PEDOPHILE RUNS FOR CONGRESS

   Once in a while, we meet a candidate for public office who seems to have no business in polite society. Sometimes a candidate may have unacceptable beliefs, while other candidates may lead unsavory lives. In the case of Nathan Larson, an independent candidate for Virginia's 10th Congressional District, we have both.
   Larson is a doozy. The 37-year-old accountant once ran web forums dedicated to pedophilia and rape, and even admits to raping his ex-wife repeatedly and engaging in pedophilia. HuffPost writers spoke to Larson and got all the disgusting details. "In a phone call, Larson confirmed that he created the now-defunct websites suiped.org and incelocalypse.today ― chat rooms that served as gathering places for pedophiles and violence-minded misogynists like himself," according to the report. HuffPost said they contacted Larson "after confirming that his campaign website shared an IP address with these forums, among others. His sites were terminated by their domain host on Tuesday." In addition, "On the phone, he was open about his pedophilia and seemingly unfazed about his long odds of attaining government office."

MONEY LAUNDERING IN BC's RENT/LEASE MARKET

   Vancouver Sun:  Christine Duhaime, an anti-money laundering expert and lawyer, said leases or rental properties could be misused through “trade-based money laundering — where you inflate the price to get a fake invoice to then move money.”
   For example, if a property rented for $10,000 a month, the landlord could actually put twice that amount into the bank as the rent, effectively laundering $10,000.
   “There is no record in the sense that it is just a private contract between you and the landlord so nobody really knows who lives in what space or how much you are paying for rent,” Duhaime said. “If you are going to fabricate the prices of things, it is really hard to detect that the money was not legitimately earned.”
   Unlike real estate agents, those involved in property leasing are not required to report suspicious transactions to the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada, better known as Fintrac.

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN THE CONTROL TOWER

   I don't fly. When folks ask me why, the short answer is that I know too much: I'm a former FAA air traffic controller.
   It's been recently reported that the FAA is now actively recruiting new trainees to work in the towers and control rooms directing airplanes and that the criteria they now utilize to screen applicants is a curiously absurd "biographical questionnaire."

Tucker Carlson interviews the lawyer for the man suing the FAA for its hiring practices.

NEW ITALIAN GOV'T: "THE FREE RIDE IS OVER"

  ROME (AP) — Italy’s new populist leaders commemorated the founding of the Italian republic by attending a pomp-filled military parade Saturday — and then promised to get to work creating jobs and expelling migrants.
  “The free ride is over,” League leader Matteo Salvini, Italy’s new interior minister, warned migrants at a rally in northern Italy. “It’s time to pack your bags.”
   The pledge of mass deportations to come was a reminder that Italy has a staunchly anti-immigrant, right-wing party in its governing coalition — and that the European Union will face a whole new partner governing its fourth-largest economy.

TRUMP AUTO TARIFFS ARE NET NEGATIVE

  The six-page policy report said automobile tariffs introduced by President Trump would ultimately be detrimental to American workers. The organization analyzed the potential net impacts on American jobs and the economy from a 25 percent tariffs imposed on U.S. imports from all trading partners of automobiles, lightweight trucks, other vehicles, and parts.

   The organization’s models indicate that Trump’s auto tariffs would boost employment in the auto sector by about 92,000, however, then eliminate 250,000 jobs across many industries throughout the broad economy. On top of that, American consumers will dish out about $6,400 more for an imported automobile that would cost around $30,000, which accounts for nearly a 21 percent increase in overall price. All in all, the report stated the economy would lose about .01 percent of its value if the auto tariffs were enacted.

PUBLIC SERVICE IGNORES REFORMS FROM AUDITOR GENERAL

  Canada's auditor general says he's getting tired of filing annual reports recommending reforms to the way the government does business — only to see those recommendations disappear down the memory hole afterward.
   Michael Ferguson released his spring audits on Tuesday. They included scathing criticisms of the government's performance on the Phoenix pay system, Indigenous services and military justice.
  Many of these problems have been highlighted in Ferguson's reports in the past. And that, he told CBC News, is the problem.
  "We always get the department agreeing to our recommendation but then somehow we come back five years later, 10 years later and we find the same problems"

THOSE GENEROUS CANADIAN TAXPAYERS

  OTTAWA — The federal government will provide $50 million to Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba to help pay for some of the costs they have borne as a result of the influx of asylum seekers illegally crossing the Canada-U.S. border.
   Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen says this is not a final payment to these provinces for border crosser costs, but is meant to help address some of the immediate temporary housing needs in those provinces.
  "The continued influx of asylum seekers entering Canada between ports of entry has increased pressure on provinces to provide shelter and social services to a growing number of asylum seekers," Hussen said in Ottawa on Friday.