8chan/8kun QResearch Posts (7)
#19078197 at 2023-06-26 20:06:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #23428: Some Bark, Some Bite, We Likes It When They Run Edition
http://chicago.indymedia.org/archive/newswire/display/76429/index.php
Barack Obama's Crown Dynasty Connection
Chicago's Crown Dynasty financially backs U.S. federal candidate Barack Obama.
Under U.S. federal law an ultra-rich person is not supposed to make a campaign contribution of more than $2,300 per election each year to any one candidate for U.S. federal office. Yet in recent years members of an ultra-rich Chicago-based family, the Crown Dynasty, have apparently been making individual campaign contributions of more than $2,300 per election each year to a federal candidate named Barack Obama. According to the Center for Responsive Politics web site, for instance:
In its 1980 edition, Everybody's Business: An Almanac (by Milton Moskowitz, Michael Katz and Robert Levering) made the following reference to the Crown family of Chicago 's history of making money from General Dynamics' weapons manufacturing activity:
"General Dynamics, more than any other aerospace company, is dependent on the Pentagon; government defense contracts account for two-thirds of their sales...The power behind the scenes is Henry Crown, a Chicago financier and one of the richest, but least known, men in the country. A group headed by Crown, who was 83 in 1980, owns about 20% of the company. His associates, who sit on the General Dynamics board with him, are his son, Lester Crown, and Chicago industrialist Nathan Cummings, founder of Consolidated Foods..."
After Henry Crown's death, General Dynamics sold its F-16 fighter jet production unit and the Crown family reduced its ownership stake in General Dynamics from 20% to 8%. But, according to the General Dynamics web site at www.generaldynamics.com/, in 2005 "General Dynamics Combat Systems" was "becoming the world's preferred supplier of land and amphibious combat systems development, production and support;" and "its product line" included "a full spectrum of armored vehicles, light wheeled reconnaissance vehicles, suspensions, engine transmissions, guns and ammunition handling systems, turret drive systems, and reactive armor and ordnance."
The General Dynamics web site also indicated in 2005 that members of the Crown family like Henry Crown & Company President James Crown and Henry Crown & Company Chairman Lester Crown still sat on the General Dynamics corporate board in 2005-between retired Pentagon officials (like former U.S. Under-Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology Paul Kaminski, former U.S. Naval Chief of Naval Operations Jay Johnson, former U.S. Army Chief of Staff John Keane, Retired U.S. General George Joulwan and former U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Lester Lyles) and a former Royal Navy Vice-Admiral for the UK Ministry of Defense named Robert Walmsley.
A 2003 press release of the General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems business unit in St. Petersburg, Florida also noted that it had formed "a strategic alliance with Aeronautics Defense Systems, Ltd.," an Israeli firm based in Yavne. Aeronautics Defense Systems Ltd. is the firm that developed the Unmanned Multi-Application System (UMASa) aerial surveillance tool which the Israeli military uses to "provide a real-time 'bird's eye view' of the surveillance area to combatant commanders and airborne command posts." According to then-Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, the agreement between General Dynamics and Aeronautics Defense Systems to bring together "both companies' state-of-the art technologies in defense and homeland security" was "additional proof of the technological and commercial benefits that alliances between industries from the U.S. and Israel can produce."
From its investments in Pentagon war contractors like General Dynamics and U.S. real estate, the Crown family has accumulated a family fortune of $3.6 billion, according to a 2004 Forbes magazine estimate. The Jerusalem Post also noted in its February 27, 2005 issue that "the Crown family of Chicago " is also "well-known for its support of sectarian Jewish causes." In addition, long-time General Dynamics board member Lester Crown was also a member of the Advisory board of Medis Technologies, a joint venture business partner of Israel Aircraft Industries Ltd. in recent years.
Yet, ironically, the 2008 presidential candidate who apparently is being financially backed by the next generation of the Crown Dynasty seems to be marketing himself these days as "the next generation's anti-war candidate."
#12531996 at 2021-01-15 14:29:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15999: From Sea To Shining Sea Edition
>>12531928
>>12531843
think I answered my own Q
Questions surround Black militia leader John'Grandmaster Jay' Johnson who had home in West Chester
Kevin Grasha
Cincinnati Enquirer
The Not F***ing Around Coalition leader John "Grandmaster Jay" Johnson, center, leadsNFAC members down Rodman Street towards Churchill Downs on the 146th Kentucky Derby day in Louisville, Ky., Saturday afternoon, Sept. 5, 2020.
A Black militia that marched in Louisville after the shooting of Breonna Taylor is led by a man with connections to the Cincinnati area who documents say was discharged from the Army "under other than honorable conditions," ran for president in 2016 and claimed to be a notable rapper and DJ.
The group is called the "Not F—ing Around Coaliton" (NFAC). According to court documents, one of its goals is to create a Black "ethnostate." Members carry assault-style rifles during marches.
Its leader is 57-year-old John Fitzgerald Johnson, who calls himself "Grandmaster Jay" and says he had a career as a rapper, DJ and producer. The online trail for Grandmaster Jay includes a handful of biographies that appear to be self-submitted, a Wikipedia page that was deleted and numerous message board and social media posts accusing him of being a fraud.
#11901381 at 2020-12-04 15:41:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #15192: Prayers For President Trump Edition
Some good news. LEOs NFA.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The leader of the Not F***ing Around Coalition, an armed Black group that made several trips to Louisville to demand justice for Breonna Taylor, has been arrested on federal charges after allegedly pointing an assault weapon at law enforcement officials.
According to a criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky on Wednesday, John "Grandmaster Jay" Johnson "forcibly assaulted, resisted, opposed, impeded, intimidated, and interfered with federally deputized task force officers" on Sept. 4, the day before the Kentucky Derby.
Johnson, 57, of West Chester Township, Ohio, was booked into the Oldham County Detention Center in La Grange on Thursday afternoon, according to jail records. He was arrested at his home Thursday and appeared before a federal judge in Louisville in the afternoon, according to a press release from U.S. Attorney Russell Coleman's office.
According to the federal complaint, Johnson brandished and aimed "an AR platform rifle" at an FBI agent, a Secret Service agent and three Louisville Metro Police officers while they were on the roof of a downtown building about 8:30 p.m. Sept. 4.
The FBI reviewed Real Time Crime Center camera footage taken from the MetroSafe building, according to the complaint. Two screenshots of the incident were attached to the file.
If convicted, Johnson faces up to 20 years in federal prison.
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2020/12/04/grandmaster-Jay-nfac-leader-accused-of-pointing-rifle-at-fbi-secret-service-cops-in-kentucky/3821624001/
#10471499 at 2020-08-30 12:53:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #13401: For God and Country Edition
>>10471453
The NFAC, or Not F***ing Around Coalition, announced earlier this month that it would return to Louisville on Sept. 5 for the annual Run for the Roses. The original plan called for blocking guests from getting to the race, leader John "Grandmaster Jay" Johnson said in a recent YouTube video.
However, after Churchill Downs announced at the end of last week that the Kentucky Derby will be run without fans, Johnson said the group will make adjustments but still come to Louisville on Derby Day.
"The whole idea was that you ain't going to the Derby because you can't get through us," Johnson said. "Well, they took the people away."
https://amp.courier-journal.com/amp/5654796002
#10101209 at 2020-07-28 14:47:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #12927: Melania Tuesday Edition
>>10101065
NFAC (not fucking around coalition)
Member discharged weapon injuring 3 other members. Accidentally discharging weapon = fucking around in my book.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/members-armed-militia-shot-breonna-taylor-protest/story
Three members of an armed militia were shot in an apparent accident at a protest calling for justice for Breonna Taylor in Louisville on Saturday afternoon.
The three people, all members of the NFAC, suffered non-life threatening injuries, according to the Louisville Metro Police Department. The shooter was also a member of the militia.
The group's founder, John "Grand Master Jay" Johnson, told ABC News that members of the militia were inspecting firearms prior to the demonstration when a woman's weapon was accidentally discharged. Johnson referred to the woman as a trainee.
#8814529 at 2020-04-16 18:37:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #11285: Who trained/supplied ISIS? Edition
Chevron sells $1.6 billion in assets overseas
Chevron Corp. CVX, -2.26% said Thursday that affiliates have sold their non-operating interests in oil fields and pipelines in Azerbaijan to MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas PLC for $1.57 billion. The deal closed on Thursday, the company said. "Chevron regularly reviews its global portfolio to assess whether assets are strategic and competitive for capital," Jay Johnson, executive vice president of upstream, said in a statement. "This sale is an important part of our divestment program, which is targeting before-tax proceeds of $5 billion to $10 billion between 2018 and 2020." Shares of Chevron fell 2% on Thursday as the energy subsector in the S&P 500 index SPX, 0.22% was the worst-hit of the day.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/chevron-sells-16-billion-in-assets-overseas-2020-04-16
#7489044 at 2019-12-12 17:10:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9579: Chill Greta Chill! Edition
Chevron's $11 Billion Write Down Is A Warning For The Entire Oil Industry
Chevron said that it would write down $11 billion in assets in the fourth quarter, much of which is tied to natural gas in Appalachia. The impairment is a sign that the waters are getting pretty rough for the oil and gas industry, due to a combination of supply surpluses, low prices, the struggling and unproven business case for large-scale shale drilling, and the looming threat of peak demand.
The write down comes as Chevron lowered its long-term forecast for oil and gas prices, which directly impacted the value of its assets. "We have to make the tough choices to high-grade our portfolio and invest in the highest-return projects in the world we see ahead of us, and that's a different world than the one that lies behind us," Chevron Chief Executive Mike Wirth said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal.
The WSJ says the admission that billions of dollars' worth of assets are worth a lot less than previously thought could force others to "publicly reassess the value of their holdings in the face of a global supply glut and growing investor concerns about the long-term future of fossil fuels."
The write down is also an indictment of shale gas drilling in Appalachia. Low prices and a track record of not producing any profits has soured investors on the sector. A recent analysis by IEEFA found that the seven largest Appalachian gas drillers burned through a half a billion dollars in the third quarter. "Despite booming gas output, Appalachian oil and gas companies consistently failed to produce positive cash flow over the past five quarters," the authors of the IEEFA report said.
But Chevron is also writing down some value in its LNG project in Canada. "As a result of Chevron's disciplined approach to capital allocation and a downward revision in its longer-term commodity price outlook, the company will reduce funding to various gas-related opportunities including Appalachia shale, Kitimat LNG, and other international projects," Chevron said in a press release. "Chevron is evaluating its strategic alternatives for these assets, including divestment."
Chevron's impairment charge is not a company-specific anomaly. Schlumberger took a massive $12.7 billion write down in October, largely due to the slowdown in shale drilling. BP wrote down $2.6 billion in assets in October and Repsol took a $5 billion impairment more recently. Repsol also said that it would try to transform its business, aiming to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
In fact, part of the reason why companies are increasingly acknowledging the likelihood of lower long-term prices is because of the energy transition. Supplies are abundant, largely because of the hundreds of billions poured into shale. But on the other side of the ledger, long-term demand looks increasingly shaky. "[O]il companies have struggled to reap the profits of old and are falling out of favor with investors amid fears that electric vehicles and renewable energy, along with government regulations to address a warming planet, will constrain their futures," the WSJ concluded. At the same time, even as Chevron is narrowing its focus on its best acreage, and is shopping unprofitable shale gas assets in Appalachia, its strategy is still very much dependent on U.S. shale. In fact, increasingly so. Chevron is heavily investing in Permian drilling. The oil major hopes to produce 900,000 bpd from the Permian by 2023.
But after several years of working in West Texas, it's not clear that Chevron is producing a lot of cash. Chevron's CEO Mike Wirth said earlier this year that Chevron's Permian business wouldn't achieve positive cash flow until 2020.
When analysts pressed executives on this issue during a third quarter earnings call, the company reiterated its promise that positive cash flow would be coming soon. "We are still expecting to have free cash flow positive next year," Chevron's Executive Vice President, Upstream Jay Johnson said.
To anyone following the long saga of U.S. shale, it's a familiar refrain.
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Chevrons-11-Billion-Write-Down-Is-A-Warning-For-The-Oil-Industry.html