The USA government shutdown needs to end and Congress needs to find a way.
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Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Yes, Americans carry their democracy and it's protection on their backs.
Either you love your country or you don't. But, the Plutocratic Dreamscape is dangerous for democracy.
January 16, 2019
By Mary Clare Jalonick
Washington — Almost a dozen Senate Republicans (click here) broke with the White House Tuesday on Russia, voting to move forward on a resolution that would maintain sanctions on companies linked to oligarch Oleg Deripaska....
The legislators that stood up for the US Constitution need to sue the White House for violating the Constitution and allowing the US Treasury Secretary dissolve sanction legislated into law.
There is no legitimate reason for lifting any sanctions on Russia, it is corruption in the White House.
Latvia. Little Latvia is standing strong on Russian sanctions and Trump can't even do the same.
January 22, 2019
Latvia (click here) will continue to maintain the sanctions against Russia until Russia begins to observe principles of international law, according to the would-be government's declaration, informed LETA.
The declaration says that Latvia will continue to protect the interests of Latvia and its citizens during the Brexit process. Latvia wants the relations between the European Union and Great Britain to remain close and constructive in both economics and security and defense areas, says the document.
It also says that, during the talks on the EU budget for 2021-2027, Latvia will support allocating funds for new priorities and pursue its individual interests regarding the budget. These include opposing reductions in the Cohesion Fund's allocations and the Common Agriculture Policy's financing, as well as ensuring funding for science and research, and regional energy independence.
The government declaration states that Latvia will continue to be an active member of international organizations, in particular the EU, NATO, and OECD, and maintain its Western values and ties. The government will also work to contribute to improving the EU's foreign and security policy in order to make the EU stronger....
Russia is a menace and right now Russia believes it is able to do anything it wants. That is not the place where democracy and freedom lives. The people of Europe understand the cruelty that exists in Russia and they are strong. Americans have to be as strong and resolute to end the corruption brought by Trump.
January 16, 2019
By Mary Clare Jalonick
Washington — Almost a dozen Senate Republicans (click here) broke with the White House Tuesday on Russia, voting to move forward on a resolution that would maintain sanctions on companies linked to oligarch Oleg Deripaska....
The legislators that stood up for the US Constitution need to sue the White House for violating the Constitution and allowing the US Treasury Secretary dissolve sanction legislated into law.
There is no legitimate reason for lifting any sanctions on Russia, it is corruption in the White House.
January 22, 2019
Latvia (click here) will continue to maintain the sanctions against Russia until Russia begins to observe principles of international law, according to the would-be government's declaration, informed LETA.
The declaration says that Latvia will continue to protect the interests of Latvia and its citizens during the Brexit process. Latvia wants the relations between the European Union and Great Britain to remain close and constructive in both economics and security and defense areas, says the document.
It also says that, during the talks on the EU budget for 2021-2027, Latvia will support allocating funds for new priorities and pursue its individual interests regarding the budget. These include opposing reductions in the Cohesion Fund's allocations and the Common Agriculture Policy's financing, as well as ensuring funding for science and research, and regional energy independence.
The government declaration states that Latvia will continue to be an active member of international organizations, in particular the EU, NATO, and OECD, and maintain its Western values and ties. The government will also work to contribute to improving the EU's foreign and security policy in order to make the EU stronger....
Russia is a menace and right now Russia believes it is able to do anything it wants. That is not the place where democracy and freedom lives. The people of Europe understand the cruelty that exists in Russia and they are strong. Americans have to be as strong and resolute to end the corruption brought by Trump.
Why do Russian billionaires exist?
Russian billionaires, known as oligarchs, exist to infiltrate Western institutions. Does everyone realize MIT was carrying out Star Wars interceptor missile tests and now Russia has it's own interceptors?
Russian oligarchs/billionaires bring money they call investments/donations, but, what they really want is espionage.
Russia has a lot of oil and it uses it to create dependency through sales AND the money then goes to it's favorite task of infiltrating, spying and ultimately dismantling The West. Trump's win for the presidency was a real victory to them. And Trump thinks there is money at the end of the Russian rainbow.
January 15, 2019
By Owen Daugherty
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (click here) quietly removed a Russian-billionaire from its Board of Trustees last year after the Treasury Department sanctioned him for advancing Russia’s "malign activities," according to a report on Tuesday.
Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty reports that Viktor Vekselberg was taken off of MIT’s board.
"In April 2018, as a result of [the Treasury Department] adding Mr. Vekselberg to its specially designated nationals list, MIT reviewed its legal obligations and suspended Mr. Vekselberg's Corporation membership,” an MIT spokeswoman, Kimberly Allen, told the news outlet in an email....
The value of the Russian Ruble is 0.015 USA dollar. Not much of a rainbow when you really think about it. One has to remove all laws against money laundering in order to make the Russia Ruble worth anything. I suppose altering the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act might help, right Donald?
14 January 2019
By Hasan Chowdhury
Russia is preparing an investment in Bitcoin (click here) to replace the US dollar as a reserve currency in a bid to tackle US sanctions, according to a Russian economist with close ties to the Kremlin.
Vladislav Ginko, an economist at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, a state-funded institution, said the government is taking steps to minimise the impact of US sanctions that have hit the Russian rouble by replacing some of its US dollar reserves with the world’s most popular cryptocurrency.
US sanctions on Russia over the past year have come after the poisoning of former Russian military officer Sergei Skripal. Mr Ginko believes Russia’s de-dollarisation decision is fundamentally a move to “protect its national interests” due to a possible interruption of “US nominated payments flows for Russian oil and gas” and claims investment could be as much as $10bn (£7.8bn).
Cryptocurrencies have seen a surge of interest in Russia, with President Vladimir Putin expressing interest in the digital assets in recent months. Mr Ginko believes Bitcoin and the wider cryptocurrency industry now account for 8pc of Russia’s GDP, and investment to bolster the country’s reserves with Bitcoin could start as soon as February....
Russian oligarchs/billionaires bring money they call investments/donations, but, what they really want is espionage.
Russia has a lot of oil and it uses it to create dependency through sales AND the money then goes to it's favorite task of infiltrating, spying and ultimately dismantling The West. Trump's win for the presidency was a real victory to them. And Trump thinks there is money at the end of the Russian rainbow.January 15, 2019
By Owen Daugherty
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (click here) quietly removed a Russian-billionaire from its Board of Trustees last year after the Treasury Department sanctioned him for advancing Russia’s "malign activities," according to a report on Tuesday.
Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty reports that Viktor Vekselberg was taken off of MIT’s board.
"In April 2018, as a result of [the Treasury Department] adding Mr. Vekselberg to its specially designated nationals list, MIT reviewed its legal obligations and suspended Mr. Vekselberg's Corporation membership,” an MIT spokeswoman, Kimberly Allen, told the news outlet in an email....
The value of the Russian Ruble is 0.015 USA dollar. Not much of a rainbow when you really think about it. One has to remove all laws against money laundering in order to make the Russia Ruble worth anything. I suppose altering the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act might help, right Donald?
14 January 2019
By Hasan Chowdhury
Russia is preparing an investment in Bitcoin (click here) to replace the US dollar as a reserve currency in a bid to tackle US sanctions, according to a Russian economist with close ties to the Kremlin.
Vladislav Ginko, an economist at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, a state-funded institution, said the government is taking steps to minimise the impact of US sanctions that have hit the Russian rouble by replacing some of its US dollar reserves with the world’s most popular cryptocurrency.
US sanctions on Russia over the past year have come after the poisoning of former Russian military officer Sergei Skripal. Mr Ginko believes Russia’s de-dollarisation decision is fundamentally a move to “protect its national interests” due to a possible interruption of “US nominated payments flows for Russian oil and gas” and claims investment could be as much as $10bn (£7.8bn).
Cryptocurrencies have seen a surge of interest in Russia, with President Vladimir Putin expressing interest in the digital assets in recent months. Mr Ginko believes Bitcoin and the wider cryptocurrency industry now account for 8pc of Russia’s GDP, and investment to bolster the country’s reserves with Bitcoin could start as soon as February....
Trump is a treasonist and a traitor. It is time he leaves.
It is all collusion. Every bit of it. Trump is deliberately allowing the USA to fall into peril while he is allowing Russia to have whatever it wants to carry out aggressions internationally. Donald Trump is colluding with Russia to weaken the democracies of The West for his own purposes.
There is a direct link between the campaign, but, also the man currently running the Trump Company. The Trump Company will benefit from sanction relief. Any relief from sanctions by the Trump White House is in collusion with Russia for the benefit of his own company which he still produces "The Apprentice."
Now, while the country is suffering and the LEGAL and LAW ENFORCEMENT infrastructure of the country is being assaulted by it's own president, Americans need to realize whom they are dealing with. Donald Trump has demanded American taxpayer money for a USA southern border wall that will never serve the purpose of National Security. This is more of the same corruption that his campaign carried out before.
Democratic leadership can come forward to pass the stupid McConnell bill in the US Senate and spend monies foolishly or the American people can get tough and demand the resignation and/or removal of Trump from the White House. Americans do not like impeachment, but, if they don't stiffen their backbone the nightmare isn't going to end. If the Democratic leadership agrees to Trump as a dictator that does not care about the country he will simply move the goal posts again.
Donald Trump hates the USA government and he is seeking to end it for his own reasons. The American people have to stop the deterioration and stand up for their country against this maniacal idiot that doesn't care about this country.
If the FBI needs tires for their cars, they need to ask for donations. I am sure any munitions can be donated as well.
Oh, by the way. Press briefings at the White House has ended because Trump doesn't like the way the press talks to Sanders and her feelings get hurt.
November 6, 2017
By Eli Watkins
Washington - The Russian lawyer (click here) who met last year with senior members of the Trump campaign said Donald Trump Jr. told her at the meeting that a Trump administration would be willing to review a 2012 sanctions law.
Natalia Veselnitskaya, the lawyer who attended the meeting, made her comments from Moscow in an interview with Bloomberg published Monday.
She said Trump Jr. told her: "Looking ahead, if we come to power, we can return to this issue and think what to do about it."
Veselnitskaya said he added, "I understand our side may have messed up, but it'll take a long time to get to the bottom of it."
CNN has reached out to Trump Jr.'s attorney for a response....
There is a direct link between the campaign, but, also the man currently running the Trump Company. The Trump Company will benefit from sanction relief. Any relief from sanctions by the Trump White House is in collusion with Russia for the benefit of his own company which he still produces "The Apprentice."
Now, while the country is suffering and the LEGAL and LAW ENFORCEMENT infrastructure of the country is being assaulted by it's own president, Americans need to realize whom they are dealing with. Donald Trump has demanded American taxpayer money for a USA southern border wall that will never serve the purpose of National Security. This is more of the same corruption that his campaign carried out before.
Democratic leadership can come forward to pass the stupid McConnell bill in the US Senate and spend monies foolishly or the American people can get tough and demand the resignation and/or removal of Trump from the White House. Americans do not like impeachment, but, if they don't stiffen their backbone the nightmare isn't going to end. If the Democratic leadership agrees to Trump as a dictator that does not care about the country he will simply move the goal posts again.
Donald Trump hates the USA government and he is seeking to end it for his own reasons. The American people have to stop the deterioration and stand up for their country against this maniacal idiot that doesn't care about this country.
If the FBI needs tires for their cars, they need to ask for donations. I am sure any munitions can be donated as well.
Oh, by the way. Press briefings at the White House has ended because Trump doesn't like the way the press talks to Sanders and her feelings get hurt.
November 6, 2017
By Eli Watkins
Washington - The Russian lawyer (click here) who met last year with senior members of the Trump campaign said Donald Trump Jr. told her at the meeting that a Trump administration would be willing to review a 2012 sanctions law.
Natalia Veselnitskaya, the lawyer who attended the meeting, made her comments from Moscow in an interview with Bloomberg published Monday.
She said Trump Jr. told her: "Looking ahead, if we come to power, we can return to this issue and think what to do about it."
Veselnitskaya said he added, "I understand our side may have messed up, but it'll take a long time to get to the bottom of it."
CNN has reached out to Trump Jr.'s attorney for a response....
The US Navy Sending Destroyers to The Black Sea to Send Russia a Message (click here for article regarding USA presence regardless of Trump's spinelessness regarding Russia)
Through NATO, the USA Navy has been hard at work to provide an important presence to protect Europe.
January 8, 2019
A U.S. naval warship has arrived at a Romanian port, a show of force by the United States in the Black Sea, which Russia is closely watching.
The USS Fort McHenry is the first U.S. ship to enter the Black Sea since a naval standoff between Russian and Ukrainian forces near the annexed Crimea Peninsula in November.
Romanian and U.S. officials say the dock-landing ship arrived at the port of Constanta on January 7 and will remain there until January 10.
It will then hold joint sea maneuvers with a Romanian frigate in territorial and international waters.
It wasn't immediately clear how many U.S. military personnel were involved.
A U.S. Navy spokesperson told the TASS news agency that the warship was in the Black Sea in accordance with the international Montreux Convention, which governs naval access to this body of water....
January 8, 2019
A U.S. naval warship has arrived at a Romanian port, a show of force by the United States in the Black Sea, which Russia is closely watching.
The USS Fort McHenry is the first U.S. ship to enter the Black Sea since a naval standoff between Russian and Ukrainian forces near the annexed Crimea Peninsula in November.
Romanian and U.S. officials say the dock-landing ship arrived at the port of Constanta on January 7 and will remain there until January 10.
It will then hold joint sea maneuvers with a Romanian frigate in territorial and international waters.
It wasn't immediately clear how many U.S. military personnel were involved.
A U.S. Navy spokesperson told the TASS news agency that the warship was in the Black Sea in accordance with the international Montreux Convention, which governs naval access to this body of water....
During a news conference in July in Helsinki, Trump said he believed Putin’s denials of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. His comments — with Putin at his side — generated a sharp backlash from Trump’s aides and congressional allies.
Those tensions flared again this month after The Washington Post and others reported that Trump attempted to hide notes from one of his meetings with Putin in 2017 from his own advisers.
Since then, the president has largely stopped expressing public confidence in Putin. Yet Trump has continued to downplay Russia’s election interference, even as the investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller has repeatedly showed how extensive it was.
In October, the Justice Department brought its first charges against Russia for interfering in the 2018 midterm elections, releasing a joint statement from several of Trump’s top Cabinet officials decrying the attempts. Trump, however, was mostly silent on the indictment, and instead sought to paint himself as a protector of elections while also blaming the Obama administration for keeping quiet about election meddling during the 2016 presidential campaign.
Those tensions flared again this month after The Washington Post and others reported that Trump attempted to hide notes from one of his meetings with Putin in 2017 from his own advisers.
Since then, the president has largely stopped expressing public confidence in Putin. Yet Trump has continued to downplay Russia’s election interference, even as the investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller has repeatedly showed how extensive it was.
In October, the Justice Department brought its first charges against Russia for interfering in the 2018 midterm elections, releasing a joint statement from several of Trump’s top Cabinet officials decrying the attempts. Trump, however, was mostly silent on the indictment, and instead sought to paint himself as a protector of elections while also blaming the Obama administration for keeping quiet about election meddling during the 2016 presidential campaign.
Trump is not performing his tasks as president. He making excuses to prevent measures LEGISLATED against Russia from taking effect.
In July, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo overstated the Trump administration’s push for the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, which the president signed into law in 2017 after it passed the Senate with a veto-proof majority. Trump approved it only hesitantly, first attempting to weaken it and criticizing it as “seriously flawed.”
In case no one "get's it," that is treason. It is unconstitutional. The president is required to carry out legislation of the US Congress.
In case no one "get's it," that is treason. It is unconstitutional. The president is required to carry out legislation of the US Congress.
When Russian forces took 24 Ukrainian sailors captive late last year, senior officials in the Trump administration gave the president options for responding. They included new sanctions or increasing NATO’s naval presence in the Black Sea. But Trump has not yet taken action, even as administration officials insist options are still being considered and as Europe coordinates a response.
In November, responding to the standoff, Trump canceled a meeting in Argentina with President Vladimir Putin of Russia at a forum of the Group of 20 industrialized economies. At a dinner on the sidelines of the meeting, however, Trump told Putin that a resolution was needed. Yet he has sought to blame both sides in the conflict, saying merely that he did not “like what is happening.” Russia has extended the detention of the sailors and demanded a trial on charges of border violations.
Privately, Trump was irritated by his administration’s response to the 2018 poisoning of a former Russian spy living in England that the British authorities have said was carried out by Russian agents. He was initially upset that 60 Russian diplomats and intelligence officers were expelled from the United States in response to the attack, given that European nations were not expelling the same number.
Later, Trump opted against new sanctions against Russia for its support of President Bashar Assad of Syria after a chemical attack near Damascus that killed more than 40 people. Trump believed the sanctions, which had been announced by Nikki Haley, then the U.N. ambassador, were unnecessary in light of a missile strike against Syrian targets. And when the Trump administration began imposing a series of sanctions against Russian individuals and organizations in retaliation for cyberattacks and interference in the 2016 election, the president appeared out of line with his own Cabinet.
While Nikki Haley was attempting to achieve sanctions against Russia at the United Nations, Trump bombed Syria to negate the initiative his UN Ambassador was carrying out.
I don't care what anyone says, this treason of the highest level. A president of the USA does not decide to make excuses to remove sanctions against an enemy of the USA, namely Russia, with American military assets.
7 April 2017
By Everett Rosenfeld
The U.S. military (click here) attacked a Syria-government airfield with 59 Tomahawk missiles on Thursday evening.
The missiles targeted the Shayrat air base near Homs, and were in response to a Tuesday chemical weapons attack. Officially announcing the strike, President Donald Trump said the targeted airfield had launched the chemical attack on a rebel-held area, and he called on other nations to oppose Syria's embattled leader.
"On Tuesday, Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad launched a horrible chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians. Using a deadly nerve agent, Assad choked out the lives of helpless men, women and children. It was a slow and brutal death for so many. Even beautiful babies were cruelly murdered in this very barbaric attack," Trump said Thursday night.
A U.S. defense official called the U.S. strike a "one-off," Reuters reported. Nine civilians including four children were killed, the Syrian state news agency claimed, but the Pentagon said civilians were not targeted....
In November, responding to the standoff, Trump canceled a meeting in Argentina with President Vladimir Putin of Russia at a forum of the Group of 20 industrialized economies. At a dinner on the sidelines of the meeting, however, Trump told Putin that a resolution was needed. Yet he has sought to blame both sides in the conflict, saying merely that he did not “like what is happening.” Russia has extended the detention of the sailors and demanded a trial on charges of border violations.
Privately, Trump was irritated by his administration’s response to the 2018 poisoning of a former Russian spy living in England that the British authorities have said was carried out by Russian agents. He was initially upset that 60 Russian diplomats and intelligence officers were expelled from the United States in response to the attack, given that European nations were not expelling the same number.
Later, Trump opted against new sanctions against Russia for its support of President Bashar Assad of Syria after a chemical attack near Damascus that killed more than 40 people. Trump believed the sanctions, which had been announced by Nikki Haley, then the U.N. ambassador, were unnecessary in light of a missile strike against Syrian targets. And when the Trump administration began imposing a series of sanctions against Russian individuals and organizations in retaliation for cyberattacks and interference in the 2016 election, the president appeared out of line with his own Cabinet.
While Nikki Haley was attempting to achieve sanctions against Russia at the United Nations, Trump bombed Syria to negate the initiative his UN Ambassador was carrying out.
I don't care what anyone says, this treason of the highest level. A president of the USA does not decide to make excuses to remove sanctions against an enemy of the USA, namely Russia, with American military assets.
7 April 2017
By Everett Rosenfeld
The U.S. military (click here) attacked a Syria-government airfield with 59 Tomahawk missiles on Thursday evening.
The missiles targeted the Shayrat air base near Homs, and were in response to a Tuesday chemical weapons attack. Officially announcing the strike, President Donald Trump said the targeted airfield had launched the chemical attack on a rebel-held area, and he called on other nations to oppose Syria's embattled leader.
"On Tuesday, Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad launched a horrible chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians. Using a deadly nerve agent, Assad choked out the lives of helpless men, women and children. It was a slow and brutal death for so many. Even beautiful babies were cruelly murdered in this very barbaric attack," Trump said Thursday night.
A U.S. defense official called the U.S. strike a "one-off," Reuters reported. Nine civilians including four children were killed, the Syrian state news agency claimed, but the Pentagon said civilians were not targeted....
Russian is taking Western citizens hostage with USB. Please don't travel to Russia.
If in Russia. Leave. Look, with the TSA issues becoming a crisis, travelers need to rethink their length of stay and whether or not the travel should occur at all until the Trump crisis ends.
Russia is attempting to carry out retribution for sanctions by The West. Trump is no help. He is illegally lifting sanctions against Russia. I do not believe the Secretary of the Treasury has the right to override legislation. But, that has yet to be decided by the Supreme Court. Additionally, there is more and more leniency in the world for Russia. Ukraine is known, but, Trump is pulling back from any restrictions on Russia's ambitions.
The bottom line is that citizens of The West need to stop being optimistic about communist countries, that means Russia and there needs to be a healthy skepticism about China with growing tensions over the AI technology. It is time to be cautious internationally about travel. The Free World should be celebrated by their citizens and travel where it is known to be welcoming and safe. Basically, Americans need to travel to Canada and Europe and American territories.
The world is becoming too dangerous to be generous about TRUSTING countries that do not deserve to be trusted.
The kidnapping of a Belarus citizen from a Russian airport is still more of the same terror regime of Putin.
January 23, 2019
By Alex Luhn
Investigators (click here) have accused a British citizen held on espionage charges in Russia of receiving a USB stick that contained state secrets, his lawyer has said.
Paul Whelan, 48, believed the USB stick had photographs and other information about a church he had visited, lawyer Vladimir Zherebenkov said. FSB security agents swooped in and seized him before he could see what was on the flash drive, he added.
Russian media previously claimed he was grabbed at the Metropole Hotel near the Kremlin while receiving a USB stick with a list of employees of a state agency, the Daily Telegraph reports.
In the first public appearance since he was detained on December 28, Moscow city court refused an appeal to grant bail to Whelan, leaving him pre-trial confinement in Lefortovo jail until at least the end of February. He faces 10 to 20 years in prison....
Russia is attempting to carry out retribution for sanctions by The West. Trump is no help. He is illegally lifting sanctions against Russia. I do not believe the Secretary of the Treasury has the right to override legislation. But, that has yet to be decided by the Supreme Court. Additionally, there is more and more leniency in the world for Russia. Ukraine is known, but, Trump is pulling back from any restrictions on Russia's ambitions.
The bottom line is that citizens of The West need to stop being optimistic about communist countries, that means Russia and there needs to be a healthy skepticism about China with growing tensions over the AI technology. It is time to be cautious internationally about travel. The Free World should be celebrated by their citizens and travel where it is known to be welcoming and safe. Basically, Americans need to travel to Canada and Europe and American territories.
The world is becoming too dangerous to be generous about TRUSTING countries that do not deserve to be trusted.
The kidnapping of a Belarus citizen from a Russian airport is still more of the same terror regime of Putin.
January 23, 2019
By Alex Luhn
Investigators (click here) have accused a British citizen held on espionage charges in Russia of receiving a USB stick that contained state secrets, his lawyer has said.
Paul Whelan, 48, believed the USB stick had photographs and other information about a church he had visited, lawyer Vladimir Zherebenkov said. FSB security agents swooped in and seized him before he could see what was on the flash drive, he added.
Russian media previously claimed he was grabbed at the Metropole Hotel near the Kremlin while receiving a USB stick with a list of employees of a state agency, the Daily Telegraph reports.
In the first public appearance since he was detained on December 28, Moscow city court refused an appeal to grant bail to Whelan, leaving him pre-trial confinement in Lefortovo jail until at least the end of February. He faces 10 to 20 years in prison....
Obviously, the Late Senator John McCain is unmatched in the USA Senate.
Eight Senators voted to enhance the financial standing of a Russia oligarch. There is no reason for this and it is a national shame to have the US Senate violate the trust of the American people.
January 21, 2019
By Jordain Carney
A Russian oligarch (click here) with ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin along with his allies will maintain a majority ownership in an energy company under a Treasury Department plan to lift sanctions against the business, according to The New York Times.
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, in a letter to Congress last month, said that the agreement to lift the sanctions will reduce Oleg Deripaska's "direct and indirect shareholding stake in those entities"— Rusal, EN+ and EuroSibEnergo—"to below 50 percent."
But, according to documents obtained by the Times, Deripaska and his allies would own approximately 57 percent of EN+ under the Treasury Department plan....
US Treasury Secretary Mnuchin may have well committed fraud to maintain the lifting of sanctions. Where is the SEC on this?
January 21, 2019
By Darya Tarasova
Moscow - Russia has threatened "retaliatory measures" (click here) after the European Union slapped sanctions on senior members of its intelligence agency, the GRU.
"We reserve the right to take retaliatory measures over this unfriendly step," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday, referring to the sanctions, which include a ban on travel and an asset freeze.
Announced Monday, the sanctions target four people over last year's poisoning of ex-Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in the UK.
Two of the men, GRU intelligence officers Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, were accused by UK authorities of carrying out the attack using nerve agent Novichok, which they have denied. The EU also sanctioned GRU head Igor Olegovich Kostyukov and his deputy, Vladimir Stepanovich Alexseyev.
Although the Skripals eventually recovered from the 2018 attack, the poison ended up in the hands of another British civilian couple, killing one woman....
Russia has no respect for international anything, be it a treaty or sanctions. Ukraine has problems. Russia wants to use Crimea for access to the Mediterranean Sea for the purpose of war.
January 22, 2019
By David Sheppard and Nastassia Astrasheuskaya
At least 14 crew members were killed and six are missing after two tankers caught fire in the Kerch Strait during a ship-to-ship transfer of LPG
Two ships that caught fire off the coast of Crimea, (click here) leaving at least 14 sailors dead and six missing, have been linked to Russian fuel supplies to Syria, which the US has targeted for sanctions.
The fires started during a ship-to-ship transfer of liquefied petroleum gas in the Kerch Strait on Monday. The operation took place in what were said to be rough seas, with both vessels having disabled their satellite tracking devices, which are designed to help avoid collisions.
Russian authorities have identified the tankers as the Candy (also known as Venice) and Maestro. The vessels were named by the US Treasury in November as having facilitated the shipment of fuel by Russia and Iran to the regime of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria in recent years.
Russian media reported on Tuesday morning that at least 14 people had died in the fire and six were unaccounted for. Twelve crew members, mainly Turkish and Indian citizens, had been saved, state-run newswire Tass said....
January 21, 2019
By Jordain Carney
A Russian oligarch (click here) with ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin along with his allies will maintain a majority ownership in an energy company under a Treasury Department plan to lift sanctions against the business, according to The New York Times.
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, in a letter to Congress last month, said that the agreement to lift the sanctions will reduce Oleg Deripaska's "direct and indirect shareholding stake in those entities"— Rusal, EN+ and EuroSibEnergo—"to below 50 percent."
But, according to documents obtained by the Times, Deripaska and his allies would own approximately 57 percent of EN+ under the Treasury Department plan....
US Treasury Secretary Mnuchin may have well committed fraud to maintain the lifting of sanctions. Where is the SEC on this?
January 21, 2019
By Darya Tarasova
Moscow - Russia has threatened "retaliatory measures" (click here) after the European Union slapped sanctions on senior members of its intelligence agency, the GRU.
"We reserve the right to take retaliatory measures over this unfriendly step," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday, referring to the sanctions, which include a ban on travel and an asset freeze.
Announced Monday, the sanctions target four people over last year's poisoning of ex-Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in the UK.
Two of the men, GRU intelligence officers Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, were accused by UK authorities of carrying out the attack using nerve agent Novichok, which they have denied. The EU also sanctioned GRU head Igor Olegovich Kostyukov and his deputy, Vladimir Stepanovich Alexseyev.
Although the Skripals eventually recovered from the 2018 attack, the poison ended up in the hands of another British civilian couple, killing one woman....
Russia has no respect for international anything, be it a treaty or sanctions. Ukraine has problems. Russia wants to use Crimea for access to the Mediterranean Sea for the purpose of war.
By David Sheppard and Nastassia Astrasheuskaya
At least 14 crew members were killed and six are missing after two tankers caught fire in the Kerch Strait during a ship-to-ship transfer of LPG
Two ships that caught fire off the coast of Crimea, (click here) leaving at least 14 sailors dead and six missing, have been linked to Russian fuel supplies to Syria, which the US has targeted for sanctions.
The fires started during a ship-to-ship transfer of liquefied petroleum gas in the Kerch Strait on Monday. The operation took place in what were said to be rough seas, with both vessels having disabled their satellite tracking devices, which are designed to help avoid collisions.
Russian authorities have identified the tankers as the Candy (also known as Venice) and Maestro. The vessels were named by the US Treasury in November as having facilitated the shipment of fuel by Russia and Iran to the regime of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria in recent years.
Russian media reported on Tuesday morning that at least 14 people had died in the fire and six were unaccounted for. Twelve crew members, mainly Turkish and Indian citizens, had been saved, state-run newswire Tass said....
SCOTUS allows transgender military ban to go into effect (click here for Obama LEGACY ISSUE - thank you)
This is also Trump's hatred of our African American President Obama. The idea this ban would be reversed is outrageous. The USA military went through a great deal of investigation with the troops. This is not reasonable. The only way a ban could stand now is if it were proven to be adverse to the operations within the military.
The Transgender military members need to bring the DOCUMENTATION forward that was part of lifting the ban in the first place.
As I stated before, the reaction by the Supreme Court is somewhat tainted by the fact this is the president making this request and it is about national security and the military. The fact this is allowed to work through the lower courts before the Supreme Court would consider it, also makes this an election year issue. It could take years for this to work through the courts.
The Transgender military members need to bring the DOCUMENTATION forward that was part of lifting the ban in the first place.
As I stated before, the reaction by the Supreme Court is somewhat tainted by the fact this is the president making this request and it is about national security and the military. The fact this is allowed to work through the lower courts before the Supreme Court would consider it, also makes this an election year issue. It could take years for this to work through the courts.
North Korea is not serious about reunification with South Korea.
When North Korea showed interest in reunification with South Korea it seemed obvious that Kim Jong Un would not dismantle their nuclear missile program because once reunification took place then the country would have it's own nukes for national security.
When picturing reunification it would mean North Korea would be able to adapt the prosperity of the South. Therefore, a First World country would ultimately result and would rival it's neighbors, hence, the ambitions of Kim Jong Un would include not only being president of the North, but, also the South with a Korea that had it's own nuclear capacity.
With so many undisclosed nuclear sites, it seems obvious the North is not serious about reunification, otherwise, all this would have been openly apparent to the South and of course, it's allies.
January 22, 2019
By Thomas Maresca
Seoul — Researchers (click here) have discovered another secret ballistic missile base in North Korea, one of an estimated 20 that the communist state has not declared.
The base, called Sino-ri, was disclosed in a report released Monday by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a Washington D.C.-based think tank.
It is located 132 miles north of the demilitarized zone that divides North and South Korea and provides “an operational-level nuclear or conventional first strike capability against targets located both throughout the Korean Peninsula and in most of Japan,” according to the report.
CSIS reported on the existence of 13 of the 20 undeclared missile bases in November. The newly identified Sino-ri facility is one of the oldest in existence and was used for the first deployments of Pyongyang’s Scud missiles and its Nodong medium-range ballistic missile, according to Monday’s report....
When picturing reunification it would mean North Korea would be able to adapt the prosperity of the South. Therefore, a First World country would ultimately result and would rival it's neighbors, hence, the ambitions of Kim Jong Un would include not only being president of the North, but, also the South with a Korea that had it's own nuclear capacity.
With so many undisclosed nuclear sites, it seems obvious the North is not serious about reunification, otherwise, all this would have been openly apparent to the South and of course, it's allies.
January 22, 2019
By Thomas Maresca
Seoul — Researchers (click here) have discovered another secret ballistic missile base in North Korea, one of an estimated 20 that the communist state has not declared.
The base, called Sino-ri, was disclosed in a report released Monday by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a Washington D.C.-based think tank.
It is located 132 miles north of the demilitarized zone that divides North and South Korea and provides “an operational-level nuclear or conventional first strike capability against targets located both throughout the Korean Peninsula and in most of Japan,” according to the report.
CSIS reported on the existence of 13 of the 20 undeclared missile bases in November. The newly identified Sino-ri facility is one of the oldest in existence and was used for the first deployments of Pyongyang’s Scud missiles and its Nodong medium-range ballistic missile, according to Monday’s report....
Early on after the election of 2016 Trump stated he wanted to end the Foreign Corruption Practices Act.
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Anti-Corruption (click here)
Vigorous enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) has become a top priority for both the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Recently, both have increased resources dedicated to FCPA enforcement. At the same time, civil and criminal penalties for FCPA violations continue to grow and DOJ has shown an increasing willingness to criminally prosecute individuals for FCPA violations.
In addition, many other nations have enacted and/or have begun to seriously enforce anti-corruption legislation of their own. As such, any business operating in the global marketplace must make the FCPA and anti-corruption an integral part of its business plan....
Trump is amoral and he would include all kinds of corruption within his industry. There needs to be a review of this mess. Prostitution is legal in Russia. There was a prostitute picked up by authorities within Russia when she began to speak of her experience with Trump and information she had. So, we know at least one of the prostitutes he employed while in Moscow is alive.
Trump is involved with sleazy stuff, gambling, hotels, Russian birth mothers and I guarantee any foreign properties allow prostitution where it is legal.
5 November 2018
By James Booth
Speaking to City A.M. Browder (click here) said: “The most significant issue on Russian intelligence is not the official spies or even unofficial informants, but the British enablers to this process.
“There are a number of law firms, PR firms and private investigators taking huge amounts of money from the Russian government to act as professional intelligence and influence operators on behalf of Russia in the UK.”
“This is effectively prostitution,” he said. “These are professionals selling their souls to the highest bidder.”
Browder called for the government to introduce legislation to compel lobbyists and law firms to declare when they were acting for an overseas government....
The sex trade seeks secretive ways to trap women into it's purpose. Any manifestation of it needs to be ended as soon as it begins. A quarter of a million women is not ending it quickly. How many women disappeared into the night from their apartments?
The West is a prime destination for the sex trade because it has disposable income. Prostitution is legal in Israel, by the way. And according to other reports in "The Sun," Netflex is selling porn as sex education tapes?
It says that a person (click here) who enters into an arrangement to provide accommodation in exchange for sex may be causing prostitution for gain, contrary to section 52 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
Offenders could face trial before magistrates or at crown court.
The 2018 YouGov poll suggested that 250,000 women in the UK had been offered free or reduced rent for sexual favours in the past five years.
In the last year, 140,000 prospective female tenants were propositioned by landlords, reports The Times.
The news comes after an undercover Sun Online probe caught a pervy landlord on camera admitting he would forgo £1,800 a month in Canary Wharf in return for a "cuddle".
In February last year, the landlord told our undercover reporter: "Obviously we'll have to share the bed. So we'll sleep together, maybe."
Under the new guidance, an offender could face up to six months in jail and be slapped with a fine.
But those prosecuted at crown court could be jailed for up to seven years....
June 29, 2018
Amid the thousands of people (click here) passing through Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport, Edward Snowden is apparently staying put there. He is not the first person to be stranded in the legally ambiguous zone between the arrivals gate and the immigration desks of an international airport. Russian authorities says Snowden is in the airport’s transit area, has not passed through Russian immigration, so he is not technically in Russia and is free to leave. Snowden could end up joining the roster of unwilling airport residents whose ordeals, suspended between states, have stretched on for months or even years. Saying the transit area is not officially in the country is more a diplomatic convention than a legal reality, according to an immigration expert. “Many nations pretend that airport transit lounges are not part of their territory, indeed not under their jurisdiction. As a matter of international law, this is completely false. Sheremetyevo has seen crowds of refugees from countries including Afghanistan and Somalia living in corridors awaiting refugee status a strange existence, without purpose....
This is the airport where Anastasiya Vashukevich was abducted. There is no such thing as a neutral zone in Russian airports unless it serves Russia's purpose.
January 18, 2019
...According to Russia’s Criminal Code, (click here) the detainees may face up to 6 years in prison.
In February 2018, Vashukevich and Kirylau were detained for illegal work, i.e. organising ‘sex training’ for Russian tourists, on the Thai island of Ko Lan, and put in prison in Pattaya. Later, Rybka promised to tell American journalists about Trump-Russia relations, if she was ‘sill alive’, and asked for the U.S. protection. FBI agents wanted to talk with her in prison, but the Thai authorities failed to give their consent.
As previously reported, Anastasiya Vashukevich, a native of the Belarusian town of Babruysk, unintentionally revealed juicy details of a sex life of Russian oligarchs and top officials by posting compromising photos on Instagram. She even wrote the book A Story Of Seducing A Billionaire, Or A Clone For An Oligarch....
January 18, 2019
A 46-year-old man (click here) who resided in the GTA (Greater Toronto Area) has been arrested and is awaiting extradition to the U.S. allegedly for leading a transnational sex trafficking enterprise that appeared on its surface to be an escort agency.
Toronto police allege the suspect, with the help of numerous co-conspirators, ran a service that operated brothels in cities in Canada, the United States and Australia.
Victims were recruited from China and smuggled elsewhere, police allege.
Investigators say the brothels would set up in hotels or apartment blocks and use websites including www.supermatchescort.com to solicit johns.
Johns could use email, text or WeChat to schedule appointments with women at the brothels.
As many as 30,000 johns accessed the service, police allege.
Police in several jurisdictions later learned that the alleged head of the operation lived in the Greater Toronto Area.
On Tuesday, police in Canada, Australia and the United States executed simultaneous raids, including several in Toronto....
Russian woman (click here) in airport demonstrating against underskirting according to RT. Very pretty girl would bring Western women to sympathize with Russians. I am skeptical of RT and its willingness to be showing Russian women in demonstrations regarding a British malady when they aren't covering other Russian injustices such as the pension cuts to Russian people. I think this may have been staged.
The sex trade seeks secretive ways to trap women into it's purpose. Any manifestation of it needs to be ended as soon as it begins. A quarter of a million women is not ending it quickly. How many women disappeared into the night from their apartments?
The West is a prime destination for the sex trade because it has disposable income. Prostitution is legal in Israel, by the way. And according to other reports in "The Sun," Netflex is selling porn as sex education tapes?
It says that a person (click here) who enters into an arrangement to provide accommodation in exchange for sex may be causing prostitution for gain, contrary to section 52 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
Offenders could face trial before magistrates or at crown court.
The 2018 YouGov poll suggested that 250,000 women in the UK had been offered free or reduced rent for sexual favours in the past five years.
In the last year, 140,000 prospective female tenants were propositioned by landlords, reports The Times.
The news comes after an undercover Sun Online probe caught a pervy landlord on camera admitting he would forgo £1,800 a month in Canary Wharf in return for a "cuddle".
In February last year, the landlord told our undercover reporter: "Obviously we'll have to share the bed. So we'll sleep together, maybe."
Under the new guidance, an offender could face up to six months in jail and be slapped with a fine.
But those prosecuted at crown court could be jailed for up to seven years....
June 29, 2018
Amid the thousands of people (click here) passing through Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport, Edward Snowden is apparently staying put there. He is not the first person to be stranded in the legally ambiguous zone between the arrivals gate and the immigration desks of an international airport. Russian authorities says Snowden is in the airport’s transit area, has not passed through Russian immigration, so he is not technically in Russia and is free to leave. Snowden could end up joining the roster of unwilling airport residents whose ordeals, suspended between states, have stretched on for months or even years. Saying the transit area is not officially in the country is more a diplomatic convention than a legal reality, according to an immigration expert. “Many nations pretend that airport transit lounges are not part of their territory, indeed not under their jurisdiction. As a matter of international law, this is completely false. Sheremetyevo has seen crowds of refugees from countries including Afghanistan and Somalia living in corridors awaiting refugee status a strange existence, without purpose....
This is the airport where Anastasiya Vashukevich was abducted. There is no such thing as a neutral zone in Russian airports unless it serves Russia's purpose.
January 18, 2019
...According to Russia’s Criminal Code, (click here) the detainees may face up to 6 years in prison.
In February 2018, Vashukevich and Kirylau were detained for illegal work, i.e. organising ‘sex training’ for Russian tourists, on the Thai island of Ko Lan, and put in prison in Pattaya. Later, Rybka promised to tell American journalists about Trump-Russia relations, if she was ‘sill alive’, and asked for the U.S. protection. FBI agents wanted to talk with her in prison, but the Thai authorities failed to give their consent.
As previously reported, Anastasiya Vashukevich, a native of the Belarusian town of Babruysk, unintentionally revealed juicy details of a sex life of Russian oligarchs and top officials by posting compromising photos on Instagram. She even wrote the book A Story Of Seducing A Billionaire, Or A Clone For An Oligarch....
January 18, 2019
A 46-year-old man (click here) who resided in the GTA (Greater Toronto Area) has been arrested and is awaiting extradition to the U.S. allegedly for leading a transnational sex trafficking enterprise that appeared on its surface to be an escort agency.
Toronto police allege the suspect, with the help of numerous co-conspirators, ran a service that operated brothels in cities in Canada, the United States and Australia.
Victims were recruited from China and smuggled elsewhere, police allege.
Investigators say the brothels would set up in hotels or apartment blocks and use websites including www.supermatchescort.com to solicit johns.
Johns could use email, text or WeChat to schedule appointments with women at the brothels.
As many as 30,000 johns accessed the service, police allege.
Police in several jurisdictions later learned that the alleged head of the operation lived in the Greater Toronto Area.
On Tuesday, police in Canada, Australia and the United States executed simultaneous raids, including several in Toronto....
Russian woman (click here) in airport demonstrating against underskirting according to RT. Very pretty girl would bring Western women to sympathize with Russians. I am skeptical of RT and its willingness to be showing Russian women in demonstrations regarding a British malady when they aren't covering other Russian injustices such as the pension cuts to Russian people. I think this may have been staged.
Rudy Guiliani has enormous conflict of interests and should be questioned by the Special Council.
I fairly sure he has a New York State legal license. It is time for the New York professional organizations to review Giuliani's activities domestic and abroad. Ukraine is Manafort. What the heck?
July 10, 2018
By Veronica Stracqualursi
Rudy Giuliani (click here) is working with foreign clients as he continues to advise President Donald Trump on the Russia investigation, which raises conflict of interest and federal ethics issues, according to a new report.
Giuliani told The Washington Post in interviews that he maintains clients in Ukraine, Brazil and Colombia, as well as delivers paid speeches for Mujahedin-e-Khalq, a controversial Iranian exile organization that was formerly listed as a terrorist group by the US State Department.
Lobbying experts told the Post that some of Giuliani's work for foreign clients is likely to require disclosure under the Foreign Agent Registration Act.
Giuliani is setting up his own dysfunctional DOJ through his advise to Trump.
According to the Post, Giuliani has not registered with the Department of Justice for his work, arguing that it's not necessary because Trump isn't paying him for his counsel and he does not directly lobby the US government....
July 10, 2018
By Veronica Stracqualursi
Rudy Giuliani (click here) is working with foreign clients as he continues to advise President Donald Trump on the Russia investigation, which raises conflict of interest and federal ethics issues, according to a new report.
Giuliani told The Washington Post in interviews that he maintains clients in Ukraine, Brazil and Colombia, as well as delivers paid speeches for Mujahedin-e-Khalq, a controversial Iranian exile organization that was formerly listed as a terrorist group by the US State Department.
Lobbying experts told the Post that some of Giuliani's work for foreign clients is likely to require disclosure under the Foreign Agent Registration Act.
Giuliani is setting up his own dysfunctional DOJ through his advise to Trump.
According to the Post, Giuliani has not registered with the Department of Justice for his work, arguing that it's not necessary because Trump isn't paying him for his counsel and he does not directly lobby the US government....
Federal prisons in Kentucky are under increased stress, with hunger strikes occurring while the government is shutdown.
Kentucky has a history of hunger strikes among their prison populations. Some of these hunger strikes resulted in deaths. The fact hunger strikes are occurring while the government is shut down is no surprise.
Below is a map of states where federal employees have already received cuts in their numbers. There also has been a hiring freeze. That means Trump is forcing federal employees to seek other incomes and will not be replaced IF the government shutdown ends.
The US Congress has a responsibility to the country and put people back to work and remove the hiring freeze. The longer the Trump dictatorship continues the more obvious how important the federal government is in the functions of national security.
January 22, 2019
By Rhonda Miller
Contrary (click here) to popular belief, most federal employees actually work outside of the D.C. metro area. See where and how vulnerable regional economies might be to reductions.
...She said she’s heard a lot of sad stories (click here) from prison workers since paychecks were suspended during the shutdown.
“I spoke with an officer just a couple days ago and he has newborn babies and one of them is on special formula that costs $38 every two days. It’s just essentials that families need that you can’t get at food banks,” said Goode.
She said working without pay and not being able to take care of their families is causing increased tension for employees.
“They’re getting really nervous and pretty stressed out about it, on top of working in the stressful environment of a prison,” said Goode.
In addition to law enforcement officers and nurses, federal employees at the Lexington prison include teachers, counselors, secretaries, pharmacists, dentists and physical therapists....
Below is a map of states where federal employees have already received cuts in their numbers. There also has been a hiring freeze. That means Trump is forcing federal employees to seek other incomes and will not be replaced IF the government shutdown ends.
The US Congress has a responsibility to the country and put people back to work and remove the hiring freeze. The longer the Trump dictatorship continues the more obvious how important the federal government is in the functions of national security.
January 22, 2019
By Rhonda Miller
Contrary (click here) to popular belief, most federal employees actually work outside of the D.C. metro area. See where and how vulnerable regional economies might be to reductions.
...She said she’s heard a lot of sad stories (click here) from prison workers since paychecks were suspended during the shutdown.
“I spoke with an officer just a couple days ago and he has newborn babies and one of them is on special formula that costs $38 every two days. It’s just essentials that families need that you can’t get at food banks,” said Goode.
She said working without pay and not being able to take care of their families is causing increased tension for employees.
“They’re getting really nervous and pretty stressed out about it, on top of working in the stressful environment of a prison,” said Goode.
In addition to law enforcement officers and nurses, federal employees at the Lexington prison include teachers, counselors, secretaries, pharmacists, dentists and physical therapists....
The cost of raising a child is $233,610.
The majority of single parent households (click here) are lead by women. The Trump Government Shutdown is a direct attack against women. Single mothers with children are found most often in the south and in Red States.
January 17, 2019
By Rachel Morgan Cautero
...The average cost of childcare (click here) ranges from $4,000 to $22,600 annually, depending on location and age of the child, according to information from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI).
Childcare also accounts for a large portion of a family’s annual income, the institute found. Adding insult to injury is the fact that many families pay out of pocket for childcare – and the cost of such care is inflated partially due to the lower teacher/caregiver-to-child ratio.
For example, the EPI found that childcare in Ohio for a 4-year-old cost $7,341 annually, while infant care costs $8,977 per year, which is 4.9 percent more expensive than rent in that state.
In Alabama, childcare for a 4-year old costs $4,871, and infant care is $5,637. In New York, the costs increase dramatically to $11,700 and $14,144 for child and infant care, respectively. California is also pricey, at $8,230 for annual childcare and $11,817 for infant care. Keep in mind that these are only the estimated costs of childcare for one child. Once families have more than one child, their childcare costs can double....
January 17, 2019
By Rachel Morgan Cautero
...The average cost of childcare (click here) ranges from $4,000 to $22,600 annually, depending on location and age of the child, according to information from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI).
Childcare also accounts for a large portion of a family’s annual income, the institute found. Adding insult to injury is the fact that many families pay out of pocket for childcare – and the cost of such care is inflated partially due to the lower teacher/caregiver-to-child ratio.
For example, the EPI found that childcare in Ohio for a 4-year-old cost $7,341 annually, while infant care costs $8,977 per year, which is 4.9 percent more expensive than rent in that state.
In Alabama, childcare for a 4-year old costs $4,871, and infant care is $5,637. In New York, the costs increase dramatically to $11,700 and $14,144 for child and infant care, respectively. California is also pricey, at $8,230 for annual childcare and $11,817 for infant care. Keep in mind that these are only the estimated costs of childcare for one child. Once families have more than one child, their childcare costs can double....
The US Coast Guard is not being paid. This is national security.
The US Coast Guard is intricate in the fight against the drug cartels. Enough is enough and holding the country hostage is an outrage.
The more drugs make their way into the country, the more chance Americans will die.
January 21, 2019
By Laura Johnston
Cleveland – The U.S. Coast Guard is still working. (click here) And they’re the only military members working without pay during the government shutdown.
So a Bay Village woman is collecting gift cards to give to members who need to buy gas, food and baby supplies.
Susan Zanetti has more than $4,000 in gift cards so far, which she plans to deliver Tuesday to the Cleveland Coast Guard station, where more than 250 people work. The USO of Northern Ohio is also collecting donations for Coast Guard employees.
“I think people just really want to do something. People feel bad. We watch the Coast Guard work. They keep our country safe,” Zanetti said. “My mission is, let’s take care of our own here in Cleveland.”
Coast Guard members were paid Dec. 31 because of a short-term solution. But they missed checks on Jan. 15 because the agency is overseen by the Department of Homeland Security, which unlike the Department of Defense is unfunded....
The more drugs make their way into the country, the more chance Americans will die.
January 21, 2019
By Laura Johnston
Cleveland – The U.S. Coast Guard is still working. (click here) And they’re the only military members working without pay during the government shutdown.
So a Bay Village woman is collecting gift cards to give to members who need to buy gas, food and baby supplies.
Susan Zanetti has more than $4,000 in gift cards so far, which she plans to deliver Tuesday to the Cleveland Coast Guard station, where more than 250 people work. The USO of Northern Ohio is also collecting donations for Coast Guard employees.
“I think people just really want to do something. People feel bad. We watch the Coast Guard work. They keep our country safe,” Zanetti said. “My mission is, let’s take care of our own here in Cleveland.”
Coast Guard members were paid Dec. 31 because of a short-term solution. But they missed checks on Jan. 15 because the agency is overseen by the Department of Homeland Security, which unlike the Department of Defense is unfunded....
The GOP needs to declare their priorities and move forward with a bill that will put the government back to work.
December 20, 2018
By Jordain Carney
GOP senators (click here) emerged from the closed-door meeting in visible disbelief that President Trump is refusing to sign a seven-week stopgap measure to fund the government that cleared the chamber by a voice vote less than 24 hours ago.
Senate GOP leadership appeared confident on Wednesday that Trump would sign the stopgap, which will fund approximately 25 percent of the government, as long as they kept poison pill policy riders out of it.
But Trump, under fire from conservative pundits and lawmakers, reversed course Thursday....
The USA is a democracy, not a dictatorship, it is time for the Republicans to show what side of the street they are on; democracy or Trump dictatorship.
By Jordain Carney
GOP senators (click here) emerged from the closed-door meeting in visible disbelief that President Trump is refusing to sign a seven-week stopgap measure to fund the government that cleared the chamber by a voice vote less than 24 hours ago.
Senate GOP leadership appeared confident on Wednesday that Trump would sign the stopgap, which will fund approximately 25 percent of the government, as long as they kept poison pill policy riders out of it.
But Trump, under fire from conservative pundits and lawmakers, reversed course Thursday....
The USA is a democracy, not a dictatorship, it is time for the Republicans to show what side of the street they are on; democracy or Trump dictatorship.
The Rooster
"Okeydoke"
Having a dedicated sales force matters. Today, businesses rely far too much on cyber. Person to person contact makes a difference.
January 21, 2019
By Mike Averill
Three years ago (click here) Educational Development Corp. was in the midst of a growth problem.
The Tulsa-based publisher of children’s books was enjoying the payoff from the gamble its CEO took from removing its books from Amazon, its largest customer, and competitor.
The risky move resulted in skyrocketing sales, led by its direct sales force, which consists of tens of thousands of individuals, many of whom are stay-at-home moms. The publisher’s popular lines of books include Usborne and Kane/Miller.
The staff grew from 75 to 350 people with three shifts working around the clock to keep up with order fulfillment. That speed of growth came with a cost. The first holiday season in its larger facility, the company had 25,000 customer service errors in three months at a cost of roughly $1 million, said CEO Randall White.
Since then, the company has invested about $7 million to update and fully automate its distribution process. The investments led to enough efficiency and reduction in errors to cut the customer service department in half and now only one shift of workers is needed each day.
“We have become so efficient,” White said. “Profits are up 30 percent.”
In the last three years EDC has gone from $36 million in sales to $65 million to $106 million....
Every year during the winter a story surfaces that is a moment to pause and realize we are not as good as we can be.
This story clearly illustrates the dialogue missing between firefighter and citizen.
January 20, 2019
By Meg Robbins
New Vineyard — A camp in New Vineyard (click here) was completely burned down in a blaze Sunday afternoon after fire trucks could not access the property quickly enough due to the road being plowed too narrowly.
“It was plowed just wide enough to get a Subaru up in there — a car,” said New Vineyard Fire Chief Tom Holbrook.
The fire, which occurred at 142 Griffin Mountain Road, was reported at 12:16 p.m.
“When we got there, the flames were showing but we couldn’t get the apparatus in there because it’s quite a ways off the road,” Holbrook said.
The building, owned by Augusta resident Robert Pribou, had one and a half stories and was roughly 24 by 36 feet, according to Holbrook. No one was inside the structure at the time of the fire and no injuries were reported. Holbrook said he believes the blaze “started around a wood stove.”
The chief was unable to provide an estimate on the cost of the damage to the structure but noted that the camp was insured....
January 20, 2019
By Meg Robbins
New Vineyard — A camp in New Vineyard (click here) was completely burned down in a blaze Sunday afternoon after fire trucks could not access the property quickly enough due to the road being plowed too narrowly.
“It was plowed just wide enough to get a Subaru up in there — a car,” said New Vineyard Fire Chief Tom Holbrook.
The fire, which occurred at 142 Griffin Mountain Road, was reported at 12:16 p.m.
“When we got there, the flames were showing but we couldn’t get the apparatus in there because it’s quite a ways off the road,” Holbrook said.
The building, owned by Augusta resident Robert Pribou, had one and a half stories and was roughly 24 by 36 feet, according to Holbrook. No one was inside the structure at the time of the fire and no injuries were reported. Holbrook said he believes the blaze “started around a wood stove.”
The chief was unable to provide an estimate on the cost of the damage to the structure but noted that the camp was insured....
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