Category: Alternative News
“I May Be Guilty Of Drinking Vodka” – Nigel Farage Laughs Off Accusations Of “Russian Influence”
Editor’s note: Sharing for the humor. I once used to drink Rum but I have never been to Barbados, never met a Barbados agent or done any business with a person from Barbados. I have however been accused of being a Russian Bot (but do not drink vodka).
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Bank Run Feared After ECB Unexpectedly Pulls Plug On Latvia Largest Private Bank
Last week we reported that as part of a rapidly deteriorating banking crisis in Latvia, which culminated with the detention of central bank head Ilmars Rimsevics on suspicion of accepting a bribe of more than €100,000 (which prompted both the prime minister and president to demand his resignation, something he has so far refused to do), the European Central Bank froze all payments by Latvia’s largest private bank, ABLV, following U.S. accusations the bank laundered billions in illicit funds, including for companies connected to North Korea’s banned ballistic-missile program.
Then overnight the Latvian banking crisis escalated when in a statement released early Saturday, the ECB said ABLV Bank’s liquidity had deteriorated significantly, making it unlikely to pay its debts and declaring it “failing or likely to fail.” As a result, Latvia’s third largest bank will be wound up under local laws after the European Central Bank
Following the ECB’s decision, which also included the bank’s subsidiary in Luxembourg, the WSJ reported that Europe’s banking resolution authority decided the banks didn’t represent a systemic risk for their countries or the region and should be wound up by local authorities rather than be “bailed in” under EU rules.
And so, on Saturday ABLV said it would be liquidated. In four days, the bank claimed, it had raised enough capital to meet all its depositors’ demands and keep functioning, however “Due to political considerations the bank was not given a chance to do it,” it said in a statement.
As we discussed previously, ABLV’s fall follows a move by the U.S. Treasury last week to block its access to U.S. dollars, accusing it of “institutionalized money laundering.” It said most of the bank’s customers were shell companies registered outside Latvia. ABLV said it isn’t guilty of money laundering and has invested heavily in compliance systems. It was not enough.
The speed of ABLV’s collapse has been breathtaking: It started less than two weeks ago, when on February 13 the U.S. Treasury declared the bank’s practices a form of money laundering. Latvia’s third biggest bank had long been a lead player in an industry that has been a boom for the former Soviet state: helping shell companies in and around Russia bring their money into the European Union.
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A Recent Q Post Analysis
We have reached a state in which there is nothing that we can or should do to try and move anything forward.
This beautiful insight came in this week:
“I was thinking about where we all are at the moment, and I realized that at the moment, it feels that the whole planet and all of us who are living on it (human/animal/vegetable/etc.) have reached a state in which there is nothing that we can or should do to try and move anything forward. When I think about this, I remember what it was like being in labour – I can remember spending hours trying to be present and to work with the energy of the contractions, but there came a point where I knew I couldn’t go on – what was happening to me was simply so much bigger than me or my will or my willingness to be there, that I simply gave up and stopped trying to do anything – there was literally nothing I could do, I couldn’t walk away from it, and it didn’t feel like I could go with it any longer with any sort of intention; I had no control at all, all I could do was surrender to the energy; and it was then, when I stopped trying to control even the tiniest aspect of the process, that a huge rush of energy came through my body, and shortly after that I could work with it again to start pushing my son out into the world. I trained as a midwife some years after he was born, and I saw many women (if not drugged) reach that point – some would even say things like ‘I’ve had enough, I’m going home now’; from my vantage point, it was always great to see a woman giving up at that point, because I knew that it meant that the actual birth was imminent.
“So it seems to me that we have collectively reached that point – and what is going on is so much bigger than all of us, that all we can do is surrender, be in the moment, and trust that that huge wave of energy will come in its own time; and it also seems to me that it’s really important that we take care of ourselves, and nourish ourselves and rest in the arms of the great mother and the net of light, so that when that wave does come we will be in a fit state to work with it to help birth the new.”
LA Has Criminalized Poverty By Making It Illegal To Sleep In Cars And RVs
Authored by John Vibes via The Mind Unleashed blog,
Raising rent prices and low wages have resulted in thousands of people across the city of Los Angeles becoming homeless, many of them now living in cars and RVs if they were able to keep it together that well.

According to the most recent counts by the KPCC, there are at least 7,000 people live in their cars in Los Angeles.
Many of these people still maintain jobs and try to live the most fulfilled lives that they can, but they are constantly facing problems from authorities.
It is such a common issue that many churches have opened up their parking lots to people living out of their cars. For example, the New Beginnings Counseling Center opened up their parking lot for a “Safe Parking program,”which was intended to provide a safe and welcome parking place for people living out of their cars. Unfortunately, under new legislation passed in Los Angeles, programs like this will be illegal, because sleeping in cars and RVs have been entirely outlawed.
Under the new laws, it is illegal to sleep in a car or RV that is parked in a residentially zoned area from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. Areas within one block of a park, daycare, or school are entirely off limits. Fines will range anywhere from $25 to $75 which is impossible to pay for most people in these situations.
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A Look At How Ridiculous The Divide and Conquer Agenda has Become
Equipment test leads to false alarm telling residents to evacuate Kern County
Editor’s note: One would think it would be more than just a simple press of one button (or two) to issue such an alert. Reminds me of the “oops we accidentally pressed the incoming ballistic missile alert” for Hawaii. Then again we are in strange times where we have clogged toilets and rogue rats grounding planes…
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Posted: Feb 22, 2018 03:54 PM PST
Updated: Feb 22, 2018 11:57 PM PST
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – An equipment test of the Emergency Alert System turned into what appeared to many to be a real emergency Thursday afternoon.
Calls flooded the 17 Newsroom following the warning that flashed across TV screens at 3:24 p.m. alerting about an evacuation order for Kern County.
Emergency Services Alert chairman Rusty Burchfield said broadcasters are required to send a weekly test of the emergency alert system.
“Instead this was sent out as an actual emergency which our stations in the area are required to immediately rebroadcast without question for our listenerships and viewers safety.”
So what went wrong?
“A fellow broadcaster in Lancaster was installing some new equipment and called the county [emergency communication center] … and asked for a test to be resent so they could test their equipment,” Burchfield said.
“In the process, the operator on duty was rather new to the experience and was instructed to follow the procedures. In the process of which, they inadvertently sent out a county wide evacuation.”
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Massive Flock of Birds Seen Over Rome
Another Questionable “Inconsistency” About The Parkland Tragedy
Thanks Rick for the heads up. Check out the video in the link below (at the 58 sec mark). The voice you hear is allegedly of David Hogg and according to his own words, his recording took place at 9:32am on 2/14/18 – and yet according to news reports the shooting began at 2:19pm (on 2/14/18). Video sourced from here.
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“The heavily armed man, identified as Nikolas Cruz, 19, arrived at the school in an Uber at 2:19 p.m., shortly before dismissal time. He made his way “purposefully” toward the freshman building, said a police report released Thursday.” (taken from NYTIMES piece)
