of Rachel's in yours - 'from the Russian perspective who better than Paul for a guy who needs a campaign manager' - my favorite of the 5 of hers there .. they're all good, of course .. thanks.
This relates more to one of the others, all in the Russian fog.
Donald Trump and the mansion that no one wanted. Then came a Russian fertilizer king
1 of 2 - Photographed in 2005, Donald Trump stands in front of 515 N. County Rd., the estate he bought at auction for about $41 million, renovated and then sold in 2008 at a recorded $95 million. Jeffrey Langlois Palm Beach Daily News
By Glenn Garvin February 27, 2017 1:31 PM ggarvin@miamiherald.com
Since the allegations about Donald Trump’s business connections to Russia started to fly last year in the middle of his presidential campaign, the fog of political war has made it difficult to tell the real from the shadow. Except for one very visible landmark: a sprawling, rococo seaside mansion in Palm Beach that Trump himself liked to boast about as an example of his real-estate acumen.
“What do I have to do with Russia?” he replied to reporters’ questions at a press conference in Doral last summer. “You know the closest I came to Russia, I bought a house a number of years ago in Palm Beach … for $40 million, and I sold it to a Russian for $100 million.”
That was a bland, if fairly accurate, summary of a wild and goofy tale of the Palm Beach real-estate market involving tax fraud, Russian billionaires, lurid divorce-court accusations and — at least in the opinion of some Palm Beach observers — the execrably vulgar taste of the super-rich.
It’s a tale that’s now coming to a sad end: That $100 million mansion, once the most expensive home in America, has become its most expensive tear-down. Not a single trace of the compound remains, and soon even its address will disappear: The 6.3-acre estate on which it stood has been broken into three parcels, and one of them has already sold.
“It’s an odd story, but Palm Beach real estate can be kind of strange,” said Gary Pohrer, one of the island’s real-estate agents. “People decide they want something, and they’ll pay a price that doesn’t necessarily correspond to reality.”
The story begins in March 2001, when healthcare tycoon Abraham Gosman, who had moved from Massachusetts to Palm Beach a few years earlier and reinvented himself as a philanthropist, declared bankruptcy. That financial catastrophe would eventually result in tax-fraud convictions for Gosman and his wife.
One of the casualties of the bankruptcy was the 62,000-square-foot mansion Gosman had built at 515 N. County Road .. https://tinyurl.com/grxan29 .. and dubbed Maison de l’Amitie, the House of Friendship. A showcase for his charity events just a mile north of the vaunted Breakers hotel, it included a ballroom with a capacity of hundreds, an art gallery, underground parking for scores of cars and a 100-foot swimming pool. It was nested among a slew of outbuildings, including a barn, guest houses and a tennis cottage.
The Gosmans managed to hold on to it for a couple of years, but by 2004 it had been seized by the bankruptcy court and put on the auction block. There were several bidders, hoping to scoop up a plutocratic property at a dollar-store price, but Trump — a real-estate mogul still more than a decade distant from political ambitions — pounced, grabbing the house for $41.35 million.
“He bought it strictly as an investment to flip,” said Carol Digges, the Palm Beach real-estate agent who would eventually re-sell the house for Trump. “He never intended to live there.”
And he didn’t. After doing some renovation on the house, Trump put it back on the market in 2006 at price that made even jaded Palm Beach eyeballs pop: $125 million. Gossip Extra .. http://www.gossipextra.com/ .. publisher and columnist Jose Lambiet, one of a few reporters Trump invited to tour the house in an attempt to drum up buyers, was even more astonished by the price after he looked around.
“I’d been in the house before, at one of Gosman’s charity parties, and Trump had hardly changed anything, just put on a couple of coats of paint,” Lambiet said. “Even that — well, he told us the fixtures in one of the bathrooms were gold, but as he walked away, I scratched a faucet with my fingernails and it was just gold-covered paint.”
Lambiet has visited many homes of wealthy owners with more money than taste, but he considered the Maison de l’Amitie in a class by itself. “It was just terrible-looking, really gaudy,” he said. “Nothing fit together — it was sort of haphazard inside.
[Sorta like his administration]
“There was a room with a floor made of cobblestones, and in the corner was a real wood oven for pizzas. It looked like an old Italian pizza place. Who does that in their house? ... I thought, he’s never gonna sell this. And he didn’t, the house stayed on the market for a couple of years.
“And then the Russian came along.”
“The Russian” was Dmitry Rybolovlev, a cardiologist-turned-potash-magnate (Russian newspapers called him “the Fertilizer King”) whose net worth was estimated in the financial press to be well north of $10 billion. By 2008, when he first inquired about the mansion, Trump had already cut the price to $100 million, and Rybolovlev offered even less, $75 million.
But Rybolovlev is well known for buying homes as if he’s spending Monopoly money. His 24-year-old daughter Ekaterina bought Skorpios, the 74-acre Greek island where Aristotle Onassis married Jackie Kennedy, for a price estimated at $150 million or more. Then there’s the family’s $88 million apartment overlooking Central Park West, the $20 million home in Hawaii acquired from actor Will Smith and the $135 million residence in the Swiss resort of Gstaad. (To be perfectly fair, that one consists of two houses.)
Trump, sensing his fish had taken the hook, hung tough on his price. On July 15, 2008, Rybolovlev bought the house for $95 million (Trump says credits on the closing costs brought the total package to $100 million), believed to be the biggest home sale in American history.
Although some real-estate publications made much of the fact that the mansion was on the market for nearly two years before it sold, Digges, the real-estate agent who sold it, wasn’t surprised. “When you’re sitting in that price range, there’s not 50 people in line waiting,” she said. “People with that kind of money are not readily available.”
Confidentiality agreements, she said, prevent her from discussing exactly how Rybolovlev came into the picture other than to say that “the client came to me on a referral.” Trump himself has said he never met Rybolovlev, who conducted the entire transaction through intermediaries.
In the rough-and-tumble Russian financial world, anybody with wealth like Rybolovlev is viewed with a certain degree of suspicion, and his business career — which includes a charge of murder, of which he was acquitted — has certainly had its share of adventures. Much of it is shrouded in mystery; he almost never talks to reporters.
But South Florida never got a chance to see him up close. Rybolovlev never lived in his new mansion and is believed to have visited only once. That may have been due in part to a terrible mold problem discovered after he bought it.
Perhaps more importantly, though, not long after the sale closed, Rybolovlev became ensnarled in a divorce from his wife Elena, a toxic spill that splashed on for seven years. In court papers, she accused him of hosting lascivious orgies involving young girls on his yacht; he had her arrested for jewel theft.
The divorce case ended in an undisclosed settlement in 2015. And last year, Rybolovlev gave up on the mansion, successfully seeking permission to tear it down and divide the land under it into three parcels.
By November, the first of them had already sold, drawing $34.34 million for 2.35 acres.
“I thought the Russian was crazy to buy the place at that price, but now it looks like he’ll at least break even,” mused gossip columnist Lambiet.
Probably not, countered real-estate agent Pohrer: Although Rybolovlev may make back his purchase price, he’s been paying about $1.4 million a year in taxes since 2008, as well as the considerable upkeep on the huge house. “Overall, he’s going to wind up losing a pretty penny on this, maybe around $20 million,” Pohrer said.
“I actually thought the price was a little low,” he added. “There’s really no other vacant coastal land in Palm Beach for sale — everything else is going to come with a house on it. And this was the biggest of the three parcels, so the others will go for less.”
Who exactly purchased the land remains a mystery. Legal documents associated with the sale list only the name of a holding company. “I would have thought I’d be able to find out the name of the buyer by now,” said Pohrer. “But I haven’t been able to. That surprises me.” So, maybe there’s still a surprise ending in store. http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article135243694.html
Maybe it was the 1st one of Rachel's of yours that one relates most to .. thanks Rachel, some of us are starting to get a better picture of this, too .. thanks to you.
F6, So let me get this straight. Trump buys a property for 40 million and sells it for 100 million in 2008 to a Russian multi billionaire and you think that's wrong?
That's called the art of the deal.
This Russian was buying properties like crazy trying to hide money from his wife as they were going through a divorce and one court awarded her 4 billion.
If you think about it there's a thousand million in a billion so his 100 million purchase from Trump was chump change for him.
He was trying to hide assets and didn't give a shit if he lost on them.
On this Friday, Feb. 24th 2017 edition of the Alex Jones Show, we cover Donald Trump at CPAC, as President Trump delivers another epic speech from the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference again slamming the "Fake news" media, the European immigration crisis and more. We'll cover the convention and continue exploring the migrant epidemic facing Sweden and the rest of Europe. On today's show we welcome music icon Joy Villa, who famously wore a Make America Great Again dress to the Grammys triggering countless leftist celebs.
Published on Feb 25, 2017 by The Alex Jones Channel
Communists, Fascists, SJW's, Satanists, and Globalists are now joined by Witches worldwide in hatred for their common enemy, President Donald Trump. Witches will protest President Donald Trump on Friday at midnight by casting a spell under the crescent moon. The purpose of their binding spell is to stop President Trump from doing harm and banish him from office.
[from the February 24, 2017 Infowars Nightly News]
Trump admin spikes intel report that undercuts travel ban
The Rachel Maddow Show 2/24/17
Rachel Maddow reports on a leaked DHS Intelligence report that finds that Donald Trump's focus on countries in his Muslim ban is not a reliable way of targeting terrorists. Duration: 12:21
GOP intel chairs push media on Russia story at Trump behest: WaPo
The Rachel Maddow Show 2/24/17
Rachel Maddow shares a report from the Washington Post that the Republican chairmen of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees have been trying to wave reporters off the story of the connection between the Trump campaign and Russia, which they're in charge of investigating. Duration: 5:18
White House uses GOP intel chairs to push media on Russia: WaPo
The Rachel Maddow Show 2/24/17
Rep. Jim Himes, member of the House Intelligence Committee, talks with Rachel Maddow about a new Washington Post report that the Republican chairs of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees have been working at the request of the White House to wave reporters off the story of the connection between the Trump campaign and Russia, which they're in charge of investigating. Duration: 8:03
Trump's loose talk becomes clean-up chore for staff
The Rachel Maddow Show 2/24/17
Rachel Maddow shows examples of members of Donald Trump's staff having to explain that people should not listen to what Trump says. Michael Beschloss, NBC News presidential historian, joins to discuss historical precedent. Duration: 8:49
Sometimes politicians make news at town halls (and you can help!)
The Rachel Maddow Show 2/24/17
Rachel Maddow puts out a call to viewers to share what their members of Congress are saying at local town halls, particularly if it is not in line with what they say when they're back in Washington, D.C. Duration: 4:41
The AP reports a Dept. of Homeland Security intelligence report for Donald Trump "challenges Trump's core claims" of the controversial (and blocked) travel ban against 7 Muslim-majority nations. Nicholas Kristof, Indira Lakshmanan and Malcolm Nance join Ari Melber. Duration: 12:47
Republican lawmaker admits the GOP-led Congress may not "be able to repeal Obamacare" because of pressure from constituents at town halls and protests. Ari Melber discusses with Nancy Giles, Christina Greer and Erin Gloria Ryan. Duration: 4:00
Satanists Call For Trump's Death / MSM Officially Dead: 2/26/17 Full Show
Published on Feb 27, 2017 by The Alex Jones Channel
Sunday, Feb. 26: President Trump Kills the MSM - President Donald Trump delivered yet another devastating blow to the fake news consortium this weekend by refusing to attend the 2017 White House Correspondents' Dinner. We'll discuss how the media is responding, how they are providing endless coverage to radical Satanists - who have threatened the president - while also breaking down Trump's call for supporters to hold the "biggest ever rally." We will also take your phone calls on today's worldwide transmission. http://www.infowars.com/live-president-trump-is-battling-satan/ http://www.infowars.com/witchcraft-to-hex-trumps-populist-battle-cry/
Full Show - Celebs Botch Oscars to Attack Trump - 02/27/2017
Published on Feb 27, 2017 by The Alex Jones Channel
Hollywood was so focused on hating Trump at the Oscars that they announced the wrong winner for Best Picture. Maybe focus on entertainment instead of politics next time? Joel Pollak, Senior Editor of Breitbart, joins the show to explain the declining influence of Hollywood and the self-absorbed elite in general and how their hatred for Trump actually got him elected[, and Roger Stone makes an appearance].
Jesse Ventura schools fake libertarian Alex Jones on the ELITE-toral college, the wall, climate change, and marijuana. Ventura also makes a comparison to Nazi Germany, though he is not really well versed enough to back up the claim. He isn't getting enough Reich-Wing Watch!
The president is just now discovering what everyone who knows anything about health care already takes for granted - the policy is hard and the politics are even harder. Duration: 2:15
Breast cancer survivor on ACA repeal: 'It's dehumanizing'
All In with Chris Hayes 2/27/17
Obamacare beneficiary Xeni Jardin, who had access to treatment for breast cancer through the Affordable Care Act, says, 'it's not OK to turn cancer into a political football.' Duration: 6:19
New Commerce Secretary at nexus of lucrative Trump Russian deal
The Rachel Maddow Show 2/27/17
With a line that runs through newly confirmed Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, Rachel Maddow connects the dots between a billionaire Russian oligarch and a Donald Trump deal worth tens of millions of dollars. Duration: 21:44
Rachel Maddow shows how the Donald Trump White House, in its zeal to tamp down scandal and bad press, can end up opening new lines of inquiry with accidental admissions. Duration: 4:52
Trump choices, like Manafort, not so odd from Russian perspective
The Rachel Maddow Show 2/27/17
Rachel Maddow notes that some of what seems hard to explain about Donald Trump's choices, like picking Paul Manafort to be his campaign manager, make more sense from a Russian perspective. Duration: 6:07
David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker, talks with Rachel Maddow about the recent history of Russia's relationship with the United States and the role of Donald Trump. Duration: 5:32
Many avenues of investigation for Trump Russia connection
The Rachel Maddow Show 2/27/17
David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker, talks with Rachel Maddow about the many opportunities for investigation posed by Donald Trump's relationship with Russia and Russia's role in the 2016 election. Duration: 2:48
Lawrence: Clouds of scandal and rank incompetence at White House
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell 2/27/17
Donald Trump's proposed budget moves are worrying lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, as fear grows his ideas could bankrupt the federal government. Lawrence speaks with David Frum, Jonathan Alter, and Nicholas Confessore. Duration: 12:02
Frum: There may be security risks in the White House right now
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell 2/27/17
David Frum says the special prosecutor talk should stop and that a special commission should look into the Trump team's ties to Russia instead. Former Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Richard Stengel also joins Lawrence to weigh in. Duration: 7:21
Dems to White House: Russia investigation is just beginning
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams 2/27/17
MSNBC's Brian Williams and his expert panel looks at a White House struggling to end questions about Russia just hours before Pres. Trump gives a speech to a joint session of Congress. Duration: 10:02
George W. Bush: Media is 'indispensable to democracy'
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams 2/27/17
MSNBC's Brian Williams talks to former Bush White House aide Nicolle Wallace about George W. Bush's comments to NBC News regarding the importance of a free press and more. Duration: 4:11
Full Show - Powerful Broadcast On The Eve Of Trump’s Historic Speech - 02/28/2017
Published on Feb 28, 2017 by The Alex Jones Channel
On today's transmission[, with an appearance by Jerome Corsi,] we'll cover Trump's latest interview where he claimed Obama is behind the White House leaks. Also, trends forecaster Gerald Celente joins the broadcast to discuss how the economy is performing under President Trump. We'll look into French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen's ongoing fight against globalism and the left's continued attacks on Trump supporters.
White House: Keystone exempt from 'Buy American' requirements “The Keystone XL pipeline is currently in the process of being constructed, so it does not count as a new, retrofitted, repaired, or expanded pipeline,” the White House spokeswoman said. 03/02/17 http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/keystone-pipeline-buy-american-exemption-235639 [with comments]
The Rachel Maddow Show [actually, from MSNBC's live coverage following Trump's address to Congress] 2/28/17
Rep. Chris Collins, who served on Donald Trump's transition team, discusses how Trump plans to deliver on the promises made in his speech to a joint session of Congress. Duration: 4:20
The Rachel Maddow Show [actually, from MSNBC's live coverage following Trump's address to Congress] 2/28/17
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer talks about the discrepancies between what Donald Trump said in his address to Congress and the actual policies and proposals his administration has put forth. Duration: 5:44
Murphy: Trump not moderated by advice from cabinet leaders
The Rachel Maddow Show [actually, from MSNBC's live coverage following Trump's address to Congress] 2/28/17
Senator Chris Murphy talks about his reaction to Donald Trump address to a joint session of Congress and whether he is learning anything from the advice he is given by more experienced leaders in his cabinet. Duration: 5:07
Maddow: Trump disconnected from his own policies as president
The Rachel Maddow Show [actually, from MSNBC's live coverage following Trump's address to Congress] 2/28/17
Rachel Maddow discusses with an MSNBC panel what accounts for the disconnect between what Donald Trump says unscripted and in interviews and what Donald Trump reads from teleprompters and signs into law. Duration: 1:47
The Rachel Maddow Show [actually, from MSNBC's live coverage following Trump's address to Congress] 2/28/17
Tom Perez, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and DNC deputy chairman, Rep. Keith Ellison, discuss Donald Trump's address to Congress and how the Democrats plan to take back power in Washington, D.C. Duration: 5:25
The Rachel Maddow Show [actually, from MSNBC's live coverage following Trump's address to Congress] 2/28/17
Richard Engel, NBC News chief foreign correspondent, talks with Rachel Maddow about reports that Donald Trump will drop Iraq from his travel ban and the facts that contradict Trump's rhetoric on the threat of immigrants. Duration: 6:28
Beschloss: Awareness of history would benefit Trump
The Rachel Maddow Show [actually, from MSNBC's live coverage following Trump's address to Congress] 2/28/17
Michael Beschloss, NBC News presidential historian, discusses Donald Trump's first address to a joint session of Congress in the context of history and how a greater awareness of how his words echo in history would be helpful to Trump. Duration: 4:21
Chuck Todd: Trump speech was Bannon's agenda with Priebus tone
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams [actually, from MSNBC's continuing live coverage following Trump's address to Congress] 2/28/17
NBC News Political Director and the host of 'Meet the Press' joins MSNBC's Brian Williams and Rachel Maddow to discuss what we learned from Pres. Trump's speech to a joint session of Congress. Duration: 5:09
UN Ambassador Nikki Haley responds on Pres. Trump & Russia
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams [actually, from MSNBC's continuing live coverage following Trump's address to Congress] 2/28/17
NBC News correspondent Kelly O'Donnell presses UN Ambassador Nikki Haley on the questions about Russia surrounding the Trump White House and the administration's strategy on foreign policy. Duration: 2:45
Hugh Hewitt: Trump set himself for a big win or a big loss
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams [actually, from MSNBC's continuing live coverage following Trump's address to Congress] 2/28/17
MSNBC's Brian Williams speaks to conservative radio show host & MSNBC Political Analyst Hugh Hewitt who says the president will have to answer for all the promises in his speech. Duration: 4:31
Sen. Booker: Many Trump policies a betrayal to his supporters
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams [actually, from MSNBC's continuing live coverage following Trump's address to Congress] 2/28/17
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) joins our MSNBC panel after Pres. Trump's speech to Congress to discuss Trump's agenda, the Democratic response, & questions about Russia surrounding Trump's White House. Duration: 6:10
Maria Teresa Kumar: Immigrant communities won't sleep better...
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams [actually, from MSNBC's continuing live coverage following Trump's address to Congress] 2/28/17
Voto Latino President Maria Teresa Kumar reacts to Pres. Trump's speech to a joint session of Congress, including his comments on immigration policy. Duration: 2:26
Because there is still a little justice left in this world, a Georgia couple reportedly broke down in tears Monday after being sentenced to prison for their involvement in a 2015 racist incident in which a group they were a part of waved Confederate flags, shouted racial slurs, and made armed threats at adults and children attending a black child’s birthday party.
Jose Torres, 26, and Kayla Norton, 25, were sentenced to 20 years and 15 years of prison time, respectively, for their participation in the July 2015 incident.
The couple were part of a group of Confederate flag supporters called “Respect the Flag that lost.” For two days that summer, the group of about 15 rode around terrorizing and threatening black families while using racial slurs and pointing firearms across two counties in the Atlanta suburbs, ABC News reports.
During the first congressional recess under President Trump, Republican lawmakers return to their home districts to confront floods of angry constituents.
Full Show - Trumps First Congressional Address Throws Down The Gauntlet - 03/01/2017
Published on Mar 1, 2017 by The Alex Jones Channel
On today's transmission we'll break down Trump's historic speech to Congress, as crybaby Democrats expressed their opposition to the president on the senate floor. We'll look at different angles of the speech and speak with Jerome Corsi[, with guest Ted Malloch,] for the latest updates from Washington DC, and we'll also speak with Project Veritas' James O'Keefe about his latest CNN exposé.
Trump's tipped EU ambassador is "malevolent", say European leaders European Parliament leaders have condemned US President Donald Trump's potential choice as envoy to the EU 3 February 2017 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38852210
Gov. Beshear: GOP is playing 'word games' with ACA
All In with Chris Hayes 3/1/17
The Democratic Governor of Kentucky tells Chris Hayes: 'This is life and death for millions of Americans and all they want to do is play word games.' Duration: 3:08
NYT: Obama administration tried to preserve Trump Russia intel
The Rachel Maddow Show [actually, from a 2-hour special "The Trump-Putin Power Play" which aired in place of The Rachel Maddow Show and The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell] 3/1/17
Matthew Rosenberg, national security reporter for The New York Times, talks with Brian Williams about new reporting that members of the Obama administration tried to spread intelligence about Trump Russia ties around the government to leave a trail for investigators. Duration: 4:43
WP: Sessions spoke with Russian ambassador during Trump campaign
The Rachel Maddow Show [actually, from a 2-hour special "The Trump-Putin Power Play" which aired in place of The Rachel Maddow Show and The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell] 3/1/17
Adam Entous, national security reporter for The Washington Post, talks with Brian Williams about the discovery that Jeff Sessions met with the Russian ambassador during the Donald Trump campaign, but did not disclose that at his confirmation hearing. Duration: 6:42
Rep. Cummings: Sessions report is 'shocking to the conscience'
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams 3/1/17
House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) joins MSNBC's Brian Williams to discuss the reports that Jeff Sessions spoke to Russian officials during the campaign. Duration: 5:43
Malcolm Nance: Trump resistance on Russia 'is suspicious'
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams 3/1/17
MSNBC's Brian Williams discusses the breaking news on Russia, the Trump White House, and Atty. General Sessions with Andrea Mitchell, Evelyn Farkas, and Malcolm Nance. Duration: 8:04
Published on Mar 2, 2017 by The Alex Jones Channel
As Trump delivers his rousing speech to congress the elite realize that the American people have awakened to their new destiny exemplified by Donald Trump. Alex paints the big picture.
The Media Falls for "Presidential" Trump (Again): The Daily Show
Published on Mar 2, 2017 by The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
The media praises Donald Trump for coming across as presidential in his first speech in front of Congress, but Trevor knows it was all just a performance.
Published on Mar 1, 2017 by Late Night with Seth Meyers
Seth takes a closer look at Donald Trump's restrained first speech to Congress and the media's reaction to the possibility of a more presidential Trump.
Full Show - Dems Target Sessions as ICE Targets Taunting Illegals - 03/02/2017
Published on Mar 2, 2017 by The Alex Jones Channel
The Washington Post claims that AG Sessions lied to Congress about meeting with a Russian ambassador as part of the Trump campaign, but Sessions actually met him in his capacity on the Senate Armed Services Committee. DC insider Doug Hagmann explains this and more. Also, Gays For Trump activist Peter Boykin reveals the upcoming #March4Trump you should take part in. And Dr. Edward Group explains how we should repeal Obamacare and replace it with policies that encourage healthy living. [With Anthony Cumia guest-hosting the fourth hour.]
Carter Page: ‘I don’t deny’ meeting with Russian ambassador
All In with Chris Hayes 3/2/17
Exclusive: The former Trump campaign advisor discusses claims that he had contact with Russian intelligence during the presidential campaign. Duration: 14:56
Exclusive: DHS intel doc contradicts case for Trump's travel ban
The Rachel Maddow Show 3/2/17
Rachel Maddow reports on a Department of Homeland Security document obtained exclusively by The Rachel Maddow Show that shows that the national security justification for Donald Trump's travel ban is not credible. Andrea Mitchell, NBC News chief foreign affairs correspondent, joins for analysis. Duration: 18:15
FBI not cooperating with House on Trump Russia investigation
The Rachel Maddow Show 3/2/17
Congressman Adam Schiff, ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, talks with Rachel Maddow about the difficultly his committee is having getting answers out of FBI Director James Comey about the investigation into the Donald Trump campaign's ties to Russia. Duration: 6:02
National security argument for Trump's travel ban falls apart
The Rachel Maddow Show 3/2/17
Lee Galernt, deputy director of the Immigrants' Rights Project at the ACLU, talks with Rachel Maddow about how a DHS document undermining the rationale for Donald Trump's travel ban also shows the flaw in the Trump administration's legal argument defending the ban. Duration: 4:44
Did Sessions lie under oath to the Senate about his contact with Russian officials? Lawrence says Trump's "politically hysterical" defense of Sessions won't help his AG in a perjury investigation. Duration: 11:31
Trump: 'Total' confidence in Sessions (just like Flynn)
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell 3/2/17
Donald Trump says he has total confidence in Jeff Sessions. What does that mean? Ask Michael Flynn, who was forced to resign hours after the Trump White House made similar assurances. Lawrence discusses with Neera Tanden and David Corn. Duration: 7:35
Sessions can't recall 'significant' 2016 discussion with Kislyak
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams 3/2/17
MSNBC's Brian Williams and his panel discuss the fallout after Trump Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced he'll recuse himself from any probe of Russian interference in the 2016 campaign. Duration: 11:52
Is Russian Amb. Sergey Kislyak Putin's man 'behind enemy lines'?
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams 3/2/17
MSNBC's Brian Williams speaks with POLITICO reporter Michael Crowley who has done extensive reporting on Kislyak who shares what we know about him and who he's met with. Duration: 2:17
Jeff Sessions Recuses Himself from Russian Investigations: The Daily Show
Published on Mar 3, 2017 by The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is forced to pass on investigations into Russian election hacking after it's revealed he misled Congress on his communications with the country.
Full Show - Biggest Assault Yet Launched On Trump’s Plan To Save America - 03/03/2017
Published on Mar 3, 2017 by The Alex Jones Channel
Friday, March 3rd 2017[, with Roger Stone hosting the fourth hour with guest Josh Caplan of Vessel News,]: Trump is right AGAIN - Police say the suspect behind the recent bomb threats of Jewish synagogs is an anti-Trump communist in yet another example of a hate crime perpetrated by the left. We also look into Chuck Schumer's (D-NY) past association with Russian President Putin, which came to light after Schumer claimed it's the Trump administration that's connected to Russia. Also, DC insider and author Len Colodny reveals the depth of the deep state.
Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Democrat from California, joins Chris Hayes to discuss the latest on the Trump administration's ties to Russia. Duration: 4:07
All In Exclusive: Notes from private town hall reveal plans to expand detention beds by nearly 500%, potentially separate women and children. Duration: 2:50
The Vice President doesn't see the immense hypocrisy of criticizing Hillary Clinton for using a personal server - totally legally - that was never reportedly hacked - when he himself conducted sensitive and confidential state business on an AOL account that was hacked. Duration: 2:26
Rachel Maddow reports on a new video by Vladimir Putin opponent Alexei Navalny purporting to show the excesses of corrupt Putin government officials, and note the danger to the leakers and whistleblowers advancing the Trump Putin reporting. Duration: 22:22
Rublevka Mansions [Alexei Navalny opposition video]
Rachel Maddow explains the significance of a FISA Court warrant and just how unusual it is that material was leaked that eventually forced the resignation of Donald Trump's national security advisor Michael Flynn. Duration: 11:09
Sessions to amend Senate confirmation testimony, answer questions
The Rachel Maddow Show 3/3/17
Rachel Maddow reports breaking news that Jeff Sessions will amend his testimony from his Senate confirmation hearing to reflect his false answers about Russian meetings, and will answer questions in writing. Duration: 1:41
Richard Engel, NBC News chief foreign correspondent, talks with Rachel Maddow about his interview with Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian opposition activist who has twice survived attempted assassination by poisoning. Duration: 8:38
Intriguing overlap in paths of Russian oligarch, Trump campaign
The Rachel Maddow Show 3/3/17
Rachel Maddow looks at a line of investigation into the intersections of the travel of a prominent Russian oligarch's plane and the Donald Trump campaign. Duration: 4:39
David Cay Johnston, founder of DCReport.org, talks with Rachel Maddow about journalistic investigations into the coinciding travels of Russian oligarch Dmitry Rybolovlev and the Donald Trump campaign during the 2016 election. Duration: 4:02
Wilbur Ross Comes to D.C. With an Unexamined History of Russian Connections [the main piece] Trump’s Choice for Commerce Secretary Holds a Top Post With a Mysterious, Russian-Controlled Cyprus Bank Businessman Wilbur Ross, nominated to be Secretary of Commerce, has extensive ties to Russian oligarchs and associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin. 25 February 2017 https://www.dcreport.org/wilbur-ross-russian-connections/
Lawrence: Jeff Sessions is making himself look guilty
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell 3/3/17
Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) are trying to protect Sessions from answering Democrats' demands for answers but they could be making Sessions look guilty. Lawrence O'Donnell examines. Duration: 8:03
Justice Ginsburg, Iman and the Equal Rights Amendment
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell 3/3/17
A famous fight over a nude picture, a super model, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg are all in Lawrence O'Donnell's "last word" Friday night about equal rights. Duration: 3:34
Attorney General Jeff Sessions (Kate McKinnon) chats with strangers (Octavia Spencer, Leslie Jones, Kyle Mooney, Aidy Bryant, Beck Bennett) at a bus stop.
The latest big buzz is about Jeff Sessions, the attorney general. It turns out that he lied during his confirmation hearings, denying that he had met with Russian officials during the 2016 campaign. In fact, he met twice with the Russian ambassador, who is widely reported to also be a key spymaster.
Not incidentally, if this news hadn’t come to light, forcing Mr. Sessions to recuse himself, he would have supervised the investigation into Russian election meddling, possibly in collusion with the Trump campaign.
But let’s not focus too much on Mr. Sessions. After all, he is joined in the cabinet by Scott Pruitt, the Environmental Protection Agency administrator, who lied to Congress about his use of a private email account; Tom Price, the secretary of health and human services, who lied about a sweetheart deal to purchase stock in a biotechnology company at a discount; and Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, who falsely told Congress that his financial firm didn’t engage in “robo-signing” of foreclosure documents, seizing homes without proper consideration.
And they would have served with Michael Flynn as national security adviser, but for the fact that Mr. Flynn was forced out after the press discovered that, like Mr. Sessions, he had lied about contacts with the Russian ambassador.
At this point it’s easier to list the Trump officials who haven’t been caught lying under oath than those who have. This is not an accident.
Alex Jones (FULL SHOW Commercial Free) Sunday 3/5/17: Alex's Warning & Message To Trump
Published on Mar 5, 2017 by Ron Gibson
Sunday, March 5: Coup Against President Trump Happening Now! - President Trump accuses the Obama administration of illegally tapping Trump Tower phone calls, and continues to highlight Democrats' hypocritical ties to Russia. Meanwhile, the former president denies authorizing the wiretaps, as the extent of the spying comes into question. We'll break down all the latest concerted efforts by the fake stream media and butt-hurt Dems to dethrone the incoming president.
Full Show - In The Fight For America, The US Military Launches Their Support For Trump - 03/06/2017
Published on Mar 6, 2017 by The Alex Jones Channel
Today, Alex Jones discusses Trump Tower's infamous phone tap, chats with the constitutional lawyer who saved talk radio Bruce Fein, and calls out to the US Military, active duty and veterans alike, to support Trump on the front lines[, and Newsmax Founder and CEO Christopher Ruddy makes an appearance].
How do you defend a president who deals ‘alternative facts?’
All In with Chris Hayes 3/6/17
Former Trump advisor Anthony Scaramucci joins Chris Hayes to discuss the president’s latest claim that former President Obama ordered a wiretap at Trump Tower during the election. Duration: 7:05
President Trump's new travel ban is different from the one the courts struck down, but is it still an unconstitutional Muslim ban? Senator Cory Booker speaks out. Duration: 4:21
House Republicans finally release their health care bill
All In with Chris Hayes 3/6/17
They’ve been talking about repealing and replacing Obamacare since the law passed in 2010 - and today they revealed their plans for American health care for the first time. Duration: 3:15
A White House official responded to questions about the similarities between the two statements, saying in part, 'we went straight to the source for some of our information.' Duration: 2:01
Sketchy Trump deal eyed for potential corruption, ties to Iran
The Rachel Maddow Show 3/6/17
Rachel Maddow describes the reporting published in The New Yorker about a Donald Trump business deal that raises a lot of red flags about potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Duration: 22:59
Donald Trump’s Worst Deal [big piece; must-read] The President helped build a hotel in Azerbaijan that appears to be a corrupt operation engineered by oligarchs tied to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. The Trump Tower Baku never opened. Trump partnered with an Azerbaijani family that U.S. officials called notoriously unethical. March 13, 2017 Issue http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/03/13/donald-trumps-worst-deal
Adam Davidson, staff writer for The New Yorker, talks with Rachel Maddow about the potential that Donald Trump violated anti-corruption laws with an unusual deal in Azerbaijan. Duration: 5:36
SEAL's father asks, Did Trump's travel ban jeopardize Yemen raid?
The Rachel Maddow Show 3/6/17
Rachel Maddow highlights a question raised by the father of Ryan Owens, the Navy SEAL who died in last month's disastrous raid in Yemen: Did Donald Trump's travel ban contribute to the problems that plagued the mission by alienating Yemeni partners? Duration: 3:03
As North Korea launches another missile test, President Trump spent the weekend firing off angry tweets and making up new lies about President Obama. Duration: 10:33
Pres. Trump's grandfather pleaded not to be deported
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell 3/6/17
In 1905, Friedrich Trump penned a letter about the hardships of immigration. More than century later, his grandson's administration pushes anti-family immigration policies. Duration: 4:29
Lawrence O'Donnell talks to Indira Lakshmanan and Steven Brill about renewed questions about Donald Trump's mental stability after his weekend tweetstorm accusing the Obama administration of wiretapping Trump Tower. Duration: 4:29
White House struggles to explain Trump claims of Obama wiretaps
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams 3/6/17
MSNBC's Brian Williams talks to Ashley Parker of the Washington Post, POLITICO's Eli Stokols, and MSNBC Terrorism Analyst Malcolm Nance about Trump's claim that Obama wiretapped Trump Tower. Duration: 8:22
Trump's Obama evolution: From birtherism to wiretap claims
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams 3/6/17
Since 2007, Donald Trump's had a wide variety of opinions on Barack Obama. MSNBC's Brian Williams talks to his panel[, including Malcolm Nance,] on why his allegations of Obama wiretapping Trump Tower really matter. Duration: 4:51
Ben Carson tries to clarify comment on slaves being immigrants
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams 3/6/17
MSNBC's Brian Williams shares the followup remarks from HUD Secy. Ben Carson after Carson likened slaves who were forced to come to America to 'immigrants.' Duration: 1:26
U.S. judge weighs fate of Afghan family detained in California A federal judge was due on Monday to consider a petition seeking the immediate release of an Afghan family of five said by their lawyers to have been detained by U.S. agents upon their arrival in California, despite having valid visas to enter the country. The couple and their three young children were granted the visas and resettlement assistance in return for work the father performed for the U.S. government that put the family's lives at risk, the International Refugee Assistance Project said in its court filing on Saturday. However, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents detained the family shortly after their arrival at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) last Tuesday, and held them in incommunicado without access to legal counsel, according to the petition. The petition, filed in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana, California, south of Los Angeles, says the family was taken into custody, apparently without explanation, and "with absolutely no justification whatsoever." The filing on their behalf said the family's incarceration is a violation of constitutional guarantees of due process and equal protection, as well as a breach of the U.S. Administrative Procedure Act and immigration laws. The petition did not state the exact nature of the father's employment with the U.S. government in Afghanistan. But it said he qualified for a special visa under a program requiring proof of having worked for the U.S. Armed Forces or the American diplomatic mission for at least 12 months, "as well as proof of completion of a background check and screening." It was not clear on what grounds the government detained the family. As of Sunday night, the CBP had declined to comment on the matter, which was set for a hearing on Monday before U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton in Santa Ana. The judge barred a move by the government on Saturday to separate the family by sending the children and their mother, who cannot speak or read English, to Texas. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-afghan-idUSKBN16C0XD
A Sikh Man Was Shot On His Driveway And Allegedly Told, “Go Back To Your Own Country” The man sustained non-life-threatening injuries. Local police in Washington have reached out to the FBI as they investigate the case. https://www.buzzfeed.com/tamerragriffin/sikh-man-shot-in-washington
Texas Supreme Court Hears Challenge on Same-Sex Marriage Rights AUSTIN, Texas — Two Houston taxpayers, backed by Texas Republican leaders, on Wednesday challenged Houston's spousal benefits for same-sex couples, asking the state's highest civil court to re-examine parts of a landmark 2015 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized gay marriage. [...] http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/texas-supreme-court-hears-challenge-same-sex-marriage-rights-n728086
Trump administration confirms plans to drop key claim against Texas Voter ID The U.S. Department of Justice confirmed Monday it plans to ditch its longstanding position that Texas lawmakers purposefully discriminated against minority voters by passing the nation’s strictest voter identification law in 2011. https://www.texastribune.org/2017/02/27/voter-id-case-trumps-team-drops-argument-against-texas/
New NSC chief pushed Trump to moderate his language on terrorism What words the president uses from the podium tonight will give a hint about McMaster’s clout. President Donald Trump’s new national security adviser, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, advised him in a closed-door meeting last week to stop using a phrase that was a frequent refrain during the campaign: “radical Islamic terrorism.” But the phrase will be in the president’s speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night, according to a senior White House aide—even though McMaster reviewed drafts and his staff pressed the president's chief speechwriter and senior policy adviser, Stephen Miller, not to use it. [...] http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/mcmaster-trump-terrorism-speech-235476
Germany summons Turkish ambassador, seeks release of jailed journalist Germany on Tuesday summoned Turkey's ambassador to object to Ankara's arrest on Monday of a Turkish-German journalist and said the entire German government was working to ensure that the correspondent for Die Welt was freed as soon as possible. "German-Turkey relations are facing one of their greatest challenges of the modern era," Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel told reporters at the foreign ministry, his second statement on the issue in less than 24 hours. Gabriel said journalists were protected by the constitutions of Germany and Turkey, and no country that claimed to be democratic or to respect human rights could use its juridical system to go after journalists. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-security-germany-gabriel-idUSKBN16722S AND MORE: Turkey’s bizarre witch hunt against the media https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/democracy-post/wp/2017/03/02/turkeys-bizarre-witch-hunt-against-the-media/
Rep. Schiff accuses Comey of withholding information on Russia probe The ranking member on the House intelligence panel warns that lawmakers may have to subpoena the FBI. http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/schiff-doj-235615
'Neither the White House Nor the President Will Comment Further' - Spicer A day after the Trump charges “Nixon/Watergate” level misconduct by his predecessor, the administration says it will provide no evidence to substantiate his claims. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/03/trump-fisa-spicer/518637/
An Intimate Week of Diary Entries from Sean Spicer Think it's easy being the White House press secretary for the Trump administration? Two words: think again. http://www.gq.com/story/sean-spicer-diaries
Teenager's sickle cell reversed with world-first therapy - gene therapy A French teenager's sickle cell disease has been reversed using a pioneering treatment to change his DNA. The world-first procedure at Necker Children's Hospital in Paris offers hope to millions of people with the blood disorder. Scientists altered the genetic instructions in his bone marrow so it made healthy red blood cells. So far, the therapy has worked for 15 months and the child is no longer on any medication. [...] http://www.bbc.com/news/health-39142971 study Gene Therapy in a Patient with Sickle Cell Disease http://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1609677
Devastating Leak Reveals Republican Obamacare Replacement Will Be A Death Sentence For Thousands By Jason Easley on Fri, Feb 24th, 2017 at 3:55 pm The House Republican Obamacare replacement plan has been leaked and it as bad as expected. The Republican plan would kill subsidies and Medicaid expansion. It would allow states to create high-risk pools with benefit caps and would cause millions of Americans to lose their health care. The Republican plan is a death sentence for millions of Americans who benefit from the ACA. http://www.politicususa.com/2017/02/24/devastating-leak-reveals-republican-obamacare-replacement-death-sentence-thousands.html
Draft Obamacare Repeal Plan Targets The Individual Mandate, Medicaid, And Abortion Coverage A draft of the Obamacare repeal plan to be presented by Paul Ryan this week would block federal money from going to Planned Parenthood or abortion coverage, while stripping away many of the Affordable Care Act’s taxes and benefits. https://www.buzzfeed.com/paulmcleod/draft-obamacare-repeal-plan-targets-the-individual-mandate-m
The Secret To Happiness Revealed - included in 12-28-16 Alex Jones Show Paul Joseph Watson talks about the death of Carrie Fisher and how now many people are completely unhappy no matter what the accomplish. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y-f8VLzMdM
https://www.youtube.com/user/DarkMatter2525/videos - recent not posted yet, chrono as uploaded If Muhammad Replaced Trump (. . .) Jul 24, 2016 If the ideals of Islamism came out of Trump's mouth, how would the Left & Right react? If any Muslims do respond to this cartoon, I have a couple predictions: 1. Some will respond by saying that the verses are out of context (standard response), but notice that none of these verses are actually justified by their context, and 2. Some other verse will be presented that contradicts one of the verses I used, which proves nothing other than the fact that the Islamic texts in question are contradictory. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D1sW7tu6-s You Can't Escape - Episode 8 of "Power Corrupts" ( https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv--V1yc2QDJi6hFNhur3iAsyFpXRtB8w - further to http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=123593680 ) Aug 28, 2016 You might be able to escape religion, but you can't escape what caused it in the first place. All you can do is try to be cognizant of it, and try your best to keep it in check. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dspHj0Cj2-g Always Cry Wolf Sep 28, 2016 Human beings often unite during tragedies, foregoing our petty differences. Imagine if we didn't require the tragedy. While "crying wolf" is considered bad, the title of this video refers to what happened at Yellowstone, and in that light, the title's meaning is "always strive for balance". During my 40 years of life, I have learned that attaining balance is the greatest solver of problems. Be neither excessive nor neglectful. I believe that is a good rule for the macro as well, for society, and for our planet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVsVgAqV9WI Don't Expect A Terrible Hereafter Oct 25, 2016 I was challenged to make a meaningful animation without speech. Thanks to my friend, known as C0ct0pusPrime here on YouTube, for challenging me to do this a while back. I had a lot of ideas, but this one stuck with me the most. Life is filled with dark irony. The very thing you want the most, might actually end up being the thing you'd least want. If you're not mindful, you might find out too late. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_jijoIUi2A King Solomon Nov 28, 2016 Marriage should be between 1 man and 1000 women. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Zjjg7mmDN4 If Hitler Never Existed (. . .) Dec 21, 2016 This is basically a MUCH better version of "It's a Wonderful Life". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5TtDZlHqao The Horror of Your Desires Dec 29, 2016 If you somehow obtained ultimate power, the things you’d choose to do would show us far more clearly who you really are than you could possibly show us with your current limitations. You could choose to bend people to your will, even if only through threats and intimidation, or maybe you could enjoy life with us, help us, and teach us. The bible authors created a character in Yahweh who abuses his limitless power with wanton abandon, reeking of a crude tool of manipulation - not a loving, caring teacher. He is the ultimate bad guy, sold to us as the ultimate good guy - a monumental travesty of history. It certainly is a good thing that Yahweh is a fictional invention of ancient writers. My next animations will be about the life and times of King David, as found in 1st and 2nd Samuel (and a bit of 1st Kings). This animation was Episode 9 of my Power Corrupts series. Here’s a link to the full playlist of the Power Corrupts series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA5PlJiqOnk&list=PLv--V1yc2QDJi6hFNhur3iAsyFpXRtB8w - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv--V1yc2QDJi6hFNhur3iAsyFpXRtB8w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqJBD5SosZI King David Jan 22, 2017 This is the beginning of King David’s story from the Bible, the books of Samuel. I’d like to animate the rest of the books of Samuel, but that would take an enormous amount of work, and not only would your support via Patreon be greatly appreciated, but would also attach your name to the project (DarkMatter Army or above). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdtV9kbs_fo David, Goliath, and the 200 Cyclops Sleeves Feb 20, 2017 The Sunday School version of David and Goliath usually ends after David slings his rock, and for good reason; the rest isn’t quite wholesome family entertainment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZPhXoDI3F0
Kazuo Ishiguro: 'We’re coming close to the point where we can create people who are superior to others' - tie in particular to http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=126997323 Social changes unleashed by new technologies could undermine core human values unless we engage with science, warns author Imagine a two-tiered society with elite citizens, genetically engineered to be smarter, healthier and to live longer, and an underclass of biologically run-of-the-mill humans. It sounds like the plot of a dystopian novel, but the world could be sleepwalking towards this scenario, according to one of Britain’s most celebrated writers. Kazuo Ishiguro argues that the social changes unleashed by gene editing technologies, such as Crispr, could undermine core human values. “We’re going into a territory where a lot of the ways in which we have organised our societies will suddenly look a bit redundant,” he said. “In liberal democracies, we have this idea that human beings are basically equal in some very fundamental way. We’re coming close to the point where we can, objectively in some sense, create people who are superior to others.” [...] https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/dec/02/kazuo-ishiguro-were-coming-close-to-the-point-where-we-can-create-people-who-are-superior-to-others
Teenager's sickle cell reversed with world-first therapy - gene therapy A French teenager's sickle cell disease has been reversed using a pioneering treatment to change his DNA. The world-first procedure at Necker Children's Hospital in Paris offers hope to millions of people with the blood disorder. Scientists altered the genetic instructions in his bone marrow so it made healthy red blood cells. So far, the therapy has worked for 15 months and the child is no longer on any medication. [...] http://www.bbc.com/news/health-39142971 study Gene Therapy in a Patient with Sickle Cell Disease http://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1609677
Have Scientists Discovered the Earliest Fossilized Evidence of Life? A new paper makes the bold claim that structures in rocks approaching the age of Earth itself come from ancient bacteria, but this conclusion is highly controversial. http://www.snopes.com/2017/03/03/earliest-fossilized-evidence-of-life/
The Age of Stupid - full documentary (Official) - further in particular to http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=126997323 Hello. This is the official, full-length (89 min) version of our 2009 movie, The Age of Stupid. This film was made completely independently (we arguably invented crowd-funding to fund it) over five long years. We're a tiny independent film company always struggling to make ends meet, so if you watch for free here, please make a donation - http://spannerfilms.net/donate - and also sign up to our email list: http://www.spannerfilms.net/mailing_list . Thanks v much and enjoy the film, Franny & Lizzie from Spanner Films - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The Age of Stupid stars Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite (In The Name of the Father, The Usual Suspects, Brassed Off) as a man living in the devastated future world of 2055, looking back at old footage from our time and asking: why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance? Launched at a Guinness World Recording-winning solar-powered premiere in London's Leicester Square, the film was released in cinemas worldwide, topped the UK box office (by screen average), became one of the most talked-about films of 2009 and garnered sensational reviews: The Telegraph called it "Bold, supremely provocative and hugely important", the News of the World described it as "A deeply inconvenient kick up the backside", ABC Australia said "So tightly constructed and dynamic you leave the cinema energised rather than terrified... hits home like a hammer blow" and the LA Times said "Think 'An Inconvenient Truth', but with a personality". Multi-award-winning documentary director Franny Armstrong (McLibel, Drowned Out) and Oscar-winning producer John Battsek (One Day In September, Restrepo) pioneered the now ubiquitous "crowd-funding" model to finance the film, and then spent four years following seven real people's stories to be interweaved with Pete Postlethwaite's fictional character: an Indian entrepreneur struggling to start a new low-cost airline, a Shell employee in New Orleans who rescued more than 100 people during Hurricane Katrina, an 82-year-old French mountain guide watching his beloved glaciers melt, two Iraqi refugee children searching for their elder brother, a young woman living in desperate poverty in Nigeria's richest oil area and a windfarm developer in Britain battling the NIMBYs who don't want his turbines to spoil their view. The Age of Stupid led to the formation of the 10:10 carbon reduction campaign which now operates in 45 countris (www.1010global.org). Recognising the film's unique contribution to independent filmmaking, the Huffington Post said that it "represents the future of film, film culture and film distribution and marketing". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va_MVxpboqg [since gone dark - find another if possible] [though it clearly is dated]
A sobering look at what Betsy DeVos did to education in Michigan — and what she might do as secretary of education The people who best know the education advocacy work of Betsy DeVos, the billionaire tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to be his education secretary, are in Michigan, where she has been involved in reform for decades. DeVos is a former Republican Party chairwoman in Michigan and chair of the pro-school-choice advocacy group American Federation for Children, and she has been a shining light to members of the movement to privatize public education by working to create programs and pass laws that require the use of public funds to pay for private school tuition in the form of vouchers and similar programs. She has also been a force behind the spread of charter schools in Michigan, most of which have recorded student test scores in reading and math below the state average. Many pro-school-choice groups have praised the choice, saying DeVos will work hard to grow new programs that give parents more school choice. But public education advocates say that they fear she will help propel America’s public education system toward destruction. The Detroit Free Press has written a number of articles about DeVos’s education record in Michigan. Here is an important piece [ http://www.freep.com/story/opinion/columnists/stephen-henderson/2016/12/03/betsy-devos-education-donald-trump/94728574/ ] looking at what a DeVos Education Department could be expected to do, written by someone who has watched her work for some time. He is Stephen Henderson, editorial page editor of the Free Press, where this first appeared. He gave me permission to republish it. [...] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/12/08/a-sobering-look-at-what-betsy-devos-did-to-education-in-michigan-and-what-she-might-do-as-secretary-of-education/
Teacher to Trump’s education pick: Let’s ‘address the elephant in the room.’ It’s you. The selection of Betsy DeVos by President-elect Donald Trump as his education secretary nominee has been attacked by public school advocates who see her longtime support for school “choice” and private Catholic education as evidence that she does not support America’s public education system. In this post, that sentiment is explained by an educator who has written an open letter to DeVos. He is Patrick Kearney, facilitator for Teacher Leadership in the Johnston Community School District in Iowa. He spent 25 years as a band director in private and public schools of Iowa, and is a past-president of the Iowa Bandmasters Association and past co-chair of the Iowa Jazz Championships. He was also a founding board member of the Jazz Educators of Iowa. His wife teaches in the Des Moines Public Schools and his son is studying education at Drake University. Here’s the letter, which first appeared on Huffington Post [ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/an-introduction-from-public-school-teachers-to-betsy_us_5845e2fbe4b0707e4c8171a3 ]. Kearney gave me permission to republish it. [...] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/12/10/teacher-to-trumps-education-pick-lets-address-the-elephant-in-the-room-its-you/
Tornado Town, USA - big piece - map of mini-tornado alleys Four devastating tornadoes hit Moore, Oklahoma, in 16 years. Was it geography or just bad luck? May 26, 2016 http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/tornadoes/
Welcome to the era of cognitive business Start your cognitive business journey by learning more about cognitive solutions like Watson and the IBM Cloud platform that supports cognitive workloads. http://www.ibm.com/cognitive/
The material that could let robots REPAIR themselves: Wolverine-style substance heals within 24 hours The material is transparent, stretchable, and can conduct electricity The material can stretch 50 times its original length without being damaged As well as its use in robots, researchers believe it could be used to extend the lifetime of batteries in electric cars, and improve biosensors in the medical field http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4070900/The-material-let-robots-REPAIR-Wolverine-style-substance-heals-24-hours.html
Scientists built an AI that is smarter than most adults Computers can already hold a massive amount of instantly-retrievable data in a manner that puts most humans to shame, but getting them to actually display intelligence is an entirely different challenge. A team of researchers from Northwestern University just made a huge stride towards that goal with a computational model that actually outperforms the average American adult in a standard intelligence test. [...] http://bgr.com/2017/01/19/ai-smarter-than-humans-northwestern/ referencing (among other): Making AI systems that see the world as humans do https://phys.org/news/2017-01-ai-world-humans.html study http://psycnet.apa.org/?&fa=main.doiLanding&doi=10.1037/rev0000039
Some Clinton aides suspect that Roger Stone, an on-again, off-again adviser to Trump, counselled WikiLeaks on the optimal timing for its disclosures. Six days before the leaks began, Stone tweeted, “@HillaryClinton is done. #Wikileaks.” Stone said that he was “flattered” by the suspicion but denied that he had given the group advice. He said that he was merely alerted to the leaks by a “mutual friend” of his and Assange’s: “And I was told that the information he had would be devastating to Hillary. I was not told the subject matter.” Stone was among those named in news reports about evidence that Trump associates had had exchanges with Russian intelligence officials. According to Stone, he has not been contacted by the F.B.I., and such suspicions are unfounded. (“If they have evidence of a crime, indict somebody,” he said. “I have not been in touch with anybody in Russia. I’ve never been to Russia. I don’t know any Russians.”)
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