Steps taken to 'speed up' corrupt fugitives' return
China Daily, October 26, 2016
Chinese and US judicial authorities have been speeding up negotiations on returning five most-wanted corrupt Chinese officials, who are still on the run in the United States, to face trial at home.
http://www.china.org.cn/china/2016-10/26/content_39567975.htm
New Chinese Interpol chief sparks rights concerns
AFP Yulius Martoni November 10, 2016
Nusa Dua (Indonesia) (AFP) - A Chinese security official was elected president of Interpol Thursday for the first time, sparking criticism from activists who say Beijing uses the agency to track down dissidents abroad.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/interpol-elects-senior-chinese-official-president-083320553.html
Eurosceptics welcome Tony Blair's political comeback and Brexit intervention
Laura Hughes 21 NOVEMBER 2016
Tony Blair’s plan to make a comeback to political life by spearheading an anti-Brexit group was last night welcomed by Eurosceptics who said it would increase public support for leaving the EU.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/21/eurosceptics-welcome-tony-blairs-political-comeback-and-brexit-i/
In phone call, China's Xi tells Trump cooperation is only choice
By Michael Martina and Steve Holland
Reuters 11/14/2016
http://webcenters.netscape.compuserve.com/news/story/0002/20161114/KBN1390D3_7
China's most-wanted corruption suspect surrenders after 13 years abroad
Reuters November 16, 2016
By Sue-Lin Wong
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's most-wanted corruption suspect returned to China from the United States on Wednesday after turning herself in, a major victory for the ruling Communist Party's overseas hunt for fugitive officials.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/chinas-most-wanted-corruption-suspect-surrenders-13-years-090847605.html
November 16, 2016
U.S. and Chinese diplomats and law enforcement representatives plan to meet in Beijing next week to discuss fighting transnational crime through the China-U.S. Joint Liaison Group on Law Enforcement Cooperation.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-ex-vice-mayor-wanted-corruption-returns-us-080236004.html
China hopes Trump call with Taiwan leader won't damage ties
Gillian Wong and Johnson Lai,
Associated Press December 2, 2016
It is highly unusual, probably unprecedented, for a U.S. president or president-elect to speak directly with a leader of Taiwan, a self-governing island the U.S. broke diplomatic ties with in 1979.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-speaks-taiwans-president-risking-china-tensions-223316122--election.html
Donald J. Trump said on Wednesday that he hoped Russian intelligence services had successfully hacked Hillary Clinton’s email, and encouraged them to publish whatever they may have stolen, essentially urging a foreign adversary to conduct cyberespionage against a former secretary of state.
—JULY 27, 2016
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Japan pledges 300 bil. yen economic package at Abe-Putin summit
December 17, 2016
The total value of Japan's contribution in investment and loans, including through agreements between private sector firms, is around 300 billion yen ($2.54 billion), Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kotaro Nogami said after the leaders' summit.
http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20161217/p2g/00m/0bu/023000c#csidx7f0739f16cc5d7e8efc439f0b9b08b7
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By ASHLEY PARKER and DAVID E. SANGER JULY 27, 2016
“Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing,” Mr. Trump said during a news conference here in an apparent reference
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/28/us/politics/donald-trump-russia-clinton-emails.html?_r=0
House Republicans cancel plan to dismantle ethics watchdog after backlash, opposition from Trump
JANUARY 03, 2017
Trump rooted for the housing bubble to burst
By RYAN LOVELACE
May 24, 2016 - If there is a bubble burst, as they call it, you know you could make a lot of money. ... economic crisis before playing audio of Trump in 2006 expressing desire to see the housing market crash. "I sort of hope that happens because then people like me would go in and buy," Trump is heard saying in the ad.
Report: San Jose, Not San Francisco, Has Highest Median Home Price In Country
BY JACK MORSE IN NEWS ON AUG 12, 2016
San Jose, with a median home price of $1,085,000, currently ranks as the most expensive metropolitan area for would-be home owners. The second most expensive? That would be San Francisco coming in at $885,600.
http://sfist.com/2016/08/12/san_jose_not_san_francisco_has_high.php
Trump to Halt Obama Fiduciary Rule, Order Review of Dodd-Frank
Katherine Chiglinsky, Justin Sink, Elizabeth Dexheimer
Bloomberg February 2, 2017
President Donald Trump will halt an Obama administration regulation, hated by the financial industry, that requires retirement advisers to work in the best interests of their clients, while the new administration reviews the rule.
The president also will order a review of Dodd-Frank Act rules enacted in response to the 2008 financial crisis, a White House official said. Trump is scheduled to issue the directives at a signing ceremony around noon on Friday following a meeting of more than a dozen top corporate executives led byBlackstone Group LP Chief Executive OfficerSteve Schwarzman.
Trump Just Promised To Respect The “One China” Policy: Here’s What That Means
James Holbrooks FEBRUARY 11, 2017
President Donald Trump, according to official statements, has agreed to change course and abide by the ‘One China’ policy.
Now, with Trump seemingly succumbing to the will of the Chinese leader, many analysts are saying the new U.S. president has lost serious face.
“There is certainly a way of negotiating with the Chinese, but threats concerning fundamental, core interests are counterproductive from the get-go,” he said. “The end result is that Trump just confirmed to the world that he is a paper tiger, a zhilaohu — someone that seems threatening but is wholly ineffectual and unable to stomach a challenge.”
China says gets another graft suspect back from U.S.
By Reuters 10 February 2017
BEIJING, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Another Chinese corruption suspect who had fled to the United States has given herself up and returned home, the ruling Communist Party's anti-graft watchdog said on Friday, in a further victory for China's overseas hunt for fugitive officials.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-4211108/China-says-gets-graft-suspect-U-S.html#ixzz4YRbxuZ3N
01-06-2017, 10:44 AM #78
jaxmeov Location: Los Angeles, CA
d) something tragic happened to his family and he continues to "see" them when, in fact, they exist only in his head and he cannot come to grips with it.
e) this has all been planned and they are preparing for the day that he keeps warning us about.
Hang in there, Kat. Just don't do anything stupid and you should be fine.
02-04-2017, 07:44 AM #87
jaxmeov
And it is good your brother in law is Ben Gu and not Ben Gay!
Damaged dam threatens Northern California towns
Yahoo News February 16, 2017
https://www.yahoo.com/news/oroville-dam-slideshow-wp-151018636.html
One of China's "most-wanted" fugitives returns from U.S. to surrender
Reuters Reuters March 9, 2017
BEIJING (Reuters) - A former employee of a state-owned newspaper who figured among China's 100 "most-wanted" fugitives has returned from the United States to turn himself in, the top anti-graft body said on Thursday, as China mapped out its strategy on fugitives in 2017.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/one-chinas-most-wanted-fugitives-returns-u-surrender-092948247.html
Winter Storm Stella is going to slam New York City
By Yaron Steinbuch and Lia Eustachewich March 13, 2017
Get out now while you still have the chance!
A blizzard warning has been issued for New York City and much of the tri-state area beginning at midnight Tuesday as Winter Storm Stella threatens to dump as much as 18 inches of snow.
Whiteout conditions are expected to make travel extremely dangerous and power outages are likely amid crippling wind gusts of 20 to 40 mph, according to AccuWeather senior meteorologist Tom Kines.
"National Weather Service accused of knowingly misleading public
March 16, 2017,
the agency forecasted up to a foot and a half of snow in New York, but only 7.6 inches fell.
6 who died in Berkeley balcony collapse
“It appears to be a classic case of dry rot, meaning water intruded into the building [and] rotted the wood?
The Multibillion-Dollar U.S. Spy Agency You Haven’t Heard of
On a heavily protected military base some 15 miles south of Washington, D.C., sits the massive headquarters of a spy agency few know exists. Even Barack Obama, five months into his presidency, seemed not to have recognized its name. While shaking hands at a Five Guys hamburger restaurant in Washington in May 2009, he asked a customer seated at a table about his job. “What do you [do]?” the president inquired. “I work at NGA, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency,” the man answered. Obama appeared dumbfounded. “So, explain to me exactly what this National Geospatial…” he said, unable to finish the name. Eight years after that videotape aired, the NGA remains by far the most shadowy member of the Big Five spy agencies, which include the CIA and the National Security Agency.
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With the capability to watch an area of 10 or even 15 square miles at a time, it would take just two drones hovering over Manhattan to continuously observe and follow all outdoor human activity, night and day. It can zoom in on an object as small as a stick of butter on a plate and store up to 1 million terabytes of data a day. That capacity would allow analysts to look back in time over days, weeks, or months. Technology is in the works to enable drones to remain aloft for years at a time.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/46712.htm
SEAL Team 6 is reportedly training for a decapitation strike against North Korea's Kim regime
Alex Lockie Mar. 13, 2017,
http://www.businessinsider.com/us-navy-seals-f-35s-decapitation-strike-north-korea-2017-3
Mac Slavo: "On June 1st The Deep State Will Move To Overthrow Trump"
by Tyler Durden
Mar 16, 2017 2:00 AM
But this time around we may see a very different set of events play out. If it isn’t clear to you just yet, President Trump is under attack from all sides. Democrats, the media and even members of his own Party want to see him fail. But perhaps more importantly, it is the shadow operators known as “The Deep State” who may take this opportunity to lay the blame for decades of machinations at Trump’s feet.
These shadow forces have been at work manipulating everything from the global economy to the political affairs of sovereign nations.
While March 15th is the day we hit our debt ceiling, June 1st, 2017 is the real date to watch. That’s the day the Deep State may finally pull the trigger:
And what better way to do that then to collapse the economy?
Establishment Republicans and Democrats hate trump… many want to see him fail… even if it means a real systematic crisis for the nation.. in fact, many will even see this as a crisis to get rid of the President… to blame him for the last 30 years of mismanaging the country’s finances and be able to rebuke the voters who elected the President with a national mess… Trump and his supporters will be blamed and take the fall… this is the secret plan
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-03-15/june-1st-deep-state-will-move-overthrow-trump
TSA warns against truck-ramming attacks - fox25boston.com
Fox25boston
May 04, 2017 · Trucks and buses are at the center of the latest government warning regarding possible terrorist attacks and big cities are being told to stay on alert.
China has managed to rope in the US at the last minute for its Silk Road summit besides South Korea, the EU and Japan, leaving India to be the only major country yet to confirm its participation in the high-profile event.
The Trump administration announced that Matt Pottinger, Special Assistant to the President and senior director for East Asia of National Security Council of the White House, will lead the US delegation to the attend the One Belt and One Road Forum.
"The United States recognises the importance of China's One Belt and One Road initiative and is to send delegates to attend the Belt and Road Forum May 14-15 in Beijing," a joint statement by China's finance and commerce ministries said.
WHITE HOUSE: FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY FIRED
5/9/2017
.... Before the past months' controversies, Comey was perhaps best known for a remarkable 2004 standoff with top officials in the George W. Bush administration over a federal domestic surveillance program.
As the deputy attorney general, Comey rushed to the hospital bed of Attorney General John Ashcroft to physically stop White House officials in their bid to get his ailing boss to reauthorize a secret no-warrant wiretapping program.
Comey described the incident in 2007 testimony to Congress, explaining that he believed the spy program put in place after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks was legally questionable.
When he learned that Andrew Card, the president's chief of staff, and Alberto Gonzales, the White House counsel, were heading to Ashcroft's hospital room despite Ashcroft's wife's instructions that there be no visitors, Comey told Congress, Comey beat them there and watched as Ashcroft turned them away.
"That night was probably the most difficult night of my professional life," Comey said.
Indonesia, China consortium sign $4.5 billion loan for rail project
BUSINESS NEWS | Mon May 15, 2017
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-silkroad-indonesia-idUSKCN18B0RX
Cone of silence
According to an FBI source, Comey had over a hundred letters of resignation sitting on his desk. When he walked through the halls, agents would turn their back and look the other way. Then he reopened the case, and "the entire building broke out in cheers".
http://forums.compuserve.com/discussions/Political_Debate/_/The_FBI_rank_and_file_took_a_stand_against_Comey_and_the_DOJ/ws-politics/234920.1?nav=messages
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BREAKING: Comey mandates All FBI Agents Report to D.C. Offices; Prep for Raids, Possible Arrests in Clinton Probes
Posted on November 4, 2016
http://truepundit.com/breaking-comey-mandates-all-fbi-agents-report-to-d-c-offices-prep-for-raids-arrests-in-clinton-probes/
VX is very slow to evaporate and is therefore usually found as a viscous liquid, similar in texture to motor oil or honey.
In this state, it's highly toxic when it comes into contact with skin.
"You need a microscopic amount to kill one person, which is what happened to Kim Jong Nam," said Bretton-Gordon, the chemical weapons expert.
It's likely that Kim at experienced pinpointed pupils, a runny nose, and nausea, before finding it hard to breathe and feeling his heart racing.
He probably then had loss of bladder and bowel control, convulsions, seizures, and finally death while on the way to the hospital just minutes later.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/north-korea/north-korea-s-kim-jong-nam-killed-vx-most-toxic-n725131
Dangerous heat to scorch southwestern US through midweek
June 18, 2017, 6:47:27 AM EDT
The dangerous heat baking the southwestern United States will not relent its grip on the region through much of the week.
accuweather
Sizzling heat wave creates health hazard in Southwestern U.S.
Yahoo News Digest June 19, 2017
The Southwest is about to feel the wrath of a punishing heat wave that includes a forecast of 120 degrees in Phoenix
Are you suggesting that your wife is in on a government plot to poison you?
If any of what you said were true, hundreds of people around would be getting sick as well. You cannot target a single individual with an airborne gas without affecting other people in the area.
Chill out and take some pepto.
https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/6gvzzr/gas_attack_in_us/
Texas to feral pigs: It's time for the 'hog apocalypse' to begin
Maria Gallucci Mashable•Feb 22, 2017,
Sid Miller, the state's agriculture commissioner, just approved a pesticide — called "Kaput Feral Hog Lure" — for statewide use.
https://twitter.com/texashoghunters/status/831305754103668736/photo/1
"This solution is long overdue," he added. "Wild hogs have caused extensive damage to Texas lands and loss of income for many, many years."
Texas's agriculture commission estimates that feral hogs cause $52 million in damage each year to agricultural businesses by tearing up crops and pastures, knocking down fences and ruining equipment.
The so-called hog lure is derived from warfarin, a blood-thinning agent that's also used to kill rats and mice in homes and buildings. Animals don't die immediately from eating the odorless, tasteless chemical. That would be too kind. Instead, they keep eating it until the anti-clotting properties cause them to bleed to death internally.
This week, Miller approved a rule change in the Texas Administrative Code that allows landowners and agricultural producers to use Kaput — essentially warfarin-laced pellets — to keep feral hogs off their property.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/4b31c22d-0481-38df-9266-e02f7a6c90ab/fearing-%22feral-hog.html
In phone call, China's Xi tells Trump cooperation is only choice
Reuters 11/14/2016
http://webcenters.netscape.compuserve.com/news/story/0002/20161114/KBN1390D3_7
China's most-wanted corruption suspect surrenders after 13 years abroad
Reuters November 16, 2016
Yang was ranked number one on the list and is the 37th fugitive to return so far, the commission said.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/chinas-most-wanted-corruption-suspect-surrenders-13-years-090847605.html
Trump commits to 'One China' policy in phone call with Xi
CNN February 10, 2017
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/09/politics/trump-xi-phone-call/index.html
China says gets another graft suspect back from U.S.
| Reuters Feb 10, 2017
She was the 38th person on the list China had managed to get back, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said in a brief statement on its website.
http://in.reuters.com/article/china-corruption-usa-idINKBN15P10M
One of China's 'Most-Wanted' Fugitives Returns From US to Surrender
March 09, 2017
Wang is the 39th fugitive on the list to return, the graft body said, without giving details, such as whether U.S. law enforcement provided assistance.
https://www.voanews.com/a/one-of-china-s-most-wanted-fugitives-returns-from-us-to-surrender/3757023.html
'Treason'? Critics savage Trump over Russia hack comments
By NAHAL TOOSI and SEUNG MIN KIM 07/27/2016
Donald Trump's call on Russia to hack Hillary Clinton's emails has shocked, flabbergasted and appalled lawmakers and national security experts across the political spectrum, with one saying it was "tantamount to treason."
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/trump-russia-clinton-emails-treason-226303
Aleppo: Evacuations resume after buses set ablaze
CNN December 18, 20
As many as 9,000 people had been evacuated from eastern Aleppo in nine convoys on Thursday and Friday
US Secretary of State says 'Syria's fate is in Russian hands now'
The Independent• July 3, 2017
The US Secretary of State has reportedly told the United Nations Secretary General that he thinks the fate of Syria and its leader is now up to Russia.
Rex Tillerson held a private meeting with Antonio Guterres at the State Department when he said the US was limiting its mission to defeating terror group Isis, according to Foreign Policy.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-secretary-state-says-apos-204527145.html
Trump and Putin's Syria Ceasefire Effectively Lets Assad Off the Hook
Time July 10, 2017
Observers and former U.S. officials say the ceasefire deal effectively guarantees Assad’s regime remains in place, in spite of Trump administration rhetoric to the contrary.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-putin-apos-syria-ceasefire-165537133.html
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One of China's 'most-wanted' fugitives returns after 19 years in U.S.
Reuters 7/31/2017
One of China's "most-wanted" overseas fugitives turned herself in on Monday after spending 19 years in the United States, the anti-corruption agency said.
Huang is the 43rd on the list to have returned to China since the operation was launched, the commission said in a statement on its website.
http://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/one-of-chinas-most-wanted-fugitives-returns-after-19-years-in-us/ar-AApacVg
China says one of its 'most wanted' fugitives now in custody
Reuters•July 29, 2017
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Ren Biao, one of China's most wanted fugitives accused of forgery and fraudulently obtaining loans, has returned to the country and handed himself over to the police, the graft watchdog said on Saturday.
Ren's name was on a 2015 list of China's 100 most wanted corruption suspects living abroad and targeted with an Interpol red notice. He is the 42nd of the 100 to be returned to China, the CCDI notice said.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-says-one-most-wanted-fugitives-now-custody-071135991.html
Mother, Child Injured After Tree Branch Falls on Picnic
A mother and her 2-year-old child were injured when a tree branch fell onto a company picnic held at Menlo College.
Aug. 7, 2017
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/california/articles/2017-08-07/mother-child-injured-after-tree-branch-falls-on-picnic
UTILITY STRESSES CALLING 811 BEFORE DIGGING
POSTED ON AUGUST 10, 2017 BY DAVID VAUTHRIN
In honor of National Safe Digging Day on Friday, August 11, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is asking all Californians to help prevent damage to gas pipelines and other underground utilities. With a free call to 811 or submission on 811express.com at least two working days ahead of any digging projects, homeowners, renters and contractors can ensure their outdoor project is safe to start.
https://ucononline.com/2017/08/10/utility-stresses-calling-811-digging/
300. Garage door (3/27/05)
On 3/18, Mercury News reported: "Unlicensed contractors get stung". 59 unlicensed builders were nabbed in an undercover sting operation. Those nabbed by the ruse were given criminal citations that could land them in jail for a maximum of six months, or they could be ordered to pay a $1,000 fine."
That's amazing similar to the event taken place in July 2003. When Feds tried to force me to have a roof contract with them, they created a roofing worker's death to intimidate other uninsured roofers out of the market. So the undercover contractor could get the deal. (see "145. SARS, a big issue(7/20/03)"
Can Trump fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions? Yes, but it would be unprecedented
Maureen Groppe and Jessica Estepa, USA TODAY July 20, 2017
In an interview with the New York Times, the president on Wednesday slammed Sessions for recusing himself from the Russia investigation, believing that this action led to the appointment of a special counsel.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/07/20/can-trump-fire-attorney-general-jeff-sessions-yes-but-would-unprecedented/495537001/
Mother, Child Injured After Tree Branch Falls on Picnic
A mother and her 2-year-old child were injured when a tree branch fell onto a company picnic held at Menlo College.
Aug. 7, 2017
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/california/articles/2017-08-07/mother-child-injured-after-tree-branch-falls-on-picnic
UTILITY STRESSES CALLING 811 BEFORE DIGGING
POSTED ON AUGUST 10, 2017 BY DAVID VAUTHRIN
In honor of National Safe Digging Day on Friday, August 11, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is asking all Californians to help prevent damage to gas pipelines and other underground utilities. With a free call to 811 or submission on 811express.com at least two working days ahead of any digging projects, homeowners, renters and contractors can ensure their outdoor project is safe to start.
https://ucononline.com/2017/08/10/utility-stresses-calling-811-digging/
300. Garage door (3/27/05)
On 3/18, Mercury News reported: "Unlicensed contractors get stung". 59 unlicensed builders were nabbed in an undercover sting operation. Those nabbed by the ruse were given criminal citations that could land them in jail for a maximum of six months, or they could be ordered to pay a $1,000 fine."
That's amazing similar to the event taken place in July 2003. When Feds tried to force me to have a roof contract with them, they created a roofing worker's death to intimidate other uninsured roofers out of the market. So the undercover contractor could get the deal. (see "145. SARS, a big issue(7/20/03)"
Can Trump fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions? Yes, but it would be unprecedented
Maureen Groppe and Jessica Estepa, USA TODAY July 20, 2017
In an interview with the New York Times, the president on Wednesday slammed Sessions for recusing himself from the Russia investigation, believing that this action led to the appointment of a special counsel.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/07/20/can-trump-fire-attorney-general-jeff-sessions-yes-but-would-unprecedented/495537001/