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The 100 'big names' including Andrew that Ghislaine Maxwell was quizzed about by DOJ - and bombshell that could drag Elon Musk into Epstein scandal
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The 100 'big names' Ghislaine Maxwell was quizzed amid Musk bombshell
Andrew has always vehemently denied claims by Virginia Giuffre that she was sex-trafficked to him by Epstein when she was just 17.
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The rare bipartisan movement to block China's under-the-radar land grab amid growing fears about the creeping adversary on the hunt
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The (rare bipartisan) shot to block China's under-the-radar land grab
A coalition of senators from both sides of the aisle is sounding the alarm about what they see as a quiet but dangerous trend across America's heartland.
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UBUNTU is a CANCER
- In this video, I document my step-by-step (and slightly painful) attempt to completely remove Snap from Ubuntu.
- From listing installed Snap packages to purging snapd, dealing with hidden dependencies, Firefox auto-reinstalling, and Chromium pretending to be a .deb package... Spoiler: even sudo got scared.
- If you're planning to wipe Snap from your system, watch this first — and maybe don’t do it like I did.
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China is on the verge of seeing a major collapse ( ?? )
China wants to ‘decimate’ this key American sector, Gordon Chang warns
Beijing threatening to block a proposed $23 billion sale of over 40 international seaports owned by Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison, including two strategic ports at the Panama Canal.
The core issue revolves around Beijing threatening to block a proposed $23 billion sale of over 40 international seaports owned by Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison, including two strategic ports at the Panama Canal. The sale was planned to be made to a consortium led by the U.S. investment firm BlackRock and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC). China demands that its state-owned shipping giant Cosco be given a significant ownership stake and veto powers in the deal; otherwise, Beijing has threatened to obstruct the transaction.
China sees Cosco's participation as crucial to maintaining its influence over key global maritime infrastructure, especially the Panama Canal, which is geopolitically and economically strategic. Without Cosco's inclusion, China warns it will intervene to block the sale, underscoring its opposition to Western control overriding Chinese interests in critical ports. The consortium's current stakeholders, including BlackRock and MSC, reportedly are open to granting Cosco a stake, though the exact terms and rights, such as veto power, remain unsettled. The exclusivity window for negotiations initially expired without a deal, but discussions continue, aiming for a resolution possibly by late September.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump had supported the deal as a means to reduce Chinese control of the canal's ports, even suggesting a U.S. "reclaiming" of the canal, raising the geopolitical stakes. Meanwhile, China perceives the sale and exclusion of Cosco as economic coercion and a challenge to its national interests and global Belt and Road Initiative strategy.
In summary, the dispute is a strategic standoff where Beijing insists on Cosco's meaningful participation to preserve Chinese influence over the Panama Canal ports within a multi-billion dollar ownership transfer to Western investors. The impasse highlights broader U.S.-China tensions over control of critical global trade infrastructure.
China wants to ‘decimate’ this key American sector, Gordon Chang warns
Beijing threatening to block a proposed $23 billion sale of over 40 international seaports owned by Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison, including two strategic ports at the Panama Canal.
The core issue revolves around Beijing threatening to block a proposed $23 billion sale of over 40 international seaports owned by Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison, including two strategic ports at the Panama Canal. The sale was planned to be made to a consortium led by the U.S. investment firm BlackRock and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC). China demands that its state-owned shipping giant Cosco be given a significant ownership stake and veto powers in the deal; otherwise, Beijing has threatened to obstruct the transaction.
China sees Cosco's participation as crucial to maintaining its influence over key global maritime infrastructure, especially the Panama Canal, which is geopolitically and economically strategic. Without Cosco's inclusion, China warns it will intervene to block the sale, underscoring its opposition to Western control overriding Chinese interests in critical ports. The consortium's current stakeholders, including BlackRock and MSC, reportedly are open to granting Cosco a stake, though the exact terms and rights, such as veto power, remain unsettled. The exclusivity window for negotiations initially expired without a deal, but discussions continue, aiming for a resolution possibly by late September.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump had supported the deal as a means to reduce Chinese control of the canal's ports, even suggesting a U.S. "reclaiming" of the canal, raising the geopolitical stakes. Meanwhile, China perceives the sale and exclusion of Cosco as economic coercion and a challenge to its national interests and global Belt and Road Initiative strategy.
In summary, the dispute is a strategic standoff where Beijing insists on Cosco's meaningful participation to preserve Chinese influence over the Panama Canal ports within a multi-billion dollar ownership transfer to Western investors. The impasse highlights broader U.S.-China tensions over control of critical global trade infrastructure.
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80% of Americans live east of the 98th Meridian (98th line of longitude). This nearly vertical north-south line divides the United States, with the vast majority of the population living to its east. Historically, the 100th Meridian was referenced as the divide, but recent data and climate shifts have moved this boundary eastward to the 98th Meridian.
This line runs just west of major cities like San Antonio, Austin, Fort Worth, Oklahoma City, Wichita, Lincoln, Omaha, Sioux Falls, and Fargo, sharply marking a cutoff between the densely populated eastern half of the U.S. and the much more sparsely populated West. The shift in population relates primarily to differences in rainfall, climate, and arable land, which has made life and agriculture much more viable east of this divide.
This line runs just west of major cities like San Antonio, Austin, Fort Worth, Oklahoma City, Wichita, Lincoln, Omaha, Sioux Falls, and Fargo, sharply marking a cutoff between the densely populated eastern half of the U.S. and the much more sparsely populated West. The shift in population relates primarily to differences in rainfall, climate, and arable land, which has made life and agriculture much more viable east of this divide.
