8chan/8kun QResearch Posts (11)
#20074204 at 2023-12-14 18:27:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #24636: Demolition Of The Old Guard Edition
British boy missing since 2017 Spanish holiday 'found in France'
Alex Batty was 11 when allegedly abducted by mother and grandfather to give him 'alternative lifestyle'
Mark Brown and Angelique Chrisafis
Thu 14 Dec 2023 16.37 GMT
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/14/british-boy-missing-since-2017-spanish-holiday-found-in-france
On Thursday, the French newspaper La Depeche reported that officials had confirmed Batty,now 17, had turned up in the town of Revel, in southern France.
o7
#11605878 at 2020-11-12 08:15:34 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #14817: ELITE Numbers ACCESS ALL AREAS Edition
>>11605869
SOUTH AFRICAN LINKS KEEP COMING UP.
NEED A DIGG ON HERMES TRUST, INVESTEC BANK.
What is the salary of Mark Brown?
As the Independent Non-Executive Director of Investec plc, the total compensation of Mark Brown at Investec plc is GBX118,000. There are 8 executives at Investec plc getting paid more, with Fani Titi having the highest compensation of $1,332,000.
#6783933 at 2019-06-19 00:14:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8677: POTUS Rockstar Rally ON! Edition
>>6783787
Mister Sam Blended Whiskey
Made to honor Sam Bronfman.
Sazerac is the next Seagrams.
Swamp as fuck.
Sazerac Company was CREATED on the wealth generated by a group of seagrams distributors!
Magnolia Marketing Company and the Goldring family.
This is sketchy as fuck.
Who is Mark Brown?
English.
Why? Who did he work for? Where did he come from?
#6775457 at 2019-06-18 00:39:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8666: 17 States Edition
Treasury Department recommends 'mandatory' financial literacy courses for college students
Colleges should provide lessons in mandatory financial literacy courses and financial-aid letters that itemize attendance costs, according to a new report from a federal government commission.
The Financial Literacy and Education Commission - a group including the Treasury Department and the Department of Education - said such best practices are especially important now that Americans have become bogged down in $1.5 trillion in student-loan debt.
"Helping students and their families avoid the pitfalls associated with financing higher education, and empowering them to make optimal financial choices, should be a priority of all institutions of higher education," said the report released Friday. Excessive debts can stunt budding careers and possibly cut into future savings, the commission said.
- Financial-aid offer letters should have "an itemized and sub-totaled cost of attendance" that discusses the direct costs paid to colleges for things like tuition and other indirect costs. The costs should also be calculated "after grants and scholarships are applied." Currently, "award letters are sometimes unclear, leaving students with inadequate information to make financial decisions."
- There should be a "broad adoption" of debt letters in higher education. The letters tell student borrowers the debts they've incurred annually and what their expected future repayment amount will look like. Debt letters are already required in 12 states. The letters should spell out repayment options, estimate how much interest will pile up if payments are deferred and provide average entry-level salaries for graduates with the same sort of major.
- Financial literacy courses should be required. If classes are optional, they might not "reach students who may be unaware of them or who do not value the benefits of financial education." The report admitted it could be tough finding the right teachers because the subject isn't a focus at most schools. Alternative instructors could be trained students, financial-aid officers and outside financial professionals, the report said.
Mark Brown, chief operating officer at Federal Student Aid, an office of the U.S. Department of Education, said, "The Department is committed to improving student financial literacy so students and their families are empowered to make better and more informed decisions about their education."
He added, "The department also plays a critical role in financial literacy and that is why we are implementing the Next Gen FSA initiative and modernizing the user experience to include personalized tools regarding student borrowing and financial decisions."
The report comes while many Americans are struggling with their debt obligations - not to mention a grasp of financial literacy basics. A mere 28% of students could correctly answer three questions on inflation, interest and risk diversification, it added. Students had slim understanding of their education loans, the report noted.
That dearth of knowledge is on display elsewhere. About half of college students in a 25,000-student survey answered two or fewer questions correctly on a recent six-question quiz.
Some higher education institutions are already teaching financial skills - including Harvard University. Billy Hensley, president and CEO of National Endowment for Financial Education, said there's national momentum for teaching more financial skills on campus. Apart from higher education, there are 19 states with financial literacy education requirements for kindergartners through twelfth graders, he noted.
Lawmakers required the Financial Literacy and Education Commission, a 16-year-old entity, to report on best practices for college financial literacy in connection with a 2018 law amending parts of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said, "It is vital for our higher education institutions to offer students the resources and information they need to make financial decisions that best fit their needs and career aspirations." The report, according to him, was a "great guide for colleges and universities to help them improve their students' financial outcomes."
Rachel Fishman, deputy director for higher education research at the think tank New America, said the recommendations were a good step, but only went so far.
The report reflected a "general sense there's a student-loan crisis going on" - and it's hitting some segments harder than others, such as African-American borrowers.
https://www.Marketwatch.com/story/treasury-dept-says-student-debt-crisis-is-so-bad-that-financial-education-should-be-mandatory-for-college-students-2019-06-17
#6439096 at 2019-05-07 19:30:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8234: Be Best Edition
>>6438646 LB
Top anon here.
Mark Brown of Sazerac company.
4am talking points.
He's swampy.
Dig anons.
#6438646 at 2019-05-07 18:40:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8233: The Storm Is Here, Nowhere to Hide Edition
>>6438377
Mark Brown as in Owsley Brown? As in father of Brooke Brown Barzun. Wife of Matthew Barzun. Former US Ambassador to Sweden and UK and of the publishing house Gannett?
#6438377 at 2019-05-07 18:07:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8233: The Storm Is Here, Nowhere to Hide Edition
>>6438319
Who is Sazerac?
Mark Brown?
History of the term Sazerac?
Napoleon?
History of New Orleans?
France?
Fleur de Lis.
STZ and Sazerac
Bourbon.
Spain and France.
Who is Jed Bush's wife? Born where? Controlled by who?
Cartels.
This is the shadow connections between Cartels, Royal $$$ and power over the people, and US pols specifically along the border.
McStain
Arizona Mafia
Bush et. al in Texas (Think Mrs. Maduro, think Rails)
Pelosi et. al. in CA
Parisian bankers sure did love railroads.
[P] was no different.
This is starting to connect NAPA dig to STZ dig to BOURBON dig.
MAP it anons.
#5862847 at 2019-03-24 15:16:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7500: Good Morning, Have A Great Day! Edition
>>5862761
https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2016/11/18/best-sunshine-live-macau-casino-rendell-laundering.html
A $5,000 check sent to former Gov. Ed Rendell each month is raising questions that the recent chair of the Democratic National Committee is connected to a possible money laundering operation.
Rendell told Philly.com that he began receiving the payments about seven months ago as part of an advisory committee to the Best Sunshine Live casino, located on the U.S. island of Saipan and run by Mark Brown, who once ran President-elect Donald Trump's Atlantic City casinos.
Bloomberg revealed he was on the casino payroll as part of a report suggesting the wildly profitable casino's revenue appears far too high.
The former governor said he doubts the casino is a money laundering front, and a casual conversation with Brown was enough to vet Best Sunshine Live for him.
He explained to Bloomberg he was brought on to provide guidance on American regulations, although a vacation pushed him to sign on.
#2723777 at 2018-08-24 17:01:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3440: We're Having A Lot Of Fun Edition
A number of breads back, anon made a posting about Imperial Pacific having assets frozen and a letter from Henry Chang stating they were wrong on getting workers paid. So, what's up with that?
Reasons attributed to feds raiding were because of a construction worker death. Normally, OSHA, would take those and not FBI. I mean who wouldn't want to go to Saipan.
https://8ch.net/qresearch/res/2636974.html#q2637161
https://m.mic.com/articles/172734/saipan-casino-why-the-fbi-is-investigating-this-remote-island-casino-with-ties-to-trump#.pKaDTgO8f
Mark Brown, a former executive at Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts, serves as chairman of Imperial Pacific. Former CIA director James Woolsey, who advised the Trump campaign on national security matters, sits on the company's board.
Former FBI Director Louis Freeh, former Democratic National Committee Chairman and Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell and former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, who helmed the Republican National Committee, are members of the company's advisory panel.
Interesting names there. Ed Rendell has popped a time or two for Haiti, so now I have to wonder. And there is Haley Barbour who has also been shown to have Russian lobbying ties with his outfit.
https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/1375102
https://steemit.com/politics/@elizbethleavos/victim-s-testimony-reveals-establishment-connected-east-coast-trafficking-network
Rendell's intervention in Haiti was not the only human trafficking scandal tied to the former DNC Chair. Bloomberg reported on allegations of "systemic human smuggling" of forced laborers and money laundering documented in relation to a Saipan casino project by Hong Kong-based Imperial Pacific, controlled by Chinese billionaire Cui Lijie. The New York Times wrote that Rendell served on the company's Advisory Committee. Bloomberg reported that others involved with Imperial Pacific included former Directors of the FBI and CIA, former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour and a former executive in President Donald Trump's Atlantic City casino business.
And then Woolsey as he pops up in the board of Imp. Pacific..
https://www.Marketscreener.com/business-leaders/Robert-Woolsey-0G5L1H-E/biography/
Robert James Woolsey is on the board of Imperial Pacific International Holdings Ltd. and Sonitus Technologies, Inc. and Principal at Flynn Intel Group, Inc.
In the past Mr. Woolsey occupied the position of Director-Central Intelligence at Central Intelligence Agency (United States) and Partner at Shea & Gardner.
Mr. Woolsey received an undergraduate degree from Stanford University, a graduate degree from the University of Oxford and a graduate degree from Yale Law School.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article153790089.html
Woolsey said Flynn began the Nov. 14 phone call, which occurred a couple of days before Flynn was formally named national security adviser, by saying the Trump administration would be "restructuring the intelligence community" and asked if he would "be willing to be director of the CIA."
"I asked him a couple of questions about how things would work," Woolsey said. "It was quite clear that he was going to be national security adviser, of course, and he expected the CIA director to report to him."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._James_Woolsey_Jr.
As Director of the CIA, Woolsey was notable for having had limited access to President Bill Clinton. According to journalist Richard Miniter:
Never once in his two-year tenure did CIA director James Woolsey ever have a one-on-one meeting with Clinton. Even semi-private meetings were rare. They only happened twice. Woolsey told me: "It wasn't that I had a bad relationship with the president. It just didn't exist."[3]
And then back to Barbours/Alfa Bank…
https://rense.com//general96/howCIADOJ.html
By the Democratic National Convention, rigged against rival Bernie Sanders to guarantee the nomination of Hillary Clinton, her campaign team had foreknowledge of the Russian preference for Donald Trump, and the source of that information was obviously the CIA-DOJ team, which included the Ohrs. Besides intelligence gathering from Russian sources, Open Source Works also had the technical capability to launch cyber attacks against the DNC, leaving behind bread crumbs from a faked Russian hack. This illicit political invervention also had support in London, Moscow and Kiev, due to the DOJ-FBI and State Department contracts with Steele's Orbis Intelligence group. In reality, there probably was next to nothing in direct Russian involvement. One of the supposed Russian-sponsored "fake news" centers turned out to be a USAID-Soros dominated region in Macedonia. On closer inspection, the entire Russian election interference is turning out to be an false-flag creation out of Langley and the RFK building.
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends….
#1543095 at 2018-05-26 00:35:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1939: Excavating Epstein
Trump: Chicago police 'have every right to legally protest against the mayor
President Trump on Friday expressed for Chicago police officers who have been protesting the city government over contract negotiations.
"Chicago Police have every right to legally protest against the mayor and an administration that just won't let them do their job," the president tweeted Friday evening, just two days after police officers stormed Chicago City Hall in protest.
Chicago Police have every right to legally protest against the mayor and an administration that just won't let them do their job. The killings are at a record pace and tough police work, which Chicago will not allow, would bring things back to order fast…the killings must stop!
"The killings are at a record pace and tough police work, which Chicago will not allow, would bring things back to order fast…the killings must stop!" he continued.
Several hundred off-duty officers and members of the Fraternal Order of Police marched to City Hall on Wednesday during a city council meeting to protest Mayor Rahm Emanuel's lack of action on a police contract, which expired 11 months ago.
Several hundred Chicago police protest outside City Hall after telling Mayor Rahm Emanuel: "You have turned your back on police." pic.twitter.com/H0STn9czxH
- Mark Brown (@MarkBrownCST) May 23, 2018
With growing frustrations, union members are accusing Emanuel, who is up for re-election, of turning his back on his city's police force.
Another source of strife has been the outrage surrounding Robert Rialmo, an officer who was placed on desk-duty following his involvement in the 2015 fatal shooting of a bat-wielding teenager and bystander - at the protest, some police chanted "Justice for Rialmo!" in support of their colleague.
"You are more concerned with consent decrees, settlements, pandering to police-hating groups than negotiating a contract with us," FOP Vice President Patrick Murray said, according to the Chicago Tribune. "Our members are starting to believe you have no intention of negotiating a contract with us until after the next election."
Trump has repeatedly denounced the high crime rates in Chicago over the course of his administration.
https:// www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-chicago-police-have-every-right-to-legally-protest-against-the-mayor
#1097034 at 2018-04-19 03:07:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1369: Q Calls Fake & Gay
>>1097020
SAFETY PROBE?
However, the raid could be unrelated to IPI's gaming operations. A representative of the construction firm hired by IPI to build its permanent Saipan casino claimed the raid was related to last week's death of a construction worker at the building site.
Earlier this week, Saipan politicians had expressed concerns regarding potential safety violations at the building site and the CNMI Department of Labor is reportedly conducting its own investigation into the incident. Last week IPI chairman Mark Brown expressed concern about reports of workers who "infringe the law."
IPI has been frantically trying to complete its Imperial Pacific Resort Hotel Saipan by this Friday's stated deadline. Earlier this week, IPI declared that the new casino would be "opened to the public," although the announcement failed to indicate whether the casino would actually be operational. It's equally unclear what effect Thursday's raid might have on the opening.
BEST SUNSHINE SETTLES EX-VP'S LAWSUIT
In a (perhaps) curious bit of timing, Danny Ewing, the former VP of table games operation at Best Sunshine Live, has reportedly settled the wrongful termination lawsuit he brought against IPI last December. The Marianas Variety reported that a settlement conference had resulted in the warring parties reaching a deal, the details of which will be filed in court next week.
Ewing had claimed he was fired last August after refusing to go along with IPI advising VIP gamblers how to structure financial transactions to avoid US federal reporting thresholds. IPI rejected the allegations, saying it has always complied with its regulatory obligations.
8kun Midnight Riders Posts (1)
#9812 at 2020-11-12 08:43:25 (UTC+1)
QR Midnight Riders #42: Set Election Controls For the Heart of "We The People" Edition
>>9808
George Soros & Sir Mark Malloch Brown
David Rhodes | Sunday, May 20, 2007
12:00 a.m.
Willie Sutton was an all-American bank robber who had a few words of advice for those who wanted to be rich in the 1930s: "I go where the money is."
If it was true for the original "Slick Willie," it is equally true for George Soros and his friend Mark Malloch Brown in 2007.
George Soros was born in Hungary on Aug. 12, 1930, and came to the U.S. in 1956 after getting a degree from the London School of Economics. He turned a little of his own money into an enormous fortune through his skills in managing hedge funds and currency trading.
Soros is best known as the president of his own hedge fund, the Quantum Fund, and president of the Open Society Institute. He has been married and divorced twice and had three children by his first wife, Annaliese, and two by his second, Susan. His two eldest sons, Robert and Jonathan, are active in the Soros Fund. Soros is also a prolific, but little-read, author, a less-than-articulate public speaker and an inveterate meddler.
George Soros, who will be 77 in August, is, according to the gossip columns, dating Queen Noor, 55, of Jordan, the widow of King Hussein. Other recent girlfriends of the philanthropist are said to include violinist Jennifer Chun and a former Miss Russia, Anna Malova.
One time Soros made himself a $1 billion profit when the British pound was devalued. With the profit went a pseudo-title, "the man who broke the Bank of England." Reports say that last year the Quantum Fund paid him $7 million.
Soros is now said to have amassed a fortune of $7 billion and uses masses of dollars for the sole purpose of bringing about the political defeat of President George W. Bush and the dismissal of Republicans from any American affairs of state. To observers, his tactics appear to consist of the purchase of the Democratic Party and of many of their causes.
Soros did not learn the tricks and turns of politics and currency trading at the London School of Economics. In fact, he is remembered there as someone who had so many part-time jobs that his fellow students would keep notes for him and help him out with homework when he missed classes. Over the years, he learned the maxim that money and the delusion of wisdom comes from information and that money can buy information.
And if like Soros, you make several fortunes from international dealing, what and where is the best information found• The offices and committee rooms of the United Nations in New York and the World Bank Group in Washington.
Hence, it was no surprise when, early this month, Soros announced that he was bringing into his organization an old friend who had filled a number of posts over the years, through which it was possible to have contributed to the collection of the Soros billions.
The posts involved deputy secretary-general of the United Nations, chief of Cabinet to the U.N. secretary-general and administrator of the United Nations Development Programme. Earlier posts included vice president for External Affairs at the World Bank and the bank's director of External Affairs. In preparation for these elite appointments was a 10-year stint with an international consulting group that specialized in advice to reformist and socialist candidates for heads of state in Latin America, Eastern Europe and Asia.
Each and every one of these posts has been held by a good friend of George Soros, Sir Mark Malloch Brown. In 2006, ostensibly for his services to Britain, Sir Brown was made a Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George - a KCMG - by the queen of England.
A KCMG in England is awarded only to the most senior of civil servants. They are then called "Sir" rather than "Mr.," wear fancy, colorful clothing at some state events and become even more impressed with their own self-importance. Thus, the initials of the order are usually known as "Kindly Call Me God" - although never by a recipient.
The son of a South African diplomat, Mark Brown was born and grew up in Zimbabwe (when it was known as Rhodesia), was educated in England at Marlborough College and took a history degree at Magdalene College, Cambridge.
He now lives with his wife, Patricia ("Trish" to George Soros and other friends), who is a vice chairman of Refugees International, and their four children in a five-bedroom house on a near-five-acre estate in Katonah, in upstate New York. The estate belongs to George Soros, who charges Mark $10,000 a month rent, some $5,000 less than a previous tenant.
"Sir" Mark querulously defends this rent by saying that he pays the utilities.
As of now, Brown is "interacting" with Yale University students and faculty at the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization as a distinguished visiting fellow. Instead of concentrating on writing a book on globalization, he had been in Washington leading the charge against former World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz.
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8chan/8kun QResearch AUSTRALIA Posts (2)
#16461204 at 2022-06-17 12:18:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #23: HOUSE OF CARDS Edition
>>16449726
Solomon Islands seeks to reassure Australia on China security deal, Penny Wong announces 200,000 paediatric vaccines
Prianka Srinivasan - 17 June 2022
1/2
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has sought to reassure Australia there will not be a military base in the Pacific island nation as a result of its security pact with China.
Foreign Minister Penny Wong met with Mr Sogavare in Honiara on Friday, in Australia's first high-level visit to Solomon Islands since the controversial deal was signed in April.
The deal fuelled concerns of the potential for a military base to be established in the region, sparking alarm in the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Japan.
"Obviously, we did talk about regional security," Senator Wong said.
"Australia's view does remain that the Pacific family should be responsible for our security, and the Pacific family is more than capable of providing that security.
"I welcomed Prime Minister Sogavare's reassurances that there will not a military base or persistent foreign military presence here in Solomon Islands.
"And I welcomed his assurance that Australia remains Solomon Islands' first security partner of choice and development partner of choice."
Education, labour mobility and climate change were also part of discussions, Senator Wong said.
She flagged better cooperation in areas such as climate change after her government nearly doubled Australia's 2030 carbon-cutting targets.
Senator Wong's day trip to Honiara Marks her third visit to the Pacific, having already met with leaders in Fiji, Samoa and Tonga since being sworn in last month.
On Thursday, Senator Wong met with her New Zealand counterpart Nanaia Mahuta in Wellington where regional security, climate change and labour mobility were on the agenda.
Earlier this week, Australia played host to Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown, who met with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Senator Wong and Minister for International Development and the Pacific Pat Conroy.
Australia to deliver 200,000 paediatric vaccines to Solomon Islands
During her visit, Senator Wong announced the delivery of approximately 200,000 paediatric COVID-19 vaccines to Solomon Islands.
"It's the people of Australia who are demonstrating their friendship through their government and their willingness to work with you as part of the Pacific family to improve your outcomes, particularly for your young people," Senator Wong said.
"I'm very pleased to announce today that we will deliver approximately 200,000 COVID vaccinations for kids of 11 years and under to try and ensure we can get younger children back into the classroom safely."
Solomon Islands suffered a deadly Delta wave at the beginning of the year, leading to thousands of cases, which overwhelmed hospitals.
Following her meeting with Mr Sogavare, Senator Wong had a private lunch with a number of female community leaders, including Chamber of Commerce chief executive Natalina Hong and senior journalist Dorothy Wickham, Samantha Tuti and Joana Zoloveke to discuss youth, women and media.
Senator Wong's visit comes just two months after news broke that Honiara had signed on to a controversial security pact with Beijing, fuelling concerns of the potential for a military base to be established in the Pacific island nation.
China and Solomon Islands have each dismissed fears among the United States and its allies that it could lead to the construction of a Chinese military base.
(continued)
#16390437 at 2022-06-03 12:06:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #23: HOUSE OF CARDS Edition
>>16343917
>>16366827
Beijing targets East Timor, four deals set to be signed
Eryk Bagshaw and Raimundos Oki - June 3, 2022
Singapore/Dili: East Timor will sign agreements with Beijing covering air services, healthcare, economic and technical cooperation, ending Foreign Minister Wang Yi's tour of the region with a swag of new deals.
Landing in Dili on Friday afternoon, Wang was expected to sign off on the pacts driven by East Timorese Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak who is looking to leverage infrastructure investment from Australia, Japan and China. Timorese government figures confirmed the deal would also include an agreement with Chinese state TV to digitise the country's national radio and television services, expanding China's reach just as the ABC prepares to step up its presence in the Pacific.
Jose Ramos Horta, who was re-elected as president in March, has been keen to maintain Dili's connection to Beijing. The president's palace, the Foreign Ministry, the Defence Ministry and major shopping centres in the capital were built with Chinese investment. A commercial port built by a Chinese state-owned company less than 700 kilometres from Darwin is also set to open later this year.
Horta thanked Xi Jinping in May for his strong support for East Timor's "nation-building process". The country has large gas and oil reserves, but major mining companies have described the environment as too challenging, forcing it to turn to Chinese state-backed firms to fund the Timor GAP facility.
Wang left Papua New Guinea on Thursday after committing to buying more gas from PNG, and helping Port Moresby with green development, as well as COVID-19 and anti-narcotics programs.
PNG Prime Minister James Marape, who is facing an election in July, said China was a "very strategic and important bilateral partner".
"PNG is friends to all and enemies to none," Marape said. "China is the major buyer of our produce, and we will engage with them more in commerce and trade, as well as other aspects of our bilateral relationship going into the future."
Marape dismissed criticism of Wang's visit in the middle of the PNG election campaign after the opposition accused him of politicising PNG's diplomacy.
"For the Chinese Foreign Minister to visit us is an affirmation of the warm relationship and friendship between our two countries," Marape said.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is not expected to visit Port Moresby until after PNG's election.
The final tranche of bilateral deals came after Wang failed to secure consensus among Pacific Island nations to adopt a 10-country security and trade pact this week. Beijing's top envoy has faced resistance elsewhere in the Pacific and has been forced to trumpet bilateral deals, and a position paper in lieu of the mega security and trade deal sought by Beijing.
Wang accused the opponents of China's plan of using "geopolitical rivalry to misinterpret and smear the cooperation between the two sides".
Foreign Minister Penny Wong, who flew to Samoa and Tonga this week, urged Pacific Island nations to consider their independence, debt levels and regional security before signing any deal with Beijing.
In PNG, the Chinese foreign minister remained optimistic his country would execute its plans for the region.
"We believe that Pacific Island countries have the wisdom and ability to overcome temporary difficulties and have a rebirth and rejuvenation, and expect Pacific Island countries to enhance solidarity and adhere to open regionalism," he said in a meeting with Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown on Thursday night.
But China's aggressive push into the Pacific has put some countries offside. On Friday, Tonga - which is heavily indebted to China's infrastructure bank - became the latest country to raise concerns about attempts to shape the regional order. Samoa and New Zealand had criticised China's approach on Thursday.
"There are common strands that bind us," Tongan Prime Minister Hu'akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni said after his meeting with the Australian foreign minister. "They include respect for democracy, the rule of law, and the rights and freedoms of others. This remains the important tenets of our relations."
Wong said China had become more active in the region and Australia had to respond.
"What we have to do is to lift our engagement in the region," she said. "We have to talk to them, with them, about our climate policy, which, as I've said previously, is the central issue."
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/asia/beijing-targets-east-timor-four-deals-set-to-be-signed-20220603-p5aqx3.html
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#138236 at 2024-03-15 12:48:00 (UTC+1)
QR Bunker General #428: Quality Control Plan Edition
>>138232
>>138233
>>138234
>>138235
March 15, 2024
9:15 AM EDT
In-Town Pool Call Time
Official Schedule
https://factba.se/biden/calendar/
March 15, 2024
9:25 AM EDT
U.S. Senate: Senate Pro Forma Session
The Senate will hold a brief session. No votes will take place until Tuesday.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?534303-1/senate-pro-forma-session
March 15, 2024
9:30 AM EDT
31st Meeting - 55th Regular Session of Human Rights Council - 55th regular session of the Human Rights Council (26 February - 05 April 2024)
United Nations
https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1f/k1fguxasvt
March 15, 2024
9:30 AM EDT
The President receives the Presidential Daily Briefing
Official Schedule
https://factba.se/biden/calendar/
March 15, 2024
10:00 AM EDT
708th Meeting, 30th Session, Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) Consideration of Nicaragua (cont'd)
United Nations
https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k12/k12824qa72
March 15, 2024
10:00 AM EDT
10th plenary meeting - Commission on the Status of Women, Sixty-eighth session (CSW68) - Interactive dialogue - Review theme: Social protection systems, access to public services and sustainable infrastructure for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.
United Nations
https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k19/k19q5xhiop
March 15, 2024
10:00 AM EDT
CND67: High-level Segment plenary meeting 5 - The Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) conducts a mid-term review to assess implementation of all international drug policy commitments in 2024. A 2-day high-level segment (14-15 March 2024) for the midterm review is followed by the5-day regular session (18-22 March 2024).
United Nations
https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k17/k172plvhow
March 15, 2024
10:00 AM EDT
General Assembly: 62nd plenary meeting, 78th session
United Nations
https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k15/k15xog9yr3
March 15, 2024
10:00 AM EDT
War Room With Steve Bannon Morning Show 3-15-24
Real America's Voice
https://rumble.com/v4jed7r-war-room-with-steve-bannon-morning-show-3-15-24.html
March 15, 2024
10:00 AM EDT
Veterans Coffee Break with Southside Strong - Chicago, Illinois
Veterans Administration
https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/62365/
March 15, 2024
10:00 AM EDT
Evacuation Day Commemoration & a Wreath Laying in Thomas Park
Boston National Historical Park
https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=2F59BE1D-E0D1-7B14-2AF140E8B8439F5A
March 15, 2024
10:00 AM EDT
Deputy Secretary Kurt M. Campbell meets with Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Secretary General Henry Puna and Cook Islands Prime Minister and PIF Chair Mark Brown
Department of State
https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-march-15-2024/
March 15, 2024
10:00 AM EDT
Supreme Court October Term 2023 Conference / Non-argument Day - The Court will convene for a public non-argument session in the Courtroom at 10 a.m.
Supreme Court
https://www.supremecourt.gov/
https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/2023TermCourtCalendar.pdf
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The Justices will meet in a private conference to discuss cases and vote on petitions for review.
The Court may announce opinions, which are posted on the homepage after announcement from the Bench.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/
March 15, 2024
10:15 AM EDT
Secretary Antony J. Blinken holds a joint press availability with Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg
Vienna, Austria
https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-march-15-2024/
https://www.youtube.com/@StateDept/streams
March 15, 2024
10:30 AM EDT
Philip R. Lane Guest lecture at Imperial College Business School in London, United Kingdom
European Central Bank
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/calendars/weekly/html/index.en.html
March 15, 2024
10:30 AM EDT
The Legacy of Daniel Patrick Moynihan
National Mall and Memorial Parks, District of Columbia
https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=0CE22980-C213-38A9-1EB6834435C2623B
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#138216 at 2024-03-14 12:58:00 (UTC+1)
QR Bunker General #428: Quality Control Plan Edition
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March 14, 2024
10:00 AM EDT
Workers Should Benefit from New Technology and Increased Productivity: The Need for a 32-Hour Work Week with No Loss in Pay
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
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WITNESSES:
Mr. Shawn Fain
International President
UAW
Detroit, MI
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Dr. Juliet Schor
Professor of Sociology
Boston College and Lead Researcher Four Day Week Global Trials
Newton, MA
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Mr. Jon Leland
Chief Strategy Officer
Kickstarter and Cofounder
WorkFour-The National Campaign for the 4-day Workweek
New York, NY
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Dr. Liberty Vittert
Professor of the Practice of Data Science
Olin Business School
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
^
Mr. Roger King
Senior Labor and Employment Counsel
HR Policy Association
Arlington, VA
^
https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/335535
https://www.help.senate.gov/hearings/workers-should-benefit-from-new-technology-and-increased-productivity-the-need-for-a-32-hour-work-week-with-no-loss-in-pay
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Hearing Examines 32-Hour Work Week Idea
The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee holds a hearing to examine the pros and cons of a 32-hour work week.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?534252-1/hearing-examines-32-hour-work-week-idea
March 14, 2024
10:05 AM EDT
The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST): Discussion of Report: Federal Vision for Advancing Nutrition Science in the United States
The White House
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/PUBLIC-AGENDA-MARCH-2024-MEETING-3.pdf
https://www.whitehouse.gov/pcast/meetings/2024-meetings/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwSE7jJM1tM
March 14, 2024
10:30 AM EDT
Virtual: The History of Ireland - 1607 To The Great Famine
Friends of the Ashland Public Library
https://www.ashlandmass.com/Calendar.aspx?EID=12963&month=3&year=2024&day=25&calType=0
March 14, 2024
10:30 AM EDT
March 2024 Open Commission Meeting
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-hold-open-commission-meeting-thursday-march-14-2024
https://www.fcc.gov/news-events/events/2024/03/march-2024-open-commission-meeting
https://www.fcc.gov/live
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9714xCx3kJs
March 14, 2024
10:30 AM EDT
Deputy Secretary Kurt M. Campbell meets with Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown
Department of State
https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-march-14-2024/
March 14, 2024
10:30 AM EDT
U.S. Strategy in the Pacific Islands Region
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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WITNESSES:
The Honorable Daniel J. Kritenbrink
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
U.S. Department of State
Washington, D.C.
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The Honorable Ely Ratner
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs
U.S. Department of Defense
Washington, D.C.
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The Honorable Michael Schiffer
Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for Asia
U.S. Agency for International Development
Washington, D.C.
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https://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/senate-event/335530
https://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/us-strategy-in-the-pacific-island-region
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Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Dr. Ely Ratner testifies at 10:30 a.m. EDT at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on "U.S. Strategy in the Pacific Islands Region," Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. The hearing will also be livestreamed on Defense.gov.
Department of Defense
https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2024-03-14/
https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/33942
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Administration Officials Testify on U.S. Strategy in the Pacific Islands Region
Officials from the State Department, Defense Department, and U.S. Agency for International Development testify on U.S. strategy in the Pacific Islands region during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?534227-1/administration-officials-testify-us-strategy-pacific-islands-region
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#132276 at 2023-09-25 12:40:00 (UTC+1)
QR Bunker General #398: Kamala Is Now the New Gun Czar! Edition
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5:30 PM EDT
Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Elizabeth Allen signs a Memorandum of Understanding between the U.S. Department of State and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria on countering foreign information manipulation
Washington, D.C.
https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-september-25-2023/
6:00 PM EDT
Secretary Antony J. Blinken participates in a joint statement signing ceremony with Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown
Department of State
https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-september-25-2023/
https://www.youtube.com/statedept
6:30 PM EDT
Washington Today Podcast
Catch up on the biggest stories of the day from Washington with interviews and analysis from leading journalists. Posted weekdays at 6:30 pm ET. F
https://www.c-span.org/podcasts/subpage/?series=washingtonToday
6:45 PM EDT
Secretary Antony J. Blinken delivers reMarks at a signing ceremony with Millennium Challenge Corporation CEO Alice Albright and Kiribati President Taneti Maamau
Department of State
https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-september-25-2023/
https://www.youtube.com/statedept
7:00 PM EDT
Presidential Sites Summit: Preserving Presidential History
The White House Historical Association
https://issuu.com/whhapubl/docs/final_pssprogram_issuu?fr=sODRlNjYyODEwMjg
https://www.whitehousehistory.org/presidential-sites-summit
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Preserving Presidential History
First lady Jill Biden joins the heads of the Smithsonian, Library of Congress, National Park Service, and National Archives to talk about preserving presidential history.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?530647-1/preserving-presidential-history
7:00 PM EDT
The U.S. Army Blues - Celebrating The Music Of Hilario Dur?n (7PM)
U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own"
https://www.usarmyband.com/calendar
https://usarmyband.com/events/celebrating-the-music-of-hilario-dur%C3%A1n
7:00 PM EDT
Secretary Antony J. Blinken delivers reMarks at a dinner for the second U.S.-Pacific Islands Forum Summit, co-hosted by U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield
Department of State
https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-september-25-2023/
https://www.youtube.com/statedept
9:00 PM EDT
The Federalist: Books That Shaped America
C-SPAN and Library of Congress
https://newsroom.loc.gov/news/c-span-and-library-of-congress-announce-new-primetime-book-series-for-fall-2023/s/344cecfa-3b09-492a-ba45-2ce34a661a40
https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/books-that-shaped-america/index.html?loclr=blogloc
https://www.loc.gov/item/09021562/
https://guides.loc.gov/federalist-papers/full-text
https://www.c-span.org/booksthatshapedamerica
https://www.c-span.org/booksthatshapedamerica/book/2/The%20Federalist
https://www.c-span.org/video/?529910-1/books-shaped-america-the-federalist
9:00 PM EDT
An Evening With U.S. Senator John Kennedy (R-LA)
Pacific Research Institute
https://www.pacificresearch.org/events/an-evening-with-u-s-senator-john-kennedy-r-la/
9:00 PM EDT
The U.S. Army Blues - Celebrating The Music Of Hilario Dur?n (9PM)
U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own"
https://www.usarmyband.com/calendar
https://usarmyband.com/events/celebrating-the-music-of-hilario-dur%C3%A1n-2
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#128579 at 2023-05-22 12:36:00 (UTC+1)
QR Bunker General #374: Lady Justice Edition
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4:30 AM EDT
Secretary Antony J. Blinken participates in a Compact Review Agreement signing ceremony with Palau
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-may-22-2023/
4:35 AM EDT
David Sax, "The Future Is Analog". Journalist David Sax argued that interacting in person is better than over digital spaces. This event was hosted by Greenlight Bookstore in Brooklyn.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/bookTv/https://www.c-span.org/video/?525294-1/the-future-analog
5:15 AM EDT
Secretary Antony J. Blinken holds a joint press availability with Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape and U.S.-Pacific Islands Forum Chair and Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-may-22-2023/
5:30 AM EDT
Leading Positive Change in Our Lives, Work, and World". Former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty spoke about her life, approach to leadership and her views on how to bring about positive change to communities locally and around the world. Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, hosted this event.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?527498-1/good-power
5:30 AM EDT
OCHA/UNHCR - Press Conference: Update on the Humanitarian Situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
United Nations
https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1z/k1zt40mne3
6:00 AM EDT
Q&A: Ashlee Vance
Bloomberg Businessweek feature writer Ashlee Vance discusses his book "When the Heavens Went on Sale," about the private companies that are launching small satellites into Earth's lower orbit for commercial and noncommercial use.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?528109-1/qa-ashlee-vance
6:10 AM EDT
Secretary Antony J. Blinken attends a working dinner with U.S.-Pacific Islands Forum leaders
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-may-22-2023/
6:30 AM EDT
Gilbert Achcar, "The New Cold War". University of London professor Gilbert Achcar talked about the emerging power rivalry between the U.S., Russia, and China. This virtual event was hosted by HayMarket Books in Chicago.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?527941-1/the-cold-war
7:00 AM EDT
The World Together: Member State-Led Processes to Strengthen Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response
Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly Strategic Roundtable
https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2023/05/22/default-calendar/strategic-roundtables-seventy-sixth-world-health-assembly
https://www.who.int/news-room/events/detail/2023/05/22/default-calendar/the-world-together-member-state-led-processes-to-strengthen-pandemic-prevention-preparedness-and-response
7:00 AM EDT
Washington Journal: Open Phones
Viewers responded to the question "What's the best way to reach a deal on the debt ceiling?"
https://www.c-span.org/video/?528194-2/open-phones&playEvent
7:30 AM EDT
Axiom Docking and Welcome Ceremony at International Space Station
The Axiom Space Ax-2 mission docks with the International Space Station and the astronauts take part in a welcome ceremony.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?528232-1/axiom-docking-ceremony-international-space-station
8:00 AM EDT
2023 Conference and Matchmaker (Arlington)
Virginia Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC), an APEX Accelerator
https://www.apexaccelerators.us/
https://virginiaptac.ecenterdirect.com/events/3815?IndivID=35280&Token=C2479FD81211608624891F8A32C479730411F35E
8:00 AM EDT
Washington Journal: Natalie Andrews Discusses Latest on Debt Limit Talks
Wall Street Journal congressional reporter Natalie Andrews previews the week ahead in Congress including the latest on efforts to reach an agreement on raising the debt limit.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?528194-3/natalie-andrews-discusses-latest-debt-limit-talks&playEvent
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#123825 at 2023-03-30 12:43:00 (UTC+1)
QR Bunker General #355: Babylon Bee Imitating Life Edition
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2:00 PM EDT
HHS Women's History Month
Department of Health & Human Services
https://www.hhs.gov/live/live-2/index.html#9015
2:00 PM EDT
Department Press Briefing with Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel
Department of State
https://www.state.gov/todays-briefing-schedule/
https://www.youtube.com/statedept
2:00 PM EDT
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
The White House
https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65ja2C7Qbno
https://www.c-span.org/video/?527069-1/white-house-daily-briefing
2:00 PM EDT
Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman meets with Vietnamese Vice Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc
Department of State
https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-march-30-2023/
2:45 PM EDT
Installation Retirement Ceremony.
https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/31437
3:00 PM EDT
Virtual Fireside | The Biden Administration's Indo-Pacific Strategy with Kurt Campbell
Center for a New American Security
https://www.cnas.org/events/virtual-fireside-kurt-campbell
3:00 PM EDT
VMSTEP & Social Work Open House
Veterans Administration
https://www.va.gov/outreach-and-events/events/53793/
3:00 PM EDT
(Panel 2 and Panel 3) International Dialogue on Migration (IDM) 2023 - Leveraging Human Mobility in Support of the Sustainable Development Goals
United Nations
https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1g/k1gisj8b0b
3:00 PM EDT
8th meeting - 22nd session of the Committee of Experts on Public Administration
United Nations
https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1u/k1utgogdu0
3:00 PM EDT
Cancer, Aging, and Comorbidities Webinar Series
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42412
3:00 PM EDT
Research Toward Reliable and Trustworthy Medical Imaging AI - Quality Control and Data Preprocessing, NLM Intramural Research Program IRP Seminar
National Library of Medicine, Department of Health and Human Services
https://irpseminar.nlm.nih.gov/seminar/3890/detail/
4:00 PM EDT
The President Who Would Not Be King: Executive Power under the Constitution
Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law at the University of Pennsylvania
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-president-who-would-not-be-king-executive-power-under-the-constitution-tickets-536335442747?aff=erellivmlt
4:00 PM EDT
Statecraft and the Global Economy: Recent Developments
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan
https://fordschool.umich.edu/event/2023/statecraft-and-global-economy-recent-developments
4:00 PM EDT
Center for Racial Justice Visiting Fellows Spring Showcase: Atinuke Adediran, Makeda Easter, Julian Brave NoiseCat
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan Center for Racial Justice
https://fordschool.umich.edu/event/2023/crj-visiting-fellows-spring-showcase
4:00 PM EDT
Betting the House: Strengthening the Full Microelectronics Supply Chain
Center for Security and Emerging Technology - Georgetown University
https://cset.georgetown.edu/event/betting-the-house/
4:00 PM EDT
Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman meets with Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown
Department of State
https://www.state.gov/public-schedule-march-30-2023/
4:00 PM EDT
Molecular Basis of Membrane Bound O Acyltransferases (mboats) in Cholesterol Metabolism and Signal Transduction
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/42729
4:10 PM EDT
Development Workshop: Josh Dean
Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs
https://sipa.campusgroups.com/CDEP/rsvp_boot?id=1925936
5:15 PM EDT
Representing Latinx Feminisms in Social Media
Northeastern Illinois University
https://www.neiu.edu/about/office-of-equity-diversity-and-inclusion/angelina-pedroso-center-diversity-and-intercultural-affairs/signature-celebration-affinity-events/womens-history-month
https://www.neiu.edu/sites/default/files/documents/2023/03/20/RepLatinxFem.pdf
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