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Swedish design: Light, gilded and very

simple in form. This is what we think of

when we consider Swedish furniture.

Gustav III returned to Sweden from

Versailles where he'd stayed at the court

of Louis XVI and brought with him

neoclassical design. He began to redesign

the interiors of his palaces with a new, pure

form based upon classical forms from

ancient Rome and Greece. A table such

as this incorporates many of those

classical elements: It's very

architectural. You'll see at the top is

like a lintel from a building with a

cornice, fish-scale motif running around

here above beads with applied parmet

motifs - all in cast lead imitating bronze.

This all sits above four very elaborately

carved and turned legs. What is

particularly nice is the combination

of burnished water gilding and matt

water gilding. These upper elements here are

using a much drier gilding above these

phenomenally bright reflective spheres.

These in turn are articulated by ebonised parmets

and then above a very very highly

burnished giltwood key motif.

The legs are turned and carved; again

articulated with ebonised details these

parmets here. It's very very pleasing to

look at because there's a very great

deal of diversity in the actual surface

decoration. These terminate in a plinth

which is faux marble, so painted to look

like an exotic rare Italian marble, and

in the center there is a finial which is

essentially a stylized artichoke. The

table really needs something there in

the middle it's quite nice of that there

because it actually enhances what would

otherwise be a very open space. A table

such as this would have been made to

accommodate a single object perhaps a

porphyry urn, a piece of porcelain or

maybe a single candelabrum. Sweden is a

dark country during the winter months

and pieces like this, certainly, would

have held a light giving objects for the

the darker time of the year. It has form,

it has architectural integrity. It has

tremendously fine ornament throughout

It's an eye-catching piece which could

be used practically - but also as an eye

catcher in any interior setting.

Simple, handsome and refined.

For more infomation >> Swedish Design: A Gustavian Pedestal Table. An Antique Specialist Guide - Duration: 3:32.

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America is Under Attack by 187 Groups Funded by George Soros - Duration: 53:59.

America is Under Attack by 187 Groups Funded by George Soros

Notorious globalist billionaire George Soros has gone on the record threatening to �take

down President Trump� and promising an audience at the World Economic Forum in Davos that

the New World Order are making the necessary preparations to completely and utterly obliterate

every single Republican plan.

Soros is doing this the only way he knows how � by throwing his dirty money around,

sponsoring hate groups, protestors, and NGOs, attempting to subvert the course of democracy

and eradicate the silent majority.

Some of the names on this list will shock you� Abortion groups, open borders advocates,

immigrant activists, groups to change the way we vote, socialist health care, climate

change, �Catholics�, Socialists and Communists.

Truth & Action reports: They�re all here.

187 groups being used to destroy America, thanks to funding by billionaire George Soros.

Here are the groups who are using Trump�s election as an excuse to take down America:

Advancement Project: This organization works to organize �communities of color� into

politically cohesive units while disseminating its leftist worldviews and values as broadly

as possible by way of a sophisticated communications department.

Air America Radio: Now defunct, this was a self-identified �liberal� radio network.

All of Us or None: This organization seeks to change voting laws � which vary from

state to state � so as to allow ex-inmates, parolees, and even current inmates to cast

their ballots in political elections.

Alliance for Justice: Best known for its activism vis a vis the appointment of federal judges,

this group consistently depicts Republican judicial nominees as �extremists.�

America Coming Together: Soros played a major role in creating this group, whose purpose

was to coordinate and organize pro-Democrat voter-mobilization programs.

America Votes: Soros also played a major role in creating this group, whose get-out-the-vote

campaigns targeted likely Democratic voters.

America�s Voice: This open-borders group seeks to promote �comprehensive� immigration

reform that includes a robust agenda in favor of amnesty for illegal aliens.

American Bar Association Commission on Immigration Policy: This organization �opposes laws

that require employers and persons providing education, health care, or other social services

to verify citizenship or immigration status.�

American Bridge 21st Century: This Super PAC conducts opposition research designed to help

Democratic political candidates defeat their Republican foes.

American Civil Liberties Union: This group opposes virtually all post-9/11 national security

measures enacted by the U.S. government.

It supports open borders, has rushed to the defense of suspected terrorists and their

abettors, and appointed former New Left terrorist Bernardine Dohrn to its Advisory Board.

American Constitution Society for Law and Policy: This Washington, DC-based think tank

seeks to move American jurisprudence to the left by recruiting, indoctrinating, and mobilizing

young law students, helping them acquire positions of power.

It also provides leftist Democrats with a bully pulpit from which to denounce their

political adversaries.

American Family Voices: This group creates and coordinates media campaigns charging Republicans

with wrongdoing.

American Federation of Teachers: After longtime AFT President Albert Shanker died in in 1997,

he was succeeded by Sandra Feldman, who slowly �re-branded� the union, allying it with

some of the most powerful left-wing elements of the New Labor Movement.

When Feldman died in 2004, Edward McElroy took her place, followed by Randi Weingarten

in 2008.

All of them kept the union on the leftward course it had adopted in its post-Shanker

period.

American Friends Service Committee: This group views the United States as the principal cause

of human suffering around the world.

As such, it favors America�s unilateral disarmament, the dissolution of American borders,

amnesty for illegal aliens, the abolition of the death penalty, and the repeal of the

Patriot Act.

American Immigration Council: This non-profit organization is a prominent member of the

open-borders lobby.

It advocates expanded rights and amnesty for illegal aliens residing in the U.S.

American Immigration Law Foundation: This group supports amnesty for illegal aliens,

on whose behalf it litigates against the U.S. government.

American Independent News Network: This organization promotes �impact journalism� that advocates

progressive change.

American Institute for Social Justice: AISJ�s goal is to produce skilled community organizers

who can �transform poor communities� by agitating for increased government spending

on city services, drug interdiction, crime prevention, housing, public-sector jobs, access

to healthcare, and public schools.

American Library Association: This group has been an outspoken critic of the Bush administration�s

War on Terror � most particularly, Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act, which it calls

�a present danger to the constitutional rights and privacy rights of library users.�

The American Prospect, Inc.: This corporation trains and mentors young leftwing journalists,

and organizes strategy meetings for leftist leaders.

Amnesty International: This organization directs a grossly disproportionate share of its criticism

for human rights violations at the United States and Israel.

Applied Research Center: Viewing the United States as a nation where �structural racism�

is deeply �embedded in the fabric of society,� ARC seeks to �build a fair and equal society�

by demanding �concrete change from our most powerful institutions.�

Arab American Institute Foundation: The Arab American Institute denounces the purportedly

widespread civil liberties violations directed against Arab Americans in the post-9/11 period,

and characterizes Israel as a brutal oppressor of the Palestinian people.

Aspen Institute: This organization promotes radical environmentalism and views America

as a nation plagued by deep-seated �structural racism.�

Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now: This group conducts voter mobilization

drives on behalf of leftist Democrats.

These initiatives have been notoriously marred by fraud and corruption.

Ballot Initiative Strategy Center: This organization seeks to advance �a national progressive

strategy� by means of ballot measures�state-level legislative proposals that pass successfully

through a petition (�initiative�) process and are then voted upon by the public.

Bill of Rights Defense Committee: This group provides a detailed blueprint for activists

interested in getting their local towns, cities, and even college campuses to publicly declare

their opposition to the Patriot Act, and to designate themselves �Civil Liberties Safe

Zones.� The organization also came to the defense of self-described radical attorney

Lynne Stewart, who was convicted in 2005 of providing material support for terrorism.

Black Alliance for Just Immigration: This organization seeks to create a unified movement

for �social and economic justice� centered on black racial identity.

Blueprint North Carolina: This group seeks to �influence state policy in North Carolina

so that residents of the state benefit from more progressive policies such as better access

to health care, higher wages, more affordable housing, a safer, cleaner environment, and

access to reproductive health services.�

Brennan Center for Justice: This think tank/legal activist group generates scholarly studies,

mounts media campaigns, files amicus briefs, gives pro bono support to activists, and litigates

test cases in pursuit of radical �change.�

Brookings Institution: This organization has been involved with a variety of internationalist

and state-sponsored programs, including one that aspires to facilitate the establishment

of a U.N.-dominated world government.

Brookings Fellows have also called for additional global collaboration on trade and banking;

the expansion of the Kyoto Protocol; and nationalized health insurance for children.

Nine Brookings economists signed a petition opposing President Bush�s tax cuts in 2003.

Campaign for America�s Future: This group supports tax hikes, socialized medicine, and

a dramatic expansion of social welfare programs.

Campaign for Better Health Care: This organization favors a single-payer, government-run, universal

health care system.

Campaign for Youth Justice: This organization contends that �transferring juveniles to

the adult criminal-justice system leads to higher rates of recidivism, puts incarcerated

and detained youth at unnecessary risk, has little deterrence value, and does not increase

public safety.�

Campus Progress: A project of the Soros-bankrolled Center for American Progress, this group seeks

to �strengthen progressive voices on college and university campuses, counter the growing

influence of right-wing groups on campus, and empower new generations of progressive

leaders.�

Casa de Maryland: This organization aggressively lobbies legislators to vote in favor of policies

that promote expanded rights, including amnesty, for illegal aliens currently residing in the

United States.

Catalist: This is a for-profit political consultancy that seeks �to help progressive organizations

realize measurable increases in civic participation and electoral success by building and operating

a robust national voter database of every voting-age American.�

Catholics for Choice: This nominally Catholic organization supports women�s right to abortion-on-demand.

Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good: This political nonprofit group is dedicated

to generating support from the Catholic community for leftwing candidates, causes, and legislation.

Center for American Progress: This leftist think tank is headed by former Clinton chief

of staff John Podesta, works closely with Hillary Clinton, and employs numerous former

Clinton administration staffers.

It is committed to �developing a long-term vision of a progressive America� and �providing

a forum to generate new progressive ideas and policy proposals.�

Center for Community Change: This group recruits and trains activists to spearhead leftist

�political issue campaigns.� Promoting increased funding for social welfare programs

by bringing �attention to major national issues related to poverty,� the Center bases

its training programs on the techniques taught by the famed radical organizer Saul Alinsky.

Center for Constitutional Rights: This pro-Castro organization is a core member of the open

borders lobby, has opposed virtually all post-9/11 anti-terrorism measures by the U.S. government,

and alleges that American injustice provokes acts of international terrorism.

Center for Economic and Policy Research: This group opposed welfare reform, supports �living

wage� laws, rejects tax cuts, and consistently lauds the professed achievements of socialist

regimes, most notably Venezuela.

Center for Reproductive Rights: CRR�s mission is to guarantee safe, affordable contraception

and abortion-on-demand for all women, including adolescents.

The organization has filed state and federal lawsuits demanding access to taxpayer-funded

abortions (through Medicaid) for low-income women.

Center for Responsible Lending: This organization was a major player in the subprime mortgage

crisis.

According to Phil Kerpen (vice president for policy at Americans for Prosperity), CRL �sh[ook]

down and harass[ed] banks into making bad loans to unqualified borrowers.� Moreover,

CRL negotiated a contract enabling it to operate as a conduit of high-risk loans to Fannie

Mae.

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Reasoning from the premise that tax cuts generally help

only the wealthy, this organization advocates greater tax expenditures on social welfare

programs for low earners.

Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS): Aiming to redistribute wealth by way of higher taxes

imposed on those whose incomes are above average, COWS contends that �it is important that

state government be able to harness fair contribution from all parts of society � including corporations

and the wealthy.�

Change America Now: Formed in December 2006, Change America Now describes itself as �an

independent political organization created to educate citizens on the failed policies

of the Republican Congress and to contrast that record of failure with the promise offered

by a Democratic agenda.�

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington: This group litigates and brings

ethics charges against �government officials who sacrifice the common good to special interests�

and �betray the public trust.� Almost all of its targets are Republicans.

Coalition for an International Criminal Court: This group seeks to subordinate American criminal-justice

procedures to those of an international court.

Common Cause: This organization aims to bring about campaign-finance reform, pursue media

reform resembling the Fairness Doctrine, and cut military budgets in favor of increased

social-welfare and environmental spending.

Constitution Project: This organization seeks to challenge the legality of military commissions;

end the detainment of �enemy combatants�; condemn government surveillance of terrorists;

and limit the President�s executive privileges.

Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund: Defenders of Wildlife opposes oil exploration in Alaska�s

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

It condemns logging, ranching, mining, and even the use of recreational motorized vehicles

as activities that are destructive to the environment.

Democracy Alliance: This self-described �liberal organization� aims to raise $200 million

to develop a funding clearinghouse for leftist groups.

Soros is a major donor to this group.

Democracy 21: This group is a staunch supporter of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002,

also known as the McCain-Feingold Act.

Democracy Now!: Democracy Now! was created in 1996 by WBAI radio news director Amy Goodman

and four partners to provide �perspectives rarely heard in the U.S. corporate-sponsored

media,� i.e., the views of radical and foreign journalists, left and labor activists, and

ideological foes of capitalism.

Democratic Justice Fund: DJF opposes the Patriot Act and most efforts to restrict or regulate

immigration into the United States � particularly from countries designated by the State Department

as �terrorist nations.�

Democratic Party: Soros� funding activities are devoted largely to helping the Democratic

Party solidify its power base.

In a November 2003 interview, Soros stated that defeating President Bush in 2004 �is

the central focus of my life� � �a matter of life and death.� He pledged to raise

$75 million to defeat Bush, and personally donated nearly a third of that amount to anti-Bush

organizations.

�America under Bush,� he said, �is a danger to the world, and I�m willing to

put my money where my mouth is.�

Demos: This organization lobbies federal and state policymakers to �addres[s] the economic

insecurity and inequality that characterize American society today�; promotes �ideas

for reducing gaps in wealth, income and political influence�; and favors tax hikes for the

wealthy.

Drum Major Institute: This group describes itself as �a non-partisan, non-profit think

tank generating the ideas that fuel the progressive movement,� with the ultimate aim of persuading

�policymakers and opinion-leaders� to take steps that advance its vision of �social

and economic justice.�

Earthjustice: This group seeks to place severe restrictions on how U.S. land and waterways

may be used.

It opposes most mining and logging initiatives, commercial fishing businesses, and the use

of motorized vehicles in undeveloped areas.

Economic Policy Institute: This organization believes that �government must play an active

role in protecting the economically vulnerable, ensuring equal opportunity, and improving

the well-being of all Americans.�

Electronic Privacy Information Center: This organization has been a harsh critic of the

USA PATRIOT Act and has joined the American Civil Liberties Union in litigating two cases

calling for the FBI �to publicly release or account for thousands of pages of information

about the government�s use of PATRIOT Act powers.�

Ella Baker Center for Human Rights: Co-founded by the revolutionary communist Van Jones,

this anti-poverty organization claims that �decades of disinvestment in our cities�

� compounded by �excessive, racist policing and over-incarceration� � have �led

to despair and homelessness.�

EMILY�s List: This political network raises money for Democratic female political candidates

who support unrestricted access to taxpayer-funded abortion-on-demand.

Energy Action Coalition: Founded in 2004, this group describes itself as �a coalition

of 50 youth-led environmental and social justice groups working together to build the youth

clean energy and climate movement.� For EAC, this means �dismantling oppression�

according to its principles of environmental justice.

Equal Justice USA: This group claims that America�s criminal-justice system is plagued

by �significant race and class biases,� and thus seeks to promote major reforms.

Fair Immigration Reform Movement: This is the open-borders arm of the Center for Community

Change.

Faithful America: This organization promotes the redistribution of wealth, an end to enhanced

interrogation procedures vis a vis prisoners-of-war, the enactment of policies to combat global

warming, and the creation of a government-run heath care system.

Feminist Majority: Characterizing the United States as an inherently sexist nation, this

group focuses on �advancing the legal, social and political equality of women with men,

countering the backlash to women�s advancement, and recruiting and training young feminists

to encourage future leadership for the feminist movement in the United States.�

Four Freedoms Fund: This organization was designed to serve as a conduit through which

large foundations could fund state-based open-borders organizations more flexibly and quickly.

Free Exchange on Campus: This organization was created solely to oppose the efforts of

one individual, David Horowitz, and his campaign to have universities adopt an �Academic

Bill of Rights,� as well as to denounce Horowitz�s 2006 book The Professors.

Member organizations of FEC include Campus Progress (a project of the Center for American

Progress); the American Association of University Professors; the American Civil Liberties Union;

People For the American Way; the United States Student Association; the Center for Campus

Free Speech; the American Library Association; Free Press; and the National Association of

State Public Interest Research Groups.

Free Press: This �media reform� organization has worked closely with many notable leftists

and such organizations as Media Matters for America, Air America Radio, Global Exchange,

Code Pink, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, the Revolutionary Communist Party, Mother

Jones magazine, and Pacifica Radio.

Funding Exchange: Dedicated to the concept of philanthropy as a vehicle for social change,

this organization pairs leftist donors and foundations with like minded groups and activists

who are dedicated to bringing about their own version of �progressive� change and

social justice.

Many of these grantees assume that American society is rife with racism, discrimination,

exploitation, and inequity and needs to be overhauled via sustained education, activism,

and social agitation.

Gamaliel Foundation: Modeling its tactics on those of the radical Sixties activist Saul

Alinsky, this group takes a strong stand against current homeland security measures and immigration

restrictions.

Gisha: Center for the Legal Protection of Freedom of Movement: This anti-Israel organization

seeks to help Palestinians �exercise their right to freedom of movement.�

Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect: This group contends that when a state proves

either unable or unwilling to protect civilians from mass atrocities occurring within its

borders, it is the responsibility of the international community to intervene � peacefully if possible,

but with military force if necessary.

Global Exchange: Established in 1988 by pro-Castro radical Medea Benjamin, this group consistently

condemns America�s foreign policy, business practices, and domestic life.

Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Global Exchange advised Americans to examine �the

root causes of resentment against the United States in the Arab world � from our dependence

on Middle Eastern oil to our biased policy towards Israel.�

Grantmakers Without Borders: GWB tends to be very supportive of leftist environmental,

anti-war, and civil rights groups.

It is also generally hostile to capitalism, which it deems one of the chief �political,

economic, and social systems� that give rise to a host of �social ills.�

Green For All: This group was created by Van Jones to lobby for federal climate, energy,

and economic policy initiatives.

Health Care for America Now: This group supports a �single payer� model where the federal

government would be in charge of financing and administering the entire U.S. healthcare

system.

Human Rights Campaign: The largest �lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender� lobbying group in the United States, HRC supports

political candidates and legislation that will advance the LGBT agenda.

Historically, HRC has most vigorously championed HIV/AIDS-related legislation, �hate crime�

laws, the abrogation of the military�s �Don�t Ask, Don�t Tell� policy, and the legalization

of gay marriage.

Human Rights First: This group supports open borders and the rights of illegal aliens;

charges that the Patriot Act severely erodes Americans� civil liberties; has filed amicus

curiae briefs on behalf of terror suspect Jose Padilla; and deplores the Guantanamo

Bay detention facilities.

Human Rights Watch: This group directs a disproportionate share of its criticism at the United States

and Israel.

It opposes the death penalty in all cases, and supports open borders and amnesty for

illegal aliens.

I�lam: This anti-Israel NGO seeks �to develop and empower the Arab media and to

give voice to Palestinian issues.�

Immigrant Defense Project: To advance the cause of illegal immigrants, the IDP provides

immigration law backup support and counseling to New York defense attorneys and others who

represent or assist immigrants in criminal justice and immigration systems, as well as

to immigrants themselves.

Immigrant Legal Resource Center: This group claims to have helped gain amnesty for some

three million illegal aliens in the U.S., and in the 1980s was part of the sanctuary

movement which sought to grant asylum to refugees from the failed Communist states of Central

America.

Immigrant Workers Citizenship Project: This open-borders organization advocates mass immigration

to the U.S. Immigration Advocates Network: This alliance

of immigrant-rights groups seeks to �increase access to justice for low-income immigrants

and strengthen the capacity of organizations serving them.�

Immigration Policy Center: IPC is an advocate of open borders and contends that the massive

influx of illegal immigrants into America is due to U.S. government policy, since �the

broken immigration system [�] spurs unauthorized immigration in the first place.�

Independent Media Center: This Internet-based, news and events bulletin board represents

an invariably leftist, anti-capitalist perspective and serves as a mouthpiece for anti-globalization/anti-America

themes.

Independent Media Institute: IMI administers the SPIN Project (Strategic Press Information

Network), which provides leftist organizations with �accessible and affordable strategic

communications consulting, training, coaching, networking opportunities and concrete tools�

to help them �achieve their social justice goals.�

Institute for America�s Future: IAF supports socialized medicine, increased government

funding for education, and the creation of an infrastructure �to ensure that the voice

of the progressive majority is heard.�

Institute for New Economic Thinking: Seeking to create a new worldwide �economic paradigm,�

this organization is staffed by numerous individuals who favor government intervention in national

economies, and who view capitalism as a flawed system.

Institute for Policy Studies: This think tank has long supported Communist and anti-American

causes around the world.

Viewing capitalism as a breeding ground for �unrestrained greed,� IPS seeks to provide

a corrective to �unrestrained markets and individualism.� Professing an unquestioning

faith in the righteousness of the United Nations, it aims to bring American foreign policy under

UN control.

Institute for Public Accuracy: This anti-American, anti-capitalist, anti-Israel organization

sponsored actor Sean Penn�s celebrated visit to Baghdad in 2002.

It also sponsored visits to Iraq by Democratic Congressmen Nick Rahall and former Democrat

Senator James Abourezk

Institute for Women�s Policy Research: This group views the U.S. as a nation rife with

discrimination against women, and publishes research to draw attention to this alleged

state of affairs.

It also advocates unrestricted access to taxpayer-funded abortion-on-demand, stating that �access

to abortion is essential to the economic well-being of women and girls.�

International Crisis Group: One of this organization�s leading figures is its Mideast Director, Robert

Malley, who was President Bill Clinton�s Special Assistant for Arab-Israeli Affairs.

His analysis of the Mideast conflict is markedly pro-Palestinian.

J Street: This anti-Israel group warns that Israel�s choice to take military action

to stop Hamas� terrorist attacks �will prove counter-productive and only deepen the

cycle of violence in the region�

Jewish Funds for Justice: This organization views government intervention and taxpayer

funding as crucial components of enlightened social policy.

It seeks to redistribute wealth from Jewish donors to low-income communities �to combat

the root causes of domestic economic and social injustice.� By JFJ�s reckoning, chief

among those root causes are the inherently negative by-products of capitalism � most

notably racism and �gross economic inequality.�

Joint Victory Campaign 2004: Founded by George Soros and Harold Ickes, this group was a major

fundraising entity for Democrats during the 2004 election cycle.

It collected contributions (including large amounts from Soros personally) and disbursed

them to two other groups, America Coming Together and the Media Fund, which also worked on behalf

of Democrats.

Justice at Stake: This coalition calls for judges to be appointed by nonpartisan, independent

commissions in a process known as �merit selection,� rather than elected by the voting

public.

Latino Justice PRLDF: This organization supports bilingual education, the racial gerrymandering

of voting districts, and expanded rights for illegal aliens.

Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: This group views America as an unremittingly

racist nation; uses the courts to mandate race-based affirmative action preferences

in business and academia; has filed briefs against the Department of Homeland Security�s

efforts to limit the wholesale granting of green cards and to identify potential terrorists;

condemns the Patriot Act; and calls on Americans to �recognize the contribution� of illegal

aliens.

League of United Latin American Citizens: This group views America as a nation plagued

by �an alarming increase in xenophobia and anti-Hispanic sentiment�; favors racial

preferences; supports the legalization of illegal Hispanic aliens; opposes military

surveillance of U.S. borders; opposes making English America�s official language; favors

open borders; and rejects anti-terrorism legislation like the Patriot Act.

League of Women Voters Education Fund: The League supports taxpayer-funded abortion-on-demand;

supports �motor-voter� registration, which allows anyone with a driver�s license to

become a voter, regardless of citizenship status; and supports tax hikes and socialized

medicine.

League of Young Voters: This organization seeks to �empowe[r] young people nationwide�

to �participate in the democratic process and create progressive political change on

the local, state and national level[s].�

Lynne Stewart Defense Committee: IRS records indicate that Soros�s Open Society Institute

made a September 2002 grant of $20,000 to this organization.

Stewart was the criminal-defense attorney who was later convicted for abetting her client,

the �blind sheikh� Omar Abdel Rahman, in terrorist activities connected with his

Islamic Group.

Machsom Watch: This organization describes itself as �a movement of Israeli women,

peace activists from all sectors of Israeli society, who oppose the Israeli occupation

and the denial of Palestinians� rights to move freely in their land.�

MADRE: This international women�s organization deems America the world�s foremost violator

of human rights.

As such, it seeks to �communicat[e] the real-life impact of U.S. policies on women

and families confronting violence, poverty and repression around the world,� and to

�demand alternatives to destructive U.S. policies.� It also advocates unrestricted

access to taxpayer-funded abortion-on-demand.

Malcolm X Grassroots Movement: This group views the U.S. as a nation replete with racism

and discrimination against blacks; seeks to establish an independent black nation in the

southeastern United States; and demands reparations for slavery.

Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition: This group calls for the expansion

of civil rights and liberties for illegal aliens; laments that illegal aliens in America

are commonly subjected to �worker exploitation�; supports tuition-assistance programs for illegal

aliens attending college; and characterizes the Patriot Act as a �very troubling�

assault on civil liberties.

Media Fund: Soros played a major role in creating this group, whose purpose was to conceptualize,

produce, and place political ads on television, radio, print, and the Internet.

Media Matters for America: This organization is a �web-based, not-for-profit � progressive

research and information center� seeking to �systematically monitor a cross-section

of print, broadcast, cable, radio, and Internet media outlets for conservative misinformation.�

The group works closely with the Soros-backed Center for American Progress, and is heavily

funded by Democracy Alliance, of which Soros is a major financier.

Mercy Corps: Vis a vis the Arab-Israeli conflict, Mercy Corps places all blame for Palestinian

poverty and suffering directly on Israel.

Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund: This group advocates open borders, free

college tuition for illegal aliens, lowered educational standards to accommodate Hispanics,

and voting rights for criminals.

In MALDEF�s view, supporters of making English the official language of the United States

are �motivated by racism and anti-immigrant sentiments,� while advocates of sanctions

against employers reliant on illegal labor seek to discriminate against �brown-skinned

people.�

Meyer, Suozzi, English and Klein, PC: This influential defender of Big Labor is headed

by Democrat operative Harold Ickes.

Midwest Academy: This entity trains radical activists in the tactics of direct action,

targeting, confrontation, and intimidation.

Migration Policy Institute: This group seeks to create �a North America with gradually

disappearing border controls � with permanent migration remaining at moderate levels.�

Military Families Speak Out: This group ascribes the U.S. invasion of Iraq to American imperialism

and lust for oil.

Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment: This group is the re-branded Missouri branch

of the now-defunct, pro-socialist, community organization ACORN.

MoveOn.org: This Web-based organization supports Democratic political candidates through fundraising,

advertising, and get-out-the-vote drives.

Ms. Foundation for Women: This group laments what it views as the widespread and enduring

flaws of American society: racism, sexism, homophobia, and the violation of civil rights

and liberties.

It focuses its philanthropy on groups that promote affirmative action for women, unfettered

access to taxpayer-funded abortion-on-demand, amnesty for illegal aliens, and big government

generally.

NARAL Pro-Choice America: This group supports taxpayer-funded abortion-on-demand, and works

to elect pro-abortion Democrats.

NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund: The NAACP supports racial preferences in employment

and education, as well as the racial gerrymandering of voting districts.

Underpinning its support for race preferences is the fervent belief that white racism in

the United States remains an intractable, largely undiminished, phenomenon.

The Nation Institute: This nonprofit entity sponsors leftist conferences, fellowships,

awards for radical activists, and journalism internships.

National Abortion Federation: This group opposes any restrictions on abortion at either the

state or federal levels, and champions the introduction of unrestricted abortion into

developing regions of the world.

National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty: This group was established in 1976 as the

first �fully staffed national organization exclusively devoted to abolishing capital

punishment.�

National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy: This group depicts the United States as a

nation in need of dramatic structural change financed by philanthropic organizations.

It overwhelmingly promotes grant-makers and grantees with leftist agendas, while criticizing

their conservative counterparts.

National Committee for Voting Integrity: This group opposes �the implementation of proof

of citizenship and photo identification requirements for eligible electors in American elections

as the means of assuring election integrity.�

National Council for Research on Women: This group supports big government, high taxes,

military spending cuts, increased social welfare spending, and the unrestricted right to taxpayer-funded

abortion-on-demand.

National Council of La Raza: This group lobbies for racial preferences, bilingual education,

stricter hate-crime laws, mass immigration, and amnesty for illegal aliens.

National Council of Women�s Organizations: This group views the United States as a nation

rife with injustice against girls and women.

It advocates high levels of spending for social welfare programs, and supports race and gender

preferences for minorities and women in business and academia.

National Immigration Forum: Opposing the enforcement of present immigration laws, this organization

urges the American government to �legalize� en masse all illegal aliens currently in the

United States who have no criminal records, and to dramatically increase the number of

visas available for those wishing to migrate to the U.S.

The Forum is particularly committed to opening the borders to unskilled, low-income workers,

and immediately making them eligible for welfare and social service programs.

National Immigration Law Center: This group seeks to win unrestricted access to government-funded

social welfare programs for illegal aliens.

National Lawyers Guild: This group promotes open borders; seeks to weaken America�s

intelligence-gathering agencies; condemns the Patriot Act as an assault on civil liberties;

rejects capitalism as an nonviable economic system; has rushed to the defense of convicted

terrorists and their abettors; and generally opposes all U.S. foreign policy positions,

just as it did during the Cold War when it sided with the Soviets.

National Organization for Women: This group advocates the unfettered right to taxpayer-funded

abortion-on-demand; seeks to �eradicate racism, sexism and homophobia� from American

society; attacks Christianity and traditional religious values; and supports gender-based

preferences for women.

National Partnership for Women and Families: This organization supports race- and sex-based

preferences in employment and education.

It also advocates for the universal �right� of women to undergo taxpayer-funded abortion-on-demand

at any stage of pregnancy and for any reason.

National Priorities Project: This group supports government-mandated redistribution of wealth

� through higher taxes and greater expenditures on social welfare programs.

NPP exhorts the government to redirect a significant portion of its military funding toward public

education, universal health insurance, environmentalist projects, and welfare programs.

National Public Radio: Founded in 1970 with 90 public radio stations as charter members,

NPR is today a loose network of more than 750 U.S. radio stations across the country,

many of which are based on college and university campuses.

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National Security Archive Fund: This group collects and publishes declassified documents

obtained through the Freedom of Information Act to a degree that compromises American

national security and the safety of intelligence agents.

National Women�s Law Center: This group supports taxpayer-funded abortion-on-demand;

lobbies against conservative judicial appointees; advocates increased welfare spending to help

low-income mothers; and favors higher taxes for the purpose of generating more funds for

such government programs as Medicaid, food stamps, welfare, foster care, health care,

child-support enforcement, and student loans.

Natural Resources Defense Council: One of the most influential environmentalist lobbying

groups in the United States, the Council claims a membership of one million people.

New America Foundation: This organization uses policy papers, media articles, books,

and educational events to influence public opinion on such topics as healthcare, environmentalism,

energy policy, the Mideast conflict, global governance, and much more.

New Israel Fund: This organization gives support to NGOs that regularly produce reports accusing

Israel of human-rights violations and religious persecution.

NewsCorpWatch: A project of Media Matters For America, NewsCorpWatch was established

with the help of a $1 million George Soros grant to Media Matters.

Pacifica Foundation: This entity owns and operates Pacifica Radio, awash from its birth

with the socialist-Marxist rhetoric of class warfare and hatred for capitalism.

Peace and Security Funders Group: This is an association of more than 60 foundations

that give money to leftist anti-war and environmentalist causes.

Its members tend to depict America as the world�s chief source of international conflict,

environmental destruction, and economic inequalities.

Peace Development Fund: In PDF�s calculus, the United States needs a massive overhaul

of its social and economic institutions.

�Recently,� explains PDF, �we have witnessed the negative effects of neo-liberalism and

the globalization of capitalism, the de-industrialization of the U.S. and the growing gap between the

rich and poor ��

People for the American Way: This group opposes the Patriot Act, anti-terrorism measures generally,

and the allegedly growing influence of the �religious right.�

People Improving Communities Through Organizing: This group uses Alinsky-style organizing tactics

to advance the doctrines of the religious left.

Physicians for Human Rights: This group is selectively and disproportionately critical

of the United States and Israel in its condemnations of human rights violations.

Physicians for Social Responsibility: This is an anti-U.S.-military organization that

also embraces the tenets of radical environmentalism.

Planned Parenthood: This group is the largest abortion provider in the United States and

advocates taxpayer-funded abortion-on-demand.

Ploughshares Fund: This public grant making foundation opposes America�s development

of a missile defense system, and contributes to many organizations that are highly critical

of U.S. foreign policies and military ventures.

Prepare New York: This group supported the proposed construction of a Muslim Community

Center near Ground Zero in lower Manhattan � a project known as the Cordoba Initiative,

headed by Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf.

Presidential Climate Action Project: PCAP�s mission is to create a new 21st-century economy,

completely carbon-free and based largely on renewable energy.

A key advisor to the organization is the revolutionary communist Van Jones.

Prison Moratorium Project: This initiative was created in 1995 for the express purpose

of working for the elimination of all prisons in the United States and the release of all

inmates.

Reasoning from the premise that incarceration is never an appropriate means of dealing with

crime, it deems American society�s inherent inequities the root of all criminal behavior.

Progressive Change Campaign Committee: This organization works �to elect bold progressive

candidates to federal office and to help [them] and their campaigns save money, work smarter,

and win more often.�Progressive States Network: PSN�s mission is to �pass progressive

legislation in all fifty states by providing coordinated research and strategic advocacy

tools to forward-thinking state legislators.�

Project Vote: This is the voter-mobilization arm of the Soros-funded ACORN.

A persistent pattern of lawlessness and corruption has followed ACORN/Project Vote activities

over the years.

Pro Publica: Claiming that �investigative journalism is at risk,� this group aims

to remedy this lacuna in news publishing by �expos[ing] abuses of power and betrayals

of the public trust by government, business, and other institutions, using the moral force

of investigative journalism to spur reform through the sustained spotlighting of wrongdoing.�

Proteus Fund: This foundation directs its philanthropy toward a number of radical leftwing

organizations.

Public Citizen Foundation: Public Citizen seeks increased government intervention and

litigation against corporations � a practice founded on the notion that American corporations,

like the capitalist system of which they are a part, are inherently inclined toward corruption.

Public Justice Center: Viewing America as a nation rife with injustice and discrimination,

this organization engages in legislative and policy advocacy to promote �systemic change

for the disenfranchised.�

Rebuild and Renew America Now (a.k.a. Unity �09): Spearheaded by MoveOn.org and overseen

by longtime activist Heather Booth, this coalition was formed to facilitate the passage of President

Obama�s �historic� $3.5 trillion budget for fiscal year 2010.

Res Publica: Seeking to advance far-left agendas in places all around the world, RP specializes

in �E-advocacy,� or web-based movement-building.

Secretary of State Project: This project was launched in July 2006 as an independent �527�

organization devoted to helping Democrats get elected to the office of Secretary of

State in selected swing, or battleground, states.

Sentencing Project: Asserting that prison-sentencing patterns are racially discriminatory, this

initiative advocates voting rights for felons.

Social Justice Leadership: This organization seeks to transform an allegedly inequitable

America into a �just society� by means of �a renewed social-justice movement.�

Shadow Democratic Party: This is an elaborate network of non-profit activist groups organized

by George Soros and others to mobilize resources � money, get-out-the-vote drives, campaign

advertising, and policy initiatives � to elect Democratic candidates and guide the

Democratic Party towards the left.

Sojourners: This evangelical Christian ministry preaches radical left-wing politics.

During the 1980s it championed Communist revolution in Central America and chastised U.S. policy-makers

for their tendency �to assume the very worst about their Soviet counterparts.� More recently,

Sojourners has taken up the cause of environmental activism, opposed welfare reform as a �mean-spirited

Republican agenda,� and mounted a defense of affirmative action.

Southern Poverty Law Center: This organization monitors the activities of what it calls �hate

groups� in the United States.

It exaggerates the prevalence of white racism directed against American minorities.

State Voices: This coalition helps independent local activist groups in 22 states work collaboratively

on a year-round basis, so as to maximize the impact of their efforts.

Talking Transition: This was a two-week project launched in early November 2013 to �help

shape the transition� to City Hall for the newly elected Democratic mayor of New York,

Bill de Blasio.

Think Progress: This Internet blog �pushes back, daily,� by its own account, against

its conservative targets, and seeks to transform �progressive ideas into policy through rapid

response communications, legislative action, grassroots organizing and advocacy, and partnerships

with other progressive leaders throughout the country and the world.�

Thunder Road Group: This political consultancy, in whose creation Soros had a hand, coordinates

strategy for the Media Fund, America Coming Together, and America Votes.

Tides Foundation and Tides Center: Tides is a major funder of the radical Left.

U.S. Public Interest Research Group: This is an umbrella organization of student groups

that support leftist agendas.

Universal Healthcare Action Network: This organization supports a single-payer health

care system controlled by the federal government.

Urban Institute: This research organization favors socialized medicine, expansion of the

federal welfare bureaucracy, and tax hikes for higher income-earners.

USAction Education Fund: USAction lists its priorities as: �fighting the right wing

agenda�; �building grassroots political power�; winning �social, racial and economic

justice for all�; supporting a system of taxpayer-funded socialized medicine; reversing

�reckless tax cuts for millionaires and corporations� which shield the �wealthy�

from paying their �fair share�; advocating for �pro-consumer and environmental regulation

of corporate abuse�; �strengthening progressive voices on local, state and national issues�;

and working to �register, educate and get out the vote � [to] help progressives get

elected at all levels of government.�

Voto Latino: This group seeks to mobilize Latin-Americans to become registered voters

and political activists.

We Are America Alliance: This coalition promotes �increased civic participation by immigrants�

in the American political process.

Working Families Party: An outgrowth of the socialist New Party, WFP seeks to help push

the Democratic Party toward the left.

World Organization Against Torture: This coalition works closely with groups that condemn Israeli

security measures against Palestinian terrorism.

YWCA World Office, Switzerland: The YWCA opposes abstinence education; supports universal access

to taxpayer-funded abortion-on-demand; and opposes school vouchers.

�Secondary� or �Indirect� Affiliates of the George Soros Network

In addition to those organizations that are funded directly by George Soros and his Open

Society Institute (OSI), there are also numerous �secondary� or �indirect� affiliates

of the Soros network.

These include organizations which do not receive direct funding from Soros and OSI, but which

are funded by

one or more organizations that do.

-Dr. Rich Swier

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BOEF, JONNA FRASER & F1RSTMAN over hun IDEALE KONING! | Vluggertje #13 - Duration: 1:42.

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Matt's Minutes: K-1s, Riskalyze & More (April 2017) - Duration: 4:22.

Hi everyone welcome to Matt's Minutes edition for the month of April 2017.

For many of you who did not file a tax extension, hopefully you're getting those taxes filed

or behind you.

And with that in mind, our core value for the month here at Richmond Brothers is to

Pursue Growth & Continuous Learning.

And so one of the things that comes up a handful of times around tax time is "What if I have

a K-1 form that always comes late, mid to late March or early April?

And what if that K-1 is held by my IRA?"

Many accountants and many individual investors are often very confused with what happens,

so as part of this video - afterwards we are going to include a link directly from Fidelity,

which is our custodian for your assets.

And basically what the link says is if you own a K-1 asset, which is a partnership that

chooses to be taxed that way in an IRA account and you receive a K-1, if you have under $1000

of UBTI, which is Unrelated Business Taxable Income (which is box 20 of your K-1), you

don't have to file anything.

However, if you have over $1000 the custodian who holds your money has to file a Form 990.

And if there are taxes due, your IRA has to pay the taxes.

This is not something that is held or filed directly by you personally; your IRA account

is the owner of that partnership.

So there's a very straightforward, very simple to read link we're going to include as part

of this follow up on the video.

So again, continuous growth and learning, and sometimes why you own those companies,

well sometimes they have really good growth prospects and they give you a good holding

within your portfolio over the next 3, 5 and 10 years.

To clarify, if you own it in an IRA or Roth or retirement account that's what I'm speaking

about.

If you own it outside in a joint or trust or non-qualified, you do actually have to

file the K-1.

Moving on from that, we have seen a general uptick as far as positive returns go so far

this year.

A lot of you have seen this and it's been reflected back to us in our discussions.

Many of you attended our State of Your Money seminar at the very end of last month, so

those of you that came out, thank you for attending and thank you for coming to listen

to us.

With this uptick, eventually any time there's an uptick we eventually want to move and we

want to skim gains and we want to reduce holdings, we want to keep making sure that pie is the

right allocation for you and we want to take some gains off the table especially if things

were going well.

And the question is - as you get to those pivot points, many of us have discussed is

there a point in your portfolio where we can pivot more conservative, more stability?

That sort of thing.

How do we quantify that risk if you tell us we want to be conservative, what does that

actually mean?

And so those of you that attended our seminar, we're going to roll out a new software that

is specifically designed around quantifying this risk and it's called RiskAlyze.

And as part of this video you'll see after the video ends there'll be a link below on

your screen for a 2 minute introductory video for those of you that didn't get to see it

during our live seminar presentation.

And the idea is to over-simplify statistical probability of what direction your portfolio

could go.

There's 4 or 5 questions that you have to ultimately answer - we're going to roll this

out to each of you individually over 3, 6 and 9 months on any of your calls or meetings,

especially with for example, John and Dan.

So keep that in mind, and again it's a way that we can look at what risk level is your

portfolio, what risk level do you want it to be and then how do we over time bring those

two together so it makes sense to you, help bridge that gap of communication.

So we found it to be very positive for the people we have tested it with and are excited

for all of you to see that.

Last but not least, many of you just recently who are Rockwell shareholders did receive

a letter from Richmond Brothers with some instructions, so if you get this and that

doesn't ring a bell to you, if you have questions, you can email us: questions@richmondbrothers.com

and we'll be happy to resend that video so you have it.

With that in mind, that was enough information for this month.

If you have again specific questions, call, email us.

We are here for you and we appreciate having that opportunity to serve you.

Thank you so much and go on to make it a great day!

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Search is on for man accused of shooting Georgia deputy - Duration: 0:23.

THIS MORNING... THE SEARCH

CONTINUES FOR THE GUNMAN WHO

SHOT A DEPUTY AT TANGER OUTLETS

IN COMMERCE, GEORGIA.

ACCORDING TO THE GEORGIA BUREAU

OF INVESTIGATION...

THE DEPUTY WAS RESPONDING TO AN

ARMED ROBBERY AT THE TIME.

THE SUSPECT STOLE A VEHICLE...

GOT OUT.. TRIED TO RUN AWAY...

AND

SHOT AT THE DEPUTY WHO WAS IN

HIS CRUISER.

THE DEPUTY IS EXPECTED TO BE

OKAY.

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Barbie Doll Grocery Store Market Playset + Anna (Frozen) Is Going Shoping - Duration: 6:53.

And Now it's time for Shopping!

Yeah!

Hello Guys!

I am Anna.

Today I go shopping.

Do you want to go with me?

Let's go!

Hello Guys!

Today Mary from Anh Anh Channel, Open Barbie Supermarket.

I love it and It's so so pretty!

And here we have food, and Barbie and the trolley.

Wow the pink trolley.

I love it.

And I also have money and some shopping checklist.

Wow, I am so excited.

And this is the back of the toy, wow.

Let's open it now, I'm so excited!

Wow, I love it.

It's so beautiful!

Especially I love Barbie. Wow

Let me get all these toys out.

In this play set we have some paper money and coins.

We have five coins.

And some paper money.

We have pink, blue and purple.

This is Barbie

And it also have a letter barbie in it.

And also have shopping trolley.

It's pink.

And It has a B on it and has Barbie logo on it too.

I love it

And let see how Barbie can drive it.

Wow that's cool.

I love it.

And this is Barbie

This Barbie is very cute and she has blue eyes

WOW.

And blonde hair.

Wow I love blonde hair.

And in its feet she has pink shoes.

Wow I love it.

It's pink.

And this Barbie can be in it to stand.

Wow that's so cute.

This conveyor belt can move like the real one.

Wow.

It's so cute.

Here is the shelve with food on it.

And we have some milk, and cookie, and some water, and gummy bear.

Wow, I love gummy bear.

It's instance noodle, and Chinese food

and this is orange juice, and grape juice

and also another bottle of orange juice, but it's bigger.

And here's some yogurt, and eggs and mineral water.

Now it's time for shopping.

Yeah!

Hello Guys!

I am Anna.

Today I go shopping.

Do you want to go with me?

Let's go!

But first, I need to get the trolley.

I gonna by some milk.

There it is.

Let's me get.

There.

Oh let's me get some biscuit too

Put it in

And I would like some Gummy bear candies.

I love gummy bear

Let me put it in

And now I would like some yogurt

Let me go to get them

Let me put yogurt in the trolley.

There I gonna get some eggs

Let me put it in

Let move another shelve

Oh mocha cookies, I love it

Let me take it

Put it in

There

Let me get some donuts

Chocolate donuts, put it in

there

Let me get some coca cola

put it in

there

Let me get some hot-dog

Put it in

Let me get some french fries

Put it in

Let move to another shelve

I like this clock

put it in

let me get telephone

I like this one

put it in

I think it's enough

let go to the checkout

hello Barbie

hello Anna

please put your things on the counter

ok, Barbie

the telephone

a clock

mocha cookies

Now its time to put them in the shopping bag

let's go. Yeah!

there

next one

coca cola

french fries

chocolate doughnut

hot-dog

let's roll them in the basket

next one

milk

cookies

yogurt

gummy bear

eggs

now, let's roll them in the basket

there

so how much are they Barbie?

fifty dollars, Anna

here you are, Barbie

Thank you Anna. See you later

Bye Bye

Bye Barbie

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HSV GTSR W1 vs Holden Commodore SS $169,990 versus $47,490 - is it worth it? - Duration: 15:02.

HSV GTSR W1 vs Holden Commodore SS $169,990 versus $47,490 - is it worth it?

HSV GTSR W1 vs Holden Commodore SS $169,990 versus $47,490 - is it worth it?

HSV wowed Australia when it announced Australia's fastest and most powerful production car ever, the HSV GTSR W1. The wows continued when the engine and performance specs were revealed, but the biggest wow belonged to the price: $169,990 (plus on-road costs).

Since its release, we've heard stories of some buyers paying over $250,000 to secure one of the 300 examples being built.

We put the call out on social media to see what you wanted to know most about the GTSR W1, and the response was resounding – most of you wanted to know how the GTSR W1 compares to the 2017 Holden Commodore VFII SS.

Price. The biggest difference between these two isn't where you might've thought. Indeed, It's in the price tag. The GTSR W1 commands a $169,990 price tag, while the SS Commodore comes in at $47,490 (before on-road costs).

Assuming you can secure a GTSR W1 for that price, you'll still need to pay $31,757.40 in luxury car tax, plus over $8000 in stamp duty. At this point, you're almost at the price of the SS Commodore in fees alone.

That places the price difference at $122,500, before on-road costs. Another way to look at that, is that you could garage 3.5 SS Commodores for the price of one GTSR W1. Engine.

Under the bonnet of the GTSR W1 is a monster engine that has been out of production for several years.

The LS9 engine once powered the fastest Corvette and Camaro on sale and can be purchased as a crate engine from Corvette for around US$30,000.

The SS Commodore, on the other hand, uses an LS3 engine. While both engines are 6.2 litres in capacity, they are vastly different beasts.

The LS3 is a 6.2-litre naturally-aspirated V8 that produces 304kW of power and 570Nm of torque. It'll sprint from 0-100km/h in just 4.9 seconds and can be had with both a six-speed automatic or a six-speed manual transmission.

It uses a wet-sump oil circulation system and runs on 91RON regular unleaded fuel. Crack the bonnet of the GTSR W1 (and the plastic engine cover), and you'll find the LS9 with a big supercharger sitting within the vee.

Producing 474kW of power and 815Nm of torque, HSV reckons it'll dash from 0-100km/h in around 4.1 seconds and it's exclusively available with a six-speed manual transmission.

The supercharger measures in at 2. 3 litres per revolution (that's about 20 per cent larger than the supercharger fitted to the LSA-powered GTS) and at 6000rpm is cramming over 500 litres of extra air into the engine.

Unlike the SS Commodore's wet sump, the GTSR W1 uses a dry sump setup.

It works by pumping oil at pressure into the piston head, which then lubricates the cylinder shaft to reduce heat and friction. That oil then sits in an oil pan at the bottom of the engine.

The volume of oil in the oil pan varies depending on the car. A collector then sucks the oil from the oil pan, sends it through a filter and the process starts again.

In theory this system works well. But, it presents issues for cars that frequent a race track, for example.

As cornering gs increase, the viscous oil can move around the oil pan and, during extreme cornering, can push up against the walls – away from the collector.

This can then cause pockets of air, which prevent oil from lubricating the cylinder, which in turn increases temperatures and friction.

A dry sump has the benefit of scavenging oil from the bottom of the engine into a larger oil reservoir. This reservoir sometimes has several collectors and isn't affected by the forces attributed with cornering.

It also means a large oil pan at the bottom of the engine isn't required (a smaller one is used instead), allowing the engine to sit at a lower centre of gravity.

The dry sump system works by sucking oil from the bottom of the engine into the large reservoir, then sucking oil from the reservoir through a filter and back into the engine.

It's the perfect supplement to a performance package that sets this car apart from the rest. Also unlike the SS Commodore, the GTSR W1 needs a minimum of 95RON premium unleaded fuel to work properly.

Brakes and tyres. The GTSR W1 comes standard with the biggest brakes we have ever seen on a Commodore. In fact, the rotors are bigger in diameter than the brakes fitted to a V8 supercar.

Measuring in at 410mm in diameter, the front brakes are cross-drilled two-piece rotors that are hugged by monobloc six-piston AP Racing callipers, offering a 25 per cent larger contact area than the previous generation HSV GTS.

They also weigh 10 per cent less. The monobloc calliper is built from a single piece, as opposed to most other cars where two separate pieces are joined to form a calliper.

The advantages are a more rigid structure that maintains its position and structural integrity under hard braking and under high heat loads. While a regular two-piece configuration is durable, it's not as suitable for intense and continuous braking events.

Keeping the GTSR W1 stuck to the road is the semi-slick Pirelli PZero Trofeo R. Although it's available as an option on the Honda NSX and a number of McLarens, it is unique in being standard fitment on the GTSR W1.

It's designed to warm up quickly, and provides a sticky compound that exerts maximum friction with the road. It's made to allow the GTSR W1 to corner with far more pace, in comparison to HSV models without this tyre.

The rear treads are 295mm wide with 20-inch alloy wheels and 30 profile tyres, while the front tyres are 265mm wide with 20-inch wheels and 35 profile tyres.

The front tyres are so big that the wheel guards had to be redesigned to sit 12mm wider, each side, to cater for the bigger tyre package.

Compare that to the SS Commodore, which uses 321mm front rotors with two-piece two-piston callipers and 324mm rotors at the rear.

Our SS Commodore had the optional ($350) performance brake option, which includes an upgraded master cylinder, larger front rotors (345mm) and pads. It's a specification specifically designed for the police force.

On the tyre front, the SS Commodore rides on 245mm wide tyres sitting on 19-inch wheels and 40 profile tyres on all four corners.

It's available with a larger 20-inch alloy wheel that is the same width, but uses 25 profile tyres instead. Interior.

This is where you'll find the biggest difference between these two. The leather treatment in the SS Commodore is taken to another level, with full Alcantara treatment across the seats and steering wheel in the GTSR W1.

Unique stitching on the head rests and back seats shows the world that the GTSR W1 is a product that Australia has built and is incredibly proud of.

Of course, being an HSV, you also get the EDI (Enhanced Driver Interface), which includes lap timers, velocity meters and the option to log your trip around a race track to USB.

The standard SS also misses out on a custom-tuned stability control mode that allows the rear end to step out before the computers catch it.

The HSV has this standard, and allows the driver to flick between Touring, Performance and Track, with the Track setting offering the most aggressive driving mode that takes advantage of computer controls and torque vectoring. Future value.

Aside from the initial purchase price, this is where you'll find the biggest divide between these two. GTSR W1 production is capped at just 300 units, while SS Commodore production is uncapped.

The HSV also claims the honour of being the only Holden product to ever house the mighty LS9 engine under its bonnet. Not only that, its performance credentials match – and, in some respects, exceed – its European competitors.

In 2008, a Ford Falcon GTHO Phase III sold for over $700,000 — a car that was well under $10,000 new (not accounting for inflation).

This is likely to be the very last Australian car ever produced (given that Holden, Toyota and Ford will already have wrapped up production by the point HSV builds its final locally-produced car) and that alone will make it a gold mine for investors.

Hopefully that gives you an idea of why HSV has chosen to run with such a high asking price for the GTSR W1.

It's a car that has benefitted from hundreds of hours of research and development, with an equal amount of time spent on road fine tuning the ride.

And, this is all for a car that will only be built in limited numbers and will only exist in production for six months. It's a feat virtually unheard of.

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Steven Mnuchin: President Trump's Tax Cut 'Is All About Jobs, Jobs, Jobs' | TODAY - Duration: 6:03.

CONDITIONS MORE. MATT AND SAVANNAH?

>> PETER ALEXANDER AT THE WHITE HOUSE, THANK YOU.

TREASURY SECRETARY STEVEN MNUCHIN, THANK YOU FOR BEING

WITH US. >> GREAT TO BE HERE WITH YOU.

>> LET'S START WITH THE CLIP WE JUST PLAYED.

CANDIDATE TRUMP WAS ON THIS SHOW TELLING OUR VIEWERS A YEAR AGO

THAT HE BELIEVED IN RAISING TAXES ON THE WEALTHY, INCLUDING

HIMSELF. WOULD YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE

REFORM PLAN YOU HAVE LAID OUT DOES THE EXACT OPPOSITE, IN

FACT, IT IS A DRAMATIC CUT IN TAXES FOR THE WEALTHY?

>> NO, THIS ISN'T ABOUT A DRAWED MAKE CUT IN TAXES FOR THE

WEALTHY. THIS IS ABOUT LOWERING TAX RATES

IN RETURN FOR GETTING RID OF MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF DEDUCTIONS

AND SPECIAL INTERESTS. >> BUT IT DOES CUT TAXES FOR THE

WEALTHY, RIGHT? >> AGAIN, WHEN WE LAY OUT THE

EXACT DETAILS OF THE PLAN, WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS, THIS IS ABOUT

REDUCING TAXES AND TAX SIMPLIFICATION.

THIS IS ABOUT A MIDDLE-INCOME TAX CUT.

THIS IS ABOUT HAVING SWEEPING TAX CUTS, THE LARGEST TAX CUTS

IN HISTORY, THE LARGEST TAX REFORM PROGRAM IN HISTORY, TO

CREATE AMERICAN JOBS. THIS IS ALL ABOUT JOBS, JOBS,

JOBS. >> LET ME JUST ASK YOU ONE

THING, CAN YOU GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE OF A WEALTHY INDIVIDUAL

OR CORPORATIONS WHOSE TAXES WILL GO UP UNDER WHAT YOU HAVE

PROPOSED? >> AGAIN, WHAT WE WANTED TO DO

WAS LAY OUT THE PRESIDENT'S PRINCIPLES.

AND HIS PRINCIPLES ARE ALL PART OF HIS ECONOMIC PLAN.

HE IS DETERMINED TO CREATE ECONOMIC GROWTH, OF 3% OR

HIGHER, AND IN REGARDS TO THIS, AGAIN, THIS IS ABOUT LOWERING

BUSINESS TAXES TO MAKE BUSINESSES COMPETITIVE.

WE HAVE A VERY UNCOMPETITIVE BUSINESS TAX SYSTEM.

AND BY DOING THIS, WE'LL CREATE LOTS AND LOTS OF JOBS.

>> I'M GLAD YOU TALKED ABOUT GROWTH BECAUSE THE COMMITTEE FOR

A RESPONSIBLE BUDGET, WHICH IS A NONPARTISAN ORGANIZATION, SAYS

THE NUMBERS ARE A PROBLEM HERE, MR. SECRETARY.

THEY SAY IT'S GOING TO RESULT IN BETWEEN $3 AND $7 TRILLION FEWER

DOLLARS COMING INTO THE GOVERNMENT.

AND TO COMPENSATE THAT WITH GROWTH, THE GROWTH RATE WOULD

HAVE TO BE 4.5%. YOU JUST SAID YOU'RE HOPING FOR

A GROWTH RATE OF ABOUT 3%. THAT'S GOING TO RESULT IN A

BLOSSOMING OF THE DEFICIT, ISN'T IT?

>> MATT, FIRST OF ALL, THE OTHER PEOPLE, EXTERNAL GROUPS, WHO

NORMALLY MODEL THE PLANS, HAVEN'T MODELED THE PLAN BECAUSE

THEY SAID THEY DON'T HAVE THE DETAILS.

SO THE NUMBERS THAT YOU'RE CITING, WE DON'T AGREE WITH

THOSE NUMBERS. AND WE DON'T THINK THEY ARE

ACCURATE. AND WHEN WE COME OUT WITH THE

DETAILS OF THE PLAN, WE'LL SHOW, THIS IS GOING TO BE PAID FOR BY

A COMBINATION OF ECONOMIC GROWTH, WHICH WILL BE AROUND 3%,

OR SLIGHTLY HIGHER, AND A COMBINATION OF BY REDUCING

MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF DEDUCTIONS AND SPECIAL INTERESTS.

>> SO WITHOUT GETTING OVERLY DRAMATIC THEN, MR. SECRETARY,

WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND LOOK AT THE

AMERICAN PEOPLE AND SAY, I, STEVEN MNUCHIN, PROMISE YOU THAT

THIS WILL BE REVENUE-NEUTRAL AND DEFICIT-NEUTRAL?

>> AGAIN, OUR OBJECTIVE, MATT, IS TO PAY FOR THIS WITH ECONOMIC

GROWTH. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING WITH

THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE. THIS IS NOW ABOUT TAKING THE

PRESIDENT'S PRINCIPLES AND TURNING THEM INTO A BILL THAT WE

CAN GET PASSED AND THE PRESIDENT CAN SIGN THIS YEAR SO WE CAN

CREATE ECONOMIC GROWTH. AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK CLOSELY

WITH CONGRESS TO GET THIS DONE. SO, MATT, YES, OUR PRINCIPLES

ARE WE WANT TO PAY WITH THIS WITH ECONOMIC GROWTH AND WITH

REDUCING LOTS AND LOTS OF SPECIAL INTEREST DEDUCTIONS.

>> BUT YOU KNOW THIS, THIS IDEA THAT YOU CAN PAY FOR IT WITH

ECONOMIC GROWTH IS KIND OF A WASHINGTON FAIRY TALE.

YOU HEAR ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME, TAX CUTS DEFINITELY STIMULATE

GROWTH. THE QUESTION IS WHETHER IT'S

ENOUGH. THERE'S A GUY NAMED STEVE BELL,

A REPUBLICAN STAFF MEMBER IN THE '80s WHEN REAGAN HAD HIS TAX

CUT, AND HE SAID THIS IS FOOL'S GOLD THAT YOU'LL CUT TAXES.

EVERYBODY WORKS HARDER, MORE MONEY COMES IN AND YOU ERASE THE

FISCAL IMPACT. HE SAYS IT NEVER HAPPENS.

>> WE OBVIOUSLY DON'T AGREE WITH THAT AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF

ECONOMISTS WHO HAVE LINED UP WITH WHAT WE'RE SAYING.

LET ME JUST TELL YOU, THERE ARE MANY STUDY THAT IS SHOW 70% OR

MORE OF THE TAX BURDEN OF CORPORATIONS IS BORN BY THE

AMERICAN WORKERS. SO THIS IS ABOUT LOWERING THE

BUSINESS TAXES FOR BOTH BIG CORPORATIONS AND SMALL AND

MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES, PUTTING THAT MONEY BACK IN THE POCKETS

OF AMERICAN WORKERS AND, BY THE WAY, BY CREATING A TERRITORIAL

SYSTEM, WE WILL BRING BACK TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT HAVE

BEEN PARKED OFFSHORE BECAUSE OF COMPLICATED TAX SYSTEMS, THAT

THESE COMPANIES WILL INVEST IN AMERICAN PLANTS, AMERICAN

EQUIPMENT, TO CREATE AMERICAN JOBS.

>> REAL, REAL QUICKLY, MR. SECRETARY, YOU HAVE SAID THE

PRESIDENT HAS ALREADY REVEALED A LOT OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION,

MORE THAN ANYONE. WE COULD ARGUE ABOUT THAT FOR AN

ENTIRE OTHER SEGMENT, BUT DOESN'T IT MAKE YOUR JOB HARDER

TO GO OUT AND SELL A TAX PLAN THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT EVERY

AMERICAN'S TAX RETURNS WHEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

HAS NOT BEEN TRANSPARENT WITH HIS OWN TAX RETURNS?

>> NOT AT ALL, MATT. I THINK THE AMERICAN PUBLIC IS

COMFORTABLE WITH THE INFORMATION THE PRESIDENT HAS RELEASED.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE IMPACT OF ONE TAXPAYERS, THIS IS THE

IMPACT ON AMERICAN TAXPAYERS AND AMERICAN BUSINESS.

AND WE ARE FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC GROWTH AND JOBS, JOBS, JOBS.

FOR TOO LONG THIS ECONOMY HAS BEEN HELD BACK BY REGULATORY

ISSUES, BY TAX BURDEN, AND WE ARE UNLEASHING THAT.

>> REAL QUICKLY -- SORRY, JUST ON THE TAX RETURNS, YOU DID SAY

YESTERDAY AT YOUR BRIEFING THE PRESIDENT HAS NO INTENTION TO

RELEASE HIS TAX RETURNS. HE USED TO SAY HE WOULD WHEN THE

AUDITS WERE COMPLETE. IS IT YOUR UNDERSTANDING HE WILL

NEVER RELEASE HIS TAX RETURNS? >> WELL, I'M GOING TO LET THE

PRESIDENT DECIDE WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO IN THE FUTURE.

THAT'S OBVIOUSLY UP TO HIM. AND AGAIN, WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS

FOCUSED AND I'M FOCUSED ON IS, CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE

AMERICAN PUBLIC. AND WE COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED

ABOUT THAT. AND THIS PLAN IS THE BEGINNING

OF CREATING ECONOMIC GROWTH. >>

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