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December 22, 2019

Recently lost a lovely friend...In Loving Memories

As every blossom fades,
and all youth sinks into old age,
so every life’s design, each flower of wisdom,
attains it’s prime and cannot last forever

The heart must submit itself courageously
to life’s call without a hint of grief,
a magic dwells in each beginning,
protecting us, telling us how to live

High purposed we shall traverse
realm on realm,
cleaving to none as to a home,
the world of spirit wishes not to fetter us
But raise us higher, step by step.
scarce in some safe accustomed sphere of life
have we establish a house , then we grow lax;
only he who is ready to journey forth
can throw old habits off

Maybe death’s hour too will send
us out new-born
towards undreamed lands

Maybe life’s call to us will never find an end
Courage my heart, take leave and fare thee well

Hermann Hesse


December 21, 2019

Mark Meadows (R-NC) resignation right after the impeachment vote, struck me a little odd....

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1207757350817468422.html

So, Mark Meadows (R-NC) resignation right after the impeachment vote, struck me a little odd and I started digging.

GOP Rep. Mark Meadows, A Top Trump Ally, Will Not Seek Reelection
The North Carolina lawmaker may take on an unspecified role either with Trump's reelection campaign or his administration.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mark-meadows-to-retire_n_5dfb6bc7e4b0eb2264d52b2c

First, Lev Parnas has been so generous with the GOP that I checked there and found he'd made a small donation to the NC GOP.

Next, I found a Beverly Hills, CA lawyer by the name fo Igor Krbatov who made a some larger donations... who? why?

Igor helped Trump with a real estate transaction in which an egyption fellow buys a mansion for $10.3M, and shortly thereafter gives it to Trump for free, who sits on it for a year, then sells it for $9.3M. WTF?

A small-time scam artist gave Trump a mansion for $0. Why?
Los Angeles mansion transferred to a New York billionaire for no money at all
https://www.salon.com/2018/04/22/a-small-time-scam-artist-gave-trump-a-mansion-for-0-why_partner/

I know nothing about money laundering in real estate but is this looks fishy? Trump and Igor get a foreigner to buy a property, and transfer it to them for free, so they can sell it? Where did the guy get $10.3M that he could just kiss off?
And then Igor is donating to Meadows? Who fights/votes against impeaching Trump then quits?

Needless to say this could all be perfectly innocent, but I have questions.
And before I forget, the egyptian lost his job and moved out of the country. And the subsequent sale went to an indonesian billionaire. The article is interesting. Read it.

His wife Lisa is connected to Elliot Broidy... yes, THAT Elliot Broidy.
Lisa Korbatov | Community & Charity Outreach | Higher Education | USA
Lisa Korbatov is a community leader and philanthropist who is active in leadership, charities, higher education, and community outreach | Lisa Korbatov
https://lisakorbatov.com/


Disgraced Trump fundraiser tried to use GOP contacts to score “billions” in Africa
Another chapter in the Elliott Broidy saga.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/12/disgraced-trump-fundraiser-elliott-broidy-tried-to-use-gop-contacts-to-score-billions-in-africa/
But Lisa is the frequent donor. RNC ($88k+). Kevin McCarthy. Steve Scalise. Lindsey Graham. Susan Collins. Cory Gardner. John Barrasso. Tom Cotton. Dana Rohrbacher.
Donor Lookup
https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/results?name=korbatov&order=desc&sort=D
December 21, 2019

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