(12-02-2022, 03:33 PM)Nightskyeb4dawn2 Wrote: Something is really off about this whole thing.

I am an old broad that is not into rap so it is not odd that I didn't really know anything about Kanye before this insanity started showing up all over the internet.

Who the hell cares about what some excommunicated media whore rapper has to say?

They paint the man as an insane, narcissist hell bent on crashing and burning. And they are giving him all the fuel he needs.

Something is just not right.

Quote:Kanye West has made IG posting his full time job the past couple days, and his ire has been directed at a multitude of targets. He’s called out GAP, taunted Pete Davidson, argued about co-parenting, and disavowed venture capitalists.

His flurry of posts only continues. Now, he’s named one VC who he doesn’t wish death upon. “The only VC I like and Cyrus,” Ye wrote under a screenshot of the venture capitalist Andreessen Horowitz. This post got the attention of none other than Tom Brady, who chimed in in the comments, “Andreessen Horowitz [100 emoji].”
Kanye West Continues Fashion & VC Rant, Tom Brady Responds

(12-03-2022, 10:31 PM)EndtheMadnessNow Wrote: ...I never understood how in the hell "German law" has this Stasi censorship power over an American held corp. & an American user living in America. This German censorship has been going on since Trump was in Office.

(12-11-2022, 08:05 PM)EndtheMadnessNow Wrote: ...Meanwhile, across the pond, @Nigel Farage:

Major corruption alert:

16 MEPs houses were raided yesterday.

5 arrests, €600,000 in cash found!

Very little in UK media about this — I will keep you informed.

What makes a great movie?

Great 'actors'.

As the world turns, or burns...Happy Sunday.

By Monday mainstream morning, all will be forgotten, all is well, go into the light.

Quote:EU parliament arrests spark calls for tighter controls over MEPs



'The arrest of a European Parliament vice-president and four others linked to a corruption probe implicating
World Cup hosts Qatar sparked calls Saturday for "root and branch reform" in the EU institution.

"This is not an isolated incident," said anti-corruption campaigning group Transparency International.

"Over many decades, the Parliament has allowed a culture of impunity to develop, with a combination of
lax financial rules and controls and a complete lack of independent (or indeed any) ethics oversight," its
director Michiel van Hulten said.

Left-wing French MEP Manon Aubry condemned Qatar's "aggressive lobbying" and demanded a parliamentary
debate on the Gulf state. The European Parliament had "become a law unto itself", said Van Hulten. "It is time
for root and branch reform."

Alberto Alemanno, a law professor based in Belgium, said the "scandal opens multiple Pandora’s boxes all at
once", including "flawed EU ethics system for MEPs" and the "scale of foreign influence over EU".

- Corruption, money laundering -
Police arrested Greek socialist MEP Eva Kaili on Friday hours after four others had been detained for questioning.
At least three were either Italian citizens or originally came from Italy, a source close to the case told AFP.

Kaili, 44, is the partner of one of the four, Francesco Giorgi, a parliamentary assistant with the European Parliament's
Socialists and Democrats group, said the source. Former Italian MEP Pier-Antonio Panzeri, who served as a socialist
in the parliament between 2004 and 2019, was also reportedly arrested.

All five were still being questioned Saturday, said a spokesman for Belgium's federal prosecutor's office, adding that
the investigation concerned suspected "corruption" and "money laundering".

In Rome, a government source confirmed to AFP reports that Panzeri's wife and daughter had been detained.
The arrests followed raids in Brussels which Belgian prosecutors said turned up 600,000 euros ($630,000) in cash.
Police also seized computers and mobile phones.

Belgian daily L'Echo reported Saturday that "several bags full of (cash) notes" had been found at Kaili's Brussels home.
While prosecutors did not name the country under investigation, a legal source close to the case confirmed to AFP
Belgian press reports that it was Qatar. Prosecutors had merely said the state in question was suspected of influencing
the decisions of the European Parliament through cash payments or gifts to top figures.

- Parliamentary immunity -
Kaili is a former television presenter and one of the European Parliament's 14 vice presidents. In November, just prior
to the World Cup, she met Qatar's Labour Minister Ali bin Samikh Al Marri. In a video statement posted on Twitter by
the Qatar News Agency, she said: "I believe the World Cup for Arabs has been a great tool for... political transformation
and reforms".

In a subsequent speech at the European Parliament she said: "Today, the World Cup in Qatar is proof... of how sports
diplomacy can achieve a historical transformation of a country." Qatar, she insisted, was a "front-runner in labour rights".
In Athens Friday, the president of the Greek socialists (PASOK) Nikos Androulakis announced on Twitter that Kaili had
been expelled from the party.

"There is pressure within the party for Kaili to leave her seat at the European parliament," a member of the party told AFP.
"For the moment, she does not wish to give up her seat as she knows it would imply losing her parliamentary immunity,"
a second source said.

- 'Gravely misinformed' -
A Qatari government official told AFP: "We are not aware of any details of an investigation. Any claims of misconduct
by the State of Qatar are gravely misinformed." The country "operates in full compliance with international laws and
regulations", he added.

European Parliament president Roberta Metsola, meanwhile said the assembly "stands firmly against corruption."
"We'll do all we can to assist the course of justice," she added. Panzeri, 67, currently heads a Brussels-based
human rights organisation called Fight Impunity.

The secretary general of the International Trade Union Confederation, Italian Luca Visentini, was also among those
reportedly arrested. The ITUC said it was "aware" of the media reports. World Cup host Qatar has striven to improve
its image in the face of criticism over its record on worker protections and human rights.

Interviewed by AFP on Monday, Visentini had welcomed progress made by Qatar on worker rights, but insisted
"pressure" needed to be maintained once the tournament ended.
Migrant workers make up more than 2.5 million of Qatar's 2.9 million population...'

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