Thursday, February 24, 2022
Hunter Biden's Ex-Girlfriend Turns on Him Before Grand Jury, Spills the Tea on Lavish Spending: Report
With Hunter Biden, there was a lot of lavish spending, according to his ex-girlfriend Zoe Kestan, as she reportedly testified for almost five hours on Feb. 15 before a grand jury probing Biden’s taxes.
Testifying at the federal courthouse in Wilmington, Delaware, Kestan, 28, said the 52-year-old son of President Joe Biden in 2018 repeatedly directed her to withdraw “thousands of dollars at a time” from ATMs, according to the New York Post, which cited a source familiar with the secret grand jury proceedings.
From the ATM withdrawals, Kestan said, Hunter Biden gave her money for meals, clothes and more, but she testified she did not know where the money came from.
On Dec. 9, 2020, just after the presidential election and before his father took office, Hunter Biden issued a statement saying that federal officials were “investigating my tax affairs,” Politico reported.
Politico reported that same day that the investigation went beyond Biden’s taxes into potential money laundering and his overseas business activities.
A partial copy of a subpoena revealed JPMorgan Chase Bank being ordered to produce any records of Biden interacting with the Bank of China, the Post reported on Jan. 30.
Also subpoenaed were transactions involving James Biden, who is Hunter Biden’s uncle, along with former business partners Devon Archer and Eric Schwerin, the report said.
While unable to say where Biden’s money came from, Zestan’s testimony revealed a high-flying lifestyle.
Responding to questions about hotels at which the couple stayed, Zestan said they included the lavish Four Seasons, Mercer, SIXTY SoHo and SoHo Grand in New York and the Hollywood Roosevelt, NoMad and Jeremy West Hollywood in Los Angeles, the Post reported.
Zestan also said she stayed with Biden at the celebrity-oriented Chateau Marmont in LA for a month, according to the report. That hotel is where the president’s son said in his memoir that he learned how to cook crack cocaine, the Post reported.
She reportedly testified that she believes she was the one who persuaded Biden to get off drugs and pursue a career as an artist.
But Zestan said she felt “super-crazy” upon learning Biden had suddenly married for a second time — he and Melissa Cohen wed in May 2019 just 10 days after they met, according to the Post.
Also seen emerging from the federal courthouse in Delaware on Feb. 15 was another Hunter Biden ex-girlfriend, Lunden Roberts, who testified before the grand jury for several hours, the U.K.’s Daily Mail reported.
She earlier had filed a paternity suit against Biden for her 3-year-old daughter. The president’s son had denied being the child’s father and that he had a relationship with Roberts until proven wrong by a DNA test, according to...
Scores Of 'Dark Vessels' Belonging To China's Maritime Militias Are Operating In Contested Waters
A new Chinese law allows for vessels to turn off their transponders in some of the world's most densely trafficked and tense waterways.
A large number of China's "little blue men," the irregular maritime militia forces that receive support and training from the Chinese government, have gone dark on traditional maritime tracking systems thanks to a new law. The inability to track these ships is worrisome given the role many Chinese fishing and commercial vessels play in Beijing’s plans to assert itself in the South China Sea and the East China Sea, some of the most hotly contested areas of the Pacific.
A new report underscores the safety and intelligence gaps caused by a cybersecurity and data privacy law passed by China last year which caused a large number of Chinese vessels operating in or near the country’s territorial waters to disappear from global tracking systems. The new data detailing the scope of China’s fleet was published by commercial satellite firm Unseen Labs, which specializes in tracking and identifying radiofrequency (RF) transmissions from space.
In a February 18 press release, the company writes that “most ships are not visible from traditional surveillance systems once they get close to Chinese shores” and that “more than 60% of ships in the area have disappeared” from the automatic identification system, or AIS, the global standard for tracking and identifying ships at sea.
A graphic showing vessels detected by radiofrequency emissions, white, and vessels broadcasting AIS data, red.
AIS data includes a vessel's identity and type, its position, course, speed, navigational status, and other safety and positioning-related information. AIS systems were made mandatory for most ships by the International Maritime Organization in 2004, but included provisions that nations “may exempt certain ships from carrying an AIS.”
Ships that are required to transmit AIS include cargo ships weighing 300 gross tons or more engaged on international voyages, cargo ships weighing 500 gross tons not engaged on international voyages, and all passenger ships. Individual nations also have their own AIS laws that pertain to their waters; in the United States, all commercial self-propelled fishing vessels of 65 feet or more in length must broadcast an AIS signal at all times. Most military vessels are not required to transmit AIS signals and do not regularly do so under low-threat conditions, although the U.S. Navy mandated that ships use the system while transiting congested waters after a pair of damaging collisions in 2017. Currently, most AIS systems are radiofrequency based, meaning they only work ship-to-ship or near coastlines. Multiple nations have been launching satellites since the early 2000s to expand the reach of AIS services, which help offer coverage in areas of the open sea far from shore.
A U.S. Coast Guard specialist monitors AIS signals in New York Harbor.
To calculate the lack of AIS signals in Chinese waters, Unseen Labs used satellites to detect the RF emissions from ships operating in Chinese waters, and found during one eight-day period that the vast majority of ships operating in the East China Sea were not broadcasting an AIS signal. “As a result, most ships are not visible from traditional surveillance systems once they get close to Chinese shores. In this new context, the AIS system doesn’t provide an accurate picture of...
The 90 Miles Mystery Video: Nyctophilia Edition #939
Before You Click On The "Read More" Link,
Please Only Do So If You Are Over 21 Years Old.
If You are Easily Upset, Triggered Or Offended, This Is Not The Place For You.
Please Leave Silently Into The Night......
The 90 Miles Mystery Box: Episode #1639
You have come across a mystery box. But what is inside?
It could be literally anything from the serene to the horrific,
from the beautiful to the repugnant,
from the mysterious to the familiar.
If you decide to open it, you could be disappointed,
you could be inspired, you could be appalled.
This is not for the faint of heart or the easily offended.
You have been warned.
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Visage à trois #68
La petite mort bonus video:
- Usually Short.
- Usually Timely.
- Usually Scraped, Gleaned And Pilfered From Social Media.
Binghamton University Forces Maoist Professor to Drop Policy of Prioritizing Non-White Students in Class Discussions
According to a report by Logan Dubil at Campus Reform, the “Class Discussion Guidelines” section of Ana Maria Candela’s “Social Change -Introduction to Sociology” syllabus directs white male students to allow “non-white folks” to speak before these white male students can speak. The guidelines start off with a quotation about speaking from Chairman Mao.
Mao was the founding father of the People’s Republic of China and Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party. During his rule from 1943 to 1976, Mao presided over tyrannical experiments such as the “Great Leap Forward” and the “Cultural Revolution” which resulted in the deaths of tens of millions of people.
“No investigation, no right to speak,” the quote stated in the document for the “Social Change -Introduction to Sociology” class at Binghamton University.
The quotation “helps to convey the idea that speaking, during class discussions, should be based on having done your investigative work,” Candela stated.
The professor’s work primarily “focuses on Chinese migrations to Latin America and on the global dimensions of Chinese history and China’s social transformations,” per her university webpage.
Candela used “progressive stacking” to determine how much they participate and speak during class discussions. Race and gender were factored in determining who should receive speaking priorities, according to the syllabus that Campus Reform was able to obtain.
At its core, “progressive stacking” relies on students’ race and gender to determine if their ideas have merit and how much they can interact in discussions.
“This [policy] means that wetry to give priority to non-white folks, to women, and to shy and quiet people who rarely raise their hands,” the syllabus outline. “It also means that if you are white, male, or someone privileged by the racial and gender structures of our society to have your voice easily voiced and heard, we will often ask you to hold off on your questions or comments to give others priority and will come back to you a bit later or at another time.”
When Campus Reform reached out to Ryan Yarosh, the senior director of media and public relations, he revealed that Candela was “counseled” by the university because her class syllabus was not in compliance with the 2021-2022 Faculty-Staff Handbook.
However, outrage stemming from the revelation of these controversial course guidelines has prompted Candela to take out the section of her syllabus that priortizes non-white studetns participation in class discussions.
According to a National Review report, Binghamton University compelled Candela to remove this part of her syllabus after determining that the guidelines were in violation of the university‘s faculty staff handbook.
Universities have become leftist think tanks and must be exposed for...
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