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Phillines On Red Alert Because of China

China's Navy is Massing in the South China Sea

In no uncertain terms, the cabinet of Philippine President Duterte spoke of China's conduct, calling the presence of boats an unwelcome stain that risked unwanted hostilities.

We can negotiate on matters of mutual concern and benefit, but make no mistake about it - our sovereignty is non-negotiable.

We will not give up even a single inch of our national territory or our exclusive economic zone.

Make no mistake, they appear to be massing.  And others are watching.

Blinken Warns China and Russia
The White House says it would be a mistake if they strike Taiwan or Ukraine

Under the long-standing Taiwan Relations Act, the U.S. has a committment to make sure Taiwan has the ability to defend itself and keep peace in the Pacific.

And all I can tell you is it would be a serious mistake for anyone to try to change the existing status quo by force.

For those that do not recall history, the original National Government of China took refuge in Taiwan after WWII after losing control of the mainland to the Communist Party during the Chinese Civil War.


On a somber note...

Britain's Prince Philip,
Queen Elizabeth's 'strength' for seven decades,
dies at 99

For nearly 70 years, he was at his wife's side throughout her reign. He was known to be strong, guide the royal family through repeated crises, and helped modernize the British monarchy. But he passed away at age 99 this Friday.

It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen announces the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

Australia Abandons AstraZeneca

They're following advice that people under 50 take Phizer's instead

Authorities have considered using Phiser after Europeon regulators continued noting possible links between AstraZenica and reports of rare cases of blood clots.

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Facebook blasted for censorship

Big Tech apparently has the back of Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors

Okay, what's with this now? Another news story by the NY Post is being censored, and it's one that many know about anyway!

This story around Black Lives Matter, we’re talking about four homes valued at $3 million, the head of New York City’s Black Lives Matter chapter is calling for an investigation.
...
How is that not a story? Black Lives Matter is a powerful entity, they raised more than $90 million just last year, they should not therefore be exempt from scrutiny or accountability, but Big Tech apparently has their back and says, "Nothing to see here, we're going to censor this."

    This is just as bad as when Facebook, Twitter and company banned, blocked and removed the NY Post's factual reporting on Hunter Biden's laptop.

Biden hosts Japan PM Yoshihide Suga
amid US-China tensions

President Joe Biden hosted Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga at the White House. President Biden said that the U.S. and Japan would work to end the Covid-19 Pandemic and worked to advance shared values including human rights. And along with that, they both talked about reforming the World Health Organization which former President Donald Trump blamed for Covid-19's spread by accepting China's bogus data and propaganda.

  Of course, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi demanded that Japan not get involved.


Still, it might be moot as...

Japan and Germany
hold their first security talk to deter China

It appears that the two plan to expand military cooperation amidst concerns about China's increasing aggression. The foreign and defense ministers of both natoins sat down to talks, and they exchanged views over China's claims and their 'grave concerns' over Hong Kong and human rights violations.

Following this, Germany intends to dispatch a Frigate to the Indo-Pacific region.

Pelosi Kills Bill To Expand Supreme Court

For now...

According to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, she claimed to be opposed to expanding the Supreme Court and further said she wasn't going to put the bill to a vote. She says she "doesn’t know if that’s a good idea or bad idea." However, she also said it wasn't out of the question and is waiting for President Biden's commission regarding reforming the court.
 
    Yes, the Supreme court has fluctuated over the years, but it has stayed between seven to nine, with it being raised to ten under President Lincoln so he could have an anti-slavery majority. It hasn't been any higher than nine for over one hundred years, though President Roosevelt wanted to add six more judges so he would always have a majority to spite the judges ruling against him. It was with FDR's plan for the increase where the phrase "Packing the Court" originated.

Woman Discovers
her Son's Bride is her long lost daughter?

Yes, you read that right.    The woman's future daughter-in-law turned out to be her actual daughter.  That would normally kill the wedding, wouldn't it? Well, it didn't. It turns out the groom was actually adopted and not the bride's actual blood!

Russia did not offer Bounties

The story of Russia offering Bounties against US troops apparently came from interrogations going on within Afghanistan, a highly unreliable way to obtain credible information. Still, the New York Times published its first story on June 26. And not long after this, Rep. Liz Cheney and house Democrats used this material to halt President Trump's plan to withdraw from Afghanistan. Though the Washington Post gave President Trump 'Four Pinocchios' about the bounty story, it turned out that the former President was correct.

Though Biden pressed forward with this story during the 2020 campaign, his administration is now disavowing this revelation. And the story now appears to have been a means to sabotage the Afghanistan peace process and withdrawal while Trump was in office. It wouldn't be the first time that false news was spread among the mainstream media.

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Chauvin Found Guilty

Trial over George Floyd Convicts
Verdict will be upheld by the Facts

Judge Jeanine Pirro agreed with a Minnesota jury's guilty verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. She suggests that if it was up for an appeal, the facts will support the guilty verdicts.

I've tried many murder cases, and I've sat as a judge on murder cases. It is rare that you even get a picture of the victim in a murder case ... but here, we had a living, breathing person that the jury was able to relate to. ... This was an emotional as well as an intellectual decision. And when I say that, make no mistake: The facts are solid on this verdict. This verdict will be upheld on appeal.

Chauvin was found guilty on all three counts; Second Degree Manslaughter, Third Degree Murder and Second Degree Murder. It will be two months before sentencing, but the Prosecution wishes to levy additional charges during sentencing.

Chauvin Trial Judge rebukes Maxine Waters

States her 'confrontational' protest remarks could fuel appeal

I hope we get a verdict that says guilty, guilty, guilty. We've got to stay on the street, and we've got to get more active. We've got to get more confrontational.  We've got to make sure that they know that we mean business.

Maxine Waters openly said this to reporters when asked if Chauvin was acquitted. Because of her comments, Chauvin's attorney asked the Judge for a mistrial, arguing her comments had influenced the jury.

Now that we have U.S. representatives threatening acts of violence in relation to the specifics of this specific case, it’s mind-boggling to me.

I wish elected officials would stop talking about this case, especially in a manner that is disrespectful to the rule of law. I think if they want to give their opinions, they should do so respectfully and in a manner that is consistent with their oath to the Constitution, to respect a coequal branch of government.

China Threatens Swedish Journalist

Embassy Sends eMails to Journalist Reporting on Cotton Ban

Jojje Olson received an eMail demanding that he stop writing articles critical about China, accusing him of spreading misinformation and inciting anti-Chinese sentiments. Two years ago, the Swedish Democratic Party proposed that the Chinese ambassador, Gui Congyou, be labeled as unwelcome as he's known to threaten journalists and politicians alike. For this, the Swedish government had summoned Gui Congyou multiple times to remind him that Freedom of Speech is guaranteed, and repeatedly asked him to respect Swedish law and said they would not accept his threats.

Giraffs Ride a Gi-Raft to Safety

Water levels had been on a rise in Kenya, moreso this past year. This stranded nine Rothschild giraffes which had to be transported one-at-a-time to the Ruko Community Wildlife Conservancy. For this, they made a custom-made barge with tall sides, buoyed by 60 empty drums.

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First giraffs but now they're... cheetahs!?

Safari goers stunned when family of cheetahs mount their vehicle to relax and scout gazelles

Wildlife photographer Bhargava Srivari, 29, took these photos whilst visiting Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya, east Africa.
Bhargava has been visiting wildlife reserves since he was a child and couldn’t believe his luck in getting up close to the elegant spotted felines.

But despite the initial excitement, the group quickly realized they could be in some danger as the sun roof was completely open, exposing them to the adult cheetahs.

People feel free to learn the lesson: never trust cats!

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California releasing 63,000 violent felons back onto the streets in effort to create 'safer prisons'

California is set to release at least 63,000 inmates convicted of violent crimes in an effort to create “safer prisons.”
"The goal is to increase incentives for the incarcerated population to practice good behavior and follow the rules while serving their time and participate in rehabilitative and educational programs, which will lead to safer prisons," Dana Simas, a state Office of Administrative Law spokeswoman, said in a statement about the mass release of prisoners in the Golden State.
"Additionally, these changes would help to reduce the prison population by allowing incarcerated persons to earn their way home sooner," she added.
These “incentives” are a part of an effort to give inmates “good time credits” to quicken their release.

I wouldn't mind if they offered such opportunities to non violent inmates but I can hardly imagine why the most dangerous felons are about to be awarded with such a chance to go back home.

Of those who are set to be released, nearly 20,000 are serving life sentences. Another 10,000 inmates were convicted for serious nonviolent offenses who have served half of their initial sentence.
Criminal Justice Legal Foundation Legal Director Kent Scheidegger slammed the state for releasing the prisoners, arguing the plan was "just a giveaway" and not "useful" in determining whether an inmate should or should not be released.

 Yeah, what a good idea, Mr. Newsom and company...

Pennsylvania Man Sentenced for Casting Dead Mother’s Ballot

A Pennsylvania man was sentenced to five years’ probation after admitting to casting an illegal ballot during the Nov. 3 election.
Bruce Bartman, 70, apologized to Common Pleas Court Judge Richard Cappelli during a hearing on Friday, saying he “made a stupid mistake” when he illegally cast a mail-in ballot for his deceased mother.
The man’s attorney, Samuel Stretton, said in court that Bartman’s decision was “a very misguided political mistake, and very stupid.” The illegal ballot he cast was for former President Donald Trump.
Bartman entered a guilty plea to two counts of perjury and one count of unlawful voting. Aside from the probation sentencing, Bartman will not be allowed to vote in an election for four years and cannot serve on a jury.

 Talking about terrible ideas...

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AOC says answer to violent crime is to stop building more jails

Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez argued Thursday that authorities should stop building prisons and instead focus on underlying public health issues as New York City seeks to address a recent surge in violent crime.

New York Democrats, including Ocasio-Cortez, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Rep. Jamaal Bowman, called on Congress to earmark $400,000 toward a program called "Stand Up To Violence," which seeks to address gun violence through counseling and community outreach. Ocasio-Cortez said it was "not acceptable" to use jails as "garbage bins."

AOC, you don't really know anything about crime, right?
If you did, you'd immediately realize there's no way you can depend on counselling drug dealers,  killers, and other felons to reform them some day. Many of them simply love their lifestyle knowing they might end up being stabbed or shot by cops or another criminal.

Plus it's de Blasio's fault that crime surged in NYC after they removed fines and judges started releasing suspects cops had arrested earlier that day. Criminals just lost all traces of respect for authorities!

Bush nonprofit agreed to take $5 million
from Chinese Communist Party-connected group

China engages in widespread international propaganda efforts

The George H.W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations agreed to accept $5 million from a group with ties to the Chinese Communist Party and China's international propaganda efforts, according to a report Saturday. 
The group, which was founded by Neil Bush, a brother to former President George W. Bush and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, goes by the name Bush China Foundation for short. Its goal, according to its website, is to build "a constructive relationship" between the U.S. and China. 
But a written agreement published by Axios reveals that the Bush China Foundation agreed in 2019 to accept $5 million over five years from the China-United States Exchange Foundation, an organization that's been criticized as a key part of China's international propaganda efforts.

That would explain George W. Bush's weird behavior in the past months for sure.

South Africa's language spoken in 45 clicks

With an incredible 45 clicks in its repertoire, the San language N|uu is one of our most startlingly beautiful examples of cultural diversity.

Katrina Esau is 88. Her community crowned her Queen of the Western Nǁnǂe (ǂKhomani) San in 2015. A year earlier, then-president Jacob Zuma presented her with the National Order of the Baobab in Silver.

For the previous eight decades, Esau had gone largely unnoticed. Her people, the San – of whom the Western Nǁnǂe (ǂKhomani) are one group of many – are good at that. Their survival depended on it: first for the countless centuries that they had South Africa to themselves, living deftly on the land as hunter gatherers. And then, with the arrival of other groups, to evade the scrutiny of those who meant them harm.

The farm owner also forbade Esau from speaking her mother tongue, N|uu; a language with roots to humanity's very origins. Instead, the newly minted Afrikaans language (a mere 300 or so years old) would be Esau's camouflage for almost her entire life.

 Could they have found one of the most ancient human languages still in existence!?

Washington Post reporter troubled
by 'racist legacy' of some birds

National Audubon Society also problematic because namesake was slave owner, newspaper says

The Post ran an expansive report on Thursday, titled "The racist legacy many birds carry," focused on the "birding community," which apparently is having a difficult debate "about the names of species connected to enslavers, supremacists and grave robbers."
"Corina Newsome is a Black ornithologist, as rare as some of the birds she studies," Post environmental justice reporter Darryl Fears began his piece, noting she was hired to "break down barriers" at the Georgia Audubon nature preserve. 
"But overcoming those barriers will be daunting. As with the wider field of conservation, racism and colonialism are in ornithology’s DNA, indelibly linked to its origin story. The challenge of how to move forward is roiling White ornithologists as they debate whether to change as many as 150 eponyms, names of birds that honor people with connections to slavery and supremacy."

 Speechless.
Seriously? They now wanna change the history of biology and the birding community based on woke propaganda!?
Instead of caring about the birds' wellbeing they wanna discuss who is being racist.

That reminds me of the time when people asked rubocop's main developer to change that rubygem's name because they felt it was "politically incorrect" for it made a reference to a cop.  Laughable indeed!

NYC shrink tells Yale audience

she fantasizes about shooting White people in head

Dr. Aruna Khilanani spewed the race-hating virtual remarks at the Ivy League institution’s Child Study Center on April 6

A New York City-based psychiatrist told an audience at the Yale School of Medicine in April that she had fantasies of "unloading a revolver into the head of any white person that got in my way."

Dr. Aruna Khilanani spewed the race-hating virtual remarks — in which she also said she’d walk away from the shooting "with a bounce in my step" and that white people "make my blood boil" and "are out of their minds and have been for a long time" — at the Ivy League institution’s Child Study Center on April 6.

Audio of the talk was posted on the substack online platform of former New York Times opinion writer and editor Bari Weiss on Friday, along with an interview of Khilanani conducted by writer and podcaster Katie Herzog.

A flyer promoting the talk and posted online by Weiss titled the lecture, "The Psychopathic Problem of the White Mind" and included "learning objectives" such as "Set up white people’s absence of empathy towards black rage as a problem" and "Understand how white people are psychologically dependent on black rage."

And just when you thought people would have not forgotten about common sense and respect, there comes a psycho to throw in her five deadly cents. Sometimes it makes me think it's shrinks who need to be treated at a mental health care center.

United plans supersonic passenger flights by 2029

US airline United has announced plans to buy 15 new supersonic airliners and "return supersonic speeds to aviation" in the year 2029.
Supersonic passenger flights ended in 2003 when Air France and British Airways retired Concorde.
The new Overture aircraft will be produced by a Denver-based company called Boom, which has yet to flight-test a supersonic jet.
United's deal is conditional on the new aircraft meeting safety standards.
A typical passenger jet may cruise at about 560mph (900km/h) but Overture is expected to reach speeds of 1,122mph (1,805km/h) - also known as Mach 1.7.

 How should it feel like to take such a plane in the not so near future?

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If you remember these headlines......

Chinese defector virologist Dr Li-Meng Yan

publishes report claiming COVID-19 was made in a lab

Doctor Li-Meng Yan, a scientist who studied some of the available data on COVID-19 has published her claims on Zenodo, an open access digital platform. She wrote that she believed COVID-19 could have been “conveniently created” within a lab setting over a period of just six months, and “SARS-CoV-2 shows biological characteristics that are inconsistent with a naturally occurring, zoonotic virus”.

“The natural origin theory, although widely accepted, lacks substantial support,” Dr Yan writes in the report.
“The alternative theory that the virus may have come from a research laboratory is, however, strictly censored on peer-reviewed scientific journals. Nonetheless, SARS-CoV-2 shows biological characteristics that are inconsistent with a naturally occurring, zoonotic virus.”

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Chinese Virologist Who Claimed COVID Was Made in Lab Says Her Mom Has Been Arrested in China

An academic who claimed—without evidence—that the Chinese government was behind the manufacturing and intentional release of SARS-CoV-2 now says her mother has been arrested in retaliation for her speaking out to U.S. media.
Li-Meng Yan, a former Hong Kong University post-doctoral student, fueled internet conspiracies last month after asserting the virus that causes COVID-19 was "not from nature" while pushing a pre-print report filled with baseless assertions about the origins of the virus.

This is not the first time my mom and my other family members [have been] arrested by the [CCP]. I cut off most connection with my family directly. This is the fourth time my mom, 63 years old, teacher, got arrested by Chinese Communist Party.

Well, as of now......

Chinese virologist says Fauci’s emails
‘verify’ her Wuhan lab leak claims

This same Chinese Virologist who fled China and was the first to suggest Covid-19 came from Wuhan now says that Dr. Anthony Fauci's emails prove her claim. And with that, now international leaders are focusing on the lab-leak theory.

They verify my work from the very beginning, even from last January, that these people know what happened, but they choose to hide for the Chinese Communist Party and for their own benefits

Dr. Yan had published three papers on Covid-19's origins, two last year, and one this year..

 But it isn't just her saying that, and with good reason...

Dr Anthony Fauci’s thoughts in the early days of pandemic
revealed in 4000 released emails.   HE KNEW!

The three news organisations managed to get their hands on around 4000 pages of emails sent by Dr Fauci between January and June 2020, although many were redacted because of their sensitive contents.

Though... Fauci is saying they are being taken out of context.  

The emails reveal the theory that Covid did not emerge from a Wuhan wet market but from the Wuhan Institute of Virology emerged early in the pandemic.

In February 2020, Dr Fauci received a message from scientist Kristan Andersen which stated that he should “look really closely at all the sequences to see that some of the features (potentially) look engineered”.

Dr Andersen said there were “unusual features” that made up a “really small part” of the genome that might not be noticed as otherwise the virus looks “totally normal”.

“I should mention that after discussions earlier today, Eddie, Bob, Mike, and myself all find the genome inconsistent with expectations from evolutionary theory,” the expert added.

And an older eMail, he discussed how coronaviruses coul be engineered to be more hazardous and transmissible.

   This sounds almost like complicity, if not dereliction and negligence.  And is it any wonder why he hated being grilled by Senator Rand Paul ... who is ALSO a Doctor and knew something was seriously wrong?

How wrong, you may ask???

Emails Reveal Fauci Lied Under Oath

Part of the troubling thing that we’re seeing with these emails that are coming out is, not only do they seem to correspond with what President Trump said and what [then-] Secretary [of State Mike] Pompeo said in terms of the origins of the virus,” Meadows said during an appearance on “Hannity,” “but it indicates that Dr. Fauci had knowledge, or at least a suspicion, of things not happening in an evolutionary manner very early on, and he didn’t share that … That’s very troubling and something that we do need to get to the bottom of.

The link includes video footage of from Carlson's show, and 3:30 into the video they have Fauci actually denying content he himself wrote before... perjury under oath. And 5:30 into the video, Fauci lying to the public on TV.

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BIPARTISAN BILLS
TO BREAK UP BIG TECH

Four bills were introduced aimed at reining in the power of tech giants,
even to break them up as they did AT&T's phone monopoly.

Such measures includes banning tech giants from owning/making subsidiaries to compete against other businesses on their platforms. Such actions would be akin to Amazon finding a gaming platform making money on their service and then creating their own take over the market.  Other measures also make it illegal in most cases to give preferential treatment, halt mergers unless it can show the merger doesn't harm competition, and allow users to end service and transfer their data elsewhere if desired, including to the competition.

"From Amazon and Facebook to Google and Apple. It is clear that these unregulated tech giants have become too big to care," said U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal, a Washington state Democrat and sponsor of this measure.

Representative David Cicilline, the Democratic chair of the antitrust panel, is an original co-sponsor of the bills, as is the top Republican, Ken Buck. The chair of the Judiciary Committee, Jerrold Nadler, also sponsored the bills.

  IT'S ABOUT FREAKIN' TIME!!!

Half of pandemic unemployment money
may have been stolen: report

Fraudsters may have plundered as much as half of the unemployment benefits
that the US pumped out in a hurry during the pandemic.

According to the CEO of LexisNexis Risk Solutions, at least 70 percent of the Covid relief money ended up outside of the United States, much ending up in the hands of criminal syndicates in China, Nigeria and  Russia among other places.

State unemployment systems were ill-prepared for the demands of the pandemic. It was widely assumed that some of the hundreds of billions doled out would slip through the cracks, but many politicians said it was critical to get the money out as quickly as possible.

 As much as some state governments fight against ID checks, no kidding...

Report reveals: U.S. Park Police Cleared Protesters
to Install Fencing, Not for Trump Visit

U.S. Park Police cleared protesters from a park in front of the White House last June
to install new fencing, not for former President Donald Trump's visit to take photos

As we have said all along, and it was backed up in today's highly detailed and professionally written report, our fine Park Police made the decision to clear the park to allow a contractor to safely install antiscale fencing to protect from Antifa rioters, radical BLM protestors, and other violent demonstrators who are causing chaos and death to our cities. In this instance, they tried burning down the church the day before the clearing. Fortunately, we were there to stop the fire from spreading beyond the basement—and it was our great honor and privilege to do so. Again, thank you to the Inspector General!

 Of course CNN's Jim Acosta, an outspoken critic of Trump, calls it a whitewash. But this is the same Acosta that lied about Trump's immigration speech in May 2019, about Trump visiting injured Steve Scalice after he was shot in 2017, and even lied why his press pass was suspended.

Senator blasts Fauci after doc lashes out at critics

Sen. John Kennedy warned White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci
to “cut the crap” after Fauci described criticism of him as "attacks on science"

Kennedy took issue with Fauci’s contention, noting that “Dr. Fauci gave a lot of US taxpayer money to the Wuhan lab for Chinese scientists to research bat coronaviruses. Neither Dr. Fauci nor any of his people can guarantee us that the Chinese scientists didn’t use that money to do gain-of-function research and turn a normal virus into a supercharged virus. They weren’t monitored, Dr. Fauci and his people didn’t monitor the lab, and it’s not like it hasn’t happened before.”

  Only last month, Fauci admitted funding Wuhan over Covid Research by way of NIH, but denied it was 'Gain of Function', even though he was a proponent of it and argued for it in 2012.

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Team Biden Asks Americans to Report Radicalized Friends and Family

An unclassified summary of that baseline study was released in March, and it found that domestic violent extremists, motivated by a range of ideologies, pose an elevated threat to our country in 2021, with racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists — and specifically those who espouse the superiority of the white race — and anti-government militia violent extremists posing the most lethal threat.
...the need to do something in this space, like the “See something” — “If you see something, say something” concept that has been promulgated previously by DHS.  This involves creating contexts in which those who are family members or friends or co-workers know that there are pathways and avenues to raise concerns and seek help for those who they have perceived to be radicalizing and potentially radicalizing towards violence.

That sounds like a plan people like the Castro brothers would come up with to me.

This is a strategy that is agnostic as to political ideology or off the spectrum. What matters is when individuals take their political or other grievances and turn that — unacceptably, unlawfully — into violent action.

Yeah, by telling platforms like Facebook and Twitter to keep censoring free speech, especially conservative viewpoints.

Airbnb has secretive 'black box' team paying out $50 million a year to keep disaster stays out of press and gives staff blank checks to help rape victims and clean-up dismembered human remains

The secretive safety team - known as the 'black box' inside the firm - is made up of around 100 agents across cities including Dublin, Montreal and Singapore
Team members have the power to spend any amount tackling the worst crises at their rentals including sexual assaults, murders and deaths

Nick Shapiro, ex-National Security Council adviser to Barack Obama and deputy chief of staff at the Central Intelligence Agency, worked as crisis manager

Shapiro, who has since left the role, told Bloomberg the crises facing the company reminded him of the White House Situation Room.

I sincerely hope they're exaggerating here. On the other hand, I wonder why they did nothing when an American-Venezuelan woman was killed in Escazú, Costa Rica a year or two ago.

Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office releases statement
after federal judge blocks
President Biden’s pause on new oil, gas leases

The Biden administration’s suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal land and water was blocked Tuesday by a federal judge in Louisiana who ordered that plans continue for lease sales that were delayed for the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska waters “and all eligible onshore properties.”
The decision is a blow to Democratic President Joe Biden’s efforts to rapidly transition the nation away from fossil fuels and thereby stave off the worst effects of climate change, including catastrophic droughts, floods and wildfires.
U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty’s ruling came in a lawsuit filed in March by Louisiana Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry and officials in 12 other states. Doughty said his ruling applies nationwide. It grants a preliminary injunction — technically a halt to the suspension pending further arguments on the merits of the case.

This sounds like a temporary victory for all those workers that feared they would no longer be able to get another job somewhere else.
Time will tell if this will last more than just a few weeks or months.

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US Media Accepting Millions to Publish

China’s Propaganda, Justice Department Warns

https://www.visiontimes.com/2021/06/15/u...ganda.html

China Daily paid over 1.6 million dollars in ad campaigns with leading media organizations such as the Los Angeles Times, Foreign Policy, Time, and Financial Times for the six-month period ending on Apr. 30, 2021. Another one million dollars was paid to outlets such as Houston Chronicle and Chicago Tribune to print copies of China Daily publications.

The official document

The so called independent media in US...

• Time – $700,000
  
  
• The Seattle Times – $57,807
  
  
• Chicago Tribune – $30,305
  
  
• Financial Times – $371,577
  
  
• Houston Chronicle – $66,678
  
  
• Boston Globe – $67,433
  
  
• The Globe and Mail – $329,898
  
  
• Foreign Policy – $291,000
  
  
• Los Angeles Times – $361,700
  

Just in case you missed this last April...

Pelosi's husband purchased millions worth of

Microsoft stock through options

On March 19, Paul Pelosi exercised call options and paid $1.95 million to buy 15,000 shares of Microsoft at a strike price of $130 each, according to a public disclosure form filed on April 9 with the House clerk. In a separate transaction that same day, Pelosi paid $1.4 million for 10,000 shares at $140 each.
Members of Congress and their spouses are required to report any trades worth more than $1,000 to the clerk. In that same disclosure form, it was also reported that Paul Pelosi spent between $500,001 and $1 million to purchase 10,000 shares of Roblox Corporation stock the day it went public on March 10.
Microsoft’s stock on March 19, the day of the purchases, closed at about $230. On Tuesday morning, the stock is priced at $257.23, which is a nearly 12% increase.
Microsoft announced on Monday it will buy Nuance Communications, a software technology company focused on speech recognition using artificial intelligence, for $19.7 billion (including debt assumption) in an all-cash purchase, according to Axios. The acquisition is Microsoft’s second largest after its $26.2 billion deal to buy LinkedIn back in 2016.
In late March, Microsoft was awarded a contract with the Army to build 120,000 HoloLens augmented reality headsets that could be worth as much as $21.88 billion over 10 years, according to CNBC.

Democrats Block Rep. Andy Barr’s Amendment

to Prevent COVID-19 Relief Funds from Going to China

His amendment would have barred any of the $1.9 trillion in COVID-19 relief bill funds from being made available to “any enterprise, agency, instrumentality owned by the Government of the People’s Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party.”