QAnon: It's on, don't panic ii

China now brazenly sells fentanyl ingredients straight to Mexican cartels

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Chen is one of more than 100 vendors who market fentanyl or related chemicals out of facilities across China, and his story illustrates how networks are getting around international efforts to crack down on the supply chain of lethal synthetic opioids. In an interview with NPR, however, Chen categorically denied that he manufactures or sells any illegal substances.

For years, China has been a primary source of fentanyl trafficked into the United States. It is a powerful prescription drug for severe pain that's made and sold illegally. It led to more than 37,000 overdose deaths in the U.S. in 2019, part of a national opioid crisis that has worsened this year during the coronavirus pandemic, according to federal health authorities.

Under international pressure, China's government banned the production and sale of fentanyl and many of its variants in May 2019, resulting in a significant reduction in the country's illicit fentanyl trade.

But more than a year later, Chinese vendors have tapped into online networks to brazenly market fentanyl analogs and the precursor chemicals used to make fentanyl, and ship them directly to customers in the U.S. and Europe as well as to Mexican cartels, according to an NPR investigation and research from the Center for Advanced Defense Studies, or C4ADS, a nonprofit data analysis group. (The center receives some of its funds from the U.S. and U.K. governments.)

Some of the substances are outlawed in China and internationally. Others are so new they are not yet banned, are harder to detect and regulate, and they can be used in basic chemical processes to produce illegal drugs.

Chinese vendors are often camouflaged by a complex network of corporate entities registered in far-flung cities along China's interior, where they use sophisticated shipping methods to bypass screening measures and where law enforcement scrutiny is often laxer than in bigger cities such as Beijing or Shanghai. Thousands of doses can be shipped together in small, hidden packages.
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When China began banning fentanyl-related compounds, it was hailed as a major victory for U.S. narcotics authorities and diplomats, who had lobbied China for years to strictly regulate the substances more broadly as a class. Previously, Chinese narcotics authorities criminalized only specific fentanyl offshoots.

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The hideous sight we hoped not to see again: Panic buyers across America empty shelves of toilet roll, disinfectant and food as states begin to impose stricter lockdowns with daily cases spiking to 166k and hospitalizations surging to record of 73,000

Images show stores in Washington, California, Virginia, Indiana and New Jersey have all been affected

It is the second time this year that shoppers appear to be panic buying after stores were ransacked in March

But experts say the run is likely to be less severe this time as stores and shoppers are more prepared

The flurry of measures came as 40 states have reported record daily increases in COVID-19 cases this month

As governors were forced to act there were reports of panic buying beginning in stores across the country

By LAUREN FRUEN FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

PUBLISHED: 10:03 EST, 17 November 2020 | UPDATED: 10:50 EST, 17 November 2020

I don't generally "hang out" in chat rooms.
But I'm grateful that we have one and appreciate your time and effort.

WWG1WGA!!

Blow to Hamas: Muslim Brotherhood Branded a ‘Terrorist Group’ by Saudis
Saudi Arabia’s Council of Senior Scholars last week delivered a significant blow to Hamas when it declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group “that does not represent the conception of Islam.” Hamas in the Gaza Strip is an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood.

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Ty, it means the world to hear. Sometimes code is frustrating, and just knowing someone appreciates it is enough of a pick me up.

I sent you a PM.

Maybe they're not telling you to "heal" as in get better, but "heel" as in obey.

Are they trying to start a panic or change a subject?

Oh please, no. That has to be a contender for worst video ever made. It's totally embarrasing.

We do need Richard Grenell in the gov. It is also true Germany just could not wait till he left, because he was not diplomatic not at all, yet he got things done, maybe they had some fear of what he would say about them. He is exactly what we need, either in the head of a problem agency and there are two of them.

Are they trying to start a panic or change a subject?

Both

Would someone please post the chat link? Can't get in. Thanks!

Ty, it means the world to hear. Sometimes code is frustrating, and just knowing someone appreciates it is enough of a pick me up.

I made a couple last night. Didn't know if you wanted original 1978, or remake 2004. So I did remake 2004. I can do a couple 1978's too if you want.

:dawn42: :dawn41:

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I don't even know what 'code' is or what 'to code' means!

Thanks, tbd!



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Not invoked, 47-50: Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #760 Judy Shelton to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for the unexpired term of fourteen years from February 1, 2010.
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CNBC: Senate blocks nomination of Judy Shelton to Federal Reserve board

Ty, it means the world to hear. Sometimes code is frustrating, and just knowing someone appreciates it is enough of a pick me up.

I don't generally "hang out" in chat rooms.
But I'm grateful that we have one and appreciate your time and effort.

WWG1WGA!!

It's worth bookmarking at the very least in case GLP goes down for a while and then at least there is a place to catch up with people from here.

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This MAKES ME SO ANGRY.

The “healing” is supposed to be healing from the incredible trauma of having Trump as president for the last 4 years!

These people truly are mentally unbalanced! Irrational. Narcissistic.

So they wasted 4 years of their lives immersed in this hatred—and assume everyone else did too. Well, the 80% who voted for Trump sure didn’t—and neither did the unengaged people who didn’t bother to vote at all. These crazies are a very small minority—and they are in charge of so much.

Haha! I wish I could do what you Geeks do. It's a weird, wonderful world inside a computer.
I tried basic coding, but my maths skills are lacking.
So, I figured, I'd try Networking Systems. Fuck me, rofl!!

I'm not a total NooB, though.
Thanks to the government giving us extra money, I saved up enough to do what I haven't done in 10+ years.
Just ordered all the parts to build myself a new desktop.
Cost about AU$1600 for the parts, but sold commercialy/pre-built the equivalent sells for AU$3400. What a joke :p
Hopefully, this build will be good enough for the next 5 years or so.

I should come by the chat sometime and get some tips for optimizing the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 that I paired with an AsRock X570 Steel Legend AM4.

Don't reply. We can go seriously off-topic if we keep talking about this :p

I appreciate all you are doing!! Thank you and to KB for helping do whatever u are doin.....i am sure it involves lotsa buttons and wires......

i hope i can figure it out, lol.....that's why i hide here in the hive....i suck at new places.....

kinda creepy....