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Gold Exodus: Hong Kong’s Wealthy Move Bullion Out of Financial Hub Over New Security Law Concerns
China's new National Security Law imposed in Hong Kong and penalizing activities deemed by Beijing as secessionist and subversive has been slammed by Western countries as allegedly undermining the city’s unique status, which allowed it to enjoy its own economic and administrative justice system while remaining a part of China.
Hong Kong’s wealthy residents are reportedly shifting increasing amounts of physical gold out of the financial hub, reports The Financial Times.
Citing dealers in bullion, the outlet writes that private sector investors have transferred some 10 percent of their gold from the city to countries such as Singapore and Switzerland over the past 12 months.
The gold “exodus” first reportedly began last year during anti-government protests that gripped the city and gathered steam after the passing by Beijing of the new security law that left investors jittery over future stability and the “rule of law”.
https://sputniknews.com/business/202008071080093278-gold-exodus-hong-kongs-wealthy-move-bullion-out-of-financial-hub-over-new-security-law-concerns/
Cockup or Coverup? Thousands of Priceless Historical Documents Disappear from Israeli State Archive
The missing files are thought to go back to at least 1933, 15 years before the state of Israel was established, and to include information on everything from assassinations and military operations to investigations into alleged corruption by senior politicians.
Some 9,689 files, many on sensitive historical subjects, have vanished from the Israel State Archives, and authorities aren’t sure where they’ve gone, Israeli investigative journalism collective The Seventh Eye has reported, citing a freedom of information request filed by Hatzlacha, a local non-profit, for the list of missing documents.
The files in question go back at least to 1933 and the killing of Zionist leader Haim Arlosoroff in what was then the British Mandate for Palestine. Arlosoroff was assassinated in Tel Aviv on 16 June 1933, just 48 hours after returning from Nazi Germany, where he negotiated the Ha’avara Agreement, which allowed tens of thousands of German Jews to escape Hitler’s Germany and resettle in Palestine, and take roughly $100 million in assets with them. Arlosoroff’s death remains a mystery to this day, with a fascist activist group, Nazi and Soviet intelligence services, and others blamed for the murder.
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008071080093085-cockup-or-coverup-thousands-of-priceless-historical-documents-disappear-from-israeli-state-archive/
Trump cuts National Guard COVID-19 funding to states — except Texas and Florida
The presence of National Guard troops in Texas to combat the coronavirus pandemic will continue to be fully funded by the federal government through the end of the year in a deal received by only one other state — Florida.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott applauded the Monday decision by President Donald Trump, calling the National Guard funding and support a vital part of Texas’ fight to defeat the virus. All other states and territories will be left to shoulder 25% of the costs associated with their deployments, despite a handful being in the midst of outbreaks worse than those Texas and Florida by several metrics.
The National Guard, which was activated by Abbott in March, has assisted in Texas with field testing and conducting antibody tests, built field hospitals and distributed personal protective equipment, among other duties. In all 50 states, three territories and the District of Columbia, about 25,000 guard troops are assisting with similar tasks, according to the National Guard Association, which represents thousands of members of the guard.
“The Texas National Guard plays a vital role in our response and recovery efforts, and I thank President Trump for extending this federal funding,” Abbott said in a Tuesday statement reacting to Trump’s announcement. “The Lone Star State remains vigilant in our efforts to combat the spread of COVID-19 and we will continue to work alongside our federal partners to keep Texans safe.”
But critics of Trump’s decision accused the president of playing favorites in an election year by maintaining funding for two states that he won in 2016 and which are poised to be battlegrounds this November.
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2020/08/trump-cuts-national-guard-covid-19-funding-to-states-except-texas-and-florida/
Gov. Kim Reynolds signs executive order restoring felon voting rights, removing Iowa's last-in-the-nation status
Thousands of Iowans with felony convictions who have served their sentences can now participate in November's presidential election after Gov. Kim Reynolds signed an executive order Wednesday restoring their voting rights.
Reynolds, a Republican, signed the executive order Wednesday morning in her office at the Iowa Capitol, flanked by a group of local leaders and legislators.
"Quite simply, when someone serves their sentence and pays the price our justice system has set for their crimes, they should have their right to vote restored, automatically, plain and simple," she said.
Iowa was the last state in the nation that still banned all people with felony convictions from voting — even after the completion of their sentences — unless they applied individually to the governor's office to have their rights restored.
Reynolds has spent the past two years advocating for the Iowa Legislature to pass a constitutional amendment that would restore voting rights but had resisted calls to sign an executive order, saying she believes a constitutional amendment is the best solution because it can't be changed by a future governor.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2020/08/05/iowa-governor-kim-reynolds-signs-felon-voting-rights-executive-order-before-november-election/5573994002/
Mark Zuckerberg tells Facebook employees he is ‘really worried’ about possible TikTok ban
President Donald Trump recently threatened to ban viral video-sharing app TikTok in the US due to its ties to China
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly told employees he was ‘really worried’ about the implications of such a ban
Mark Zuckerberg reportedly told Facebook employees he is “really worried” about the implications of a potential US-wide ban on TikTok.
BuzzFeed reported that Zuckerberg addressed TikTok’s “extraordinary circumstance” at a recent-all hands meeting with Facebook employees. Donald Trump recently threatened to ban the viral video-sharing app in the US due to its ties to China, and insisted he will do so unless a US tech company acquires TikTok’s US operations.
“I just think it’s a really bad long-term precedent, and that it needs to be handled with the utmost care and gravity whatever the solution is,” Zuckerberg reportedly said. “I am really worried … it could very well have long-term consequences in other countries around the world.”
TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, is scrambling to find a buyer of its operations by September 15. If they do not meet that deadline, Trump says he will instate a nationwide ban on the viral video-sharing app.
https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-leaders-and-founders/article/3096393/mark-zuckerberg-tells-facebook-employees-he-really
Spain’s ex-king Juan Carlos staying at luxury Abu Dhabi hotel after fleeing amid graft scandal: report
The 82-year-old is hiding out at the Emirates Palace Hotel since leaving Spain aboard a private jet
Juan Carlos is under investigation over allegations he had received US$100 million from the late Saudi king
Former Spanish king Juan Carlos. Photo: AFPFormer Spanish king Juan Carlos. Photo: AFP
Former Spanish king Juan Carlos. Photo: AFP
Former Spanish king Juan Carlos has been staying at Abu Dhabi’s exclusive Emirates Palace Hotel since leaving Spain aboard a private jet on Monday under a cloud of financial scandal involving Saudi Arabia, newspaper ABC said on Friday.
United Arab Emirates officials and the Emirates Palace Hotel did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Dogged by mounting corruption allegations, Juan Carlos, 82, abruptly announced his decision to leave Spain on Monday but there has been no official confirmation of his whereabouts, setting off an international guessing game.
ABC said a private plane en route from Paris to Abu Dhabi stopped off in the northwestern Spanish city of Vigo to pick up Juan Carlos, four security guards and one other person on Monday morning.
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3096537/spains-ex-king-juan-carlos-staying-luxury-abu-dhabi-hotel
Will lay odds No masks and No social distancing..kekeke
‘Boxed Into a Corner,’ Residents Brace for Thousands to Attend Motorcycle Rally
For most of the year, Sturgis, S.D., is a relatively quiet city of 7,000 residents tucked beside a 1.2 million-acre forest, with a motorcycle museum as its signature attraction. But each summer, Sturgis transforms as bikers descend for a massive motorcycle rally.
This year’s festival may attract about 250,000 people despite an uptick in coronavirus cases across the state, city officials say, leading to fears it could become a super-spreader event.
When the virus upended life across America in the spring, it forced the cancellation of graduation ceremonies, music festivals, marathons and other large gatherings. Sturgis, which has hosted the rally since 1938, pushed ahead with its plans anyway.
The 10-day rally, which begins Friday, may be the country’s largest public gathering since the pandemic began, and it comes amid widespread opposition. More than 60 percent of residents favored postponing the event, according to a city-sponsored survey.
https://dnyuz.com/2020/08/06/boxed-into-a-corner-residents-brace-for-thousands-to-attend-motorcycle-rally/
He's Skeered..kekek
Appeals court condemns Obama DOJ's prosecution of Bundys
Throws out felony conspiracy and weapons charges against Nevada ranchers
Finding "flagrant misconduct" by Obama administration prosecutors, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has dismissed felony conspiracy and weapons charges against Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and his sons and supporters.
The federal government was appealing the dismissal of the case by U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro, who ruled in January 2018 that prosecutors improperly withheld evidence.
The Bundys have been in a dispute with the federal government for more than 25 years over cattle grazing rights for his cattle. The government alleged that Bundy, his sons and Montana militia leader Ryan Payne the leades of a massive conspiracy to assault law enforcement officers a few miles from the Bundy ranch.
https://www.wnd.com/2020/08/appeals-court-trashes-obama-administration-prosecution-bundys/
Justice Department Seeks Forfeiture of Two Commercial Properties Purchased with Funds Misappropriated from PrivatBank in Ukraine
Both Properties Worth a Combined $70 Million
The United States filed two civil forfeiture complaints today in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida alleging that commercial real estate in Louisville, Kentucky, and Dallas, Texas, both acquired using funds misappropriated from PrivatBank in Ukraine, are subject to forfeiture based on violations of federal money laundering statutes.
Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan for the Southern District of Florida, U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman for the Northern District of Ohio, and Special Agent in Charge Eric B. Smith of the FBI’s Cleveland Field Office made the announcement.
The complaints allege that Ihor Kolomoisky and Gennadiy Boholiubov, who owned PrivatBank, one of the largest banks in Ukraine, embezzled and defrauded the bank of billions of dollars. The two obtained fraudulent loans and lines of credit from approximately 2008 through 2016, when the scheme was uncovered, and the bank was nationalized by the National Bank of Ukraine. The complaints allege that they laundered a portion of the criminal proceeds using an array of shell companies’ bank accounts, primarily at PrivatBank’s Cyprus branch, before they transferred the funds to the United States. As alleged in the complaint, the loans were rarely repaid except with more fraudulently obtained loan proceeds.
As alleged in the Complaints, in the United States, associates of Kolomoisky and Bogoliubov, Mordechai Korf and Uriel Laber, operating out of offices in Miami, created a web of entities, usually under some variation of the name “Optima,” to further launder the misappropriated funds and invest them. They purchased hundreds of millions of dollars in real estate and businesses across the country, including the properties subject to forfeiture: the Louisville office tower known as PNC Plaza, and the Dallas office park known as the former CompuCom Headquarters. The buildings have a combined value of approximately $70 million.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-seeks-forfeiture-two-commercial-properties-purchased-funds-misappropriated
Judicial Watch: Susan Rice Admits Under Oath She Emailed with Hillary Clinton on Clinton’s Non-Government Email System and Received Emails Related to Government Business on Her Own Personal Email Account
(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that former Obama National Security Advisor and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, admitted in written responses given under oath that she emailed with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Clinton’s non-government email account and that she received emails related to government business on her own personal email account. Rice’s 2019 sworn written answers are available here.
The State Department objected to all questions, instructions and definitions posed to Rice in Judicial Watch’s court-ordered deposition and “does not recall” almost everything else, including conversations with Clinton.
In responding to each of the 13 questions asked of her, Rice claimed 18 times that she “does not recall” critical information.
https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/susan-rice-emails/
FCC Unanimously Approves Amazon’s Plan For 3,236 5G Satellites
First Elon Musk, now Jeff Bezos. Both ultra-rich Technocrats are competing to see who can be first to fill space with 5G satellites. For the “good of humanity”, of course. Once their networks are completed, 100 percent of earth will have broadband access while being continuously bathed in 5G radiation. ⁃ TN Editor
Amazon is getting serious about space business. Coming shortly after Amazon Web Service’s announcement last month to set up a new business unit dedicated to accelerating innovation in the global aerospace and satellite industry, it has now announced its intention to invest $10 billion for launching a low earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation called Project Kupier to eliminate Internet dark spots, specifically in the US.
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) last week unanimously voted in favor of Amazon’s application to deploy and operate its constellation of 3,236 satellites.
https://www.technocracy.news/fcc-unanimously-approves-amazons-plan-for-3236-5g-satellites/
Antifa Sues Seattle Claiming Police Response Has Forced Them To Invest In Better Riot Gear
“Individual protesters subjected to SPD’s unabated and indiscriminate violence now must purchase cost-prohibitive gear to withstand munitions.”
Antifa agitators have filed a lawsuit against the City of Seattle, claiming that a heavy handed police response to “protests” has forced the group to invest in more expensive riot gear.
KIRO 7 News reports that Antifa is complaining that police use of blast balls, sponge rounds, pepper spray, and other crowd control methods has meant the rioters have had to buy “expensive” protective gear.
“Because the Seattle Police Department has acted above and outside the law in dispensing its unbridled force, and the City has failed to prevent same, the government effect is to establish a de facto protest tax,” the lawsuit claims.
“Individual protesters subjected to SPD’s unabated and indiscriminate violence now must purchase cost-prohibitive gear to withstand munitions – even when peacefully protesting – as a condition to exercising their right to free speech and peaceable assembly,” lawyers also suggest.
“The continued misuse of war munitions by SPD against civilians turns the streets – a public forum and site of protest – into a pay-to-protest racket where only a privileged few who are wealthy enough or popular enough to crowdsource funds to purchase gear akin to that used by the police department they fund can truly be in the streets,” the lawsuit continues.
https://summit.news/2020/08/07/antifa-sues-seattle-claiming-police-response-has-forced-them-to-invest-in-better-riot-gear/
Saudi Prince sent assassins to Canada to kill intel official, lawsuit alleges
A civil suit filed in a US court claims that the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, sent a "hit squad" to Canada to kill a former intelligence official.
The 106-page unproven document claims that bin Salman coordinated the attempt to kill Saad Aljabri, a former top intelligence official.
Aljabri, a 39-year veteran who specializes in Saudi Arabia and counter terrorism. The document says that Aljabri had advanced knowledge on bin Salman, including shady business dealings and his role in the creation of the "Tiger Squad," a group of mercenaries put together by the crown prince.
https://thepostmillennial.com/saudi-prince-sent-assassins-to-canada-to-kill-intel-official-lawsuit-alleges
What stands out for me is the What happened in SA WILL happen here…Looks like it getting closer to that everyday…Nothing can stop what's coming
Exactly
Coronavirus
Poll: Only 42% Say They Will Submit To Coronavirus Vaccine
The figure represents an all time low.
A new Yahoo News/YouGov poll has found that just 42 percent of Americans say they plan to get a coronavirus vaccine when it becomes available.
The figure represents an all time low, having fallen from 55 percent in early May, 50 percent in late May, and 46 percent in July.
https://summit.news/2020/08/06/poll-only-42-say-they-will-submit-to-coronavirus-vaccine/
If memory serves..As Q said they will not be able to walk down the street..which makes me chuckle..kekekekeke