Posted on 08/31/2020 10:42:22 PM PDT by weston
Ruth Bader Ginsburg presides over wedding just weeks after hospitalization https://t.co/f6shcePrlo pic.twitter.com/aUFeRQjCmN— New York Post (@nypost) August 31, 2020
Cuomo is sounding like a mob boss, big tuff guy that he is.
Only business booming in NYC is UHaul and we all know why.
I think Trump is just sick to see what has become of a once beautiful city.
Is this a rally??? I hope I’m home in time.
It’s called ClosYs and I ordered it at Amazon.
This is Nancy Pelosi’s district. pic.twitter.com/1yIuFlWdLe— Students For Trump (@TrumpStudents) September 2, 2020
Good morning , Gran. You are welcome. Hope it’s doesn’t get too hot for you.
Good morning, exit. You are welcome. :-)
First-time jobless claims hit 881,000, marking lowest weekly total since pandemic began
One in five small businesses estimates that, absent an economic turnaround or another government lifeline, they will have to close their doors within six months.
Sept. 3, 2020, 5:33 AM PDT By Martha C. White
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First-time jobless claims for the final week of August came in at 881,000, exceeding analyst expectations and marking the lowest weekly total since the pandemic began.
Part of the reason for the dip is that the government changed the way it accounts for seasonal fluctuation in the labor market. The adjustment is supposed to yield more accurate data in the long run, but it also diminishes the significance of the weekly drop in the numbers released by the Department of Labor.
Although President Donald Trump has boasted on Twitter of soaring job gains within the past three months, economists say this ignores the inescapable fact that the economy is still nearly 13 million jobs shy of where the country was in February — and the mom-and-pop businesses that are America’s primary engine of job growth are losing ground.
“The fact remains that these are extremely elevated numbers and that we have to brace for further job loss in the coming weeks and months,” said Mark Hamrick, senior economic analyst at Bankrate.com.
“Small businesses represent 65 percent of all new jobs created,” said Eric Groves, co-founder and CEO of business-to-business technology firm Alignable, which uncovered a new — and alarming — trend in small business sentiment: Owners anticipate more layoffs.
Thanks gub, you are the best!!
Civilian Navy Engineer, 3 Others Arrested on Federal Charges Alleging Theft and Sale of Government-Owned Technical Information
LOS ANGELES – Federal authorities this morning arrested four defendants across the country on charges alleging a civilian employee of the United States Navy downloaded technical drawings and manuals related to U.S. military weapons systems and sold the items to a Newport Beach company, which later resold the documents to domestic and foreign customers.
The arrests were made pursuant to a criminal complaint filed in United States District Court in Los Angeles that charges all four defendants with theft of government property. The affidavit in support of the complaint alleges that the thefts have been occurring since at least 2012, and possibly since 2008.
The four defendants arrested this morning are:
Mark Fitting, 53, of Berlin, New Jersey, an engineer employed by the Navy at a facility in Philadelphia;
Melony Erice, 54, of Lighthouse Point, Florida, who formerly cohabitated with Fitting in New Jersey;
George Posey IV, 36, of Costa Mesa, an employee of Newport Aeronautical Sales Corporation (NASC), a Newport Beach company that sells technical aircraft data; and
Dean Mirabal, 52, of Costa Mesa, another NASC employee.
All four defendants are expected to make initial appearances in federal court in the districts in which they were arrested. For example, Posey and Mirabal are expected to appear this afternoon in United States District Court in Santa Ana.
The investigation started when military investigators began looking at Fitting in relation to claims that he “was interfering with the quality assurance process for aircraft canopies intended for use in U.S. military aircraft,” according to the affidavit. The agents with the Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS) and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) discovered two dozen emails from Fitting’s Navy email account to Erice’s Gmail account, all of which contained government-controlled technical drawings or manuals related to various military weapons systems, including aircraft.
“[S]ome of those drawings and manuals were specifically labeled with International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) distribution warnings related to export control and destruction, as well as DOD contractor proprietary markings,” the affidavit alleges.
Investigators have concluded that Fitting also had access to Erice’s Gmail account, which allowed both of them to sell the documents and drawings to NASC. “[B]etween September 21, 2012, and June 20, 2019, Fitting and Erice together unlawfully sold NASC at least 5,000 government-controlled technical manuals and drawings,” according to the affidavit.
Over the same nearly seven-year period, NASC issued Erice 150 checks totaling $509,845, but the two shared the proceeds of the sales, as evidenced by Fitting having access to one of Erice’s bank accounts and Erice being an authorized user on one of Fitting’s credit cards, according to the affidavit. Furthermore, the affidavit contains a lengthy email from Erice to Fitting obtained pursuant to a search warrant that outlines how Fitting was entitled to 75 percent of the proceeds, with the balance going to Erice.
The affidavit outlines how Fitting and Erice obtained documents and sold them to NASC, sometimes obtaining specific documents at the request of NASC. “In one such instance, on December 8, 2018, at the request of Mirabal, Fitting accessed and downloaded a government-controlled technical drawing for a military landing craft air cushion that he and ERICE sold to NASC, along with at least 16 other government-controlled technical drawings and/or manuals, for $5,025,” the affidavit states. “Knowing the drawing was unlawfully procured outside of official government channels, Posey paid Erice for the drawing,” which NASC sold to a customer.
The affidavit notes that Fitting was allowed to access military computer systems after promising to safeguard controlled data. The affidavit also notes that Posey and Mirabal “are aware of the appropriate processes to procure government-controlled technical manuals and drawings and, as a result, they know that the acquisition of such manuals and drawings from Erice and/or Fitting is unlawful.”
A criminal complaint contains allegations that a defendant has committed a crime. Every defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
The felony offense of theft of government property carries a statutory maximum sentence of 10 years in federal prison.
This case is being investigated by DCIS; NCIS; Homeland Security Investigations; and the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security, Office of Export Enforcement. These agencies received assistance from the U.S. Air Force’s Office of Special Investigations and U.S. Army’s Criminal Investigation Command.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Keith Ellison of the International Narcotics, Money Laundering, and Racketeering Section.
@NYGovCuomo
should get his puppet New York prosecutors, who have been illegally after me and my family for years, to investigate his incompetent handling of the China Virus, and all of the deaths caused by this incompetence. It is at minimum a Nursing Home Scandal - 11,000 DEAD!Lovely breakfast lysie, thanks.
Wore my American Flag mask yesterday.
A woman said I like your mask, thanks for wearing it.
My “Trump, Keep America Great” masks are in, going to start wearing that.
My friend sells them, sold 16 of them yesterday in the supermarket parking lot.
Trump 2020 masks
Black people also.
Jeff has a new show, “What its Worth.”
Hubby taped a couple of shows for me.
Good morning, sweetie. You are welcome.
Morning NIKK,
Yup Vegas.
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Prayers for your pastor.
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