US Ukraine Mineral Deal- Shades of Iraqi reconstruction scandal- US to provide security & the Trump admin connection to Iraq’s post-war reconstruction scandal

February 26, 2025April 14, 2025 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

US Ukraine Mineral Deal- Shades of Iraqi reconstruction scandal- US to provide security

Elbridge Colby and Keith Kellogg both served in the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) in Iraq in 2003 under Paul Bremer and are now part of the Trump administration. The CPA, which acted as the transitional government overseeing post-war reconstruction in Iraq, faced significant criticism for its mishandling of reconstruction funds. Over $8 billion allocated for Iraq’s rebuilding remains unaccounted for, including more than $1.6 billion in cash that was discovered in a basement in Lebanon.

Meanwhile, in Iraq, Chinese companies are actively engaged in constructing a wide range of infrastructure projects, including housing units, universities, commercial centers, schools, health facilities, and power stations. They have also played a key role in developing the Nasiriya airport.

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China Puts Money Behind Singapore Model in Major Housing Shift

November 19, 2023November 19, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

China plans to take a page from Singapore’s social housing model to help end a multi-year property slump that’s hammered the nation’s consumer confidence and weighed on economic growth.
China Puts Money Behind Singapore Model in Major Housing Shift

Half of America’s banks are potentially insolvent – this is how a credit crunch begins

May 3, 2023May 3, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The twin crashes in US commercial real estate and the US bond market have collided with $9 trillion uninsured deposits in the American banking system. Such deposits can vanish in an afternoon in the cyber age.
Half of America’s banks are potentially insolvent – this is how a credit crunch begins

Fascinating Timing: Home of Ukrainian Oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky Raided

February 9, 2023February 9, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)1 Comment

While the FBI was busy conducting a “planned search” of U.S. President Joe Biden’s Delaware beach house (which follows their search of his Wilmington residence in January and, we just recently learned, the Penn Biden Center in November), Ukrainian officials were carrying out a search at the home of oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky. Why reference them in the same sentence? We’ll return to that.
Fascinating Timing: Home of Ukrainian Oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky Raided

Central banks risk setting off a financial earthquake with constant rate rises, warns ex-IMF economist

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Central banks risk setting off a financial earthquake with constant rate rises, warns ex-IMF economist

“Liz Truss got the blame but the underlying cause was Jay Powell’s rate rises in the US, which has pushed up rates for everybody,” he says.

Flash : daily Ukrainian terrorist shelling in Donbass + More

January 16, 2023January 16, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Flash : daily Ukrainian terrorist shelling in Donbass

That may be a retaliation for the destruction in Dnieper city, on January 14, of a residential building that the Russian forces did not target, but anyway, the Ukrainian deliberate terrorist shelling of Donbass is almost daily for more than eight years.

Donetsk, Jan 16 — DAN. Four civilians have been wounded in a Ukrainian artillery attack on Ilyich Avenue in the Kalininsky district of Donetsk on Monday.

The building ruined by shelling accommodated a pharmacy, a food shop, a lawyer’s office and a gym, the Donetsk People’s Republic Healthcare Ministry told the Donetsk News Agency.

Kiev forces fire 120 MLRS, “NATO” artillery rounds at DPR since Monday morning

Ukrainian armed formations have fired more than 120 rounds of ammunition at the Donetsk People’s Republic since the beginning of Monday causing civilian casualties and damage to infrastructure.

This Is Where Bankrupt FTX’s Money Went: $74 Million for Caribbean Real Estate; $59 Million to Politicians; Tens of Millions to Big Law, Celebrity Endorsements…

November 15, 2022November 15, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

This Is Where Bankrupt FTX’s Money Went: $74 Million for Caribbean Real Estate; $59 Million to Politicians; Tens of Millions to Big Law, Celebrity Endorsements…

According to data at the Federal Election Commission, Bankman-Fried sluiced $36 million on the campaign coffers of Democrats during the latest campaign cycle. Ryan Salame, the Co-CEO of FTX Digital Markets, the Bahamian subsidiary of FTX, dumped $23 million into the campaign coffers of Republicans and a Super PAC he created to support them, American Dream Federal Action.

S.4760 was introduced by a Democrat and has both Democratic and Republican cosponsors. S.4356 was introduced by a Republican and has one Democratic cosponsor. FTX Digital Markets’ (Bahamian subsidiary of FTX) Co-CEO donated to Republicans, but all we’re hearing about is Sam Bankman-Fried’s donations to Democrats.

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April 20, 2021April 21, 2021 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

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China Puts Money Behind Singapore Model in Major Housing Shift

Half of America’s banks are potentially insolvent – this is how a credit crunch begins

Fascinating Timing: Home of Ukrainian Oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky Raided

Central banks risk setting off a financial earthquake with constant rate rises, warns ex-IMF economist

Flash : daily Ukrainian terrorist shelling in Donbass + More

This Is Where Bankrupt FTX’s Money Went: $74 Million for Caribbean Real Estate; $59 Million to Politicians; Tens of Millions to Big Law, Celebrity Endorsements…

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