Cuba’s secret deal with Qatar to take up to 90% of doctors' wages

Drive west from Doha’s glistening glass towers, past two World Cup stadiums still under construction and out into the desert, and you’ll eventually reach a small hospital surrounded only by sand and shrubs.

At its entrance hang two flags rippling in the scorching breeze: one of Qatar, the other of Cuba.

The hospital belongs to the Qatar government, but its entire medical staff – 475 doctors, nurses and technicians – is from the Caribbean island half a world away.

The Cuban hospital, as it is officially known, opened in 2012, boasting world class facilities and services. But there is one thing that is not up to international standards: the salaries the Cubans are paid.....

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/nov/08/cuba-secret-deal-to-monetise-medics-working-in-qatar

INFLUENCER: Jennifer Oelkers Has Made The YonkersPowerList.com

YONKERS GAL: Jen Oelkers was born and raised in Northwest Yonkers.

MOVER AND SHAKER: She has been a campaign consultant for over a decade and has managed dozens of campaigns on the city, county, and state level.

https://yonkerspowerlist.com/index.php/2019/08/21/jennifer-murphy-oelkers/

As a political strategist, Jen Oelkers has has helped to further the careers of many of our elected officials in Yonkers.

She is the daughter of retired New York State Supreme Court Justice J. Emmett Murphy. https://yonkerspowerlist.com

Jen Oelkers grew up in a household where campaigning was the norm.

She is a tireless “behind the scenes” worker dedicated to promoting others, who have dreams of serving others as elected public servants.

Via YonkersNewswire.com Editor Brian Harrod https://www.facebook.com/groups/482457238523243/permalink/2115077208594563/

THE HARROD REPORT: National News Roundup - By Brian Harrod

Rand Paul Demands Media Reveal Whistleblower's Name

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Monday demanded the media reveal the identity of the anonymous whistleblower who raised concerns about President Trump's contacts with Ukraine, leading to the House's impeachment inquiry.

'Ok, Boomer'

A 25-year-old New Zealand lawmaker giving a speech supporting a climate crisis bill was heckled by an older member of Parliament. Her witty response baffled her audience, to the delight of millennials everywhere.

Senate Seeks Hunter Biden Records

GOP Sens. Ron Johnson and Chuck Grassley are asking Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to release any State Department records related to Vice President Joe Biden's son, Hunter.

Kentucky Governorship Goes Blue

Democrat Andy Beshear has won the Kentucky governor's race, ousting sitting Republican Gov. Matt Bevin, and giving Democrats a big win in a conservative state. It's a major loss for Republicans in a state where they hold supermajorities in both chambers of the state legislature, both US Senate seats, and five out of the state's six House seats. Bevin pulled out all the stops to clinch a win; President Donald Trump rallied in Lexington, Kentucky, Monday night ahead of the election to turn out voters

US Debt Surpasses 23 Trillion for First Time

Growing budget deficits have added to the nation's debt at a speedy rate since President Trump took office. The debt has grown some 16 percent since Trump's inauguration, when it stood at $19.9 trillion. It passed $22 trillion for the first time just 10 months ago.

Warren Health Care Plan: No Tax Increase on Middle Class

Elizabeth Warren has released her Medicare for All plan and claims it will not raise taxes on middle class workers through a package of new financing including a levy on the finance industry and large corporations financial trades, a new capital gains tax on the top 1% of earners, a tax on employers roughly equal to what they currently pay for providing private insurance to their employees. 

White House Halloween Party Included 'Build the Wall' for Kids

A Halloween party on Oct. 25 at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building featured candy, paper airplanes and -- concerning for some attendees -- a station where children were encouraged to help "Build the Wall" with their own personalized bricks.

Pelosi Is Worried 2020 Candidates Are on Wrong Track

Speaker Nancy Pelosi is issuing a pointed message to Democrats running for president in 2020: Those liberal ideas that fire up the party's base are a big loser when it comes to beating President Donald Trump.

Dismantling the Berlin Wall, 30 Years Later

Some anniversaries are less about the past than the future. So it should be with November 9, 1989. In case you've long forgotten, that was the day when East and West Germans began nonviolently dismantling the Berlin Wall, an entirely unpredicted, almost unimaginable ending to the long-entrenched Cold War. Think of it as the triumph of idealistic hope over everything that then passed for hard-nosed "realism." After all, Western intelligence services, academic Kremlinologists, and the American national security establishment had always blithely assumed that the Cold War would essentially go on forever ... For almost half a century, only readily dismissed peaceniks insisted that, in the nuclear age, war and endless preparations for more of it were not the answer. When the Berlin Wall came down, such idealists were proven right, even if their triumph was still ignored. 

Lindsey Graham: Sondland Is Now 'In Cahoots' with Dems

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) openly speculated on Wednesday night that U.S. Ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, recently changed his impeachment testimony because he was now partnered up with "Democratic operatives" and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA).

Public impeachment hearings loom....

Trump and Every Republican for the last two weeks: "It's a disgrace Adam Schiff is conducting these impeachment hearing behind closed doors, it's Un-American." Dems: OK public hearings it is. Trump Today: "They shouldn't be having public hearings"

https://wkzo.com/news/articles/2019/nov/08/trump-says-hes-not-worried-as-public-impeachment-hearings-loom/955638/

Get the popcorn ready....

PBS is going to air the Trump impeachment proceedings gavel-to-gavel

https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/pbs-going-gavel-to-gavel-with-trump-impeachment-hearing

NEW YORK POLITICS: Poughkeepsie mayoral candidate Joash Ward posts expletive-filled rant calling out city, 'sell-outs'

Failed Democratic mayoral candidate goes on expletive-drenched Facebook rant denouncing Republicans, police, gentrifiers, the school board, and various other sinister forces out to get him

https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/local/2019/11/07/joash-ward-calls-out-city-poughkeepsie-facebook-rant/2521944001/

The Harrod Report: What'd You Miss? - By Brian Harrod

FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2019

Ohio State Investigation Concludes Team Doctor Abused at Least 177 Students

A yearlong Ohio State University investigation has found that a doctor working for the school's athletic teams and the student health center abused at least 177 students from 1979 -- 97, according to a report released Friday.

KISS frontman Gene Simmons delivers briefing at Pentagon podium

As the frontman of KISS, Gene Simmons occupies rarefied air -- a rock star who entertains arenas filled with adoring fans. On Thursday, Simmons joined another exclusive club, conducting only the second on-camera press briefing at the Department of Defense in the last year. 

Kansas Protects Abortion Rights

So now, while abortion foes in many other states are celebrating and feeling empowered by the possibility of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, those in Kansas are working on a constitutional amendment to prevent the undoing of the many measures they've put in place. "Everyone's taking advantage of the supposed contention that Roe v. Wade is about to be overturned," said Mary Kay Culp, executive director of Kansans for Life, the state's largest anti-abortion organization. "And yet, here in the middle of America, where we fought hard for years to establish pro-life legislatures, the Kansas Supreme Court comes out with this decision."

Opinion: Trump Assembled the Worst Cabinet in US History

On the campaign trail, Trump told us over and over that he'd hire only the best people to serve him, but his choices just haven't worked out well for him or for the country.

Texas Serial Killer Caught

A Dallas man previously arrested in the death of an 81-year-old woman has been charged with killing at least 11 more elderly women whose jewelry and other valuables he stole, authorities said Thursday. 

Trump's pick for ICE director: I can tell which migrant children will become gang members by looking into their eyes

Mark Morgan, the White House choice to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said during a Fox News interview earlier this year that he can judge the likelihood that an unaccompanied minor will become a gang member by looking into that child's eyes. 

Anti-abortion Rep. Tim Murphy Resigns after report he asked Lover to end Pregnancy

Pennsylvania Rep. Tim Murphy has resigned after a report surfaced earlier this week that he had asked an extramarital lover to end her pregnancy. 

Lawmakers Investigate Russian Oligarch's Investment in McConnell's Home State

Democratic lawmakers Reps. Maxine Waters and Adam Schiff along with Sens. Sherrod Brown and Ron Wyden are calling for an investigation into Mitch McConnell's Russia bribe. It is not a coincidence that the least popular senator in America used his power as Senate Majority Leader to stop Democrats from reimposing sanctions on a Russian oligarch and then that same oligarch just so happens to invest $200 million in McConnell's home state before the reviled senator is running for reelection. Those are some unbelievable coincidences, and why Democrats are demanding an investigation into the investment in Kentucky.

Grumpy Cat Dead

Grumpy Cat died at home following complications from a urinary tract infection on May 14, 2019. Grumpy Cat, was an American internet celebrity cat. She was known for her permanently "grumpy" facial appearance, which was caused by an underbite and feline dwarfism.[1][2][3] She came to prominence when a photograph of her was posted on September 22, 2012, on social news website Reddit by Bryan Bundesen, the brother of her owner Tabatha Bundesen.[4][5] Lolcats and parodies created from the photograph by Reddit users went viral. She was the subject of a popular internet meme in which negative, cynical images are made from photographs of her.[6]

When Is the 'OK' Gesture Not OK?

France's Marine Le Pen, of the far-right National Rally, is the latest politician to find themselves in hot water for signalling that everything is OK.

Farmers Union: Tariff War Spuring Bankruptcies, Suicides

A National Farmers Union executive and active Wisconsin dairy farmer joined Midwest agricultural leaders this week in condemning President Donald Trump's ongoing trade war with China, warning of increased financial stress and suicide among farmers. 

THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2019

South Florida Construction Could Halt Due to Tariffs

There are some 80 major active construction projects in Miami-Dade, making it one of the hottest real estate markets in the country. Broward has as many as 50. But if new tariffs are imposed on Chinese raw materials, as the Trump Administration has warned, many of those projects could grind to a halt. 

Want to Pray for Trump? You Have to Buy This $45 Coin First

This Evangelical Prayer-Coin Grift Is What the Age of Trump Is All About. For just $45, you can pray for the president with this coin that's sold by a guy who says God told him you need the coin.

White House launches tool for social media censorship complaints

The White House launched a tool on Wednesday that will allow any U.S. citizen to submit a complaint if they think they were unfairly censored on social media platforms. 

Trump Admin Gives Brazilian Crooks $62M Meant for US Farmers

The Trump administration has forked over more than $62 million -- taxpayer cash that was supposed to be earmarked for struggling American farmers -- to a massive meatpacking company owned by a couple of corrupt Brazilian brothers