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Source: A. Smith, President/NYPD Civilian Volunteer, 32nd Precinct CC
Source: A. Smith, President/NYPD Civilian Volunteer, 32nd Precinct CC
Monday, February 18, 2019
Happening in Harlem: Black History Month at the Peace Cafe
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Source: Street Corner Resources
Friday, February 15, 2019
Dave Chappelle Hand-Delivers Tickets to Couple Who Were Scammed on Craigslist
CBS News: A North Carolina couple thought they were buying wheelchair-accessible
tickets to Dave Chappelle's show – but they ended up being fake. Then,
Chappelle surprised them by hand-delivering real ones.
10-Year-Old Addresses UN on Artificial Intelligence and Empathy
United Nations: This video showcases Anya Daneez Khan, age 10, on the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (11 February).
February 11 marked the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
The theme for 2019 is “Investment in Women and Girls for Inclusive
Green Growth”. The two-day event was held at the United Nations headquarters in New York and brought together global experts and leaders
to evaluate the economic and social impact of women’s participation in
science-based sustainable development programs.
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Tribute to a President: 8 Years Of 'Bushisms'
This video was published on YouTube on January 8, 2009.
From the Archives: Cancer Survivor Celebrates by Dancing with Scripps Doctor
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Source: Scripps Health
Tony Adkins: The Dancing Neurosurgeon
This video was published on YouTube on October 21, 2018.
Source: Be You Fully
Universal Hip Hop Museum is Coming to the Bronx
This report was published on YouTube on February 12.
The Universal Hip Hop Museum is coming to the Bronx. South of Yankee
Stadium, the museum plans to break ground in hip-hop`s home borough
in December 2019. Funders recently secured $20 million in initial
funding, and they are going into their next phase of critical fund
raising and want to get the message out that the work is not done yet
and that they need support.
Seven-Year-Old ‘Blaze’ May Be the Fastest in the World
A seven-year-old boy is aiming to one day smash Usain Bolt's 9.58 seconds 100m World Record.
Rudolph Ingram from Florida, known as Blaze, shocked onlookers when he took just 13.48 seconds to complete a 100m sprint.
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Source: BBC News
Melania Trump Visits Children Undergoing Treatment on Valentine's Day in Washington
This report was published on YouTube on February 14.
Global News: First Lady Melania Trump visited children at the National Institutes of
Health on Feb. 14 for Valentine's Day and met with patients
and their families who are currently undergoing treatment.
The First Lady worked at different craft stations with the children and
even received a necklace from one child which matches a bracelet he has,
which she called a "special gift."
Rock Icon Sting Shows Support for Laid Off Auto Workers in Oshawa, Ontario
This report was published on YouTube on February 14.
Thursday, February 14, 2019
Governor Cuomo on Amazon Pull Out: 'The New York State Senate Has Done Tremendous Damage'
"Amazon chose to come to New York because we are the capital of the world and the best place to do business. We competed in and won the most hotly contested national economic development competition in the United States, resulting in at least 25,000-40,000 good paying jobs for our state and nearly $30 billion dollars in new revenue to fund transit improvements, new housing, schools and countless other quality of life improvements. Bringing Amazon to New York diversified our economy away from real estate and Wall Street, further cementing our status as an emerging center for tech and was an extraordinary economic win not just for Queens and New York City, but for the entire region, from Long Island to Albany's nanotech center.
"However, a small group politicians put their own narrow political interests above their community -- which poll after poll showed overwhelmingly supported bringing Amazon to Long Island City -- the state's economic future and the best interests of the people of this state. The New York State Senate has done tremendous damage. They should be held accountable for this lost economic opportunity.
"The fundamentals of New York's business climate and community that attracted amazon to be here - our talent pool, world-class education system, commitment to diversity and progressivism - remain and we won't be deterred as we continue to attract world class business to communities across New York State."
Source: The Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo
House Democrats Are Taking Real Steps Toward Impeaching Donald Trump
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Source: The Huffington Post
J.P. Morgan Chase Becomes First U.S. Bank With a Cryptocurrency
By Erik Sherman
How the mighty have taken a u-turn.
J.P. Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon called bitcoin a fraud
in September 2017 and said, “You can’t have a business where people can
invent a currency out of thin air and think that people who are buying
it are really smart,” By January 2018 he had walked the remarks back but said he still was “not interested that much in the subject at all.” In February 2018, J.P. Morgan called cryptocurrencies “risk factors” to its business, something it never previously said.
And now J.P. Morgan (jpm, -0.50%) has become the first bank to offer its own cryptocurrency,
CNBC reported. But don’t expect it to become an investment vehicle—at
least for now. The cryptocurrency, called “JPM Coin,” is intended for
the bank’s wholesale payments business that moves $6 trillion around the
world daily.
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Source: Fortune
Former Trump Officials Are Supposed to Avoid Lobbying. Except 33 Haven’t.
The former officials — including ex-Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke — have found ways to sidestep the administration’s ethics pledge. At least 18 of them are now registered federal lobbyists and the rest work in jobs that closely resemble lobbying.
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Source: ProPublica
Rep. Ilhan Omar Went After Elliott Abrams for Lying to Congress. Then He Did It Again.
By Jon Schwarz
Elliott Abrams, President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Venezuela, appeared before the House Committee on Foreign Relations on Wednesday.
About two hours into the hearing, committee member Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., noted that Abrams pleaded guilty in 1991 to withholding information about the Iran-Contra affair from Congress. “I fail to understand,” Omar said, “why members of this committee or the American people should find any testimony that you give today to be truthful.”
Omar’s skepticism was well-founded: Just moments later, Abrams told her several egregious lies.
Abrams’s most notable lies occurred during this exchange about his actions as assistant secretary of state in the 1980s during the Reagan administration:
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Source: The Intercept_
About two hours into the hearing, committee member Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., noted that Abrams pleaded guilty in 1991 to withholding information about the Iran-Contra affair from Congress. “I fail to understand,” Omar said, “why members of this committee or the American people should find any testimony that you give today to be truthful.”
Omar’s skepticism was well-founded: Just moments later, Abrams told her several egregious lies.
Abrams’s most notable lies occurred during this exchange about his actions as assistant secretary of state in the 1980s during the Reagan administration:
OMAR: On February 8, 1982, you testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about U.S. policy in El Salvador. In that hearing, you dismissed as communist propaganda reports about the massacre at El Mozote in which more than 800 civilians, including children as young as 2 years old, were brutally murdered by U.S.-trained troops. During that massacre, some of those troops bragged about raping a 12-year-old girl, girls, before they killed them. You later said that the U.S. policy in El Salvador was a “fabulous achievement.” Yes or no, do you still think so?
ABRAMS: From the day that President Duarte was elected in a free election, to this day, El Salvador has been a democracy. That’s a fabulous achievement.Abrams’s words were “not only factually, demonstrably untrue, but grossly so,” according to Alejandro Velasco, a professor of modern Latin American history at New York University. His testimony, said Velasco, “continues a pattern he has shown since the 1980s of hubristically rejecting out of hand any suggestion that defeating social justice struggles in the 1980s, through the most brutal means, should in any way be seen as anything other than a resounding victory for the U.S.”
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Source: The Intercept_
Rudy Giuliani: 'There Has to Be an Overthrow' of Iran's Regime
This report was published on YouTube on February 13.
Global News: U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, said
Iran's government "has to go" during an interview at a major Middle East
conference in Warsaw, Poland.
New Jersey Catholic Bishops List Names of Nearly 200 Priests Accused of Abuse
The disclosures come as the latest made by dioceses and religious orders
as the church grapples with a sex abuse crisis. “I beg your
forgiveness,” Newark’s archbishop said.
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Source: The New York Times
Governor Cuomo Signs the Child Victims Act
Manhattan - Governor Cuomo fulfills his promise to sign the Child
Victims Act, a key component of his 2019 Justice Agenda, within the
first 100 days of the new legislative session.
Mayor de Blasio and NYPD Rep Deliver Remarks at a Rally Against Anti-Semitism
From The G-Man has received calls asking if the mayor's remarks were prompted by an editorial posted on the news site on February 13, which was titled Hitler's Ghost: Anti-Semitism Spreading in NY and Around the World. The site urged "all
political leaders, law enforcement agencies and church officials, from
Albany to Zimbabwe, to do whatever it takes to quell the increasing
level of racial discord and unbridled rage before humanity reaches a
point of no return."
From The G-Man has no idea if Mayor de Blasio read the post or if today's comments were based on the information presented in the editorial, but the site applauds the mayor for taking action.
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