ANTIFA: Stop Posting Pictures And Video Of Us Committing Crime — It’s Dangerous For Us
This Antifa FREAK wants you to stop posting pictures & videos of them committing crimes because it’s endangering their lives!
Omg you can’t make this UP!! Let’s make her FAMOUS!!
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https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/antifa-stop-posting-pictures-and-video-of-us-committing-crime-its-dangerous-for-us/
At Least 54 Killed as South Yemen Ceasefire Collapses in Abyan
Both sides blame the other for violating truce
A Saudi-brokered ceasefire between the Saudi-backed government in Yemen and the Southern Transitional Council (STC) has not lasted long, and after tensions on the island of Socotra, fighting erupted in Abyan Province.
Fighting has raged over 24 hours in Abyan Province, with at least 54 fighters killed. Both sides are blaming the other for starting the fighting and “violating” the truce. Monitors are still heading into Abyan, but it’s not clear there is a ceasefire left to monitor.
A coastal province, Abyan has often been contested by the STC, and the same territory was under dispute during the Arab Spring, when Islamist groups tied to al-Qaeda seized several towns in the area, including the provincial capital of Zinjibar.
The STC intends to declare South Yemen an autonomous republic at the end of the Yemen War, while the Hadi government insists that they will keep Yemen united. The Saudis had aimed at power-sharing talks, but the Hadi regime has rejected giving power to the unelected STC as unfair.
https://news.antiwar.com/2020/06/25/at-least-54-killed-as-south-yemen-ceasefire-collapses-in-abyan/
Amazon wins naming rights to Seattle sports arena, will name it Climate Pledge Arena
Amazon has purchased the naming rights to Seattle's KeyArena, which is undergoing a major renovation in preparation for becoming home to an expansion NHL franchise and the WNBA's Storm.
But Amazon did not fight to win the bid in order to slap their name on the building. The new arena will be named Climate Pledge Arena.
What are the details?
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos announced on Instagram Thursday:
I'm excited to announce that Amazon has bought the naming rights to the historic Seattle arena previously known as KeyArena. Instead of calling it Amazon Arena, we're naming it Climate Pledge Arena as a regular reminder of the urgent need for climate action. It will be the first net zero carbon certified arena in the world, generate zero waste from operations and events, and use reclaimed rainwater in the ice system to create the greenest ice in the NHL. #ClimatePledge
The Climate Pledge is an initiative that calls on individuals and companies to adopt carbon-neutral practices and policies as laid out by the Paris Climate Change Agreement, which President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of last year.
The Washington Post (also owned by Bezos), reported that Climate Pledge Arena — set to open next year — will also include:
At least 75 percent of its food offerings sourced locally on a seasonal basis, with viable unused items donated to community food programs.
Zero single use plastic items, and zero trash bins, as patrons will only have the choice of recycling or compost bins (via nhl.com).
The ability of NHL and WNBA fans to use their game tickets as free public transit passes.
The sole use of renewable energy, from on-site solar panels and off-site sources.
According to The Seattle Times, KeyArena was built in 1962, and the total cost of its rebuild is estimated to be $930 million.
http://www.tathasta.com/2020/06/amazon-wins-naming-rights-to-seattle.html
Judicial Watch Obtains Secret Service Records Showing Hunter Biden Traveled to 29 Countries, Including Five Visits to China
Conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch obtained Secret Service records for the first five years of the Obama Admin showing Hunter Biden took 411 flights and visited 29 countries.
The Secret Service did not disclose, as requested by Judicial Watch, if Hunter Biden flew on Air Force One, Air Force Two or other government planes or whether other family members were in attendance
The records reveal Hunter Biden visited China 5 times.
The new documents also show that Hunter Biden never visited Ukraine prior to being hired by Burisma Holdings, a corrupt Ukrainian natural gas company.
Via Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch announced today it received records from the U.S. Secret Service showing that, for the first five and a half years of the Obama administration, Hunter Biden traveled extensively while receiving a Secret Service protective detail. During the time period of the records provided, Hunter Biden, son of then-Vice President Joe Biden, took 411 separate domestic and international flights, including to 29 different foreign countries. He visited China five times.
The Secret Service records show that countries and territories visited by Hunter Biden, between June 2009 and May 2014, included:
Ethiopia and India on June 14-22, 2009
Argentina on September 14-17, 2009
France and Spain on November 9-13, 2009
Canada on February 12-15, 2010
Dominican Republic on February 18-22, 2010
Puerto Rico on March 20-27, 2010
China on April 6-9, 2010
Belgium, Spain, and the United Kingdom on May 5-8, 2010
UK, Egypt, Kenya, South Africa, Ascension Island, U.S. Virgin Islands on June 6-13, 2010
Denmark and South Africa on August 9-24, 2010
Hong Kong, Taiwan and China on April 16-22, 2011
Mexico on May 15-17, 2011
Colombia, France, United Arab Emirates and France again on November 1-11, 2011
UK and Russia on February 15-18, 2012
Germany, France and UK on February 1-5, 2013
UK and Ireland on March 20-22, 2013
China on June 13-15, 2013
Switzerland and Italy on July 26-August 7, 2013
Japan, China, South Korea and the Philippines on December 2-9, 2013
China and Qatar on May 7-14, 2014
Ukraine and China knew Hunter Biden was a crackhead and chronic drug addict but paid him millions anyway — the countries then used it as fodder to blackmail daddy VP Joe Biden.
After many arrests and several stops into drug treatment facilities, Hunter joined his father, Vice President Joe Biden on a trip to China in 2013 where Hunter — inexperienced and out of place — was able to secure a $1.5 billion from China for private equity fund which he was forming at the time.
Even the best hedge fund managers at Goldman Sachs were unable to accomplish this, but crackhead Hunter Biden had the special touch of genius apparently.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/06/judicial-watch-obtains-secret-service-records-showing-hunter-biden-traveled-29-countries-including-five-visits-china/
Mobilized Maryland National Guard Soldiers Miss June Paychecks
Maryland National Guard troops activated for COVID-19 response and civil unrest went without June paychecks in a series of administrative failures, a Maryland National Guard spokesman said Thursday.
Guard leadership is aware of the issue and is working to resolve it, said Capt. Ben Hughes, a Maryland Guard spokesman. "There were some delays" in getting pay out on time, he added.
Hughes said the Guard is trying to determine "who might be missing out because of paperwork" involving order extensions and authorizations under state and federal guidelines.
There are no initial estimates of how many troops missed paychecks, Hughes said. But Steven Beynon, a sergeant with "A" Co., 1-175 Infantry Regiment, said he knows of 60 to 70 soldiers in his battalion who missed June 15 paychecks.
Guard members usually receive pay on the 1st and 15th of the month.
"No one in my company has been paid" for June 15, said Beynon, who is also a reporter for Stars & Stripes.
"It was shocking when we weren't paid," he said. "There wasn't any warning to it.
"The Army is all about taking care of soldiers," Beynon said. "This is not taking care of soldiers."
Guardsmen have left their civilian jobs in all 50 states to respond in unprecedented numbers to the nation's call to combat COVID-19 and to back up local law enforcement where needed. In early June, more than 120,000 of the total of about 450,000 National Guard members had been activated under state and federal authorizations, and on overseas deployments, according to the National Guard Bureau.
A spokeswoman for the bureau said it was unaware of pay problems in Maryland or other states. There was no immediate response from the bureau after the Maryland Guard confirmed the pay issue.
"I don't think anybody feels worse than the people in the chain of command of the Maryland National Guard," said John Goheen, a spokesman for the National Guard Association of the U.S.
"Everybody who has ever worn the uniform has probably experienced a pay problem," he added. "You hate to hear this.
"This has not been the easiest operation to administer," Goheen said, referring to orders for 30- or 31-day activations by states and Title 32 federal call-ups, and the various benefits and housing allowances that come with them.
In several roundtable discussions with defense reporters, state National Guard adjutant generals have consistently stressed the importance of timely pay for Guard members activated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/06/26/mobilized-maryland-national-guard-soldiers-miss-june-paychecks.html
Activists Urge US Dept of Agriculutre to Deny Deadly New Monsanto GMO-Herbicide Combo
The US is considering approving the product even as Monsanto juggles multiple multi-million dollar lawsuits from cancer patients over its deadly Roundup herbicide.
The United States Department of Agriculture is currently considering approving a new Monsanto corn genetically engineered to be used with five deadly herbicides. The vast majority of soy and corn grown in the United States is Monsanto’s patented Roundup Ready product. Roundup is the trade name of glyphosate, a chemical agent widely accepted as causing cancer in humans, including by the World Health Organization and the State of California. Monsanto’s new corn, however, is designed to be used not just with glyphosate, but also with dicamba, glufosinate, quizalofop, and 2,4-D.
The fact that the U.S. government may be expanding — not reducing — the amount of deadly chemicals used in food production is remarkable, considering that this week Monsanto’s parent company, Bayer, announced it was paying nearly $11 billion to settle a myriad of lawsuits from cancer patients over claims Roundup causes the deadly condition. In 2018, a California court ordered Monsanto to pay former school groundskeeper Dewayne Johnson $289 million, finding that Roundup was a factor in his terminal cancer. And last year a federal court awarded $80 million in damages to an individual who sprayed the product on his lawn for years, opening the floodgates for far more lawsuits. Yet the government appears to still be protecting Monsanto; in January the Environmental Protection Agency insisted that glyphosate did not cause cancer, non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, or any other fatal condition. “This administration’s troubling allegiance to Bayer/Monsanto and the pesticide industry doesn’t change the trove of peer-reviewed research by leading scientists finding troubling links between glyphosate and cancer,” said Lori Ann Burd, director of environmental health for the Center for Biological Diversity.
The idea that there is no connection between Monsanto products and health problems will certainly be news to the people of Vietnam. During the Vietnam War, Monsanto’s Agent Orange was dropped across the country, destroying more than 3.1 million hectares (around 12,000 square miles) of forest. 12 million gallons of Agent Orange were produced during the time period. The substance is well known to cause birth defects, retard fetal growth, and reduce female fertility, with symptoms lasting for generations. The consequences of the bombings are impossible not to notice for anyone traveling in Vietnam today, such as the ubiquity of severely disabled people. The Vietnamese Red Cross estimates that up to one million people (over one percent of the population) are disabled or have health complications as a direct result of exposure to the chemical. “Vietnam has suffered tremendous consequences from the war, especially with regard to the lasting and devastating effects of toxic chemicals, including Agent Orange,” said Nguyen Phuong Tra, the country’s deputy foreign ministry spokesman.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/activists-urge-department-of-agriculture-deny-monsanto-gmo-herbicide-combo/268979/
Toronto doctor gets no professional penalty for sex assault on 16 year old after panel finds he was struggling to express gay identity
A Toronto doctor who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy was “struggling to express his identity” as a gay man, said a discipline panel in deciding to impose no punishment.
A discipline panel at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario ruled in a rare split decision last month that Dr. Farooq Khan should receive no penalty and not have to pay any costs for his discipline proceedings.
In doing so, the majority of the panel rejected a joint submission from both the college’s and Khan’s lawyers that said the doctor should receive a 12-month suspension and pay $20,550 in costs.
Khan had admitted before the panel to an allegation of “having been found guilty of an offence that is relevant to his suitability to practise” — related to the fact that he pleaded guilty in court in 2015 to a criminal charge of sexual assault.
He received an absolute discharge in court, meaning he didn’t get a criminal record as a result of the guilty plea and didn’t have to serve a sentence.
The charge related to a 2009 incident in a which a then-24-year-old Khan, who was a medical resident at the time, was sleeping over at the home of a 16-year-old boy identified as AB in the discipline panel’s decision.
The two were sharing a bunk bed, and one night Khan went down to the bottom bunk and fondled AB while masturbating, believing him to be asleep, according to the panel’s decision.
In the discipline proceedings, three of the panel’s five members — two doctors and one community member — rejected the proposed punishment of a 12-month suspension submitted by both sides.
http://www.yourdestinationnow.com/2020/06/toronto-doctor-gets-no-professional.html
Archbishop of Canterbury says Church must think again about portraying Jesus as white and reveals plan to look 'very carefully' at whether statues in Canterbury Cathedral 'should be there'
Rev Welby said statues in Canterbury Cathedral would be looked at 'carefully'
He said Jesus is portrayed differently, and Middle Eastern was 'most accurate'
Asked if the West needs to reimagine Jesus' whiteness, he said: 'Yes of course'
The Archbishop of Canterbury has urged the West to reconsider its prevailing mindset that Jesus was white - as he revealed a review into religious statues.
Justin Welby said monuments in Canterbury Cathedral are going to be looked at 'very carefully' to see if they all 'should be there'.
The head of the Church of England waded into the heated statue debate during an interview this morning, where he was also asked if the 'way the western church portrays Jesus needs to be thought about again'.
He immediately replied: 'Yes of course it does, this sense that God was white… You go into churches (around the world) and you don't see a white Jesus.
'You see a black Jesus, a Chinese Jesus, a Middle Eastern Jesus - which is of course the most accurate - you see a Fijian Jesus.'
Rev Welby stressed his view was not to 'throw out' the past but instead offer a rounded picture of the 'universality' of Christ.
Speaking this morning in a wide-ranging interview Rev Welby told BBC's Today: 'Jesus is portrayed in as many ways as there are cultures languages and understandings.
'And I don't think that throwing out everything we've got in the past is the way to do it but I do think saying "that's not the Jesus who exists, that's not who we worship", it is a reminder of the universality of the God who became fully human.'
http://www.mr-mehra.com/2020/06/archbishop-of-canterbury-says-church.html
Trump's use of Pentagon funds for US-Mexico border wall illegal, court rules
A federal appeals court in California on Friday ruled that the Trump administration’s use of Pentagon funding to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border was illegal.
In a 2-1 ruling,the 9th Circuit Courtof Appeals found that Trump’s diversion of defense, military and other funding — billions of dollars that were not originally earmarked for border wall construction — violated the Appropriations Clause of the Constitution, which gives Congress the exclusive power of the purse.
“These funds were appropriated for other purposes, and the transfer amounted to ‘drawing funds from the Treasury without authorization by statute and thus violating the Appropriations Clause,’ ” the majority wrote. “Therefore, the transfer of funds here was unlawful.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/504734-trumps-use-of-pentagon-funds-for-us-mexico-border-wall-illegal-court
Gantz: I’ll go to Ramallah tomorrow if Palestinians open to peace talks
Defense chief calls for negotiations on basis of Trump plan, says he’ll advance ‘reciprocal moves’ if Israel annexes parts of West Bank, actions will be ‘responsible and focused’
Defense Minister Benny Gantz said Friday he was willing to immediately meet with the Palestinians for peace talks, vowing to advance reciprocal moves if Israel annexes West Bank lands.
In a Facebook post, Gantz lamented the lack of negotiations with the Palestinians, saying he has been in touch with the United States, European countries and other nations on how to kickstart negotiations on the basis of US President Donald Trump’s peace proposal. The plan, which the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority has rejected out of hand, designates some 30 percent of the West Bank for Israel and the rest for a prospective Palestinian state.
While pinning most of the blame on the Palestinians for the years-long absence of peace talks, Gantz said he would sit down with them immediately if they ask to negotiate.
“If they request to have serious negotiations I’m ready to be in Ramallah tomorrow morning to discuss this,” he said.
Gantz reiterated his conditions for extending sovereignty over parts of the West Bank, pledging Israel will not annex areas with large numbers of Palestinians and will grant equal rights to those living in annexed areas. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Palestinians in these areas would not get Israeli citizenship.
Gantz also said there would be “preliminary diplomatic and security work” to ensure any move doesn’t harm Israel’s security, “strategic assets” or peace agreements with Arab countries.
“I’ll advance reciprocal moves with the Palestinians,” he said, without elaborating.
Under Gantz’s agreement with Netanyahu, the premier can begin advancing annexation on July 1, which he has repeatedly pledged to do. Gantz and his Blue and White party’s No. 2, Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi, have backed Trump’s peace plan but have signaled reservations about annexing territory unilaterally.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/gantz-ill-go-to-ramallah-tomorrow-if-palestinians-open-to-peace-talks/
Hacker attack on Russian election website launched from US, UK, EU, and Ukraine
The nationwide vote to amend the Russian Constitution started on June 25 in all regions of Russia
MOSCOW, June 26. /TASS/. Deputy Chairman of the Russian Central Election Commission (CEC) Nikolai Bulaev reported that according to preliminary data, a massive hacking attack on the CEC website on Friday was carried out from the territories of the United States, the United Kingdon, Ukraine, and a number of other countries.
"Starting at 12:30 pm the website of the Russian Central Election Commission has been subjected to a massive hacking attack which reaches 240,000 requests per second. A preliminary analysis indicates that the geography of the attackers is distributed by the following countries: the US, the UK and other European countries, Ukraine and some CIS states," the official told TASS on Friday.
Earlier the deputy chairman reported that he received information about the hacking attack on the commission’s website, now the web portal is functioning as usual.
The nationwide vote to amend the Russian Constitution started on June 25 in all regions of Russia. The primary day to vote according to the decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin is July 1, but Russians can also cast their ballots during the week of June 25 to June 30. According to the directive of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation, the polls will be open from June 25 to July 1 from 8 am to 8 pm local time in all Russian regions, the vote count will take place after 8 pm local time on July 1 for all seven days of voting.
In addition to voting before the primary date (June 25-30), constituents can also cast ballots outside of polling stations (including outdoor areas), use contactless voting at home, or remote electronic voting in Moscow and the Nizhny Novgorod region, as well cast ballots at one’s place of residence using the Mobile Voter application.
https://tass.com/society/1172087
26 Trinitario gang members charged in Rikers Island stabbings, slashings and other violence
NEW YORK – Twenty-six alleged Trinitario gang members were charged Thursday in Bronx District court following an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York, the Bronx District Attorney’s Office, and the New York City Department of Correction’s Correction Intelligence Bureau, with assistance from the New York City Department of Investigation. According to the investigation, current or former Rikers Island inmates carried out a total of 14 violent acts in the jail between September 2015 and July 2019. Half of those incidents were against rival gang members, and half against fellow Trinitarios who broke rules of the gang and who were not in good standing. Out of the 14 incidents, 12 were slashings and stabbings. The defendants conspired through various forms of communication, including phone calls and letters, and by using coded language.
"Transnational criminal organizations will operate without boundaries, as in this case with alleged connections to brutal violence, slashings and stabbings while incarcerated," said Peter C. Fitzhugh, special agent in charge of HSI New York. "HSI New York will continue to pursue and dismantle transnational gangs like the Trinitarios, wherever they operate. It is with the tremendous collaboration with the Bronx District Attorney's Office, NYC DOC and DOI that this investigation took down more than two dozen members of a gang that exists only to brutalize and endanger our communities."
Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark said, "During their time in Rikers Island, these defendants allegedly conspired and engaged in numerous slashings and stabbings that caused grievous wounds. They allegedly carried out these attacks in order to preserve and protect the power of the Trinitario gang, meting out punishment to their own members as well as rivals. We will not tolerate such brutality against incarcerated individuals and will hold people accountable even after they have left jail. We will continue to attack the pipeline of violence from Rikers Island to the streets."
DOC Commissioner Cynthia Brann said, "We will not tolerate violence in City jails, and are doing everything possible to bring those responsible to justice. The safety and security of the people who live and work in our facilities is our top priority. Our Correction Intelligence Bureau works tirelessly to increase safety in city jails, and we are proud of their hard work in this case, which involved collaboration with fellow law enforcement partners citywide. Gang activity drives a disproportionate amount of violence on city streets and amongst those in custody, and because of the indictments announced today both communities are safer."
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/26-trinitario-gang-members-charged-rikers-island-stabbings-slashings-and-other
Obamacare & Coronavirus: Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court To Overturn Affordable Care Act Amid Pandemic
The administration filed a brief late Thursday in a case brought by 17 Republican state attorneys general led by Texas
President Trump has been promising a replacement for Obamacare but Congress has failed to approve anything
487,000 Americans have signed up for coverage under the ACA since the coronavirus forced the economy to shut down in mid-March
Democrats Friday attacked the Trump administration for asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Obamacare, an action that could throw 23 million Americans off their health plans amid the coronavirus pandemic and high unemployment.
“If Donald Trump has his way, complications from COVID-19 could become a new preexisting condition,” presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said in prepared remarks Thursday ahead of the filing. “Some survivors will experience lasting health impacts — like lung scarring and heart damage.
“And if Donald Trump prevails in court, insurers would be allowed to strip away coverage or jack up premiums — simply because of their battle with the coronavirus.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi echoed Biden, adding there’s “no legal justification and no moral excuse for the Trump administration’s disastrous efforts to take away Americans’ healthcare.”
The pandemic has killed more than 124,000 Americans since mid-March.
The administration late Thursday argued in a brief the decade-old Affordable Care Act needs to be struck down because its core provision – the individual mandate – is unconstitutional, and since the penalties were removed, the law cannot be constitutional because of Congress’ taxing power, the reason it was upheld previously.
The brief was filed in conjunction with a suit brought by a coalition of 18 Republican state attorneys general led by Texas.
President Trump made overturning Obamacare a cornerstone pledge of his 2016 campaign, but in the more than three years he has been in office, Republicans have failed to come up with a replacement plan.
The filing came as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reported 487,000 Americans signed up for healthcare coverage after the pandemic forced the nation into economic lockdown, sending millions of Americans to unemployment lines.
The White House denied dismantling the ACA would worsen the pandemic. Spokesman Judd Deere called the law a failure in a statement emailed to the Washington Post and said Americans “deserve for Congress to work on a bipartisan basis with the president to provide quality, affordable care.”
https://www.ibtimes.com/obamacare-coronavirus-trump-administration-asks-supreme-court-overturn-affordable-3001290
'Society of Snitches': Northam Asks Virginians to Report Churches, Gun Ranges That Violate COVID Restrictions
The Virginia Department of Health under Gov. Ralph Northam (D-Va.) is encouraging Virginians to file an anonymous report to snitch on various establishments for violating the governor’s restrictions to fight the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic that came from China. State Sen. Mark Obenshain (R) pondered whether Northam is trying to turn Virginia into a “society of … snitches.”
“[The governor of Virginia] is now trying to turn us into a society of informers and snitches?” Obenshain asked. “The Governor and his Health Secretary, through the VA Dept. of Health is now asking for people to make anonymous complaints to the Dept. for violations of the Gov. Northam’s mask order.”
“And in the submission form, there’s a drop down menu that lists gun ranges, churches retail businesses and a few other types of organizations as culprits,” the Republican added.
“So let me get this straight. Gov. Northam is asking private citizens to tattle on their fellow citizens regarding his mask order and encouraging complaints to be submitted specifically as to churches and gun ranges. And these complaints can be made anonymously. There is nothing to prevent businesses from snitching on competitors, or to prevent the outright fabrication of reports,” Obenshain warned.
“This is sure to work to the detriment of small businesses who are struggling under the weight of the coronavirus shutdown AND stifling laws Democrats passed that go into effect July 1,” he added.
Yet the situation gets even worse. Obenshain noted that Northam’s Department of Health is encouraging this snitching “while the Governor equivocates and prevaricates when it comes to its enforcement in connection with protests, demonstrations and riots – as long as participants are his allies.”
The “society of snitches” form, entitled “Online Complaint Report for Violations of Executive Order 63 (Face Coverings) and Executive Order 65 (Phase Two Easing of Certain Temporary Restrictions)” and first reported by the Washington Free Beacon, indeed includes a drop-down menu listing eight different types of establishments, including “Indoor Gun Range” and “Religious Service” as options.
https://pjmedia.com/culture/tyler-o-neil/2020/06/26/society-of-snitches-northam-asks-virginians-to-report-churches-gun-ranges-that-violate-covid-restrictions-n579564
CBP Seizes Over 500 Pounds Of Synthetic Drugs In Shipment From China
U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Cincinnati, Ohio seized 530 pounds of synthetic drugs from China heading to Aurora, Colorado on May 11, according to a Friday press release. CBP says it’s the largest ever seizure of synthetic drugs in the history of the Port of Cincinnati.
The shipment contained over 160 packages addressed to individuals and businesses across the country, and included “regulated medications, agriculture and food products, intellectual property rights violations such as counterfeit handbags and shoes, and 530 pounds of synthetic drugs and controlled substances.”
“As the country’s first line of defense, U.S. Customs and Border Protection is tasked with protecting our nation’s borders as we face an ever-changing threat environment,” Robert E. White, Director of CBP Field Operations for the Chicago Field Office said. “Synthetic drugs threaten the health and safety of our nation’s citizens.
White added, “This seizure epitomizes the dedication of our officers and showcases the significant role they play in ensuring CBP’s strategy to combat the illicit flow of narcotics is successful.”
A significant portion of the drugs seized were found to be “precursors for fentanyl synthesis.” The drug is largely responsible for the thousands of lives lost to the nation’s opioid epidemic due to its high degree of addictiveness and potency.
“I want to commend everyone involved in making sure these deadly substances were never allowed to reach the streets of our communities,” said Cleveland Area Port Director Diann Rodriguez
https://saraacarter.com/cbp-seizes-over-500-pounds-of-synthetic-drugs-in-shipment-from-china/
Russia Unblocks World's Largest Free-Speech Messaging and Social Media Platform (Telegram)
Telegram is far better than Whatsapp, which is owned by the widely hated, Jewish censorship organization, Facebook.
Roskomnadzor, the Russian Internet and telecom authority, announced today that it is lifting restrictions on access to Telegram.
The regulator cited “Telegram’s readiness to combat terrorism and extremism” and referred to an agreement with the federal prosecutors.
Earlier this month, as reported by Meduza, Telegram’s founder Pavel Durov urged the authorities to unblock Telegram and let its “30 million users in Russia to use the service more comfortably.”
Telegram was banned in Russia on April 13, 2018, following its refusal to let the Russian secret service FSB to decipher user messengers as required by law. However, the instant messenger never stopped being widely accessible from Russia.
Why telegram was blocked
Adopted in 2016, a Russian legislation (dubbed ‘Yarovaya law’ or ‘Big Brother law’) requires messenger apps and other “organizers of information distribution” to add additional coding to transmitted electronic messages so that the the FSB can decipher them.
Telegram agreed to register its service in Russia, but refused to cooperate with the secret service under “laws incompatible with Telegram’s privacy policy.”
As a consequence, a Moscow court ruled to block access to Telegram in a trial which Durov called “an open farce.”
The authorities’ failed attempts to block access to the service in 2018 caused substantial damages to a number of online services which saw their IP address blocked even though they had no relation to Telegram.
https://russia-insider.com/en/russia-unblocks-worlds-largest-free-speech-messaging-and-social-media-platform-telegram/ri30746
Trump Admin To Restrict Visas To CCP Officials ‘eviscerating Hong Kong’s freedoms’
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Friday a plan to restrict visas to current and former Chinese Communist Party officials who “undermined” Hong Kong’s autonomy. Additionally, Pompeo said the families of such officials could also be subject to the punishment.
“The CCP has stepped up efforts to undermine Hong Kong’s high degree of autonomy by announcing Beijing’s authority to ‘supervise’ Hong Kong’s governance, accusing at least one member of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council of misconduct, and moving to unilaterally and arbitrarily impose national security legislation on Hong Kong,” Pompeo said in his remarks.
Pompeo’s announcement comes as Beijing inches closer to passing a national security law handing over significant control to the Chinese Communist Party. However, the move would be a violation of the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration, Pompeo argued, under which the British government gave Beijing back control over Hong Kong, but promised to allow its autonomy.
Pompeo added, “Beijing’s continued actions undermine its commitments and obligations in the Sino-British Joint Declaration to respect Hong Kong’s high degree of autonomy. At the same time, Beijing continues to undermine human rights and fundamental freedoms in Hong Kong by putting pressure on local authorities to arrest pro-democracy activists and disqualify pro-democracy electoral candidates.”
“The United States calls on China to honor its commitments and obligations in the Sino-British Joint Declaration – namely that Hong Kong will ‘enjoy a high degree of autonomy’ and that human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the freedoms of expression and peaceful assembly, will be protected by law and respected by governing authorities in Hong Kong,” Pompeo said.
“Hong Kong’s high degree of autonomy and the full implementation of the Sino-British Joint Declaration, as well as respect for human rights, are of fundamental importance. The United States will continue to review its authorities to respond to these concerns.”
https://saraacarter.com/trump-admin-to-restrict-visas-to-ccp-officials-eviscerating-hong-kongs-freedoms/
The Secret Is Out: "The Fed Is Busted"
First they dismiss you as a conspiracy theorist then they join you. The secret is out, the Fed is busted: Central banks have distorted asset prices far above the economy.
I’ve been harping about the market cap to GDP ratio for a while and even called the Fed’s asset price distortion operation a direct threat to the economy.
Now it appears the IMF agrees:
“This disconnect between markets and the real economy raises the risk of another correction in risk asset prices should investor risk appetite fade, posing a threat to the recovery”
Posing a threat to the recovery. This was precisely my point on CNBC Fast Money last week:
The Fed is the danger. None of what we are seeing here is normal nor healthy as seen in market cap to GDP:
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https://northmantrader.com/2020/06/26/busted/
Deep State Uses Color Revolution for Regime Change at Home
F. William Engdahl's book, Manifest Destiny: Democracy as Cognitive Dissonance (2018) explains how the CIA uses Color Revolutions to defeat enemies of America's corporate elite.
For those unfamiliar with the term Color Revolution, it refers to what has become a standard technique for promoting Regime Change in targeted nations.
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The term was coined by Gene Sharp (1928-2018), who wrote guidebooks on how to avoid the horrific costs of war and military overthrow by organizing populist revolts backed by slick Madison Avenue-style marketing techniques.
Rather than confusing young people with wonky policy matters, Sharp recommended that our CIA should motivate revolutionary wannabes with pop culture, using catchy fact-free slogans, logos, and team colors. His idea was to make a Color Revolution irresistible fun, like a sporting event. Social media, which fosters communication in the form of short, catchy slogans and images that can easily "go viral," has been particularly conducive to Gene Sharp's formula of organizing the masses around advertising copy and team colors.
These Color Revolution techniques were used on a large scale in the former Soviet Union countries, such as in the 2003 Rose Revolution in Georgia or the 2005 Orange Revolution in Ukraine.
Although some Color Revolutions can sometimes be expensive ($5 billion in the case of Ukraine), believers in Sharp's Color Revolution know his techniques are far cheaper than outright military intervention.
Typically, Regime Change through Color Revolutions are orchestrated by a public-private partnerships made-up of government agencies such as the State Department or CIA, combined with private funding from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that are backed by the Quiet Elite.
An individual often associated with Color Revolution funding and orchestration is the notorious shadow figure, George Soros. His tax-exempt entities, like the Open Society Foundations (OSF) and others, regularly
pump money into the latest Color Revolutions. Not surprisingly, his objectives are more often commercial than strictly political.
https://www.henrymakow.com/2020/06/Deep-State-Uses-Color-Revolution-for-Regime-Change-at-Home.html
UKC News: Gov-Media COVID Killjoys Try to Shut Down Beaches, Pubs to Enforce Their ‘New Normal’
The hottest day of the year hits Britain, and surfs up, and government-media complex is desperate as ever to push their “second wave” fear campaign in order to try to keep beaches and pubs as empty as possible. The social distancing obsession continues in the Netherlands where a venue rolled out a bizarre beta test for COVID ‘nightclub’ during the daylight hours, bringing ‘New Normal’ charade to new heights. Meanwhile, life in most European countries is carrying on as normal without all of the colorful children’s signage and arrows on pavements. What happened to western civilization? Also, now elites are conflating COVID with climate change in order to press forward with the ‘green’ financialization of nature and inflate a new green bubble. All this and more.
https://21stcenturywire.com/2020/06/26/ukc-news-gov-media-covid-killjoys-try-to-shut-down-beaches-pubs-to-enforce-their-new-normal/