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DIY-HP-LED
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The future never is, and prophecy has always been risky business, we are dealing with precident, probabilities and the known facts. The prima facie case does not look good for them in the courts and it sure looks like Vlad is gonna get an ass whipping of epic proportions in Ukraine starting as soon as the ground is frozen enough, along with the poorly equipped and prepared Russians.
BudmanTX
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must have been the shell fish in Florida......got a bad oyster
DIY-HP-LED
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Follow Brazil's lead!
Brazilian Authorities Arrested the Rioters. Now They Are Arresting Security Officials.
With more than 700 people arrested after supporters of Jair Bolsonaro ransacked Brazil’s seats of government, the authorities began to search for those who funded and aided the rioters.
BRASÍLIA — Brazilian authorities on Tuesday issued arrest warrants for two government security officials, zeroed in on people suspected of funding this week’s violent protests and asked a federal court to freeze the assets of the far-right former president, Jair Bolsonaro, a broad expansion of the investigation into the invasion of Brazil’s Congress, Supreme Court and presidential offices by protesters on Sunday.
The moves showed that, a day after arresting hundreds of people suspected of taking part in Sunday’s riot in Brazil’s capital, Brasília, the nation’s top officials have now turned their focus to the political and business elites suspected of inspiring, organizing or aiding the rioters.
Alexandre de Moraes, a Brazilian Supreme Court justice, issued the warrants for the two security officials, including Anderson Torres, the man effectively in charge of security for the capital, in response to a request by the federal police.
Mr. Moraes, a controversial figure who has been accused of severely overstepping his authority, said that investigators had evidence that the officials knew violence was brewing but did nothing to stop it. He said that they were under investigation for terrorism, criminal association and offenses related to the violent overthrow of democracy.
Separately on Tuesday, a top public prosecutor asked a federal court to freeze the assets of Mr. Bolsonaro in relation to the investigation into the riots, though his office declined to explain why.
The protesters invaded the government buildings under the false belief that October’s presidential election, which Mr. Bolsonaro lost, was rigged, their actions spurred in part because of his yearslong efforts to undermine the electorate’s faith in Brazil’s election systems.
The request to freeze Mr. Bolsonaro’s assets is now in the hands of a judge, but it is unclear whether the court has the legal power to block his accounts. And freezing assets, even if it were not challenged in court, could prove a lengthy and complex process.
Authorities are also expected to take action against more than 100 companies thought to have helped the protesters, including many believed to have transported rioters to the capital or to have provided them with free food and shelter, according to Brazilian media reports.
Brazil’s new justice minister, Flávio Dino, said government investigators had zeroed in on companies in at least 10 states that were suspected of having helped finance the riots. Authorities were seeking arrest warrants for “people who did not come to Brasília, but who participated in the crime, who are organizers, financiers,” Mr. Dino said on Tuesday.
Both Mr. Dino and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva have said that they believe prominent players in the country’s powerful agriculture industry, which largely backed Mr. Bolsonaro in the election, played a role.
“These people were there today, the agribusiness,” Mr. Lula said after the attacks, adding that “all these people will be investigated, found out, and will be punished.”
The moves highlighted the growing scope of the hunt to identify the ideological, logistical and financial architects of Sunday’s chaos, the worst attack on Brazil’s institutions since a military dictatorship ended in 1985.
Many people who participated in the riots had been camped out for weeks outside the Army headquarters in Brasília, espousing the false claim that October’s election was stolen and calling for the military to step in. Military and independent experts found no credible evidence of voter fraud in the election, in which Mr. Lula, a leftist former president, defeated Mr. Bolsonaro. Mr. Lula took office on Jan. 1.
While Mr. Bolsonaro had for years asserted, without evidence, that Brazil’s election systems were plagued by fraud, after the election he authorized the transition of power to Mr. Lula. Mr. Bolsonaro, who has been in the United States since before the inauguration, criticized the rioters on Sunday, saying that peaceful demonstrations were part of democracy but the “destruction and invasions of public buildings” was not.
In the wake of the riot, investigators are grappling with difficult questions about why rioters were able to enter federal government buildings so easily — and whether security authorities were blindsided, negligent or somehow complicit.
Some officials have been quick to place much of the blame on Mr. Torres, who served as Mr. Bolsonaro’s justice minister before becoming the security chief of the Federal District, a small province that includes Brasília, on Jan. 2. That position made him largely in charge of the security plans for the protest on Sunday.
Brazilian Authorities Arrested the Rioters. Now They Are Arresting Security Officials.
With more than 700 people arrested after supporters of Jair Bolsonaro ransacked Brazil’s seats of government, the authorities began to search for those who funded and aided the rioters.
BRASÍLIA — Brazilian authorities on Tuesday issued arrest warrants for two government security officials, zeroed in on people suspected of funding this week’s violent protests and asked a federal court to freeze the assets of the far-right former president, Jair Bolsonaro, a broad expansion of the investigation into the invasion of Brazil’s Congress, Supreme Court and presidential offices by protesters on Sunday.
The moves showed that, a day after arresting hundreds of people suspected of taking part in Sunday’s riot in Brazil’s capital, Brasília, the nation’s top officials have now turned their focus to the political and business elites suspected of inspiring, organizing or aiding the rioters.
Alexandre de Moraes, a Brazilian Supreme Court justice, issued the warrants for the two security officials, including Anderson Torres, the man effectively in charge of security for the capital, in response to a request by the federal police.
Mr. Moraes, a controversial figure who has been accused of severely overstepping his authority, said that investigators had evidence that the officials knew violence was brewing but did nothing to stop it. He said that they were under investigation for terrorism, criminal association and offenses related to the violent overthrow of democracy.
Separately on Tuesday, a top public prosecutor asked a federal court to freeze the assets of Mr. Bolsonaro in relation to the investigation into the riots, though his office declined to explain why.
The protesters invaded the government buildings under the false belief that October’s presidential election, which Mr. Bolsonaro lost, was rigged, their actions spurred in part because of his yearslong efforts to undermine the electorate’s faith in Brazil’s election systems.
The request to freeze Mr. Bolsonaro’s assets is now in the hands of a judge, but it is unclear whether the court has the legal power to block his accounts. And freezing assets, even if it were not challenged in court, could prove a lengthy and complex process.
Authorities are also expected to take action against more than 100 companies thought to have helped the protesters, including many believed to have transported rioters to the capital or to have provided them with free food and shelter, according to Brazilian media reports.
Brazil’s new justice minister, Flávio Dino, said government investigators had zeroed in on companies in at least 10 states that were suspected of having helped finance the riots. Authorities were seeking arrest warrants for “people who did not come to Brasília, but who participated in the crime, who are organizers, financiers,” Mr. Dino said on Tuesday.
Both Mr. Dino and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva have said that they believe prominent players in the country’s powerful agriculture industry, which largely backed Mr. Bolsonaro in the election, played a role.
“These people were there today, the agribusiness,” Mr. Lula said after the attacks, adding that “all these people will be investigated, found out, and will be punished.”
The moves highlighted the growing scope of the hunt to identify the ideological, logistical and financial architects of Sunday’s chaos, the worst attack on Brazil’s institutions since a military dictatorship ended in 1985.
Many people who participated in the riots had been camped out for weeks outside the Army headquarters in Brasília, espousing the false claim that October’s election was stolen and calling for the military to step in. Military and independent experts found no credible evidence of voter fraud in the election, in which Mr. Lula, a leftist former president, defeated Mr. Bolsonaro. Mr. Lula took office on Jan. 1.
While Mr. Bolsonaro had for years asserted, without evidence, that Brazil’s election systems were plagued by fraud, after the election he authorized the transition of power to Mr. Lula. Mr. Bolsonaro, who has been in the United States since before the inauguration, criticized the rioters on Sunday, saying that peaceful demonstrations were part of democracy but the “destruction and invasions of public buildings” was not.
In the wake of the riot, investigators are grappling with difficult questions about why rioters were able to enter federal government buildings so easily — and whether security authorities were blindsided, negligent or somehow complicit.
Some officials have been quick to place much of the blame on Mr. Torres, who served as Mr. Bolsonaro’s justice minister before becoming the security chief of the Federal District, a small province that includes Brasília, on Jan. 2. That position made him largely in charge of the security plans for the protest on Sunday.
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Roger A. Shrubber
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does anyone else feel like we're being out democracied by Brazil?...they take threats to the security of their country seriously, and start arresting officials who were involved...two days later.
we've had more than two years and not one motherfucking arrest of a government official...
that is fucking sad...
DIY-HP-LED
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The comparisons and involvement by Trump cronies might spur some action. I'm pretty sure the NSA has a recording of all communications he and his buddies from there had back home and even inside their own country. It is legal for the NSA to do this too, especially the part where they were communicating from US soil and are not citizens. Joe has a lot of freedom of action here and will want Bolsonaro gone as much as Putin and Trump, it would be a hattrick if he nailed all three! Fascism wiped out at a stroke, or dealt a heavy blow at home and abroad. Joe could help Lula a lot to nail these fucks, get on his good side and help himself and America too, just saying...
DIY-HP-LED
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Storming the supreme court was a serious mistake! Their justice system does not work like our English adversarial system, it follows a European model, with judges taking a much more active roll in investigations. Seeing the same thing happen in America and Germany will affect their decisions...
Herb & Suds
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DIY-HP-LED
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Fogdog
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dang, just from her fleshy face, it's apparent she couldn't keep ther hands out of the cookie jar OR the pork barrel. On May 30, 2019, Taylor was sentenced to 10 months in jail, 10,000 fine and $18,000 repayment to FEMA. Of course when one scratches the surface of her history, lice fall out:
Several years earlier:
UPDATE: State takeover of Clay County Development Corporation, director removed
By WSAZ News Staff, Jatara McGee
Published: Dec. 13, 2016 at 8:50 AM PST
The development corporation recently made national and international headlines after the former executive director, Pamela Taylor, made a racist Facebook post that went viral.
The board of directors of the Clay County Development Corporation met last week and sent letters to Pamela Taylor and her two sisters, removing them from their positions with the non-profit. Taylor's two sisters were both employees.
State leaders met Tuesday morning at the center with current employees and continue to the takeover process.
According to Commissioner Robert Roswall with the Bureau of Senior Services, one of the two state agencies funding the Clay County Development Corporation, there were several contract violations that added up to a big problem and the takeover.
The CCDC was not complying with any Freedom of Information Act requests and was not holding open meetings. There was also no non-discrimination policy in place that covered seniors being served by the non-profit.
The Clay County Development Corporation brought in more than $1.5 million in state aid through two agencies, the Bureau of Senior Services and Bureau of Medical Services.
Nice job if you can get it. The Taylor sisters managed a fund of 1.5 million dollars and simply ignored requirements of holding open meetings or other regulatory requirements attached to those funds.
Then there is this:
Earlier, Taylor told NBC affiliate WSAZ earlier that she understood why her Facebook post may have been interpreted as racist, but that it was not her intention.
She said she was referring to her own opinion about Obama’s attractiveness, not the color of her skin, according to the news station.
Taylor reportedly told WSAZ that the heated public response to her Facebook post had become a “hate crime against me,” saying that she and her children had received death threats. She said she was planning to file a lawsuit against people who had slandered or libeled her amid the uproar, according to the news station.
Oh the Humanity! Ima sue you!!
Sativied
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Finland shifts to the right but could face weeks of fraught coalition talks
Petteri Orpo’s NCP pushes party of predecessor Sanna Marin into third place in tight election
www.theguardian.com
Far-right almost won the elections in Finland, leading left party ended up in third place.
What this means… well, the usual for, bad news for immigrants, for the climate, for EU fans in Finland. They consider NATO to be a lesser evil than EU but aren’t big on supporting any nation other than their own. As in WW2, they dislike Russians more than Germans.
DIY-HP-LED
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It is probably a reaction to the large numbers of Russians in the country and they tend to cause problems with a sense of entitlement I guess, we are here, and this place should now be Russian, whether they invade or accumulate as refugees!Finland shifts to the right but could face weeks of fraught coalition talks
Petteri Orpo’s NCP pushes party of predecessor Sanna Marin into third place in tight election
Far-right almost won the elections in Finland, leading left party ended up in third place.
What this means… well, the usual for, bad news for immigrants, for the climate, for EU fans in Finland. They consider NATO to be a lesser evil than EU but aren’t big on supporting any nation other than their own. As in WW2, they dislike Russians more than Germans.
cannabineer
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I suspect that the primary sentiment of Russians not in Russia is a shame-tinged gratitude.
DIY-HP-LED
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Most are just trying to keep their heads down, but there are assholes among them who should be home and, in the army, but for some reason ran away. Vlad could have provocateurs among them stirring up shit, so it is harder for Russians to get out of the country. There is bad blood and history between the Finns and Russians.
Finland: Restrictions on visas for Russians lead to decline in number of spies
According to the Helsingin Sanomat’s report, the official list of Russian diplomats has decreased by 11 names to 41 people over the past year.
tvpworld.com
Lucky Luke
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Happy to say that Australia's right wing party The Liberal party only hold one state after the NSW election.
The Left Labor wave controls federal politics and every state bar one (which happens to be my carbon negative island state). Tasmania's next state election will be interesting.
Pic of our PM Albo with Obama takin about a week ago. Nice to see no ties. Let's hope America gets a decent Prez again soon.
The Left Labor wave controls federal politics and every state bar one (which happens to be my carbon negative island state). Tasmania's next state election will be interesting.
Pic of our PM Albo with Obama takin about a week ago. Nice to see no ties. Let's hope America gets a decent Prez again soon.
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CunningCanuk
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Your right wing party is called the Liberal Party?
Sativied
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No, this is not something downplayed by reducing it to a black-and-white situation of Russia vs the good guys. The more you go east, whether it’s north or south east, the more nazi they get. Additionally, the whiter the population…. aside from Poland and Hungary, scandinavia has the largest portion of racists and neonazis, in seats, and population. They‘ve never been shamed enough to get rid of their nazi ideas, like their ally nazi germany itself, cause they switched sides. This is not the result of a war between other white tribes, anti-immigrant is in this context synonymous with anti-muslim/brown people. Don’t worry, almost every Finn wants Putin gone before normalizing relations with their neighbor and it won’t change their support for Ukraine right away. Long term though… well like I said, they hate Putin more than Germany.
Same in Europe. Specifically, it’s ’liberal conservatives’, sometimes former neo-liberal.
DIY-HP-LED
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They are not as "woke" in the east the soviet legacy tended to retard them socially as compared to many in the more multicultural western Europe. You kinda see it in the cultural civil war going on in Ukraine, modernity vs the other shit. I think there is a cultural war inside the Slavic world and the war in Ukraine is one manifestation of a larger eventual struggle between the old and the new, now it is polarized with war. Even in the west, rightwing parties are fueled by xenophobia and the threat many smaller European cultures feel about being overwhelmed and subsumed.