBI was not investigating him.

Comey said he took exception to White House claims that the FBI was in disarray and that it was poorly led and had lost confidence in his leadership.

"Those were lies, plain and simple, and I am so sorry that the FBI workforce had to hear them, and I am so sorry that the American people were told them," Comey said.

Comey seized center stage in a compelling national political drama as he testified that as soon as he met the President-elect during the transition, he decided to create a written record of their meetings.

"I was honestly concerned that he might lie about the nature of our meeting," Comey said.

Comey said that he knew that one day he might need a written record of their conversations to defend himself and the FBI.

On Trump's tapes and leaking memos

Comey said that he believed it was his right to publicize the details of what he viewed were unclassified recollections of his conversation with Trump in his role as a private citizen.

He said he asked his friend to take the action rather than doing it himself because the press was camped outside his house and it would have been like feeding "seagulls at the beach."

He also revealed that he had now given all the memos to Mueller.

Comey said that he took the President's expression of "hope" that he could ease off of Flynn as a directive.

He said it rang in his ears as "will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest," paraphrasing a quote attributed to English King Henry II that courtiers took to mean he wanted the Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket murdered in the year 1170.

Comey said that it had never occurred to him that there might be tapes of his conversations with Trump until the President tweeted about it.

And he called on Trump to make them public if tapes do exist.

"If he did, my feelings aren't hurt ... release all the tapes!"

Blockbuster hearing

Comey walked into the hearing room, wearing a dark suit and red tie, and sat impassively while a phalanx of press photographers crowded in front of him to take his picture. He sat alone at the witness table, facing the committee senators.

Republican Senate intelligence committee Chairman Richard Burr promised that the panel would establish the "facts separate from rampant speculation" and lay them before the American people so the nation could move on from the drama over alleged Russian interference in last year's election.

Trump's camp was reacting in real time to Comey's testimony, which was being carried on network television as well as streamed on multiple mobile devices in a rare moment of common national experience in the Internet age. An administration official said the President would monitor the hearings from a White House dining room in between meetings.

A person close to Trump's legal team said that the President "disputes ever saying that he wanted Comey's loyalty or to drop the case against Michael Flynn."

Early relationship to Trump

Comey also said that he was disturbed that the President repeatedly raised the issue of his wanting to keep his job and interpreted it as a sign that the President hoped to get something in return. He also revealed the words that Trump whispered in his ear, when the President summoned him across the room on camera at a reception at the White House shortly after the inauguration.

"What the President whispered in my ear was, 'I really look forward to working with you.'"

Comey related his sense of foreboding when he was asked by Trump to remain behind after after a wider meeting of White House and national security officials in the Oval Office.

"I knew something was about to happen, that I needed to pay very close attention to," Comey said, explaining why he decided to keep a close record of the meeting. He also said he believed that Attorney General Jeff Sessions knew that something significant was about to happen, and that Trump's son-in-law picked up on it too.

Republican Sen. Jim Risch of Idaho sought to water down the impact of Comey's testimony that Trump had told him that he hoped he would go easy on Flynn in the Russia investigation.

He stressed that according to Comey, Trump had said that he "hoped" for Flynn to be let go, and had not specifically ordered Comey to take that course.

But Comey replied that "I took it as this is what he wants me to do."

Interactive: The many paths from Trump to Russia

Comey's penchant for making a theatrical splash has already turned what was set to be a one-day drama into a two-day feeding frenzy, after he released his prepared opening statement Wednesday afternoon, transfixing Washington.

Was there obstruction of justice?

Democrats highlighted one of the most stunning revelations of Comey's testimony, his statement that Trump asked him to halt the FBI probe into Flynn's conversations during the transition with Russia's ambassador to Washington.

He wrote that Trump said during a private meeting in the Oval Office: "'I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go. He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go."

"I replied only that 'he is a good guy.'" Comey wrote, then added: "I did not say I would 'let this go.'"

READ: James Comey's prepared testimony

Comey's account of this encounter conflicts with Trump's own statements. At a news conference May 18, the President was asked whether he had asked the FBI director to pull the plug on the Flynn component of the Russia investigation.

"No. No. Next question," Trump said.

Democrats believe the exchange between Trump and Comey about Flynn is more evidence that could build a case that the President obstructed justice -- which in several times in history has been regarded as an impeachable offense.

"I think it is devastating. ... If the President said those words, I believe it is absolutely devastating, completely inappropriate," said New Mexico Democratic Sen. Martin Heinrich, a member of the Senate intelligence committee, on CNN.

Comey testified that it was not up to him to say whether the conversations that he had with Trump amounted to an obstruction of justice.

"I don't think it's for me to say whether the conversation I had with the President was an effort to obstruct," Comey said, though he allowed that he was disturbed by the encounter in the Oval Office on February 14, in which the former FBI chief said that Trump had asked him to ease up on the probe into former national security adviser Michael Flynn.

CORRECTION: This story has been updated to correct the year of the Army-McCarthy hearings.

CNN's Tom LoBianco, Jeremy Diamond, Manu Raju and Jeremy Herb contributed to this report.

Casualties after al-Shabab attack Puntland army base

Gun battle in military base in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region kills at least 70 soldiers.

Al-Shabab regularly attacks in Somalia and other regions controlled by the government [AP/FILE]

Heavily armed al-Shabab fighters have stormed a military base in Somalia's semiautonomous state of Puntland, killing close to 70 people and wounding dozens more, officials say.

The attack began with a blast at the remote Af-Urur camp, about 100km west of the commercial hub of Bossaso, before the fighters overran the base and killed soldiers at close range, said Ahmed Mohamed, a senior military official.

Close to 70 people were killed, though an exact death toll was not yet available, Mohamed said.

Abdi Hersi Ali, Puntland's interior minister, said troops suffered casualties but he declined to give further details.

Officials called it the region's deadliest attack in years, highlighting the dual challenges facing security forces from the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab and the growing presence of fighters linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group.

"The situation is grim over there. This attack was an unexpected one," Mohamed said.

The armed fighters, including suicide bombers, reportedly attacked the base from three directions, forcing soldiers to retreat.

Colonel Hashi Ahmed, a senior military official, told the Associated Press news agency that reinforcement troops reached the area and drove the fighters out of the camp. He estimated that at least 100 fighters were involved in the attack.

Al-Shabab claimed to have killed at least 61 soldiers. They also seized a large amount of weapons and ammunition and more than a dozen military vehicles in the assault.

Puntland in northern Somalia also faces a growing threat from ISIL-linked fighters who have split from al-Shabab.

The assault came days after Puntland sentenced to death five al-Shabab members who were arrested as they drove a vehicle carrying three barrels packed with explosives into Bosaso, Puntland's capital, on April 26.

Al-Shabab, which is fighting to overthrow the internationally recognised Somali government, has launched a series of deadly incursions in neighbouring Kenya, which has contributed troops to the Somalia-based African Union peacekeeping

Alexis Sanchez Reveals Who Will Decide His Arsenal Future

Arsenal forward, Alexis Sanchez, has said he is leaving his future in the hands of his agent, Fernando Felicevich.

The Gunners have offered Sanchez a new deal worth around £300,000-a-week, but he is yet to sign it.

Bayern Munich, Chelsea and Manchester City have all shown interest in the Chilean, who is currently on international duty ahead of the Confederations Cup.

“I’m looking at what my agent is doing,” he told Cooperativa.

“For now, I’m focused on the [Confederations] Cup in Russia and trying to do well.

“The truth is that my agent will see to it. He knows and he will sit down with the club to look for the best option for me.

“I’d like a lot of things but I’m only thinking about the national team.”

Felicevich also represents Bayern Munich’s Chilean midfielder Arturo Vidal.

UK election: Britain goes to polls in heated contest

PM Theresa May's Conservatives hold lead in opinion polls but Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party trails closely behind.

Britain's main opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn arrives at a polling station to cast his vote in north London [Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP]

Voting is under way in the UK for the country's second general election in little over two years after one one of the most tumultuous campaigns in recent decades.

A majority of voters on Thursday are expected to choose between Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party and Jeremy Corbyn's opposition Labour Party.

Other choices on offer for the 45.7 million eligible voters include the Liberal Democrat Party, which wants to reverse a process for Britain to leave the European Union, or Brexit, and nationalist parties in Scotland and Wales.

Polls close at 10pm local time (21:00 GMT). Counting will take place overnight, and results are expected in the early hours of Friday.

Economy, Brexit

Other issues include the economy, on which the two leading candidates have pledged two radically different visions.

Corbyn has promised to nationalise key industries, scrap tuition fees and build a million new homes, as well as taking an approach to Brexit that is less hostile to the EU.

May has threatened to walk away from talks if the EU does not offer an adequate deal, and domestically seems set to continue the Conservatives' austerity policies.

Security, Brexit and austerity dominated the campaigning period [Marko Djurica/Reuters]

Before the end of the campaign, May said voters had to choose "between me working constantly to protect the national interest and to protect our security, and Corbyn who frankly isn't up to the job".

Corbyn accuses the Conservatives of ruling for the benefit of the country's elite and promises to govern "for the many".

"Our Westminster system is broken and our economy is rigged, both are run in the interests of the few," he said in a speech earlier in the campaign.

"Labour is under attack because we are standing up to the elites who are determined to hijack Brexit and pay even less tax and take even more of the wealth that we all create."

In the polls, the Conservatives started the campaign with a lead of about 25 percent, but Corbyn has whittled it down to between one and 12 percentage points in the final projections before campaigning ended.

The large disparity in the polls has been put down to the methodology used - particularly estimates of how many young people will turn up to vote.

According to polls, Corbyn has the support of nearly three-quarters of people between the ages of 18 and 24 but that demographic also has the lowest turnout rates.

The extent to which supporters of both major parties use tactical voting to limit their opponents' chances also remains a possible factor in influencing the outcome.

Whoever wins will be tasked with negotiating Britain's departure from the EU, with formal talks due to start in little over a week.

Both Labour and the Conservatives have ruled out reversing the outcome of last year's referendum.

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