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John McCain Took Part of $1 Million in Cash, Lavish Vacations, Private Jets from Conman; Then Lobbied Feds to Cover Up $3.4 BILLION Crook Ripped Off from Americans
That’s $3.4 Billion. Not million. Billion.
That is how much theft Sen. John McCain tried to help cover up from his friend and benefactor Charles Keating who had greased McCain and other senators with more than $1 million in political contributions. But that did not include the family vacations McCain’s family took with the Keating’s.
And the gifts.
And the campaign cash.
And the private jets.
And whatever side deals, property and cash these senators quietly scored.
So while everyone in D.C. now is offering tributes to John McCain — no one seems to remember the time he tried to make sure his pal could rip off billions from hard-working Americans who deposited their money in Lincoln Savings and Loan. Americans who lost their cash — and taxpayers who were on the hook for guaranteeing that money.
Credit Barack Obama for raising this scandal — a debacle McCain and his spin doctors have worked so hard to bury — in 2008 when he ran against McCain for the presidency.
Obama actually rolled out a website and made a documentary slamming McCain for his involvement. “McCain intervened on behalf of Charles Keating with federal regulators tasked with preventing banking fraud, and championed legislation to delay regulation of the savings and loan industry – actions that allowed Keating to continue his fraud at an incredible cost to taxpayers,” the site said.
The Facts: Keating was sentenced to prison and required to pay more than $1 billion in civil penalties after being convicted on fraud, racketeering and conspiracy charges centered around his running of Lincoln Savings and Loan, which he bought in 1984. On April 14, 1989, Lincoln was seized by the government at an eventual taxpayer cost of $3.4 billion, then the most expensive thrift bailout in history. Lincoln and Keating became national symbols of the savings-and-loans collapse of the ’80s – much as lending firms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have symbolized the current financial meltdown.
McCain had been friends with Keating since the early ’80s – their families vacationed together several times, according to previous CNN reporting. Keating was an early financial supporter of McCain’s political career and donated to his campaigns repeatedly over the years. Keating’s first company, American Continental, was headquartered in Arizona, the state McCain represents. McCain became one of the so-called “Keating Five” – five U.S. senators investigated over accusations they tried to interfere in a federal investigation of Keating’s role in the savings-and-loan’s collapse.
In January 1985, while in the U.S. House, McCain co-sponsored a resolution that would have delayed the effective date of proposed government limits “on direct investment in real estate, service corporations, and equity securities by federally insured savings and loan associations.” He was one of the early sponsors, although a majority of Congress eventually signed on to sponsor it. The legislation would have impacted Keating’s business, but would have regulated the entire industry, not specifically Lincoln Savings and Loan.
McCain also wrote several letters to government regulators and other officials regarding the issue. One, dated Jan. 30, 1985, to White House chief of staff James Baker, called the proposed regulations “unwise,” saying the effort “flys (sic) in the face of our recent efforts to remove the hand of government from the affairs of private enterprise.”
On April 9, 1987, McCain and the other senators attended a meeting with federal regulators investigating Keating. McCain has since said he regrets doing so. “He asked me to help him,” he said during an October 2002 interview with Chicago’s WGN-AM radio station. “I said I wouldn’t do certain things. He called me a wimp. I threw him out of my office, but I still went to a meeting with four other senators with a group of regulators.” READ MORE:
https://truepundit.com/john-mccain-took-part-of-1-million-in-cash-lavish-vacations-private-jets-from-conman-then-lobbied-feds-to-cover-up-3-4-billion-crook-ripped-off-from-americans/
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SYRIA UPDATE
Ryabkov: Moscow warns Washington and its allies of taking any new reckless steps in Syria
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov stressed that threats are the only language currently used by the US, indicating that the West is searching for new pretext against Syria and that Russia is ready to deal with these scenarios and to divulge them.
https://sana.sy/en/?p=145385
Syrian Military Continues Its Advance North Of Al-Suwayda, Kills Dozens Of Terrorists
The Syria-based al-Suwyada-24 blog said that the SAA killed more than 30 terrorists and captured one during its advance. Furthermore, the SAA destroyed two ISIS vehicles in Tell Ghanim.
https://southfront.org/syrian-military-continues-its-advance-north-of-al-suwayda-kills-dozens-of-terrorists-photos/
Syrian Army Deploys 400 Former FSA Fighters To Idlib Front – Report
https://southfront.org/syrian-army-deploys-400-former-fsa-fighters-to-idlib-front-report/
Syrian champion Majd-Eddin Ghazal qualifies for Asian Games High Jump finals
https://sana.sy/en/?p=145413
Kurdish Resistance In Afrin Releases Summary Of Its Operations Against Turkey-led Forces
“We, the young men and women of Afrin, as a movement of retaliation against the enemy and its mercenaries, declare that we are not affiliated with any political or military body directly or indirectly, as we regard our operations as part of our moral duties towards our people and our region,” Ghadab al-Zaytun’s statement reads.
https://southfront.org/kurdish-resistance-in-afrin-releases-summary-of-its-operations-against-turkey-led-forces/
Two Missile Frigates Join Russia’s Naval Task Force Near Syria (Photos)
The Black Sea Fleet’s frigates Admiral Grigorovich and Admiral Essen are making a planned passage from Sevastopol to the Mediterranean Sea. Currently, the warships’ crews are passing through the Black Sea’s Bosporus and Dardanelles Straits … According to the plan, the warships will join the Navy’s permanent blue-water task force already by the end of the day,” the press office said.
https://southfront.org/two-missile-frigates-join-russias-naval-task-force-near-syria-photos/
U.S. Prepares New Strikes On Government Facilities In Syria: Russian Military
“According to the information confirmed simultaneously by several independent sources, the active terrorist grouping Hayat Tahrir al-Sham is plotting a new provocation with the alleged use of chemical weapons by the Syrian government forces against civilians in the Idlib province … A special group of terrorists who have been trained by specialists of the UK private military company Olive to handle chemical warfare agents has also arrived in the area of Jisr ash-Shughur,” Konashenkov said, according to the Russian news agency TASS.
https://southfront.org/u-s-prepares-new-strikes-on-government-facilities-in-syria-russian-military/
Water Resources Ministry moves ahead with preps as Damascus International Fair draws near
https://sana.sy/en/?p=145416
IRIB slams closure of its social media accounts as 'clear censorship'
The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) has condemned a coordinated move to block its channels on social media platforms, describing it as a "clear example of censorship" aimed at preventing the dissemination of truth and alternative viewpoints online.
In a Saturday statement, the IRIB World Service said "stifling independent media" amounts to a "political scandal" taking place in the age of communications and freedom of press.
On Thursday, Google removed 39 YouTube channels linked to the Iranian state broadcaster. Google terminated those accounts, along with six blogs on its Blogger service and 13 Google+ accounts linked with Iran. The move came after Twitter and Facebook also blocked hundreds of accounts on suspicion of possible ties with Iran.
"We identified and terminated a number of accounts linked to the IRIB organization that had disguised their connection to this effort," Google Vice President Kent Walker said in a statement.
Elsewhere in its statement, the IRIB said Iran's Spanish-language television channel, Hispan TV, had done nothing but reveal crimes committed by the Israeli regime and its masters and broadcast criminal acts carried out against humanity in Palestine, Yemen and other parts of the world.
It added that Iran's well-known Arabic-language Al-Alam news network has been for years exposing the plots hatched by enemies of regional countries, including Syria, Iraq, Bahrain, Lebanon and Palestine.
The channel has showed crimes by the Israeli regime in the Gaza Strip and those of Saudi Arabia in Yemen, it said.
Al-Alam and Hispan TV's YouTube channels are among Iranian social media channels targeted.
The statement emphasized that the IRIB once again slammed the closure of independent Iranian media on social networks and noted that they would always remain loyal to the slogan of defending the oppressed people, disclosing crimes by the global hegemony and its allies in the region and across the world and echoing the voice of the voiceless in the world.
The IRIB said it reserves the right to pursue legal measures against those who have placed limitation on its channels.
These pressures indicate that independent media have “considerably influenced the public opinion” despite widespread propaganda by arrogant powers that fear truth revelation and dissemination, it added.
However, the IRIB channels would continue their path with strength, it pointed out.
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2018/08/25/572206/IRIB-Google-World-Service-Youtube-facebook-Twitter-HIspan-TV-AlAlam
German chancellor offers assistance in settling Karabakh conflict
BAKU. August 25. /TASS/. Germany would like to offer support in settling the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at a meeting with Azerbaijan’s President Ilkham Aliyev in Baku on Saturday.
The details of the talk are posted on the website of the Azerbaijani president.
"We are talking about the issue, which hinders this region very much. This is the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and we, on the part of Germany, would like to render support in resolving it," Merkel said.
The German chancellor also said that Azerbaijan and Germany could expand their economic ties.
"We can expand ties in the economic sphere and Azerbaijan is Germany’s largest trade partner in this region," Merkel stressed.
The conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh broke out in February 1988, when the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region declared departure from the Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic. During the armed conflict of 1992-1993 Azerbaijan lost control over Nagorno-Karabakh region as well as and seven neighboring regions.
Talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement have been going on since 1992. Russia, the US and France are co-chairs of the Minsk Group of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) that acts as a mediator in resolving the crisis.
https://tass.com/world/1018640
Did Sheldon Adelson Just Capture the GOP?
https://lobelog.com/did-sheldon-adelson-just-capture-the-gop/
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Trump meets 'paedophile cult' QAnon conspiracy theorist at White House
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-meets-apos-paedophile-cult-130955798.html?guccounter=1
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Eli Clifton is a fellow at The Nation Institute who focuses on money in politics and US foreign policy. He previously reported for the American Independent New Network, ThinkProgress, and Inter Press Service. Clifton is co-author of the Center for American Progress’s report “Fear Inc.: The Roots Of the Islamophobia Network In America.” His work has appeared on PBS/Frontline’s Tehran bureau, the South China Morning Post, Right Web, LobeLog, Salon, Huffington Post, the Daily Beast, Slate, Gawker, and ForeignPolicy.com. Eli holds a bachelor’s degree from Bates College and a master’s degree in international political economy from the London School of Economics.
Patton Oswalt Promotes Impeachment Petition: Trump Supporters Can ‘F*ck Right Off’
Actor-comedian Patton Oswalt promoted a petition calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump in an essay published Friday.
“There is no firm, guiding hand on the tiller of statecraft, the economy, diplomacy, or infrastructure. There is puerile, adolescent emotion and momentary libidinal pleasure,” Patton Oswalt wrote in an essay published on McSweeny’s. “And the rest is up to us. We march in the streets, we petition our representatives, we raise money and signal-boost fundraisers for the weak, vulnerable, and unlucky.”
https://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2018/08/25/patton-oswalt-promotes-impeachment-petition-trump/
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Sanctuary State Illinois: Illegal Alien Convicted of Raping Three Women After Failing to Be Deported
An illegal alien who failed to be deported in 2012 was convicted and sentenced this week for the rape of two women and a third, now deceased, whom he admitted to raping.
Miguel Luna, a 37-year-old illegal alien from Mexico, was sentenced to 80 years in prison after being convicted of raping two women in 2015 and 2016, according to the Chicago Tribune. A third woman whom the illegal alien raped has since died, though prosecutors revealed evidence showing Luna admitting to the rape.
Luna had an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) final order for removal placed on him in 2012 before the rapes occurred, but the deportation order was never honored. Illinois is, for the most part, a sanctuary state where illegal aliens are protected from being deported.
Judge David Carlson laid into the illegal alien as he passed down the 80-year prison sentence.
“You were free to do these acts … whether through misguided political correctness or people who do not believe in laws or borders,” Carlson told Luna, according to the Chicago Tribune.
“One thing I can do with the sentence is show that the laws we believe in here, maybe this won’t happen again, maybe that’s a little bit of closure,” Carlson said.
The illegal alien is mandated to serve at least 85 percent of his prison sentence and he must register as a sex offender should he ever be released from prison.
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/24/sanctuary-state-illinois-illegal-alien-convicted-of-raping-three-women-after-failing-to-be-deported/
Murderous Mexico: July Most Violent Ever As Country Descends Into Chaos
Mexico continues to descend into chaos, as a record number of homicide cases were opened last month, the Ministry of Public Security said Tuesday.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-08-25/murderous-mexico-july-most-violent-ever-country-descends-chaos
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