1…………> Trump’s Budget Ax: Pork Waste
President Trump proposed a $4.4 trillion 2019 budget that calls for steep cuts to many popular discretionary programs to the tune of $48.4 billion in reduced spending, including cuts for 21st Century Community Learning Centers, low income energy assistance program, State Dept. and USAID Development Assistance, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, National Endowment for the Arts and the Humanities, Federal Work Study, Grants to Amtrak and few more.
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/president-trump-apos-budget-slash-225233953.html?.tsrc=fauxdal
2…………> Venezuela Bribing: Energy Contracts
Charges were unsealed today against five former Venezuelan government officials for their alleged participation in an international money laundering scheme involving bribes made to corruptly secure energy contracts from Venezuela’s state-owned and state-controlled energy company, Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA).
De Leon, Villalobos, Reiter and Isturiz are each charged with one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. Cesar Rincon is charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit money laundering. Each of the defendants is charged with one or more counts of money laundering, as follows: De Leon, Cesar Rincon and Reiter, four counts each; Villalobos, one count; and Isturiz, five counts. De Leon and Villalobos are also each charged with one count of conspiracy to violate the FCPA.
“Corruption threatens economic and political stability, and victimizes ordinary law-abiding people by diverting public funds into the pockets of corrupt officials and bribe payers,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Cronan. “The charges announced today demonstrate our commitment to fighting corruption at its source and to prosecuting those who allegedly launder their illicit gains through American financial institutions and real estate. Through cases like this, we are sending a strong message to corrupt foreign officials: if you launder your ill-gotten gains through the United States, you will be prosecuted.”
3…………> Applied Global Warming: Tonga Destruction
“A Defence Force plane — a C-17A Globemaster — is departing with humanitarian assistance and will reach Tonga this evening. We are sending life-saving equipment, emergency shelter, kitchen and hygiene kits,” the Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Concetta Fierravanti-Wells described the shipment of Australian Government emergency supplies to Tonga worth $350,000 following Cyclone Gita destruction.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-13/aus-nz-send-aid-to-countries-affected-by-cyclone-gita/9442674
4…………> The Lizards Spies: Iran
“Several years ago, some individuals came to Iran to collect aid for Palestine… We were suspicious of the route they chose. In their possessions were a variety of reptile desert species like lizards, chameleons… We found out that their skin attracts atomic waves[absorbs radiation] and that they were nuclear spies who wanted to find out where inside the Islamic republic of Iran we have uranium mines and where we are engaged in atomic activities,” Hassan Firuzabadi, the former chief-of-staff of Iran’s armed forces, described the recent arrests of environmentalists on espionage charges to ILNA news agency.
His comments follow the death of a prominent Canadian/Iranian environmentalist Kavous Seyed Emami, who hanged himself while in solitary confinement in Tehran’s Evin Prison after being arrested two weeks ago, along with other activists accused of working undercover and providing intelligence to foreigners security services.
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201802131061620507-west-lizards-spy-iran-nuclear-program/
5…………> In Footsteps Of Hillary’s Donor: Drugs, Death, Murder
Family, friends and LA police investigators are digging in for answers in the death of a male escort named Gemmel Moore, 26, who was found in the West Hollywood home of a high-powered Democratic Party donor named Ed Buck, 63, a well-known contributor who gave more than $500,000 to an array of DNC bigwigs, including Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey and a variety of state and local organizations in California.
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