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Anonymous ID: f07e35 Jan. 12, 2025, 5:10 p.m. No.22343461   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>3650 >>3828

Hey GROK: What is the total property tax revenue paid by the town of Pacific Palisades, California in 2024

 

The total property tax revenue paid by the town of Pacific Palisades, California, in 2024 was approximately $222.7 million.

 

https://x.com/x0e17/status/1878303922248417646

Anonymous ID: f07e35 Jan. 12, 2025, 5:44 p.m. No.22343673   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>3828

Blaze rages at oil depot supplying key military air base in Russia’s Engels after Ukrainian drone attack

 

An oil depot supplying a key air base in the town of Engels, located in Russia’s Saratov Region, caught fire after a Ukrainian drone attack early on Jan. 8. Firefighters have so far been unable to contain the blaze, which has been burning for more than 14 hours.

 

Roman Busargin, the governor of the Saratov Region, reported that two firefighters died while battling the flames:

 

“Due to the increased scale of the fire at the industrial facility that was attacked by UAVs, a state of emergency will be declared in Engels. Unfortunately, during the firefighting efforts, two firefighters from the Emergency Ministry lost their lives. One specialist has also been hospitalized. The Minister of Health has been instructed to ensure that medical assistance is provided under close supervision.

Throughout the day, specialists from [Russia’s consumer protection agency] Rospotrebnadzor have been conducting air quality tests in the area of the fire in Engels. No exceedance of pollutant levels has been detected.”

 

Busargin earlier reported that drone debris had struck an unspecified “industrial facility” around 05:30 a.m. local time. Russia's Ministry of Defense claimed that 11 Ukrainian attack drones were downed over the Saratov Region, while 21 others were brought down in other parts of the country.

 

In a comment to RBC-Ukraine, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) confirmed that they carried out a strike against the “Kombinat Kristall” oil storage facility in Engels. Numerous explosions were reported in the target area, resulting in a large-scale fire that was documented and shared on social media.

 

The AFU’s General Staff noted that the oil depot supplied fuel to the Engels-2 military air base.

 

The Engels-2 air base, located over 700 kilometers from the nearest Ukrainian-controlled border, houses the 121st Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment, which operates Tu-160 bombers, and the 184th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment with Tu-95 MS planes.

 

These aircraft are used by Russia to carry out large-scale strikes on Ukraine, often causing severe damage to infrastructure and civilian casualties. Ukrainian forces have previously targeted the air base with drone strikes.

 

https://theins.ru/en/news/277746

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hSybDCC6wo

Anonymous ID: f07e35 Jan. 12, 2025, 6:26 p.m. No.22343953   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>3978

Chinese Ex-Tycoon Guo Wengui’s Chief of Staff Gets 10 Years in Prison Over $1 Billion Fraud Case

 

NEW YORK (AP) — The chief of staff for a Chinese businessman sought by the government of China was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison for her role in the $1 billion fraud case.

Yvette Wang, 45, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court less than two years after her arrest in March 2023, when FBI agents found $130,000 of cash in a safe in her Manhattan apartment.

Judge Analisa Torres said Wang was an “integral part of the conspiracy” carried out by Guo Wengui, who was convicted at a July trial and awaits sentencing.

Wang also agreed to forfeit $1.4 billion as part of her May guilty plea to conspiracy charges.

Guo was convicted of defrauding hundreds of thousands of followers in the U.S. and around the world of over $1 billion.

Prosecutors said Wang, along with Guo and others, carried out the fraud from 2018 through March 2023.

At her plea, Wang admitted to conspiring with Guo and others to commit wire fraud and money laundering by giving false information to induct victims to send money through entities and organizations including Guo’s media company, GTV Media Group Inc., and his so-called Himalaya Farm Alliance and the Himalaya Exchange, in return for stock or cryptocurrency.

Without the plea, she could have faced life in prison if she was convicted at trial.

Guo was once believed to be among the richest people in China. In 2014, he left during an anti-corruption crackdown led by President Xi Jinping that ensnared people close to Guo, including a top intelligence official.

Since then, he has been highly sought by that nation’s government, relying on the U.S. for protection as Chinese authorities accused him of rape, kidnapping, bribery and other offenses. He has long argued that those claims were false, saying they were meant to punish him for publicly outing corruption there and criticizing key Communist Party figures.

While living in New York as a fugitive, he became an outspoken critic of the ruling Communist Party and developed a close relationship with Steve Bannon, President-elect Donald Trump’s former political strategist. Guo and Bannon in 2020 announced the founding of a joint initiative they said was aimed at overthrowing the Chinese government.

 

https://archive.is/HyfHy#selection-1659.0-1707.272

Anonymous ID: f07e35 Jan. 12, 2025, 6:41 p.m. No.22344049   🗄️.is 🔗kun

'Looters / thieves detained at Kamala’s house in Brentwood at 5 AM this morning

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJy4FIXyDEQ