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October 29, 2020

"Loteria" Julian Castro ad for Biden/Harris

https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1321844492362633216


Article from NBC:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1245289

AMERICA'S DIVERSE VOTE

In Biden campaign ad, Julián Castro plays 'Lotería' to promote candidate's jobs plan
The ad narrated by Castro shows an image of a torn Mexican lotería card with the words "La America" and "Unemployment" written on it.


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October 29, 2020

"City So Real" / Nat Geographic channel airs tonight/5 part series

https://films.nationalgeographic.com/citysoreal

Academy Award ®-nominated filmmaker Steve James’ fascinating and complex portrait of contemporary Chicago delivers a deep, multifaceted look into the soul of a quintessentially American city, set against the backdrop of its history-making 2019 mayoral election, and the tumultuous 2020 summer of COVID-19 and social upheaval following the death of George Floyd.

Watch the trailer:



Airs thursday/29th all 5 parts, on Nat Geo Channel.

Airs on HULU the following day.
October 29, 2020

'City So Real' / Nat Geographic channel airs tonight/5 part series

https://films.nationalgeographic.com/citysoreal

Academy Award ®-nominated filmmaker Steve James’ fascinating and complex portrait of contemporary Chicago delivers a deep, multifaceted look into the soul of a quintessentially American city, set against the backdrop of its history-making 2019 mayoral election, and the tumultuous 2020 summer of COVID-19 and social upheaval following the death of George Floyd.

Watch the trailer:



Airs thursday/29th all 5 parts, on Nat Geo Channel.

Airs on HULU the following day.
October 29, 2020

Barr shut down Berman's investigation into Erdogan/Trump

"The president’s apparent eagerness to please Mr. Erdogan has drawn scrutiny for years."

https://twitter.com/LincolnsBible/status/1321827135477096449

https://twitter.com/john_sipher/status/1321827200161746945

From NY Times:
Turkish Bank Case Showed Erdogan’s Influence With Trump.
New details of the Justice Department’s handling of the accusations against Halkbank reveal how Turkey’s leader pressured the president, prompting concern from top White House aides.



***WASHINGTON —
​Geoffrey S. Berman was outraged.
"The top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, Mr. Berman had traveled to Washington in June 2019 to discuss a particularly delicate case with Attorney General William P. Barr and some of his top aides
: [br]a criminal investigation into Halkbank, a state-owned Turkish bank suspected of violating U.S. sanctions law by funneling billions of dollars of gold and cash to Iran."**

For months, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey had been pressing President Trump to quash the investigation, which threatened not only the bank but potentially members of Mr. Erdogan’s family and political party.
When Mr. Berman sat down with Mr. Barr, he was stunned to be presented with a settlement proposal that would give Mr. Erdogan a key concession.
Mr. Barr pressed Mr. Berman to allow the bank to avoid an indictment
by paying a fine and acknowledging some wrongdoing. In addition, the Justice Department would agree to end investigations and criminal cases involving Turkish and bank officials who were allied with Mr. Erdogan and suspected of participating in the sanctions-busting scheme.

Mr. Berman didn’t buy it.
The bank had the right to try to negotiate a settlement. But his prosecutors were still investigating key individuals, including some with ties to Mr. Erdogan, and believed the scheme had helped finance Iran’s nuclear weapons program.


This is completely wrong,” Mr. Berman later told lawyers in the Justice Department, according to people who were briefed on the proposal and his response. “You don’t grant immunity to individuals unless you are getting something from them — and we wouldn’t be here.”
It was not the first time Mr. Berman, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, had fended off attempts by top Justice Department political appointees to disrupt the Halkbank investigation.

Six months earlier, Matthew G. Whitaker, the acting attorney general who ran the department from November 2018 until Mr. Barr arrived in February 2019, rejected a request from Mr. Berman for permission to file criminal charges against the bank, two lawyers involved in the investigation said.
Mr. Whitaker blocked the move shortly after Mr. Erdogan repeatedly pressed Mr. Trump
in a series of conversations in November and December 2018 to resolve the Halkbank matter.
The president’s apparent eagerness to please Mr. Erdogan has drawn scrutiny for years.
MORE...
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/10/29/us/politics/trump-erdogan-halkbank.amp.html

October 28, 2020

China Launches Construction Of Huge $20 Billion Refinery Complex

https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/China-Launches-Construction-Of-Huge-20-Billion-Refinery-Complex.html

China Launches Construction Of Huge $20 Billion Refinery Complex

China has launched the construction of a refinery and petrochemical complex worth US$20 billion in the Shandong province, the home of the independent Chinese refiners, Reuters reports, citing a local state newspaper.

Earlier this year, China gave the go-ahead to plans for the colossal refinery and petrochemical complex Yulong, which will include a refinery with a crude processing capacity of 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) and an ethylene plant producing 3 million tons per year. According to sources who spoke to Reuters in June, the investment in the project would be some 140 billion Chinese yuan, or US$20.85 billion.

According to Argus, the new mega-complex, while a government initiative, will be mostly financed by capital from the private sector.

SNIP
According to Argus, the first phase of the complex, the 400,000-bpd refinery, is expected to be completed by 2025. The units in the first phase are designed to process crude oil from the Middle East—Saudi Arabia’s Arab Extra Light and crude from Kuwait, Argus reported earlier this week.

This suggests that Middle Eastern crude oil exporters will have another major customer in China, the world’s largest oil importer.

More...
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China with ME production will become the world's largest polluter.
I'm not certain of any environmental concerns or regulations in China.

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October 28, 2020

President Bill Clinton preserved this vital remaining American wilderness two decades ago.

https://twitter.com/tomwatson/status/1321468525249253377



WAPO archives 1999:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/daily/oct99/forest8.htm


WAPO 2020
"As of Thursday, it will be legal for logging companies to build roads and cut and remove timber throughout more than 9.3 million acres of forest — featuring old-growth stands of red and yellow cedar, Sitka spruce and Western hemlock. The relatively-pristine expanse is also home to plentiful salmon runs and imposing fjords. The decision, which will be published in the Federal Register, reverses protections President Bill Clinton put in place in 2001 and is one of the most sweeping public lands rollbacks Trump has enacted."



https://clintonwhitehouse5.archives.gov/WH/new/html/Fri_Jan_5_151122_2001.html
October 27, 2020

Cubans for Biden/Harris




They're burning candles!

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