8chan/8kun QResearch Posts (1,543)
#7446564 at 2019-12-07 16:23:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9523: Sunlight is the best Disinfectant Edition
>>7446549
If anons really want a big "WTF", look into the Liu on the CA Supreme Court and his background (worked for Bloomberg). Then cross reference what you find to Ted Liu and his background.
#7446370 at 2019-12-07 15:25:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9523: Sunlight is the best Disinfectant Edition
>>7446344
>2018 Mayotte 17sec freq ELF WW wave.
Clarification:
Mayotte NOT mentioned in sauce (from 2015) dropped:
https://www.g-casa.com/conferences/shanghai/paper_pdf/Liu-mindcontrol.pdf
Mentioned Mayotte anomaly related to ELF tech. previously deployed.
#7446252 at 2019-12-07 14:48:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9523: Sunlight is the best Disinfectant Edition
>>7446212
Mind Control with Electromagnetic Frequency
REF: Patsy - "Lone Shooter/Bombers" = MIND CONTROL SUBJECTS
(orig. posted May 14 2019) - but can't retrieve from archive (bad link)
#6497426 at 2019-05-14 20:51:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8308: 8chan Dittos @ Rush Edition
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/mind-control-electromagnetic-frequency-soleilmavis-Liu
Mind Control with Electromagnetic Frequency
——
(January 2015)
"Mind Control with Electromagnetic Frequency"
Ms. Soleilmavis Liu
Sponsor Activist of Peacepink
Yantai, Shandong Province, China
Recent years, the words "mind control abuse and torture" and "target individual" appears frequently online. Thousands of people in groups or individually cries attention to the abuses and tortures with electromagnetic mind control technologies through internet and all other channels. The scale of the ongoing crimes is large, and hidden. People are asking for the worldwide attention and an international investigation of enormous human rights violations that are silently taking place worldwide at this moment.
—–
Interdasting read.
https://www.g-casa.com/conferences/shanghai/paper_pdf/Liu-mindcontrol.pdf
#7441332 at 2019-12-06 20:40:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9517: Q Thinking Timing! Panic in DC! Edition
Does George Webb run this site? He's got it in for Flynn doesn't he?
https://brassballs.blog/home/flynn-dodges-december-18th-18-sentencing-by-going-to-south-korea-judge-emmett-kael-sullivan-d-c-district-columbia-federal-court-jeannie-mike-michael-jr-sidney-powell-jessie-Liu
#7432908 at 2019-12-05 17:31:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9506: The 6 Can Be Very Dangerous Edition
China Innovation: Eric Schmidt, David Rubenstein, Didi's Liu, Tencent's Lau
Bloomberg Live
Nov.22 – Former Google Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt, now a technical advisor to holding company Alphabet, Tencent Holdings President Martin Lau and Didi Chuxing President Jean Liu talk with Carlyle Group Co-Founder and Co-Executive Chairman David Rubenstein about the future of Chinese technical and financial innovation. They speak at Bloomberg's New Economy Forum in Beijing.
https://youtu.be/-buRD3cFQ1M
#7394222 at 2019-11-29 16:55:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9456: I see a cold Moon rising . . . Edition
Alleged Chinese spy target pictured sitting next to Liberal MP Gladys Liu at her home
he man who claimed he was offered $1 million by a suspected Chinese spy to infiltrate the Australian Parliament attended a Liberal Party meeting with MP Gladys Liu at her former home.
Nick Zhao - who died in a Melbourne motel in March after he disclosed the suspected spy's approach to ASIO - attended the Australia Day 2016 meeting of a Liberal Party multicultural branch at the former Glen Iris home of Ms Liu, who was the president of the branch.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/alleged-chinese-spy-target-pictured-sitting-next-to-liberal-mp-gladys-Liu-at-her-home-20191129-p53fj4.html
#7392509 at 2019-11-29 05:00:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9454: Ebake Edition
North Korea's Yongbyon Nuclear Center: Minor Activity
A 38 North exclusive with analysis by Peter Makowsky, Frank V. Pabian and Jack Liu
Commercial satellite imagery from October and November indicate a low level of activity at North Korea's Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center, but with no observable indications of reactor operations. The small, cylindrical-shaped containers reported in the Fuel Reception Area of the Radiochemical Laboratory facilities in September, are no longer present.
The Radiochemical Laboratory
The numerous small, white cylindrical-shaped containers or "packages," observed in the Fuel Reception Area in September, are no longer present. While their content could not be assessed, their presence was highly unusual, as only an occasional vehicle or two have been observed parked near the facility in the recent past.
Figure 1. Cylindrical-shaped containers no longer present in the Fuel Reception Area.
ELWR
On imagery from October 29 and November 14, two vehicles, a probable tractor-trailer and a medium-sized vehicle, were parked on the access road immediately to the east of the Experimental Light Water Reactor (ELWR), adjacent to the electrical substation. In addition, a covered, unidentified vehicle or object was visible at the southwest corner of the ELWR generator hall and a small object, possibly a trailer, was also present on the access road on the west side of the reactor. Image resolution precluded confirmation of the types of vehicles or their purpose.
Construction activity around the rear and side of the reactor's engineering office building that was observed in September was completed sometime before November 14 and the objects in the concrete parking area of the building are gone. The trenching also observed across the east side access road from the ELWR in September has been backfilled, leaving little trace of its former presence.
While none of these activities give any indication of the reactor's operational status, they do suggest that work continues on the ELWR.
Site Construction and Remodeling
Construction and renovation activities in the Main Research and Administrative Headquarters Area continue. A third floor was being added to the new multi-story building under construction in the northwest corner of the compound in October and continues in November. The building replaces a two-story structure, which was razed in August.
At the east side of that complex, along the river's edge, dredging and earthmoving continue near the north pump house. On October 29, a dredge was observed removing silt from the cooling water channel from the pump house, and piles of soil have been added to the river bank as work to buildup of the embankment continues on the north side of the channel.
https://www.38north.org/2019/11/yongbyon112719/
#7382396 at 2019-11-27 09:59:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9441: Night Shift! We in here! pt 2Edition
Prosecutors Request Flynn's Upcoming Hearing Be Suspended Pending IG Report
By /ourgirl/ Sara Carter
Government prosecutors in the case of former National Security Advisor Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn requested from the court late Tuesday night to suspend Flynn's upcoming hearing. The prosecutors cited in their motion that the government is waiting for the completion of Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz's report on the bureau's probe into President Donald Trump's campaign and Russia, as well as an expected ruling by the court on Flynn's attorney's request for exculpatory evidence.
Last month, U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan, who is presiding over former National Security Adviser Flynn's case, canceled the hearing. Sullivan cited Powell's motion, which accused the government of a litany of misconduct allegations. She is seeking exculpatory evidence that she contends the government is withholding in Flynn's case. The hearing last month had been scheduled for Nov. 7.
The court had rescheduled the sentencing hearing for Flynn on Dec. 18 but the joint motion requests that the sentencing be vacated.
U.S. Prosecutor Jessie K. Liu noted in Tuesday's late night filing "the Court had not yet issued its ruling on the defendant's Motion to Compel. Both parties share the Court's goal to move this case along expeditiously." Liu said in the motion that Horowitz's report, which is expected to be made public on Dec. 9, may contain information pertinent to Flynn's case.
"The parties nonetheless believe that their sentencing submissions will be incomplete if they are filed prior to the Court's issuance of its ruling on the Motion to Compel," prosecutors stated. "Additionally, the parties note that the Department of Justice's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is conducting an Examination of the Department's and the FBI's Compliance with Legal Requirements and Policies in Applications Filed with the US. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Relating to a certain US. Person. The parties expect that the report of this investigation will examine topics related to several matters raised by the defendant. As widely reported by the media, that report is expected to issue in the next several weeks."
"For these reasons, the parties respectfully request that the Court suspend the currently scheduled dates for briefing and sentencing until further order of the Court," Liu added.
The new move by prosecutors is significant, said Flynn's defense attorney Sidney Powell. She told SaraACarter.com that "it is the only thing for the government to do-short of producing the information we have requested or dismissing the case on it's own motion."
Moar:
https://saraacarter.com/prosecutors-request-to-suspend-flynns-hearing-citing-upcoming-ig-report/?utm_source=izooto&utm_medium=push_notifications&utm_campaign=flynn&utm_content=&utm_term=
#7380164 at 2019-11-27 01:51:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9438: Rally Night Edition
Prosecutors Request Flynn's Upcoming Hearing Be Suspended Pending IG Report
Government prosecutors in the case of former National Security Advisor Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn requested from the court late Tuesday night to suspend Flynn's upcoming hearing. The prosecutors cited in their motion that the government is waiting for the completion of Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz's report on the bureau's probe into President Donald Trump's campaign and Russia, as well as an expected ruling by the court on Flynn's attorney's request for exculpatory evidence.
Last month, U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan, who is presiding over former National Security Adviser Flynn's case, canceled the hearing. Sullivan cited Powell's motion, which accused the government of a litany of misconduct allegations. She is seeking exculpatory evidence that she contends the government is withholding in Flynn's case. The hearing last month had been scheduled for Nov. 7.
U.S. Prosecutor Jessie K. Liu noted in Tuesday's late night filing "the Court had not yet issued its ruling on the defendant's Motion to Compel. Both parties share the Court's goal to move this case along expeditiously." Liu said in the motion that Horowitz's report, which is expected to be made public on Dec. 9, may contain information pertinent to Flynn's case.
"The parties nonetheless believe that their sentencing submissions will be incomplete if they are filed prior to the Court's issuance of its ruling on the Motion to Compel," prosecutors stated. "Additionally, the parties note that the Department of Justice's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is conducting an Examination of the Department's and the FBI's Compliance with Legal Requirements and Policies in Applications Filed with the US. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Relating to a certain US. Person. The parties expect that the report of this investigation will examine topics related to several matters raised by the defendant. As widely reported by the media, that report is expected to issue in the next several weeks."
"For these reasons, the parties respectfully request that the Court suspend the currently scheduled dates for briefing and sentencing until further order of the Court," Liu added.
The new move by prosecutors is significant, said Flynn's defense attorney Sidney Powell. She told SaraACarter.com that "it is the only thing for the government to do-short of producing the information we have requested or dismissing the case on it's own motion."
"This gives us time to digest the pending IG Report and the thousand plus pages of facts it contains," said Powell. "Clearly, we will have additional motions to file upon receipt of Judge Sullivan's order and additional evidence."
Sullivan had cancelled the scheduled hearing in October, after Powell had filed a brief in response to federal prosecutors that claimed they had already given the defense team all the evidence that was required under the law. Her explosive response was made public last month with minimal redactions.
Powell told this reporter in October that the "defense looks forward to reading Judge Sullivan's order because the government has obviously been hiding evidence."
The brief contained information that FBI officials may have altered their 302 report of Flynn's first interview with them at the White House on Jan. 24, 2017, as reported. The interview was conducted by now fired FBI Special Agent Peter Strzok, whose texts messages later revealed he was vehemently anti-Trump and current FBI Special Agent Joe Pientka, who has never spoken publicly on the matter. In December, 2017 this reporter revealed that it was Strzok who had interviewed Flynn and that the interview itself was a set-up.
Powell noted that "on February 10, 2017, the news broke-attributed to 'senior intelligence officials'-that Mr. Flynn had discussed sanctions with Ambassador Kislyak, contrary to what Vice President Pence had said on television previously."
Then, according to documents, "overnight, the most important substantive changes were made to the Flynn 302."
https://saraacarter.com/prosecutors-request-to-suspend-flynns-hearing-citing-upcoming-ig-report/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social-pug
#7325659 at 2019-08-03 20:35:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9373: Another Day Of Unrelenting (((Mossad))) Terrorism
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#7305090 at 2019-08-02 04:14:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9347: We Are the Deplorable Domestic Terrorists! We Are Q! Edition
China Says US Tariffs 'Not Constructive' Way to Resolve Trade Dispute
US President Donald Trump has vowed to continue "taxing" China until a trade deal is reached. Trump earlier pledged to impose an additional 10 percent tariff on $300 billion worth of Chinese goods.
The Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, said Friday that tariffs are "not a constructive" way to solve the US trade war, AFP reported.
"Slapping on tariffs is definitely not a constructive way to resolve economic and trade frictions, it's not the correct way", Wang said on the sidelines of a meeting of Southeast Asia's top diplomats in Thailand, according to AFP.
Beijing and Washington have been engaged in a trade war since June 2018, when Trump announced he was imposing tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese imports in a bid to balance the trade deficit. Since then, the two countries have introduced several rounds of reciprocal tariffs.
In June, Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to a 90-day truce during which they would refrain from imposing additional tariffs and re-launch negotiations in an attempt to resolve the trade war.
The first bilateral trade talks since the G20 summit wrapped up in Shanghai on Wednesday, attended by US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin. Vice Premier Liu He was the lead negotiator for China. According to media reports, official negotiations ended 40 minutes ahead of schedule with no follow-up briefing, causing many to speculate that the parties had failed to achieve success.
On Wednesday, the White House said that the United States and China would continue trade negotiations in September in Washington.
https://sputniknews.com/asia/201908021076435912-china-says-us-tariffs-not-constructive-way-to-resolve-trade-dispute—report/
#7296754 at 2019-08-01 19:21:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9336: Placeholder Thread Deleted : Enter New Phase Edition
NOTABLE
Ed Buck, Schiff, Liu Neera Tanden (Podesta's C.A.P.) & PETE BUTTGIG
connection through a tranny named SHANNON ALEXANDER.
And Rob Reiner thrown in for good fuckin measure.
#7292059 at 2019-08-01 13:23:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9330: Shill Storms Aplenty. Anons Hold the Line Edition
US Farmer Crisis: China's US Soybean Purchases Plunge To 2004 Lows
A new report from Bloomberg shows US soybean exports to China collapsed in 1H19 to the lowest level in more than a decade.
The US exported 614,806 tons of soybeans to China in June, according to US customs data. That brought 1H19 China imports of soybeans from the US to 5.9 million tons, the lowest level since 2004, according to Bloomberg calculations.
US farmers, who harvest soybeans from September to November, have been some of the hardest hit in the trade war as Chinese buyers shift to Latin American markets for agricultural products.
Senior US officials met in China on Wednesday with the hopes of resolving trade disputes that could result in more agriculture trade between the two countries.
But the US trade delegation broke off discussions with its Chinese counterparts on early Wednesday morning and is already on its way back to Washington, a sign that no new progress was made, and that China is not likely to buy significant amounts of US agriculture products this summer.
According to Bloomberg, US delegates including Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer wrapped up talks with Vice Premier Liu He and their other Chinese counterparts on Wednesday afternoon at the Xijiao State Guest Hotel in Shanghai, according to a pool report.
The latest round of talks took place against a jarring backdrop following a fresh outburst by Trump on Twitter, who, as delegates gathered Tuesday, slammed China's unwillingness to buy American agricultural products and said it continues to "rip off" the US.
…to ripoff the USA, even bigger and better than ever before. The problem with them waiting, however, is that if & when I win, the deal that they get will be much tougher than what we are negotiating now…or no deal at all. We have all the cards, our past leaders never got it!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 30, 2019
What's worse, the talks were supposed to focus on "goodwill" gestures, like the agricultural purchases promised by China, and the rollback of sanctions on Huawei promised by Trump. This could be devastating for US farmers as China is going to continue sourcing soybeans from Latin America, not the US, in 2H19.
Since the start of the trade war, most of China's soybeans have come from Brazil. Last year, the bulk of the country's 80 million ton export went to China, replacing market share that was once controlled by US farmers.
The Global Times on Wednesday morning said if Washington still holds the illusion that Beijing will somehow cave in and compromise on issues concerning sovereignty, "then no deal is fine."
The Trump administration prepared for a no-deal week with the unveiling of a $16 billion farm bailout several weeks ago, that is expected to greatly benefit the wealthiest of US farmers while not providing adequate financial support for smaller ones.
With the election coming up, there's a high probability since the trade talks collapsed Wednesday that China could abandon US agriculture markets for Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay, which could certainly lead to increased financial hardships for President Trump's base, the American farmer, located across the Midwest US.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-07-31/us-farmer-crisis-chinas-us-soybean-purchases-plunge-2004-lows
#7290535 at 2019-08-01 09:11:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9328 Ani - E Bake
Chinese billionaire indicted in U.S. for alleged $1.8 billion aluminum tariff evasion
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Chinese billionaire has been indicted by a grand jury on charges he schemed with the aluminum company he founded to evade $1.8 billion of tariffs by smuggling huge amounts of the metal into the United States, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday.
Liu Zhongtian, 55, and China Zhongwang Holdings Ltd (1333.HK), where he served as chairman and president, were among several defendants charged in a 24-count indictment by a Los Angeles grand jury.
The May 7 indictment had been kept under seal until late Tuesday. It came as U.S. and Chinese negotiators resumed talks to end trade tensions between the world's two largest economies.
Neither Zhongwang or Liu, who is still the company's controlling shareholder, have received any notice of the proceedings, the company said in a statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange on Thursday.
Zhongwang has previously described smuggling allegations as "misleading" and "without any factual basis."
"The company would like to clarify that the group has always strictly abided by in its business operation the laws and regulations of the People's Republic of China and destination countries of its exported products, and has developed overseas markets under the principle of fair and orderly competition," it said in the statement to the exchange.
Zhongwang's shares fell as much as 20.9% on Thursday to HK$3.17 ($0.41), the lowest since January 2016.
Liu is believed to be in China, which does not have an extradition treaty with the United States, and an arrest warrant has been drawn up, according to The Wall Street Journal. It was unclear whether Liu has a U.S.-based lawyer. Liu and his family are worth $3.2 billion, Forbes magazine said.
Prosecutors said the alleged scheme began as early as 2008, and eventually involved efforts to escape duties imposed by the U.S. Department of Commerce in 2011 on various types of extruded aluminum imported from China.
The indictment said companies affiliated with Liu went through ports in the Los Angeles area to import aluminum extrusions that were "tack-welded" together, to appear as finished "pallets" that were not subject to duties.
Prosecutors said Liu would then stockpile the aluminum at four southern California warehouses, and with his associates orchestrate bogus sales to companies he controlled to inflate Zhongwang's financials and make it appear more valuable.
Liu, also known as "Big Boss" and "Uncle Liu" according to the indictment, was also accused by prosecutors of running a "massive" money laundering operation involving the use of shell companies to transfer funds to Zhongwang.
U.S. authorities said the scheme gave Liu's companies an unfair advantage over American rivals and posed other hazards.
"Our national security is jeopardized when domestic industry loses its ability to develop and supply products for U.S. defense and critical infrastructure applications, forcing us to become dependent on unreliable imports," Joseph Macias, special agent in charge for homeland security investigations in Los Angeles, said in a statement.
Liu and several other defendants face charges of wire fraud, money laundering, passing fraudulent papers through a customhouse and conspiracy.
Most counts carry a maximum 20-year prison term, and if served consecutively carry a maximum 465-year term.
The case is U.S. v Liu et al, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, No. 19-cr-00282.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-fraud/chinese-billionaire-indicted-in-u-s-for-alleged-1-8-billion-aluminum-tariff-evasion-idUSKCN1UQ238
#7278159 at 2019-07-31 17:22:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9312: [24hrs] Are We There Yet? Edition
Chinese aluminum billionaire indicted for $2 billion tariff evasion scheme: WSJ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Liu Zhongtian, a Chinese billionaire and the founder of aluminum giant China Zhongwang Holdings Ltd (1333.HK), has been indicted by a U.S. federal grand jury on charges that he was part of a conspiracy to evade nearly $2 billion in tariffs, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
The indictment, which was reached in May but not unsealed until this week, alleges the scheme was hatched in 2008 and has continued to the present day, according to the newspaper, which cited prosecutors.
Reuters was not immediately able to confirm the report. China Zhongwang Holdings Ltd did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The company is accused of using aluminum shipments to inflate its revenue, the Journal reported. Liu faces charges of fraud and money laundering that carry a maximum prison sentence of 465 years, the newspaper said.
An arrest warrant has been prepared for Liu, who is believed to be in China, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing an official with knowledge of the probe.
The indictment was unsealed as U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators attempt to end trade tensions between the two largest economies.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-fraud/chinese-aluminum-billionaire-indicted-for-2-billion-tariff-evasion-scheme-wsj-idUSKCN1UQ238
#7273320 at 2019-07-31 08:13:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9306: ebake "TRAITORS!!! JUSTICE. JAIL. DEATH" Edition
China Bans Citizens From Travel to Taiwan as Individual Tourists
Bloomberg News
July 31, 2019, 2:13 AM EDT
Updated on July 31, 2019, 3:49 AM EDT
In its latest effort to increase pressure on Taiwan, Beijing said it will suspend a program that allowed individual tourists from 47 Chinese cities to travel to Taiwan, citing the current state of relations between the two sides.
The ban is effective from Aug. 1, according to a statement Wednesday from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and means that Chinese nationals can only travel to Taiwan as tourists if they're part of tour groups. The scheme had been in place since 2011 under the more China-friendly administration of former President Ma Ying-jeou.
The ministry's statement didn't provide any further details as to the reason for the ban. The unexpected move comes as China attempts to isolate Taiwan and Tsai Ing-wen, it's independence-leaning president. The move may also be aimed at hurting her re-election chances in January's presidential election.
Restricted Island
China Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying declined to answer a question about the decision, asking reporters at a briefing in Beijing on Wednesday afternoon to talk to the relevant department for Taiwan affairs. The Mainland Affairs Council in Taipei declined to comment immediately when contacted.
"This is a shock to all of us. We are all very worried about it," Benny Wu, chairman of the Taipei Association of Travel Agents, said by phone. "This will have a huge impact on Taiwan's tourism and economy. Hotels, restaurants will all be affected."
Spending by foreign tourists accounted for about 2.2% of GDP in 2017, the last year for which data is available, according to the tourism bureau. China was the largest single source of people visiting Taiwan and accounted for almost one third of total visitors to the island in May 2019, according to a Bloomberg calculation based on data published by Taiwan's tourism bureau.
- With assistance by Dandan Li, Yinan Zhao, Chinmei Sung, Cindy Wang, and Lucille Liu
#7261053 at 2019-07-30 18:02:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9290: Time Travel Is Fun Edition
Trump threatens worse trade deal for China if Beijing stalls until after his re-election
US President Donald Trump has once again criticized China's trade practices, warning negotiations could get tougher. The statements come as Beijing and Washington are headed into another round of trade negotiations in Shanghai.
In a series of tweets on Tuesday, Trump warned if China waits and he wins re-election, the trade deal will be much tougher for Beijing.
"China is doing very badly, worst year in 27 - was supposed to start buying our agricultural product now - no signs that they are doing so. That is the problem with China, they just don't come through," Trump wrote.
My team is negotiating with them now, but they always change the deal in the end to their benefit. They should probably wait out our Election to see if we get one of the Democrat stiffs like Sleepy Joe. Then they could make a GREAT deal, like in past 30 years, and continue to ripoff the USA, even bigger and better than ever before."
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer will meet on Tuesday and Wednesday in Shanghai with a delegation led by China's Vice Premier Liu He.
According to Trump, "The problem with them waiting, however, is that if & when I win, the deal that they get will be much tougher than what we are negotiating now… or no deal at all. We have all the cards, our past leaders never got it!"
https://www.rt.com/business/465392-trump-threatens-worse-china-trade-deal/
#7240013 at 2019-07-29 08:23:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9263: Ebake Wait for the DoUGH Edition
>>7239987
MAPS CONT…
Q has posted countless times to find the Psychologists, they ALL had them. Te Doctor for the Sandy Hook FF was Dr. Paul Fox of Brookfield, Conn., who was arrested and charged with 3 felony counts of sexual assault on a then 19 year-old patient. I haven't directly tied him to MAPS, but if he was one of their docs listed, I'm sure they would have scrubbed that quickly.
I found his bio on March 19, 2019 at https://health.usnews.com/doctors/paul-fox-1102360 , which has now been scrubbed on their sight. Here is what I found:
Dr. Paul Fox, MD
Brookfield, CT
Specialty / Subspecialties: Psychiatry / General Psychiatry, Psychopharmacology
OVERVIEW
SPECIALTIES
LOCATION & CONTACT INSURANCE
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
About Dr. Paul Fox, MD
Dr. Paul Fox is a psychiatrist in Brookfield, Connecticut and is affiliated with Danbury Hospital. He received his medical degree from New York Medical College and has been in practice for more than 20 years. He is one of 30 doctors at Danbury Hospital who specialize in Psychiatry.
What are Dr. Fox's Specialties?
SPECIALTY
Psychiatry
Psychiatrists diagnose and treat mental illness, such as depression, anxiety disorders, substance abuse, and schizophrenia. Most psychiatrists rely on a mix of medications and psychotherapy. SUBSPECIALTIES
General Psychiatry
Psychopharmacology
Ste 1 E
2 Old New Milford Rd, Brookfield, CT, 06804 (203) 775-9711
Dr. Fox's Hospital Affiliations
Danbury Hospital
Dr. Fox is affiliated with the following Hospitals. Affiliation usually means this doctor has admitting privileges at that hospital.
Education & Experience College & Residency
New York Medical College
Medical School
Benedictine Hospital
Internship, Transitional Year
Certifications & Licensure CT State Medical License Active through 2012
Publications
Target-selective protein s-nitrosylation by sequence motif recognition.Jia, J.,Arif, A.,Terenzi, F.,Willard, B.,Plow, E. F.,Hazen, S. L., Fox, P. L.
Human Colon Tumors Express a Dominant-Negative Form of SIGIRR That Promotes Inflammation and Colitis-Associated Colon Cancer in Mice.Zhao, J.,Bulek, K.,Gulen, M. F.,Zepp, J. A.,Karagkounis, G.,Martin, B. N.,Zhou, H.,Yu, M.,Liu, X.,Huang, E.,Fox, P. L., Kalady, M. F.,Markowitz, S. D.,Li, X.
MAPS 4 of 6
#7210091 at 2019-07-27 03:26:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9224: Comfy with frens WWG1WGA Edition
>>7210032
>black hat
The way he corrected the Ted Liu statement in second session, and had a lawyer present in second session.
It was more like pre-trial testimony.
"For the Record"
Think his lawyers made him correct that Ted Liu bit to protect himself.
#7207461 at 2019-07-26 23:27:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9221: Why Are Jews Afraid of Free Speech? What Are They Hiding?
Roger Stone update…
Jessie K. Liu says Roger Stone can't admit evidence that destroys the government's case
#7164760 at 2019-07-24 17:15:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9166: Dazed and Confused Sessioin now Adjourned! Q drop BOOMERANG! Edition
MUELLER JUST CORRECTED HIS STATEMENTS TO TED Liu
KEKEKEKEKEKEKEKE BOOM MOTHER FUCKER
#7164011 at 2019-07-24 16:42:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9165: No One Is Above the Law! Edition
>>7163943
fashiontv | FTV.com - MC2 Model Agency Miami
Published on Aug 12, 2010
Jeffrey Epstein, the billionaire financier who the FBI believes molested around 40 underaged girls, was assisted by a prominent modeling agent and scout. Here's what we know about Jean Luc Brunel.
Jeffrey Epstein, you will no doubt recall, is the man who thought ferrying Bill Clinton on his private jet, lawyering up with superstar Alan Dershowitz, and making frequent $100,000 donations to the Palm Beach Police Department would insulate him from prosecution for his various depravities.
Which included, for the record: buying a 14-year-old Yugloslavian named Natalia Marcinkova from her parents in order to keep Marcinkova as his "sex slave"; paying a retinue of women to trawl Palm Beach for teenagers economically desperate enough to agree to give Epstein "massages" that often led to sexual contact; receiving two 12-year-old French girls as a "birthday present"; and befriending Michael Wolff.
But as Conchita Sarnoff wrote at The Daily Beast:
Brunel, along with numerous young models, was a frequent passenger on Epstein's private jet, according to flight manifests. The agency owner also allegedly received $1 million from Epstein in 2005, when he founded MC2 with his partner, Jeffrey Fuller; although Fuller and Brunel denied any such payment from the billionaire pervert in 2007, when rumors started swirling, Sarnoff got confirmation from a former bookkeeper at the agency. Whether the money was a secret investment in MC2, or a payment for Brunel's services as a procurer, is unknown. Brunel also visited Epstein in jail.
So who is Jean Luc Brunel? Although he did not respond to our interview request, we spoke to a number of people who have worked with his agency. While MC2 isn't considered a major industry player, it isn't exactly bottom-shelf, either: MC2 in New York most recently launched the career of Latvian editorial star Ginta Lapina (Brunel "discovered" Lapina via an MC2 scouting competition for young teens) and currently represents Vogue China covergirl Liu Dan. Worldwide, MC2 represents such stars as Sessilee Lopez in Miami, and top models Candace Swanepoel, Marina Lynchuk, Natalia Chabanenko, and Elisa Sednaoui in Tel Aviv.
https://jezebel.com/the-sex-trafficking-model-scout-5603638
#7156465 at 2019-07-24 04:42:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9155: Qanon to Challenge Omar! (((They))) will be triggered! Edition
>>7156463
>>7156463
>>7156302
continued:
I have no idea if all the crazy stuff you guys are pegging her (being a "child handler") with has any validity, but I can tell you that during her teenage years she knew A LOT of celebrities, media industry insiders, and was going to a lot of parties that most kids at her school and in our social circles (who were pretty well-connected and very wealthy themselves) could never gain access to. She's definitely someone who "matured quickly", if you will. I know that at age 18 she had a boyfriend who was considerably older than her (late 20s or early 30s, I believe) but, to be fair, she was 18 by then.
There's a tangential Rothschilds connection here, by the way, because Nicky Hilton ended up marrying James Rothschild and Rachel used to party with all of them.
One thing you guys have missed is that she has a much deeper connection to the occult artist Marina Abramovic than I've seen documented so far.
Some links you might find interesting:
Rachel is the primary photographer for an artist named Terence Koh, who frequently collaborates with Abramovic. Here, he's in a death pose on a piece of hers: http://purple.fr/diary/terence-kohon-a-work-by-marina-abramovic-at-a-collectors-house-east/Another photo of the same set: http://purple.fr/diary/terence-kohon-a-work-by-marina-abramovic-at-the-collectors-house-east/
A video from a MoMA party: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPPKj99ZV60YouTube List of attendees: "Those in attendance included Madonna, Mary-Kate Olsen, Yoko Ono, James Franco, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Chloe Sevigny, Penn Badgely, Padma Lakshmi, Rose Byrne, Kim Cattrall, Lucy Liu, Marina Abramovic, Daphne Guinness, Terence Koh, Andrej Pejic, Leelee Sobieski, Cindy Sherman, Agnes Gund, Katharina Sieverding, Rachel Chandler, Michelle Harper, David Rockefeller, Jr., MoMA's Director Glenn Lowry, Volkswagen's Martin Winterkorn, and Director of MoMA PS1 and MoMA's Chief Curator at Large Klaus Biesenbach."
Rachel was a photographer/attendee at Marina Abramovic's 2010 "The Artist is Present" performance at the MoMA http://www.patrickmcmullan.com/site/event_detail.aspx?eid=32454 (look for her name on the left-hand list of Featured People and use the filter function)
This is the one I think you might find the most interesting, and I'm surprised this hasn't been delved into before. Abramovic gave a very controversial performance at the LA MoCA that involved a kind of pseudo/ritualized cannibalism of a female body, and Rachel was present as well. https://www.artforum.com/diary/id=29517
#7152255 at 2019-07-23 23:30:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9150: THE SPIDER-WEB Edition
Jean Luc Brunel 411
The EPSTEIN saga includes (1) the buying of a 14-year-old named Marcinkova from her parents (2) trawling Palm Beach for teenagers (3) receiving two 12-year-old French girls as a "birthday present" (4) entertaining top members of the 'Kosher Nostra', some of whom have been linked to 9 11
"Reportedly, Jeffrey Epstein was assisted by a top modeling agent and scout, Jean Luc Brunel, who has links to Israel."
According to court documents:
Jean Luc Brunel, Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, house manager Alfredo Rodriguez, and Natalia Marcinkova "engaged in … racketeering that involved luring minor children through MC2 … to engage in sexual play for money…"
Reportedly young girls from South America, Europe, and the former Soviet republics were recruited for Esptein's sexual pleasure.
According to a former bookkeeper, a number of the girls worked for MC2.
Brunel, along with numerous young models, was a frequent passenger on Epstein's private jet.
Brunel reportedly received $1 million from Epstein in 2005, when he founded MC2 with his partner, Jeffrey Fuller.
Brunel's models include Ginta Lapina,Vogue China covergirl Liu Dan, Sessilee Lopez, Candace Swanepoel, Marina Lynchuk, Natalia Chabanenko, and Elisa Sednaoui.
According to Michael Gross' 1995 book Model:
"Jean-Luc Brunel is considered a danger," says Jérôme Bonnouvrier. "Jean-Luc likes drugs and silent rape. It excites him."
"I really despise Jean-Luc," says John Casablancas. "There was a little group, Jean-Luc… They would invite girls and put drugs in their drinks."
60 Minutes and Diane Sawyer investigated Brunel in 1988.
The program interviewed nearly two dozen models who said they had been sexually assaulted by Brunel and/or by his fellow agent, Claude Haddad.
CBS spoke to five models who said that Brunel and/or his friends had drugged and raped them.
Producer Craig Pyes said "Hundreds of girls were not only harassed, but molested."
Nadia Marcinkova (above) had a successful career as a model for Chanel, Dior, Vogue and MTV.
Marcinkova did flight training at a small flight school at the Palm Beach County Florida, Airport.[4]
She is now a FAA certified commercial rated pilot and flight instructor.
A Venice Florida airfield is where Mohamed Atta and his chums learnt to fly and where the CIA reportedly organised its drug smuggling.
Reportedly, the Hebrew speaking Mohamed Atta flew drugs out of Venice, Florida, for the CIA.
Sauces…
Brunel is the boss of the MC2 modeling agency.
https://jezebel.com/the-sex-trafficking-model-scout-5603638
https://jezebel.com/the-sex-trafficking-model-scout-5603638
https://aanirfan.blogspot.com/2015/01/young-girl-models-epstein-brunel.html
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-dead-model-and-the-dirty-billionaire
Apparently not only tied to Tel Aviv but also to Kosher Nostra
https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/24/books/review/Cohen.t.html
Epstein's butler possibly 187'd
https://newspunch.com/epsteins-butler-alfredo-rodriguez-who-stole-tell-all-black-book-dies-age-60/
Nadia Marcinkova they're scrubbing her pics from existence already
https://dealbreaker.com/2006/07/meet-nadia-marcinkova-star-girl-of-the-raunchiest-part-of-epstein-scandal
https://aanirfan.blogspot.com/2014/07/netanyahu-and-jewish-mafia-part-two.html
This pg has a lot of 411 both in the blog itself & in comments section
https://aangirfan.blogspot.com/2014/03/mossad-clinton-and-young-girls.html
#7151113 at 2019-07-23 22:29:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9149: [CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN] Edition
>>7150840
>>7150905
https://jezebel.com/the-sex-trafficking-model-scout-5603638
Brunel, along with numerous young models, was a frequent passenger on Epstein's private jet, according to flight manifests. The agency owner also allegedly received $1 million from Epstein in 2005, when he founded MC2 with his partner, Jeffrey Fuller; although Fuller and Brunel denied any such payment from the billionaire pervert in 2007, when rumors started swirling, Sarnoff got confirmation from a former bookkeeper at the agency. Whether the money was a secret investment in MC2, or a payment for Brunel's services as a procurer, is unknown. Brunel also visited Epstein in jail.
So who is Jean Luc Brunel? Although he did not respond to our interview request, we spoke to a number of people who have worked with his agency. While MC2 isn't considered a major industry player, it isn't exactly bottom-shelf, either: MC2 in New York most recently launched the career of Latvian editorial star Ginta Lapina (Brunel "discovered" Lapina via an MC2 scouting competition for young teens) and currently represents Vogue China covergirl Liu Dan. Worldwide, MC2 represents such stars as Sessilee Lopez in Miami, and top models Candace Swanepoel, Marina Lynchuk, Natalia Chabanenko, and Elisa Sednaoui in Tel Aviv.
Brunel isn't involved with the business on a day-to-day basis, although he owns an 85% stake in MC2. Instead, "Right now he does scouting for [the] agency and takes care of the international relations with other agencies," reports one source. Scouts scour the world for un-agented teenaged girls who could make it as models; they work largely unsupervised and are generally paid a headhunting fee for every girl an agency signs. Even when affiliated with an agency, as Brunel obviously is with MC2, scouts operate mostly independently and with little oversight - even relative to the almost totally unregulated modeling industry itself. "He travels a lot," says another person who has worked with Brunel. (The company blog refers to Brunel as a "scouting tsunami," and MC2 is fairly well-known for the strength of its international scouting.)
"Jean-Luc is considered a danger," says Jérôme Bonnouvrier. "Owning Karins was a dream for a playboy. His problem is that he knows exactly what girls in trouble are looking for. He's always been on the edge of the system. John Casablancas gets with girls the healthy way. Girls would be with him if he was the butcher. They're with Jean-Luc because he's the boss. Jean-Luc likes drugs and silent rape. It excites him."
"I really despise Jean-Luc as a human being for the way he's cheapened the business," says John Casablancas. "There is no justice. This is a guy who should be behind bars. There was a little group, Jean-Luc, Patrick Gilles, and Varsano…They were very well-known in Paris for roaming the clubs. They would invite girls and put drugs in their drinks. Everybody knew they were creeps."
It should be noted that aside from being a professional rival, Casablancas, the founder of the agency Elite, was eventually drubbed out of the industry for his own modelizing. How pervy do you have to be for John Casablancas to call you a perv?
Pervy enough to drug and rape numerous teenagers, according to 60 Minutes and Diane Sawyer, who investigated Brunel in 1988. The program interviewed nearly two dozen models who said they had been sexually assaulted by Brunel and/or by his fellow agent, Claude Haddad. Even at that time, Brunel had a reputation as a man one could go to to procure a "date" with a young model. CBS spoke to five models who said that Brunel and/or his friends had drugged and raped them. Said producer Craig Pyes, "Hundreds of girls were not only harassed, but molested."
Since then, Brunel has been involved with a succession of agencies in New York and Paris. Although the 60 Minutes scandal eventually led Eileen Ford to stop working with him, he continued his involvement with Karins. In 1988, when powerhouse agency Next opened its doors, Brunel took an ownership stake. He also "discovered" Christy Turlington when she was 14. MC2 is only his latest venture. Because no criminal charges were ever filed by any of his accusers, and because the industry has a short memory - most models working today weren't even born when Sawyer and Pyes started looking into Brunel's activities - Brunel has been free to continue as he pleases. A French citizen, he even avoided testifying in his friend Epstein's trial.
#7131883 at 2019-07-22 15:36:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9125: The Post Had No Sources Edition
US trade war negotiators likely to visit China next week for first face-to-face talk since G20, source says
American delegation led by trade representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin are set to meet Vice-Premier Liu He
President Xi Jinping and US counterpart Donald Trump met at the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, at the end of June and agreed to a trade war ceasefire
US negotiators led by trade representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin are likely to fly to China next week for the first face-to-face talks since President Xi Jinping and US counterpart Donald Trump agreed to a trade war ceasefire at the end of June, according to a source who is familiar with the matter.
The initial arrangements for the meeting in Beijing, according to the source who declined to be identified, came after the United States announced that it would offer exemptions to 110 Chinese products, including medical equipment and key electronic components, from import tariffs. In a goodwill gesture of their own, China also said that several companies would buy American agricultural products having already applied for exemptions from the tariffs imposed by Beijing.
https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3019604/us-trade-war-negotiators-likely-visit-china-next-week-first
#7130432 at 2019-07-22 12:27:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9123: Find What You Seek At The Q Bakery! JOIN TODAY! Edition
The New Bolsheviks. Notice The Similarities
1) [Undermine] the (Stability) of the (Country's Society) → From Within → Use [Depravity & Radical Progressivism].
2) When you think you've reached = (The Tipping Point) → Unleash your "Bolshevik" leaders to [Foment Revolution] = Among the (Brainwashed Masses) of what you consider (Useful Idiots).
As we here well know (Patriots & Constitutionalists that is) = Those of us who have not trusted the [Old Guard] Government Establishment for many years now → (We) Have NOT been the = Radical Subversive Seditionists.
=> The [Old Guard & Their Minions] Have. (((They))) have been the [Traitors] all along.
History Repeats.
Many here have seen it coming for years.
We are in the Battle for = (The Ideals) enshrined in "The Declaration" & "Constitution" of The United States of America.
After The Holy Bible, among the best texts ever written.
Aren't most, genuinely concerned anons, here because we believe in the (Principles) embedded in those documents?
In 2008, year of The Olympics in Beijing, a group of (Idealists) in China put together a Charter written by (Liu Xiaobo) called (Charter 08). It was (Based on the US Declaration of Independence and Constitution).
Proposing that = All people are Rightfully Free to choose their form of government.
Liu Xiaobo and the signers were either jailed or "Disappeared". Their families were put under house arrest and relentlessly harassed.
I've spent many years in China.
We must stay the course.
Human history has Always been a battle between good & evil.
It's always been a reality: Evil continues to win when good men do nothing.
Liu Xiobo & those signers may've been persecuted.
But I can tell you from personal experience:
There is a multitude of Christians and freedom-lovers in China that don't bow to the Chi-Coms.
#7119654 at 2019-07-21 12:25:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9109:Trafficking ET's? Extragalctic origins? Baking's fun! Learn to Bake Edition
>>7119593
Human imaginations can handle higher D visualizations ie visualize 3D from higher D perspectives. A problem arises because for us in 3 D there are no existing concepts available to describe higher dimensional perspectives.
The Chinese writer Cixin Liu made a good effort to describe a higher dimensional universe collapsing into 3 D as a result a disastrous war. In Liu's imagination our 3 D universe (including time) was a braided structure that could be manipulated easily from higher D space.
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/13554058-the-wandering-earth
Also touches on wandering planets/ Artificial Intelligence and Alien interference with earth - surprising from a state approved writer in China.
#7110640 at 2019-07-20 15:42:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9098: Hive Mind. cataloging & expansion. Learn To Bake just in case Edition
China Opens Up Financial Sector to More Foreign Investment
Policy makers are taking targeted actions to cope with risks. China's economy growing at the weakest pace since at least '92.
China opened up its financial sector to more foreign investment as the government said it will take targeted measures to cope with rising risks and challenges facing the industry.
Foreign investors can take a stake or control entities including wealth management units of commercial lenders, pension fund managers and currency brokers, the central bank said in a statement on Saturday. The measures were unveiled after a high-level meeting on Friday chaired by Vice Premier Liu He, where policy makers discussed targeted steps to counter rising risks and challenges facing the $44 trillion industry.
China, often criticized by U.S. President Donald Trump as a one-sided beneficiary of global commerce, is pressing on with its pledge to welcome more overseas competition in the financial sector. The sheer size of the industry makes it attractive as winning even single-digit market shares would offer sizable profits, but global firms need to navigate an often opaque regulatory environment and take on state-controlled rivals that drive much of China's economic activity.
Other measures announced on Saturday are:
*Overseas credit ratings companies can rate all bonds listed on the exchange and inter-bank market, and foreign institutions can be lead underwriters in the inter-bank bond market
*China will scrap foreign ownership limits of securities firms, fund firms, life insurers and futures firms in 2020 instead of 2021
*Foreign insurers can hold more than 25% stake in Chinese insurance asset management companies
*China is removing the entry restriction of 30 years of operating experience for foreign insurance companies
*China will take further steps to make it easier for foreign institutional investors to invest in the inter-bank bond market
Foreigners currently hold just 1.6% of the nation's banking assets and 5.8% of the insurance market, according to Guo Shuqing, China's chief banking regulator. Authorities have so far approved plans by UBS Group AG, Nomura Holdings Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. to take majority stakes in local securities ventures. JPMorgan said last year it plans to raise its holding to 100% when rules allow.
China released figures this week showing growth in the world's second-largest economy slowed to 6.2% in the second quarter, the weakest pace since at least 1992 when the country began collecting the data.
The government will carry out a combination of short-and long-term steps that will take into account both micro and macro factors to boost demand and create new growth drivers, the State Council said in a statement on Saturday. "Complicated" international and domestic issues are posing more challenges currently and for the near future, according to the statement.
Chinese trade negotiators have yet to meet with their U.S. counterparts since President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping agreed to a tentative truce late last month in Japan. Liu, who is leading trade talks for China, spoke with U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer over the phone this week, but slow progress has raised concerns on how the trade tensions will play out.
Policy makers will continue to implement prudent monetary policy while adopting counter-cyclical adjustments in a timely and appropriate manner to ensure reasonable and ample liquidity, according to the State Council statement. The government will also work to resolve liquidity risks of small and medium-sized financial institutions and block contagion and expansion of risks, according to the statement.
https://www.bloomberg.com//news/articles/2019-07-20/china-vows-targeted-measures-as-financial-stability-risks-rise
#7064551 at 2019-07-17 01:39:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9039: TOGETHER YOU ARE STRONG Edition
Hey guys I decided to take a different direction on Q's line, "A WEEK TO REMEMBER." We always seem to be looking ahead, but perhaps it is behind us instead. I did a search for that term A WEEK TO REMEMBER and a lot of things actually came up. A lot of easy BS to rule out safely I think, but this one caught my eye.
A snip from article:
Summary
This week provided a stark reminder that market participants still don't fully understand US trade policy.
Over the past five sessions, we've also observed the interplay of several key dynamics that exacerbated last year's episodic bouts of volatility.
Here's an in-depth take on the most exciting week for markets in quite a while.
We didn't know what we thought we knew.
As far as market participants understood it, a Sino-US trade pact was a done deal. Last year's escalations gave way to a steady stream of recycled headlines about "progress" in 2019. Talks are always "constructive", according to Steve Mnuchin. China is "coming around" on "key sticking points", Larry Kudlow will tell you. Ever the bad cop to Mnuchin's good cop, Bob Lighthizer habitually strikes a caution tone. "We're not there just yet", Bob likes to say.
After four months of that, traders understandably tuned out. You can only read the same four or five generic headlines so many times. And in any case, with both sides having come this far, the chances of the whole thing falling apart seemed remote. Right?
Wrong, apparently.
There are competing accounts of exactly what derailed the deal, but a detailed version from Reuters out Wednesday suggested that late last week, Beijing sent Washington a diplomatic cable containing "systematic edits" to a 150-page draft agreement. Sources said China removed a good portion of the language that would have made the deal legally binding with regard to IP theft, forced tech transfers and competition policies. Simply put, Beijing indicated that China would not be changing its laws. Rather, the deal would be implemented via administrative changes and other efforts to effectively roll it up into China's broader efforts to "open up" (as Xi puts it).
Although Mnuchin is inclined to trust Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, Lighthizer is not. And neither is Donald Trump. Cue last Sunday's Twitter announcement that tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods would ratchet higher by the end of the week.
It's generally accepted that both sides view economic strength and a rising domestic equity market as providing some scope for recalcitrance. Given the world-beating surge in mainland Chinese shares this year and the nascent stabilization in China's economy (e.g., March's activity data and better-than-expected Q1 GDP print), some worried that the incentive for Beijing to make further concessions was diminished. At the same time, the resiliency of the US economy and the Fed-assisted surge in US stocks (which made new highs a scant four months after the Christmas Eve nadir), meant Trump had little reason to back down in the event Beijing began to backtrack.
The assumption, though, was that last year's global economic slowdown and acute selloff across risk assets was still fresh enough in everyone's minds to prevent a serious escalation.
In a recent note, BofA conceptualized of the interplay between markets and trade policy as akin to the relationship between monetary policy and risk assets. "Markets are stronger when they expect a dovish Fed, but strong markets (and a strong underlying economy) tend to make the Fed more hawkish", the bank wrote Monday. A hawkish Fed entails less strong markets, presaging an adjustment in risk asset prices. In that way, markets and policy expectations interact in real-time in search of an equilibrium.
When it comes to countercyclical protectionism (i.e., trade policy becomes more protectionist as markets rally given the Trump administration's perception that they are now "playing with the house's money", so to speak), the worry is that markets do not understand the president's decision calculus as well as they do the Fed's. That sets the stage for a scenario where markets become unduly responsive to changes in trade policy and vice versa, with the effect of driving up volatility. Here's an excerpt from the above-mentioned BofA note:
Of course there are charts to go with the BOof A drop and much more to that article. Im not a stock person, but maybe some of you anons that are can take a look at it. Meanwhile I keep digging on the term to see what else comes up.
SAUCE: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4263174-week-remember
#7062553 at 2019-07-16 22:09:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9036: SHADILAY!
Teddy Liu crying. He has been hurt so much by people telling him to go back home. But we aren't going anywhere. We will be here long after the occupant of the White House is long gone.
Now another dem from India saying the same thing. They going for impeachment tonight anons.
#7048804 at 2019-07-15 15:47:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9019: Think Size and Scope Edition
>>7048691
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/07/15/now-it-makes-sense-beijing-assigned-hardline-trade-handler-to-vice-premier-Liu-he/#more-166266
#6992669 at 2019-07-11 08:05:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8946:B2 Bombs Away Edition
>>6992532
Yeah. I wasn't going to link the wikipedia page for that but it was a great place to find clues to dig. I'm not the only anon who has felt like they were targeted by this shit. I'm looking for a few good links, now.
This one was interesting because it talks about the electromagnetic manipulation of the human body. It doesn't really get into it as deep as I'd like, though. This is barely a summary.
https://www.g-casa.com/conferences/shanghai/paper_pdf/Liu-mindcontrol.pdf
This is short but sweet. I may have seen it around these parts, too. But it basically has these clowns on record "not denying" that they were experimenting on civilians in "prisons, hospitals and universities all over the United States".
https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP91-00901R000500150005-5.pdf
Here's a link for the Joint Hearing before the Select Committee of Intelligence from 1977. It's a bit moar in depth. So, I haven't really got a chance to sink my teeth in, yet. Just figured I offer for anyone who might doubt the reality of all this.
https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/hearings/95mkultra.pdf
Then when one thinks back to Q's post that linked the clown's twitter account where they basically confess to how agents were working in all these various fields, still… Really makes ya wonder WTF been going on in this country when we're still dealing with mindless, brainwashed masses all around us. . .
#6987581 at 2019-07-11 00:10:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8940: Pedo Panic Edition
PB
>>6987418
>>6987380
ANON please grab the pic of HRC and Christie Brinkley off her Instagram page and add to this post. It is up close and her personal pics. https://www.instagram.com/p/grAXmSryYj/
She is tight with HRC Hillary and Bill Clinton.
and her Instagram tells you to follow MOMA
you know MOMA……..Marina Abromovich MOMA
the human cake MOMA
peggysiegalcompany's profile picture
peggysiegalcompany
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MoMA The Museum of Modern Art
NOVEMBER 13, 2013
peggysiegalcompany's profile picture
peggysiegalcompany
#Repost from @christiebrinkley with #HillaryClinton from last night's special premiere of #WHITEGOLD #saynotoivory
Also at the Open Road Films bash put together by Peggy Siegal were Willis and wife Emma, Christie Brinkley and Rudy Giuliani.
https://pagesix.com/2015/08/30/bill-clinton-parties-with-rock-stars-while-hillary-baby-sits/
https://www.instagram.com/p/grAXmSryYj/
The Friday Party Report
cityfile · 03/13/09 01:12PM
Vanity Fair and USA Network celebrated the launch of "The Character Project" photo exhibit at Stephen Weiss Studio last night. Editor Graydon Carter, the mag's publisher Edward Menicheschi, and NBC Cable Entertainment president Bonnie Hammer were on hand to welcome Mena Suvari, Christian Siriano (left), Lucy Liu, Donna Karan and daughter Gabby De Felice, Katie Lee Joel, Rachel Roy, Rosie Perez, Jeff Goldblum, Peggy Siegal, Rose McGowan, Sylvia Plachy, Michael Musto, Gigi Stone, Lisa Anastos, Caryn and Jeff Zucker, Paz de la Huerta, Sky Nellor, Jeremy Kost, Josh Bernstein, Yigal Azrouël, Elise Overland, Bettina Prentice, Sarah Sophie Flicker, Kipton Cronkite, Liam McMullan, Izzy Gold, and Gossip Girl's Amanda Setton and Dreama Walker. [PMc, Wireimage, Getty, VF, NYO]
https://gawker.com/504859%2Fthe-friday-party-report
#6983712 at 2019-07-10 19:03:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8935: These People Are EVIL Edition
Former State Department Employee Sentenced for Conspiring with Chinese Agents
Received Tens of Thousands of Dollars in Benefits from Two Chinese Agents in Exchange for Internal State Department Documents
Candace Marie Claiborne, a former employee of the U.S. Department of State, was sentenced today to 40 months in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $40,000 for conspiracy to defraud the United States, by lying to law enforcement and background investigators, and hiding her extensive contacts with, and gifts from, agents of the People's Republic of China, in exchange for providing them with internal documents from the U.S. State Department.
The announcement was made by Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers, U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu of the District of Columbia, Acting Assistant Director John P. Selleck of the FBI's Washington Field Office and Deputy Assistant Secretary Ricardo Colón, Domestic Operations, U.S. Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service.
"Chinese intelligence agents convinced Candace Marie Claiborne to trade her integrity and confidential information of the United States government for cash and other gifts for herself and her family," said Assistant Attorney General Demers. "Claiborne withheld information and lied repeatedly about these foreign intelligence contacts. Violations of the public's trust are an affront to our citizens and to all those who honor their oaths. With this sentencing, justice has been imposed for these dishonorable criminal acts."
"Candace Claiborne received gifts from foreign officials and lied to investigators repeatedly about her role in defrauding the U.S. government," said U.S. Attorney Liu. "Claiborne violated her oath as a State Department employee and today's sentence should send a message to those who abuse their positions of trust. We will continue to seek prosecution and hold those accountable for their illegal actions."
"Claiborne was entrusted with privileged information as a U.S. government employee, and she abused that trust at the expense of our nation's security," said Acting Assistant Director Selleck. "The targeting of U.S. security clearance holders by Chinese intelligence services is a constant threat we face, and today's sentencing shows that those who betray the trust of the American people will be held accountable for their actions. I would like to thank the men and women of the FBI Washington Field Office and our partners at the Department of Justice for their work in investigating and prosecuting this case."
"This sentence makes a strong statement to those who would attempt to commit crimes that violate the public trust and damage our national security," said Deputy Assistant Secretary Colón. "The Diplomatic Security Service is dedicated to working with the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's Office to ensure that those who commit these crimes are brought to justice."
Claiborne, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty in April 2019, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, to a charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States. She was sentenced by the Honorable Randolph D. Moss.
According to the plea documents, Claiborne began working as an Office Management Specialist for the Department of State in 1999. She has served overseas at a number of posts, including embassies and consulates in Baghdad, Iraq, Khartoum, Sudan, and Beijing and Shanghai, China. As a condition of her employment, Claiborne maintained a TOP SECRET security clearance. Claiborne also was required to report any contacts with persons suspected of affiliation with a foreign intelligence agency.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-state-department-employee-sentenced-conspiring-chinese-agents
#6972223 at 2019-07-09 22:27:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8920: Hunters No More Edition
>>6972158
/ourgal/ Jessie Liu
Hang on while I digest this
You mean somebody is actually making State Department employees obey the law and their own workplace policies?
This is really fantastic
Can… can we please have a whole lot more of this?
#6942160 at 2019-07-07 17:17:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8881: Deep State Jenga Edition
Ray Chandler and Marina Abramovic
One thing you guys have missed is that she has a much deeper connection to the occult artist Marina Abramovic than I've seen documented so far.
Some links you might find interesting:
Rachel is the primary photographer for an artist named Terence Koh, who frequently collaborates with Abramovic. Here, he's in a death pose on a piece of hers: http://purple.fr/diary/terence-kohon-a-work-by-marina-abramovic-at-a-collectors-house-east/ Another photo of the same set: http://purple.fr/diary/terence-kohon-a-work-by-marina-abramovic-at-the-collectors-house-east/
A video from a MoMA party: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPPKj99ZV60YouTube List of attendees: "Those in attendance included Madonna, Mary-Kate Olsen, Yoko Ono, James Franco, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Chloe Sevigny, Penn Badgely, Padma Lakshmi, Rose Byrne, Kim Cattrall, Lucy Liu, Marina Abramovic, Daphne Guinness, Terence Koh, Andrej Pejic, Leelee Sobieski, Cindy Sherman, Agnes Gund, Katharina Sieverding, Rachel Chandler, Michelle Harper, David Rockefeller, Jr., MoMA's Director Glenn Lowry, Volkswagen's Martin Winterkorn, and Director of MoMA PS1 and MoMA's Chief Curator at Large Klaus Biesenbach."
Rachel was a photographer/attendee at Marina Abramovic's 2010 "The Artist is Present" performance at the MoMA http://www.patrickmcmullan.com/site/event_detail.aspx?eid=32454 (look for her name on the left-hand list of Featured People and use the filter function)
This is the one I think you might find the most interesting, and I'm surprised this hasn't been delved into before. Abramovic gave a very controversial performance at the LA MoCA that involved a kind of pseudo/ritualized cannibalism of a female body, and Rachel was present as well. https://www.artforum.com/diary
– Abramovic cutting the fake female dead body: https://www.artforum.com/uploads/upload.000/id29517/article07.jpgJPG – A Black woman's head lying in front of dinner eaters: https://www.artforum.com/uploads/upload.000/id29517/article08.jpgJPG – A body being eaten: https://www.artforum.com/uploads/upload.000/id29517/article16.jpgJPG – Body after many parts being eaten: https://www.artforum.com/uploads/upload.000/id29517/article05.jpgJPG – Rachel Chandler posing at the party with Dasha Zhukova, who is the wife of Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich: https://www.artforum.com/uploads/upload.000/id29517/article13.jpgJPG
There's a lot more of a connection between these two (Chandler and Abramovic) but that's all I could find with Google. I wouldn't be surprised if there are more photos of her with celebs while she was a teenager, cause she used to circulate in those celeb circles a lot. Also, I think that photo with Clinton is not from Jeffrey Epstein's Lolita Express but rather from Ron Burkle's private jet. You may want to look into the connections between the Chandler family and Burkle. At one point, Burkle and the Chandlers were in competition to buy out the Tribune Media Co. that owned the Times: http://www.editorandpublisher.com/news/burkle-and-broad-join-chandlers-in-making-tribune-bid/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/18/AR2
#6939849 at 2019-07-07 09:35:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8878: E-bake Middle of the Night Edition
President Xi and his deputy Liu He seem to facing many negative factions within the Chinese Communist Party apparatus.
The Xi negotiating position of a return to the 7 - Chapter Lighthizer draft has clearly no more support within the Party apparatus post G - 20 as it did in May.
Evidently, the Chinese Party apparatus is immensely confused.
- What happened to the $500 Billion exfiltration game we played so successfully over the last 30 years?
- Why are the congressmen / senators / CoC, which we've been paying so handsomely all these years, falling down on the job?
So long as Xi can buffer Chinese exports from the 25% US tariffs, with legacy dollar reserves, the Party apparatus will continue in a fools world. But the situation is unstable. Quite apart from dollar reserve depletion, foreign manufacturers will be seeking less tariff-prone, stressful locations elsewhere. (So what if the Party expropriates vacated assembly plants in retaliation; these cheap metal sheds, like so many in upstate Pennsylvania, New York, Michigan and across fly-over country, are no great loss.)
#6925377 at 2019-07-05 17:43:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8859: Watch Turkey and Russia Edition
>>6925352
Rachel Chandler
2/2
However, some of you have found photos of her with P. Diddy and Paris Hilton. I know more about those. Rachel has been a friend of Paris Hilton for a LONG time. I think they've been friends since Rachel was about 13 or 14. When we were all high-school aged, Rachel was known for frequently going clubbing with Paris, hitting up movie/TV "industry parties", going to fashion events, and presented herself as an aspiring model. I have no idea what was going on during those events, but people alternatively admired/resented her for frequently partying with famous celebrities and rolling everywhere with Paris and Nicky Hilton. She was rumored to be a big drinker/drug user and struggled academically. During high school (2001-2005), there was an incident where Paris Hilton's phone was hacked and her contacts were posted online. It was one of the first major "celebrity hackings" that I remember ever becoming a big news story. Rachel was, I dunno, 15 or 16 at the time (?), and her phone number was one of the ones that was leaked because she was in Paris's contacts list. I have no idea if all the crazy stuff you guys are pegging her (being a "child handler") with has any validity, but I can tell you that during her teenage years she knew A LOT of celebrities, media industry insiders, and was going to a lot of parties that most kids at her school and in our social circles (who were pretty well-connected and very wealthy themselves) could never gain access to. She's definitely someone who "matured quickly", if you will. I know that at age 18 she had a boyfriend who was considerably older than her (late 20s or early 30s, I believe) but, to be fair, she was 18 by then.
There's a tangential Rothschilds connection here, by the way, because Nicky Hilton ended up marrying James Rothschild and Rachel used to party with all of them.
One thing you guys have missed is that she has a much deeper connection to the occult artist Marina Abramovic than I've seen documented so far.
Some links you might find interesting:
Rachel is the primary photographer for an artist named Terence Koh, who frequently collaborates with Abramovic. Here, he's in a death pose on a piece of hers: http://purple.fr/diary/terence-kohon-a-work-by-marina-abramovic-at-a-collectors-house-east/ Another photo of the same set: http://purple.fr/diary/terence-kohon-a-work-by-marina-abramovic-at-the-collectors-house-east/
A video from a MoMA party: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPPKj99ZV60YouTube List of attendees: "Those in attendance included Madonna, Mary-Kate Olsen, Yoko Ono, James Franco, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Chloe Sevigny, Penn Badgely, Padma Lakshmi, Rose Byrne, Kim Cattrall, Lucy Liu, Marina Abramovic, Daphne Guinness, Terence Koh, Andrej Pejic, Leelee Sobieski, Cindy Sherman, Agnes Gund, Katharina Sieverding, Rachel Chandler, Michelle Harper, David Rockefeller, Jr., MoMA's Director Glenn Lowry, Volkswagen's Martin Winterkorn, and Director of MoMA PS1 and MoMA's Chief Curator at Large Klaus Biesenbach."
Rachel was a photographer/attendee at Marina Abramovic's 2010 "The Artist is Present" performance at the MoMA http://www.patrickmcmullan.com/site/event_detail.aspx?eid=32454 (look for her name on the left-hand list of Featured People and use the filter function)
This is the one I think you might find the most interesting, and I'm surprised this hasn't been delved into before. Abramovic gave a very controversial performance at the LA MoCA that involved a kind of pseudo/ritualized cannibalism of a female body, and Rachel was present as well. https://www.artforum.com/diary/id=29517
The prospect of this "grotesque spectacle," the outraged Rainer wrote, reminded her not of Abramovi?'s The Artist Is Present, the performance empress's three-month-long sit at the Museum of Modern Art last year, or of her Nude with Skeleton from 2002, but of Pier Paolo Pasolini's 1975 film Salo, where fascist sadists sexually abuse beautiful youths. "Subjecting her performers to public humiliation at the hands of a bunch of frolicking donors is yet another example of the Museum's callousness and greed, and Ms Abramovi?'s obliviousness to differences in context and to some of the implications of transposing her own powerful performances to the bodies of others," Rainer wrote, suggesting that MoCA rename itself "MODFR, or the Museum of Degenerate Fund Raising."
Inside, all thought of exploitation quickly faded, as the 769 guests, who included California governor Jerry Brown and Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa as well as Beecroft, took their seats before the rotating heads and nudes-with-skeletons and dug into their food unfazed. (It was delicious.) Some people did hold the gaze of the heads; others winked and elicited forbidden giggles.
#6907584 at 2019-07-03 20:50:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8835:Epstein indictments order unsealed! Editio
>>6907577
Oops, sauce link:
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/07/14/full-charter-08-Liu-xiaobos-pro-democracy-manifesto-china-led-jailing/
#6907577 at 2019-07-03 20:48:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8835:Epstein indictments order unsealed! Editio
>>6907425
>China's Fourth of July Message: 'Living with Admiration' for America Is 'Not the Way to Go'
————
That from the ChiCom gov that jailed & disappeared the people who wrote and signed:
→ (Charter 08) - Liu Xiaobo
(Hong Kong Free Press)
In Full: Charter 08 - Liu Xiaobo's pro-democracy manifesto for China that led to his jailing
14 July 2017 12:55 Human Rights in China
#6902763 at 2019-07-03 03:16:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8829: Hey Hey Ho Ho, 8Chan Shills Enjoy the Show Edition
Anons seem not to have noticed that some white hats at the FBI dropped a big bowl of crumbs the other day.
I have to wonder, why drop it now? The timing seems significant.
The FBI, at least part of it, is trying to tell us something, and something big.
https://vault.fbi.gov/ronald-harmon-brown/ronald-harmon-brown-part-01-of-01/view
Ron Brown was Bill Clinton's Commerce Secretary. Brown was also the head of the DNC.
I believe he and an entire planeload of people were murdered in that plane crash over Croatia because he was about to flip, bigly, on the Clintons.
Buffet table full of sauces, some of which I had to break up due to an "url shortener" error message. Sorry.
https:// www.politico.com/story/2017/02/ronald-brown-elected-as-head-of-dnc-feb-10-1989-234705
Read this one if you don't bother with the rest.
https:// www.hennessysview.com/2016/10/02/killing-ron-brown/
"Records show that Commerce Secretary Ron Brown used his position to raise illegal donations for the Clintons. Brown turned the Commerce Department into a shakedown machine, just the way the Mafia shakes down businesses. Commerce under Clinton was a protection racket. Donate to the Clintons or something bad might happen to your company. Or your kids.
In a 1998 summary of Clinton's criminal activities involving Chinese campaign contributions, Phyllis Schlafly wrote:
Bill Clinton's friend and ubiquitous Democratic fundraiser Johnny Chung told Federal investigators that he funneled nearly $100,000 from the Communist Chinese military to the Democratic campaign in the summer of 1996. The money was handed to Chung by the daughter of the top commander of China's People's Liberation Army, General Liu Huaqing, who was also one of the top five members of the Chinese Communist Party's ruling Politburo.
Remember that illegal influence peddling is the primary mission of the Clinton Foundation. Hillary Clinton used the State Department to extort cash payments from corporations and foreign governments. Clinton laundered the dirty money through the Clinton Foundation.
In the 1990s, the Clintons ran the same money laundering scheme through Ron Brown's Commerce Department."
https:// www.newyorker.com/magazine/1997/06/09/ron-browns-secrets
https:// www.americanthinker.com/articles/2014/03/ron_browns_house_of_cards.html
"Brown arranged a meeting with Clinton at the White House family quarters. It did not go well. When Clinton said there was nothing he could do for Michael, Brown resorted to his ultimate bargaining chip. If he had to, he told Clinton, he was prepared to reveal the president's treasonous dealings with China, news of which had yet to break.
Next thing you know, Ron was on his final seat-selling trade mission, this one to Croatia to cut a deal between the neo-fascists who ran the country and the Enron Corporation. Yes, that Enron. He never got there. The Air Force plane that carried Brown, the military version of a Boeing 737, crashed into a hillside outside Dubrovnik. Brown and 34 others were killed.
The Enron executives landed safely in their own jet just a few minutes earlier despite what the Clinton administration called "the worst storm in a decade." As I learned in reading the 22-volume USAF report on the crash, it was not even raining at the time, and the sun was peeking through the clouds. I requested that report eight years after the crash."
And again, Enron rears its ugly head, Mueller and Rosenstein sneaking greasily along in its wake.
This corruption goes back decades, frens. Before some of you were born.
#6896551 at 2019-07-02 15:44:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8821: Tuesday Forecast: Shilly Start with Low Energy Attacks Edition
Meanwhile:
High Stakes Poker on World Stage Continues
* DJT masterfully driving "Moves & Counter-Moves" by China.
- Monitoring CHINA - (xinhuanet.com - pic's related)
* Xi visited DPRK (NK) in June:
→ To Maneuver & Maintain Influence with Kim & North Korea.
"Xi pays state visit to DPRK"
(link) - multiple articles linked on page
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/cnleaders/20190620xjp/index.htm
* Xi met with BRICS nations at G20:
→ To Exert Influence, Counter POTUS'/USA Trade Position, Maintain Push Toward Globalist System.
→ (BRICS = Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa)
"Xi urges BRICS to strengthen strategic partnership, improve global governance"
(link)
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-06/28/c_138182153.htm
"Xinhua Headlines: At G20, Xi leads chorus for multilateralism"
(link)
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-06/29/c_138184766.htm
* Xinhua articles describe current push by PRC Gov:
→ To Ease Restrictions on Foreign Investment, Encourage moar Foreign Business to Return to China (promising foreign control of companies), Continue "Opening-Up.
"China Focus: China opens more sectors to foreign investment with new negative lists"
(article excerpt)
BEIJING, June 30 (Xinhua) – China on Sunday rolled out revised negative lists for foreign investment market access, introducing greater opening-up and allowing foreign investors to run majority-share-controlling or wholly-owned businesses in more sectors.
With the approval of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) released two negative lists of 2019.
(other articles linked on page)
YOU MAY LIKE
- "China releases new industry catalogue encouraging foreign investment"
- "China to soon unveil new foreign investment negative lists"
- "Foreign businesses remain optimistic of investment in China: FM"
(link)
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-06/30/c_138186392.htm
————
Hmm, wonder what's driving this push for China to "Open-Up" moar? DJT negotiating technique perhaps?
————
And Now This:
Summer Davos in Dalian, China
Premier Li addresses opening ceremony of Summer Davos Forum in Dalian
(A World Economic Forum) Titled = "New Champions 2019"
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang addresses the opening ceremony of the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2019, also known as the Summer Davos Forum, in the city of Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, July 2, 2019. (Xinhua/Liu Weibing)
(link)
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-07/02/c_138193071_2.htm
————
Just keeping an eye on the bigger picture.
Moves & Counter-Moves.
#6860564 at 2019-06-28 01:20:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8774: [OnReady] Edition
>>6860426
>>6860462
>>6860464
Can't take total credit kek. He did seem into it tho hehe. Other anons pointed it out yesterday, but I didn't see a notable. Also, Huber is sitting next to Jessie Liu…and closest to AG Barr is Rob Hur, who now has RR's old job in Maryland and was at his farewell ceremony. He seemed like a good dude when I watched it. He also used to work with Director Wray at DOJ and at King & Spalding.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_K._Hur
#6857981 at 2019-06-27 21:28:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8771: Be Ready Edition
Police Labor Union: De Blasio's Public Remarks On Race Contributed To Assassination Of Three Officers
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio has come under fire throughout the years from NYPD officers.
The Police Benevolent Association (PBA) told the Daily Caller News Foundation that de Blasio's rhetoric about police is partially to blame for the assassination of three of their officers.
The New York City PBA live-tweeted during the 2020 Democratic debate and called out de Blasio for his "hypocritical" comments.
A police labor union called New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's comments during the first 2020 Democratic debate Wednesday evening "hypocritical" and said his rhetoric has sparked hate against police officers.
De Blasio stirred tensions with comments Wednesday night that he tells his black son to be wary when interacting with officers because of racial discrimination and violence.
"His public remarks about his son only inflamed the false narrative being pushed by race baiters that was based upon lies," a Police Benevolent Association (PBA) spokesperson told the Daily Caller News Foundation. "We believe that his contribution to the false narrative resulted in the assassination of three of our members, Police Officer[s] [Wenjian] Liu, [Raphael] Ramos and [Miosotis] Familia."
"They were all murdered by violent people who bought into the false rhetoric that police are intentionally killing black men for no reason. They were executed because they wore the blue uniform of a NYC police officer," the spokesperson continued.
History repeats itself. @BilldeBlasio said he wants to bring cops and community together. Ask any cop on the street what impact his divisive rhetoric has had #DemDebate https://t.co/taSPVfDVKB
- NYC PBA (@NYCPBA) June 27, 2019
Racial tensions in America, particularly with police, has been a hot topic with the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates. The politicians who make demonizing comments about the police are "not helpful at all," Dennis Slocumb, director of Legislative Affairs for the International Union of Police Associations (IUPA), told the DCNF.
"I can just speak in generalities that politicians who make political hay demeaning to the police ... are just not helpful at all," Slocumb told the DCNF. "I think it emboldens people to resist arrest. These guys [cops] aren't driving down the streets saying, 'Let's go pick a fight with somebody.'"
The New York City PBA live-tweeted the debate, calling out de Blasio every time he commented on something it called "hypocritical."
Raising wages and putting money back into the working people's hands? You have refused to give @NYCPBA members #FairMarketPay, cut our health benefits. You gave yourself a 15% raise. More hypocritical statements from @BilldeBlasio #DemDebate
- NYC PBA (@NYCPBA) June 27, 2019
"He has offered NYC police officers who earn on average 30% less than other law enforcement personnel with whom we work patch to patch (State Troopers, Port Authority Police, [Metropolitan Transport Authority] police and others) raises that are less than inflation and he wants to reduce health benefits at the same time," the PBA spokesperson said to the DCNF. "He has done the same to other NYC employees as well."
De Blasio and Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren were the only two candidates to raise their hands when asked if they support government health care. This sparked anger from the PBA as well. Government health care would mean "that he [de Blasio] will be able to mistreat federal employees the same way he has mistreated city employees," the spokesperson told the DCNF.
https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/27/nyc-police-labor-de-blasio-debate/
#6848010 at 2019-06-26 20:11:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8758: Think MirrorEdition
>>6847965
>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stoic-attorney-general-william-barr-wows-doj-crowd-with-bagpipe-playing/
Among others, Jessie Liu and Huber are sitting in the front row here
#6834500 at 2019-06-25 00:48:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8741: 1st & 10 on the [30] Edition
China Vice Premier Liu holds call with Lighthizer, Mnuchin
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese Vice Premier Liu He held a phone conversation with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, China's Ministry of Commerce said in a statement on Tuesday.
During the call, which took place on Monday, the Chinese and U.S. officials exchanged opinions on trade and agreed to maintain communications, the statement said.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china/china-vice-premier-Liu-holds-call-with-lighthizer-mnuchin-idUSKCN1TQ00L?
#6802565 at 2019-06-21 00:27:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8701: United We Stand Edition
Prosecutors say Roger Stone violated gag order with social media posts (complaint included)
Federal prosecutors in the case against Roger Stone told the judge Thursday they believe recent posts by the former Trump associate on social media violate the court's gag order. Jessie Liu, the U.S. attorney for D.C., filed a notice with U.S. District Court Judge Amy Jackson on Thursday evening, alleging that, on June 18 and 19, Stone posted on Instagram and Facebook "commenting about this case and inviting news organizations to cover the issue." "This is a violation of the current conditions of release, and the government accordingly calls it to the Court's attention," prosecutors alleged.
Stone has been charged with obstructing a congressional investigation by making numerous false statements to Congress and tampering with witnesses. Jackson had entered a gag order in the case back in February, prohibiting Stone from making statements to the media or in public settings about the investigation or anyone involved. That gag order extended to radio, TV, interviews, press, blogs, and all social media. But that went out the window when Stone posted an image of the judge with crosshairs on Instagram.
While Stone apologized, Jackson didn't buy it. "You appear to need clear boundaries, so there they are," Jackson said, imposing the harsher gag order. Prosecutors say that Stone has blatantly violated that more restrictive gag order in recent days, saying that he "posted statements on social media about this case and the Special Counsel's investigation and appears to have specifically targeted those posts at major media outlets."
Over the past couple days, Stone posted multiple times on Instagram and Facebook about his claims related to the FBI and CrowdStrike, the firm hired by the Democratic National Committee to investigate the hacking of DNC systems in 2016 that determined that it was carried out by the Russians. Stone alleges that the FBI relied on CrowdStrike to make its determinations about Russian culpability, a claim which the DOJ denies, stating that the special counsel came to these conclusions through an independent investigation. In an extensive footnote, prosecutors also pointed to previous social media posts in April, May, and June that they believed clearly violated the gag order as well. And they asked the judge to set up a court hearing to address these issues.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/prosecutors-say-roger-stone-violated-gag-order-with-social-media-posts
Roger Stone - Social Media
https://www.scribd.com/document/414010630/Roger-Stone-Social-Media#from_embed
#6800047 at 2019-06-20 19:03:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8698: Loose and Stupid Edition
Ex-Interpol chief pleads guilty to corruption: China state media
Former Interpol chief Meng Hongwei has pleaded guilty to charges of accepting bribes, Chinese state media reported.
Meng - a Chinese citizen - has been under investigation since October 2018. He is accused of taking 14.5 million yuan ($2.1m) in unlawful payments between 2005 and 2017, using his status and positions, including as vice minister of public security and Marine Police Chief to accumulate the money.
He reportedly admitted his guilt during a court hearing on Thursday in the northern city of Tianjin in China, according to the People's Daily, an official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee.
Interpol, the global police coordination agency based in France, said last October that Meng had resigned as president, days after his wife Grace Meng reported him missing after he travelled back to China.
He was later accused of accepting bribes and expelled from the Communist Party, with China's Public Security Ministry saying in March that Meng's "poisonous influence" had to be "thoroughly eliminated".
It was not clear who Meng's lawyer was and news agencies have been unable to reach them or any legal representative for comment.
Chinese courts are tightly-controlled by the Communist Party and Meng is almost certain to be found guilty, Reuters news agency said.
The court will announce its verdict at a "select date or time," a statement from the court said, without specifying further.
Fall from grace
Meng is among a growing group of Communist Party cadres caught in President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign, which critics say has served as a way to remove the leader's political enemies.
More than one million officials have been punished so far during Xi's six-year tenure. He has vowed to target both "tigers" and "flies", a reference to elite officials and lower-level bureaucrats.
As vice security minister, Meng oversaw as number of sensitive portfolios, including the country's counterterrorism division, and he was in charge of the response to violence in China's fractious northwestern region of Xinjiang.
During his time as vice security minister, the public security bureau arrested and interrogated a number of prominent Chinese dissidents, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, who was arrested in 2008 and died of liver cancer in 2017 while still in custody.
Meng's appointment at Interpol raised eyebrows, with human rights groups concerned that Beijing would use the organisation to round up Chinese dissidents overseas. Meng had been expected to serve a four-year term, ending in 2020.
Grace Meng, who has been granted political asylum in France along with the couple's two children, has said the charges against him are politically motivated.
In interviews with French media, she has said she fears for her life and was afraid she and her children would be the targets of kidnapping attempts.
https://www.blacklistednews.com/article/73348/exinterpol-chief-pleads-guilty-to-corruption-china-state.html
#6794203 at 2019-06-20 02:01:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8690: POTUS live NOW, God bless You, Mr President! Edition
Global stocks rally, bond yields plunge, Gold Hits 6 year high after Fed hints at rate cuts
>>6793882 GOLD is making significant moves tonite..
Gold Spikes To 6Y Highs As Dollar, Bond Yields Plunge
The 10Y US Treasury yield is now down 11bps from the FOMC Statement, plunging back below 2.00% for the first time since November 2016, erasing almost the entire move since President Trump was elected.
Gold has spiked up to almost $1400. Its highest since September 2013. The Dollar is extending its losses.
Something's gotta give (reminder, Friday is quad witch)!
What Is Quadruple Witching?
Quadruple witching refers to a date on which stock index futures, stock index options, stock options, and single stock futures expire simultaneously.
While stock options contracts and index options expire on the third Friday of every month, all four asset classes expire simultaneously on the third Friday of March, June, September, and December.
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/q/quadruplewitching.asp
30Y is also extending its gains, with the yield dumping to 2.50%, erasing all of the post-Trump growth move.30Y is also extending its gains, with the yield dumping to 2.50%, erasing all of the post-Trump growth move.
'''See Cap#5 for chart of Global negative yield debt issuance, the moves tonight will exacerbate this "issue".
A gauge of global stock markets edged near this year's peak while benchmark U.S. Treasury yields and the dollar dropped after the Federal Reserve signaled possible interest rate cuts later this year.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.2% while Japan's Nikkei gained 0.5%.
The MSCI ACWI, which incorporates readings of 49 equity markets across the world, gained 0.2%, having recovered a large part of its losses made after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened new tariffs on all of China's imports last month.
Signs that China and the United States are returning to the negotiating table after a six-week hiatus also bolstered risk sentiment.
The rally in stocks comes as a host of Asian central banks are scheduled to hold policy meetings later in the day, with most expected
to flag moves toward looser monetary settings.
On Wall Street, the S&P 500 gained 0.3% to 2,926, just 19 points off its record closing high hit on April 30.
The U.S. Federal Reserve said on Wednesday it was ready to battle growing global and domestic economic risks with interest rate cuts
beginning as early as next month, as it took stock of rising trade tensions and growing concerns about weak inflation.
The bulk of Fed policymakers slashed their rate outlook for the rest of the year by roughly half a percentage point, and Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said others agree the case for lower rates is building.
Many investors viewed the overall tone as more dovish than their expectations, sending the 10-year U.S. Treasuries yield to as low as 1.986%, its lowest level since November 2016.
The two-year yield fell to 1.721%, a level last seen in November 2017.
Money market derivatives, such as Fed funds futures and overnight indexed swaps, are fully pricing in a rate cut of 25 basis points at next policy review on July 30-31, with about one-third chance of a bigger 50 basis point cut.
A total of 75 basis point reduction is priced in by the end of year.
However, such aggressive rate cuts when the stock prices are so close to record peaks would be rare, if not unprecedented, making some investors nervous about whether the Fed may be over-reacting.
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said he will confer with his Chinese counterpart Vice Premier Liu He before next week's meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Osaka.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-06-19/10y-treasury-yield-plunges-below-200-first-time-nov-2016
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-markets/global-stocks-rally-bond-yields-plunge-after-fed-hints-at-rate-cuts-idUSKCN1TL02X?
https://www.kitco.com/charts/livegold.html
https://www.cnbc.com/asia-markets/
#6777232 at 2019-06-18 04:25:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8668: Gonna Bes Some Sweet Sounds... Comin' Down Edition
DOJ Press Release
Libyan National Found Guilty of Terrorism Charges in 2012 Attack on U.S. Facilities in Benghazi
"Mustafa al-Imam, a Libyan national approximately 48 years old, was found guilty of terrorism charges for his participation in the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. Special Mission and Annex in Benghazi, Libya. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and U.S. government personnel Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty died in the attack at the Mission and the nearby Annex in Benghazi." …
"We will never forget those we lost in Benghazi on Sept. 11, 2012 - Tyrone Woods, Sean Smith, Glen Doherty, and Ambassador Christopher Stevens," said Assistant Attorney General Demers. "And we will not rest in our pursuit of the terrorists who attacked our facilities and killed these four courageous Americans - they must be held accountable for their crimes. I want to thank the agents, analysts, and prosecutors - and all of their partners in the U.S. government - who are responsible for this important investigation."
"Mustafa al-Imam was found guilty and will be held accountable for his role in the terrorist attack that destroyed the U.S. Mission in Benghazi," said U.S. Attorney Liu. "Four American heroes lost their lives and others were seriously wounded during that attack. We will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to pursue justice against those who commit terrorist acts against the United States no matter how far we must go or how long it takes."
…
moar
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/libyan-national-found-guilty-terrorism-charges-2012-attack-us-facilities-benghazi
#6758975 at 2019-06-15 20:36:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8644: QR PM Bake Edition
>>6758946
Foxconn Says Prepared to Move Apple Production Out of China if Necessary
HONG KONG- Foxconn Technology 2354 0.32% Group said it is ready to shift production for Apple Inc. AAPL -0.73% out of China if necessary, as the electronics assembler tried to assuage investors' concerns over the U.S.-China trade conflict.
In the company's first-ever investor meeting and conference call since going public in 1991, senior executives at Taiwan-based Foxconn sought to address investor uncertainty as it prepares for a leadership transition.
Tuesday's events were aimed at outlining a succession plan for when Terry Gou, Foxconn's founder, stands down as chairman to focus on his campaign for Taiwan's presidency. Much of the discussion, however, centered on the worsening trade dispute between China and the U.S. and the impact tariffs might have on the core of Foxconn's business-assembling iPhones and iPads for Apple, mostly in China.
"We are totally capable of dealing with Apple's needs to move production lines if they have any," said Young-Way Liu, the head of Foxconn's semiconductor business group, said during the meeting at the company's headquarters outside Taipei.
Mr. Liu said Foxconn's manufacturing capacity outside of China is sufficient to supply Apple and other customers with products for the U.S. market and that production could be expanded at factories globally "according to the needs of our clients."
Foxconn has plants in Brazil, Mexico, Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Czech Republic, the U.S. and Australia among other countries, according to the investor presentation.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/iphone-assembler-foxconn-brushes-off-risks-of-u-s-china-trade-tensions-11560244585
looks like the are starting to
#6740671 at 2019-06-13 13:23:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8621: QR AM Bake Edition
Morning Market report
Some headlines
Alibaba files for HK listing that may raise $20 billion as soon as third quarter
China's biggest e-commerce company Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has filed confidentially for a Hong Kong listing that could raise up to $20 billion as early as the third quarter of this year.
biggest secondary for 7 years.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-alibaba-listing-hongkong/alibaba-files-for-hk-listing-that-may-raise-20-billion-as-soon-as-third-quarter-source-idUSKCN1TE0M2
Chinese vice premier urges more support for economy amid trade war
Chinese regulators should step up support for the economy and keep ample liquidity in the financial system, Vice Premier Liu He said on Thursday, suggesting Beijing would soon unveil more policies to bolster growth amid rising U.S. trade pressure.
translation=the last round of printing and yuan 'revaluation' did not do much so we will do it again and again and again, etc.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy/chinese-vice-premier-urges-more-support-for-economy-amid-trade-war-idUSKCN1TE072?
US Futures, Global Stocks Bounce As Oil Surges After Persian Gulf Tanker Attack
It was shaping up as another bad day for stocks, which have once again been spooked by the lack of de-escalation in the US-China trade war (as reported yesterday, the S&P would have to drop below 2,650 for that to happen), when Iran came to the bulls' rescue, and "attacked" two tankers in the Straits of Hormuz, sending oil soaring and pushing energy stocks - and European stocks and US equity futures - higher, even as bond yields dropped amid a general flight to safety.
the system will buy bonds is what 'flight to safety' used to mean.
Brent surged as much 4% after the attacks added to the already-heightened tensions between Iran and the United States. And of course, given that oil was at 5-month lows yesterday,
people are taking precautions that it might escalate into something further.
5 month lows and 'suddenly' a tanker gets attacked- really nigga's?
The European Stoxx 600 Index opened in the red following a second day of declines across Asia, but it went on to reverse losses, and contracts on the three main U.S. gauges tracked the move,
as oil exploded higher helping propel energy stocks on both sides of the Atlantic. Europe's oil producers moved higher in the region's stock markets. Shares were also lifted by some stellar gains in the tele-coms sector as Germany dished out licenses for its new 5G mobile network to some new entrants.
Investors will be looking to what the FOMC will say after its next policy meeting on June 18-19, with Fed Funds rate futures pricing in a 25-basis-point rate cut for the subsequent policy review on July 30-31.
That is 180 degrees opposite to the Fed's projection three months ago, when policy makers saw gradual rate hikes in coming years.
pepe saw the actual evidence of it weeks ago-all of you FIRED!!!-if I were a gambling pepe I would say a .25 cut next week and again at july meeting.
In rates, the 10-year U.S. Treasuries yield dipped to 2.103%, near Friday's 2.053%, its lowest level since September 2017, while Germany borrowing costs sank back toward all-time lows in Europe.
see cap#3 for our 10 year and if you have not re-financed and can-do it
Oil held its biggest daily loss this month to trade near $51 a barrel as a surprise increase in American crude inventories and no sign of a breakthrough in the U.S.-China trade war damped sentiment. Just a few hours later oil prices surged after the U.S. Fifth Fleet said two oil tankers were damaged in an incident near the Strait of Hormuz – one of the ships' operators described the incident as a suspected attack. The development will inflame already-rising political tensions in the region.
See cap#4 and right on cue for those Aramco bonds that would have had real issues after today if that had not habbened.
US Event Calendar- remaining data releases
9:45am: Bloomberg Consumer Comfort, prior 61.7-(this is a survey)
Away from that we're due to hear from the BoE's Carney this afternoon while the aforementioned Conservative Party leadership contest will also be closely watched.
Meanwhile, Euro Area finance ministers will gather in Luxembourg to discuss Italy and the Euro Area budget.
Remember TRUST the PLAN and TRUST POTUS-there may be some ups and downs here but overall the trend is your friend, this is a historic time and things may look 'out of whack'-they are-but it's a good thing.
https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/bond/tmubmusd10y?countrycode=bx
https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/stocks/futures
https://www.dailyfx.com/crude-oil
https://www.cmegroup.com/trading/interest-rates/countdown-to-fomc.html/
#6695876 at 2019-06-07 20:03:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8563: POTUS Homeward Bound Edition
China's Strategy Against Trump and America: Trade War, Huawei, 5G-Gen. Robert Spalding
In the US China trade war, what's behind the Chinese communist party's (CCP's) strategy, with Liu He walking away from the trade talks at the last minute? What's the real relationship between Chinese telecom giant Huawei, and the CCP's quest for global 5G dominance? And how is this all a much, much bigger issue than just trade?
#6675223 at 2019-06-05 04:40:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8536: El Paso Needs The Wall Edition
Mnuchin to meet with Chinese central banker at G20 gathering
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is scheduled to meet with People's Bank of China Governor Yi Gang this weekend at a gathering of G20 finance leaders in Japan, marking the first face-to-face discussion between key U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators in nearly a month. A Treasury spokesman confirmed the meeting along with nine other bilaterals for Mnuchin on the sidelines of the Group of 20 gathering in Fukuoka. Talks aimed at ending a festering trade war between the world's two largest economies broke down in early May, and no face-to-face meetings have been held since May 10, the day that U.S. President Donald Trump sharply increased tariffs on a $200 billion list of Chinese goods to 25%.
Since then, acrimonious rhetoric and trade threats between Beijing and Washington have steadily increased, especially after the United States imposed severe sanctions against Huawei Technologies Co, China's premier telecommunications equipment firm. The Treasury did not offer any other details about the meeting with Yi, who has been a fixture on the Chinese negotiating team led by Vice Premier Liu He. Mnuchin has previously met with Yi on the sidelines of G20 finance meetings to discuss global finance and economic issues.
Mnuchin also will hold bilateral meetings with Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi, German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, Italian Finance Minister Giovanni Tria, South Korean Deputy Prime Minister Hong Nam-Ki, Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau, and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Secretary General Angel Gurria, the Treasury said.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-g20-japan-usa-china/mnuchin-to-meet-with-chinese-central-banker-at-g20-gathering-idUSKCN1T600L
#6674073 at 2019-06-05 02:16:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8534: Cryin Chuck and The Washed Up Psycho Edition
Disappointing - Judge Sullivan Folds, Accepts Mueller Team Non-Production....
In the Weissmann/Mueller case against Michael Flynn there are two material points of evidence central to the underlying issue:
The FBI 302 report written by agent Joe Pientka; as an outcome of the interview of Michael Flynn January 24th, 2017, conducted by Peter Strzok and Pientka.
The recording/transcript of the December 29th, 2016, phone call intercept between Michael Flynn and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
According to the special counsel position Flynn lied about the 12/29/16 phone call content during the 1/24/17 FBI interview. However, this always appeared to be a sketchy claim. Seemingly suspecting something was amiss, in two separate court demands, Judge Emmet Sullivan requested production of both the Flynn 302 and the transcript of the call.
The special counsel's office (Brandon Van Grack), and the DC U.S. Attorney Jessie Liu, refused to provide the underlying evidence to the court. Instead they informed the court the material was irrelevant to their prosecution of Flynn:
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/06/04/disappointing-judge-sullivan-folds-accepts-mueller-team-non-production/
Backstory in link
#6636087 at 2019-05-31 13:31:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8485: Thars a New Tariff Sheriff in Town Edition
>>6635288 PB
Trust Wray…
I think you nailed it.
Look at the normie reaction… almost the same head fake as Sessions.
Wray declines to act on referrals from the IG…BUT forwards to the FBI… Why, because the target is not just the bad apples and Dbags at the FBI, its aimed at their support system within the press (clown tools) and the judiciary. Read carefully:
the inspector general (IG) indicated, without explanation, that "prosecution of the DAD [deputy assistant director] was declined." Instead, the investigation's findings will be referred to the FBI for "appropriate action".
Normies like Sundance go ballistic… libshits look to Wray (just like Sessions) for cover.
And if my gut is right and if this is all part of the show, the curtain falls to reveal U.S. Attorney for DC, Jessie K Liu AND the den of thieves that support her.
As sick as I am waiting I trust the plan.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/05/29/too-deep-to-drain-oig-finds-preponderance-of-evidence-against-fbi-deputy-asst-director-doj-refuses-to-prosecute/
#6624887 at 2019-05-30 04:33:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8471: Edition
Fox host, Chinese state TV anchor face off over trade war
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese state TV anchor and a host from Fox Business, whose sparring over the U.S.-China trade war has been avidly followed on Chinese social media, brought their duel to the American cable network for what turned out to be a respectful encounter. The showdown between Liu Xin of China's state-run English channel CGTN and Fox Business Network host Trish Regan was aired on Wednesday evening in the United States but was not shown live on TV in China, though it had been hyped by state and social media. Following U.S. moves this month to increase tariffs on Chinese imports and blacklist tech giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd the rhetoric out of Beijing has become more strident.
At the start of the roughly 16-minute segment, Liu corrected Regan to say that she was not a member of the Chinese Communist Party and was speaking for herself as a CGTN journalist. Otherwise, there was little in the way of fireworks. Liu agreed intellectual property theft was a problem, although not only in China, and that there was a "consensus" in China that "without the protection of IP rights, nobody, no country, no individual, can be strong and can develop itself."
Regan asked Liu her definition of state capitalism, and Liu described China's system of "socialism with Chinese characteristics, where market forces are expected to play the dominating or the deciding role in the allocation of resources." Liu said state-owned enterprises play "an important but increasingly smaller role, maybe, in the economy," and said 80 percent of Chinese employment is in the private sector.
Washington argues that Huawei, the world's largest maker of telecoms network gear, is linked to the government and therefore poses a security risk, which Huawei disputes, arguing that it is owned by employees. Liu had said on Twitter that because of rights issues, CGTN would not be able to show the debate live, though it would "report on it closely". A Fox News spokesperson said a free live stream of the debate would be available on the Fox Business Network website and the entire segment would also be available after the broadcast. China's internet is heavily censored and many major foreign media sites are blocked, but many people in China appeared to have followed the debate on state broadcaster CCTV's live blog or watched via livestream.
The feud between Liu and Regan had started on air and was amplified on Twitter, which is blocked in China, with one social media hashtag on the Twitter-like Weibo garnering more than 120 million views as of Wednesday. Liu had been critical of Regan's China coverage and Regan has taken up the challenge, calling on Liu to have an honest debate.
"She's so sure of U.S. victimhood, so indignant that her eyes practically spit fire, yet in carefully analysing her words, it's all emotion and accusation, supported with little substance," Liu said of Regan on CGTN. Regan responded this week on air and on Twitter: "They're launching a full-scale information war against the United States of America, and their latest target is me." State broadcaster CCTV and the People's Daily newspaper had shared news of the debate on Weibo, while other Chinese media outlets had joined in, some even circulating footage of Liu in an English speech competition from 23 years ago. Chinese state media has opened the floodgates to patriotic commentaries since the latest U.S. tariff hike and there has been a surge in internet chatter about the trade war during the past few weeks.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-debate/fox-host-chinese-state-tv-anchor-face-off-over-trade-war-idUSKCN1T00B8
#6620459 at 2019-05-29 20:35:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8465: Happy Birthday JFK! We Will Not Forget Edition
China is seriously considering restricting rare earth exports to the US. Why is that important?
One week ago, President Xi and Vice Premier Liu He, China's top trade negotiator, visited a rare earth metals mine in Jiangxi province. This has led to the rumor that China is seriously considering restricting rare earth exports to the US. China may also take other countermeasures in the future. The trade negotiations between U.S. and China got a lot more serious. It extends far beyond tariffs and intellectual property, it now involves strategic materials.
The first thing we must realize is that rare earth metals are not all that rare. They are a thousand times or more abundant than gold or platinum in the earth crust and easy to mine, but a little more difficult to refine. Thorium and Uranium will also be mined at the same time as the rare earth metals since they appear together in the ore.
U.S. used to be the major supplier of rare earth metals, which was fine up to around 1984. Then the U.S. regulators determined that Uranium and Thorium contained in the ore made the ore radioactive, so they decided to make rare earth metal ore subject to nuclear regulations with all what that meant for record keeping and control. This made mining in the U.S. unprofitable so in 2001 the last domestic mine closed down. China had no such scruples, such as human and environmental concerns, so they took over the rare earth metals mining and in 2010 controlled over 95% of the world supply, which was according to their long term plan of controlling the world by 2025.
The U.S. used to have a strategic reserve of rare earth metals, but that was sold off in 1998 as being no longer cost effective or necessary. Two years later the one U.S. rare earth metals mine that used to supply nearly the whole world, the Mountain Pass Mine in California closed down, together with its refining capacity. From that day all rare earth metals were imported. In 2010 it started up again together with the refining capacity but went bankrupt in 2015, closed down the refining but continued selling ore to China. They just announced they will start up refining again late 2020. Meanwhile China is slapping on a 25% import tariff on imported ore starting July 1. Rare earth metals may be in short supply for a while.
So, why is this important? Just take a look at all the uses for rare earth metals. The most sought after pays all the cost of mining and refining, and the rest are readily available at nominal cost.
The Chinese almost got away with it, and that is but one reason the trade negotiations are so complicated and hard fought, but necessary. Donald Trump fights for reciprocity and fair competition.
https://lenbilen.com/2019/05/28/china-is-seriously-considering-restricting-rare-earth-exports-to-the-us-why-is-that-important/
#6620226 at 2019-05-29 20:12:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8465: Happy Birthday JFK! We Will Not Forget Edition
Fox's Trish Regan To Square Off With Chinese News Nemesis In Live Debate
After tensions between two prominent television hosts reached a boiling point, Fox Business's Trish Regan and Chinese state-owned TV host Liu Xin are taking their online trade war spat into the limelight in the form of a live, televised debate on Wednesday night at 8 p.m. EST. According to the New York Times, the two hosts will discuss trade and technology - a debate which is unlikely to be seen by the Chinese public.
Barbs began to fly earlier this month when Regan argued that American tariffs on Chinese goods are an appropriate and necessary response to the Chinese theft of American intellectual property - which costs the US economy up to $600 billion annually. Liu, host of "The Point With Liu Xin" on the China Global Television Network, has accused Regan of "economic warmongering" and being "all emotion and accusation supported with little substance."
Gloves off
Regan didn't take Liu's comments lightly, challenging the Chinese host to a debate:
Hey #China State TV - let's have an HONEST debate on #trade. You accuse me of being 'emotional' and not knowing my facts - wrong! You name the time and place, and I'll be there! #TrishRegan pic.twitter.com/D0QMp0cIz4
- Trish Regan (@trish_regan) May 24, 2019
In response, Liu accepted - tweeting: "Hi @trish_regan, if you do mean an HONEST debate on #trade, let's do it Monday evening live on your show - on your turf."
It should be noted that Liu is an English major and an accomplished debater from the eastern province of Jingsu. She was the first Chinese student to win an international public speaking competition in London in 1996, after which she began working for CCTV the following year. She spent six years as the station's Geneva bureau chief, where she covered the Syria conflict and the Iran nuclear talks, before returning to China to launch her own show. Meanwhile, Chinese social media has blown up over the debate. "Let's put our heads together, focus on the debate and back her up with specific data and strategies," said Jinan University professor of international relations, Chen Dingding, who told a WeChat social media group he created for the debate which now counts over 450 members: "Please avoid talking about the issue in general terms."
As the Times notes, regardless of the outcome of the debate - the broadcast will expose American public to the Chinese Communist Party's narrative regarding trade. ""With this opportunity, they are really going to become famous," said retired journalism professor at Beijing Foreign Studies University, Zhan Jiang. "They are showing that they aren't weak, that they're not going to remain passive in the face of a challenge. This is different than before."
Chinese officials have also chimed in to support Liu. "I hope everyone can watch," said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang in a Tuesday comment. "You know, in China we have a saying: The truth becomes clearer through debate." "Because they are greatly influenced by the West, if I tell them, 'China is this way' or 'China is that way,' then they'll say, 'Mom is praising China again,'" Liu told Chonese online media outlet The Paper. "After that I learned, O.K., you can't come on too strong."
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-29/foxs-trish-regan-square-chinese-news-nemesis-live-debate
#6608332 at 2019-05-28 14:26:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8449: POTUS Back on US Soil Edition
Beijing "Seriously Considering" Rare-Earth Export Ban
Following what was a mostly quiet holiday weekend for trade-war-related rhetoric (other than a dollop of trade-deal optimism offer by President Trump, little was said by either side), Beijing has started the holiday-shortened week by reiterating threats to embrace what we have described as a 'nuclear' option: restricting exports of rare earth metals to the US.
Global Times editor Hu Xijin, who has emerged as one of the most influential Communist Party mouthpieces since President Trump increased tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods, tweeted that China is "seriously considering restricting rare earths exports to the US."
Based on what I know, China is seriously considering restricting rare earth exports to the US. China may also take other countermeasures in the future.
- Hu Xijin ??? (@HuXijin_GT) May 28, 2019
There are signs that these warnings should be taken seriously: One week ago, President Xi and Vice Premier Liu He, China's top trade negotiator, visited a rare earth metals mine in Jiangxi province. Rare earths, which are vital for the manufacture of everything from microchips to batteries, to LED displays to night-vision goggles, have been excluded from US tariffs.
hough other Chinese officials have denied that export curbs were being considered, Xi's visit was widely viewed as a symbolic warning. Seven out of every 10 tons of rare earth metals mined last year were produced by Chinese mines. One analyst warned that Xi's visit was intended to send "a strong message" to the US.
Beijing is limited in its ability to retaliate against Washington's tariffs by the fact that there simply aren't enough American-made goods flowing into the Chinese market. Because of these limits, it's widely suspected that Beijing will find other ways to retaliate. Though they are more plentiful than precious metals like gold and platinum, rare earths can be expensive to refine and extract.
The tension has sparked a 30% increase in 'heavy rare earth' metals.
The prices of so-called heavy rare earths, which are used in batteries for electric vehicles and in defence applications, have risen 30 per cent this year, said Helen Lau, senior analyst and head of metals and mining research at Argonaut in Hong Kong.
"I think it is a little bit reckless, from my point of view, for China to ban the export of rare earths to the US directly," Lau said. "There's always some way to have a similar impact…Maybe we want to reduce exports to everyone. That is a likely scenario."
Even if Beijing doesn't follow through on these threats, some analysts suspect that, given their scarce supply, China might move to restrict their export to help meet domestic demand. Beijing has already slapped tariffs on rare earths mined in the US.
Lau said she believes China, regardless of the trade war, will ultimately move to reduce exports of rare earths to meet its own domestic demand.
"Everyone knows that China needs rare earths for its electric-vehicle industry," Lau said. "Electric-vehicle production is very strong - every single month it is growing in high double digits, and this year it has doubled from last year. The demand for rare earths is very strong."
According to the SCMP, June could be a critical make-or-break moment for the global rare earth metals trade, because that's when China is expected to set its mining quota for the second half of the year. The quota for the first half of the year was 60,000 tonnes, unchanged from the year prior.
To wean the US off its dependence on Beijing, one American chemicals company on Monday signed an MoU with an Australian mining firm to develop a rare earths mine in Hondo, Texas.
And Japanese scientists recently announced the discovery of a massive cache of rare earths on the sea floor off the coast of Tokyo.
pretty sure this was discussed over 4 day trip…wouldn't you have.
But whether these alternatives can be cultivated in time is very much in doubt. Still, Beijing is likely wary of resorting to an export ban since it would likely only work once. Once the option has been invoked once, analysts say, efforts to develop these alternative sources will likely accelerate.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-28/beijing-seriously-considering-rare-earth-export-ban
#6599046 at 2019-05-27 04:59:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8438: Red White and Q. May 27th in USA. The Pre Dawn Edition
Global Board Admin Announcements
>>6560164 BO creates a backup for QRV
>>6551371 Voat admin threatens to deplatform QRV
>>6446595 BO on baker checks and BV removed >>6477078
>>6385109 Do not add Q's posts WITHOUT a tripcode
>>6508856 Please no JPEGs (new: conversion apps)
Notables
are not endorsements
#8437 baker change
>>6598523 new DJT Great evening last night, thank you!
>>6598485 new DJT rt @usembassytokyo
>>6598734, >>6598706, >>6598605 Trump first world leader to meet new Emperor, and Abe was first to meet Pres-Elect
>>6598355, >>6598384, >>6598413 moar on Op. Charlemagne
>>6598638 for the clockfags, Army Reserve twat image is :55 and was post on May 26 which is a :55 on the clock
>>6598821, >>6598969 Donald Trump and Barron Trump scarbble = 17
>>6598943 POTUS Live Link (hasnt started yet)
>>6599023 #8437
#8436 baker change
>>6598200 Citi, JPMorgan, UBS Face Forex Cartel Class Action in Australia
>>6598083 Trish Regan and China's Liu Xin to debate next week
>>6598055 Addiction to video games is now considered a mental health disorder
>>6598039, >>6598061 Joint Staff Retweeted National Memorial Day Concert
>>6598023 Brennan openly calling for Coates and Gina Haspel to defy AG Barr
>>6598021 Massive Victory for Conservative Nationalists in European Elections
>>6597971 Spoopy Digits on US StratCom Twat w/9-11 Cap
>>6597926 anonylsis: Trump Public Mtgs w/Japan; Non Public China/SKorea
>>6597999 Israel "Shocked" After Germany Warns Jews Not To Wear Skullcaps
>>6597955 Toyota to build factory in Myanmar
>>6597945 Mil-Tweet(s): Mad Scientist initiative
>>6597896 Asia Tech Report: Some iPad & MacBook Production Shift to Indonesia
>>6597814 50yrs ago today: Apollo 10 Spashdown
>>6597773 Leidos: IC Contr. subsidieries in 3 FVEYs countries: UK/CAN/AUS
>>6597770 Huawei Removed from Three Key Standards-Setting Orgs
>>6597525 DJT re-Tweet: POTUS & Abe at the Imperial Palace.
>>6598257 #8436
#8435
>>6597444 Kek speaks: God Bless America.
>>6597435 Britbong leftie's are also sore losers.
>>6596868 "The people of France see the movement manifesting"
>>6597402, >>6597276 Sweeney mirroring McCabe's actions in the Weiner case?
>>6597301 Origin of Memorial Day.
>>6597290 Netanyahu struggling to form coalition?
>>6597282 Thousands march in China to commemorate Tiananmen.
>>6597151 Farage post on FB.
>>6597210 Salvini also talks about a 'changing Europe.' See: Orban's comments.
>>6597196 Politicians calling for a 2nd Brexit vote.
>>6597109 China's robot censors crank up as Tiananmen anniversary nears.
>>6597082 POTUS live in Japan.
>>6597056 Osprey flyover.
>>6596984 Smollett case sparks outrage for disparate outcome.
>>6596963 MSM continues to ignore the biggest political scandal in history.
>>6596955 Q clock update. Re-read crumbs.
>>6596933 WH Tweet: POTUS & FLOTUS headed to Imperial Palace.
>>6596879, >>6596991, >>6597176, >>6597181 Comey Tweets Mattis quote.
>>6596791 Nigel's post-election speech.
>>6596834 Trish Regan fights back against China's state TV: 'China is waging an information war against the U.S.'
>>6596817 Lee Greenwood performed live at Charlotte Motor Speedway. o7
>>6596787, >>6596852 POTUS remarks at couples dinner in Japan. (video)
>>6597455 #8435
Previously Collected Notables
>>6596679 #8434
>>6594336 #8431, >>6595090 #8432, >>6595886 #8433
>>6592013 #8428, >>6592724 #8429, >>6593509 #8430
>>6589635 #8425, >>6590377 #8426, >>6591216 #8427
>>6587256 #8422, >>6588094 #8423, >>6588889 #8424
Notables Archive by BV's (updated nightly): https://8ch.net/qresearch/notables.html
Notables also archived here: >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384)
#6598273 at 2019-05-27 03:05:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8437: Massive Victory for EU Conservative Nationalists Edition
Global Board Admin Announcements
>>6560164 BO creates a backup for QRV
>>6551371 Voat admin threatens to deplatform QRV
>>6446595 BO on baker checks and BV removed >>6477078
>>6385109 Do not add Q's posts WITHOUT a tripcode
>>6508856 Please no JPEGs (new: conversion apps)
Notables
are not endorsements
#8436 baker change
>>6598200 Citi, JPMorgan, UBS Face Forex Cartel Class Action in Australia
>>6598083 Trish Regan and China's Liu Xin to debate next week
>>6598055 Addiction to video games is now considered a mental health disorder
>>6598039, >>6598061 Joint Staff Retweeted National Memorial Day Concert
>>6598023 Brennan openly calling for Coates and Gina Haspel to defy AG Barr
>>6598021 Massive Victory for Conservative Nationalists in European Elections
>>6597971 Spoopy Digits on US StratCom Twat w/9-11 Cap
>>6597926 anonylsis: Trump Public Mtgs w/Japan; Non Public China/SKorea
>>6597999 Israel "Shocked" After Germany Warns Jews Not To Wear Skullcaps
>>6597955 Toyota to build factory in Myanmar
>>6597945 Mil-Tweet(s): Mad Scientist initiative
>>6597896 Asia Tech Report: Some iPad & MacBook Production Shift to Indonesia
>>6597814 50yrs ago today: Apollo 10 Spashdown
>>6597773 Leidos: IC Contr. subsidieries in 3 FVEYs countries: UK/CAN/AUS
>>6597770 Huawei Removed from Three Key Standards-Setting Orgs
>>6597525 DJT re-Tweet: POTUS & Abe at the Imperial Palace.
>>6598257 #8436
#8435
>>6597444 Kek speaks: God Bless America.
>>6597435 Britbong leftie's are also sore losers.
>>6596868 "The people of France see the movement manifesting"
>>6597402, >>6597276 Sweeney mirroring McCabe's actions in the Weiner case?
>>6597301 Origin of Memorial Day.
>>6597290 Netanyahu struggling to form coalition?
>>6597282 Thousands march in China to commemorate Tiananmen.
>>6597151 Farage post on FB.
>>6597210 Salvini also talks about a 'changing Europe.' See: Orban's comments.
>>6597196 Politicians calling for a 2nd Brexit vote.
>>6597109 China's robot censors crank up as Tiananmen anniversary nears.
>>6597082 POTUS live in Japan.
>>6597056 Osprey flyover.
>>6596984 Smollett case sparks outrage for disparate outcome.
>>6596963 MSM continues to ignore the biggest political scandal in history.
>>6596955 Q clock update. Re-read crumbs.
>>6596933 WH Tweet: POTUS & FLOTUS headed to Imperial Palace.
>>6596879, >>6596991, >>6597176, >>6597181 Comey Tweets Mattis quote.
>>6596791 Nigel's post-election speech.
>>6596834 Trish Regan fights back against China's state TV: 'China is waging an information war against the U.S.'
>>6596817 Lee Greenwood performed live at Charlotte Motor Speedway. o7
>>6596787, >>6596852 POTUS remarks at couples dinner in Japan. (video)
>>6597455 #8435
Previously Collected Notables
>>6596679 #8434
>>6594336 #8431, >>6595090 #8432, >>6595886 #8433
>>6592013 #8428, >>6592724 #8429, >>6593509 #8430
>>6589635 #8425, >>6590377 #8426, >>6591216 #8427
>>6587256 #8422, >>6588094 #8423, >>6588889 #8424
Notables Archive by BV's (updated nightly): https://8ch.net/qresearch/notables.html
Notables also archived here: >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384)
#6598257 at 2019-05-27 03:02:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8436: Greatest Military On Earth Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
#8436 baker change
>>6598200 Citi, JPMorgan, UBS Face Forex Cartel Class Action in Australia
>>6598083 Trish Regan and China's Liu Xin to debate next week
>>6598055 Addiction to video games is now considered a mental health disorder
>>6598039, >>6598061 Joint Staff Retweeted National Memorial Day Concert
>>6598023 Brennan openly calling for Coates and Gina Haspel to defy AG Barr
>>6598021 Massive Victory for Conservative Nationalists in European Elections
>>6597971 Spoopy Digits on US StratCom Twat w/9-11 Cap
>>6597926 anonylsis: Trump Public Mtgs w/Japan; Non Public China/SKorea
>>6597999 Israel "Shocked" After Germany Warns Jews Not To Wear Skullcaps
>>6597955 Toyota to build factory in Myanmar
>>6597945 Mil-Tweet(s): Mad Scientist initiative
>>6597896 Asia Tech Report: Some iPad & MacBook Production Shift to Indonesia
>>6597814 50yrs ago today: Apollo 10 Spashdown
>>6597773 Leidos: IC Contr. subsidieries in 3 FVEYs countries: UK/CAN/AUS
>>6597770 Huawei Removed from Three Key Standards-Setting Orgs
>>6597525 DJT re-Tweet: POTUS & Abe at the Imperial Palace.
#6598116 at 2019-05-27 02:44:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8436: Greatest Military On Earth Edition
Notables @575
are not endorsements
#8436
>>6598083 Trish Regan and China's Liu Xin to debate next week
>>6598055 Addiction to video games is now considered a mental health disorder
>>6598039, >>6598061 Joint Staff Retweeted National Memorial Day Concert
>>6598023 Brennan openly calling for Coates and Gina Haspel to defy AG Barr
>>6598021 Massive Victory for Conservative Nationalists in European Elections
>>6597926 anonylsis: Trump Public Mtgs w/Japan; Non Public China/SKorea
>>6597999 Israel "Shocked" After Germany Warns Jews Not To Wear Skullcaps
>>6597955 Toyota to build factory in Myanmar
>>6597945 Mil-Tweet(s): Mad Scientist initiative
>>6597896 Asia Tech Report: Some iPad & MacBook Production Shift to Indonesia
>>6597814 50yrs ago today: Apollo 10 Spashdown
>>6597773 Leidos: IC Contr. subsidieries in 3 FVEYs countries: UK/CAN/AUS
>>6597770 Huawei Removed from Three Key Standards-Setting Orgs
>>6597525 DJT re-Tweet: POTUS & Abe at the Imperial Palace.
>>xxxxxxx #8436
Check 'em frens …. additions, deletion, corrections welcomed
#6598083 at 2019-05-27 02:40:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8436: Greatest Military On Earth Edition
Battle of the pundits: Trish Regan and China's Liu Xin to debate next week
Background of China attacks on Trish Regan
Fox Business host Trish Regan was recently attacked directly by China's state-run media. She had a fiery retort last night followed by a challenge to debate Liu Xin, one of China's most prominent talking heads. They agreed. Now, it's on.
Regan has been outspoken about the rise of China's economic clout and the threat they pose with their aggressive trade stance. She hasn't been shy about pointing out that as China's economy grows, it becomes more of a threat to America's economy. Both rely heavily on the world markets as the global economy continues to favor larger nations, and no economies are even close to China's or America's.
Liu initially looked to Monday, but then realized it's Memorial Day. They two are working directly to set a day and time next week to debate.
The video above of Regan defending herself went viral in China where it racked up more than 20 million views on Weibo, a Chinese blog. This is why this debate is so important. It may be media personalities instead of politicians, but both seem to be well aware of the stance of the leaders in both countries, giving it a public shine many may not anticipate. There is much more at stake with the debate between Trish Regan and Liu Xin than most Americans realize. This won't be viewed as two individual pundits going head-to-head by the Chinese. This is the US vs. China. It will make an impact one way or the other.
https://noqreport.com/2019/05/24/battle-pundits-trish-regan-chinas-Liu-xin-debate-next-week/
https://twitter.com/trish_regan/status/1131714542680104961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/thepointwithlx/status/1131896102096007168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
China state-run media targets Trish Regan, calls Bannon 'true enemy of America'
https://youtu.be/JxT4ToZSxgY
#6591836 at 2019-05-26 09:28:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8428: Shit Done Hit the Fan Edition
>>6591829
Rachel is the primary photographer for an artist named Terence Koh, who frequently collaborates with Abramovic. Here, he's in a death pose on a piece of hers: http://purple.fr/diary/terence-kohon-a-work-by-marina-abramovic-at-a-collectors-house-east/ Another photo of the same set: http://purple.fr/diary/terence-kohon-a-work-by-marina-abramovic-at-the-collectors-house-east/
A video from a MoMA party: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPPKj99ZV60YouTube List of attendees: "Those in attendance included Madonna, Mary-Kate Olsen, Yoko Ono, James Franco, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Chloe Sevigny, Penn Badgely, Padma Lakshmi, Rose Byrne, Kim Cattrall, Lucy Liu, Marina Abramovic, Daphne Guinness, Terence Koh, Andrej Pejic, Leelee Sobieski, Cindy Sherman, Agnes Gund, Katharina Sieverding, Rachel Chandler, Michelle Harper, David Rockefeller, Jr., MoMA's Director Glenn Lowry, Volkswagen's Martin Winterkorn, and Director of MoMA PS1 and MoMA's Chief Curator at Large Klaus Biesenbach."
Rachel was a photographer/attendee at Marina Abramovic's 2010 "The Artist is Present" performance at the MoMA http://www.patrickmcmullan.com/site/event_detail.aspx?eid=32454 (look for her name on the left-hand list of Featured People and use the filter function)
This is the one I think you might find the most interesting, and I'm surprised this hasn't been delved into before. Abramovic gave a very controversial performance at the LA MoCA that involved a kind of pseudo/ritualized cannibalism of a female body, and Rachel was present as well. https://www.artforum.com/diary/id=29517
The prospect of this "grotesque spectacle," the outraged Rainer wrote, reminded her not of Abramovi?'s The Artist Is Present, the performance empress's three-month-long sit at the Museum of Modern Art last year, or of her Nude with Skeleton from 2002, but of Pier Paolo Pasolini's 1975 film Salo, where fascist sadists sexually abuse beautiful youths. "Subjecting her performers to public humiliation at the hands of a bunch of frolicking donors is yet another example of the Museum's callousness and greed, and Ms Abramovi?'s obliviousness to differences in context and to some of the implications of transposing her own powerful performances to the bodies of others," Rainer wrote, suggesting that MoCA rename itself "MODFR, or the Museum of Degenerate Fund Raising."
Inside, all thought of exploitation quickly faded, as the 769 guests, who included California governor Jerry Brown and Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa as well as Beecroft, took their seats before the rotating heads and nudes-with-skeletons and dug into their food unfazed. (It was delicious.) Some people did hold the gaze of the heads; others winked and elicited forbidden giggles.
John Baldessari and Meg Cranston seemed pleased to be seated ringside, where half-naked and very buff pallbearers periodically mounted the catwalk-like stage carrying a shrouded body on a bier. After her final number, two more shrouded bodies were brought onstage. Under them was dessert: two eerily lifelike cakes fashioned to look like Abramovi? and Harry by LA's Rosebud Cakes and Raphael Castoriano's Kreëmart organization. Wielding lethal-looking knives, Abramovi? joined Harry to cut out the hearts of each of their cakes to a shouting, astonished crowd.
Chaos followed, as guests fought over pieces cut by the bare-chested pallbearers. "I want the breast! Give me the vagina!" they screamed, hardly noticing that Tilda Swinton had arrived for photo ops, looking very much like David Bowie in his Thin White Duke phase. When it was all over, the cut-up cakes resembled mutilated bodies that made for a ghoulish sight.
A man I didn't know accosted me. "Is it me or was this all about violence against women?" he asked. "It's you," I said. "Look at that cake!" he exclaimed. "It's a horribly mutilated woman with knives in her chest. Doesn't that bother you?" "It's a cake," I said. "It represents all the indignities women have suffered at the hands of men. It is women telling their own history." Apparently, the point was lost on him. "It's disgusting," he replied. I asked his name, which he declined to give. "I'm in the social register!" he growled, brushing past me to let Deitch know that this violence against women would result in the withdrawal of funding from the museum.
– Abramovic cutting the fake female dead body: https://www.artforum.com/uploads/upload.000/id29517/article07.jpgJPG – A Black woman's head lying in front of dinner eaters: https://www.artforum.com/uploads/upload.000/id29517/article08.jpgJPG – A body being eaten: https://www.artforum.com/uploads/upload.000/id29517/article16.jpgJPG – Body after many parts being eaten: https://www.artforum.com/uploads/upload.000/id29517/article05.jpgJPG – Rachel Chandler posing at the party with Dasha Zhukova, who is the wife of Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich: https://www.artforum.com/uploads/upload.000/id29517/article13.jpgJPG
#6590859 at 2019-05-26 05:00:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8427: Patriots On Point Edition
Deep State - Former Trump Senior State Dept. Official Tells Beijing to Wait Until Trump is Removed...
A clear example of the Administrative State's seditious alignment with global financial interests and DC indulgences. This is the deep state at its deepest and most statist.
Mrs. Susan Thornton, the former acting assistant secretary of state in the Trump administration, tells her Beijing audience to stop negotiating until President Trump is removed from office in 2020.
(BEIJING) [...] "I want to be optimistic," said Thornton, whose 27-year career in Washington ended in July. "I tell all our foreign counterparts they should keep steady, keep their heads down and wait. [They should] try to not let anything change dramatically." "If this skeptical attitude towards talking diplomacy continues in this administration, you might have to wait till another administration," Thornton said at an event held by National Committee of US-China relations and Shanghai's American Chamber.
This type of undermining of the president by a well known top diplomat is likely why the Chinese politburo rebuked the deal put together by USTR Robert Lighthizer and Chinese Vice-Primier Liu He. Obviously President Trump's opposition is confident they can remove him from office; and giving advice to the Chinese who are making long-term strategic decisions with that confidence in mind. Again, just another example of the scale and scope of the challenges faced by President Trump as he attempts to negotiate strength for the U.S. economy, and is undermined by bureaucrats who make more personal wealth selling out our nation to foreign governments. There are trillions at stake; and former bureaucrats like Ms. Susan Thornton use their former positions to make millions at the trough even if that means advocating for the interests of a communist government.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/05/16/deep-state-former-trump-senior-state-dept-official-tells-beijing-to-wait-until-trump-is-removed/
Former Donald Trump official hopes for US-China trade deal, but says Beijing can afford to wait
Susan Thornton says Washington must return to diplomacy and rescue deal
State Department veteran says pressure will hit Donald Trump before Xi Jinping
(read more) https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3010537/former-trump-official-hopes-us-china-deal-says-beijing-might
#6584269 at 2019-05-25 04:51:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8419: Never Give Up Edition
>>6583816 (pb)
>DC Democrats have lost Western values
>>6583854 (pb)
>Why is everyone afraid to just say what
>they are? Communists...Bolsheviks to be more accurate.
How about "Free Will Deniers"?
In the past century alone, 10's of millions were put to death in the name of the god known as "the State" by the use of mind control. For example, Mao, Hitler & Stalin didn't kill millions with their bare hands. These "authorities" and their minions convinced millions of otherwise normal people that they had no "free will" and that they must follow orders to kill innocent people.
Contrary to the popular secular argument, the common denominator in all genocide is not which transcendent entity that was worshiped by the collective populous, but rather a belief system that subjugates the mind and voice of the individual, who when confronted with the Truth is compelled by his/her conscience to stand up and shout "NO!"
Indeed, there is strong empirical evidence demonstrating that efforts to induce disbelief in "free will" increases cheating (1), aggression (2), racial prejudice (3) and conformity (4), while decreasing helping behavior (2), self-control (5,6), gratitude (7) and sound judgment (8).
These are precisely the characteristics of a populous that authoritarian governments seek to create and control. It is a historical fact that communist totalitarian countries, for example, controlled all aspects of the personal lives of their people. Even the nonviolent forms of communism gradually and continually expanded government power, increasing control over social life and eventually moving toward a centralized authoritarian system.
Communist governments monopolize social resources, including the economy, education, and the media. Thus, everything must be carried out by following the instructions of communist state leaders, and their methods of rule are based on lies, evil, and violence. Those who try to follow their conscience and incline toward goodness end up violating the state's ideology and become the victims of mass genocide.
But, this is true of all authoritarian governments regardless of the masks they wear, be it the theocratic (e.g. ISIS) or even the technocratic indoctrination being forced upon Western culture today as evidenced by all the subtle and deceptive efforts underway to convince the public that free will is just an illusion.
References
1. Vohs, K. D., & Schooler, J. W. (2008). The value of believing in free will: Encouraging a belief in determinism increases cheating. Psychological Science, 19, 49-54.
2. Baumeister, R. F., Masicampo, E. J., & DeWall, C. N. (2009). Prosocial benefits of feeling free: Disbelief in free will increases aggression and reduces helpfulness. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 260-268.
3. Zhao X, Liu L, Zhang X-x, Shi J-x, Huang Z-w (2014) The Effect of Belief in Free Will on Prejudice. PLoS ONE 9(3): e91572.
4. Alquist, J. L., Ainsworth, S. E., & Baumeister, R. F. (2013). Determined to conform: Disbelief in free will increases conformity. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 49, 80-86.
5. Rigoni, D., Kuhn, S., Gaudino, G., Sartori, G., & Brass, M. (2012). Reducing self-control by weakening belief in free will. Consciousness and Condition, 21, 1482-1490.
6. Rigoni, D., Kuhn, S., Sartori, G., & Brass, M. (2011). Inducing disbelief in free will alters brain correlates of preconscious motor preparation: The brain minds whether we believe in free will or not. Psychological Science, 22(5), 613-618.
7. MacKenzie, M.J., K.D. Vohs, and R.F. Baumeister, (2014) You Didn't Have to Do That: Belief in Free Will Promotes Gratitude. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 40(11): p. ?1423-1434?.
8. Rigoni, D., Wilquin, H., Brass, M., & Burle, B. (2013). When errors do not matter: Weakening belief in intentional control impairs cognitive reaction to errors. Cognition, 127, 264-269.?
#6578597 at 2019-05-24 16:32:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8411: Extrememly Stable Genius Edition
>>6578476
Make sure to watch Yoyo Pinxi Liu AGE 8… Just amazing
Amazing Mind Blowing Female Guitarists Shredding and Riffing!
#6552641 at 2019-05-21 20:56:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8378: The Q ickening Edition
Netherlands Probing if Huawei Is Using 'Secret Back Door' to Customer Data and Spying for Beijing, Report Says
worldwide suspicion of Huawei as there should be!
BRUSSELS-The Netherlands' national intelligence agency has begun an investigation into whether Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei is using "secret back doors" to access customer data, according to security sources.
Operatives at the General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD), based in The Hague, are looking into whether the firm has enabled spying on a mass scale by the Chinese regime, the Dutch newspaper Volkskrant reported.
In April, the intelligence agency warned it would be "undesirable for the Netherlands to depend on the hardware or software of companies from countries running active cyber programs against Dutch interests."
In a report to the Dutch cabinet, spy chiefs identified China and Russia as threats, and said that "with regard to the telecom sector, one can think of the collection of customer, geolocation, and telephone traffic data" as risks.
They also recommended limiting the use of Huawei in the country's 5G network and phasing the company-which works with three of the country's biggest networks-out of much of the existing infrastructure for older 2G, 3G, and 4G mobile internet networks.
A spokesman for the AIVD declined to comment on the newspaper report, saying: "We don't say if it's right or if it's wrong. We never respond to questions about possible ongoing investigations because that can complicate our work."
Bart Jacobs, a professor of computer security at Radboud University in Nijmegen, Netherlands, said the news that an investigation had been launched "sounds like a smoking gun, with possible geopolitical consequences," according to Volkskrant.
The report came as three key EU leaders, including the Netherlands' Prime Minister Mark Rutte, jointly said they would not follow the decision of the United States to shut the Chinese firm out of the European market completely.
Huawei Europe
A pedestrian walks past a Huawei product stand in London, UK, on April 29, 2019. (Tonga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images)
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel and France's President Emmanuel Macron also joined the pushback against the United States, saying that if Huawei passes the relevant security checks, it will be allowed to provide some 5G infrastructure.
The United States wants to see a total ban on Huawei equipment in 5G networks of allies, hinting that if allies allow Huawei into their 5G networks, there could be less intelligence sharing with them.
While visiting the UK recently, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the United States "has an obligation to ensure the places where we operate, places where U.S. information is, places where we have national security risks, that they operate within trusted networks and that is what we will do."
Recent leaked reports indicate that the UK will allow Huawei to provide equipment for non-core elements of its 5G network.
Europe has been divided over how to respond to the Chinese company's involvement in the rollout of super-fast 5G networks, with some countries embracing it but others wary of the security implications.
The European Commission, which is the bloc's executive arm, has urged member states to work together with global partners to thrash out a common position on the issue.
In a statement, Huawei said it was "surprised" by the allegations of spying, but that it wouldn't respond to them because they were made by anonymous sources.
However, a spokesman for the company insisted it "keeps the door closed to governments or others who want to use our network for activities that would threaten cyber security."
At an event in Brussels on May 21, the firm's most senior representative to the EU institutions, Abraham Liu, insisted that it obeys the law in all countries across the globe where it operates.
He said the company is still ready to sign contracts with European governments to supply 5G infrastructure despite U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to blacklist it, and vowed the company will "continue to persevere" on the continent….
https://www.theepochtimes.com/netherlands-probing-if-huawei-is-using-secret-back-door-to-customer-data-and-spying-for-beijing-report-says_2930792.html
#6551359 at 2019-05-21 18:06:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8377: Ebake Edition
At an event in Brussels Tuesday the firm's most senior representative to the EU institutions, Abraham Liu, insisted that it obeys the law in all countries across the globe where it operates.
He said the firm is still ready to sign contracts with European governments to supply 5G infrastructure despite U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to blacklist it, and vowed the company will "continue to persevere" on the continent.
Beijing has recently passed legislation that requires all Chinese citizens and entities to provide intelligence information if requested.
Article 7 of China's 2017 National Intelligence Law stipulates that Chinese "organizations and citizens shall, in accordance with the law, support, cooperate with, and collaborate in national intelligence work."
Article 14 of the law adds: "The state intelligence department has the right to ask any (Chinese) government, organization, and citizen to supply the necessary support, assistance, and cooperation."
China's 2014 Counter-Espionage Law also requires "relevant organizations and individuals" to "truthfully provide" information to security agencies during counterintelligence investigations.
#6529892 at 2019-05-18 19:14:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8350: Safeguard The Blessings Of Liberty Edition
New York State Senate introduces bill to make texting while walking illegal
A new bill introduced by the State Senate would make it illegal for people to cross streets in the state with their eyes glued to their smartphone.
…
While there's no clear evidence that personal electronic devices used on the streets cause traffic accidents, state lawmakers are considering the use of messaging or playing games just on the streets, where the fines could range from $50 to $150 depending on the number of offenses.
…
Similar laws have passed in smaller cities in Hawaii and California, but this is New York, with millions of people. So the question is, if it gets the green light, how will it be enforced?
"It's a statewide law, depending on the municipality, it could be the police, it could be other law enforcement officers," Liu said.
https://www.blacklistednews.com/article/72748/new-york-state-senate-introduces-bill-to-make-texting-while-walking.html
#6522107 at 2019-05-17 17:29:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8340: Some Coffee To Go With Your Tarriffs, Sir?
Chinese firms' missing $6 billion tests regulators' resolve
SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Cash is considered among the hardest assets for a company to fake, which is why the disappearance of a combined $6.1 billion from two Chinese companies has dumbfounded investors and forced regulators to take action.
Drugmaker Kangmei Pharmaceutical Co Ltd, a constituent of MSCI's global indexes, in April said an "accounting error" led it to overstate cash in 2017 by 29.94 billion yuan ($4.4 billion). This month, Kangde Xin Composite Material Group Co Ltd, a producer of high-polymer materials, said its auditor could find no trace of the 12.21 billion yuan that it said it held in a bank deposit.
Regulators are investigating both cases and neither company has offered detailed explanations for the missing billions.
Weak governance has long been a black mark against mainland Chinese companies. Yet these cases have still stunned many investors as they involve straightforward cash, and because the sheer size of the disappearances is equivalent to more than half the two groups' combined market capitalization before they disclosed the issues, triggering calls for tougher punishment for any corporate wrongdoing.
"If you tell me fish in a pond disappeared, I probably would buy the story… Tens of billions of deposits missing, that's a bit unthinkable," Liu Enqi, vice head of Bank of Nanjing Co Ltd, told Reuters. "If such things happened in the U.S., someone would be jailed."
Pan Jiang, chief executive of asset manager Shanghai V-invest Co, said the cases were "beyond description".
"If regulators just let bad guys walk away, it would be a huge blow to investor confidence," he said.
Officials appear to be listening. China's top securities regulator, Yi Huiman, told a conference on May 11 that "those who did bad things must pay the price". The chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) also vowed to tighten scrutiny of corporate governance and push for tougher punishment.
Shi Donghui, a senior researcher at the Shanghai Stock Exchange, at a seminar this month said the bourse would "resolutely" delist any companies found to have seriously violated disclosure rules.
FAKING THE UNFAKABLE
Accounting issues take place the world over. When it comes to manipulation, common ploys include inflating asset values, faking customers and overstating money owed. Companies also face more straightforward crimes such as theft.
But cash, sitting in bank accounts, is low on that list. Any big-sum cash fraud would be tough to pull off without help from bankers or auditors, said accounting consultant Ma Junsheng.
Rose Zhang, a partner at Zhong Xi, an accounting firm that audits over 25 China-listed companies, said collusion was likely in cases of disappearing cash because "it is impossible for deposits to vanish out of the blue".
Kangmei disclosed its issue on April 30 and has said almost nothing beyond its initial diagnosis of "accounting error". It said China's securities watchdog was investigating the matter. Kangmei's auditor GP Certified Public Accountants was also put under investigation, according to local media reports and the auditor.
Kangde Xin also disclosed a CSRC probe. In a series of statements this month, it said it did not exclude the possibility that its cash was appropriated by controlling shareholder Kangde Group. It is also said it was seeking to sue deposit holder Bank of Beijing Co Ltd.
Kangde Group's chairman, Zhong Yu, has been detained, the police said in a separate statement without elaborating.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-stocks-regulation-analysis/chinese-firms-missing-6-billion-tests-regulators-resolve-idUSKCN1SN0OT?il=0
#6514267 at 2019-05-16 18:57:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8330: Thursday Morning Digs Edition
>>6514191
>>6514191
He may be the next mayor of the city of New York. Only recently have we learned who Bill de Blasio is (no one really cared much about him when he was the city's public advocate, an undefined made-out-of-whole-cloth job). Now that we have learned some important matters about his life, we are left with even more questions.
We know that his early political career was Marxist, and not just in an academic sense. He raised money for the Sandinistas, visited Nicaragua to align himself with the tyrants, and worked to undermine the efforts of the Reagan administration. No wonder he was endorsed by George Soros in August. Curiously, he decided to cover up his radical past: There is no mention of his extremist associations on his website.
The cover-up is not an anomaly. Quite frankly, Bill de Blasio has a problem with the truth. He was born Warren Wilhelm, Jr. in 1961. When he graduated from New York University in 1983 (where he was heavily involved in leftist causes), he changed his name to Warren de Blasio-Wilhelm. In 2002, he changed his name again, settling on Bill de Blasio. The only reason we know this is because the media put the spotlight on him, forcing the issue.
Most of de Blasio's Democratic contenders accused him of lying during the primary. For example, he boasted that if elected he would vote against a ban on racial profiling, never mentioning, as rival Christine Quinn said, that it is already illegal. He said he was the only person in the race who was pushing for a new police commissioner and an inspector general. False, said candidate John Liu - he held the same positions. Another competitor, Bill Thompson, accused de Blasio of lying about his stance on stop-and-frisk.
De Blasio's character was impugned again when it was learned that he accepted over $50,000 from a group of slumlords. What made this so outrageous was de Blasio's past denunciations of these same men while serving as public advocate.
Just recently, when The New York Times confronted de Blasio about his love for "democratic socialism," expressed in 1990, he said, "[T]hat's not a quote from me; that's someone's notes." But in fact those were his words. When the Times told him it has the proof, he brazenly said, "It doesn't matter."
The lying is not confined to politics. De Blasio lied to his own children about where he and his wife honeymooned: he said they went to Canada, when in fact they went to Cuba. It is hardly surprising that a fan of the Sandinistas would want to break bread with Castro's Cuba, but to lie to his children about his illegal trip speaks volumes about his character. By the way, his kids just found out during the primary campaign that they were lied to.
#6497426 at 2019-05-14 18:51:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8308: 8chan Dittos @ Rush Edition
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/mind-control-electromagnetic-frequency-soleilmavis-Liu
Mind Control with Electromagnetic Frequency
#6487244 at 2019-05-13 14:07:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8295: BOOM TIME Edition
https://www.sgtreport.com/2019/05/economic-doom-china-says-that-there-will-never-be-a-trade-deal-until-the-u-s-agrees-to-their-demands/
Snippet: "In a wide-ranging interview with Chinese media after talks in Washington ended Friday, Vice Premier Liu He said that in order to reach an agreement the U.S. must remove all extra tariffs, set targets for Chinese purchases of goods in line with real demand, and ensure that the text of the deal is "balanced" to ensure the "dignity" of both nations."
Liu wants to save face. So sorry, your face has been ripped off. POTUS was entirely correct to say that they backed out of the deal because they were getting crushed on the negotiations, and also to say that we have the whip hand.
Note to China: Your entire apparent success in the world came because evil NWO entities chose to make it so in their drive to create the conditions for Pike's 3rd WW. They poured in the money while telling westerners lies about how it was. Animals like Klintoon made sure you got our sophisticated weapons. You sat there and puffed out your chests, wanting credit where none whatsoever is due. You planned, and still hope, to take over the world. Now you want to save face as reality comes zooming in. "It's called pain. Get used to it."
#6486001 at 2019-05-13 06:01:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8294: The Almost Late Nite Edition
Why One Bank Thinks That Much More Market Pain Will Be Needed To Close Any Trade Deal(Op-Ed)
Futures are sharply lower again after the weekend failed to provide any substantive evidence that the "constructive" tone suggested by both Steven Mnuchin and Liu He on Friday was present, and in fact, soundbites from both president Trump and Chinese media indicated that the latest trade war escalation may last well into 2020 without a resolution, with China potentially waiting to see if Joe Biden will win in 2020.
(he will want to sniff them first)
While there have been various "hot takes" on what the latest escalation means for risk assets, with many suggesting that a "no deal" outcome potentially triggering a plunge in the S&P below 2,600 and forcing the Fed to cut rates, one of the better assessments of the future state of capital markets as a function of the ongoing trade war, comes from Bank of America's chief economist Ethan Harris, who in "Once more to the brink" writes that his "long-standing view on the trade war is that the Trump Administration wants deals and will compromise, but only after it extracts the maximum concessions." To Harris, this is a pattern of big demands and moderate concessions that we have seen play out repeatedly. And this case is no different: both the US and China want a deal, "but motivating the inevitable compromise requires some combination of market, economic and political pain."
Specifically, we have seen this framework play out in the past year in two ways:
*First, the trade war with China showed no sign of abating until the equity market correction in 4Q.
Second, tariffs on consumer products-including both the last tier of Chinese goods and autos-keeps getting postponed. It is much easier to impose indirect taxes on consumers by tariffing intermediate and producer goods than to directly tax consumer products.
In this context, BofA claims that the Trump Administration's recent decision to threaten and then deliver more tariffs should not come as a big surprise…
(the system is not going to signal anything other than "up"-did the same thing is lead up to 2008 crash)
Case in point: China's equity market has improved dramatically and green shoots have appeared, greatly improving their perceived negotiating position. Meanwhile US markets have fully recovered from the trade war sell-off, the data point to a soft landing and the Fed has signaled that it will do what it takes to sustain a strong labor market and inflation pressure.
Yet while 20-20-hindsight is easy in a moment like this, what traders would like to know is what happens next, or as Bank of America puts it, pun not intended, "when put comes to shove." It also explains why the US equity market has barely dropped from its recent all time highs:
As Harris explains, a popular view is that markets won't go down much because they believe there is a "Trump put."
This then leaves both Bank of America, and investors, with three difficult and related questions.
*First, how low is the put? Is it 5%, 10% or something worse? According to BofA's estimates, trade war news accounted for about 4.1% of the S&P correction in 4Q and 1.4% of the recovery. The Fed also was an important factor in this down and up pattern.
*Second, how far apart are the two sides in the negotiations? It is hard to know as both sides were "spinning" that there was steady convergence and now both sides are "spinning" the opposite. This makes sense since they were at first trying to assure the markets and are now trying to play hard ball in getting a better final deal. We still assume the true divide is bridgeable.
*Third, BofA contemplates the "World War I" scenario, namely could there be an accident where both sides miscalculate and stumble into a protracted war even though it is in neither side's interest?" For now, BofA's top economist still sees this as very much a tail risk as the market and political costs will escalate dramatically in a full-blown war that extends to all Chinese products, including many consumer products. Wars are popular during the departure parades, but not when the casualties mount. However, the longer both sides dig in without any material decline in the US stock market, the ultimate arbriter of any Trump decision, the harder it will be to prevent events to take on a deteriorating life of their own.
Finally, for those looking for a more granular breakdown of how the S&P is affected by the three distinct scenarios of US-China trade negotiations, i.e., "benign", "brinkmanship" and "no deal trade war", BofA lists them out in the chart below.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-12/why-one-bank-thinks-much-more-market-pain-will-be-needed-close-any-trade-deal
#6483850 at 2019-05-13 01:30:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8291: NO SLEEP IN DC Edition
Kudlow: Tariffs Worth the Risk to 'Correct 20 Years-Plus of Unfair Trading Practices with China'
On this weekend's broadcast of "Fox News Sunday," Trump economic advisor Larry Kudlow argued that the tariffs the United States is set to levy on China were worth the risk, especially given the past two decades of what he called "unfair trading practices."
Partial transcript as follows:
CHRIS WALLACE: What yard line are we on now and what set us back?
LARRY KUDLOW: Well, we may still be on the five or the seven, but as I said in that clip, that's the - those are the toughest yards to get. So, look, the situation for us, from our standpoint, we were moving well, constructive talks and I still think that's the case, we are going to continue the talks as the president suggested in his tweet on Friday.
But the problem is two weeks ago in China, there was backtracking by the Chinese, and we covered the same ground with Liu He this past week, Ambassador Lighthizer and Secretary Steven Mnuchin. We can't forget this, this is a huge deal, broadest scope and scale of anything the two countries have ever had before, but we have to get through a lot of issues.
For many years, China trade, it was unfair, nonreciprocal, unbalanced, in many cases, unlawful. And so, we have to correct those and one of the sticking points right now as we would like to see these corrections in an agreement which is codified by law in China, not just the state council announcement. We need to see something much clearer. And until we do, we have to keep our tariffs on, that's part of the enforcement process as far as we are concerned.
And as the president said, things seem to be taking too long and we can't accept any backtracking. We are representing the United States, the economy, farmers, autoworkers, manufacturers, these are crucial parts of this discussion. So we want to be as sure as we can be.
We don't think the Chinese have come far enough. We will wait and see. The talks will continue. And I will say this, the G20 meeting in Japan toward the end of June next month, the chances that President Trump and President Xi will get together at that meeting are probably pretty good.
WALLACE: So, you pointed out the president's tweet on Friday where he seemed pretty conciliatory. In fact, the stock market, which I dropped dramatically on Friday with news that the talks, the negotiations had ended without any deal, rose on the kind of conciliatory, optimistic tone from the president and from Treasury Secretary Mnuchin.
The president was much more combative in a tweet yesterday, late yesterday. I want to put this up on the screen. I think that China felt that they were being beaten so badly in the recent negotiations that they may as well wait around for the next election, 2020, to see if they could get lucky and have a Democrat win. The deal will become far worse for them if it has to be negotiated in my second term.
That's a lot tougher than the president was talking on Friday. How come?
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/05/12/kudlow-tariffs-worth-the-risk-to-correct-20-years-plus-of-unfair-trading-practices-with-china/
#6475416 at 2019-05-12 00:29:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8280: Movin' into Evening Edition
Trump says China is slow-walking trade talks to negotiate with a Democrat instead
President Trump said Saturday that China's recent move to walk back concessions it had made in trade talks was an attempt to sabotage the deal so they could wait until a Democrat could replace him as president. The comments come the day after talks with Beijing failed to produce a deal to end the trade war and the administration moved to place 25% tariffs on all Chinese imports.
"I think that China felt they were being beaten so badly in the recent negotiation that they may as well wait around for the next election, 2020, to see if they could get lucky & have a Democrat win - in which case they would continue to rip-off the USA for $500 Billion a year," Trump tweeted. He added: "The only problem is that they know I am going to win (best economy & employment numbers in U.S. history, & much more), and the deal will become far worse for them if it has to be negotiated in my second term. Would be wise for them to act now, but love collecting BIG TARIFFS!" It was the second time inside a week Trump had alleged that China wanted to negotiate with Democrats rather than himself.
On Friday, the administration moved to raise existing tariffs on $250 billion worth of goods to 25%, up from 10% in most cases. The White House has also said it would place 25% levies on a further $300 billion worth of goods, effectively covering all Chinese imports. The administration said the increases were meant to pressure Beijing to reaffirm pledges it had made during recent trade trades that it attempted to back away from. China has said it will retaliate for the U.S. tariff hikes, without giving any specific details. The tariff hikes came the same day that U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin concluded a two-day meeting in Washington, D.C. with China's top negotiator, Vice Premier Liu He in an attempt to strike a last-minute deal. The talks failed to produce a deal, but both sides said they intended to hold further talks.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/economy/trump-says-china-is-slow-walking-trade-talks-to-negotiate-a-democrat-instead
#6466901 at 2019-05-11 00:33:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8269: You are the Saviors of Mankind Edition
US Market Report
since we had 'guests' I refrained
your shift is over so….
Trade Turmoil Sparks Worst Week Of 2019, Wipes Over $2 Trillion Off Global Stocks
As stocks went from 'everything is awesome' to the worst week of the year in an instant.
With global money supply failing to support the illusion.
(this is also highlighted by the movement in the 10 year T note-see cap#4)
As stocks began to catch down to the far less exuberant global systemically important banks
China's National Team refused to let stocks fall overnight (following the tariffs) and obviously lifted the market dramatically. However, it was still the worst week of the year.
(Chinese Plunge Protection Team)
An ugly week in Europe too with France and Italy worst.
The week in US equity markets has been dominated by algos chasing headlines about trade talks with dead cat bounces giving way to reality checks.
(that's all it's been for several year's, how else do you explain billions of dollar's thrown at equity's in 30 seconds or so-no real way for human's to react that quickly-See High Frequency Trading)
NOTE - today's "constructive" talks headline prompted the 4th biggest buy program of the month (PPT?).
See the end of the day volume spike on cap#2-do this every day now.
Fucking Munchkins open's his mouth and all the world's problem's are solved…right?-KYS Steve.
Notice that the market turned around when the world's biggest money-losing IPO opened.
And then of course, there's Uber.
$6 gorillion baby!-POOF-not many of those share's-even the placed one's-are in the money- SUCKER'S
It shed $6 gorillion in market cap from it's opening today-hope you don't feel nervous over the weekend holding that piece of shit.
But hey it MIGHT be profitable in 2030….MIGHT.
It seems it took the algos a long time to actually read He's and Mnuchin's comments:
Liu He: "No talks are scheduled from here"
Steve Mnuchin: "No future talks planned as of now"
But when they did, stocks rolled over…
Smells like PPT turned up after Mnuchin's comments as VIX flash-crashed (signaled) at 0830ET today then fell after Mnuchin's comments.
This is the seventh Friday in a row where a sudden panic bid lifted stocks.
Second worst week of the year for credit markets.
As mentioned yesterday credit-protection i.e. credit default swaps are blowing out price-wise and are getting to 2008 level again-tick, tock
Treasury yields fell across the curve this week but the long-end notably under-performed.
Read cap#4
Yuan tumbled to 4-month lows.
Did not expect a 450 point reversal(from Low's) in the market this morning however it did have juice with munchkins opening his fucking mouth again.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-10/trade-turmoil-sparks-worst-week-2019-wipes-over-2-trillion-global-stocks
#6462588 at 2019-05-10 15:48:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8264: Something Habbening This Way Comes Edition
Top Chinese trade negotiator leaves U.S. trade representative's office
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China's top trade negotiator Liu He left the U.S. Trade Representative's office on Friday morning, after talks aimed at resolving a trade dispute between the United States and China.
It was not immediately clear whether his departure signaled an end to the current round of negotiations.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-Liu/top-chinese-trade-negotiator-leaves-u-s-trade-representatives-office-idUSKCN1SG1RF?il=0
#6462240 at 2019-05-10 14:43:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8263: Those Who Scream the Loudest Edition
Are the political parties in Australia flipped from how we know them in the US?
Labor party pushing/funding refugees
Liberal party is anti LGBTQ
"In 2016 Liu masterminded a Chinese social media campaign that helped elect Liberal candidate Julia Banks, and has claimed Chinese Australians are concerned future generations will be "destroyed" by "ridiculous rubbish" such as "concepts of same-sex, transgender, intergender, crossgender"."
"Zong correctly stated if Labor wins the 18 May election it would give $500m to the UN's refugee council - omitting the fact the spending is over five years - and claims it will increase Australia's foreign aid by 25%, although the quantum of Labor's proposed spending money is still unknown.
Referring to the refugee intake, Zong said: "The first year will require about $1bn and every year that will increase, and eventually it might reach $10bn dollars.""
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/may/07/penny-wong-blasts-malicious-wechat-campaign-spreading-fake-news-about-labor
#6453583 at 2019-05-09 12:10:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8252: Early Thursday Morning Edition
S&P Futures Drop*, Chinese Stocks Plunge As Tariffs Loom
(), bold and red=additions
(moar game playing by Munchkin's and crew-just keep him away from the adult table and stick him in a corner where he can't hurt anyone)
Four words from Donald Trump during his Panama City Beach rally on Wednesday night is all it took for the rug to be pulled from under markets: "China broke the deal" Trump said with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He on route to Washington for two days of talks, and then said another three to cement the sell-off: "They'll be paying."
pretty disingenuous with that tyler's, they were never going to do a deal unless face-to-face with POTUS-but I see how you need to pander to the european audience
And though Trump added that "it will all work out", Beijing warned it will retaliate should the U.S. hike tariffs as advertised at 12:01am on Thursday against Friday. With traders already extra jumpy in a week in which the trade war tide reversed unexpectedly and furiously, that's all it took to accelerate this week's slide in risk, and world shares tumbled for a fourth day running on Thursday, the result a sea of red amid global markets.
S&P500 futures dropping again on Thursday, sliding as much as 0.8% as the deadline approached for America and China to raise reciprocal tariffs.
As the flight from risk continued, Treasuries and the yen climbed with gold as investors sought havens, while the yuan fell to its weakest since January. European stock markets sank almost immediately after a torrid day for Asia. Europe's Stoxx 600 hit session low shortly after the open, falling for the third time in four days, led lower by shares in cyclical sectors including automakers and miners, European tech stocks dropped as much as 1% dragged by a drop in semiconductor shares after Intel's disappointing forecasts while banking stocks tumbled, with Banco BPM down 6.3% after disappointing quarterly results. The Stoxx 600 was down as much as 1.1%, its lowest level since March 29; the index has fallen 3.6% since hitting its peak in late April, on track to post its biggest weekly drop since December. There was broad based carnage in tech as well: wafer-maker Siltronic -3%, Infineon -2.6%, STMicro -2.6%, and AMS -1.6% all tumbled after Intel gave long-term forecasts for low, single-digit sales growth.
INTC
48.08 -1.16 (-2.36%)
Pre-Market: 7:56AM EDT
(not bad for a company that just shit the bed on 3 year forward guidance)
In rates, Treasury 10-year notes jumped due to the escalation in risk-aversion, just hours after Wednesday's auction saw the weakest demand for the benchmark bond in a decade.
(Risk aversion….these big 'tutes have ZERO concept of that as they just pile into the next trading vehicle no matter what it is)
The yield spread between three-month U.S. government bonds and the 10-year notes shrank to 3 basis points, compared with about 15 basis points a few weeks ago. The spread first turned negative in late March, spooking investors, who read the development as portending a recession. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield stood at 2.4529%, having touched its lowest level in five weeks of 2.426 percent on Wednesday before an especially poor 10Y auction sent the yield surging.
(my guess is that they drop the markets a little today so that they can increase the yield on the 10 year-the system is on a knife edge with the T notes hovering around stated curve inversion)
See cap #4
nevermind that if you adjust for real inflation, like what we all see, the yield curve has been inverted for several year's.
Commodity markets also felt the U.S.-China trade strains according to Reuters. Brent crude futures dropped 0.6 percent to $69.92 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude also retreated 0.6 percent to $61.75 despite a surprise fall in U.S. crude stockpiles. London copper hit its lowest in nearly three months, going as low as $6,111 a tonne.
Expected data include PPIs, trade balance, jobless claims, and inventories. Canadian Natural Resources, Hydro One, Dropbox, and Yelp are among companies reporting earnings.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-09/sp-futures-tumble-chinese-stocks-plunge-tariffs-loom
https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/stocks/futures
https://www.dailyfx.com/crude-oil
https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/bond/tmubmusd10y?countrycode=bx
#6451913 at 2019-05-09 02:58:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8250: "We're getting a lot of the rigging out now folks" Edition
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/05/08/details-of-beijing-reversal-surface-china-said-trust-us-ustr-lighthizer-said-go-spit/
USTR Robert Lighthizer has filed the official notification with the federal register for the increase in Section 301 tariffs from 10% to 25% effective Friday (full pdf below). Additionally Reuters has exclusive details of the collapse in U.S-China trade talks.
As most CTH readers are aware, Lighthizer has focused heavily on the enforcement mechanisms within the trade talks. [Previous Bookmark] Apparently, when the 150 page draft agreement was presented to the Chinese politburo, Beijing balked at allowing the U.S. to hold controlling enforcement over the trade agreement terms.
The fallback presentation from Vice-Chairman Liu was: we cannot put the binding enforcement mechanisms in writing, you'll have to 'trust us' to honor the agreement; at which time Lighthizer said no-way.
WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - The diplomatic cable from Beijing arrived in Washington late on Friday night, with systematic edits to a nearly 150-page draft trade agreement that would blow up months of negotiations between the world's two largest economies, according to three U.S. government sources and three private sector sources briefed on the talks.
The document was riddled with reversals by China that undermined core U.S. demands, the sources told Reuters.
In each of the seven chapters of the draft trade deal, China had deleted its commitments to change laws to resolve core complaints that caused the United States to launch a trade war: Theft of U.S. intellectual property and trade secrets; forced technology transfers; competition policy; access to financial services; and currency manipulation.
#6451290 at 2019-05-09 01:51:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8249: WRWY POTUS AND FLORIDA!! Edition
Asian shares hit fresh six-week lows ahead of crucial U.S.-China trade talks
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares hit six-week lows in early trade on Thursday as increased tensions ahead of key Sino-U.S. trade negotiations fanned fresh concerns about the outlook for the global economy.
Investor focus has zeroed in on trade issues this week with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He expected to try to salvage a deal during negotiations with the United States in Washington on Thursday and Friday. That would avoid a sharp increase in tariffs on Chinese goods scheduled to take effect on Friday.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan edged down 0.3 percent to its lowest level since March 28.
Stocks extended earlier losses in Asian trade after President Donald Trump said that China "broke the deal" in trade talks with Washington and would face stiff tariffs if no agreement is reached.
Japan's Nikkei average shed 0.9 percent to its five-week low, while South Korea's KOSPI fell 0.8 percent and the Australian benchmark added 0.3 percent.
Trump has threatened to raise tariffs to 25 percent from 10 percent on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports at 12:01 a.m. ET (0401GMT) on Friday. Beijing has threatened to retaliate if tariffs rise, without elaborating on the details.
Kazuhiko Fuji, senior fellow at RIETI, a Japanese government affiliated think-tank, said the bilateral talks are looking fragile.
(am surprised they have not printed moar yuan-doesn't mean they have not-just have not announced it-they have NO choice deal or not)
See cap #4
"I would suspect the U.S. will just hand China an ultimatum. No wonder the U.S. yield curve is almost inverting again," he said.
(cap#3 is CME Futures for 10 Year note-Tick tock MFers)
(breaks that black line then the game in on)
The yield spread between three-month bills and the 10-year notes shrank to 3 basis points, compared with about 15 basis points a few weeks ago.
The closely-watched spread turned negative in late March, spooking investors, who read the development as portending a future recession.
The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield stood at 2.460 percent, having hit its lowest level in five weeks of 2.426 percent on Wednesday.
In the currency market, sterling weakened on signs that Brexit talks between Britain's government and the main opposition party may soon collapse.
The pound fell below the psychologically key $1.30 level, touching a six-day low overnight, and last traded at $1.301.
The dollar index against a basket of six major peers was flat, with other major currencies also confined to well-trodden ranges. The euro was little changed at $1.1194 and the Japanese yen little changed versus the greenback at 109.96 yen.
In the commodity market, oil futures gained on Wednesday, boosted by a surprise drawdown in U.S. crude stockpiles, but an escalating U.S.-Chinese trade fight limited gains as investors worried about the global outlook for energy demand.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-hit-fresh-six-week-lows-ahead-of-crucial-u-s-china-trade-talks-idUSKCN1SF04P?il=0
https://www.barchart.com/futures/quotes/ZNM19/overview
#6444873 at 2019-05-08 12:54:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8241: Halfway Through the Week Edition
US Market report
Futures, Bond Yields Drop*-but not from last night-As Traders Brace For Trade Talks Collapse
*edit-alway's the doom and gloom headline with you guy's. How about letting us get to Thursday when the meetings actually begin…
() and bold/red-additions
6 months of "trade talk optimism" is being unwound in hours before our eyes.
(thank you Munchkins-this all your fault BTW)
World shares dropped to five-week lows on Wednesday as S&P futures and European stocks continued their slide following steep declines in Asia, as markets started to accept that a deal with China now appears impossible, at least in the short term. Bond yields slumped, the dollar jumped, the safe haven yen surged to a six-week high against the dollar, the pound slipped as Brexit breakthrough hopes faded, the Kiwi tumbled after New Zealand unexpectedly cut interest rates overnight, while Chinese stocks dropped after China reported an unexpected contraction in exports.
(keep watching the yield curve- cap #3-that is the canary)
(also oil as early action suggests that whatever the drop is at the bell it may not be much)
Since this is highly manipulated please take this as observation's prior to actual action-don't have a crystal ball.
European stocks pared early gains, with the Stoxx 600 trading as low as -0.4% and down for 5 of the past 6 days, as China reiterated its position on trade negotiations ahead of potential U.S. imposition of additional tariffs on Friday. Risk sentiment deteriorated after Reuters cited sources saying China backtracked on nearly all aspects of U.S. trade deal last week even as it added that "U.S. officials have little hope that Liu will come bearing any offer that can get talks back on track, said two of the sources."
Earlier in the session, Asian stocks fell for a third day, with MSCI's Asia-Pacific share index excluding Japan falling almost one percent to touch its lowest level since late-March, driven by healthcare and consumer staples firms. Almost all markets in the region were down, with Japan and China leading losses. The Nikkei dropped -1.5% and the Topix closed 1.7% lower, with Hoya Corp. and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. among the biggest drags. The Shanghai Composite Index dropped 1.1%, as large banks and insurers drove declines.
US event calendar
7am: MBA Mortgage Applications, prior
-4.3%
Markets seem dull relative to the above but the reality is that there's a lot going. The last 24 hours has seen a bit of a delayed reaction to Trump's China tariff tweet from Sunday as markets decided to take the glass half empty view as opposed to Monday's more half full take.
(all the reactions are nothing moar than the system throwing a hissy over POTUS kicking China in the balls as munchkins, again, hasn't done shit-the system own's itself through massive share buyback programs so as mentioned over the lat few day's they may drag this out for a few day's or even into next week)
They may even sacrifice a few of the lower tier institution's along the way to keep the whole thing appearing to function.
To be fair there wasn't a lot of new news to report yesterday besides the ongoing trade-related rumbles.
As of right now, China's top trade negotiator Liu He is still due to travel to Washington tomorrow to meet with Lighthizer and Mnuchin. The suggestion is though that China is planning retaliatory tariffs immediately after the US increases theirs. This makes tomorrow and Friday's meetings of critical importance and ultimately will dictate whether the threat is real or just hard ball negotiating tactics. Chinese state media has intensified its rhetoric, saying that "we will not take any step (that is) unfavorable to us.
(like you have not had favor for 50+ year's-KYS)
To the day ahead now, where this morning we'll get March industrial production data out of Germany and April house price data in the UK. There is nothing of note in the US this afternoon however the Fed's Brainard is due to speak just after lunch. Prior to that we're due to hear from the ECB's Draghi in Frankfurt at a student's event, while the BoE's Ramsden speaks this morning. South Africa's national and provincial legislative elections are also due today, while US Secretary of State Pompeo is due to travel to London and meet with PM May.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-08/futures-bond-yields-tumble-traders-brace-trade-talks-collapse
https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/stocks/futures
https://www.dailyfx.com/crude-oil
https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/bond/tmubmusd10y?countrycode=bx
#6442460 at 2019-05-08 02:25:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8238: "They Want To Impeach Because They Can't Win Election" Edition
Global stocks slip, bonds rally as U.S.-China trade fears grow
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0.3 percent, stooping to its lowest level since late March.
Australian stocks declined 0.35 percent, South Korea's KOSPI fell 1 percent and Japan's Nikkei was down 1.5 percent.
Wall Street stocks slid on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 losing 1.65 percent and the Dow shedding 1.8 percent on the U.S.-China trade concerns.
Global stocks had a rocky start to the week after Washington on Monday accused Beijing of backtracking from commitments made during trade negotiations. That followed President Donald Trump's unexpected statement on Sunday that he would raise tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods to 25 percent from 10 percent.
Beijing said on Tuesday that Chinese Vice Premier Liu He will visit the United States on Thursday and Friday for trade talks.
Additional tariffs are set to take effect on Friday if a trade agreement is not reached by then.
"From an equity market perspective, the immediate focus is on the two-day talks scheduled to take place between the U.S. and Chinese officials," said Masahiro Ichikawa, senior strategist at Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management.
"However, it is difficult to imagine the two parties resolving their differences in just two days of talks. The markets may have to begin pricing in the trade conflict as a long-term factor once again."
Government bond prices surged and their yields slid sharply as investor panic took a toll on growth asset markets.
Benchmark 10-year yields on U.S. Treasuries and German bunds sank to one-month lows.
In currency markets, the dollar struggled at 110.25 yen after slipping to a six-week low of 110.17 overnight.
The Japanese yen, a perceived safe-haven, often gains against its peers in times of market turmoil and political strife.
The euro was little changed at $1.1191 after ending the previous day nearly flat.
The Australian dollar was unchanged at $0.7010.
The Aussie gained 0.35 percent the previous day after the Reserve Bank of Australia defied expectations for an interest rate cut, keeping rates unchanged at 1.5 percent.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures nudged up 0.28 percent to $61.57 per barrel, trimming some of its losses after sinking 1.36 percent on Tuesday.
Crude oil prices had dropped as renewed U.S.-China trade worries stoked concerns of slower global growth crimping demand for commodities. Expectations that U.S. crude stockpiles could hit fresh 19-month highs also weighed on oil.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-markets/global-stocks-slip-bonds-rally-as-us-china-trade-fears-grow-idUSKCN1SE01Y
Love how reuters just does not mention gold, cap#4 and looking to break out of range-bound recent action
#6440353 at 2019-05-07 22:02:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8235: Iranian Distraction Edition
https://www.theepochtimes.com/chinese-regime-confirms-vice-premier-visit-for-washington-trade-talks-rushes-stimulus-measures_2910988.html
China's Vice Premier Liu He will arrive in Washington D.C. on May 9 for another round of U.S.-China trade talks, coming a day later than scheduled.
China's Ministry of Commerce confirmed via an announcement on its website on May 7: "Accepting the invitation from U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Politburo member Liu He, who is also vice premier and chief negotiator in the U.S.-China trade talks, will visit the United States on May 9 and 10 for the eleventh round of consultations with the U.S. delegation."
This official announcement is different from previous ones where Liu was also named a special envoy of Chinese leader Xi Jinping. This change suggests that Liu would not be making the final decision while in Washington D.C.
Trump's announcement on Sunday caused Chinese stocks to plummet.
The People's Bank of China (PBoC), China's central bank, quickly published a statement on May 6 that it would lower the required reserve ratio (RRR) of smaller rural banks to divert more liquidity to small, private companies, beginning on May 15.
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority then announced on May 7 that the PBoC will issue a total of 20 billion yuan ($2.95 billion) of treasury bills out of Hong Kong from May 15 to May 17.
It also said 10 billion yuan ($1.48 billion) of the bills are for a three-month loan period, and the other 10 billion yuan are in one-year loans.
#6439490 at 2019-05-07 20:15:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8234: Be Best Edition
US Market Report
() and bold are additions
DOW
Volume 326,645,712
Avg. Volume 293,732,950
NAS(this is closer but still under-plenty of firepower propping this sucker today)
Volume 2,012,753,274
Avg. Volume 2,198,614,918
SP500
Volume 2,242,424,092
Avg. Volume 3,576,667,213
(this has been anemic for the entire year-think it has only come close once)
So it does not not matter- up, down or sideway's the volumes are simply not there.
Traders Bet Worst-To-Come As Trade Turmoil Sparks Huge Deleveraging
(bit sanguine as it basically came back from being 600 points down)
A small bounce in China did nothing to lipstick that pig.
European stocks were ugly as various data and forecasts disappointed.
And then there was 'Murica! Futures dumped right after the bell on Lighthizer confirmation of increased tariffs, then spiked during the EU session on headlines that China VP Liu would make it to DC, but that didn't last long as yet another dead-cat-bounce died… The machines went panic-bid into the close
see the black line's on cap#2
Today was The Dow, S&P and Nasdaq's biggest daily point loss since 2018
While the S&P held above its 50DMA, Dow broke and closed below its 50DMA - the first close below it since Jan 15th.
This will most likely last a few day's as this is the system throwing a hissy fit regarding the tariffs and since they basically own most of it anyway they will not fuck themselves for very long-see here
Stock buybacks among S&P 500 companies mark a record streak
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/stock-buybacks-among-sp-500-companies-mark-a-record-streak-2019-03-25
continued
Treasury yields tumbled intraday.
With 10Y Yields back at their lowest since April 1st
see cap #3
And the yield curve flattened… with 3m10Y spread back near inverted.
The market's expectations for rate-moves this year shifted dovishly today as stocks fell - dropping to a 30bps rate cut.
PMs were higher, crude and copper lower on the day.
Demand for protection against more losses over the next month is higher than at any time during the fourth-quarter rout that almost ended the bull market, going by relative levels of implied volatility on S&P 500 options. The derived price for one-month puts that pay off if the S&P 500 falls 10 percent below its current level has soared compared to the cost for calls that would pay out if the benchmark gauge rose 5 percent in that time.
See Credit default Swaps
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-07/trade-turmoil-truth-sparks-huge-deleveraging-negative-gamma-strikes
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EDJI?p=^DJI
https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/bond/tmubmusd10y?countrycode=bx
System is trying to lay blame at POTUS' feet- he was right to call China out wit the tariff's as munchkins was not getting a thing done.
We will see how the Chinese visit transpires starting on thursday, however the system cannot take moar than 3 day's of "down otherwise they will margin call each other and that will produce even moar selling- in short they are fucked.
#6436799 at 2019-05-07 14:35:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8231: Report Week: Suicide Watch in Effect for D.C. Edition
Dow Dumps 300 Points As Opening Bounce Dies, Treasury Yields Tumble
Treasury yields are tumbling as US equity markets re-plunge after some overnight gains on Liu headlines.
(Oil looking for support- Cap#3)
Dow futures are down over 300 points.
Dow futures are back below the 50DMA.
But Nasdaq futures are the laggard, near yesterday's lows.
And Treasury yields are back below pre-FOMC levels.
(lowering the discount rate was such a good idea…NOT-Told ya it would accelerate the yield curve implosion-has not even been a full 5 day's of trading and….cap #2)
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-07/dow-dumps-300-points-opening-bounce-dies-treasury-yields-tumble
#6436279 at 2019-05-07 12:25:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8230: The Later & Later Graveyard Edition
Futures Drop As Traders Brace For Trade War Impact
There was renewed turbulence in global markets overnight, which however eased modestly following Monday's rollercoaster, after the late Tuesday shock confirmation by USTR Lighthizer that the US would indeed hike tariffs at midnight on Friday even as China's top trade negotiator Liu He confirmed he was headed to the US for what may prove to be a futile trip. And, like yesterday, stocks in Europe and Asia dropped alongside U.S. equity-index futures as a slew of trade headlines continued to roil traders around the globe. The dollar edged higher and Treasury yields were steady, while Turkey's lira plunged as concerns about its politics erupted again.
Europe's Stoxx 600 Index fell to a five-week low as declines for banks and oil producers outweighed gains for real-estate companies; the index slumped to session lows just after 7am ET, falling as much as 0.6% with energy shares among the worst performing industry groups as crude extended losses. The SXEP was down 1.2%, tracking oil lower as Saudi Arabia was reported to supply extra crude to its customers in Asia.
To be sure, the drop could be worse, but many investors continue to hope that the tariff threats are a negotiating tactic, especially as Beijing confirmed its top negotiator, Vice Premier Liu He, would go to Washington on Thursday and Friday as planned.
(think this deal get's done by Xi and POTUS-personally, this is a sideshow)
the drop is not worse because, as mentioned in the afternoon report, these bank's and institutions are so highly levered into the markets the cannot afford much of any "down-look for a repeat of yesterday however oil is down on decent volume so anything possible.
See what they do with the 10 year-watch the line just above where it's at now-cap#4.
Earlier in the session, Asian stocks edged lower, led by industrial and technology firms, after slumping on trade tensions Monday. MSCI's broadest global and Asian indexes had largely held their ground overnight, though Japan's Nikkei did take a delayed 1.5 percent hit, having been closed for over a week. Markets in the region were mixed, with China advancing and Japan and South Korea retreating. The Topix fell 1.1% as Japanese traders returned from a long holiday break.
However, the highlight of the overnight session was once again the Turkish lira, which was back under heavy fire after the country's elections board ruled to scrap and re-run Istanbul elections. It slid 1.5% past the 6.15 per dollar which also sent government bonds tumbling.
Market Snapshot
S&P 500 futures down 0.4% to 2,922.25
STOXX Europe 600 down 0.3% to 385.68
MXAP down 0.1% to 160.85
MXAPJ up 0.3% to 531.93
Nikkei down 1.5% to 21,923.72
Topix down 1.1% to 1,599.84
Hang Seng Index up 0.5% to 29,363.02
Shanghai Composite up 0.7% to 2,926.39
Sensex down 0.04% to 38,583.72
Australia S&P/ASX 200 up 0.2% to 6,295.68
Kospi down 0.9% to 2,176.99
German 10Y yield fell 1.7 bps to -0.011%
Euro up 0.01% to $1.1200
Italian 10Y yield rose 1.8 bps to 2.208%
Spanish 10Y yield fell 2.3 bps to 0.961%
Brent futures down 0.9% to $70.57/bbl
Gold spot little changed at $1,281.23
U.S. Dollar Index little changed at 97.53
US Event Calendar
10am: JOLTS Job Openings, est. 7,350,
prior 7,087
3pm: Consumer Credit, est. $16.0b, prior
$15.2b
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-07/futures-resume-slide-traders-brace-trade-war-impact
https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/stocks/futures
https://www.dailyfx.com/crude-oil
https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/bond/tmubmusd10y?countrycode=bx
#6434717 at 2019-05-07 04:02:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8228: The Lobster Tails Trail Edition
Asian shares off five-week low, remain fragile on renewed U.S.-China trade worries
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares staggered up from five-week lows on Tuesday but remained fragile after U.S. President Donald Trump's latest threat to raise tariffs on Chinese goods shocked financial markets and fuelled worries that trade talks may be derailed.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.5 percent, erasing earlier losses. It tumbled 2 percent on Monday after Trump unexpectedly jacked up pressure on Beijing in the midst of trade negotiations.
Chinese shares rose after their worst drop in more than three years on Monday. The benchmark Shanghai Composite advanced 0.6 percent, while the blue-chip CSI 300 climbed 1.0 percent. Hong Kong's Hang Seng was up 0.7 percent.
Japan's Nikkei shed 0.8 percent, taking a delayed hit as the country's financial markets opened after a 10-day break to mark the ascension of a new emperor.
U.S. stock futures for the S&P 500 declined as much as 0.8 percent in Asian trading hours on Tuesday as top U.S. trade officials said China had backtracked on commitments in trade talks.
Trump tweeted on Sunday that he would raise tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods to 25 percent from 10 percent by the end of the week, and would "soon" target the remaining Chinese imports with tariffs.
Still, some investors are holding out hope that the tariff threats are a negotiating tactic.
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said he expected top Chinese negotiator Vice Premier Liu He would lead a delegation coming from Beijing for talks in Washington on Thursday and Friday.
"Markets are still not sure (whether Trump will go ahead with the tariff hikes,) and far from a panicky situation. We have to see how the talks will unfold this week," said Naoki Iwami, fixed income chief investment officer at Whiz Partners in Tokyo.
There was little movement in the currency market, with the euro trading virtually flat at $1.1204, having held in a tight range for the past four sessions, while the dollar was steady at 110.70 yen.
China's yuan rebounded off four-month lows touched previous day, with the offshore unit gaining 0.2 percent to 6.7864 per dollar and the onshore yuan rising 0.2 percent to 6.7727 per dollar. [CNY/]
The Australian dollar rose 0.2 percent to $0.6999 though investors remained cautious ahead of an interest rate decision from the country's central bank later in the day.
A slim majority of economists polled by Reuters expects the central bank to keep rates at a record low although calls for a rate cut have grown louder after disappointingly weak first-quarter inflation.
(that's because they do not include food/fuel but include things like TV's, electronic's etc)
In the commodity market, oil prices were mixed as U.S. sanctions on oil exporters Iran and Venezuela kept markets on edge, while concerns that the escalating Sino-U.S. trade dispute could slow the global economy also kept crude somewhat in check.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-off-five-week-low-remain-fragile-on-renewed-u-s-china-trade-worries-idUSKCN1SD03H
https://www.kitco.com/charts/livegold.html
#6428037 at 2019-05-06 14:40:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8220: REPORT WEEK Edition
China-US trade talks still on, Beijing says, despite Trump tariff threat
A Chinese official said Monday that Beijing was still planning on sending negotiators to the U.S. for scheduled trade talks this week, despite President Trump's abrupt threat Sunday to place tariffs of 25% on all incoming goods from China, a sharp escalation in the trade war between the countries.
"We are also in the process of understanding the relevant situation," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told reporters. "What I can tell you is that China's team is preparing to go to the United States for the discussions."
Chinese Vice Premier Liu He is scheduled to travel to Washington, D.C., this week to continue talks, following a trip to Beijing last week by U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/economy/china-us-trade-talks-still-on-beijing-says-despite-trump-tariff-threat
#6426712 at 2019-05-06 06:26:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8218: Keep Digging, Anons Edition
China Vice Premier Liu may still travel to U.S. this week: SCMP
BEIJING (Reuters) - China Vice Premier Liu He could still travel to the United States for trade negotiations but shorten his trip or cancel it altogether, South China Morning Post reported on Monday, citing an unnamed source briefed on the latest plans.
In an earlier version of the report, the newspaper said Liu would go to the United States, albeit for a shorter that previously planned length of time. It did not mention the prospect of cancelling the trip.
In its latest report, the SCMP said Liu could travel to Washington on Thursday and then leave the following day. The report follows comments by U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday that he would hike U.S. tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods this week and target hundreds of billions more soon.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-visit/china-vice-premier-Liu-may-still-travel-to-u-s-this-week-scmp-idUSKCN1SC09T?il=0
(make up your fuggen mind)
#6424828 at 2019-05-06 01:10:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8215: The Shadilay Sunday Edition
>>6424807
100 person delegeation for Liu. Thats a lot of damn people.
#6424753 at 2019-05-06 01:01:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8215: The Shadilay Sunday Edition
S&P Futures Plummet As China Said To Cancel Washington Trade Trip, All Eyes On S&P 2,890
It's only appropriate that the S&P may be about to suffer its biggest drop of the year one day after hitting a new all time high.
For those who are only now catching up, the reason why futures are tumbling is that just after 12pm ET, Trump tweeted that trade talks - which according to the White House, media leaks and Larry Kudlow would be basically concluded by next week - are instead effectively dead, as the current 10% tariff will spike to 25% on Friday, while an additional $325BN in goods will be subject to new trade tariffs.
Some saw in Trump's tweet a retaliation for Friday's North Korea ballistic missile launch, the first since 2017, and one which would not have happened without the explicit blessing of Beijing.
Others were more nuanced, and Nomura's Charlie McElligott writing late on Sunday that "either this is an epic act "rope-a-dope" posturing and poker-playing from POTUS to collect a (self-perceived) "better" deal "win" thereafter...as the 500-handle rally in Spooz has given Trump enough confidence to absorb a market drawdown and again "lean-into" what some in the administration believe is Chinese "slow-playing"-all in an attempt from to extract additional last-minute deal concessions, after last week's reported negotiation setbacks-OR a raging 'miscalculation' with "vigilante" markets."
For now it is looking like it's the latter, with futures tumbling and the Emini down a whopping 50 points on Sunday night, shaping up as the third biggest intraday drop of the year so far.
Meanwhile, the (non-USD) FX markes is getting absolutely crushed, with China proxies such as the Aussie and Kiwi tumbling, because, as McElligott adds, the key risk is that the offshore Yuan (CNH) may tumble - which it is currently, plunging over 1.3%, or the biggest move since Jan 2016, "as market forces anticipate that China may allow the Yuan to weaken considerably IF they choose to retaliate (a big "IF"), following their prior perceived 'goodwill' controlling of the exchange rate within a tight band the past three months for trade negotiation purposes."
Meanwhile, in an attempt to prevent a Sunday rout, Goldman published a note after 6pm Eastern, in which the bank's chief political economist, Alec Phillips, comments on Trump's announcement that the tariff rate on $200bn of imports from China will rise from 10% to 25%, noting that it "lowers the odds of a successful conclusion to US-China trade talks and raises the odds of further tariff escalation. However, we think it is more likely that the increase will be narrowly avoided and believe the odds of tariffs increasing on Friday are 40%."
Well, it may be time for Goldman to rename itself Gartman Sachs, because the digital ink wasn't even dry yet on that note when the WSJ reported that China is considering canceling trade talks with the U.S. After Trump's sudden, unexplained threats, adding that:
Trump's Tweets Threatening New Tariffs Surprised Chinese Officials
Decision Weighs on Whether Vice Premier Liu He Goes to Washington as Planned
Canceling Talks Conform to China's Strategy Not to Negotiate Under Threat
And while the WSJ was somewhat tentative in its reporting, reporter Edwards Lawrence was far more convinced that it's pretty much game over: "Chinese Vice Premier Liu He has cancelled his trip to Washington this week for trade talks following a tweet by President Donald Trump threatening more tariffs because the talks have moved too slowly. "
Chinese Vice Premier Liu He has cancelled his trip to Washington this week for trade talks following a tweet by President Donald Trump threatening more tariffs because the talks have moved too slowly. #China #Trade #Breaking
- Edward Lawrence (@EdwardLawrence) May 6, 2019
There is a very large Asset Mgr 'net long' in US Eq Futs, as they currently hold a total $123B net long notional position across US Equities Futures (SPX, NDX, Russell)-with $62.4B / half of the overall position bought YTD alone
As half of this position then is deeply 'in the money,' it would make sense that an extreme 'risk-negative' reaction to this news by the market tonight / tomorrow could elicit AM profit-taking to monetize some of this performance YTD.
Finally, with the Emini back under 2,900 all eyes are now back on 2,890 - that's both where dealer gamma turns negative again, selling begets more selling.
For the TL/DR crowd: Steven Mnuchin better have the PPT on speed dial.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-05/sp-futures-plummet-china-said-cancel-washington-trade-trip-all-eyes-sp-2890
told you it was not to be ignored.
#6408298 at 2019-05-04 02:38:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8194: The Moment Of Truth Edition
Paul CLay Design
VJ / Live Video Projection Design for the MoMA VW Gala After Party.
The design included 3 live video camera feeds, along with pre-recorded content.
The gala event was thrown to celebrate the partnership between VW and MoMA, a multi-year initiative supporting exhibitions at MoMA and MoMA PS1, and acquisitions of contemporary art for MoMA's collection.
Those in attendance included Madonna, Mary-Kate Olsen, Yoko Ono, James Franco, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Chloe Sevigny, Penn Badgely, Padma Lakshmi, Rose Byrne, Kim Cattrall, Lucy Liu, Marina Abramovic, Daphne Guinness, Terence Koh, Andrej Pejic, Leelee Sobieski, Cindy Sherman, Agnes Gund, Katharina Sieverding, Rachel Chandler, Michelle Harper, David Rockefeller, Jr., MoMA's Director Glenn Lowry, Volkswagen's Martin Winterkorn, and Director of MoMA PS1 and MoMA's Chief Curator at Large Klaus Biesenbach.
#6405580 at 2019-05-03 21:43:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8191: Happy Hunting Edition
>>6405536
If you're not full of shit, don't do it. At least wait till the end of this and see how you feelz then.
And remember, at least you"re not Shampoo Liu
#6403133 at 2019-05-03 16:49:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8188: Frantic Future Felon Friday Edition
Economic, Stock & Banking Report
busy day on that front too
POTUS 'firm' on China structural demands, tariffs part of enforcement: Pence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Friday that President Donald Trump would "stand firm" on his demands for structural changes to China's trade practices, and removal of U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods would be a part of a mechanism to enforce any deal with Beijing.
Pence told CNBC television in an interview aired on Friday that Trump "remains very hopeful" about reaching a trade deal with China in talks next week in Washington.
Chinese Vice Premier Liu He will travel to Washington for talks starting on Wednesday after a round of talks this week in Beijing that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin called "productive."
Industry representatives say they believe the talks are in the endgame, and Mnuchin has said he hopes that by the end of next week the U.S. team is in a position to recommend a deal to Trump or tell him that one could not be reached.
Asked whether a deal would leave some of the U.S. tariffs on $250 billion worth of Chinese goods in place, Pence said: "The president's two favorite words are 'We'll see.'"
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-firm-china-structural-demands-tariffs-part-enforcement-161832216–finance.html
Fed's Bullard Says He Isn't Ready for Rate Cuts
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said it isn't yet time to consider lowering interest rates, although one of his colleagues, Chicago Fed leader Charles Evans, said such a move may be in the works if inflation doesn't pick up.
In an interview with CNBC on Friday, Mr. Bullard said weak inflation doesn't call for lower rates in part because a shift in Fed monetary-policy guidance at the start of the year made financial conditions significantly easier, in a development akin to lowering short-term rates.
"There's been a sea change in U.S. monetary policy" following remarks by Fed Chairman Jerome Powell at the start of January that took away guidance of more interest-rate increases, Mr. Bullard said.
"That sea change has altered the structure of interest rates, and you can really see in the 10-year Treasury note," where the yield has declined by about three quarters of a percentage point. "I would attribute the lion's share of that to changed Fed policy."
Before considering lowering rates in the face of inflation levels that are well short of the Fed's 2% goal, "you've got to wait and see how big an impact" lower long-term borrowing costs has on the economy, Mr. Bullard said.
https://www.marketscreener.com/news/Fed-s-Bullard-Says-He-Isn-t-Ready-for-Rate-Cuts–28532297/
Icahn discloses U.S. probe into sale of Manitowoc shares - filing
BOSTON, May 3 (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors in Manhattan asked billionaire investor Carl Icahn's company for information about trades in crane maker Manitowoc, Icahn Enterprises disclosed in a regulatory filing on Thursday, in its first acknowledgement of such a probe.
Icahn Enterprises said it received a subpoena after critics questioned the timing of Manitowoc stock sales Icahn, who briefly served as an unpaid adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, made before his administration announced steep steel tariffs in March 2018. Questions had swirled about whether the sales were prompted by inside information about Trump's plans.
The stocks of many U.S. industrial companies, major consumers of steel, fell that day after the announcement, with Manitowoc losing more than 6%.
Prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York contacted Icahn Enterprises in June 2018, the company said in the filing. "We cooperated with the request and provided documents in response to the subpoena."
The U.S. Attorney's office and Icahn's office had no immediate comment. Manitowoc did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/icahn-discloses-u-probe-sale-162947220.html
MARKET SNAPSHOT: Dow Gains More Than 200 Points As Stock Market Gains After April Jobs Report
https://www.marketscreener.com/news/MARKET-SNAPSHOT-Dow-Gains-More-Than-200-Points-As-Stock-Market-Gains-After-April-Jobs-Report–28532298/
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EDJI?p=^DJI
in the interest of space and post count combining several story's
#6391577 at 2019-05-02 13:38:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8173: Barr Tells House JC to Go Pound Sand Edition
POTUS spoils Xi's Belt and Road Forum, without even attending
TOKYO – U.S.-China trade negotiations have entered the homestretch as top negotiators concluded a short round of talks in Beijing this week and will reconvene in Washington from May 8.
Whether the world's two largest economies can agree on a deal "historic" enough for U.S. President Donald Trump to declare a success is unclear.
What is clear, however, is that the trade talks weigh heavily on Chinese President Xi Jinping's mind. This unexpectedly became clear at the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing on April 25-27.
China staked its prestige on the success of the second Belt and Road summit, and used its diplomatic muscle to bring together top-level leaders from 37 countries around the world, drawing more leaders than the first summit did two years ago.
But missing from the guest list was the most important one. The Trump administration refused to send a delegation to the Beijing gathering, and well-known American business figures stayed away. Even the media center seemed short on American reporters.
It was a significant difference from the first summit and reflects just how contentious the Belt and Road Initiative – a massive infrastructure plan that seeks to connect China and Europe by highways, rail lines and ports – has become in the eyes of the U.S.
Xi's opening speech was symbolic. After lauding the initiative's achievements, the tone of the speech changed about midway through.
The Chinese president vowed to "expand market access for foreign investment in more areas," "enhance protection of the lawful rights and interests of foreign intellectual property owners," "stop forced technology transfer" and "improve protection of trade secrets."
Xi was clearly not talking to those in attendance, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, but to another set of ears, 11,000 km away in Washington.
He also said that China "will increase the import of goods and services on an even larger scale," "will not resort to the beggar-thy-neighbor practice of yuan devaluation" and "will overhaul and abolish unjustified regulations, subsidies and practices that impede fair competition and distort the market."
These are all central topics in the U.S.-China trade talks. They were not related to China's external aid policy, which would have been a more natural focus of attention at the summit.
For the Chinese head of state to go into such details at a major international speech was unprecedented. Such policy setting is usually the job of Premier Li Keqiang. But Li does not sit in the command seat for trade talks with the U.S.
"It looked as if the Belt and Road summit was hijacked by measures to deal with Trump," one Chinese source involved in the conference said, heaving a sigh.
China is highly conscious about criticism toward its Belt and Road Initiative from the U.S. and others. Particularly damaging has been an allegation that Beijing is pursuing "debt-trap diplomacy" by saddling foreign countries with heavy debt and wrestling away crucial infrastructure if they do not repay.
China has so far squarely rejected the allegation. Until shortly before the second Belt and Road summit, China had denied the debt trap theory each time as a "false rumor."
Surprisingly enough, China has changed its confrontational tone on the issue.
China's external propaganda for this year's summit was also fairly restrained, compared with the over-the-top public relations campaign for the first summit two years ago.
A central architect of these significant changes is Vice Premier Liu He, one of Xi's closest aides.
Liu, who presides over trade negotiations with the U.S., kept a low profile at the summit, but his fingerprints could be seen covering its talking points.
Addressing the debt-trap criticism, China spoke of issues such as "consideration to the fiscal sustainability of partner countries" and "high-quality infrastructure development."
Furthermore, the closing remarks of Xi's speech at the summit were also noteworthy. As is the case with most Chinese leaders' speeches, the key message was inserted at the end.
"We hope that other countries will also create an enabling environment of investment, treat Chinese enterprises, students and scholars as equals, and provide a fair and friendly environment for them…," Xi said.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Editor-s-Picks/China-up-close/Trump-spoils-Xi-s-Belt-and-Road-Forum-without-even-attending
#6391509 at 2019-05-02 13:28:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8173: Barr Tells House JC to Go Pound Sand Edition
Stocks flat to slightly down, As Rate Cut Bets Slide On Hawkish Fed
*edit () in bold are additions
With key Asian markets (China and Japan) closed for the second day in a row, Europe's share markets struggled early on even as US equity futures levitated form session lows.
The Fed crushed hopes that it is preparing its first interest rate cut in years, as Powell said inflationary pressures were "transitory", sending 2019 rate cut odds sliding.
(thats not what CME rate watch-futures- say's but no matter)
But the biggest driver of risk on Thursday was the reaction to the Fed, where for all the intense political pressure to ease policy and the mixed growth/inflation data, the central bank held the line on Wednesday and refused to signal anything other than it was still on pause as Reuters put it.
Although the Fed made the predicted 5 basis point cut to the interest it pays on banks' excess reserves - a technical move to ease money market tightness as it runs down its balance sheet - chair Powell was unwavering on the rate outlook and said the recent relapse in inflation rates was likely temporary.
(dropping the discount rate will only give the system a temporary reprise and it will also accelerate the yield curve implosion)
Watch the ten year as the lower the mkts go the higher the yields are on those- starting to see a bit of a climb already today-remember the bond market is MUCH bigger and small % moves mean billions of $'s cap 4
CNBC reported the U.S. and China could announce a long-awaited trade deal by May 10, as Chinese Vice Premier Liu He heads to Washington.
Market Snapshot
S&P 500 futures up 0.2% to 2,927.25
STOXX Europe 600 down 0.3% to 389.82
MXAP down 0.02% to 162.64
MXAPJ up 0.1% to 540.16
Nikkei down 0.2% to 22,258.73
Topix down 0.2% to 1,617.93
Hang Seng Index up 0.8% to 29,944.18
Shanghai Composite up 0.5% to 3,078.34
Sensex up 0.2% to 39,093.26
Australia S&P/ASX 200 down 0.6% to
6,338.41
Kospi up 0.4% to 2,212.75
German 10Y yield rose 1.9 bps to 0.032%
Euro up 0.2% to $1.1215
Brent Futures down 0.8% to $71.59/bbl
Italian 10Y yield fell 2.9 bps to 2.184%
Spanish 10Y yield rose 0.8 bps to 1.009%
Brent Futures down 0.8% to $71.59/bbl
Gold spot down 0.5% to $1,270.65
U.S. Dollar Index down 0.1% to 97.55
US Event Calendar-Data
7:30am: Challenger Job Cuts YoY, prior
0.4%
8:30am: Initial Jobless Claims, est. 215,000,
prior 230,000; Continuing Claims, est.
1.66m, prior 1.66m
8:30am: Nonfarm Productivity, est. 2.2%,
prior 1.9%; Unit Labor Costs, est. 1.5%,
prior 2.0%
9:45am: Bloomberg Consumer Comfort,
prior 60.8
10am: Factory Orders, est. 1.5%, prior
-0.5%; Factory Orders Ex Trans, prior 0.3%
10am: Durable Goods Orders, prior 2.7%;
Durables Ex Transportation, prior 0.4%
10am: Cap Goods Orders Nondef Ex Air,
prior 1.3%;
Cap Goods Ship Nondef Ex Air,
prior -0.2%
This afternoon in the US we've got another busy slate of data releases with claims, preliminary Q1 nonfarm productivity and unit labour costs, and final March durable, capital and factory orders data all due. We've also got comments due from the ECB's Hansson this morning and then Praet this evening, while from today US waivers on purchases of Iranian oil officially expire. The earnings highlights today include Shell, Volkswagen, DowDupont, BNP and Lloyds.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-02/stocks-drift-lower-rate-cut-bets-slide-hawkish-fed
https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/stocks/futures
https://www.dailyfx.com/crude-oil
https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/bond/tmubmusd10y?countrycode=bx
#6369563 at 2019-04-30 12:10:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8145: Is It Swell? or CAPTCHA Hell!? Edition
This is slightly old (April 24, 2019) but I don't recall seeing it in notables before. If it was, then please forgive me for wasting bread but this seems to be important. Ex Clinton official Candace Marie Clairborne pleads guilty to Collusion with CHINA! (is this an admission of treason?)
excerpt -
Former State Department Employee Pleads Guilty to Conspiring with Foreign Agents
Defendant Admitted Receiving Tens of Thousands of Dollars in Benefits From Two Chinese Agents in Exchange for Internal State Department Documents
Candace Marie Claiborne, a former employee of the U.S. Department of State, pleaded guilty today to a charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States, by lying to law enforcement and background investigators, and hiding her extensive contacts with, and gifts from, agents of the People's Republic of China (PRC), in exchange for providing them with internal documents from the U.S. State Department.
The announcement was made by Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers, U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu of the District of Columbia, Assistant Director in Charge Nancy McNamara of the FBI's Washington Field Office and Deputy Assistant Secretary Ricardo Colón, Domestic Operations, U.S. Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service.
The plea took place before the Honorable Randolph D. Moss of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
"Candace Marie Claiborne traded her integrity and non-public information of the United States government in exchange for cash and other gifts from foreign agents she knew worked for the Chinese intelligence service," said Assistant Attorney General Demers. "She withheld information and lied repeatedly about these contacts. Violations of the public's trust are an affront to our citizens and to all those who honor their oaths. With this guilty plea we are one step closer to imposing justice for these dishonorable criminal acts."
"Candace Claiborne broke the public trust when she accepted gifts and money from foreign officials, and then lied about it to State Department background investigators," said U.S. Attorney Liu. "The United States will continue to seek to hold accountable those who abuse their positions of trust."
read more here
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-state-department-employee-pleads-guilty-conspiring-foreign-agents
#6357292 at 2019-04-29 12:36:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8129: Sarah Steals the Show Edition
US investors 'confidently' pouring money into China despite trade war, says commerce minister
Direct foreign investment into China from the United States increased by 65.6 per cent in the first quarter of 2019, total foreign investment up 6.5 per cent
Trade negotiations led by China's Liu He and Wang Shouwen and US counterparts Robert Lighthizer and Steven Mnuchin to take place this week in Beijing
China's Vice-Commerce Minister Wang Shouwen (seated, far right) is part of China's trade negotiations with the United States. Photo: XinhuaChina's Vice-Commerce Minister Wang Shouwen (seated, far right) is part of China's trade negotiations with the United States. Photo: Xinhua
China's Vice-Commerce Minister Wang Shouwen (seated, far right) is part of China's trade negotiations with the United States. Photo: Xinhua
Increasing investment from the United States highlights a "confidence in China's economic growth", said vice-commerce minister Wang Shouwen, after final data showed that US capital inflows increased by 65.6 per cent in the first quarter of 2019 despite the ongoing trade war.
Total foreign investment in the world's second largest economy hit 242.28 billion yuan (US$36 billion) in the first three months of 2019, an increase of 6.5 per cent compared with the same period last year. Foreign investment in the manufacturing industry reached 75.36 billion yuan (US$11.2 billion), a rise of 12.3 per cent year-on-year, the ministry data showed.
https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3008136/us-investors-confidently-pouring-money-china-despite-trade
#6353020 at 2019-04-29 00:40:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8123: Spam Is Spam Edition
>>6352881
>https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1978/2/11/harvard-and-the-cia-continued-pbabnother/
>https://www.g-casa.com/conferences/shanghai/paper_pdf/Liu-mindcontrol.pdf
>https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/HARVARD%20PROJECT%20RENEWALS%20%20%20VOL.%202_0004.pdf (not sure if related but dasting)
#6306054 at 2019-04-25 05:32:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8064: That Is Not Going To Age Well Edition
China central bank says no intent to tighten or relax monetary policy
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's central bank has no intent to tighten or relax monetary policy, a vice governor said on Thursday, as the market debates how much more support Beijing will give the economy after surprisingly resilient data was released last week.
The People's Bank of China's use of reverse repos or a medium-term lending facility (MLF) does not signal that it has a loosening bias, Vice-Governor Liu Guoqiang told reporters at a briefing.
On the contrary, said Liu, if the central bank has not conducted reverse repos for a few days, it does not mean monetary policy is about to tighten. Those tools are designed to adjust short-term liquidity, he added.
Financial market views over China's policy outlook have shifted markedly since the release of better-than-expected first-quarter GDP and March economic data, which suggested the economy may be starting to steady after a flurry of earlier growth-boosting measures.
Following signs of improvement in the economy, policy insiders told Reuters that PBOC is likely to pause to assess conditions before making any further moves to cut bank reserve requirements.
Liu said the prudent monetary policy remains neither too tight nor too loose, and the PBOC does not want to see a liquidity crunch nor a market awash with cash.
LESS ROOM FOR CUTS?
Although the central bank's easing bias remains unchanged, it sees less room this year for cutting reserve requirement ratios (RRRs) - the share of cash banks must hold as reserves - as fiscal stimulus plays a bigger role in spurring growth, according to government advisers involved in internal policy discussions.
Fears of less stimulus have triggered a reversal in the country's rallying stock markets, which are highly sensitive to liquidity changes.
Liu said a recent top-level meeting which stated that monetary policy should be fine-tuned based on economic growth and price changes did not ask to alter the direction of the policy.
Sun Guofeng, head of the PBOC's monetary policy division, told Monday's briefing the central bank would follow a pattern of conducting targeted medium-term lending facility (TMLF) operations in the fourth week of the first month of every quarter.
"Markets had a lot of discussion about the timing of TMLF operations. Such operations were base on the bank's needs and incremental lending to small and private firms," Sun said, adding that it takes time to gauge demand and collect the data.
China's central bank extended 267.4 billion yuan to some commercial banks on Wednesday via its TMLF as it looks to provide struggling smaller business with a steady stream of affordable financing.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-policy/china-central-bank-says-no-intent-to-tighten-or-relax-monetary-policy-idUSKCN1S10A6?il=0
so we are done…until we are not
#6303847 at 2019-04-25 03:15:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8061: Joe DiGenova MOAB, Admiral Rogers FTW Edition
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-state-department-employee-pleads-guilty-conspiring-foreign-agents
Justice News
Department of Justice
Office of Public Affairs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Former State Department Employee Pleads Guilty to Conspiring with Foreign Agents
Defendant Admitted Receiving Tens of Thousands of Dollars in Benefits From Two Chinese Agents in Exchange for Internal State Department Documents
Candace Marie Claiborne, a former employee of the U.S. Department of State, pleaded guilty today to a charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States, by lying to law enforcement and background investigators, and hiding her extensive contacts with, and gifts from, agents of the People's Republic of China (PRC), in exchange for providing them with internal documents from the U.S. State Department.
The announcement was made by Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers, U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu of the District of Columbia, Assistant Director in Charge Nancy McNamara of the FBI's Washington Field Office and Deputy Assistant Secretary Ricardo Colón, Domestic Operations, U.S. Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service.
The plea took place before the Honorable Randolph D. Moss of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
"Candace Marie Claiborne traded her integrity and non-public information of the United States government in exchange for cash and other gifts from foreign agents she knew worked for the Chinese intelligence service," said Assistant Attorney General Demers. "She withheld information and lied repeatedly about these contacts. Violations of the public's trust are an affront to our citizens and to all those who honor their oaths. With this guilty plea we are one step closer to imposing justice for these dishonorable criminal acts."
"Candace Claiborne broke the public trust when she accepted gifts and money from foreign officials, and then lied about it to State Department background investigators," said U.S. Attorney Liu. "The United States will continue to seek to hold accountable those who abuse their positions of trust."
"Candace Claiborne was entrusted with Top Secret information when she purposefully misled federal investigators about her repeated interactions with foreign contacts which violated her oath of office as a State Department employee," said Assistant Director McNamara. "The FBI will continue to investigate individuals who fail to report foreign contacts, which is a key indicator of potential insider threats posed by those in positions of public trust."
"Our close working relationship with the FBI and the Department of Justice resulted in the conviction of Candace Claiborne who violated the public trust and damaged our national security," said Deputy Assistant Secretary Colón. "Diplomatic Security will continue working with our law enforcement partners to vigorously defend the interests and security of the United States of America."
According to the plea documents, Claiborne, 63, began working as an Office Management Specialist for the Department of State in 1999. She served overseas at a number of posts, including embassies and consulates in Baghdad, Iraq, Khartoum, Sudan, and Beijing and Shanghai, China. As a condition of her employment, Claiborne maintained a TOP SECRET security clearance. Claiborne also was required to report any contacts with persons suspected of affiliation with a foreign intelligence agency as well as any gifts she received from foreign sources over a certain amount.
Despite such a requirement, Claiborne failed to report repeated contacts with two agents of the People's Republic of China Intelligence Service, even though these agents provided tens of thousands of dollars in gifts and benefits to Claiborne and her family over five years. The gifts and benefits included cash wired to Claiborne's USAA account, Chinese New Year's gifts, international travel and vacations, tuition at a Chinese fashion school, a fully furnished apartment, a monthly stipend and numerous cash payments. Some of these gifts and benefits were provided directly to Claiborne, while others were provided to a close family member of Claiborne's.
In exchange for these gifts and benefits, as stated in the plea documents, Claiborne provided copies of internal documents from the State Department on topics ranging from U.S. economic strategies to visits by dignitaries between the two countries.
Claiborne noted in her journal that she could "Generate 20k in 1 year" working with one of the PRC agents. That same agent at one point tasked her with providing internal U.S. Government analyses on a U.S.-Sino Strategic Economic Dialogue that had just ….
Follow link for more and full plea
#6298472 at 2019-04-24 18:57:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8054: POTUS & FLOTUS LIVE Edition
Department of Justice
Office of Public Affairs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Former State Department Employee Pleads Guilty to Conspiring with Foreign Agents
Defendant Admitted Receiving Tens of Thousands of Dollars in Benefits From Two Chinese Agents in Exchange for Internal State Department Documents
Candace Marie Claiborne, a former employee of the U.S. Department of State, pleaded guilty today to a charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States, by lying to law enforcement and background investigators, and hiding her extensive contacts with, and gifts from, agents of the People's Republic of China (PRC), in exchange for providing them with internal documents from the U.S. State Department.
The announcement was made by Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers, U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu of the District of Columbia, Assistant Director in Charge Nancy McNamara of the FBI's Washington Field Office and Deputy Assistant Secretary Ricardo Colón, Domestic Operations, U.S. Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service.
The plea took place before the Honorable Randolph D. Moss of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
"Candace Marie Claiborne traded her integrity and non-public information of the United States government in exchange for cash and other gifts from foreign agents she knew worked for the Chinese intelligence service," said Assistant Attorney General Demers. "She withheld information and lied repeatedly about these contacts. Violations of the public's trust are an affront to our citizens and to all those who honor their oaths. With this guilty plea we are one step closer to imposing justice for these dishonorable criminal acts."
"Candace Claiborne broke the public trust when she accepted gifts and money from foreign officials, and then lied about it to State Department background investigators," said U.S. Attorney Liu. "The United States will continue to seek to hold accountable those who abuse their positions of trust."
"Candace Claiborne was entrusted with Top Secret information when she purposefully misled federal investigators about her repeated interactions with foreign contacts which violated her oath of office as a State Department employee," said Assistant Director McNamara. "The FBI will continue to investigate individuals who fail to report foreign contacts, which is a key indicator of potential insider threats posed by those in positions of public trust."
"Our close working relationship with the FBI and the Department of Justice resulted in the conviction of Candace Claiborne who violated the public trust and damaged our national security," said Deputy Assistant Secretary Colón. "Diplomatic Security will continue working with our law enforcement partners to vigorously defend the interests and security of the United States of America."
According to the plea documents, Claiborne, 63, began working as an Office Management Specialist for the Department of State in 1999. She served overseas at a number of posts, including embassies and consulates in Baghdad, Iraq, Khartoum, Sudan, and Beijing and Shanghai, China. As a condition of her employment, Claiborne maintained a TOP SECRET security clearance. Claiborne also was required to report any contacts with persons suspected of affiliation with a foreign intelligence agency as well as any gifts she received from foreign sources over a certain amount.
Despite such a requirement, Claiborne failed to report repeated contacts with two agents of the People's Republic of China Intelligence Service, even though these agents provided tens of thousands of dollars in gifts and benefits to Claiborne and her family over five years. The gifts and benefits included cash wired to Claiborne's USAA account, Chinese New Year's gifts, international travel and vacations, tuition at a Chinese fashion school, a fully furnished apartment, a monthly stipend and numerous cash payments. Some of these gifts and benefits were provided directly to Claiborne, while others were provided to a close family member of Claiborne's.
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#6298156 at 2019-04-24 18:25:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8054: POTUS & FLOTUS LIVE Edition
Ex-State Department employee admits to conspiring with China
Candace Marie Claiborne, a former employee of the U.S. Department of State, pleaded guilty today to a charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States, by lying to law enforcement and background investigators, and hiding her extensive contacts with, and gifts from, agents of the People's Republic of China (PRC), in exchange for providing them with internal documents from the U.S. State Department.
The plea took place before the Honorable Randolph D. Moss of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
"Candace Marie Claiborne traded her integrity and non-public information of the United States government in exchange for cash and other gifts from foreign agents she knew worked for the Chinese intelligence service," said Assistant Attorney General Demers. "She withheld information and lied repeatedly about these contacts. Violations of the public's trust are an affront to our citizens and to all those who honor their oaths. With this guilty plea we are one step closer to imposing justice for these dishonorable criminal acts."
"Candace Claiborne broke the public trust when she accepted gifts and money from foreign officials, and then lied about it to State Department background investigators," said U.S. Attorney Liu. "The United States will continue to seek to hold accountable those who abuse their positions of trust."
"Candace Claiborne was entrusted with Top Secret information when she purposefully misled federal investigators about her repeated interactions with foreign contacts which violated her oath of office as a State Department employee," said Assistant Director McNamara. "The FBI will continue to investigate individuals who fail to report foreign contacts, which is a key indicator of potential insider threats posed by those in positions of public trust."
"Our close working relationship with the FBI and the Department of Justice resulted in the conviction of Candace Claiborne who violated the public trust and damaged our national security," said Deputy Assistant Secretary Colón. "Diplomatic Security will continue working with our law enforcement partners to vigorously defend the interests and security of the United States of America."
According to the plea documents, Claiborne, 63, began working as an Office Management Specialist for the Department of State in 1999. She served overseas at a number of posts, including embassies and consulates in Baghdad, Iraq, Khartoum, Sudan, and Beijing and Shanghai, China. As a condition of her employment, Claiborne maintained a TOP SECRET security clearance. Claiborne also was required to report any contacts with persons suspected of affiliation with a foreign intelligence agency as well as any gifts she received from foreign sources over a certain amount.
Despite such a requirement, Claiborne failed to report repeated contacts with two agents of the People's Republic of China Intelligence Service, even though these agents provided tens of thousands of dollars in gifts and benefits to Claiborne and her family over five years. The gifts and benefits included cash wired to Claiborne's USAA account, Chinese New Year's gifts, international travel and vacations, tuition at a Chinese fashion school, a fully furnished apartment, a monthly stipend and numerous cash payments. Some of these gifts and benefits were provided directly to Claiborne, while others were provided to a close family member of Claiborne's.
In exchange for these gifts and benefits, as stated in the plea documents, Claiborne provided copies of internal documents from the State Department on topics ranging from U.S. economic strategies to visits by dignitaries between the two countries.
Claiborne noted in her journal that she could "Generate 20k in 1 year" working with one of the PRC agents. That same agent at one point tasked her with providing internal U.S. Government analyses on a U.S.-Sino Strategic Economic Dialogue that had just concluded.
Claiborne, who confided to a co-conspirator that the PRC agents were "spies," willfully misled State Department background investigators and FBI investigators about her contacts with those agents, the plea documents state. After the State Department and FBI investigators contacted her, Claiborne also instructed her co-conspirators to delete evidence connecting her to the PRC agents. She was arrested on March 28, 2017, following a law enforcement investigation.
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https://breaking911.com/just-in-ex-state-department-employee-admits-to-conspiring-with-china/
#6291387 at 2019-04-24 02:36:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8045: Barr Meeting Huber & OIG Edition
>>6291380
Terwillinger was appointed on May 24, 2018, by AG Sessions as the interim U.S. attorney for the EDVA. On July 13, 2018, Trump nominated Terwilliger to serve officially in that capacity.
Terwilliger's father, George Terwilliger III, worked with AG Barr and served as the deputy attorney general and the acting attorney general. Notably, George Terwilliger III succeeded Barr as deputy attorney general when Barr was promoted to attorney general in 1992. As George Terwilliger III noted in an earlier op-ed in support of Barr's nomination by Trump, "Barr and I worked side-by-side-some said joined at the hip-when we served as attorney general and deputy attorney general, respectively, together."
George Terwilliger III recently wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post that was supportive of AG Barr's decision that Trump did not engage in obstruction.
Boente Becomes FBI's General Counsel
On Jan 23, 2018, Boente once again shifted roles, this time becoming the FBI's general counsel, replacing James Baker, who had been demoted and reassigned. Baker would later leave the FBI in May 2018. Given the importance of Boente to the Trump administration, it is likely that Trump was involved in the decision.
Baker is currently the subject of an ongoing criminal leak investigation. Baker also played a significant role in both the Clinton and Trump investigations. He would also be involved in the FBI's application for a FISA warrant on former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
Carter Page FISA Application
Boente and Rosenstein signed off on the second and third renewals, respectively, of the Page FISA-the last two FISA extensions-while they each occupied the Deputy AG spot. This has often been referenced in relation to their roles.
Boente's FBI signer was FBI Director Comey. Rosenstein's was Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe. Both signings came at critical points in time. With Boente and Comey, the April 7 signing date was in the weeks prior to Comey's May 9 firing by Trump and just four days before the Washington Post reported on the existence of the Page FISA. For Rosenstein and McCabe, the June 29 signing took place around the time the IG first discovered the Page/Strzok texts.
Notably, the final signing happened right around the same time that special counsel Mueller interviewed Dan Coats, the director of national intelligence and Admiral Rogers, the head of the National Security Agency.
There remains a number of unanswered questions in relation to their signing of the Page FISA. During a June 28, 2018, sworn testimony before Congress, Rosenstein addressed the issue but also raised additional questions in the process:
"We sit down with a team of attorneys from the Department of Justice. All of whom review that and provide a briefing for us about what's in it. And I've reviewed that one in some detail, and I can tell you the information that's public about that doesn't match with my understanding of the one that I signed, but I think it's appropriate to let the Inspector General complete that investigation. These are serious allegations. I don't do the investigation-I'm not the affiant. I'm reviewing the finished product.
If the Inspector General finds that I did something wrong then I'll respect that judgment, but I think it is highly, highly unlikely given the way the process works."
On Dec. 6, 2018, Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee Devin Nunes discussed the FISA signing issue during a Fox News segment with Sean Hannity:
Hannity: This would be Comey signing off on it, Rod Rosenstein signing off on the last one...
Nunes: Well, they're the ones that signed off on it-but they're not necessarily the ones who would have provided and doctored the information. So really, the people that are culpable here are the ones who were in these discussions, that knew about the information that was not provided to the court.
For now, we do not know the answers that lie behind the signing of those FISA renewals.
What does seem apparent is Trump has entrusted Boente with some of the most crucial roles at the most crucial times during the first years of his administration. Also worth asking is a very simple question. Why did Obama go to the trouble of signing a last-minute executive order, the entire purpose of which was to remove Boente from the attorney general succession line?
Correction: A previous version of this article misstated when Jessie Liu met with President Donald Trump. Liu met with Trump after she was nominated for the position of U.S. attorney. The Epoch Times regrets the error.
#6291380 at 2019-04-24 02:36:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8045: Barr Meeting Huber & OIG Edition
>>6291373
Jessie Liu
On June 12, 2017, Trump announced his first wave of U.S. attorney candidates. Among them were John Huber and Jessie Liu. Huber was renominated for his U.S. attorney post in Utah while Liu, who was serving as the deputy general counsel for the Department of the Treasury, was nominated as the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, replacing Obama's intended AG successor, Channing Phillips. Liu had met directly with Trump prior to her nomination for the position of U.S. attorney.
Liu, who was confirmed on Sept. 25, 2017, had an extensive background within the DOJ, having served as the deputy chief of staff for the NSD, as counsel to the deputy attorney general, and as deputy assistant attorney general in the Civil Rights Division.
On March 5, 2019, Trump nominated Liu for the third-highest post at the DOJ-associate attorney general. Liu had been specifically recommended for the post by current Attorney General William Barr, who said of Liu, "With her record of public service, particularly in civil justice and federal law enforcement matters, it is clear that she will be an outstanding addition to our leadership team at the Department."
Liu's nomination fell through on March 28 due to her prior role as the vice-president of the National Association of Women Lawyers-a group that supported abortion rights. Barr expressed his displeasure at the withdrawal of Liu's nomination, stating, "She has been an outstanding United States attorney and would have made an outstanding associate attorney general. I have zero doubt she would have faithfully executed my priorities and advanced my rule-of-law agenda."
Barr later announced that he was appointing Liu to lead the attorney general's advisory committee, which provides counsel to the attorney general on policy, procedure, and management matters. Barr said Liu "will be an integral part of our leadership at the Department."
One of the cases Liu inherited as the U.S. Attorney for D.C. from Channing Phillips was the prosecution of Imran Awan, a former IT employee for House Democrats. Awan had pleaded guilty on July 3, 2018, to a federal charge stemming from a false statement made on a home equity loan.
A grand jury had been sworn in on Nov. 13, 2016, and formal charges were filed on on Aug. 17, 2017-prior to Liu's Sept. 25, 2017, confirmation as U.S. attorney.
Phillips's office had brought no charges against Awan related to allegations of hacking House IT systems. In September 2016, the House Office of Inspector General had warned House leadership and the Committee on House Administration that Awan and other family members had made unauthorized logins on the systems of House members.
John Huber
Huber was appointed by AG Sessions on or before Nov. 13, 2017, to lead a prosecution team and is currently working with DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz on his various investigations.
"I already have directed senior federal prosecutors to evaluate certain issues previously raised by the Committee. ... Specifically, I asked United States Attorney John W. Huber to lead this effort," Sessions said on March 29, 2018, when responding to congressional requests for the possible appointment of a second special counsel.
Horowitz is currently conducting several investigations, including into FISA abuse and media leaks by the FBI.
On March 7, 2019, Barr had a meeting with Huber, who serves as vice chair of the Attorney General's Advisory Committee-the same committee that Barr had recently appointed Liu to lead.
On Sept. 2, 2017, Trump nominated John Demers to be the head of the NSD, but his confirmation process was lengthy and Demers was not able to assume his role until Feb. 15, 2018. Demers, who had prior experience with the NSD, clerked for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
On Oct, 27, 2017, Boente announced that he would be resigning from his post at the EDVA-and at the NSD-but also noted that he would remain in those positions until Trump nominated and confirmed his replacements. Boente officially gave up his U.S. attorney role on Jan. 28, 2018, when he was finally replaced by Tracy Doherty-McCormick.
Zachary Terwilliger was the individual who ultimately replaced Boente as the U.S. attorney for the EDVA. Prior to his appointment to the EDVA, Terwilliger served as an associate deputy attorney general, and was chief of staff to Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein. Terwilliger previously worked as an assistant U.S. attorney at the EDVA during Boente's time as U.S. Attorney and also worked on criminal legislation under Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) for the Senate Judiciary Committee.
#6266208 at 2019-04-21 21:55:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8012: Phone Calls And Trade Deals Edition
Would love to hear what Q and Anons have to say about this.
Congo's Ebola response threatened by conspiracy theories, rumors
April 20, 2019, 3:00 AM EDT
People who have contracted Ebola are opting to die at home rather than seek treatment as conspiracy theories fuel distrust of the government and of health workers grappling with the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the workers and aid groups.
Nearly 20 new cases of the deadly illness are being identified daily in two northeast provinces of the country. Both areas are opposition strongholds where political tensions run high.
Many of the victims are being discovered outside treatment centers after they refuse to seek help, officials said. The epidemic has left more than 700 dead and affected more than 1,000 people.
In addition to combating a lethal virus, health workers are having to dispel rumors that the disease is manufactured and that the millions of dollars spent on the response are part of a money-making scheme derisively referred to as the "Ebola business."
"We have lost the trust of the community," Tariq Riebl of the nonprofit International Rescue Committee told NBC News from Goma.
A study conducted in September, less than two months into the outbreak, found that 25 percent of people surveyed in the affected areas did not believe Ebola was real, while 36 percent thought it was fabricated to destabilize the region.
"It's all about money, that we're getting bonuses for cases we find, that prolonging the response helps the business side," Riebl said, listing some of the lies that have been spreading among local communities.
Anifa Vahavi is a demographic researcher working in Butembo, which is one of the worst-affected areas.
She has encountered skepticism about Ebola's existence and origins, and questions about why aid workers take extra precautions when treating it compared to malaria or cholera.
Ebola treatment centers established by the central government in conjunction with international aid groups have been met with suspicion. Designed to isolate and treat suspected cases of Ebola and staffed by health workers wearing bulky "space suits," the centers come with an increased presence of police and military forces.
Some people in Butembo even believe that "when you go there they inject you with the disease," according to Vahavi, 30, who collects data for a Congolese nonprofit.
The Ebola outbreak is also taking place in a part of the country that has suffered regular violence at the hands of armed groups. Health workers have increasingly come under threat, causing further setbacks to the emergency response.
On Friday, the World Health Organization said an Ebola doctor was killed in an attack on Butembo University Hospital.
Hours later attackers armed with machetes tried to burn down another treatment center, the city's deputy mayor said Saturday.
Two centers run by Doctors Without Borders, along with the Ministry of Health, were attacked three days apart in February, forcing health workers to suspend operations.
Speaking after the second attack, Doctors Without Borders President Joanne Liu described the "great hostility" against the Ebola response, adding "the use of security forces and police only deepens the suspicion of those who believe Ebola is being used as a political tool."
Deeply entrenched opposition to the government in the areas affected by the epidemic means that even the arrival of foreign aid is treated with apprehension.
"The government is seen as profoundly untrustworthy," said Phil Clark, a political scientist at SOAS University of London.
He described the timing and location of the outbreak as an "unfortunate coincidence."
Ebola was confirmed by the World Health Organization on Aug. 1, months before the country was set to head to the polls. Former President Joseph Kabila, who intended to step down after two terms in office, announced in December that he would postpone voting in the Ebola-hit communities to prevent the spread of the disease.
That has triggered rumors that the government was behind the outbreak - either infecting opposition communities with the virus or exaggerating its spread - to allow Kabila's choice of a successor to win at the polls, Clark said.
Health Minister Oly Ilunga Kalenga recently returned from a visit to the affected area of Butembo and told NBC News that "community mistrust" had even been fueled by candidates running for office.
"When the outbreak started in August, it was during the electoral period, so unfortunately some local politicians deliberately spread lies to boost popularity ahead of election
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/congo-s-ebola-response-threatened-conspiracy-theories-rumors-n994156
#6257578 at 2019-04-21 00:17:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8001: High Energy Edition
Teddy Liu said on Joy: Going to interview AG Bar on 02. May. Immediately said Sarah Carter repeatedly lied to the American people and there is something going viral on social media: # resign Sarah Carter
Teddy told Joy that when he interviews AG Barr under oath he will tell him he has to go, but he can take Sarah's spot because that is all he is: a spokesperson for President Trump.
UN-FUKIN-BELIEVABLE.
#6257060 at 2019-04-20 23:15:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8001: High Energy Edition
Hunter Biden's China Connections
March 16, 2018 by Jeff Carlson, CFA
In December of 2013, Vice President Biden and his son Hunter Biden flew to China on Air Force Two.
Ten days after the trip, a subsidiary of the Bank of China signed a deal with Hunter Biden's investment firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners, to form a $1 billion joint-venture investment fund called Bohai Harvest RST.
The deal was later increased to $1.5 billion.
Rosemont Seneca Partners is an investment LLC under the ownership umbrella of Rosemont Capital.
Unlike most financial firms, Rosemont is headquartered in Washington DC.
Rosemont Capital, formed in 2009, is controlled by Hunter Biden and Christopher Heinz, the stepson of former Secretary of State John Kerry.
Also involved is Devon Archer, a longtime Heinz and Kerry friend. Archer was a fundraiser for Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign.
A third partner in the China deal was the Thornton Group - headed by Whitey Bulger's nephew, James Bulger.
The information was revealed in Peter Schweizer's new book, Secret Empires: How the American Political Class Hides Corruption and Enriches Family and Friends.
From an excerpt in the New York Post:
The American delegation was visiting Japan, China, and South Korea. But it was the visit to China that had the most potential to generate conflict and controversy. The Obama administration had instituted the "Asia Pivot" in its international strategy, shifting attention away from Europe and toward Asia, where China was flexing its muscles.
For Hunter Biden, the trip coincided with a major deal that Rosemont Seneca was striking with the state-owned Bank of China. From his perspective, the timing couldn't have been better.
Vice President Biden, Hunter Biden arrived to a red carpet and a delegation of Chinese officials. The delegation was then whisked to a meeting with Vice President Li Yuanchao and talks with President Xi Jinping.
Hunter and Finnegan Biden joined the vice president for tea with US Ambassador Gary Locke at the Liu Xian Guan Teahouse in the Dongcheng District in Beijing. Where Hunter Biden spent the rest of his time on the trip remains largely a mystery.
What was not reported was the deal that Hunter was securing. Rosemont Seneca Partners had been negotiating an exclusive deal with Chinese officials, which they signed approximately 10 days after Hunter visited China with his father. The most powerful financial institution in China, the government's Bank of China, was setting up a joint venture with Rosemont Seneca.
In 2009 Hunter Biden, Chris Heinz and Devon Archer formed Rosemont Capital - an alternative investment fund for the Heinz Family.
According to an email revealed as part of a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation, Rosemont described themselves as "a $2.4 billion private equity firm co-owned by Hunter Biden and Chris Heinz," with Devon Archer as "Managing Partner."
Rosemont Capital contains several funds - Rosemont Seneca Partners, Rosemont Seneca Technology Partners, and Rosemont Realty - separate legal entities owned by Rosemont Capital.
Rosemont Seneca Partners formed the joint venture with China - along with the Thorton Group.
Thornton Group is run by James Bulger, the nephew of mob figure James "Whitey" Bulger.
https://themarketswork.com/2018/03/16/hunter-bidens-china-connections/
#6247547 at 2019-04-20 02:25:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7989: Happy Passover And Easter Weekend Edition
China's Bad Israel is good….so we are told????
Israel and China a 'Marriage Made in Heaven,' Says Netanyahu
However, China and Israel are both keen to increase cooperation on economic matters. For Beijing, Israel is a particularly attractive partner as China attempts to become a global leader in the high-tech sector. Israel is also a potential hub for China's "Belt and Road" initiative, given it geographic location. For now, both sides seem content to accept the necessity of more limited political and security cooperation while they attempt to harvest the benefits of an expanded economic partnership.
https://thediplomat.com/2017/03/israel-and-china-a-marriage-made-in-heaven-says-netanyahu/
In Beijing, Netanyahu looks to 'marry Israel's technology with China's capacity'
Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong said Beijing and Jerusalem had agreed to upgrade bilateral relations, including by forming an "innovative comprehensive partnership" meant to "bring the ties and the cooperation between the two countries to new heights," according to the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem.
"Innovation cooperation is a highlight of our bilateral relations," Liu said at the conclusion of the third meeting of the China-Israel Committee on Innovation Cooperation, held at Beijing's Diaoyutai State Guest House.
"We want to marry our technology with China's capacity," Netanyahu said at the summit.
"We in Israel are eager to share with China our science and technology that can better the lives of all mankind, and the people of China," he said.
Addressing dozens of Israeli and Chinese government officials, industry leaders, university presidents and private businesspeople, Netanyahu called on Beijing to accelerate the pace of negotiations over an Israel-China free trade agreement, which started exactly one year ago.
Netanyahu said that in today's world everything is becoming technologized and that therefore all countries need to innovate. He hailed Israel's startup scene, highlighting Intel's recent acquisition for $15 billion of Jerusalem-based autonomous driving company Mobileye, adding that Israel is home to 500 additional companies "that do the same thing. A few years ago we had nothing."
Israel and China both have old, rich histories and traditions, and are committed to improving themselves and advancing technological innovation, he said.
"We have deep roots, but we seek for the sky, for the future. And that means science and technology," the prime minister added.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-beijing-netanyahu-looks-to-marry-israels-technology-with-chinas-capacity/
Israel is stealing US tech and sharing it with china and……..
Communist china like communist Russia is run by the Israeli Government.
Part 1
#6238185 at 2019-04-19 12:48:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7977: Comey's Guided Nature Tours Edition
DATA, INFORMATION AND THE SOURCES THEY COME FROM ARE BECOMING THE DOMINANT ORGANIZING PRINCIPLE OF WEALTH CREATION.
Human Rights: Food for a mind-molding thought 'Information sources and human rights'
1. Data and information are not the 'new oil', but a form of capital much like human, social and intellectual capital -that importantly weighs against human rights (HR). But beware, I read Big Data, and what is yet to come, will accelerate the creative destruction of capitalism as we now know it. As data assume petabyte proportions and processing powers continue their exponential rise, algorithms will deliver superior production, investment and consumption outcomes -not necessarily better for the perspectives of HR... This is not written to depress you, but HR are, for sure going to be victims of this trend. The call is for regulating data-dominant oligopolies and creating much greater public accountability. (Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger)
2. The same applies to information and information outlets. We thus also need to make sure that free access to information is available to all (it is a HR!) and that what arrives in poor countries is not that that will benefit the information distributors and disseminators -who have the power to distort it. Instead, information must benefit the public who can certainly decide for themselves. (John Liu)
3. We well know that dictatorships manipulate communications with impunity. Also frequently, in many non-dictatorial countries free communication is hampered or held back. For instance, existing laws regulating communications are canceled or ignored, or, the whole communications apparatus is given to a private enterprise to manage and control*. A society that allows slander and false news weakens democratic life. Then come the judges to judge this weakened apparatus, these unscrupulous communicators but, in reality let them off easy so the dictatorships continue unhindered and without any scruples about this. (Pope Francis)
*: Social marketing changes the concept of the global free-thinking-village to one of global-mind-control. It changes people's behavior, but does not tell them WHY to change their understanding or their actions.
https://www.socialmedicine.org/2019/04/14/uncategorized/data-information-and-the-sources-they-come-from-are-becoming-the-dominant-organizing-principle-of-wealth-creation/
#6211246 at 2019-04-17 16:07:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7942: Wednesday Winning Edition
>>6211022
US DA Liu will make sure Craig gets a sweetheart deal (pleads guilty to lying) with no time served!
#6210731 at 2019-04-17 15:09:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7941: No More Cuban Footsie Edition
>>6210713
>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/04/14/the-corruption-and-influence-of-jessie-k-Liu/
#6210713 at 2019-04-17 15:06:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7941: No More Cuban Footsie Edition
Holy shit, just read The Corruption and Influence of Jessie K Liu at conservative treehouse and am depressed AF now
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/04/14/the-corruption-and-influence-of-jessie-k-Liu/
if this is accurate the Swamp isn't being cleaned, at all
#6209971 at 2019-04-17 13:43:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7941: No More Cuban Footsie Edition
Global Board Admin Announcements
>>6137135 Bakers reminder, do not add Q's posts WITHOUT a tripcode to the dough
>>6121805, >>6122032 New BO, FastJack, announced in Meta (Cap: >>6175099)
>>6102951, >>6102968 8bit on global notables and baker assist
>>6202962 Please use PNGs or JPGs (not JPEGS) for images
>>6069810 BV's announce BO's resignation in Meta thread. All board-related decisions will be made by BV's as a group
>>6069934 8bit, thank you for your service to /qresearch/
Notables
are not endorsements
#7940
>>6209535 Marine Tweet decode.
>>6209911 Large rift between GOP voters and GOP leaders re: illegal immigrants/refugees.
>>6209900 Kek speaks for anons.
>>6209829 Former Marine running Boston Marathon for fallen comrades crawls across finish line.
>>6209836 GoFundMe joins Social Media peers in cracking down on antivaccination movement.
>>6209835 Schools in US city of Denver close over mass shooting fears.
>>6209786 EVP-Corp dumps Charles Scwab shares.
>>6209758 O'Rourke confronted at town hall after taxes reveal charitable donations.
>>6209741 Peru's former President shot himself this morning when police arrived to arrest him in connection with bribery.
>>6209665 Pompeo will deliver remarks to the media at 9:30 a.m. ET.
>>6209526 U.S. handbags, shovels on $20 billion EU tariff list over Boeing.
>>6209517 NXIVM bookkeeper invoked Fifth dozens of times in grand jury.
>>6209465 71-year-old man charged with 100 counts of first degree rape involving minors.
>>6209409 Sol Pais: 5 fast facts you need to know.
>>6209406 Sara Carter: Yuma closes its doors to illegals, declares state of emergency.
>>6209371 Marketfag update.
>>6209333 U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun will travel to Moscow to discuss NK denuclearization.
>>6209323, >>6209566 Continued dig on "Rite of Passage" migrant housing. Tied to Uranium/UN?
>>6209312 DJT Tweet: "Democrats in Congress must return from their Vacations and change the Immigration Laws, or the Border…"
>>6209282 Hollywood continues to normalize pedophilia: Why an actress stayed with her sex offender husband.
>>6209209 Article on Richard Dearlove.
>>6209963 #7940
7939 Baker Change
>>6209144 DJT Tweet: "Wow! FBI made 11 payments to Fake Dossier's discredited author, Trump hater Christopher Steele…"
>>6209133 Hundreds of texts, emails about Jussie Smollett probe made public by State's Attorney Kim Foxx's office.
>>6209028, >>6209103 Aus. disc jockey attempts to steal toddler from the streets of San Francisco. Shares the same public defender as Swordy.
>>6208947 Netflix walks back climate change claims on suicidal walrus bit.
>>6208877 Reminder: Notre-Dame's restoration price was extremely high.
>>6208672 Patriots and the US flag take the win in Laguna Beach
>>6208670 Defiant Alan Dershowitz brands Virginia Roberts a 'fake MeToo victim'
>>6208641 Conservative Treehouse on the corruption of Jessie Liu
>>6208606 Le Pen courts Salvini, Farage for 'biggest group possible'
>>6208525, >>6208608 Corbyn says Brexit talks with PM FAILING as she backs Trump deal
>>6208508 Jussie Smollett FOIA Dump - good DIGG stuff
>>6208468, >>6208538 Call to DIGG on source & explanation of 5-sec vid of man on ND tower
>>6208418 "Pro-Assange protesters clash with cops in Ecuador, calling President Moreno 'traitor'" (1min vid)
>>6208351 Exclusive: House Dems Sign Secret MOUs To Target Trump
>>6208296, >>6208354, >>6208386 Graveyard anons mull over Mueller Report, dates, times & "pain"
>>6208286, >>6208363 Christopher Droney of US Court of Appeals for 2nd Circuit taking senior status (end of June)
>>6209163 #7939
#7938
>>6207659 new Rudy G JUSTICE interdasting Q proof: 1:16 AM 4/17 Rudy twat & 11/6 Q post #417 JUSTICE
>>6207684, >>6207673, >>6208180 USSS twat - sweet video - driver training THE BEAST
>>6207734 Operation Inherent Resolve report detailing anti isis money laundering busting
>>6207869 James Woods due for a notable for pressing the Standard Hotel question
>>6207862 Ty Clevenger's FOIA rew on Seth Rich stuffs
>>6207944, >>6207946, >>6207948 Resignations in the news today
>>6207925 United Conservative Party wins majority in Alberta
>>6207966 U.S. SpecRep for NK to travel to Moscow April 17-18 to meet with Russian officials
>>6207796 Man Uses AK-47 Against 5 Home Invaders, Killing 3 And Injuring 2
>>6208182 #7938
Previously Collected Notables
>>6206712 #7936, >>6207443 #7937,
>>6204381 #7933, >>6208292 #7934, >>6205940 #7935
>>6201969 #7930, >>6204492 #7931, >>6203630 #7932
>>6199669 #7927, >>6200508 #7928, >>6201295 #7929
Notables Archive by BV's (updated nightly): https://8ch.net/qresearch/notables.html
Notables also archived here: >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384)
#6209638 at 2019-04-17 13:01:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7940: Laguna Beach Patriots Edition
>>6208641 lb
>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/04/14/the-corruption-and-influence-of-jessie-k-Liu/
One clarification that is outlined in the comments of this article.
>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/04/11/review-the-dates-mueller-special-counsel-shaped-prosecution-of-obama-lawyer-greg-craig/
The Craig case was originally sent to SDNY by the Special Counsel where it was shelved, not DC.
As always, important to seperate the proper facts from the speculation.
#6209169 at 2019-04-17 11:42:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7940: Laguna Beach Patriots Edition
Global Board Admin Announcements
>>6137135 Bakers reminder, do not add Q's posts WITHOUT a tripcode to the dough
>>6121805, >>6122032 New BO, FastJack, announced in Meta (Cap: >>6175099)
>>6102951, >>6102968 8bit on global notables and baker assist
>>6202962 Please use PNGs or JPGs (not JPEGS) for images
>>6069810 BV's announce BO's resignation in Meta thread. All board-related decisions will be made by BV's as a group
>>6069934 8bit, thank you for your service to /qresearch/
Notables
are not endorsements
7939 Baker Change
>>6209144 DJT Tweet: "Wow! FBI made 11 payments to Fake Dossier's discredited author, Trump hater Christopher Steele…"
>>6209133 Hundreds of texts, emails about Jussie Smollett probe made public by State's Attorney Kim Foxx's office.
>>6209028, >>6209103 Aus. disc jockey attempts to steal toddler from the streets of San Francisco. Shares the same public defender as Swordy.
>>6208947 Netflix walks back climate change claims on suicidal walrus bit.
>>6208877 Reminder: Notre-Dame's restoration price was extremely high.
>>6208672 Patriots and the US flag take the win in Laguna Beach
>>6208670 Defiant Alan Dershowitz brands Virginia Roberts a 'fake MeToo victim'
>>6208641 Conservative Treehouse on the corruption of Jessie Liu
>>6208606 Le Pen courts Salvini, Farage for 'biggest group possible'
>>6208525, >>6208608 Corbyn says Brexit talks with PM FAILING as she backs Trump deal
>>6208508 Jussie Smollett FOIA Dump - good DIGG stuff
>>6208468, >>6208538 Call to DIGG on source & explanation of 5-sec vid of man on ND tower
>>6208418 "Pro-Assange protesters clash with cops in Ecuador, calling President Moreno 'traitor'" (1min vid)
>>6208351 Exclusive: House Dems Sign Secret MOUs To Target Trump
>>6208296, >>6208354, >>6208386 Graveyard anons mull over Mueller Report, dates, times & "pain"
>>6208286, >>6208363 Christopher Droney of US Court of Appeals for 2nd Circuit taking senior status (end of June)
>>6209163 #7939
#7938
>>6207659 new Rudy G JUSTICE interdasting Q proof: 1:16 AM 4/17 Rudy twat & 11/6 Q post #417 JUSTICE
>>6207684, >>6207673, >>6208180 USSS twat - sweet video - driver training THE BEAST
>>6207734 Operation Inherent Resolve report detailing anti isis money laundering busting
>>6207869 James Woods due for a notable for pressing the Standard Hotel question
>>6207862 Ty Clevenger's FOIA rew on Seth Rich stuffs
>>6207944, >>6207946, >>6207948 Resignations in the news today
>>6207925 United Conservative Party wins majority in Alberta
>>6207966 U.S. SpecRep for NK to travel to Moscow April 17-18 to meet with Russian officials
>>6207796 Man Uses AK-47 Against 5 Home Invaders, Killing 3 And Injuring 2
>>6208182 #7938
#7937 baker change
>>6207044, >>6207074 DJT: On Trumps ICC Win, D's and R's see eye to eye | RealClearPolitics
>>6206902 Juarez-El Paso metro logs 24 cartel homicides over weekend (Breitbart)
>>6206889 NORAD to conduct air defense exercise in National Capital Region
>>6206882 Anon codefag updates open source Q Research archive application
>>6206953 Michelle O Paris river cruising same time as Notre Dame burns
>>6206918 Hundreds of texts, emails about Jussie Smollett probe made public
>>6206878 DOJ tells T-Mobile, Sprint it has concerns about merger (Nasdaq)
>>6206921 Pentagon Approves $500 Million Taiwan F-16 Support Program Amid Chinese Threats
>>6207062 Anon on Marines 3rd B 11th reg, 3/11 Q posts (spooks) and Haspel in the news today (spies)
>>6207123, >>6207172 props to Conservatives in Canada for the big win, eh
>>6207322 June 30, 2015 letter to LL from Grassley concerning Uranium 1 deal gets SB digits
>>6207291 SF Child snatcher was on management team of LGBT organising committee.
>>6207392, >>6207089 everyones twatter is blowing up with the Potus Rolls On from last night
>>6207443 #7937
Previously Collected Notables
>>6206712 #7936,
>>6204381 #7933, >>6208292 #7934, >>6205940 #7935
>>6201969 #7930, >>6204492 #7931, >>6203630 #7932
>>6199669 #7927, >>6200508 #7928, >>6201295 #7929
>>6197377 #7924, >>6198143 #7925, >>6198879 #7926
Notables Archive by BV's (updated nightly): https://8ch.net/qresearch/notables.html
Notables also archived here: >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384)
#6209163 at 2019-04-17 11:40:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7939: The Graveyard Edition
7939 Baker Change
>>6209144 DJT Tweet: "Wow! FBI made 11 payments to Fake Dossier's discredited author, Trump hater Christopher Steele…"
>>6209133 Hundreds of texts, emails about Jussie Smollett probe made public by State's Attorney Kim Foxx's office.
>>6209028, >>6209103 Aus. disc jockey attempts to steal toddler from the streets of San Francisco. Shares the same public defender as Swordy.
>>6208947 Netflix walks back climate change claims on suicidal walrus bit.
>>6208877 Reminder: Notre-Dame's restoration price was extremely high.
>>6208672 Patriots and the US flag take the win in Laguna Beach
>>6208670 Defiant Alan Dershowitz brands Virginia Roberts a 'fake MeToo victim'
>>6208641 Conservative Treehouse on the corruption of Jessie Liu
>>6208606 Le Pen courts Salvini, Farage for 'biggest group possible'
>>6208525, >>6208608 Corbyn says Brexit talks with PM FAILING as she backs Trump deal
>>6208508 Jussie Smollett FOIA Dump - good DIGG stuff
>>6208468, >>6208538 Call to DIGG on source & explanation of 5-sec vid of man on ND tower
>>6208418 "Pro-Assange protesters clash with cops in Ecuador, calling President Moreno 'traitor'" (1min vid)
>>6208351 Exclusive: House Dems Sign Secret MOUs To Target Trump
>>6208296, >>6208354, >>6208386 Graveyard anons mull over Mueller Report, dates, times & "pain"
>>6208286, >>6208363 Christopher Droney of US Court of Appeals for 2nd Circuit taking senior status (end of June)
Baking
#6209085 at 2019-04-17 11:20:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7939: The Graveyard Edition
7939 Baker Change
>>6209028 Good Samaritans stopped the attempted kidnapping of a 2-year-old boy by an Australian disc jockey from a busy San Francisco street.
>>6208947 Netflix walks back climate change claims on suicidal walrus bit.
>>6208877 Reminder: Notre-Dame's restoration price was extremely high.
>>6208672 Patriots and the US flag take the win in Laguna Beach
>>6208670 Defiant Alan Dershowitz brands Virginia Roberts a 'fake MeToo victim'
>>6208641 Conservative Treehouse on the corruption of Jessie Liu
>>6208606 Le Pen courts Salvini, Farage for 'biggest group possible'
>>6208525, >>6208608 Corbyn says Brexit talks with PM FAILING as she backs Trump deal
>>6208508 Jussie Smollett FOIA Dump - good DIGG stuff
>>6208468, >>6208538 Call to DIGG on source & explanation of 5-sec vid of man on ND tower
>>6208418 "Pro-Assange protesters clash with cops in Ecuador, calling President Moreno 'traitor'" (1min vid)
>>6208351 Exclusive: House Dems Sign Secret MOUs To Target Trump
>>6208296, >>6208354, >>6208386 Graveyard anons mull over Mueller Report, dates, times & "pain"
>>6208286, >>6208363 Christopher Droney of US Court of Appeals for 2nd Circuit taking senior status (end of June)
Last call / Baking in 70
#6209078 at 2019-04-17 11:15:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7939: The Graveyard Edition
>>6209062
7939 Baker Change
>>6208947 Netflix walks back climate change claims on suicidal walrus bit.
>>6208877 Reminder: Notre-Dame's restoration price was extremely high.
>>6208672 Patriots and the US flag take the win in Laguna Beach
>>6208670 Defiant Alan Dershowitz brands Virginia Roberts a 'fake MeToo victim'
>>6208641 Conservative Treehouse on the corruption of Jessie Liu
>>6208606 Le Pen courts Salvini, Farage for 'biggest group possible'
>>6208525, >>6208608 Corbyn says Brexit talks with PM FAILING as she backs Trump deal
>>6208508 Jussie Smollett FOIA Dump - good DIGG stuff
>>6208468, >>6208538 Call to DIGG on source & explanation of 5-sec vid of man on ND tower
>>6208418 "Pro-Assange protesters clash with cops in Ecuador, calling President Moreno 'traitor'" (1min vid)
>>6208351 Exclusive: House Dems Sign Secret MOUs To Target Trump
>>6208296, >>6208354, >>6208386 Graveyard anons mull over Mueller Report, dates, times & "pain"
>>6208286, >>6208363 Christopher Droney of US Court of Appeals for 2nd Circuit taking senior status (end of June)
#6208964 at 2019-04-17 10:38:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7939: The Graveyard Edition
7939 Baker Change
>>6208947 Netflix walks back climate change claims on suicidal walrus bit.
>>6208877 Reminder: Notre-Dame's restoration price was extremely high.
>>6208672 Patriots and the US flag take the win in Laguna Beach
>>6208670 Defiant Alan Dershowitz brands Virginia Roberts a 'fake MeToo victim'
>>6208641 Conservative Treehouse on the corruption of Jessie Liu
>>6208606 Le Pen courts Salvini, Farage for 'biggest group possible'
>>6208525, >>6208608 Corbyn says Brexit talks with PM FAILING as she backs Trump deal
>>6208508 Jussie Smollett FOIA Dump - good DIGG stuff
>>6208468, >>6208538 Call to DIGG on source & explanation of 5-sec vid of man on ND tower
>>6208418 "Pro-Assange protesters clash with cops in Ecuador, calling President Moreno 'traitor'" (1min vid)
>>6208351 Exclusive: House Dems Sign Secret MOUs To Target Trump
>>6208296, >>6208354, >>6208386 Graveyard anons mull over Mueller Report, dates, times & "pain"
>>6208286, >>6208363 Christopher Droney of US Court of Appeals for 2nd Circuit taking senior status (end of June)
Last call / Baking in 80
#6208706 at 2019-04-17 09:14:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7939: The Graveyard Edition
7939
Notes @370
>>6208672 Patriots and the US flag take the win in Laguna Beach
>>6208670 Defiant Alan Dershowitz brands Virginia Roberts a 'fake MeToo victim'
>>6208641 Conservative Treehouse on the corruption of Jessie Liu
>>6208606 Le Pen courts Salvini, Farage for 'biggest group possible'
>>6208525, >>6208608 Corbyn says Brexit talks with PM FAILING as she backs Trump deal
>>6208508 Jussie Smollett FOIA Dump - good DIGG stuff
>>6208468, >>6208538 Call to DIGG on source & explanation of 5-sec vid of man on ND tower
>>6208418 "Pro-Assange protesters clash with cops in Ecuador, calling President Moreno 'traitor'" (1min vid)
>>6208351 Exclusive: House Dems Sign Secret MOUs To Target Trump
>>6208296, >>6208354, >>6208386 Graveyard anons mull over Mueller Report, dates, times & "pain"
>>6208286, >>6208363 Christopher Droney of US Court of Appeals for 2nd Circuit taking senior status (end of June)
Anything missed, anons?
#6208664 at 2019-04-17 09:05:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7939: The Graveyard Edition
>>6208661
Live link for easier access, kek:
>>6181737 , >>6181940, >>6182182 jessie Liu DIGGs
Does this article add to that?
#6208661 at 2019-04-17 09:03:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7939: The Graveyard Edition
>>6208641
There's a digg on her:
>>6181737 , >>6181940 >>6182182 jessie Liu DIGGs
Does this article add to that?
#6208641 at 2019-04-17 08:59:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7939: The Graveyard Edition
Remember former FBI Assistant Director Andy McCabe? Since his dismissal from the FBI, everyone assumed that he was under criminal investigation for lying and leaking.
It turns out that a powerful official within the Justice Department named Ms. Jessie K. Liu, has been "burying" criminal referrals, letting suspects off with a slap on the wrist, or totally dismissing charges, as Chicago DOJ (Kim Foxx) did for Jussie Smollett.
Some examples of Jessie Liu's handi-work:
The manipulated DC legal case surrounding the Awan brothers; and how they escaped full accountability, likely due to need to protect politicians. (House of Representatives) The sweetheart plea deal.
The manipulated DC legal case surrounding SSCI Security Director James Wolfe; and how he was allowed to plea only to lying to investigators when the evidence was clear from the outset how he leaked classified information to his journalist concubine. Again, likely due to the need to protect politicians. (SSCI, Senate) The sweetheart plea deal.
The manipulated DC legal case surrounding Obama lawyer Greg Craig; and how he escaped accountability for FARA violations by running out the statute of limitations and burying Mueller's evidence for 18 months. Again, likely due to the need to protect politicians (Obama White House). Sweetheart double standards.
The manipulated DC legal case, a non-filing, surrounding former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe for lying to INSD investigators about his media leaks. Again, likely due to the need to protect the administrative state.
Detailed explanation at: theconservativetreehouse.com…
One of the first things new Attorney General William Barr did, after getting wind of Ms. Liu's actions, was to MOVE HER to a less influential job at the DOJ. (He was LIVID!)
BUT…it's not just Jessie K. Liu who ignored criminal referrals from Congress. Recent Special Counsel BOB MUELLER and Assistant AG ROD ROSENSTEIN ignored a criminal referral of Trump Dossier author, CHRISTOPHER STEELE.
The DOJ (Mueller) investigation of Christopher Steele was dropped.
Lindsey Graham and Chuck Grassley sent a criminal referral of Chris Steele to Rosenstein/Mueller in January 2018; however the case was used as a shield to ward-off FOIA inquiry, but the case was never actually pursued - and eventually dropped.
Additionally, with hindsight and a greater understanding of the Mueller team corruption, we can see how this specific referral hits the center of the FBI intent around their Russia collusion-conspiracy.
The issue surrounds the October 2016 Carter Page FISA application, and how the Steele Dossier was used therein.
Full Article at: theconservativetreehouse.com…-162559
If Bob Mueller were to investigate Christopher Steele, it would be learned that the Dossier was FAKE, the FISA court was lied to, and several top people in the DOJ (including Rosenstein himself) were corrupt lawbreakers.
After reading the above two articles, I now understand why we've never heard anything on the status of criminal referrals Congress has sent to the Department of Justice on McCabe, Comey, Hillary, Strzok, Lynch, and a few others. THEY WERE IGNORED.
This also explains why the 8 people Congressman Devin Nunes are referring for Criminal Investigation, will be hand-delivered by Nunes himself to Attorney General William Barr, this week. Jessie Liu and Bob Mueller are out of the way. But Rod Rosenstein is still the Assistant Attorney General, and able to intercept and/or sabotage the Nunes referrals.
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread1236530/pg1
Tough fonts but direct link below/
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/04/14/the-corruption-and-influence-of-jessie-k-Liu/
#6199045 at 2019-04-16 15:36:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7927 Shilling Intensifies: Approaching Target Edition
UniCredit Bank AG Agrees to Plead Guilty for Illegally Processing Transactions in Violation of Iranian Sanctions
UniCredit Group Banks Agree to Pay Over $1.3 Billion for Violating Sanctions
UniCredit Bank AG (UCB AG), a financial institution headquartered in Munich, operating under the name HypoVereinsbank, and part of the UniCredit Group has agreed to enter a guilty plea to conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and to defraud the United States by processing hundreds of millions of dollars of transactions through the U.S. financial system on behalf of an entity designated as a weapons of mass destruction proliferator and other Iranian entities subject to U.S. economic sanctions. UniCredit Bank Austria (BA), another financial institution in the UniCredit Group, headquartered in Vienna, Austria, agreed to forfeit $20 million and entered into a non-prosecution agreement to resolve an investigation into its violations of IEEPA. UniCredit SpA, the parent of both UCB AG and BA, has agreed to ensure that UCB AG and BA's obligations are fulfilled.
Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu of the District of Columbia, Assistant Director in Charge William F. Sweeny of the FBI's New York Field Office and Special Agent in Charge Kelly Jackson of the IRS-Criminal Investigations (CI) Washington Field Division made the announcement.
According to court documents, over the course of almost 10 years, UCB AG knowingly and willfully moved at least $393 million through the U.S. financial system on behalf of sanctioned entities, most of which was for an entity the U.S. Government specifically prohibited from accessing the U.S. financial system. UCB AG engaged in this criminal conduct through a scheme, formalized in its own bank polices and designed to conceal from U.S. regulators and banks the involvement of sanctioned entities in certain transactions. UCB AG routed illegal payments through U.S. financial institutions for the benefit of the sanctioned entities in ways that concealed the involvement of the sanctioned entities, including through the use of companies that UCB AG knew would appear unconnected to the sanctioned entity despite being controlled by the sanctioned entity.
"When the United States sanctioned Iranian entities for proliferating weapons of mass destruction, UCB AG went to great lengths to help one such entity - Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines - evade sanctions to gain access to the U.S. financial system," said Assistant Attorney General Benczkowski. "The integrity of our financial system requires financial institutions to comply with our laws, and UCB AG willfully failed to do so. Today's guilty plea and $1.3 billion penalty are just punishments for undermining U.S. sanctions and putting our financial system at risk."
"UCB AG's actions in deliberately providing a designated weapons-of-mass-destruction proliferator with access to the U.S. financial system for almost two years after such access was prohibited by U.S. law were particularly egregious," said U.S. Attorney Liu. "The bank's impending guilty plea and the accompanying monetary penalty announced today send a clear message that financial institutions that subvert U.S. sanctions, and therefore our national security, should expect severe consequences."
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/unicredit-bank-ag-agrees-plead-guilty-illegally-processing-transactions-violation-iranian
#6192970 at 2019-04-16 00:55:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7919: Happy Trump Tax Cuts Day Edition
>>6184531 7908
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/04/14/the-corruption-and-influence-of-jessie-k-Liu/#more-162537
this too…
Accepting that Ms. Jessie Liu is a career participant in the DOJ aspects of deep state preservation; even acting in a role as Deputy Chief of Staff for the DOJ National Security Division (yes, the DOJ-NSD division at the heart of the FISA issues); and remembering that Ms. Liu was also a member of the Trump transition team.... well, who the hell recommended her for those roles?
Someone 'inside' the Trump operation had to recommend Jessie Liu as a member of the transition team knowing full well her ideology would protect the administrative state. Who was that person who recommended her, and brought her in?
Additionally, regarding the recent March 5th, 2019, recommendation for Associate Attorney General (position #3), there has to be a point-of-contact between the DOJ and the inner circle of the White House. A person who would carry a recommendation from the DOJ institution, internally, to President Trump. Who was/is that person specifically?
If the 2016/2017 recommending transition member is the same as the 2019 recommending administration member... well, that's the person who is directly working to the detriment of President Trump's agenda.
Again, for those who might prefer to look-away from cold data, go back to the four points of specific reference we started with and research:
The manipulated DC legal case surrounding the Awan brothers; and how they escaped full accountability, likely due to need to protect politicians. (House of Representatives) The sweetheart plea deal.
The manipulated DC legal case surrounding SSCI Security Director James Wolfe; and how he was allowed to plea only to lying to investigators when the evidence was clear from the outset how he leaked classified information to his journalist concubine. Again, likely due to the need to protect politicians. (SSCI, Senate) The sweetheart plea deal.
The manipulated DC legal case surrounding Obama lawyer Greg Craig; and how he escaped accountability for FARA violations by running out the statute of limitations and burying Mueller's evidence for 18 months. Again, likely due to the need to protect politicians (Obama White House). Sweetheart double standards.
The manipulated DC legal case, a non-filing, surrounding former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe for lying to INSD investigators about his media leaks. Again, likely due to the need to protect the administrative state. Criminal referral (April 19, 2018); grand jury (Approx. July 2018); Status?...
#6184531 at 2019-04-15 14:02:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7908 Monday Forecast: Cloudy with Isolated Shillstorms Edition
The Corruption and Influence of Jessie K Liu...
What do the following four points have in common?
The manipulated DC legal case surrounding the Awan brothers; and how they escaped full accountability, likely due to need to protect politicians. (House of Representatives) The sweetheart plea deal.
The manipulated DC legal case surrounding SSCI Security Director James Wolfe; and how he was allowed to plea only to lying to investigators when the evidence was clear from the outset how he leaked classified information to his journalist concubine. Again, likely due to the need to protect politicians. (SSCI, Senate) The sweetheart plea deal.
The manipulated DC legal case surrounding Obama lawyer Greg Craig; and how he escaped accountability for FARA violations by running out the statute of limitations and burying Mueller's evidence for 18 months. Again, likely due to the need to protect politicians (Obama White House). Sweetheart double standards.
The manipulated DC legal case, a non-filing, surrounding former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe for lying to INSD investigators about his media leaks. Again, likely due to the need to protect the administrative state. Criminal referral (April 19, 2018); grand jury (Approx. July 2018); Status?... Oh, wait for it....
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/04/14/the-corruption-and-influence-of-jessie-k-Liu/
#6184061 at 2019-04-15 12:41:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7908 Monday Forecast: Cloudy with Isolated Shillstorms Edition
Global Board Admin Announcements
>>6137135 Bakers reminder, do not add Q's posts WITHOUT a tripcode to the dough
>>6121805, >>6122032 New BO, FastJack, announced in Meta (Cap: >>6175099)
>>6102951, >>6102968 8bit on global notables and baker assist
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#7907
Baker Change
>>6184001 US Marines Monday Motivation
>>6183949 Jury Selection Today In NXIVM Sex Cult Trial
>>6183868 POTUS Schedule: Congress out for 2 wk Easter recess
>>6183797 New DJT twat w/CAP 3
>>6183749 New DJT twat w/CAP 2
>>6183721 Former Travel Office Chief Acquitted : Courts: Billy Dale had been charged with embezzlement
Baker Ghost/ Assist
>>6183630 USMC FEA twat - Who let the dogs out? (unleashed)
>>6183600 New DJT twat w/CAP 1
>>6183534 DoD twat - Moving the Big Guns
>>6183521 NZ's Brian Tamaki "..war if you call the Bible hate speech."
>>6183353, >>6183355 Resignations in the news
>>6183319, >>6183897 CNN - Expect 5 Major fights re: Mueller report
>>6184027 #7907
#7906
>>6182552 Israel Training Troops to Act as 'Army of Ambassadors' After Release
>>6182639 Federal judge compares POTUS Trump to 'KKK,' for protecting our country
>>6182725 U.S. secretly tracked billions of calls for decades
>>6182676 Strange looking Lightning strikes the Burj Khalifa in Dubai
>>6182824 Chicago Mayor-Elect Lori Lightfoot Says She Will Welcome Shipments of Illegals
>>6182875 (older article) Stefan Halper, Oversaw CIA Spying Operation in 1980 Presidential Election
>>6182885 Cory Booker Admits Releasing Migrants In Sanctuary Cities Would "Make Us Less Safe"
>>6182963 @RealJamesWoods up late with an entertaining tweet
>>6183153 Frankenstein Designer Kids: What You Don't Know About Gender-Transitioning Will Blow Your Mind
>>6183168 Air New Zealand and Microsoft announce ground-breaking digital collaboration
>>6183267 #7906
#7905
baker change
>>6181723 , >>6181747 Bayer/Monsanto trial habbening
>>6181753 GOP Lawmakers Propose Bill to Separate Chicago From Illinois (woah)
>>6181764 New @USAIRFORCE twat
>>6181795 New @USArmy watch that water
>>6181864 Interdasting post re: Psychopaths and Human Sacrifice throughout history
>>6181982 Security footage shows off JA's indoor skateboarding ability
>>6182002 , >>6182035 , >>6182017 MAGA Coalition still trying to subvert (and failing)
>>6181737 , >>6181940 >>6182182 Jessie Liu DIGGs
>>6182058 Joshua Shulte PedoGate Connection?
>>6182098 @45_Schedule new twat
>>6182237 Feels good post RE: Tiger Woods comeback.
>>6182338 The Three Men; London is in Coverup Mode
>>6182440 New James Woods twat
>>6182450 #7905
Previously Collected Notables
>>6180897 #7903, >>6181632 #7904
>>6178607 #7900, >>6179353 #7901, >>6180124 #7902
>>6176214 #7897, >>6177796 #7898, >>6177801 #7899
>>6173752 #7894, >>6174575 #7895, >>6175382 #7896
>>6171676 #7891, >>6172153 #7892, >>6172939 #7893
Notables Archive by BV's (updated nightly): https://8ch.net/qresearch/notables.html
Notables also archived here: >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384)
#6183300 at 2019-04-15 09:13:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7907 Fastest. Bread. Ever Edition
Global Board Admin Announcements
>>6137135 Bakers reminder, do not add Q's posts WITHOUT a tripcode to the dough
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>>5958613 Please use PNGs or JPGs (not JPEGS) for images
>>6069810 BV's announce BO's resignation in Meta thread. All board-related decisions will be made by BV's as a group
>>6069934 8bit, thank you for your service to /qresearch/
Notables
are not endorsements
#7906
>>6182552 Israel Training Troops to Act as 'Army of Ambassadors' After Release
>>6182639 Federal judge compares POTUS Trump to 'KKK,' for protecting our country
>>6182725 U.S. secretly tracked billions of calls for decades
>>6182676 Strange looking Lightning strikes the Burj Khalifa in Dubai
>>6182824 Chicago Mayor-Elect Lori Lightfoot Says She Will Welcome Shipments of Illegals
>>6182875 (older article) Stefan Halper, Oversaw CIA Spying Operation in 1980 Presidential Election
>>6182885 Cory Booker Admits Releasing Migrants In Sanctuary Cities Would "Make Us Less Safe"
>>6182963 @RealJamesWoods up late with an entertaining tweet
>>6183153 Frankenstein Designer Kids: What You Don't Know About Gender-Transitioning Will Blow Your Mind
>>6183168 Air New Zealand and Microsoft announce ground-breaking digital collaboration
>>6183267 #7906
#7905
baker change
>>6181723 , >>6181747 Bayer/Monsanto trial habbening
>>6181753 GOP Lawmakers Propose Bill to Separate Chicago From Illinois (woah)
>>6181764 New @USAIRFORCE twat
>>6181795 New @USArmy watch that water
>>6181864 Interdasting post re: Psychopaths and Human Sacrifice throughout history
>>6181982 Security footage shows off JA's indoor skateboarding ability
>>6182002 , >>6182035 , >>6182017 MAGA Coalition still trying to subvert (and failing)
>>6181737 , >>6181940 >>6182182 Jessie Liu DIGGs
>>6182058 Joshua Shulte PedoGate Connection?
>>6182098 @45_Schedule new twat
>>6182237 Feels good post RE: Tiger Woods comeback.
>>6182338 The Three Men; London is in Coverup Mode
>>6182440 New James Woods twat
>>6182450 #7905
#7904
baker change
>>6181300 NY's Oversight Cmte Head calls for removal of faulty voting machines
>>6181557 NY dems reject tuition aid for kids of killed/injured vets but dole out $ for illegals
>>6181409 POTUS tweets = zero delta; >>6181505 clock fag checks in too
>>6181388 POTUS schedule for Monday
>>6181298 NYT fake news: now says immigrants flee Central America due to global warming
>>6181295 Where have the rich been buying property in NZ?
>>6181257 @NoradCommand tweet: "We have the watch"
>>6181184 Q #2729 and Nat'l Guard tweet; >>6181243 plane now near missile launch site
>>6181186 Louisiana GOP Gov. Candidate Ralph Abraham Releases Game of Thrones Campaign Ad (KEK!)
>>6181109, >>6181365 Moar on Games of Thrones/Calm Before the Storm (Go Navy!!)
>>6181108, >>6181056, >>6181066 When will Mueller Report hit the streets?
>>6181074 Asian shares near nine-month highs, helped by U.S. optimism on China trade talks
>>6181040 Best Ranger Competition today - toughest in the @USArmy
>>6181632 #7904
Previously Collected Notables
>>6180897 #7903
>>6178607 #7900, >>6179353 #7901, >>6180124 #7902
>>6176214 #7897, >>6177796 #7898, >>6177801 #7899
>>6173752 #7894, >>6174575 #7895, >>6175382 #7896
>>6171676 #7891, >>6172153 #7892, >>6172939 #7893
Notables Archive by BV's (updated nightly): https://8ch.net/qresearch/notables.html
Notables also archived here: >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384)
#6183287 at 2019-04-15 09:10:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7906 God Supports Walls Edition
Global Board Admin Announcements
>>6137135 Bakers reminder, do not add Q's posts WITHOUT a tripcode to the dough
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>>6102951, >>6102968 8bit on global notables and baker assist
>>5958613 Please use PNGs or JPGs (not JPEGS) for images
>>6069810 BV's announce BO's resignation in Meta thread. All board-related decisions will be made by BV's as a group
>>6069934 8bit, thank you for your service to /qresearch/
Notables
are not endorsements
#7906
>>6182552 Israel Training Troops to Act as 'Army of Ambassadors' After Release
>>6182639 Federal judge compares POTUS Trump to 'KKK,' for protecting our country
>>6182725 U.S. secretly tracked billions of calls for decades
>>6182676 Strange looking Lightning strikes the Burj Khalifa in Dubai
>>6182824 Chicago Mayor-Elect Lori Lightfoot Says She Will Welcome Shipments of Illegals
>>6182875 (older article) Stefan Halper, Oversaw CIA Spying Operation in 1980 Presidential Election
>>6182885 Cory Booker Admits Releasing Migrants In Sanctuary Cities Would "Make Us Less Safe"
>>6182963 @RealJamesWoods up late with an entertaining tweet
>>6183153 Frankenstein Designer Kids: What You Don't Know About Gender-Transitioning Will Blow Your Mind
>>6183168 Air New Zealand and Microsoft announce ground-breaking digital collaboration
>>6183267 #7906
#7905
baker change
>>6181723 , >>6181747 Bayer/Monsanto trial habbening
>>6181753 GOP Lawmakers Propose Bill to Separate Chicago From Illinois (woah)
>>6181764 New @USAIRFORCE twat
>>6181795 New @USArmy watch that water
>>6181864 Interdasting post re: Psychopaths and Human Sacrifice throughout history
>>6181982 Security footage shows off JA's indoor skateboarding ability
>>6182002 , >>6182035 , >>6182017 MAGA Coalition still trying to subvert (and failing)
>>6181737 , >>6181940 >>6182182 Jessie Liu DIGGs
>>6182058 Joshua Shulte PedoGate Connection?
>>6182098 @45_Schedule new twat
>>6182237 Feels good post RE: Tiger Woods comeback.
>>6182338 The Three Men; London is in Coverup Mode
>>6182440 New James Woods twat
>>6182450 #7905
#7904
baker change
>>6181300 NY's Oversight Cmte Head calls for removal of faulty voting machines
>>6181557 NY dems reject tuition aid for kids of killed/injured vets but dole out $ for illegals
>>6181409 POTUS tweets = zero delta; >>6181505 clock fag checks in too
>>6181388 POTUS schedule for Monday
>>6181298 NYT fake news: now says immigrants flee Central America due to global warming
>>6181295 Where have the rich been buying property in NZ?
>>6181257 @NoradCommand tweet: "We have the watch"
>>6181184 Q #2729 and Nat'l Guard tweet; >>6181243 plane now near missile launch site
>>6181186 Louisiana GOP Gov. Candidate Ralph Abraham Releases Game of Thrones Campaign Ad (KEK!)
>>6181109, >>6181365 Moar on Games of Thrones/Calm Before the Storm (Go Navy!!)
>>6181108, >>6181056, >>6181066 When will Mueller Report hit the streets?
>>6181074 Asian shares near nine-month highs, helped by U.S. optimism on China trade talks
>>6181040 Best Ranger Competition today - toughest in the @USArmy
>>6181632 #7904
Previously Collected Notables
>>6180897 #7903
>>6178607 #7900, >>6179353 #7901, >>6180124 #7902
>>6176214 #7897, >>6177796 #7898, >>6177801 #7899
>>6173752 #7894, >>6174575 #7895, >>6175382 #7896
>>6171676 #7891, >>6172153 #7892, >>6172939 #7893
Notables Archive by BV's (updated nightly): https://8ch.net/qresearch/notables.html
Notables also archived here: >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384)
#6183093 at 2019-04-15 08:16:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7906 God Supports Walls Edition
Baker
review Notables Crumbs Table #7905 baker change
- has an err in thread
<pic related
>>6181737 , >>6181940 >>6182182 Jessie Liu DIGGs
tyQ
#6182461 at 2019-04-15 05:28:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7906 God Supports Walls Edition
Global Board Admin Announcements
>>6137135 Bakers reminder, do not add Q's posts WITHOUT a tripcode to the dough
>>6121805, >>6122032 New BO, FastJack, announced in Meta (Cap: >>6175099)
>>6102951, >>6102968 8bit on global notables and baker assist
>>5958613 Please use PNGs or JPGs (not JPEGS) for images
>>6069810 BV's announce BO's resignation in Meta thread. All board-related decisions will be made by BV's as a group
>>6069934 8bit, thank you for your service to /qresearch/
Notables
are not endorsements
#7905
baker change
>>6181723 , >>6181747 Bayer/Monsanto trial habbening
>>6181753 GOP Lawmakers Propose Bill to Separate Chicago From Illinois (woah)
>>6181764 New @USAIRFORCE twat
>>6181795 New @USArmy watch that water
>>6181864 Interdasting post re: Psychopaths and Human Sacrifice throughout history
>>6181982 Security footage shows off JA's indoor skateboarding ability
>>6182002 , >>6182035 , >>6182017 MAGA Coalition still trying to subvert (and failing)
>>6181737 , >>6181940 >>6182182 Jessie Liu DIGGs
>>6182058 Joshua Shulte PedoGate Connection?
>>6182098 @45_Schedule new twat
>>6182237 Feels good post RE: Tiger Woods comeback.
>>6182338 The Three Men; London is in Coverup Mode
>>6182440 New James Woods twat
>>6182450 #7905
#7904
baker change
>>6181300 NY's Oversight Cmte Head calls for removal of faulty voting machines
>>6181557 NY dems reject tuition aid for kids of killed/injured vets but dole out $ for illegals
>>6181409 POTUS tweets = zero delta; >>6181505 clock fag checks in too
>>6181388 POTUS schedule for Monday
>>6181298 NYT fake news: now says immigrants flee Central America due to global warming
>>6181295 Where have the rich been buying property in NZ?
>>6181257 @NoradCommand tweet: "We have the watch"
>>6181184 Q #2729 and Nat'l Guard tweet; >>6181243 plane now near missile launch site
>>6181186 Louisiana GOP Gov. Candidate Ralph Abraham Releases Game of Thrones Campaign Ad (KEK!)
>>6181109, >>6181365 Moar on Games of Thrones/Calm Before the Storm (Go Navy!!)
>>6181108, >>6181056, >>6181066 When will Mueller Report hit the streets?
>>6181074 Asian shares near nine-month highs, helped by U.S. optimism on China trade talks
>>6181040 Best Ranger Competition today - toughest in the @USArmy
>>6181632 #7904
#7903
>>6180193 New DJT Twat
>>6180198 HRC suffers "horrid" coughing fit @WitW Summit when asked about Assange (justice begins @25:55)
>>6180192 Putin and Kim Jong Un to hold FIRST EVER summit as North Korea and Russia meet in China
>>6180255 @realDonaldTrump on Huawei hiring former Obama staff as lobbyist
>>6180550 Sanctuary Cities Welcome Illegal Aliens with 'Open Arms' While 38K American Veterans Remain Homeless
>>6180650 Democrats attack their own. Pelosi rips AOC
>>6180706 Ninth Circuit Court Temporarily Reinstates Trump Asylum Policy
>>6180781 U.S. waters down demand China ax subsidies in push for trade deal
>>6180897 #7903
Previously Collected Notables
>>6178607 #7900, >>6179353 #7901, >>6180124 #7902
>>6176214 #7897, >>6177796 #7898, >>6177801 #7899
>>6173752 #7894, >>6174575 #7895, >>6175382 #7896
>>6171676 #7891, >>6172153 #7892, >>6172939 #7893
Notables Archive by BV's (updated nightly): https://8ch.net/qresearch/notables.html
Notables also archived here: >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384)
#6182450 at 2019-04-15 05:27:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7905: The News is Accelerating Edition
BAKING
#7905
>>6181723 , >>6181747 Bayer/Monsanto trial habbening
>>6181753 GOP Lawmakers Propose Bill to Separate Chicago From Illinois (woah)
>>6181764 New @USAIRFORCE twat
>>6181795 New @USArmy watch that water
>>6181864 Interdasting post re: Psychopaths and Human Sacrifice throughout history
>>6181982 Security footage shows off JA's indoor skateboarding ability
>>6182002 , >>6182035 , >>6182017 MAGA Coalition still trying to subvert (and failing)
>>6181737 , >>6181940 >>6182182 Jessie Liu DIGGs
>>6182058 Joshua Shulte PedoGate Connection?
>>6182098 @45_Schedule new twat
>>6182237 Feels good post RE: Tiger Woods comeback.
>>6182338 The Three Men; London is in Coverup Mode
>>6182440 New James Woods twat
#6182353 at 2019-04-15 05:12:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7905: The News is Accelerating Edition
LAST CALL
#7905
>>6181723 , >>6181747 Bayer/Monsanto trial habbening
>>6181753 GOP Lawmakers Propose Bill to Separate Chicago From Illinois (woah)
>>6181764 New @USAIRFORCE twat
>>6181795 New @USArmy watch that water
>>6181864 Interdasting post re: Psychopaths and Human Sacrifice throughout history
>>6181982 Security footage shows off JA's indoor skateboarding ability
>>6182002 , >>6182035 , >>6182017 MAGA Coalition still trying to subvert (and failing)
>>6181737 , >>6181940 >>6182182 Jessie Liu DIGGs
>>6182058 Joshua Shulte PedoGate Connection?
>>6182098 @45_Schedule new twat
>>6182237 Feels good post RE: Tiger Woods comeback.
>>6182338 The Three Men; London is in Coverup Mode
#6182221 at 2019-04-15 04:52:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7905: The News is Accelerating Edition
>>6182193
Looking good, baker,just one little thing, a space needed in Jessie Liu DIGGS
Maybe you already saw….
#6182193 at 2019-04-15 04:48:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7905: The News is Accelerating Edition
#7905
>>6181723 , >>6181747 Bayer/Monsanto trial habbening
>>6181753 GOP Lawmakers Propose Bill to Separate Chicago From Illinois (woah)
>>6181764 New @USAIRFORCE twat
>>6181795 New @USArmy watch that water
>>6181864 Interdasting post re: Psychopaths and Human Sacrifice throughout history
>>6181982 Security footage shows off JA's indoor skateboarding ability
>>6182002 , >>6182035 , >>6182017 MAGA Coalition still trying to subvert (and failing)
>>6181737, >>6181940 >>6182182 Jessie Liu DIGGs
>>6182058 Joshua Shulte PedoGate Connection?
>>6182098 @45_Schedule new twat
#6182182 at 2019-04-15 04:47:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7905: The News is Accelerating Edition
>>6181737
Moar [Jessie Liu] Diggs
WEDDINGS; M. B. Abramowicz And Jessie Liu
>AUG. 15, 1999
>Jessie Kong Liu, the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Wu-Schyong Liu of King of
>Prussia, Pa., is to be married this afternoon to Michael Bernard Abramowicz,
>a son of Dr. Helen Abramowicz and Dr. Mark Abramowicz of Larchmont, N.Y.
https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/15/style/weddings-m-b-abramowicz-and-jessie-Liu.html
#6182123 at 2019-04-15 04:39:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7905: The News is Accelerating Edition
#7905
>>6181723 , >>6181747 Bayer/Monsanto trial habbening
>>6181753 GOP Lawmakers Propose Bill to Separate Chicago From Illinois (woah)
>>6181764 New @USAIRFORCE twat
>>6181795 New @USArmy watch that water
>>6181864 Interdasting post re: Psychopaths and Human Sacrifice throughout history
>>6181982 Security footage shows off JA's indoor skateboarding ability
>>6182002 , >>6182035 , >>6182017 MAGA Coalition still trying to subvert (and failing)
>>6181737, >>6181940 Jessie Liu DIGG. con't.
>>6182058 Joshua Shulte PedoGate Connection?
not so sure about the CBS / Potus trolling one…maybe for another baker. That shit pissed me off.
#6181993 at 2019-04-15 04:26:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7905: The News is Accelerating Edition
>>6181737, >>6181940 Jessie Liu DIGG. con't.
notable
#6181940 at 2019-04-15 04:21:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7905: The News is Accelerating Edition
>>6181737
Jessie Liu's involvement in this case is HIGHLY suspect.
>The PTO has been corrupt for many years.
>Gilbert Hyatt has battled them for at least 20 years.
GILBERT P. HYATT,
Plaintiff,
v.
ANDREI IANCU, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property
and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office,
Defendant.
<JESSIE K. Liu, D.C. Bar # 472845
<United States Attorney for the District of Columbia
https://cdn.patentlyo.com/media/2018/05/04e9202c-6214-442a-998d-3b74156ca79b.pdf
#6181737 at 2019-04-15 04:00:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7905: The News is Accelerating Edition
[Jessie Liu] Digg | Financial Disclosure
>Hi-Lites are in source document
https://www.fbcoverup.com/docs/library/2017-04-17-Jessie-K-Liu-2017-Financial-Disclosure-ProPublica-Apr-17-2017.pdf
#6178121 at 2019-04-14 22:22:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7900: All For A Larp. The 7900th Edition
Two lobes short of a brain.
Seriously, I apologize to Candace Owens on behave of the American people, that she was forced to sit in front of such a dodling old fool as Jerry (gonad) Nadler and Ted (go to the loo) Liu).
She would never call either stupid. Of course they made it self-evident in the hearing.
#6166992 at 2019-04-13 21:42:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7886: What A Time To Be Alive Edition
Mnuchin says hopes U.S.-China trade talks nearing 'final round'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Saturday a U.S.-China trade agreement would go "way beyond" previous efforts to open China's markets to U.S. companies and hoped that the two sides were "close to the final round" of negotiations.
Mnuchin, speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank spring meetings, said that he and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer would hold two calls next week with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He. The officials also were discussing whether more in-person meetings were necessary to conclude an agreement.
"I think we're hopeful that we're getting close to the final round of concluding issues," Mnuchin said.
Beijing and Washington are seeking a deal to end a bitter trade war marked by tit-for-tat tariffs that have cost the world's two largest economies billions of dollars, disrupted supply chains and rattled financial markets.
Among the issues under discussion are U.S. demands that China open more sectors of its economy to foreign and U.S. firms. Asked whether such an opening would go beyond what was contemplated in the 2016 Bilateral Investment Treaty negotiations, he replied:
"We are making progress, I want to be careful. This is not a public negotiation … this is a very, very detailed agreement covering issues that have never been dealt with before," Mnuchin said. "This is way beyond anything that looked like a bilateral investment treaty.
The BIT talks, pursued by former President Barack Obama's administration, stalled as China refused to satisfy U.S. demands to open significant sectors of its economy to foreign investment. The talks were not taken up by the Trump administration, which pursued tariffs on Chinese goods instead, leading to the current talks.
Mnuchin called the agreement under negotiation "the most significant change in the trading relationship in 40 years," adding that it would have "real enforcement on both sides."
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-imf-worldbank-mnuchin-idUSKCN1RP0OC
#6153517 at 2019-04-12 19:58:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7869 Friday is En Fuego! Edition
>>6153384
>Seth was WL source for the emails
No proof. Only assumptions. The rest of your post clearly lays out there is much moar than just SR stealing DNC emails and giving them to WL. Again, we have zero proof of what Seth did or did not do. Lot's of circumstancial evidence, but zero proof.
As for Awan, my ass is still chapped that Jessie Liu made it so he could never be tried for any and all non violent crimes, which cyberspying is considered non violent. But, that another issue.
Because of all the classified info, we will likely never learn all there is no the depths of that rabbit hole.
#6146869 at 2019-04-12 04:07:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7860: Take Care Of Our Wizzard, Fam Edition
>>6146825
>Is Imran currently in custody?
Nope and thanks to Jessie Liu he can never be charged with any non violent crimes in his sweetheart plea deal. He got a slap on the wrist.
#6143978 at 2019-04-12 00:28:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7857: "The 'Server' Brings Down The House" Edition
McCabe could walk from all of this.
:Given the distance from the original McCabe grand jury investigation (9 months); and accepting the current high-profile book tour by Andrew McCabe; and considering Ms. Liu is soon to exit as U.S. Attorney for DC; it would appear legal issues around McCabe are no longer looming."
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/04/11/review-the-dates-mueller-special-counsel-shaped-prosecution-of-obama-lawyer-greg-craig/
#6142160 at 2019-04-11 22:04:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7854: Super Elite Edition
draw and strike is sessions and Liu successfully prosecuted a Rothschild
>>6141463
#6141504 at 2019-04-11 21:14:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7854: Super Elite Edition
>>6141463
I'm going to love this Jessie Liu ….
#6140471 at 2019-04-11 20:03:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7852: PRAY for Assange Edition
@TheJusticeDept
Washington-Based Lawyer Indicted on Charge of Making False Statements to the Department of Justice 11:37 - 11 abr. 2019
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A federal grand jury today returned an indictment charging Gregory B. Craig, a Washington-based lawyer, with making false statements and concealing material information about his activities on behalf of Ukraine from the Department of Justice, National Security Division's Foreign Agents Registration Act Unit (FARA Unit).
The announcement was made by Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers, U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu for the District of Columbia, and Assistant Director in Charge William F. Sweeney, Jr. of the FBI's New York Field Office.
Craig, 74, of Washington, D.C., was indicted by a grand jury in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for willfully falsifying and concealing material facts from the FARA Unit, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1001(a)(1), and for making false and misleading statements to the FARA Unit, in violation Title 22, United States Code, Section 618(a)(2).
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/washington-based-lawyer-indicted-charge-making-false-statements-department-justice
#6137752 at 2019-04-11 17:20:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7849: Dishin' Up The Source Edition
Beijing 'Sweetens' Cloud Computing Offer As Mnuchin Says Agreement Reached On 'Enforcement Offices'
Yesterday, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin confirmed during an interview with CNBC that the issue of enforcement of a US-China trade deal, believed to be one of the most troublesome obstacles to a final agreement, had finally been resolved after both sides agreed to open 'enforcement offices' in their respective countries. This followed reports last week that Trump would give China until 2025 to make good on its promises, including massive purchases of agricultural goods, effectively punting the task of enforcement to his successor.
The agreement was finally struck during a call with Liu He, the Chinese vice premier and head trade negotiator, on Tuesday. But just because the enforcement issue has been "pretty much" resolved, doesn't mean that the deal will be completed within a month, as President Trump has said.
"We've pretty much agreed on an enforcement mechanism," Mnuchin said during the interview. "We've agreed that both sides will establish enforcement offices that will deal with the ongoing matters. This is something both sides are taking very seriously."
On Thursday, the Wall Street Journal published another optimistic trade update, claiming that China has 'sweetened' its offer to open up its market to US cloud computing companies following extensive lobbying by trade negotiators and, get this, Amazon CEO and Trump nemesis Jeff Bezos. US negotiators had rejected a previous proposal last week, saying it was "inadequate."
Per WSJ, the new offer would involve issuing licenses for foreign businesses to operate data centers on the mainland, and lifting a 50% equity cap that requires foreign companies like Amazon to seek out domestic partners.
With the enforcement issue resolved, and Beijing having passed a law intended to stop forced technology transfers and IP theft, the main issues up for debate now focus squarely on access for American tech firms like Amazon, Microsoft and Apple. These companies have invested millions of dollars in China already, but have been hamstrung by restrictive regulations. The new proposal expands on an offer made by Premier Li Kequiang had proposed during a meeting with tech executives, which was panned as "weak and unrealistic."
The second proposal followed a meeting earlier this week between US tech firms and China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the country's top tech regulator.
merican tech firms like Amazon have already formed partnerships with Chinese firms to gain entree to the mainland economy.
Given the regulatory hurdles, some foreign companies have formed partnerships with local cloud companies, licensing technologies and have them run data centers in China.
Amazon Web Services, for example, partners with Beijing Sinnet Technology Co. to operate the AWS China cloud-computing service in the Beijing region. Sinnet owns the hardware while AWS says it provides technology, guidance and expertise to Sinnet.
Still, the new proposal didn't address the issue of data transfers. Under current Chinese law, American tech firms must store data from their Chinese operations on the mainland. But the US is insisting that this rule be changed as part of a final deal.
Setting aside issues of market access, the biggest obstacle to a final deal remains Washington's insistence that some of its trade war tariffs be maintained, at least in the near term, to ensure compliance with the deal. Beijing has repeatedly insisted that all tariffs be dropped.
As the two sides appear to have made little progress on the issue, it's worth wondering: Will Trump cave on this to salvage his deal and secure a major PR victory as the 2020 race heats up?
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-11/beijing-sweetens-offer-cloud-computing-mnuchin-says-agreement-reached-enforcement
(WTF is munchkins doing here?)
#6130083 at 2019-04-11 03:12:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7839: Stay In Your Lane. The spying on a campaign is a big deal Edition
US and China agree to establish trade deal enforcement offices, says US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin
Mnuchin said that a call with Chinese Vice-Premier Liu He on Tuesday night was productive and that discussions would resume on Thursday
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday that US-China trade talks continue to make progress and that the two sides have basically settled on a mechanism to police any agreement, including new enforcement offices.
Mnuchin, speaking on CNBC television, said that a call with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He on Tuesday night was productive and that discussions would resume on Thursday. "We've pretty much agreed on an enforcement mechanism; we've agreed that both sides will establish enforcement offices that will deal with the ongoing matters," Mnuchin said, adding that there were still important issues to be addressed. Mnuchin declined to comment on when or if US tariffs on US$250 billion worth of Chinese goods would be removed.
Although US President Donald Trump said recently that a deal could be ready around the end of April, Mnuchin declined to put a time frame on the negotiations, adding that Trump was focused on getting the "right deal". US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. Photo: BloombergUS Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. Photo: Bloomberg
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. Photo: Bloomberg
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday that US-China trade talks continue to make progress and that the two sides have basically settled on a mechanism to police any agreement, including new enforcement offices.
Mnuchin, speaking on CNBC television, said that a call with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He on Tuesday night was productive and that discussions would resume on Thursday.
"We've pretty much agreed on an enforcement mechanism; we've agreed that both sides will establish enforcement offices that will deal with the ongoing matters," Mnuchin said, adding that there were still important issues to be addressed.
Mnuchin declined to comment on when or if US tariffs on US$250 billion worth of Chinese goods would be removed.
Although US President Donald Trump said recently that a deal could be ready around the end of April, Mnuchin declined to put a time frame on the negotiations, adding that Trump was focused on getting the "right deal".
"As soon as we're ready and we have this done, he's ready and willing to meet with President Xi (Jinping) and it's important for the two leaders to meet and we're hopeful we can do this quickly, but we're not going to set an arbitrary deadline,"Mnuchin said.
Washington is demanding that China implement significant reforms to curb the theft of US intellectual property and end forced transfers of technology from American companies to Chinese firms. Washington also wants Beijing to curb industrial subsidies, open its markets more widely to US firms and vastly increase purchases of American agricultural, energy and manufactured goods.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3005636/us-china-agree-establish-trade-deal-enforcement-offices-says-us-treasury
#6114012 at 2019-04-10 00:28:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7819: Max Poot Edition
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/standard-chartered-bank-admits-illegally-processing-transactions-violation-iranian-sanctions
Standard Chartered Bank (SCB), a global financial institution headquartered in London, England, has agreed to forfeiture of $240 million, a fine of $480 million, and to the amendment and extension of its deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with the Justice Department for an additional two years for conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). This criminal conspiracy, lasting from 2007 through 2011, resulted in SCB processing approximately 9,500 financial transactions worth approximately $240 million through U.S. financial institutions for the benefit of Iranian entities.
Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu of the District of Columbia, Assistant Director in Charge William F. Sweeney, Jr. of the FBI's New York Field Office, Chief Don Fort of the IRS Criminal Investigation (CI), and District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. of New York County made the announcement.
The New York County District Attorney's Office (DANY) is also announcing today that SCB has agreed to amend its DPA with DANY and extend for two additional years, and to pay an additional financial penalty of $292,210,160. Under the amended DPA with DANY, SCB has admitted that it violated New York State law by, among other things, falsifying the records of New York financial institutions. SCB has also entered into separate settlement agreements with the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Federal Reserve), the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS), and the United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) under which SCB shall pay additional penalties totaling more than $477 million. The Justice Department has agreed to credit a portion of these related payments and, after crediting, will collect $52,210,160 of the fine, in addition to SCB's $240 million forfeiture.
In connection with the conspiracy, a former employee of SCB's branch in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), referred to as Person A, pleaded guilty in the District of Columbia for conspiring to defraud the United States and to violate IEEPA. A two-count criminal indictment was unsealed today in federal court in the District of Columbia charging Mahmoud Reza Elyassi, an Iranian national, 49, and former customer of SCB Dubai, with participating in the conspiracy.
#6110647 at 2019-04-09 19:21:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7814: Or Are They? Edition
>>6110071
All I get out of this is I want to personally kill Liu and Nadler.
#6084829 at 2019-04-07 16:08:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7782: Nunes will be remembered as a Great American Hero Edition
>>6084803
China, U.S. smoothly conclude 9th round of high-level trade talks
WASHINGTON, April 6 (Xinhua) – China and the United States concluded here the ninth round of high-level economic and trade talks which ran from Wednesday to Friday.
Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chief of the Chinese side of the China-U.S. comprehensive economic dialogue, co-hosted the talks with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
The two sides discussed the agreement text on technology transfer, protection of intellectual property rights, non-tariff measures, services industry, agriculture, trade balance and enforcement mechanism, and achieved new progress.
The two sides also decided to continue their consultations regarding the remaining issues through various effective means.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201904/07/WS5ca93a48a3104842260b4ae4.html
#6075659 at 2019-04-06 20:57:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7770: Shabbat Shalom Edition
As latest round of U.S.-China talks end, 'significant work' remains
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and Chinese negotiators wrapped up their latest round of trade talks on Friday and were scheduled to resume discussions next week to try to secure a pact that would end a tit-for-tat tariff battle that has roiled global markets.
The two sides offered few details of the progress as Chinese Vice Premier Liu He concluded three days of meetings with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in Washington. U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said a deal could be announced in the next four weeks.
Last year Washington and Beijing slapped import duties on each other's products that cost the world's two largest economies billions of dollars and disrupted manufacturing and supply chains. The United States is seeking reforms to Chinese practices that it says result in the theft of U.S. intellectual property and the forced transfer of technology from U.S. companies to Chinese firms.
"Significant work remains, and the principals, deputy ministers, and delegation members will be in continuous contact to resolve outstanding issues," the office of the U.S. Trade Representative's (USTR) said in a statement.
Chinese state media said on Saturday that the two sides had made "new progress" in the talks.
The negotiations included intellectual property, or IP, forced technology transfer, non-tariff barriers, agriculture, services, purchases and enforcement, the USTR statement said.
White house adviser Larry Kudlow, speaking on Bloomberg Television earlier in the day, said Liu was due back in Beijing after Friday's talks, but the two sides would press ahead to resolve remaining differences by video link.
"There's no let-up here, this is an ongoing process," Kudlow said.
Washington also has demanded that Beijing curb industrial subsidies, open its economy wider to U.S. companies, and increase purchases of U.S. goods including farm and energy commodities to shrink the gaping trade deficit with China.
"We are making headway in a lot of areas. That includes enforcement, that includes IP theft, that includes forced technology transfers, ownership, cyberspace, commodities and all the rest of it," Kudlow said. "Those are of course in the middle of the negotiations that are ongoing, but we've come further and farther than ever before."
#6058231 at 2019-04-05 14:32:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7748: Sections Of New Wall Being Built Edition
China Hails 'New Consensus' on Trade as Trump Talks Up Unfinished Deal
China and the U.S. claimed progress in talks to end their trade war, with President Xi Jinping pushing for a rapid conclusion and President Donald Trump talking up prospects for a "monumental" agreement that may still be some weeks away.
Through a message passed to Trump via Vice Premier Liu He, Xi called for an early conclusion to negotiations and said that strategic leadership was needed to ensure healthy and stable U.S.-China relations, the official Xinhua News Agency said. Liu, who took part in talks this week in Washington, said the two sides had "reached new consensus on such important issues as the text" of a trade agreement, according to Xinhua.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-04/trump-says-china-trade-deal-isn-t-ready-but-may-be-monumental
#6043999 at 2019-04-04 13:29:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7730: And then There Were Seven Edition
Global Markets Flatline Ahead Of He-Trump Meeting, US Jobs Report
(oil trade suggests this will drop a little on open-after that tread water until 2pm est)
One day after a global "trade optimism"-inspired rally fizzled at the closing minute of US cash trading, European and Asian shares eased back from eight-month highs while bonds, the dollar and gold rallied as investors took money off the table amid, what else, "fresh concerns" about U.S.-China trade talks while dismal data from Germany signaled trouble for Europe as investors awaited further news from U.S.-China trade negotiations and tomorrow's US jobs report.
US index futures were flat, while Asian markets and Europe's Stoxx 600 index fell, led by declines in oil companies and miners.
The biggest economic news of the day was Germany's latest industrial orders which tumbled at the fastest rate in over five years in February, driven largely by a collapse in foreign demand.
(cap 2)
It's no wonder this is going on since start of the year
Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank go public on merger talks
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/deutsche-bank-commerzbank-end-rumors-announce-merger-talks-2019-03-17
The report compounded fears that Europe's largest economy, which yesterday slashed its GDP forecast by more than half from 1.9% to 0.8%, has had a feeble start to the year and left the euro stuck at $1.12, sent German Bund yields back below zero in the bond market and ended a four-day run of gains for share traders. Elsewhere, Italian shares and bonds also dropped after Bloomberg reported the country is set to slash this year's growth forecast and raise the projected budget deficit.
In key company-related news, in the preliminary Ethiopian crash report of the Boeing 737 MAX, anti-stall software is not explicitly mentioned; Chief investigator says they cannot yet say if there is a structural problem with Max 8's. Meanwhile, Tesla is tumbling after the company's Q1 vehicle deliveries tumbled and missed badly, with just 63.0k deliveries vs. 90.7k previously.
Analysts pointed to investor fatigue (as if there are any retail people actually trading much anymoar and if they are they were tired long ago) and a lack of fresh headlines on the Sino-U.S. trade talks for Thursday's sell-off while disappointing U.S. economic data this week also weighed on sentiment. "We are expecting quite a constructive agreement between the U.S. and China when it comes to trade," said Alliance Bernstein China Portfolio Manager John Lin. He added it was probably now a consensus view among major investors and if it proved right, would raise other questions such as whether China's government would "keep its foot on the (stimulus) pedal or ease off a bit."
At 2pm all eyes will be on the White House, where President Trump will meet Chinese Vice Premier Liu He as trade deal negotiations enter what could be the final stages.
Top Asian News
India Central Bank Cuts Interest Rate to Boost Flagging Economy
Bank Indonesia Chief Says Rate Is on Hold Amid Global Risks
China Willing to Work With U.S. on Agreement Reached by Leaders
Japan Post Insurance to Sell $3.7 Billion Shares in Global Deal
Top European News
Commerzbank Shares Rise on Report of Possible UniCredit Offer
ICG Said to Near $1.2 Billion Deal for Italy's Doc Generici
German Institutes Slash 2019 Growth Forecast by More Than Half
Miners Fall as Iron Ore Rally Pauses on Anglo and GS Warnings
rest at link(s)
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-04/global-markets-flatline-ahead-he-trump-meeting-us-jobs-report
https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/stocks/futures
https://www.dailyfx.com/crude-oil
#6035854 at 2019-04-03 20:46:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7719: Biden Just Likes To 'Connect' With People Edition
Trump To Give China Until 2025 To Commit To Trade Deal
With 4 minutes to go before the close of trading and stocks within spitting territory of red for the day, someone had to take control of "price discovery" and with the FT's street cred already used up after it's "90% done" report last night, it was up to Bloomberg to preserve the "trade talk optimism" which it did when it reported fresh details on the ongoing trade deal being finalized (and we use the term loosely) between the US China, which according to Bloomberg source would give Beijing until 2025 to meet commitments on commodity purchases and allow American companies to wholly own enterprises in the Asian nation.
And here is where the "deal" gets downright farcical: according to the proposed agreement (and we again use the term loosely), China would commit by 2025 to buy more U.S. commodities, including soybeans and energy products, and allow 100 percent foreign ownership for U.S. companies operating in China as a binding pledge that can trigger retaliation from the U.S. if left unfulfilled.
In other words, any deal would be anything but for the next 6 years. More importantly, as we noted earlier, the 5 years interval would allow stocks to levitate each and every day for the next 5 years on "trade talk optimism", putting S&P 36,000 within easy grasp.
The goal over the next few days, Bloomberg reports, "is to strike an agreement on the core issues so President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping can hold a ceremony to sign a deal." To achieve that, Lighthizer, Mnuchin and Liu held a working dinner Tuesday night, according to one of the people.
In other words, some sort of announcement is practically assured; the only problem is that - thanks to the stated 2025 deal implementation target - this would fall of Trump's second term (assuming he wins re-election), in other words both sides implicitly admit that any deal is a sham for all practical purposes, and all that would happen is to give markets a brief, last minute push higher, as the entire US-China trade war episode is put in the rear view mirror.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-03/trump-give-china-trade-deal-commitment-deadline-2025
I believe this should be read with the possible lens that China is wanting to wait out POTUS's 2nd term.
#6027968 at 2019-04-03 05:38:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7709: We Are At War Edition
Well, well…
Look where Brennan, Comey and Ted Liu are now getting their intelligence.
This bears watching…New comm engine?
#6016093 at 2019-04-02 12:45:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7694: Happy World Autism Awareness Day Edition
Fentanyl, mayhaps?
Dem trade routes, though
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-01/beijing-again-promises-fentanyl-crackdown-latest-trade-concession
I read this and it perked my almonds a little bit, Anons. Could be a fentanyl negotiation has been taking place in the trade deal meetings between Xi and Trump.
Beijing Again Promises Fentanyl Crackdown In Latest Trade "Concession"
Mon, 04/01/2019 - 23:40
As Beijing tries to convince Washington to lift all of the trade war-inspired tariffs on Chinese goods as part of a sweeping trade accord, it has offered two concessions on Monday as trade czar Liu He heads to the US for another round of talks. China is reportedly planning to extend a suspension of retaliatory auto tariffs imposed last year during the trade debacle, and reiterating a promise made by President Xi's during his meeting with Trump in Buenos Aires late last year to tighten controls of the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl.
Though neither of the purported concessions are anything new, Beijing is hoping they will help foster a "positive atmosphere" for talks this week. Beijing initially scrapped the 25% tariff on vehicles as a tit-for-tat measure on Jan. 1, after the White House delayed a planned tariff increase from 10% to 25% on $200 billion of Chinese goods, per BBG.
Beginning on May 1, Beijing said it will change the categorization of fentanyl to make it more difficult to export, as both sides try to keep the momentum going as trade talks enter their final stretch.
Chinese officials also pledged to tighten regulation on fentanyl from next month, a promise President Xi Jinping already made to President Donald Trump at a December meeting in Argentina. The inclusion of the drug as a controlled substance in a category of non-medicinal narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances will start May 1, according to the China National Narcotics Control Commission.
The moves signal China is trying to keep momentum in trade talks going as they enter what could be the final stretch before Trump and Xi are presented with a text to finalize or sign. Beijing is determined to prevent an escalation of the frictions that have hurt its economy and roiled markets, even as enforcement measures remain a sticking point in negotiations.
China also promised to crack down on criminal networks responsible for trafficking fentanyl. American law enforcement agencies have blamed these networks for causing the surge in opioid overdose deaths in recent years, as fentanyl is increasingly used to lace heroin sold on the street.
#6014465 at 2019-04-02 06:01:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7692: Extraordinarily Damning Information Edition
U.S. welcomes China's expanded clampdown on fentanyl
BEIJING (Reuters) - Washington welcomed China's move on Monday to list all fentanyl-related substances as controlled narcotics, after criticism from President Donald Trump for allowing the synthetic opioid to be shipped to the United States. The United States is battling an epidemic of opioid-related deaths, and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer has said he hopes to include China's commitments to curb the drug in any agreement to end the two countries' bitter trade war. "This significant development will eliminate Chinese drug traffickers' ability to alter fentanyl compounds to get around the law," the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency said in a statement. "We look forward to our continued collaboration with China to reduce the amount of this deadly poison coming into our country," the DEA statement said.
Earlier on Monday, China had announced the expanded control of all fentanyl-related substances at a press conference, even as it blamed U.S. culture for abuse of the drug. China said the addition of fentanyl-related substances to the supplementary list of controlled narcotic drugs will take effect on May 1. Fentanyl itself and its "analogues" had previously been listed and remain controlled.
The drug in its illegal form has gone by street names, including China White, China Girl, and Dance Fever, according to the U.S. government. It is a highly addictive painkiller many times more potent than morphine. "Resolved. All resolved," Liu Yuejin, a senior public security ministry official and vice commissioner of the China National Narcotics Control Commission, told reporters when asked if U.S. concerns had been resolved.
But Liu said the amount of fentanyl from China going to the United States was "extremely limited" and that U.S. criticisms of China being the main source of the drug "lack evidence". "We believe that the United States itself is the main factor in the abuse of fentanyl there," Liu said, adding that American culture was partly to blame.
He said the United States had a long tradition of abusing prescription medicines and that enforcement and education about the dangers were not good enough. "Some people link drug consumption with freedom, individuality, and liberation," Liu said. "If the United States truly wants to resolve its fentanyl abuse problem, it needs to strengthen its domestic work." Chinese officials in the past year have vowed to step up cooperation with Washington on illegal drug production and sales, referring to it as a bright spot in relations.
The White House said after a December meeting between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Argentina to deescalate trade frictions that Xi had agreed to designate fentanyl as a controlled substance. U.S. Representative Chris Smith, a Republican, said enforcement is crucial. "We have heard soothing but empty rhetoric before from China's leaders … so we must continue to monitor developments closely and hold Chinese officials and manufacturers accountable if they fail to take decisive action and enforce this new policy," he said in a statement. Trump has called on China to apply the death penalty for "distributors and pushers" of the synthetic opioid.
The volume of drugs coming into the United States through the mail has grown in step with legitimate online shopping, U.S. customs agents say, as Americans have taken to ordering drugs from overseas via the dark web. A U.S. congressional probe into the use of fentanyl in the United States found in 2018 that the substance could easily be bought online from Chinese "labs" and mailed to the United States due to gaps in oversight in the U.S. Postal Service. Such imports of prescription medicines and controlled substances are illegal, and China has become the main source of fentanyl in the United States, the U.S. Department of Justice says.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-fentanyl/u-s-welcomes-chinas-expanded-clampdown-on-fentanyl-idUSKCN1RD137?il=0
#6012882 at 2019-04-02 03:13:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7690: Happy Early World Autism Awareness Day Edition
>>6012850
(continued)
For Hunter Biden, the trip coincided with a major deal that Rosemont Seneca was striking with the state-owned Bank of China. From his perspective, the timing couldn't have been better.
Vice President Biden, Hunter Biden and Finnegan arrived to a red carpet and a delegation of Chinese officials. Greeted by Chinese children carrying flowers, the delegation was then whisked to a meeting with Vice President Li Yuanchao and talks with President Xi Jinping.
Hunter and Finnegan Biden joined the vice president for tea with US Ambassador Gary Locke at the Liu Xian Guan Teahouse in the Dongcheng District in Beijing. Where Hunter Biden spent the rest of his time on the trip remains largely a mystery. There are actually more reports of his daughter Finnegan's activities than his.
What was not reported was the deal that Hunter was securing. Rosemont Seneca Partners had been negotiating an exclusive deal with Chinese officials, which they signed approximately 10 days after Hunter visited China with his father. The most powerful financial institution in China, the government's Bank of China, was setting up a joint venture with Rosemont Seneca.
Often those foreign entities gained favorable policy actions from the United States government just as the sons were securing favorable financial deals from those same entities.
The Bank of China is an enormously powerful financial institution. But the Bank of China is very different from the Bank of America. The Bank of China is government-owned, which means that its role as a bank blurs into its role as a tool of the government. The Bank of China provides capital for "China's economic statecraft," as scholar James Reilly puts it. Bank loans and deals often occur within the context of a government goal.
Rosemont Seneca and the Bank of China created a $1 billion investment fund called Bohai Harvest RST (BHR), a name that reflected who was involved. Bohai (or Bo Hai), the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea, was a reference to the Chinese stake in the company. The "RS" referred to Rosemont Seneca. The "T" was Thornton.
The fund enjoyed an unusual and special status in China. BHR touted its "unique Sino-US shareholding structure" and "the global resources and network" that allowed it to secure investment "opportunities." Funds were backed by the Chinese government.
In short, the Chinese government was literally funding a business that it co-owned along with the sons of two of America's most powerful decision makers.
The partnership between American princelings and the Chinese government was just a beginning. The actual investment deals that this partnership made were even more problematic. Many of them would have serious national security implications for the United States.
In 2015, BHR joined forces with the automotive subsidiary of the Chinese state-owned military aviation contractor Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) to buy American "dual-use" parts manufacturer Henniges.
AVIC is a major military contractor in China. It operates "under the direct control of the State Council" and produces a wide array of fighter and bomber aircraft, transports, and drones - primarily designed to compete with the United States.
The company also has a long history of stealing Western technology and applying it to military systems. The year before BHR joined with AVIC, the Wall Street Journal reported that the aviation company had stolen technologies related to the US F-35 stealth fighter and incorporated them in their own stealth fighter, the J-31. AVIC has also been accused of stealing US drone systems and using them to produce their own.
In September 2015, when AVIC bought 51 percent of American precision-parts manufacturer Henniges, the other 49 percent was purchased by the Biden-and-Kerry-linked BHR.
Henniges is recognized as a world leader in anti-vibration technologies in the automotive industry and for its precise, state-of-the-art manufacturing capabilities. Anti-vibration technologies are considered "dual-use" because they can have a military application, according to both the State Department and Department of Commerce.
The technology is also on the restricted Commerce Control List used by the federal government to limit the exports of certain technologies. For that reason, the Henniges deal would require the approval of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which reviews sensitive business transactions that may have a national security implication.
According to BHR internal documents, the Henniges deal included "arduous and often-times challenging negotiations." The CFIUS review in 2015 included representatives from numerous government agencies including John Kerry's State Department.
The deal was approved in 2015.
#6002607 at 2019-04-01 12:42:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7677: April Showers Edition
Global Stocks Soar On Chinese Economic Optimism
'(of course they do because over $10 trillion worth of debt has a negative yield, among other issues that do not matter in welcome to the thunderdome style of reality for Wall street.)
Over the weekend China reported a key inflection point in its manufacturing PMI , which had its first expansionary print in 5 months, and the market saw right through this attempt to generate optimism that global economic headwinds are finally abating, and promptly sold off.
Just kidding, April fools!
(algo-driven trading does not have a sense of humor apparently as all it does it react to generated headlines to force the issue of which direction the mkt heads-moar on this at a later date, still working on some material for that)
As happens every single time, global stocks surged higher on Monday, extending gains from their best quarter in nearly 10 years, as algos and traders dutifully ignored the fact that every single number out of China is carefully goal-seeked and politically motivated - in this case meant to shift the trade war balance of power in favor of China whose economy is now on the rebound despite the ongoing US tariffs - and overnight global markets were a sea of green as "Chinese economic optimism" is now the dominant narrative, taking over from "US-China trade talk optimism."
As we reported previously, on Sunday China's NBS said that the country's manufacturing PMI rebounded strongly in March from a contractionary 49.2, printing at 50.5, its first expansion since September 2018, and beating estimates of a 49.6 reading. The non-manufacturing PMI continued its recent improvement, rising to 54.8, also the best reading since last September, as both the services and construction PMIs strengthened, and resulted in the composite PMI rising to 54.0 from 52.4. Predictably, Asian stocks, European bourses and S&P 500 futures all jumped as traders woke up to news of "strong manufacturing data" out of the world's second largest economy which helped ease investor worries about a slowdown in global growth.
Asian optimism quickly went global as European stocks posted their best daily gains since mid-February, as the pan-European STOXX 600 index surged 0.8% in early trading. Germany's trade-sensitive DAX outperformed with a 1 percent rise helped by gains in auto maker stocks as European car-makers advanced more than 2 percent. That's despite manufacturing data for Europe coming in at the lowest since 2013, which briefly caused the euro to pare some of its gains.
(the stupid continues to burn as it is important to remember the word bifurcation…that is what continues to habben in the world's mkts.)
Treasury 10-year yield climbed as much as 4bps to 2.4475%; Risk-sensitive currencies lead gains in the G-10, while the yen drops; Antipodean and Scandinavian currencies gain along with China's yuan as Chinese Vice Premier Liu He scheduled to lead a delegation of trade negotiators to Washington on Wednesday after officials held talks in Beijing. The yen declined, while the Turkish lira slipped initially as preliminary results from the weekend's municipal elections showed that Turkey opposition party claimed victory in Istanbul and Ankara, while the ruling AK Party also initially claimed to have won in Istanbul following local elections over the weekend which was seen as a referendum on President Erdogan. However. President Erdogan later commented that although the Mayorship may have been lost in Istanbul, they won in many of its municipalities; the lira initially slumped lower before it exploded higher after it emerged that Turkey is once again cracking down on shorts as the overnight swap rate surged to 260%.
In commodities, oil prices rose*-see below for Saudi Aramco News last night-, adding to gains in the first quarter when the major benchmarks posted their biggest increases in nearly a decade, as concerns about supplies outweigh fears of a slowing global economy. Crude oil prices added to Friday's gains, with U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures gaining 0.9 percent to $60.69 per barrel. Brent was 1.3 percent higher at $68.46 per barrel.
Economic data include retail sales, ISM manufacturing, construction spending and business inventories.
* Aramco eclipses top earner Apple ahead of debut $10 billion-plus bond sale
https://www.marketscreener.com/SAUDI-BASIC-INDUSTRIES-CO-6493058/news/Aramco-eclipses-top-earner-Apple-ahead-of-debut-10-billion-plus-bond-sale-28329681/?countview=0
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-01/global-stocks-soar-chinese-economic-optimism
There is also much in the way of economic number's coming.
Please see here (it still starts with last week's activity but just scroll down)
https://www.marketwatch.com/tools/calendars/economic
https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/stocks/futures
https://www.dailyfx.com/crude-oil
#5999000 at 2019-04-01 02:47:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7672: Big Week Ahead! Edition
>>5998813
Where there's smoke.
"So . . . what's the best evidence you could possibly have, the slam-dunk proof that their goal was to steal the money and never look back? That's easy: One after the other, the wife and husband pulled up stakes and tried to high-tail it to Pakistan after they'd wired the funds there - the wife successfully fleeing, the husband nabbed as he was about to board his flight.
Well, here's a peculiar thing about the Justice Department's indictment of Imran Awan and Hina Alvi, the alleged fraudster couple who doubled as IT wizzes for Debbie Wasserman Schultz and many other congressional Democrats: There's not a word in it about flight to Pakistan. The indictment undertakes to describe in detail four counts of bank-fraud conspiracy, false statements on credit applications, and unlawful monetary transactions, yet leaves out the most damning evidence of guilt.
In fact, the indictment appears to go out of its way not to mention it.
Why would prosecutors leave that out of their indictment? Why give Awan's defense a basis to claim that, since the indictment does not allege anything about flight to Pakistan, the court should bar any mention of it during the trial? In fact, quite apart from the manifest case-related reasons to plead instances of flight, a competent prosecutor would have included them in the indictment simply to underscore that Awan is a flight risk who should have onerous bail conditions or even be detained pretrial."
They just fucking let Hina Alvi go, when they HAD her leaving the country with over $10,000 cash. They let her go.
And then there is just the continued secrecy surrounding the case. Why did the U.S. Attorney's office decide against filing a press release in a case that has garnered significant national attention? Why was the case filed in a district where DWS's brother has been an assistant U.S. attorney for many years?
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-08-22/former-us-attorney-awan-indictment-there-something-very-strange-going-here
Another key fact is that Jessie Liu met with Trump privately. Not standard operating procedure.
#5998461 at 2019-04-01 02:03:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7671: Dividers Will Fail Edition
>>5998324
Somebody is treading very carefully with this.
I recall that the rest of Awan's family was allowed to return to Pakistan.
Even George Webb (ugh) was obsessive over the Awans for a while there, the used car business, the access to the navy base, etc.
Yes, remember him being led out by US Marshals
Led out by US Marshals
My head is all over the place with this
The timing is bothering me, so soon after Barr was snapped into place and given the completed Mueller report to summarize
Check the archives, anon. I think this is worth another look, particularly with this Jessie Liu move happening just a couple days ago.
https://qresear.ch/
#5998272 at 2019-04-01 01:48:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7671: Dividers Will Fail Edition
>>5998163
RE: Jessie Liu
What is the strategy behind all these chess moves?
>>2150693
Not sure anon. Dems are slow walking the appointments.
jessie Liu is who agreed to that fucked up plea deal Awan got. Still pissed they exonerated him for crimes he was not even charged with.
WHO IS jessie Liu AND WHY YOU SHOULD KNOW
16 SEPT 2018
Let's talk about and focus on some FACTS about Andrew McCabe and the Grand Jury that has been empaneled in DC.
To the naysayer's who say thing's such as 'MCCABE WILL WALK…HE'S BEING TRIED IN THE SWAMP ITSELF, DC!!'
Yes, the Grand Jury has been empaneled IN DC. WHO called for the GJ?
John Huber in Utah. WHY? Horowitz nailed McCabe via his text messages and him sent off for prosecution by HUBER. REMEMBER, AG Session's gave Huber AND Cody Hiland in AR the authority to call for a GJ IN ANY STATE. Moving on.
WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN 'THAT' part of the country in the past 2 years? Well, DC is part of the 4TH CIRCUIT COURT. The 4th Circuit is made up of 18 Judges who cover the states of WV, VA, NC, SC, MD and DC. After Obama was elected, he placed 7 judges on that court, moving it towards becoming a LIBERAL COURT. That's important to keep the SWAMP INTACT.
Now, enter President Trump and Mitch McConnell. They have already REPLACED 5 Judges on the 4TH and currently have 4 MORE SEATS THAT WILL BECOME VACANT BY YEARS END. THAT will give Trump 9 Conservative Judges on the 4TH so far. Looking ahead to next year, there will be 2 more vacancies for Trump and McConnell to fill. Trump THEN sits at 11 Conservative Judges on the 4TH, Giving the MAJORITY TO CONSERVATIVES. GOT IT? The 4th is taken care of, NO WORRIES THERE.
WHAT else happened in DC in the past 2 years? Trump and Session's were BUSY working on the US ATTORNEY'S AT THE SAME TIME! Session's FIRED ALL OF THEM, REMEMBER? Session's then began placing HIS GUY'S/LADIES IN THOSE OFFICES. AG Session's replaced ALL of the US Attorney's except ONE. Session's didn't choose WHO would head up the DC Office. TRUMP PICKED THAT APPOINTMENT HIMSELF; HE picked a 'Special' person to head the DC Attorney's Office. WHY someone 'Special'?
The US Attorney's Office in Washington has long played a leading role in national security investigations and corruption cases against public officials and federal employees. That person is VERY POWERFUL as they are the Chief Federal Law Enforcement of the District! He picked a lady who KNOWS that Swamp well!
She was part of the Trump Transition team…..AND(!!!) SHE IS THE ONLY US ATTY PICKED WHO MET WITH TRUMP PERSONALLY!
President Trump put into place a lady who KNOWS the Swamp, how it works and WHO the 'dirty' players are.
President Trump picked jessie Liu! Guess WHO McCabe get's to meet. US ATTY jessie Liu!!
Now I can hear you already…'SHE'S PART OF THE SWAMP!!' REALLY? HOW do you KNOW THAT? Because she worked in the DC area? BIG DEAL. Not everyone is part of the Swamp. ADM Rogers AND Gen Flynn worked there too. Do YOU remember the reaction from the Beltway Barnacle Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton of jessie Liu's pending appointment to the office??
She stated:
"Once again, the Trump Administration has left the District of Columbia out of the process in selecting a particularly important federal official," Norton said. "The Bush Administration particularly recognized the uniqueness of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia and its local impact on D.C. residents and asked my opinion, and even gave me the courtesy of interviewing the candidates. It is critical that D.C. residents are involved in the selection process of federal officials nominated to serve them."
Norton KNEW that jessie Liu was going to BE A HUGE PROBLEM FOR ALL OF THEM.
REMEMBER HOW IT WORKS: People are investigated by Horowitz. Horowitz hands them off to Huber OR Hiland for Prosecution. Huber or Hiland can convene GJ's in ANY STATE. Trump's US Atty's take the cases. Is it becoming clearer?
Trump and McConnell took care of the 4Th Circuit Courts. Trump and Session's took care of the DC District AG'S.
Trump placed HIS gal, jessie Liu to be in charge of ALL THE DC COURTS. And you REALLY THINK McCabe 'WILL WALK'?
If you can't see the canvass being painted, you really do live in an alternate reality and there's nothing anyone can do to pull you back. SO, GOOD LUCK STRESSING OVER NOTHING SCOOTER!
*NOTE on the 4TH Circuit* - I should have done a better job explaining this. 2 Judges have been confirmed, 3 are open and waiting to be filled any day now, THAT'S THE 5. One more just opened up Aug 27th, that seat too will be filled this year. There will be 2 more coming up next year, then 1 more seat opening up in Trump's 2nd term.
So, by the time McCabe or any of them go to court, the 4th will be flipped.
https://americandigitalnews.com/2018/09/18/who-is-jessie-Liu-why-you-should-know/#.W6FX72YpCpo
#5998199 at 2019-04-01 01:43:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7671: Dividers Will Fail Edition
>>5998163
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/jessie-Liu-withdraws-from-consideration-for-high-ranking-doj-post.amp
Jessie Liu withdraws from consideration for high-ranking DOJ post
#5998163 at 2019-04-01 01:40:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7671: Dividers Will Fail Edition
There are some very heated judicial office politics swirling around Jessie Liu recently, anons. Seems her political stances from earlier in her career have caught up with her. Liu, some of you may recall, was discussed here when she became involved in the Awan case.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/statement-attorney-general-william-p-barr-us-attorney-jessie-Liu-s-appointment-chairwoman
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, March 28, 2019
Statement by Attorney General William P. Barr on U.S. Attorney Jessie Liu's Appointment As Chairwoman of the Attorney General's Advisory Committee
Attorney General William P. Barr issued the following statement:
"Today, I am pleased to announce that I am appointing Jessie Liu as chairwoman of the Attorney General's Advisory Committee of United States Attorneys (AGAC). Jessie Liu, an outstanding attorney with broad experience, is widely-respected, within the Department. She currently leads more than 300 prosecutors at our nation's largest U.S. Attorney's office. Jessie will be an integral part of our leadership at the Department. We will all benefit from her universally-regarded expertise and dedication to public service. I would also like to thank Richard Moore, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, for his outstanding tenure as chair of the AGAC, and his contributions to the management of the Department. He will remain a key advisor on the committee."
OK, so there's that. But there's this:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/dcs-us-attorney-jessie-Liu-withdraws-from-consideration-for-no-3-justice-dept-job/2019/03/28/79bf0ee6-519f-11e9-a3f7-78b7525a8d5f_story.html?utm_term=.7819b13da510
"Jessie K. Liu, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia who had been tapped to take the Justice Department's No. 3 job, has withdrawn from consideration after Republican senators raised concerns about her past membership in a lawyers group that supported abortion rights and opposed the nomination of Samuel A. Alito Jr. to the Supreme Court.
The Trump administration signaled weeks ago that it would nominate Liu for the position of associate attorney general, in which she would oversee the department's extensive civil litigation work. That nomination will not happen, because of her past role with the lawyers group, officials said Thursday.
The key Justice Department position has been difficult for the Trump administration to fill. The previous Senate-confirmed associate attorney general, Rachel Brand, left the post more than a year ago after just months on the job to take an executive position with Walmart.
A spokesman for Liu did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Attorney General William P. Barr, in a statement Thursday, called Liu "one of the finest, most impressive people serving in the Department of Justice. She has been an outstanding United States Attorney and would have made an outstanding Associate Attorney General. I have zero doubt she would have faithfully executed my priorities and advanced my rule-of-law agenda."
Barr said he was appointing her instead to lead the Attorney General's Advisory Committee.
The reasons for the reversal stretch back more than a decade, when Liu was a member, and served as vice president, of the National Association of Women Lawyers.
"Unfortunately, a women's lawyers professional organization that Jessie was affiliated with over a dozen years ago took certain controversial positions at the time which have now generated opposition to her nomination at the Senate Judiciary Committee," said Justice Department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec."
(will continue w/qresearch archives search results in another post)
#5970688 at 2019-03-30 00:50:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7636: This Movement Is Bigger Than You Realize Edition
>>5970469
Swedbank raid this morning was based on information contained in a US Department of Justice warrant authorized by Chief United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia Beryl Howell, the Obama appointed judge who supervises the Grand Jury impaneled by Special Counsel Robert Mueller-and was a warrant sought by United States Attorney for the District of Columbia Jessie Liu whose Senior Counsel David Goodhand, yesterday, appeared before Judge Howell to confirm that the Mueller Grand Jury has not only not ended, it's "continuing robustly"-and that, in turn, now makes his boss US Attorney Liu the most powerful woman in America
BOG MISTAKE
#5970665 at 2019-03-30 00:48:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7636: This Movement Is Bigger Than You Realize Edition
>>5970469
this is NOT a win for MAGA and POTUS
it is the GOP shooting ourselves invthe foot
Liu was a critical player for Barr
turned down cuz she for DAG cuz noit storng pro life?
big mistake
PRO LIFE
PRO CHOICE
false choice
division
wake up
#5970469 at 2019-03-30 00:35:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7636: This Movement Is Bigger Than You Realize Edition
Barr had 'shouting match' with Sen, Mike Lee over withdrawn Justice nominee Liu
Liu, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, withdrew her nomination on Thursday night amid opposition from conservative senators, some of whom had concerns that the nominee would not be strong enough in opposing abortion rights.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/436451-trump-attorney-general-had-shouting-match-with-gop-senator-over-withdrawn
#5963332 at 2019-03-29 17:07:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7627: Cardi B. Survivors Edition
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2019/03/29/mnuchinchinatradetalks/
Mnuchin: This Week's China Trade Talks Were 'Constructive'
"I look forward to welcoming China's Vice Premier Liu He to continue these important discussions in Washington next week," Mnuchin tweeted.
#5963276 at 2019-03-29 17:02:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7626: Winning Never Gets Old edition
Graveyard baker re-post
#7621 reposted in #7626'''
>>5959269 Indian Navy contract to acquire advanced naval helicopters to be concluded with Lockheed Martin by October
>>5959242 32-count indictment unsealed today against four people associated with Columbo organized crime family
>>5959205 Spygate: The Inside Story Behind the Alleged Plot to Take Down Trump
>>5959147 Sydney ATC tower evacuated after smoke detected
>>5959133 Names and Organisation of interest from the Nellie Ohr Transcript
>>5959097 "Muh censorship" at FB continues: Phillippine network removed for "inauthentic behavior"; >>5959230 FB tightens rules on EU political ads
>>5959096 What are Echelon, Stateroom, and F6? (surveillance programs used by Five Eyes)
>>5959091 For Britanons: "If Parliament is breaking the Law, who is going to arrest them?"
>>5959020 Top UAE official says Palestinian state 'no longer feasible', calls for closer ties with Israel
>>5958978 Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan to retire
>>5958943 Swedbank fires CEO minutes before the start of annual investor mtg; Shares halted
>>5958934 737 Initial findings: 737 Max jet crash due to stall-prevention system that automatically switched on at the wrong time
>>5958889 NYT: FB faces scrutiny of its business practices by numerous federal agencies
>>5958852 Call for a DIGG on Harry Reid's role in Spygate: letters he sent to Comey
>>5958787, >>5958805, >>5958993 NK/Cheollima DIGG; related: >>5959228 Who is Adrian Hong Chang?
>>5958743 Kellyanne Conway to the WH Press Corps: "You owe the country an apology" (vid)
>>5958715 Kim Foxx Admits She FAKED Recusing Herself From Jussie Case
>>5958659, >>5958834 Twitter DIGG on Schiff family (juicy leads); moar on Schiff
>>5958619 Billionaire Sackler family sued by second US state over opioid 'catastrophe'
>>5958567 Jessie Liu will not seek high-ranking DOJ post (what's the reason?)
>>5958579, >>5958622, >>5958591, >>5958618, >>5958646, >>5958695, >>5958706, >>5958716, >>5958740, >>5958753 Moar on tunnels & how to detect them
#5962737 at 2019-03-29 16:18:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7626: Winning Never Gets Old edition
Mnuchin: This Week's China Trade Talks Were 'Constructive'
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday that the trade talks in Beijing had been "constructive."
"I look forward to welcoming China's Vice Premier Liu He to continue these important discussions in Washington next week," Mnuchin tweeted.
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer accompanied Secretary Mnuchin on a trip to Beijing for one day of face-to-face meetings with Chinese officials to talk about a possible trade deal.
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2019/03/29/mnuchinchinatradetalks/
#5960128 at 2019-03-29 12:42:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7623: Gregarious Geragos Edition
Global Board Admin Announcements
>>5893788, >>5896066 Baker Protocol: Do NOT Add Non-Tripcode posts from Q
>>5857423 BO on global notables
>>5958613 Please use PNGs or JPGs (not JPEGS) for images
Notables
are not endorsements
#7622
>>5960046 Full ground stop called at Sydney Airport in Sydney, Australia.
>>5959835 Rally and Hannity last night: '17' shoutouts.
>>5959834, >>5959880, >>5959892 Activity with Mueller's SC grand jury: Swedbank raid.
>>5959841 Geragos threatens to dime out Fake News CNN. Kek.
>>5959829 Qanon article and remarks about us going mainstream.
>>5959814 Pro-Trump and Qanon hashtags are more connected then ever on Social Media.
>>5959774 Panama papers: Giustra. Baker Change
>>5959572 Messam has announced a 2020 presidential bid. (Broward county)
>>5959385 NFL Resignation - Patriot's Schiano resigns after < 2months
>>5959388 Grindr up for sale
>>5959399 Number of Pro-Q people at rally is 'shocking'
>>5959442, >>5959447 Moar on Hong Chang a.k.a. Adrian Hong
>>5959554 MotherJones Qanon hit piece re: 'Occupy the Getty' WH petition
>>5959626 $14 Million Bail for Ft. Lauderdale pedo w/2794 Child sex charges
>>5959628 Mother Jones is published by (tax exempt) Foundation for National Progress
>>5960117 #7622
#7621
>>5959269 Indian Navy contract to acquire advanced naval helicopters to be concluded with Lockheed Martin by October
>>5959242 32-count indictment unsealed today against four people associated with Columbo organized crime family
>>5959205 Spygate: The Inside Story Behind the Alleged Plot to Take Down Trump
>>5959147 Sydney ATC tower evacuated after smoke detected
>>5959133 Names and Organisation of interest from the Nellie Ohr Transcript
>>5959097 "Muh censorship" at FB continues: Phillippine network removed for "inauthentic behavior"; >>5959230 FB tightens rules on EU political ads
>>5959096 What are Echelon, Stateroom, and F6? (surveillance programs used by Five Eyes)
>>5959091 For Britanons: "If Parliament is breaking the Law, who is going to arrest them?"
>>5959020 Top UAE official says Palestinian state 'no longer feasible', calls for closer ties with Israel
>>5958978 Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan to retire
>>5958943 Swedbank fires CEO minutes before the start of annual investor mtg; Shares halted
>>5958934 737 Initial findings: 737 Max jet crash due to stall-prevention system that automatically switched on at the wrong time
>>5958889 NYT: FB faces scrutiny of its business practices by numerous federal agencies
>>5958852 Call for a DIGG on Harry Reid's role in Spygate: letters he sent to Comey
>>5958787, >>5958805, >>5958993 NK/Cheollima DIGG; related: >>5959230 Who is Adrian Hong Chang?
>>5958743 Kellyanne Conway to the WH Press Corps: "You owe the country an apology" (vid)
>>5958715 Kim Foxx Admits She FAKED Recusing Herself From Jussie Case
>>5958659, >>5958834 Twitter DIGG on Schiff family (juicy leads); moar on Schiff
>>5958619 Billionaire Sackler family sued by second US state over opioid 'catastrophe'
>>5958567 Jessie Liu will not seek high-ranking DOJ post (what's the reason?)
>>5958579, >>5958622, >>5958591, >>5958618, >>5958646, >>5958695, >>5958706, >>5958716, >>5958740, >>5958753 Moar on tunnels & how to detect them
>>5959312 #7621
#7620
>>5957807 POTUS saluting an older soldier in the crowd
>>5957819 Guaido has publicized his intent to unleash tactical warfare on the Maduro administration
>>5957824 Lauren Salzman 1 year delta
>>5957967, >>5957969, >>5957971 Resignations in the news today
>>5958032 Anon's recap of Smollett developments
Baker Change
>>5958025 Nestle to face lawsuit saying Poland Spring water not from a spring
>>5958162 IPBA blasts Kim Foxx for handling of Smollett case: She 'misled the public'
>>5958256, >>5958274 GOP Rep. Conway demands Adam Schiff's resignation over "muh Russia" (vid)
>>5958184, >>5958209, >>5958234, >>5958265 Anons discuss possible tunnel detection technology
>>5958305 Air Force grounds entire fleet of B-1 bombers for 2nd time in less than a year
>>5958353 Federal judge rules DOJ must hand over Comey memos
>>5958463 U.S., China resume trade talks in Beijing after 'productive working dinner'
>>5958482 #7620
Previously Collected Notables
>>5956153 #7617, >>5956925 #7618, >>5957698 #7619
>>5953794 #7614, >>5954584 #7615, >>5955386 #7616
>>5951502 #7611, >>5952248 #7612, >>5952993 #7613
>>5949180 #7608, >>5949955 #7609, >>5950700 #7610
Notables Archive by BO (updated nightly): https://8ch.net/qresearch/notables.html
Notables also archived here: >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384)
#5960093 at 2019-03-29 12:35:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7622: Post-Rally Comfy Edition
>>5960044
Jessie Lui Withdraws name.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/jessie-Liu-withdraws-from-consideration-for-high-ranking-doj-post
#5960091 at 2019-03-29 12:34:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7622: Post-Rally Comfy Edition
>>5960044
There is an article early in this bread that Liu is not accepting the #3 spot. She's not up for #2. That's already been decided.
#5960044 at 2019-03-29 12:27:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7622: Post-Rally Comfy Edition
Jessy Lui.
Number 3 to become Number 2.
Marker in place?
3>>2?
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/05/jessie-Liu-justice-department-1206306
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/05/jessie-Liu-justice-department-1206306
#5959834 at 2019-03-29 11:50:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7622: Post-Rally Comfy Edition
Muller SC - Judge Beryl Howell waisting no time.
Swedbank raid this morning was based on information contained in a US Department of Justice warrant authorized by Chief United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia Beryl Howell, the Obama appointed judge who supervises the Grand Jury impaneled by Special Counsel Robert Mueller-and was a warrant sought by United States Attorney for the District of Columbia Jessie Liu whose Senior Counsel David Goodhand, yesterday, appeared before Judge Howell to confirm that the Mueller Grand Jury has not only not ended, it's "continuing robustly"-and that, in turn, now makes his boss US Attorney Liu the most powerful woman in America
http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index2826.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beryl_A._Howell
#5959322 at 2019-03-29 10:05:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7622: Post-Rally Comfy Edition
Global Board Admin Announcements
>>5893788, >>5896066 Baker Protocol: Do NOT Add Non-Tripcode posts from Q
>>5857423 BO on global notables
>>5958613 Please use PNGs or JPGs (not JPEGS) for images
Notables
are not endorsements
#7621
>>5959269 Indian Navy contract to acquire advanced naval helicopters to be concluded with Lockheed Martin by October
>>5959242 32-count indictment unsealed today against four people associated with Columbo organized crime family
>>5959205 Spygate: The Inside Story Behind the Alleged Plot to Take Down Trump
>>5959147 Sydney ATC tower evacuated after smoke detected
>>5959133 Names and Organisation of interest from the Nellie Ohr Transcript
>>5959097 "Muh censorship" at FB continues: Phillippine network removed for "inauthentic behavior"; >>5959230 FB tightens rules on EU political ads
>>5959096 What are Echelon, Stateroom, and F6? (surveillance programs used by Five Eyes)
>>5959091 For Britanons: "If Parliament is breaking the Law, who is going to arrest them?"
>>5959020 Top UAE official says Palestinian state 'no longer feasible', calls for closer ties with Israel
>>5958978 Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan to retire
>>5958943 Swedbank fires CEO minutes before the start of annual investor mtg; Shares halted
>>5958934 737 Initial findings: 737 Max jet crash due to stall-prevention system that automatically switched on at the wrong time
>>5958889 NYT: FB faces scrutiny of its business practices by numerous federal agencies
>>5958852 Call for a DIGG on Harry Reid's role in Spygate: letters he sent to Comey
>>5958787, >>5958805, >>5958993 NK/Cheollima DIGG; related: >>5959230 Who is Adrian Hong Chang?
>>5958743 Kellyanne Conway to the WH Press Corps: "You owe the country an apology" (vid)
>>5958715 Kim Foxx Admits She FAKED Recusing Herself From Jussie Case
>>5958659, >>5958834 Twitter DIGG on Schiff family (juicy leads); moar on Schiff
>>5958619 Billionaire Sackler family sued by second US state over opioid 'catastrophe'
>>5958567 Jessie Liu will not seek high-ranking DOJ post (what's the reason?)
>>5958579, >>5958622, >>5958591, >>5958618, >>5958646, >>5958695, >>5958706, >>5958716, >>5958740, >>5958753 Moar on tunnels & how to detect them
>>5959312 #7621
#7620
>>5957807 POTUS saluting an older soldier in the crowd
>>5957819 Guaido has publicized his intent to unleash tactical warfare on the Maduro administration
>>5957824 Lauren Salzman 1 year delta
>>5957967, >>5957969, >>5957971 Resignations in the news today
>>5958032 Anon's recap of Smollett developments
Baker Change
>>5958025 Nestle to face lawsuit saying Poland Spring water not from a spring
>>5958162 IPBA blasts Kim Foxx for handling of Smollett case: She 'misled the public'
>>5958256, >>5958274 GOP Rep. Conway demands Adam Schiff's resignation over "muh Russia" (vid)
>>5958184, >>5958209, >>5958234, >>5958265 Anons discuss possible tunnel detection technology
>>5958305 Air Force grounds entire fleet of B-1 bombers for 2nd time in less than a year
>>5958353 Federal judge rules DOJ must hand over Comey memos
>>5958463 U.S., China resume trade talks in Beijing after 'productive working dinner'
>>5958482 #7620
#7619
>>5957008 Peter Alexander, white house correspondent for NBC news, tweet about Q
>>5957018 Lauren Salzman Pleads Guilty - to one count each of Racketeering and Racketeering Conspiracy
>>5957109 Lawsuit Seeks Documents Potentially Showing FBI Ignored Intelligence Community IG Evidence That Chinese Hacked Clinton's Server
>>5957121 "Make Noise 4 Q" video
>>5957123 Michelle Obama's Ex-Chief Of Staff Admits She Did Try To Intervene In Smollett Investigation
>>5957503 1 year deltas today
>>5957578 Rocket Lab launches US military satellite from M?hia Peninsula
>>5957670 Judge ruled today that Comey memos and notes must be released by April 1st
>>5957698 #7619
Previously Collected Notables
>>5956153 #7617, >>5956925 #7618
>>5953794 #7614, >>5954584 #7615, >>5955386 #7616
>>5951502 #7611, >>5952248 #7612, >>5952993 #7613
>>5949180 #7608, >>5949955 #7609, >>5950700 #7610
>>5946777 #7605, >>5947604 #7606, >>5949295 #7607
Notables Archive by BO (updated nightly): https://8ch.net/qresearch/notables.html
Notables also archived here: >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384)
#5959312 at 2019-03-29 10:01:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7621: What Goes Around, Comes Around Edition
#7621
>>5959269 Indian Navy contract to acquire advanced naval helicopters to be concluded with Lockheed Martin by October
>>5959242 32-count indictment unsealed today against four people associated with Columbo organized crime family
>>5959205 Spygate: The Inside Story Behind the Alleged Plot to Take Down Trump
>>5959147 Sydney ATC tower evacuated after smoke detected
>>5959133 Names and Organisation of interest from the Nellie Ohr Transcript
>>5959097 "Muh censorship" at FB continues: Phillippine network removed for "inauthentic behavior"; >>5959230 FB tightens rules on EU political ads
>>5959096 What are Echelon, Stateroom, and F6? (surveillance programs used by Five Eyes)
>>5959091 For Britanons: "If Parliament is breaking the Law, who is going to arrest them?"
>>5959020 Top UAE official says Palestinian state 'no longer feasible', calls for closer ties with Israel
>>5958978 Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan to retire
>>5958943 Swedbank fires CEO minutes before the start of annual investor mtg; Shares halted
>>5958934 737 Initial findings: 737 Max jet crash due to stall-prevention system that automatically switched on at the wrong time
>>5958889 NYT: FB faces scrutiny of its business practices by numerous federal agencies
>>5958852 Call for a DIGG on Harry Reid's role in Spygate: letters he sent to Comey
>>5958787, >>5958805, >>5958993 NK/Cheollima DIGG; related: >>5959230 Who is Adrian Hong Chang?
>>5958743 Kellyanne Conway to the WH Press Corps: "You owe the country an apology" (vid)
>>5958715 Kim Foxx Admits She FAKED Recusing Herself From Jussie Case
>>5958659, >>5958834 Twitter DIGG on Schiff family (juicy leads); moar on Schiff
>>5958619 Billionaire Sackler family sued by second US state over opioid 'catastrophe'
>>5958567 Jessie Liu will not seek high-ranking DOJ post (what's the reason?)
>>5958579, >>5958622, >>5958591, >>5958618, >>5958646, >>5958695, >>5958706, >>5958716, >>5958740, >>5958753 Moar on tunnels & how to detect them
Baking
#5959262 at 2019-03-29 09:49:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7621: What Goes Around, Comes Around Edition
#7621
Late Notes
>>5959242 32-count indictment unsealed today against four people associated with Columbo organized crime family
>>5959205 Spygate: The Inside Story Behind the Alleged Plot to Take Down Trump
>>5959147 Sydney ATC tower evacuated after smoke detected
>>5959133 Names and Organisation of interest from the Nellie Ohr Transcript
>>5959097 "Muh censorship" at FB continues: Phillippine network removed for "inauthentic behavior"; >>5959230 FB tightens rules on EU political ads
>>5959096 What are Echelon, Stateroom, and F6? (surveillance programs used by Five Eyes)
>>5959091 For Britanons: "If Parliament is breaking the Law, who is going to arrest them?"
>>5959020 Top UAE official says Palestinian state 'no longer feasible', calls for closer ties with Israel
>>5958978 Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan to retire
>>5958943 Swedbank fires CEO minutes before the start of annual investor mtg; Shares halted
>>5958934 737 Initial findings: 737 Max jet crash due to stall-prevention system that automatically switched on at the wrong time
>>5958889 NYT: FB faces scrutiny of its business practices by numerous federal agencies
>>5958852 Call for a DIGG on Harry Reid's role in Spygate: letters he sent to Comey
>>5958787, >>5958805, >>5958993 NK/Cheollima DIGG; related: >>5959230 Who is Adrian Hong Chang?
>>5958743 Kellyanne Conway to the WH Press Corps: "You owe the country an apology" (vid)
>>5958715 Kim Foxx Admits She FAKED Recusing Herself From Jussie Case
>>5958659, >>5958834 Twitter DIGG on Schiff family (juicy leads); moar on Schiff
>>5958619 Billionaire Sackler family sued by second US state over opioid 'catastrophe'
>>5958567 Jessie Liu will not seek high-ranking DOJ post (what's the reason?)
>>5958579, >>5958622, >>5958591, >>5958618, >>5958646, >>5958695, >>5958706, >>5958716, >>5958740, >>5958753 Moar on tunnels & how to detect them
#5959094 at 2019-03-29 09:03:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7621: What Goes Around, Comes Around Edition
#7621
Notes so far
>>5959020 Top UAE official says Palestinian state 'no longer feasible', calls for closer ties with Israel
>>5958978 Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan to retire
>>5958943 Swedbank fires CEO minutes before the start of annual investor mtg; Shares halted
>>5958934 737 Initial findings: 737 Max jet crash due to stall-prevention system that automatically switched on at the wrong time
>>5958889 NYT: FB faces scrutiny of its business practices by numerous federal agencies
>>5958852 Call for a DIGG on Harry Reid's role in Spygate: letters he sent to Comey
>>5958787, >>5958805, >>5958993 NK/Cheollima DIGG, con't.
>>5958743 Kellyanne Conway to the WH Press Corps: "You owe the country an apology" (vid)
>>5958715 Kim Foxx Admits She FAKED Recusing Herself From Jussie Case
>>5958659, >>5958834 Twitter DIGG on Schiff family (juicy leads); moar on Schiff
>>5958619 Billionaire Sackler family sued by second US state over opioid 'catastrophe'
>>5958567 Jessie Liu will not seek high-ranking DOJ post (what's the reason?)
>>5958579, >>5958622, >>5958591, >>5958618, >>5958646, >>5958695, >>5958706, >>5958716, >>5958740, >>5958753 Moar on tunnels & how to detect them
Anything epic missing, anons?
#5959059 at 2019-03-29 08:47:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7621: What Goes Around, Comes Around Edition
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3003730/chinas-deal-vatican-faces-key-test-appointment-first-bishop
For decades the Catholic Church in China has been split between an official, government-controlled church whose bishops are selected by the state, and an underground church, loyal to the Vatican, which maintained its traditional prerogative of appointing bishops.
Father Yao Shun, the current administrator of the diocese, is tipped as a likely candidate for the post, which became vacant on the death of the former bishop John Liu Shigong at the age of 90 in 2017.
A source said: "Yao shouldn't be a problem because he enjoys a very good reputation. Not only with the government, he is also well-liked by local open and underground Catholic communities.
……
Although the content of the agreement remains confidential, experts on the matter expect China will submit a list of two or three candidates to the Vatican - with the party's preference at the top of the list - to be vetted by the pontiff.
"This contrasts with Vatican's agreement with Vietnam, where the Holy See will propose three bishop candidates for Hanoi to pick a final candidate," said the Hong Kong-based analyst.
#5958898 at 2019-03-29 08:01:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7621: What Goes Around, Comes Around Edition
>>5958830
Baker, change second to last notable to read Jessie Liu, not Lie.
#5958567 at 2019-03-29 06:51:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7621: What Goes Around, Comes Around Edition
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/jessie-Liu-withdraws-from-consideration-for-high-ranking-doj-post Notable Why would Jessie Liu withdraw from consideration for 3 spot in doj more to this story
#5958463 at 2019-03-29 06:35:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7620: Follow Keyword Designators Edition
U.S., China resume trade talks in Beijing after 'productive working dinner'
BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday he had a "productive working dinner" the previous night in Beijing, kicking off a day of talks aimed at resolving the bitter trade dispute between the world's two largest economies.
Mnuchin and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer were in the Chinese capital for the first face-to-face meetings between the two sides in weeks after missing an initial end-of-March goal for a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to sign a pact.
"We had a very productive working dinner last night, and we are looking forward to meeting today," Mnuchin said as he left his hotel to meet with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, who is due to visit Washington next week to continue the talks.
Mnuchin did not elaborate and it was not immediately clear with whom he had dined on Thursday night.
https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china/u-s-china-resume-trade-talks-in-beijing-after-productive-working-dinner-idUKKCN1RA02V
#5958154 at 2019-03-29 05:41:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7620: Follow Keyword Designators Edition
Two California Supreme Court justices decry death penalty as 'dysfunctional'
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two members of California's highest court issued a scathing critique of capital punishment on Thursday, branding it an "expensive and dysfunctional system" that fails to deliver timely justice. The unusual denunciation from two Supreme Court justices came in a concurring opinion to a ruling that unanimously affirmed the death sentence of a convicted killer. It was the court's first death penalty decision since Governor Gavin Newsom two weeks ago imposed a moratorium on capital punishment in the nation's most populous state. The concurring opinion was written by Associate Justice Goodwin Liu and joined by Associate Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuellar, both appointees of Newsom's predecessor and fellow Democrat, Jerry Brown. Liu and Cuellar said their critique had nothing to do with "morality or constitutionality of the death penalty," and expressed empathy for victims and their families.
In their commentary, the justices pointed to the case at hand in the appeal of Thomas Potts, condemned in 1998 for the hatchet-stabbing murders and robbery of an elderly couple in their Hanford, California, home, where Potts worked as a part-time handyman. "Now, 21 years later, we affirm the judgment on direct appeal, but there is more litigation to come in the form of habeas corpus petitions in state and federal courts," Liu and Cuellar wrote. Such a timeline is typical in capital cases, they said, adding that "serious challenges" in the fair, efficient administration of the death penalty "have not been meaningfully addressed" for decades. "As a result, California's death penalty is an expensive and dysfunctional system that does not deliver justice or closure in a timely manner, if at all," the justices asserted.
Voters passed a 2016 ballot measure to speed up the process, but that initiative has failed to work, largely because it lacked additional funding needed to implement necessary reforms, the justices wrote. The justices, however, vowed to continue to uphold death sentences "when the law requires."
Newsom had cited personal conscience as a major factor in ordering a halt to executions. The governor, who has said he has concerns that dozens of the 737 inmates on the state's death row were innocent, issued a statement on Thursday praising the concurring opinion of two justices. California, which has by far the largest number of inmates on death row, last put a person to death in 2006. Newsom signed his moratorium on executions of current death row inmates as the state moved toward resuming capital punishment after developing a new protocol for lethal injections.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-california-death-penaty/two-california-supreme-court-justices-decry-death-penalty-as-dysfunctional-idUSKCN1RA05Z
#5950118 at 2019-03-28 22:03:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7610: BE LOUD!! MAKE US PROUD!! Edition
>>5950088
moar sauce
>www.justice.gov/opa/pr/statement-attorney-general-william-p-barr-us-attorney-jessie-Liu-s-appointment-chairwoman
Attorney General William P. Barr issued the following statement:
"Today, I am pleased to announce that I am appointing Jessie Liu as chairwoman of the Attorney General's Advisory Committee of United States Attorneys (AGAC). Jessie Liu, an outstanding attorney with broad experience, is widely-respected, within the Department. She currently leads more than 300 prosecutors at our nation's largest U.S. Attorney's office. Jessie will be an integral part of our leadership at the Department. We will all benefit from her universally-regarded expertise and dedication to public service. I would also like to thank Richard Moore, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, for his outstanding tenure as chair of the AGAC, and his contributions to the management of the Department. He will remain a key advisor on the committee."
#5950095 at 2019-03-28 22:03:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7610: BE LOUD!! MAKE US PROUD!! Edition
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/statement-attorney-general-william-p-barr-us-attorney-jessie-Liu-s-appointment-chairwoman
#5950088 at 2019-03-28 22:02:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7610: BE LOUD!! MAKE US PROUD!! Edition
US Justice Department Tweet
5:59 PM - 28 Mar 2019
"Statement by Attorney General William P. Barr on U.S. Attorney Jessie Liu's Appointment As Chairwoman of the Attorney General's Advisory Committee"
https://twitter.com/TheJusticeDept/status/1111387284396343296
Embedded link: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/statement-attorney-general-william-p-barr-us-attorney-jessie-Liu-s-appointment-chairwoman
#5920324 at 2019-03-27 13:33:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7574: Replay The Story Edition
U.S. trade deficit narrows sharply as exports rebound
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - - The U.S. trade deficit dropped more than expected in January likely as China boosted purchases of soybeans, leading to a rebound in exports after three straight monthly declines.
The Commerce Department said on Wednesday the trade deficit declined 14.6 percent, the largest decline since March 2018, to $51.1 billion also as softening domestic demand and lower oil prices curbed the import bill.
Data for December was revised slightly down to show the trade gap widening to $59.9 billion instead of the previously reported $59.8 billion. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast the trade gap narrowing to $57.0 billion in January.
The trade deficit remains elevated despite President Donald Trump's "America First" policies, which have left the United States mired in a bruising trade war with China and provoked retaliatory tariffs from other trading partners.
Washington last year imposed tariffs on $250 billion worth of goods imported from China, with Beijing hitting back with duties on $110 billion worth of American products, including soybeans and other commodities.
Trump has delayed tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports as negotiations to resolve the eight-month trade war continue, with Beijing pledging to resume bulk purchases of soybeans after cancellations at the height of the trade fight.
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin are in China this week for another round of talks with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He.
The politically sensitive trade deficit with China fell 6.4 percent to $34.5 billion in January.
When adjusted for inflation, the goods trade deficit decreased $7.8 billion to $83.8 billion in January. The drop in the so-called real goods trade deficit could see economists bump up their very low first-quarter gross domestic product growth estimates.
Retail sales, manufacturing and homebuilding data have suggested the economy lost considerable momentum early in the first quarter. The Atlanta Federal Reserve is forecasting GDP rising at a 1.3 percent annualized rate in the January-March quarter. The government reported last month that the economy grew at a 2.6 percent pace in the fourth quarter.
But that estimate is likely to be lowered when the government publishes a revision on Thursday as some economic data for December was weaker than had been previously assumed.
The trade deficit in January was pushed down by a 0.9 percent increase in exports to $207.3 billion. Soybean exports rose by $0.9 billion in January.
Exports of motor vehicles and parts increased by $1.2 billion, but shipments of capital goods decreased by $0.8 billion, led by a $1.3 billion decline in civilian aircraft.
Export growth, however, continues to be constrained by slowing global demand and the dollar's strength last year, which is making U.S.-made goods less competitive on foreign markets. Despite the rise in soybean shipments, exports to China were the smallest since September 2010.
In January, imports fell 2.6 percent to $258.5 billion, the lowest level since last June. Imports previously had surged, likely as businesses stocked up in anticipation of further duties on Chinese imports.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-tradefigures/u-s-trade-deficit-narrows-sharply-as-exports-rebound-idUSKCN1R81BW
#5869217 at 2019-03-24 21:40:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7508: POTUS Dunking on the Dems Edition
HRC EMAIL
Key talking points for HRC's calls to Senator Feinstein recommending Goodwin Liu for a
nomination to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
- Goodwin is a widely respected, first-rate legal scholar. I know this first-hand because I coauthored
a law review article with him in 2003 on the relationship between Congress and the
Court. Goodwin has published major articles on constitutional law and education policy in
top law journals, and he is a frequent legal commentator in newspapers and media outlets.
- Goodwin is a mainstream progressive in his judicial philosophy and substantive views.
The best evidence is in his careful and thoughtful writings. In addition, Goodwin was
recently elected Chair of the Board of the American Constitution Society, a testament to his
broad appeal and widely recognized leadership qualities. Goodwin was also elected last
year, after a careful vetting process, to the Stanford Board of Trustees, a position that attests
to his reputation for collegiality, moderation, and judgment.
- Goodwin follows the facts and legal reasoning to their logical conclusion, even when it
may depart from liberal orthodoxy. For example, he wrote a law review article supporting
private school vouchers as part of a proposal for expanded public school choice. In addition,
last fall, the California Senate and Assembly Judiciary Committees called on Goodwin-and
no other scholar in the state or elsewhere-to testify as a "neutral expert" on the legal impact
of Proposition 8 (banning same-sex marriages). In that testimony, Goodwin said that, if Prop
8 passed, the California Supreme Court would be bound by applicable precedents to uphold
it-a view contrary to the position taken by many gay rights advocates in pending litigation.
- Goodwin has practical experience in law and public policy. He practiced law for two years
at O'Melveny & Myers in Washington, D.C. And he served twice in education policy
positions in the Clinton Administration (at the Corporation for National Service and the
Department of Education). As a scholar, he continues to do practical legal and policy work.
- Goodwin has a strong record of accomplishment. He went to college at Stanford, then to
Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, then to Yale Law School. He clerked for David Tatel on the
D.C. Circuit and Ruth Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. He joined the Boalt faculty in 2003,
was awarded tenure in 2008, and was promoted to Associate Dean of the law school. He
won a prestigious scholarly award last year from the Education Law Association, and this
year he won UC Berkeley's campus-wide teaching award.
- There are no active Asian American judges on any Court of Appeals in the entire country.
Goodwin is a first generation American. He is the son of Taiwanese immigrants who came
to this country with their suitcases and their educations. They were fortunate to have
professional opportunities and they taught themselves to be fluent in English. They raised
Goodwin in Sacramento where he attended public schools. He is the first in his family to
attend law school and become a lawyer…
#5868120 at 2019-03-24 20:49:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7507: Collusion Delusion Ends Edition
>>5867940 lb
hahahahahahahahaha
The Awans? They are untouchable. Jessie Liu gave them a blanket prosecution protection from all non violent crimes. We can't touch them anymoar!!!!
#5847635 at 2019-03-23 17:30:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7480: West Coast Wake and Bake, East Coast High Noon. The Brunch Edition
Subject: Statement from the Press Secretary
poolreports
47 minutes ago
The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 23, 2019
Statement from the Press Secretary
At the direction of President Donald J. Trump, United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin will travel to Beijing, China, for principal-level meetings starting on March 28, 2019, to continue negotiations aimed at improving the trade relationship between the United States and China. The United States principals will be accompanied by Deputy United States Trade Representative Jeffrey Gerrish and other senior officials from the Office of the United States Trade Representative and the Department of the Treasury.
The United States looks forward to welcoming a delegation from China led by Vice Premier Liu He for meetings in Washington starting on April 3, 2019.
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#5831276 at 2019-03-22 21:42:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7459: More Like Nocialism Edition
Some links you might find interesting:
Rachel is the primary photographer for an artist named Terence Koh, who frequently collaborates with Abramovic. Here, he's in a death pose on a piece of hers: http://purple.fr/diary/terence-kohon-a-work-by-marina-abramovic-at-a-collectors-house-east/ Another photo of the same set: http://purple.fr/diary/terence-kohon-a-work-by-marina-abramovic-at-the-collectors-house-east/
A video from a MoMA party: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPPKj99ZV60YouTube List of attendees: "Those in attendance included Madonna, Mary-Kate Olsen, Yoko Ono, James Franco, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Chloe Sevigny, Penn Badgely, Padma Lakshmi, Rose Byrne, Kim Cattrall, Lucy Liu, Marina Abramovic, Daphne Guinness, Terence Koh, Andrej Pejic, Leelee Sobieski, Cindy Sherman, Agnes Gund, Katharina Sieverding, Rachel Chandler, Michelle Harper, David Rockefeller, Jr., MoMA's Director Glenn Lowry, Volkswagen's Martin Winterkorn, and Director of MoMA PS1 and MoMA's Chief Curator at Large Klaus Biesenbach."
Rachel was a photographer/attendee at Marina Abramovic's 2010 "The Artist is Present" performance at the MoMA http://www.patrickmcmullan.com/site/event_detail.aspx?eid=32454 (look for her name on the left-hand list of Featured People and use the filter function)
This is the one I think you might find the most interesting, and I'm surprised this hasn't been delved into before. Abramovic gave a very controversial performance at the LA MoCA that involved a kind of pseudo/ritualized cannibalism of a female body, and Rachel was present as well. https://www.artforum.com/diary/id=29517
#5828058 at 2019-03-22 17:26:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7455: My Kingdom For A Baker Edition
Rachel is the primary photographer for an artist named Terence Koh, who frequently collaborates with Abramovic. Here, he's in a death pose on a piece of hers: http://purple.fr/diary/terence-kohon-a-work-by-marina-abramovic-at-a-collectors-house-east/ Another photo of the same set: http://purple.fr/diary/terence-kohon-a-work-by-marina-abramovic-at-the-collectors-house-east/
A video from a MoMA party: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPPKj99ZV60YouTube List of attendees: "Those in attendance included Madonna, Mary-Kate Olsen, Yoko Ono, James Franco, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Chloe Sevigny, Penn Badgely, Padma Lakshmi, Rose Byrne, Kim Cattrall, Lucy Liu, Marina Abramovic, Daphne Guinness, Terence Koh, Andrej Pejic, Leelee Sobieski, Cindy Sherman, Agnes Gund, Katharina Sieverding, Rachel Chandler, Michelle Harper, David Rockefeller, Jr., MoMA's Director Glenn Lowry, Volkswagen's Martin Winterkorn, and Director of MoMA PS1 and MoMA's Chief Curator at Large Klaus Biesenbach."
Rachel was a photographer/attendee at Marina Abramovic's 2010 "The Artist is Present" performance at the MoMA http://www.patrickmcmullan.com/site/event_detail.aspx?eid=32454 (look for her name on the left-hand list of Featured People and use the filter function)
This is the one I think you might find the most interesting, and I'm surprised this hasn't been delved into before. Abramovic gave a very controversial performance at the LA MoCA that involved a kind of pseudo/ritualized cannibalism of a female body, and Rachel was present as well. https://www.artforum.com/diary/id=29517
#5822142 at 2019-03-22 04:24:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7448: We Have The Server[S] Edition
Asian shares hit 6-1/2-month high on tech hopes, U.S. data
TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares hit 6-1/2-month highs on Friday after upbeat U.S. data and optimism in the tech sector lifted Wall Street stocks, helping calm some of the jitters sparked by the Federal Reserve's cautious outlook on the world's biggest economy.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.3 percent, led by 0.5 percent gains in the info tech sector, while Japan's Nikkei bucked the trend and lost 0.2 percent.
On Wall Street, the S&P 500 gained 1.09 percent while the Nasdaq Composite rallied 1.42 percent, both hitting five-month highs.[.N]
Apple Inc led the tech sector's advance, rising 3.7 percent, ahead of the company's expected streaming service debut next week.
The Philadelphia SE Semiconductor Index soared 3.5 percent, coming within a striking distance from its all-time high marked about a year ago.
"I'd think optimism in the tech sector is the biggest driver now. It reflects expectations that the U.S. and China will eventually reach a trade deal," said Soichiro Monji, senior economist at Daiwa SB Investments.
A U.S. trade delegation headed by Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will visit China on March 28-29, which will be followed by a trip by Chinese Vice Premier Liu He to Washington in early April.
Thursday's U.S. economic data was also upbeat as initial claims for jobless benefits fell more than expected and mid-Atlantic factory activity rebounded sharply.
The figures mollified worries about the U.S. economic outlook after the Fed on Wednesday surprised investors by adopting a sharp dovish stance, anticipating no further interest rate hikes this year and ending its balance sheet rolloffs.
The dollar also jumped back, with its index against a basket of six major currencies rising to 96.327 from Wednesday's 1-1/2-month low of 95.735.
The euro traded at $1.1374 , flat on the day and off Wednesday's 1-1/2-month high of $1.14485.
The dollar stood at 110.74 yen, having hit a five-week low of 110.30 on Thursday.
The benchmark U.S. 10-year notes yield stood at 2.530 percent after having slipped to as low as 2.500 percent on Thursday, its lowest since early January last year.
https://www.marketscreener.com/news/Asian-shares-hit-6-1-2-month-high-on-tech-hopes-U-S-data–28210288/?countview=0
#5815879 at 2019-03-21 21:55:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7439: Black Books, Red Shoes. The close proximity to JUSTICE [PAIN] Edition
>>5815543
2017 Chinese billionaires top 30 list
Rank Name Net worth (USD) Citizenship Sources of wealth
1 Xu Jiayin (Hui Ka Yan) 42.5 billion China real estate
2 Ma Huateng 39 billion China internet media
3 Jack Ma 38.6 billion China e-commerce
4 Wang Jianlin 25.2 billion China real estate
5 Wang Wei 22.3 billion China package delivery
6 Yang Huiyan 20.7 billion China real estate
7 He Xiangjian 18.7 billion China home appliances
8 Robin Li 17.1 billion China internet search
9 William Ding 16.9 billion China online games
10 Li Shufu 16.5 billion China automobiles
11 Wang Wenyin 13.5 billion China mining, copper products
12 Zhang Zhidong 13.4 billion China internet media
13 Zhou Qunfei 10.6 billion China smartphone screens
14 Sun Hongbin 10.4 billion China real estate
15 Gong Hongjia 10.3 billion China investments
16 Guo Guangchang 10 billion China conglomerate
17 Xu Shihui 9.5 billion China snacks, beverages
18 Liu Qiangdong 9.4 billion China e-commerce
19 Pan Zhengmin 9.3 billion China electronics
20 Zong Qinghou 9.1 billion China beverages
21 Yao Zhenhua 8.2 billion China conglomerate
22 Xu Rongmao (Hui Wing Mau) 7.2 billion China real estate
23 Sun Piaoyang 7.1 billion China pharmaceuticals
24 Wu Yajun 6.9 billion China real estate
25 Lei Jun 6.8 billion China smartphones
26 Yan Zhi 6.7 billion China real estate
27 Zhang Jinmei 6.5 billion China conglomerate
28 Liu Yongxing 6.4 billion China agribusiness
29 Wang Wenxue 6.35 billion China real estate
30 Wei Jianjun 6.2 billion China automobiles
Source: Forbes
#5812515 at 2019-03-21 18:04:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7435: They Thought The SHEEP Would Follow The STARS Edition
Rachel Chandler 2/2
Some links you might find interesting:
Rachel is the primary photographer for an artist named Terence Koh, who frequently collaborates with Abramovic. Here, he's in a death pose on a piece of hers: http://purple.fr/diary/terence-kohon-a-work-by-marina-abramovic-at-a-collectors-house-east/ Another photo of the same set: http://purple.fr/diary/terence-kohon-a-work-by-marina-abramovic-at-the-collectors-house-east/
A video from a MoMA party: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPPKj99ZV60YouTube List of attendees: "Those in attendance included Madonna, Mary-Kate Olsen, Yoko Ono, James Franco, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Chloe Sevigny, Penn Badgely, Padma Lakshmi, Rose Byrne, Kim Cattrall, Lucy Liu, Marina Abramovic, Daphne Guinness, Terence Koh, Andrej Pejic, Leelee Sobieski, Cindy Sherman, Agnes Gund, Katharina Sieverding, Rachel Chandler, Michelle Harper, David Rockefeller, Jr., MoMA's Director Glenn Lowry, Volkswagen's Martin Winterkorn, and Director of MoMA PS1 and MoMA's Chief Curator at Large Klaus Biesenbach."
Rachel was a photographer/attendee at Marina Abramovic's 2010 "The Artist is Present" performance at the MoMA http://www.patrickmcmullan.com/site/event_detail.aspx?eid=32454 (look for her name on the left-hand list of Featured People and use the filter function)
This is the one I think you might find the most interesting, and I'm surprised this hasn't been delved into before. Abramovic gave a very controversial performance at the LA MoCA that involved a kind of pseudo/ritualized cannibalism of a female body, and Rachel was present as well. https://www.artforum.com/diary/id=29517
The prospect of this "grotesque spectacle," the outraged Rainer wrote, reminded her not of Abramovi?'s The Artist Is Present, the performance empress's three-month-long sit at the Museum of Modern Art last year, or of her Nude with Skeleton from 2002, but of Pier Paolo Pasolini's 1975 film Salò, where fascist sadists sexually abuse beautiful youths. "Subjecting her performers to public humiliation at the hands of a bunch of frolicking donors is yet another example of the Museum's callousness and greed, and Ms Abramovi?'s obliviousness to differences in context and to some of the implications of transposing her own powerful performances to the bodies of others," Rainer wrote, suggesting that MoCA rename itself "MODFR, or the Museum of Degenerate Fund Raising."
Inside, all thought of exploitation quickly faded, as the 769 guests, who included California governor Jerry Brown and Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa as well as Beecroft, took their seats before the rotating heads and nudes-with-skeletons and dug into their food unfazed. (It was delicious.) Some people did hold the gaze of the heads; others winked and elicited forbidden giggles.
John Baldessari and Meg Cranston seemed pleased to be seated ringside, where half-naked and very buff pallbearers periodically mounted the catwalk-like stage carrying a shrouded body on a bier. After her final number, two more shrouded bodies were brought onstage. Under them was dessert: two eerily lifelike cakes fashioned to look like Abramovi? and Harry by LA's Rosebud Cakes and Raphael Castoriano's Kreëmart organization. Wielding lethal-looking knives, Abramovi? joined Harry to cut out the hearts of each of their cakes to a shouting, astonished crowd.
Chaos followed, as guests fought over pieces cut by the bare-chested pallbearers. "I want the breast! Give me the vagina!" they screamed, hardly noticing that Tilda Swinton had arrived for photo ops, looking very much like David Bowie in his Thin White Duke phase. When it was all over, the cut-up cakes resembled mutilated bodies that made for a ghoulish sight.
A man I didn't know accosted me. "Is it me or was this all about violence against women?" he asked. "It's you," I said. "Look at that cake!" he exclaimed. "It's a horribly mutilated woman with knives in her chest. Doesn't that bother you?" "It's a cake," I said. "It represents all the indignities women have suffered at the hands of men. It is women telling their own history." Apparently, the point was lost on him. "It's disgusting," he replied. I asked his name, which he declined to give. "I'm in the social register!" he growled, brushing past me to let Deitch know that this violence against women would result in the withdrawal of funding from the museum.
– Abramovic cutting the fake female dead body: https://www.artforum.com/uploads/upload.000/id29517/article07.jpgJPG – A Black woman's head lying in front of dinner eaters:
#5809754 at 2019-03-21 14:57:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7432: More Digging Than Ever Before Edition
>>5809753
In this dig I even found a random connection…….McKinsey & Co. did a lot of consulting work for the Times back then….YES THE SAME McKinsey & Co. that Chelsea CLINTON worked for…..
OTHER NOTABLES:
Some links you might find interesting:
Rachel is the primary photographer for an artist named Terence Koh, who frequently collaborates with Abramovic. Here, he's in a death pose on a piece of hers: http://purple.fr/diary/terence-kohon-a-work-by-marina-abramovic-at-a-collectors-house-east/ Another photo of the same set: http://purple.fr/diary/terence-kohon-a-work-by-marina-abramovic-at-the-collectors-house-east/
A video from a MoMA party: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPPKj99ZV60YouTube List of attendees: "Those in attendance included Madonna, Mary-Kate Olsen, Yoko Ono, James Franco, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Chloe Sevigny, Penn Badgely, Padma Lakshmi, Rose Byrne, Kim Cattrall, Lucy Liu, Marina Abramovic, Daphne Guinness, Terence Koh, Andrej Pejic, Leelee Sobieski, Cindy Sherman, Agnes Gund, Katharina Sieverding, Rachel Chandler, Michelle Harper, David Rockefeller, Jr., MoMA's Director Glenn Lowry, Volkswagen's Martin Winterkorn, and Director of MoMA PS1 and MoMA's Chief Curator at Large Klaus Biesenbach."
Rachel was a photographer/attendee at Marina Abramovic's 2010 "The Artist is Present" performance at the MoMA http://www.patrickmcmullan.com/site/event_detail.aspx?eid=32454 (look for her name on the left-hand list of Featured People and use the filter function)
This is the one I think you might find the most interesting, and I'm surprised this hasn't been delved into before. Abramovic gave a very controversial performance at the LA MoCA that involved a kind of pseudo/ritualized cannibalism of a female body, and Rachel was present as well. https://www.artforum.com/diary/id=29517
https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1436568
Otis Chandler Obit: https://www.latimes.com/la-me-chandler-obit-story.html
#5809564 at 2019-03-21 14:43:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7431: First Cup of the Day Edition
Some links you might find interesting:
Rachel is the primary photographer for an artist named Terence Koh, who frequently collaborates with Abramovic. Here, he's in a death pose on a piece of hers: http://purple.fr/diary/terence-kohon-a-work-by-marina-abramovic-at-a-collectors-house-east/ Another photo of the same set: http://purple.fr/diary/terence-kohon-a-work-by-marina-abramovic-at-the-collectors-house-east/
A video from a MoMA party: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPPKj99ZV60YouTube List of attendees: "Those in attendance included Madonna, Mary-Kate Olsen, Yoko Ono, James Franco, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Chloe Sevigny, Penn Badgely, Padma Lakshmi, Rose Byrne, Kim Cattrall, Lucy Liu, Marina Abramovic, Daphne Guinness, Terence Koh, Andrej Pejic, Leelee Sobieski, Cindy Sherman, Agnes Gund, Katharina Sieverding, Rachel Chandler, Michelle Harper, David Rockefeller, Jr., MoMA's Director Glenn Lowry, Volkswagen's Martin Winterkorn, and Director of MoMA PS1 and MoMA's Chief Curator at Large Klaus Biesenbach."
Rachel was a photographer/attendee at Marina Abramovic's 2010 "The Artist is Present" performance at the MoMA http://www.patrickmcmullan.com/site/event_detail.aspx?eid=32454 (look for her name on the left-hand list of Featured People and use the filter function)
This is the one I think you might find the most interesting, and I'm surprised this hasn't been delved into before. Abramovic gave a very controversial performance at the LA MoCA that involved a kind of pseudo/ritualized cannibalism of a female body, and Rachel was present as well. https://www.artforum.com/diary/id=29517
LOTS more here on Chandler
https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1436568
#5807581 at 2019-03-21 10:40:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7429: Let's Burn the Midnight Oil Edition
Chandler:
A video from a MoMA party: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPPKj99ZV60YouTube List of attendees: "Those in attendance included Madonna, Mary-Kate Olsen, Yoko Ono, James Franco, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Chloe Sevigny, Penn Badgely, Padma Lakshmi, Rose Byrne, Kim Cattrall, Lucy Liu, Marina Abramovic, Daphne Guinness, Terence Koh, Andrej Pejic, Leelee Sobieski, Cindy Sherman, Agnes Gund, Katharina Sieverding, Rachel Chandler, Michelle Harper, David Rockefeller, Jr., MoMA's Director Glenn Lowry, Volkswagen's Martin Winterkorn, and Director of MoMA PS1 and MoMA's Chief Curator at Large Klaus Biesenbach."
https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1436568 for more
#5806572 at 2019-03-21 07:19:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7427: Refreshing Our Memory, Digging Our Old Stash, The Reeeee Visit Edition
>>5806564
PART 2 of 3
Interesting thread here about Rachel Chandler and her connections.
https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1436568
Rachel is the primary photographer for an artist named Terence Koh, who frequently collaborates with Abramovic. Here, he's in a death pose on a piece of hers: http://purple.fr/diary/terence-kohon-a-work-by-marina-abramovic-at-a-collectors-house-east/ Another photo of the same set: http://purple.fr/diary/terence-kohon-a-work-by-marina-abramovic-at-the-collectors-house-east/
A video from a MoMA party: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPPKj99ZV60YouTube List of attendees: "Those in attendance included Madonna, Mary-Kate Olsen, Yoko Ono, James Franco, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Chloe Sevigny, Penn Badgely, Padma Lakshmi, Rose Byrne, Kim Cattrall, Lucy Liu, Marina Abramovic, Daphne Guinness, Terence Koh, Andrej Pejic, Leelee Sobieski, Cindy Sherman, Agnes Gund, Katharina Sieverding, Rachel Chandler, Michelle Harper, David Rockefeller, Jr., MoMA's Director Glenn Lowry, Volkswagen's Martin Winterkorn, and Director of MoMA PS1 and MoMA's Chief Curator at Large Klaus Biesenbach."
Rachel was a photographer/attendee at Marina Abramovic's 2010 "The Artist is Present" performance at the MoMA http://www.patrickmcmullan.com/site/event_detail.aspx?eid=32454 (look for her name on the left-hand list of Featured People and use the filter function)
This is the one I think you might find the most interesting, and I'm surprised this hasn't been delved into before. Abramovic gave a very controversial performance at the LA MoCA that involved a kind of pseudo/ritualized cannibalism of a female body, and Rachel was present as well. https://www.artforum.com/diary/id=29517
The prospect of this "grotesque spectacle," the outraged Rainer wrote, reminded her not of Abramovi?'s The Artist Is Present, the performance empress's three-month-long sit at the Museum of Modern Art last year, or of her Nude with Skeleton from 2002, but of Pier Paolo Pasolini's 1975 film Salò, where fascist sadists sexually abuse beautiful youths. "Subjecting her performers to public humiliation at the hands of a bunch of frolicking donors is yet another example of the Museum's callousness and greed, and Ms Abramovi?'s obliviousness to differences in context and to some of the implications of transposing her own powerful performances to the bodies of others," Rainer wrote, suggesting that MoCA rename itself "MODFR, or the Museum of Degenerate Fund Raising."
Inside, all thought of exploitation quickly faded, as the 769 guests, who included California governor Jerry Brown and Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa as well as Beecroft, took their seats before the rotating heads and nudes-with-skeletons and dug into their food unfazed. (It was delicious.) Some people did hold the gaze of the heads; others winked and elicited forbidden giggles.
John Baldessari and Meg Cranston seemed pleased to be seated ringside, where half-naked and very buff pallbearers periodically mounted the catwalk-like stage carrying a shrouded body on a bier. After her final number, two more shrouded bodies were brought onstage. Under them was dessert: two eerily lifelike cakes fashioned to look like Abramovi? and Harry by LA's Rosebud Cakes and Raphael Castoriano's Kreëmart organization. Wielding lethal-looking knives, Abramovi? joined Harry to cut out the hearts of each of their cakes to a shouting, astonished crowd.
Chaos followed, as guests fought over pieces cut by the bare-chested pallbearers. "I want the breast! Give me the vagina!" they screamed, hardly noticing that Tilda Swinton had arrived for photo ops, looking very much like David Bowie in his Thin White Duke phase. When it was all over, the cut-up cakes resembled mutilated bodies that made for a ghoulish sight.
A man I didn't know accosted me. "Is it me or was this all about violence against women?" he asked. "It's you," I said. "Look at that cake!" he exclaimed. "It's a horribly mutilated woman with knives in her chest. Doesn't that bother you?" "It's a cake," I said. "It represents all the indignities women have suffered at the hands of men. It is women telling their own history." Apparently, the point was lost on him. "It's disgusting," he replied. I asked his name, which he declined to give. "I'm in the social register!" he growled, brushing past me to let Deitch know that this violence against women would result in the withdrawal of funding from the museum.
#5805334 at 2019-03-21 05:23:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7426: Great Damn Diggin' Edition
>>5805306 Moar old digs
Part 2
Some links you might find interesting:
Rachel is the primary photographer for an artist named Terence Koh, who frequently collaborates with Abramovic. Here, he's in a death pose on a piece of hers: http:// purple.fr/diary/terence-kohon-a-work-by-marina-abramovic-at-a-collectors-house-east/ Another photo of the same set: http:// purple.fr/diary/terence-kohon-a-work-by-marina-abramovic-at-the-collectors-house-east/
A video from a MoMA party: https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPPKj99ZV60YouTube List of attendees: "Those in attendance included Madonna, Mary-Kate Olsen, Yoko Ono, James Franco, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Chloe Sevigny, Penn Badgely, Padma Lakshmi, Rose Byrne, Kim Cattrall, Lucy Liu, Marina Abramovic, Daphne Guinness, Terence Koh, Andrej Pejic, Leelee Sobieski, Cindy Sherman, Agnes Gund, Katharina Sieverding, Rachel Chandler, Michelle Harper, David Rockefeller, Jr., MoMA's Director Glenn Lowry, Volkswagen's Martin Winterkorn, and Director of MoMA PS1 and MoMA's Chief Curator at Large Klaus Biesenbach."
Rachel was a photographer/attendee at Marina Abramovic's 2010 "The Artist is Present" performance at the MoMA http:// www.patrickmcmullan.com/site/event_detail.aspx?eid=32454 (look for her name on the left-hand list of Featured People and use the filter function)
This is the one I think you might find the most interesting, and I'm surprised this hasn't been delved into before. Abramovic gave a very controversial performance at the LA MoCA that involved a kind of pseudo/ritualized cannibalism of a female body, and Rachel was present as well. https:// www.artforum.com/diary/id=29517
#5805306 at 2019-03-21 05:21:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7426: Great Damn Diggin' Edition
>>927882 Old digs
>>952052
>>924883
>>925301
MAJOR RAY CHANDLER CONNECTIONS
Rachel graduated in June 2005 from Brentwood School, a pretty elite prep school on the Westside of LA. There were/are a lot of kids from prominent Hollywood/media families in attendance there. Jordan McGraw, Dr. Phil's son, was also Class of '05. Jimmy Iovine's son was Class of '06 (Jimmy is the founder of Interscope Records, he brought Eminem and 50 Cent to prominence and is the brains behind the Beats headphones empire that Dr. Dre is the public face of). Arnold Schwarzenegger's kids were there too (can't remember which year, they were several years younger than Rachel). Andrew Breitbart, the now-deceased founder of the Breitbart news site, was a graduate (not sure when ... 80s? 90s?
Rachel comes from a very prominent, elite family. She's one of many descendants of the Chandler family, which owned the Los Angeles Times for decades. Look up Otis Chandler. The family is divested of the paper today and not as powerful/prominent in LA high society today as they used to be, but up through the 80s they were super powerful. Rachel is definitely a part of the LA-based Hollywood/media elite. She's not some runaway or kidnapped kid or anything like that like some have theorized. She's probably the most powerful scion of one of the most powerful families in Southern California.
Photos of her with P. Diddy and Paris Hilton (friends since early teens).
There's a tangential Rothschilds connection here because Nicky Hilton ended up marrying James Rothschild and Rachel used to party with all of them.
She has a much deeper connection to the occult artist Marina Abramovic.
Rachel is the primary photographer for an artist named Terence Koh, who frequently collaborates with Abramovic.
A video from a MoMA party: https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPPKj99ZV60
YouTube List of attendees: Madonna, Mary-Kate Olsen, Yoko Ono, James Franco, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Chloe Sevigny, Penn Badgely, Padma Lakshmi, Rose Byrne, Kim Cattrall, Lucy Liu, Marina Abramovic, Daphne Guinness, Terence Koh, Andrej Pejic, Leelee Sobieski, Cindy Sherman, Agnes Gund, Katharina Sieverding, Rachel Chandler, Michelle Harper, David Rockefeller, Jr., MoMA's Director Glenn Lowry, Volkswagen's Martin Winterkorn, and Director of MoMA PS1 and MoMA's Chief Curator at Large Klaus Biesenbach.
Rachel was a photographer/attendee at Marina Abramovic's 2010 "The Artist is Present" performance at the MoMA http:// www.patrickmcmullan.com/site/event_detail.aspx?eid=32454
Abramovic gave a very controversial performance at the LA MoCA that involved a kind of pseudo/ritualized cannibalism of a female body, and Rachel was present as well. https:// www.artforum.com/diary/id=29517
Inside, all thought of exploitation quickly faded, as the 769 guests, who included California governor JERRY BROWN and Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
John Baldessari, David Bowie and Meg Cranston attended.
The photo with Clinton is not from Jeffrey Epstein's Lolita Express but rather from Ron Burkle's private jet. Connections between the Chandler family and Burkle. At one point, Burkle and the Chandlers were in competition to buy out the Tribune Media Co. that owned the Times: http:// www.editorandpublisher.com/news/burkle-and-broad-join-chandlers-in-making-tribune-bid/ http:// www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/18/AR2007011800684_pf.html
Sauce: https:// voat.co/v/pizzagate/1436568
#5805091 at 2019-03-21 05:04:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7425: Déjà Vu Edition
Rachel is the primary photographer for an artist named Terence Koh, who frequently collaborates with Abramovic. Here, he's in a death pose on a piece of hers: http://purple.fr/diary/terence-kohon-a-work-by-marina-abramovic-at-a-collectors-house-east/ Another photo of the same set: http://purple.fr/diary/terence-kohon-a-work-by-marina-abramovic-at-the-collectors-house-east/
A video from a MoMA party: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPPKj99ZV60YouTubeYouTube List of attendees: "Those in attendance included Madonna, Mary-Kate Olsen, Yoko Ono, James Franco, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Chloe Sevigny, Penn Badgely, Padma Lakshmi, Rose Byrne, Kim Cattrall, Lucy Liu, Marina Abramovic, Daphne Guinness, Terence Koh, Andrej Pejic, Leelee Sobieski, Cindy Sherman, Agnes Gund, Katharina Sieverding, Rachel Chandler, Michelle Harper, David Rockefeller, Jr., MoMA's Director Glenn Lowry, Volkswagen's Martin Winterkorn, and Director of MoMA PS1 and MoMA's Chief Curator at Large Klaus Biesenbach."
Rachel was a photographer/attendee at Marina Abramovic's 2010 "The Artist is Present" performance at the MoMA http://www.patrickmcmullan.com/site/event_detail.aspx?eid=32454 (look for her name on the left-hand list of Featured People and use the filter function)
This is the one I think you might find the most interesting, and I'm surprised this hasn't been delved into before. Abramovic gave a very controversial performance at the LA MoCA that involved a kind of pseudo/ritualized cannibalism of a female body, and Rachel was present as well. https://www.artforum.com/diary/id=29517
#5804290 at 2019-03-21 04:24:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7424: Digging Up Old Dirt, The Socialites Social Media Edition
>>5804057
>Dig deep!!
A video from a MoMA party: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPPKj99ZV60
YouTube List of attendees: "Those in attendance included Madonna, Mary-Kate Olsen, Yoko Ono, James Franco, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Chloe Sevigny, Penn Badgely, Padma Lakshmi, Rose Byrne, Kim Cattrall, Lucy Liu, Marina Abramovic🔑, Daphne Guinness🔑, Terence Koh, Andrej Pejic, Leelee Sobieski, Cindy Sherman, Agnes Gund, Katharina Sieverding, Rachel Chandler🔑, Michelle Harper, David Rockefeller, Jr.🔑, MoMA's Director Glenn Lowry, Volkswagen's Martin Winterkorn, and Director of MoMA PS1 and MoMA's Chief Curator at Large Klaus Biesenbach."
https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1436568
#5803342 at 2019-03-21 03:51:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7423: Keep digging, Anons. RACHEL CHANDLER IS KEY Edition
>>5803296
2/3
Rachel is the primary photographer for an artist named Terence Koh, who frequently collaborates with Abramovic. Here, he's in a death pose on a piece of hers: http://purple.fr/diary/terence-kohon-a-work-by-marina-abramovic-at-a-collectors-house-east/ Another photo of the same set: http://purple.fr/diary/terence-kohon-a-work-by-marina-abramovic-at-the-collectors-house-east/
A video from a MoMA party: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPPKj99ZV60YouTube List of attendees: "Those in attendance included Madonna, Mary-Kate Olsen, Yoko Ono, James Franco, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Chloe Sevigny, Penn Badgely, Padma Lakshmi, Rose Byrne, Kim Cattrall, Lucy Liu, Marina Abramovic, Daphne Guinness, Terence Koh, Andrej Pejic, Leelee Sobieski, Cindy Sherman, Agnes Gund, Katharina Sieverding, Rachel Chandler, Michelle Harper, David Rockefeller, Jr., MoMA's Director Glenn Lowry, Volkswagen's Martin Winterkorn, and Director of MoMA PS1 and MoMA's Chief Curator at Large Klaus Biesenbach."
Rachel was a photographer/attendee at Marina Abramovic's 2010 "The Artist is Present" performance at the MoMA http://www.patrickmcmullan.com/site/event_detail.aspx?eid=32454 (look for her name on the left-hand list of Featured People and use the filter function)
This is the one I think you might find the most interesting, and I'm surprised this hasn't been delved into before. Abramovic gave a very controversial performance at the LA MoCA that involved a kind of pseudo/ritualized cannibalism of a female body, and Rachel was present as well. https://www.artforum.com/diary/id=29517
The prospect of this "grotesque spectacle," the outraged Rainer wrote, reminded her not of Abramovi?'s The Artist Is Present, the performance empress's three-month-long sit at the Museum of Modern Art last year, or of her Nude with Skeleton from 2002, but of Pier Paolo Pasolini's 1975 film Salò, where fascist sadists sexually abuse beautiful youths. "Subjecting her performers to public humiliation at the hands of a bunch of frolicking donors is yet another example of the Museum's callousness and greed, and Ms Abramovi?'s obliviousness to differences in context and to some of the implications of transposing her own powerful performances to the bodies of others," Rainer wrote, suggesting that MoCA rename itself "MODFR, or the Museum of Degenerate Fund Raising."
Inside, all thought of exploitation quickly faded, as the 769 guests, who included California governor Jerry Brown and Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa as well as Beecroft, took their seats before the rotating heads and nudes-with-skeletons and dug into their food unfazed. (It was delicious.) Some people did hold the gaze of the heads; others winked and elicited forbidden giggles.
John Baldessari and Meg Cranston seemed pleased to be seated ringside, where half-naked and very buff pallbearers periodically mounted the catwalk-like stage carrying a shrouded body on a bier. After her final number, two more shrouded bodies were brought onstage. Under them was dessert: two eerily lifelike cakes fashioned to look like Abramovi? and Harry by LA's Rosebud Cakes and Raphael Castoriano's Kreëmart organization. Wielding lethal-looking knives, Abramovi? joined Harry to cut out the hearts of each of their cakes to a shouting, astonished crowd.
Chaos followed, as guests fought over pieces cut by the bare-chested pallbearers. "I want the breast! Give me the vagina!" they screamed, hardly noticing that Tilda Swinton had arrived for photo ops, looking very much like David Bowie in his Thin White Duke phase. When it was all over, the cut-up cakes resembled mutilated bodies that made for a ghoulish sight.
A man I didn't know accosted me. "Is it me or was this all about violence against women?" he asked. "It's you," I said. "Look at that cake!" he exclaimed. "It's a horribly mutilated woman with knives in her chest. Doesn't that bother you?" "It's a cake," I said. "It represents all the indignities women have suffered at the hands of men. It is women telling their own history." Apparently, the point was lost on him. "It's disgusting," he replied. I asked his name, which he declined to give. "I'm in the social register!" he growled, brushing past me to let Deitch know that this violence against women would result in the withdrawal of funding from the museum.
#5802640 at 2019-03-21 03:29:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7422: Openly Flaunt Across Social Media Edition
>>5802538
Some links you might find interesting:
Rachel is the primary photographer for an artist named Terence Koh, who frequently collaborates with Abramovic. Here, he's in a death pose on a piece of hers: http://purple.fr/diary/terence-kohon-a-work-by-marina-abramovic-at-a-collectors-house-east/ Another photo of the same set: http://purple.fr/diary/terence-kohon-a-work-by-marina-abramovic-at-the-collectors-house-east/
A video from a MoMA party: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPPKj99ZV60YouTube List of attendees: "Those in attendance included Madonna, Mary-Kate Olsen, Yoko Ono, James Franco, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Chloe Sevigny, Penn Badgely, Padma Lakshmi, Rose Byrne, Kim Cattrall, Lucy Liu, Marina Abramovic, Daphne Guinness, Terence Koh, Andrej Pejic, Leelee Sobieski, Cindy Sherman, Agnes Gund, Katharina Sieverding, Rachel Chandler, Michelle Harper, David Rockefeller, Jr., MoMA's Director Glenn Lowry, Volkswagen's Martin Winterkorn, and Director of MoMA PS1 and MoMA's Chief Curator at Large Klaus Biesenbach."
Rachel was a photographer/attendee at Marina Abramovic's 2010 "The Artist is Present" performance at the MoMAhttp://www.patrickmcmullan.com/site/event_detail.aspx?eid=32454 (look for her name on the left-hand list of Featured People and use the filter function)
This is the one I think you might find the most interesting, and I'm surprised this hasn't been delved into before. Abramovic gave a very controversial performance at the LA MoCA that involved a kind of pseudo/ritualized cannibalism of a female body, and Rachel was present as well. https://www.artforum.com/diary/id=29517
The prospect of this "grotesque spectacle," the outraged Rainer wrote, reminded her not of Abramovi?'s The Artist Is Present, the performance empress's three-month-long sit at the Museum of Modern Art last year, or of her Nude with Skeleton from 2002, but of Pier Paolo Pasolini's 1975 film Salò, where fascist sadists sexually abuse beautiful youths."Subjecting her performers to public humiliation at the hands of a bunch of frolicking donors is yet another example of the Museum's callousness and greed, and Ms Abramovi?'s obliviousness to differences in context and to some of the implications of transposing her own powerful performances to the bodies of others," Rainer wrote, suggesting that MoCA rename itself "MODFR, or the Museum of Degenerate Fund Raising."
#5802180 at 2019-03-21 03:15:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7422: Openly Flaunt Across Social Media Edition
>>5802084
SIAP, From Voat:
I know Rachel IRL and have some information that I think ya'll might find interesting.
Rachel graduated in June 2005 from Brentwood School, a pretty elite prep school on the Westside of LA. I attended the school with her. There were/are a lot of kids from prominent Hollywood/media families in attendance there. Jordan McGraw, Dr. Phil's son, was also Class of '05. Jimmy Iovine's son was Class of '06 (Jimmy is the founder of Interscope Records, hebrought Eminem and 50 Cent to prominence and is the brains behind the Beats headphones empire that Dr. Dre is the public face of). Arnold Schwarzenegger's kids were there too (can't remember which year, they were several years younger than Rachel). Andrew Breitbart, the now-deceased founder of the Breitbart news site, was a graduate (not sure when … 80s? 90s? way before my time).
Rachel herself comes from a very prominent, elite family. She's one of many descendants of the Chandler family, which owned the Los Angeles Times for decades. Look up Otis Chandler on Wikipedia...So, Rachel is definitely a part of the LA-based Hollywood/media elite. She's not some runaway or kidnapped kid or anything like that like some have theorized. She's probably the most powerful scion of one of the most powerful families in Southern California.
I have no idea if all the crazy stuff you guys are pegging her (being a "child handler") with has any validity, but I can tell you that during her teenage years she knew A LOT of celebrities, media industry insiders, and was going to a lot of parties that most kids at her school and in our social circles (who were pretty well-connected and very wealthy themselves) could never gain access to. She's definitely someone who "matured quickly", if you will.
There's a tangential Rothschilds connection here, by the way, because Nicky Hilton ended up marrying James Rothschild and Rachel used to party with all of them.
One thing you guys have missed is that she has a much deeper connection to the occult artist Marina Abramovic than I've seen documented so far.
Some links you might find interesting:
- Rachel is the primary photographer for an artist named Terence Koh, who frequently collaborates with Abramovic. Here, he's in a death pose on a piece of hers: http://purple.fr/diary/terence-kohon-a-work-by-marina-abramovic-at-a-collectors-house-east/ Another photo of the same set: http://purple.fr/diary/terence-kohon-a-work-by-marina-abramovic-at-the-collectors-house-east/
- A video from a MoMA party: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPPKj99ZV60YouTube List of attendees: "Those in attendance included Madonna, Mary-Kate Olsen, Yoko Ono, James Franco, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Chloe Sevigny, Penn Badgely, Padma Lakshmi, Rose Byrne, Kim Cattrall, Lucy Liu, Marina Abramovic, Daphne Guinness, Terence Koh, Andrej Pejic, Leelee Sobieski, Cindy Sherman, Agnes Gund, Katharina Sieverding, Rachel Chandler, Michelle Harper, David Rockefeller, Jr., MoMA's Director Glenn Lowry, Volkswagen's Martin Winterkorn, and Director of MoMA PS1 and MoMA's Chief Curator at Large Klaus Biesenbach."
- Rachel was a photographer/attendee at Marina Abramovic's 2010 "The Artist is Present" performance at the MoMA http://www.patrickmcmullan.com/site/event_detail.aspx?eid=32454 (look for her name on the left-hand list of Featured People and use the filter function)
- This is the one I think you might find the most interesting, and I'm surprised this hasn't been delved into before. Abramovic gave a very controversial performance at the LA MoCA that involved a kind of pseudo/ritualized cannibalism of a female body, and Rachel was present as well. https://www.artforum.com/diary/id=29517
More - https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1436568
#5773000 at 2019-03-19 16:20:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7384: Choose Love Edition
>>5772967
the same Jessie Liu that jailed the Rothschild?
#5743947 at 2019-03-18 01:30:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7346: 46 & Q Edition
Meeting Between Trump And Xi Said To Be Delayed Till June: SCMP
So much for the (delayed) April meeting between Trump and Xi.
According to a report by the SCMP, the meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to end the trade war which was tentatively pushed back from March to April, may be pushed back again, this time to to June, as the two leaders "will not be able to finalise an agreement by April."
It had initially been hoped that they would be able to reach a deal more quickly, but one source who has been briefed on the arrangement told the South China Morning Post that a meeting in April was less likely, while another said the summit could be held in June.
As previously reported (almost daily), while the two nations have been stepping up negotiations on the text of the trade agreement, a SCMP source confirmed once again of the growing rift within the Trump administration regarding the deal with China, where the main division is how much importance will be attached to an enforcement mechanism to ensure the Chinese side lives up to its side of the bargain, or whether it will be enough to secure an agreement in principle and declare success.
Originally Trump and Xi were expected to meet at Trump's Mar-a-Lago private resort in late March, but US ambassador to China Terry Branstad later said the summit had been delayed because the deal was still under discussion. Then, to much fanfare - with the narrative spun that a delayed meeting was only further proof of the two sides working hard to reach a deal - it was reported that the two leaders would meet in April, but the timetable now appears to have been put back once again.
It is not yet known where Trump and Xi would meet in June, but the Chinese president is also expected to travel to Osaka in Japan for the G20 summit.
For those who have missed the key hurdles to the signing of an official deal, the story goes like this: while the US has been content with China's promises to purchase more goods from the US for the next few years, the White House has been pushing China to address what remain the biggest long-standing grievances including the alleged theft of intellectual property, forced technology transfer and unfair competition.
US trade rep Lighthizer has been one of the main figures pushing for an enforcement mechanism to ensure that Beijing lives up to any pledges it gives. But Beijing is growing alarmed by the proposals and argued that enforcement must be "two-way, fair and equal". The tough stance taken by Washington's top trade negotiator has won bipartisan support in the US Congress - where Democrats are now insisting that Trump not rush to deliver a weak deal just to boost markets - as well as respect from his Chinese counterparts who describe him as detail-oriented and unlikely to back down.
"Lighthizer is a very professional and experienced trade negotiator. Talking to him is the right track to take," another source said.
"Lighthizer is a tough negotiator but China pays high respect to him. China needs to step up its research on him".
Meanwhile, critics have suggested that Trump's enthusiasm for more tariffs may have eased because of the recent stock market fall - Trump reportedly said that a trade deal would propel the Dow some 2,000 point higher, suggesting that Trump's only goal is micromanaging of the stock maret - and concerns over the wider US economy, particularly from farmers who rely on exports to China. It has also been suggested that the reforms to China's economic policies demanded by the US could take years to enact.
In the latest developments over trade talks, during a St Patrick's Day reception at the White House on Thursday, Trump said: "We'll have news on China. Probably one way or the other, we're going to know over the next three to four weeks." He added that China had been "very responsible and very reasonable," saying: "If that one gets done, it will be something that people will be talking about for a long time."
Regardless of yet another potential postponement to the meeting between the two presidents, the two sides are working to keep momentum going, and this week official Chinese state news agency Xinhua said "concrete progress" had been made following a phone conversation between Vice-Premier Liu He and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday. The news, predictably, helped propel markets higher on the now traditional "trade war optimism" narrative when in reality the two sides appear to be drifting ever further apart as the easy aspects of the negotiation have all be ironed out, and now the only outstanding items remaining are those which will make any any meaningful deal impossible.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-03-17/meeting-between-trump-and-xi-said-be-delayed-till-june-scmp
#5693285 at 2019-03-15 04:08:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7281: Battlestations Ready Edition
China and US make 'concrete progress' on trade deal text
Xinhua reports phone conversation between Chinese Vice-Premier Liu He and US' Robert Lighthizer and Steven Mnuchin
Donald Trump expects outcome in three to four weeks
China and the United States have made "concrete progress" on the text of their trade agreement, state media reported on Friday. Xinhua reported that Chinese Vice-Premier Liu He held a telephone conversation with US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday. "The two sides have further made concrete progress on the text of the trade agreement between the two sides," the report said, without giving further details. The Chinese statement came after US President Donald Trump said Washington would know where things stood regarding a possible trade deal with China in the next three or four weeks.
"We'll have news on China. Probably one way or the other, we're going to know over the next three to four weeks," Trump said during a St Patrick's Day reception in the White House's East Room. He said China had been "very responsible and very reasonable". "If that one gets done, it will be something that people will be talking about for a long time," Trump said.
The world's two largest economies have been embroiled in a trade war since July 6. The two countries agreed to suspend further tariff increases following several rounds of talks, but details of a potential agreement to end the dispute are yet to be finalised, with an enforcement mechanism and reform of China's state-owned enterprises among the key difficulties.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3001777/china-and-us-make-concrete-progress-trade-deal-text
US-China trade war: Trump says he'll welcome deal 'either way' as Beijing cools on idea of summit
Schedule for Mar-a-Lago talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping remains unclear
Sources in Beijing say talk of leaders' meeting has been over-hyped
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3001686/us-china-trade-war-donald-trump-says-he-no-rush-complete
#5656197 at 2019-03-13 07:21:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7233: The 33s Edition
Hang on, did we miss this in the excitement over Aunt Becky being charged?
I swear, there's gonna be a lot more to this story
https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article227484324.html
Actresses and CEOs aren't the only accused cheaters in trouble with federal investigators.
Authorities arrested five people in an alleged English language proficiency test cheating ring on Monday, after a federal grand jury indicted them and one other man on 26 counts last week - including charges of aggravated identity theft, conspiring to use fake passports and using fake passports, the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California said in a news release.
The cheaters forged Chinese passports to impersonate 19 foreign students and sit for the TOEFL exam in their stead, federal prosecutors said. That exam, which stands for Test of English as a Foreign Language, is required for many seeking student visas to study in the United States, according to the indictment.
The charges come the same day that federal prosecutors in Massachusetts announced dozens of arrests in a bigger, multimillion-dollar college-related cheating and bribery scheme. That investigation led to the arrests of actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman and accused scam ringleader William Singer, McClatchy reported.
The ringleader of the TOEFL scheme was Liu Cai, a 23-year-old from Woodland Hills, California, who is living in the United States on a student visa himself, according to prosecutors. Cai is accused of sitting for at least five TOEFL tests.
Prosecutors said Cai signed up for - and paid for - the tests on behalf of 14 Chinese people from 2015 to 2016. Cai then used Venmo and PayPal to send others in the cheating ring about $400 for each test they took impersonating someone else.
Quang Cao, a 24-year-old San Francisco resident, is accused of taking at least four of the exams, and was arrested Monday in Stockton, California, prosecutors said. Elric Zhang, a Los Angeles 24-year-old, took at least five tests, while Mohan Zhang, a Cerritos 24-year-old, and Samantha Wang, a Corona 24-year-old, each took at least two of the tests, prosecutors said.
Prosecutors said the four arrested in Southern California would be arraigned Monday in downtown Los Angeles, while Cao is set to appear in court in the Eastern District of California.
The one remaining accused cheater - Tuan Tran, 33, who took at least one test with fake documents - now lives in Taiwan, according to prosecutors.
Members of the cheating ring are accused of impersonating Chinese nationals at test centers across Southern California, including in Los Angeles, El Monte, Brea, Glendale and Thousand Oaks.
Many schools in the United States authorized to enroll foreign students require students who aren't native English speakers to take TOEFL as a way to prove their proficiency, the indictment said. On exam day, test takers are required to show proctors a government-issued ID.
The group that administers the test, the Educational Testing Service, cooperated with investigators, prosecutors said.
A conviction on the conspiracy charge alone "carries a statutory maximum penalty of five years in federal prison," according to prosecutors.
The U.S. Attorney's Office said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the State Department and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service are investigating.
#5648772 at 2019-03-13 00:07:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7224: LET FREEDOM RING! Edition
>>5648658
>>5648760
To help visualize the grid in Puerto Rico and validate modeling, ORNL researchers are in the process of deploying 20 GridEye sensors that constantly monitor and report on the island's grid.
GridEye sensors, developed by University of Tennessee/ORNL Governor's Chair Yilu Liu, have already been deployed at hundreds of locations across the continental United States to provide wide- area situational awareness of the grid. The sensors plug into standard house- hold outlets and record data on electrical disturbances using a patented triangulation algorithm.
The sensors are located inside utility substations, universities and commercial buildings in Puerto Rico. They are connected to the internet and synchronized with one another via a global positioning system to provide voltage, frequency and other measurements and to ensure the accuracy of researchers' models.
In another project, ORNL is working to promote the island's economic vitality by analyzing potential investments in microgrids. The microgrids would be made up of power generated around the island combined with energy storage. Microgrids have become increasingly popular to diversify a utility's generation mix. ORNL researchers are working with collaborators at Sandia National Laboratories to provide technical analysis of proposed microgrid projects.
"Microgrids would make a real impact on businesses across the island," Stenvig said. "They could potentially supply power to surrounding neighborhoods as well."
- Nils Stenvig
ORNL researchers are also conceiving a more flexible system of utility poles that could, for instance, bend rather than break in high winds or could be safely collapsed ahead of a storm and then unfolded afterward. The lab's expertise and capabilities in additive manufacturing could be leveraged to more quickly design and produce such infrastructure.
The research "fits into everything we do here at ORNL in terms of materials science, sensing, electronics, simulation, high-performance computing, and cyber- physical security," Smith said.
Part 2 of 2
https://www.ornl.gov/news/power-people
#5629189 at 2019-03-11 22:31:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7199: SAVE AMERICA Edition
>>5628683
Scaramucci Liu? Will Whitaker replace Liu as US attorney of [DC]? Would Mueller not let his witness McCabe cooperate with Liu's grand jury until he was done?
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/05/jessie-Liu-justice-department-1206306
If you bake it, he will crumb
#5589847 at 2019-03-09 15:41:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7148: Carter: 'Ohr testimony contradicts RR and Simpson's' Edition
Ebola Treatment Center in Congo Is Attacked Again; 1 Dead
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Armed assailants again attacked an Ebola treatment center in the heart of eastern Congo's deadly outbreak on Saturday, with one police officer killed and health workers injured.
The early-morning attack in Butembo came less than a week after the treatment center reopened following an attack last month, which forced aid group Doctors Without Borders to suspend its operations in the city. Security forces repelled Saturday's attackers, one of whom was wounded, Butembo Mayor Sylvain Kanyamanda said.
The latest attack occurred hours before the World Health Organization director-general visited the center, which remains open. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus encouraged health workers to continue their fight against the second-deadliest Ebola outbreak in history, which is spreading in a region compared to a war zone.
"It breaks my heart to think of the health workers injured and police officer who died in today's attack," Tedros said. WHO has requested and received further support from United Nations and local police forces to protect treatment centers, he said. He blamed the attack on "elements who are exploiting the desperation of the situation for their own purposes."
Dozens of armed groups are active in eastern Congo, though some have allowed health workers access to administer Ebola vaccines and track contacts of infected people after delicate negotiations.
In addition, some residents wary of outsiders after years of deadly rebel attacks have shown hostility to health workers in a region that is facing its first Ebola outbreak. Misunderstandings have been high, especially over the need to conduct safe burials, a highly sensitive issue. Ebola is spread via bodily fluids of those infected, including the dead.
On Thursday, the Doctors Without Borders president warned that Ebola containment efforts face a "climate of deepening community mistrust" seven months after the outbreak was declared, and the use of security forces complicates efforts. People are still reluctant to bring the sick to treatment centers, Joanne Liu said.
To conquer Ebola, "we must strike a delicate balance between providing accessible care, maintaining the neutrality of the response and protecting patients and staff from attacks by armed groups," Tedros said in a Twitter post on Saturday. "We are committed to ending the outbreak and we will not leave until we do."
Another Ebola treatment center in Katwa was attacked late last month, with one person killed. Doctors Without Borders also has suspended its operations there. The attacks enormously disrupted containment efforts, Congo's health ministry said, warning that a "significant upsurge" in new Ebola cases could follow.
For those trying to contain the outbreak, the attacks are occurring in the worst possible locations. Butembo and Katwa made up more than 86 percent of new confirmed cases over the past three weeks, the health ministry said Monday.
he ministry, which on Sunday tweeted a photo of smiling workers reopening the Butembo treatment center, says 853 Ebola cases have been confirmed since this outbreak was declared on Aug. 1, including 578 deaths.
The outbreak is second to the one in West Africa that killed more than 11,300 people during 2014-2016.
This time, dramatic advances have been seen. More than 86,000 people have received an experimental Ebola vaccine, a clinical trial of experimental treatments is under way and new treatment facilities allow some Ebola patients to be within sight and sound of family members.
Still, millions of people have been screened at transit points in the densely populated region as health workers try to keep Ebola from spreading into neighboring Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan.
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2019-03-09/ebola-treatment-center-in-congo-is-attacked-again-1-dead
#5586391 at 2019-03-09 06:22:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7143: Creepy Pron Lawyer is Bankrupt Edition
>>5586328
>>5584794 lb
sweet dig
is this you?
is this clan chan of zuckerberg?
is this Liu of planned parenthood?
#5584794 at 2019-03-09 04:14:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7141: Glimpse of Something Much Bigger Edition
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomvanderark/2019/02/22/priscilla-chan-hired-superstars-to-reinvent-primary-education/#5333f158236c
Dr. Priscilla Chan met Meredith Liu while visiting the small high school where she worked in Boston. The two clicked and shared a passion for an integrated approach to childhood development.
Liu moved to California and two years after meeting with Dr. Chan and opened The Primary School in East Palo Alto (where the Zuckerbergs now live). The holistic model for the school integrates education, health care, and family support services to dramatically improve outcomes for underserved children. [possible indoctrination/programming?]
My guess is these two have a longer history than mentioned in the article.
One feature of the Primary School program is its approach to social-emotional learning. They use Conscious Discipline, a trauma-informed program designed by Dr. Becky Bailey that focuses on safety, connection and problem-solving.
The private school is available to families tuition-free and is funded by Chan's philanthropy, The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Future locations will also serve low-income communities but will be publicly funded with philanthropic gap filling.
https://consciousdiscipline.com/
As far as the Conscious Discipline "program", it seems to be an educational system developed with a central planning ideas aimed at molding what a society should look like, more so than individuals. The program doesn't really mention much about academics, but rather feelings, social roles, identity, etc. Is this a school that values academic subjects or a workshop designed to build good citizens for the Communist Party? Anons probably know which one it is.
Last Photo:
At least one teacher who was a practitioner of Conscious Discipline had some issues implementing the finer aspects of the "trauma-informed program" in his classroom because he was arrested in 2014.
A kindergarten teacher, Thomas Washburn, 54, was jailed on 25 counts of indecent exposure and one count of child abuse after allegedly disciplining a 6-year-old girl by removing her shirt during class, leaving her naked from the waist up in front of other students.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2014/01/17/the-look-on-this-teachers-face-in-mugshot-reflects-the-terrible-nature-of-his-classroom-discipline-of-6-year-old-girl
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/18/kindergarten-teacher-takes-off-girls-shirt_n_4623547.html
#5566285 at 2019-03-08 01:33:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7117: Think Mirror Edition
Jessie Liu rekt a Rothschild
#5543763 at 2019-03-06 22:45:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7088: Thank God For Patriots Edition
>>5543708
What bigger crime is there than stealing state secrets and giving to our enemies?
Additionally, investigators found zero evidence of crimes involving the server? WTF? They had enough evidence to arrest and charge him with but then found no evidence? There is something seriously fucked up with the Awan case and Jessie Liu is smack in the middle of it.
#5543244 at 2019-03-06 22:15:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7088: Thank God For Patriots Edition
Don't know if this was picked up on yesterday, but Trump selected Attorney Jessie Liu for the #3 spot in the DOJ.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/05/jessie-Liu-justice-department-1206306
She met with Trump last year, at which point anons realized she put a rothschild away for 8 and half years.
https://erlichblair.com/2017/09/18/trump-unleashes-attorney-jessie-k-Liu-on-high-profile-criminals/
#5535677 at 2019-03-06 13:39:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7078: Coffee with Frens and Shills Edition
AAG to be Jessie K Liu
Wiki…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessie_K._Liu
Federalist Society
https://fedsoc.org/contributors/jessie-Liu
Deputy General Counsel, Treasury 2017
https://projects.propublica.org/trump-town/staffers/jessie-k-Liu
Meet the US attorney who could prosecute Andrew McCabe
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/jessie-Liu-the-us-attorney-who-could-prosecute-andrew-mccabe
#5535618 at 2019-03-06 13:33:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7078: Coffee with Frens and Shills Edition
President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate a Key Individual to an Administration Post
Jessie Liu of Virginia, to be the Associate Attorney General at the Department of Justice.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-intent-nominate-key-individual-administration-post/
#5532638 at 2019-03-06 05:06:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7074: Fecking Deplorable and Proud Edition
old jessie Liu graphic
previously convicted a rothschild
#5532141 at 2019-03-06 04:31:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7074: Fecking Deplorable and Proud Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
Global
>>5389728, >>5392971 Baker Protocol: Do NOT Add Non-Tripcode posts from Q
#7073
>>5532018 Leaf News: Another article about "concrete" as well as Carbon & Climate
>>5531822 Plane News: China→LA flight emergency landed in Russia
>>5531749 FDA approves Johnson & Johnson's ketamine-like drug to treat severe depression
>>5531743 US adds Iranian-backed Shia militia and leader to global terror list
>>5531528 California, begging to be nuked from orbit, protects kiddie predators
>>5531525 Another article on NSA's Reverse Engineering upcoming release (Ghidra)
>>5531524 Digenova gives advice to the 81 targeted by dems
>>5531471 Shocking display of Jewish stereotypes at Belgian parade. Wew. Srsly.
>>5531465 Gloria Borgers will welcome Notch as a guest on an upcoming meme review
>>5531353 2016 Policy Ctr Report" What happened to the $20M Clinton Haiti fund?
>>5531340, >>5531401 @WaTimes promoting book with "Kill Caesar" on cover for why?
>>5532128 #7073
#7072
>>5531261 Lookback: 2014 article on MX paying Bill Clinton big bucks to speak
>>5531153 The new Republican youth: feckless, reckless but never kekless
>>5530612 Digg on Utah's Zion's Bank & A. Scott Anderson
>>5530602 Ex-Trump campaign aide says he won't cooperate in House Dem probe
>>5530570, >>5530649, >>5530682, >>5530752 Graphic/Discussion on "Hold Theory"
>>5530582 Feckless Dogface Rashida Tlaib to join protest to impeach POTUS
>>5530577 Feckless Twatter backtracks on Muh Russia troll claims
>>5530565 Vid: Attorney Sidney Powell, of 'Licensed to Lie,' (((Weissmann)))/Enron (lb)
>>5531279 #7072
#7071
>>5530021, >>5530097 Dogface Rahida Tlaib addresses a Hamas-tied CAIR event
>>5530068 Clone wars: Obama: Hope Possible by Training a 'Million Husseins & Michaels'
>>5530184 Are Cold Feet Anti-semitic? Dems delay vote on Omar's Israel remarks
>>5530222 Ed Whitacre's return could restore US-MX relations
>>5529935 New Docs Reveal Andrew (((Weissmann)))'s Misconduct In Enron Case
>>5529839 Dec. 2018e: AF's huge sword "fit for He-man & the Thundercats"
>>5529885 Lookback: 1992 NYT on Nadler's "persistence"
>>5529873 Iceland, Yes! Weird S&M Pro-Palestine to rep 'em in Eurovision
>>5529865 Reps. Meadows, Jordan Seek Obama-Era Docs fr DHS on Muh Russia
>>5529853, >>5529913 Deebly Desberate Dire Steyer targets Jordon and Meadows
>>5529831 Ghidra "arrow in the quiver," reverse-engineered for Malware
>>5529804 Syria Update
>>5530482 #7071
#7070
>>5529447 Moar on Fagston Trudeau's "change in tone"
>>5529579 HRC: Has-been Attempt-a-troll attempts to brand POTUS as "feckless" kek
>>5529427, >>5529453, >>>5529482, >>5529465, >>5529482 Who is Pompeo List #20's Sam Feist?
>>5529484 Anon compiles the 15 anti-Q article written by (((Mike Rothschild)))
>>5529341 Digg on Tom Steyer
>>5529345 Dem says request for Trump's tax returns could come within weeks
>>5529096 Anon's updated graphic on Pompeo list pic
>>5529068 Reminder that Hussein to speak in Calgary re: his "legacy" in March
>>5529055 @LauraIngraham: Congress not voted once past 40yrs to end Nat Emerg.
>>5529725 #7070
#7069
>>5528490 France's nuclear aircraft carrier, Charles de Gaulle, to battle ISIS
>>5528813 South Carolina becoming home to Qatari military aircraft project
>>5528778 Moar on Daniel (((Goldman))) … Soros lackey?
>>5528448 MSM has some FUD for you re: NK – rapid rebuild of a missile site?
>>5528399 @Comey still shilling for Muh Transparency, and against AG Barr
>>5528378 Fagston Trudeau experiencing loss of faith from his Leaf People
>>5528336 @US Marines: "In the Spotlight"
>>5528320, >>5528665 Resignation: FDA Chief Scott Gottlieb steps down
>>5528315, >>5528453, >>5528521 Anons decode on Pompeo's list
>>5528295 Anti-Q journo Tom Porter moved fr. Newsweek -> Bus. Insider?
>>5528293, >>5528460 POTUS appoints Jesse Liu of VA to Assoc. AG in DOJ
>>5528281, >>5528316, >>5528340, >>5528363 Planefag update: FLOTUS in air?
>>5528279 Behold the Left Eating Itself: Rolling Stone v. CNN re: Corsi
>>5528937 #7069
#7068 Baker change
>>5527965 @DJT's "81 letter" coincides with 81 Alt Right Sites referenced
>>5527547, >>5527884 Adam Schitt hires fmr SDNY prosecutor (((Goldman))) v. POTUS
>>5527549 "Conspiracy theory expert" (((Mike Rothschild))): Q book "exploited" Amazon
>>5527532 Send 'em back status: Sent! (116 border jumpers deposited MX-side)
>>5527529, >>5527610 Kushner Files Motion to Dismiss DNC Lawsuit
>>5527485 $25M+ in Forfeited Funds fr. sting v. Gov. Afghanistan contracts abuse
>>5527483 Yes, Moar justice plz: R. Kelly, charged w/aggravated sex abuse
>>5528195 #7068
Previously Collected Notables
>>5527480 #7065, >>5526596 #7066, >>5527385 #7067
>>5523546 #7062, >>5524632 #7063, >>5525817 #7064
>>5521220 #7059, >>5521986 #7060, >>5522720 #7061
>>5518912 #7056, >>5519648 #7057, >>5520437 #7058
Notables Archive by BO: https://8ch.net/qresearch/notables.html
Notables Archive at /comms/: >>>/comms/225, >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384)
#5531290 at 2019-03-06 03:40:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7073: Feckless, Reckless, but never Kekless Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
Global
>>5389728, >>5392971 Baker Protocol: Do NOT Add Non-Tripcode posts from Q
#7072
>>5531261 Lookback: 2014 article on MX paying Bill Clinton big bucks to speak
>>5531153 The new Republican youth: feckless, reckless but never kekless
>>5530612 Digg on Utah's Zion's Bank & A. Scott Anderson
>>5530602 Ex-Trump campaign aide says he won't cooperate in House Dem probe
>>5530570, >>5530649, >>5530682, >>5530752 Graphic/Discussion on "Hold Theory"
>>5530582 Feckless Dogface Rashida Tlaib to join protest to impeach POTUS
>>5530577 Feckless Twatter backtracks on Muh Russia troll claims
>>5530565 Vid: Attorney Sidney Powell, of 'Licensed to Lie,' (((Weissmann)))/Enron (lb)
>>5531279 #7072
#7071
>>5530021, >>5530097 Dogface Rahida Tlaib addresses a Hamas-tied CAIR event
>>5530068 Clone wars: Obama: Hope Possible by Training a 'Million Husseins & Michaels'
>>5530184 Are Cold Feet Anti-semitic? Dems delay vote on Omar's Israel remarks
>>5530222 Ed Whitacre's return could restore US-MX relations
>>5529935 New Docs Reveal Andrew (((Weissmann)))'s Misconduct In Enron Case
>>5529839 Dec. 2018e: AF's huge sword "fit for He-man & the Thundercats"
>>5529885 Lookback: 1992 NYT on Nadler's "persistence"
>>5529873 Iceland, Yes! Weird S&M Pro-Palestine to rep 'em in Eurovision
>>5529865 Reps. Meadows, Jordan Seek Obama-Era Docs fr DHS on Muh Russia
>>5529853, >>5529913 Deebly Desberate Dire Steyer targets Jordon and Meadows
>>5529831 Ghidra "arrow in the quiver," reverse-engineered for Malware
>>5529804 Syria Update
>>5530482 #7071
#7070
>>5529447 Moar on Fagston Trudeau's "change in tone"
>>5529579 HRC: Has-been Attempt-a-troll attempts to brand POTUS as "feckless" kek
>>5529427, >>5529453, >>>5529482, >>5529465, >>5529482 Who is Pompeo List #20's Sam Feist?
>>5529484 Anon compiles the 15 anti-Q article written by (((Mike Rothschild)))
>>5529341 Digg on Tom Steyer
>>5529345 Dem says request for Trump's tax returns could come within weeks
>>5529096 Anon's updated graphic on Pompeo list pic
>>5529068 Reminder that Hussein to speak in Calgary re: his "legacy" in March
>>5529055 @LauraIngraham: Congress not voted once past 40yrs to end Nat Emerg.
>>5529725 #7070
#7069
>>5528490 France's nuclear aircraft carrier, Charles de Gaulle, to battle ISIS
>>5528813 South Carolina becoming home to Qatari military aircraft project
>>5528778 Moar on Daniel (((Goldman))) … Soros lackey?
>>5528448 MSM has some FUD for you re: NK – rapid rebuild of a missile site?
>>5528399 @Comey still shilling for Muh Transparency, and against AG Barr
>>5528378 Fagston Trudeau experiencing loss of faith from his Leaf People
>>5528336 @US Marines: "In the Spotlight"
>>5528320, >>5528665 Resignation: FDA Chief Scott Gottlieb steps down
>>5528315, >>5528453, >>5528521 Anons decode on Pompeo's list
>>5528295 Anti-Q journo Tom Porter moved fr. Newsweek -> Bus. Insider?
>>5528293, >>5528460 POTUS appoints Jesse Liu of VA to Assoc. AG in DOJ
>>5528281, >>5528316, >>5528340, >>5528363 Planefag update: FLOTUS in air?
>>5528279 Behold the Left Eating Itself: Rolling Stone v. CNN re: Corsi
>>5528937 #7069
#7068 Baker change
>>5527965 @DJT's "81 letter" coincides with 81 Alt Right Sites referenced
>>5527547, >>5527884 Adam Schitt hires fmr SDNY prosecutor (((Goldman))) v. POTUS
>>5527549 "Conspiracy theory expert" (((Mike Rothschild))): Q book "exploited" Amazon
>>5527532 Send 'em back status: Sent! (116 border jumpers deposited MX-side)
>>5527529, >>5527610 Kushner Files Motion to Dismiss DNC Lawsuit
>>5527485 $25M+ in Forfeited Funds fr. sting v. Gov. Afghanistan contracts abuse
>>5527483 Yes, Moar justice plz: R. Kelly, charged w/aggravated sex abuse
>>5528195 #7068
#7067
>>5527336 Swords = Magic 5word5 = Magic Word
>>5527332 NSA announce that GHIDRA is live, go click that shit
>>5527316 In the military, green systems are unclass, red are classified
>>5527133 Controversial NSA phone data collection program shut down
>>5527056 Up to 10 Rep Senators May Oppose Trump's Border Emergency Decl.
>>5526970 The dragon decoded
>>5527111 , >>5527257 QAnon aired on NBC tonight re Amazon and Q book, here's the segment
>>5526894 The NO FEAR Act: Whistleblower protection
>>5526862 New Snowden tweet
>>5526802 , >>5527101, >>5527162, >>5527228, >>5527303, >>5527366 Planefag Reports
>>5526783 Stand by for some FakeNews re NK
>>5526731 Corsi CNN interview shut down over Hussein's birth cert
>>5527385 #7067
Previously Collected Notables
>>5527480 #7065, >>5526596 #7066
>>5523546 #7062, >>5524632 #7063, >>5525817 #7064
>>5521220 #7059, >>5521986 #7060, >>5522720 #7061
>>5518912 #7056, >>5519648 #7057, >>5520437 #7058
Notables Archive by BO: https://8ch.net/qresearch/notables.html
Notables Archive at /comms/: >>>/comms/225, >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384)
#5530536 at 2019-03-06 02:59:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7072: Dire Steyer Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
Global
>>5389728, >>5392971 Baker Protocol: Do NOT Add Non-Tripcode posts from Q
#7071
>>5530021, >>5530097 Dogface Rahida Tlaib addresses a Hamas-tied CAIR event
>>5530068 Clone wars: Obama: Hope Possible by Training a 'Million Husseins & Michaels'
>>5530184 Are Cold Feet Anti-semitic? Dems delay vote on Omar's Israel remarks
>>5530222 Ed Whitacre's return could restore US-MX relations
>>5529935 New Docs Reveal Andrew (((Weissmann)))'s Misconduct In Enron Case
>>5529839 Dec. 2018e: AF's huge sword "fit for He-man & the Thundercats"
>>5529885 Lookback: 1992 NYT on Nadler's "persistence"
>>5529873 Iceland, Yes! Weird S&M Pro-Palestine to rep 'em in Eurovision
>>5529865 Reps. Meadows, Jordan Seek Obama-Era Docs fr DHS on Muh Russia
>>5529853, >>5529913 Deebly Desberate Dire Steyer targets Jordon and Meadows
>>5529831 Ghidra "arrow in the quiver," reverse-engineered for Malware
>>5529804 Syria Update
>>5530482 #7071
#7070
>>5529447 Moar on Fagston Trudeau's "change in tone"
>>5529579 HRC: Has-been Attempt-a-troll attempts to brand POTUS as "feckless" kek
>>5529427, >>5529453, >>>5529482, >>5529465, >>5529482 Who is Pompeo List #20's Sam Feist?
>>5529484 Anon compiles the 15 anti-Q article written by (((Mike Rothschild)))
>>5529341 Digg on Tom Steyer
>>5529345 Dem says request for Trump's tax returns could come within weeks
>>5529096 Anon's updated graphic on Pompeo list pic
>>5529068 Reminder that Hussein to speak in Calgary re: his "legacy" in March
>>5529055 @LauraIngraham: Congress not voted once past 40yrs to end Nat Emerg.
>>5529725 #7070
#7069
>>5528490 France's nuclear aircraft carrier, Charles de Gaulle, to battle ISIS
>>5528813 South Carolina becoming home to Qatari military aircraft project
>>5528778 Moar on Daniel (((Goldman))) … Soros lackey?
>>5528448 MSM has some FUD for you re: NK – rapid rebuild of a missile site?
>>5528399 @Comey still shilling for Muh Transparency, and against AG Barr
>>5528378 Fagston Trudeau experiencing loss of faith from his Leaf People
>>5528336 @US Marines: "In the Spotlight"
>>5528320, >>5528665 Resignation: FDA Chief Scott Gottlieb steps down
>>5528315, >>5528453, >>5528521 Anons decode on Pompeo's list
>>5528295 Anti-Q journo Tom Porter moved fr. Newsweek -> Bus. Insider?
>>5528293, >>5528460 POTUS appoints Jesse Liu of VA to Assoc. AG in DOJ
>>5528281, >>5528316, >>5528340, >>5528363 Planefag update: FLOTUS in air?
>>5528279 Behold the Left Eating Itself: Rolling Stone v. CNN re: Corsi
>>528937 #7069
#7068 Baker change
>>5527965 @DJT's "81 letter" coincides with 81 Alt Right Sites referenced
>>5527547, >>5527884 Adam Schitt hires fmr SDNY prosecutor (((Goldman))) v. POTUS
>>5527549 "Conspiracy theory expert" (((Mike Rothschild))): Q book "exploited" Amazon
>>5527532 Send 'em back status: Sent! (116 border jumpers deposited MX-side)
>>5527529, >>5527610 Kushner Files Motion to Dismiss DNC Lawsuit
>>5527485 $25M+ in Forfeited Funds fr. sting v. Gov. Afghanistan contracts abuse
>>5527483 Yes, Moar justice plz: R. Kelly, charged w/aggravated sex abuse
>>5528195 #7068
#7067
>>5527336 Swords = Magic 5word5 = Magic Word
>>5527332 NSA announce that GHIDRA is live, go click that shit
>>5527316 In the military, green systems are unclass, red are classified
>>5527133 Controversial NSA phone data collection program shut down
>>5527056 Up to 10 Rep Senators May Oppose Trump's Border Emergency Decl.
>>5526970 The dragon decoded
>>5527111 , >>5527257 QAnon aired on NBC tonight re Amazon and Q book, here's the segment
>>5526894 The NO FEAR Act: Whistleblower protection
>>5526862 New Snowden tweet
>>5526802 , >>5527101, >>5527162, >>5527228, >>5527303, >>5527366 Planefag Reports
>>5526783 Stand by for some FakeNews re NK
>>5526731 Corsi CNN interview shut down over Hussein's birth cert
>>5527385 #7067
Previously Collected Notables
>>5527480 #7065, >>5526596 #7066
>>5523546 #7062, >>5524632 #7063, >>5525817 #7064
>>5521220 #7059, >>5521986 #7060, >>5522720 #7061
>>5518912 #7056, >>5519648 #7057, >>5520437 #7058
Notables Archive by BO: https://8ch.net/qresearch/notables.html
Notables Archive at /comms/: >>>/comms/225, >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384)
#5530208 at 2019-03-06 02:40:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7071: Still Not Sorry, Haters Edition
>>5527988 PB
>Jesse Liu
>The one with balls of steel who had no problem prosecuting a Rothschild.
Great news. She's a badass.
#5529764 at 2019-03-06 02:13:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7071: Still Not Sorry, Haters Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
Global
>>5389728, >>5392971 Baker Protocol: Do NOT Add Non-Tripcode posts from Q
#7070
>>5529447 Moar on Fagston Trudeau's "change in tone"
>>5529579 HRC: Has-been Attempt-a-troll attempts to brand POTUS as "feckless" kek
>>5529427, >>5529453, >>>5529482, >>5529465, >>5529482 Who is Pompeo List #20's Sam Feist?
>>5529484 Anon compiles the 15 anti-Q article written by (((Mike Rothschild)))
>>5529341 Digg on Tom Steyer
>>5529345 Dem says request for Trump's tax returns could come within weeks
>>5529096 Anon's updated graphic on Pompeo list pic
>>5529068 Reminder that Hussein to speak in Calgary re: his "legacy" in March
>>5529055 @LauraIngraham: Congress not voted once past 40yrs to end Nat Emerg.
>>5529725 #7070
#7069
>>5528490 France's nuclear aircraft carrier, Charles de Gaulle, to battle ISIS
>>5528813 South Carolina becoming home to Qatari military aircraft project
>>5528778 Moar on Daniel (((Goldman))) … Soros lackey?
>>5528448 MSM has some FUD for you re: NK – rapid rebuild of a missile site?
>>5528399 @Comey still shilling for Muh Transparency, and against AG Barr
>>5528378 Fagston Trudeau experiencing loss of faith from his Leaf People
>>5528336 @US Marines: "In the Spotlight"
>>5528320, >>5528665 Resignation: FDA Chief Scott Gottlieb steps down
>>5528315, >>5528453, >>5528521 Anons decode on Pompeo's list
>>5528295 Anti-Q journo Tom Porter moved fr. Newsweek -> Bus. Insider?
>>5528293, >>5528460 POTUS appoints Jesse Liu of VA to Assoc. AG in DOJ
>>5528281, >>5528316, >>5528340, >>5528363 Planefag update: FLOTUS in air?
>>5528279 Behold the Left Eating Itself: Rolling Stone v. CNN re: Corsi
>>528937 #7069
#7068
>>5527965 @DJT's "81 letter" coincides with 81 Alt Right Sites referenced
>>5527547, >>5527884 Adam Schitt hires fmr SDNY prosecutor (((Goldman))) v. POTUS
>>5527549 "Conspiracy theory expert" (((Mike Rothschild))): Q book "exploited" Amazon
>>5527532 Send 'em back status: Sent! (116 border jumpers deposited MX-side)
>>5527529, >>5527610 Kushner Files Motion to Dismiss DNC Lawsuit
>>5527485 $25M+ in Forfeited Funds fr. sting v. Gov. Afghanistan contracts abuse
>>5527483 Yes, Moar justice plz: R. Kelly, charged w/aggravated sex abuse
>>5528195 #7068
#7067
>>5527336 Swords = Magic 5word5 = Magic Word
>>5527332 NSA announce that GHIDRA is live, go click that shit
>>5527316 In the military, green systems are unclass, red are classified
>>5527133 Controversial NSA phone data collection program shut down
>>5527056 Up to 10 Rep Senators May Oppose Trump's Border Emergency Decl.
>>5526970 The dragon decoded
>>5527111 , >>5527257 QAnon aired on NBC tonight re Amazon and Q book, here's the segment
>>5526894 The NO FEAR Act: Whistleblower protection
>>5526862 New Snowden tweet
>>5526802 , >>5527101, >>5527162, >>5527228, >>5527303, >>5527366 Planefag Reports
>>5526783 Stand by for some FakeNews re NK
>>5526731 Corsi CNN interview shut down over Hussein's birth cert
>>5527385 #7067
#7066
>>5526455 Checked out the NSA employment opportunities link?
>>5526387 Planefag spots MAGA2020 callsign
>>5526320 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution & Accenture digs
>>5526313 Words within words. Could a Magic Sword be a pasSWORD?
>>5526186 , >>5526275 New Q Book and call to dig
>>5526184 Were Thundercats & GI JOE were alliance predictive programming?
>>5526173 New filing in the US v. Manafort: Status report
>>5526104 POTUS nominates Jessie Liu as the JD's associate AG
>>5526039 NSA at the RSA Conference right now with the new GHIDRA framework
>>5526012 Pompeo's list photograph is from May 18
>>5525994 76,000 illegal immigrants apprehended at the border in February alone
>>5525993 Example of the Clock-Delta Theory
>>5525959 Amazon and the End of Free Speech
>>5525947 HRC tweets: "Why are you so obsessed with me?" gif
>>5526596 #7066
Previously Collected Notables
>>5527480 #7065
>>5523546 #7062, >>5524632 #7063, >>5525817 #7064
>>5521220 #7059, >>5521986 #7060, >>5522720 #7061
>>5518912 #7056, >>5519648 #7057, >>5520437 #7058
Notables Archive by BO: https://8ch.net/qresearch/notables.html
Notables Archive at /comms/: >>>/comms/225, >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384)
#5529001 at 2019-03-06 01:34:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7069: GenX Loves Ya Back Edition
>>5528597
>>5528720
not too bright for a lawfag are ya?
I assume you know the difference between a violent rime and non violent. I also assume you know the difference about jurisdiction of charges. Considering his crimes were perpetuated in DC, VA, he can't be charged in, say Utah for them.
But hey, if you are ok with Liu giving Awan a pass on the worst treason this country has seen to date, more power to you. phew…
#5528964 at 2019-03-06 01:32:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7070: Sorry Haters! Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
Global
>>5389728, >>5392971 Baker Protocol: Do NOT Add Non-Tripcode posts from Q
#7069
>>5528490 France's nuclear aircraft carrier, Charles de Gaulle, to battle ISIS
>>5528813 South Carolina becoming home to Qatari military aircraft project
>>5528778 Moar on Daniel (((Goldman))) … Soros lackey?
>>5528448 MSM has some FUD for you re: NK – rapid rebuild of a missile site?
>>5528399 @Comey still shilling for Muh Transparency, and against AG Barr
>>5528378 Fagston Trudeau experiencing loss of faith from his Leaf People
>>5528336 @US Marines: "In the Spotlight"
>>5528320, >>5528665 Resignation: FDA Chief Scott Gottlieb steps down
>>5528315, >>5528453, >>5528521 Anons decode on Pompeo's list
>>5528295 Anti-Q journo Tom Porter moved fr. Newsweek -> Bus. Insider?
>>5528293, >>5528460 POTUS appoints Jesse Liu of VA to Assoc. AG in DOJ
>>5528281, >>5528316, >>5528340, >>5528363 Planefag update: FLOTUS in air?
>>5528279 Behold the Left Eating Itself: Rolling Stone v. CNN re: Corsi
>>528937 #7069
#7068
>>5527965 @DJT's "81 letter" coincides with 81 Alt Right Sites referenced
>>5527547, >>5527884 Adam Schitt hires fmr SDNY prosecutor (((Goldman))) v. POTUS
>>5527549 "Conspiracy theory expert" (((Mike Rothschild))): Q book "exploited" Amazon
>>5527532 Send 'em back status: Sent! (116 border jumpers deposited MX-side)
>>5527529, >>5527610 Kushner Files Motion to Dismiss DNC Lawsuit
>>5527485 $25M+ in Forfeited Funds fr. sting v. Gov. Afghanistan contracts abuse
>>5527483 Yes, Moar justice plz: R. Kelly, charged w/aggravated sex abuse
>>5528195 #7068
#7067
>>5527336 Swords = Magic 5word5 = Magic Word
>>5527332 NSA announce that GHIDRA is live, go click that shit
>>5527316 In the military, green systems are unclass, red are classified
>>5527133 Controversial NSA phone data collection program shut down
>>5527056 Up to 10 Rep Senators May Oppose Trump's Border Emergency Decl.
>>5526970 The dragon decoded
>>5527111 , >>5527257 QAnon aired on NBC tonight re Amazon and Q book, here's the segment
>>5526894 The NO FEAR Act: Whistleblower protection
>>5526862 New Snowden tweet
>>5526802 , >>5527101, >>5527162, >>5527228, >>5527303, >>5527366 Planefag Reports
>>5526783 Stand by for some FakeNews re NK
>>5526731 Corsi CNN interview shut down over Hussein's birth cert
>>5527385 #7067
#7066
>>5526455 Checked out the NSA employment opportunities link?
>>5526387 Planefag spots MAGA2020 callsign
>>5526320 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution & Accenture digs
>>5526313 Words within words. Could a Magic Sword be a pasSWORD?
>>5526186 , >>5526275 New Q Book and call to dig
>>5526184 Were Thundercats & GI JOE were alliance predictive programming?
>>5526173 New filing in the US v. Manafort: Status report
>>5526104 POTUS nominates Jessie Liu as the JD's associate AG
>>5526039 NSA at the RSA Conference right now with the new GHIDRA framework
>>5526012 Pompeo's list photograph is from May 18
>>5525994 76,000 illegal immigrants apprehended at the border in February alone
>>5525993 Example of the Clock-Delta Theory
>>5525959 Amazon and the End of Free Speech
>>5525947 HRC tweets: "Why are you so obsessed with me?" gif
>>5526596 #7066
#7065
>>5525526 Florida Lawmaker Introduces 'Stop Social Media Censorship Act'
>>5525351 Senators Introduce Bill to Get US Out of Afghanistan
>>5525332 Official: Palm Beach exempt from 5G wireless law
>>5525319 New PapaD tweet
>>5525281 QRD on Thundercats
>>5525269 HRC, Holder and Bloomberg will not run
>>5525268 Chinese Hackers Allegedly Hacking US Universities Tied To Naval Research
>>5525265 "Right in front of you" on the QClock
>>5525229 Related QProofs
>>5525204 , >>5525456 Eyes On NSA Intelligence Careers
>>5525177 Deltas at seconds
>>5527480 #7065
Previously Collected Notables
>>5523546 #7062, >>5524632 #7063, >>5525817 #7064
>>5521220 #7059, >>5521986 #7060, >>5522720 #7061
>>5518912 #7056, >>5519648 #7057, >>5520437 #7058
Notables Archive by BO: https://8ch.net/qresearch/notables.html
Notables Archive at /comms/: >>>/comms/225, >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384)
#5528937 at 2019-03-06 01:31:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7069: GenX Loves Ya Back Edition
#7069
>>5528490 France's nuclear aircraft carrier, Charles de Gaulle, to battle ISIS
>>5528813 South Carolina becoming home to Qatari military aircraft project
>>5528778 Moar on Daniel (((Goldman))) … Soros lackey?
>>5528448 MSM has some FUD for you re: NK – rapid rebuild of a missile site?
>>5528399 @Comey still shilling for Muh Transparency, and against AG Barr
>>5528378 Fagston Trudeau experiencing loss of faith from his Leaf People
>>5528336 @US Marines: "In the Spotlight"
>>5528320, >>5528665 Resignation: FDA Chief Scott Gottlieb steps down
>>5528315, >>5528453, >>5528521 Anons decode on Pompeo's list
>>5528295 Anti-Q journo Tom Porter moved fr. Newsweek -> Bus. Insider?
>>5528293, >>5528460 POTUS appoints Jesse Liu of VA to Assoc. AG in DOJ
>>5528281, >>5528316, >>5528340, >>5528363 Planefag update: FLOTUS in air?
>>5528279 Behold the Left Eating Itself: Rolling Stone v. CNN re: Corsi
baking soon, last call
#5528821 at 2019-03-06 01:26:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7069: GenX Loves Ya Back Edition
Notes so far
Call 'em out! ty
>>5528778 Moar on Daniel (((Goldman))) … Soros lackey?
>>5528448 MSM has some FUD for you re: NK – rapid rebuild of a missile site?
>>5528399 @Comey still shilling for Muh Transparency, and against AG Barr
>>5528378 Fagston Trudeau experiencing loss of faith from his Leaf People
>>5528336 @US Marines: "In the Spotlight"
>>5528320>, >>5528665 Resignation: FDA Chief Scott Gottlieb steps down
>>5528315, >>5528453, >>5528521 Anons decode on Pompeo's list
>>5528295 Anti-Q journo Tom Porter moved fr. Newsweek -> Bus. Insider?
>>5528293, >>5528460 POTUS appoints Jesse Liu of VA to Assoc. AG in DOJ
>>5528281, >>5528316, >>5528340, >>5528363 Planefag update: FLOTUS in air?
>>5528279 Behold the Left Eating Itself: Rolling Stone v. CNN re: Corsi
#5528768 at 2019-03-06 01:23:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7069: GenX Loves Ya Back Edition
>>5528735
"Liu"
#5528460 at 2019-03-06 01:10:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7069: GenX Loves Ya Back Edition
Anons are not paying attention
Jessie Liu covered up the Awan scandal. He can NEVER be prosecuted for treason and selling top secret info to Paki.
Potus and Q said they wanted/needed the DNC lawsuit to introduce the SERVER! You know…the same DNC server Potus tweets about all the time?
While anons are fapping to cartoons, it was posted Trump Admin dismissed the lawsuit that we were told was going to get the server into the courts. WAKE UP!
Fuck Nadler. His subpoena's mean nothing.
And now, the chief prosecutor that got Awan off is now promoted to #3 at the DOJ!
Stop being sheeple.
#5528445 at 2019-03-06 01:09:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7069: GenX Loves Ya Back Edition
Lots of people freaking out about Jessie Liu. 2 things important to remember about her, I don't have the sauce, just remembering from months back.
1. Jessie Liu had some extra long interview with POTUS Trump before she was hired for a job in government (I have no idea what job but the long interview was highly unusual for whatever post she was filling)
2. Jessie Liu successfully prosecuted and jailed a Rothschild for some kind of fraud like a decade ago. He had some scheme involving a bunch of mailboxes, fake identities and cashing cheques.
Anyways, I think there's a chance we will remember her forever
#5528293 at 2019-03-06 01:02:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7069: GenX Loves Ya Back Edition
Jesse Liu appointed Associate Attorney General of DOJ
President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate a Key Individual to an Administration Post
Today, President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to nominate the following individual to a key position in his Administration:
Jessie Liu of Virginia, to be the Associate Attorney General at the Department of Justice.
https://twitter.com/whpublicpool/status/1103094104269955077?s=21
#5528224 at 2019-03-06 00:57:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7069: GenX Loves Ya Back Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
Global
>>5389728, >>5392971 Baker Protocol: Do NOT Add Non-Tripcode posts from Q
#7068
>>5527965 @DJT's "81 letter" coincides with 81 Alt Right Sites referenced
>>5527547, >>5527884 Adam Schitt hires fmr SDNY prosecutor (((Goldman))) v. POTUS
>>5527549 "Conspiracy theory expert" (((Mike Rothschild))): Q book "exploited" Amazon
>>5527532 Send 'em back status: Sent! (116 border jumpers deposited MX-side)
>>5527529, >>5527610 Kushner Files Motion to Dismiss DNC Lawsuit
>>5527485 $25M+ in Forfeited Funds fr. sting v. Gov. Afghanistan contracts abuse
>>5527483 Yes, Moar justice plz: R. Kelly, charged w/aggravated sex abuse
>>5528195 #7068
#7067
>>5527336 Swords = Magic 5word5 = Magic Word
>>5527332 NSA announce that GHIDRA is live, go click that shit
>>5527316 In the military, green systems are unclass, red are classified
>>5527133 Controversial NSA phone data collection program shut down
>>5527056 Up to 10 Rep Senators May Oppose Trump's Border Emergency Decl.
>>5526970 The dragon decoded
>>5527111 , >>5527257 QAnon aired on NBC tonight re Amazon and Q book, here's the segment
>>5526894 The NO FEAR Act: Whistleblower protection
>>5526862 New Snowden tweet
>>5526802 , >>5527101, >>5527162, >>5527228, >>5527303, >>5527366 Planefag Reports
>>5526783 Stand by for some FakeNews re NK
>>5526731 Corsi CNN interview shut down over Hussein's birth cert
>>5527385 #7067
#7066
>>5526455 Checked out the NSA employment opportunities link?
>>5526387 Planefag spots MAGA2020 callsign
>>5526320 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution & Accenture digs
>>5526313 Words within words. Could a Magic Sword be a pasSWORD?
>>5526186 , >>5526275 New Q Book and call to dig
>>5526184 Were Thundercats & GI JOE were alliance predictive programming?
>>5526173 New filing in the US v. Manafort: Status report
>>5526104 POTUS nominates Jessie Liu as the JD's associate AG
>>5526039 NSA at the RSA Conference right now with the new GHIDRA framework
>>5526012 Pompeo's list photograph is from May 18
>>5525994 76,000 illegal immigrants apprehended at the border in February alone
>>5525993 Example of the Clock-Delta Theory
>>5525959 Amazon and the End of Free Speech
>>5525947 HRC tweets: "Why are you so obsessed with me?" gif
>>5526596 #7066
#7065
>>5525526 Florida Lawmaker Introduces 'Stop Social Media Censorship Act'
>>5525351 Senators Introduce Bill to Get US Out of Afghanistan
>>5525332 Official: Palm Beach exempt from 5G wireless law
>>5525319 New PapaD tweet
>>5525281 QRD on Thundercats
>>5525269 HRC, Holder and Bloomberg will not run
>>5525268 Chinese Hackers Allegedly Hacking US Universities Tied To Naval Research
>>5525265 "Right in front of you" on the QClock
>>5525229 Related QProofs
>>5525204 , >>5525456 Eyes On NSA Intelligence Careers
>>5525177 Deltas at seconds
>>5527480 #7065
Previously Collected Notables
>>5523546 #7062, >>5524632 #7063, >>5525817 #7064
>>5521220 #7059, >>5521986 #7060, >>5522720 #7061
>>5518912 #7056, >>5519648 #7057, >>5520437 #7058
Notables Archive by BO: https://8ch.net/qresearch/notables.html
Notables Archive at /comms/: >>>/comms/225, >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384)
#5527988 at 2019-03-06 00:47:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7068: GHINDRA IS LIVE Edition
Jesse Liu
The one with balls of steel who had no problem prosecuting a Rothschild.
President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate a Key Individual to an Administration Post
Today, President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to nominate the following individual to a key position in his Administration:
Jessie Liu of Virginia, to be the Associate Attorney General at the Department of Justice.
https://twitter.com/whpublicpool/status/1103094104269955077?s=21
#5527512 at 2019-03-06 00:22:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7068: GHINDRA IS LIVE Edition
>>5527479
Trump Unleashes Attorney Jessie K. Liu on High Profile Criminals
If she can put away a Rothschild for 8 1/2 yrs., surely she can convict a Podesta, or a Wasserman-Schultz. Perhaps even a Clinton?
https://erlichblair.com/2017/09/18/trump-unleashes-attorney-jessie-k-Liu-on-high-profile-criminals/
#5527395 at 2019-03-06 00:15:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7068: GHINDRA IS LIVE Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
Global
>>5389728, >>5392971 Baker Protocol: Do NOT Add Non-Tripcode posts from Q
#7067
>>5527336 Swords = Magic 5word5 = Magic Word
>>5527332 NSA announce that GHIDRA is live, go click that shit
>>5527316 In the military, green systems are unclass, red are classified
>>5527133 Controversial NSA phone data collection program shut down
>>5527056 Up to 10 Rep Senators May Oppose Trump's Border Emergency Decl.
>>5526970 The dragon decoded
>>5527111 , >>5527257 QAnon aired on NBC tonight re Amazon and Q book, here's the segment
>>5526894 The NO FEAR Act: Whistleblower protection
>>5526862 New Snowden tweet
>>5526802 , >>5527101, >>5527162, >>5527228, >>5527303, >>5527366 Planefag Reports
>>5526783 Stand by for some FakeNews re NK
>>5526731 Corsi CNN interview shut down over Hussein's birth cert
>>5527385 #7067
#7066
>>5526455 Checked out the NSA employment opportunities link?
>>5526387 Planefag spots MAGA2020 callsign
>>5526320 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution & Accenture digs
>>5526313 Words within words. Could a Magic Sword be a pasSWORD?
>>5526186 , >>5526275 New Q Book and call to dig
>>5526184 Were Thundercats & GI JOE were alliance predictive programming?
>>5526173 New filing in the US v. Manafort: Status report
>>5526104 POTUS nominates Jessie Liu as the JD's associate AG
>>5526039 NSA at the RSA Conference right now with the new GHIDRA framework
>>5526012 Pompeo's list photograph is from May 18
>>5525994 76,000 illegal immigrants apprehended at the border in February alone
>>5525993 Example of the Clock-Delta Theory
>>5525959 Amazon and the End of Free Speech
>>5525947 HRC tweets: "Why are you so obsessed with me?" gif
>>5526596 #7066
#7065
>>5525526 Florida Lawmaker Introduces 'Stop Social Media Censorship Act'
>>5525351 Senators Introduce Bill to Get US Out of Afghanistan
>>5525332 Official: Palm Beach exempt from 5G wireless law
>>5525319 New PapaD tweet
>>5525281 QRD on Thundercats
>>5525269 HRC, Holder and Bloomberg will not run
>>5525268 Chinese Hackers Allegedly Hacking US Universities Tied To Naval Research
>>5525265 "Right in front of you" on the QClock
>>5525229 Related QProofs
>>5525204 , >>5525456 Eyes On NSA Intelligence Careers
>>5525177 Deltas at seconds
#7065
Previously Collected Notables
>>5523546 #7062, >>5524632 #7063, >>5525817 #7064
>>5521220 #7059, >>5521986 #7060, >>5522720 #7061
>>5518912 #7056, >>5519648 #7057, >>5520437 #7058
Notables Archive by BO: https://8ch.net/qresearch/notables.html
Notables Archive at /comms/: >>>/comms/225, >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384)
#5526721 at 2019-03-05 23:41:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7067: Crumbs Are Being Dropped Edition
https://twitter.com/business/status/1103070714591150080
President Donald Trump will nominate Jessie Liu, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, to be third in command at the Justice Department
#5526611 at 2019-03-05 23:36:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7067: Crumbs Are Being Dropped Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
Global
>>5389728, >>5392971 Baker Protocol: Do NOT Add Non-Tripcode posts from Q
#7066
>>5526455 Checked out the NSA employment opportunities link?
>>5526387 Planefag spots MAGA2020 callsign
>>5526320 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution & Accenture digs
>>5526313 Words within words. Could a Magic Sword be a pasSWORD?
>>5526186 , >>5526275 New Q Book and call to dig
>>5526184 Were Thundercats & GI JOE were alliance predictive programming?
>>5526173 New filing in the US v. Manafort: Status report
>>5526104 POTUS nominates Jessie Liu as the JD's associate AG
>>5526039 NSA at the RSA Conference right now with the new GHIDRA framework
>>5526012 Pompeo's list photograph is from May 18
>>5525994 76,000 illegal immigrants apprehended at the border in February alone
>>5525993 Example of the Clock-Delta Theory
>>5525959 Amazon and the End of Free Speech
>>5525947 HRC tweets: "Why are you so obsessed with me?" gif
>>5526596 #7066
#7065
>>5525526 Florida Lawmaker Introduces 'Stop Social Media Censorship Act'
>>5525351 Senators Introduce Bill to Get US Out of Afghanistan
>>5525332 Official: Palm Beach exempt from 5G wireless law
>>5525319 New PapaD tweet
>>5525281 QRD on Thundercats
>>5525269 HRC, Holder and Bloomberg will not run
>>5525268 Chinese Hackers Allegedly Hacking US Universities Tied To Naval Research
>>5525265 "Right in front of you" on the QClock
>>5525229 Related QProofs
>>5525204 , >>5525456 Eyes On NSA Intelligence Careers
>>5525177 Deltas at seconds
#7065
#7064
>>5524694 Rapid DNA deployed in Utah
>>5524683 Anon decode, news called the evacuation due to "fire"
>>5524666 Spreadsheet QPosts Q&A and all images backup
>>5524556 Re: Jordan, Meadows requesting Obama docs on Russian meddling
>>5524396 , >>5524622 Tweet of QProof Q linked to being censored as sensitive material
>>5524505 Past QPost on FF's
>>5524491 , >>5524598 NSA use the 8Chan infinity: 'Follow the dragon'
>>5524433 , >>5524621 Reports on the 3 suspicious packages
>>5524425 POTUS list missing 5 days. Is this D 5?
>>5524418 Q's previous 'bad apple' posts
>>5524411 Three suspicious packages found around London today
>>5524408 , >>5524993 House Dems Have A Timetable For Demanding Trump's Tax Returns
>>5524398 Bloomberg Out: Will Not Run For President In 2020
>>5525817 #7064
Previously Collected Notables
>>5523546 #7062, >>5524632 #7063,
>>5521220 #7059, >>5521986 #7060, >>5522720 #7061
>>5518912 #7056, >>5519648 #7057, >>5520437 #7058
>>5516632 #7053, >>5517365 #7054, >>5518148 #7055
Notables Archive by BO: https://8ch.net/qresearch/notables.html
Notables Archive at /comms/: >>>/comms/225, >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384)
#5526596 at 2019-03-05 23:35:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7066: Crooked Hillary Will Be Sorely Missed! Edition
#7066
>>5526455 Checked out the NSA employment opportunities link?
>>5526387 Planefag spots MAGA2020 callsign
>>5526320 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution & Accenture digs
>>5526313 Words within words. Could a Magic Sword be a pasSWORD?
>>5526186 , >>5526275 New Q Book and call to dig
>>5526184 Were Thundercats & GI JOE were alliance predictive programming?
>>5526173 New filing in the US v. Manafort: Status report
>>5526104 POTUS nominates Jessie Liu as the JD's associate AG
>>5526039 NSA at the RSA Conference right now with the new GHIDRA framework
>>5526012 Pompeo's list photograph is from May 18
>>5525994 76,000 illegal immigrants apprehended at the border in February alone
>>5525993 Example of the Clock-Delta Theory
>>5525959 Amazon and the End of Free Speech
>>5525947 HRC tweets: "Why are you so obsessed with me?" gif
#5526478 at 2019-03-05 23:30:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7066: Crooked Hillary Will Be Sorely Missed! Edition
Notables so far
>>5526387 Planefag spots MAGA2020 callsign
>>5526320 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution & Accenture digs
>>5526313 Words within words. Could a Magic Sword be a pasSWORD?
>>5526186 , >>5526275 New Q Book and call to dig
>>5526184 Were Thundercats & GI JOE were alliance predictive programming?
>>5526173 New filing in the US v. Manafort: Status report
>>5526104 POTUS nominates Jessie Liu as the JD's associate AG
>>5526039 NSA at the RSA Conference right now with the new GHIDRA framework
>>5526012 Pompeo's list photograph is from May 18
>>5525994 76,000 illegal immigrants apprehended at the border in February alone
>>5525993 Example of the Clock-Delta Theory
>>5525959 Amazon and the End of Free Speech
>>5525947 HRC tweets: "Why are you so obsessed with me?" gif
#5526409 at 2019-03-05 23:27:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7066: Crooked Hillary Will Be Sorely Missed! Edition
>>5526104
Oh Lawd. The same Jessie Liu that gave Awan that sweetheart plea deal???? Could this day get any worse?
#5526166 at 2019-03-05 23:14:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7066: Crooked Hillary Will Be Sorely Missed! Edition
>>5526104
>Liu previously worked for the DOJ under former President George W. Bush.
>In her current role as U.S. Attorney, Liu is is jointly prosecuting Roger Stone with Mueller's team.
GREAT, moar swamp running DOJ!!
DOJ = DOH!
#5526111 at 2019-03-05 23:11:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7066: Crooked Hillary Will Be Sorely Missed! Edition
Jessie Liu nominated as DOJ # 3 replacing the spot vacated by Rachenl Brand last year.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/432740-trump-to-nominate-federal-prosecutor-for-no-3-doj-role-report
#5526104 at 2019-03-05 23:11:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7066: Crooked Hillary Will Be Sorely Missed! Edition
President Trump will nominate federal prosecutor Jessie Liu as the Justice Department's associate attorney general, the third-highest position in the department, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the decision.
Liu, a U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, will reportedly monitor the department's anti-trust and civil rights work, as well as defending the government in litigation, including the president's decisions.
The associate attorney general will not play a role in criminal and national security matters and will also not be involved in the process surrounding Special Counsel Robert Mueller's ongoing probe, according to The Journal.
Liu will reportedly replace Rachel Brand, who stepped down last year to take a top legal position at Walmart.
Brand said at the time that she would have been "very happy to stay" at the Department of Justice (DOJ), but could not give up the Walmart opportunity. The position has remained vacant since her exit.
Trump last month said he would nominate Deputy Transportation Secretary Jeffrey Rosen to be Deputy Attorney General, the second-highest DOJ position.
Rosen will replace Rod Rosenstein, who has announced he will step down. William Barr was confirmed as Attorney General last month.
The White House and Justice Department did not immediately reply to requests for comment from The Hill.
Liu previously worked for the DOJ under former President George W. Bush.
In her current role as U.S. Attorney, Liu is is jointly prosecuting Roger Stone with Mueller's team. Stone was indicted in January and accused of obstructing a congressional investigation, making false statements, and witness tampering.
On Monday, Liu, along with Mueller, notified Judge Amy Berman Jackson that Stone shared a picture on Instagram that suggested he was framed after Jackson ordered him not to publicly discuss the case.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/432740-trump-to-nominate-federal-prosecutor-for-no-3-doj-role-report
#5462121 at 2019-03-02 12:56:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6983: Yer In The Apocalypse Naow Edition
>>5449893 #6967 (notable) Call for dig
https://www.cellmedicine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Human-Umbilical-Cord-Mesenchymal-Stem-Cell-Therapy-for-Patients-with-Active-Rheumatoid-Arthritis-Safety-and-Efficacy.pdf
Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy for Patients, Study China
ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01547091
1: Cell Therapy Center, 323 Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army, 6 West Jianshe Road, Xi'an city, China
2: The State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Institute of Hematology and Hospital of Blood Diseases, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union of Medical College, 288 Nanjing Road, Tianjin, China
3: Alliancells Institute of Stem Cells and Translational Regenerative Medicine of Zhongyuan Union Stem Cell Bioengineering Co Ltd, No.45 East Nine Road, Special Economic Zone of KongGang, Tianjin, China
4: Mingyuan Wu, Harold Hamm Diabetes Center and Section of Endocrinology and Diabetes in the Department of Internal Medicine, and Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 941 Stanton L. Young Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA
5: Mingyuan Wu and Yongjun Liu, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai, 200092, China
6: Mingyuan Wu, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 941 Stanton L. Young Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
1: Liming Wang, Jianjun Zhou, Yang Li, Ming Li, Wen Bai, Bin Bai
2: Lihua Wang *
3: Xiuli Cong, Haijie Ji, Guangyang Liu, Delin Zhu
4&5: Mingyuan Wu 4,5,#
3&5: Yongjun Liu 3,5,#
https://www.cellmedicine.com/stem-cell-therapy-for-rheumatoid-arthritis/
The adult stem cells used to treat RA at the Stem Cell Institute come from human umbilical cord tissue (allogeneic mesenchymal).
These stem cells are expanded at Medistem Panama's state-of-the-art laboratory.
The mesenchymal stem cells we use are recovered from donated umbilical cords following normal, healthy births. Each mother has her medical history screened and is tested for infectious diseases. Proper consent is received from each family prior to donation.
All umbilical cord-derived stem cells are screened for infectious diseases to International Blood Bank Standards before they are cleared for use in patients. Only a small percentage of donated umbilical cords pass our rigorous screening process.
Dr. Riordan on the Umbilical Cord Selection Process at Stem Cell Institute
"Through retrospective analysis of our cases, we've identified proteins and genes that allow us to screen several hundred umbilical cord donations to find the ones that we know are most effective. We only use these cells and we call them 'golden cells'.
We go through a very high throughput screening process to find cells that we know have the best anti-inflammatory activity, the best immune modulating capacity, and the best ability to stimulate regeneration."
Our mesenchymal stem cells and the US FDA: Are they approved?
Human umbilical cord tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) that were isolated and grown in our laboratory in Panama to create master cell banks are currently being used in the United States under US FDA regulation.
These cells serve as the starting material for cellular products used in MSC clinical trials for two Duchenne's muscular dystrophy patients under US FDA's designation of Investigational New Drug (IND) for single patient compassionate use. (IND 16026 DMD Single Patient).
Will the patient reject this type of stem cell?
The body's immune system is unable to recognize umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells as foreign and therefore they are not rejected. HUCT stem cells have been administered thousands of times at the Stem Cell Institute and there has never been a single instance rejection (graft vs. host disease).
As a matter of fact, allogeneic (not the patient's own) mesenchymal stem cells are approved to treat graft vs. host disease in Canada and New Zealand.
Umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells also proliferate/differentiate more efficiently than "older" cells, such as those found in the fat and therefore, they are considered to be more "potent".
https://www.cellmedicine.com/stem-cell-therapy-for-autism/
http://www.cellmedicine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Stem-Cell-Therapy-for-Autism.pdf
1: Medistem Laboratories Inc, Tempe, Arizona, USA
2: Institute for Cellular Medicine, San Jose, Costa Rica
3: Americas Medical Center, Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA
4: 2027 E. Cedar Street Suite 102 Tempe, AZ 85281, USAEm
#5445128 at 2019-03-01 07:08:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6961: 4D Us To Freedom Edition
China's Actions Immediately Following Trump Summit
China's reaction to the Trump/Pompeo visit in Vietnam was to announce MAJOR naval exercises. The Vietnamese need foreign naval aid or they are going to end up with Chinese oil rigs 12 miles offshore.
What if… the Summit was NOT with North Korea, but WAS WITH VIETNAM??
Chinese naval exercises this Sunday through March 5, 2019.
This article from Global Security.org
https://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/china/2019/china-190228-globaltimes01.htm
Second Chinese Aircraft Carrier Sets Sail for Fifth Sea Trial
By Liu Xuanzun Source:Global Times Published: 2019/2/28 16:06:20
China's second aircraft carrier reportedly set sail from the Dalian Shipyard Wednesday afternoon for its fifth sea trial, three days after the country's first carrier, the Liaoning, left the same shipyard. Experts believe it indicates a further step toward the final delivery of the second carrier.
The domestically made Type 001A aircraft carrier left the shipyard in Northeast China's Liaoning Province under the assistance of multiple tug boats Wednesday afternoon, according to photos and accompanying captions released by IC, a Chinese image and photo provider, on Wednesday evening.
The testing of carrier-based aircraft could be the focus of this sea trial, an IC photo caption reads.
Photos taken by local residents and uploaded to the internet last week show guide lines and possibly a non-skid coating were being painted on the Type 001A's flight deck, which are considered necessary for the takeoff and landing of aircraft.
The warship is said to have already successfully tested its avionics, radar and communication systems in previous trials, so it is likely fighter jets will conduct take offs and landings this time, an anonymous military expert told the Global Times.
Li Jie, a Beijing-based naval expert, told the Global Times that he believes such a test is likely, or at least there will be preparations to enable future tests. "This sea trial will go a step further toward the final delivery of the new aircraft carrier," Li said.
Full-sized models of an electronic warfare version of the J-15 warplane and a Z-18 helicopter were also spotted on board the Type 001A as it embarked on the sea trial, Hong Kong-based newspaper Wen Wei Po said Wednesday.
The Liaoning, China's first aircraft carrier, was already at sea after leaving the Dalian Shipyard on Sunday.
The two aircraft carriers could rendezvous in the northern Yellow Sea near Dalian, Chinese military observers said, as an area has been quarantined for a military exercise from Sunday to March 5, according to a notice the Maritime Safety Administration of China released on Friday.
China will conduct a multinational naval activity in Qingdao, East China's Shandong Province in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the People's Liberation Army navy on April 23, said spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense Ren Guoqiang at a routine press conference on Thursday.
With the Type 001A and the Liaoning both at sea at the same time they could be preparing for the celebration parade, said Li.
Chinese military enthusiasts are thrilled by the idea of such a speculation, with some writing online posts that they cannot wait to see China's first pair of aircraft carrier strike groups.
However, even if the two carriers train together, it is probably only for parade purposes as the second carrier is still not combat-ready, the anonymous expert said.
The Type 001A has not been delivered to the military yet and therefore might not even make it to the parade, he said.
#5432678 at 2019-02-28 13:44:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6945: Be The Calm In The Shill Storm Edition
Senate Committee: US Colleges Violated Law, Took Chinese Cash To Host What China's Own Officials Call Propaganda
The Chinese government has funded hundreds of outposts in U.S. universities that its own officials say are avenues for propaganda, according to a bipartisan Senate investigation.
Most U.S. institutions of higher learning that received significant Chinese funding failed to report the foreign contracts in violation of the law, and many signed contracts that included secrecy provisions that prevent their terms from being known by students and the public, according to the report.
The Chinese government funds and staffs centers called Confucius Institutes at colleges outside Chinaaccording to a 100-page report issued Wednesday by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, which will hold a hearing on the topic Thursday. The program is run by a Chinese government entity called Hanban.
"We should actively carry out international propaganda battles," China's former Minister of Propaganda Liu Yunshan said in a Chinese newspaper in 2010. "Our strategy is to proactively take our culture abroad ... We should do well in establishing and operating overseas cultural centers and Confucius Institutes."
https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/28/china-universities-propaganda/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=atdailycaller
#5388709 at 2019-02-26 04:18:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6888: DC Panic Edition
North Korea's Yongbyon Nuclear Facility: No Indications Plutonium Production Reactor Is Operating
A 38 North exclusive with analysis by Frank V. Pabian and Jack Liu.
Commercial satellite imagery of North Korea's Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center from February 2019 indicates that despite recent assertions that the 5 MWe reactor is running, there are no obvious indicators that it or the Experimental Light Water Reactor (ELWR) are operating.
Around the Reactors
Commercial satellite imagery from February 11 and 21, 2019 of the 5 MWe plutonium production reactor shows no indicators that the reactor is operating. There is no steam venting from the generator hall, nor is there any hot water effluent at the cooling water outfall pipe. The last time such activity was observed was in November 2018, when a small outfall was noted, though was likely due to the transfer of residual heat from previous reactor operations.
There is, however, continued movement of vehicles and personnel around the reactor over the last few weeks; roads have been swept clean, showing that the reactor site is being well maintained.
Dredging continues near the 5 MWe reactor's secondary cooling system, where piles of dredged material now effectively block the river channel that serves the system's pump house. The purpose of this activity is still unclear.
https://www.38north.org/2019/02/yongbyon022219/
#5370232 at 2019-02-25 03:01:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6864: Special Feeling Edition
Memo of misunderstanding: Trump clashes with trade adviser over China talks
Tensions between Donald Trump and one of his top trade negotiators have been brought into the open as the two disagreed publicly about the definition of a memorandum of understanding.
In a White House meeting between US officials and China's top negotiator, which was televised and attended by journalists, Robert Lighthizer, the US trade representative, contradicted the president's claim that memoranda of understanding (MOU) are non-binding.
"I don't like MOUs because they don't mean anything. To me they don't mean anything. I think you're better off just going into a document," said Trump during Friday's exchange.
Lighthizer, who was brought into the White House team because of his anti-China credentials, then jumped in to clarify: "An MOU is a contract, it's the way trade agreements are generally used. People refer to it like it's a term sheet. It's not a term sheet it's an actual contract between the two parties."
Trump was unhappy with Lighthizer's definition, saying: "By the way, I disagree, I think that memorandum of understanding is not a contract to the extent we want. We're gonna have - we're doing a memorandum of understanding that will be put into a final contract, I assume, but to me the final contract is really the thing ... that means something."
The two went back and forth, with Lighthizer saying they would no longer use the term "memorandum of understanding", but would instead call it a "trade agreement".
"Good, I like that much better," said Trump. "I wouldn't go into a memorandum, I would go right into a trade agreement. Either you're gonna make a deal or you're not. To have these other agreements doesn't mean anything."
Lighthizer conceded that there were still "major hurdles" before the US and China can reach a trade agreement.
Talks have continued in Washington throughout the weekend between Lighthizer, US officials and Xi's special envoy, Liu He.
On Sunday night, Trump tweeted that the talks had been "very productive" and as a result he would delay increasing tariffs of Chinese goods and assuming both sides continued to make additional progress, he would meet Chinese president Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago to complete the agreement.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/feb/25/memo-of-misunderstanding-trump-clashes-with-trade-adviser-over-china-talks
#5362422 at 2019-02-24 18:24:39 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6854: DISASTROUS MISTAKES MADE Edition
>>5362299
Q, does Wray/Liu or Huber have the server????
#5352247 at 2019-02-24 00:46:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6840: Attacks Increasing Edition
BERNANCKE KILLED THE WORLD ECONOMY: NEW ACADEMIC STUDY CONFIRMS
OP-ED
This column has contended for several years, based on empirical data observations from several countries, that low interest rates worldwide were killing productivity growth. A University of Chicago paper finally provides some academic back-up for this contention and suggests a mechanism through which it takes place. There are other mechanisms also, and I would suggest that the Ben Bernanke-inspired wild monetary experimentation from 2008 on has done more damage to the world economy than any other initiative in the history of mankind.
The paper,"Low interest rates, market power and productivity growth" by Ernest Liu, Atif Mian and Amir Sufi, examines the behavior of firms in a competitive marketplace as interests decline, and demonstrates that, although lower interest rates at first increase competitiveness through increased investment, they also increase the comparative advantage of large firms, thus after a time discouraging the smaller firms from investing and making the market less competitive. If low interest rates persist and approach zero, eventually even the larger firms stop investing, because they are no longer subject to significant competition and thus do not need to invest.
The paper provides theoretical backing to and a possible mechanism for the observation set out in this column on several occasions in the last few years: that ultra-low interest rates in Japan, the Eurozone, Britain and the United States were closely correlated with unprecedented declines in the rate of productivity growth in those countries. In all the high-income industrial countries where interest rates were held artificially low after 2008, productivity growth by 2016 had effectively disappeared altogether, or close to it. The worst effects were seen in the eurozone and in Britain, where inflation continued, making real interest rates sharply negative. Even in Japan, where interest rates have been held artificially low for two decades, the productivity dearth worsened substantially after 2009.
Only after President Donald Trump was inaugurated in the United States did U.S. productivity growth begin recovering towards its healthy historical levels. Undoubtedly part of this recovery was due to the Trump administration's de-regulation policies - just ceasing to pile regulation upon regulation appears to have had some positive effect, especially in industries sensitive to environmental-regulatory harassment. However, the positive productivity signs became clearer during 2018, as interest rates climbed towards the U.S. inflation rate, albeit still below their healthy historic levels.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-02-23/bernanke-killed-world-economy-new-academic-study-confirms
#5343375 at 2019-02-23 10:14:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6829: Clinton Panic Edition
Warm & fuzzies from China to POTUS.
Chinese President Xi Jinping sent President Trump a friendly letter on Friday, calling on the US and his own country to redouble efforts to cut a trade deal before a March 1 deadline.
In the message, Xi said he asked Chinese Vice Premier Liu He to give Trump "my warm greetings and best regards."
https://nypost.com/2019/02/22/chinas-xi-jinping-calls-for-trade-deal-in-letter-to-trump/
#5306033 at 2019-02-21 18:20:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6781: Eyes On Increasing Edition
>>5305966
Capital Markets
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Age: 62
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#5302048 at 2019-02-21 14:19:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6776: What A Time To Be Alive! Edition
https://www.businessinsider.com/nyse-betty-Liu-daily-routine-commute-2019-2
maybe because she is a total spy shill?
#5262631 at 2019-02-19 13:48:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6725: It's Not Journalism Edition
"Sea Of Red" As Global Rally Reverses; Banks Drag Europe Lower"
While the US was closed for President's Day holiday, the European rally sputtered on Monday ignoring a renewed surge higher in Chinese stocks following a record credit injection, and on Tuesday a "sea of red" in global markets has returned, as US equity futures slumped dragged lower by European banks following a mixed session in Asia as investors appear unable to go for even one day without fresh "hope" on US-China trade talks, while the dollar climbed, snapping a three-day decline, and Treasuries edged up before U.S.-China trade talks resume in Washington.
Global markets were struggling for direction after a slow start to the week and with a fresh round of Sino-U.S. trade talks, this time in Washington, being held later, as stocks traders were largely happy to keep their powder dry.
Europe's Stoxx 600 retreated after two days of gains, led lower by banks following disappointing earnings from HSBC Holdings, while weak macro data has sent increasingly dovish signals from the region's central bank. HSBC - Europe's biggest bank - saw its shares tumble as it missed forecasts due to slowing growth in its two home markets of China and Britain. HSBC's U.K. shares follow their Hong Kong peers lower after worse-than-expected results, with the stock sliding as much as 4.6% and the biggest decliner on the FTSE 100 Index. The Stoxx 600 Banks index down as much as 1.7%, with banks the worst performing industry group on Tuesday.
The results spoke to a wider problem for European banks, which are struggling to return to growth after a decade of post-crisis restructuring due to a worsening global economic outlook.
In addition to poor earnings from Europe's largest bank, the sector is facing is facing additional headwinds due to receding hopes for any quick interest-rate rise after ECB chief economist Peter Praet said officials could push back plans to raise rates as a first response against a deeper downturn
Automakers were also under pressure as the European Union vowed prompt retaliation if the U.S. imposes tariffs on imported vehicles.
Earlier in the session, Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda unexpectedly told parliament the central bank would consider extra monetary easing if required, helping lift the Topix index and send the yen lower, even as shares in China were little changed as equities in Hong Kong dropped after Monday's blockbuster gains. Japan's Nikkei nudged up 0.1 percent after holding flat for most of the day. Australian shares climbed 0.3 percent to a 4-1/2 month peak, after gaining over 8 percent so far this year, partly on expectations the central bank could ease policy to temper pressure on growth. Chinese shares slipped into the red though after surging in the previous session, with the blue-chip index off 0.2 percent.
China Vice Premier Liu He will visit Washington for trade talks on February 21st-22nd, while there were comments from White House Press Secretary Sanders that trade meetings with China in Washington D.C. will begin today and that higher-level talks which will be led by USTR Lighthizer are to begin on Thursday. Furthermore, trade talks are said to focus on needed structural changes in China which impact trade, as well as China's pledge to buy a substantial amount of goods and services from the US.
Despite today's muted action, Chinese shares have risen rapidly so far this month, with MSCI's China A shares index up 6.5%, by far the best performance among major markets despite China's weakening economy. Additionally, investors are now seen returning to riskier asset markets after the U.S. Federal Reserve signalled earlier this year it could halt rate hikes in light of U.S. economic softness.
"In the last week, it seems like global central banks have started a possible process of monetary easing," Bank of America-Merrill Lynch strategist Ajay Singh Kapur said in a note. "If so, this would be very positive for Asia/EM stocks," Kapur said.
Across the Pacific, contracts on the Nasdaq, Dow and S&P 500 edged lower as traders kick their heels before the next round of trade talks between America and China. Italian bonds fell while most European notes climbed.
Gold at a recent high
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https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-02-19/sea-red-global-rally-reverses-banks-drag-europe-lower
https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/stocks/futures
https://www.kitco.com/charts/livegold.html
#5240286 at 2019-02-18 11:23:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6696: California Rigging Edition
>>5240236
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2.7mil assets Alan Liu CPA
#5175576 at 2019-02-14 22:44:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6611: Sequence Complete Edition
Search under way in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour for female Star Ferry passenger seen falling into water near Tsim Sha Tsui pier
Fire services and marine police launches searching sea off waterfront with government helicopter also deployed
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The woman was on the Star Ferry heading for Central. Photo: Dickson LeeThe woman was on the Star Ferry heading for Central. Photo: Dickson Lee
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A sea and air search was under way in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour for a woman who was seen falling into the water from a ferry on Thursday night.
Fire services and marine police launches were searching the sea off the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront, with a government helicopter also deployed.
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The incident took place about 8.20pm. A Star Ferry employee reported to police that a woman was seen falling into the harbour from a Central-bound ferry near the pier in Tsim Sha Tsui.
There were reports that the passenger, dressed in red, suddenly became emotional and jumped overboard.
By 11pm, there was no report that the woman had been found.
Hong Kong rescue services
https://beta.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/2186219/search-under-way-hong-kongs-victoria-harbour-female-star
#5172899 at 2019-02-14 20:07:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6608: AG BARR CONFIRMED Edition
Department of Justice
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Thursday, February 14, 2019
One American and One Chinese National Indicted in Tennessee for Conspiracy to Commit Theft of Trade Secrets and Wire Fraud
Details of the conspiracy are included in the indictment on file with the U.S. District Court.
The indictment alleges that You, Liu, and a third co-conspirator formulated a plan in which You would exploit her employment with the two American employers to steal trade secrets and provide the information for the economic benefit of trade secrets the Chinese company that Liu managed, which would manufacture and profit from products developed using the stolen trade secrets. In exchange, Liu would cause the Chinese company to reward You for her theft, by helping her receive the Thousand Talent and another financial award, based on the trade secrets she stole, and by giving You an ownership share of a new company that would "own" the stolen trade secrets in China. The conspirators also agreed to compete with U.S. and foreign companies, including some of the owners of the stolen stolen trade secrets, in China and elsewhere, by selling products designed, developed and manufactured using the stolen trade secrets.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/one-american-and-one-chinese-national-indicted-tennessee-conspiracy-commit-theft-trade
#5165949 at 2019-02-14 06:18:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6599: Phase 3 - Justice Edition
U.S.-China trade talks move to higher level as deadline looms
BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he was looking forward to trade talks with China on Thursday, as discussions in Beijing moved to a higher level in a push to de-escalate a tariff war ahead of a March 1 deadline for a deal.
The talks, scheduled to run through Friday, follow three days of deputy-level meetings to work out technical details, including a mechanism for enforcing any trade agreement.
"Looking forward to discussions today," Mnuchin told reporters without elaborating as he left his hotel.
He and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer opened the meetings shortly afterward at the Diaoyutai state guest house with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, the top economic adviser to Chinese President Xi Jinping.
U.S. tariffs on $200 billion worth of imports from China are scheduled to rise to 25 percent from 10 percent if the two sides don't reach a deal by the deadline, increasing pressure and costs in sectors from consumer electronics to agriculture.
U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Wednesday that the negotiations had been progressing "very well".
Trump's advisors have described March 1 as a "hard deadline", and the president has said a delay was possible though he preferred not to do so. But, a Bloomberg report on Thursday cited sources saying he was considering pushing back the deadline by 60 days to give negotiators more time.
Trump has said he did not expect to meet with Xi prior to March 1, but White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders has raised the possibility of a meeting between the leaders at the president's personal retreat at Mar-a-Lago in Florida.
U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Secretary Stephen Censky said on Wednesday that the two presidents were expected to meet "sometime in March," but no dates were set.
The Chinese government has offered few details about the state of negotiations this week.
Chinese trade data released on Thursday showed imports from the United States fell 41.2 percent from a year earlier to $9.24 billion, the lowest amount in dollar terms since February 2016.
Exports to the United States also declined 2.4 percent to $36.54 billion, the lowest amount since April 2018.
China's trade surplus with the United States narrowed to $27.3 billion in January, from $29.87 billion in December.
https://www.marketscreener.com/news/U-S-China-trade-talks-move-to-higher-level-as-deadline-looms–28007600/?countview=0
#5160587 at 2019-02-13 23:11:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6592: New JSON File With All Financial Disclosures Edition
Senate Democrats Press Trump for China IP, Tech Transfer Commitments
WASHINGTON-Seven U.S. Democratic senators urged President Donald Trump on Feb. 13 to press China for a trade deal that fully addresses the technology transfer and intellectual property concerns outlined by U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.
Led by Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey, the senators said in a letter to Trump that any deal with Beijing must at a minimum commit China to "cease the predatory practices" identified in USTR's Section 301 investigation, which formed the basis for U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods. "As you approach the final weeks of negotiations with China, we urge you to insist that the deal make substantial, verifiable, and enforceable progress to address the myriad threats identified in USTR's investigation," the senators wrote. Several U.S. lawmakers and business groups have urged Trump in recent weeks not to settle for an agreement based largely on increased Chinese purchases of farm and energy commodities, amid signals that Trump is eager for a deal with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
On Wednesday, Trump said trade talks in Beijing are "going along very well." Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin are due to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping's top economic adviser, Vice Premier Liu He, on Thursday and Friday.
The letter from the Democratic senators reminded Trump of the main Chinese violations identified by Lighthizer's investigation last year, including unfair investment restrictions and licensing practices that pressure U.S. companies into turning over technology to Chinese firms, state driven acquisitions of U.S. technology firms and state-sponsored cyber theft of American trade secrets. "Your negotiations should seek to extract meaningful commitments from China on each of these elements and end the threats that these policies pose to the U.S. economy and national security," they wrote. In addition to Menendez, the letter was signed by Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Mark Warner of Virginia, Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, Ben Cardin of Maryland, Michael Bennet of Colorado and Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/senate-democrats-press-trump-for-china-ip-tech-transfer-commitments_2800217.html
#5140818 at 2019-02-12 16:24:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6566: Shall We Play A Game? Edition
United States to remain sole global economic superpower until 2035, Chinese government think tank says
-The Development Research Centre of the State Council paints a relatively low profile role for China over the next two decades due to current economic slowdown
-Reports released ahead of the trade talks between China's Vice-Premier Liu He and a US delegation led by Robert Lighthizer and Steven Mnuchin in Beijing this week
PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 12 February, 2019, 6:58pm
UPDATED : Tuesday, 12 February, 2019, 6:58pm
The United States will remain the world's only global economic superpower until 2035 even though China's role in the world economic landscape will become more important, according to Beijing's latest predictions, in an apparent toning down of the mainland's public ambitions for its future role in global economy.
While the report by the Development Research Centre of the State Council (DRC) does not directly address the rivalry between China and US, it does attempt to project a relatively low profile role for China over the next two decades.
It is often assumed that China will overtake the US as the world's number one economy, or at least gain the same prestige as a global economic superpower, within the next decade.
Standard Chartered Bank predicted in January that China would overtake the US as the world's largest economy as soon as 2020.
The latest humbler predictions from the state-owned think tank, a summary of which was published in the official Economic Daily newspaper on Tuesday, came at a time when Beijing's global push has met growing resistance and its growth prospects have been darkened by rising hostilities with Washington.
According to the DRC report, the US economy will remain dominant until 2035 - the same year singled out by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in October 2017 as the year when China would become a "basically modernised country".
While Xi's speech referencing the year 2035 did not include a specific gross domestic product target, it is thought that this is the point at which he expected the size of the Chinese economy to have caught, and likely surpassed, that of the US, according to Zhong Wei, a professor with Beijing Normal University.
The DRC researchers were headed by Long Guoqiang, who was an aide to Vice-Premier Liu He during He's tenure at the think tank and is currently an important government adviser in handling external economic ties.
The DRC noted that while China's economic status will rise over the next two decades, it will remain behind the US.
"The US will remain as the [sole] global [economic] superpower," they wrote.
"In the short term, US consumption will continue to prosper and be a key factor reinforcing economic growth," the report continued, citing the 2 per cent long-term potential growth rate projected by the US Federal Reserve.
The European Union and Japan will become weaker, the report predicted, with Japan dropping from the third to the fifth largest economy by 2035, and Germany becoming the only European nation in the top seven.
Even though the US will remain the top economy, the "global economic growth gravity will shift from America and Europe to Asia" by 2035, it said.
China's national gross domestic product grew to US$13.1 trillion last year, around two-thirds the size of the US economy.
The Chinese growth rate slowed to a 28-year low of 6.6 per cent last year amid the headwinds of the government's campaign to reduce debt and risky lending and rising external trade tensions.
The growth rate could slow further if US President Donald Trump escalates the current trade war, having threatened to increase tariff rates when the 90-day trade truce expires on March 1 unless a trade deal has been reached.
Beijing has softened its stance from last year when it opted for tit-for-tat retaliation against Trump's tariff increases.
In recent weeks, Chinese officials have openly promised to buy more American goods, open up its market, enhance intellectual property protection and carry out structural reforms.
While the DRC report did not specifically mention the ongoing trade war it did make allusions to its impact.
"We must make clear the international situation, steer the development direction, make full use of our advantages and increase our competitive edge internationally," the report read.
It added that the yuan will not challenge the dominant position of the US dollar in the international money system and that Shanghai will not replace London or New York as the key global financial centres in the period to 2035.
https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/2185865/united-states-remain-sole-global-economic-superpower-until
#5120873 at 2019-02-11 13:20:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6540: Focus On The Organization Itself Edition
Global Stocks, US Futures Jump On Fresh Trade Optimism, Dollar Surge Enters 8th Day
It is a sea of green in capital markets to start the week as global stocks and US index futures bounced amid boosted risk sentiment as investors eyed the resumption of trade talks between the United States and China, albeit guardedly now that Trump and Xi are not expected to meet until after the March 1 "springing tariff" deadline, while watching for signs of progress on Brexit. Safe havens such as Treasurys dropped as the dollar strengthened for an eighth day, its best run in three years.
hile it remains highly unlikely that anything definitive will emerge from this week's latest trade walks, risk sentiment was boosted after Axios reported on Sunday night that Trump's advisers discussed holding a summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping next month, meanwhile China said Vice Premier Liu He will join U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in trade talks in Beijing on Feb. 14-15.
"We still have concerns about global growth and that centers on those U.S.-China negotiations," Kerry Craig, global market strategist at JPMorgan Asset Management, told Bloomberg TV from Melbourne. "We're unlikely to see any massive moves this week saying we're going to get a deal on that."
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-02-11/global-stocks-us-futures-jump-fresh-trade-optimism-dollar-surge-enters-8th-day
https://www.dailyfx.com/crude-oil
#5072679 at 2019-02-08 01:37:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6477: CIA Cloud? Bezos Can't Keep His Dick Pics Safe Edition
>>5072465
this story is a bit older but ties in….
Underwater station could be a game changer, Chinese scientist says
But Beijing is more focused on developing technology to find natural resources, according to deep-sea researcher
PUBLISHED : Friday, 29 September, 2017, 9:41am
Exploration in both the deep sea and in space started around the 1940s. But while we have already sent many astronauts and rockets into space, global development in deep-sea technology is still far behind," Liu Xincheng, chief adviser to the deep-sea science and engineering institute at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said on Thursday in Hong Kong, where he was attending a conference on underwater science
Liu was part of the Chinese team that sent the Jiaolong manned submersible, which can reach the greatest depths of any in the world, down 7,002 metres in 2012.
He said that overall, China lagged behind developed countries in underwater science technology.
"The technology required to develop equipment needed for deep-sea exploration is even more advanced than that needed for outer space because of the pressure - an area as small as the size of a fingernail needs to be able to withstand the weight of 700 kilograms," he said.
But if China can build a planned underwater station it could be a game changer, Liu said.
The proposed deep-sea platform is second on the list of 100 science and technology projects included in Beijing's five-year economic plan.
The Jialong can take three crew members to a depth of around 7,000 metres for 12 hours at a time, but Liu said a permanent station would allow dozens of scientists to be based underwater and carry out deep-sea research for longer periods - for months or even years.
Liu said the technology was being developed and scientists were in regular contact with the government about the project, though he believed it would take a decade before an underwater station was in place.
But he added that China was still more focused on developing the technology to find natural resources than on scientific research as the country relied on foreign imports for most of its energy needs.
The Jialong holds the record for the furthest mission in the Mariana Trench - the deepest part of the world's oceans - but Liu said it needed to go further if it was to make any major scientific discoveries.
"Exploring the sea for natural resources is a very narrow pursuit," he said. "Scientific research is really directly related to our understanding of humankind."
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2113288/underwater-station-could-be-game-changer-chinese-scientist-says
**losingfaithanon MOSTLY STRUCK BY THIS LINE:
"China's deep-sea mission to mine the wealth beneath the ocean floor"
#5064692 at 2019-02-07 09:42:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6467: Pilatus U-28A Spectre Edition
"The company, operated by 41-year-old Dongyuan Li, put pregnant foreign nationals up in about 20 apartments in Irvine, California and profited $3 million in just two years while charging customers anywhere between $40,000 to $80,000 for the service, federal prosecutors allege.
"The indictment details communications in which Li referred to U.S. immigration authorities as 'the foreigners' and also discussed whether to refund a down payment because, once the customer found out 'the baby is a girl, her husband arranged abortion for her,'" Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials said in a news release.
Star Baby Care, operated by 65-year-old Wen Rui Deng who is believed to have fled to China, was based in Los Angeles County and secure U.S. citizenship for at least 8,000 babies born to Chinese nationals and citizens of Hong Kong and Taiwan since 1999. Prosecutors say about 4,000 of those babies were born to Chinese women who came to the U.S. to get theiir child American citizenship.
"The indictment alleges that Deng's scheme used 30 apartments in Rowland Heights and 10 properties in Irvine, including some houses," ICE officials note. "Deng's scheme served many customers alleged to be Chinese officials, including some associated with Chinese Central Television, China Telecom, Bank of China, and two local taxation bureaus."
The San Bernardino County-based USA Happy Baby Inc., owned and operated by 53-year-old Michael Wei Yueh Liu and 42-year-old Jing Don, allegedly charged "VIP" foreign nationals upwards of $100,000 to obtain U.S. citizenship for their unborn children."
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/04/feds-over-8-5k-anchor-babies-secure-u-s-citizenship-via-birth-tourism/
#5059656 at 2019-02-07 00:39:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6461: State Dept To Investigate FBI's Handling of Epstein Case Edition
Clearly the demons led by democrats have won the narrative and CNNCooper will lead all towards a new utopia of socialistic policy that even AOC can abide with…
…, give up all your power and evil will go easy on you and yours. Shitt and Liu ready for you..!
psych.
Nigger says what?
#5025399 at 2019-02-04 16:00:41 (UTC+1)
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#4998089 at 2019-02-02 05:37:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6381: Midnight Coast to Coast Edition
China Buys US Soybeans a Day After Trade Talks, Traders Say
Chinese state-owned firms bought at least 1 million tonnes of U.S. soybeans on Feb. 1, a day after high-level bilateral talks yielded progress toward a trade deal and a Chinese commitment to buy more U.S. soybeans. The purchases are slated for shipment between April and July, with a large share expected from U.S. Gulf Coast export terminals, three traders with knowledge of the deals said. One trader with direct knowledge of the deals said total purchases were around 2.2 million tonnes. The other two traders said the sales were similar to three recent waves of buying in which state-owned firms booked 1 million to 1.5 million tonnes of soybeans. U.S. soybean futures rallied to multi-month highs on Friday on news of renewed demand from the world's top importer.
But the market's gains were restrained by worries that Chinese purchases will hardly dent massive soybean stockpiles in the United States and around the world. The looming harvest of a large soy crop in Brazil, the world's top supplier, further capped prices. "It certainly is good to see some concessions and more buying interest from China, but this is a concession in terms of a larger trade agreement. Brazilian offers are cheaper than we are so it's just part of the negotiation," said Terry Linn, analyst with Chicago-based brokerage Linn & Associates. Friday's purchases by state-owned firms were believed to be destined for China's state reserves, and thus immune from high import tariffs on U.S. beans. The 25 percent tariffs, imposed last summer in retaliation for U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods, remain in place for U.S. soy imports by commercial crushers in China.
Exports to China have plummeted this season during a bitter trade dispute, with swelling supplies sending prices to near decade lows last autumn. China has been buying most of its soybeans from Brazil, which is in pace to harvest a bumper crop in the coming months. Friday's sales bring China's total purchases of the 2018 U.S. soybean harvest to at least 6.5 million tonnes, a fraction of its traditional annual haul from the United States of more than 30 million tonnes. Through January of 2017, more than 29.4 million tonnes of that season's harvest had already been shipped to China, with another 4 million tonnes sold and awaiting shipment, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data.
Benchmark Chicago Board of Trade March futures climbed to $9.31-1/4 a bushel on Friday, the highest point for a most actively traded soy contract since mid-June. Beijing slapped steep tariffs on U.S. soybeans on July 6, effectively halting all U.S. shipments to their top customer. Before Friday's sales, China had previously booked an estimated 5 million tonnes of U.S. soybeans in three waves of purchases since U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed to a trade war detente on Dec. 1. After high-level trade talks in Washington this week, Chinese Vice Premier Liu He announced on Thursday China would buy an additional 5 million tonnes.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/china-buys-us-soybeans-a-day-after-trade-talks-traders-say_2787646.html''
#4983211 at 2019-02-01 02:24:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6362: "A false narrative is so bad for our Country" Edition
POTUS's Schedule indicates "Vice Premier of the People's Republic of Chinas" (NOTE: mentions more than one China).
Is that because the United States could have become another China due to Hillary Clinton signing an agreement with Beijing that mortgaged the physical land and property of all citizens and businesses in the United States should the U.S. Government default on its financial obligations to China? It appears she did just that. This is BEYOND HIGH TREASON.
Why else would China own the Port of Long Beach?
The following is the actual text of a speech delivered in December, 2005 by Comrade Chi Haotian -the Vice-Chairman of China's Military Commision to top officers and generals. Keep in mind that China has for many years advocated deceiptful and covert warfare against its enemies. This is their Modus Operandi. There should be little question that a "Bird Flu" Pandemic would deeply excite them. (Don't forget how they have poisoned thousands of American pets and knowingly placed lead paints on toddler's toys.)
"Comrades, I'm very excited today, because the large-scale online survey sina.com that was done for us showed that our next generation is quite promising and our Party's cause will be carried on. In answering the question, "Will you shoot at women, children and prisoners of war," more than 80 per cent of the respondents answered in the affirmative, exceeding by far our expectations.
Today I'd like to focus on why we asked sina.com to conduct this online survey among our people. My speech today is a sequel to my speech last time, during which I started with a discussion of the issue of the three islands [Taiwan, Diaoyu Islands and the Spratley Islands — Ott] and mentioned that 20 years of the idyllic theme of 'peace and development' had cometo an end, and concluded that modernization under the saber is the only option for China's next phase. I also mentioned we have a vital stake overseas.
The central issue of this survey appears to be whether one should shoot at women, children and prisoners of war, but its real significance goes far beyond that. Ostensibly, our intention is mainly to figure out what the Chinese people's attitude towards war is: If these future soldiers do not hesitate to kill even noncombatants, they'll naturally be doubly ready and ruthless in killing combatants. Therefore, the responses to the survey questions may reflect the general attitude people have towards war........We wanted to know: If China's global development will necessitate massive deaths in enemy countries, will our people endorse that scenario? Will they be for or against it?
The fact is, our 'development' refers to the great revitalization of the Chinese nation, which, of course, is not limited to the land we have now but also includes the whole world. As everybody knows, according to the views propagated by the Western scholars, humanity as a whole originated from one single mother in Africa. Therefore no race can claim racial superiority. However, according to the research conducted by most Chinese scholars, the Chinese are different from other races on earth. We did not originate in Africa. Instead, we originated independently in the land of China. Therefore, we can rightfully assert that we are the product of cultural roots of more than a million years, civilization and progress of more than ten thousand years, an ancient nation of five thousand years, and a single Chinese entity of two thousand years. This is the Chinese nation that calls itself 'descendants of Yan and Huang.'
During our long history, our people have disseminated throughout the Americas and the regions along the Pacific Rim, and they became Indians in the Americas and the East Asian ethnic groups in the South Pacific. We all know that on account of our national superiority, during the thriving and prosperous Tang Dynasty our civilization was at the peak of the world. We were the centre of the world civilization, and no other civilization in the world was comparable to ours. Later on, because of our complacency, narrow-mindedness, and the self-enclosure of our own country, we were surpassed by Western civilization, and the centre of the world shifted to the West.
In reviewing history, one may ask: Will the centre of the world civilization shift back to China? Actually, Comrade Liu Huaqing made similar points in early 1980's Based on an historical analysis, he pointed out that the centre of world civilization is shifting. It shifted from the East to Western Europe and later to the United States; now it is shifting back to the East. Therefore, if we refer to the 19th Century as the British Century and the 20th century as the American Century, then the 21st Century will be the Chinese Century!! (Wild applause fills the auditorium.)
https://rense.com/general85/ChinaSpeaks.pdf
#4983096 at 2019-02-01 02:15:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6362: "A false narrative is so bad for our Country" Edition
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/31/china-will-purchase-5-million-tons-of-soybeans-per-day-from-u-s-farmers/
China Will Purchase 5 Million Tons of Soybeans Per Day from U.S. Farmers
China's Vice Premier pledged to President Donald Trump in the Oval Office Thursday that China will purchase five million tons of soybeans a day from the U.S.
China has begun making these purchases on a smaller scale and will be increasing those purchases to five million tons of soybeans per day, China's Vice Premier Liu He pledged to President Trump Thursday.
"That's going to make our farmers happy, that's a lot of soybeans," said president Trump.
#4980216 at 2019-01-31 22:18:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6358: Infants Are The Epitome Of Innocence Edition
From POTUS Schedule:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/statement-united-states-regarding-china-talks/
Statement of the United States Regarding China Talks
Economy & Jobs
Issued on: January 31, 2019
For the last two days, high-ranking officials from the United States and China have engaged in intense and productive negotiations over the economic relationship between our two countries. The United States appreciates the preparation, diligence, and professionalism shown throughout these meetings by Vice Premier Liu He and his team.
The talks covered a wide range of issues, including: (1) the ways in which United States companies are pressured to transfer technology to Chinese companies; (2) the need for stronger protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights in China; (3) the numerous tariff and non-tariff barriers faced by United States companies in China; (4) the harm resulting from China's cyber-theft of United States commercial property; (5) how market-distorting forces, including subsidies and state-owned enterprises, can lead to excess capacity; (6) the need to remove market barriers and tariffs that limit United States sales of manufactured goods, services, and agriculture to China; and (7) the role of currencies in the United States-China trading relationship. The two sides also discussed the need to reduce the enormous and growing trade deficit that the United States has with China. The purchase of United States products by China from our farmers, ranchers, manufacturers, and businesses is a critical part of the negotiations.
The two sides showed a helpful willingness to engage on all major issues, and the negotiating sessions featured productive and technical discussions on how to resolve our differences. The United States is particularly focused on reaching meaningful commitments on structural issues and deficit reduction. Both parties have agreed that any resolution will be fully enforceable.
While progress has been made, much work remains to be done. President Donald J. Trump has reiterated that the 90-day process agreed to in Buenos Aires represents a hard deadline, and that United States tariffs will increase unless the United States and China reach a satisfactory outcome by March 1, 2019. The United States looks forward to further talks with China on these vital topics.
#4979516 at 2019-01-31 21:11:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6357: Mexico Worse Than Afghanistan Edition
Happening now: President @realDonaldTrump is meeting with Liu He, Vice Premier of China.
CST.
https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/1091079400689418240
#4969161 at 2019-01-30 23:34:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6344: Deltas, Times and Signs Edition
US-China Trade Talks Kick-Off
China promises changes to foreign investment law hours before the two-day negotiations start
High stake trade talks between the United States and China started Jan. 30 in Washington in a bid to resolve differences and reach an agreement before the March deadline.
The U.S. and Chinese officials met at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building located next to the White House, opening two days of high-level talks. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer leads the American delegation, while the Chinese team is headed by Vice Premier Liu He. President Donald Trump will also meet Liu on Jan 31.
As part of the truce deal between Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in early December last year, China agreed to deliver structural changes that Washington has been demanding for years. Both sides agreed to start talks on reforms with respect to forced technology transfer, intellectual property protection, non-tariff barriers, cyber intrusions and cyber theft, and opening the Chinese market to U.S. services as well as agriculture.
In an effort to ease negotiations in Washington, Beijing announced that it would pass a new foreign investment law to end forced technology transfers and other restrictions imposed by the state. The announcement came hours before the start of two-day talks. State-run Xinhua news agency reported that the National People's Congress would vote on the new investment law, when it holds its first annual session on March 5.
"Once adopted, the unified law will replace three existing laws on Chinese-foreign equity joint ventures, non-equity joint ventures (or contractual joint ventures) and wholly foreign-owned enterprises," stated the Xinhua report.
The report also said that the law would help attract more foreign investment to China, protect foreign investors' legal rights and interests, and provide a favorable business environment.
The draft legislation, which was first reviewed by the NPC's Standing Committee in December is said to ban compulsory technology transfer, guarantee equal treatment of foreign companies, and protect their intellectual property rights.
According to critics, however, some of the details of the draft law are vague and hence Beijing's move will not play a significant role in the negotiations.
The Chinese Communist Party's expedited review of the foreign investment law intended to serve as a bargaining chip for trade negotiations, according to Xie Tian, a professor at the University of South Carolina.
"The most crucial issue is that no matter what the CCP does, the international community does not believe it," he told NTD, a media partner of The Epoch Times.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us-china-trade-talks-kick-off_2785174.html
#4967673 at 2019-01-30 21:20:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6342: Polar Vortex Edition
Anons, dont you understand that everything until now was leading to this:
U.S.-China Trade Talks Begin
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. and Chinese negotiators have opened two days of high-level talks aimed at settling a six-month trade war.
Leading the American delegation is U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, who welcomed the Chinese group on Wednesday. The Chinese team is headed by Vice Premier Liu He.
Lighthizer engaged in light-hearted banter about last year's dinner meeting between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping in Argentina.
The ongoing trade dispute between the world's two biggest economies has weakened both sides, shaken financial markets and clouded the outlook for the global economy.
A substantive resolution is not expected this week though a March 2 deadline looms. That's when the Trump administration is scheduled to increase its tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports from 10 percent to 25 percent.
https://www.keloland.com/news/politics/us-china-trade-talks-begin/1740234731
Everything.
#4952844 at 2019-01-29 18:04:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6323: GJ Testimony Underway In Several State Edition
Huawei > Lia Chaoying > Bill Clinton
SUPER IMPORTANT. Please read, anons.
This entire article, and it's the third part, is important to read. But for copy/pasta I will grab some of the clips that place the connection to Clinton. This is through Australia as well, so could very easily help to understand Papa D's mention of Huawei as well.
"The ultra-secretive chief of Chinese military intelligence was on the lookout for his protege, a well-dressed, 37-year-old businesswoman called Liu Chaoying. She was bringing her new friend, a California-based entrepreneur called Johnny Chung who had a penchant for over-the-top jewellery and a knack for getting inside Bill Clinton's White House.
Once the pair arrived and the group was seated, they talked American politics. It was 1996 and Clinton was running for a second term.
"We really like your president. We hope he will be re-elected," General Ji told Chung.
"I will give you $300,000. You can give it to your president and Democrat party."
A few days after this August 11 meeting, Liu Chaoying wired $300,000 into Taiwan-born Chung's account. Some of this money ended up in the coffers of the Democrat's Clinton re-election campaign in breach of US laws banning foreign political donations.
This transaction later became the focus of US criminal and congressional investigations into a major political scandal dubbed Chinagate by the US media. It was part of a broad Chinese plan to influence American politics to favour Beijing's acquisition of sensitive, advanced technology."
"In 2007, US diplomats reported that Liu Chaoying was "involved in arms sales to foreign countries through Huawei and other military or quasi-military companies on whose boards she sat". Her elder brother, Liu Zhuoming, is an influential navy admiral and member of the National People's Congress."
#4937993 at 2019-01-28 12:20:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6304: Rift of the Rothschild's Edition
Global Stocks Slide Ahead Of Crazy Week; Iron Ore Soars
US Futures cap
It's a sea of red in global equity markets as Friday's euphoria fizzled after President Donald Trump made clear he won't take no for an answer in his effort to construct a border wall while investors are hunkering down ahead of an action-packed week which includes the UK Parliament's Brexit "Plan B" vote, a Fed meeting, a new round of US-China trade talks, the deadline for the Huawei CFO extradition notice, a potential Venezuela showdown, January US payrolls report and the busiest week of earnings season.
While stocks jumped on Friday after Trump "caved" and agreed to reopen the government, the party moody was dented after Trump tweeted "Does anybody really think I won't build the WALL?" late on Sunday as the committee of lawmakers crafting a plan for the southern U.S. border is expected to start meeting this week. On Sunday, Trump told the WSJ he'll get the funding even if he has to use emergency powers while Trump's acting chief of staff said he's prepared to shutter the government again or declare an emergency if needed to get the wall money.
The dollar was flat as were 10Y TSY yields, while iron ore prices soared following a deadly dam collapse at a mine in Brazil which killed at least 58 people in a huge blow to Brazil mining giant Vale, the world's biggest producer iron ore, which announced overnight it would suspend its dividend as it shores up liquidity ahead of what could be a crushing legal penalty.
Asian markets started off the week mixed, as bourses in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Seoul all losing ground: Japanese shares retreated along Chinese peers due to trade tensions, while stocks in Hong Kong pared gains to close little changed. The yuan appreciated to its strongest against the dollar since July, the CNH rising some 400 pips tracking the weaker dollar, before Vice Premier Liu He's trip to Washington for trade talks, and as the People's Bank of China freed up a potential $37 billion for bank lending and a new chief was named to lead the country's main securities regulator.
Overnight concerns about China's slowing economy re-emerged after earnings at China's industrial firms shrank for the second straight month, suggesting trouble ahead for manufacturers struggling with falling orders, job layoffs and factory closures amid a protracted trade war with the United States.
Investors** are now waiting for Chinese Vice Premier Liu He's visit to the United States on Jan. 30-31, for the next round of trade negotiations with Washington.
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** The mythical investors….i.e. algo driven hedge-funds.
This term is always thrown around as if you and I are sitting and waiting for these events. Similar to the Mrs Watanabe use for treasury note buying.
Treasury auctions ramp up this week as well. Cap 2
FOMC meeting, earnings continue with tech heavy issues on tuesday,
BUSY week
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-01-28/global-stocks-slide-ahead-crazy-week-iron-ore-soars
#4899489 at 2019-01-25 13:55:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6255: We Have Your Six Edition
Futures Rally On Report Chinese Vice Ministers Heading To Washington For Trade Talks
Given that algos aren't widely regarded for their ability to detect nuance, Wilbur Ross's comment yesterday that the US and China remained "miles and miles" apart on trade (though he clarified that this "shouldn't be too surprising" since the most important talks had yet to take place) ignited a selloff that prompted one of the worst daily selloffs in US stocks since the earliest trading days of the year.
It was only the latest example of Trump administration officials seemingly taking turns talking up - and talking down - the prospects for a trade deal. But with the administration fearful of a sustained selloff - particularly when trade optimism is seemingly the only bulwark against more market chaos - the White House has found a way to reassure investors once again that everything is as it should be with the deadline for a trade agreement looming in the not too distant future.
Ironically, the news that's sparking optimism in the equity space on Friday is confirmation that a delegation led by two senior Chinese ministers would head to Washington next week to prime the pump for a visit by Liu He, China's top trade negotiator, and a group of other senior officials later this month.
Though they would seem to undermine the credibility of all future trade-related denials, the report published by Bloomberg, which follows denials by both the White House and Beijing of an FT report claiming that the US had cancelled the meeting (which sent markets into a tailspin early this week), has helped renew optimism in the trade-talk process on Friday.
A Chinese delegation including deputy ministers will arrive in Washington on Monday to prepare for high-level trade talks led by Vice Premier Liu He, according to people briefed on the matter.
Vice Commerce Minister Wang Shouwen and Vice Finance Minister Liao Min will arrive in the U.S. on Jan 28, according to two of the people who asked not to be named as the discussions aren't public. China's central bank governor Yi Gang will join the talks, one of the people said. It wasn't immediately clear which other officials will attend.
Liu will arrive in the US on Jan. 30 to meet with Trade Rep Robert Lighthizer for talks that the US has billed as "very, very important". At that point, with only five weeks remaining until the deadline for escalating tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods, investors should start to get an idea of the likelihood of an amicable outcome.
As of Friday, the US and China did not appear close to agreement on a range of key issues, from China's handling of intellectual property to China's trade surplus with the US. It's unclear what other Chinese officials will accompany Liu, but what China threatening to crash US markets if Trump doesn't make a deal, one thing is clear: The situation is growing more dire every day.
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a little fear porn from ZH. POTUS not make a deal?
Funny.
Europe and Asia all up overnight
Gold has some bonage. Not big move but straight up on NYMEX open
INTC Pre-market
46.49 -3.27 (-6.57%)
Pre-Market: 8:54AM EST
Soft rev and guidance from them yesterday. Equity in pre-market reflects it
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-01-25/futures-rally-report-chinese-vice-ministers-heading-washington-trade-talks
#4876192 at 2019-01-23 19:36:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6225: Cohen Postpones Plan To Testify Citing Family's Safety Edition
>>4876141
>>4876141
I never said she was ugly. I just have particular taste is all. For example, Lucy Liu is hot, but I wouldn't fuck her with your dick and BO pushing.
#4863180 at 2019-01-22 19:31:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6208: Rude & Inaccurate Press Edition
China's 'Underground Steel Great Wall' capable of defeating hypersonic weapon attacks: academician
By Deng Xiaoci and Liu Xuanzun Source:Global Times Published: 2019/1/13
"It is highly possible that US weapons with low-yield nuclear warheads are bunker-busters, with a higher surgical strike capability that may cause larger damage, military experts previously noted, warning that China should stay alert and upgrade its own national defense."
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1135576.shtml
#4821185 at 2019-01-19 17:27:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6153: Prepping the Popcorn Edition
Trump Says Trade Deal Could "Very Well Happen" With China
Trump administration has imposed tariffs to pressurise China to meet a list of demands that would rewrite the terms of trade between them.
World | Reuters | Updated: January 19, 2019 22:27 IST
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping had agreed to a 90-day ceasefire amid rising trade tensions.
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday there has been progress toward a trade deal with China, but denied that he was considering lifting tariffs on Chinese imports.
"Things are going very well with China and with trade," he told reporters at the White House, adding that he had seen some "false reports" indicating that U.S. tariffs on Chinese products would be lifted.
"If we make a deal certainly we would not have sanctions and if we don't make a deal we will," Trump said. "We've really had a very extraordinary number of meetings and a deal could very well happen with China. It's going well. I would say about as well as it could possibly go."
Chinese Vice Premier Liu He will visit the United States on Jan. 30 and 31 for the next round of trade negotiations with Washington.
That follows lower-level negotiations held in Beijing last week to resolve the bitter dispute between the world's two largest economies by March 2, when the Trump administration is scheduled to increase tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods.
According to sources briefed on the ongoing negotiations, cited exclusively by Reuters on Friday, the United States is pushing for regular reviews of China's progress on pledged trade reforms as a condition for a trade deal - and could again resort to tariffs if it deems Beijing has violated the agreement.
"The threat of tariffs is not going away, even if there is a deal," said one of three sources briefed on the talks who spoke with Reuters on condition of anonymity.
hinese negotiators were not keen on the idea of regular compliance checks, the source said, but the U.S. proposal "didn't derail negotiations."
A Chinese source said the United States wants "periodic assessments" but it was not yet clear how often.
"It looks like humiliation," the source said. "But perhaps the two sides could find a way to save face for the Chinese government."
The Trump administration has imposed import tariffs on Chinese goods to put pressure on Beijing to meet a long list of demands that would rewrite the terms of trade between the two countries.
COMMENT
The demands include changes to China's policies on intellectual property protection, technology transfers, industrial subsidies and other trade barriers.
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/donald-trump-says-trade-deal-could-very-well-happen-with-china-1980265
#4805537 at 2019-01-18 16:12:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6133: The Grapes of Nancy Editon
China, Germany to deepen financial cooperation
China and Germany have agreed to coordinate more closely on financial policies on Friday at a high-level financial dialogue in Beijing.
The event was co-chaired by Chinese Vice Premier Liu He and German Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Olaf Scholz.
Liu He said this is the countries' first high-level financial dialogue since China and Germany formed new governments. The dialogue is meant to tighten communication as the global economy shows signs of slowing and markets are seeing greater volatility.
Both sides reaffirmed the strengthening of macroeconomic policy coordination and pragmatic cooperation on major bilateral and international economic and financial issues, as well as improving the playing field for investment.
https://news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d414e3241544d32457a6333566d54/share_p.html
#4795274 at 2019-01-17 21:20:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6120: Field Trip Cancelled Edition
Update 2: Official denial now, this time from Bloomberg
TREASURY DENIES REPORT MNUCHIN PUSHED TO LOWER CHINA TARIFFS
Commenting on the WSJ report and subsequent denials, Calvin Tse, Citi's North American head of G-10 foreign-exchange strategy, said "we have imperfect information right now, but based on what we know, I do not view this as relevant news," noting that article says Treasury Secretary faces resistance from Trade Representative
Tse said that "it's an idea" and not clear whether it's "realistic right now", adding that he wouldn't be selling dollars here.
* * *
Update: CNBC's Eamon Javers reports that a Treasury spokesman has offered this comment on the WSJ report: "Neither Secretary Mnuchin nor Ambassador Lighthizer have made any recommendations to anyone with respect to tariffs or other parts of the negotiation with China" and adds that "this an ongoing process with the Chinese that is nowhere near completion."
The spokesman adds this: "This an ongoing process with the Chinese that is nowhere near completion."
- Eamon Javers (@EamonJavers) January 17, 2019
And as Bloomberg confirms: TREASURY DENIES TO WSJ ANY CHINA TARIFF RECOMMENDATIONS MADE
In kneejerk response to the denial, the S&P has faded about half of the initial gain but is still about 0.5% higher.
In stark reversal of the market action from the last hour of trading on Wednesday, stocks surged moments ago on a WSJ report that U.S. officials are weighing easing back tariffs on Chinese imports "as a way to calm markets and give Beijing an incentive to make deeper concessions in a trade battle that has rattled global economies."
That said, nothing is assured as the push for concessions is split within the Trump camp: according to the WSJ, the idea of lifting some or all tariffs was proposed by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in a series of strategy meetings, with the intention "to advance trade talks and win China's support for longer-term reforms." However, Mnuchin is said to face resistance from U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, who is concerned that "any concession could be seen as a sign of weakness."
The debate is occurring as trade officials try to figure out the best way to pry concessions from China. It hasn't yet reached President Trump, and the outcome of the discussions aren't possible to forecast.
While in the past, Trump has sided with Lighthizer on tariffs, rather than Mnuchin, this time the president has made clear he wants a deal-and is pressing Lighthizer to deliver one, according to people familiar with the discussions.
While Lighthizer is leading the trade talks, Mr. Mnuchin has been active in formulating the administration's strategy. In talks with members of the trade team, Mr. Mnuchin raised the possibility of offering to eliminate tariffs during discussions scheduled for Jan. 30 in Washington with top Chinese trade envoy Liu He-a month ahead of the target date to conclude the negotiations.
"It could be an arrow in the quiver" of U.S. negotiators, said one of the people tracking the talks.
It is not clear if Lighthizer will concede: the USTR has repeatedly taken his hard-line in trade talks, contending that China hasn't lived up to past agreements and can't be trusted to do so in the future. In the discussions with China, he has said the U.S. should remove tariffs only when China has shown it has carried out promises made during the talks.
But Mr. Lighthizer has shown some signs of easing his position, say people involved in the talks, including raising the possibility that some tariffs could be eliminated if the U.S. strikes a strong deal on March 1. A Treasury spokesman said bargaining positions "are all at the discussion stage" and that "neither Secretary Mnuchin nor Ambassador Lighthizer have made any recommendations to anyone with respect to tariffs or other parts of the negotiation with China."
And even as the WSJ notes that talks are "nowhere near completion," stocks exploded higher on the news, with the Dow surging 1% higher on the day…
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-01-17/stocks-surge-report-us-weighs-lifting-china-tariffs-calm-markets
#4773893 at 2019-01-16 04:52:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6092: Dig Prey Meme Edition
The Quiet Patriot
As more details about Obama's great SpyGate crime start to come into public view, recent revelations appear to shed more light on the important, but often overlooked, role of Dana Boente, as REX explains.
On 13 January, 2017, three days after the Senate Judiciary Committee began hearings on President-elect Trump's nomination of Jeff Sessions as Attorney General, then President Obama quietly signed EO 13762, Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Justice.
It was just seven days before the end of Obama's presidency. In a major breach of protocol, the change was never communicated to President-elect Trump's transition team.
The effect of Obama's EO was significant and, in the light of events since, appears calculated. It meant that should the future Attorney General Sessions be forced to recuse or resign, Channing Phillips, then Acting Attorney for the District of Columbia, would be first in line to take over as Acting Attorney General.
Channing Phillips was a fierce Eric Holder/Obama loyalist and apparatchik. The Obama calculus now seems obvious - forcing the removal of Sessions would elevate Phillips to the AAG role, allowing Phillips to cause mayhem, working with an FBI that was then stacked to the rafters with corrupt officials such as the lamentable Peter Strzok - and led by the most crooked FBI Director ever, one James Comey.
While we can see now that it was a desperate 'hail mary' by Obama and his goons, at the time it would have made perfect sense. It remains unknown whether the Mueller Special Counsel was already planned by January 13, 2017 - the engineered removal of Sessions suggests that it may well have been - but even if it wasn't, a Phillips/Comey combination would be an ideal way to protect the Obama administration. And a powerful weapon, to attack and destroy POTUS Trump.
Of course, the effect of Obama's EO meant that the US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, next in line should the Attorney-General be forced to recuse or resign, was removed from the order of succession.
That man was Dana Boente.
Boente in Early Trump Administration
Again, Obama's EO was more likely a strategic calculation to elevate Phillips, rather than to punish Boente. As stated, Phillips was a partisan Obama loyalist and Eric Holder acolyte, while Boente was an unknown quantity, with a reputation as a non-partisan straight shooter. For what was coming, Obama needed his partisan thugs in place. Boente clearly didn't qualify.
POTUS Trump was wise to the strategy, however. He revoked EO 13762 on February 9, 2017.
Even without Obama's EO, we can see how his thugs worked, by observing how the succession played out following Loretta Lynch's resignation on January 20, 2017. Sally Yates caused havoc as soon as she became the Acting Attorney General. In just days, this disgraced partisan hack caused mayhem, participating in the seditious framing of General Flynn, as well as openly defying POTUS, which led to her being fired for insubordination on 30 January.
What of Channing Phillips? Phillips, never having been confirmed as the Attorney for DC, was effectively given his marching orders on June 12, 2017, after President Trump nominated Jessie Liu for the role. Liu was confirmed in September, 2017. Bye bye Channing, nice not to have known you.
On 10 March, 2017, Sessions presented POTUS Trump with a list of 46 United States Attorneys that he had wanted to resign. However, it seems that Trump found out about Obama's sneaky EO and that he had his own mind about at least two of the attorneys on that list. Dana Boente's name was on there, but Trump refused to accept his resignation. Ditto, Rod Rosenstein.
Boente ended up continuing his role as USA for the Eastern District of Virginia until January 28, 2018. After Sally Yates was fired by POTUS Trump, Boente took over as Acting Attorney General until February 9, 2017. Boente then became the Acting US Deputy Attorney General, reporting to new DAG Rod Rosenstein, from February 9 to April 25, 2017.
By the way, who would have advised POTUS Trump about Obama's sneaky EO and recommended it be revoked? The Acting Attorney General. What was his name? Dana Boente.
Boente Contacting Strzok
Yesterday, Chuck Ross of The Daily Caller noted an 11 May, 2017 tweet from Peter Strzok to Lisa Page, that seems to indicate Strzok meeting with Rod Rosenstein (the DAG) on the same date, two days after POTUS Trump had fired James Comey.
Interestingly, an analysis of the texts between Page and Strzok also appears to shed light on Dana Boente wanting to know what Comey's crooks were up to. They appear to reveal Boente in contact with Strzok and trying to gain Strzok's trust.
…More…
https://quodverum.com/2019/01/15/the-quiet-patriot.html
#4771411 at 2019-01-16 01:44:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6089: Anons Render Bill Maher 'Literally Shaking' Edition
https://quodverum.com/2019/01/15/the-quiet-patriot.html
The Quiet Patriot
As more details about Obama's great SpyGate crime start to come into public view, recent revelations appear to shed more light on the important, but often overlooked, role of Dana Boente, as REX explains.
by Rex
Tue, January 15, 2019
On 13 January, 2017, three days after the Senate Judiciary Committee began hearings on President-elect Trump's nomination of Jeff Sessions as Attorney General, then President Obama quietly signed EO 13762, Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Justice.
It was just seven days before the end of Obama's presidency. In a major breach of protocol, the change was never communicated to President-elect Trump's transition team.
The effect of Obama's EO was significant and, in the light of events since, appears calculated. It meant that should the future Attorney General Sessions be forced to recuse or resign, Channing Phillips, then Acting Attorney for the District of Columbia, would be first in line to take over as Acting Attorney General.
Channing Phillips was a fierce Eric Holder/Obama loyalist and apparatchik. The Obama calculus now seems obvious - forcing the removal of Sessions would elevate Phillips to the AAG role, allowing Phillips to cause mayhem, working with an FBI that was then stacked to the rafters with corrupt officials such as the lamentable Peter Strzok - and led by the most crooked FBI Director ever, one James Comey.
While we can see now that it was a desperate 'hail mary' by Obama and his goons, at the time it would have made perfect sense. It remains unknown whether the Mueller Special Counsel was already planned by January 13, 2017 - the engineered removal of Sessions suggests that it may well have been - but even if it wasn't, a Phillips/Comey combination would be an ideal way to protect the Obama administration. And a powerful weapon, to attack and destroy POTUS Trump.
Of course, the effect of Obama's EO meant that the US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, next in line should the Attorney-General be forced to recuse or resign, was removed from the order of succession.
That man was Dana Boente.
Boente in Early Trump Administration
Again, Obama's EO was more likely a strategic calculation to elevate Phillips, rather than to punish Boente. As stated, Phillips was a partisan Obama loyalist and Eric Holder acolyte, while Boente was an unknown quantity, with a reputation as a non-partisan straight shooter. For what was coming, Obama needed his partisan thugs in place. Boente clearly didn't qualify.
POTUS Trump was wise to the strategy, however. He revoked EO 13762 on February 9, 2017.
Even without Obama's EO, we can see how his thugs worked, by observing how the succession played out following Loretta Lynch's resignation on January 20, 2017. Sally Yates caused havoc as soon as she became the Acting Attorney General. In just days, this disgraced partisan hack caused mayhem, participating in the seditious framing of General Flynn, as well as openly defying POTUS, which led to her being fired for insubordination on 30 January.
What of Channing Phillips? Phillips, never having been confirmed as the Attorney for DC, was effectively given his marching orders on June 12, 2017, after President Trump nominated Jessie Liu for the role. Liu was confirmed in September, 2017. Bye bye Channing, nice not to have known you.
On 10 March, 2017, Sessions presented POTUS Trump with a list of 46 United States Attorneys that he had wanted to resign. However, it seems that Trump found out about Obama's sneaky EO and that he had his own mind about at least two of the attorneys on that list. Dana Boente's name was on there, but Trump refused to accept his resignation. Ditto, Rod Rosenstein.
Boente ended up continuing his role as USA for the Eastern District of Virginia until January 28, 2018. After Sally Yates was fired by POTUS Trump, Boente took over as Acting Attorney General until February 9, 2017. Boente then became the Acting US Deputy Attorney General, reporting to new DAG Rod Rosenstein, from February 9 to April 25, 2017.
By the way, who would have advised POTUS Trump about Obama's sneaky EO and recommended it be revoked? The Acting Attorney General. What was his name? Dana Boente.
Boente Contacting Strzok
Yesterday, Chuck Ross of The Daily Caller noted an 11 May, 2017 tweet from Peter Strzok to Lisa Page, that seems to indicate Strzok meeting with Rod Rosenstein (the DAG) on the same date, two days after POTUS Trump had fired James Comey.
Interestingly, an analysis of the texts between Page and Strzok also appears to shed light on Dana Boente wanting to know what Comey's crooks were up to. They appear to reveal Boente in contact with Strzok and trying to gain Strzok's trust.
#4736308 at 2019-01-13 10:21:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6044: Infinitely Infinitesimal Edition
>>4736140
A top Chinese official will 'most likely' visit the US this month for trade talks, Mnuchin says
Thu, 10 Jan 2019
U.S. officials expect China's top trade negotiator may visit Washington this month, signaling that higher-level discussions are likely to follow this week's talks with mid-level officials in Beijing as the world's two largest economies try to hammer out a deal to end a tit-for-tat tariff war.
"The current intent is that the Vice Premier Liu He will most likely come and visit us later in the month and I would expect the government shutdown would have no impact," U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told reporters on Thursday in Washington. "We will continue with those meetings just as we sent a delegation to China." <<<====
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/11/us-china-trade-war-steve-mnuchin-says-chinas-Liu-he-to-visit-in-jan.html
#4719095 at 2019-01-12 02:37:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6022: The REEEEs come out at night Edition
>>4707199 (Qpb)
I read anons saying DiFi earlier but this news was out today:
Secretary Mnuchin: Chinese Vice Premier Will Visit U.S. For Trade Talks At End Of Month
OAN Newsroom
UPDATED 8:30 AM PT - Friday, January 11, 2019
Preparations are underway for another round of high-level trade talks between the U.S. and China. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer are expected to meet with the Chinese vice premier in Washington, D.C. later this month.
The last time the Chinese premier was in the U.S. for trade talks an agreement was reached, but the plan was later scrapped by President Trump in May 2018. Experts believe his return to Washington could be a sign both countries are closing in on a deal as the clock continues to run on a 90-day tariff truce.
At this point, Mnuchin is confident the visit will take place as planned despite government delays caused by the shutdown.
"The current intent is that the Vice Premier Liu, he will most likely come and visit us later in the month and I would expect the government shutdown would have no impact," he stated. "We will continue with those meetings just as we sent a delegation to China."
The U.S. delegation to China wrapped up its talks in Beijing this week. President Trump praised the progress made so far, but warned he will implement new tariffs on China in March if the country doesn't make concessions on trade.
https://www.oann.com/secretary-mnuchin-chinese-vice-premier-will-visit-u-s-for-trade-talks-at-end-of-month/
#4711814 at 2019-01-11 17:06:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6013: RIP Natalie Corona Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
Global
>>4687795 If you don't like it here there are plenty of other places to get Q's drops
>>4680938 , >>4681274 POTUS: "Call Congress, ask your reps to fund wall". Numbers. Call.
>>4668020 , >>4668026 8bit/BO executes an anniversary tripcode check
#6012
>>4711484 Google refusing to add Kavanaugh's name to the roster of SCOTUS justices?
>>4711717 Bill Kristol launches new website with money from far left billionaire.
>>4711685 Dems. cracking on the border wall.
>>4711586 Pompeo meets with Bahrain's King Hamad.
>>4711466 Anon: Looks like it is in fact Shanghai Pudong International Airport.
>>4711470 Purges, resignations hit North Korea's military, elites
>>4711242 Louisiana police officer killed. Some similar details to Natalie Corona.
>>4711346 Massive drug running corruption scandal in Hawaii is heating up.
>>4711189 Flashback 2016: Trump says Mexico Will pay for the Wall "through money we save on trade negotiations."
>>4711276 New caravan gathers for a journey north.
>>4711136 Photo is from domestic arrivals/passenger services.
>>4711117 RIP Natalie Corona. o7
>>4711115 Missing text messages from Page/Strzok trip to London?
>>4711110 WH Tweet: "President Trump has appointed Charlie Kupperman as Deputy National Security Advisor…"
>>4711076, >>4711201 DJT Tweet: Trip to border wall, state of the border and a promise to build the Wall.
>>4711051 Obstruction of justice investigation before Comey firing? 1st reason too weak? Comey firing entrampment?
>>4711046 Video from the local news station snubbed by CNN. (video)
>>4711804 #6012
#6011
>>4710988 Ivanka Trump meets up with friend Wendi Deng Murdoch. (ex-Wife of Rupert Murdoch)
>>4710977 Hollywood throwing it in our face.
>>4710740 Ocasio-Cortez campaign fined for not providing worker's compensation.
>>4710733 Ex-Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn indicted for breach of trust.
>>4710594, >>4710537 Feinstein In China?
>>4710424 Germany happenings. Cure spreading WW?
>>4710442 Attack's on ACB's faith coming?
>>4710355 Transcripts of Lisa Page's closed-door testimonies provide new revelations in Spygate scandal.
>>4710412 Mark Meadows: POTUS to use money seized from illegal activities?
>>4710394 Hungary's Viktor Orban pushes for anti-migrant bloc to counter France and Germany.
>>4710382 Filed under: Those the loudest.
>>4710380 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tweet: See Something Say Something.
>>4710341 Local News Station snubbed by CNN when they declared the border wall 'effective'.
>>4710333 Pray for our Military. o7
>>4710311 Accenture CEO steps down due to health reasons.
>>4710301 Planefag: Boeing VC-25A in the sky, VIP aboard.
>>4711006 #6011
#6010
>>4710163 US Air Force Tweet: Green Castle?
>>4710094 12:34 comms? What's the message?
>>4709978 Liu He the identity of Chinese official from Q's post?
>>4710020 AT&T stopping sharing of customer's location info.
>>4710018 WH Statement: The Crisis at the Southern Border Is Too Urgent to Ignore.
>>4709906 US official says troop withdrawal from Syria has started.
>>4709814 Yellow vests protesters continue their roundabout fight.
>>4709645, >>4709676 Could ACB's adopted children be used to bring Haiti into the spot light?
>>4709799 SpaceX to deliver Iridium NEXT satellites to space in first launch of 2019.
>>4709774 California officer shot, killed; suspect found dead. o7
>>4709763 Gulfstream V headed overseas, call sign "SAM120". VIP on a mission?
>>4709757 US: China's top trade negotiator to visit soon.
>>4709714 Bonkers. Hidden communication in plain sight? Off The Record - OIG Placeholder?
>>4709617 Q throwing a pump fake to ACB?
>>4709540 Possible explanation on Q's 4 BOOMS: 4 Justices?
>>4709609 Anon: Possible VIP flight delayed 96 minutes?
>>4709606 Help for government workers impacted by shutdown; AI technology developed to combat account sharing. (video)
>>4709535 SA is going to be giving a lot of charity.
>>4709526 Long-Time Nova Scotia MP resigns cabinet post, won't run for re-election.
>>4709537, >>4709546 U.S. Immigration enabling child marriages?
>>4710200 #6010
Previously Collected Notables
>>4707882 #6007, >>4708648 #6008, >>4709420 #6009
>>4705547 #6004, >>4706343 #6005, >>4707115 #6006
>>4703195 #6001, >>4704008 #6002, >>4704782 #6003
Notables Archive by BO: https://8ch.net/qresearch/notables.html
Notables Archive at /comms/: >>>/comms/225 ; >>>/comms/1536
#4711337 at 2019-01-11 16:31:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6012: Twitter Savage Edition
>>4711136
What I found…
US official says China trade talks 'went just fine'
>Ted McKinney
>Jeffrey Gerrish
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/international-business/us-official-says-china-trade-talks-went-just-fine/articleshow/67452933.cms
China's top economic official Liu He set to visit US for trade talks
https://www.ft.com/content/86b80e20-1533-11e9-a581-4ff78404524e
A top Chinese official will 'most likely' visit the US this month for trade talks, Mnuchin says
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/11/us-china-trade-war-steve-mnuchin-says-chinas-Liu-he-to-visit-in-jan.html
#4711042 at 2019-01-11 16:01:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6012: Twitter Savage Edition
What senior US official is arriving in China?
China and the US just agreed to a fresh set of trade war negotiations - but the government shutdown threatens to derail any progress
-The US and China have agreed to go ahead with a further set of trade negotiations at the end of January, the Wall Street Journal reports.
-Fresh talks follow a productive but ultimately fruitless set of negotiations in Beijing this week.
-The talks, however, could be delayed by the ongoing shutdown of the US government, officials with knowledge of the discussions warned.
-On Saturday, the shutdown will become the longest in US history.
The US and China have agreed to go ahead with a further set of trade negotiations at the end of January, with more senior officials from both sides set to participate in the talks, to be held in Washington DC, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.
A Chinese delegation sent from Beijing will be led by Liu He, China's vice premier, its most senior trade official, and one of President Xi Jinping's closest allies. The US delegation will be headed by Robert Lighthizer, the US trade representative, and Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury Secretary.
According to the Journal, talks are set take place on January 30 and 31, but could ultimately be derailed by the ongoing shutdown of the US government over funding for President Trump's hugely controversial wall on the southern border with Mexico.
The shutdown is now over 20 days old, and if a compromise is not reached on Friday, it will on Saturday become the longest in US history.
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-china-trade-war-government-shutdown-threatens-negotiations-2019-1
Jeffrey Gerrish
#4711010 at 2019-01-11 15:58:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6012: Twitter Savage Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
Global
>>4687795 If you don't like it here there are plenty of other places to get Q's drops
>>4680938 , >>4681274 POTUS: "Call Congress, ask your reps to fund wall". Numbers. Call.
>>4668020 , >>4668026 8bit/BO executes an anniversary tripcode check
#6011
>>4710988 Ivanka Trump meets up with friend Wendi Deng Murdoch. (ex-Wife of Rupert Murdoch)
>>4710977 Hollywood throwing it in our face.
>>4710740 Ocasio-Cortez campaign fined for not providing worker's compensation.
>>4710733 Ex-Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn indicted for breach of trust.
>>4710594, >>4710537 Feinstein In China?
>>4710424 Germany happenings. Cure spreading WW?
>>4710442 Attack's on ACB's faith coming?
>>4710355 Transcripts of Lisa Page's closed-door testimonies provide new revelations in Spygate scandal.
>>4710412 Mark Meadows: POTUS to use money seized from illegal activities?
>>4710394 Hungary's Viktor Orban pushes for anti-migrant bloc to counter France and Germany.
>>4710382 Filed under: Those the loudest.
>>4710380 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tweet: See Something Say Something.
>>4710341 Local News Station snubbed by CNN when they declared the border wall 'effective'.
>>4710333 Pray for our Military. o7
>>4710311 Accenture CEO steps down due to health reasons.
>>4710301 Planefag: Boeing VC-25A in the sky, VIP aboard.
>>4711006 #6011
#6010
>>4710163 US Air Force Tweet: Green Castle?
>>4710094 12:34 comms? What's the message?
>>4709978 Liu He the identity of Chinese official from Q's post?
>>4710020 AT&T stopping sharing of customer's location info.
>>4710018 WH Statement: The Crisis at the Southern Border Is Too Urgent to Ignore.
>>4709906 US official says troop withdrawal from Syria has started.
>>4709814 Yellow vests protesters continue their roundabout fight.
>>4709645, >>4709676 Could ACB's adopted children be used to bring Haiti into the spot light?
>>4709799 SpaceX to deliver Iridium NEXT satellites to space in first launch of 2019.
>>4709774 California officer shot, killed; suspect found dead. o7
>>4709763 Gulfstream V headed overseas, call sign "SAM120". VIP on a mission?
>>4709757 US: China's top trade negotiator to visit soon.
>>4709714 Bonkers. Hidden communication in plain sight? Off The Record - OIG Placeholder?
>>4709617 Q throwing a pump fake to ACB?
>>4709540 Possible explanation on Q's 4 BOOMS: 4 Justices?
>>4709609 Anon: Possible VIP flight delayed 96 minutes?
>>4709606 Help for government workers impacted by shutdown; AI technology developed to combat account sharing. (video)
>>4709535 SA is going to be giving a lot of charity.
>>4709526 Long-Time Nova Scotia MP resigns cabinet post, won't run for re-election.
>>4709537, >>4709546 U.S. Immigration enabling child marriages?
>>4710200 #6010
Previously Collected Notables
>>4707882 #6007, >>4708648 #6008, >>4709420 #6009
>>4705547 #6004, >>4706343 #6005, >>4707115 #6006
>>4703195 #6001, >>4704008 #6002, >>4704782 #6003
Notables Archive by BO: https://8ch.net/qresearch/notables.html
Notables Archive at /comms/: >>>/comms/225 ; >>>/comms/1536
#4710747 at 2019-01-11 15:36:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6011: Great Movie Edition
>>4710316 - DiFi in China
U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross expressed optimism on Monday, telling CNBC that "there's a very good chance that we'll get a reasonable settlement." Vice Premier Liu He made an appearance at the talks on Monday in a sign the Chinese were also pushing for a positive outcome.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-08/u-s-china-talks-near-close-with-positive-signs-from-both-sides
Cause for concern?
Deep State in 2 countries effected
Feinstein is a deep state link
#4710213 at 2019-01-11 14:44:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6011: Great Movie Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
Global
>>4687795 If you don't like it here there are plenty of other places to get Q's drops
>>4680938 , >>4681274 POTUS: "Call Congress, ask your reps to fund wall". Numbers. Call.
>>4668020 , >>4668026 8bit/BO executes an anniversary tripcode check
#6010
>>4710163 US Air Force Tweet: Green Castle?
>>4710094 12:34 comms? What's the message?
>>4709978 Liu He the identity of Chinese official from Q's post?
>>4710020 AT&T stopping sharing of customer's location info.
>>4710018 WH Statement: The Crisis at the Southern Border Is Too Urgent to Ignore.
>>4709906 US official says troop withdrawal from Syria has started.
>>4709814 Yellow vests protesters continue their roundabout fight.
>>4709645, >>4709676 Could ACB's adopted children be used to bring Haiti into the spot light?
>>4709799 SpaceX to deliver Iridium NEXT satellites to space in first launch of 2019.
>>4709774 California officer shot, killed; suspect found dead. o7
>>4709763 Gulfstream V headed overseas, call sign "SAM120". VIP on a mission?
>>4709757 US: China's top trade negotiator to visit soon.
>>4709714 Bonkers. Hidden communication in plain sight? Off The Record - OIG Placeholder?
>>4709617 Q throwing a pump fake to ACB?
>>4709540 Possible explanation on Q's 4 BOOMS: 4 Justices?
>>4709609 Anon: Possible VIP flight delayed 96 minutes?
>>4709606 Help for government workers impacted by shutdown; AI technology developed to combat account sharing. (video)
>>4709535 SA is going to be giving a lot of charity.
>>4709526 Long-Time Nova Scotia MP resigns cabinet post, won't run for re-election.
>>4709537, >>4709546 U.S. Immigration enabling child marriages?
>>4710200 #6010
#6009
>>4708739 'Schoolboys Wanted': Former Australian Diplomat 'Posed As A 14-Year-Old
>>4708772, >>4709136, >>4709203 Poland Arrests Huawei Executive On Espionage Charges
>>4708786 [Band Aid]
>>4708800 Note The Mcallen Reference - And The Location Burger (6) King
>>4708827 The 2 Days Between Potus 11:11 Tweet And Q'S Booms
>>4708844, >>4708887, >>4709092, >>4709128 The Smear Against Barrett Already Began In July Last Year
>>4708862 Microsoft Wins $480m Hololens Ar Contract From The U.S. Army
>>4708865 Wikileaks' Assange Should Surrender To Uk Rather Than Stay At Embassy Indefinitely
>>4708847, >>4708878, >>4708992, >>4709086 Matt Pottinger Is The Guy In The Picture?
>>4708864 From October 15, Trump Prediction He Would Get To Appoint 4 Supreme Court Justices
>>4708978 National Autistic Society'S New, Branded Tee-Shirt Appears To Have The Letter "Q" On It
>>4709103 The Revelations About Uk Government-Funded Propaganda Outfit The Integrity Initiative Are A Real Scandal
>>4709189, >>4709200, >>4709108, >>4709238 The Real Intelligence Hero Is Sherlock Holmes, Not James Bond
>>4709190 Troop Pullout From Syria Has Started, Us Official Confirms
>>4709218 Egypt Deports German Citizen Over Alleged Terror Suspicions
>>4709256 Decided To Look Up Rashida Tlaib In The Fec Database. One Of Her Largest Contributors?
>>4709277 Pompeo Announces International Summit On Iran
>>4709323 The airport terminal image Q posted has been identified
>>4709333 Turkey orders arrest of more than 100 military suspects over suspected Gulen ties
>>4709401 U.S., China eye higher-level talks after discussing tech transfer
>>4709420 #6009
Previously Collected Notables
>>4707882 #6007, >>4708648 #6008,
>>4705547 #6004, >>4706343 #6005, >>4707115 #6006
>>4703195 #6001, >>4704008 #6002, >>4704782 #6003
Notables Archive by BO: https://8ch.net/qresearch/notables.html
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#4710200 at 2019-01-11 14:43:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6010: The Real Intelligence Hero's Edition
#6010
>>4710163 US Air Force Tweet: Green Castle?
>>4710094 12:34 comms? What's the message?
>>4709978 Liu He the identity of Chinese official from Q's post?
>>4710020 AT&T stopping sharing of customer's location info.
>>4710018 WH Statement: The Crisis at the Southern Border Is Too Urgent to Ignore.
>>4709906 US official says troop withdrawal from Syria has started.
>>4709814 Yellow vests protesters continue their roundabout fight.
>>4709645, >>4709676 Could ACB's adopted children be used to bring Haiti into the spot light?
>>4709799 SpaceX to deliver Iridium NEXT satellites to space in first launch of 2019.
>>4709774 California officer shot, killed; suspect found dead. o7
>>4709763 Gulfstream V headed overseas, call sign "SAM120". VIP on a mission?
>>4709757 US: China's top trade negotiator to visit soon.
>>4709714 Bonkers. Hidden communication in plain sight? Off The Record - OIG Placeholder?
>>4709617 Q throwing a pump fake to ACB?
>>4709540 Possible explanation on Q's 4 BOOMS: 4 Justices?
>>4709609 Anon: Possible VIP flight delayed 96 minutes?
>>4709606 Help for government workers impacted by shutdown; AI technology developed to combat account sharing. (video)
>>4709535 SA is going to be giving a lot of charity.
>>4709526 Long-Time Nova Scotia MP resigns cabinet post, won't run for re-election.
>>4709537, >>4709546 U.S. Immigration enabling child marriages?
#4710183 at 2019-01-11 14:41:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6010: The Real Intelligence Hero's Edition
>>4710145
Sorry to be a pain, baker, but Q pointed to a US diplomat arriving in China, after which, Liu He will visit the US as a follow-up. >>4709978
The only clue in the article is it's a "mid-level official" and related to economic/trade.
#4710145 at 2019-01-11 14:37:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6010: The Real Intelligence Hero's Edition
#6010
>>4709978 Liu He the identity of Chinese official from Q's post?
>>4710020 AT&T stopping sharing of customer's location info.
>>4710018 WH Statement: The Crisis at the Southern Border Is Too Urgent to Ignore.
>>4709906 US official says troop withdrawal from Syria has started.
>>4709814 Yellow vests protesters continue their roundabout fight.
>>4709645, >>4709676 Could ACB's adopted children be used to bring Haiti into the spot light?
>>4709799 SpaceX to deliver Iridium NEXT satellites to space in first launch of 2019.
>>4709774 California officer shot, killed; suspect found dead. o7
>>4709763 Gulfstream V headed overseas, call sign "SAM120". VIP on a mission?
>>4709757 US: China's top trade negotiator to visit soon.
>>4709714 Bonkers. Hidden communication in plain sight? Off The Record - OIG Placeholder?
>>4709617 Q throwing a pump fake to ACB?
>>4709540 Possible explanation on Q's 4 BOOMS: 4 Justices?
>>4709609 Anon: Possible VIP flight delayed 96 minutes?
>>4709606 Help for government workers impacted by shutdown; AI technology developed to combat account sharing. (video)
>>4709535 SA is going to be giving a lot of charity.
>>4709526 Long-Time Nova Scotia MP resigns cabinet post, won't run for re-election.
>>4709537, >>4709546 U.S. Immigration enabling child marriages?
Last call / Baking in 50
#4709757 at 2019-01-11 13:52:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6010: The Real Intelligence Hero's Edition
US: CHINA'S TOP TRADE NEGOTIATOR TO VISIT SOON
U.S. officials expect a visit from China's top trade negotiator this month in Washington, signaling that higher-level discussions are likely to follow this week's talks with midlevel officials in Beijing as the world's two largest economies try to reach a deal to end a tit-for-tat tariff war.
"The current intent is that the Vice Premier Liu He will most likely come and visit us later in the month and I would expect the government shutdown would have no impact," U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told reporters Thursday in Washington. "We will continue with those meetings just as we sent a delegation to China."
The U.S. government is in the 20th day of a partial shutdown with President Donald Trump, a Republican, and congressional Democrats feuding over funding and Trump's desire for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
People familiar with the talks in Beijing said Thursday that hopes were mounting that Liu would continue talks with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Mnuchin.
Higher level, key decisions
Talks at that level are viewed as important for making the key decisions to ease a festering trade war, which has disrupted trade flows for hundreds of billions of dollars worth of goods and roiled global markets.
Trump has demanded better terms of trade with China, with the United States pressing Beijing to address issues that would require structural change such as intellectual property theft, forced technology transfers and other non-tariff barriers.
On Thursday Trump said the United States was having "tremendous success" in its trade negotiations with China. A spokeswoman for Lighthizer's office declined to comment.
?Few details on progress
More than halfway through a 90-day truce in the U.S.-China trade war agreed on Dec. 1 when Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met at the G20 summit in Argentina, there have been few details provided of any progress made.
Trump has vowed to increase tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports March 2 if China fails to take steps to protect U.S. intellectual property, end policies that force American companies to turn over technology to a Chinese partner, allow more market access for U.S. businesses and reduce other non-tariff barriers to American products.
Ambitious timeline and hope
The timeline is seen as ambitious, but the resumption of face-to-face negotiations has bolstered hopes of a deal.
"We have the two sides back at the table. That's encouraging," said Myron Brilliant, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's head of international affairs, while speaking to reporters at an event Thursday.
China's commerce ministry said Thursday that additional consultations with the United States were being arranged after the Beijing talks addressed structural issues and helped establish a foundation to resolve U.S. and Chinese concerns.
Commerce ministry spokesman Gao Feng told reporters the two sides were "serious" and "honest."
Asked about China's stance on issues such as forced technology transfers, intellectual property rights, non-tariff barriers and cyber attacks, and whether China was confident it could reach agreement with the United States, Gao said these issues were "an important part" of the Beijing talks.
"There has been progress in these areas," he said without elaborating.
China has repeatedly played down complaints about intellectual property abuses, and has rejected accusations that foreign companies face forced technology transfers.
'Cordial standoff'
Discussions on those issues were an extensive part of the talks, said people in Washington familiar with the discussions.
http://digestua.com/news/2019/01/11/13087.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+digestua+%28DIGEST+UKRAINE%29
#4709401 at 2019-01-11 13:00:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6009: If a woman is selected Edition
>>4709323
U.S., China eye higher-level talks after discussing tech transfer
WASHINGTON/BEIJING, Jan 10 (Reuters) - U.S. and Chinese officials are working on arrangements for higher-level trade talks after mid-level officials this week discussed U.S. demands on issues that would require structural change in China to address such as intellectual property theft, forced technology transfers and other non-tariff barriers.
People familiar with the three days of talks in Beijing said hopes are mounting that the top Chinese negotiator, Vice Premier Liu He, will visit Washington this month to meet with his negotiating counterparts, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
Talks at that level are viewed as important for making the key decisions to reach a deal to ease a festering trade war between the world's two largest economies, which has roiled financial markets and disrupted trade flows for hundreds of billions of dollars worth of goods.
President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States was having "tremendous success" in its trade negotiations with China, though concrete details of progress have been scarce.
The Beijing negotiations were "a stepping stone" toward higher-level talks, Myron Brilliant, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce business lobbying group's head of international affairs, told reporters on Thursday.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/china-says-trade-talks-u-005550174.html
#4708162 at 2019-01-11 10:01:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6008: Public Access To Intel Edition
>>4708115
>>4708102
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/11/us-china-trade-war-steve-mnuchin-says-chinas-Liu-he-to-visit-in-jan.html
#4707282 at 2019-01-11 08:34:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6007: JFK Jr. Is Dead (RIP) Edition
>>4707199
Is Mnuchin going to China first?
This official is coming to the US from China
Liu He, China's top economic official, is expected to travel to Washington in the coming weeks for a new round of high-level talks
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that Chinese Vice Premier Liu He will "most likely" visit Washington later in January for trade talks.
#4679135 at 2019-01-09 13:32:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5971: Goodbye [RR] Edition
repost from end of lb..early here too!
Beijing Trade Talks Conclude: China, US To Release "Message" Thursday
After the 'mid-level' talks between US and Chinese delegations in Beijing were extended for a third day on Wednesday, the negotiations have reportedly wrapped up, with both sides touting that they are "serious" about coming to an agreement, and that significant progress has been made, according to CNBC.
With the US delegation on its way back to Washington, China's Foreign Ministry hinted that the talks had been a success and said it would soon release a statement on the outcome.
The Editor-in-Chief of China's Global Times said that "though arduous" the trade talks were productive and that both sides were waiting for the US delegation to arrive back in Washington before delivering official statements on the outlook for a deal.
China-US trade talks have ended. Based on what I know, the situation is quite positive. The two sides are still in consultation on the wording of the message, so the two versions can be coordinated.
- Hu Xijin ??? (@HuXijin_GT) January 9, 2019
From what I know, the trade talks, though arduous, were conducted in a pleasant and candid atmosphere. Neither side has made the briefing, because the US delegation is on the plane now. The two sides will release message at the same time on Thursday morning Beijing time.
- Hu Xijin ??? (@HuXijin_GT) January 9, 2019
Meanwhile, US Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney told a group of reporter's at the delegation's hotel that he thought negotiations "went just fine."
"It's been a good one for us," he said.
US markets climbed on Tuesday even as traders priced in a slightly more hawkish Fed as many apparently bought in to the narrative that both sides are doing everything in their power to come to an agreement (with equities moving higher after Bloomberg reported that Trump is desperate for a deal because he hopes it might send stocks back toward ATHs).
Though there were some reports that the two sides were further apart than some of the headlines let on.
However, people familiar with the talks told Reuters on Tuesday that the two sides were further apart on Chinese structural reforms that the Trump administration is demanding in order to stop alleged theft and forced transfer of U.S. technology, and on how Beijing will be held to its promises.
In another sign of confidence, China has approved another large order of US soybeans while also approving five GMO crops for import - its latest effort to boost imports from the US in accordance with one of Trump's key demands.
In what is widely seen as a goodwill gesture, China on Tuesday issued long-awaited approvals for the import of five genetically modified crops, which could boost its purchases of U.S. grains as farmers decide which crops to plant in the spring.
On Monday, Chinese importers made another large purchase of U.S. soybeans, their third in the past month.
Trump and other White House officials have insisted that the US has leverage because of China's rapidly cooling economic growth and the fact that its market dropped 25% last year (though Chinese stocks have slightly outperformed the US since the US imposed its first round of China-specific tariffs in July) . However, China has insisted that the trade strife harms both countries equally, and that it would not yield to any "unreasonable concessions."
China is keen to put an end to its trade dispute with the United States but will not make any "unreasonable concessions" and any agreement must involve compromise on both sides, state newspaper the China Daily said on Wednesday.
The paper said in an editorial that Beijing's stance remains firm that the dispute harms both countries and disrupts the international trade order and supply chains.
Setting the meeting off to an auspicious start, Liu He, China's top economic official, dropped in and greeted the US trade delegation - led by Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Jeffrey Gerrish - on Monday. We now await confirmation that Liu and a delegation of more-senior officials will travel to Washington next week for the next round of talks.
The US and China have agreed to a "hard" deadline for an agreement of March 2.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-01-09/beijing-trade-talks-wrap-hopes-deal-intensify
#4679076 at 2019-01-09 13:22:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5970: Awake and Ready to Counter the MSM Edition
Beijing Trade Talks Conclude: China, US To Release "Message" Thursday
After the 'mid-level' talks between US and Chinese delegations in Beijing were extended for a third day on Wednesday, the negotiations have reportedly wrapped up, with both sides touting that they are "serious" about coming to an agreement, and that significant progress has been made, according to CNBC.
With the US delegation on its way back to Washington, China's Foreign Ministry hinted that the talks had been a success and said it would soon release a statement on the outcome.
The Editor-in-Chief of China's Global Times said that "though arduous" the trade talks were productive and that both sides were waiting for the US delegation to arrive back in Washington before delivering official statements on the outlook for a deal.
China-US trade talks have ended. Based on what I know, the situation is quite positive. The two sides are still in consultation on the wording of the message, so the two versions can be coordinated.
- Hu Xijin ??? (@HuXijin_GT) January 9, 2019
From what I know, the trade talks, though arduous, were conducted in a pleasant and candid atmosphere. Neither side has made the briefing, because the US delegation is on the plane now. The two sides will release message at the same time on Thursday morning Beijing time.
- Hu Xijin ??? (@HuXijin_GT) January 9, 2019
Meanwhile, US Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney told a group of reporter's at the delegation's hotel that he thought negotiations "went just fine."
"It's been a good one for us," he said.
US markets climbed on Tuesday even as traders priced in a slightly more hawkish Fed as many apparently bought in to the narrative that both sides are doing everything in their power to come to an agreement (with equities moving higher after Bloomberg reported that Trump is desperate for a deal because he hopes it might send stocks back toward ATHs).
Though there were some reports that the two sides were further apart than some of the headlines let on.
However, people familiar with the talks told Reuters on Tuesday that the two sides were further apart on Chinese structural reforms that the Trump administration is demanding in order to stop alleged theft and forced transfer of U.S. technology, and on how Beijing will be held to its promises.
In another sign of confidence, China has approved another large order of US soybeans while also approving five GMO crops for import - its latest effort to boost imports from the US in accordance with one of Trump's key demands.
In what is widely seen as a goodwill gesture, China on Tuesday issued long-awaited approvals for the import of five genetically modified crops, which could boost its purchases of U.S. grains as farmers decide which crops to plant in the spring.
On Monday, Chinese importers made another large purchase of U.S. soybeans, their third in the past month.
Trump and other White House officials have insisted that the US has leverage because of China's rapidly cooling economic growth and the fact that its market dropped 25% last year (though Chinese stocks have slightly outperformed the US since the US imposed its first round of China-specific tariffs in July) . However, China has insisted that the trade strife harms both countries equally, and that it would not yield to any "unreasonable concessions."
China is keen to put an end to its trade dispute with the United States but will not make any "unreasonable concessions" and any agreement must involve compromise on both sides, state newspaper the China Daily said on Wednesday.
The paper said in an editorial that Beijing's stance remains firm that the dispute harms both countries and disrupts the international trade order and supply chains.
Setting the meeting off to an auspicious start, Liu He, China's top economic official, dropped in and greeted the US trade delegation - led by Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Jeffrey Gerrish - on Monday. We now await confirmation that Liu and a delegation of more-senior officials will travel to Washington next week for the next round of talks.
The US and China have agreed to a "hard" deadline for an agreement of March 2.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-01-09/beijing-trade-talks-wrap-hopes-deal-intensify
#4585570 at 2019-01-04 00:10:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5849: Binders Full of Pepes Edition
China Is Hunting for Foreign Buyers for Its Sovereign Debt
(Bloomberg Businessweek) – Spooked by a massive exodus of Chinese capital in 2015, the country's policymakers hit on a plan to alleviate pressures on their currency. They could attract foreign cash-and boost demand for the yuan-by opening the doors to fixed income investors. Big overseas funds are always looking for ways to diversify and would likely want some exposure to China's bond market, the third-largest in the world.
Money poured in, and inflows accelerated after China set up a channel called Bond Connect for foreigners to trade through Hong Kong in July 2017. But overseas funds started pulling money out in late 2018. They've cooled on a market that in some ways is proving its worth as a diversification play. China's government bonds were among the world's best performers in 2018, returning 7.7 percent, while U.S. Treasuries earned 0.8 percent, ICE Bank of America Merrill Lynch data show. That gain is in yuan terms, however, and the yuan dropped 5.4 percent against the U.S. dollar.
Greater access to China's markets hasn't been enough to overcome geopolitical worries. The U.S.-China trade war has hurt the yuan and may also be giving foreigners pause before they add to their Chinese bond holdings, market watchers say. U.S.-based investors trimmed their participation in the country's dollar-denominated sovereign bond sale in October. They accounted for only 2 percent of the five-year notes China issued, down from 20 percent in 2017. And China's biggest bank, Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., canceled a dollar bond sale in the U.S. in November. China's policymakers will keep trying to attract bond investors, and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. anticipates a fresh campaign by China to promote its currency. Part of this involves overhauling regulations to win inclusion for Chinese bonds in global bond indexes. A key milestone may come in April: That's when China debt will start to be included in the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Index, assuming certain criteria for accessibility and transparency are met. (Bloomberg LP, which administers the index, is also the publisher of Bloomberg Businessweek.) There's room for demand to grow: The main non-Chinese buyers of the bonds so far have been sovereign wealth funds and central banks, with "very few" nonofficial asset managers getting in, according to Morgan Stanley.
"Capital inflows, especially those into the bond market, will be very crucial for China's balance of payments, as the current account will deteriorate further amid the trade war and the restructuring of the economy," says Becky Liu, head of China macro strategy at Standard Chartered Plc in Hong Kong. China's trade surpluses are subsiding, and some economists even expect the country in coming years to shift to sustained current account deficits. If China's bond market receives waves of overseas cash, that will help finance the deficits without running up a dangerous amount of debt in foreign currency.
Estimates on inflows in coming years vary widely, from about $760 billion over the long term at Morgan Stanley to Goldman's $1 trillion by the end of 2022 to $3 trillion through 2020 at UBS Asset Management. Jason Pang, a fixed income portfolio manager at JPMorgan Asset Management in Hong Kong, says his company has been boosting China holdings in recent months. "Whether we will add more," he says, "depends on the trade war."
https://www.bloombergquint.com/businessweek/china-is-hunting-for-foreign-buyers-for-its-sovereign-debt#gs.u1RkOWtV
#4536796 at 2018-12-31 18:32:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5786: Eve of the EO Edition
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201812/29/WS5c26b293a310d9121405192d.html
Two child traffickers were sentenced to death in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, after a public hearing on Friday.
The verdict against Zhang Weiping and Zhou Rongping was handed down by the Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court on Friday morning.
All the assets they illegally gained from trafficking children were confiscated, the verdict said.
Additionally, the court sentenced Yang Chaoping and Liu Zhenghong, key members in the gang, to life in prison. Another gang member, Chen Shoubi, was sentenced to 10 years behind bars and fined 3,000 yuan ($440).
All the defendants are from Zunyi, Guizhou province.
The court said Zhang, Zhou and their gang were found to have participated in nine cases of abducting and trafficking children between 2003 and 2005?and the whereabouts of the nine are still unknown.
#4431233 at 2018-12-23 02:02:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5649: Staying In The White House Edition
>>4430689
>>4429166 pb
Huawei connected to Jiang Ze Min (The GWHB of China)
Huawei Chairwoman Sun Yafang, who has been in the position since 1999, is another prominent figure in the company and considered one of the most powerful women in the world. According to CIA reports, she has a background in the Ministry of State Security (MSS), China's intelligence agency.
Sun's influence within Huawei overshadowed Ren's. In 2010, Sun pressured Ren into giving up plans to promote his son, Ren Ping, as heir of Huawei. This suggests that Huawei is largely controlled by Chinese regime intelligence.
Additionally, prior to the corruption purges launched by current Chinese leader Xi Jinping, the MSS was firmly in the hands of the Jiang faction.
The heads of the MSS between 1985 and 2016 were Jia Chunwang, who served until 1998, then Xu Yongyue, who was on the job after Jia until 2007, when he was replaced by Geng Huichang.
Jia has strong relations with former Communist Party leader Jiang and his allies. Jia's son-in-law is Liu Lefei, the chairman of CITIC Private Equity Funds Management Co. Ltd. and the son of Liu Yunshan, a retired high-ranking CCP official linked to Jiang. Before his retirement at the beginning of this year, Liu Yunshan was one of seven members of the Politburo Standing Committee that leads the Communist Party.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-relationship-between-huawei-and-the-chinese-regimes-factional-politics-2_2736713.html
"Business was flattish in the first decade, and then things took off like crazy. People suspect that something must have happened to help, but it's a mystery even inside the company," says the former executive.
There are signs that Mr Ren received support from the very top. In 1994, he briefed Jiang Zemin, then president and leader of the Communist party. A few years later, Huawei built a first nationwide communications network for the PLA.
Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/commentary/huawei-meng-wanzhou-ren-zhengfei-founder-general-magnate-11036564
in the early 1990s, Huawei also secured a key contract with the PLA, and in the mid-1990s the government began touting Huawei as a national champion. High-profile meetings between RenZhengfei and then-President Jiang Zemin precipitated many important government contracts.
Some say it was these high-level exchanges that unlocked more state-sponsored financing. In 1998 the Beijing branch of China Construction Bank lent Huawei RMB 3.9 billion in buyer's credit. Similarly, anecdotes arose of the government extending loans to cover for the situations where Huawei was providing services to local government-affiliated institutions for free. It's unclear whether this money was ever repaid.
http://knowledge.ckgsb.edu.cn/2014/06/16/china-business-strategy/huawei-takes-on-the-world/
Executives of two major Chinese technology companies, Charles Ding of Huawei, left, and Zhu Jinyun of ZTE, right, are sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept 13, 2012, before testifying whether their expansion in the American market poses a threat to U.S. national security
http://world.time.com/2012/10/09/are-chinese-telecoms-firms-really-spying-on-americans/
Finally, On the same day Zhang Shoucheng (A Stanford University physicist and entrepreneur who was rumored to be in line for the Nobel Prize) committed suicide, the chief financial officer of the controversial Chinese telecommunications company Huawei, Meng Wanzhou, was arrested.
https://web.archive.org/web/20181213123206/https://www.theepochtimes.com/suicide-of-chinese-scientist-zhang-shoucheng-sparks-controversy_2736634.html
The reputed scientist Zhang Shoucheng was supposed to cooperate with Huawei with his quantum technology.
http://www.followcn.com/ccps-recklessness-with-evil-will-finally-cause-its-own-destruction/
#4392862 at 2018-12-20 18:03:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5599: Progressive War Hawk Edition
1991 - 41 states "Real estate will lead us out of this recession like it has every other recession"
1993 - 42 asked regulators to reform the CRA
1996 - 42 HUDSEC directs FNM and FRE provide at least 42% of their mortgage financing to borrowers with income below the median in their area, including illegal aliens; figures spiraled upward until housing crash (Summary, 42 has now effected change that will eventually destroy housing market)
1996 - 42 campaign returned millions in campaign funds from China,450k from Yah Lin Charlie; between 1994 and 1996, Johnny Chung donated $366,000 to the DNC. Chung told federal investigators that $35,000 of the money he donated came from Liu Chaoying and, in turn, China's military intelligence; Huang became a key fund-raiser within the DNC in 1995. While there, he raised $3.4 million for the party, nearly was returned - Riady, Sioeng, Hsia, etc.
1998 - WAPO article alleges Clinton ties to chinese intelligence through Riady; Concern about Chinese activities began in 1996, when the CIA determined that China planned to raise $3 million for an effort to buy influence with U.S. politicians
1999 - 42 transfers missile tech to China
2000 - 42 clinched what many believed would be the last great legislative victory of his presidency when the House of Representatives voted to award China permanent normal trade relations; goal of and touted by 42
2001 - China becomes member of World Trade Organization with strong support of 42 who stated this would help American economy; market flooding by chinese products begins and proliferates; thousands of factories and millions of US jobs went to China
2001 - U.S. enters recession
2008 - Housing market implodes
Who picked up the financial pieces when the US economy spiraled down? Who continues to accrue US debt and deficits? Why do cities often give land to foreign companies for factories?
Is 42 a spider in the middle of an MSS web? Did MSS intervene to rid his political enemies? Was wetwork involved? How much MSS money was successfully funneled and not discovered?
#4373914 at 2018-12-19 11:42:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5575: Seriously Sirius? Edition
Wall Street Is the Definition of a Ponzi Scheme (Literally)
When you picture buying stock in a company, what do you picture? You probably imagine a company like PepsiCo, and you are an investor in that company. You own a tiny piece of it, and because of that, you get a tiny proportion of the profits, which are called "dividends." Well, that's not what a stock is. That's what stocks used to be, but that was back when top hats were worn by non-magicians, and if a lady showed her knees in public, she was considered a floozy who should die alone.
In modern times, you almost never receive the profits of the business. Dividends are rarely paid out, and they don't usually amount to much. Plus, the company is not obligated to pay you anything for your stock ever.
Don't take it from me, take it from someone much smarter than me. Here's an example about Google from Tan Liu's book "The Ponzi Factor."
A share of Google can trade around $900, but Google explicitly states in writing that the par value of their stock is only 0.001 dollars. Google also says that they do not pay their investors any dividends, and their class C shareholders have no voting rights. So, if you own a share of GOOG, you won't receive any money from Google, you won't be allowed to vote on corporate issues, and Google isn't obligated to pay you anything more than 0.001 dollars for that share you bought for $900.
So this begs the question, "What the hell do you own?" The gut-wrenching answer is nothing. You own nothing. You own a slip of toilet paper that you might be able to convince someone else to pay you for.
Next, if you're feeling cheeky, you might ask, "Then where do the profits come from? If I buy Google at $20 and sell it for $220, where did that $200 come from?" The answer is it came from other investors who were willing to buy the stock. As Tan Liu puts it,
This is actually a negative-sum situation because the underlying company isn't involved in the transaction. The investors are just cannibalizing each other for profits, and there are fees attached to every transaction.
Ah, cannibalizing each other for profits-now this is starting to sound like an American enterprise! It says it right there on our flag, "America: Cannibalizing each other for profits since 1776!"
The money you make from most stocks, if you make money, is coming from other investors pumping new money in. And if there aren't new investors willing to buy your stock, then you're just screwed, standing there with your thumb up your ass (which is an odd expression if it's supposed to mean the person is doing nothing; in fact, it sounds like they're involved in a very significant event).
So, to rehash, this is a system where you buy into something and the only way you make money is by convincing someone else to buy it. If no one does, then you lose everything. Why does that sound familiar? Oh, I know. It's the dictionary definition of a Ponzi scheme.
Again, don't take my word for it. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) defines a Ponzi scheme as "[a]n investment fraud that involves the payment of purported returns to existing investors from funds contributed by new investors."
The stock market is a Ponzi scheme. A Ponzi scheme is the stock market.
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/wall-street-is-the-definition-of-a-ponzi-scheme-literally/
#4368047 at 2018-12-19 01:03:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5567: Cryin' Like There's No Tomorrow Edition
Soundex Coding
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ruth Baker (Ruth Beatrice Baker Obamas Step-Mother)
Beatrice Bader (Ruth's sister)
Bader/Baker with Beatrice link
Celia Bader (Amster) - RBG's mother born 1902
Ruth Lucille (Armour) Dunham - Obama's Great Grandmother born 1900
Armour/Amster
The following is from The Topeka Daily Capital, dated Nov. 27, 1926;
"YOUNG WIFE KILLS SELF
Mrs. Ruth Dunham drinks poison after quarrel with husband
Mrs. Ruth Dunham, 26, of 703 Buchanan street, ended her life Thursday night by taking strychnine in her husband's auto repair shop at 1117 West Sixth avenue. Her body was found by her husband, Ralph Dunham, early yesterday morning.
Thursday, Mr. and Mrs. Dunham went to Melvern to spend Thanksgiving with Dunham's sister, Mrs. H. I. Whitney. While in Melvern Mr. and Mrs. Dunham had a disagreement. While Dunham and his brother, Earl Dunham, went hunting, Mrs. Dunham returned to Topeka. Before taking poison, she wrote a letter to the effect that her husband did not love her any more.
The body will be taken to El Dorado, Kan., for burial."
Barack Obama's half-brother, son of Ruth Baker and Barack Obama, Sr. Author of a memoir published in 2013, he runs an Internet company called WorldNexus that advises Chinese corporations how best to reach international customers. Mark graduated from Brown University, studied physics at Stanford University, received an MBA from Emory University, and has lived in Shenzhen, China, since 2002. Through his mother, he is Jewish. He is married to Liu Xuehua (also spelled Liu Zue Hua in some reports), a Chinese woman from Henan Province. He is an accomplished pianist.
#4273917 at 2018-12-12 17:38:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5445: Christmas Comes Early Edition
Trump Says China 'Back in the Market' for US Soybeans
WASHINGTON-U.S. President Donald Trump said on Dec. 11 that China was buying a "tremendous amount" of U.S. soybeans and that trade talks with Beijing were already under way by telephone, with more meetings likely among U.S. and Chinese officials.
Trump told Reuters in an interview that the Chinese government was "back in the market" to buy soybeans after a Dec. 1 truce in the U.S.-China trade war.
"I just heard today that they're buying tremendous amounts of soybeans. They are starting, just starting now," Trump said in the interview.
Trump also said he believes China will soon cut tariffs on U.S. autos to 15 percent from the current 40 percent level.
"I think they're looking to do it immediately, very quickly," he said.
A Trump administration official earlier told Reuters that China's plan to cut car tariffs was outlined in a phone call between Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
Soybean Sales Awaited
U.S. government data has not shown any soybean sales to China since July, when Beijing imposed tariffs on U.S. supplies of the oilseed in retaliation for U.S. duties on Chinese goods.
Traders have been watching closely for signs of confirmation of a resumption of Chinese buying of U.S. soybeans, particularly after Trump tweeted on Tuesday morning that "very productive conversations" were going on with China. "Watch for some important announcements!" he added.
Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures edged higher on Tuesday on hopes that new deals would be signed soon, but there were no signs of increased activity in the cash markets, traders said.
U.S. Agriculture Department rules require exporters to promptly report sales of 110,000 tons or more of a commodity made in a single day.
China last year purchased about 60 percent of U.S. soybean exports in deals valued at more than $12 billion. With those exports gone, soybean prices had tumbled to their lowest in a decade.
Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping called a temporary truce in their trade war on Dec. 1. Trump agreed to postpone for 90 days a Jan. 1 increase in tariffs on Chinese goods while the two sides negotiated over increased Chinese purchases of American farm and energy commodities, an end to forced technology transfers and stronger protections for U.S. intellectual property in China.
Trump said on Tuesday that those negotiations were already taking place by telephone.
"We'll probably have another meeting. And maybe a meeting of the top people on both sides," Trump said. "If it's necessary, I'll have another meeting with President Xi, who I like a lot and get along with very well."
Trump did not offer any timetable for further face-to-face meetings among U.S. and Chinese officials.
He said he would wait to increase tariffs on Chinese goods to 25 percent from 10 percent until it becomes apparent whether the United States and China can make a deal.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-says-china-back-in-the-market-for-us-soybeans_2736845.html
#4273663 at 2018-12-12 17:22:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5444: Godfather III Peck Of Cherries Edition
>>4273513
>Beijing
China leadership ordered in political position ranking
Xi Jinping
Li Keqiang
Zhang Dejiang
Yu Zhengsheng
Liu Yunshan
Wang Qishan
Zhang Gaoli
#4268128 at 2018-12-12 05:32:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5437: The FIRE that brought down GOOGLE Edition
Canadian judge grants bail to Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou
A Canadian judge ordered the chief financial officer of Chinese telecommunications company Huawei to be released from prison Tuesday on $7.5 million bail.
Vancouver Justice William Ehreke granted Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou conditional freedom after she was taken into custody by Canadian authorities at request of the United States for allegedly trying to circumvent trade sanctions against Iran.
In order to meet the conditions of her release, at least $5.2 million worth of Meng's bail must be paid in cash. Attorneys for the 46-year-old Meng, who is the daughter of the company's founder, offered to put the family's two Vancouver homes, valued at $16.3 million, up for collateral. Her legal team also said she would pay for GPS monitoring and full time guards upon her release. The decision came after the judge expressed concern that Meng's husband, Liu Xiaojong, who offered $11.2 million, wouldn't be an appropriate choice for a surety as he was only in Canada on a visitor's visa. Meng's lawyers provided four other sureties including a British Columbia man who acted as a realtor for Meng and her husband, a second person who had known Meng since the 1990s, a homemaker who also knew her well and a yoga instructor who lives near one of Meng's Vancouver homes.
The United States is seeking Meng's extradition to face "unspecified charges in the Eastern District of New York." She was arrested at a Vancouver airport in the midst of transferring to a flight to Mexico after arriving on a flight from Hong Kong.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2018/12/11/Canadian-judge-grants-bail-to-Huawei-CFO-Meng-Wanzhou/4881544571051/?sl=9
#4266590 at 2018-12-12 04:03:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5435: A Glorious Day Edition
Huawei's CFO Meng Wenzhou Granted Bail, Needs to Be Under 24/7 Surveillance
VANCOUVER, Canada-Huawei's CFO Meng Wanzhou has been granted bail after her three-day bail hearing concluded on Dec. 11 in a Vancouver court.
In his decision, the judge said that Meng is a "well-educated businesswoman with no criminal records." He said he is satisfied that Meng has only two valid passports, and that she will surrender all her other ones.
After the judge's decision, with tears in her eyes, Meng hugged her lawyer and also turned around to smile at her husband sitting in the front row of the audience.
Some of Meng's bail conditions include:
A C$7 million ($5 million) cash deposit from Meng.
There must be five or more sureties, including security firm Lions Gate Risk Management Group (LG) CEO Scot Filer-who Meng would fund to provide surveillance and security to ensure Meng doesn't flee. Flier also needs to pledge C$1000 ($747) as part of the bail. The deposit of these five or more sureties combined should amount to C$3 million ($2.2 million).
Meng will have to wear a GPS bracelet, be monitored by 24/7 by LG, report to a bail supervisor weekly, and pay all costs associated with her monitoring program.
Meng will be allowed to travel within a specified boundary in Vancouver, but excluding areas around the Vancouver airport.
Meng must reside at her West 28th Avenue home in Vancouver, with a curfew between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m.
The judge said that U.S. authorities have until Jan. 8, 2019 to file a formal extradition request or else Meng will be released. He also said Meng must return to court on Feb. 6, 2019.
Sureties
The hearing couldn't conclude on Dec. 10 over questions on whether Meng's husband Liu Xiaozong could be her surety.
A surety is someone who supervises an accused person while they are out on bail. They also pledge bail money. Through Meng's lawyer, Liu, who is in Canada on a visitor visa, has said he is willing to remain in Canada with Meng, as well as pledge both his houses and a cash deposit. However, the judge said on Dec. 10 that he still has questions about whether a non-resident of the province can be a surety for bail.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/third-day-of-bail-hearing-for-huawei-cfo-meng-wanzhou-gets-underway_2735753.html
#4263163 at 2018-12-12 00:02:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5431: Notice A Pattern? Edition
Wolfe's sentencing memo, from Jessie K. Liu
https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5513965/12-11-18-US-Sentencing-Memo-Wolfe-1.pdf
previous notable in #5429 was the filing from Wolfe's lawyers, this is the real version of events.
#4255238 at 2018-12-11 14:24:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5420: Which version? Edition
>>4254468
>Martin told the court that Meng's husband, Liu Xiaozong, has volunteered to be her community surety.
Lawfag here, this is likely the reason for the delay. They would like a surety who isn't a family member. Someone who couldn't just be reimbursed if her bail was forfeited.
>>4254580
>Why is the woman still in Canada?
LOL, you can game Canadian immigration so that you can delay deportations sometimes ten years.
#4254468 at 2018-12-11 12:22:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5420: Which version? Edition
Bail Hearing of Arrested Huawei CFO Meng Goes to Third Day
By Cora Yu and Margaret Wollensak
December 10, 2018 Updated: December 10, 2018
VANCOUVER, Canada-The bail hearing for Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Chinese telecom giant Huawei who was arrested in Canada earlier this month, will continue for a third day after a judge in a Vancouver court made no decision on her bail on Dec. 10.
During the first hearing session on Dec. 7, lawyers representing the attorney general of Canada argued that Meng is a flight risk and should be denied bail because she doesn't have ties to Vancouver. On Dec. 10, Meng's lawyer, David Martin, focused on establishing what possible conditions could justify granting her bail request.
Martin told the court that Meng's husband, Liu Xiaozong, has volunteered to be her community surety. A surety is someone who supervises an accused person while they are out on bail and also pledges bail money. Liu says he would remain in Canada with Meng, as well as pledge both his Vancouver homes and cash deposits, with a combined value of C$15 million ($11.2 million).
https://www.theepochtimes.com/second-day-of-bail-hearing-for-arrested-huawei-cfo-meng-wanzhou-gets-underway_2734641.html
#4204735 at 2018-12-08 00:09:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5355: "Totally clears the President. Thank you!" Edition
The Secret Code Names Huawei and ZTE Use to Refer to Each Other
By Sunny Chao, Epoch Times
December 7, 2018 Updated: December 7, 2018
Details about the alleged crimes of Huawei's chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou, who was arrested in Canada on Dec. 1 at the request of U.S. authorities, remain scant.
Media reports have cited insider sources that say her case involves violations of U.S. sanctions on Iran.
Sources told Reuters that the U.S. probe is looking into the Chinese telecoms firm's use of HSBC Holdings to make illegal transactions involving Iran.
This was in fact hinted back when Huawei competitor, ZTE, was slapped with an export ban in 2016, after U.S. authorities found that ZTE had violated sanctions to provide electronic equipment to Iran.
The U.S. Commerce Department had published internal ZTE documents detailing how the firm skirted U.S. sanctions-and how a rival company was doing the same thing.
The rival was referred to as "F7." The documents' descriptions led many to speculate that the rival was Huawei.
In fact, bloggers in China had published the meaning of the F7 code back in 2014.
At high-level internal meetings, many major Chinese companies use codes instead of directly mentioning one another.
F7 was code for Huawei because when said in Mandarin Chinese, F7 sounds like "fu qi," meaning "husband and wife." The first letters of the phrase corresponds to Huawei's abbreviation, HW.
Meanwhile, at Huawei, execs referred to its chief competitor ZTE, as 26.
The numbers said in Mandarin Chinese, "er Liu," sound like the Chinese phrase for "second-rate": a way of signaling contempt for the competitor. Furthermore, the 26th letter of the alphabet is Z, referring to ZTE. Huawei considers itself a first-class company compared to ZTE.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-secrete-code-names-used-by-huawei-and-zte_2732978.html
#4144795 at 2018-12-04 07:55:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5277: Well-Played DS Edition
With all the talk of China, I thought I might finally post.
Possible extensive, if rather tenuous web of connections between American politicians, human trafficking, and Chinese criminals/spies. Long, but I'll do my best.
Confresswoman Judy Chu of California. Why is she important?
http://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/contributors?cid=N00030600&cycle=2012&recs=100&type=I
Above link shows Chu as having received a $2500 donation from the Fukien Benevolent Association. A quick search reveals that the Association is located in Broadway, NY and classified as a "charitable organization." NTEE Classification "Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution" and NTEE Type "Public, Society Benefit - Multipurpose and Other."
https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.profile&ein=272305889
Organization is a front group. By taking this donation, Chu is linked to same "tongs" that peddle influence in NYC. Precedent for it:
https://www.theepochtimes.com/fbi-evidence-links-john-Liu-to-chinese-front-groups_35281.html
NYC again.
>"the Fukien American Association-a group with ties to both organized crime and the Chinese regime."
>The campaign strategy" for Liu's 2013 campaign "was to get small donations" on a large scale, and to get public matching funds from these donations."
Not the only incidence of this. Other front groups must exist for us to find and dig through.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/john-Liu-shuns-former-aide-at-fujianese-meeting_59316.html
>The United Fujianese of America Association is one of four Fujianese umbrella organizations. The other three are the Fukien American Association, the United Chinese Associations of New York, and the American Fujian Association of Commerce and Industry, according to, "Illegal Immigration in America: A Reference Handbook," edited by David Haines and Karen Rosenblum.
>"The associations are known as "tongs," and play pseudo-governing roles over Chinese communities.The handbook notes the associations are heavily pro-communist."
People as payment. Servitude as payment. People-smuggling. Votes as payment? Whole communities under thumb. Virtually out in the open. MONEY LAUNDERING.
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/218463.pdf
>One of the structural characteristics that makes Chinese organized crime different from other forms is the
relationship between some of the street gangs and certain adult organizations. The latter are called tongs. The Fuk
Ching, for example, are affiliated with the Fukien American Association. The Fukien American Association - as with
other tongs and their relationships with gangs - provide the Fuk Ching with a physical place to gather and hang out.
They allow the gang to operate on their (the tong's) territory, thus legitimizing them with the community. They also
provide criminal opportunities (such as protecting gambling operations), as well as supplying money and guns. The
Fuk Ching originally emerged in New York in the mid-1980s, and as with other gangs, their main criminal activity in
Chinatown was extortion.
Still following? Bear with me.
"Sister Ping" also shows up on Google when you look up "Fukien American Association." Who is she?
The Golden Venture ran aground in 1993, and the Clinton administration responded to it.
https://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/07/nyregion/smuggled-new-york-overview-7-die-crowded-immigrant-ship-grounds-off-queens.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/09/opinion/the-golden-venture-plus-100000.html
HUMAN TRAFFICKING CONNECTION. Still following? Continuing in next post.
#4143091 at 2018-12-04 04:53:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5275: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Edition
>>4143055
Criminal Complaint Filed AGAINST Mueller: Corsi Says Mueller Asked Him To Commit Witness Tampering and Lie
It's clear at this point after two years that this Mueller charade is going to come to close without proving any kind of collusion between the Russian government and the Trump team. At this point, Mueller looks like he's just trying to make life miserable for as many Trump associates as possible using intimidation and perjury traps.
Conservative writer Jerome Corsi is tired of Mueller's games to he's taking matters into his own hands.
From Fox News:
Conservative author Jerome Corsi on Monday filed a "criminal and ethics complaint" against Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team, accusing investigators of trying to bully him into giving "false testimony" against President Trump.
The complaint, which Corsi had threatened for days, is the latest escalation between Mueller's team and its investigation targets.
The 78-page document, asserting the existence of a "slow-motion coup against the president," was filed to a range of top law enforcement officials including Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz, D.C.'s U.S. Attorney Jessie Liu and the Bar Disciplinary Counsel.
"Dr. Corsi has been criminally threatened and coerced to tell a lie and call it the truth," the complaint states.
Corsi claims the Mueller team asked him to lie and commit witness tampering. That's a big deal.
Mueller wouldn't be messing around with Corsi and Roger Stone if there was a coordinated effort between the Trump campaign and Russia.
The Russian collusion narrative has completely fallen apart after millions of dollars wasted and several lives destroyed.
sauce: https://www.chicksonright.com/youngconservatives/2018/12/03/criminal-complaint-filed-against-mueller-corsi-says-mueller-asked-him-to-commit-witness-tampering-and-lie/?fbclid=IwAR1YMpM7i1KlZQkczrsKJdkU5AUw4dgdamoLPn_CLx8q_xRJ0hVCS4diIjs
#4129828 at 2018-12-03 17:21:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5257: Open Your Heart And Your Mind Edition
Jerome Corsi Files Criminal Complaint Against Robert Mueller for Attempts to Seek False Testimony
Earlier on Monday journalist Paul Sperry released a report accusing Robert Mueller of withholding evidence from the court that would exonerate President Trump from the latest accusations of Russian collusion during the 2016 election.
Mueller lied to the court!
Shouldn't he serve time for this?
Now this...
Author Jerome Corsi filed a criminal complaint against Special Counsel Robert Mueller for his attempts to seek false testimony against President Trump.
Conservative author Jerome Corsi on Monday filed a "criminal and ethics complaint" against Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team, accusing investigators of trying to bully him into giving "false testimony" against President Trump.
The complaint, which Corsi had threatened for days, is the latest escalation between Mueller's team and its investigation targets.
The 78-page document, asserting the existence of a "slow-motion coup against the president," was filed to a range of top law enforcement officials including Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz, D.C.'s U.S. Attorney Jessie Liu and the Bar Disciplinary Counsel.
"Dr. Corsi has been criminally threatened and coerced to tell a lie and call it the truth," the complaint states.
Corsi, who wrote the anti-President Obama book "The Obama Nation" and is connected with political operative Roger Stone, has claimed for the past week that he was being improperly pressured by Mueller's team to strike a plea deal which he now says he won't sign.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/12/boom-author-jerome-corsi-files-criminal-complaint-against-robert-mueller-for-attempts-to-seek-false-testimony/
IMO the cabal know Mueller is playing both sides and are trying to use Corsi to take him out???
#4129598 at 2018-12-03 17:01:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5257: Open Your Heart And Your Mind Edition
Jerome Corsi Files 'Criminal Complaint' Against Mueller for Seeking 'False Testimony'
A prominent conservative writer at the heart of Robert Mueller's ongoing Russia probe filed a criminal complaint against the special counsel this week; accusing the federal investigator of seeking "false testimony."
"Conservative author Jerome Corsi on Monday filed a 'criminal and ethics complaint' against Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team, accusing investigators of trying to bully him into giving 'false testimony' against President Trump," writes Fox News.
"The 78-page document, asserting the existence of a 'slow-motion coup against the president,' was filed to a range of top law enforcement officials including Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz, D.C.'s U.S. Attorney Jessie Liu, and the Bar Disciplinary Counsel," adds the article.
"Dr. Corsi has been criminally threatened and coerced to tell a lie and call it the truth," the complaint adds.
https://saraacarter.com/jerome-corsi-files-criminal-complaint-against-mueller-for-seeking-false-testimony/
#4122359 at 2018-12-03 01:36:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5248: When You Are Awake Edition
>>4121668(lb)
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Google Traditional Chinese says:
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#4121668 at 2018-12-03 00:57:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5247: The World is About to Change Edition
?????? ??? ??? ??? ??? Free Tibet ??????? The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 ?????? The Tiananmen Square Massacre ????? The Anti-Rightist Struggle ????? The Great Leap Forward ????? The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution ?? Human Rights ?? Democratization ?? Freedom ?? Independence ??? Multi-party system ?? ?? Taiwan Formosa ???? Republic of China ?? ??? ??? Tibet ???? Dalai Lama ??? Falun Dafa ???????? The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region ?????? Nobel Peace Prize ??? Liu Xiaobo ?? ?? ?? ?? ??? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ???? ??? ???? ???? ???? ???? ???? ???? ?? ??? ??? ??? ?? ???? ???? ???? ???? ????? ?????? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ???? ?? ???? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? Free Tibet ????????? 1989?4?15?????? Winnie the Pooh ???
#4083572 at 2018-11-30 10:01:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5197: Questions Reveal Answers Edition
May be relevant to the Chongqing thing. Di Fi was also involved with that area of China and crossed swords with the Zodiac Killer over it.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/34069/report-dianne-feinstein-and-butchers-beijing-spyridon-mitsotakis
On September 24, 2015, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) proposed legislation that would rename the street across from Red China's embassy after pro-democracy activist Liu Xiaobo. "This would be the street sign that the Chinese ambassador would look at each day," Cruz said. "This would be the address that every piece of correspondence going into the embassy and coming out of the embassy would have written on it ... the PRC officials will be forced to recognize the bravery of Dr. Liu and to acknowledge it dozens of times a day - day after day after day."
To Cruz's horror, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) took the floor to object:
I can only infer that it has political implications, because the President of China is due to arrive here tomorrow and, therefore, this would be passed today, moved out of committee without a vote in front of the Senate. I don't think that is the way we should do business in this Senate. Maybe people don't believe diplomacy makes a difference, but I do.
Cruz, visibly angry, came back to the Senate floor. "The presence of President Xi in this country is precisely the reason that we should stand in unanimity in support of human rights," Cruz said, his voice escalating. "Dr. Liu is in a Chinese prison, and the senior Senator from California is standing and objecting to recognizing this Nobel laureate's bravery, is standing and objecting because presumably it would embarrass his Communist captors. I, for one, think as Americans we should not be troubled by embarrassing Communist oppressors."
This is nothing new for Feinstein, and those who are at the hands of Red China know it. Harry Wu, who spent 19 years in the Chinese Gulag and dedicated his life to exposing the Communists' human rights abuses, said in a 2001 interview:
Congress gave me nice support - Sens. Helms and Paul Wellstone of Minnesota. When I met Sen. Wellstone, he said, "Harry, I don't need a brief - just tell me what you want me to do." But they were only some of the senators. Others took a stand for communist China based on family or business interests. For example, Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.), her husband is a board member of COSCO [The PLA's Chinese Overseas Shipping Corporation] and he has other investments in China. You see, this is the kind of person [Feinstein] who is never interested in my work.
In 2010, Taipei-based reporter Jens Kastler wrote in Asia Times:
No US politician is believed to enjoy ties to China's previous and present-day leaderships as close as Feinstein. During 30 years of frequent visits to Beijing, Feinstein developed friendships with Chinese officials as high-ranking as former president Jiang Zemin, former premier Zhu Rongji and Chongqing Party Secretary Bo Xilai - now arguably a rising political star in the country.
Controversially, on most of her trips to China, Feinstein has been accompanied by her investment-banker husband Richard Blum, to whom Feinstein has been married since 1980. Blum has been reported by US media as having extensive business interests with China. Feinstein is often described as one of the most powerful women in US politics.
#4012615 at 2018-11-24 13:43:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5105: We Are Here For A Reason Edition
Seems its a world wide problem .. go figure
China wraps up vote-buying scandal as former vice-governor of Liaoning stands trial
Top Chinese prosecutors have charged the last of the former high-level officials brought down in a massive legislative vote-buying scandal in the country's northeast.
Liu Qiang, former vice-governor of Liaoning province, was charged with taking bribes of 10.6 million yuan (US$1.5 million) and disrupting elections, the Supreme People's Procuratorate said on Thursday.
The charges are the last chapter in a corruption scandal that erupted in the province from 2011 and 2013 and claimed six top provincial officials, including former Liaoning Communist Party boss Wang Min, who was jailed for life last year.
The main charges against Liu relate to his election as vice-governor of Liaoning in 2013. Liu, who was the party chief of the city of Fushun, was overlooked for another top office in 2011 and prosecutors allege that he br
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/2174832/china-wraps-vote-buying-scandal-former-vice-governor-liaoning
#3931452 at 2018-11-16 22:40:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5000: Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand Edition
>>3931442
Mueller or Liu, yes. Huber is not filing in DC per Q.
#3931442 at 2018-11-16 22:39:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5000: Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand Edition
>>3931416
Actually their conspiracy slant is attached to it, not really reality where Jessie Liu has probably been racking up indictments
#3931176 at 2018-11-16 22:19:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5000: Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand Edition
>>3930985
They are from Mueller or Liu. The Huber ones are not filed in DC.
#3904248 at 2018-11-14 22:17:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4965: Hump Day Edition
>>3904212
What was the Voice vote count confirming
Jessie K. Liu as US Attorney in DC by the
Senate in 2017?
#3901407 at 2018-11-14 18:35:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4961: Lively and Jovial Edition
Confused myself…but it looks like Jesse Liu released the fact that hundreds of people have been having phones tapped (not conversations…just to and from)
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/1701
#3901337 at 2018-11-14 18:30:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4961: Lively and Jovial Edition
Could be big…
Jesse Liu just released some Pen Register/Trap and Trace documents…
https://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/news/standing-order-disclosure-limited-docket-lists-certain-sealed-applications-filed-us-attorneys
#3856010 at 2018-11-11 20:58:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4902: Placeholder Edition
>>3855777
trips checked.
If you need to fumigate the thread from CHICOM bots use this
CHICOM bot removal
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#3849510 at 2018-11-11 14:38:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4893: When it Pains, it Shills Edition
>>3848960
>>3848960
>US-China trade war: 'mutual respect' key to resolution, Liu He tells Henry Kissinger
Kissinger = One of the 'Original' Cabal-to-ChiCom "Bridges"
(1971) Secret trip to Beijing to meet w/ Mao.
(1972) Nixon Officially "Opens" Us China relationship.
#3848960 at 2018-11-11 13:47:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4893: When it Pains, it Shills Edition
US-China trade war: 'mutual respect' key to resolution, Liu He tells Henry Kissinger
China and the US should seek to resolve their economic disputes on the principles of "mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit", Vice-Premier Liu He, China's top negotiator on trade, told visiting former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger in Beijing on Saturday.
Liu was the latest in a string of senior Chinese officials, including President Xi Jinping, to meet the 95-year-old diplomat during his visit to the country.
"The two sides should properly solve issues in areas including the economy and trade under the guidance of the consensus reached by the two presidents," Xinhua quoted Liu as saying. And the resolution should be based "on the principle of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit", he said.
Kissinger and Xi met on Thursday in Beijing, when the Chinese leader said that Beijing and Washington should "accurately assess" each other's strategic intentions amid rising trade tensions.
Also on Saturday, the visiting statesman met China's Vice-President Wang Qishan, just days after the pair spoke together on Tuesday at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2172678/us-china-trade-war-mutual-respect-key-resolution-Liu-he-tells
#3761736 at 2018-11-06 20:17:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4779: God is Love Edition
Hey [PLA] 50 Cent Party:
You are = ????
Give it up.
Listen to: Zhang Zuhua and Liu Xiaobo
Read Their: Charter 08
I did. They were right.
And I know lots of Zhongguo ren who agree with them.
Freedom in a Constitutional Republic is much better,
Than Commie Party Tyranny.
Did ALL those people of "The June 4th Incident" die in vain?
Ming bai le ma?
Dui le wo zhidao. Wo ming bai le.
????????
https://rsf.org/sites/default/files/Charter08.pdf
#3719714 at 2018-11-04 00:13:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4724: MAGA, PENSACOLA !! Edition
http://www.buckslocalnews.com/news/lower-makefield-restaurant-owner-among-three-charged-in-human-trafficking/article_76528034-ed92-536a-abf6-258854f15736.html
TRENTON, NJ >> Three people, including a Lower Makefield restaurant owner, were arrested Nov. 1 when officials concluded a two-year investigation regarding money laundering, tax evasion, prostitution and human trafficking.
On November 1, cops raided a restaurant, a spa and five residential properties in Lawrence, New Jersey, as well as a restaurant in Lower Makefield.
"This is a classic case of people being isolated, exploited and trapped in a forced-labor situation," Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo Onofri said in a written statement.
According to law enforcement officials, the investigation began in September 2016 when cops received a tip about many people living in a home on Lakedale Drive in Lawrence, New Jersey. During the course of the investigation, detectives saw numerous different men and women being transported from a residence on Lakedale to restaurants in Lawrence and Lower Makefield.
Further investigation revealed that 47-year-old Chin Pang Liu was transporting workers back and forth between his house on Lakedale to the Fusion House restaurant on Brunswick Pike and the Golden China Restaurant on Floral Vale Boulevard in Lower Makefield, both of which he owns.
Prosecutors say the people living in his house on Lakedale Drive were employed by Liu at his restaurants, and that their employment was committed by fraud. Prosecutors say the employees were being paid below New Jersey state minimum wage requirements, under the table without being taxed, and that the full-time employees received no employment benefits.
The workers were being transported in vehicles bought and provided by Liu, prosecutors say.
When cops raided Liu's primary residence on Mink Court in Lawrence, New Jersey they found approximately $50,000 in cash. A review of Liu's 2016 personal tax documents revealed that he reported an income of approximately $100,000 for that year, according to prosecutors in the case who say financial documents and cash seized during the raid corroborated that Liu failed to report a significant portion of his income.
Prosecutors say the investigation also revealed that Anna Nails and Massage on Brunswick Pike was being used for prostitution. As a result, Yonglian Liu, 34, and Dong Teng, 45, were each charged with promoting prostitution and maintaining a residence as a place of prostitution.
Prosecutors say Teng owns the spa, and Yonglian Liu was one of Chin Pang Liu's employees who cops often saw transporting cash from the spa to the Golden China Restaurant.
Teng and Yonglian Liu were issued summonses and released pending future court proceedings.
Chin Pang Liu is charged with human trafficking and failure to pay taxes.
#3689924 at 2018-11-01 21:23:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4685: Catch and Detain Edition
Another pr
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, November 1, 2018
U.S. Attorney Liu Announces Appointment of Election Day Officer
Part of Department of Justice Efforts to Protect the Right to Vote and Prosecute Ballot Fraud
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/us-attorney-Liu-announces-appointment-election-day-officer
#3688421 at 2018-11-01 18:56:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4683: Oprah Big Pimpin' Edition
Iowa, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Virginia, District of Columbia, Tennessee, Ohio adding more districts to USAO Election Watch appointments
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edtn/pr/department-justice-and-united-states-attorney-s-office-oversee-november-2018-elections
https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdil/pr/election-officers-designated-central-district-illinois-1
https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdil/pr/us-district-court-appoints-john-c-milhiser-us-attorney-central-district-illinois
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdoh/pr/us-attorney-glassman-appoints-district-election-officers
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndia/pr/united-states-attorneys-announce-election-day-program-0
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edpa/pr/us-attorney-s-office-reminds-pennsylvania-voters-about-election-day-hotline-complaints
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/us-attorney-announcement-2018-midterm-elections-richmond
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/us-attorney-announcement-2018-midterm-elections-norfolk-and-newport-news
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/us-attorney-Liu-announces-appointment-election-day-officer
https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdpa/pr/district-election-officer-duty-november-2018-electionshttps://www.justice.gov/usao-mdpa/pr/district-election-officer-duty-november-2018-elections
https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdil/pr/election-officers-designated-central-district-illinois-1
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdoh/pr/us-attorney-glassman-appoints-district-election-officers
#3678144 at 2018-10-31 20:16:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4670: Vote Republican Now Edition
10/26 H.R.7091 - COMBATTING ILLICIT FENTANYL ACT OF 2018
Check it - this bill focuses on Fentanyl SPECIFICALLY from China and China vehemently denies it.
(4) The Drug Enforcement Administration reports that of the illicit fentanyl class substances and hundreds of other designer drugs it has identified, "the vast majority ... are manufactured in China". In 2018, a year-long congressional probe found that illicit fentanyl could easily be bought online from Chinese "labs" and mailed to the United States due to gaps in oversight in the United States Postal Service, and despite increased cooperation between United States and Chinese counter-narcotics agencies, illicit fentanyl is still shipped to the United States.
(6) In June 2018, $1.7 million worth of Chinese fentanyl was detected by counternarcotics agents in a Philadelphia port during a routine inspection, China has publicly gone to great lengths to shirk responsibility for illicit fentanyl emanating out of the country, and in June 2018, Chinese official Liu Yuejin blamed the crisis on the American people, saying "When fewer and fewer Americans use fentanyl, there would be no market for it", ignoring the Chinese supply of the illicit substance, and China fails to effectively regulate precursor chemicals, including fentanyl precursors.
Sauce:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/7091/text
#3664548 at 2018-10-30 16:57:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4652: Learning Civics Edition
>>3664382
>some slaves love their master
I AGREE
However, I think that the recent mass promotion of disbelief in "Free Will" by the technocratic and trans-humanist class has potentially dangerous moral consequences for humanity. Regardless of whether we can ever actually "prove" that "free will" exists, the more noble scientific question is "how does the belief in "free will" serve humanity in our daily lives today?"
Fortunately, this question has been investigated by science and the results have clear implications. However, I never hear the Free Will Illusionists acknowledge the strong empirical evidence demonstrating that efforts to induce disbelief in "free will" increases cheating (1), aggression (2), racial prejudice (3) and conformity (4), while decreasing helping behavior (2), self-control (5,6), gratitude (7) and sound judgment (8).
When viewed from this perspective, it should raise profound concerns regarding the underlying intentions of those who seek to convince us all that "free will" is an illusion.
References
1. Vohs, K. D., & Schooler, J. W. (2008). The value of believing in free will: Encouraging a belief in determinism increases cheating. Psychological Science, 19, 49-54.
2. Baumeister, R. F., Masicampo, E. J., & DeWall, C. N. (2009). Prosocial benefits of feeling free: Disbelief in free will increases aggression and reduces helpfulness. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 260-268.
3. Zhao X, Liu L, Zhang X-x, Shi J-x, Huang Z-w (2014) The Effect of Belief in Free Will on Prejudice. PLoS ONE 9(3): e91572.
4. Alquist, J. L., Ainsworth, S. E., & Baumeister, R. F. (2013). Determined to conform: Disbelief in free will increases conformity. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 49, 80-86.
5. Rigoni, D., Kuhn, S., Gaudino, G., Sartori, G., & Brass, M. (2012). Reducing self-control by weakening belief in free will. Consciousness and Condition, 21, 1482-1490.
6. Rigoni, D., Kuhn, S., Sartori, G., & Brass, M. (2011). Inducing disbelief in free will alters brain correlates of preconscious motor preparation: The brain minds whether we believe in free will or not. Psychological Science, 22(5), 613-618.
7. MacKenzie, M.J., K.D. Vohs, and R.F. Baumeister, (2014) You Didn't Have to Do That: Belief in Free Will Promotes Gratitude. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 40(11): p. 1423-1434.
8. Rigoni, D., Wilquin, H., Brass, M., & Burle, B. (2013). When errors do not matter: Weakening belief in intentional control impairs cognitive reaction to errors. Cognition, 127, 264-269.?
#3651544 at 2018-10-29 16:04:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4635: Big Week Ahead Edition
>>3651381
The following is a partial list of Lion Air JT610 passengers from Soekarno Hatta Airport, Banten, to Depati Amir Airport, Pangkal Pinang, which was quoted by the Ministry of Transportation
) The following is a partial list of Lion Air JT610 passengers from Soekarno Hatta Airport, Banten, to Depati Amir Airport, Pangkal Pinang, which was quoted by the Ministry of Transportation
Rang Adiprana
Vivian Afifa
Indra Bayu Aji
Firmansyah Akbar
Wahyu Alldila
Resky Amalia
Restia Amelia
Muhammad Andrian
P. Anggrimulja
Dede Angraini
Liu Anto
Vicky Ardian
Arfiyandi
Reni Ariyanti
Riyan Aryandi
Chairul Aswan
Paul Ayorbaba
Fauzan Azima
Naqiya Azmi
Berly Boen
Adoni Bongkal
Matth Bongkal
Hari Budianto
Ar. Budiastuti
Ken Cannavaro
Liu Chandra
Fe Christanto
Ariska Cici
Dadang
Nursi Damanik
Dia Damayanti
Dary Daryanto
Janu Daryoko
. Prato Dewanto
Inayah Dewi
Jannatun Dewi
Sui Di
#3645737 at 2018-10-29 01:54:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4627: Make Brazil Great Again Edition
JD.com CEO plunged from 16th to 30th richest man in China after being arrested in the US over a rape accusation
https://www.businessinsider.com/jdcom-ceo-Liu-qiangdong-china-wealth-ranking-2018-10
#3630458 at 2018-10-27 22:47:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4607: Unite To Conquer Hate Edition
Woman stabs 14 kids in Chinese kindergarten
A total of 14 children are being treated for stab and slash injuries after a woman wielding a kitchen knife attacked pupils at the gate of a kindergarten in Chongqing, southwest China, according to police.
The attack took place as the children were being led back to class from a nearby park after their morning exercise on Friday.
Identified by local police only by her surname, Liu, the 39-year-old assailant was apprehended by the kindergarten teachers and security guards.
One witness told CNN that elderly people out shopping had intervened to stop the woman, adding that "the teachers were dumbstruck."
Distressing footage of her arrest has surfaced online, showing a fierce confrontation between the woman, flanked by police officers, and angry bystanders.
http://www.eutimes.net/2018/10/woman-stabs-14-kids-in-chinese-kindergarten/
#3628083 at 2018-10-27 19:26:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4604: Confront Every Obstacle With Determination Edition
Mind control via the media and frequency manipulations.
"Electromagnetic mind control technologies are weapons which use electromagnetic waves to hijack a person's brain and nervous system and subvert an individual's sense of control over their own thinking, behavior, emotions or decision making"
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/mind-control-electromagnetic-frequency-soleilmavis-Liu
"Mind Control by Cell Phone
Hospitals and airplanes ban the use of cell phones, because their electromagnetic transmissions can interfere with sensitive electrical devices. Could the brain also fall into that category? Of course, all our thoughts, sensations and actions arise from bioelectricity generated by neurons and transmitted through complex neural circuits inside our skull."
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mind-control-by-cell/
Subconscious seeds that grow.
All on TV
Poltical Division.
Racial Division.
Acceptable Drug Use.
Breakdown Of The Family.
Loss of Morals.
"Your conscious mind is like the gardener that tends to the soil. It's your responsibility to be aware of how this process works, choosing wisely what reaches the inner garden - your subconscious. For most, our role as gardener has never been explained. By not knowing this role, we have allowed seeds of all types - good and bad - to enter our subconscious.
The subconscious doesn't discriminate, judge, or censor. It will manifest success, abundance, and health just as easily as failure, ill health, and misfortune. Your subconscious accepts what is impressed upon it with feeling and repetition, whether these thoughts are positive or negative. It does not evaluate things like your conscious mind does. This is why it is so important to be aware of what you are thinking."
https://www.learnmindpower.com/using-mind-power/the-subconscious-synchronicity/
Now think about what you just read in our modern day political climate. Modern day news cycle.
What are we constantly bombarded with by the media ?
Racial division, political division, religious division, class division it gets so old.
#3610538 at 2018-10-26 12:01:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4581: Good Morning POTUS Edition
Another sicko in China went on a stabbing spree on kindergartners. I don't get why they attack children in china.
How could people be so mean and cruel to small children?
I wonder if it has something to do with their past one child policy.
A generation grew up with out siblings.Maybe it made them less sympathetic to children in general, because they did not have to play or help with younger brothers and sisters.
Also maybe there were not enough tv shows or programs on, or books, that helped illustrate values.
Many on the left speak highly of Communism, like it would be a hippy utopia where everyone shares everything. Yet in all real examples of communism, the people seem cold, mean, and only out for themselves.And their is no happiness, infact it is the opposite. You look at peoples faces from Russia ( when it was communist) and they all seem serious and angry.
A knife-wielding assailant injured 14 children at a kindergarten in the western Chinese city of Chongqing on Friday, police reported. The attacker, a 39-year-old woman, was taken into custody and no motive for the assault was immediately publicized.
A report posted on the police force's microblog said the attack at the Xinshiji Kindergarten in the city's outskirts took place at 9:30 a.m. as the children were returning to classes.
It said all were receiving treatment in a hospital. A doctor who answered the phone at the city's Banan People's Hospital confirmed the children were there but declined to give any details or his name, referring questions to the local government.
No other information about the attacker was given, other than her surname, Liu. Video posted on social media showed injured children walking to ambulances from the school gate, with some being placed on gurneys.
China has suffered a number of such incidents in recent years, blamed largely on the mentally ill or people bearing grudges.
In June, a man used a kitchen knife to attack three boys and a mother near a school in Shanghai, killing two of the children. Police said the assailant was unemployed and carried out the attack "to take revenge on society."
Chinese law restricts the sale and possession of firearms, and mass attacks are generally carried out with knives or homemade explosives.
Almost 20 children were killed in school attacks in 2010, prompting a response from top government officials and leading many schools to add gates and security guards.
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/china-police-report-14-injured-kindergarten-knife-attack-58760883
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-45987984
#3608089 at 2018-10-26 04:09:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4578: They Were Fake Bombs Edition
More than a dozen children injured after knife attack in China
More than a dozen children have been injured after a woman with a knife launched an attack at a kindergarten in China.
Chinese police reported that 14 children were attacked at the school in Chongqing, a city in the country's southwest.
Police said the attacker was a 39-year-old woman who they identified only by her surname, Liu.
She has since been arrested.
https://news.sky.com/story/more-than-a-dozen-children-injured-after-knife-attack-in-china-11535813
#3591685 at 2018-10-24 22:46:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4557: Pre-Wisconsin Rally Edition
Rod Ro
https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/deputy-attorney-general-rod-rosenstein-delivers-remarks-66th-annual-attorney-general-s
With us today are:
Brian Benczkowski, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division;
Stephen Boyd, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legislative Affairs;
Makan Delrahim, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division;
John Demers, Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division;
Steven Engel, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel;
Noel Francisco, Solicitor General;
Michael Horowitz, Inspector General;
Jody Hunt, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division;
Phil Keith, Director, Community Oriented Policing Services;
Lee Lofthus, Assistant Attorney General for Administration, Justice Management Division, who will also serve as the narrator for today's ceremony;
Clifford White, Director, U.S. Trustee Program;
Christopher Wray, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation;
David Anderson, Acting Deputy Director, U.S. Marshals Service;
Thomas Brandon, Deputy Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives;
Representing the Drug Enforcement Administration is Greg Cherundolo. Acting Administrator, Uttam Dhillon, will join us later in the program;
John Gore, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division;
Hugh Hurwitz, Acting Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons;
Jeffrey Wood, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division; and
Richard Zuckerman, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division
Please give these exceptional leaders, and all of our components, a big a round of applause.
We are also privileged to have with us today:
Charles Rettig, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service
We are also joined by several United States Attorneys whose employees are being honored. It is my pleasure to introduce them.
Again, please hold your applause until I have introduced all of those present on stage.
With us today are:
Kurt Alme, District of Montana;
Geoffrey Berman, Southern District of New York;
Richard Donoghue, Eastern District of New York;
Timothy Garrison, Western District of Missouri;
Benjamin Glassman, Southern District of Ohio;
Nick Hanna, Central District of California;
Annette Hayes, Western District of Washington;
Justin Herdman, Northern District of Ohio;
Robert Hur, District of Maryland;
Jessie Liu, District of Columbia;
Maria Chapa Lopez, Middle District of Florida;
Mcgregor Scott, Eastern District of California; and
Zachary Terwilliger, Eastern District of Virginia
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our United States Attorneys.
***
A few months ago, on law day, President Trump explained that in the United States, "we govern ourselves in accordance with the rule of law rather than according to the whims of an elite few or the dictates of collective will. Through law, we have ensured liberty. We should not ... take that success for granted."
The President's words are of central importance to the Department of Justice, because the rule of law in America depends on the character of the people who enforce the law.
All executive branch employees take the same oath. The first clause requires us to "support and defend the constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic."
Everyone is familiar with that duty.
But some overlook the final clause: a promise to "well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter."
The first obligation is general. It imposes a duty to pursue the national interest over any personal interest. That applies equally to every government employee.
But the final clause is specific. Everyone recites the same words, but the meaning varies. In order to well and faithfully discharge the duties of "the office," you need to understand your unique responsibilities. What is the mandate of your agency; what is the mission of your component; and how do you add value?
You need to know what you stand for.
In 1940, Attorney General Robert Jackson spoke eloquently about what our Department stands for. He said that "the citizen's safety lies in the prosecutor who tempers zeal with human kindness, who seeks truth and not victims, who serves the law and not factional purposes, and who approaches [the] task with humility."
If you follow that advice, you will remain faithful to our mission.
The mission attracted me to work in this Department, but what I treasure most are the people who faithfully carry out the mission.
I am grateful for your service, and I am honored to work with you in the cause of justice.
#3588333 at 2018-10-24 18:45:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4553: Elegant FLOTUS Edition
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Delivers Remarks at the 66th Annual Attorney General's Awards Ceremony
Washington, DC ~ Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Awards Go To:
Brian Benczkowski, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division;
Stephen Boyd, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legislative Affairs;
Makan Delrahim, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division;
John Demers, Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division;
Steven Engel, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel;
Noel Francisco, Solicitor General;
Michael Horowitz, Inspector General;
Jody Hunt, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division;
Phil Keith, Director, Community Oriented Policing Services;
Lee Lofthus, Assistant Attorney General for Administration, Justice Management Division, who will also serve as the narrator for today's ceremony;
Clifford White, Director, U.S. Trustee Program;
Christopher Wray, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation;
David Anderson, Acting Deputy Director, U.S. Marshals Service;
Thomas Brandon, Deputy Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives;
Representing the Drug Enforcement Administration is Greg Cherundolo. Acting Administrator, Uttam Dhillon, will join us later in the program;
John Gore, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division;
Hugh Hurwitz, Acting Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons;
Jeffrey Wood, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division; and
Richard Zuckerman, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division
Other Honorees are:
Kurt Alme, District of Montana;
Geoffrey Berman, Southern District of New York;
Richard Donoghue, Eastern District of New York;
Timothy Garrison, Western District of Missouri;
Benjamin Glassman, Southern District of Ohio;
Nick Hanna, Central District of California;
Annette Hayes, Western District of Washington;
Justin Herdman, Northern District of Ohio;
Robert Hur, District of Maryland;
Jessie Liu, District of Columbia;
Maria Chapa Lopez, Middle District of Florida;
Mcgregor Scott, Eastern District of California; and
Zachary Terwilliger, Eastern District of Virginia
https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/deputy-attorney-general-rod-rosenstein-delivers-remarks-66th-annual-attorney-general-s
#3588312 at 2018-10-24 18:43:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4552: CheeseheadAnons, Get Out And Vote! Edition
>>3588211
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Delivers Remarks at the 66th Annual Attorney General's Awards Ceremony
Washington, DC ~ Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Awards Go To:
Brian Benczkowski, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division;
Stephen Boyd, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legislative Affairs;
Makan Delrahim, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division;
John Demers, Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division;
Steven Engel, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel;
Noel Francisco, Solicitor General;
Michael Horowitz, Inspector General;
Jody Hunt, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division;
Phil Keith, Director, Community Oriented Policing Services;
Lee Lofthus, Assistant Attorney General for Administration, Justice Management Division, who will also serve as the narrator for today's ceremony;
Clifford White, Director, U.S. Trustee Program;
Christopher Wray, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation;
David Anderson, Acting Deputy Director, U.S. Marshals Service;
Thomas Brandon, Deputy Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives;
Representing the Drug Enforcement Administration is Greg Cherundolo. Acting Administrator, Uttam Dhillon, will join us later in the program;
John Gore, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division;
Hugh Hurwitz, Acting Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons;
Jeffrey Wood, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division; and
Richard Zuckerman, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division
Other Honorees are:
Kurt Alme, District of Montana;
Geoffrey Berman, Southern District of New York;
Richard Donoghue, Eastern District of New York;
Timothy Garrison, Western District of Missouri;
Benjamin Glassman, Southern District of Ohio;
Nick Hanna, Central District of California;
Annette Hayes, Western District of Washington;
Justin Herdman, Northern District of Ohio;
Robert Hur, District of Maryland;
Jessie Liu, District of Columbia;
Maria Chapa Lopez, Middle District of Florida;
Mcgregor Scott, Eastern District of California; and
Zachary Terwilliger, Eastern District of Virginia
https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/deputy-attorney-general-rod-rosenstein-delivers-remarks-66th-annual-attorney-general-s
#3568314 at 2018-10-23 00:48:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4527: TEXAS RALLY : CROWD ON FIRE, POTUS ON FIRE Edition
Federal prosecutors set up hotline to report clergy sex abuse
The U.S. Attorney's Office in D.C. on Monday launched a tip line via phone and email for survivors of child sexual abuse by clergy to report the crimes. A group of criminal investigators, prosecutors and victim advocates from the Superior Court Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office will review the information provided and determine if any of the complaints should be referred for prosecution.
In addition, the victim advocates will provide support and guidance to victims who report an issue. "Survivors of child sex abuse by a clergy who wish to share their experiences and/or those who have knowledge of such abuse are encouraged to report these incidents to the U.S. Attorney's Office for potential criminal investigation and prosecution as part of the Office's Superior Court Division intake process," U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu said in a statement.
The hotline comes only a few days after the Justice Department opened an investigation of child sex abuse allegations in the Roman Catholic Church in Pennsylvania. That investigation is believed to be the first time the Justice Department has probed an organized religion on a large-scale basis.
The Clergy Abuse Reporting Line is 202-252-7008 and the email address is USADC.ReportClergyAbuse@usdoj.gov.
#3564708 at 2018-10-22 20:06:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4522: God Bless Texas Edition
British royals and pedophilia. Barely trying to hide it anymore.
Spoiler: the big tween porn producer is apparently named Richard Liu.
Sunday, October 21, 2018
Blind Items Revealed #2
October 14, 2018
One of the biggest creators of tween porn in the world was one of the guests at this very big foreign event over the weekend. He is a supplier to the person who invited him and has also been offered up a very very very close relative of the invitation sender when he had a debt to pay back when the relative was about 16 or 17.
Wedding of Princess Eugenie/Prince Andrew/Princess Beatrice
Posted by ent lawyer at 9:15 AM
#3564297 at 2018-10-22 19:23:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4521: Red Tsunami In Houston, TX, Edition
Justice Department sets up hotline to report child sex abuse by church leaders
The U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington, D.C., on Monday launched a telephone and email hotline for anyone who was sexually abused by church leaders as a child so they can report these crimes.
"Survivors of child sexual abuse by clergy who wish to share their experiences and/or those who have knowledge of such abuse are encouraged to report these incidents to the U.S. Attorney's Office for potential criminal investigation and prosecution, as a part of the Office's Superior Court Division intake process," the office for U.S. Attorney General for D.C., Jessie K. Liu, said in a statement.
The Victim Witness Assistance Unit of the attorney general's office as well as the Sex Offense and Domestic Violence Section from the Superior Court teamed up on the project.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice-department-sets-up-hotline-to-report-child-sex-abuse-by-church-leaders?
#3563901 at 2018-10-22 18:40:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4521: Red Tsunami In Houston, TX, Edition
U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia Launches Hotline for Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Clergy
WASHINGTON - The Superior Court Division's Sex Offense and Domestic Violence Section and the Victim Witness Assistance Unit of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia are launching a hotline and e-mail address for survivors to report child sexual abuse by clergy, U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu announced today.
Survivors of child sexual abuse by clergy who wish to share their experiences and/or those who have knowledge of such abuse are encouraged to report these incidents to the U.S. Attorney's Office for potential criminal investigation and prosecution, as a part of the Office's Superior Court Division intake process.
Survivors of child sexual abuse by a clergy member that took place in a house of worship, school, or other location in the District of Columbia can call the Clergy Abuse Reporting Line at 202-252-7008 or send an e-mail to USADC.ReportClergyAbuse@usdoj.gov (link sends e-mail). Survivors can access further information by visiting the following website: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/victim-witness-assistance/report-clergy-abuse
All reports will be reviewed and a team of experienced criminal investigators, prosecutors, and victim advocates from the Superior Court Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office will determine whether any criminal charges can be brought or victim services provided. The victim advocates, who are part of the Victim Witness Assistance Unit, are available to offer support and guidance to survivors who wish to report.
Depending on the nature of the report, some information may be referred to law enforcement or the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia.
Individuals in need of police assistance or wishing to report any other criminal activity or sexual assault or abuse should call 911.
**
The U.S. Attorney's Office is deeply committed to the prosecution of those who commit sexual assaults in the District of Columbia, particularly those who commit such crimes against children. The Sex Offense and Domestic Violence Section in the Superior Court Division is a specialized unit staffed by highly trained and committed prosecutors who investigate and prosecute individuals who commit sexual assaults against children and adults in the District of Columbia, including abuse committed by individuals in a position of trust with the victim. The Victim Witness Assistance Unit provides comprehensive assistance to survivors of sexual abuse and their families. The Office's victim advocates are highly trained professionals with specialized knowledge of the court system and experience with trauma resulting from sexual assault.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/us-attorney-s-office-district-columbia-launches-hotline-survivors-child-sexual-abuse
#3547988 at 2018-10-21 02:12:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4500: #LiterallyShaking Edition
Google is helping a Chinese CEO being investigated for rape to bring his company to the US
https://www.businessinsider.com/google-jdcom-team-up-as-ceo-Liu-qiangdong-investigated-for-rape-2018-10
#3453417 at 2018-10-12 19:14:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4378: Make the 9th Circuit Great Again Edition
Chinagate and a tie in to the other Sec.of State.
http://www.independentsentinel.com/lest-we-forget-hillarys-china-gate-scandal/
Lest We Forget Chinagate, The Most Serious Scandal in US History
https://spectator.org/the-hero-priest-of-pearl-harbor/
In this week's Newsweek, crack investigative reporter Michael Isikoff - in an article entitled "Cash and Kerry" - unveils letters from Kerry to Johnny Chung, a star of the 1996 campaign-finance scandals, who pleaded guilty to giving $28,000 illegally to Kerry's and Bill Clinton's campaigns (the money turned out to have come from wire transfers by the head of Chinese military intelligence). In 1996, Kerry - in the fight of his life for re-election against then-Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld - helped grease the way for getting a corporation run by one of Chung's cronies listed on the stock exchange by arranging a private meeting with the SEC. Kerry's reward: Chung raised him $10,000 at a Beverly Hills fund-raiser. Kerry has always claimed he never knew Chung until the fund-raiser - but the Newsweek revelations show Kerry, in a handwritten"Dear Johnny" letter, wrote to Chung months earlier that "It means a lot to have someone like you on my team as I face the toughest race of my career." Newsweek adds that Kerry used his position as a member of the Senate Finance Committee to collect $3 million from firms with an interest in the committee's work.
https://www.laweekly.com/news/the-two-john-kerrys-2137733
Johnny Chung
In 1996, then Senator John Kerry was in a tough re-election fight against Republican Governor Bill Weld. In July, Kerry met with businessman Johnny Chung and his Chinese partner Liu Chaoying. Johnny was born in Taiwan and later became an American citizen.
When John Kerry met with them in his Washington office, he had no idea that Liu Chaoying was a Lt. Colonel in the People's Liberation Army.
Johnny Chung told Kerry that Liu wanted one of her companies listed on the Stock Exchange. Senator Kerry's people were happy to help and immediately sent a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
#3449939 at 2018-10-12 12:07:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4374 Close to an Ebake But oh so Far Edition
>>3449859
And she worked side by side with this Mother Fucker right here
JOHN P. CARLIN
Who just so happens to be the Mother Fucker who worked right next to McCabe
This is the Common Thread in the whole swamp.
He was Lorretta Lynch top dog
He WAS THE AUTHOR OF
RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA
He worked directly with Jessie Liu WHO let the AWANS WALK the fuck outta here with EVERYTING along with the other OBAMA JUDGE I already threw at you lazy ass non researching titty feeders.
#3449882 at 2018-10-12 11:59:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4374 Close to an Ebake But oh so Far Edition
>>3449859
There was also talk that Liu might replace RR because she's already senate confirmed
#3420117 at 2018-10-10 04:05:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4335: Grinding Slow Yet Grinding Fine Edition
I watched the Pence/China video from Q drops. After hearing the tactics they are using to influence our election I did a little digging on Tay Tay to see if maybe she has close connections to China. I started out looking for a connection between POTUS saying he likes her music 25% less and possibly a company she owns 25% of. No smoking gun showing Chinese fuckery but there are some connections.
She released her clothing line in 2015 and only released it in China at the time.
"JD.com is delighted to become the sole online source of authentic, high-quality Taylor Swift merchandise," said Richard Liu, JD.com founder and CEO.
JD.com is China's largest online direct sales company.
https://www.marketwatch.com/press-release/jdcom-announces-first-and-only-official-taylor-swift-online-fashion-store-in-china-2015-07-20
The company representing Swift at the time was Heritage 66.
"Swift is working with Heritage66Company, a Tennessee-based branding company that works with American corporations and celebrities to extend their brands into the Chinese market."
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2015-07/23/content_21384814.htm
Heritage 66 looks like they are no longer in business but the COO, Kate Liegey, was also listed as part of a Chinese Marketing company. She recently made the news when a potential business partner screwed her over on a deal involving a clothing line in China for the Jenners (Kanye's in-laws)
https://www.brandasiamarketing.com/our-team/
#3399876 at 2018-10-08 23:14:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4309 Mad Maxine in Hot Water Edition
Unhinged MSNBC Panelist: With Kavanaugh's Confirmation, Republicans Have Set Themselves Up For 'A Thousand-Year Reich'
On MSNBC, the editor of Above the Law, Elie Mystal, went bonkers when he was asked about the impact of Justice Brett Kavanaugh being confirmed to the Supreme Court, bloviating that President Trump was the "devil" for encouraging racism and that conservatives' control over the three branches of government could lead to a "thousand-year Reich."
Prior to Mystal's unhinged remarks, the conversation, led by host Richard Liu and joined by Associate Editor of Commentary Noah Rothman, MSNBC analyst Zerlina Maxwell, and SiriusXM host Danielle Moodie-Mills, had discussed the idea that the GOP is "anti-woman," segued to Nazism, and risen to fever pitch with the accusation against the conservative Rothman that he was "mansplaining."
But the zenith of idiocy was reached with Mystal, who stated, "The thing about making a deal with the devil is that the devil backs up his bargain. The devil does not welch."
As Caleb Howe noted ironically at Mediaite, Mystal got that completely wrong. Howe noted, "The point of 'making a deal with the devil' parables is that the devil does betray you."
Mystal continued, "Trump has delivered for these people on the things that they care about most; he has delivered racism for these people. He has delivered misogyny for these people, and now he's delivered the Supreme Court for these people, which is something they've been trying to get for a generation."
Mystal said feverishly, "So then the question now becomes, not so much like, 'Oh, will this stick for the Republicans?' I think it will stick for the Republicans; this is what they want. The question is, what are the Democrats going to do? Democratic turnout doesn't need to be high for a midterm; it needs to be high for a presidential election. And that's what we're about to see. We're going to see if this reign that they now have control over all three branches of government, we're going to see if this reign lasts for thirty days, or two years, or a thousand-year Reich. Because that is how, that is what these people have set themselves up for. And it's simply a question of whether or not the Democrats are going to join the battle and meet them at the polls."
https://www.dailywire.com/news/36876/unhinged-msnbc-panelist-kavanaughs-confirmation-hank-berrien
#3374878 at 2018-10-07 02:35:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4276: #WALKAWAY #VOTEREPUBLICAN Edition
President Xi, we're not in this together.
You are the Masters of the country, you are the second generation of red, the second generation of officials, you have a noble red gene
And we are only the servants of the country, the mean ones.
Go ahead and do your Chinese Dream.
Whether it be emperor Qin Shi Huang or three thousand gong Dai's House
It's not our dream, because our dreams have been broken, tears and tears.
From 1949 to the Cultural Revolution
60 million people are either starved or killed.
The first emperor is no better than you.
Qin Shihuang still wants Jiangshan permanent, and you are not afraid of anything
In 1989, students simply called for freedom and democracy, and you were in Tiananmen with tanks to crush their bodies
It's something you can't even do.
40 years of reform and opening up, China became the second largest economy, you transformed into a red capitalist
Capitalism saved you, and you gave it a nickname called socialism with Chinese characteristics.
While indulging in extravagance, while leisurely humming the International Song of small songs
You did lose the chains, but they're hanging around our necks.
No!We're not going!No fighting!
We're not going to defend your red country.
What's wrong with losing?
Without a hundred years of defeat, we still live in the era of minion
Germany, Japan, no defeat, World War smoke is still in the air
Mao Zedong defeated, but our 100-year constitutional dream has been shattered
Our predecessors helped you defeat Chiang Kai-shek, but in exchange for retribution, endless disaster
President Xi, gather your children.
From the crazy casino, from the seven star hotels, from the strip club, go rally them!
They are accurate, powerful guns, fighting in the gentle country night
They won't dig your graves.
They never question your orders.
Your boys will defend your interests, not two men.
Hopefully, the guys in the bag don't get the wrong gun.
Hopefully, those guys who specialize in room surgery can still run.
No!We're not going!No fighting!
We're not afraid to die, but we have so many questions.
Why is the King's Empire protected by the United States and China?
The tragic counter-attack, why is the genocide of more than 2 million Cambodians demon Khmer Rouge?
A beautiful unified motherland, can the slaughter of 23 million Taiwan compatriots?
The wisdom of the two countries, Why want to put the tank on the streets of Hongkong?
Why did the beautiful Xinjiang become an open-air prison, and why did the Uighur brothers and sisters not speak their mother tongue?
Why is the Dalai Lama, whom you call the separatists, with a fatherly smile on his face?
Why did Liu Xiaobo win the respect of the world when you tortured him to death?
Why do you build the Berlin Wall of the internet with confidence?
Why did you preach religious freedom to cut down the Christian Church cross?
Why do you preach the rule of law to force rights lawyers and dissidents to televise pleas?
You claim to be Marx's followers, why can't we"talk " towards politics?
You claim to be the best technology in the world. why can't you make a chip?
No!We're not going!No fighting!
For 40 years, you have finally become the world's second-largest economy.
Your aircraft carrier is flaunting force in the South China Sea.
The Western media and the cynics you paid for are spreading your lies.
You were strong, and you pulled the veil over your face.
You are confident, so you have to dominate the world and go to the middle of the stage
But what kind of human destiny do you want to build?
No freedom, no justice, no dignity, party unity.
Is that Orwell's 1984?Is Hayek's "the road to slavery"?
Now, the world has seen what you are.
When the World roars you,
We're not going to stop the world's civilization.
No!We're not going!No fighting!
The slaves will not go to war for their continued servitude!
We're mean but not stupid.
We'll wait, for the day of the volcanic eruption.
We'll watch you melt your magma.
We have to prove that the Great Helmsman, the people's leader, is nothing more than a well-dressed man.
We have to prove that there can be no hope of heaven and eternal life on Earth.
We're mean but not cowardly.
We're going!To go to war, but the gun to you
We're gonna use our lives to get a vote for our children.
We will write the following text on the water of the Yellow River as ink on the mountain of Taishan at the top of the five mountains
All men are born free, all men are born equal, all men are born with dignity!
#3364859 at 2018-10-06 16:36:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4263: Double Meanings Exist Edition
>>3364478
Aside - I am intimately familiar with the topic VP Pence discusses in the Hudson Institute video.
More CHINA sauce:
Tiananmen Square student Democracy Uprising crushed in 1989.
Liu Xiaobo's "Charter 08"
Read and understand. There is a dissident Christian, Intellectual & Student Freedom movement in Mainland China.
Suppressed & not fully reported in The West.
Western Cabal & Media are complicit in allowing Beijing oppress their people.
But there is interest in a constitutional democracy/republic - grass roots in China.
https://rsf.org/sites/default/files/Charter08.pdf
Note: China is the New Colonialist Power in the world. Listen to Pence speech.
#3360614 at 2018-10-06 06:37:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4258 In the Heat of the Night Edition
China sets up think tank alliance to better understand US as trade war continues
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The alliance, comprising researchers from the National Development and Reform Commission and Peking University, will study the latest political, economic and trade situation in the US.
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Liu [Weidong, a US affairs expert from the Institute of American Studies] said in addition to forming think tank alliances, China needed to focus more on US domestic policies, such as what state governments cared about before the mid-term elections later this year.
This "could help change Washington's thinking".
…
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2155678/china-sets-think-tank-alliance-better-understand-us
#3280269 at 2018-10-01 17:32:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4155: POTUS Wants SPEED Edition
Watch the water.
China outlines deep-sea ambitions
The move will be reflected in the country's next five-year budget plan, beginning in 2011, with increased funding for oceanography, especially research and development of deep-sea technology, says Baohua Liu, a geophysicist at China's State Oceanic Administration (SOA). Liu will head a newly approved deep-sea centre in Qingdao, Shandong province in eastern China. Construction will begin next year and is expected to take about three years.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/china-outlines-deep-sea-plans/
#3257429 at 2018-09-30 01:32:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4126: Great, High Energy Rally Edition
Tell Ted Liu he's on radar and the more he screams the more we know how guilty he is!!!
#3248996 at 2018-09-29 16:21:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4115: Quacking Cory Edition
https://www.g-casa.com/conferences/shanghai/paper_pdf/Liu-mindcontrol.pdf
#3225181 at 2018-09-28 04:15:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4084 Red October Equals Midterm Elections Edition
https://www.dailywire.com/news/34069/report-dianne-feinstein-and-butchers-beijing-spyridon-mitsotakis
On September 24, 2015, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) proposed legislation that would rename the street across from Red China's embassy after pro-democracy activist Liu Xiaobo. "This would be the street sign that the Chinese ambassador would look at each day," Cruz said. "This would be the address that every piece of correspondence going into the embassy and coming out of the embassy would have written on it ... the PRC officials will be forced to recognize the bravery of Dr. Liu and to acknowledge it dozens of times a day - day after day after day."
To Cruz's horror, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) took the floor to object:
Harry Wu, who spent 19 years in the Chinese Gulag and dedicated his life to exposing the Communists' human rights abuses, said in a 2001 interview:
Congress gave me nice support - Sens. Helms and Paul Wellstone of Minnesota. When I met Sen. Wellstone, he said, "Harry, I don't need a brief - just tell me what you want me to do." But they were only some of the senators. Others took a stand for communist China based on family or business interests. For example, Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.), her husband is a board member of COSCO [The PLA's Chinese Overseas Shipping Corporation] and he has other investments in China. You see, this is the kind of person [Feinstein] who is never interested in my work.
#3222166 at 2018-09-28 01:50:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4080: Respect for /ourboy/ Lindsay Graham Edition
>>3222155
because the bitch sold us out to china along with HRC, ted Liu, half of CA and all of HI.
#3179972 at 2018-09-25 17:15:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4025: Embracing the Doctrine of Patriotism Edition
Coming to America compliments of Google, FB, Twitter and the MSM if we don't stop it
China's Technological System to Control Dissenters
Sesame Credit is the all-encompassing technological and authoritarian system
now used by China to control its citizenry. China has been emerging as a New World Order model for decades. Although there is a superficial facing off between the US-led West on one side, and China-Russia on the other side, the NWO plan is to use the friction created in these geopolitical battles to merge all the nations of the world under a One World Government. Many NWO controllers have long displayed open admiration for the Chinese model of authoritarianism, centralized power and the large amount of control it wields over its massive population. Recently China introduced a massive society-wide system called Zhima Credit (Sesame Credit), a full-spectrum social credit system that assigns a score to citizens based on how "good" they are. This system is based on gamification, i.e. the gamifying of virtually every human endeavor, itself based on the exploitation of brain chemistry (dopamine hits) and human psychology. However, it's not just a harmless game; it can have serious real-world consequences. Chinese journalist Liu Hu felt the brunt of the Chinese NWO model when he was denied the ability to buy property, take out a loan, buy an airplane ticket or even to travel on Chinese trains.
http://freedom-articles.toolsforfreedom.com/sesame-credit-gamification-control/
#3159625 at 2018-09-24 02:53:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3999: WRWY Judge Kavanaugh Edition
Xi marks first farmers' festival
President Xi Jinping has called for more efforts to promote agricultural upgrading, stimulate rural development and raise farmers' livelihoods in a comprehensive manner as the country celebrated its first Farmers' Harvest Festival on Sunday.
The event will take place on autumnal equinox each year.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201809/24/WS5ba7e409a310c4cc775e7bd7.html
Putin, Trump, and Xi like their farmers
????? - happy mid autumn festival
Fun Fact about Mooncakes:
There is a folk tale about the overthrow of Mongol rule facilitated by messages smuggled in moon cakes.
Mooncakes were used by the Ming revolutionaries in their effort to overthrow the Mongolian rulers of China at the end of the Yuan dynasty. The idea is said to have been conceived by Zhu Yuanzhang and his advisor Liu Bowen, who circulated a rumor that a deadly plague of "Hóuzi chuánw?i jíbìng de" was spreading and that the only way to prevent it was to eat special mooncakes, which would instantly revive and give special powers to the user. This prompted the quick distribution of mooncakes. The mooncakes contained a secret message coordinating the Han Chinese revolt on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month
#3146438 at 2018-09-23 03:07:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3982: We Will Remain Here. Edition
>>3146330
Well worth the read
Who is JESSIE Liu and Why you should know
Let's talk about and focus on some FACTS about Andrew McCabe and the Grand Jury that has been empaneled in DC.
To the naysayer's who say thing's such as 'MCCABE WILL WALK...HE'S BEING TRIED IN THE SWAMP ITSELF, DC!!'
Yes, the Grand Jury has been empaneled IN DC
Trump and Session's were BUSY working on the US ATTORNEY'S AT THE SAME TIME!
Session's FIRED ALL OF THEM, REMEMBER?
Session's then began placing HIS GUY'S/LADIES IN THOSE OFFICES.
AG Session's replaced ALL of the US Attorney's except ONE.
Session's didn't choose WHO would head up the DC Office.
TRUMP PICKED THAT APPOINTMENT HIMSELF
https://americandigitalnews.com/2018/09/18/who-is-jessie-Liu-why-you-should-know/
#3144746 at 2018-09-23 00:42:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3980: "Music is about to stop" Edition
Here is a interesting read,is this why Q keeps saying trust Sessions
Who is JESSIE Liu and Why you should know
Trump and Session's were BUSY working on the US ATTORNEY'S AT THE SAME TIME!
Session's FIRED ALL OF THEM, REMEMBER?
Session's then began placing HIS GUY'S/LADIES IN THOSE OFFICES.
AG Session's replaced ALL of the US Attorney's except ONE.
Session's didn't choose WHO would head up the DC Office.
TRUMP PICKED THAT APPOINTMENT HIMSELF
Let's talk about and focus on some FACTS about Andrew McCabe and the Grand Jury that has been empaneled in DC.
To the naysayer's who say thing's such as 'MCCABE WILL WALK...HE'S BEING TRIED IN THE SWAMP ITSELF, DC!!'
Yes, the Grand Jury has been empaneled IN DC
https://americandigitalnews.com/2018/09/18/who-is-jessie-Liu-why-you-should-know/
#3137595 at 2018-09-22 13:48:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3970 Voat for the Normies is a Vote for Less Pressure Here Edition
>>3137213
Liu He is a dumbf con man.
#3137213 at 2018-09-22 12:57:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3970 Voat for the Normies is a Vote for Less Pressure Here Edition
China Cancels Trade Talks With U.S and Won't Send Delegation to Washington: WSJ
Bloomberg News
September 22 2018, 12:40 AM
(Bloomberg) – China canceled trade talks with the U.S. and will no longer send Vice-Premier Liu He to Washington next week, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unidentified people briefed on the matter.
A mid-level delegation from China had been due to travel to the U.S. capital to pave the way for Liu's trip, and that visit has been scrapped as well, according to the newspaper's website. Beijing is leaving open the possibility of holding fresh negotiations next month, it said.
https://www.bloombergquint.com/china/2018/09/22/china-cancels-trade-talks-with-u-s-wsj
#3136536 at 2018-09-22 10:46:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3969: Shilly First Day of Fall Edition
White House optimistic on China trade; no date for more talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is optimistic about finding a way forward in its trade dispute with China, but it does not have a date scheduled for further talks as it assesses Beijing's response to the latest round of tariffs, a senior White House official said on Friday.
The official said despite its protestations, China was well aware of U.S. demands it halt what Washington considers unfair trade practices. U.S. President Donald Trump has made clear his resolve on the issue, the official said, and the two sides remain in touch.
"We have been very clear in all of these meetings about what is … required," the official said. "I am still optimistic that there is a positive way forward, and the president wants us to continue to engage to try to achieve a positive way forward."
The official's comments came ahead of a report by the Wall Street Journal that China had canceled mid-level trade talks with the United States, as well as a proposed visit to Washington by vice premier Liu He originally scheduled for next week.
Earlier this week, China added $60 billion of U.S. products to its import tariff list as it hit back at U.S. duties on $200 billion of Chinese goods that go into effect from Sept. 24. The escalating trade dispute has spooked financial markets.
Speaking to reporters at the White House on condition of anonymity, the official made clear the administration's ultimate goal was not to separate the interlinked U.S. and Chinese economies, but he said companies could choose to alter their supply chains if Beijing did not change course.
"Our goal here is not to cleave off the Chinese market from the U.S. market, I don't think that's good for long-term growth," he said. "In the short term there is of course a risk that if China continues on the path it is, that some companies as a result of this may start … to move supply chains."
The official also said he hoped Canada would agree to join a U.S.-Mexico trade deal by the end of the month, while saying he thought U.S. lawmakers would support a bilateral deal with Mexico if that did not happen.
U.S. and Canadian officials have been engaged in talks to modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement, a 1994 deal that underpins $1.2 trillion in trade between the United States, Canada and Mexico.
The official dismissed concerns separate deals with Canada and Mexico would have a negative impact on supply chains.
"I think it's overblown to say that if we have separate deals with these two, that there still can't be a really high degree of integration," he said.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade/white-house-optimistic-on-china-trade-no-date-for-more-talks-idUSKCN1M12AT
#3123147 at 2018-09-21 17:42:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3952: Comfy Speed Edition
'Freedom of navigation isn't a freedom to invade & infringe upon sovereignty' - China's UK envoy
Beijing "cherishes" the freedom of navigation principle but will not remain idle as Western powers use it as a pretext to show off their "military might" and "create trouble" in the South China Sea, China's UK ambassador has said.
"Some big countries outside the region did not seem to appreciate the peace and tranquility in the South China Sea. They sent warships and aircraft all the way to the South China Sea to create trouble," Ambassador Liu Xiaoming told the annual Induction Programme for Commonwealth Diplomats, held in London.
China, the Ambassador stressed, has no problem with freedom of navigation and actually "cherishes" the principle, which allows "hundreds of thousands" of ships to sail through the disputed waters of one of the world's biggest trade arteries. Beijing is only concerned when the US vessels and those of their allies brazenly breach the territorial waters of the Paracel and the Spratly chain of islands, where China has been building up military infrastructure to protect its territorial claims.
"Under the excuse of so-called 'freedom of navigation', they ignored the vast sea lane and chose to sail into the adjacent waters of China's islands and reefs to show off their military might," the ambassador said, calling such actions a "serious infringement" of China's sovereignty and a threat to security as well as the peace and stability of the region.
"Freedom of navigation is not a license to do whatever one wishes. Freedom of navigation is not freedom to invade other country's territorial waters and infringe upon other country's sovereignty. Such 'freedom' must be stopped. Otherwise, the South China Sea will never be tranquil," the Chinese envoy to the UK warned.
The resource-rich South China Sea is the subject of conflicting and overlapping claims by a number of countries, including China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei. The US has been sending its vessels and airplanes to carry out patrol missions in the disputed area, repeatedly causing outcries from Beijing.
American allies, namely the UK and Japan, have also agitated China by shows of force in the disputed waters. Just last week the Maritime Self-Defence Force of Japan held submarine drills in the region, with the participation of destroyers. In early September, Beijing was forced to dispatch a frigate and two helicopters to escort the UK's HMS Albion through the South China Sea.
https://www.rt.com/news/438998-south-freedom-navigation-principle/
#3110053 at 2018-09-20 21:03:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3935: Hand in Hand Edition
US Sends Ships to South China Sea 'to Create Trouble' - Chinese Envoy
China's chief envoy in London accused "some big countries outside the region" of coming "all the way to the South China Sea to create trouble," where China claims large expanses of sea and atolls.
Ambassador of China to the United Kingdom Liu Xiaoming told the annual Induction Programme for Commonwealth Diplomats organised by the Commonwealth Secretariat Wednesday that regional powers had made major strides toward resolving tensions in the South China Sea by themselves.
"Yet to everyone's confusion, some big countries outside the region did not seem to appreciate the peace and tranquillity in the South China Sea," Liu said. "They sent warships and aircraft all the way to the South China Sea to create trouble."
The ambassador brought attention to the efforts between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to settle regional disputes among themselves. Six nations claim at least some of the South China Sea: China, Taiwan, Vietnam, the Philippines, Brunei and Malaysia. ASEAN membership largely overlaps with that list: Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
In February, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang told reporters that China and ASEAN had begun a "mechanism" through which "various sides will have a full and in-depth exchange of views" on implementing a Declaration of Conduct in the South China Sea "and advancing maritime practical cooperation and consultations on the Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea."
https://sputniknews.com/asia/201809201068212991-US-South-China-Sea-Create-Trouble/
#3076389 at 2018-09-18 20:39:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3892: Fort Trump Edition
WHO IS JESSIE Liu AND WHY YOU SHOULD KNOW
16 SEPT 2018
Let's talk about and focus on some FACTS about Andrew McCabe and the Grand Jury that has been empaneled in DC.
To the naysayer's who say thing's such as 'MCCABE WILL WALK...HE'S BEING TRIED IN THE SWAMP ITSELF, DC!!'
Yes, the Grand Jury has been empaneled IN DC. WHO called for the GJ?
John Huber in Utah. WHY? Horowitz nailed McCabe via his text messages and him sent off for prosecution by HUBER. REMEMBER, AG Session's gave Huber AND Cody Hiland in AR the authority to call for a GJ IN ANY STATE. Moving on.
WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN 'THAT' part of the country in the past 2 years? Well, DC is part of the 4TH CIRCUIT COURT. The 4th Circuit is made up of 18 Judges who cover the states of WV, VA, NC, SC, MD and DC. After Obama was elected, he placed 7 judges on that court, moving it towards becoming a LIBERAL COURT. That's important to keep the SWAMP INTACT.
Now, enter President Trump and Mitch McConnell. They have already REPLACED 5 Judges on the 4TH and currently have 4 MORE SEATS THAT WILL BECOME VACANT BY YEARS END. THAT will give Trump 9 Conservative Judges on the 4TH so far. Looking ahead to next year, there will be 2 more vacancies for Trump and McConnell to fill. Trump THEN sits at 11 Conservative Judges on the 4TH, Giving the MAJORITY TO CONSERVATIVES. GOT IT? The 4th is taken care of, NO WORRIES THERE.
WHAT else happened in DC in the past 2 years? Trump and Session's were BUSY working on the US ATTORNEY'S AT THE SAME TIME! Session's FIRED ALL OF THEM, REMEMBER? Session's then began placing HIS GUY'S/LADIES IN THOSE OFFICES. AG Session's replaced ALL of the US Attorney's except ONE. Session's didn't choose WHO would head up the DC Office. TRUMP PICKED THAT APPOINTMENT HIMSELF; HE picked a 'Special' person to head the DC Attorney's Office. WHY someone 'Special'?
The US Attorney's Office in Washington has long played a leading role in national security investigations and corruption cases against public officials and federal employees. That person is VERY POWERFUL as they are the Chief Federal Law Enforcement of the District! He picked a lady who KNOWS that Swamp well!
She was part of the Trump Transition team.....AND(!!!) SHE IS THE ONLY US ATTY PICKED WHO MET WITH TRUMP PERSONALLY!
President Trump put into place a lady who KNOWS the Swamp, how it works and WHO the 'dirty' players are.
President Trump picked JESSIE Liu! Guess WHO McCabe get's to meet. US ATTY JESSIE Liu!!
Now I can hear you already...'SHE'S PART OF THE SWAMP!!' REALLY? HOW do you KNOW THAT? Because she worked in the DC area? BIG DEAL. Not everyone is part of the Swamp. ADM Rogers AND Gen Flynn worked there too. Do YOU remember the reaction from the Beltway Barnacle Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton of Jessie Liu's pending appointment to the office??
She stated:
"Once again, the Trump Administration has left the District of Columbia out of the process in selecting a particularly important federal official," Norton said. "The Bush Administration particularly recognized the uniqueness of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia and its local impact on D.C. residents and asked my opinion, and even gave me the courtesy of interviewing the candidates. It is critical that D.C. residents are involved in the selection process of federal officials nominated to serve them."
Norton KNEW that Jessie Liu was going to BE A HUGE PROBLEM FOR ALL OF THEM.
REMEMBER HOW IT WORKS: People are investigated by Horowitz. Horowitz hands them off to Huber OR Hiland for Prosecution. Huber or Hiland can convene GJ's in ANY STATE. Trump's US Atty's take the cases. Is it becoming clearer?
Trump and McConnell took care of the 4Th Circuit Courts. Trump and Session's took care of the DC District AG'S.
Trump placed HIS gal, Jessie Liu to be in charge of ALL THE DC COURTS. And you REALLY THINK McCabe 'WILL WALK'?
If you can't see the canvass being painted, you really do live in an alternate reality and there's nothing anyone can do to pull you back. SO, GOOD LUCK STRESSING OVER NOTHING SCOOTER!
*NOTE on the 4TH Circuit* - I should have done a better job explaining this. 2 Judges have been confirmed, 3 are open and waiting to be filled any day now, THAT'S THE 5. One more just opened up Aug 27th, that seat too will be filled this year. There will be 2 more coming up next year, then 1 more seat opening up in Trump's 2nd term.
So, by the time McCabe or any of them go to court, the 4th will be flipped.
https://americandigitalnews.com/2018/09/18/who-is-jessie-Liu-why-you-should-know/#.W6FX72YpCpo
#3058645 at 2018-09-17 17:57:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3870: Follow The Pen Edition
China and Google Urge Global Cooperation to Advance AI Development
Chinese government officials and business leaders including executives from Google called for global cooperation to advance A.I. technology at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, China, on Monday.
Chinese Vice Premier Liu He joined Jack Ma, the chairman of Alibaba Group, and executives from Google at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference to promote A.I. He called for foreign investment into China and promised to foster "an environment of free thinking" to bolster A.I. development.
His call for global cooperation on A.I. development contrasts with the Chinese government's plan to dominate A.I. by 2030, in part through government support of Chinese companies. He did not elaborate about his plan for further cooperation; however, the softer approach comes as the United States and China face significant tension over tariffs and trade relations.
He told conference attendees:
We're hoping that all countries, as members of the global village, will be inclusive and support each other so that we can respond to the double-edged sword effect of new technologies. AI represents a new era. Cross-national and cross-discipline cooperation is inevitable.
President Xi Jinping echoed He's remarks at the conference. In a letter to the conference, President Xi said that China could share the benefits of A.I. research with other countries.
Several American companies attended the conference, in part to show of their commitment to working on A.I. in China. Microsoft Research Asia and Amazon Web services both announced new research labs in Shanghai, while Google's Jay Yagnik presented the company's A.I. programs in the country. Google is a key sponsor of the conference in China.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai was invited to the event but declined to attend. Google's Beijing research office plans to work on a separate search platform that conforms to the Chinese censorship practices that comprise the "Chinese firewall."
Breitbart News reported last week that Jack Poulson, a senior research scientist at Google, quit the company in protest over the company's development of a censored search engine for China, suggesting it represented a "forfeiture of our values."
Chinese business leaders argued that Google's AI expansion into China proves that the country needs a global approach to A.I.
Ma said that China's regulatory system and approach to technology need to be reformed to adapt to innovative new technologies such as A.I.
"Governments should not care whether the taxi industry should be substituted," Ma said.
"Governments should pay attention to whether road safety is good and if people will be killed in traffic accidents. Whether one industry is substituted by another should be determined by the market."
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/09/17/china-and-google-urge-global-cooperation-to-advance-ai-development/
#2906310 at 2018-09-06 19:40:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3675: Excitement Intensifies Edition
>>2906216
Jessie Liu and Huber better be working together on this
#2905831 at 2018-09-06 19:07:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3675: Excitement Intensifies Edition
>>2905624
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#2902550 at 2018-09-06 14:36:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3670: Unnerving His Detractors Edition
NY Senate Candidate John Liu Endorsed by Far-Left Radicals and Socialist Islamists
Disgraced former New York City mayoral candidate John Liu is attempting a political comeback, with the support of hard-left radical activists and a progressive organization called the Muslim Democratic Club of New York, founded by socialist Islamist Linda Sarsour.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/ny-senate-candidate-john-Liu-endorsed-by-far-left-radicals-and-socialist-islamists_2640638.html
#2878044 at 2018-09-04 22:22:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3639: The Democrats Are Concerned Edition
>>2878002
And just like that, he's been released already, and back in China.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/03/technology/jd-com-richard-Liu-qiangdong.html
#2871762 at 2018-09-04 14:43:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3631: Whiny Libtard Senators Edition
In Olive Branch To Trump, Xi Jinping Sends Right-Hand Man To North Korea
President Xi Jinping will send his right-hand man to North Korea as nuclear negotiations between Pyongyang and Washington recently hit a snag. SCMP reports that Li Zhanshu - chairman of the National People's Congress and the third-ranking official in the ruling Communist Party's Politburo Standing Committee - will go to North Korea on Saturday.
Li will attend the 70th anniversary event to mark North Korea's founding on Sunday. He will be travelling as a special representative of Xi, indicating that the president is not likely to attend the event himself as an earlier report suggested. Li will be the highest level Chinese official to visit North Korea since Xi came to power in 2012. The last Politburo Standing Committee member to go to Pyongyang was Liu Yunshan, in 2015.
President Trump said in late August that he did not believe Beijing was "helping with the process of denuclearisation as they once were" - a remark that sparked anger in China whose foreign ministry described as "contrary to the facts." Li's visit comes as progress has stalled between Washington and Pyongyang following the landmark summit between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore in June.
Critically, late last month, Trump cancelled a planned trip to the North by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. That was followed by Jim Mattis saying America did not plan to suspend more joint military drills with South Korean forces amid reports Pyongyang was rejecting US demands to give up its nuclear warheads.
So why not Xi?
A Pyongyang official told South Korean media in July that the North had invited Xi for the 70th anniversary event, but Beijing did not confirm the reports. Analysts said sending Li was the "most appropriate" arrangement for China.
"With Trump stepping up his rhetoric against China over trade and North Korea, Xi going to Pyongyang would probably reinforce his thinking that Beijing has not been enthusiastic enough about denuclearisation," said Zhang Baohui, an international relations professor at Lingnan University in Hong Kong. "Sending Li as a top official representative will help as a goodwill gesture to North Korea, but it avoids reinforcing Trump's thinking."
Boo Seung-chan, a research fellow at the Yonsei Institute for North Korean Studies in Seoul, said Xi appeared to have made a strategic decision to protect China's national interests by trying to improve its relations with the US.
"If Xi went to Pyongyang after Trump's warning, it could worsen the US tariffs situation for China and this 'assertive China' view held by other nations," Boo said, adding that more trade actions would also make it difficult for China to pursue its goals.
"However, this does not mean relations between China and North Korea will worsen. Xi has carefully chosen his right-hand man, who he trusts to go in his place, which will show Pyongyang that it's still important to Beijing ... China's strategy has not changed and so its relations and policies towards the North are also unlikely to change," Boo said.
The anniversary on September 9 is one of the hermit kingdom's most important annual holidays, along with the birthdays of late leaders Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il.
Lu Chao, a Korean affairs expert at the Liaoning Academy of Social Sciences, said sending Li to the anniversary celebrations was a sign China wanted to keep the momentum going in its relations with North Korea, even though Xi did not appear to be attending the event: "It means that China still holds its relations between the state and party of North Korea in high regard, and it's a sign of China's support for North Korea's strategy."
Finally, Michael Kovrig, senior adviser for Northeast Asia at the International Crisis Group, said Li would have the political savvy and foreign policy experience to gather insights about Pyongyang's intended approach to negotiations with the US and South Korea. He added that sending Li to the event showed that North Korea's standing had improved in China's eyes.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-09-04/olive-branch-trump-xi-jinping-sends-right-hand-man-north-korea
#2865694 at 2018-09-04 01:02:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3623: Stay Vigilant
US police arrest 'China's Jeff Bezos' over suspected sexual misconduct
Minnesota police briefly arrested the CEO of e-commerce giant JD.com, and one of China's richest men, on suspicion of sexual misconduct. The businessman has been released pending complaint.
Liu Qiangdong, founder and CEO of JD.com, an online shopping site that has drawn investments from Google and Walmart, was arrested by Minneapolis police on Friday about midnight and released the next afternoon. The billionaire has been dubbed the "Jeff Bezos of China" and has been a prime challenger to Jack Ma's Alibaba e-commerce empire.
No complaint has been filed against Liu, who goes by the Americanized name of Richard in the US. As grounds for his arrest, Hennepin County records list "probable cause," which is American legal speak for a "reasonable" amount of suspicion that the allegations are probably true - but not in itself enough for a criminal conviction.
The details and severity of the offense Liu had been implicated in has not been revealed.
Liu, whose net worth of $9.4 billion earned him the Forbes rank of 18th richest Chinese man last year, was released without bail and is free to leave the city, state and even the country, police said.
Police spokesman John Elder told the Wall Street Journal, that law enforcement is "confident" that they will be able to reach the Chinese national "as the time becomes necessary."
After the CEO's release, JD.com issued a statement on Chinese social media network Weibo on Sunday, arguing that allegations against the company's CEO were "false" and police quickly determined that there were no merit to the claims, allowing Liu to continue his business trip as originally intended.
The company warned it "will take necessary legal action against false reporting."
However, the commentary section has been immediately flooded with screenshots from the sheriff's office jail roster, with users calling the company out for misrepresenting the police report in an attempt at damage control.
While the businessman himself has not issued any comment regarding the allegations or the purpose of his trip to Minnesota, the University of Minnesota has confirmed that Liu was studying for a doctor degree and traveled to Minnesota to complete the residency part of his business leadership curriculum among other students. The program Liu had signed up to was established in a partnership with a Chinese university.
Although Liu has never faced allegations of being involved in any sex crime before, his name got in the news in connection with a sexual assault of a woman in his estate in Australia in December 2015. Liu's party guest Longwei Xu was found guilty of indecent assault on a woman in July this year. During the proceedings Liu requested that the prosecution hide his identity in the court papers, arguing that mentioning his name in connection with a rape trial would have marred his reputation.
However, the Sydney Morning Herald unmasked the billionaire in July after successfully overcoming Liu's suppression bid in court.
JD.com has been regarded as one of Alibaba's main competitor. In June, Alphabet's Google invested $500 million into the company, providing it with an access to markets outside Asia by allowing it on its shopping service.
https://www.rt.com/usa/437463-chinese-billionaire-sexual-misconduct-arrest/
#2856453 at 2018-09-03 08:05:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3611: The Curiouser and Curiouser Edition
Minnesota - Chinese Billionaire Arrested for Criminal Sexual Misconduct
Authorities have confirmed that Chinese e-commerce billionaire Liu Qiangdong was arrested for a brief time in Minneapolis over allegations of criminal sexual conduct.
The Chinese billionaire is also known as Richard Liu. He is 45 years old.
The brief arrest happened on Friday evening and he was released in the afternoon on Saturday. Public Information Officer John Elder said Liu was released pending formal complaint.
The Minneapolis Police Department reported the investigation is ongoing and would not give further details at this point.
Liu is the founder and CEO of Chinese online retail giant JD.com
Liu's company was founded in 1998 and is part of the Fortune Global 500. The company is also China's second-largest e-commerce firm and has emerged as an aggressive competitor of Alibaba.
The company became popular for offering a "one-stop" shopping experience to over 300 million active customers in China, boasting of same- and next-day delivery as standard.
Google also announced in June that it would invest more than half a billion dollars into JD.com as part of a move to expand retail services around the world.
The two companies said they are poised to marry JD's supply chain and logistics experience with Google technology to create "next generation" personalized retail in regions including Southeast Asia, the US and Europe.
JD.com's shares trade in the United States have prospered by appealing to the increasing sophistication of Chinese shoppers. Big global brands such as Nike, Prada and Levi's actively use JD.com's sales platform to reach the country's burgeoning middle class.
JD.com addressed the criminal sexual misconduct allegation involving Liu in a released a statement posted on Chinese social media network Weibo. It confirmed the arrest but claimed that such arrest was carried out on "false allegation during a business trip."
The statement released by Liu's company also said authorities "found no evidence of misconduct" and released Liu to continue his trip. Said statement contradicted the U.S. police.
"Criminal sexual conduct" encompasses a broad spectrum of non-consensual sexual activity in the state of Minnesota.
The details of the allegations remain unclear at this point but we may be enlightened as the investigation progresses. This does not mean the Chinese billionaire businessman is off the hook yet.
Business industry observers regard the allegation against Liu as another unwelcome bit of publicity for a company that reflects the business potential of China's rising middle class.
http://www.thegoldwater.com/news/35949-Minnesota-Chinese-Billionaire-Arrested-for-Criminal-Sexual-Misconduct
#2856163 at 2018-09-03 07:04:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3611: The Curiouser and Curiouser Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
GLOBAL
>>2653167 BO's reminder to ignore shills
>>2829643, >>2829673 1986 U.S. District Court Dost test: No CP image guidelines
>>2327065 How to filter gore spam >>2334211 (new: Add into [Options] -> Theme)
#3610
>>2856016 New lawsuit against Jeffrey Epstein scheduled to begin Dec 4th
>>2856010 Unsealed Indictment - 25 MS-13 Gang Members Arrested
>>2855953 , >>2855980 The Church of Satan building in Cali
>>2855874 The Seal of Solomon, the Talisman of Saturn and Saturn / Satan worship
>>2855641 , >>2855745, >>2855761, >>2855809 Interdasting Ezra Cohen-Watnick article cont.
>>2855628 , >>2855607, >>2855628, >>2855637 Interdasting Ezra Cohen-Watnick article
>>2855650 NZ is too close to China, should be expelled from Five Eyes: Canadian report
>>2855645 China's "Dark Sword" UAV Program
>>2855465 9/11, The Patriot Act & surveillance of American citizens
>>2855457 Are Magic Sword inferring that GOOD can defeat EVIL using THEIR symbolism?
>>2855333 Mary Jacoby, FusionGPS, HRC, Hussein & FISA: Moar connections
>>2856155 #3610
#3609
>>2855277 Director of the Brazilian museum: Alexander Wilhelm Armin Kellner
>>2855202 Lilith Fair, PP and abortion (see >>2854341 (lb) & #3608 notes)
>>2855199 Five Eyes' call to end Internet encryption
>>2855197 Google's 'Building 8' is working on mind reading and augmented reality
>>2855046 Wikileaks tweet article on Big Media's reverence for noname
>>2855009 Previous museum fires
>>2854975 The city of Waco has a crescent moon and star in its logo
>>2854953 Operation Magic Sword: U.S. military op undertaken in 1965
>>2854847 "ThePerfect PurpleMoment...Almost": Article referenced
>>2854824 HRC Is Hiring Interns For The Fall - But Won't Pay Them
>>2854712 , >>2854727 Going Back to the Moon Won't Break the Bank, NASA Chief Says
>>2854639 A reckoning (regulation) may be coming for Big Tech: The Guardian
>>2854542 (lb), >>2854760 (lb) SAFRA wealthiest banking family - RIO Museum fire connection
>>2855297 #3609
#3608 Baker Change
>>2854496 Clockfag Update
>>2854321 , >>2854341 "The Rites of Moloch", a child sacrifice (Exceprts from pages 119-123)
>>2853926 , >>2854512 CIA tweets about CIA being museum curators -> Brazil National Museum burns
>>2854187 Founder of JD.com, Richard Liu, arrested on suspicion of criminal sexual conduct
>>2854086 The Nazis, South America, Roosevelt and Walt Disney
>>2854054 , >>2854105 11 pointed stars, The Kabalah & The Statue of Liberty
>>2854040 National Museum Brazil: No water in the hydrants closest to the museum
>>2853895 Secret Service: Person arrested after climbing over White House security barrier
>>2853870 Graphic: Brazil Museum connection to C_A twatt
>>2853876 , >>2853885, >>2853891 Interdasting book about Luciferianism, Black Mass & their symbolism
>>2854548 #3608
#3607
>>2853077, >>2853080, >>2853208, >>2853573 Moar on Brazil's National Museum Destroyed in Fire
>>2853093 BOOK OF Q PROOFS - V1.3 RELEASE
>>2853172 DARPA found to be manipulating culture through video games back in 2014 (GamerGate)
>>2853285 International Child Porn Ring Leaves 91 Victims in 28 States with Eight Pedophiles Arrested
>>2853288 New QMap PDF freshly baked
>>2853329 The C_A logo is a replica of the Greeks Vergina Sun
>>2853433, >>2853477 Mollie Tibbetts' Father: Promote Diversity, not Immigration Enforcement
>>2853471 Over 80,000 pedos are operating in Britain
>>2853777 #3607
Previously Collected Notables
>>2853001 #3606
>>2850698 #3603, >>2851449 #3604, >>2852239 #3605
>>2848325 #3600, >>2849102 #3601, >>2849888 #3602
>>2845963 #3597, >>2846753 #3598, >>2847518 #3599
>>2844665 #3594, >>2844584 #3595, >>2845273 #3596
Best Of Bread: https://8ch.net/qresearch/notables.html
Archives of Notables >>>/comms/225 ; >>>/comms/1536
#2855305 at 2018-09-03 05:12:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3610: The Deeper We Dig Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
GLOBAL
>>2653167 BO's reminder to ignore shills
>>2829643, >>2829673 1986 U.S. District Court Dost test: No CP image guidelines
>>2327065 How to filter gore spam >>2334211 (new: Add into [Options] -> Theme)
#3609
>>2855277 Director of the Brazilian museum: Alexander Wilhelm Armin Kellner
>>2855202 Lilith Fair, PP and abortion (see >>2854341 (lb) & #3608 notes)
>>2855199 Five Eyes' call to end Internet encryption
>>2855197 Google's 'Building 8' is working on mind reading and augmented reality
>>2855046 Wikileaks tweet article on Big Media's reverence for noname
>>2855009 Previous museum fires
>>2854975 The city of Waco has a crescent moon and star in its logo
>>2854953 Operation Magic Sword: U.S. military op undertaken in 1965
>>2854847 "ThePerfect PurpleMoment...Almost": Article referenced
>>2854824 HRC Is Hiring Interns For The Fall - But Won't Pay Them
>>2854712 , >>2854727 Going Back to the Moon Won't Break the Bank, NASA Chief Says
>>2854639 A reckoning (regulation) may be coming for Big Tech: The Guardian
>>2854542 (lb), >>2854760 (lb) SAFRA wealthiest banking family - RIO Museum fire connection
>>2855297 #3609
#3608 Baker Change
>>2854496 Clockfag Update
>>2854321 , >>2854341 "The Rites of Moloch", a child sacrifice (Exceprts from pages 119-123)
>>2853926 , >>2854512 CIA tweets about CIA being museum curators -> Brazil National Museum burns
>>2854187 Founder of JD.com, Richard Liu, arrested on suspicion of criminal sexual conduct
>>2854086 The Nazis, South America, Roosevelt and Walt Disney
>>2854054 , >>2854105 11 pointed stars, The Kabalah & The Statue of Liberty
>>2854040 National Museum Brazil: No water in the hydrants closest to the museum
>>2853895 Secret Service: Person arrested after climbing over White House security barrier
>>2853870 Graphic: Brazil Museum connection to C_A twatt
>>2853876 , >>2853885, >>2853891 Interdasting book about Luciferianism, Black Mass & their symbolism
>>2854548 #3608
#3607
>>2853077, >>2853080, >>2853208, >>2853573 Moar on Brazil's National Museum Destroyed in Fire
>>2853093 BOOK OF Q PROOFS - V1.3 RELEASE
>>2853172 DARPA found to be manipulating culture through video games back in 2014 (GamerGate)
>>2853285 International Child Porn Ring Leaves 91 Victims in 28 States with Eight Pedophiles Arrested
>>2853288 New QMap PDF freshly baked
>>2853329 The C_A logo is a replica of the Greeks Vergina Sun
>>2853433, >>2853477 Mollie Tibbetts' Father: Promote Diversity, not Immigration Enforcement
>>2853471 Over 80,000 pedos are operating in Britain
>>2853777 #3607
#3606 Baker Change
>>2852310 >>2852333 Miami-Dade policewomen indicted by feds
>>2852317 >>2852715 Monstrous Conflagration Devastates Brazilian National Museum (Brazil has a very active cabal)
>>2852338 Democrats Erupt After White House Won't Release Bush II-Era Kavanaugh Docs
>>2852344 PrayerWalkingAnon circling the WH secure area this early AM
>>2852349 >>2852357 Some sauce for those ES/KA/SB emails
>>2852355 Teen from New Mexico compound reveals startling details about what he was being trained to do
>>2852550 Google witch hunt 1936 (per Q's post) you get the Moscow Purge Trials
>>2852626 >>2852665 >>2852698 Updated Sealed Indictment count
>>2852707 PlaneFag update: Mobile Nuclear Command Post airborne
>>2852805 We found 1,077 sealed criminal cases among 66,458 criminal cases filed in 2006 (~51,000 since 10/31/17)
>>2852787 >>2852844 HRC referred to the island of Palau as 'the end of the rainbow' (this is why)
>>2852900 ECW & Defense CLANDESTINE Service
>>2853001 #3606
Previously Collected Notables
>>2850698 #3603, >>2851449 #3604, >>2852239 #3605
>>2848325 #3600, >>2849102 #3601, >>2849888 #3602
>>2845963 #3597, >>2846753 #3598, >>2847518 #3599
>>2844665 #3594, >>2844584 #3595, >>2845273 #3596
Best Of Bread: https://8ch.net/qresearch/notables.html
Archives of Notables >>>/comms/225 ; >>>/comms/1536
#2854555 at 2018-09-03 03:54:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3609: Brazil's National Museum Burns Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
GLOBAL
>>2653167 BO's reminder to ignore shills
>>2829643, >>2829673 1986 U.S. District Court Dost test: No CP image guidelines
>>2327065 How to filter gore spam >>2334211 (new: Add into [Options] -> Theme)
#3608 Baker Change
>>2854496 Clockfag Update
>>2854321 , >>2854341 "The Rites of Moloch", a child sacrifice (Exceprts from pages 119-123)
>>2853926 , >>2854512 CIA tweets about CIA being museum curators -> Brazil National Museum burns
>>2854187 Founder of JD.com, Richard Liu, arrested on suspicion of criminal sexual conduct
>>2854086 The Nazis, South America, Roosevelt and Walt Disney
>>2854054 , >>2854105 11 pointed stars, The Kabalah & The Statue of Liberty
>>2854040 National Museum Brazil: No water in the hydrants closest to the museum
>>2853895 Secret Service: Person arrested after climbing over White House security barrier
>>2853870 Graphic: Brazil Museum connection to C_A twatt
>>2853876 , >>2853885, >>2853891 Interdasting book about Luciferianism, Black Mass & their symbolism
>>2854548 #3608
#3607
>>2853077, >>2853080, >>2853208, >>2853573 Moar on Brazil's National Museum Destroyed in Fire
>>2853093 BOOK OF Q PROOFS - V1.3 RELEASE
>>2853172 DARPA found to be manipulating culture through video games back in 2014 (GamerGate)
>>2853285 International Child Porn Ring Leaves 91 Victims in 28 States with Eight Pedophiles Arrested
>>2853288 New QMap PDF freshly baked
>>2853329 The C_A logo is a replica of the Greeks Vergina Sun
>>2853433, >>2853477 Mollie Tibbetts' Father: Promote Diversity, not Immigration Enforcement
>>2853471 Over 80,000 pedos are operating in Britain
>>2853777 #3607
#3606 Baker Change
>>2852310 >>2852333 Miami-Dade policewomen indicted by feds
>>2852317 >>2852715 Monstrous Conflagration Devastates Brazilian National Museum (Brazil has a very active cabal)
>>2852338 Democrats Erupt After White House Won't Release Bush II-Era Kavanaugh Docs
>>2852344 PrayerWalkingAnon circling the WH secure area this early AM
>>2852349 >>2852357 Some sauce for those ES/KA/SB emails
>>2852355 Teen from New Mexico compound reveals startling details about what he was being trained to do
>>2852550 Google witch hunt 1936 (per Q's post) you get the Moscow Purge Trials
>>2852626 >>2852665 >>2852698 Updated Sealed Indictment count
>>2852707 PlaneFag update: Mobile Nuclear Command Post airborne
>>2852805 We found 1,077 sealed criminal cases among 66,458 criminal cases filed in 2006 (~51,000 since 10/31/17)
>>2852787 >>2852844 HRC referred to the island of Palau as 'the end of the rainbow' (this is why)
>>2852900 ECW & Defense CLANDESTINE Service
>>2853001 #3606
#3605
>>2851976 Marty Torrey Dig Info
>>2851860 Syria Update (Collection of Articles)
>>2851685 "Drag Queen Story Hour" For Children Sparks Protests From Conservative Groups
>>2851495, >>2851508 Anon's Drain-The-Swamp Timeline
>>2852239 #3605
#3604
>>2851305 The Clandestine Adventures of Alice in Saudi Land (worth looking into?)
>>2851303 ES DOD Enduring Security Mtg
>>2851287 Iran Admits, Regime Working with Soros Organization
>>2851131, >>2851152, >>2851158, >>2851163 Who is Dmitri Alperovitch? Digs
>>2850903 Ezra Cohen-Watnick Digs
>>2850864 >>2851108 (Magical) Sword of St. Michael the Archangel
>>2851449 #3604
Previously Collected Notables
>>2850698 #3603
>>2848325 #3600, >>2849102 #3601, >>2849888 #3602
>>2845963 #3597, >>2846753 #3598, >>2847518 #3599
>>2844665 #3594, >>2844584 #3595, >>2845273 #3596
>>2841378 #3591, >>2842119 #3592, >>2842919 #3593
>>2838998 #3588, >>2839830 #3589, >>2841109 #3590
Best Of Bread: https://8ch.net/qresearch/notables.html
Archives of Notables >>>/comms/225 ; >>>/comms/1536
#2854548 at 2018-09-03 03:53:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3608: Sunday Night Diggin' Edition
#3608 Baker Change
>>2854496 Clockfag Update
>>2854321 , >>2854341 "The Rites of Moloch", a child sacrifice (Exceprts from pages 119-123)
>>2853926 , >>2854512 CIA tweets about CIA being museum curators -> Brazil National Museum burns
>>2854187 Founder of JD.com, Richard Liu, arrested on suspicion of criminal sexual conduct
>>2854086 The Nazis, South America, Roosevelt and Walt Disney
>>2854054 , >>2854105 11 pointed stars, The Kabalah & The Statue of Liberty
>>2854040 National Museum Brazil: No water in the hydrants closest to the museum
>>2853895 Secret Service: Person arrested after climbing over White House security barrier
>>2853870 Graphic: Brazil Museum connection to C_A twatt
>>2853876 , >>2853885, >>2853891 Interdasting book about Luciferianism, Black Mass & their symbolism
#2854521 at 2018-09-03 03:51:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3608: Sunday Night Diggin' Edition
#3608 Baker Change
>>2854496 Clockfag Update
>>2854321 , >>2854341 "The Rites of Moloch", a child sacrifice (Exceprts from pages 119-123)
>>2853926 CIA tweets about CIA being museum curators -> Brazil National Museum burns
>>2854187 Founder of JD.com, Richard Liu, arrested on suspicion of criminal sexual conduct
>>2854086 The Nazis, South America, Roosevelt and Walt Disney
>>2854054 , >>2854105 11 pointed stars, The Kabalah & The Statue of Liberty
>>2854040 National Museum Brazil: No water in the hydrants closest to the museum
>>2853895 Secret Service: Person arrested after climbing over White House security barrier
>>2853870 Graphic: Brazil Museum connection to C_A twatt
>>2853876 , >>2853885, >>2853891 Interdasting book about Luciferianism, Black Mass & their symbolism
#2854433 at 2018-09-03 03:44:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3608: Sunday Night Diggin' Edition
Notables Update
Anything missing? Should be removed?
>>2854321 , >>2854341 "The Rites of Moloch", a child sacrifice
>>2853926 CIA tweets about CIA being museum curators -> Brazil National Museum burns
>>2854187 Founder of JD.com, Richard Liu, arrested on suspicion of criminal sexual conduct
>>2854086 The Nazis, South America, Roosevelt and Walt Disney
>>2854054 , >>2854105 11 pointed stars, The Kabalah & The Statue of Liberty
>>2854040 National Museum Brazil: No water in the hydrants closest to the museum
>>2853895 Secret Service: Person arrested after climbing over White House security barrier
>>2853870 Graphic: Brazil Museum connection to C_A twatt
>>2853876 , >>2853885, >>2853891 Interdasting book about Luciferianism, Black Mass & their symbolism
#2854228 at 2018-09-03 03:29:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3608: Sunday Night Diggin' Edition
>>2854187
NOTABLE.
>The billionaire founder and chief executive of Chinese e-commerce firm JD.com, Richard Liu, has been arrested in Minnesota on suspicion of criminal sexual conduct.
Many big CEOs must be involved.
#2854187 at 2018-09-03 03:26:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3608: Sunday Night Diggin' Edition
The billionaire founder and chief executive of Chinese e-commerce firm JD.com, Richard Liu, has been arrested in Minnesota on suspicion of criminal sexual conduct.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/03/richard-Liu-qiangdong-arrested-in-us-china
#2852509 at 2018-09-03 01:02:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3606 Slow Sunday Evening Edition
Chinese Billionaire Liu of JD.com Arrested in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS-Chinese billionaire Liu Qiangdong, also known as Richard Liu, the founder of the Beijing-based e-commerce site JD.com, was arrested in Minneapolis on suspicion of criminal sexual conduct, jail records show.
Liu, 45, was arrested late night of Aug. 31 and released on the afternoon of Sep. 1 pending possible criminal charges, Hennepin County Jail records show. The jail records don't provide details of the alleged incident.
Minneapolis police spokesman John Elder said on Sep. 2 that he couldn't provide any details because the investigation is considered active. He declined to say where in Minneapolis Liu was arrested or what Liu was accused of doing.
Minnesota law defines five degrees of criminal sexual misconduct, ranging from a gross misdemeanor to felonies, covering a broad array of conduct ranging from nonconsensual touching to violent assaults with injuries. The jail records for Liu don't indicate a degree.
JD.com, the main rival to Alibaba Group, said in a statement posted Sep. 1 on the Chinese social media site Weibo that Liu was falsely accused while in the U.S. on a business trip, but that police investigators found no misconduct and that he would continue his journey as planned.
"We will take the necessary legal action against false reporting or rumors," the company said.
Liu recently tried to distance himself from a sexual assault allegations against a guest at a 2015 party at Liu's penthouse in Australia. Liu was not charged or accused of wrongdoing, but Australian media reported he tried unsuccessfully to get a court to prevent the release of his name in that case. The guest was convicted.
In June, Google said it would invest $550 million in JD.com. The investment reflected an effort by the U.S. tech company to expand its reach into Asian e-commerce.
JD.com is China's second-largest e-commerce company after Alibaba. Among its other investors is Chinese internet gaming and social media giant Tencent Holdings, the developer of the WeChat messenger app and a major rival of Alibaba, and U.S. retailer Walmart Inc.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/chinese-billionaire-Liu-of-jd-com-arrested-in-minneapolis_2639782.html
#2850508 at 2018-09-02 22:03:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3603 Magic Sword Edition
Chinese Billionaire Released by Minnesota Police After Arrest on Alleged Sexual Misconduct
E-commerce company JD.com says CEO Liu Qiangdong was released after what it says was a false accusation; Minneapolis Police say the case remains open
By Shan Li in Beijing and
Liza Lin in Singapore
Updated Sept. 2, 2018 4:06 p.m. ET
https://www.wsj.com/articles/billionaire-head-of-chinas-jd-com-arrested-in-minnesota-1535885060
China.
#2847336 at 2018-09-02 18:32:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3599: Ezra Edition
Liu Qiangdong, also known as Richard Liu, is the founder of the Beijing-based e-commerce site JD.com, the main rival to Alibaba Group.
Filed Under:Criminal Sexual Conduct, Liu Qiangdong, Richard Liu
https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2018/09/02/chinese-billionaire-arrested-minneapolis/
#2687114 at 2018-08-21 09:01:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3392 After Qoitus Relaxation Edition
(Reuters) - The mayor of the Chinese city of Changchun resigned on Tuesday, state media reported, after a safety scandal at Changchun-based vaccine maker Changsheng Biotechnology sparked widespread consumer anger.
The company was accused in July of falsifying data for a rabies vaccine and manufacturing an ineffective vaccine for babies, triggering public outrage and multiple official investigations.
The People's Daily reported on Tuesday mayor Liu Changlong's resignation had been accepted by the Standing Committee of Changchun's People's Congress. The state-run paper did not directly link Liu's decision with the vaccine scandal.
https
://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN1L609I
#2684186 at 2018-08-21 02:05:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3388 Double Dubs Edition
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, August 20, 2018
Two Individuals Charged for Acting as Illegal Agents of the Government of Iran
An indictment was returned today charging Ahmadreza Mohammadi-Doostdar, 38, a dual U.S.-Iranian citizen, and Majid Ghorbani, 59, an Iranian citizen and resident of California, with allegedly acting on behalf of the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran by conducting covert surveillance of Israeli and Jewish facilities in the United States, and collecting identifying information about American citizens and U.S. nationals who are members of the group Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK).
The charges were announced by Assistant Attorney General for National Security John Demers, U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu for the District of Columbia, and Acting Executive Assistant Director Michael McGarrity of the FBI's National Security Branch.
"The National Security Division is committed to protecting the United States from individuals within our country who unlawfully act on behalf of hostile foreign nations," said Assistant Attorney General Demers. "Doostdar and Ghorbani are alleged to have acted on behalf of Iran, including by conducting surveillance of political opponents and engaging in other activities that could put Americans at risk. With their arrest and these charges, we are seeking to hold the defendants accountable."
"This indictment demonstrates the commitment of the Department of Justice to hold accountable agents of foreign governments who act illegally within the United States, especially where those agents are conducting surveillance of individuals and Constitutionally-protected activities in this country," said Jessie K. Liu, United States Attorney for the District of Columbia.
(continued)
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-individuals-charged-acting-illegal-agents-government-iran
#2679405 at 2018-08-20 16:53:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3382: Big Dollars And Board Seats Edition
== Pg. 392 Who was the DOJ
Attorney??? ==
Channing D. Phillips was the acting United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, serving from October 2015 to September 2017.
He was succeeded by Jessie Liu.
Channing makes sense because he is the Attorney, and not some titled assistant or associate AG. [RR] had that role covered. I'm phonefagging at work at lunch. If you anons an use this, then please dig it up!
#2678803 at 2018-08-20 15:36:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3381 Nothing to See Here either Edition
>>2678802
That looks like Lucy Liu to me.
#2630690 at 2018-08-16 19:00:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3320: Hooah! Edition
China Buckles, Sends Trade Delegation to Washington to Seek End of Trade War
China and the U.S. are set to resume trade talks for the first time since June.
A meeting between the two countries, which would be between lower-level officials than earlier talks, would mark a breach in the standoff that has arisen since talks broke down in the spring. U.S. officials have repeatedly said they were open to new talks but insisted that China had walked away rather than offer serious reform.
It still is not clear if China's delegation will carry with it a reform offer serious enough to stave off the Trump administration's threat of former tariffs. The U.S. side will be lead by Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs David Malpass.
China is sending a trade envoy to Washington in a renewed effort to end a worsening tariff dispute that has raised worries it will chilal global economic growth.
The delegation led by a deputy commerce minister will visit in late August to discuss "issues of mutual concern," the Commerce Ministry announced Thursday. It gave no details of a possible agenda.
The two governments are poised to impose a new round of tariff hikes on $16 billion of each other's goods next week in their worsening conflict over Beijing's technology policy.
The Commerce Ministry said Beijing "reiterates its opposition to unilateralism and trade protectionism and does not accept any unilateral trade restrictions."
This month's meeting would be the first between senior U.S. and Chinese officials since June 3 talks in Beijing between Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Vice Premier Liu He ended with no settlement.
Following that, Washington imposed its first round of 25 tariffs on $34 billion of Chinese goods on July 6 in response to complains Beijing steals or pressures foreign companies to hand over technology. China responded with similar penalties on American imports.
The Trump administration is due to impose similar increases on an additional $16 billion of Chinese imports on Tuesday. China's government has issued a list of American goods for retaliation.
https://www.breitbart.com/economics/2018/08/16/chinasendstradedelegation/
#2555427 at 2018-08-11 17:40:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3224 The Illusion of Choice Edition
If Americans Can't Agree to Disagree, Censorship Won't Stop Until We Are ALL Silenced
Americans are begging to be censored by continuing to call for their political, religious, or societal adversaries to be silenced. We must agree to disagree before it's too late.
https://thefreethoughtproject.com/agree-disagree-censorship-nothing-left/
Cont. from images:
That way lies death, destruction and tyranny.
Now, there's a big difference between civility (treating others with consideration and respect) and civil disobedience (refusing to comply with certain laws as a means of peaceful protest), both of which Martin Luther King Jr. employed brilliantly, and I'm a champion of both tactics when used wisely.
Frankly, I agree with journalist Bret Stephens when he says that we're failing at the art of disagreement.
As Stephens explains in a 2017 lecture, which should be required reading for every American:
"To say the words, 'I agree'-whether it's agreeing to join an organization, or submit to a political authority, or subscribe to a religious faith-may be the basis of every community. But to say, I disagree; I refuse; you're wrong; etiam si omnes-ego non-these are the words that define our individuality, give us our freedom, enjoin our tolerance, enlarge our perspectives, seize our attention, energize our progress, make our democracies real, and give hope and courage to oppressed people everywhere. Galileo and Darwin; Mandela, Havel, and Liu Xiaobo; Rosa Parks and Natan Sharansky - such are the ranks of those who disagree."
What does it mean to not merely disagree but rather to disagree well?
According to Stephens, "to disagree well you must first understand well. You have to read deeply, listen carefully, watch closely. You need to grant your adversary moral respect; give him the intellectual benefit of doubt; have sympathy for his motives and participate empathically with his line of reasoning. And you need to allow for the possibility that you might yet be persuaded of what he has to say."
Instead of intelligent discourse, we've been saddled with identity politics, "a safe space from thought, rather than a safe space for thought."
Safe spaces.
That's what we've been reduced to on college campuses, in government-run forums, and now on public property and on previously open forums such as the internet.
The problem, as I make clear in my book A Government of Wolves: The Emerging American Police State, is that the creation of so-called safe spaces-where offensive ideas and speech are prohibited-is just censorship by another name, and censorship breeds resentment, and resentment breeds conflict, and unresolved, festering conflict gives rise to violence.
Charlottesville is a prime example of this.
Anticipating the one-year anniversary of the riots in Charlottesville on August 12, the local city government, which bungled its response the first time around, is now attempting to ostensibly create a "safe space" by shutting the city down for the days surrounding the anniversary, all the while ramping up the presence of militarized police, in the hopes that no one else (meaning activists or protesters) will show up and nothing (meaning riots and brawls among activists) will happen.
What a mess.
#2499490 at 2018-08-07 20:23:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3152: The Truth Fears No Investigation Edition
In March 2009 former MSS operative Li Fengzhi told the Washington Times in an interview that the MSS was engaged in counterintelligence, the collection of secrets and technology from other countries, and repressing internal dissent within China. The internal repression, according to Li, includes efforts against nonofficial Christian churches and the outlawed Falun Gong religious group, plus censoring the Internet to prevent China's population from knowing what is going on outside the country. Li emphasized that MSS's most important mission is, "to control the Chinese people to maintain the rule of the Communist Party".
Chinese intelligence agents, probably under the control of the MSS, have achieved success in penetrating the U.S. Intelligence Community in the past. In the 1980s, Larry Wu-Tai Chin (Jin Wudai), a translator for the Foreign Broadcast Information Service of the CIA, was arrested and charged with espionage in the service of the PRC. He had been recruited in 1944 while stationed in China as a U.S. Army officer and went undetected for four decades. More recently, in 2003, Chinese-American Federal Bureau of Investigation source and Republican Party fundraiser Katrina Leung was arrested and accused of being a double agent for both the FBI and the Chinese government, although she was acquitted of charges of copying classified information, and convicted only of tax charges and of lying to the FBI.
In 2012, an executive assistant to MSS vice minister Lu Zhongwei was found to have been passing information to the CIA. Lu Zhongwei was not formally charged, but that incident was said to have infuriated Hu Jintao and led to a tightening on information dissemination and increased counterintelligence activities in Beijing and abroad.
The Shanghai State Security Bureau (SSSB) of the MSS has repeatedly been involved in both failed and successful attempts to recruit foreign agents. In 2010, the SSSB directed US citizen Glenn Duffie Shriver to apply for a position at the National Clandestine Service of the CIA. In 2017, SSSB case workers were implicated in the recruitment of US Department of State employee Candace Claiborne who was charged with obstruction of justice.
In 2017, the cyberespionage threat group known as Gothic Panda or APT3 was determined to have nation-state level capabilities and to be functioning on behalf of the MSS by researchers.
Economic espionage has become a prime directive of the MSS and the FBI has estimated that 3,000 companies in the United States are covers for MSS activity.[13] Companies such as Huawei, China Mobile, and China Unicom have been implicated in MSS intelligence collection activities.
In 2017, Ministry of State Security officials entered the United States on transit visas that did not allow them to conduct official business. During the visit the officials made an attempt to persuade Chinese dissident Guo Wengui to return to China. Guo Wengui accepted the meeting, out of apparent gratitude for one of the officials, named Liu Yanping, having previously assisted in bringing the wife of Guo Wengui to America. However, Guo Wengui recorded the conversations and alerted the FBI. Subsequently, the Chinese officials were confronted by FBI agents in Pennsylvania Station, the Chinese officials initially claimed to be cultural affairs diplomats but ultimately admitted to being security officials. The Chinese officials were given a warning for their activities in New York and were ordered to return to China. Two days later, the officials again visited the apartment of Guo Wengui once more prior to leaving the country. While at the apartment the second time, the officials reportedly ate dumplings made by the wife of Guo Wengui, and Guo Wengui walked them out of the building after again declining their offer of clemency for silence. The FBI was aware of the second visit and agents were prepared to arrest the Chinese security officials at JFK Airport prior to their Air China flight on charges of visa fraud and extortion, but arrests were not made following pressure from the State Department to avoid a diplomatic crisis. The FBI did, however, confiscate the Chinese officials' phones before the plane took off.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_State_Security_(China)
#2495450 at 2018-08-07 14:10:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3147: Subsidizing The Rest of the World Edition
I stumbled on this a few months ago and just read it again. Very relevant to what is going on.
But more interesting is that one of the scientists, Xu Liu is now dead at the early age of 37 and I can't find anything on his cause of death.
Think you've got a terrible memory? You don't know the half of it
Feb 19, 2014 / Thu-Huong Ha
https://ideas.ted.com/think-youve-got-a-terrible-memory-you-dont-know-the-half-of-it/
https://www.ted.com/talks/steve_ramirez_and_xu_Liu_a_mouse_a_laser_beam_a_manipulated_memory
#2484412 at 2018-08-06 21:07:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3133: SA vs. Canada Edition
DOJ Refusing to Preserve Work-Related Emails from Comey's Private Account
Despite the fact that Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz discovered former FBI Director James Comey used a personal email account for work-related communications, the Justice Department is not taking steps to preserve those emails, according to the Daily Caller. Daily Caller reporter, Richard Pollack wrote on Friday, "The Department of Justice has refused to take any steps to preserve work-related emails former FBI Director James Comey had on a personal account that The Daily Caller News Foundation (DCNF) and Judicial Watch requested under the Freedom of Information Act, the conservative watchdog will file in court Friday."
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Judicial Watch / Daily Caller Timeline Regarding Requests for Comey's Emails and Communications
On April 25, The Daily Caller News Foundation and government watchdog, Judicial Watch filed a joint lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act seeking records and emails from Comey "regarding meetings and conversations he had with then-President Barack Obama, then-Vice President Joe Biden and a variety of other political figures." After the June release of the Inspector General's report showing Director Comey had used a private email account, "both groups sought a preservation order to assure no records related to their FOIA requests were lost or destroyed." On July 27, the DCNF and Judicial Watch filed a motion with U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia seeking an order to have DOJ preserve Comey's personal emails with federal documents. That same day, a DC District Court judge demanded that DOJ respond to the court by Aug. 1 and to the Daily Caller and Judicial Watch by Aug. 3. On Aug. 1, DOJ attorney Jessie K. Liu responded, "refusing to send an order to Comey or share its communications with the former director seeking the preservation of all his personal emails related to the FOIA requests."
Judicial Watch attorney Michael Bekesha said, "There is nothing but complete silence about why the FBI has failed to take steps to preserve records responsive to DCNF's request." On Friday, Bekesha wrote in a new filing with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia that the FBI's assistant section chief for record dissemination "does not state that the FBI formally requested Comey preserve any agency records or potential agency records responsive to DCNF's FOIA request. Nor does he state that the FBI asked Comey to return any such records to the FBI." The motion requests that the FBI take "all necessary steps to ensure Comey preserves records responsive to DCNF's FOIA request." Bekesha also argues that Comey "should not get the benefit of the doubt" because the former director is under investigation for mishandling FBI records after he was fired.
https:// saraacarter.com/doj-refusing-to-preserve-work-related-emails-from-comeys-private-account/
#2480471 at 2018-08-06 16:38:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3128: Sanctioning The Cabalists Edition
REPORT: Dianne Feinstein and the 'Butchers of Beijing'
On September 24, 2015, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) proposed legislation that would rename the street across from Red China's embassy after pro-democracy activist Liu Xiaobo. "This would be the street sign that the Chinese ambassador would look at each day," Cruz said. "This would be the address that every piece of correspondence going into the embassy and coming out of the embassy would have written on it ... the PRC officials will be forced to recognize the bravery of Dr. Liu and to acknowledge it dozens of times a day - day after day after day."
To Cruz's horror, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) took the floor to object:
I can only infer that it has political implications, because the President of China is due to arrive here tomorrow and, therefore, this would be passed today, moved out of committee without a vote in front of the Senate. I don't think that is the way we should do business in this Senate. Maybe people don't believe diplomacy makes a difference, but I do.
Cruz, visibly angry, came back to the Senate floor. "The presence of President Xi in this country is precisely the reason that we should stand in unanimity in support of human rights," Cruz said, his voice escalating. "Dr. Liu is in a Chinese prison, and the senior Senator from California is standing and objecting to recognizing this Nobel laureate's bravery, is standing and objecting because presumably it would embarrass his Communist captors. I, for one, think as Americans we should not be troubled by embarrassing Communist oppressors."
This is nothing new for Feinstein, and those who are at the hands of Red China know it. Harry Wu, who spent 19 years in the Chinese Gulag and dedicated his life to exposing the Communists' human rights abuses, said in a 2001 interview:
https://www.dailywire.com/news/34069/report-dianne-feinstein-and-butchers-beijing-spyridon-mitsotakis
Why should anyone be surprised that Feinstein had a Red Chinese spy on her staff? Given her fondness for what The New York Times once called the "Butchers of Beijing," it's a wonder how she ever served on the Senate Intelligence Committee at all, much less as its chairman.
Liu Xiaobo died last year in Chinese custody. The street across from the Chinese embassy still does not bear his name.
#2479420 at 2018-08-06 15:02:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3127: Looking Forward To The New IG Report Edition
>>2479411
NOT THE WHITE LOTUS!
QUICK!
GET Liu KANG!
#2440902 at 2018-08-04 01:20:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3077: "HRC SAPs (private server)" Q #439 Edition
>>2440861
JESSIE Liu, I SEE YOU!
#2438144 at 2018-08-03 22:35:44 (UTC+1)
Q Researc General #3074: "We have the server[S]" Edition
Let me start this off:
HRC server Lenovo? WHY?
Lenovo Group Ltd. or Lenovo PC International, often shortened to Lenovo (/l??no?vo?/ leh-NOH-voh; formerly stylized as lenovo), is a Chinese multinational technology company with headquarters in Beijing, China and Morrisville, North Carolina.[4] It designs, develops, manufactures and sells personal computers, tablet computers, smartphones, workstations, servers, electronic storage devices, IT management software, and smart televisions. Lenovo was the world's largest personal computer vendor by unit sales from 2013 to 2015. It markets the ThinkPad line of notebook computers, IdeaPad, Yoga and Legion lines of notebook laptops, and the IdeaCentre and ThinkCentre lines of desktops.[5] In 2018, Lenovo became the world's largest provider for the TOP500 supercomputers.[6]
Lenovo has operations in more than 60 countries and sells its products in around 160 countries. Lenovo's principal facilities are in Beijing and Morrisville, with research centers in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Xiamen, Chengdu, Nanjing, and Wuhan in China, Yamato in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan and Morrisville in the U.S. It operates a joint venture with EMC called LenovoEMC, which sells network-attached storage solutions. It also has a joint venture with NEC, Lenovo NEC Holdings, which produces personal computers for the Japanese market.
Lenovo was founded in Beijing in November 1984 as Legend and was incorporated in Hong Kong in 1988. Lenovo acquired IBM's personal computer business in 2005 and agreed to acquire its Intel-based server business in 2014. Lenovo entered the smartphone market in 2012 and as of 2014 was the largest vendor of smartphones in Mainland China. In 2014 Lenovo acquired the mobile phone handset maker Motorola Mobility from Google.
Lenovo is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the Hang Seng China-Affiliated Corporations Index, often referred to as "Red Chips".
History
Founding and early history
Liu Chuanzhi founded Lenovo on 1 November 1984 with a group of ten engineers in Beijing with 200,000 yuan. The Chinese government approved Lenovo's incorporation on the same day. Ji? Xùfú (???), one of the founders of Lenovo, indicates the first meeting in preparation for starting the company was held on 17 October of the same year. Eleven people, the entirety of the initial staff, attended. Each of the founders was a middle-aged member of the Institute of Computing Technology attached to the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The 200,000 yuan used as start-up capital was approved by Z?ng Màocháo (???). The name for the company agreed upon at this meeting was the Chinese Academy of Sciences Computer Technology Research Institute New Technology Development Company.[7]
Their first significant effort, an attempt to import televisions, failed. The group rebuilt itself within a year by conducting quality checks on computers for new buyers. Lenovo soon started developing a circuit board that would allow IBM-compatible personal computers to process Chinese characters. This product was Lenovo's first major success. Lenovo also tried and failed to market a digital watch. Liu said, "Our management team often differed on which commercial road to travel. This led to big discussions, especially between the engineering chief and myself. He felt that if the quality of the product was good, then it would sell itself. But I knew this was not true, that marketing and other factors were part of the eventual success of a product." The fact that its staff had little business experience compounded Lenovo's early difficulties. "We were mainly scientists and didn't understand the market," Liu said. "We just learned by trial-and-error, which was very interesting-but also very dangerous," said Liu. In 1990, Lenovo started to manufacture and market computers using its own brand name.[8]
In May 1988, Lenovo placed its first recruitment advertisement. The ad was placed on the front page of the China Youth News. Such ads were quite rare in China then. Out of the 500 respondents, 280 were selected to take a written employment exam. 120 of these candidates were interviewed in person. Although interviewers initially only had authority to hire 16 people, 58 were given offers. The new staff included 18 people with graduate degrees, 37 with undergraduate degrees, and three students with no university-level education. Their average age was 26. Yang Yuanqing, the current CEO of Lenovo, was among that group.[7]
Liu Chuanzhi received government permission to form a subsidiary in Hong Kong and to move there along with five other employees. Liu's father, already in Hong Kong, furthered his son's ambitions through mentoring and facilitating loans. Liu moved to Hong Kong in 1988. To save money during this period, Liu and his co-workers walked instead of taking public transportation. To keep up appearances, they rented hotel rooms for meetings.[7]
#2423414 at 2018-08-03 03:14:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3055 Something BIG About to Drop & We Are Waiting!! Edition
Justice Department Is Silent About Why It Has Failed To Preserve Comey Emails In FOIA Case
The Department of Justice is refusing to preserve work-related emails on former FBI Director James Comey's private account.
The Justice Department Inspector General disclosed that Comey used a personal email account to conduct agency business.
The Justice Department has refused to turn over government records on Comey's personal account, which The Daily Caller News Foundation and Judicial Watch requested under the Freedom of Information Act.
The Department of Justice has refused to take any steps to preserve work-related emails former FBI Director James Comey had on a personal account that The Daily Caller News Foundation and Judicial Watch requested under the Freedom of Information Act, the conservative watchdog will file in court Friday.
"There is nothing but complete silence about why the FBI has failed to take steps to preserve records responsive to DCNF's request," Judicial Watch attorney Michael Bekesha will write in the filing before the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Judicial Watch and TheDCNF filed a joint lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act on April 25 seeking records, including emails, Comey produced regarding meetings and conversations he had with then-President Barack Obama, then-Vice President Joe Biden and a variety of other political figures.
Following the Justice Department Inspector General's June 2018 report, which disclosed that Comey used a personal Gmail account for official FBI business, both groups sought a preservation order to assure no records related to their FOIA requests were lost or destroyed.
Both groups requested U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly order the Justice Department to preserve all of Comey's personal emails related to the two requests on July 27.
The same day, Kollar-Kotelly took the unusual step of demanding an expedited reply from the Justice Department, ordering that the agency respond to the court by Aug. 1 and to respond to Judicial Watch and TheDCNF by Aug. 3. (RELATED: Daily Caller News Foundation And Judicial Watch Seek To Preserve Comey's Private Emails)
In its reply to the court on Aug. 1, Justice Department U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu continued to refuse to send an order to Comey or share its communications with the former director seeking the preservation of all his personal emails related to the FOIA requests.
In its opposition to the preservation request, the Justice Department stated, "even if they [sic] were a possibility of responsive records in Director Comey's personal email, Plaintiffs cannot meet their burden of showing that such records would be lost without a preservation order."
Comey has been cagey about the number of times he met with and had conversations with Obama. An email Obama's national security adviser, Susan Rice, wrote and sent to herself on Inauguration Day noted for the record that Obama, Biden, then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch and herself met with Comey.
Committee on the Judiciary members Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina discovered Rice's email. The email was at odds with his June 8, 2017, testimonybefore the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, in which he suggested that his firsthand meetings with Obama were rare.
"As FBI director, I interacted with President Obama. I spoke only twice in three years," he said. "I spoke alone with President Obama twice in person (and never on the phone) - once in 2015 to discuss law enforcement policy issues and a second time, briefly, for him to say goodbye in late 2016," Comey's opening statement to the Intelligence Committee read.
Bekesha wrote that the FBI's assistant section chief for record dissemination "does not state that the FBI formally requested Comey preserve any agency records or potential agency records responsive to DCNF's FOIA request. Nor does he state that the FBI asked Comey to return any such records to the FBI."
Judicial Watch, in its May 22 FOIA, asked for any documents or memoranda written or ordered written by Comey summarizing his conversations with any of the following individuals: Obama, Biden, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California, Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York and Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona
TheDCNF requested records that identify and describe all meetings between Comey and Obama on Feb. 16.
https://dailycaller.com/2018/08/02/doj-preserve-comey-emails/
#2420940 at 2018-08-03 00:59:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3052: Game Theory
NOTE: Beware of PDFs as they can harbour nasties - anti-virus/spy/malware scan them!
Just in case anyone's interested.
When looking for any version of the Art of War make sure to find one with commentaries otherwise you'll most probably have to sit and meditate upon the meaning of anything you don't understand for a few days, or weeks! The first book I bought had no commentaries and yes you were simply instructed to meditate upon the meaning until you understood. I went and bought another one with commentaries after that. Commentaries are vital to understanding but the no commentaries versions are good for a quick overview or refresher of the topics.
Look around as some versions have additional, more contemporary explanations of the commentaries to aid understanding.
Most freely available ones are translated by Dr. Lionel Giles in 1910. There are other translations such as by Samuel B. Griffiths (1963) and Thomas Cleary (1989).
https://web.mit.edu/~dcltdw/AOW/toc.html
This page will help in determining the best translation for you
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-best-English-translation-of-The-Art-of-War-by-Sunzi
This fellows personal opinion -
Thomas Cleary is the best translator of "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu (book) PERIOD!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOFCGxD1yRc
On the other hand in the quora page above is written 'Some, such as Thomas Cleary - attempt to explain the text in a wider scope of "Eastern Philosophy", though his version is not personally preferred by me, as I feel he casts his net too wide to allow truly deep study of the text.'
Actually, I found the Thomas Cleary translation in a box of books (freestuff) outside of what you might call a thrift store but haven't read it yet so can't offer a personal opinion on it. I've found such boxes always good for a look through as many women throw out books with topics which don't generally resonate with the feminine mind.
Interestingly it has a page with a list of his translated books one of which is another 1989 translation titled Mastering the Art of War by Zhuge Liang & Liu Ji which are additional commentaries on the Art of War. Remember, commentaries are vital to understanding Sun Tsu.
The Art of War
Without Commentaries
Simple text page https://classics.mit.edu/Tzu/artwar.html
https://www.idph.com.br/conteudos/ebooks/the-art-of-war.pdf
https://thevirtuallibrary.org/index.php/en/books/social-sciences/book/military-science-201/the-art-of-war-404
https://sites.ualberta.ca/~enoch/Readings/The_Art_Of_War.pdf
https://suntzusaid.com/download.php
https://www.sonshi.com/sun-tzu-art-of-war-translation-not-giles.html
With Commentaries
The Art of War by Dr. Lionel Giles, Puppet Press
https://www.puppetpress.com/classics/ArtofWarbySunTzu.pdf
Original book in virtual format V1.1
https://yeshuado-academy.com/resources/The%20Art%20of%20War%20%28Sun%20Tzu%29.pdf
A good clean version
https://www.idph.com.br/conteudos/ebooks/suntzu10.pdf
Mastering the Art of War by Zhuge Liang & Liu Ji
https://www.reddit.com/r/aznidentity/comments/4ony30/mastering_the_art_of_war_commentaries_by_zhuge/
(You'll have to copy/paste and make your own document)
There's also the Chinese Thirty-Six Strategies or Thirty-Six Stratagems and the Japanese Book of Five Rings.
The Chinese Thirty-Six Strategies
https://img.4plebs.org/boards/tg/image/1492/93/1492930287866.pdf
https://steve8988.homestead.com/files/36strategies.pdf
https://www.tangledwilderness.org/pdfs/36strategies-web.pdf
Miyamoto Musashi's Book of Five Rings
https://www.urbancombatives.com/uploads/MiyamotoMusashi-BookofFiveRings.pdf
I'm not going to lead you by the nose to every possible version/translation available. If you're interested enough you'll look for yourself.
Find the translation/format/font you like. Me, I prefer a physical book to carry about and read. The smaller texts like the ones immediately above can be easily printed out and stapled/clipped for bedtime perusal.)
"Those angry will be happy again and those wrathful will be cheerful again, but a destroyed nation cannot exist again, the dead cannot be brought back to life." Sun Tzu
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As for the concubines... they thought it was a game.
(This is Not a Game - Learn to Play the Game.)
#2370432 at 2018-07-31 14:09:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2987: Angels of the Morning Edition
Stocks, Yuan Surge After US, China Said To Seek Restart Of Trade Talks
Tue, 07/31/2018 - 09:39
With the next wave of US tariffs set to hit as soon as Wednesday, and with trade negotiations stalled for weeks, Beijing and Washington are said to be eager to trying talks in order to avert a full-blown trade war, according to Bloomberg, citing two people familiar with the effort.
According to Bloomberg sources, representatives of Steven Mnuchin and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He are having private conversations as they look for ways to reengage in negotiations. However, they have cautioned that a specific timetable, the issues to be discussed and the format for talks aren't finalized, but at least there is agreement among the principals that more talks need to take place.
After some early success, negotiations have been stalled for weeks, with both sides in a standoff. Meanwhile, high-level US talks on trade posture with China are ongoing. Complicating matters, however, is a harder line approach taken by US trade representatitve Robert Lightizer, who is in charge of the US's "301 investigation" that resulted in the tariffs, and which concluded that China has been stealing US technology.
The next wave of tariffs is set to kick in as soon as Wednesday, with the possible imposition of $16 billion of duties on Chinese imports - a move Beijing has vowed to respond to with the same level of tariffs on US products.
Predictably, both stocks…
https:// www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-07-31/stocks-yuan-surge-after-us-china-said-seek-restart-trade-talks
#2354182 at 2018-07-30 14:49:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2966: Biscuits And Gravy Edition
>>2354179
Page 2/2
Remeber in 2008 the financial collapse saw a lot of banks/financial institutions fail? Well a lot of those high powered analysts/lawyers made their way to Loop Capital.
https://www.blackenterprise.com/45-great-moments-in-black-business-no-21-how-loop-capital-beat-wall-street-giants-to-lead-historic-1-billion-nyc-bond-underwriting/
>Gaining more than 25 top-notch professionals from downsized bond and global equity units of massive Wall Street operations positioned rock-solid, toxic-free Loop Capital to pursue big game.
Loop Capital specializes in Public/Private projects like the one Magic Johnson is involved with in New York.
https://money.cnn.com/2017/08/08/news/companies/magic-johnson-laguardia-airport/index.html
So it seems it's pretty obvious how this works. Loop Capital's CEO uses his political connections to arrange bribes where his firm is awarded contracts on Public projects.
Literally fleecing the American tax payer. They then use their obscene profits to fund slush funds of Obama, No Name, etc.
Oh and if you get caught? The FBI prosecutes everyone except James Reynolds.
That's if you get caught. Looks like the private email issue is a favorite among corrupt Democrats.
https://financefeeds.com/sec-imposes-monetary-penalty-loop-capital-markets-failure-preserve-emails/
>The Commission finds that Loop Capital failed to preserve emails transmitted by a senior registered representative. During 2011 and 2012, the registered representative used her personal email address to send communications relating to Loop Capital's business with other employees and with third parties. The personal email was used to conduct business of Loop Capital involving a finance transaction.
Now check out Avenatti.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-avenatti-bankruptcy-florida-20180601-story.html
He pays some asshole with a rap sheet to open up a mailbox and two days later petition Avenatti's firm for involuntary bankruptcy which coincidentally ended the lawsuit of a former partner seeking $14 million.
Take a look at Tobin and ask yourself if someone like that is up to speed on obscure bankruptcy laws.
Even the judge said it stinked of collusion.
Finally, remember how Avenatti worked for Rahm Emanuel in college?
Turns out Rahm is VERY good friends with James Reynolds.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-executive-profile-jim-reynolds-20130401-story.html
>While both sat on a Bloomberg TV panel hosted by Betty Liu, Mayor Rahm Emanuel talked about Reynolds' concern for poor children in the city. "I know it keeps him up at night, because he is often communicating with me in the middle of the night about that," Emanuel said. Reynolds told the Tribune that he'll text the mayor at 5 a.m. or even 4 a.m. - and "he'll text you right back."
Yeah I bet you guys are up late at night talking about kids rather frequently.
I also bet you one of those late night/early morning phone calls weren't about children but rather about getting a dirtbag lawyer to go after Trump in the public arena.
I'm thinking Loop Capital is funding Avenatti followed by possibly Fusion GPS or Perkins Coie. Time will tell.
#2274544 at 2018-07-25 04:36:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2866 Elated with the Return of Q & a Positive Air in /qresearch/ Edition
>>2274271
Mr. Liu is married to the Chinese internet celebrity Zhang Zetian, now 24, who is better known in China as Sister Milk Tea. Ms. Zhang rose to fame when, as a 16-year-old, a photo of her drinking tea in a high school classroom went viral along with a love letter addressed to her on social media.
#2274271 at 2018-07-25 04:08:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2866 Elated with the Return of Q & a Positive Air in /qresearch/ Edition
Chinese Billionaire Is Named as Party Host in Australian Sexual Assault Case
A Chinese billionaire who had tried to distance himself from a sexual assault case that has gripped Australia for the past month was identified this week as Richard Liu, chairman and chief executive of the e-commerce giant JD.com.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/24/world/australia/jd-richard-Liu-sydney.html
#2252925 at 2018-07-23 18:04:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2839: Wholesome Apple Pie Edition
Can you imagine the books they'd have under the subject,Trump?
Twaddle': librarians respond to suggestion Amazon should replace libraries
Librarians are in uproar after an article in Forbes magazine proposed replacing all public libraries in the US with Amazon bookstores.
Panos Mourdoukoutas, a professor of economics at Liu Post in New York, wrote for Forbes that libraries "don't have the same value they used to" and should be replaced permanently by Amazon book shops.
George Washington's hair found tucked in old book in New York library
Read more
"At the core, Amazon has provided something better than a local library without the tax fees. This is why Amazon should replace local libraries," wrote Mourdoukouta. "The move would save taxpayers money and enhance the stockholder value of Amazon all in one fell swoop."
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jul/23/twaddle-librarians-respond-to-suggestion-amazon-should-replace-libraries
#2222186 at 2018-07-20 17:19:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2801: Subset Primer
>>2222175
No. Only for his testimony in this specific case. Where he would normally have to plead the Fifth. It's a big nothing because he can be hit up by Huber or Liu or any US Attorney for anything else he's done.
#2211933 at 2018-07-19 18:29:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2788: Never Give Up, Never Surrender Edition
>>2211819
Jessie K Liu was in Trump's transition team, and later got nominated by POTUS to become DC's US Attorney.
Didn't bother to reply to the anon – why mention her when red-pilling?
#2211645 at 2018-07-19 17:43:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2788: Never Give Up, Never Surrender Edition
HELP NEEDED!!!
Been lurking part-time since November but I rarely post. I am close to red pilling my friend and I need any and all posts Q made regarding US Attorney Jessie K. Liu. I know there's was mention of her in the past but I searched the archives and couldn't find it, which makes me think maybe it was a link to an article or something. Can someone please direct me to the relevant posts if they remember? Thank you!
#2211518 at 2018-07-19 17:22:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2788: Never Give Up, Never Surrender Edition
Former Background Investigator for Federal Government Pleads Guilty to Making a False Statement
WASHINGTON - Rose Gross, 62, a former background investigator who did work under contract for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), pled guilty today to a charge stemming from her falsification of work on background investigations of federal employees and contractors, announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu and Norbert E. Vint, Acting Inspector General for the Office of Personnel Management.
Gross, of District Heights, Md., pled guilty in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to making a false statement. The Honorable Rudolph Contreras scheduled sentencing for Oct. 22, 2018. The charge carries a statutory penalty of up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. Under federal sentencing guidelines, Gross faces a range of 12 to 18 months in prison. She also has agreed to pay $189,042 in restitution to the federal government.
According to a statement of offense submitted to the Court, Gross was employed by USIS and KeyPoint Government Solutions as an investigator under contract to conduct background investigations on behalf of OPM's Federal Investigative Services, which now is known as OPM's National Background Investigations Bureau. All of the criminal conduct in this case took place while Gross worked under contract on behalf of Federal Investigative Services.
Between April 2014 and February 2015, in more than two dozen Reports of Investigations on background investigations, Gross represented that she had interviewed a source or reviewed a record regarding the subject of the background investigation. In fact, she had not conducted the interviews or obtained the records of interest. These reports were utilized and relied upon by the agencies requesting the background investigations to determine whether the subjects were suitable for positions having access to classified information, for positions impacting national security, for receiving or retaining security clearances, or for positions of public trust.
The false representations by Gross have required OPM to reopen and rework numerous background investigations that were assigned to her during the time period of her falsifications, at an estimated cost of at least $189,092 to the U.S. government.
OPM has a robust integrity assurance program which utilizes a variety of methods to ensure the accuracy of reported information. The falsification of investigative case work by the defendant was detected through the program.
This is one of numerous cases prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia since 2008 involving false representations by background investigators and record checkers working on federal background investigations. In addition to Gross, 24 other background investigators and two record checkers have been convicted of charges.
With a staff of more than 9,900 federal and contract employees, the National Background Investigations Bureau (NBIB) conducts approximately 95 percent of all personnel background investigations for the federal government. NBIB processed over 2.5 million background investigations in the 2017 fiscal year.
In performing background investigations, the investigators conduct interviews of individuals who have information about the person who is the subject of the review. In addition, the investigators seek out, obtain, and review documentary evidence, such as employment records, to verify and corroborate information provided by either the subject of the background investigation or by persons interviewed during the investigation. After conducting interviews and obtaining documentary evidence, the investigators prepare a Report of Investigation containing the results of the interviews and document reviews, and electronically submit the material to OPM in Washington, D.C. OPM then provides a copy of the investigative file to the requesting agency, which can use the information to determine an individual's eligibility for employment or a security clearance.
In announcing the plea, U.S. Attorney Liu and Acting Inspector General Vint praised the efforts of Special Agent Christopher J. Sulhoff, OPM, Office of the Inspector General, and Philip Kroop and Kevin Cassidy, OPM, NBIB. They also acknowledged the work of Paralegal Specialists Aisha Keys and Joshua Fein of the U.S. Attorney's Office, as well as Assistant U.S. Attorney Ellen Chubin Epstein, who investigated and prosecuted this matter.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/former-background-investigator-federal-government-pleads-guilty-making-false-statement-8
#2211235 at 2018-07-19 16:40:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2788: Never Give Up, Never Surrender Edition
Rose Gross, 62, a former background investigator who did work under contract for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), pled guilty today to a charge stemming from her falsification of work on background investigations of federal employees and contractors, announced U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu and Norbert E. Vint, Acting Inspector General for the Office of Personnel Management.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/former-background-investigator-federal-government-pleads-guilty-making-false-statement-8
#2209370 at 2018-07-19 11:10:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2785 Standby for Friday NewsDump Edition
BAKER BAKER NOTABLE
"Accused Russian spy Maria Butina offered sex in exchange for US job, prosecutors say"
"The 29-year-old Russian woman accused of covertly working as a foreign agent while living in the United States allegedly offered to have sex with an unnamed individual in return for a job in the United States, prosecutors said Wednesday.
And that's not all. According to new court filings, Maria Butina allegedly "gained access" to "an extensive network of U.S. persons in positions to influence political activities in the United States" by living with and having a personal relationship with another individual.
Prosecutors revealed the new allegations against Butina in documents filed Wednesday, as Butina pleaded not guilty and a judge ordered her held without bond in court.
Prosecutors had asked the judge in the case to keep Butina in jail before her trial, arguing she's a flight risk.
"Butina is a Russian citizen with no meaningful ties to the United States; she has every reason to flee this prosecution," U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu wrote in the court document."
"According to the documents, Butina was living with a 56-year-old individual described as "U.S. Person 1."
"But this relationship does not represent a strong tie to the United States because Butina appears to treat it as simply a necessary aspect of her activities," prosecutors wrote, saying the FBI obtained papers where she complained and "expressed disdain" about the individual.
Meanwhile, the prosecutors said Butina offered another individual "sex in exchange for a position within a special interest organization."
Butina is accused of conspiring to infiltrate U.S. political organizations - possibly including the National Rifle Association - at the direction of an unnamed senior Kremlin official.
Butina, who accompanied Republican activist Paul Erickson to President Trump's inauguration, has been charged with acting as a foreign agent, as well as conspiracy to act as an unregistered agent of the Russian government."
PIC RELATED
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/07/18/accused-russian-spy-maria-butina-offered-sex-in-exchange-for-us-job-prosecutors-say.html
#2198234 at 2018-07-18 12:26:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2771: God I love POTUS Edition
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
School Owner Pleads Guilty to Bribing Public Official at VA Program for Disabled Military Veterans
The owner of Eelon Training Academy ("Eelon"), a privately owned, non-accredited school purporting to specialize in digital media courses, pleaded guilty today to bribing a public official at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in exchange for the public official's facilitation of payments to Eelon that were supposed to be dedicated to providing vocational training for military veterans with service-connected disabilities. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department's Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu for the District of Columbia made the announcement.
Michelle Stevens, 57, of Waldorf, Maryland, pleaded guilty to one count of bribing a public official. The plea was entered before U.S. District Judge John D. Bates of the District of Columbia. In April 2018, two other individuals, Albert Poawui and Sombo Kanneh, pleaded guilty in related cases to bribery and conspiracy to commit bribery, respectively.
The Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) program is a VA program that provides disabled U.S. military veterans with education and employment-related services. VR&E program counselors advise veterans under their supervision which schools to attend and facilitate payments to those schools for veterans' tuition and necessary supplies.
According to admissions made in connection with Stevens' plea, she created Eelon Training Academy after learning about the VR&E program from a VR&E program counselor. In or about September 2016, the VR&E program counselor facilitated the first tuition payment from the VA to Eelon. Shortly after receiving this payment, the VR&E program counselor told Stevens that she should give him seven percent of the monies paid by the VA to Eelon.
Stevens admitted to later making two cash payments of $1,500 to the VR&E program counselor in furtherance of her scheme to bribe the VR&E program counselor in exchange for the VR&E program counselor sending veterans under his supervision to Eelon and facilitating the VA's payments to Stevens. In total, Stevens received approximately $83,000 from the VA for education that she purported to provide to veteran students. Stevens submitted invoices to the VA amounting to no less than $300,000 for the tuition and equipment of seven students, but was not paid the balance of the invoice amount due to the VA's ongoing investigation into Eelon following complaints by students about the poor quality of education.
In an effort to procure the outstanding payments from the VA, Stevens made numerous fraudulent misrepresentations to the VA, and maintained fraudulent student files in the event of an audit by the VA. For example, Stevens emailed to the VA an "attendance" sheet for eight students. The attendance sheet was created by Stevens and included handwritten check marks purporting to represent the dates that the students attended class. In fact, as Stevens well knew, the students had not attended class on many of those dates nor was class even held on many of those dates.
Stevens' plea is the third guilty plea in an ongoing investigation by the FBI's Washington Field Office and the VA Office of Inspector General. Assistant U.S. Attorney Sonali D. Patel of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia and Trial Attorney Simon J. Cataldo of the Criminal Division's Public Integrity Section are prosecuting the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Adrienne Dedjinou and Paralegal Specialist Joshua Fein also assisted in the prosecution of this case.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/school-owner-pleads-guilty-bribing-public-official-va-program-disabled-military-veterans
#2176938 at 2018-07-16 19:06:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2744: Pursuit Of Peace Edition
Russian National Charged In Conspiracy to Act as an Agent of Russia Within the US
A criminal complaint was unsealed today in the District of Columbia charging a Russian national with conspiracy to act as an agent of the Russian Federation within the United States without prior notification to the Attorney General.
The announcement was made by Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jessie K. Liu, and Nancy McNamara, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI's Washington Field Office.
Mariia Butina, 29, a Russian citizen residing in Washington D.C., was arrested on July 15, 2018, in Washington, D.C., and made her initial appearance this afternoon before Magistrate Judge Deborah A. Robinson in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. She was ordered held pending a hearing set for July 18, 2018.
According to the affidavit in support of the complaint, from as early as 2015 and continuing through at least February 2017, Butina worked at the direction of a high-level official in the Russian government who was previously a member of the legislature of the Russian Federation and later became a top official at the Russian Central Bank. This Russian official was sanctioned by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control in April 2018.
The court filings detail the Russian official's and Butina's efforts for Butina to act as an agent of Russia inside the United States by developing relationships with U.S. persons and infiltrating organizations having influence in American politics, for the purpose of advancing the interests of the Russian Federation. The filings also describe certain actions taken by Butina to further this effort during multiple visits from Russia and, later, when she entered and resided in the United States on a student visa. The filings allege that she undertook her activities without officially disclosing the fact that she was acting as an agent of Russian government, as required by law.
https://breaking911.com/breaking-russian-national-charged-in-conspiracy-to-act-as-an-agent-of-russia-within-the-us/?onesignal_site_push_notification
#2150709 at 2018-07-14 05:53:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2711 Court Orders Safe Passage of JA Edition
>>2150693
Not sure anon. Dems are slow walking the appointments.
Jessie Liu is who agreed to that fucked up plea deal Awan got. Still pissed they exonerated him for crimes he was not even charged with.
#2150693 at 2018-07-14 05:52:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2711 Court Orders Safe Passage of JA Edition
>>2150646
Jessie Liu is there now.
Has Trump replaced any of the judges in DC yet?
#2134271 at 2018-07-12 22:55:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2690 And the Hearing Resumes Edition
>>2133684
>Ted Liu just confirmed that plan is working.
Isn't he the one who's in trouble for gun running?
(sorry if wrong, they all look alike…etc.)
#2133684 at 2018-07-12 22:16:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2690 And the Hearing Resumes Edition
Ted Liu just confirmed that plan is working. Liu said that he believes that Sessions and Wray are impartial and trustworthy. He might be wishing he did not say that in a public hearing.
#2113265 at 2018-07-11 04:13:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2664 Happy Birthday Tesla Edition
White House BLASTS $200 Billion in Tariffs at Communist China
The Communist Chinese Government is now facing an additional $200 billion in tariffs at the hands of the Trump Administration, with the White House fighting back hard against the unfair practices of red China during this Presidency.
The move comes after a much anticipated economic stimulus for America as a result of the wide-criticized initial tariffs against the Chinese by President Trump, again proving the Democratic Party's elites wrong on trade, and a roaring sense of applause from Trump supporters and blue-collar Americans who have had enough of China's currency manipulation and copyright violations over the last several decades.
President Donald Trump is a stern warrior when it comes to trade, fighting hard to defend the prosperity of the United States of America on a world stage, and unafraid of pushing the line when it comes to a tough tone on China.
The United States of America is currently roaring on the economic battlefield, with a jobs market boom and unemployment numbers at record lows, as well as a GDP nearly seven times higher than the entirety of the G7 combined.
The newest $200 billion in tariffs comes before the President's visit to the United Kingdom, in which he's sending a strong message to the entirety of Europe that America will never back down when it comes to figure trade agreements, as well as strengthening the resolve for the President's demand that Europe pay their fair share of NATO costs and stop ripping off the American taxpayers.
Two other rounds of tariffs have been placed on China, with the Communist Chinese leadership groaning at threats of retaliation but to date haven't made made a move from Beijing worth recognizing outside of rhetoric.
Currently, there are no scheduled negotiations between the United States and China, but senior officials in the White House have reportedly stated that the US is more than willing to sit down with their Chinese counterparts and come to a fair conclusion for each of the economic giants.
"We are trying to get China to alleviate its unfair practices," the official said.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Chinese economic envoy Liu He have previously met without a resolution, but the Author of "The Art Of The Deal" is fully aware that he can continue to press the limits of the Chinese until progress is made towards a resolution.
With the new tariffs, there will be at least two months before we see a conclusive list of precisely which Chinese goods will be affected, no doubt keeping China on its toes in the meantime to attempt to come to the bargaining table.
Just last week, the US imposed $34 billion of levies on Communist Chinese electronics and machinery, and another $16 billion on electronic components are also scheduled.
The hearing to determine which goods will be affected is currently scheduled on August 22nd and 23rd, raising the stakes further in what some are trying to paint as a "trade war," when in reality it is a balancing act that's been needed for decades but no Administration prior had the courage to carry such a move out.
President Trump has initially threatened 25% tariffs on $100 billion worth of goods, but the shift to 10% on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods gives the Administration more leverage to balance itself against any impending challenges China may float towards the United States of America.
One could also suggest that China is increasingly interfering in US efforts at peace with North Korea, in what seems like meddling to send a message outside of the economic prowess of the Pacific titan.
Regardless, President Trump is winning at home and abroad, and will ensure that he cuts no corners in putting America first.
http://www.thegoldwater.com/news/30914-White-House-BLASTS-200-Billion-in-Tariffs-at-Communist-China
#2108224 at 2018-07-10 19:40:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2658 The Seth Rich Press Conference Was Bogus Edition
Please president Trump, hold a meeting with Liu Xia, wife of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo. Make the ChiComs CRY.
+100 trade negotiating points
#2107894 at 2018-07-10 19:07:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2657 Ebake
I hope president trump travels to Berlin and meets with Liu Xia. +10 trade negotiation level points.
#2033822 at 2018-07-04 23:31:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2565 Happy Windependence Day Anons Edition
>>2033758
Ms. Liu is from DOJ. She had to be Senate approved. Makes her a Federal atty. She signed off on the plea deal. That makes it a Federal deal. His work on the COngressional computers in DC means that the majority of his crimes were committed in DC.
However, he is a foreign national and committed agregious crimes against this country. I imagine his case will go to a military tribunal. IF we ever see tribunal's.
Just can't get over the fact that the DOJ agreed to a deal where he could not be charged with any crimes in DC when he wasn't charged with anything other than bank fraud.
#2033694 at 2018-07-04 23:21:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2565 Happy Windependence Day Anons Edition
>>2033657
Jessie Liu is District Attorney for DC.Is that State or Federal?
#2031632 at 2018-07-04 20:10:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2563: How Sweet to Be Free Edition
Europe Turns Down Chinese Offer For Grand Alliance Against The US
Publicizing its growing exasperation in dealing with president Donald Trump who refuses to halt the tit-for-tat retaliation in the growing trade war with China - which is set to officially begin on Friday when the US slaps $34 billion in Chinese exports with 25% tariffs - but has a habit of doubling down the threatened US reaction to every Chinese trade counteroffer (after all the US imports far more Chinese goods than vice versa)…
… China has proposed a novel idea: to form an alliance with the EU - the world's largest trading block - against the US, while promising to open up more of China's economy to European corporations.
The idea was reportedly floated in meetings in Brussels, Berlin and Beijing, between senior Chinese officials, including Vice Premier Liu He and the Chinese government's top diplomat, State Councillor Wang Yi, according to Reuters. Willing to use either a carrot or a stick to achieve its goals, in these meetings China has been putting pressure on the European Union to issue a strong joint statement against President Donald Trump's trade policies at a summit later this month.
However, perhaps because China's veneer of the leader of the free trade world is so laughably shallow - China was and remains a pure mercantilist power, whose grand total of protectionist policies put both the US and Europe to shame - the European Union has outright rejected any idea of allying with Beijing against Washington ahead of a Sino-European summit in Beijing on July 16-17.
Instead, in the tradition of every grand, if ultimately worthless meeting of the G-X nations, the summit is expected to produce a "modest communique", which affirms the commitment of both sides to the multilateral trading system and promises to set up a working group on modernizing the WTO. Incidentally, the past two summits, in 2016 and 2017, ended without a statement due to disagreements over the South China Sea and trade.
Then there is China's "free-trade" reputation: a recent Rhodium Group report showed that Chinese restrictions on foreign investment are higher in every single sector save real estate, compared to the European Union, while many of the big Chinese takeovers in the bloc would not have been possible for EU companies in China. And while China has promised to open up, EU officials expect any moves to be more symbolic than substantive.
Almost as if behind the facade of smiles and agreement, Europe has absolutely no belief that Beijing will ever follow through with its promises.
In other words, not even when faced with the specter of a full-blown trade war, is Europe willing to terminally alienate the world's biggest buying power: the US consumer, in exchange for some vague promises for "open trade" from Beijing.
That doesn't mean that China won't try however.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-07-04/europe-turns-down-chinese-offer-grand-alliance-against-us
#2025709 at 2018-07-04 09:10:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2555: Picture Puzzles Are Fun Edition
China's top officials, Vice Premier Liu He and top diplomat State Councillor Wang Yi have carried out a series of meetings in Brussels, Berlin as well as in Beijing, touting an alliance between the two economic powerhouses.
One of the proposals floated by the Chinese envisaged China and the EU joining forces at the World Trade Organization against the US, which might also see them initiating a joint action against Washington at the WTO, the agency reported.
Given that the relations between the US and its European allies, which were strained after Trump slapped the EU with import tariffs on steel and aluminum, remain in a rough place, the timing of the Chinese proposal seems sensible.
"Trump has split the West, and China is seeking to capitalize on that. It was never comfortable with the West being one bloc," a European diplomat engaged in the Sino-EU diplomacy told Reuters, while another one called the Trump's demarche at the G7 summit in Canada a gift to China.
However, five diplomats that spoke to the agency on the issue have said that, despite all grievances that the EU holds against Washington, the EU leaders turned down the proposal.
"China wants the European Union to stand with Beijing against Washington, to take sides," one diplomat said, as cited by the agency, adding that the EU made it clear to Beijing it won't accept the tradeoff.
https://www.rt.com/news/431667-china-eu-trade-war-us-ally/
#2019133 at 2018-07-04 00:38:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2547: Servers get people singing like birds
>>2019083
US Attorney Jessie Liu signed off on it.
I'm getting tired of this shit.
#2012509 at 2018-07-03 16:26:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2538: Think NATIONAL SECURITY Edition
>>2012251
so does this mean that Jessica Liu is comped?
#1862566 at 2018-06-22 16:58:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2346 "Virgin Baker Edition"
>>1862516
It's on C-SPAN, BUT rep. Ted Liu is sliding with immigrant detention bulshit right now. He's getting an ass kicking at the moment for using a prohibited sound device at the moment…lol. He's playing a tape of crying babies…lol
#1825907 at 2018-06-20 06:23:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2300: This Ain't No Party, This Ain't No Disco Edition
While the Chinese government has taken some steps to promote human rights, such as enshrining the concept in the Constitution, the gap between its rhetorical commitments and the reality on the ground remains vast. We urge that you raise on this visit the following issues:
Tibet and Xinjiang. Tibetans and Uighurs continue to suffer indiscriminate crackdowns on their rights, typically on the grounds that their peaceful calls for genuine autonomy are in fact a cover for "separatist activity." You should press Beijing to end the criminalization of peaceful advocacy in and to engage in constructive dialogue over the future of both regions.
Torture. As documented most recently by the United Nations Committee Against Torture's review of China, police torture remains a serious problem, yet evidence obtained through torture is routinely admitted in Chinese courts. You should urge Beijing to alter this policy, and put in place mechanisms whereby alleged incidents of torture are consistently and impartially investigated and evidence procured through torture excluded.
Censorship of the domestic press. The Chinese government continues to strictly control Chinese journalists; at least 26 remain in prison due to their work, many on ambiguous charges including "revealing state secrets" and "inciting subversion." You should urge the Chinese government to cease its widespread media and internet censorship, and fully honor its obligation to guarantee freedom of expression, information, and freedom of the press under Article 35 of the Constitution and international standards.
Abuses of human rights defenders, including Huang Qi and Liu Xiaobo. Rather than embrace those who urge greater rights protections, the Chinese government continues to persecute those who publicly criticize it. Veteran dissident Huang Qi faces a possible three year prison term as he reportedly faces trial in Sichuan on charges of "possessing state secrets," in a prosecution linked to his investigation of poorly constructed schools destroyed in the May 2008 earthquake. Writer Liu Xiaobo, a veteran of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, has now been held by Chinese police since December 2008 for his involvement in organizing Charter 08, a petition calling for greater respect for human rights and democracy in China.
The use of extrajudicial forms of detention. Chinese police continue to make frequent use of house arrest, residential surveillance, and administrative detention. There is no basis for these tactics in Chinese law, and you should urge the Chinese government to publicly eschew further use of them.
We strongly urge that you raise these issues early in your tenure as Secretary. We are acutely aware that the US's agenda with China is a broad one, but we believe that the desired economic, security, and diplomatic progress can be reinforced through more vigorous and public defense of human rights.
Ken Roth
Executive Director
Human Rights Watch
Jennifer Windsor
Executive Director
Freedom House
Jean-Francois Julliard
Secretary-General
Reporters Without Borders
Mary-Beth Markey
VP for International Advocacy
International Campaign for Tibet
Sharon Hom
Executive Director
Human Rights in China
Elisa Massimino
Executive Director and CEO
Human Rights First
Larry Cox
Executive Director
Amnesty International USA
#1709356 at 2018-06-12 04:00:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2150: "he prays best who doesn't kno he is praying" Edition
Trump receives chilly reviews from Canada, Europe after G-7 summit
President Trump's performance at the Group of Seven summit in Canada, including a late arrival, an early exit, a spat with the host and a rejection of the final communique, played to some largely negative reviews in Canada and Europe Monday.
His blunt talk and unapologetic "American first" agenda on trade may provide a boost for Mr. Trump with his U.S. political base, but it elicited unusually sharp comment from foreign news organizations and pundits.
It comes as no surprise that Canadian outlets were among the harshest critics, following Mr. Trump's very public clash of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after the Canadian leader insisted after Mr. Trump departed that his country "would not be pushed around" on trade issues. CP24, a Toronto-based TV News organization, said Mr. Trump had acted the bully while praising Mr. Trudeau for "remaining above the fray."
The Toronto Star in an editorial called Mr. Trump's performance "dishonest and amateurish."
"He sulked his way through the first part of the meeting, gave his delegation the OK to sign the summit's pallid final communique, then threw a hissy fit and tore it up as soon as he was back on Air Force One," the paper said.
Mr. Trump often found himself isolated at the G-7 gathering, for the tariffs he recently applied on Canadian, Japanese and European steel and aluminum and for rejecting the Paris climate agreement and the Iran nuclear deal. Hopes that the leaders could close the gap or at least paper over the differences evaporated quickly.
The German news site Der Spiegel said Monday that "the U.S. is treating its allies worse than its enemies," calling Mr. Trump an "egomaniac" who, "because he thinks he is the greatest, ... is immune to rational arguments."
Le Parisien, one of France's highest circulation newspapers, wrote that "the French woke up with the surprise of the American president backtracking, despite all the efforts made by [French President] Emmanuel Macron the day before to make [Mr. Trump] sign the final communique."
Some said Mr. Trump was simply carrying through on promises to reorient American foreign policy, but that the G-7 summit provided little clarity on where Mr. Trump wants to take the alliance of the West's most powerful democracies.
"It is now clear that the goal of the American president is to change the world order. That's what he was elected to do," wrote the Italian newspaper La Stampa. "The question what he wants to replace it with, and if the new model can really offer everyone more opportunities than the current one he intends to demolish."
EU leaders offered muted - but occasionally pointed - evaluations of the summit's outcome. British Prime Minister Theresa May made no direct comments attacking the U.S. president, but emphasized that London will honor the commitments it made to Canada and the rest of its allies.
The Japan Times said the G-7 summit provided a glimpse into both the working style and priorities of the U.S. president, who has cultivated a friendship with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe while taking a harsh line of Tokyo's trade policies.
"If [President Trump's] objective is to make himself the center of attention at every international event, he is succeeding," the paper wrote. "If he aims to undermine the legitimacy of international institutions, he is making progress. If, however, he seeks to make America great again, his actions are working at cross-purposes to his goal."
While Russia and China were not included in the summit, their news outlets were quick to highlight the tensions evident at the summit.
Chinese state-owned media outlets highlighted the contrast between the acrimonious G-7 gathering and the far more placid gathering of leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Qingdao, which included Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
"Against the backdrop of rising unilateralism and anti-globalization, the SCO's opposition to trade protectionism in any form is especially encouraging," the state-run newspaper China Daily said in an English-language editorial Monday.
The state-controlled Global Times reported that China's vast and intense online community was obsessed with the already-famous photo of the G-7 leaders, apparently showing Mr. Trump tensely squaring off with his fellow leaders.
"The photo triggered interest among Chinese netizens," Liu Weidong, a research fellow at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told the online news publication. "The photo presents an unequal and antagonistic G7 group. It's complicated."
https:// www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/11/donald-trump-receives-chilly-reviews-from-canada-e/
#1697852 at 2018-06-11 12:30:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2135: Punky Brewster Edition
i know its a few days old and we rarely miss anything here… but i don't remember seeing this come up
jessie Liu is paying off big time
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/former-background-investigator-federal-government-pleads-guilty-making-false-statement-7
#1673441 at 2018-06-09 01:11:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2105: Gœ?fœ??
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#1669788 at 2018-06-08 18:19:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2100: A Busy Weekend For POTUS Edition
Who Is James Wolfe? Former Senate Employee Lied To FBI, Arrested
James A. Wolfe, a former security director for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) was indicted and arrested late Thursday for allegedly lying to the FBI as part of an investigation related to the leak of classified information in December last year.
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a press release that Wolfe lied to FBI agents about his contacts with three reporters, including through his use of encrypted messaging applications.
He also made false statements about providing two reporters with non-public information related to the matters occurring before the SSCI, the release said.
According to the DOJ, Wolfe, security director for nearly 30 years, had all the information classified "secret" and "top secret" provided by the Executive Branch, including the U.S. Intelligence Community, to the SSCI.
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jessie K. Liu said, "Mr. Wolfe's alleged conduct is a betrayal of the extraordinary public trust that had been placed in him."
http:// www.ibtimes.com/who-james-wolfe-former-senate-employee-lied-fbi-arrested-2688728
"It is hoped that these charges will be a warning to those who might lie to law enforcement to the detriment of the United States," she added.
Assistant Attorney General Demers said, "The Attorney General has stated that investigations and prosecutions of unauthorized disclosure of controlled information are a priority of the Department of Justice. The allegations in this indictment are doubly troubling as the false statements concern the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive and confidential information."
The arrest comes the same day the New York Times reported one of its reporters, Ali Watkins, who had been in a three-year relationship with Wolfe, had been notified by a prosecutor that her email and phone records were obtained by federal investigators as part of an enquiry on Wolfe. Watkins appears to be referred to as Reporter #2 in the indictment.
The indictment said that in another case in October 2017, Wolfe alerted a reporter using an encrypted messaging app about Carter Page, a former Trump campaign adviser, being served with a subpoena to testify before the committee. Once the article was published, Wolfe wrote "I'm glad you got the scoop," the New York Times reported.
The document said that in the same month, Wolfe reached out to a third reporter to serve as an unnamed source. Prosecutors said Wolfe communicated with a fourth reporter using his Senate email account from 2015 to 2017.
Wolfe worked as an Intelligence Analyst for the U.S. Army from 1983-1987 before joining the SSCI. He was working as Director of Security for the SSCI, a position he held for approximately 29 years when he made false allegations.
Wolfe abruptly departed the senate panel at the end of 2017 where he worked under leadership of both parties since 1987, reported CNN.
According to his LinkedIn page, Wolfe earned a degree in Business Administration and Management from the University of Maryland College Park.
Wolfe is expected to make his first appearance on June 8 at the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.
#1665928 at 2018-06-08 05:54:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2095 Folks are Beginning to Get Arrested Edition
>>1665892
Jessie Liu is a Trumper.
Maybe on these phones of Ali Watkins she was doing something illegal like drugs or fraud
of some kind. We can only hope.
#1665909 at 2018-06-08 05:50:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2095 Folks are Beginning to Get Arrested Edition
>>1665892
>>1665892
>>1665892
DUDE!!!!!!
DJT IS A FUCKING GENIUS!!!!
https:// lawandcrime. com/politics/who-is-jessie-Liu-the-trump-nominated-u-s-attorney-who-could-prosecute-andrew-mccabe/
#1665892 at 2018-06-08 05:48:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2095 Folks are Beginning to Get Arrested Edition
Jessie Liu letter to Ali Watkins regarding her cellphone and email
#1665214 at 2018-06-08 03:59:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2094 "We will more than match you" Edition
Indictment signed by Jessie Liu. Trumps personal pick.
#1630454 at 2018-06-04 17:46:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2050: Apple Pie Edition
US delegation returns from Beijing amid threats of a trade war
A delegation of senior U.S. officials led by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross returned from Beijing on Monday without a clear path forward on trade relations with China.
"The meetings focused on reducing the United States' trade deficit by facilitating the supply of agricultural and energy products to meet China's growing consumption needs, which will help support growth and employment in the United States," the White House said Monday in a readout of the weekend summit in Beijing.
Ross joined China's top economic official, Vice Premier Liu He, over the weekend to discuss the Trump administration's concerns over China's trade surplus of $375.3 billion and President Trump's renewed threat to impose 25 percent tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese goods. Officials in Beijing had warned the U.S. ahead of its second round of negotiations that the process should be "based on the premise" of avoiding a "trade war," according to a statement carried by state-run media.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has told the Trump administration his country will remain open to resolving the trade dispute unless and until the U.S. moves forward with new tariffs. China made no mention of new agreements prior to Ross' departure.
The standstill with China comes as Trump faces backlash for imposing new tariffs last week on steel and aluminum imports from Canada and our European partners. The president is slated to meet with leaders from those countries at the G7 summit in Quebec on Friday.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/us-delegation-returns-from-beijing-amid-threats-of-a-trade-war
#1625016 at 2018-06-04 02:16:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2044: BOOMS AHEAD : Keep Your Head Up, Keep Your Heart Strong Edition
Mike Pompeo to China: 'Make a full public accounting' of Tiananmen Square massacre
Chinese leaders must "make a full public accounting" of the 1989 crackdown on protestors in Tiananmen Square, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday.
"On the 29th anniversary of the violent suppression of peaceful demonstrations in and around Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989, we remember the tragic loss of innocent lives," Pompeo said. "As Liu Xiaobo wrote in his 2010 Nobel Peace Prize speech, delivered in absentia, 'the ghosts of June 4th have not yet been laid to rest.'"
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/mike-pompeo-to-china-make-a-full-public-accounting-of-tiananmen-square-massacre
#1622303 at 2018-06-03 22:28:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2040: Bang
Mike Pompeo to China: 'Make a full public accounting' of Tiananmen Square massacre
Chinese leaders must "make a full public accounting" of the 1989 crackdown on protestors in Tiananmen Square, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday.
"On the 29th anniversary of the violent suppression of peaceful demonstrations in and around Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989, we remember the tragic loss of innocent lives," Pompeo said. "As Liu Xiaobo wrote in his 2010 Nobel Peace Prize speech, delivered in absentia, 'the ghosts of June 4th have not yet been laid to rest.'"
That statement in memoriam is a two-pronged rebuke of the Chinese Communist regime. Liu died in Chinese custody last year after nearly three-decades of political opposition, a career that began with a hunger strike in solidarity with the Tiananmen Square protestors in 1989. Chinese censors work aggressively to censor any mention of the suppressed protests around the time of the anniversary.
"We join others in the international community in urging the Chinese government to make a full public accounting of those killed, detained or missing; to release those who have been jailed for striving to keep the memory of Tiananmen Square alive; and to end the continued harassment of demonstration participants and their families," Pompeo said.
To the contrary, the Chinese government has ramped up its efforts to censor criticism of the Communist Party, to autocrat Xi Jinping, and any references to Tiananmen Square. "We had about 30-40 employees two years ago; now we have nearly a thousand reviewing and auditing," one censor told Reuters in September.
Liu's wife, Xia, lives in Beijing. "They are going to keep me here to serve out Xiaobo's sentence," she told a friend in a recorded phone call published last week. "I want to see just how much more cruel they can get and how much more shameless they will become; I want to see how much more depraved this world is."
The anniversary coincides with the run-up to a high-stakes summit between President Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, whose regime long has been a client of its larger Communist neighbor. China also has deployed military assets to artificial islands in the South China Sea to bolster its claim to sovereignty over one of the most vital shipping lanes in the world.
"The United States views the protection of human rights as a fundamental duty of all countries, and we urge the Chinese government to respect the universal rights and fundamental freedoms of all citizens," Pompeo said.
https:// www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/mike-pompeo-to-china-make-a-full-public-accounting-of-tiananmen-square-massacre
#1618698 at 2018-06-03 17:11:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2036: Let Your ??? Be A Friction To The Machine Edition
"This Is A Red Line": Beijing Warns Trump Trade Deal Is Off If US Imposes Tariffs
In a scathing editorial warning Trump to back off on his latest tariff threat, on Sunday China said that any trade deals between the US and China, and any progress and commitments made so far in bilateral negotiations would be withdrawn if President Donald Trump follows through with this threat.
"If the U.S. rolls out trade measures including tariffs, all the agreements reached in the negotiations won't take effect," the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported this morning, citing a statement from the Chinese team that met with a U.S. delegation led by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, which arrived in China overnight.
Separately, China has continued to express growing frustration with the tactics deployed by the White House, and an editorial in the nationalist, state-run tabloid Global Times said that "the U.S. can't have its cake and eat it too," adding that the U.S. "needs to choose between tariffs and exporting more to China."
China's anger is the result of Trump's revival of the simmering trade war between the two superpowers after Trump last week unveiled a plan to slap tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese imports, casting into doubt ongoing trade discussion about how to reduce China's $375 billion goods-trade surplus with the U.S.
As Bloomberg clarifies, the Xinhua report came out on Sunday after Ross met with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He for talks that Ross called "friendly and frank, and covered some useful topics about specific export items." At the same time as negotiators focus on technical steps to reduce the U.S. deficit, Trump's aggressive reversals have rattled Beijing as it raises concerns about the possibility that any agreement made could be simply torn up by the president.
"China is concerned over the U.S.'s unpredictability, especially after Trump turned an about-face on tariffs," said Gai Xinzhe, an analyst at Bank of China's finance institute in Beijing. "Trump needs to give out more goodwill in exchange for really productive negotiations. Bluff, threat, and willful moves might work in business bargaining, but they could backfire in talks among nations."
Meanwhile, suggesting that all the progress achieved over the past two months in trade negotiations would be lost if Trump follows though with tariffs, a commentary by state-run China Radio International said that the government's stance on canceling any agreements reached in the talks if Trump's tariffs go into effect was a "red line."
Meanwhile, the negotiations continue. According to Bloomberg, the Ross-led U.S. delegation, which was in Beijing for two days, included energy and agriculture experts, reflecting the U.S. desire to increase exports of natural gas and food.
https:// www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-06-03/red-line-beijing-warns-trump-trade-deal-if-us-imposes-tariffs
#1593969 at 2018-05-31 03:54:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2004: Mistake or On Purpose Edition
Asia Times: China in Race to Overtake the U.S. in AI Warfare
Beijing is pushing hard to integrate artificial intelligence and autonomous weapons - robotic arms capable of thinking and acting at the speed of light
Earlier this month Chinese supreme leader Xi Jinping met with senior military scientists as chairman of the all-powerful Central Military Commission.
During the meeting, the Chinese leader was photographed at the PLA Academy of Military Sciences shaking hands with Major General Li Deyi, a leading authority on artificial intelligence, or AI, and a key figure in the Chinese military's effort to overtake the United States in the emerging field of advanced weapons.
The meeting between Xi and the military experts garnered little public attention.
But within US intelligence agencies closely monitoring rival China, the attention given by Xi to Li was the latest sign of the growing importance Beijing places on rapidly building autonomous weapons - robotic arms capable of thinking and acting at the speed of light.
The Chinese military quest for integrating AI into its tanks, naval forces and aircraft is the part of China's asymmetric or "assassin's mace" warfare strategy - building high-technology arms that will enable China's weaker forces to defeat the more powerful military of the United States in any future conflict.
Two years ago Xi spoke to the Central Military Commission and called on it to move ahead with fusing advanced technologies like big data, cloud computing and AI for the Communist Party's People's Liberation Army.
PLA Lieutenant General Liu Guozhi, the director of China's Science and Technology Commission, has said AI is fundamentally changing how militaries wage war.
Yang Wei, the former chief designer for the Chengdu Aircraft Corp J-20 stealth fighter, said during a speech on future air combat last year that China's next-generation fighter would utilize AI to achieve air superiority.
"China's breakthroughs in AI can be expected to enable future unmanned combat aircraft (UCAV) that are more responsive than human-controlled aircraft, better able to counter large formations of enemy UCAVs, as well as enable new energy weapon-equipped space combat platforms that will have to prevail over US and other space combat systems," said Rick Fisher, a China military affairs expert.
"China can also be expected to use AI to enable very deep sea unmanned underwater combat vehicles (UUCVs) able to contest control over the ocean floor, where China will want to defend very large sensor grids of its Underwater Great Wall."
For China's large and varied missile arsenal, AI has a future as well. Wang Changqing, a Chinese weapons designer, said future cruise missiles "will have a very high level of AI and automation. They will allow commanders to control them in a real-time manner, or to use a fire-and-forget mode, or even to add more tasks to in-flight missiles."
China's application of AI to its growing cyber warfare capabilities also will increase the danger posed by cyber attacks and espionage.
http:// www.atimes.com/article/china-in-race-to-overtake-the-us-in-ai-warfare/?cn-reloaded=1
#1564467 at 2018-05-28 06:21:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1966 One more Bread and I could toast 1967 for being born then Edition!!
>>1564173
>There is a legal reason we need God in the US.
>>1564314
>^^^ TOTALLY GETS IT nicely put Anon~
>>1564306
>Well said, Anon.
I agree and would also add that there are both legal and scientific reasons to believe in "Free Will." The legal reason is historic (see graphic).
Like the believe in God, regardless of whether or not we can ever objectively prove that "free will" exists, the more important scientific question is how does the belief in "free will" serve humanity in our daily lives today?
We now have strong empirical evidence that inducing disbelief in "free will" increases cheating (1), aggression (2), racial prejudice (3) and conformity (4), while decreasing helping behavior (2), self-control (5,6), gratitude (7) and sound judgment (8).
When viewed from this perspective, it should raises profound concerns about the true intentions of those who desire to convince us all that "free will" is just an illusion…
References
1. Vohs, K. D., & Schooler, J. W. (2008). The value of believing in free will: Encouraging a belief in determinism increases cheating. Psychological Science, 19, 49-54.
2. Baumeister, R. F., Masicampo, E. J., & DeWall, C. N. (2009). Prosocial benefits of feeling free: Disbelief in free will increases aggression and reduces helpfulness. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 260-268.
3. Zhao X, Liu L, Zhang X-x, Shi J-x, Huang Z-w (2014) The Effect of Belief in Free Will on Prejudice. PLoS ONE 9(3): e91572.
4. Alquist, J. L., Ainsworth, S. E., & Baumeister, R. F. (2013). Determined to conform: Disbelief in free will increases conformity. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 49, 80-86.
5. Rigoni, D., Kuhn, S., Gaudino, G., Sartori, G., & Brass, M. (2012). Reducing self-control by weakening belief in free will. Consciousness and Condition, 21, 1482-1490.
6. Rigoni, D., Kuhn, S., Sartori, G., & Brass, M. (2011). Inducing disbelief in free will alters brain correlates of preconscious motor preparation: The brain minds whether we believe in free will or not. Psychological Science, 22(5), 613-618.
7. MacKenzie, M.J., K.D. Vohs, and R.F. Baumeister, (2014) You Didn't Have to Do That: Belief in Free Will Promotes Gratitude. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 40(11): p. 1423-1434.
8. Rigoni, D., Wilquin, H., Brass, M., & Burle, B. (2013). When errors do not matter: Weakening belief in intentional control impairs cognitive reaction to errors. Cognition, 127, 264-269.?
#1507807 at 2018-05-22 19:34:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1893: Special Qounsel Edition
Trump blames predecessors for 'dereliction of duty' during past trade talks with China
President Trump on Tuesday accused his predecessors of a "dereliction of duty" during prior trade negotiations with China and other countries, but made it clear he is still not pleased with how his own administration's trade talks with China last week went.
"I think they're a start, but we need something. Look, China has been - I really call it a dereliction of duties, if you look at it. In the military they say it's a dereliction of duty. What happened to our country that our representatives allowed other countries - I'm not just talking about China, China is the big one - to take advantage of us on trade the way we've been taken advantage of," the president told reporters during a meeting in the Oval Office with South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
The president said he and Chinese President Xi Jinping have a "great relationship," but acknowledged his counterpart is a "world class poker player."
"As I said, we lost $500 billion a year for many years. And then it varied from $100 billion to $500 billion. When you are losing $500 billion a year, you can't lose in terms of a negotiation. It's really easy to win," Trump said. "But I want this to be a great deal for the United States. I want it to be a good deal for China, too, if that is possible. It may not be possible."
The president said China has made a "fortune" through trade and said he is "not satisfied" with the trade discussions as they have progressed thus far.
''
"We have a long way to go, but I want it to go fairly quickly. You talk about numbers like you are talking about billions of dollars a week," Trump said.
Top officials in the Trump administration, including Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, met last week with the trade delegation from China, led by the country's top economic adviser Liu He.
The president met briefly with Liu He during the delegation's visit to Washington.
https:// www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-blames-predecessors-for-dereliction-of-duty-during-past-trade-talks-with-china
#1502284 at 2018-05-22 05:25:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General # 1887 Who Screams the Loudest Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
Headline News: >>1481950 POTUS will officially demand that the DoJ look into Trump Campaign surveillance
Top News: >>1493349 Codemonkey update on network attack
#1886
>>1501708 Holder says no basis for investigation into FBI
>>1501572 Trump "Melanie" twat linked to Rachel Brand
>>1501906 Xavier Becerra digs
>>1501709 McCabe emails show FBI brass discussed dossier briefing with CNN
>>1501766 Former Malaysian PM's Wife found to be Swamp Creature
>>1502067 Podesta digs
#1885
>>1500820 Calls for a 2nd Special Counsel
>>1500936 >>1500943 Flood is coming
>>1500942 Archbishop found guilty of covering up child sex abuse
>>1501038 Flynn Jr Twatt
>>1501100 Sessions' letter on why NOT to get a 2nd special counsel
>>1501206 Rep. Steve King introduces Act to Imprison Politicians for helping Illegals
>>1501344 Anon's 'How to Conduct a FF'
>>1501437 Flood is coming Side by Side
>>1501491 POTUS schedule for Tuesday
>>1500915 Terrible May!
>>1500943 Ron Johnson Letter
>>1500936 Flood is Coming, >>1501209
>>1501499 Pennsylvania Dentists strong-arming parents
#1884
>>1499890 Retired Army Lt. Dr. Scott Bennett is the real deal.
>>1499966 Trust the Movie?
>>1499971 Nordfags: get mad as hell!
>>1499989 The "acting" AAG or DAG will be the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia: Tracy Doherty-McCormick
>>1499999 Protect Your Women, Swede
>>1500000 Digits confirm
>>1500069 Windows/Kazakh link
>>1500071 More on General K [JFK]
>>1500091 Sky Kings
>>1500097 List Of Military Elite Purged And Fired Under Obama, >>1500121
>>1500116 Obama DoD Paid 'FBI Informant' Stefan Halper over $250,000 Right Before 2016 Election, >>1500656
>>1500123 Why is Schneiderman's removal 'extremely' relevant?
>>1500146 Adolf Hitler with his daughter Herlind, mother of Angela Merkel.
>>1500162 Mirror, Mirror on the wall.., >>1499990
>>1500254 JOHN BRENNAN Voted for the US Chairman of the COMMUNIST PARTY in 1976
>>1500373 HUGE!! IG Has NO POWER TO SUBPOENA Former Obama Employees - That's Why Rosenstein Asked Him to Investigate Spying on Trum
>>1500593 Deathbed Confessions
>>1500594 More On Rachel Brand
HRC Skeletons
>>1500540 Gareth Williams, Aug. 16, 2010 >>1500556, Charles Ruff, Nov. 20, 2000 >>1500581, Carlos Ghigliotti - April 28, 2000
>>1500380 Shawn Lucas - Aug. 2, 2016, >>1500610 Charles Wilbourne Miller - Nov. 17, 1999, >>1500404 Victor Thorn - Aug. 1, 2016
>>1500441 Joe Montano - July 25, 2016, >>1500461 Seth Rich - July 10, 2016, >>1500500 John Ashe - June 22, 2016
>>1500659 Daniel Dutko - July 27, 1999
#1883
>>1499196 D5
>>1499204 Perkins Koie Fuckery®
>>1499210 Marshall Round Up?, >>1499408
>>1499226 -Lawmakers to introduce a resolution detailing misconduct at highest levels of DOJ/FBI/FISA etc
>>1499229 Sgt. Maj Green makes obscure 300 reference..
>>1499241 Rabobank Pays Up, >>1499897
>>1499274 What To Do When Duty Calls?
>>1499316 General K. [JFK] John F. Kelly
>>1499328 6 things for Why JFKennedy was murdered >>1499517
>>1499426 {2008} Royal Butler Ran Pedophile Ring From Buckingham Palace
>>1499442 Prosecutors opinion on Mueller
>>1499507 TRUST KANSAS?
>>1499549 Operation Green Quest
>>1499559 Sally Yates et al. >>1499512, >>1499053 Article on Yates
>>1499608 Like Clockwork
>>1499643 Research Into D5
>>1499685 Schneiderman's Removal
>>1499777 Curious Resignation at Perkins Cole
>>1499789 The Loudest Voices..
>>1499838 Grassley to Rod Rosenstein, >>1499900
>>1499881 Second Shift
>>1499902 unpublished Presidential document 5 - 22 - 2018 (?)
#1882
>>1498420 CIA memo from JFK, 10 days before his assassination.
>>1498440 Jessie K. Liu next in line for US Attorney for the District of Columbia >>1498489 POTUS EO # 23!, >>1498564 Names
>>1498458 Parkland/El Paso Schools connected Ysleta INDEPENDENT SCHOOL, >>1498638 Ysleta Per Student Debt
>>1498461 #POTUS travel outside the #WhiteHouse secure is NOT expected for the remained of today and tonight.
>>1498472 More Clockresearch
>>1498567 Dems Initiate Swamp Drain
>>1498630 Speak up, Germany.
>>1498662 Rachel Brand is Finkle Einhorn?
>>1498700 Focus On Meds
>>1498730 Who To Trust?
>>1498818 Full JFK disclosure could be on his birthday May 29.
>>1498819 PAIN coming, 4-Star Drops, >>1498500, >>1498527, >>1498547, >>1498710
>>1498867 Archbishop Philip Wilson guilty of concealing child sex
>>1498876 1408: The Green Door
>>1499045 Green Door Las Vegas
>>1499040 1408: The Royal Dragon Order
Q-Post Research, >>1498533
>>1498545 Chess Moves, >>1498591
>>1498587 Acting Associate Attorney General Jesse Panuccio Delivers Remarks at the National Children's Advocacy Center's 34th National Symposium on Child Abuse
>>1498992 April Q post on Pruitt
>>1498528 re; Military OP, [Green]
Best Of Bread >>311157
Archive of Notables >>>/comms/225 (Batch 740~ present)
#1501548 at 2018-05-22 04:18:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1886 E-BAKE
Notables
are not endorsements
Headline News: >>1481950 POTUS will officially demand that the DoJ look into Trump Campaign surveillance
Top News: >>1493349 Codemonkey update on network attack
#1884
>>1499890 Retired Army Lt. Dr. Scott Bennett is the real deal.
>>1499966 Trust the Movie?
>>1499971 Nordfags: get mad as hell!
>>1499989 The "acting" AAG or DAG will be the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia: Tracy Doherty-McCormick
>>1499999 Protect Your Women, Swede
>>1500000 Digits confirm
>>1500069 Windows/Kazakh link
>>1500071 More on General K [JFK]
>>1500091 Sky Kings
>>1500097 List Of Military Elite Purged And Fired Under Obama, >>1500121
>>1500116 Obama DoD Paid 'FBI Informant' Stefan Halper over $250,000 Right Before 2016 Election, >>1500656
>>1500123 Why is Schneiderman's removal 'extremely' relevant?
>>1500146 Adolf Hitler with his daughter Herlind, mother of Angela Merkel.
>>1500162 Mirror, Mirror on the wall.., >>1499990
>>1500254 JOHN BRENNAN Voted for the US Chairman of the COMMUNIST PARTY in 1976
>>1500373 HUGE!! IG Has NO POWER TO SUBPOENA Former Obama Employees - That's Why Rosenstein Asked Him to Investigate Spying on Trum
>>1500593 Deathbed Confessions
>>1500594 More On Rachel Brand
HRC Skeletons
>>1500540 Gareth Williams, Aug. 16, 2010 >>1500556, Charles Ruff, Nov. 20, 2000 >>1500581, Carlos Ghigliotti - April 28, 2000
>>1500380 Shawn Lucas - Aug. 2, 2016, >>1500610 Charles Wilbourne Miller - Nov. 17, 1999, >>1500404 Victor Thorn - Aug. 1, 2016
>>1500441 Joe Montano - July 25, 2016, >>1500461 Seth Rich - July 10, 2016, >>1500500 John Ashe - June 22, 2016
>>1500659 Daniel Dutko - July 27, 1999
#1883
>>1499196 D5
>>1499204 Perkins Koie Fuckery®
>>1499210 Marshall Round Up?, >>1499408
>>1499226 -Lawmakers to introduce a resolution detailing misconduct at highest levels of DOJ/FBI/FISA etc
>>1499229 Sgt. Maj Green makes obscure 300 reference..
>>1499241 Rabobank Pays Up, >>1499897
>>1499274 What To Do When Duty Calls?
>>1499316 General K. [JFK] John F. Kelly
>>1499328 6 things for Why JFKennedy was murdered >>1499517
>>1499426 {2008} Royal Butler Ran Pedophile Ring From Buckingham Palace
>>1499442 Prosecutors opinion on Mueller
>>1499507 TRUST KANSAS?
>>1499549 Operation Green Quest
>>1499559 Sally Yates et al. >>1499512, >>1499053 Article on Yates
>>1499608 Like Clockwork
>>1499643 Research Into D5
>>1499685 Schneiderman's Removal
>>1499777 Curious Resignation at Perkins Cole
>>1499789 The Loudest Voices..
>>1499838 Grassley to Rod Rosenstein, >>1499900
>>1499881 Second Shift
>>1499902 unpublished Presidential document 5 - 22 - 2018 (?)
#1882
>>1498420 CIA memo from JFK, 10 days before his assassination.
>>1498440 Jessie K. Liu next in line for US Attorney for the District of Columbia >>1498489 POTUS EO # 23!, >>1498564 Names
>>1498458 Parkland/El Paso Schools connected Ysleta INDEPENDENT SCHOOL, >>1498638 Ysleta Per Student Debt
>>1498461 #POTUS travel outside the #WhiteHouse secure is NOT expected for the remained of today and tonight.
>>1498472 More Clockresearch
>>1498567 Dems Initiate Swamp Drain
>>1498630 Speak up, Germany.
>>1498662 Rachel Brand is Finkle Einhorn?
>>1498700 Focus On Meds
>>1498730 Who To Trust?
>>1498818 Full JFK disclosure could be on his birthday May 29.
>>1498819 PAIN coming, 4-Star Drops, >>1498500, >>1498527, >>1498547, >>1498710
>>1498867 Archbishop Philip Wilson guilty of concealing child sex
>>1498876 1408: The Green Door
>>1499045 Green Door Las Vegas
>>1499040 1408: The Royal Dragon Order
Q-Post Research, >>1498533
>>1498545 Chess Moves, >>1498591
>>1498587 Acting Associate Attorney General Jesse Panuccio Delivers Remarks at the National Children's Advocacy Center's 34th National Symposium on Child Abuse
>>1498992 April Q post on Pruitt
>>1498528 re; Military OP, [Green]
#1881
>>1497655 Grassley Letter
>>1497656 2.16.18 London: NSA Traffic Cam Images, >>1497680
>>1497663 American Farmers
>>1497672 Rep Congress to reveal FBI and DOJ misconduct tomorrow?
>>1497679 VP Talking on Fox Soon
>>1497911 Proof on Q-clock
>>1497941 Clocks
>>1497986 Why Gina Haspel?
>>1498173 General Kelly meeting with congress to disclose classified information.
>>1497627 1408, >>1498015, >>1498134, >>1498139, >>1498192
>>1498314 We Have It All
Q-Post Research, >>1497716
>>1497853 Senate Vote [RR] Confirmation, >>1498109
>>1497759 Rachel Lee Brand, >>1497762,
>>1498009 Rachel Brand on Q's terminations list
>>1497792 Jesse Panuccio, >>1498187
>>1497836 Walmart Connec, >>1497953
>>1497833 Think Timing
>>1497796 General K on [JFK]?
>>1497866 D5 move
Best Of Bread >>311157
Archive of Notables >>>/comms/225 (Batch 740~ present)
#1500700 at 2018-05-22 02:54:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1885: The Force Of Your Gravity
Notables
are not endorsements
Headline News: >>1481950 POTUS will officially demand that the DoJ look into Trump Campaign surveillance
Top News: >>1493349 Codemonkey update on network attack
#1884
>>1499890 Retired Army Lt. Dr. Scott Bennett is the real deal.
>>1499966 Trust the Movie?
>>1499971 Nordfags: get mad as hell!
>>1499989 The "acting" AAG or DAG will be the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia: Tracy Doherty-McCormick
>>1499999 Protect Your Women, Swede
>>1500000 Digits confirm
>>1500069 Windows/Kazakh link
>>1500071 More on General K [JFK]
>>1500091 Sky Kings
>>1500097 List Of Military Elite Purged And Fired Under Obama, >>1500121
>>1500116 Obama DoD Paid 'FBI Informant' Stefan Halper over $250,000 Right Before 2016 Election, >>1500656
>>1500123 Why is Schneiderman's removal 'extremely' relevant?
>>1500146 Adolf Hitler with his daughter Herlind, mother of Angela Merkel.
>>1500162 Mirror, Mirror on the wall.., >>1499990
>>1500254 JOHN BRENNAN Voted for the US Chairman of the COMMUNIST PARTY in 1976
>>1500373 HUGE!! IG Has NO POWER TO SUBPOENA Former Obama Employees - That's Why Rosenstein Asked Him to Investigate Spying on Trum
>>1500593 Deathbed Confessions
>>1500594 More On Rachel Brand
HRC Skeletons
>>1500540 Gareth Williams, Aug. 16, 2010 >>1500556, Charles Ruff, Nov. 20, 2000 >>1500581, Carlos Ghigliotti - April 28, 2000
>>1500380 Shawn Lucas - Aug. 2, 2016, >>1500610 Charles Wilbourne Miller - Nov. 17, 1999, >>1500404 Victor Thorn - Aug. 1, 2016
>>1500441 Joe Montano - July 25, 2016, >>1500461 Seth Rich - July 10, 2016, >>1500500 John Ashe - June 22, 2016
>>1500659 Daniel Dutko - July 27, 1999
#1883
>>1499196 D5
>>1499204 Perkins Koie Fuckery®
>>1499210 Marshall Round Up?, >>1499408
>>1499226 -Lawmakers to introduce a resolution detailing misconduct at highest levels of DOJ/FBI/FISA etc
>>1499229 Sgt. Maj Green makes obscure 300 reference..
>>1499241 Rabobank Pays Up, >>1499897
>>1499274 What To Do When Duty Calls?
>>1499316 General K. [JFK] John F. Kelly
>>1499328 6 things for Why JFKennedy was murdered >>1499517
>>1499426 {2008} Royal Butler Ran Pedophile Ring From Buckingham Palace
>>1499442 Prosecutors opinion on Mueller
>>1499507 TRUST KANSAS?
>>1499549 Operation Green Quest
>>1499559 Sally Yates et al. >>1499512, >>1499053 Article on Yates
>>1499608 Like Clockwork
>>1499643 Research Into D5
>>1499685 Schneiderman's Removal
>>1499777 Curious Resignation at Perkins Cole
>>1499789 The Loudest Voices..
>>1499838 Grassley to Rod Rosenstein, >>1499900
>>1499881 Second Shift
>>1499902 unpublished Presidential document 5 - 22 - 2018 (?)
#1882
>>1498420 CIA memo from JFK, 10 days before his assassination.
>>1498440 Jessie K. Liu next in line for US Attorney for the District of Columbia >>1498489 POTUS EO # 23!, >>1498564 Names
>>1498458 Parkland/El Paso Schools connected Ysleta INDEPENDENT SCHOOL, >>1498638 Ysleta Per Student Debt
>>1498461 #POTUS travel outside the #WhiteHouse secure is NOT expected for the remained of today and tonight.
>>1498472 More Clockresearch
>>1498567 Dems Initiate Swamp Drain
>>1498630 Speak up, Germany.
>>1498662 Rachel Brand is Finkle Einhorn?
>>1498700 Focus On Meds
>>1498730 Who To Trust?
>>1498818 Full JFK disclosure could be on his birthday May 29.
>>1498819 PAIN coming, 4-Star Drops, >>1498500, >>1498527, >>1498547, >>1498710
>>1498867 Archbishop Philip Wilson guilty of concealing child sex
>>1498876 1408: The Green Door
>>1499045 Green Door Las Vegas
>>1499040 1408: The Royal Dragon Order
Q-Post Research, >>1498533
>>1498545 Chess Moves, >>1498591
>>1498587 Acting Associate Attorney General Jesse Panuccio Delivers Remarks at the National Children's Advocacy Center's 34th National Symposium on Child Abuse
>>1498992 April Q post on Pruitt
>>1498528 re; Military OP, [Green]
#1881
>>1497655 Grassley Letter
>>1497656 2.16.18 London: NSA Traffic Cam Images, >>1497680
>>1497663 American Farmers
>>1497672 Rep Congress to reveal FBI and DOJ misconduct tomorrow?
>>1497679 VP Talking on Fox Soon
>>1497911 Proof on Q-clock
>>1497941 Clocks
>>1497986 Why Gina Haspel?
>>1498173 General Kelly meeting with congress to disclose classified information.
>>1497627 1408, >>1498015, >>1498134, >>1498139, >>1498192
>>1498314 We Have It All
Q-Post Research, >>1497716
>>1497853 Senate Vote [RR] Confirmation, >>1498109
>>1497759 Rachel Lee Brand, >>1497762,
>>1498009 Rachel Brand on Q's terminations list
>>1497792 Jesse Panuccio, >>1498187
>>1497836 Walmart Connec, >>1497953
>>1497833 Think Timing
>>1497796 General K on [JFK]?
>>1497866 D5 move
Best Of Bread >>311157
Archive of Notables >>>/comms/225 (Batch 740~ present)
#1500564 at 2018-05-22 02:42:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1884: A Visit To The GynÆcologist
>>1498440
I knew I remembered that name, POTUS broke protocal by personally meeting with her according to this CNN article https://www.cnn.com/2017/07/20/politics/donald-trump-jessie-Liu-dc-us-attorney/index.html
#1499927 at 2018-05-22 01:50:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1884: A Visit To The GynÆcologist
Notables
are not endorsements
Headline News: >>1481950 POTUS will officially demand that the DoJ look into Trump Campaign surveillance
Top News: >>1493349 Codemonkey update on network attack
#1883
>>1499196 D5
>>1499204 Perkins Koie Fuckery®
>>1499210 Marshall Round Up?, >>1499408
>>1499226 -Lawmakers to introduce a resolution detailing misconduct at highest levels of DOJ/FBI/FISA etc
>>1499229 Sgt. Maj Green makes obscure 300 reference..
>>1499241 Rabobank Pays Up, >>1499897
>>1499274 What To Do When Duty Calls?
>>1499316 General K. [JFK] John F. Kelly
>>1499328 6 things for Why JFKennedy was murdered >>1499517
>>1499426 {2008} Royal Butler Ran Pedophile Ring From Buckingham Palace
>>1499442 Prosecutors opinion on Mueller
>>1499507 TRUST KANSAS?
>>1499549 Operation Green Quest
>>1499559 Sally Yates et al. >>1499512, >>1499053 Article on Yates
>>1499608 Like Clockwork
>>1499643 Research Into D5
>>1499685 Schneiderman's Removal
>>1499777 Curious Resignation at Perkins Cole
>>1499789 The Loudest Voices..
>>1499838 Grassley to Rod Rosenstein, >>1499900
>>1499881 Second Shift
>>1499902 unpublished Presidential document 5 - 22 - 2018 (?)
#1882
>>1498420 CIA memo from JFK, 10 days before his assassination.
>>1498440 Jessie K. Liu next in line for US Attorney for the District of Columbia >>1498489 POTUS EO # 23!, >>1498564 Names
>>1498458 Parkland/El Paso Schools connected Ysleta INDEPENDENT SCHOOL, >>1498638 Ysleta Per Student Debt
>>1498461 #POTUS travel outside the #WhiteHouse secure is NOT expected for the remained of today and tonight.
>>1498472 More Clockresearch
>>1498567 Dems Initiate Swamp Drain
>>1498630 Speak up, Germany.
>>1498662 Rachel Brand is Finkle Einhorn?
>>1498700 Focus On Meds
>>1498730 Who To Trust?
>>1498818 Full JFK disclosure could be on his birthday May 29.
>>1498819 PAIN coming, 4-Star Drops, >>1498500, >>1498527, >>1498547, >>1498710
>>1498867 Archbishop Philip Wilson guilty of concealing child sex
>>1498876 1408: The Green Door
>>1499045 Green Door Las Vegas
>>1499040 1408: The Royal Dragon Order
Q-Post Research, >>1498533
>>1498545 Chess Moves, >>1498591
>>1498587 Acting Associate Attorney General Jesse Panuccio Delivers Remarks at the National Children's Advocacy Center's 34th National Symposium on Child Abuse
>>1498992 April Q post on Pruitt
>>1498528 re; Military OP, [Green]
#1881
>>1497655 Grassley Letter
>>1497656 2.16.18 London: NSA Traffic Cam Images, >>1497680
>>1497663 American Farmers
>>1497672 Rep Congress to reveal FBI and DOJ misconduct tomorrow?
>>1497679 VP Talking on Fox Soon
>>1497911 Proof on Q-clock
>>1497941 Clocks
>>1497986 Why Gina Haspel?
>>1498173 General Kelly meeting with congress to disclose classified information.
>>1497627 1408, >>1498015, >>1498134, >>1498139, >>1498192
>>1498314 We Have It All
Q-Post Research, >>1497716
>>1497853 Senate Vote [RR] Confirmation, >>1498109
>>1497759 Rachel Lee Brand, >>1497762,
>>1498009 Rachel Brand on Q's terminations list
>>1497792 Jesse Panuccio, >>1498187
>>1497836 Walmart Connec, >>1497953
>>1497833 Think Timing
>>1497796 General K on [JFK]?
>>1497866 D5 move
#1880
>>1497241 Corinthia digs
>>1496954 Video released of Trump Hotel shooting
>>1496965 Al Gore (…who scream the loudest)
>>1496969 Statement from POTUS on Venezuela (from @potus_schedule)
>>1496905 Will these be the first 4 indicted?
>>1497072 Multiple WH sauces
>>1496851 WH Proclamation National Maritime Day
>>1496864 NXIVM parties at Branson's Necker Island, >>1497052 Obama's been there
>>1496916 , >>1497288 , >>1497427 Q-Clock comms
>>1496986 SK President Moon inbound to Andrews
Best Of Bread >>311157
Archive of Notables >>>/comms/225 (Batch 740~ present)
#1499871 at 2018-05-22 01:45:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1883: Beyond The Green Door
>>1499843
Liu?
#1499182 at 2018-05-22 00:47:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1883: Beyond The Green Door
Notables
are not endorsements
Headline News: >>1481950 POTUS will officially demand that the DoJ look into Trump Campaign surveillance
Top News: >>1493349 Codemonkey update on network attack
#1882
>>1498420 CIA memo from JFK, 10 days before his assassination.
>>1498440 Jessie K. Liu next in line for US Attorney for the District of Columbia >>1498489 POTUS EO # 23!, >>1498564 Names
>>1498458 Parkland/El Paso Schools connected Ysleta INDEPENDENT SCHOOL, >>1498638 Ysleta Per Student Debt
>>1498461 #POTUS travel outside the #WhiteHouse secure is NOT expected for the remained of today and tonight.
>>1498472 More Clockresearch
>>1498567 Dems Initiate Swamp Drain
>>1498630 Speak up, Germany.
>>1498662 Rachel Brand is Finkle Einhorn?
>>1498700 Focus On Meds
>>1498730 Who To Trust?
>>1498818 Full JFK disclosure could be on his birthday May 29.
>>1498819 PAIN coming, 4-Star Drops, >>1498500, >>1498527, >>1498547, >>1498710
>>1498867 Archbishop Philip Wilson guilty of concealing child sex
>>1498876 1408: The Green Door
>>1499045 Green Door Las Vegas
>>1499040 1408: The Royal Dragon Order
Q-Post Research, >>1498533
>>1498545 Chess Moves, >>1498591
>>1498587 Acting Associate Attorney General Jesse Panuccio Delivers Remarks at the National Children's Advocacy Center's 34th National Symposium on Child Abuse
>>1498992 April Q post on Pruitt
>>1498528 re; Military OP, [Green]
#1881
>>1497655 Grassley Letter
>>1497656 2.16.18 London: NSA Traffic Cam Images, >>1497680
>>1497663 American Farmers
>>1497672 Rep Congress to reveal FBI and DOJ misconduct tomorrow?
>>1497679 VP Talking on Fox Soon
>>1497911 Proof on Q-clock
>>1497941 Clocks
>>1497986 Why Gina Haspel?
>>1498173 General Kelly meeting with congress to disclose classified information.
>>1497627 1408, >>1498015, >>1498134, >>1498139, >>1498192
>>1498314 We Have It All
Q-Post Research, >>1497716
>>1497853 Senate Vote [RR] Confirmation, >>1498109
>>1497759 Rachel Lee Brand, >>1497762,
>>1498009 Rachel Brand on Q's terminations list
>>1497792 Jesse Panuccio, >>1498187
>>1497836 Walmart Connec, >>1497953
>>1497833 Think Timing
>>1497796 General K on [JFK]?
>>1497866 D5 move
#1880
>>1497241 Corinthia digs
>>1496954 Video released of Trump Hotel shooting
>>1496965 Al Gore (…who scream the loudest)
>>1496969 Statement from POTUS on Venezuela (from @potus_schedule)
>>1496905 Will these be the first 4 indicted?
>>1497072 Multiple WH sauces
>>1496851 WH Proclamation National Maritime Day
>>1496864 NXIVM parties at Branson's Necker Island, >>1497052 Obama's been there
>>1496916 , >>1497288 , >>1497427 Q-Clock comms
>>1496986 SK President Moon inbound to Andrews
#1879
>>1496088 INDIA's Ai Task Force
>>1496132 Tomorrow, the 22nd <=== a different PAIN? Deputy AG = RR
>>1496142 William F. McSweeny digginz
>>1496162 The Deep State is in a deep state of desperation.
>>1495768 Mike Pompeo's Speech on Iran Today
>>1496383 Press Secretary Announces Inspector General to Broaden Investigation
>>1496296 Decode of Q Drop
>>1496515 Another Tesla Crash Killing Engineer
>>1496529 Inside Mueller's FBI team
>>1496547 Netflix poll Nobody like Obamas
>>1496522 Navarro, Trump's top trade advisor, recommends Halper to senior role
#1878
>>1495272 Trump Peace Deal to Make Jerusalem Suburb Palestinian Capital
>>1495413 Masked Men open fire on Crowd in France MSM silent
>>1495637 Link of the Fuddy plane crash from a gopro camera - all were safe - then an update
>>1495660 Marseille shooting update
>>1495743 from >>1495730 res 57 law - shuts down CFPB slush funding
>>1495768 12 Demands from Pompeo's speech. (which speech?)
>>1495789 Pics of ammo through the roof Parkland Elementary
>>1495798 Maxine Waters pays daughter through campaign account
>>1496019 Planefag update
Best Of Bread >>311157
Archive of Notables >>>/comms/225 (Batch 740~ present)
#1498950 at 2018-05-22 00:27:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1882: Hell Hath No Fury
>>1498826
Cleaned up as to per your instructions.
Still not really clear on that part of the dough. Would appreciate it if you could post pastebin links in the future with info.
I have it like this right now
Graphics of All Q'S Posts
Q Graphics all in GMT
Q Graphics all in GMT #01-#05 >>>/comms/486 , >>>/comms/487 , >>>/comms/488
Q Graphics all in GMT #06-#10 >>>/comms/488 , >>>/comms/489 , >>>/comms/490
Q Graphics all in GMT #11-#15 >>>/comms/491 , >>>/comms/545 , >>>/comms/950
Q Graphics all in GMT #16-#20 >>>/comms/951 , >>>/comms/952 , >>>/comms/953 , >>>/comms/987 , >>>/comms/1103
Q Graphics all in GMT #21-#23 >>>/comms/1119, >>>/comms/1156, >>1498826
also notables so far
#1882
>>1498420 CIA memo from JFK, 10 days before his assassination.
>>1498440 Jessie K. Liu next in line for US Attorney for the District of Columbia >>1498489 POTUS EO # 23!, >>1498564 Names
>>1498458 Parkland/El Paso Schools connected Ysleta INDEPENDENT SCHOOL, >>1498638 Ysleta Per Student Debt
>>1498461 #POTUS travel outside the #WhiteHouse secure is NOT expected for the remained of today and tonight.
>>1498472 More Clockresearch
>>1498567 Dems Initiate Swamp Drain
>>1498630 Speak up, Germany.
>>1498662 Rachel Brand is Finkle Einhorn?
>>1498700 Focus On Meds
>>1498730 Who To Trust?
>>1498867 Archbishop Philip Wilson guilty of concealing child sex
>>1498876 1408: The Green Door
Q-Post Research, >>1498533
>>1498545 Chess Moves, >>1498591
>>1498587 Acting Associate Attorney General Jesse Panuccio Delivers Remarks at the National Children's Advocacy Center's 34th National Symposium on Child Abuse
Feedback appreciated
#1498634 at 2018-05-22 00:06:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1882: Hell Hath No Fury
DOJ Succession.
Jessie K. Liu next in line after AAG.
Or hundreds of senate confirmed executive appointees.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_13775
#1498467 at 2018-05-21 23:53:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1882: Hell Hath No Fury
>>1498440
Jessie K. Liu next in line for US Attorney for the District of Columbia
Nominating for Notable
#1498440 at 2018-05-21 23:51:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1882: Hell Hath No Fury
>>1497716 (prev q post)
EO 13755 spells out DOJ Succession.
After AAG next in line is
United States Attorney for the District of Columbia
Jessie K. Liu
#1492057 at 2018-05-21 10:26:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1874: Qomfy Bread
hagmannreport.com
US, China agree to abandon trade war: Beijing - Yahoo News
Joe Hagmann
2 minutes
Beijing (AFP) - Washington and Beijing have agreed to abandon any trade war and back off from imposing tariffs on each other, Chinese state media reported Sunday.
The announcement came after high-level talks in the US capital and followed months of tensions over what President Donald Trump has blasted as an unfair commercial relationship between the two economic giants.
Vice-Premier Liu He, who led Chinese negotiators in Washington said: "The two sides reached a consensus, will not fight a trade war, and will stop increasing tariffs on each other," state-run news agency Xinhua reported Sunday.
Liu called the agreement a "necessity", but added: "At the same time it must be realised that unfreezing the ice cannot be done in a day, solving the structural problems of the economic and trade relations between the two countries will take time."
An earlier joint statement issued in Washington said Beijing would "significantly" increase its purchases of American goods, but offered few details.
The apparent detente comes after months of increasing tensions that have set markets on edge over fears of a damaging trade war.
Trump has repeatedly railed against his country's trade deficit with China, describing it as a danger to US national security and threatening to impose tariffs on billions of dollars' worth of Chinese goods.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-china-agree-abandon-trade-war-beijing-043915337.html
#1483069 at 2018-05-20 18:58:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1862: "They are losing [all] control" Edition
>>1482391
>I believe this yet I get such a conflict.
>TPTB and Religion tell us we have free will, but it's [only] on their terms.
I think I understand where you are coming from here, but from my perspective, TPTB are working very hard in multiple spheres of influence to undermine the belief in Free Will among the masses. This campaign of TPTB is not at all a secret and began with the start of the industrial revolution and with the introduction of the Prussian system of organized "schooling." But today, their efforts are much more covert.
Just the other day, Joe Rogan released a video clip with Steven Tyler, where Joe parrots Sam Harris's "Free Will is an Illusion" argument without a challenge. I generally like and respect both Joe and Sam, but hope that if they ever really understand how dangerous their promotion of disbelief in Free Will is to society, they will stop at once promoting this obvious agenda of their puppet masters.
Regardless of whether or not we can ever actually prove that "free will" exists, the more important scientific question, which has already been sufficiently addressed, is how does the belief in "free will" serve humanity in our daily lives today.
What Joe and Sam fail to acknowledge is the strong empirical evidence proving that efforts to induce disbelief in "free will" increases cheating (1), aggression (2), racial prejudice (3) and conformity (4), while decreasing helping behavior (2), self-control (5,6), gratitude (7) and sound judgment (8).
When viewed from this perspective, it raises profound questions regarding the true intentions of those who want to convince us all that "free will" is an illusion.
References
1. Vohs, K. D., & Schooler, J. W. (2008). The value of believing in free will: Encouraging a belief in determinism increases cheating. Psychological Science, 19, 49-54.
2. Baumeister, R. F., Masicampo, E. J., & DeWall, C. N. (2009). Prosocial benefits of feeling free: Disbelief in free will increases aggression and reduces helpfulness. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 260-268.
3. Zhao X, Liu L, Zhang X-x, Shi J-x, Huang Z-w (2014) The Effect of Belief in Free Will on Prejudice. PLoS ONE 9(3): e91572.
4. Alquist, J. L., Ainsworth, S. E., & Baumeister, R. F. (2013). Determined to conform: Disbelief in free will increases conformity. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 49, 80-86.
5. Rigoni, D., Kuhn, S., Gaudino, G., Sartori, G., & Brass, M. (2012). Reducing self-control by weakening belief in free will. Consciousness and Condition, 21, 1482-1490.
6. Rigoni, D., Kuhn, S., Sartori, G., & Brass, M. (2011). Inducing disbelief in free will alters brain correlates of preconscious motor preparation: The brain minds whether we believe in free will or not. Psychological Science, 22(5), 613-618.
7. MacKenzie, M.J., K.D. Vohs, and R.F. Baumeister, (2014) You Didn't Have to Do That: Belief in Free Will Promotes Gratitude. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 40(11): p. 1423-1434.
8. Rigoni, D., Wilquin, H., Brass, M., & Burle, B. (2013). When errors do not matter: Weakening belief in intentional control impairs cognitive reaction to errors. Cognition, 127, 264-269.?
>To truly be free, you have to dig deep.
I agree!
#1473686 at 2018-05-19 23:22:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1850: New Q Trip Starting Now
THE WHITE HOUSE - Office of the Press Secretary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - May 19, 2018
Joint Statement of the United States and China Regarding Trade Consultations
At the direction of President Donald J. Trump and President Xi Jinping, on May 17 and 18, 2018, the United States and China engaged in constructive consultations regarding trade in Washington, D.C. The United States delegation included Secretary of the Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur L. Ross, and United States Trade Representative Robert E. Lighthizer. The Chinese delegation was led by State Council Vice Premier Liu He, Special Envoy of President Xi.
There was a consensus on taking effective measures to substantially reduce the United States trade deficit in goods with China. To meet the growing consumption needs of the Chinese people and the need for high-quality economic development, China will significantly increase purchases of United States goods and services. This will help support growth and employment in the United States.
Both sides agreed on meaningful increases in United States agriculture and energy exports. The United States will send a team to China to work out the details.
The delegations also discussed expanding trade in manufactured goods and services. There was consensus on the need to create favorable conditions to increase trade in these areas.
Both sides attach paramount importance to intellectual property protections, and agreed to strengthen cooperation. China will advance relevant amendments to its laws and regulations in this area, including the Patent Law.
Both sides agreed to encourage two-way investment and to strive to create a fair, level playing field for competition.
Both sides agreed to continue to engage at high levels on these issues and to seek to resolve their economic and trade concerns in a proactive manner.
###
#1471278 at 2018-05-19 20:03:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1847: The People
China to buy more US agricultural, energy products to cut trade deficit
The consensus follows two days of negotiations between teams led by Chinese Vice-Premier Liu He and US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
China agreed to buy more US agricultural and energy products to help narrow a record bilateral trade deficit, addressing a key demand US President Donald Trump has pursued since announcing punitive tariffs threatening to push the two countries into an all-out trade war.
"There was a consensus on taking effective measures to substantially reduce the United States trade deficit in goods with China," the White House said in a joint announcement on Saturday, following two days of negotiations between teams led by Chinese Vice-Premier Liu He and US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
"To meet the growing consumption needs of the Chinese people and the need for high-quality economic development, China will significantly increase purchases of United States goods and services," the White House said.
"Both sides agreed on meaningful increases in United States agriculture and energy exports. The United States will send a team to China to work out the details" and will "continue to engage at high levels on these issues and to seek to resolve their economic and trade concerns in a proactive manner."
Liu arrived in Washington this week to continue talks that began when Mnuchin, US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer traveled to Beijing earlier this month.
http:// www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2146923/china-buy-more-us-agricultural-energy-products-cut-trade-deficit
#1467241 at 2018-05-19 10:35:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1842: "The [W]orld is [W]atching the [W]edding" Edition
China offers to buy more US products to reduce trade imbalance
National Economic Council director Larry Kudlow said that the United States continued to press demands about Chinese trade practices.
China offered to boost its annual purchases of US products by "at least US$200 billion (S$268.58 billion)" on Friday (May 18) as two days of talks aimed at averting an open breach between the two countries ended in Washington, a top White House adviser said.
Mr Larry Kudlow, director of the National Economic Council, said that he welcomed the Chinese offer and that the United States continued to press demands about Chinese trade practices.
"They have to lower their tariff rates, they have to lower their non-tariff barriers. We have to have a verifiable process whereby the technology transfers and the theft of intellectual property stops," he told reporters at the White House.
Mr Kudlow spoke shortly before the talks between a US delegation led by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and a Chinese team headed by Vice-Premier Liu He, one of President Xi Jinping's closest advisers, ended for the day.
"China's come to trade. They are meeting many of our demands," said Mr Kudlow, who called the Chinese approach "constructive".
There was no immediate comment from the White House as of 11pm on Friday, several hours after the talks concluded.
China's state-run media said the discussions were "positive, constructive and fruitful".
Mr Kudlow's upbeat assessment came one day after Mr Trump said that the United States had been "ripped off" by China.
The two sides had swapped hardline demands during a first round of talks in Beijing this month.
The President is insisting on a dramatic reduction in the US trade deficit with China, which was US$375 billion in 2017 and has topped US$100 billion for 16 straight years.
Stepped-up Chinese purchases will focus on US agricultural goods, energy products such as liquefied natural gas and machinery, a senior administration official said.
Still, many economists say that it is difficult to imagine that China - which bought just US$130 billion worth of US goods last year - could somehow add an additional US$200 billion in purchases to that total.
China also repeated its longstanding demand that the United States relax its export controls on items such as supercomputers, riot control equipment, police surveillance systems, helicopters, missiles and various munitions.
More here:
https:// www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/china-offers-to-buy-more-us-products-to-reduce-trade-imbalance
#1451799 at 2018-05-18 02:33:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1822: Battle For IBOR
Whoa… not sure if this was shared here yet, didn't see anything obvious in notables. But YUGE if true.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-17/china-said-to-offer-trump-200-billion-cut-in-u-s-trade-deficit
China has offered President Donald Trump a $200 billion reduction in its annual trade surplus with the U.S. by increasing imports of American products and other steps, said a Trump administration official.
China made the offer during talks in Washington this week as Chinese Vice Premier Liu He visited to try to resolve a trade dispute, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Liu met with Trump Thursday afternoon at the White House. The official didn't describe the U.S. response.
U.S. officials conveyed the president's goal for a fair trading relationship with China and the two sides agreed to continue the discussions on Friday, the White House said in a statement. China's Ministry of Commerce and the State Council Information Office didn't initially respond to requests for comment.
A $200 billion reduction in the U.S. trade gap with China by 2020 was on a list of demands the Trump administration made earlier this month as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin led a delegation to Beijing. The U.S. merchandise trade deficit with China hit a record $375 billion last year.
#1436252 at 2018-05-16 23:49:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1802: We Must Fight Edition
Why US and China trade talks may offer hope for agricultural, medical and tech firms
Presence of senior Chinese officials overseeing relevant sectors could offer a clue as to potential areas of progress.
Observers highlighted the potential areas for compromise after vice-premier Liu He, the top economic aide for Chinese President Xi Jinping, arrived in the US capital on Tuesday for talks aimed at averting a trade war that will continue until Saturday.
Liu was accompanied by top Chinese officials such as central bank governor Yi Gang, deputy minister of industry and information technology Luo Wen and deputy agricultural minister Han Jun, according to the state news agency Xinhua - a sign that their respective areas of responsibility were likely to form key parts of the agenda. Neither Luo nor Han took part in an earlier round of talks with US officials in Beijing that ended with no agreement.
Although fundamental disagreements between both sides remain, China is expected to have brought "gifts" to the US this week - which may include promises to reduce the trade deficit, reduce tariffs, and expand market access, according to Du Lan from the China Institute of International Studies.
"The US delegation came [to Beijing in May] with a very high asking price, but the demands from both sides should be lower this time, as reflected by Trump's signals about resolving the ZTE issue," she said.
Her comments referred to the US President's surprise tweet on Monday, in which he said he had ordered the Commerce Department to get ZTE back on its feet, after the US banned companies from working with the Chinese telecoms giant for violating sanctions on Iran.
However, subsequent tweets by the US President highlighted some of the potential sticking points as he insisted that "nothing has happened with ZTE except as it pertains to the larger trade deal".
He also repeated his claim that US was "losing hundreds of billions of dollars a year to China", adding that US has "little to give because we have given so much over the years. China has much to give!".
''
If Trump does follow through on his initial pledge to help ZTE, Beijing may make concessions on agriculture, where the bulk of Chinese tariffs on US goods will fall, Nick Marro, an analyst with the Economist Intelligence Unit, said.
China has threatened to impose a 25 per cent tariffs on a range of American products, including soybeans, which will hit the agricultural states where support for Trump is particularly strong.
"There is obviously an awareness on the Chinese side that agriculture is a key kind of flashpoint, and it's something that Trump obviously cares about," Julian Evans-Pritchard, senior China economist at Capital Economics in Singapore, said.
"The Chinese might offer something in those areas, I'd imagine, to compensate for the fact that they're not willing to offer the big changes on industrial policy that people like the US Trade Representative [Robert Lighthizer] are really pushing for."
The presence of top economic officials in the Chinese trade delegation, such as Yi, the head of the People's Bank of China, could also indicate a willingness to open up the financial sector.
These may include a specific timeline for liberalising foreign ownership rules in the car industry, something Xi promised last month, and approving bank applications to increase their stakes in securities.
The meeting could indicate a willingness from the Chinese side to open its technology markets to foreign firms, while maintaining Beijing's red line of keeping Xi's signature "Made in China 2025" initiative for to develop the domestic hi-tech sector.
"There at least seems to be willingness to give face time to the US, show that we're listening to your concerns about market access in the information technology industry," Marro said.
One of the attendees at the meeting with Wang was Daniel Rosen, founder of the New York-based consulting group Rhodium Group, who argued that Liu may address structural issues in the Chinese economy, such as the slow progress in reforming state enterprises and wasteful financing, during the Washington talks.
"Liu He was responsible for broad and strong criticisms of the structural problems in China's economy in recent years," Rosen said, adding that it was likely he was seriously engaged with his US counterparts on issues such as these.
http:// www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2146452/why-us-and-china-trade-talks-may-offer-hope
#1426037 at 2018-05-16 02:01:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1789: Know How I Know (((Your))) a (((Shill)))? Edition
POTUS did NOT interview Richard Donoghue?
POTUS interviewed Berman (US Attorney SDNY - appointed by Sessions and confirmed by Federal Court ~2 weeks ago)
POTUS interviewed Ed McNally for Eastern District but Donoghue got the job.
POTUS interviewed Liu (DC US Attorney).
"To be very blunt, these three jurisdictions will have authority to bring indictments over the ongoing special counsel investigation into Trump campaign collusion with the Russians and potential obstruction of justice by the president of the United States," Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/19/trump-us-attorney-interviews-243962
#1424025 at 2018-05-15 22:55:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1786: The Handoff Edition
The Chinese Company Selling Iranian Sniper Gear Around the World
'The proliferation of this technology is illustrative of a supply chain that is truly global and, consequently, is difficult to monitor and control.'
It's a thermal sniper sight that allows a shooter to see his prey's body heat against the black of night-and boy, is Iran's military proud of it. The pricey RU60G sniper sight has gotten the royal treatment in state-linked news outlets, propaganda documentaries, and selfies with senior officers, where it's trumpeted as a great indigenous optical achievement.
Though Tehran would have you believe its sniper sight is a purely domestic affair, the fact is they had a little help from abroad. Sift through the layers of business registration documents, web hosting records, and photographs from Middle Eastern weapons black markets and you'll find the trail for Iran's thermal sniper sight runs from the war in Syria all the way to a cheap motel room in Beijing, where the chairman of one of Iran's largest defense contractors registered a shell company to invest in Chinese optics manufacturing.
The world got one of its first glimpses of the RU60G sight-and its larger cousins, the RU90G/RU120G-in 2013, during Iran's International Police Safety & Security Equipment Exhibition in Tehran. Amidst the displays of SWAT-style tactical gear, Iranian news outlets celebrated a new thermal sniper sight, the RU60G, and displayed a larger version of the sight from the same family atop an AM50 sniper rifle.
It's indeed a valuable piece of equipment. The thermal sniper sights let users see targets during day, night, and under most weather conditions. They allow a shooter to see through most kinds of smokescreens, spot camouflaged targets, and even tell if a vehicle is running or idle.
Two years after their exhibition debut, the sights began to surface, not in Iranian provinces, but on social media weapons black markets run by militants in Iraq and Syria and Yemen-three countries where Iran has been supporting and supplying militant groups. Turkey has already arrested Kurdish militants using the RU60G, in a possible sign that Iran's arms production is starting to fuel other, unrelated conflicts.
Militants in both Iraq and Syria have carried out a brisk trade in weapons, explosives, and military equipment through Telegram channels, WhatsApp groups, and Facebook pages where optics equipment is especially popular. The markets act as a kind of lint trap for the weapons supplied to different factions in the conflicts. Whether captured from dead fighters, sold through corruption or simply lost through neglect-the chain of custody is rarely clear-arms like the RU60G began to fetch anywhere up to $5,000.
All this time, Iran has told the world that the RU60G is an indigenous product only made by Rayan Roshd Afzar, an Iranian defense company that, according to U.S. sanctions designations, supports the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' drone and aerospace programs. The firm also produces software to help censor social media in Iran.
Chinese business registration documents, however, tell a different story. In 2013, the chairman of Rayan Roshd, Mohsen Parsajam, registered a business, Most Outstanding Beijing Technology Developing Company Globally Ltd, to room 1724 on the 14th floor of a Beijing hotel. Registration documents reveal no activity for the company until 2015-the year when RU-series sights began appearing abroad. That April, Parsajam's company took an ownership stake in Sanhe Haobang Optoelectronic Equipment Co., Ltd, a Chinese company run by Chinese national Emily Liu.
Sanhe registered websites for Raybeam Optronics and a host of other companies. On Alibaba, a Chinese e-commerce website, Raybeam began marketing military optical equipment from its factory, including a series of sights identical to the RU60G and the RU90G/120G-ever so mildly relabeled as the "RB60G" and "RB90/120G"-and promised it could crank out as many as 600 a month for customers. (China China China)
More Here:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-chinese-company-selling-iranian-sniper-gear-around-the-world
#1416536 at 2018-05-15 05:50:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1776: The Great Awakening Is The Second American Revolution
>>1416382
>>1416460
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/07/26/an-nypd-officer-was-ambushed-and-killed-in-2014-his-wife-just-gave-birth-to-their-daughter/
Wenjian Liu ?
#1401867 at 2018-05-14 00:08:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1758: On Guard
China's ZTE Paid US Tech Firms $2.3b for Parts in 2017
he true cost of United States sanctions against ZTE is starting to emerge. In a stark announcement earlier this week, the Chinese telecom giant confirmed it was shutting down "major operating activities."
The news came less than a month after the US Commerce Department banned ZTE from buying US-made components, such as semiconductors, for seven years, effectively wrecking its supply chain, ATimes reported.
Problems started to pile up for ZTE as soon as the US ruling highlighted how the company had violated a sanctions settlement. Earlier, ZTE had pleaded guilty to the original charges and agreed to pay $892 million in fines.
"As a result of the denial order, major operating activities have ceased," the company said in a Hong Kong Stock Exchange filing. "As of now, the company maintains sufficient cash and strictly adheres to its commercial obligations subject in compliance with laws and regulations."
But a report from Reuters has since revealed the financial fallout of the decision, stating: "The company paid over $2.3 billion to 211 US exporters in 2017, a senior ZTE official said. ZTE paid over $100 million each to Qualcomm, Broadcom, Intel and Texas Instruments. As one of the world's largest telecom equipment makers, ZTE relied on US companies such as Qualcomm and Intel for components.
"The extent of the impact of the Commerce Department ban on US suppliers was noted by the ZTE official, who was not authorized to speak publicly, as Chinese and US government officials discuss a Washington visit next week by China's top economic envoy Liu He for the second round of trade talks."
Companies in the US are estimated to provide up to 30% of the components used in ZTE's products, which includes smartphones and complex equipment for telecommunications networks.
As a result of the ban, the Shenzhen-based group will be unable to access Qualcomm processors and Android devices with Google Mobile Services software.
It will also disrupt ZTE's overseas operations. This, in turn, will affect the company's ability to provide services, such as repairs to infrastructure for clients in other countries and regions.
Before the US components ban, ZTE was providing services for 100 million users in India, 300 million users in Indonesia and 29 million users in Italy, the official told Reuters.
On Friday, Asia Times reported that the group might sell-off its successful smartphone business, according to the online site AAStocks Financial News with potential buyers including domestic rivals Huawei, Oppo and Xiaomi.
"If ZTE is truly considering selling its mobile handset business, then the potential end for the company is near," Earl Lum, the president of EJL Wireless Research, a consultancy and research firm based in the US, said.
https:// financialtribune.com/articles/world-economy/86280/china-s-zte-paid-us-tech-firms-23b-for-parts-in-2017
#1377629 at 2018-05-12 00:13:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General # 1727 Playas Gonna Play, Bakers Gonna Bake. Edition
'It's already a problem, not a benefit': Chinese ambassador to US says cutting trade imbalance is in China's interest too
Cui Tiankai was less optimistic about Beijing changing its 'Made in China 2025' plan to provide support for domestic companies developing advanced technologies
China's top envoy to the United States said on Friday that he supports negotiations aimed at reducing a US-China trade imbalance, and that it is likely to be successful, striking an optimistic note as officials from both sides met to discuss the issue - and help mend the countries' ties - in Washington.
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"A huge deficit for you and a huge surplus for us - I don't think this should continue," Ambassador Cui Tiankai said in a discussion with former US defence secretary William Cohen at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.
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"I don't think it will continue. For us, such an imbalance is already a problem rather than a benefit."
He added: "We need to make more efforts to achieve some kind of a balance in our trade relationship. I'm quite confident that if we have a balanced approach, we can find a solution."
Cui made his remarks as Chinese economic officials met their US counterparts to lay out a strategy for cutting a record trade imbalance, part of preparations for the next visit by China's top economic official, Vice-Premier Liu He, to Washington.
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That visit, which the White House had said was planned for next week, might be delayed until later in May, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said in a CNBC interview.
Punitive trade tariffs on about US$50 billion worth of annual imports of Chinese machinery, electronics and other products to the US are set to take effect sometime after a period of public review and comment ends on May 22. Beijing responded by announcing tariffs on an equivalent volume of US imports to China.
President Donald Trump, who ordered US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to come up with the tariff list last month to cut the US trade deficit with China, has threatened to target an additional US$100 billion worth of Chinese products.
"We have Chinese experts in town today and US experts sitting down 'saying let's find a way to avoid this kind of trade conflict that will not benefit anyone,'" Cohen said during the discussion with Cui, part of a conference assessing the first 40 years of official diplomatic relations between the US and the People's Republic of China.
After the CSIS event, Cui, referring to the first talks in Beijing, told reporters: "If both sides make real efforts [to avoid a trade war], we do not need a deadline. We could come to an agreement very quickly. But it will require efforts by both sides."
The document called for a curtailment of "state financial support and regulation that distorts market competition across numerous sectors in China and globally, including under guiding frameworks such as Made in China 2025".
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Cui argued that US companies developing these technologies in China could also benefit from Beijing's support under the plan.
"Whether we have a level playing field very much depends on where you stand," Cui said. "Many of our American friends believe that Chinese companies get too much help from the government so it's not fair.
"But from the perspective of Chinese companies, they might believe this competition between them and their American counterparts is not fair from the very beginning because you have the production-distribution network globally.
"You have all the expertise. You have a long history behind you. And most importantly, you have the US dollar, the international reserve currency."
http://
www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2145823/chinas-ambassador-us-says-cutting-trade-imbalance
#1374513 at 2018-05-11 19:15:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1723 Attacks Will Only Get Worse Edition
Chinese top team to land in Washington for trade talks just before US decides which products to penalise
Delegation led by Xi Jinping's top economic adviser will arrive in America just ahead of hearing to finalise tariffs on US$50bn of Chinese products.
A top-level Chinese delegation will arrive in Washington for a second round of trade talks on Tuesday - just before the US finalises the list of Chinese products that will be hit with punitive tariffs, a source familiar with the situation has said.
China's delegation will be led by Vice-Premier Liu He, Xi Jinping's top economic adviser, who met a delegation from the White House in Beijing at the end of last week.
In those talks, the American officials focused on their dissatisfaction with China's hefty state support for technological development and the long-standing trade gap between the two countries but devoted little time to the issue of improving market access for foreign companies, another source who was briefed on the talks said.
US President Donald Trump has frequently highlighted America's trade deficit with China and has demanded a US$200 billion reduction.
China's Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday that both countries' working teams were making preparations for the next round of dialogue.
Lower-level officials from the two countries were expected to meet on Friday to make arrangements for the Chinese visit to Washington next week.
The trip will be Liu's second one to Washington within three months.
On his first trip in late February, he offered to buy more US products as a way of reducing trade tensions but the US showed little interest in the proposal, one of the sources said.
He is expected to repeat the offer next week, although it is not clear whether there will be substantial differences between the two proposals.
http:// www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2145799/chinese-top-team-land-washington-trade-talks-just-us
#1347478 at 2018-05-09 12:45:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1689: BO Emergency Bake
(((Does history repeat?)))
?The Souvenirs of Public Political Executions??
QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, I believe you mentioned at one of the conferences that the Chinese dragged a member of their high court out into the square and set him on fire in his judicial robs. Am I correct in that statement? When was that exactly?
MS
ANSWER: You are not far off. Zang Tang (? - 116BC) drafted the laws under Emperor Wudi (Wu-ti) ( ???) (141-86BC), and made treasonous thoughts (CONSPIRACY) the death penalty, was eventually he himself compelled to commit suicide as his view of the law led him to be the most hated among all of the ministers under Wudi. Yet the minister Chao Cuo (? - 154BC) under the previous emperor Ching-ti (Liu Ch'i)(157-141BC), earned the hatred of other ministers after he introduced 30 new laws.
The outrage was so intense, he was dragged out and executed in his judicial robes in the town marketplace. There was far greater resistance toward changing the laws in China than there was in Rome. These incidents of publicly executing ministers who tried to make the laws even harsher were not unique but became far more common in China compared to the West.
Still, that is not the worse of such events to drag public officials out and execute them. Back in 1672, the Dutch killed and even ate their Prime Minister.
(((I wonder if some people who hate Trump that much would not do the same today and CNN would probably broadcast it as a special event.)))
Back then, the Dutch House of Orange was the nearest the republic had to royalty. They were at war with England and France and the effective Prime Minister was Johan de Witt. He was seen as being supported by the merchants who profited by war.
Johan de Witt visited his brother who had been arrested on trumped-up charges of plotting to assassinate Willem of Orange. During a visit with his brother in prison, on August 20th, 1672, a mob gathered outside the prison and then stormed it taking both brothers who they then hanged and then mutilated carving them up. Willem never prosecuted anyone for this event which made it appear he sanctioned it.
Nevertheless, what has been handed down in history is accounts that (((some among the mob were taking parts of the bodies, and eating them. One man is even said to have eaten Johan's eyeball.)))
This may sound very gruesome. Nonetheless, the culture at that point in time was extremely cruel. It was a common practice for people to keep souvenirs of public executions.
There were accounts that (((the beheading of King Charles I of England was accompanied by people dipping their handkerchiefs in the blood of the king.)))
https:// www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/politics/the-souvenirs-of-public-political-executions/
#1222542 at 2018-04-28 15:24:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1531: Much Appreciation Edition
Liu previously worked for the engineering firm as an engineer and had access to proprietary and trade secret data. He and others are accused of passing along those trade secrets to benefit the Chinese government and other Chinese state-owned enterprises, according to the press release.
The maximum statutory penalty for conspiracy to commit economic espionage is 15 years incarceration. The maximum for conspiracy to commit theft of trade secrets is 10 years. The maximum for conspiracy to commit money laundering is 20 years, the press release states.
https://www.chron.com/houston/amp/Houston-businessman-indicted-on-economic-12870522.php
More arrests. America infiltrated and for sale. How many companies have been infiltrated? How were they let in with no vetting? This happens at universities and companies alike. And let's not forget the open trading of secrets via the Clintons and Obama admin for a payday.
#1210525 at 2018-04-27 17:14:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1515: Hitlers Niece
Stopping.
>>1207514
Mountain ? means stopping in the proper place, getting rid of incorrect enjoyment and improper action. – Liu Yiming, The Taoist I Ching, Hexagram #5 Making a Young Girl Marry
Mountain represents stopping, stillness. In the body of the hexagram, one yang rests on top of two yins: The yang is above, the yin is below; yang governs yin and yin obeys yang, so the celestial is not damaged by the mundane., Inwardly still and outwardly still, one stops inside and also stops outside. Because one stillness pervades inside and outside, it is called Mountain.
– Liu Yiming, The Taoist I Ching, Hexagram #52 Mountain
"The trigram Mountain ? refers to stillness, stopping. In the primordial (?? - before Heaven) arrangement of the eight trigrams it represents stillness that enables the celestial to manifest itself."
http:// www.taoistiching.org/mountain.html
#1175421 at 2018-04-25 01:14:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1470:
Voat user spots strange article on DRUDGE report, suspects coding. Copypasta follows:
==
This article (https:// web.archive.org/web/20180424172603/https:// www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/on-pizza-regulations-trump-slices-differently-than-his-own-fda-commissioner) is currently on the TOP of the front page of Drudge (https:// kek.gg/i/gpyyL.png)
This seems like a VERY small article to be featured. There are a ton of numbers (digits) used in this article. (18-7-20-36-20-34-90-10-21) I'm almost certain it's a coded warning to pedos that things are heating up.
I need someone with better code experience to help see if this is a big nothing burger or not. The only thing I have nailed down is the 34 million combinations is a legitimate number, meaning that Dominos actually claims 34 million, so that number is not made up for this article. I find it strange that he chooses to use so many digits in Liu of words or expressions ie: "a number of years" or "decades" etc…
>"That means if one of us accidentally tops a pizza with too much pepperoni or cheese, or is a little heavy-handed with the tomato sauce on a given day, we could be headed to prison."
Prison for toppings? Unlikely. Since when do Dominos Managers write Op-Eds for Washington Examiner? This is his only submission AFAIK. Why is it front page on Drudge? Why does he list the amount of restaurants as 18 and his profile lists 16?
>Jim Gerety
>Chairman of the Board
>16 stores in Texas
>Term Expires: December 2020
>Jim Gerety started with Domino's Pizza Distribution in 1982 as a General Manager. He began in Southern California before moved on to Hawaii, Washington and Colorado. He left the company in 1985 and returned in 1988 as a General Manager for Roger Cohn's commissary in Tucson, AZ. In 1999, he partnered with Roger Cohn and franchised in Midland/Odessa, TX.
>Jim is married to Cassie, who serves as Operations Director and partner in the business. He has two daughters, Katie and Christine, as well as 3 stepchildren. Jim enjoys riding his 2011 Harley-Davidson Road Glide, 2008 Victory Vision and 2006 Honda Goldwing.
If some autists could give this a once over I'd appreciate it. Together we are much stronger.
Godspeed Brothers!
==
END COPYPASTA
Here is a link to the Voat discussion:
https:// voat.co/v/pizzagate/2514743
Seemed notable to me.
#1108350 at 2018-04-20 01:34:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1384: Q In Sonic Mode
Reminder that this gal helped jail a Rothschild
>8½ Year Prison Sentence Given in $100,000 FEMA
Hurricane Relief Fund Fraud Scheme
>A 59-year-old man, Jeffrey Alan
Rothschild, also known as "Jeffrey Zahler,"
https:// www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/criminal-disasters/legacy/2012/07/30/02-05-07jrothschild-sent.pdf
https:// lawandcrime.com/politics/who-is-jessie-Liu-the-trump-nominated-u-s-attorney-who-could-prosecute-andrew-mccabe/
#1107398 at 2018-04-20 00:42:53 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1383: Big Error
Any guesses on why John Huber, Utah U.S. Attorney, is not prosecuting McCabe? Sessions allegedly appointed him to team with Horowitz in conducting the internal investigation of the FBI and DoJ. Sessions gave the impression Huber would be the prosecutor for any criminal cases arising.
I don't care if Liu and her office prosecutes instead. What is Huber really doing?
#1104992 at 2018-04-19 21:45:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1380: No More Bad Apples
Hey did you guys see this?
The criminal charges against McCabe have been recommended to the U.S. attorney's office in Washington DC. And who is the US attorney for Washington DC? None other than JESSIE K. Liu!
#1104177 at 2018-04-19 20:25:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1379: Tim ate the apple and now he has to pay for it.
>>1104134 McCabe referred to Jessie Liu Prosecutor (Trump appointee)
Noteworthy
#1104134 at 2018-04-19 20:21:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1379: Tim ate the apple and now he has to pay for it.
so mccabe just got referred to the us attorneys office in DC
well guess who the prosecutor would be
jessie Liu
yes the jessie Liu who has successfully prosecuted a rothschild
#1081768 at 2018-04-17 22:29:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1350: Welcome Aboard. Edition
>>1081494
Patriots, Anons, please advise, following ID has been using same (((subversive infiltration))) tact as the last bread:
>b3995d
>b66f35 ←– 'filter filter filter' possible useful idiot example. Don't be like this one.
It's following a script - get in fast, say 'good' things about baker, put in a tired old 'clown' pic on anything jew related, than post a mostly accurate and/or '1% disinfo' kernel post to gain credibility in order to later bitch and moan about (((shills))) and try to squeal about anything related to kikes and jews and especially (((israel))).
Also, most of their 'info' has been bullshit/misdirection. Almost ses/aim level (((shilling))).
(((they))) got repeatedly called out for being obviously not contributing a single useful shit except useless and obviously deceptive 'cheerleading', and have resorted to posting (((kike level))) bullshit 'analysis' that is obviously complete misdirection and/or bunk they pulled out of (((their))) ass.
Shift through and you will see (((they))) glow BRIGHT.
Patriots, stay frosty.
Another confirmation of POTUS/Q team successes:
China Will Abandon Barriers For Foreign Automakers
https:// www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-17/china-will-abandon-barriers-foreign-automakers
"Barely a week after Chinese President Xi Jinping mentioned easing barriers for foreign automotive firms during a widely publicized speech, China's National Development and Reform Commission said Tuesday that it would phase out requirements that foreign auto makers must share factory ownership and earnings with local Chinese firms by 2022 - a step toward market liberalization that President Donald Trump will likely tout as evidence his aggressive trade policies are working.
The phase-out will unfurl in stages: Limits on foreign investment for companies building new energy vehicles, a term covering electric cars powered by batteries or fuel cells, will be removed this year. Limits on those building commercial vehicles and passenger cars will be lifted in 2020 and 2022, respectively.
In five years, the commission says, no foreign car company will need to have a joint venture with a Chinese firm, which would sunset a restriction on the industry that has been in place since 1994."
"Presently, China forces foreign car makers to set up 50-50 joint ventures with Chinese partners if they want to produce cars locally. Meanwhile, imported cars get hit with a 25% tariff, per the Wall Street Journal. Chinese Vice Premier Liu He - considered the country's economy czar - mentioned that China was planning to lower barriers for foreign firms, including automakers."
MOAR winning.
#1063491 at 2018-04-16 12:31:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1326: They are here in force Edition
Any consensus on Q calling us out for being fags and not being able to figure out who the AS SC seat was supposed to be for?
Anyone got the answer? I'm still leaning BHO
LIST OF OPTIONS:
Most likely
OBAMA
HOLDER
GARLAND (could the simple answer be the best? This guy is comped?)
Less likely
COMEY
MCCABE
YATES
MEULLER
SCHIFF
There was this list (anyone recognize any swamp here?):
https:// abovethelaw.com/2016/08/hillary-clintons-supreme-court-shortlist-11-scotus-possibilities/
Chief Judge Merrick Garland (D.C. Cir.)
Judge Sri Srinivasan (D.C. Cir.)
Judge Jane Kelly (8th Cir.)
Judge Paul Watford (9th Cir.)
Judge Jacqueline Nguyen (9th Cir.)
Justice Goodwin Liu (California Supreme Court)
Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar (California Supreme Court)
Judge Lucy H. Koh (N.D. Cal.)
Judge Patricia Millett (D.C. Cir.)
Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)
Senator Cory Booker (D.-N.J.)
#1029284 at 2018-04-13 22:59:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1283 The Middle Game
The Washington field office is critical, nice to see a TRUST WRAY appointee here to work with Jessie Liu. fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbi-director-christopher-wray-announces-three-senior-executives
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- Question: What media assets are Farm born? >A.Cooper [CNN] > > > > > > > > > > >
Answer: Farm = CIA Training Facility at Camp Perry, VA https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1980/02/19/down-on-the-farm-learning-how-to-spy-for-the-cia/fbe2f23c-ab8d-4fba-aab2-1c1da55f1c53/ Reporter Admits Most Media Work for CIA, MI6, Mossad October 26, 2014 https://americanfreepress.net/perpetual-war-and-the-global-media-psyop/ https://archive.fo/anZgF Marie Harf - FoxNews (CIA) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Harf KEN DILANIAN, NBC The CIA’s Mop-Up Man: L.A. Times Reporter Cleared Stories With Agency Before Publication https://theintercept.com/2014/09/04/former-l-times-reporter-cleared-stories-cia-publication/ SPECULATION THAT THE CARATS ">" INDICATE # OF PEOPLE IN SPECIFIC STATIONS/PAPERS
Extra Answer: SCREENSHOT: https://postimg.cc/BthRMpzy Media People who have Intelligence ties: Anderson Cooper (CNN) (CIA) Mika Brzezinski (MSNBC) (father) John Brennan (NBC) (CIA) James Clapper (NBC) (DNI) Michael Hayden (NBC) (CIA) Chuck Rosenberg (MSNBC) (DEA) Frank FigLiuzzi (MSNBC) (FBI) Juan Zarate (NBC) (DNSA) Fran Townsend (CBS) (DHS) Asha Rangappa (CNN) (FBI) James Gagliano (CNN) (FBI) Tony Blinken (CNN) (DNSA) Mike Rogers (CNN) (House-Intel) Samantha Vinograd (CNN) (NSA) Steven L Hall (CNN) (CIA) Philip Mudd (CNN) (CIA) Josh Campbell (CNN) (FBI) Adam Entous (WaPo) Maggie Haberman (WaPo)
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Answer: Trump threatens worse trade deal for China if Beijing stalls until after his re-election US President Donald Trump has once again criticized China’s trade practices, warning negotiations could get tougher. The statements come as Beijing and Washington are headed into another round of trade negotiations in Shanghai. In a series of tweets on Tuesday, Trump warned if China waits and he wins re-election, the trade deal will be much tougher for Beijing. “China is doing very badly, worst year in 27 – was supposed to start buying our agricultural product now – no signs that they are doing so. That is the problem with China, they just don’t come through,†Trump wrote. My team is negotiating with them now, but they always change the deal in the end to their benefit. They should probably wait out our Election to see if we get one of the Democrat stiffs like Sleepy Joe. Then they could make a GREAT deal, like in past 30 years, and continue to ripoff the USA, even bigger and better than ever before.†US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer will meet on Tuesday and Wednesday in Shanghai with a delegation led by China’s Vice Premier Liu He. According to Trump, “The problem with them waiting, however, is that if & when I win, the deal that they get will be much tougher than what we are negotiating now… or no deal at all. We have all the cards, our past leaders never got it!†https://www.rt.com/business/465392-trump-threatens-worse-china-trade-deal/📠[PARTIAL SCREENSHOT OF ARTICLE]
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Answer: Barack Obama - Administration First Lady Michelle Obama Vice President Joseph Biden Secretary of State John F. Kerry (2013-2017) Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (2009-2013) Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter (2015-2017) Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta (2011-2013) Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (2009-2011) Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (2013-2015) Secretary of the Interior Ken L. Salazar (2009-2013) Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell (2013-2017) Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch (2015-2017) Attorney General Eric H. Holder (2009-2015) Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew (2013-2017) Secretary of the Treasury Timothy F. Geithner (2009-2013) Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen SebeLius (2009-2014) Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Mathews Burwell (2014-2017) Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez (2013-2017) Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis (2009-2013) Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker (2013-2017) Secretary of Commerce John Bryson (2011-2012) Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke (2009-2011) Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack (2009-2017) Secretary of Education John King Jr. (2016-2017) Secretary of Education Arne Duncan (2009-2016) Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz (2013-2017) Secretary of Energy Steven Chu (2009-2013) Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson (2013-2017) Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano (2009-2013) Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan (2009-2014) Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro (2014-2017) Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx (2013-2017) Secretary of Transportion Ray LaHood (2009-2013) Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert A. McDonald (2014-2017) Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki (2009-2014)
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Answer: Resignations from Sept to Dec in chronological order: Equifax CEO Richard Smith Sep. 26, 2017 Dentsply Sirona Inc CEO Jeffrey T. Slovin Oct. 2, 2017 Greater Naples CEO Paul Thein Oct. 4, 2017 Pepsico CEO D Shivakumar Oct. 9, 2017 Samsung CEO Kwon Oh-hyun Oct. 12, 2017 Oman Air CEO Paul Gregorowitsch Oct. 16, 2017 ASCENDAS Funds Management CEO Chia Nam Toon Oct. 20, 2017 Hudson's Bay CEO Gerald Storch Oct. 20, 2017 Red Cross Texas Gulf Coast Region CEO David Brady Oct. 28, 2017 BuildDirect CEO Jeff Booth Oct. 29, 2017 Podesta Group founder Tony Podesta Oct. 30, 2017 Menninger Clinic CEO Dr. C. Edward Coffey Oct. 31, 2017 Renaissance Technologies CEO Robert Mercer Nov. 2, 2017 Ardent Leisure CEO Simon Kelly Nov. 7, 2017 El Al CEO David Maimon Nov. 8, 2017 Altice CEO Michel Combes Nov. 9, 2017 Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane CEO Themba Dlamini Nov. 14, 2017 James Cancer Hospital CEO Michael Caligiuri Nov. 16, 2017 PR Electric Power Authority CEO Ricardo L. Ramos Nov. 17, 2017 Ellies CEO Wayne Samson Nov. 21, 2017 Hewlett Packard CEO Meg Whitman Nov. 22, 2017 Oi SA CEO Marco Schroeder Nov. 24, 2017 Tumblr CEO David Karp Nov. 27, 2017 London Stock Exchange CEO Xavier Rolet Nov. 28, 2017 Bruce Telecom CEO Bart Cameron Nov. 29, 2017 TravelCenters of America LLC CEO Thomas O'Brien Nov. 30, 2017 Tricentennial Commission CEO Edward Benavides Nov. 30, 2017 City Light CEO Larry Weis Dec. 4, 2017 Steinhoff's R100bn CEO Markus Jooste Dec. 5, 2017 Uchumi Supermarkets CEO JuLius Kipng'etich Dec. 6, 2017 Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool Dec. 8, 2017 Deutsche Boerse CEO Carsten Kengeter Dec. 8, 2017 Nation Media Group CEO Joe Muganda Dec. 11, 2017 Cheil Worldwide CEO Daiki Lim Dec. 11, 2017 Fenway Health CEO Dr. Stephen L. Boswell Dec. 11, 2017 Diebold/Nixdorf CEO Andy Mattes Dec. 14, 2017 Diebold/Nixdorf CEO Andy Mattes Dec. 14, 2017 AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson Dec. 15, 2017 Vast Resources CEO Roy Pitchford Dec. 18, 2017 Spackman Entertainment Group CEO Charles Spackman Dec. 18, 2017 ESPN President John Skipper Dec. 18, 2017 Innogy CEO Peter Terium Dec. 20, 2017 Papa John CEO John Schnatter Dec. 22, 2017 NYPD Police Chief Carlos Gomez retires Dec. 22, 2017 Alphabet Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt Dec. 22, 2017 pastebin.com/zQutR4Xr
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- Question: Track CEO resignations.
Answer: Oman Air CEO Paul Gregorowitsch Oct. 16, 2017 ASCENDAS Funds Management CEO Chia Nam Toon Oct. 20, 2017 Hudson's Bay CEO Gerald Storch Oct. 20, 2017 Red Cross Texas Gulf Coast Region CEO David Brady Oct. 28, 2017 BuildDirect CEO Jeff Booth Oct. 29, 2017 Podesta Group founder Tony Podesta Oct. 30, 2017 Menninger Clinic CEO Dr. C. Edward Coffey Oct. 31, 2017 Renaissance Technologies CEO Robert Mercer Nov. 2, 2017 Ardent Leisure CEO Simon Kelly Nov. 7, 2017 El Al CEO David Maimon Nov. 8, 2017 Altice CEO Michel Combes Nov. 9, 2017 Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane CEO Themba Dlamini Nov. 14, 2017 James Cancer Hospital CEO Michael Caligiuri Nov. 16, 2017 PR Electric Power Authority CEO Ricardo L. Ramos Nov. 17, 2017 Ellies CEO Wayne Samson Nov. 21, 2017 Hewlett Packard CEO Meg Whitman Nov. 22, 2017 Oi SA CEO Marco Schroeder Nov. 24, 2017 Tumblr CEO David Karp Nov. 27, 2017 London Stock Exchange CEO Xavier Rolet Nov. 28, 2017 Bruce Telecom CEO Bart Cameron Nov. 29, 2017 TravelCenters of America LLC CEO Thomas O'Brien Nov. 30, 2017 Tricentennial Commission CEO Edward Benavides Nov. 30, 2017 City Light CEO Larry Weis Dec. 4, 2017 Steinhoff's R100bn CEO Markus Jooste Dec. 5, 2017 Uchumi Supermarkets CEO JuLius Kipng'etich Dec. 6, 2017 Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool Dec. 8, 2017 Deutsche Boerse CEO Carsten Kengeter Dec. 8, 2017 Nation Media Group CEO Joe Muganda Dec. 11, 2017 Cheil Worldwide CEO Daiki Lim Dec. 11, 2017 Fenway Health CEO Dr. Stephen L. Boswell Dec. 11, 2017 Diebold/Nixdorf CEO Andy Mattes Dec. 14, 2017 AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson Dec. 15, 2017 Vast Resources CEO Roy Pitchford Dec. 18, 2017 Spackman Entertainment Group CEO Charles Spackman Dec. 18, 2017 ESPN President John Skipper Dec. 18, 2017 Innogy CEO Peter Terium Dec. 20, 2017 Papa John CEO John Schnatter Dec. 22, 2017 NYPD Police Chief Carlos Gomez retires Dec. 22, 2017 Alphabet Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt Dec. 22, 2017
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News: I have a spreadsheet of 2009 - 2001 CEOs & gov officials retiring from the around the world. Been trying to find a way to share so it will be useful to the group. had to make new link... website only lasts 1 day for public files. -- http://dropcanvas .com/lkjgd -- UPDATE
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- Question: Act II, Scene IV.
Answer: Towards the end of the second act in a play, as perspective of the timeline of the larger (worldwide) operation.
Extra Answer: >Act II, Scene IV The same scene in Macbeth talks about a falcon flying freely before being ambushed by an owl. It is noted that the owl does not normally hunt the falcon. The scene continues to talk about many odd happenings and a darkness on the horizon for humanity. It is noted that even the horses are rebelling and turning upon one another (specifically eating each other). JuLius Cesear: Act 2 Scene 4 (n a street in front of Brutus house.) Portia is with the servant Lucius, she asks Lucius to go to the Capitol and bring her back word of what is happening there because she is worried about Brutus. The soothsayer enters, Portia asks him if Caesar has been to the Capitol yet. The soothsayer says that he is gone to wait for Caesar on his way to the senate. The soothsayer wants to warn Caesar about his concerns that something bad will happen to him. The soothsayer leaves. Alone on stage, Portia prays for Brutus to succeed in whatever his endeavor is, and tells Lucius to run and check on Brutus for her. http://www.online-literature.com/shakespeare/juLius_caesar/102/
Open Answer: There are 3 acts in taking out the 'Trash' (+++, ++, +). Rounding up and neutralizing the Evil Saudi Royal Family is Act I. Taking Down the Rothschild Family is Act II. Taking down George Soros is Act III. ..... Other meaning https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/150400719/#150404273 Is it possible that the Clintons have turned on the Rothschilds? The flyeaglefly may even be a veiled threat directed towards the Clintons, a 'We know' type thing. Was linked by Q https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/150400719/#150406974 >>150404273 What does the "Owl" represent to certain cults? Q (newanon) Owl Secret Societies https://www.richardcassaro.com/uncovering-the-secret-owl-society 2p. Looks like Q is just explaining what happened, but in the form of a play, so that there is plausible deniability.
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- Question: What happened to the Hindenburg?
Answer: Official story: exploded because of a spark and being full of hydrogen (explosive) rather than heLium (inert)
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- Question: Why is this relevant?
Answer: 1) Threat thwarted, display of military power/equipment/prowess. 2) USA sells KSA tons of weapons. $$$. 3) Shows that KSA is protected by the US. 4) Shows that US has sufficient intelligence to know attack is coming and counter it
Extra Answer: Saudi national Guard Deploys Attack Helicopters as Border Situation Deteriorates https://proeLiumlaw.com/saudi-national-guard-deploys-attack-helicopters-as-border-situation-deteriorates/
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- Question: What force is actively deployed in SA?
Answer: "Saudi National Guard Saudi National Guard Deploys Attack Helicopters as Border Situation Deteriorates https://proeLiumlaw.com/saudi-national-guard-deploys-attack-helicopters-as-border-situation-deteriorates/ http://archive.is/dzR6R Saudi National Guard Prepping for New Deployment to Yemen Border http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/10/11/saudi-national-guard-prepping-for-new-deployment-to-yemen-border/ http://archive.is/v2RgD"
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