British Virgin Islands Announce US Dollar-Backed Digital Currency

Blockchain startup LifeLabs announced that it is developing a digital currency dubbed BVI~LIFE in partnership with the British Virgin Islands (BVI).

According to a press release on Dec. 3, the currency is part of a broader initiative to grow the local fintech sector and will be presented during the BVI Digital Economy symposium.

The coin will be a stablecoin pegged 1:1 to the U.S. dollar — which the BVI have used since 1959 — and its use is expected to reduce transactional fees, increase transaction speed and be accessible to outsiders such as tourists.

LifeLabs is also developing Rapid Cash Response, a fund meant to provide aid in case of a national emergency. The local government already announced this initiative in April. BVI Premier Andrew Fahie said:

“The importance of blockchain technology and the significant benefits it offers the BVI, are paramount to the Territory. We welcome this innovation with open arms. Our partner, LIFElabs, has demonstrated with their proven track record that their ideology is not just mere words, and we look forward to continuing our partnership with them on the rollout of BVI~LIFE, our digital currency.”

The Life token will serve as gas

LifeLabs community manager Anwar Ali claimed that the transaction fees of the BVI~LIFE stablecoin will be paid in the firm’s Life tokens. According to cryptocurrency data website Coin360, the Life token’s price increased by nearly 31% over the last 24 hours, reaching $0.000083.

While the BVI may be considering a dollar-pegged stablecoin, the Marshall Islands are developing a token in an effort to move away from the United States’ fiat currency. Earlier this year, officials announced that the Pacific island nation would develop a digital Sovereign that would be easily transmittable over the many islands that make up the country.

https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/british-virgin-islands-announce-us-dollar-backed-digital-currency

Now lawyer for Jeffrey Epstein victims says her witness will tell FBI she 'vividly remembers' seeing Prince Andrew with Virginia Roberts at Tramp nightclub - after royal denied dancing with 'sex slave' on night of THAT photo

Witness claims she saw Prince Andrew and Virginia Roberts together at Tramp's

Miss Roberts claimed she had sex with prince later at Ghislaine Maxwell's home

Andrew refuted story, saying he took his daughter to a Pizza Express in Woking

However lawyer Lisa Bloom said witness would talk to FBI about what she saw

A new bombshell witness has come forward to claim she saw Prince Andrew and Virginia Roberts together at a London nightclub on the night they allegedly had sex.

Lisa Bloom, lawyer for victims of Jeffrey Epstein, claims an as-yet-unnamed woman 'vividly remembers' seeing the pair at Tramp nightclub in Mayfair in March 2001.

Miss Roberts has alleged that she was forced to have sex with Andrew that evening by her alleged sex trafficker Epstein, having danced with the prince inside the club.

In his 'disastrous' BBC interview with Emily Maitlis last month, Andrew claimed he 'was never in Tramp's' with Miss Roberts, now known as Virginia Guiffre.

He also added that it could not have happened on the date suggested as he spent the day with his daughter Princess Beatrice, taking her to Pizza Express in Woking.

However Miss Bloom has revealed a new witness claims to 'vividly remember' seeing Andrew at the club with the then-17-year-old and was willing to speak to the FBI.

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7750905/Witness-vividly-remembers-seeing-Prince-Andrew-Virginia-Roberts-Tramp-nightclub.html

Breakthrough Prostate Cancer Treatment Uses Ultrasound Waves to Eliminate Tumors

Doctors have made a tremendous step forward in the fight against prostate cancer, using targeted ultrasound pulses to successfully eliminate the disease entirely in 65 percent of cases with few side effects.

The new method, detailed in a study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), could be a promising alternative to surgery.

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men, second only to skin cancer. It is also the second leading cause of cancer deaths among men in the United States. According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), an estimated 174,650 men in the U.S. will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2019 alone.

Traditional treatments involving surgery and radiation have proven challenging due to their life-altering effects, namely leaving subjects impotent, incontinent, or with bowel dysfunctions. An estimated 3 million survivors of prostate cancer are alive in the U.S. today.

Yet the revolutionary new technique avoids such risks by relying on a rod-shaped device that is inserted into the urethra and uses magnetic resonance or MRI to focus precise ultrasound pulses on tumors, heating and destroying them while leaving the surrounding areas entirely unharmed.

The minimally invasive method, called MRI-guided transurethral ultrasound ablation—or TULSA—was used on 115 men suffering localized prostate cancer.

According to researchers, in 80 percent of the cases most signs of cancer were eliminated, while all signs were gone in 65 percent of the cases after one year. No bowel complications were reported, overall, while most men saw their blood-antigen markers for prostate cancer reduced.

https://www.naturalblaze.com/2019/12/breakthrough-prostate-cancer-treatment-uses-ultrasound-waves-to-eliminate-tumors.html

Vatican postpones beatification of Fulton Sheen after request by some US bishops

The beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen, beloved by generations of American Catholics, has been abruptly put on hold by the Vatican.

“The Holy See decided to postpone the date of Beatification, at the request of a few members of the Bishop’s Conference who have asked for further consideration,” according to a press release from the Diocese of Peoria, where Sheen’s beatification ceremony was to take place.

“In our current climate, it is important for the faithful to know that there has never been, nor is there now, any allegation against Sheen involving the abuse of a minor,” continues the statement. “At no time has his life of virtue ever been called into question.”

Peoria Bishop Danial Jenky “is firmly convinced of the great holiness of the Venerable Servant of God and remains confident that Sheen will be beatified. Bishop Jenky has every intention of continuing the Cause, but no further date for Beatification has been discussed.”

“BREAKING: Holy See postpones Sheen beatification,” reported Michael R. Heinlein, editor of Simply Catholic. “Apparently comes at request of some members of Bishops’ conference.”

Sheen’s beatification was to take place in less than three weeks, on December 21, at the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Peoria, Illinois, where Sheen was ordained to the priesthood on September 20, 1919.

The Archdiocese of New York and the Diocese of Peoria were locked in a court battle over Sheen’s body for several years. The Diocese of Peoria ultimately prevailed earlier this year, which allowed the beatification process to continue.

Sheen was a popular teacher and radio and television personality in the 1950s and 1960s in the United States. His television show “Life is Worth Living” reached millions of viewers of all faiths, supplementing more than 50 books.

In 1947, Archbishop Sheen in a memorable radio sermon laid out the dozen or so tricks the anti-Christ will use to destroy Christians.

Like the devil, whose trademark signature is to twist the truth to sell sin, so the anti-Christ, according to Sheen, will twist the minds of men to make them believe he is the “Great Humanitarian” who will “talk peace, prosperity, and plenty.”

“He will write books on the new idea of God to suit the way people live. He will invoke religion to destroy religion. He will even speak of Christ and say that he was the greatest man who ever lived,” he said.

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/breaking-vatican-postpones-beatification-of-fulton-sheen-after-request-by-some-us-bishops

Judiciary: 300 in custody over suspected role in Tehran riots

The Iranian Judiciary says around 300 individuals currently remain in custody over their suspected involvement in the deadly riots that recently hit Tehran, and that their fate will soon be decided.

Gholam-Hossein Esmaili, the Judiciary’s spokesman, said Tuesday that those detainees who are found to have been among “saboteurs” will face imminent prosecution, while the rest will be released as soon as possible.

The Iranian government raised gasoline prices on November 15 in order to moderate the national consumption rate, which stands at 110 million liters per day, 40 million liters above the maximum daily domestic requirement.

The move prompted protests in a number of cities which were largely peaceful, but which turned violent when riotous elements took advantage of the circumstances to destroy public property and set banks and gas stations ablaze.

Authorities say some also used firearms and other weapons to kill and injure protesters. A number of people and security forces lost their lives during the violence. There is no official tally on the number of casualties yet.

The Judiciary said last month that a number of the rioters were tied to the notorious US-backed Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) terror group, royalists as well as separatists, who were nabbed in the country’s border provinces, besides members of organized groups trained towards staging acts of sabotage.

Purported death toll a fabrication

During his Tuesday’s remarks, Esmaili dismissed the unofficial casualty count provided by certain sources as inaccurate.

“The numbers and figures that are being provided by hostile groups are utter fabrication and the actual figures are fewer than what these sources claim,” he said.

“They have released figures as well as certain names… The purported casualty count is not but a fabrication,” he said, in remarks aired on state television, adding that sources with hostile intentions have provided the names of people who lost their lives in circumstances unrelated to the recent violence, and of people who are even alive.

The judiciary spokesman further hailed the Iranian people for participating in pro-establishment rallies in condemnation of the recent riots and “separating their ranks from rioters.”

https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2019/12/03/612723/Iran-Judiciary-Spokesman-Esmaili-violent-riots-Tehran-gasoline-price

Video: Colombian Drug Kingpin's Brother Escobar Unveils Foldable Smartphone to 'Beat Apple'

Roberto Escobar, the brother of notorious deceased Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar - who led the Medellin Cartel and died by gunshot during a police raid in 1993 - has launched the sale of a foldable phone in his bid to 'beat Apple'.

The Escobar Fold 1 smartphone, named after the late drug lord, was reportedly designed in the United States and assembled in Hong Kong, with the initial production limited to a run of 100,000. The new gadget features a 16-megapixel and a 20-megapixel camera, as well as two 7.8-inch AMOLED screens. It also includes a fingerprint scanner, loudspeaker, document editor, HD sound and noise cancellation.

"I have made one of the first foldable smartphones in the world. Thanks to effective production and no special deals with retailers, we have been able to keep costs low as compared to other manufacturers […] The Escobar Fold 1 is the best smartphone in the world right now", the Colombian entrepreneur claimed, cited by The Daily Mail.

According to the brother of the infamous drug kingpin, the goal is to attract iOS fans with its relatively low price for a new Android-based smartphone that folds out into a tablet - with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Series CPU - retailing for $349 to ultimately "beat Apple" with a brand-new "unbreakable" phone. Earlier, Escobar - a former accountant and co-founder of the narcotics-fueled Medellin Cartel - announced plans to file a $30M class-action lawsuit next year against Apple - which the businessman claims is "scamming its customers".

https://sputniknews.com/society/201912031077476666-video-colombian-drug-kingpins-brother-escobar-unveils-foldable-smartphone-to-beat-apple/

Insiders Reveal What Dems Are Saying In Private About Impeachment

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff has been leading the Democrats impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, and it has completely imploded in recent weeks.

Aside from several of his own witnesses testifying that the president did not do anything wrong, now it appears members of Schiff’s own party are coming out against this witch hunt.

According to political insiders, Democratic lawmakers are growing increasingly frustrated with their stalled impeachment probe.

Several lawmakers have reportedly said they hope to “get it over and move on” with voters largely tuning-out the process.

“Democrats are frustrated they can’t convince the country to go along w/their phony impeachment w/no crime Now they want to ‘get it over & move on’ The founders never intended a focus grouped impeachment. Such an abuse of the system, but it’s backfiring!” wrote GOP spokesperson Elizabeth Harrington on Twitter this week.

https://thedcpatriot.com/insiders-reveal-what-dems-are-saying-in-private-about-impeachment/

https://twitter.com/RepStevenSmith/status/1201967658033393666

Is this legit?

Check the digits too

Schiff Investigated Rep. Nunes and His Aide Derek Harvey as Part of His “Impeachment Inquiry” – And Obtained Their Phone Records! (VIDEO)

The House’s Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on Tuesday released the much-anticipated “Trump-Ukraine Impeachment Inquiry Report.”

The Democrats accused President Trump of abusing his power, obstruction and witness intimidation.

Schiff also obtained his own committee’s ranking member GOP Rep. Devin Nunes and Nunes’s aide Derek Harvey’s phone records as part of the “impeachment inquiry.”

“It is deeply concerning that at a time when the president of the United States was using the power of his office to dig up dirt on a political rival, that there may be evidence that there were members of Congress complicit in that activity,” Schiff said on Tuesday of Nunes’ communications with Ukrainian-American Lev Parnas and Rudy Giuliani.

WATCH:

The impeachment report also claims Trump abused the power of his office and obstructed justice.

“[T]he President placed his own personal and political interests above the national interests of the United States, sought to undermine the integrity of the U.S. presidential election process, and endangered U.S. national security,” the report concluded.

“No other President has flouted the Constitution and power of Congress to conduct oversight to this extent,” the report said.

“If left unanswered, President Trump’s ongoing effort to thwart Congress’ impeachment power risks doing grave harm to the institution of Congress, the balance of power between our branches of government, and the Constitutional order that the President and every Member of Congress have sworn to protect and defend.”

Much like the Mueller operation, Schiff’s impeachment hoax is one big opposition research/harassment campaign designed to interfere with an election.

Mueller and his team of angry Democrats interfered in the 2018 election and now the House Dems spearheaded by Schiff, Nadler and Pelosi are interfering in the 2020 election.

>>7420777

SAUCE

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/12/schiff-investigated-rep-nunes-and-his-aide-derek-harvey-as-part-of-his-impeachment-inquiry-and-obtained-their-phone-records-video/

‘Operation Good Shepherd’ Nabs Slew Of Child Predators

GEORGIA — An undercover Hall County Sheriff’s Office investigation culminated on Wednesday, November 27, with the arrest of the final suspect in Operation Good Shepherd, a concentrated effort targeting online child predators.

Personnel with the Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations division began the operation in late-October, participating in online communication with adults who believed they were having exchanges with minors. During the effort, Investigators had interaction with subjects through various mobile applications, including social media platforms and text messaging.

Individuals identified in the operation range in age from 24 to 47 and live in Georgia cities stretching from Cleveland to Lilburn. The offenses included but were not limited to offers of money to a child (Investigator) to perform sexual acts, sending obscene images and describing sex acts.

Law enforcement began taking subjects into custody on Thursday, November 21, with arrests occurring on an almost daily basis thereafter.

The Floyd County Police Department and Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office made one arrest each in the operation in their respective jurisdictions. Hall County Investigators made the remaining eight.

Operation Good Shepherd was carried out in collaboration with the Georgia Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force with assistance from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and Floyd County Police Department.

While the operation has concluded, each case remains under investigation by the Hall County Sheriff’s Office, and additional charges are possible.

“I’m very proud of the efforts of our own Criminal Investigations Division in heading up and executing this operation,” Hall County Sheriff Gerald Couch said. “I’m confident the hard work of our team and partner agencies in this effort will make the community safer for our children.”

https://breaking911.com/operation-good-shepherd-nabs-slew-of-child-predators/

EXCLUSIVE: Bill Clinton was Jeffrey Epstein's closest 'celebrity mate' and a frequent guest at his New Mexico ranch with wife Hillary, staying at the pedophile's cowboy-themed village, say estate workers

Bill and Hillary Clinton would stay at Jeffrey Epstein's New Mexico ranch frequently after they left the White House, former estate workers told DailyMailTV

The former president was Epstein's closest 'celebrity mate' and the Clintons visited Zorro Ranch 'a whole bunch of times', a former contractor who ran the IT system at the property said

The family never stayed in the main house but bunked down in a special cowboy-themed village created by Epstein, which lies a mile south of his own villa, sources said

The guest homes are next to other traditional Wild West-style buildings such as an old schoolhouse and saloon bar, which are all near Epstein's private airstrip, where he arrived on his private planes

This is all according to security expert Jared Kellogg, who was brought in by long-standing ranch manager Brice Gordon to improve security and set up a camera system at the main house and 'cowboy village'

Kellogg said: 'I was saying how cool the replica houses were. [Gordon] said: Yeah, they're built for guests… It's really cool the Clintons come out and hang out [with Epstein]'

Bill Clinton and Epstein were once friends, and in August DailyMailTV revealed the convicted pedophile had a bizarre portrait of Bill in a dress - worn by Hillary - hanging on the wall of his New York mansion

Clinton has flown on Epstein's private plane, the Lolita Express, several times but denied ever visiting one of Epstein's residences, apart from one time at his New York home

Bill and Hillary Clinton stayed at Jeffrey Epstein's notorious 'baby-making ranch' almost every year after they left the White House, according to the disgraced financier's estate manager.

The former president was Epstein's closest 'celebrity mate' and the Clintons, along with daughter Chelsea, visited Zorro Ranch 'a whole bunch of times', a former contractor who ran the IT system at the property told DailyMailTV in an exclusive interview.

The family visited the 10,000-acre estate in the New Mexico desert often, but never stayed in the main house.

Instead, the Clinton family bunked down in a special cowboy-themed village created by Epstein, which is a mile south of his own luxury mountaintop villa. They'd use one of the two guest houses, which look like they're straight out of the 19th century.

Seen in exclusive DailyMailTV images, the guest homes are next to other traditional Wild West-style buildings such as an old schoolhouse and saloon bar. An American flag is raised high above the village, which is next door to Epstein's private airstrip, where he arrived on his private planes, including his infamous 'Lolita Express'.

This is all according to security expert Jared Kellogg, who was brought in by long-standing ranch manager Brice Gordon to improve security and set up a camera system at the main house and 'cowboy village'.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7748467/Bill-Hillary-Clinton-frequent-guests-Jeffrey-Epsteins-New-Mexico-ranch.html

>>7420857

famewhore, what a douche

Cheers

Appeals court rejects Trump DOJ request to resume executions

A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., on Monday denied the Justice Department’s efforts to lift a temporary halt on four federal executions.

The department had appealed a trial judge’s ruling last month that ordered a stay of the executions while a separate legal challenge to the Trump administration’s new lethal injection protocol plays out.

The longest-running of the four lawsuits was filed 16 years ago, and the cases went dormant during the Obama administration amid a shortage of lethal injection drugs.

The first of the four executions was set for December 9. The only other federal death row prisoner with an upcoming execution received a stay from another circuit court.

In July, Attorney General William Barr announced that federal executions would resume with the launch of a new lethal injection protocol that utilizes a single drug, pentobarbital, in lieu of the previous three-drug “cocktail” that was becoming increasingly difficult to obtain.

https://www.thedailysheeple.com/appeals-court-rejects-trump-doj-request-to-resume-executions/

Trump Hints At Use Of Military Force If North Korea Backtracks On Commitments

President Trump hinted on Tuesday that the United States may be forced to use military force against North Korea if Pyongyang doesn't temper their rhetoric, according to Yonhap.

Trump revived the threat of military action as negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang have stalled over how to match the North's denuclearization steps with U.S. concessions.

But the U.S. president also emphasized his close personal relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, saying he hopes Kim will abide by his commitment to dismantle his country's nuclear weapons program. -Yonhap

After Trump said Kim Jong Un "likes sending rockets up, doesn't he?" adding "That's why I call him Rocket Man," Trump told reporters at this week's NATO gathering:

"Now we have the most powerful military we've ever had and we're by far the most powerful country in the world," adding "And, hopefully, we don't have to use it, but if we do, we'll use it. If we have to, we'll do it."

In 2017, Trump threatened to "totally destroy" the communist regime, before he and Kim conducted several summits aimed at salvaging the increasingly contentious relationship between the two nations.

Earlier Tuesday, North Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Ri Thae-song urged the United States increase efforts to mend fences.

Since the collapse of Trump and Kim's second summit in Vietnam in February, the North has warned that it will seek a "new way" if the U.S. fails to come up with an acceptable proposal by the year-end.

"The DPRK has done its utmost with maximum perseverance not to backtrack from the important steps it has taken on its own initiative," Ri said, referring to North Korea by its official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. He was apparently alluding to the North's suspension of nuclear and long-range missile tests since 2017.

"What is left to be done now is the U.S. option and it is entirely up to the U.S. what Christmas gift it will select to get," Ri continued, in an apparent warning that unless the U.S. comes up with a new offer this month, Pyongyang could restart its nuclear weapons and long-range missile tests. -Yonhap

North Korea has conducted a series of short-range ballistic missile tests since May - with some experts suggesting they are covertly advancing their weapons technology while simultaneously pressuring the Trump administration to grant sanctions relief and security guarantees in exchange for partial denuclearization.

The most recent test involved a super-large multiple rocket launcher.

"My relationship with Kim Jong-un is really good, but that doesn't mean he won't abide by the agreement we signed," said Trump. "You have to understand. You have to go and look at the first agreement that we signed. It said he will denuclearize. That's what it said. I hope he lives up to the agreement, but we're going to find out."

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-hints-use-military-force-if-north-korea-backtracks-commitments

Say cheese! DHS proposes MANDATORY facial recognition checks for US citizens at airports

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is pushing to impose mandatory facial recognition scans on all Americans entering or leaving the United States, moving to close a loophole that allows citizens to opt out.

Proposed in a recent filing, the DHS requested a change to the current rules in order to “provide that all travelers, including US citizens, may be required to be photographed upon entry and/or departure” from the US, citing the need to identify criminals or “suspected terrorists.” While not yet implemented, the rule change is in the “final stages of clearance,” a DHS official told CNN Business.

Under the existing guidelines, US citizens and other lawful permanent residents have the ability to avoid airport biometric scans and identify themselves by other means. While some travelers have found it difficult to opt out given opaque or inconsistent guidelines from airport to airport, the DHS would apparently like to cut down on the confusion by doing away with the exemption altogether.

The new rule was rejected by civil liberties groups and privacy advocates, who said it would only further erode Americans’ privacy and subject them to yet another layer of intrusive government surveillance.

“Time and again, the government told the public and members of Congress that US citizens would not be required to submit to this intrusive surveillance technology as a condition of traveling,” said Jay Stanley, a senior policy at the American Civil Liberties Union, adding that the rule raises “profound privacy concerns.”

Travelers, including US citizens, should not have to submit to invasive biometric scans simply as a condition of exercising their constitutional right to travel.

The DHS is currently set to outfit 20 of America’s largest airports with biometric scanners by 2021, despite a flurry of privacy issues and ongoing technical problems. Last year, an internal watchdog report found that the department’s facial recognition tech was not performing up to snuff and “may be unable to meet expectations” by its deadline. The DHS also piqued security concerns last year when it announced it would partner with Amazon for its all-seeing HART system, which will pass highly detailed information on 250 million people to the tech giant for storage.

Recalling a data breach in June which saw 100,000 license plate and traveler images stolen from a private contractor hired to store information for the DHS, Stanley said the government simply “cannot be trusted” with the invasive technology.

https://www.rt.com/usa/474883-dhs-face-scan-americans/

>>7420938

BO's and Bakers can grab posts

Maybe Q is pre preparing a D5