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1…………> Today’s White House Tweets: President Trump

 

  1. Retweeted

    2 hours ago

    I will be interviewed by Chris Wallace on at 2:00 P.M. and 7:00 P.M. Enjoy!

  2. 24 minutes ago

    The Mayor of Tijuana, Mexico, just stated that “the City is ill-prepared to handle this many migrants, the backlog could last 6 months.” Likewise, the U.S. is ill-prepared for this invasion, and will not stand for it. They are causing crime and big problems in Mexico. Go home!

  3. 1 hour ago

    So funny to see little Adam Schitt (D-CA) talking about the fact that Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker was not approved by the Senate, but not mentioning the fact that Bob Mueller (who is highly conflicted) was not approved by the Senate!

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    Nov 16

    Chris Wallace during his interview at the White House with President Trump. Check your local listings to watch this Sunday

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2…………> “Indiana Jones” Of Art: Priceless Mosaic

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The Byzantine depiction of Saint Mark was stolen in the 1970s from Panayia-Kanakaria church, about 65 miles north-east of the Cypriot capital, Nicosia, just to be found by a man nicknamed “the Indiana Jones of the art world” who rose to fame recovering stolen artwork since 2015 when he found Hitler’s Horses – two Nazi statues that stood outside Hitler’s office.

Finding the 1,600-year-old piece in a flat in Monaco had felt very special, Dutchman Arthur Brand said, handing the work over to the Cypriot embassy in the Hague.

 

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46252520

 

 

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3…………> A Week In US Air Force: Photo Gallery

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AB-52H Stratofortress takes off during exercise Global Thunder 19 at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Nov. 4, 2018.

Global Thunder is a U.S. Strategic Command exercise designed to provide training opportunities to test and validate command, control and operational procedures. The training is based on a notional scenario developed to drive execution of USSTRATCOM and component forces’ ability to support the geographic combatant commands, deter adversaries and, if necessary, employ forces as directed by the U.S. president. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jarad A. Denton)

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https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1692614/af-week-in-photos/

 

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4…………> World Health Hazard: CA Fires

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Forced to use smoke masks, eye drops, stay indoor, no walks in the parks is the new normal for Californians who had been trying to cope with smoke from wildfires choking the state, with a sharp increase in serious health problems almost inevitable for vulnerable residents as the disasters become more commonplace. Air quality monitor says Californian cities are now world’s most polluted, forcing residents wearing masks to avoid breathing smoke particles.

Northern city of Oakland was reported to have the worst air quality in the world, with San Francisco, Stockton, and Sacramento being the world’s three “most polluted cities”, forcing all schools to close.

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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-18/california-wildfires-smoke-sparks-health-concerns/10508830

 

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5…………> Cardboard Grannies: Hong Kong

 

In the territory that has one of the highest life expectancies in the world, beneath the shining lights and glitzy high-rises of central Hong Kong, there is struggling aging population, some in their 90s, who makes living gathering cardboard and papers to earn a meager $5 a day to make ends meet.

The local government has been criticized for not providing a “social support net” for its elderly citizens, forcing  many “cardboard grannies” to deal with theft and discrimination on a daily basis.

According to a recent survey of 505 cardboard pickers by an advocacy group,  eight in every 10 are women aged 60 and over, with the oldest picker being 96 years old, with all respondents declaring that they started collecting waste for economic reasons to meet their basic needs.

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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-18/hong-kongs-ageing-population-struggling-financially/10495126

 

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1…………> Today’s White House Tweets: President Trump

 

20 hours ago

It is outrageous what the Democrats are doing to our Country. Vote Republican now!

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3M views

3 hours ago

Just had a long and very good conversation with President Xi Jinping of China. We talked about many subjects, with a heavy emphasis on Trade. Those discussions are moving along nicely with meetings being scheduled at the G-20 in Argentina. Also had good discussion on North Korea!

  1. Donald J. Trump Retweeted

    21 hours ago

    #JOBSNOTMOBS! VOTE REPUBLICAN NOW!!

  2. Donald J. Trump Retweeted

    23 hours ago

    Harry Reid, when he was sane, agreed with us on Birthright Citizenship!

  3. 13 hours ago

    That’s because they treat me fairly! “@FoxNews tops @CNN and combined in October cable news ratings”

  4. 15 hours ago

    Fantastic evening in Florida with great PATRIOTS at a beautiful #MAGARally. Get out and so we can continue MAKING AMERICA SAFE & GREAT AGAIN!

  5. 16 hours ago

    THANK YOU FLORIDA! Get out and VOTE Republican! #MAGA🇺🇸

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2…………> Black Guerrilla Family aka TTG: Convicted

A jury convicted eight men for conspiring to participate in a violent racketeering enterprise known as Trained To Go (TTG), a subset of the Black Guerrilla Family (BGF) gang. The crimes included nine murders, drug trafficking, and witness intimidation, as well as on conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin, marijuana, and cocaine, with several of the defendants convicted of related drug and firearms charges.

The defendants convicted today are: Montana Barronette, aka “Tana,” and “Tanner,” 23; Terrell Sivells, aka “Rell,” 27; John Harrison, aka “Binkie,” 28; Taurus Tillman, aka “Tash,” 29; Linton Broughton, aka “Marty,” 25; Dennis Pulley, aka “Denmo,” 31; Brandon Wilson, aka “Ali,” 24; and Timothy Floyd, aka “Tim Rod,” 28.

“For six years, Trained To Go terrorized the Sandtown neighborhood, committing murders, robberies, and other violence as they sold their poison on the streets of Baltimore,” said Assistant Attorney General Benczkowski.
“Today’s convictions ensure that Montana Barronette and the other seven defendants in this vicious gang now will be held accountable for their horrible crimes.”

According to the evidence presented at their 24-day trial, the defendants are all members of TTG, a criminal organization and subset of the Black Guerrilla Family (BGF) gang that operated in the Sandtown neighborhood of West Baltimore, whose members engaged in drug distribution and acts of violence including murder, armed robbery, and witness intimidation. Members and associates of TTG sold heroin, cocaine, and marijuana, and worked to defend their exclusive right to control who sold narcotics in TTG territory. As part of the conspiracy, each defendant agreed that a conspirator would commit at least two acts of racketeering activity for TTG.

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https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/eight-maryland-ttg-members-and-associates-convicted-federal-racketeering-and-drug-conspiracy

 

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3…………> Beating Shackled Inmate: Nasty LA Cop

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A former correctional officer at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center in St. Gabriel, Louisiana, was indicted today by a federal grand jury on charges of beating a handcuffed and shackled inmate and conspiring with other officers to cover up their misconduct by falsifying official reports and lying to investigators. Two other correctional officers, Eric Norwood, and Charles Philson have previously pleaded guilty for their roles in the assault of the inmate.

Today’s indictment accuses Adrian Almodovar of federal civil rights, conspiracy, and obstruction violations. According to the indictment, Almodovar and other members of the tactical team assaulted an inmate during a cell extraction, during transportation to the medical unit, and inside the medical unit. The inmate was handcuffed and shackled during the assaults.

It is alleged that the defendants then drafted false reports in which they intentionally omitted that they used force on the inmate. Days after the assault, the defendants met with another officer at the local restaurant in which they agreed that, if questioned about the attack by investigators, they would stick to the false story in their reports and claim that they did not use unlawful force.

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https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-correctional-officer-charged-assaulting-handcuffed-and-shackled-inmate-elayn-hunt

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4…………> Pre-Hitler Parallels: Ayatollah Macron

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The President of the Islamic Sheikdom of France, Rabbinical Grand Ayatollah Emmanuel Macron has announced that the spread of nationalist ideology across Europe may eventually plunge the region into a situation similar to that which arose in the 1930s, threatens to fracture Europe and, combined with the influence of foreign actors, strip the part of its sovereignty.

“I am struck by similarities between the times we live in and those of between the two world wars,” Macron told Ouest-France newspaper before the beginning of his week-long visit to the north and eastern France to mark the centenary of the end of World War I.”

“In a Europe divided by fears, the return of nationalism, the consequences of economic crisis, one sees almost systematically everything that marked Europe between the end of World War I and the 1929 economic crisis.”

“Europe faces a risk — that of being broken up by nationalist leprosy and of being pushed around by foreign powers. And thereby losing its sovereignty,” Macron warned.

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https://sputniknews.com/europe/201811011069426657-macron-europe-nationalism-warning/

 

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5…………> Autumn Leaves: China

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People view gingko trees in Tancheng County, east China’s Shandong Province, Oct. 31, 2018. (Xinhua/Zhang Chunlei)

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http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-11/01/c_137574697.htm

 

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1…………> Crooked Bank: RBS

 

The Justice Department announced today a $4.9 billion settlement with The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (RBS) resolving federal civil claims that RBS misled investors in the underwriting and issuing of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) between 2005 and 2008. The penalty is the largest imposed by the Justice Department for financial crisis-era misconduct at a single entity under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989, which authorizes the federal government to seek civil penalties against financial institutions that violate various predicate criminal offenses, including wire and mail fraud.

“Many Americans suffered lasting economic harm as a result of the 2008 financial crisis,” said Acting Associate Attorney General Jesse Panuccio.

“This settlement holds RBS accountable for serious misconduct that contributed to that financial crisis, and it sends an important message that the Department of Justice will pursue financial institutions that illicitly harm the American economy and our consumers.”

The settlement includes a statement of facts that details – using contemporaneous calls and emails of RBS executives – how RBS routinely made misrepresentations to investors about significant risks it failed to disclose about its RMBS. RBS was unable to communicate systemic problems with originators’ loan underwriting. RBS’s reviews of loans backing its RMBS (known as “due diligence”) confirmed that loan originators had failed to follow their underwriting procedures and that their processes were ineffective at preventing risky loans from being made. As a result, RBS routinely found that borrowers for the investments in its RMBS could not repay and that appraisals for the properties guaranteeing the loans had materially inflated the property values. RBS never disclosed that these material risks both existed and increased the likelihood that investments in its RMBS would default. RBS changed due diligence findings without justification. RBS’s due diligence practices did not remove fraudulent and high-risk loans from its RMBS.

 

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/royal-bank-scotland-agrees-pay-49-billion-financial-crisis-era-misconduct

 

 

 

 

2…………> Goodbye Dollar, Welcome SDR: World’s Currency

 

The use of the U.S. dollar to put pressure on other countries will lead to the creation of an alternative world currency, costing the dollar its world currency status. 

“But today the U.S. administration is doing everything for the creation of a new world currency. More and more countries are considering transactions in national currencies. Meanwhile, the BRICS countries, which Turkey seems to be interested in joining, are discussing the possibility of creating a new currency for payments within the BRICS,” a Russian politician said, referring to the bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.

The deputy said a BRICS currency would have good prospects because the bloc possesses half of the world population, 30% of the world’s industry, and 40% of the world’s agriculture as well as the most prominent natural resources deposits.

“The process of creating an alternative world currency can be completed within five years. It will depend on Washington, as the more the U.S. uses the dollar to exert pressure, the more motivation other countries will have to deny payments in the dollar,” he concluded.

 

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/economy/new-world-currency-will-topple-dollar-russian-deputy/1232020

 

 

 

 

3…………> Hacker Attack: World Banks

 

A cyber attack on an Indian bank turned out to be a carbon copy of an alert from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), as Cosmos Bank said hackers stole about $13.5 million in a matter of minutes over the weekend from withdrawals in 28 countries in an ATM cash-out attack.

“The transactions were carried out using fake debit cards,” Cosmos Bank Chairman Milind Kale said in a statement.

“The deposit of account holders is safe and intact. However, as a precautionary measure, we have stopped the online system for two days.

The bureau issued an alert that cybercriminals are planning an attack on payment card processors and banks, by cloning debit cards and use them at ATMs around the world at the same time to steal millions of dollars. The scheme is known as an ATM cash-out. 

 

http://v.aa.com.tr/1231479

 

 

 

 

4…………> Back To “Uncle Adolf”: Sen. Anning

 

Senator Fraser Anning used his first speech to Parliament to argue that all Muslims should be banned from migrating to Australia, saying there should be a national vote to decide who can enter Australia, calling this the “final solution.”

The term came to prominence when Hitler’s lieutenant Hermann Goering wrote to Heinrich Himmler’s deputy Reinhard Heydrich and commissioned him with carrying out what the Nazis called “the final solution of the Jewish question.”

“That was in a sense the commencement of what we today refer to most commonly as the Holocaust,” historian Dr. Bonnell explained.

The following January, the notorious Wannsee Conference was convened by the leaders of Nazi and German state agencies. There, they discussed how to implement the final solution and coordinate their efforts towards the mass deportation of Jews to extermination camps and killing fields that led to the death deaths of an estimated 6 million Jews. 

 

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-15/fraser-anning-history-of-the-nazi-phrase-final-solution/10122812

 

 

 

 

5………….> Russian Mystery Satelity: A Space Weapon?

 

“A Russian [mystery] satellite that was launched in October last year exhibits behavior on-orbit inconsistent with anything seen before from on-orbit inspection or space situational awareness capabilities, including other Russian inspection satellite activities”, said State Department assistant secretary Yleem Poblete at a conference in Switzerland.

“Russian intentions concerning this satellite are unclear and are a very troubling development,” she added, citing recent comments made by the commander of Russia’s Space Forces, who said adopting “new prototypes of weapons” was a key objective for the force.

Is the mystery object a “space weapon” that can use lasers or microwave emissions that could just stop [a satellite] working for a time, either disable it permanently without destroying it or disrupt it via jamming? Stand by.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-45194333

 

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