Thursday, June 25, 2015

Dr. William Mount: Red Dragons - GOD Is Never Wrong <<>> ( also cancer cured !! )


TWO POSTS == WILLIAM MOUNT...
THEY TIE TOGETHER..  ( TWO DIFFERENT TITLES & DATES )


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Dr. William Mount: Red Dragon Family -- Lied Again





William Mount
Red Dragon Family - Lied Again
Mon Jun 22, 2015

The following story is not going to make those happy who truly believe
the Red Dragon Family is going to ride in on a White Horse and save
the day. This is Poppy Cock Horse Pucky.
OK - we can expect an enormous amount of criticism by the Red Chinese
and their paid Hench men about this article but you need to know the truth
about who they are and what they want.
(((Please pray that those who are destroying Freedom in America are
immediately immobilized for life - all of them.)))
The Red Dragon Family is supposed to be the family line of Ghengis Kahn
and stretch form central China to Rome and up into London. In their
St Germain (Marco Polo) Trust fund they claim to have;
$1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
1) Well - Fist of all - their "Ambassador" has an Italian Accent - he is from Rome.
2) Second - Today, currency is made up on a computer so to give some one
    say  - a Million Dollars - they just make it up.
3) Third - When I went to college in 1978 I watched US Engineers at UC
     Berkeley GROW Iron out of the ether and guess what - I known, and know
     of, several people who have grown Gold out of the Ether such as Senator
     Jack Metcalf.
So to run around and say your have a Gajillion billion Trillion Dollars is both
irresponsible and dishonest.
Several months ago weo presented on this "Ambassador" to the
Red Dragon Family many Humanitarian Projects to fund, such as: building
a Water  Powered motor and Tacheon Generators.
As you recall - the 1181 P-51 Engine in WW2 was water powered. Duh.
The Ambassador's Official Response on the radio was that Humans are
"Not Spiritually Advanced" enough to have these toys.
In other words - they do not intend to fund anything - they are liars and
thieves just like the Rothchilds.
Well - since then we have called them out and\the Chinese economy is
crumbling. GOD will not be mocked - even by them.
They were told what GOD expected for them to do and they ignored it -
so yesterday, today and tomorrow we shall see the Sun spit fire and their
cities in Japan and China shake along with the Islands just north of
New Zealand so you know who I speak for.
Lucifer himself has not been able to stop these events - he is powerless
before the Living GOD, yet Morons still follow him,
During the past week the Red Dragon "Ambassador" was once again
confronted at two press conferences - this time we had posted the videos
THE CURE FOR CANCER, THE CURE FOR DIABETES. etc and he was
asked why he is not funding clinics to push these techniques.
His response was: I want a full business plan and see how we can
make money off of these clinics.
In other words - his bosses are liars and thieves. All they want to do is
make money. Their Bajillion, Million, Trillion dollars is there's and they
do not intend  to share it with anyone.
Further - he stated that if Humanity does not rise spiritually fast enough
 in the next 3 years they will destroy 90% of Humanity.
This is your Red Dragon Family - arrogant, greedy murderers.
Now remember - the "Ambassador" is just a Messenger for some pretty rich
 folks - and their money leads to lead to Rome where Lucifer is worshiped by
the Pope - see his June 0214 Mass to his Master Lucifer. .
The Red Dragon Ambassador is just a Mouth Piece - like Joseph Goebbles
was for Adolf Hitler. He is a PR person, hired to apparently spread lies and
distort reality and make the Red Dragons look kind and gentle and caring.
It must grade on him every time he has to lie.
A small fact in politics: All politicians lie and I can't stand any of them.
They should speak the truth and maybe we won't have so many wars.
If the Red Dragons were serious why would they not promote the Video:
THE CURE FOR CANCER?
Exactly.
So here is what GOD says: "You will fund the programs my servant
brought forth by 1 August or my protection of you is over."
Big deal they think - right?
Do we forget 8 February when the US torched off a Nuke in the Eastern
Ukraine and sent 3 more hurdling to other targets?
Did we forget that in March Obama ordered a "Limited Nuclear Strike"
against Russia but he had lost control of our 65,000 Nukes so it never
occurred? (See Sorcha this week)
Did we forget that the Russian Federation and the Red Chinese are now
fully deployed to nuke the US at this very moment?
Also - Obama plans a Full Scale Test of our Nuclear Arsenal in early August
and if an accident does not kick off WW3 he plans a limited Nuclear Strike
under CONPLAN 2010-13 on both Russia and China in Early October
followed by an invasion of Russia?
Not to wander - but China and Russia are now fighting about the Silk
Highway and who will invest in the Former Soviet Nations for the construction
of factories?
So Russian and Chinese Oligarchs - you did not do as GOD directed and we
are on the verge of a Nuclear War and you are fighting among your selves?
Do your leaders have half a brain to figure this out?
Do you think that if you have your next Red Dragon Meeting in Hong Kong
anything will change?
China - look out your windows - your economy is crumbling, your cities are
shaking, your allies realize now you are liars and you mock GOD.
GOD WILL NOT BE MOCKED Red Dragons, Russian Leadership.
Putin - I warned you who was going to take a Pot Shot at you and they did
- are your stupid?
Did you need me to come to Moscow and dance in front of your office with
a sign - "Hey President Putin, a Really Fat Oligarch Close To You Is About
To Shoot You."
Last time I left Moscow you had me poisoned for what - stopping Moscow
from being Nuked and from you loosing $750,000,000 personally?
Have you all gone stupid?
The Living GOD will now handle you directly. John Kerry lies in a Coma,
Joe Biden's Son was killed - now more will die, so HE has said it, so it
shall be.
So here is a little surprise: Your 3 rail lines you are updating are your weak
point - 30,000 Miles of Rail Line and one squad with a match can tear up
you Rail Lines and bend them in a fire.
GO ahead - ignore what GOD has directed you to do and see what happens.
You Fallen Angels who inhabit these leaders - you will never get back to
heaven, ever. You do not even know how the Speed Of Light changes as you
 go up the Harmonics and you plan to waltz back into Heaven?
It is simple Mathematics in a Logorythmic Scale related to Sacred Geometry.
You can't even follow simple instructions from the Living GOD while you are
here in this lower Material Plane!
You will need to go down 2 more planes until you can follow simple instructions,
form the Animal to the Plant Harmonics.
The Living GOD has spoken and when his SON returns you are toast - literally.
That could be today, it could be tomorrow, or it could be in 3 weeks - only GOD
knows when and that is what is driving you nuts, isn't it?
Enough - 1 August and your protection from above is pulled for both Russia
and China and India will begin to splinter even further and Israel will begin to
get hit hard by the Living GOD.
Enough - You have my number.
---------------------------------------------
The News You Need
Dr William B. Mount
China wants Central Asia and it's not just about Russia - Business Insider
Rail Silk Highway



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Dr. William Mount:  Red Dragons - GOD Is Never Wrong


William Mount
Red Dragons - GOD Is Never Wrong
Tue Jun 23, 2015


Red Dragons - this one is for you.

Look up - My Help Cometh From Above.

The sky over you head is filled with fire and the ground under your feet
is shaking. Your god could not stop this - we challenged him here on this
news sight, on You Tube, on TV dozens of times and on the radio
countless times and yet you follow Lucifer - Unbelievable but true....

The Ground under your feet will continue to shake World Wide.

GOD Will Not Be Mocked and Red Dragon Family
You Will No Longer Lie - Fund These Humanitarian Projects.
GOD Will Now Hold Your Feet To The Fire - Put Up Because
You Will Not Shut Up.
-----
On the brighter side - had a call form a gal who had a brain tumor.
The doctors wanted to give her Chemo, Radiation, Operation.....
they were going to destroy her. She ate 16 drops of Immusist a day,
three times a day and she just called.
After 2 months no tumor - they scanned her brain twice.

This old Black Gal beat Brain Cancer with Immusist.

I do not know exactly how it works or why - I think it has allot to do with
the changing of the structure of the water - but her Brain Cancer is gone.
-----
So while the Red Dragon Family is angry because their Pinhead Boss
Lucifer can't stop the Sun Spots and Earth Quakes - Lots more quakes to
come - the rest of us are getting rid of Diabetes, Cancer, etc.

THE CURE FOR CANCER - YouTube

Current Sun Data: Thank you Dr Will P Wilson - three huge Sn Spots tonight.,
aimed directly at China. Maybe - just maybe - the Red Dragons should listen
to the Living GOD, Maybe?

Until you do as you were asked - the Humbling has just begun for you,
so HE has said it, so it shall be.



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Video: THE CURE FOR CANCER

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Uncle Sam Fined This Farmer $680,000 For Selling HIS OWN Raisins — And The Supreme Court Just Issue A Major Ruling


LEARN TO STAND UP TO BIG GOVERNMENT...
..........DO NOT "ENABLE THEM"  !!
MAJOR VICTORIES CAN BE HAD...
YOU HAVE TO BE FIRM.
STAND YOUR GROUND.


-Uncle Sam Little Known Facts About Uncle SamFined This Farmer
$680,000
For Selling HIS OWN Raisins
— And The Supreme Court
    Just Issue A Major Ruling


Uncle Sam Fined This Farmer $680,000 For Selling

HIS OWN Raisins — And The Supreme Court

Just Issue A Major Ruling

by · June 24, 2015

The federal government can no longer tell family farmers how many raisins to grow and sell, the US Supreme Court ruled Monday in a case in which one farmer was fined $680,000 simply because he refused to obey the government’s orders.
The decision was a defeat for the Obama administration, Uncle-Sam-11-e1370881400909which had argued that taking upwards of one-half of a farmer’s crop was nothing more than “market regulation.”
The government must compensate him, the court ruled in a 5-4 decision.

“The Government has a categorical duty to pay just compensation when it takes your car, just as when it takes your home,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the court’s opinion in a case called Horne vs. Department of Agriculture.

Raisins, he wrote, are “the fruit of the growers’ labor,” and not “public things subject to the absolute control of the state,”

California raisin farmer Marvin D. Horne had argued that the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) violated the takings clause in the Fifth Amendment by fining him for not turning over part of his crop to a federal agency, the Raisin Administrative Committee, which determines each year what percentage of raisins farmers can’t sell.

The USDA fined Horne and his wife Laura $680,000 for refusing to turn 47 percent of their crop over to the committee during the 2002-2003 growing season, Off the Grid News reported earlier this year. The Hornes were required to turn the raisins over to the committee by an old law, the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1937.

The act required raisin farmers to turn a percentage of their crop over to the government without charge, as part of a program meant to stabilize raisin market prices. The law passed during President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal and limited the supply on the market.

As Roberts noted, “The required allocation is determined by the Raisin Administrative Committee, a Government entity composed largely of growers and others in the raisin business appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture.”
In 2003–2004, farmers were ordered to turn over 30 percent of their crop.

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TPP Part 2 - typical USA corporation BS

 
TPP Part 2 - typical USA corporation BS







Trans-Pacific Partnership: Summary of U.S. Objectives


The United States is participating in negotiations of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement with 11 other Asia-Pacific countries (Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam) – a trade agreement that will open markets, set high-standard trade rules, and address 21st-century issues in the global economy.  By doing so, TPP will promote jobs and growth in the United States and across the Asia-Pacific region.
The Obama Administration is pursuing TPP to unlock opportunities for American manufacturers, workers, service providers, farmers, and ranchers – to support job creation and wage growth.  We are working hard to ensure that TPP will be a comprehensive deal, providing new and meaningful market access for goods and services; strong and enforceable labor standards and environmental commitments; groundbreaking new rules designed to ensure fair competition between state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and private companies; commitments that will improve the transparency and consistency of the regulatory environment to make it easier for small- and medium-sized businesses to operate across the region; a robust intellectual property (IP) rights framework to promote innovation, while supporting access to innovative and generic medicines and an open Internet; and obligations that will promote a thriving digital economy, including new rules to ensure the free flow of data.
This document describes the Administration’s goals and objectives for TPP, and presents the main elements of each chapter from the United States’ perspective.  Negotiations toward a TPP Agreement are ongoing, and many of the elements detailed below are not settled.  These are our objectives; there is still work to be done to achieve them.  This document lays out the Administration’s vision, which the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is advancing, of harnessing trade as a tool for economic growth and supporting jobs, and building opportunity for Americans in the context of an agreement that will benefit all TPP countries. 
We are committed to providing the public information on what we are working to achieve through trade negotiations, and we will continue to share this information through the press, social media, and at www.ustr.gov as we move forward in the TPP negotiations.

TRADE IN GOODS
The United States ships more than $1.9 billion in goods to TPP countries every day.  In today’s highly competitive global marketplace, even small increases in a product’s cost due to tariffs or non-tariff barriers can mean the difference between success and failure for a business.  That is why the United States is working to negotiate in TPP comprehensive and preferential access across an expansive duty-free trading region for the industrial goods, food and agriculture products, and textiles, which will allow our exporters to develop and expand their participation in the value chains of the fastest-growing economies in the world.
The United States exported more than $622.5 billion of manufactured products to TPP countries in 2013.  With the elimination of TPP countries’ tariffs on manufactured products, including innovative and high technology products, such as industrial and electrical machinery, precision and scientific instruments, and chemicals and plastics, U.S. products will compete on a more level playing field with goods from TPP countries’ other free trade agreement (FTA) partners – including China, India, and the EU.  As just one example, certain U.S. auto parts currently face a 27-percent tariff entering Vietnam.  Other countries that have an FTA with Vietnam, such as China, Thailand, and Indonesia, export their auto parts to Vietnam duty free.  By eliminating duties U.S. auto parts companies face, TPP would help boost their competitiveness in the Vietnamese market.
Twenty percent of U.S. farm income comes from agricultural exports and those exports support rural communities.  In fact, U.S. food and agricultural exports to the world reached an all-time high in 2013 of over $148 billion.  Of that total, we exported more than $58 billion to TPP countries – a figure that would increase as a result of tariff elimination under TPP.  As just one example:  U.S. poultry currently faces a 40-percent tariff in Malaysia.  U.S. poultry would become more affordable in Malaysia under a TPP agreement that reduces these duties to zero.
Specifically, in the TPP we are seeking:
  • Elimination of tariffs and commercially-meaningful market access for U.S. products exported to TPP countries; and
  • Provisions that address longstanding non-tariff barriers, including import licensing requirements and other restrictions.
TEXTILES
U.S. textile and apparel manufacturers sold more than $10 billion worth of products to TPP countries in 2013, an increase of 5.4 percent from the previous year.  Many U.S. yarns, fabrics, and apparel currently face tariffs as high as 20 percent upon entering some TPP countries.  Our goal in the TPP negotiations is to remove tariff and non-tariff barriers to textile and apparel exports to enhance the competitiveness of our producers in the Asia-Pacific region.
Specifically, in the TPP we are seeking:
  • Elimination of tariffs on textile and apparel exports to TPP countries;
  • A “yarn forward” rule of origin, which requires that textile and apparel products be made using U.S. or other TPP country yarns and fabrics to qualify for the benefits of the agreement, so as to ensure that non-qualifying textiles and apparel from non-TPP countries do not enjoy the benefits reserved for TPP countries;
  • A carefully crafted “short supply” list, which would allow fabrics, yarns, and fibers that are not commercially available in the United States or other TPP countries to be sourced from non-TPP countries and used in the production of apparel in the TPP region without losing duty preference;
  • Strict enforcement provisions and customs cooperation commitments that will provide for verification of claims of origin or preferential treatment, and denial of preferential treatment or entry for suspect goods if claims cannot be verified; and
  • A textile specific safeguard mechanism that will allow the United States and other TPP countries to re-impose tariffs on certain goods if a surge in imports causes or threatens to cause serious damage to domestic producers.
SERVICES
Services industries account for four out of five U.S. jobs and also represent a significant and growing share of jobs in other TPP countries.  Securing liberalized and fair access to foreign services markets will help U.S. service suppliers, both small and large, seeking to do business in TPP markets, thereby, supporting jobs at home.
Specifically, in the TPP we are seeking:
  • Liberalizing access for services companies so they receive better or equal treatment to service suppliers from TPP countries’ other FTA partners and face a more level playing field in TPP markets;
  • Provisions that would enable service suppliers to supply services without establishing an office in every TPP country;
  • New or enhanced obligations in specific sectors important to promoting trade (e.g., enhanced disciplines for express delivery services will promote regional supply chains and aid  small businesses, which often are highly dependent on express delivery services for integration into supply chains and distribution networks); and
  • Commitments to liberalize foreign financial services and insurance markets while protecting a government’s broad flexibility to regulate, including in the financial sector, and to take the actions necessary to ensure the stability and integrity of a financial system.
INVESTMENT
With trade following investment, we are working to ensure that U.S. investors abroad are provided the same kind of opportunities in other markets that we provide in the United States to foreign investors doing business within our borders.  That is why we are seeking to include in TPP many of the investment obligations that have historically proven to support jobs and economic growth, as well as new provisions to take on emerging investment issues. 
Specifically, in the TPP we are seeking:
  • Liberalized access for investment in TPP markets, non-discrimination and the reduction or elimination of other barriers to the establishment and operation of investments in TPP countries, including prohibitions against unlawful expropriation and specified performance requirements;
  • Provisions that will address measures that require TPP investors to favor another country’s domestic technology in order to benefit SOEs, national champions, or other competitors in that country; and 
  • Procedures for arbitration that will provide basic rule of law protections for U.S. investors operating in foreign markets similar to those the U.S. already provides to foreign investors operating in the U.S.  These procedures would provide strong protections to ensure that all TPP governments can appropriately regulate in the public interest, including on health, safety, and environmental protection.  This includes an array of safeguards designed to raise the standards around investor-state dispute settlement, such as by discouraging and dismissing frivolous suits, allowing governments to direct the outcome of arbitral tribunals in certain areas, making proceedings more open and transparent, and providing for the participation of civil society organizations and other non-parties.
LABOR
Ensuring respect for worker rights is a core value.  That is why in TPP the United States is seeking to build on the strong labor provisions in the most recent U.S. trade agreements by seeking enforceable rules that protect the rights of freedom of association and collective bargaining; discourage trade in goods produced by forced labor, including forced child labor; and establish mechanisms to monitor and address labor concerns.
Specifically, in the TPP we are seeking:
  • Requirements to adhere to fundamental labor rights as recognized by the International Labor Organization, as well as acceptable conditions of work, subject to the same dispute settlement mechanism as other obligations in TPP; 
  • Rules that will ensure that TPP countries do not waive or derogate from labor laws in a manner that affects trade or investment, including in free trade zones, and that they take initiatives to discourage trade in goods produced by forced labor;
  • Formation of a consultative mechanism to develop specific steps to address labor concerns when they arise; and
  • Establishment of a means for the public to raise concerns directly with TPP governments if they believe a TPP country is not meeting its labor commitments, and requirements that governments consider and respond to those concerns.
ENVIRONMENT
Environmental stewardship is a core value and advancing environmental protection and conservation efforts across the Asia-Pacific region is a key priority for the United States in TPP.  In addition to core environment obligations, we are seeking trailblazing, first-ever conservation proposals to address some of the region’s most urgent environmental challenges.
Specifically, in the TPP we are seeking:
  • Strong and enforceable environment obligations, subject to the same dispute settlement mechanism as other obligations in TPP;
  • Commitments to effectively enforce domestic environmental laws, including laws that implement multilateral environmental agreements, and commitments not to waive or derogate from the protections afforded in environmental laws for the purpose of encouraging trade or investment; 
  • New provisions that will address wildlife trafficking, illegal logging, and illegal fishing practices; and
  • Establishment of a means for the public to raise concerns directly with TPP governments if they believe a TPP member is not meeting its environment commitments, and requirements that governments consider and respond to those concerns.
E-COMMERCE AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
In the past five years, the number of Internet users worldwide has ballooned from 2 to 3 billion and will continue to grow.  The increase in Internet use creates significant economic potential, particularly for small businesses. The Obama Administration is working through TPP to unlock the promise of e-commerce, keep the Internet free and open, promote competitive access for telecommunications suppliers, and set digital trade rules-of-the-road. 
Specifically, in the TPP we are seeking:
  • Commitments not to impose customs duties on digital products (e.g., software, music, video, e-books);
  • Non-discriminatory treatment of digital products transmitted electronically and guarantees that these products will not face government-sanctioned discrimination based on the nationality or territory in which the product is produced;  
  • Requirements that support a single, global Internet, including ensuring cross-border data flows, consistent with governments’ legitimate interest in regulating for purposes of privacy protection;
  • Rules against localization requirements that force businesses to place computer infrastructure in each market in which they seek to operate, rather than allowing them to offer services from network centers that make business sense;
  • Commitments to provide reasonable network access for telecommunications suppliers through interconnection and access to physical facilities; and
  • Provisions promoting choice of technology and competitive alternatives to address the high cost of international mobile roaming.
COMPETITION POLICY AND STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES
U.S. goals on competition policy and SOEs are grounded in long-standing principles of fair competition, consumer protection, and transparency.  The United States is seeking rules to prohibit anticompetitive business conduct, as well as fraudulent and deceptive commercial activities that harm consumers.  We are also pursuing pioneering rules to ensure that private sector businesses and workers are able to compete on fair terms with SOEs, especially when such SOEs receive significant government backing to engage in commercial activity.
Specifically, in the TPP we are seeking:
  • Basic rules for procedural fairness on competition law enforcement;
  • Commitments ensuring SOEs act in accordance with commercial considerations and compete fairly, without undue advantages from the governments that own them, while allowing governments to provide support to SOEs that provide public services domestically; and
  • Rules that will provide transparency with respect to the nature of government control over and support for SOEs.
SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES
Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of the U.S. economy and are key contributors to economic growth in other TPP economies as well.  The United States’ 28 million SMEs account for nearly two-thirds of net new private sector jobs in recent decades.  SMEs that export tend to grow even faster, create more jobs, and pay higher wages than similar businesses that do not trade internationally.  We are seeking through this agreement to provide SMEs the tools they need to compete across TPP markets.  TPP will benefit SMEs by eliminating tariff and non-tariff barriers, streamlining customs procedures, strengthening intellectual property protection, promoting e-commerce, and developing more efficient and transparent regulatory regimes.  In addition, TPP will include a first-ever chapter focusing on issues that create particular challenges for SMEs.
Specifically, in the TPP we are seeking:
  • Commitments to provide access to information on utilizing FTAs – a problem that SMEs have identified as a disproportionate challenge for them; and
  • Establishment of a regular review of how TPP is working for SMEs. 
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
As the world’s most innovative economy, strong and effective protection and enforcement of IP rights is critical to U.S. economic growth and American jobs.  Nearly 40 million American jobs are directly or indirectly attributable to “IP-intensive” industries.  These jobs pay higher wages to their workers, and these industries drive approximately 60 percent of U.S. merchandise exports and a large share of services exports.  In TPP, we are working to advance strong, state-of-the-art, and balanced rules that will protect and promote U.S. exports of IP-intensive products and services throughout the Asia-Pacific region for the benefit of producers and consumers of those goods and services in all TPP countries.  The provisions that the United States is seeking – guided by the careful balance achieved in existing U.S. law – will promote an open, innovative, and technologically-advanced Asia-Pacific region, accelerating invention and creation of new products and industries across TPP countries, while at the same time ensuring outcomes that enable all TPP countries to draw on the full benefits of scientific, technological, and medical innovation, and take part in development and enjoyment of new media, and the arts. 
Specifically, in the TPP we are seeking:
  • Strong protections for patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets, including safeguards against cyber theft of trade secrets;
  • Commitments that obligate countries to seek to achieve balance in their copyright systems by means of, among other approaches, limitations or exceptions that allow for the use of copyrighted works for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research;
  • Pharmaceutical IP provisions that promote innovation and the development of new, lifesaving medicines, create opportunities for robust generic drug competition, and ensure affordable access to medicines, taking into account levels of development among the TPP countries and their existing laws and international commitments; 
  • New rules that promote transparency and due process with respect to trademarks and  geographical indications;
  • Strong and fair enforcement rules to protect against trademark counterfeiting and copyright piracy, including rules allowing increased penalties in cases where counterfeit or pirated goods threaten consumer health or safety; and
  • Internet service provider “safe harbor” provisions, as well as strong and balanced provisions regarding technological protection measures to foster new business models and legitimate commerce in the digital environment. 
TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE AND SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY MEASURES
Non-tariff trade barriers, such as duplicative testing and unscientific regulations imposed on food and agricultural goods, are among the biggest challenges facing exporters across the Asia-Pacific region.  An effective regulatory program should protect the public interest – for example in health, safety, and environmental protection – and do so in a manner that is no more trade restrictive than necessary to achieve the policy goal.  The United States is therefore seeking in TPP to strengthen rules intended to eliminate unwarranted technical barriers to trade (TBT) and build upon WTO commitments in this area, and to ensure that sanitary and phytosanitary measures (SPS) are developed and implemented in a transparent, science-based manner.
Specifically, in the TPP we are seeking:
  • Commitments to enhance transparency, reduce unnecessary testing and certification costs, and  promote greater openness in standards development; 
  • Commitments aimed at adopting common approaches to regulatory matters related to trade in products in key sectors such as wine and distilled spirits, medical devices, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, information and communication technology, and food formulas
  • New and enforceable rules to ensure that science-based SPS measures are developed and implemented in a transparent, predictable, and non-discriminatory manner, while at the same time preserving the ability of U.S. and other TPP regulatory agencies to do what they deem necessary to protect food safety, and plant and animal health; an
  • Establishment of an on-going mechanism for improved dialogue and cooperation on addressing SPS and TBT issues.
TRANSPARENCY, ANTICORRUPTION AND REGULATORY COHERENCE
Through TPP, we are seeking to make trade across the TPP region more seamless, including by improving the coherence of TPP regulatory systems, enhancing transparency in policy-making processes, and combatting corruption.  These “good government” reforms also play an important role in ensuring fairness for American firms and workers
Specifically, in the TPP we are seeking: 
  • Commitments to promote greater transparency, participation, and accountability in the development of regulations and other government decisions, including by promptly publishing laws, regulations, administrative rulings of general application, and other procedures that affect trade and investment, and providing opportunities for stakeholder comment on measures before they are adopted and finalized;
  • For the first time in a U.S. trade agreement, a chapter on regulatory coherence, including commitments on good regulatory practices; and
  • Commitments discouraging corruption and establishing codes of conduct to promote high ethical standards among public officials.
CUSTOMS, TRADE FACILITATION AND RULES OF ORIGIN
Cutting the red-tape of trade, including by reducing costs and increasing customs efficiencies, will make it cheaper, easier, and faster for businesses to get their products to market.  In TPP, we are looking to facilitate trade across the TPP region; support the deep integration of U.S. logistics, manufacturing, and other industries in regional supply chains; and reduce costs for U.S. business by removing onerous and opaque customs barriers.
Specifically, in the TPP we are seeking:
  • Commitments that will ensure the quick release of goods through customs, expedited procedures for express shipments, advance rulings, and transparent and predictable customs regulations;
  • Strong customs cooperation commitments in order to ensure that TPP countries work together to prevent smuggling, illegal transshipment, and duty evasion, and to guarantee compliance with trade laws and regulations; and
  • Strong and common rules of origin to ensure that the benefits of TPP go to the United States and other TPP countries, and also that TPP promotes the development of supply chains in the region that include companies based in the United States.   
GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
Increasing access to government procurement markets in TPP countries, which represent an estimated 5-10 percent of a country’s economy, will unlock significant opportunities for U.S. and other TPP businesses and workers. 
Specifically, in the TPP we are seeking: 
  • Creation of fair, transparent, predictable, and non-discriminatory rules to govern government procurement in TPP countries; and
  • Commitments to liberalize TPP countries’ government procurement markets, with comparable levels of coverage by all TPP countries, taking into account the particular sensitivities of specific countries.
DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE CAPACITY-BUILDING
The United States views development as a way to further strengthen the region and lay the groundwork for future economic opportunities by improving access to economic opportunity for women and low income individuals; incentivizing private-public partnerships in development activities; and designing sustainable models for economic growth.  In addition, the United States sees trade capacity-building as critical to assist TPP developing countries in implementing the agreement and ensuring they can benefit from it.  In TPP, we plan to include a chapter on cooperation and capacity building and, for the first time in any U.S. trade agreement, a chapter dedicated specifically to development. 
Specifically, in the TPP we are seeking:
  • Agreement on cooperative development activities TPP countries could conduct to promote broad-based economic growth and sustainable development, including public-private partnerships, science and technology cooperation, and other joint development activities; and
  • Mechanisms for collaboration and facilitation of capacity-building activities by both TPP government and non-government representatives, as well as the private sector, in order to help TPP workers and businesses, including SMEs and micro- enterprises participate in global trade and take advantage of the agreement. 
DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
When the United States negotiates a trade agreement, we expect our trading partners to abide by the rules and obligations to which they agree.  Under the TPP, countries will first seek to address an issue cooperatively.  If they are unable to do so, the Parties have recourse to an independent tribunal to determine whether a Party has failed to meet its obligations, and ultimately to allow suspension of benefits if a Party fails to come into compliance.  Through the TPP dispute settlement mechanism, we are seeking to give the American public the confidence that the United States has the means to enforce the strong, high-standard obligations we are negotiating in this agreement.
Specifically, in the TPP we are seeking:
  • Establishment of a fair and transparent dispute settlement mechanism that applies across the agreement; and
  • Procedures to allow us to settle disputes on matters arising under TPP in a timely and effective manner.
U.S.-JAPAN BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS ON MOTOR VEHICLE TRADE AND NON-TARIFF MEASURES
With the participation of Japan, TPP countries account for nearly 40 percent of global GDP and about one-third of all world trade.  Japan is currently the fourth-largest goods trading partners of the United States.  The United States exported $65 billion in goods and an estimated $48 billion in services to Japan in 2013. 
Nevertheless, U.S. exporters have faced a broad range of formidable non-tariff measures in Japan’s automotive and other markets.  As a result, prior to Japan joining the TPP negotiations, the United States reached a series of agreements with Japan to address a range of issues in conjunction with Japan’s participation in TPP.  This includes an agreement that U.S. tariffs on motor vehicles will be phased out in accordance with the longest staging period in the TPP negotiations and will be back-loaded to the maximum extent. 
The United States and Japan also agreed to address non-tariff measures through parallel negotiations to TPP, which were launched in August 2013. 
Specifically, in these negotiations with Japan we are seeking:
  • Enforceable commitments related to the automotive sector that will address a broad range of non-tariff measures – including those related to regulatory transparency, standards, certification, financial incentives, and distribution;
  • Establishment of an accelerated dispute settlement procedure that would apply to the automotive sector that includes a mechanism to “snap back” tariffs as a remedy, as well as a special motor vehicle safeguard; and
  • Meaningful outcomes that address cross-cutting and sectoral non-tariff measures, including in the areas of insurance, transparency, investment, IP rights, standards, government procurement, competition policy, express delivery, and SPS.
https://ustr.gov/tpp/Summary-of-US-objectives



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So you ask: "What is the TPP?" Part 1


Everything you need to know about the Trans Pacific Partnership

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If you're just now hearing about the Trans-Pacific Partnership, don't worry: It's not too late to get up to speed. Negotiations over the huge trade agreement — which, when finished, will govern 40 percent of U.S.' imports and exports — were supposed to wrap up this past weekend in Singapore, but, well, they didn't quite make that deadline, which means meetings will likely continue into the new year.
You'd also be forgiven for not hearing about it: The talks, as with all trade agreements, have been conducted largely in secret. Global health advocates, environmentalists, Internet activists and trade unions have deep concerns about what the deal might contain, and are making as much noise as possible in order to influence negotiations before a final version becomes public. Here's what you need to know.


1. What is the Trans-Pacific Partnership? 
Basically, it's a giant free trade deal between the U.S., Canada, and 10 countries in the Asia-Pacific region that's been under negotiation for nearly a decade now (it began as an agreement between Singapore, Chile, New Zealand and Brunei before the U.S. took the lead in 2009). It's expected to eliminate tariffs on goods and services, tear down a host of non-tariff barriers and harmonize all sorts of regulations when it's finished early next year.


2. Giant, huh? How giant? 
The countries currently party to the agreement — currently including Australia, Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Canada, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam, most critically Japan and potentially Korea — are some of the U.S.' biggest and fastest-growing commercial partners, accounting for $1.5 trillion worth of trade in goods in 2012 and $242 billion worth of services in 2011. They're responsible for 40 percent of the world's GDP and 26 percent of the world's trade. That makes it roughly the same size as the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, another huge trade agreement that got rolling this past summer. The hope is that more countries in the region will join down the line.


(Congressional Research Service)


3. So the big country not in the TPP is ...
That's right: China. The Obama administration's focus on the TPP is part of its "pivot" to Asia — former national security adviser Tom Donilon called it the "centerpiece of our economic rebalancing" and a "platform for regional economic integration" — after too many years of American foreign policy being bogged down in the Middle East. Scholars such as Columbia University's Jagdish Bhagwati are worried that the TPP goes further, as an effort to "contain" China and provide an economic counterweight to it in the region. Many of the TPP's current provisions are designed to exclude China, like those requiring yarn in clothing to come from countries party to the agreement, and could possibly invite retaliation. In addition, 60 senators have asked for the final agreement to address currency manipulation, which wouldn't directly affect China as a non-member, but could create a framework for broader action.



(Congressional Research Service)


4. I thought we already had a World Trade Organization. Why do we need a separate Asia trade deal? 
The TPP process itself is an admission that the consensus-driven WTO is too cumbersome a venue for so-called "high-standard" trade deals. The WTO's weakness seemed even more apparent in its recent "breakthrough" on customs streamlining, which was all negotiators could salvage from the much more ambitious Doha Round that's otherwise been a failure. Of course, some fear that another regional pact will just add complexity and undermine existing institutions.


Trade agreements are becoming broader. (The Trans-Pacific Partnership and Asia-Pacific Integration: A Quantitative Assessment, edited by Peter A. Petri)


Trade agreements are becoming broader. (The Trans-Pacific Partnership and Asia-Pacific Integration: A Quantitative Assessment, edited by Peter A. Petri)


5. How is it different from other trade deals we've done? 
Trade agreements used to deal mostly just with goods: You can import X number of widgets at Y price, as long as we know that certain environmental and labor standards are met. Modern trade agreements — including the Trans-Atlantic deal as well as the TPP — encompass a broad range of regulatory and legal issues, making them a much more central part of foreign policy and even domestic lawmaking.


6. Wait, so how much does this thing actually cover?
The treaty has 29 chapters, dealing with everything from financial services to telecommunications to sanitary standards for food. Some parts of it have significant ramifications for countries' own legal regimes, such as the part about "regulatory coherence," which encourages countries to set up a mechanism like the U.S.' own Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs to conduct cost-benefit analyses on new rules. USTR has a rough outline, and for a more comprehensive rundown, read this Congressional Research Service report.


7. That doesn't tell me much. What are countries still fighting over?
Where to start? Most countries have their own individual issues, and it's difficult to tell what's been resolved since the details aren't public, but anonymously sourced reports and leaked texts suggest that these are the biggest remaining sticking points:
— Intellectual property: The leaked intellectual property chapter revealed that the U.S. has been pushing stronger copyright protections for music and film, as well as broader and longer-lasting applicability of patents. It would also make the approval process more difficult for generic drug makers and extend protections for biologic medicines, which has concerned several members of Congress. Public health and open internet groups have campaigned hard for years around these issues, and public intellectuals like Joe Stiglitz have warned against using the treaty to "restrict access to knowledge."
— State-owned enterprises: Many TPP governments, in particular Vietnam, Singapore and Malaysia, essentially own large parts of their economies. Negotiations have aimed to limit public support for these companies in order to foster competition with the private sector, but given the U.S.' own government-sponsored enterprises — Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, the U.S. Postal Service — they probably won't go too far.
— Market access: Though the treaty envisions dropping all tariffs, tensions remain between the U.S. and Japan over support for both of their agricultural sectors, as well as Japan's willingness to accept U.S.-made automobiles.
— Investor-state dispute resolution: Most modern free trade agreements include some mechanism for investor parties to sue governments directly for failing to abide by the terms of the agreement, which some public interest advocates worry will have a chilling effect on domestic regulation aimed at consumer and environmental protection.
— Tobacco: Originally, the U.S. had proposed that tobacco be treated differently than other kinds of goods, in that countries would have permission to restrict its importation and sale. This summer, it executed something of an about-face, which alarmed anti-smoking advocates who worry that tobacco companies will continue to sue nations for passing laws that heavily tax cigarettes or ban certain kinds of advertising.
The Peterson Institute has a helpful overview of some of the more contentious issues.


8. How do negotiations work, exactly?
The negotiations have progressed in 20 several-day-long "rounds," which rotate between the party nations. Typically, the U.S. will table a proposal or circulate something called a "non-paper" for discussion, which gets marked up by all the participants until they can come to a consensus. In between the rounds, the U.S. Trade Representative will brief its 16 formal "advisory councils" and seek input from key lawmakers on where they've arrived. (Given the robust revolving door between USTR and industry, a certain amount of back-channel lobbying goes on as well).
When all the parties have agreed on a complete text, they'll take it back to their respective legislative bodies for ratification.


9. Why has the TPP been so secretive? Is that normal? 
Trade negotiations are usually conducted in private, on the theory that parties won't be able to have a meaningful dialogue if their positions are disclosed to the public. Accordingly, TPP parties have signed a confidentiality agreement requiring them to share proposals only with "government officials and individuals who are part of the government’s domestic trade advisory process."
What's different this time is the scale and scope of the agreement, and the reasons advocates have had to be concerned about its contents. Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) have been particularly vocal about the administration's refusal to make draft text available, as have law professors and numerous public interest groups. There have been a couple major unintentional releases, most recently in mid-November, when Wikileaks published a controversial chapter on intellectual property.
10. So but wait, how will this actually affect my life?
To be honest, it'll be hard to notice at first, and it depends on who you are. In the aggregate, it should make you richer: The Peterson Institute for International Economics estimates the U.S. will realize $78 billion more per year under its assumptions about what the TPP will include, and $267 billion annually if free trade is expanded to the rest of the Asia-Pacific region.
Those gains won't be evenly distributed, though: If you're an investor or a U.S. business looking for foreign investment, or a small business looking to sell stuff overseas, the news is pretty great. If you have a job making cars or airplanes, you might have reason to worry. (The Business Roundtable, which is composed of the U.S.' biggest companies, has put together fact sheets on how it thinks the TPP could benefit each state).





U.S. income gains under the Trans-Pacific Partnership and if it's expanded to a Free Trade Agreement of the Asia Pacific, according to the Peterson Institute for International Economics.


UPDATE: It's also worth considering the ramifications of the TPP's potential to exacerbate economic inequality. The left-leaning Center for Economic and Policy Research responded to Peterson's paper with an analysis that breaks out wage gains by income percentile, showing that most would accrue to the wealthy:


(Center for Economic and Policy Research)
(Center for Economic and Policy Research)


11. What does Congress have to do with this? 
The Constitution charges Congress with giving advice and consent on trade agreements. Over the past couple decades, though, Congress has abrogated that right somewhat by granting the president something called "trade promotion authority" or "fast track," which is the right to an up-or-down vote on the treaty as negotiated by the administration so as to avoid quibbling over line items that would require renegotiation with TPP countries.
That's what Congress is currently fighting over. Republicans and big business generally favor reauthorizing the president's fast track privileges, which expired in 2007, while Democrats concerned with protecting U.S. industries and global health have opposed it or demanded more robust consultation up front in exchange. Without trade promotion authority, the chances of ratification are slim.


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Since there are those blog readers who want to know what the TPP is all about and who apparently are not capable or interested enough to research TPP on their own, I will research more info and post it, especially for those who find everything to be 'bullshit' and 'fear porn.'  Maybe they will GROW UP some day -   ya think?!


http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/12/11/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-trans-pacific-partnership/ 


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Young girl being savagely assaulted



$1,000 REWARD BEING OFFERED FOR INFORMATION ON THIS BEYOND DISTURBING ATTACK ON YOUNG GIRL HOLDING A SMALL CHILD IN HER ARMS ON A PARK BENCH



Observe the gal to the left of this pic and dancing basketball buddy  ...........



Jun. 24, 2015 10:41pm Jason Howerton


A video posted online Tuesday shows a young girl being savagely assaulted while she was holding a young child. The sickening video was going viral on Wednesday and a website was offering a $1,000 reward for information on the attack to turn over to police.
The disturbing video shows two young females demanding the girl holding the baby “get up,” presumably to fight. When the girl, still holding a young child, didn’t get up, the attacker is seen dragging her out of her seat by her hair, sending her and the child tumbling to the ground.
The young child can be heard in the video crying hysterically.
The unidentified attacker then brutally punched and kicked the female victim while keeping a grip on her hair. At one point, a male bystander is actually seen dancing during the shocking attack.
The motivation behind the assault wasn’t immediately known. It also wasn’t clear where and when the video was recorded.You can watch the footage of the attack below, but be warned, the content is extremely disturbing and contains strong language:




(YouTube screengrab)
(YouTube screengrab)




      
      Video can be viewed at The Blaze website


The lack of information on the shockingly violent incident apparently moved The Last Refuge blog to offer a $1,000 reward for information leading to identifying the “person(s)” involved in the assault.
“The horrific manner of the attack has impacted many Treepers and discussion participants of this site. Therefore, we are offering a reward (currently $1,000) for information about this attack to include location which will lead to the identification of the person(s) involved. Our intent is to contact the local authorities with this video and identifying information therein,” the site stated on Wednesday.


http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/06/24/500-reward-offered-for-info-on-this-beyond-disturbing-attack-on-girl-holding-small-child/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Firewire_Morning_Test&utm_campaign=Firewire%20Morning%20Edition%20Recurring%20v2%202015-06-25 





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