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  1. As expected, #GregJericho does not mince his words in his latest criticism of the #RBA. In fact, he shows the RBA for what it truly is, a proxy for the #BCA (Business Council of Australia), the all powerful #NeoLiberal #Lobby.

    “the RBA really does not give one damn about inflation or even “inflationary expectations”. Truly – Michele Bullock has belled the cat on this now that she has admitted raising interest rates has nothing to do with inflation.

    All the RBA cares about is wages growth – they do not, under any circumstances, want workers to think they should be getting a decent wage rise.

    Company profits? Oh gosh, well, those need to remain strong. Bullock told reporters that companies should raise their prices to cover costs, because otherwise, in her words, “they would go bust”.

    Read more: thepoint.com.au/opinions/26050

    #TaxTheRich #AusPol #JoinYourUnion #WorkersUnite #NoMoreBillionaires #RegulateTheMarkets #DisempowerTheBanks #ProgressiveLegislationNow #TaxReformNow

  2. BCA Tambah Layanan Giro Mata Uang AED, Permudah Transaksi dan Ekspansi Bisnis Internasional Nasabah

    Tradingan - #PT #Bank #Central #Asia Tbk atau #BCA #kembali #memperluas #layanan #perbankannya #dengan #menghadirkan #pilihan baru pada produk rekening giro. Kini, nasabah dapat membuka Rekening Giro BCA dalam mata uang United Arab Emirates Dirham (AED) atau dirham Uni Emirat Arab. BCA Tambah Layanan Giro Mata Uang AED, Permudah Transaksi dan Ekspansi Bisnis…

    tradingan.com/bca-tambah-layan

  3. #Ageing #condos will not get public #funds for lift maintenance, renovation & redecoration works: #BCA
    🤔"“The amount of funding to improve the lifts in #publichousing is significantly higher than te targeted co-funding which BCA is currently exploring for #private #developments to enhance te safety of their older lifts,” it said"
    👆When nearly 78% of #Singapore's #population live in #public #housing, this statement may appear to be superfluous, perhaps even self-serving?🧐
    straitstimes.com/singapore/hou

  4. 'In July 1956, the renowned Bay Area poet, writer and playwright Hiroshi Kashiwagi’s play “Kisa Gotami,” was performed by the #Berkeley Young Buddhist Association Choir at the Berkeley Buddhist Temple — and featured a UC Berkeley student named @georgetakei.' 🚀 🌌 😁 #StarTrek #History #JodoShinshu #Buddhism #BCA buddhistchurchesofamerica.org/

  5. Bill Cassidy raises concerns over ICE, DHS credibility after Minneapolis shooting – The Hill

    Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) on Saturday expressed concern about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) reputation following another fatal shooting in Minnesota.

    “The events in Minneapolis are incredibly disturbing. The credibility of ICE and DHS are at stake. There must be a full joint federal and state investigation. We can trust the American people with the truth,” Cassidy said Saturday in a post on the social platform X.

    A high-ranking Minnesota public safety official said Saturday that his agency was blocked from participating in any federal investigation into the deadly shooting of Alex Pretti, noting that “we’re in uncharted territory.”

    Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) Superintendent Drew Evans said that after the FBI left the scene Saturday, BCA agents sought to begin their own investigation but were “unable to hold that scene, and it got run over by protesters, and we were not able to reexamine that scene.”

    He added that BCA was denied access to the scene at a later time, and that after they obtained a signed search warrant, state agents were still not permitted to enter the area. 

    The Hill has reached out to DHS for comment.

    Cassidy’s comments follow weeks of tension in Minnesota over President Trump’s immigration agenda, which escalated in the wake of the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE officer earlier this month.

    Continue/Read Original Article Here: Bill Cassidy raises concerns over ICE, DHS credibility after Minneapolis shooting

    Tags: BCA, Credibility, DHS, Fatal Shooting, ICE, Louisiana, Minnesota, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, Republican, Senator Bill Cassidy, The Hill
    #BCA #Credibility #DHS #FatalShooting #ICE #Louisiana #Minnesota #MinnesotaBureauOfCriminalApprehension #Republican #SenatorBillCassidy #TheHill
  6. The office of #KeithEllison, the #Minnesota AG, is asking a judge to stop the surge of federal# immigration agents in the state. Later today, #federal officials will argue against a lawsuit brought by the MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension [#BCA] following the killing of #AlexPretti by federal agents.

    #StateSponsoredTerrorism #Trump #law #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #CivilRights #UseOfForce #MafiaState #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung

  7. The office of #KeithEllison, the #Minnesota AG, is asking a judge to stop the surge of federal# immigration agents in the state. Later today, #federal officials will argue against a lawsuit brought by the MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension [#BCA] following the killing of #AlexPretti by federal agents.

    #StateSponsoredTerrorism #Trump #law #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #CivilRights #UseOfForce #MafiaState #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung

  8. The office of #KeithEllison, the #Minnesota AG, is asking a judge to stop the surge of federal# immigration agents in the state. Later today, #federal officials will argue against a lawsuit brought by the MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension [#BCA] following the killing of #AlexPretti by federal agents.

    #StateSponsoredTerrorism #Trump #law #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #CivilRights #UseOfForce #MafiaState #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung

  9. The office of #KeithEllison, the #Minnesota AG, is asking a judge to stop the surge of federal# immigration agents in the state. Later today, #federal officials will argue against a lawsuit brought by the MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension [#BCA] following the killing of #AlexPretti by federal agents.

    #StateSponsoredTerrorism #Trump #law #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #CivilRights #UseOfForce #MafiaState #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung

  10. The office of #KeithEllison, the #Minnesota AG, is asking a judge to stop the surge of federal# immigration agents in the state. Later today, #federal officials will argue against a lawsuit brought by the MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension [#BCA] following the killing of #AlexPretti by federal agents.

    #StateSponsoredTerrorism #Trump #law #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #CivilRights #UseOfForce #MafiaState #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung

  11. Video from Sunday morning shows people in #BCA jackets at the scene. One person asked those standing nearby to leave the area for about 20 mins so investigators could document the scene.

    The BCA & the #HennepinCounty Sheriff’s Office are both suing the #Trump admin after the #shooting. Early Sunday, a federal judge in #Minnesota granted a temporary restraining order [#TRO] blocking federal agencies from destroying or altering #evidence related to #AlexPretti’s killing.

    #law #murder #CoverUp

  12. “They even got a #state search #warrant for a public area to conduct their investigation, but they were not allowed in,” O’Hara said.

    The scene has since become “contaminated,” O’Hara said, adding the situation is “not ideal” for investigators.

    #BCA Superintendent Drew Evans said Saturday that state & #local #police were unable to secure the scene & it was overrun by protesters, preventing the BCA from conducting its own investigation.

    #law #AlexPretti #murder #CoverUp #Trump

  13. Bureau of Criminal Apprehension arrives at #shooting scene after being turned away

    More than 24 hours after a #CBP agent shot & killed #AlexPretti, personnel from #MNBCA have arrived at the scene.

    #BCA staff are “canvassing & looking to collect whatever evidence may be there,” #Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said Sunday.

    O’Hara said he requested the BCA to investigate immediately after the shooting, but “they were refused entry” by #federal agents.

    #law #murder #CoverUp #Trump

  14. State and local leaders say
    💥they do not believe that the #FBI #investigation of the shooting death of #Renee #Nicole #Good will be fair and impartial,

    -- and are sounding alarms about the impact of federal officials
    🆘 holding onto evidence in a potential prosecution of the ICE agent who killed her.

    Minnesota’s lead investigative agency,
    the "Bureau of Criminal Apprehension" ( #BCA ),
    initially began investigating the shooting in conjunction with the FBI.

    But the BCA issued a statement Thursday morning saying that
    “the US attorney’s office had reversed course:
    the investigation would now be led solely by the FBI,
    and the BCA would no longer have access to the case materials,
    scene evidence or investigative interviews necessary to complete a thorough and independent investigation”.

    Hennepin county attorney
    #Mary #Moriarty,
    an elected Democrat and the county’s prosecutor, clarified at a press conference Friday that
    the BCA
    – which was established in 1927
    – has a very high investigative standard
    💥and that this standard can’t be met when the organization doesn’t have access to all the evidence.
    It does not preclude an investigation, she said.
    But a lack of access to evidence hampers the investigation.

    “When the BCA came to the scene,
    the evidence had been taken by the FBI,” she said.
    “They collected the car and took it wherever the BCA does not have access to the car.
    And the problem isn’t that the FBI took the car,
    it’s that the BCA doesn’t have access to the car, or right now,
    even access to the #forensic #evaluation that happens as a result of the investigation with that car.”

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j

  15. State and local leaders say
    they do not believe that the FBI-investigation of the shooting death of #Renee #Nicole #Good will be fair and impartial,
    and are sounding alarms about the 💥impact of federal officials holding onto evidence in a potential prosecution of the ICE agent who killed her.

    Minnesota’s lead investigative agency, the "bureau of criminal apprehension", initially began investigating the shooting in conjunction with the FBI.
    But the #BCA issued a statement Thursday morning saying that
    “the US attorney’s office had reversed course:
    the investigation would now be led solely by the FBI,
    and the BCA would no longer have access to the case materials,
    scene evidence or investigative interviews necessary to complete a thorough and independent investigation”.

    Hennepin county attorney #Mary #Moriarty, an elected Democrat and the county’s prosecutor, clarified at a press conference Friday that the BCA
    – which was established in the wake of the George Floyd case
    – has a very high investigative standard and that this standard
    can’t be met when the organization doesn’t have access to all the evidence.
    It does not preclude an investigation, she said.
    But a lack of access to evidence hampers the investigation.

    “When the BCA came to the scene, the evidence had been taken by the FBI,” she said.
    🆘 “They collected the car and took it wherever the BCA does not have access to the car. And the problem isn’t that the FBI took the car, it’s that 👉the BCA doesn’t have access to the car, or right now, even access to the forensic evaluation that happens as a result of the investigation with that car.”

    In a press conference on Friday, the Minneapolis mayor, #Jacob #Frey, described the federal government’s narrative casting Good as the villain as “#garbage” and called on the state to conduct its own investigation.

    “This is a time to follow the law,” he said.
    “This is not a time to hide from the facts.
    This is a time to embrace them,
    making sure that we’re pushing for transparency every step of the way.”

    “The fact that Pam Bondi’s Department of Justice and this presidential administration has already come to a conclusion about those facts is deeply concerning,” he added.
    Media reports have identified the agent who shot Good as Jonathan Ross. ICE agents allowed Ross to #leave the scene in the moments after the shooting, taking the weapon used in the shooting with him.
    “It doesn’t preclude a state investigation, but if the feds are saying, for example, you don’t even get to look at the firearm that was used to kill this person, that would certainly complicate it,”
    said #Eric J #Nelson, a defense attorney in Minneapolis with a long record of defending police officers accused of crimes.
    Nelson represented Derek Chauvin in his murder trial for killing Floyd.

    The legal standard for proving a case of excessive force rests on the
    🔹“objective reasonableness” of the act as given in the
    🔹"Graham v Connor" case decided by the US supreme court in 1989.

    From that case flows policies governing when and how police officers can use force.
    The standards are essentially the same for both state and federal prosecutions, he said.

    The breakdown in cooperation between state and federal agencies in this investigation is “shocking”, Nelson said,
    and flies in the face of the public’s expectations of legal norms.

    “There may be political differences, but ultimately in a question in a case like this, I don’t really think politics should have a place,” he said.

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j

  16. The cover up has begun. Local law enforcement barred from investigating #ICE murder of Ms #Good.

    The #FBI has taken full control of the investigation into the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Macklin Good by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in #Minneapolis, blocking Minnesota state investigators from accessing evidence, case materials, or interviews.

    The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) has "reluctantly" withdrawn from the investigation, citing federal authorities' reversal of an initial
    agreement to conduct a joint probe. As of January 8, 2026, the #BCA no longer has access to scene evidence or witness statements, raising concerns about transparency and accountability.

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j

  17. #ICEmurder #ICE #minneapolis #ReneeNicoleGood
    This is important and needs more traction. Our community will NEVER have faith in any investigation that cuts out local authorities. And that is even more true given the immorality and incompetence of the #DOJ & #FBI. I realize that #MN #BCA cannot investigate w/o access to evidence, but is there no legal recourse? Can MN sue the to get access and conduct their own investigation? OTOH video is all the evidence of murder needed freeradical.zone/@steve_zeke/1

  18. When the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is taken of the murder case…. 🤯

    “Without complete access to the evidence, witnesses and information collected, we cannot meet the investigative standards that #Minnesota law and the public demands.”

    #Minneapolis #BCA #FBI

    dps.mn.gov/news/bca/bca-statem

  19. He said the #FBI informed the #BCA later Wednesday that the #USattorney’s office had changed the plan.

    “The investigation would now be led solely by the FBI, & the BCA would no longer have access to the case materials, scene evidence or investigative interviews necessary to complete a thorough & independent investigation,” Evans wrote.

    #Trump #CoverUp #ReneeNicoleGood #murder #law #ExtraJudicialKillings #Minneapolis #DueProcess #UseOfForce #Constitution #CivilRights #ICE #Sturmabteilung

  20. The #BCA Business Council of Australia is clearly living in the past ... " sensible, stable reform backed by both *major* parties" and they must have missed the memo that says we are experiencing a #ClimateCrisis !! 🙄 Thank goodness most voters don't even know who they are ... 🥂 #AusPol #EPBC_Act

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rrigcgajvpkngw5ewsmqznjj/post/3m6l2xr6ppk2s

  21. A #tourist hack for the people that visit #Indonesia and use a #flazz card to pay for public transport. Since you can't really check your balance as a tourist.

    1. Install the #myBCA app
    2. Open the app and go to the registration form up to the point where it asks you for your personal details
    3. Fully close the app
    4. Now reopen the app, you will get a login form with the buttons for Flazz and #QRIS
    5. Press Flazz button, tap your card against phone.
    6. You can now check your balance

    #bca

  22. Labor to give casuals new rights to full-time employment in move to improve job security
    theguardian.com/australia-news

    It's about time the government stopped companies from mistreating casual workers. Casual workers deserve the same rights as permanent workers if they work the same hours and have been in the role for a while.

    Gotta love how the Business Council of Australia hates workers so much that they oppose "same job same pay" and have already started an ad campaign against the proposed improvements.

    #AusPol #PayYourWorkers #BCA #BusinessCouncilOfAustralia

  23. arxiv.org/abs/2101.12223

    I'm city hopping by #train from Warsaw to #Benasque and yesterday I met Oli Reardon-Smith in Kraków, here a paper with Hakop, Kamil and Stephen
    arxiv.org/abs/2101.12223
    I learned about an innovation in that they use part of samples to estimate certain parameters needed for a large deviation bound. It's like #Hoefding's inequality on wheels.

    I know of the #BCa (biased corrected accelerated) #bootstrap method for assigning confidence intervals to #statistical estimations. Here a round of resampling is used to estimate two parameters to correct bias and accelerate sample efficiency in pinning down the accurate confidence interval.

    What are other methods where you sample to get information about what to sample subsequently?