I am fed up hearing the phrase: "look presidential."" What the hell does this expression mean? When I look at Obama in his golf shorts with those skinny legs is that what is meant by looking presidential? If so, I prefer looking at Putin without his shirt riding a horse. or Kennedy in his bathing suit at the beach.
When I look at Trump getting his crop of hair mussed up is that presidential or when I observe Hillary's left eye crossing is she looking presidential or just like she took a heavy swig of Scotch.
My image of 'looking presidential' was destroyed by Bill, because every time I look at the Oval Office Desk I am reminded of what took place and I assume that was not what was meant by "looking presidential."
Certainly Gov. Dukakis did not "look presidential" in that tank. In fact, he looked pathetic and thus, lost the election. Jimmie Carter even made peanut farmers look bad.
I believe GW, with his sleeves rolled up, telling Muslim Terrorists they would soon be hearing from us, was a presidential look. What say you?
I loved watching Harry S playing the piano. Not because it made him "look presidential" but because it made him look human and those God awful Panama shirts he wore. They were terrible but I loved him in them because it proved he did not give a damn what people thought and I believe that made him very presidential.
FDR was an invalid so he spoke behind a desk but he sounded presidential.
Wendell Wilkie looked like a wild man who always sounded and looked angry but then Adlai looked like an erudite professor. I loved listening to him but he had a hole in his shoe and was that considered presidential?
Hubert Humphrey always looked happy and bubbly, Ford looked serious and somber and Nixon looked sullen.
So is to "look presidential" a catchy phrase used by mass media dolts to convey the word they used to throw around all the time - "Gravitas?" He did or did not have "gravitas."
Frankly, I cannot wait for the elections to end so we can find out which of the two questionable choices we selected and he/she can get on with adding more nails to our nation's coffin as we grope at what it means to "be presidential."
I would rather a president be competent and screw how he looks but then impressions have become
elevated since television. When we had radio, Fiorello LaGuardia could read the funny papers and we loved it and had we seen him doing so we might have turned him off because he looked like a Mafia Boss. FDR had his Fireside Chats and they were homey and chummy and Ike always spoke like he had his golf balls in his mouth. Meanwhile, Patton looked more like a General than Ike and thus, more presidential but he cussed like a sailor. and Ike allegedly had an affair with his designated driver.
One thing for sure I believe to "look presidential" is more in the eyes of the beholder and is something news people use because it is just more media drivel that conveys their own struggle with trying to project gravitas.
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Please contribute to this important future edifice! (See 1 below.)
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Monday could mark the end of one of the two candidates.
On the other hand, so many times when there is significant hype preceding an event, the evening could prove a dull and boring one. Time will tell.
I do believe Trump is likely to be subjected to more biased questioning and certainly the mass media will portray him in the worst light because that's what they do now and call it professionalism.
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Skidaway Island Republican Party’s
“Political Reception Event”
- A relaxed Meet and Greet with Candidates and elected Officials
- Share your ideas with our local politicians
- One on One informal conversations
- Great food and cash/member bar
Monday, October 10, 2016
Plantation Club Ballroom
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
$15 per person
New set up this year – Light finger-foods and cocktails
Candidates engaging Attendees
Please make your reservations prior to Wednesday, October 5
For reservations contact:
Jack Sherrill
or
Mary Ann Senkowski
598-0493
You can pay your 2017 dues at this event
You can pay your 2017 dues at this event
We can accept cash, checks or Visa/Mastercard
We look forward to seeing you there!
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Pee'd off! (See 2 below.)
and now Pays off! (See 2a below.)
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Netanyahu extends his hand and Abbas bites it. (See 3 below.)
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I know this is not going to happen but then if it did I also would not be surprised because nothing surprises me any more when I see how far our nation has sunk because a president chose to pit Americans against each other. (See 4 below.)
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Amb. Stevens' fiance writes a book, blasts Hillary and makes the point she is unfit and untrustworthy to be in charge of our entire nation in view of the fact she could not even handle Libya and Bhengazi.. (See 5 below.)
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Amb. Stevens' fiance writes a book, blasts Hillary and makes the point she is unfit and untrustworthy to be in charge of our entire nation in view of the fact she could not even handle Libya and Bhengazi.. (See 5 below.)
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Dick
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++1) Donation Request ----SENT FROM FORMER 3 STAR GENERAL, FORMER SENATOR, ROBERT WINGLASS ( AND CLASSMATE )
Dear Friends:
I have the distinguished honor of being a member of the Committee to raise $50,000,000
for a monument to Hillary R. Clinton. We originally wanted to put her on Mt. Rushmore until we discovered there was not enough room for her two faces.
We then decided to erect a statue of Hillary in the Washington, D.C. Hall of Fame.
We were in a quandary as to where the statue should be placed.
It was not proper to place it beside the statue of George Washington, who never told a lie, or beside Barack Hussein Obama, who never told the truth, since Hillary could never tell the difference.
We finally decided to place it beside Christopher Columbus, the greatest Democrat of them all. He left not knowing where he was going, and when he got there he did not know where he was. He returned not knowing where he had been, and did it all on someone else's money.
Thank you,
Hillary R. Clinton Monument Committee
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2) PEE OR NOT TO PEE?
I have a job.
I work, they pay me.
I pay my taxes & the government distributes my taxes as it sees fit.
In order to get that paycheck, in my case, I am required to pass a random urine test
(with which I have no problem).
What I do have a problem with is the distribution of my taxes
To people who don't have to pass a urine test.
So, here is my question:
Shouldn't one have to pass a urine test to get a welfare check
Because I have to pass one to earn it for them?
Please understand, I have no problem with helping people
get back on their feet.
I do, on the other hand, have a problem with helping someone sitting on their BUTT----doing drugs while I work..
Can you imagine how much money each state would save
If people had to pass a urine test to get a public assistance check?
I guess we could call the program
"URINE" OR "YOU'RE OUT"!
Pass this along if you agree or simply delete if you don't.
Hope you all will pass it along, though.
Something has to change in this country - AND SOON!
P.S. Just a thought, all politicians should have to pass a urine test too! They should also have to pass:
� an intelligence test,
� a common sense test and
� an understanding of the constitution
If you can read this....thank a teacher.
If you are reading this in English....thank a Veteran!
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CHART: CLINTON FOUNDATION DONATIONS LINKED TO STATE DEPT. FAVORS
Coordination between Clinton Foundation and State Dept. revealed
By Wayne Madsen |
The recent release of additional private emails from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's private email servers based at her New York home provide a clearer picture of the "pay-to-play" connections between Clinton's State Department, her and her husband's Clinton Foundation, and Clinton Global Initiative, and the private investment consulting and investment firm of Teneo Holdings, Inc. in Manhattan.
Donor
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Amount given to Clinton Foundation/Global Initiative (CGI)
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Received in return
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Prince of Abu Dhabi and Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates Shaikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahayan and the Al Nahayan family of Abu Dhabi
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$5,000,000
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Access to HRC at State Dept. and a $500,000 environmental speech by Bill Clinton given at the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi while HRC was meeting in Washington with Shaikh Abdullah.
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Algeria
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$500,000
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State clearance for U.S. arms sales to Algeria. Deal included biological and chemical agents.
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Australia, Commonwealth of
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$75,000,000
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Strong State Dept. for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which stands to be a boon for Australian multinational firms.
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Bahrain, Kingdom of
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$250,000
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Muted criticism by State of Bahrain's abysmal human rights practices.
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Boeing Corp.
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$900,000
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State Dept. clearance for $29 billion arms U.S. arms sale to Saudi Arabia, including Boeing's F-15 fighter.
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Brunei Darussalam, Sultanate of
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$5,000,000
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State Dept. clearance for U.S. weapons sales to Brunei.
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Cameroon, Republic of
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$100,000
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Influence buying by the Cameroon government with the Clinton State Department.
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Canada
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$500,000
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State Dept. support for Canada's Keystone XL pipeline, eventually vetoed by Barack Obama.
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Chagoury Group
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$5,000,000 in cash and a $1,000,000,000 pledge
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HRC delayed designating Nigeria's Boko Haram as a foreign terrorist organization because of Chagoury Group's investments and operations in Nigeria. Chagoury Group received the "Sustainable Development Award" from the CGI. Chagooury helped the family of Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha hide his wealth stolen from Nigeria's oil revenues.
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Confederation of Indian Industry
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$1,000,000
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Access for Indian businesses to U.S. government officials.
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Corning, Inc.
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$150,000
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Clinton arranged for international access for the New York-based firm.
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Dahdaleh, Victor
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$5,000,000
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Lobbyist for Bahrain state-owned aluminum company who sought a contract between the Bahraini firm and the U.S.-owned Alcoa World Alumina.
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Dominican Republic
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$25,000,000
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Clinton Foundation board member Rolando Gonzalez's company InterEnergy received contracts from Dominican government for wind energy projects. The firm received Domican President's Gold Citizen Award in 2010.
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Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
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$100,000
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State pressure on Justice Dept. to curtail criminal investigation of FIFA.
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Fernwood Foundation (Canadian foundation run by Canadian uranium mining mogul Ian Telfer
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$2,600,000
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Telfer's UrAsia and Uranium One Corporations, co-owned with Canadian mining magnate and "Friend of Bill" Frank Giustra receved favorable uranium mining deals with Kazakhstan and Russia's ROSATOM and Kazakhstan's KAZATOMPROM.
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Flanders, Government of
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780,000 ($872,000)
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High-level access to U.S. government officials by Flemish government officials and businesses.
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GEMS Education, Dubai
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$5,600,000
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Bill Clinton made "honorary chairman" of the Dubai company.
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Germany, Federal Republic of
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$250,000
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High-level access to U.S. government officials by German officials and businessmen.
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Giustra, Frank (Canadian mining magnate) (Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership/Radcliffe Foundation)
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$31,300,000
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State soft-peddled threat of the Islamic State because Lafarge had negotiated with the terrorists to maintain its operations in ISIL-controlled territory in Syria. arranged favorable deals with Kazakhstan and its president, Nursultan Nazarbayev.
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Hindustan Construction Corp. (India)
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$500,000
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Access for corporate officials to U.S. government officials.
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Ireland, Republic of
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$158,300,000
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Influence-buying by Irish government with the Clintons.
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Italy, Republic of
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$100,000
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Influence buying by the Italian government with the Clinton State Department.
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Jamaica
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$100,000
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Digicel Group, owned by Irish billionaire and Friend of Bill, Denis O'Brien, received USAID grant for a telecommunications project in Jamaica. Digicel (Jamaica) paid Bill Clinton $225,000 for a speech in Kingston. That was in addition to the $100,000 kicked in by Jamaica to the Clinton Foundation.
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Kuwait, Emirate of
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$10,000,000
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State Dept. clearance for U.S. weapons sales to Kuwait.
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Lafarge Group
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$100,000
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State soft-peddled threat of Islamic State (ISIL) in Syria because Lafarge had an agreement with ISIL not to interfere in Lafarge activities in ISIL-controlled territory in Syria. HRC was a director of Lafarge between 1990 and 1992, at a time when the firm was selling strategic military materials to Saddam Hussein's Iraq.
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Lesotho, Kingdom of
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$100,000
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Kickback from $11.2 million Irish grant to Clinton Foundation for HIV/AIDS abatement in Lesotho.
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Mittal, Lakshmi, owner of ArcelorMittal, a major steel company, and board member of Goldman Sachs
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$5,000,000
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Favorable opportunities in Kazakhstan, where Mittal is a member of the Foreign Investment Council of Kazakhstan. Dovetails with Bill Clinton's uranium deals with Giustra and Nazarbayev.
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Sheikh Mohammed H. Al Amoudi (Ethiopian-Saudi billionaire)1
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$10,000,000
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Influence-buying within the Clinton State Dept.
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Monsanto
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$5,000,000
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State advocated for Monsanto "Frankenfood" and "Frankenseeds" worldwide.
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Netherlands, Kingdom of the (Netherlands National Lottery)
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$10,000,000
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State helped open up investment opportunities for Dutch firms in Africa.
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New Zealand, Government of
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$1,200,000
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Influence-buying within the Clinton State Dept.
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Norway, Kingdom of
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$89,600,000
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Norwegian government split up donations to make them look smaller than they actually were. Norwegian firms received investment opportunities in the developing world, courtesy of the U.S. Millennium Goals Corporation.
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Oman, Sultanate of
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$5,000,000
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State clearance for U.S. weapons sales to Oman.
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Papua New Guinea, Government of
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$100,000
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Influence-buying within the Clinton State Dept.
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Qatar, Emirate of
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$5,000,000
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State Dept. approval for U.S. arms sales to Qatar. State pressure on Justice Dept. to curtail investigation of bribery payments regarding FIFA and 2022 World Cup host, Qatar.
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Ras al Khaimah, Emirate of
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$50,000
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Influence-buying within the Clinton State Dept.
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Rwanda, Republic of
|
$200,000
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Influence-buying with HRC's State Department.
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Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of
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$25,000,000
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State Dept. approval for U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia
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Suzlon Energy, Ltd. (Amsterdam)
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$5,000,000
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State and CGI promoted wind turbine solutions in developing countries. Suzlon, owned by an Indian national, is a leading supplier of wind turbines.
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Swaziland, Kingdom of
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$100,000
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Access to U.S. government officials for Swazi government/private business leaders.
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Sweden, Kingdom of
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$7,200,000
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Access to U.S. government officials for Swedish government/private business leaders.
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Switzerland, Confederation of
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$325,000
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Access to U.S. government officials for Swiss government/private business leaders.
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Tenerife Island, Government of
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$50,000
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High-level access to U.S. government officials by Flemish government officials and businesses.
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Taiwan
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$10,000,000
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State Dept. approval for U.S. weapons sales to Taiwan.
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United Arab Emirates
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$5,000,000
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State Dept. approval for U.S. weapons sales to the UAE.
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United Kingdom
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50,000,000 ($78,000,000)
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Access for key UK officials and UK businesses to key U.S.government policymakers.
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Victor Pinchuk Foundation (Ukraine)
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$8,600,000
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Buy influence with Clinton at State to pressure Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to free jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
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Walmart, Inc.
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$5,000,000
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HRC pressured Indian government to open up India to Walmart, an action opposed by India's small retailers.
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3)
At UN, Netanyahu invites Abbas to Knesset, Abbas blames Israel for peace impasse
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas offered starkly different visions of how to achieve peace, with Netanyahu inviting Abbas to speak to the Israeli Knesset, while Abbas solely blamed Israel for the current impasse on peace.
The Israeli leader blamed the ongoing conflict with the Palestinians on their refusal to accept Israel as a Jewish state, not settlements.
“This conflict is not about the settlements, it never was,” he said. “If the Palestinians had said yes to a Jewish state in 1947 there would have been no war… and when they do finally say yes to a Jewish state we will be able to end this conflict once and for all.”
On the current deadlock in negotiations with the Palestinians, Netanyahu told Abbas he wants him to address the Israeli Knesset and that he’s prepared to “speak peace with the Palestinian parliament in Ramallah.”
Netanyahu also spoke about regional developments, including the warming relations between Israel and the Arab world, which sees Israel as an ally against threats like Iran and the Islamic State.
“The biggest change is taking place in Arab world. For first time in my lifetime many other states recognize us not as the enemy but as an ally,” he said.
On Iran, Netanyahu said that the threat a nuclear Iran poses “is not behind us, it’s before us. Israel will not allow the terror state of Iran to develop nuclear weapons. Not now. Not in a decade. Not ever.”
Meanwhile, in his address earlier Thursday to the U.N. General Assembly, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas blamed most of the failure towards reaching a two-state solution and the stalemate in negotiations on Israel.
Abbas called on Israel to cease expanding settlements, “collective punishment and its demolition of Palestinian homes,” as well as “extrajudicial executions” and “aggression and provocations against the Holy Al-Aqsa Mosque” on the Temple Mount.
“I am compelled to again warn that what the Israeli government is doing in pursuit of its expansionist settlement plans will destroy whatever possibility and hopes are left for the two-state solution on the 1967 borders,” Abbas said.
He also said he’d seek a U.N. Security Council resolution that would denounce Israeli settlements and "the terror of the settlers against the Palestinian people."
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4)
Beware - If the pot keeps being stirred (Done purposely behind the scenes (Obama and/or George Soros sending bus loads of thugs into the areas )) up between the races, Blacks, Whites, Latinos, etc. watch out forMartial Law being enacted. Obama could remain the president indefinitely. George Soros would remain in control using his puppet Obama as he has been the past 8 years.
TALK ABOUT SCARY!
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5) Amb. Stevens’ Fiancee Releases Book, Levels Devastating Accusation at Hillary
Ambassador Chris Stevens’ former fiancée, Lydie Denier, said that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton resigned because she knew just how badly she had bungled the Benghazi debacle.
5) Amb. Stevens’ Fiancee Releases Book, Levels Devastating Accusation at Hillary
Ambassador Chris Stevens’ former fiancée, Lydie Denier, said that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton resigned because she knew just how badly she had bungled the Benghazi debacle.
“She was at the top at the time; she was the secretary of state,” Denier told Newsmax. “What I always wondered is suddenly she decided to quit her job as secretary of state earlier than people were expecting.”
Denier addressed Benghazi and its aftermath in a new book, “A Voice for Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens,” commemorating the sacrifice of Stevens and the other Americans who died in the attack on the American diplomatic compound in September of 2012.
She speculated as to the cause of Clinton’s departure from office: “Did someone tell her, ‘Listen, you made a big boo-boo and you have to get out?’ That subject has never been brought to the public.”
Understandably, she said that Hillary Clinton can’t be trusted for the country — she certainly proved that she couldn’t handle the one situation that claimed the life of Denier’s fiancee.
“If we cannot trust her for Americans, how can we trust her for the whole country? It doesn’t make sense. In my book, I do talk about that and about what happened … Chris was and knew, was extremely knowledgeable about Libya and what was going on. He should’ve been listened to,” said Denier.
The book also took time to celebrate who Stevens was as a person. His fiancée understandably remembered him fondly.
“The Chris Stevens I knew was fun and loving, caring, always putting others in front of everything instead of himself,” she said.
Ultimately, Steven gave his life for his country — but he shouldn’t have had to.
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