Shakira accused of 14.5 million euros tax fraud in Spain…
December 8, 2018
The Colombian, 41, will have to defend herself against claims she defrauded the Spanish taxman out of nearly 15million euros over three years, respected daily El Pais reported.
State prosecutors have spent the past year probing Shakira and have now concluded 14.5million euros is the amount they believe she defrauded between 2012 and 2014.
“James Comey didn’t plead the fifth” Tom Fitton lays out the details of Comey’s testimony…
December 8, 2018
Monsanto Paid Internet Trolls to Counter Bad Publicity…
December 8, 2018
Newly released court documents show that Monsanto has been accused of using third-parties to hire an army of internet trolls to post positive comments on websites and social media about Monsanto, its chemicals and GMOs, and downplay the potential safety risks surrounding the company’s popular glyphosate herbicide.
Elon Musk says Boring Company tunnel under LA will now open on Dec. 18…
December 8, 2018
The billionaire entrepreneur also claimed the postponed date will be "more than a tunnel opening," pointing to "modded but fully road legal autonomous transport cars."
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The tunnel, in the southern suburb of Hawthorne in the Los Angeles area, was initially slated to open on Dec. 10 with free rides for the public scheduled the next day. The high-speed transit tunnel can whisk vehicles from place to place at up to 150 miles per hour.The FBI says the Proud Boys are not an extremist group after all…
December 8, 2018
A high-ranking FBI agent told reporters that the male-chauvinist group Proud Boys, which has made headlines for its part in violent clashes in Portland, Ore., and New York, is not considered an extremist group, contradicting a report from a Washington state sheriff’s office that circulated in November.
Justice Department office issued guidance on Whitaker’s role in Russia probe…
December 8, 2018
Justice Department officials have said Whitaker would follow Justice Department procedures for handling ethics issues that may arise.
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Since Trump appointed Whitaker last month, the Justice Department has refused to say if he has consulted ethics officials, or plans to, about whether he should recuse himself from the Russia probe.Gen. Dunford urges Google to work with military…
December 8, 2018
The top U.S. general said on Thursday that it was “inexplicable” that technology giants like Alphabet Inc’s Google (GOOGL.O) did not want to work with the Pentagon even as they seek out business with China, where companies have less freedom than in the United States.
Ohio Man Convicted of Terrorism Offenses After Trying to Join ISIS…
December 8, 2018
Laith Waleed Alebbini, 28, of Dayton, Ohio, was convicted today for attempting and conspiring to join the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.U.S. District Judge Walter H. Rice returned a guilty verdict today following a bench trial that started on Nov. 13, convicting Alebbini of one count of attempting to provide material support and resources to ISIS, and one count of conspiring to do the same. Alebbini attempted and conspired to provide material support and resources to ISIS in the form of personnel, namely himself.
Alebbini, a citizen of Jordan and a U.S. legal permanent resident, was arrested by the FBI on April 26, 2017, at the Cincinnati/Kentucky International Airport, as he approached the TSA security checkpoint. Alebbini waived his right to trial by jury, and the case proceeded to trial before the Court. The evidence at trial showed that at the time of his arrest, Alebbini had a ticket and boarding passes in hand for a flight to Amnan, Jordan, with a connection in Istanbul, Turkey. The evidence also showed that Alebbini intended to step off the plane once in Istanbul, forego the flight to Amman, and instead make his way from Turkey into Syria in order to join ISIS there.
Chrysler to open factory in Detroit with Hundreds of new auto jobs, weeks after GM layoffs…
December 8, 2018
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV plans to convert an idled engine plant in the city into an assembly plant as part of the automaker's plans to add a new three-row Jeep SUV to its lineup, The Detroit News has learned.
The Auburn Hills-based automaker plans to revive Mack Avenue Engine II, which has been idled since 2012, as an assembly plant building a new three-row Jeep Grand Cherokee for model year 2021, multiple sources familiar with the plans told The News. The move could add as many as 400 new auto jobs in the city.
President Trump Delivers Remarks at the 2018 Project Safe Neighborhoods National Conference…
December 8, 2018
Facebook adopts bizarre new anti-sex speech code in secret…
December 8, 2018
Facebook has opted to purge its platform of all sex-related content with a new policy banning everything from nude pictures to “sexualized slang,” up to and including “vague suggestive statements” – without informing its users.
Huge Torrent Tracker Calls it Quits After 12 Years, Citing Article 13…
December 8, 2018
Leechers Paradise, one of the world's longest-standing and most important BitTorrent trackers, has shut down for good. Launched 12 years ago, the site was recently coordinating the transfers of 132 million peers but now, with the EU's Article 13 legislation looming, its operator says its time to close before the platform is rendered illegal.
How Criminals Steal $37 Billion a Year from America’s Elderly…
December 8, 2018
Telephone pitchers, online scammers and even family members target the most vulnerable among us. And it’s about to get worse.
Pearl Harbor sailors finally laid to rest 77 years later thanks to DNA testing…
December 8, 2018
In 2015, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency started exhuming nearly 400 sets of the remains after determining advances in forensic science and genealogical help from families could make identifications possible. As of earlier this month, the agency has identified 186 sailors and Marines from the Oklahoma who were previously unidentified.
Slowly, the remains are being sent to be reburied in places like Traer, Iowa, Ontonagon, Michigan, Omaha, Nebraska and Arlington Cemetery. Many were buried on Friday during the anniversary of the attack with other to be laid to rest throughout the weekend. Among those to be buried include:
Watch “Yellow Vests” In Paris Protest…
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December 8, 2018
Charlottesville driver guilty of murder…
December 8, 2018
A man who drove his car into a crowd of protesters in Virginia, killing a woman, has been found guilty of murder.
Alex Fields Jr, a 21-year-old described by prosecutors as a white supremacist, was on trial over the incident in Charlottesville in August 2017.
NYPD Will Monitor Americans With Fleet Of Chinese-Made Drones…
December 8, 2018
Several months after the Department of Defense (DoD) banned the purchase of commercial-over-the-shelf Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), including DJI drones from China for most (if not all) departments, The New York City Police Department (NYPD) has just had the bright idea to launch a fleet of Chinese made drones for surveillance operations across the five boroughs.
LA RÉVOLUTION – A Result Of Nationalist VS Globalist Wars
December 8, 2018
Court that Trump blasted as a ‘disaster’ denies reinstatement of president’s asylum plan…
December 8, 2018
The Trump administration’s bid to immediately reinstate its policy of denying asylum to those who enter the U.S. illegally was denied Friday by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
The San Francisco-based court stated in a 2-1 ruling that the policy was likely “inconsistent” with existing law.
President Donald J. Trump Signed S. 2152 into Law…
December 8, 2018
On Friday, December 7, 2018, the President signed into law:
S. 2152, the “Amy, Vicky, and Andy Child Pornography Victim Assistance Act of 2018,” which requires Federal courts to order mandatory restitution against a defendant who is convicted for trafficking in child pornography.