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UK police launch investigation into Prince Charles charity.

The probe will assess claims of a cash-for-honors scandal involving a Saudi businessman.

British police have launched an investigation into Prince Charles’s charitable foundation over claims of a cash-for-honors scandal involving a businessman from Saudi Arabia.

“The decision follows an assessment of a September 2021 letter. This related to media reporting alleging offers of help were made to secure honors and citizenship for a Saudi national, ”Scotland Yard said in a statement on Wednesday, delivering another blow to the royal family.

There have been no arrests or interviews under bail, police added.

The head of The Prince’s Foundation resigned last year after an internal investigation into the allegations.

Michael Fawcett, chief executive of the foundation, had initially agreed to suspend his duties following newspaper revelations about his links to a Saudi national.

The man, tycoon Mahfouz Marei Mubarak bin Mahfouz, had donated large sums to restoration projects of particular interest to Charles.

Fawcett, a former valet to the Prince of Wales who has been close to Queen Elizabeth II’s heir for decades, is alleged to have coordinated efforts to grant a royal honor and even UK citizenship to Mahfouz.
Fawcett is alleged to have coordinated efforts to grant a royal honor and even UK citizenship to Mahfouz [File: David Bebber/DB/CL/THI via Reuters]

Mahfouz has reportedly denied any wrongdoing.

The royal family is already reeling following Prince Andrew’s decision on Tuesday to settle a s*xual abuse claim out of court, a scandal that has so far overshadowed Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

Charles’s foundation, which helps jobless people get back into work and start small businesses, said it took the claims “very seriously”.

The Charities Commission, which registers and oversees charities in England and Wales, said in November it had opened a formal probe into donations received by Mahfouz’s charitable trust which were intended for the prince’s foundation.

The inquiry will examine whether “certain donations received by the Mahfouz Foundation were intended for charity, have been used in accordance with the donors’ intentions and whether they should be returned to the donor or otherwise applied for charitable purposes”.

According to the commission, the Mahfouz Foundation was set up “to promote and advance the education of the public in the United Kingdom in the culture, history, language, literature and institutions of the Middle East.”
The Scottish body

The Prince’s Foundation, set up in 1986, is not regulated by the Charities Commission but is registered with the Scottish Charity Regulator.

The Scottish body in September launched its own probe into reports that the foundation accepted cash from a Russian banker previously convicted of money laundering.

Charles reportedly wrote a letter thanking Dmitry Leus for the money and suggested they could meet after the pandemic coronavirus.

The foundation’s ethics committee declined the donation after discovering Leus’s conviction in Russia in 2004.

The conviction was overturned and he has claimed he was the victim of a politically motivated prosecution.

Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign paid an internet company to “infiltrate” servers at Trump Tower and the White House in order to link Donald Trump to Russia, a bombshell new legal filing alleges.

The Friday filing from a Department of Justice prosecutor tasked with investigating the origins of the FBI’s Russian probe served to throw cold water on Democrats’ longstanding allegations of collusion.

Special Counsel John Durham filed a motion related to potential conflicts of interests in connection with the case of Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann, who is charged with lying to the feds, according to Fox News.

Sussmann allegedly told the FBI he was not working on behalf of Clinton when he presented the agency with documents that supposedly linked the Trump Organization to a Kremlin-tied bank two months before the election.

The lawyer has pleaded not guilty to the charge of making a false statement to a federal agent.

Durham’s motion reportedly alleged Sussmann “had assembled and conveyed the allegations to the FBI on behalf of at least two specific clients, including a technology executive (Tech Executive 1) at a U.S.-based internet company (Internet Company 1) and the Clinton campaign.”

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Trial sought over Italy's bridge collapse that killed 43.

Prosecutors in Genoa have formally requested a trial for suspects charged with multiple manslaughter over the 2018 collapse of a highway bridge in the city that killed 43 people
ByThe Associated Press
25 June 2021, 18:52
• 2 min read

ROME -- Prosecutors in Genoa on Friday formally requested a trial for defendants charged with multiple manslaughter over the 2018 collapse of a highway bridge in the city that killed 43 people.

State TV and other Italian media said the prosecutors want 59 people to be tried. The defendants include some former top executives of Austrade per l’Italia, the company managing many of Italy’s highways and bridges.

The northwestern port city's Morandi Bridge broke apart during a rainstorm, sending cars and trucks plunging into a dry riverbed on the eve of Italy's biggest summer holiday, when roads are packed with travelers.

Former executives of the maintenance company which did work on the bridge as well as officials from Italy's transport ministry are also among those who prosecutors want to be tried, state TV's RaiNews24 said.

A judge will conduct hearings to decide whether to order a trial. Those hearings are expected to start sometime after this summer.

In their indictment request, prosecutors argued that some of the defendants were aware that the bridge which was built in the 1960s was at risk of collapse. They said that corners were cut on maintenance to save money.

The bridge's designer had recommended continual upkeep to remove rust, especially due to the corrosive effect of sea air as well as pollution's toll on concrete.

Italy's president has insisted that a demand for justice by the victims' families be honored.

Genoa daily Il Secolo XIX said prosecutors are also want defendants to reimburse the investigation's costs, including 2 million euros ($2.4 million) to develop software capable of handling information gleaned from thousands of files sequestered by investigators.

In 2020, the then-government of Italy forged a deal in which the Benetton fashion family agreed to exit Autostrade per l'Italia.

Genoa last summer inaugurated a replacement bridge which connects key highways. The span, designed by renowned architect Renzo Piano, a Genoa native, features 43 lamps in memory of the victims.

Mainstream media will not cover absolute fact about last US presidential elections

Even more Voter Fraud was just discovered in Wisconsin. It shows the Election was Rigged and Stolen. A hearing this week revealed at least 50,000 illegal phantom votes were cast in the 2020 Presidential Election, which is more than twice the “victory” margin. Incredible problems were also uncovered within Wisconsin’s voter rolls, including an apartment building with 102 percent turnout rate (not possible), 113 ballots cast from an address where no one lives, 3,713 “voters” registered to U.S. Post Offices, and 625,000 dead people on Wisconsin’s voter rolls. In addition, 46,000 votes were cast on Nov. 3rd based on voter information that was never verified by the state. This is on top of massive ballot harvesting, rigged “indefinitely confined” votes, the Wisconsin Election Commission instructing election officials to break the law, Zuckerberg drop boxes, etc. So who in Wisconsin is leading the charge to decertify this fraudulent Election? It’s time for RINOs to step forward and save our Country!

It depends on the room. South Florida had a cold front move through this weekend with freezing temperatures across the state. Currently, it's 39F (3.88C) outside and the temperature inside is 61 (16.11C), mostly due to the high winds blowing into the jalousie window in my front door.

My door faces the north and cold fronts normally come from the north. If you put your hand near the jalousie you can feel the wind passing through the glass slats.
I know, that's not very energy efficient in the summer especially when the cool air escapes from inside.

The past 2 months the a/c has been off and room temperature has been a nice 75 to 78. Should cold weather from this front remain, I'll tape some clear plastic over the window so the wind doesn't blow through.

Is Herd Immunity Pushing Covid From Pandemic to Endemic?

Note - That was posted over a Month ago ... It's been observed for awhile

I recently hear it reported on News, which prompted me to search it.
Apparently the observation it Valid & the trend is Ongoing.

This is all the More Remarkable as it's occurring as the Northern Hemisphere is approaching Winter, folks are spending time together Indoors, which would be expected to cause rate to INCREASE.

The Department of Justice admitted this week to running secretive DOJ “commandos” at the January 6 protests in Washington DC.

Four Trump supporters died that day including two women who were killed by Capitol Hill Police.
A third woman was nearly killed but was rescued by Green Beret Jeremy Brown.

The DOJ Commandos were given “shoot to kill” orders.

Now they’re admitting the government did in fact have commandos at the capitol on Jan. 6.

After nearly a year this information is finally coming out.
And they accused this website and others of being conspiracy nuts for reporting on the feds in the crowd that day.



Secret Commandos with Shoot-to-Kill Authority Were at the Capitol

Right after the New Year, Jeffrey A. Rosen, the acting Attorney General on January 6, approved implementation of long-standing contingency plans dealing with the most extreme possibilities: an attack on President Donald Trump or Vice President Mike Pence, a terrorist attack involving a weapon of mass destruction, and a declaration of measures to implement continuity of government, requiring protection and movement of presidential successors.

Rosen made a unilateral decision to take the preparatory steps to deploy Justice Department and so-called "national" forces. There was no formal request from the U.S. Capitol Police, the Secret Service, or the Metropolitan Police Department—in fact, no external request from any agency. The leadership in Justice and the FBI anticipated the worst and decided to act independently, the special operations forces lurking behind the scenes.

"I believe that DOJ [Department of Justice] reasonably prepared for contingencies ahead of January 6, understanding that there was considerable uncertainty as to how many people would arrive, who those people would be, and precisely what purposes they would pursue," Rosen later told Congress. He stressed that his department "no frontline role with respect to crowd control," that they were focused on "high-risk" operations.

The contingency units meeting on January 3 included the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team, the FBI's national "Render Safe" team, an FBI SWAT team from the Baltimore Field Office, Special Response Teams from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and the U.S. Marshals Service Special Operations Group

Folks in the Northern Hemisphere will find out if Spring arrives
Or they'll be condemned to six more weeks of White Hell

We've celebrated a couple New Years last month (Western solar & Asian Lunar).
But going by Ye Olde Western Calendar, February 2 marks the last Feast related to ye previous year's Yuletide - The Purification Of The Virgin, aka Candlemas.

The day is traditionally the harbinger of Spring. Or not.
According to Ye Olde British weather maxim ...

“If Candlemas Day dawns fair and clear,
Expect two Winters in the year.
But if Candlemas Day be clouds and rain,
Winter is gone and will not come again.”

So ... In a few hours we'll know if it's gonna be ...
...
OR
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As things work out this year, Murkuns will also bid farewell to a vestige of '19 ...
The Super Bowl closes out the '19 NFL Season ...
San Francisco 49ers
OR
Kanas City Chiefs
... will become Super Bowl Champs.

AND *Drum Roll* -
IT'S THE DAY OF THE PALINDROME!!
O2 - O2 - 2020 reads the same forwards & backwards!!

Y'all have never seen such a date before & never will again.
It last occurred 909 years ago 11 - 11 - 1111 and won't happen again 'til 12 - 12 - 2121.

Stay Tuned For Reports From Groundhogs Across North Murka As They Come In!
Or come out. Depending on how one choose to looks at it.

Current Tally -
- 9

- 4

All I’ll say now is that this was a very well constructed presentation. I found it well worth viewing.

Watch this video and judge for yourself.
It's a long video.
The theory starts at 19:00 minute mark.
The comparisons are at the 40:00 mark.
Don't make a hasty partisan judgement.
Watch, learn, absorb, and decide.





Note the distance between his nose and his upper lip.

Note the bottom of the ear.
Sagging lobes on one. No sag on the other.