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  Why Has A Big Hollywood/D.C. Corruption Trial With Genuine Movie Stars Mostly Been Ignored? You Know Why! TOM SIEBERT Like Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial for child trafficking, cameras were not allowed during the trial of Fugees founding member Pras Michel, accused of funneling illegal foreign million$ to the Obama presidential campaign via a Malaysian surrogate. Can you imagine the attention this trial would get if cameras had been allowed to show Leonardo DiCaprio’s insightful and down-to-earth testimony? The memes! “ The press has gone and made another mess of it / Just because they got so much invested in it / You'll never be the same / Cuz everyone's corrupted by fame …” Van Morrison, “ Fame ” “Corruption is our protection. Corruption keeps us safe and warm. Corruption is why we win.” —  Syriana   (2005) $ $ $ $ $ $ There’s been an interesting literal Revelation of the Method when it comes to foreign money controlling the USA election process and the first two terms of ...

French Pension Protesters Storm Paris BlackRock Headquarters BY TYLER DURDEN Update (0810ET): We noted early that pension protestors in France were gathered outside of BlackRock's Paris headquarters. The protestors have now stormed the building. Here are the current scenes from Paris: *    *    *  France faces another wave of widespread protests and strikes following an unproductive discussion between the prime minister and labor unions. The failure to reach a compromise on the unpopular pension reform, which extends the working years for individuals, has fueled  two-and-a-half months of public discontent .  Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to protest on Thursday against Emmanuel Macron's pension reform to raise the minimum age from 62 to 64. Trade union leaders met the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, on Wednesday, but after just an hour of talks -- they failed to find a comprise.  The Guardian  provides insight into some of...