PAPAD says FBI tried to get his wife to ‘entrap’ him…
May 17, 2019
"Besides the FBI trying to have my then-girlfriend, now wife, actually wear a wire to try to entrap me herself -- which was completely crazy -- she was an Italian citizen visiting me as a girlfriend. And they subpoenaed her and tried to flip her against me, which was incredibly bizarre," Papadopoulos said on Fox News'... Papadopoulos said he believes his wife was targeted because she knew all about academic Joseph Mifsud's connection to Italian government.
‘Unplanned’ Is Driving Abortion Workers Out of the Industry…
May 17, 2019
... we were really experiencing an overwhelming amount of workers contacting us. Since the film is out of theaters now, that’s slowed down a little bit, but we’re now over 500 workers... So many have come through after viewing the film, watching the film, and a lot of them going in as a critic to see what this is all about, and then finding truth in it and saying, “I don’t want to do this anymore either.”
Canada Plans ‘Meaningful Financial Consequences’ for Tech Companies That Spread Disinformation – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the planned “digital charter” to tackle online extremism, disinformation, and transparency, on Thursday…
May 17, 2019
And who gets to define what "disinformation" is? The current government.
This Chinese facial recognition start-up can identify a person in seconds…
May 17, 2019
- China plans to be the global leader in artificial intelligence by 2030, a market where the facial recognition piece alone is expected to garner $9.6 billion by 2022.
- China's facial recognition database includes nearly every one of China's 1.4 billion citizens.
- Shanghai-based YITU Technology has gained wide recognition for its facial scan platform that can identify a person from a database of at least 2 billion people in a matter of seconds.
U.S. terminates Turkey’s preferential trade agreement that allowed some exports to enter the country duty free, but it has halved its tariffs on imports of Turkish steel to 25%…
May 17, 2019
The White House said it was appropriate to terminate Turkey’s eligibility to participate in the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program, based on its level of economic development. The decision is effective May 17, it added. The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) in early March said Turkey was no longer eligible to participate because it “is sufficiently economically developed.”
‘Done with asking nicely’: Canadian Province – British Columbia – announces public inquiry into money laundering…
May 17, 2019
British Columbia will hold a public inquiry into money laundering, sparked by a set of explosive reports showing widespread laundering in the province's real estate, gambling and luxury car sectors... "It became abundantly clear to us that the depth and the magnitude of money laundering in British Columbia was far worse than we imagined when we were first sworn in..." Horgan said... more than $7 billion was laundered in B.C. in 2018, including an estimated $5.3 billion through the real estate market...
Could it be that Chinese oligarchs were buying Vancouver real estate and using it to park money offshore? Don't doubt it.
China’s lunar rover finds proof the moon has a mantle…
May 17, 2019
“What we found is the first direct evidence of materials from deep below the lunar crust,” though how deep is still unknown, he said.
It is generally believed that the moon was once covered by oceans of molten rock. Lighter substances rose to the surface and formed a crust while heavier ones sank to form the mantle and core. The new findings support that theory...
We wonder if the Chinese paid some money for a biased article like this using hints of jabs towards America's space exploration. We wouldn't doubt it one bit.
Toronto Mayor Defends Drag Queen Lap Dance In Front Of Children
May 17, 2019