As more stories emerge of the migrants deported from the United States to El Salvador, the "administrative error" that put Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Maryland father said to have legal status, on one of the planes has caused outrage among many Americans who see the deportation flights as a flagrant miscarriage of due process. But the man's alleged gang ties have made this case more complex.
Today, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander urged the New York City Law Department to pursue securities litigation against Tesla on behalf of the the New York City pension systems. The basis of the potential litigation are the material misstatements from Tesla claiming that CEO Elon Musk spends significant time on the company and is highly active in its management, despite his helming the Trump Administration's DOGE initiative, spending little of his time actually managing Tesla, and promoting policies that are actively harmful to Tesla's business. read more
Report: IT officials who fought DOGE access put on leave and under investigation. read more
China, Japan and South Korea agreed to jointly respond to U.S. tariffs, a social media account affiliated with Chinese state media said on Monday, an assertion Seoul called "somewhat exaggerated", while Tokyo said there was no such discussion. read more
A top employee of billionaire Elon Musk who is now working in the U.S. Justice Department previously bragged about hacking and distributing pirated software, according to archived copies of his former websites reviewed by Reuters.
@#3 ... www.wave3.com ...
Wow, that WAVE mention triggered memories.
My 15-inch B&W TV with a whip antenna.
And then there's this from that time ..
Pink Floyd - Us And Them (Richard Wright Demo)
www.youtube.com
OK, I confess, I have an affinity for the Louisville, KY metropolitan area.
As I have stated a few times in the past, I lived in that area in my earlier years. The people there were awesome, and supportive of this incomer.
OK, that aside ...
Ohio River in Louisville could rise to highest level in 7 years
www.wlky.com
... With rain falling almost non-stop through Sunday, flooding is a major concern for the WLKY region.
Flood warnings and watches are in effect and area rivers, creeks and streams will likely overflow their banks, with the Ohio River expected to climb into moderate flood stage.
As of Wednesday afternoon, the National Water Prediction Service projects the Ohio River at the McAlpine Upper, which is a gauge location in Louisville, will crest around 33.7 feet.
If it reaches that, that'll be the highest level it's been since 2018.
Moving forward, what we will really have to keep an eye on is how much rain not only falls over our area, but also how much rain Indiana and Ohio receive over the next couple days as all that water drains into the Ohio River. ...
Russian oligarchs
en.wikipedia.org
... Russian oligarchs (Russian: , romanized: oligarkhi) are business oligarchs of the former Soviet republics who rapidly accumulated wealth in the 1990s via the Russian privatisation that followed the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The failing Soviet state left the ownership of state assets contested, which allowed for informal deals with former USSR officials as a means to acquire state property.
The Russian oligarchs emerged as business entrepreneurs under Mikhail Gorbachev (General Secretary, 1985"1991) using various loopholes during economic liberalization under Gorbachev's perestroika.[1] Boris Berezovsky, a mathematician and former researcher, became the first well-known Russian business oligarch.[2]
Oligarchs became increasingly influential in Russian politics during Boris Yeltsin's presidency (1991"1999); they helped finance his re-election in 1996. Well-connected oligarchs like Roman Abramovich, Michail Khodorkovsky, Boris Berezovsky and Vladimir Potanin acquired key assets at a fraction of the value at the loans for shares scheme auctions conducted in the run-up to the election.[3] Defenders of the out-of-favor oligarchs argue that the companies they acquired were not highly valued at the time because they still ran on Soviet principles, with non-existent stock control, huge payrolls, no financial reporting and scant regard for profit.[4] ...
So, it looks like Pres trump is following the path led by Russia in the oligarchs' takeover of government.
@#4
I'm not yet willing to agree.
VP Vance is a diplomatic idiot?
Based upon his comment when he landed in our ally's airfield. ...
Yeah, a diplomatic idiotic.
I guess that is what occurs when a politician may be pruchased by a billionaire.
JD Vance And Peter Thiel: What To Know About The Relationship Between Trump's VP Pick And The Billionaire (July 2024)
www.forbes.com
...
JD Vance, former President Donald Trump's running mate, has had a long, collaborative relationship with GOP donor and Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel, one that has aided Vance from his time in venture capital to his role as an Ohio senator. ...
Another comment on that visit by VP Vance ...
JD Vance felt the cold in Greenland but he had no warm words for European allies
news.sky.com
... "It's cold as s*** here," said the US vice president when he touched down in Greenland.
He meant it, both literally and metaphorically.
There was no warm welcome from islanders for JD Vance and the second lady. ...
@#29 ... Even as Biden was doubling up on tariffs ...
Does your current alias even read what it posts?
Fmr Pres Biden moved to target the tariffs, "some of Trump's China tariffs."
As opposed to the blanket 54% tariffs on China goods that Pres Trump has currently put into place.
Going back to a prior comment of mine, is your current alias intentionally ignorant, or just ignorant?
Trump tariffs provoke world condemnation and fears of a $2,300 iPhone
www.reuters.com
... Elsewhere, China vowed retaliation for Trump's 54% tariffs on imports from the world's No. 2 economy, as did the European Union, which faces a 20% duty. ...
@#9 < ... Why did Krasnov Fats spare Russia? ...
Pyotr Krasnov facts for kids
kids.kiddle.co
... Pyotr Nikolayevich Krasnov (Russian: " ; 22 September (old style: 10 September) 1869 " 17 January 1947), sometimes referred to in English as Peter Krasnov, was a Don Cossack historian and officer, promoted to Lieutenant General of the Imperial Russian Army when the revolution broke out in 1917, one of the leaders of the anti-Bolshevik White movement afterwards and a German collaborator who mobilized Cossack forces to fight against the Soviet Union during World War II.
The major motivation was the brutal repression of Cossacks by the Soviet government, e.g., the portioning of the lands of the Terek, Ural and Semirechye hosts, forced cultural assimilation and repression of the Russian Orthodox Church, deportation a ...
@#23 ... Trump and Musk has never had to get it. Their wealth affords them that privilege. ...
Spot on.