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Message 1987422 - Posted: 27 Mar 2019, 13:29:53 UTC
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Money laundering and corruption!
The situation at Swedbank gets dramatically worse. According to the Swedish Public Television, there were €135 billion of high-risk non-resident money flowed through its Estonian branch.
Mission Investigate can reveal a new story about Swedbank. It connects Donald Trump’s convicted former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, with four million Swedish bank customers.
And what happens if the bank deliberately misled US authorities?
The head of the DFS Finance Authority in New York, Maria Vullo, is requesting information about which links the banks' customers have to Mossack Fonseca.
And also in this mess, a corrupt president, Ukrainian president Viktor Janukovytj and an infamous Russian oligarch, Iskander Makhmudov. Mission Investigate can reveal new information about the people behind the suspected money laundering in Swedbank.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-27/swedbank-laundering-case-reportedly-has-ties-to-paul-manafort
Swedbank and the Americans - English version. One hour documantery.
https://www.svtplay.se/video/21634290/uppdrag-granskning/uppdrag-granskning-sasong-20-avsnitt-27?start=auto&tab=2019
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Message 1987425 - Posted: 27 Mar 2019, 13:48:59 UTC

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Message 1987488 - Posted: 27 Mar 2019, 20:51:13 UTC

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Message 1987523 - Posted: 28 Mar 2019, 0:44:42 UTC - in response to Message 1987425.  
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A MAGAT (MAGATrumpette or maggot) rears its ugly head
https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2019/03/26/taco-tirade-man-goes-on-rant-at-mexican-restaurant/
Hola, señor.
Taco Fredag: The Swedish Taco Friday Tradition
https://abritinsweden.com/2016/06/13/taco-fredag-the-swedish-taco-friday-tradition/
And with some "Chunky Salsa" labeled "no suger added", "rich flavour" and "big pieces" all text in English sold here in Sweden despite the company that make the salsa and spices is Swedish!
Isn't that weird? Why not text in Spanish:)

Which reminds me about here where today many food items are labeled with Arabic text when it's "Hallal". Some get upset with that. So what. Should we get upset if it's labeled "Kosher" as well?
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Message 1987597 - Posted: 28 Mar 2019, 12:51:50 UTC

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Message 1987980 - Posted: 30 Mar 2019, 14:24:20 UTC

Simple answer that would have avoided all this:
prosecute those involved
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Message 1988096 - Posted: 31 Mar 2019, 4:50:26 UTC

SUPER SWEET SWEETNESS

Ain't GUBment GRAND?????

https://www.dailycaller.com/2019/03/30/shallow-state-congress-protect/

RUBEWorld LOVEs CORRUPTION and CRIMINALITY

A LifeSentence of OHs and ONE GRAND ORANGe YAPe


May we All have a METAMORPHOSIS. REASON. GOoD JUDGEMENT and LOVE and ORDER!!!!!
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Message 1988097 - Posted: 31 Mar 2019, 5:53:04 UTC

Yep, anyone over 60 shouldn't be allowed the top job.

Good to see you growing some sense finally Dull. ;-)
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Message 1988147 - Posted: 31 Mar 2019, 15:12:54 UTC
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Can't you Yanks do anything right?

That's season 2 not 1.



Discs 5 & 6 have 5 episodes each.

As for CA Season 1, since when has the UK (region 2) been NTSC?

Profits talk, quality walks!
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Message 1988153 - Posted: 31 Mar 2019, 15:45:47 UTC - in response to Message 1988147.  

Can't you Yanks do anything right?
Profits talk, quality walks!

Sure it isn't pirate?
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Message 1988157 - Posted: 31 Mar 2019, 15:55:04 UTC - in response to Message 1988153.  
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Not pirated. Originals. As bought from here
The only difference is that mine were region 2 not 1.
Features: Exclusive Two-Part Featurette: Breaking The Laws Of TV.
1. Witness to An Incident
2. One of Our Own
3. Beauty Burglars
4. High Steel
5. Hot Line
6. Internal Affairs
7. Mr. Lonelyhearts
8. Conduct Unbecoming
9. I'll Be Home for Christmas
10. Recreational Use
11. Hopes and Dreams
12. The Grandest Jewel Thief of Them All
13. Affirmative Action
14. Open and Shut Case
15. Jane Doe #37
16. Date Rape
17. Burn Out
18. Chop Shop
19. Let Them Eat Pretzels
20. The Gang's All Here
21. A Cry for Help
22. The Informant
That's season 2. Season 1 only had 6 episodes.

Also, it seems the RotW doesn't matter to the US. All 12 seasons of Hawaii 5-O (original series) released on region 1 but only 7 for regions 2 & 4. Humph!
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Message 1988163 - Posted: 31 Mar 2019, 16:14:18 UTC - in response to Message 1988157.  

Not pirated. Originals. As bought from here

Also, it seems the RotW doesn't matter to the US. All 12 seasons of Hawaii 5-O (original series) released on region 1 but only 7 for regions 2 & 4. Humph!

1) Ah, bought from the pirate store. Er, since it is no longer available (at least with a USA IP address) it does not indicate who the seller is/was.

On the USA Amazon site, I bought some medical supplies that arrived marked for sale in the UK only but they are fulfilled from an Amazon warehouse a few miles from my abode. I knew at least the item is identical as the USA, just the patient information sheet is different, about five pages less legal crap.

2) Er, sometimes they can't rent a world wide copyright release, because different people own the rights in different countries.

Welcome to the wonderful world of international marketing!
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Message 1988167 - Posted: 31 Mar 2019, 16:42:22 UTC - in response to Message 1988157.  
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I got this "helpful" info from Amazon when I tested the very same item from Sweden.
Region 1 encoding. (This DVD will not play on most DVD players sold in the UK [Region 2]. This item requires a region specific or multi-region DVD player and compatible TV. More about DVD formats)
Note: you may purchase only one copy of this product. New Region 1 DVDs are dispatched from the USA or Canada and you may be required to pay import duties and taxes on them (click here for details) Please expect a delivery time of 5-7 days.
Don't Amazon know that almost every country in Europe, not only the UK, are in region 2?
And our TV sets doesn't use NTSC (Not The Same Colour) here!
And that PAL has a framerate of 50 FPS and NTSC 60 FPS.
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Message 1988172 - Posted: 31 Mar 2019, 17:15:47 UTC - in response to Message 1988163.  

Welcome to the wonderful world of international marketing!
LOL. considering they released a season 1 set consisting of all 6 episodes, makes one wonder why they marked up season 2 as 1.
as I said, quality walks.

@Janne, I did say mine were region 2. :-)
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Message 1988177 - Posted: 31 Mar 2019, 17:46:10 UTC - in response to Message 1988172.  

Oh. I thought you got a region 1 DVD.:)
But why doesn't Amazon inform other countries in Europe than the UK about DVD regions?
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Message 1988183 - Posted: 31 Mar 2019, 18:59:29 UTC - in response to Message 1988167.  
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Don't Amazon know that almost every country in Europe, not only the UK, are in region 2?

If you clicked his link you were on the .UK amazon site. I'd kind of expect the message to talk about the UK.

<ed>FYI USA site https://www.amazon.com/Cagney-Lacey-1-Season-DVDs/dp/B01GWDSEO2/ref=sr_1_49?crid=10IG6T5D02HUA&keywords=cagney+and+lacey&qid=1554059655&s=movies-tv&sprefix=cagney+%2Caps%2C244&sr=1-49
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Message 1988188 - Posted: 31 Mar 2019, 19:48:28 UTC - in response to Message 1988183.  

Hilarious.

Amazon UK sells it region 1
Amazon US sells it Region 2

Think their Marketing Dept needs a kick in the butt. :-)
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Message 1988197 - Posted: 31 Mar 2019, 20:21:07 UTC - in response to Message 1988183.  
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Don't Amazon know that almost every country in Europe, not only the UK, are in region 2?

If you clicked his link you were on the .UK amazon site. I'd kind of expect the message to talk about the UK.

<ed>FYI USA site https://www.amazon.com/Cagney-Lacey-1-Season-DVDs/dp/B01GWDSEO2/ref=sr_1_49?crid=10IG6T5D02HUA&keywords=cagney+and+lacey&qid=1554059655&s=movies-tv&sprefix=cagney+%2Caps%2C244&sr=1-49
Yes. But the site also acknowledged that I was from Sweden...
Whatever:) I guess many doing global purchasing have this kind of problems.
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Message 1988565 - Posted: 3 Apr 2019, 7:45:12 UTC
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Today is the big day!
https://twitter.com/AtlanticCouncil/status/1113327825094889472
NATO Engages. The NATO alliance on its 70th anniversary in Washington D.C. will bring allies from around the world to celebrate the enduring value of the transatlantic bond.

But wait a minute...
Mike Pence together with Jens Stoltenberg!
A religious Republican together with an atheist Socialist...


At very least Sweden and Finland will not be there.

Anyway Jens. Det är kjempefint, gi Mike helvete:)
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Message 1988569 - Posted: 3 Apr 2019, 10:34:46 UTC - in response to Message 1988565.  
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Hmm... Senior military officers met yesterday in Gloucester, England to discuss 'Corps-level operations', as part of events to mark NATO's 70th anniversary.
https://twitter.com/HQARRC/status/1113097718266724352

I do notice a flag there hold by a guy with oxblood colored boots and a green baret in front of the US flag .
Weird...
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