Almost Half a Mil in Fines and Jail for WWII Panther Tank Collector

Freedomist Editor August 10, 2021

A retired 84 Year old German man has ended his national trial facing jail time and nearly half a million dollars in fines. His fines and jail sentence come from his collection of World War Two memorabilia, which seemed to focus on high-powered artillery. That included a German Panther Tank, an Anti-Aircraft Gun, and a Torpedo.

The collection also included Nazi memorabilia, though the arrest seems connected to the storage of illegal weapons than his potential Nazi connection. The article does not address whether the man was a Nazi supporter, a serious collector, or, perhaps just a crazy old man.

A German Pensioner Was Fined $293,000 For Storing A WW2 Panther Tank In His

From www.carscoops.com
2021-08-09 12:44:36

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The trial of an 84-year-old German man and his collection of WWII artillery has come to an end. The man, who was not named as a result of German privacy laws, has been handed a suspended 14-month prison sentence and ordered to pay a €250,000 ($293,700 USD) fine.

Authorities raided the man’s house in 2015 and found a World War II-era Panther tank, an anti-aircraft gun, a torpedo, a horde of Nazi memorabilia, and more. It took the military 9 hours to remove the tank, which had no tracks, from the man’s basement.

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Will American Banks Become Dependent on TikTok Gold?

Freedomist Editor August 10, 2021

TikTok has pivoted itself to be the defacto go-to communication tool with a significant proportion of American youth, and where the American youth are, advertisers are sure to follow. Financial Institutions have been left behind the TikTok party, and many think it’s time for them to dive in to the TikTok gold.

While TikTok gains social and cultural private access to America’s youth, now it can build up American business dependence on the platform’s continued existence at the same time, creating dependency on a platform of war aimed squarely at the hearts of those not willing, in the end, to accept a return of priest-king governance, where charismatic leaders define the Holy and the Profane, unfettered by such things as the Bill of Rights affords a people, a right to self-determination.

Will TikTok Take Over Digital Attraction for Banks?

From readwrite.com
2021-08-09 09:00:43
Deborah Boyland
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TikTok has the potential to be a powerful marketing tool. For example, videos posted on the app can garner thousands to millions of views. For the FinTech industry, TikTok may be ideal for increasing digital attraction.
This article will explore what digital attraction for banks is, and how TikTok can be useful. By discussing the advantages of the platform, we will strive to answer the question:

A Closer Look at Digital Attraction for Banks
When discussing digital attraction, it is crucial to examine the role of the customer.

Building digital interest in products or services requires businesses to understand their audiences. Therefore, learning more about your audience is key to learning how to attract them.

Banks must approach digital attraction the way someone might approach a new relationship. A solid foundation of trust must be established first.

Digital attraction has 3 core components
Empathy: Showing a customer that there is complete understanding of their problems
Compassion: Demonstrating a high level of care for the customer’s well-being
Ease: Soothing customer worries by providing planned out solutions

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Combine Magnets and Concrete and Get Car-Powering Roads

Freedomist Editor August 10, 2021

Magment may one day be the road you drive on that you expect will also be a source for you to get power for your car and all the stuff you have that can be charged wirelessly. That’s the hope of this start-up company and Indiana’s Department of Transportation.

Magnetizable Concrete in Roads Could Charge Electric Cars While You Drive

From singularityhub.com
2021-08-09 10:00:12
Edd Gent
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Last month, Indiana’s Department of Transport (INDOT) announced a collaboration with Purdue University and German company Magment to test out whether cement with embedded magnetized particles could provide an affordable road-charging solution.

Most wireless vehicle charging technologies rely on a process known as inductive charging, where electricity pumped into a wire coil creates a magnetic field that can induce an electric current in any other nearby wire coil. The charging coils are installed at regular intervals under the road, and cars are fitted with a receiver coil that picks up the charge.

But installing thousands of miles of copper under the road is obviously fairly costly. Magment’s solution is to instead embed standard concrete with recycled ferrite particles, which are also able to generate a magnetic field but are considerably cheaper. The company claims its product can achieve transmission efficiency of up to 95 percent and can be built at “standard road-building installation costs.”

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Mexican News Media Threatened with Death for Biased Coverage

Freedomist Editor August 10, 2021

In Mexico, it looks like Cancel Culture is a lot more serious there, as one ultimate extremist group of Cancel Culture represents, the Mexican Drug Cartels. Allegedly, the Drug Cartels have sent a message to the Mexican News Media, specifically TV News Broadcasters, that they present unbiased coverage or die.

Mexican cartel threatens news anchor, demands equal coverage

From abcnews.go.com
2021-08-09 15:35:04

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Masked men claiming to represent Mexico’s most powerful drug cartel have taken the unusual step of circulating a video threatening to kill a national television news anchor for what they viewed as unfair coverage.

The video circulated Monday showed masked and heavily armed men surrounding a man seated at a small desk who delivered a message he said was from Ruben Oseguera Cervantes, aka “El Mencho,” leader of the Jalisco New Generation cartel. It was unclear if the person reading the message was Oseguera himself.

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Suing a Mom for Wanting Information Might Be Illegal for Unions to Do

Freedomist Editor August 10, 2021

The move by the Teachers’ Union to sue a Rhode island Mom for trying to get information about what the school is teaching her kids might in fact be illegal if Legal Insurrection is correct in citing a Rhode Island Supreme Court Ruling that suggests it might be.

The Mom in question has been making an inordinate number of FOIA requests of this local government, so the issue for the local government might not specifically be with her requesting information as it is the proliferation of what she wants, and whether some data is within FOIA parameters or not.

However, once a Union of government employees steps into the fray and seeks to stop a citizen from getting information by suing them, now the legal questions begin to form.

Unions May Have Major Legal Problem In Lawsuit Against RI Mom Nicole Solas Over

From legalinsurrection.com
2021-08-09 17:25:20a
William A. Jacobson
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There is a Rhode Island Supreme Court case that is going to have to be addressed, and which seems to sink the unions’ lawsuit. Ilana Cutler, Esq., Legal Insurrection Foundation Investigations Counsel, found the case, and it appears to be good law. And let’s just say I was shocked to find a case seemingly so on point and not addressed in the unions’ papers that it could present a major problem for the lawsuit.

The case is a 2004 Rhode Island Supreme Court case, In re New England Gas Co., 842 A.2d 545, 551–52 (R.I. 2004), in which the court found no right of a non-party to the public records process (in the position of the unions here) to seek to prevent disclosure of allegedly non-public information. That case even relied upon prior precident involving a different union’s attempt to intervene.

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UN Becomes Platform for US-China South China Sea Barbs

Freedomist Editor August 10, 2021

US, China Trade Barbs At UN Over South China Sea

From www.ndtv.com
2021-08-09 11:42:57

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China’s deputy U.N. Ambassador Dai Bing accused the United States of “stirring up trouble out nothing, arbitrarily sending advanced military vessels and aircraft into the South China Sea as provocations and publicly trying to drive a wedge into regional countries.”

“This country itself has become the biggest threat to peace and stability in the South China Sea,” Dai said.

Blinken said it was the responsibility of all countries, not just claimants to the islands and waters of the South China Sea, to defend the rules they had all agreed to follow to peacefully resolve maritime disputes

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Recall Election More Challenging for Newsome Than Expected

Freedomist Editor August 10, 2021

CA Gov. Gavin Newsom faces greater-than-expected threat in upcoming recall election

From www.cnbc.com
2021-08-09 15:31:00

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Gov. Gavin Newsom, July 14, 2021 in Bell Gardens, CA.

Irfan Khan | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images

California Gov. Gavin Newsom may face more of an uphill battle in the upcoming recall election than initially expected.

Counties will send ballots to every registered voter in mid-August, giving the Democratic governor a month to boost turn out for the Sept. 14 special election.

The odds may seem to be in Newsom’s favor, especially as registered Democrats far outnumber Republicans in the…

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YouTube Concedes Power to Local US Governments When Streaming

Freedomist Editor August 10, 2021

After complaints, YouTube backtracks on misinformation policy; County sticks

From www.blueridgenow.com
2021-08-09 16:53:46

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YouTube is re-examining its medical misinformation policies as they pertain to local governments after taking down at least a dozen uploads of meetings, mostly for claims made during public comment periods that are not backed by facts

The streaming platform told the Washington Post Friday,…

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Everyone Still Loves Cuomo, Andrew, That Is

Freedomist Editor August 10, 2021

Despite Sexual Harassment Report, Cuomo Still Most Popular Democratic Gov.

From dailycaller.com
2021-08-09 15:26:46
Michael Ginsberg
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Despite a report detailing numerous sexual harassment allegations against him, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is still state Democratic voters’ top choice in a primary.

Slingshot Strategies, a left-wing data analysis firm, found that 26% of likely Democratic primary voters would support Cuomo if…

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Taliban Offensive Claims 5 Afghan Provincial Capitols

Freedomist Editor August 10, 2021

Taliban press on, take 2 more Afghan provincial capitals

From abcnews.go.com
2021-08-09 13:51:16

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KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban took control of two more provincial capitals in Afghanistan on Monday, officials said. Their fall marked the latest development in a weekslong, relentless Taliban offensive as American and NATO forces finalize their pullout from the war-torn country.

The militants have ramped up their push across much of Afghanistan, turning their guns on provincial capitals after taking large swaths of land in the mostly rural countryside. On Monday they controlled five of…

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