Anonymous ID: d1b0ff Dec. 7, 2019, 10:35 a.m. No.7447639   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>7986 >>8121

PM Abe abandons bid to revise Constitution in 2020 due to deadlock over scandals

 

TOKYO โ€“ Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has abandoned his goal of revising the postwar Constitution and enforcing it in 2020, those linked to the governing coalition said. The reason for his decision is that Diet deliberations on revisions to the legislation on the procedure for holding a referendum on constitutional changes have been stalled over a scandal in which many members of a supporting body for Abe were present at a taxpayer-funded cherry blossom-viewing party. Moreover, the opposition camp is criticizing the prime minister over the resignation of two members of his Cabinet in autumn over political scandals.

 

Abe is poised to amend his goal and aim to only enforce revisions to the Act on Procedures for Amendment of the Constitution of Japan before his last term as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) expires in September 2021. The LDP presidency carries with it the position of prime minister because the party has a majority in the House of Representatives. The prime minister intends to try to gain cooperation from opposition parties in enacting the law by clarifying that he no longer intends to amend the Constitution during his tenure โ€“ just the act on procedures to change the supreme law. Prime Minister Abe had previously declared his goal of enforcing a reformed Constitution in 2020 by saying on May 3, 2017, "The year 2020 when the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics will be held should be a milestone when Japan will be reborn."

 

However, key opposition parties reacted sharply to the move. Deliberations on a bill to amend the Act on Procedures for Amendment of the Constitution of Japan remain stalled and no progress has been made in discussions on constitutional amendments. After the ruling camp won the July 2019 House of Councillors election, Prime Minister Abe urged the legislature to go ahead with debate on constitutional reform. "Diet members should hold thorough discussions on the matter. Let's fulfill our responsibility to the people," he said in his policy speech to the Diet on Oct. 4.

 

However, the opposition camp intensified its grilling of the government over the scandal involving the cherry blossom-viewing party the prime minister hosts each year in spring. As a result, a vote on the Act on Procedures for Amendment of the Constitution of Japan has been postponed beyond next year's regular Diet session. Full-scale debate on specific clauses in the Constitution to amend will likely be delayed for a prolonged period. Under these circumstances, the prime minister has reviewed his schedule of constitutional revisions and chosen to take time to gain cooperation from the opposition bloc.

 

"The prime minister wants to pave the way for constitutional revisions even if a revised Constitution can't come into force (in 2020)," said a senior member of the LDP.

A referendum on constitutional revisions is held within 60 to 180 days after the amendments are initiated by the Diet through a concurring vote of two-thirds or more of all the members of each chamber. Revisions can be approved if over half of all the votes cast in the referendum are in favor of the move. A bill to revise the Act on Procedures for Amendment of the Constitution of Japan would open the way for the government to set up common polling stations at railway stations and commercial complexes just like in Diet and local elections.

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20191207/p2a/00m/0na/004000c

Anonymous ID: d1b0ff Dec. 7, 2019, 11:06 a.m. No.7447929   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>8121

Top Insider sale/buy of the week: Uber former ceo/founder: $123.43m Dec 3-5 & Howard Hughes Corp.: $200.84m Dec 2

 

from 2017

Uberโ€™s CEO is out: Hereโ€™s everything that went wrong with Uber this year

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/21/uber-timeline-why-did-ceo-travis-kalanick-leave.html

 

from July 2019

Uber shakeup: Arianna Huffington, Matt Cohler step down from board

https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/07/25/uber-shakeup-arianna-huffington-matt-cohler-step-down-from-board/

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Summerlin developer, Aviators owner Hughes Corp. to sell $2B in assets

https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/summerlin-developer-aviators-owner-hughes-corp-to-sell-2b-in-assets-1875263/

The Howard Hughes Corporation is a developer of master planned communities and mixed use properties. The Company is engaged in the ownership, management and the redevelopment or repositioning of real estate assets, as well as other real estate opportunities in the form of entitled and unentitled land and other development rights, also called Strategic Developments. It operates through three segments: Master Planned Communities, Operating Assets and Strategic Developments. Its Master Planned Communities segment consists of the development and sale of residential land and the development of commercial land to hold, develop or sell. Its master planned communities include The Woodlands, Summerlin, Maryland, Bridgeland and The Woodlands Hills. As of December 31, 2016, its Operating Assets segment included 54 properties, investments and other assets. As of December 31, 2016, the Strategic Developments segment included 23 development projects.

Number of employees : 1 400 people.

https://www.marketscreener.com/THE-HOWARD-HUGHES-CORPORA-6860634/company/

 

The Howard Hughes buy is a re-balancing as there is a sale (link to both listed) of $85.8m reported too.

https://www.finviz.com/insidertrading.ashx?oc=1336528&tc=7

https://www.finviz.com/insidertrading.ashx?oc=1732125&tc=2&b=2

Anonymous ID: d1b0ff Dec. 7, 2019, 11:18 a.m. No.7448010   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

>>7447983

> a vehicle to extort people who were not prepared to pay up and create slush funds.

 

exactly this. Along with the Stock act and the Dodd-Frank act. Noting moar than a vehicle used as a shakedown tool while masquerading as laws or helping people.

Anonymous ID: d1b0ff Dec. 7, 2019, 11:31 a.m. No.7448087   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

>>7448062 Drudges & The Drudge Report Biz - Mysteriously [Masked]

 

Granite Cubed

 

"a new and unknown company, Granite Cubed"

  • Web Advertisers are:

1: Data Collectors & Manipulators

2: Massive Revenue machines & Controllers

โ†’ BIG web advertisers = Run the Show Behind the Scenes w Huge $$$s.

โ†’ GRANITE CUBED is now โ†’ VORANDA Advertising

  • Matt Drudge

  • Drudge Report

  • Digital LLC

  • Granite Cubed web ad co.

  • VORANDA web ad co. โ† (website looks like [A FRONT])

 

notable

 

fuck ya anon. BOOM

Anonymous ID: d1b0ff Dec. 7, 2019, 11:39 a.m. No.7448137   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

Hong Kong American Chamber of Commerce president denied entry to Macau

 

The president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong said on Saturday she was denied entry to the neighboring Chinese-ruled city of Macau after being detained for around two hours by immigration officials.

 

Tara Joseph, an American citizen who was traveling to the former Portuguese colony of Macau for the AmCham Macau Ball, told Reuters that authorities did not provide a reason for refusing to allow her entry.

https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Hong-Kong-protests/Hong-Kong-AmCham-president-denied-entry-to-Macau