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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Toyota in damage control mode after American exec arrested

<img title=”Toyota Motor Corp’s Managing Officer and Chief Communications Officer Julie Hamp speaks to media during a news conference in Nagoya, central Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo June 17, 2015 and released by Kyodo on June 18, 2015. REUTERS/Kyodo” src=”http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02

via Toyota in damage control mode after American exec arrested.

Japanese media reports, citing police investigators, said 57 addictive Oxycodone pills were found in a small parcel labeled “necklaces” that was sent from the United States and addressed to Hamp in Japan. The pills were in packets or buried at the bottom of the parcel, which also contained toy pendants and necklaces, they said.

Hamp, a former General Motors Co and PepsiCo Inc executive, told police she did not think she had imported an illegal substance, a spokesman for Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department said.” {It is a controlled drug in US that has many addicted.}

Greece’s Proposals to End the Crisis: My intervention at today’s Eurogroup

Yanis Varoufakis

The only antidote to propaganda and malicious ‘leaks’ is transparency. After so much disinformation on my presentation at the Eurogroup of the Greek government’s position, the only response is to post the precise words uttered within. Read them and judge for yourselves whether the Greek government’s proposals constitute a basis for agreement.

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9 dead in ‘hate crime’ shooting at historic African American church in Charleston – The Washington Post

9 dead in ‘hate crime’ shooting at historic African American church in Charleston – The Washington Post.

Sickening – RIP for those killed.

Six females and three males were killed, police said. Though authorities did not release the names of the victims, the church’s pastor, Clementa Pinckney, who is also a South Carolina state senator, was missing after the shooting, and some members of the congregation feared the worst. Indeed, House Minority Leader Todd Rutherford said Pinckney was among the dead, and friends started posting “RIP” condolences on social media.

“Rest in peace my friend Sen. Rev. Clementa Pinckney,” Rep. Samuel Rivers Jr., wrote on Twitter. “When the name of the church dawned on me I tried calling Clementa.”

“My friend and brother in Christ Senator Clementa Pinckney was shot to death in the senseless tragedy that occurred in Emanuel AME Church in Charleston,” Larry Grooms, a state senator, wrote on Facebook. “My heart breaks for the loss of Sen. Pinckney, the other victims and for their families. Now is the time for prayer. Let us all unite our hearts in prayer and ask God for His Grace, Love and Mercy.”

A woman will appear on redesigned $10 bill in 2020 – The Washington Post

“It’s been our goal from the beginning to see the face of a woman on our paper currency,” Susan Ades Stone, the group’s executive director, said in a phone interview. “So naturally I’m excited to hear that our mission will be accomplished.”

She said she did not mind that Jackson is staying on the $20 bill. Putting a woman on the $10 bill appears to be the quickest solution, she said.

via A woman will appear on redesigned $10 bill in 2020 – The Washington Post.