>>9987646

How Much Did the Saints Help the Catholic Church on Its Sex Abuse Crisis? More Than They Admitted

New Orleans's favorite team has acknowledged providing “minimal” public relations help to the local archdiocese as it handled revelations of sexual abuse by clergy—but an SI investigation found that the team's aid was more extensive. Survivors, who feel betrayed by both institutions, want answers.

Jun 17, 2020

“Don’t f— with the Saints,” he says one caller told him, before hanging up.

Daunting as the path may be, Windmann and his fellow survivors felt they were making progress—until the Church’s May bankruptcy filing froze the email fight. “We will continue to seek the public release of the Saints emails,” Trahant, Denenea and Gisleson said in a statement.

In the meantime, leaders from SNAP have appealed to a different kind of higher power: the NFL. They sent a letter in late January to commissioner Roger Goodell making two asks: first, to penalize Benson and the Saints under the league’s personal conduct policy, which allows for a suspension or fine up to $500,000 for conduct detrimental to the league (they want the money to then be used to fund organizations working to prevent sexual abuse). Second, to show public support for abuse survivors. “We implore you to use the power of your office to show that the NFL is an ally to survivors instead of the adversary that the Saints have been,” they wrote. Bourgeois, who co-signed the letter, says Goodell has not responded. “That’s a slap in the face,” he says.

NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said he was not aware of the SNAP letter, but that “our sympathies are with the victims.” He added that there is no current league investigation into the Saints: “We have been monitoring developments, but will continue to respect the judicial process.”

There is one way the emails could be released: with the Saints’ approval. Survivors have also called for Benson to create a fund to ensure those who have been abused have access to counseling and treatment. Amid the scrutiny, though, Benson and the Saints have held fast. She has said, in hindsight, she would aid the archdiocese again. “I am not going to be deterred in helping people in need,” she said in February. “We will always find the best way to unify and heal. That is who we are.”

Those words sound almost ironic to survivors, who believe that Benson, and by extension their beloved football team, have done just the opposite. “I felt betrayed,” Stonebreaker says. “They’re not helping when they are helping to hide the truth. That’s not helping. That’s culpability.”

https://www.si.com/nfl/2020/06/17/saints-help-to-church-more-extensive-than-admitted

Now they're planning the crime of the century

Well what will it be?

Read all about their schemes and adventuring

Yes, It's well worth the fee

So roll up and see

How they've raped the universe

How they've gone from bad to worse

Who are these men of lust, greed and glory?

Rip off the mask and let's see.

But that's not right - oh no, what's the story?

But there's you and there's me

That can't be right

Crime Of The Century

China puts US tensions aside to boost phase one trade deal, food security with record corn purchase

China bought 1.762 million tonnes of corn for delivery in the 2020-21 marketing year beginning in September, which was its largest-ever daily purchase of US corn

It has also bought large quantities of soybeans amid a backdrop of escalating tensions over the coronavirus, Xinjiang and the national security law in Hong Kong

China has been able to put aside its growing tensions with the United States at least in the area of agricultural purchases, with a record purchase of US corn reinforcing the phase one trade deal as well as Beijing’s need to bolster its food security.

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Tuesday that China bought 1.762 million tonnes of corn for delivery in the 2020-21 marketing year beginning in September, its largest-ever daily purchase of US corn and the fourth-largest US sale overall.

Having started to make purchases in March, China has ramped up its purchase of US corn since the start of July, having not made any in June, placing orders totalling 4.19 million tonnes this year for delivery over the next two years.

China also bought 1.17 million tonnes of US soybean this month, after having bought the same amount in June, according to data from the USDA.

https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3093600/china-puts-us-tensions-aside-boost-phase-one-trade-deal-food

Jesus Statue Found Beheaded Outside Catholic Church In Miami, Diocese Expects Hate Crime Investigation

A statue of Jesus Christ was vandalized Wednesday outside a Catholic Church in Miami, an incident church leaders say they expect to be investigated as a hate crime, WSVN reported.

Less than a week after another incident targeting Catholics in Florida, the statue of Jesus was found beheaded and knocked off its pedestal outside of Good Shepherd Catholic Church, WSVN reported.

Jesus statue found vandalized at a church in Kendall. The Archdiocese of Miami wants it investigated as a hate crime @WPLGLocal10 pic.twitter.com/8Xvf0Yhmvk

://dailycaller.com/2020/07/16/jesus-statue-beheaded-miami-good-shepherd-catholic-church-hate-crime/

WEIGHT LIFTER Trump poses next to huge CRANE as he vows to ‘lift weight of regulations’ and protect suburbs from ‘far left’ Democrats

PRESIDENT Donald Trump vowed to lift regulations on Americans beneath a giant crane and two pickup trucks parked on stage at the White House.

At a campaign-style event on Thursday, the president promised to slash regulations in areas like fair housing and clean water underneath an enormous crane emblazoned with a "Trump Administration" banner.

https://www.the-sun.com/news/1152700/donald-trump-crane-regulations-democrats-suburbs/

>>9987598

US investors still piling FDI money into China despite rising political tensions

Foreign direct investment (FDI) from the US to China rose 6 per cent from a year earlier in yuan terms

In US dollar terms, total FDI in China rose 3.7 per cent in June from a year earlier but fell 4 per cent in first half of the year

The United States was a “major source” of foreign direct investment into China in the first half of the year despite tensions between the world’s two largest economies, China’s Ministry of Commerce said.

In the first six months of 2020, foreign direct investment (FDI) from the US to China rose 6 per cent from a year earlier in yuan terms, the ministry said, without providing the actual amount or any detailed breakdown.

China’s overall FDI inflows, measured in yuan, fell 1.3 per cent in the January-June period, the ministry said. In comparison, FDI from Hong Kong rose 4.2 per cent, while investments from Singapore increased 7.8 per cent.

The continuous long-term investment inflows into China from the US, if confirmed, could be a result of Beijing’s efforts to woo American businesses despite its quarrels with Washington over Hong Kong, Taiwan, the South China Sea, and Xinjiang.

https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3093686/us-investors-still-piling-fdi-money-china-despite-rising

>>9987879

Why Communist China Is Home to So Many Billionaires

It’s official now that Jack Ma, chairman of the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd., is a member of the Communist Party. He’s also the richest of a growing gaggle of high-net-worth individuals in China, who between them control $6.5 trillion. The story of how China’s Communist Party, long an opponent of capitalist ideology, created one of history’s greatest breeding grounds for personal wealth begins four decades ago when then party patriarch Deng Xiaoping introduced reforms that would drastically transform the country into the world’s second-biggest economy.

1. How many billionaires does China have?

The Bloomberg Billionaires Index tracks the wealth of the 500 richest individuals globally, 38 of whom are Chinese. More broadly, global wealth research firm Wealth-X found that of the world’s 2,754 billionaires, 680 (25 percent) were in the U.S. and 338 (12 percent) were in China. UBS Group AG estimates a new billionaire is minted in China every two days.

https://fortune.com/2018/11/29/communist-china-billionaires-jack-ma/

Roger Hodgson, co-founder of Supertramp, is the singer/songwriter of this most beautiful treasure, A Soapbox Opera, which is from the album, Crisis? What Crisis? Seeing Roger perform with an orchestra is mesmerizing. This performance is from a July 2013 concert in Germany with the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra at Jazzopen Schlossplatz.

A Soapbox Opera - Roger Hodgson (Supertramp) Writer and Composer

>>9987946

How many times have they tried to assassinate him

Man Arrested at Rally Tells Authorities He Wanted to Kill Donald Trump

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/21/us/politics/trump-rally-las-vegas.html

Fire in Iranian shipyard damages 7 ships

A fire broke out in an Iranian shipyard on Wednesday. This is just the latest in a series of fires and explosions that are have hit the country, many at sensitive sites, in recent weeks.

The fire on Wednesday occurred in a shipyard at the southwestern port of Bushehr about 430 miles from Tehran. It damaged seven ships, according to local news reports. No casualties were reported. Firefighters battled the flames which produced thick black smoke as videos on Iranian television showed. The official IRNA state-run news posted still photos of the fire.

The shipyard is not far from the Iranian nuclear reactor in Bushehr.

Officials are investigating this latest incident. Many think it might have been a cyberattack, aimed at destroying the site. But even that is subject to debate and whether a potential cyber-attacks would have been perpetrated by Israel or the United States or by local resistance groups.

On Sunday, Iranian authorities reported that a petrochemical facility in Mahshahr was hit by an explosion and fire that was characterized as minor. Authorities said that firefighters had the fire out in 10 minutes. The fire was blamed on an oil leak.

And on Monday, Iranian authorities responded to yet another explosion at a gas storage tank facility in Mashhad. One tank exploded and six others caught fire in that incident. Investigators are searching for the cause of the fire.

On July 2, a large fire sparked in a nuclear enrichment facility at Natanz. The facility housed the newest generation of centrifuges for the Iranian government. The Natanz facility consists of a fuel enrichment plant and is considered Iran’s largest gas centrifuge uranium enrichment facility. It first came online in 2007.

https://sofrep.com/news/fire-in-iranian-shipyard-damages-7-ships/

>>9988072

>Are there 6 criminal gangs going down?

You can start with MS13…For 1

HSI-led MS-13 takedown announced by White House: Gang members included national MS-13 leadership, indictments for firearms, drug distribution, "Kingpin" statute, other offenses

https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-led-ms-13-takedown-announced-white-house-gang-members-included-national-ms-13

>>9988145

Exactly…And I wouldn't doubt that number ….So much we're not being told