HAKE NEWS 10/20/21 Wed. FBI Tricks GOP Rep into 'Lying to Investigators' Charges
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Hake News for The Jesse Lee Peterson Show, Wednesday, October 20, 2021
End of Hour 1: Congressional committee trying to hold Steve Bannon in "criminal contempt" // Biden will scale back tuition-free community college and climate hype from budget bill // Haitian gang 400 Mawoza kidnapped 17 American and Canadian Christians for ransom //
End of Hour 2: Facebook to pay $14M to settle DOJ discrimination lawsuit against Americans in favor of foreign visa workers; Facebook may change name and go into VR "metaverse" // Netflix added millions of subscribers last quarter, getting into video games // Corrupt FBI tricked a Republican congressman into facing charges of lying to investigators! //
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10/20/21 Wed. Hour 1
BTW: Jesse reacted to this commercial: Service Milestones by Workhuman: Third Year Anniversary (Workhuman, Oct 12, 2021)
HAKE NEWS, Hour 1, Weds., Oct 20, 2021
Congressional committee trying to hold Steve Bannon in "criminal contempt" //
Biden will scale back tuition-free community college and climate hype from budget bill //
Haitian gang 400 Mawoza kidnapped 17 American and Canadian Christians for ransom //
MOSTLY PEACEFUL CAPITOL PROTEST
(CNN) As serious as criminal contempt sounds, the process of prosecuting it could take years and may not result in hard consequences. It’s seen by many as more of a warning shot to discourage similar action by other Trump allies. One committee member said Congress will use "all of the tools" available to force Bannon to testify, even if he just shows up and uses his constitutional right to plead the Fifth Amendment.
(Wikipedia) The United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack (TOTAL MISNOMER) is headed by black Democrat communist insurrectionist Bennie Thompson and Trump-hating RINO female Liz Cheney (daughter to W's VP Dick Cheney, and she’s worse than him). The only other “Republican” is that coward Adam Kinzinger (a Trump-hater and Tea Party poser). Adam Schiff and other female Democrats are on it. RIDICULOUS.
COMMIE BUDGET BILL
Tuition-free community college is out, despite being a major White House priority. The child tax credit, another key priority, would likely be extended for only one more year, which is much shorter than many Democrats wanted. Other provisions for elder care, disability care and paid leave benefits may also be on the chopping block. The cuts are an attempt to pare the proposed $3.5 trillion price tag down to about $1.9 trillion to appease moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, who holds a critical vote. However, Biden said they plan to keep an expansion of Medicare to keep more progressive members on board.
HAITI KIDNAPPED CHRISTIAN AMERICANS
The gang that kidnapped a group of 17 American and Canadian missionaries in Haiti has asked for $17 million for their release -- $1 million for each person. The 16 American citizens and one Canadian were kidnapped Saturday by the powerful 400 Mawozo gang and are reportedly being held outside a Port-au-Prince suburb. The missionaries, affiliated with an Ohio-based ministry, include four children and an 8-month-old. A wave of brazen kidnappings has hit Haiti as the country deals with political unrest and severe poverty. Such kidnappings have increased 300% since July, and many are at the hands of the 400 Mawozo gang, according to a Haitian nonprofit. The kidnappers usually demand ransom for their hostages, which in this case is another calling card of gang activity.
ABORTION
TRANSGENDER TROLL
(Wash. Compost) Rachel Levine, openly transgender health official, sworn in as four-star admiral in Public Health Service – The former Pennsylvania health secretary(!) was sworn in Tuesday as the sixth four-star admiral in the history of the U.S. Public Health Service.
10/20/21 Wed. Hour 2
Facebook to pay $14M to settle DOJ discrimination lawsuit against Americans in favor of foreign visa workers; Facebook may change name and go into VR "metaverse" //
Netflix added millions of subscribers last quarter, getting into video games //
Corrupt FBI tricked a Republican congressman into facing charges of lying to investigators! //
After JLP, catch The Hake Report.
KANYE CHANGED HIS NAME TO JUST YE (YAY OR YEE?)
(CNN) A judge granted Kanye West's request to change his name to just Ye.
BTW: Nicole Kidman plays Lucille Ball, seen in the first trailer for 'Being the Ricardos' – Featuring the supposedly iconic grape-stomping scene FROM "I LOVE LUCY" (making wine I think).
ALSO: Taco Bell is giving away free breakfast burritos (between 7am and 11am, so I guess that’s a no-go for me…)
CORRUPT FACEBOOK
(CNN) Facebook will pay $14 million to settle a case brought by the SO-CALLED Justice Department that alleged US workers were discriminated against in favor of foreign workers with temporary visas in 2018 and 2019. The tech giant is also planning a rebrand with a new name (FACEBOOK MAY CHANGE THEIR NAME) based on the development of a virtual and augmented reality "metaverse," according to a Verge report.
(CNN) The metaverse was originally conceived as the setting for dystopian science fiction novels, where virtual universes provide an escape from crumbling societies.
The idea is to create a space similar to the internet, but one that users (via digital avatars) can walk around inside of and where they can interact with one another in real time (LIKE JLP DID IN VR CHAT ON JLP PLAYS). In theory, you could sit around a virtual meeting table with colleagues from around the world — instead of staring at their 2D faces on Zoom — and then walk over to a virtual Starbucks to meet up with your mom, who lives across the country. (Facebook's invested in Oculus VR headsets for this.)
Zuckerberg in recent weeks extolled his vision for turning Facebook (FB) into a "metaverse company," claiming he began thinking about the concept in middle school (PSH!). FB announced a new metaverse product group; Zuckerberg calls it "the successor to the mobile internet."
SPEAKING OF EVIL
(Morning Brew) The streaming service Netflix said they added 4.4 million net subscribers in 3 months, compared to 5.5 million net subscribers for the first 6 months of 2021. They supposedly had an awkward post-quarantine period.
Gory Korean drama Squid Game is Netflix’s most popular show, 142 million accounts tuning in within its first four weeks—demolishing runner-up Bridgerton’s lifetime viewership of 82 million.
Squid Game generated $900 million, and cost only $21 million to make.
The No. 1 show in 94 countries.
Netflix is also looking at video games. They recently acquired video game developer Night School Studio and added games to its mobile app in Poland, Spain, and Italy.
Netflix competes with a QUOTE: “staggeringly large set of activities for consumers’ time and attention." Netflix recorded a 14% engagement boost when Facebook went down for several hours on Oct. 4. HA!
DUMB Netflix employees rally in front of the streamer’s L.A. headquarters (up on Sunset and Van Ness (the 101)) this morning ahead of a planned “virtual walkout” … I guess in backlash to Dave Chappelle’s standup special The Closer, a Netflix original that DUMB critics say is transphobic (which isn’t even real).
CORRUPT FBI
(Wash. Compost) Federal grand jury indicts Rep. Jeff Fortenberry on charges of lying to investigators about campaign contribution¡ – He is charged with one count of scheming to falsify and conceal material facts and two counts of making false statements to federal investigators looking into an illegal contribution to his 2016 campaign.
Michael Tracey (mtracey) tweeted: Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) says FBI agents showed up at his house out of the blue 2.5 years ago and he let them in for a nice chat. Now he's charged with three felonies for making false statements. Republicans really need remedial instruction on when not to talk to the cops
Tracey shared a screenshot from an article stating Jeff’s "wife, Celeste Fortenberry, said her husband spoke with the agents voluntarily, without a lawyer, because he was under the impression that the agents needed his help to get to the bottom of the case.”
10/20/21 Wed. Hour 3
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