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Author: TriSec    Date: 09/27/2016 09:52:52

Good Morning.

It appears that no veteran's issues were discussed last night at the "de-hate". So, on we go.


While we're not a finance blog, you may have heard recently that a Chinese bank has been sanctioned by the United States. It's unusual, but not without reason. Turns out our friends at Dangdong Hongxiang have been doing some laundering of money on the side. For North Korea. So they can buy nuclear technology.


The US has put sanctions on a Chinese firm and four executives over allegedly helping North Korea evade sanctions.

Dandong Hongxiang is accused of acting on behalf of a North Korean bank that is on a UN sanctions list to stop the spread of weapons of mass destruction.

The sanctions come after North Korea sparked a global outcry this month by conducting its fifth nuclear test.

The engineering company and its bosses are also under investigation by Chinese authorities.

The US decision to extend sanctions on the industrial machinery and equipment wholesaler means that American companies or individuals are banned from doing business with the Chinese company or the four executives.

Aside from the firm's founder, Ma Xiaohong, the sanctions include Zhou Jianshu, Hong Jinhua and Luo Chuanxu, who are accused of conspiring to violate sanctions rules and engaging in international money laundering.

According to Adam Szubin, the Treasury Department's acting under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, Dandong Hongxiang was instrumental in a "key illicit network supporting North Korea's weapons proliferation," acting on behalf of North Korea's Kwangson Banking Corp.

The Chinese company and its employees "sought to evade US and UN sanctions, facilitating access to the US financial system by a designated entity," he said in a statement.

The US Justice Department said bank accounts associated with the firm and front companies received hundreds of millions of dollars that transited through the US.


Surprisingly enough, China is with us on this one. They also think Kim Jong-Un is nuts, and they really don't like him having nukes.

But that's not the only thing. Over the weekend, we also decided to prop up our South Korean allies with another show of force over the Korean peninsula. B-1 bombers, this time.


SEOUL, South Korea — The United States on Wednesday flew a pair of supersonic bombers over ally South Korea for the second time in as many weeks in a show of force following North Korea's latest nuclear test earlier this month.

U.S. Forces Korea said one of the two B-1B bombers landed at Osan Air Base, 120 kilometers (75 miles) from the border with North Korea, but did not say when it will return to Andersen Air Force Base in Guam.

Such flyovers are common when animosity rises on the Korean Peninsula, which is technically in a state of war because the 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty. The United States also flew two B-1B bombers over South Korea on Sept. 13.

"What we are showing today is just one tool we have to choose from a wide array of options. The alliance grows stronger every day and we remain prepared to defend and to preserve the security of the Korean Peninsula and the region," Lt. Gen. Thomas Bergeson, commander of the U.S. 7th Air Force in South Korea, said in a statement.

North Korea uses such flyovers and the American military presence in the South in its propaganda as alleged proof of U.S. hostility, which it says is the reason it needs a nuclear weapons program. After last week's flyover, North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency described the B-1B as an "ill-famed nuclear war means" and accused the United States of resorting to "nuclear threat and blackmail" against the North.

The B-1B doesn't currently carry nuclear weapons under a disarmament treaty, and some U.S. experts do not consider them as nuclear capable in their current configuration.

Military experts raise concerns that North Korea is moving closer toward obtaining the ability to put nuclear warheads on a variety of its ballistic missiles, a growing arsenal that one day may include a reliable weapon that could reach the U.S. mainland.


We're all worried about a certain loose cannon presidential candidate - looks like we're doing a fine job of escalation and posturing with the President we have right now.

But we'll shift gears. I picked up the following story last week, not entirely sure if I could fit it into a blog. I will now present it without commentary, except to set up the ironic framework that the soldier in question was training for combat and war, but he couldn't make it out of Los Angeles alive.


LOS ANGELES -- A 19-year-old Marine from Camp Pendleton who was shot this weekend while visiting friends and family in South Los Angeles died Monday night, coroner's officials said.

Carlos Segovia died at 8 p.m. at California Hospital Medical Center, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner. Segovia had been hospitalized in grave condition since the weekend.

He was found at 11:35 p.m. Friday slumped over and unconscious in a Dodge Charger in the 2100 block of 31st Street, according to Capt. Peter Whittingham of the Los Angeles Police Department.

The Marine left the military base near San Diego on Friday. He had just visited his girlfriend that night and was preparing to drive to the home of Claudia Perez, a family friend, when he was struck by gunfire.

Perez said Segovia was like her child and he usually stayed at her home when he visited the area.

"He texted my son that he was bringing pizza home," she said. "He never made it."

Friends and family will hold a vigil for Segovia at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the site of the shooting, police said.

No suspect has been identified in the shooting. Police said Segovia has no connections to gangs or other activity that would seem to make him a likely target of gun violence.

Whittingham said the shooting is "absolutely a mystery."

"Like so many cases in South L.A., we have nothing to go on at this point," he said.

Segovia, who was born in El Salvador, came to the U.S. with his mother. Both are U.S. citizens, Perez said.

 

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Comment by wickedpam on 09/27/2016 13:01:47
Morning

Comment by Mondobubba on 09/27/2016 13:20:25
Hello.

Comment by Raine on 09/27/2016 13:36:50
Good Morning!



Comment by Mondobubba on 09/27/2016 13:41:08
Yesterday afternoon when I was leaving work I was down and dispirited about the election, but after watching last night's dumpster fire, I have some hope again.

Comment by Mondobubba on 09/27/2016 13:45:44
Comment by wickedpam on 09/27/2016 13:50:47
Quote by Mondobubba:
Yesterday afternoon when I was leaving work I was down and dispirited about the election, but after watching last night's dumpster fire, I have some hope again.



I have been too, Hillary did great last night - totally won. BUT I'm still concerned, especially when I see that this morning #Trumpwon is trending and when you check it out, its not full of people being snarky.

Comment by Mondobubba on 09/27/2016 13:56:12
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by Mondobubba:
Yesterday afternoon when I was leaving work I was down and dispirited about the election, but after watching last night's dumpster fire, I have some hope again.



I have been too, Hillary did great last night - totally won. BUT I'm still concerned, especially when I see that this morning #Trumpwon is trending and when you check it out, its not full of people being snarky.


Trolls on Twitter are not a good indication of what is going on in reality.

Comment by BobR on 09/27/2016 14:07:01

We were noticing that too. Hilarious!

Comment by wickedpam on 09/27/2016 14:11:57
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by Mondobubba:
Yesterday afternoon when I was leaving work I was down and dispirited about the election, but after watching last night's dumpster fire, I have some hope again.



I have been too, Hillary did great last night - totally won. BUT I'm still concerned, especially when I see that this morning #Trumpwon is trending and when you check it out, its not full of people being snarky.


Trolls on Twitter are not a good indication of what is going on in reality.



yeah, but we can't chalk everything up to just twitter trolls, it takes thousands of tweets to get something trending under the promoted tweets. There are really people who believe he won.

Comment by wickedpam on 09/27/2016 14:15:22
Totally off topic - Amazon picked up a full season of The Tick! Yay!

Comment by Raine on 09/27/2016 14:26:02
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by Mondobubba:
Yesterday afternoon when I was leaving work I was down and dispirited about the election, but after watching last night's dumpster fire, I have some hope again.



I have been too, Hillary did great last night - totally won. BUT I'm still concerned, especially when I see that this morning #Trumpwon is trending and when you check it out, its not full of people being snarky.
I felt great waking up today!

Now this is a thing of beauty.
The clinton Shimmy!



Comment by wickedpam on 09/27/2016 14:38:48
Quote by Raine:
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by Mondobubba:
Yesterday afternoon when I was leaving work I was down and dispirited about the election, but after watching last night's dumpster fire, I have some hope again.



I have been too, Hillary did great last night - totally won. BUT I'm still concerned, especially when I see that this morning #Trumpwon is trending and when you check it out, its not full of people being snarky.
I felt great waking up today!

Now this is a thing of beauty.
The clinton Shimmy!




I did love that moment

Comment by velveeta jones on 09/27/2016 14:49:32
Speaking of Vets.....

Do ya'll suppose they're proud that Drumpf doesn't pay a dime in taxes to support them?

Morning all. I should have a raging hangover and a new meth addiction, but I thank the support of my family and pets. Also give credit that I've gotten off 98% of my social media.

Comment by wickedpam on 09/27/2016 14:55:12


Comment by Raine on 09/27/2016 15:14:52
Quote by velveeta jones:
Speaking of Vets.....

Do ya'll suppose they're proud that Drumpf doesn't pay a dime in taxes to support them?

Morning all. I should have a raging hangover and a new meth addiction, but I thank the support of my family and pets. Also give credit that I've gotten off 98% of my social media.
I am really hoping that the Vets will be mentioned in thier next debate.


Comment by Raine on 09/27/2016 15:16:46






Comment by Raine on 09/27/2016 15:18:36



Comment by Mondobubba on 09/27/2016 15:29:35
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by Raine:
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by Mondobubba:
Yesterday afternoon when I was leaving work I was down and dispirited about the election, but after watching last night's dumpster fire, I have some hope again.



I have been too, Hillary did great last night - totally won. BUT I'm still concerned, especially when I see that this morning #Trumpwon is trending and when you check it out, its not full of people being snarky.
I felt great waking up today!

Now this is a thing of beauty.
The clinton Shimmy!




I did love that moment


http://cdn0.dailydot.com/uploaded/images/original/2016/9/27/deb-06.gif


Comment by Raine on 09/27/2016 15:30:42
abusive scumbucket:




Comment by Mondobubba on 09/27/2016 16:15:19
Comment by Will in Chicago on 09/27/2016 17:16:07
Good morning, bloggers!!

I think that Trump showed that not preparing for a major debate looks bad for a presidential candidate.

With Der Donald's talk of the Cyber, maybe Rocky Mountain Mike can do a Cyberman song to the tune of this little ditty.



Comment by Raine on 09/27/2016 18:04:24
Clinton throws shade...


(wait until the end)


Comment by Raine on 09/27/2016 18:43:41
Hey! Remember when Reince said that HRC should smile more during the Commander in Chief Forum?


Now we get this shit.







Comment by Mondobubba on 09/27/2016 18:56:39
Quote by Raine:
Hey! Remember when Reince said that HRC should smile more during the Commander in Chief Forum?


Now we get this shit.








Bite me, you fish-lipped weasel.

Comment by Raine on 09/27/2016 19:48:03
Seante Dems (and 10-12 GOPrs) said no to the CR vote -- we may have a shutdown on Friday.

...carry on.