>To protect their fertility, men who want to have children in the future may want to consider freezing their sperm prior to covid-19 vaccination.
>daughter
oh scarfy
0:36
anything on the second explosion?
Or is it an echo
https://www.instagram.com/tiffany_dover_/
>that nazi cop has got a plump ass
>A society becomes totalitarian when its structure becomes flagrantly artificial: that is, when its ruling class has lost its function but succeeds in clinging to power by force or fraud.
https://streamable.com/57yr0v
https://www.facebook.com/DanScavino/videos/492508461728480
>https://nypost.com/2020/12/27/give-it-up-mr-president-for-your-sake-and-the-nations/
By Post Editorial Board
>https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/vatican-scandal/2020/12/28/id/1003284/
<Francis signed a new law over the weekend ordering the secretariat of state to complete the transfer of all its holdings to another Vatican office by Feb. 4.
find
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/world/news/2020-12/eu-rolls-out-covid-vaccines-amid-ongoing-pandemic.html
Soldiers are helping to deliver thousands of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 jabs in Budapest. Almost immediately, doctors start vaccinating here at the Hungarian capital’s Del Pest, or South Pest, Central Hospital.
“Everybody who receives a vaccine receives a control card,” a doctor said as he administered the vaccine. The European Union’s first-person is to receive the jab is the Hungarian head physician Adrienne Kertész.”I waited long to receive this vaccine. Now I can work in the hospital without being afraid to be infected with COVID-19,” she explained.
Did anyone dl the video?
https://twitter.com/CHI_Memorial
>Jilly trying too hard.
>https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/pope-francis-issues-law-reorganizing-vatican-finances-63220
Pope Francis issues law reorganizing Vatican finances
Pope Francis issued a new law Monday reorganizing Vatican finances following a series of scandals.
In a document issued Dec. 28, the pope formalized the transfer of financial responsibilities from the Vatican’s Secretariat of State to the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA), which functions as the Holy See’s treasury and sovereign wealth manager.
He first announced the shake-up in an Aug. 25 letter to Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin that was made public on Nov. 5 after the Secretariat of State was engulfed by accusations of financial mismanagement.
The pope promulgated the new law in an apostolic letter issued motu proprio (“on his own impulse”).
The text, entitled “A better organization” and released in Italian, also set out new regulations for the oversight of Peter’s Pence, an annual worldwide collection supporting the pope’s mission.
Vatican officials have been forced to deny that money raised for Peter’s Pence was used to cover losses on a controversial London property deal overseen by the Secretariat of State.
The document, signed Dec. 26 and coming into force before the start of the Vatican’s new fiscal year, contains four articles. The first concerns the transfer of investments and liquidity from the Secretariat of State to APSA. The second regulates the management of papal funds. The third sets out “provisions on economic-financial control and supervision” and the fourth addresses the functioning of the Secretariat of State’s administrative office.
Under the new law, APSA will gain ownership of funds, bank accounts, and investments, including real estate, previously administered by the Secretariat of State from Jan. 1, 2021.
APSA’s management of its new responsibilities will be subject to “ad hoc control” by the Vatican’s Secretariat for the Economy, established in 2014 to oversee the financial activities of the Holy See and Vatican City State. The Secretariat for the Economy will in future also serve as the Papal Secretariat for Economic and Financial Matters.
The law requires the Secretariat of State to “transfer as soon as possible, and no later than February 4, 2021,” all of its liquid assets held in current accounts at the Institute for the Works of Religion, commonly known as the “Vatican bank,” and foreign banks.
The law asks APSA to create a budgetary provision called “Papal Funds” which will be included in the Holy See’s consolidated financial statements. It will contain a sub-account called “Peter’s Pence.” Another sub-account, called the “Holy Father’s Discretionary Fund,” will be operated solely at the pope’s direction.
The motu proprio gives the Secretariat for the Economy, led first by Cardinal George Pell and now by Fr. Juan Antonio Guerrero Alves, S.J., supervisory powers over entities previously overseen by the Secretariat of State. Various Vatican entities will transmit their budget and final balance sheets to the Secretariat for the Economy, which will then pass them for approval to the Council for the Economy, founded in 2014.
The text also says that the Secretariat of State’s administrative office should maintain “only those human resources necessary to carry out activities related to its internal administration” and transfer relevant archive material to APSA.
The Holy See press office said Dec. 28 that the motu proprio converts into law the decisions set out in the pope’s August letter to Parolin, which led to the creation of a commission overseeing the transfer of responsibilities from the Secretariat of State to APSA. The press office explained that the commission would “continue to clarify some technical details until Feb. 4, as was expected.”
“This new law reduces the number of economic managers in the Holy See and concentrates administration, management, and economic and financial decisions in the dicasteries that correspond to the purpose,” the press office said.
“With it, the Holy Father wishes to proceed to a better organization of the Roman Curia and to an even more specialized functioning of the Secretariat of State, which will be able with greater freedom to help him and his successors in matters of greater importance for the good of the Church.”
It added that the motu proprio also “establishes a greater control and a better visibility of Peter’s Pence and of the funds that proceed from the donations of the faithful.”
>The text, entitled “A better organization” and released in Italian
http://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/it/motu_proprio/documents/papa-francesco-motu-proprio-20201226_una-migliore-organizzazione.html
>http://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/it/motu_proprio/documents/papa-francesco-motu-proprio-20201226_una-migliore-organizzazione.html
APOSTOLIC LETTER IN THE FORM OF "MOTU PROPRIO" OF THE GREAT PONTIFF FRANCIS ABOUT SOME SKILLS IN ECONOMIC-FINANCIAL MATTERS
A better organization of the administration, controls and supervision of the economic and financial activities of the Holy See to ensure transparent and efficient management and a clear separation of competences and functions, represents a fundamental point in the reform of the Curia.
On the basis of this principle, the Secretariat of State, which also supports more closely and directly the action of the Supreme Pontiff in his mission and represents an essential point of reference for the activities of the Roman Curia, it is not appropriate for it to perform those functions in economic and financial matters already attributed by competence to other Departments.
Having learned from the Heads of the Bodies concerned about the progress made regarding a more functional exercise of their respective competences, I felt it necessary to establish some rules to better determine the various functions of the Secretariat of State, the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See and the Economy.
Consequently, after having carefully examined every question concerning the matter, having heard the heads of the competent Departments and consulted experts, I establish the following:
Article 1
Transfer of investments and cash
§1 With effect from 1 January 2021, the ownership of funds and bank accounts, of movable and real estate investments, including investments in companies and investment funds, up to now in the name of the Secretariat of State, is transferred to the Administration of the Assets of the Headquarters Apostolica who will take care of their management and administration. They will be subjected to an ad hoc control by the Secretariat for the Economy, which from now on will also perform the function of Papal Secretariat for economic and financial matters.
§2 The Secretariat of State transfers as soon as possible, no later than 4 February 2021, all its liquid assets held in current accounts held by it at the Institute for Works of Religion or in foreign bank accounts, to the Administration of the Assets of the Apostolic See on a bank account indicated by it.
§3 In the event that it is not possible or convenient to change the ownership of the accounts, investments and shareholdings, the Secretary of State provides as soon as possible, and no later than 4 February 2021, to provide the President of the Administration with the assets of the Headquarters. Apostolic of a general power of attorney to act in the name and on behalf of the Secretariat of State, attributing to it exclusively all powers of ordinary and extraordinary administration for:
a) the management of bank current accounts;
b) the management of the securities and securities held in the name of the Secretariat of State;
c) the exercise of the rights deriving from the interests of the Secretariat of State in companies and investment funds;
d) the management of properties owned directly or indirectly by the Secretariat of State.
§4 Starting from the financial year 2021, contributions for any reason due or freely devolved to the Holy See by ecclesial bodies of any kind, including those of the Governorate of the Vatican City State and the Institute for Works of Religion , as well as those referred to in canon 1271 CJC, will be paid into an account called the " General Budget of the Holy See ", managed by the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See according to current legislation, based on the approved budget. The transfers of the sums from the General Budget account of the Holy See to the APSA must be previously authorized by the Prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy.
§5 The Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See is responsible for the payment of the ordinary and extraordinary expenses of the Secretariat of State according to the budget of the same Secretariat approved on the basis of current legislation and without prejudice to the provisions of art. 11 of the Statute of the Secretariat for the Economy. An expense item for unforeseen activities or emergencies will be set up in the budget of the Secretariat of State, which will be regularly reported. For reserved matters, the provisions of the Statute of the Commission for Reserved Matters will be observed.
Article 2
Management of Papal Funds
§1 The Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See will constitute a budget provision called Papal Funds , which for greater transparency will form part of the consolidated financial statements of the Holy See, for which separate accounts must be kept, with the opening of specific sub-accounts for:
a) the Fund called « Obolo di San Pietro », with all its various subdivisions and articulations;
b) the Fund known as the " Holy Father's Discretionary Fund ";
c) each of the funds called « Entitled Funds », which have a particular destination constraint by the will of the donors or by regulatory provisions.
§2 All the funds mentioned in the previous §1 retain their purpose. Cash and investments relating to each of the sub-accounts indicated in §1 are placed in dedicated accounts opened by the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See.
§3 The Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See periodically informs the Secretariat of State on the situation of the funds, which continues to collaborate in the collection of the same.
§4 The expenses and other acts of disposition from the Holy Father's Discretionary Fund sub-account can be carried out only upon your personal decision.
§5 Expenses from the other sub-accounts will be paid by the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See at the request of the Secretariat of State according to the approved budget. All other acts of disposition on these sub-accounts and those not provided for in the budget are submitted by the President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See to the prior authorization of the Prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy, who exercises specific control by verifying in advance correspondence with the instructions received from the Holy Father on the use of your funds, their capacity and liquidity and the compliance of the provisions with any destination restrictions.
§6 In any case, the unspecified payment and investment provisions from the Papal Funds given by the President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See must be countersigned by the Prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy, who checks in advance the correspondence. the provisions and authorizations given pursuant to this article.
Article 3
Provisions on economic-financial control and supervision
§1 All the entities referred to in Article 1 §1 of the Statute of the Council for the Economy, including those hitherto under the economic and financial control of the Secretariat of State, are subject to the control, supervision and direction of the Secretariat for the Economy as defined by its Statute and by the current legislation, with the sole exception of those Bodies for which the Holy Father has expressly provided otherwise.
§2 The budget and final balances of the Bodies referred to in the previous paragraph are sent to the Secretariat for the Economy, which submits them to the Council for the Economy for their approval.
§3 Where provided for by the Statutes or by current practice, the minutes of the Boards of Directors of the Bodies continue to be transmitted to the Secretariat of State or to the Dicastery on which they canonically depend.
§4 The President of the boards of statutory auditors or auditors, however named, or the statutory auditor or the sole auditor, where provided for by the Statutes of the entities included in a list approved by the Council for the Economy, are appointed by the Prefect of the Secretariat for Economics, which verifies the integrity and professionalism requirements and verifies the existence of any conflicts of interest.
§5 The members of the statutory internal control bodies referred to in the previous paragraph participate without the right to vote in the meetings of the body responsible for the administration of the Entity, however named, and have the right to ask the directors for information and documents on the progress activity of the Entity or on certain business.
§6 The reports due by the statutory internal control bodies of the Entities referred to in §4, on the basis of the law and the Statute, are sent to the Secretariat for the Economy. In any case, it is the duty of the members of the statutory internal control bodies to report to the Secretariat for the Economy about situations of serious irregularities in the management or organization, of any violations of the law or of the Statute and of any danger of economic failure Body.
§7 Superiors, directors, employees and professional collaborators of the supervisory and control bodies are incompatible with the appointment in the administrative bodies of the Entities included in the list referred to in §1.
§8 The provisions of this article automatically replace any deviating clauses contained in the statutes of the Bodies .
§9 The competences of the Council for the Economy, the Office of the Auditor General and the Supervisory and Financial Intelligence Authority remain valid, as defined by their own Statutes and by the legislation in force.
Article 4
Function of the Administrative Office of the Secretariat of State
§1 The so-called Administrative Office of the Secretariat of State maintains only the human resources necessary to carry out the activities relating to its internal administration, the preparation of its budget and final balance and the other non-administrative functions carried out up to now.
§2 The archive of the so-called Administrative Office in the part relating to the investments referred to in article 1 above, and to the Funds referred to in article 2 above, is transferred to the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See.
All that I have deliberated with this Apostolic Letter in the form of a Motu Proprio, I order that it be observed in all its parts, despite anything to the contrary, even if worthy of particular mention, and I establish that it be promulgated through publication in the newspaper "L'Osservatore Romano ”, entering into force on the day of publication.
From the Vatican, on 26 December 2020, the eighth of my Pontificate
>https://twitter.com/CHI_Memorial/status/1341096246304530432
https://streamable.com/pwqspa
>We need a new definition of normal.
https://twitter.com/JanJekielek/status/1342985334167130113
>https://twitter.com/JanJekielek/status/1342985334167130113
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BJIWtjA4jA
Exclusive: Gen. Michael Flynn—Will the American Republic Survive? | Pt 2 | American Thought Leaders
https://twitter.com/RealCandaceO/status/1302723386880204801
Since most black people didn’t have the spine to admit that @benshapiro was 100% correct about @iamcardib and how her music and platform contributes to the disintegration of black culture and values…here you go.
Y'all haters corny with that Illuminati mess
Paparazzi, catch my fly, and my cocky fresh
I'm so reckless when I rock my Givenchy dress (stylin')
I'm so possessive so I rock his Roc necklaces
My daddy Alabama, Momma Louisiana
You mix that negro with that Creole make a Texas bama
I like my baby heir with baby hair and afros
I like my negro nose with Jackson Five nostrils
Earned all this money but they never take the country out me
I got a hot sauce in my bag, swag.
>Y'all haters corny with that Illuminati mess
>Are there any "news" sites that are not fake fucking news?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/entertainment-celebrity/josh-hutcherson-feels-e2-80-98safe-e2-80-99-with-tom-hanks/ar-BB1chK2g
But looking back, the younger actor now considers the moment to be a "rite of passage".
He shared: "I farted in the scene, it happened, I did it and instead of playing it cool, Tom Hanks is like, 'Whoa, whoa, oh my God, this kid, what the heck.' My first big movie and I just farted in his face.
"It was a rite of passage and looking back on it, it was very funny, but at that moment, I thought my face was gonna just start sweating blood."
https://about.att.com/story/2020/william_e_kennard_att_board_of_directors.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kennard
https://www.europeanhorizons.org/
>https://www.europeanhorizons.org/
ADVISORY BOARD
William Kennard Co-Founder and Chairman of Velocitas Partners LLC, Former US Ambassador to the European Union
Viviane Reding Member of the European Parliament and former European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship
Pascal Lamy Former Secretary-General of the World Trade Organization
Klaus Welle Secretary-General of the European Parliament
Jolyon Howorth Professor Emeritus of European Studies at the University of Bath
Jean-Claude Trichet Former President of the European Central Bank
>Velocitas Partners LLC
https://www.velocitaspartners.com/leadership
Prior to joining Velocitas, Bill was the United States Ambassador to the European Union, appointed by President Obama. During his Ambassadorship, Bill was a key force behind President Obama’s 2013 decision to launch negotiations on an ambitious Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership between the US and the EU. In 2012, the American Chamber of Commerce to the EU awarded Bill its highest honor, the Transatlantic Business Award, for his contribution to improving transatlantic relations and removing trade barriers. Before serving as Ambassador, Bill was a Managing Director of The Carlyle Group, a global private equity firm with over $190 billion under management. Before that, he served as Chairman of the United States Federal Communications Commission, appointed by President Bill Clinton.
Bill is a member of the Boards of Directors of AT&T Inc., MetLife Inc., Ford Motor Co., and Duke Energy Corporation. Bill is also an Operating Executive Board member of Staple Street Capital, a US based private equity fund. Bill received his JD from Yale Law School and his BA from Stanford University where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He has also received honorary degrees from Howard, Gallaudet, and Long Island Universities. Bill is fluent in French and English.
>velocitaspartners
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_A._Mandell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Oak_Crown
President Barack Obama nominated Mandell as the U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg in June 2011. As with other political appointees who have not previously served in such posts, several media outlets noted that Mandell had no diplomatic experience and had been a prominent fundraiser for Obama;
Mandell's tenure was notable for the founding of the Luxembourg Forum, meetings between United States Supreme Court justices and judges of the European Court of Justice, with the goal of identifying and working on legal issues where cooperation can provide a mutual benefit.
Mandell resigned his ambassadorship in February 2015, saying it was time for him and his wife to return to private life in the U.S. On February 12, Luxembourg Grand Duke Henri honored Mandell by naming him a Commander of the Order of the Oak Crown an award that recognizes individuals for exceptional civil and military services.
>President Barack Obama nominated Mandell as the U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg in June 2011
https://luxtimes.lu/archives/13567-luxembourg-s-us-ambassador-issues-farewell-statement
Luxembourg's US ambassador issues farewell statement
Over the past nearly three and half years, it has been my great privilege to serve President Obama as the U.S. Ambassador to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and a distinct honor to represent the United States of America. I have appreciated every moment working together with the Government and the people of Luxembourg to expand on the strong partnership between our two countries.
So it is with sincere regret that I am announcing my resignation as Ambassador effective February 27, 2015. Though it makes me sad to communicate these words, the time has come for me and my wife Julie to return to private life in the United States.
I especially want to express my gratitude to TRH, Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa, and their family, for their warmth and hospitality. Luxembourg has become my second home. I will be forever grateful for the friends I have made and the many experiences we have enjoyed, and I will take those friendships and memories with me back to America.
The significant accomplishments we have achieved during my tenure in Luxembourg make me very proud. The founding of the Luxembourg Forum, which brought the U.S. Supreme Court to Luxembourg to meet with the European Court of Justice, a meeting to reoccur every three years; the extraordinary cooperation between our two governments on the enormous issues faced by the UN Security Council during Luxembourg’s two-year mandate; continuing support of the business community with the launch of a quarterly CEO Forum of U.S. companies to bring the business executives together with the highest-level Luxembourg Government officials; and last but not least, the opportunity to make more than 60 visits to every Lycée (Classique, Technique, and Agricultural) in the country. In addition, the creation of entrepreneurship workshops to teach the young people of Luxembourg the basics of business was especially rewarding.
Finally, I am extremely grateful for the many commemorative events that take place every year – most especially the 70th anniversary commemorations of the liberation and the Battle of the Bulge in 2014 - reminding us about the deep and special relationship between the United States and Luxembourg, forged during WWII and continuing today.
I am grateful for the outstanding Foreign Service officers at Embassy Luxembourg. I leave behind a strong, smart group of professional diplomats and colleagues, to be led by Ms. Alison Shorter-Lawrence as Chargé d’Affaires.
Thank you for all the wonderful memories and cooperation - may the friendship between our two countries continue to grow in the future.
Ă„ddi a villmools Merci! Goodbye and thank you very much!
Sincerely,
Robert A. Mandell
U. S. Ambassador to Luxembourg
>The founding of the Luxembourg Forum, which brought the U.S. Supreme Court to Luxembourg to meet with the European Court of Justice
https://www.law.columbia.edu/news/archive/international-law-faculty-join-us-and-european-justices-luxembourg-forum
Six academics participated in the forum, including Columbia Law School professors Sarah H. Cleveland and George A. Bermann and Visiting Professor Harold Hongju Koh. Five U.S. Supreme Court justices—Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., associate justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen G. Breyer, and Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr., and retired associate justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who left the Court in 2006—flew to Europe to take part in the discussions. They were joined by their European Court of Justice counterparts, including President Vassilios Skouris and Vice President Koen Lenaerts. Robert Mandell, the U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg, who helped organize the gathering, was also in attendance.
>Luxembourg Forum, which brought the U.S. Supreme Court to Luxembourg to meet with the European Court of Justice
super hard to find info on, anyone wanna dig in?
>Luxembourg Forum
https://wwwfr.uni.lu/fdef/actualites/the_court_of_justice_of_the_european_union_and_the_supreme_court_of_the_united_states_comparative_perspectives_and_judicial_dialogue
The Court of Justice of the European Union and the Supreme Court of the United States: comparative perspectives and judicial dialogue
This seminar will take place one day after the completion of the Luxembourg Forum, an initiative aimed at promoting exchanges and dialogue between the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and the Supreme Court of the United States. A general presentation of the U.S. Supreme Court will be given to familiarise attendees about the Court, how Justices are appointed, how cases are selected, and how decisions affect U.S. Law. Additionally, the presenters will share lessons learned from this year’s Luxembourg Forum, as well as from past meetings between the two Courts.