So today was the first day I started to delve into @summitnational the bank that #nexo announced end of Sep 2022 that it had taken an undisclosed stake in and a 'game changer for the industry'.
Does anyone remember that song "pretty fly for a white guy"
well of summit's directors is way more fly than that guy. back in 2011 said director managed to launch his #Porshe 35 feet in the air into the second story of a house.
So the next thing I found out about @summitnational isn't as cool as the flying Porshe guy. But I thought it was pretty interesting. Is that most of the current directors are not from the US.
Current board/officers include 2 #russian's and 1 from #austria. I've mapped out some of their legacy networks but its incomplete...I'll post when its in better shape.
but one thing I will say there appears to be an emerging thematic and that is - just because located in the US, called a US bank, requires regulatory approval, big, small, rural or run locally doesn't mean its owned or controlled domestically.
When looking at #moonstone I (along with everyone else) puzzled that it could be swooped by offshore interests. As it was it turned out it had been owned by offshore interest since at least 1994 back when it only had $1.6m in deposits
So no one really should be too surprised that an international group like #Nexo is buying into a local bank.
Since Nexo originated from #bulgaria and the bank they are investing into has a couple of #russian directors doesn't appear unreasonable.
especially when you dig back into the past of Summit and realise it was acquired back in 2006 by a #chinese banking group (which blew up in financial crisis)...I haven't pieced together ownership between then and now.....but I doubt it was breaking any performance records.
I'll get back to the original purpose of these tweets....
Note the date that the news first broke that #nexo had made an industry changing investment into #summit.
Everyone covered it all at once and the story was consistent and sounded pretty good "industry changer"
If you wind back a day...there was some #nexo news that got some coverage but not quite the same amplification...
To be fair it was just #fud. I mean what else could you call 8 US states filing action against a #crypto group?
and you have to feel bad for whoever was running the #PR campaign for 'industry changing announcement'. imagine having the game changer of all game changers dropping the day after being #fudded by 8 jealous regulators. Talk about bad timing.
You then have to ask the question....when did #nexo actually make the investment into @summitnational
and no I don't have a definative answer (as the filings are not as transparent as Washington in the case of #moonstone
What I can say is there are a few markers that strongly suggest that perhaps #nexo had got involved a fair bit before the end of Sep 2022.
Here's a couple of screenshots to peruse... and make your own mind up
First here's annual report filing dated 4 November 2020.
Note all the US based officers....
Here's the next year's annual report filing dated 31 December 2021 (nearly a year ago).
Note: the change in directors/officers. There's now 2 Russians and an Austrian in the mix.
Kinda alludes to a change in control.....and I'm betting that #nexo's investment was way before September 2022.....A #fudder might suggest the announcement wasn't just bad timing...more ....maybe we should disclose it before it gets disclosed by the #fudders
@RepMikeCollins No problem with tasering student while handcuffed.
In fact you seem so proud of that you thought it was worth cheering on.
Was it because he was a student? Or because he was protesting? or because he was black?
@RepMikeCollins Not sure what your laws are down in Georgia.
But here is a police department recommendation report from Stanford that gives some pretty clear guidelines when a Taser can be used.
So why would cheer on someone getting tasered while handcuffed expressing his First amendment right?
@MahyarTousi Have you read the survey and polling data? (probably not as it's not that easy to find).
An online survey of 1,000 (out of 4m) that was completed over 30 days.
@MahyarTousi The period the survey was conducted was Feb/Mar 2024 quite a few events - 2 weeks before ICJ 'plausable' statement, right in the middle was the flour massacre.
Lets put aside the likely changing views over the survey period and the whofully inadequte size of the poll.
This statement and variants have been circulating for days without reference to the actual data;
"Just a reminder that almost half of the Muslims in Britain have openly shown sympathy for Hamas in the latest data."
I think the strategy is much more nefarious. They are going to flood aid into Northern Gaza and make it difficult for UNRWA and other agencies to deliver aid to the balance of Gaza. Northern Gaza's famine risk classification will fall and the balance of Gaza will rise. They will use those statistics to justify their claims that it was never them that caused the crisis it was always UNRWA.
looking at this in more detail its appears that the Northern Gaza strategy has been in play for quite sometime.
I'm not sure of the exact location of the pier than has been constructued there is no doubt that it will be on the Northern side of #highway749 which now seperates north and south Gaza.
Following the removal @unrwa's access to Northern Gaza we will see a new 'free-flowing' crossing established which will no doubt have the highest thruput of all crossings.
The IDF have already made statements about the intended flow of aid from the jetty is to be for North Gaza and that is to be operational within weeks after the new crossing is opened.
meanwhile south of #highway749 is going to be decimated and if that wasn't obvious yesterday it will be tomorrow. #deiralbalah is under attack right now.
@EylonALevy Is there a reason why you only images of the transfer site that; 1. have been photoshopped with an art image effect/filter? 2. Never have any people on site? 3. Never date/time stamped?
Here is the 'facility' and its location on the border
Interestingly the image showing the 5 structures is from @bingmaps this one is from @googlemap as you can see the 5 structures are yet to be built in google maps (there is no date stamp but it appears that google maps is lagging bing maps for this area).
Yesterday I couldn't help but reply to @eylonlevy throwback post to the Hamas Datacentre and the ridiculous notion that an entire miliary intelligence complex was being powered by literally 5 cables punched through the floor of @unrwa HQ.
Of course, no response. but it did remind me to go back to my previous thread and notes.... only to realise I never actually posted part 2 of the thread.
First a recap.
who could forget unveiling of the 'smoking gun' against @UNRWA .
...cables that power Hamas intelligence infrastructure directly below.
did anyone actually get to see the datacentre ...well no. everything but. did anyone match those cables to ones in the datacentre ...well no.
Where the 'other' datacentre is ....I have no idea. Perhaps @dailymai can verify since they posted the video on their YouTube channel (thats for another day).
So where is it. Well first lets recap a few bits of nonsense.
This is in the UNRWA building but its not a server room. The patch panel on the wall is for phones...the cut cables are not network cables but phone cables (much thinner).