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You know it's never really too late. Is it? The Pentagon, you've heard of it, it's the big five-sided building with all the generals. It's launched a major examination of civilian deaths in major military operations. This is the Pentagon's response to the criticism that it's failed to protect innocent bystanders. In counterterrorism wars around the world. Far-beaching initiative is what the Washington Post calls it to create the military's first-ever policy on civilian casualties. We've been doing this now for how long? When was Vietnam? Which senior Pentagon officials began last year? It seeks to answer a central question. Why is the military's estimate of civilian deaths so much smaller than outside tallies? Yes, I know. Seems obvious to us, but we're not inside a five-sided building. Last week, the Pentagon reported that 1190 civilians have been killed by American strikes in Iraq and Syria since they began near the campaign against the Islamic State in 2014. But Air Wars, a respected monitoring group, put the figure at least 7478 dead.

It's more than six times as high. What could account for the discrepancy? The effort is underway as the Pentagon races to conclude its campaign against ISIS. While officials have described the targeting of the Islamic State as the most precise in history, and we haven't ever heard that before, a high civilian death toll has fueled questions about whether the president's bare-knuckle approach has resulted in greater loss of life. When was Vietnam? Over the past year, officials from across the military reviewed the way the Pentagon plans and constructs air strikes, its procedures for handling allegations of civilian deaths, and decisions about when to acknowledge air and strikes. That's in the never-file. Assessment comes as lawmakers press the military to improve its handling of non-combatant deaths, because that's a bad look. That study's existence and findings have not previously been made public.

It recommends a more open standardized investigations process, but it does not seek to determine the root cause of a spike in casualties during the peak of the operations against ISIS. Why would you want to know that? Watchdog groups see the effort as a hopeful sign, but remain concerned it could reaffirm existing problems of fall short of the substantial change the Pentagon leaders say they want. The Pentagon has now started admitting details on strike dates and locations since the upsurge in strikes after Trump's December 16th declaration he wants to get out of there, making it harder for outside groups to verify casualty reports. Military officials cited operational concerns for the shift but didn't provide details. The study, back to that study, says the military has not adequately used outside information to verify whether civilians have died.

Processes it says for examining allegations varied between geographic commands, like the ones where the war is going on. Individuals familiar with the study say there's a disagreement among its authors over how critical the report should be. Some believed it missed an opportunity to directly address shortcomings, others said a scathing analysis might lead operational commanders to dismiss it out of hand. These differences are visible in discussion of the system for distinguishing between competence and civilians. The study states that the positive identification process, which relies on drone imagery or intel, has sufficient guidance and structure and therefore doesn't increase the risk. That assertion is disputed in a lengthy footnote by several authors who describe it as a primary comfort. If investigators rely on the same information to investigate a strike as they did to rule out the presence of civilians ahead of time, these authors argued,

how could they possibly reach a conclusion that civilians had died? The Never Too Late Department always open here on Hello. Welcome to the show. If I should ever bring you inside my mind, I'm having an orange sun. And as we say, if I ever bring you inside my mind,

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He said in that case, his predecessor, Pope Benedict, was forced to shut down an entire congregation of nuns who were being abused by priests. So the first time Pope has acknowledged the sexual abuse of nuns by the clergy, he said the church was attempting to address the problem, but it's still going on. He said the church was aware of the issue and working on it. It's a path we've been on, he said. It happens largely in, quote, certain congregations, predominantly new ones, and in certain regions more than others. Unquote, thanks for the detail, babe. A few weeks ago the Catholic Church's global organization for nuns denounced the culture of silence and secrecy that prevented them from speaking out. A few days ago the Vatican's Women's Magazine, Women Church World, who knew? I buy it for the articles. Condemned the abuse, saying in some cases, nuns were forced to abort priests' children, something you might be interested to know that's prohibited by Catholicism.

But more whiplash ahead of Vatican official who handled sex abuse cases for the church, as quit, two months after being accused of sexual abuse. Harmon Geisler resigned from his position as chief of staff of the congregation for the doctrine of the faith, and body handles discipline and sexual abuse cases. He maintained his innocence, but said he was resigning to protect the church, to limit the damage already done to the congregation, and it was community. Last year a former nun accused an unnamed priest of making sexual advances toward her while in the confessional, Doris Wagner, the woman, later identified the priest to be Mr. Geisler, according to the National Catholic reporter. Now you know the Pope, the aforementioned Francis the Talking Pope, has announced and is preparing to convene an unprecedented summit on sexual abuse this month. It's viewed as among the most pivotal moments of his papacy, according to Washington Post.

Vatican is now cautioning folks not to expect too much. Said Francis, I permit myself to say I've perceived a bit of an inflated expectation. We need to deflate the expectations. So the press office, now renamed the deflation office, released a statement calling the meeting just one stage in a 15 year journey. The Pope described his goal as educating bishops on the problem of abuse and how to handle it, which advocates say the church has talked about for years. Vatican watchers say it's unclear whether the church can emerge from the summit with concrete policy-making reforms that have been urged by advocates, like changes in canon law or new mechanisms that aimed to hold accountable bishops who cover up abuse. We all will be holding our breath for that, of course. But speaking of bishops, the Vatican received information in 2015 and 2017 that an Argentine bishop, close to Pope Francis, had taken naked selfies, exhibited obscene behavior

and had been accused of misconduct with seminarians, according to his former vicar. This undermines Vatican claims that allegations of sexual abuse were only made a few months ago. Francis accepted bishops Gustavo Giancetta's resignation a year and a half ago after priests in the northern Argentine diocese, Oran, complained about his authoritarian rule and a former vicar, seminary rector, he got a vicar and a rector, and another prelate provided reports to the Vatican alleging abuses of power in appropriate behavior and sexual harassment of adult seminarians. Scandal over Giancetta is the latest to implicate Francis as he and the hierarchy as a whole face this unprecedented crisis of confidence over handling of cases of clergy sexual abuse. Pope's decision to allow Giancetta to resign quietly then promote him to number two position in one of the Vatican's most sensitive offices,

has raised questions again about whether the Pope turned a blind eye to misconduct of his allies and dismissed allegations against them as ideological attacks. A northern Wisconsin priest admitted in 1983 that he sexually abused a child, the local sheriff's department referred the case to Catholic bishop instead of prosecutors, according to the wall saw a daily herald, Thomas Erickson, priest at St. Peter's, in the town of Winter, was questioned after a local family reported he had exposed himself to one of their children, according to a 36 year old report from the sheriff's department. He admitted a day after the report was filed that he had assaulted the child, but it was allowed to leave the sheriff's department offices to report to the bishop. George Albert Hamis, he evaded arrest and criminal charges until last November, even though more victims came forward to investigators in the county eight years ago and the former priest again confessed two years ago to molesting boys in the early 1980s. When he left the sheriff's department reported the bishop, he was placed on sick leave for four years and then moved to Minneapolis.

He left the priest priesthood in 1989 after a civil case against a diocese led to a $3 million settlement with two victims. Erickson is now 71. He was arrested in November in Minneapolis and faces four separate charges stemming from his time at St. Peter's, two charges of second degree assault of an unconscious victim, one count of first degree sexual assault of a child, one count of second degree sexual assault of a child. None of those involves the victim from the 1983 sheriff's department report. He's been busy, he's been busy. After accusations of sex abuse, the Vatican has lay aside American Richard Dashbach, former missionary who ran orphanages in East Timor for 27 years. Investigations surfaced early last year, the Dashbach, who arrived in the country in 1966, had been sexually abusing young girls who were in his care in an enclave which sits separate from the rest of East Timor surrounded by Indonesian territory, cases now under investigation by local police. This is the first time that a case of sexual abuse of minors by a member of the Catholic clergy has come to light in East Timor.

The two orphanages are currently home to about 120 children, hundreds more have passed through their doors, among other portals, over the years. The Vatican received the accusations in March 2018, former priest resisted being sent back to East Timor for several days. He was suspended and forbidden to perform his priestly celebrations, while the order conducted its investigation on behalf of the Vatican, the police were informed shortly afterward. Catholic leaders in Texas, as you know, by now perhaps, identified 286 priests and others accused of sexually abusing children, a number that represents one of the largest collections of names to be released since that grand jury report in Pennsylvania released the names in that state last year. Of course, Texas is a big state. One of the biggest 14 dioceses in Texas named those incredibly accused of abuse or abused of abuse.

The only diocese not to provide names for it worth did so more than a decade ago and provided an updated accounting in October. Only a handful of states have had every diocese released names, most of them have only one or two Catholic districts. News of the godly lit, you can, if you haven't been sitting down, you can sit down now. Otherwise, get up! News of the godly, a copyrighted feature of this broadcast. Now news of our freedom-loving friends in Saudi Arabia, the land of 15,000 princes. Counting. Returning from her fact-finding mission to Turkey, a UN investigator concluded this week that Saudi officials likely perpetrated the quote, brutal and premeditated killing, in quote, of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The murder of him and the sheer brutality of it has brought irreversible tragedy to his loved ones, says the UN Special Ruppet Tour on extra-judicial summary or arbitrary executions. It is also, she added, raising a number of international implications which demand the urgent attention of the international community, including the UN.

She traveled to Turkey's capital city Ankara, as well as Istanbul, the city where the murder occurred. British barrister Helena Kennedy, Forensics expert Duarte Nuno Vera and homicide investigator Paul Johnston accompanied the UN investigator and have been continuing their investigation inside of Turkey. They released their full findings in June, their preliminary findings accused Saudi Arabia of impeding Turkey's investigation. The diplomatic community was never supposed to work this way, said the UN investigator. The circumstances of the killing, she said, and the response by state representatives in its aftermath may be described as quote, immunity for impunity. Some beer picked that up and run with it. Saudi Arabia's detaining female activists in cruel and inhumane conditions that meet the threshold of torture under both international and Saudi law.

A committee of three British MPs has found. Notice the absence of Americans in these investigations and reports. Interesting, isn't it? The conclusions indicate growing unease among Western allies over alleged rights abuses among under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Bonsa, the Kingdom's de facto leader. This report from the Guardian, the ad hoc panel sought access to eight jailed women to assess their welfare but received no response from the Saudi ambassador. The panel's report concludes that the detainees, female activists arrested last spring advocating for allowing women to drive had been subjected to cruel and inhumane treatment, including steep sleep deprivation, assault threats to life and solitary confinement. Their treatment is likely to amount to torture, says this report.

I would say that just sounds like good old fashioned enhanced interrogation. The report says if they're not provided with urgent access to medical assistance, they are at risk of developing long-term health conditions. Atelectedic chaining, culpability rests not only with direct perpetrators but also those who are responsible for or acquiesce in it, it says. The Saudi authorities at the highest levels could in principle be responsible for the crime of torture. Well, after you murder, torture seems like the detainee activists, as I say, were strong supporters of women's right to drive. The Saudi government exceeded to that demand last year but seems determined to ascribe that move solely to the reform-minded leadership of the prince. On their arrest, the women were labeled as traitors in the Saudi press. There have been persistent reports of mistreatment. Saudi Arabia says it does not have political prisoners, denies torture allegations, officials say monitoring of activists is needed to ensure social stability. Our stability-loving friends in the land of 15,000 princes.

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This week we learned through a report from CNN. The international channel that CNN has, they have actual news on it, not just panels of people arguing. They had a report this week to the effect that, see if this rings a bell, military equipment supplied by the United States to the Saudi-led, there's that word again, Saudi-led coalition, fighting against the Houthi rebels in Yemen. That military equipment is either being lost or redistributed and finding its way to rebel militias. No, that didn't, that's not what happened in Syria. Oh yeah, it is, it was, and it is. So it's, maybe it's a system. President Trump gave his state of the union his delayed state of the union address this week to a joint session of Congress and Supreme Court and other dignitaries.

I'm sure they didn't notice that something about his teleprompter reading was just a little goofy. I think in the delay in the scheduling, it was supposed to happen a week or two ago before the shutdown. They forgot to put back in the little things that said change of subject before a paragraph that changed the subject. So you had the repeated experience of hearing President Trump continue as if on the same topic, yet instead switching topics dramatically, maybe it just improved comprehension in the audience. I don't know. But to me, the more interesting story of the week concerning the occupant of the White House was from Axias.com, an online news source,

which exclusively published the private schedules of the president for the last three months. Trump and early riser usually spends the first five hours of the day in what's called executive time. That's time that's not scheduled for any particular event. Each day's schedule places him in location, oval office between eight and 11 a.m. But Trump often wakes before six is never in the oval office during those hours according to six sources with direct knowledge. Instead, he spends his mornings in the residents watching TV reading the papers, responding to what he sees and reads by phoning AIDS, members of Congress, friends, and informal advisors. Some days, executive time totally predominates. For instance, he had one hour of scheduled meetings on January 18th and seven hours of executive time. The day after the midterms, he had 30 minutes for chief of staff meeting more than seven hours for executive time.

Former chief of staff, John Kelly, introduced the concept of executive time because the president hated being locked into a regular schedule. Responding to accessories reporting, White House Secretary Sarah Sanders said, While he spends much of his average day in scheduled meetings, events, and calls, there's time to allow for a more creative environment that's helped make him the most productive president in modern history. Unquote. I'm not really with a dime, believe me, there's nothing brief about my briefings. They just cut into executive time. I know more than most of my experts is true. I'd learn more from watching a mine. They're incredible. I'm at my most productive when I'm deep into executive time.

Checking in with Hannity, watching Laura for a laugh, calling up my oldest pals to pitch about my staff. I'm safe for most of each day from that swamp filled with incredible slime. Because for me, there's no time like executive time. I really should be golfing. In that amazing Florida climb, but I'm making that major sacrifice for the sake of executive time.

I'm trapped inside this White House. Believe me, when no way the stakes are prime, the least I can ask is two thirds of each day devoted to executive time. Got to know how I am covered, to keep ahead of the slabs. Of course I have to watch Tucker, and keep tabs on Lou Dubs. Got to think about who to attack as an instructor and a record. Got to talk about fighting back with my old pal, David Packer.

I'm safe for most of each day from that swamp filled with incredible slime. Because for me, there's no time like executive time. Now news of the warm, won't you? Sounds so inviting, doesn't it?

That dam, Camphor's dam, is home to thousands, tens of thousands of this particular breed. That's the evil of two lesser flamingos, but harsh summer heat and a reported lack of water being pumped into the dam caused the area to dry up. It's not known exactly why this caused so many adult flamingos to abandon their chicks. I can guess, when news of the birds first broke at the end of last month, experts from the SPCA and other welfare groups immediately inspected the site to see what they could do, the tiny braids were then flown to different places where they could be cared for, including Cape Town. Footage from the Cape Town Center shows the tiny flamingos splashing about on occasionally packing each other in little dishes of water.

They're recovering well and will eventually be released back into the dam. So that's the good news is the little flamingos survived, the drying up, researches on a large number of Himalayan glaciers will melt, even if ambitious Paris climate agreement goals are met. The thaw is expected to have a big effect on Asia, disrupting river flows in China and India, according to Ajahn's false press and Reuters. Scientists have warned that two-thirds of the world's third poll will disappear by 2100 if governments fail to rein in greenhouse gas emissions. A five-year study by the International Center for Integrated Mountain Development, the ICIMOD, the ICMOD, reported that according to the current trajectory emissions will lead to five degrees of global warming when the century turns. This will have a drastic effect on the ecosystems in the Hindu Kush Himalaya region.

That mountain area spans eight countries. Afghanistan, your Bangladesh, your Bhutan, China, India, your Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan. It's home to Mount Everest and K2, the two highest peaks in the world. It's also home to some 250 million people and directly or indirectly affects a billion and a half others living in the areas below the mountains. Global warming, according to ICIMOD's director, or at least the leader of the report, the global warming will transform the area into bare rocks. This is the climate crisis you haven't heard of, he said. Global warming is on track to transform the frigid glacier-covered mountain peaks of the KHK, cutting across eight countries to bare rocks in a little less than a century. Even if governments take ambitious steps under the Paris Agreement, one-third of the ice will melt, according to the study. The glaciers feed into ten of the world's most important river systems,

thong would have an impact on food and energy production, as well as pollution. The region according to the report will need billions of dollars per year in order to adapt to climate change. And of course that will be readily available. The scientists have warned that California should brace for more wildfires, global warming drives longer bouts of hot dry weather. Now researchers at UC San Diego's Scripps Institute of Oceanography have found a positive trend when it comes to so-cals battle against destructive blazes. The Santa Ana wins, routinely whipping up walls of flames through brush-covered hillsides will probably be tempered in coming decades, as a result of climate change, according to a study last week in geophysical research letters. According to the study, Santa Ana wins will become about 18% less frequent toward the end of the century, if climate change is unabated. For fire at least this element determines risk carries some good news, says a co-author of the study. The rate of such strong wind events will decrease specifically in the fall and spring. You know, that's when they happen. Anyway, the number of Santa Ana wind events could be nearly cut in half in September and October by mid-century, and in April and May, about 40% less.

Now the war on coal is catching fire. It might say, if you were not careless with your words. Germany, one of the world's biggest consumers of coal, will shut down all 84 of its coal-fired power plants over the next 19 years to meet its commitments in the fight against climate change. The announcement marked a significant shift for Europe's largest country, a nation that had long led in cutting CO2 emissions before turning into a laggard in recent years and badly missing its targets. Coal plants account for 40% of Germany's electricity. That's down from years when coal-dominated power production. The plan includes some 45 billion dollars in spending to mitigate the pain in coal regions. It's a big moment for climate policy in Germany that could make the country a leader once again in fighting climate change. It's at a professor of energy economics at the German Institute for Economic Research. It's also an important signal for the world that Germany is again getting serious about climate change. A very big industrial nation that depends so much on coal is switching it off.

The decision to quit coal follows the move by the German government to shut down all its nuclear power plants by 2022. That was harshly criticized as reckless by business leaders who would raise electricity prices and make their industries less competitive. They also pointed out that no other major industrial country followed Germany's lead. The plan to eliminate coal as well as nuclear means Germany will be counting on renewable energy to provide 65% to 80% of the country's power by 2040. Last year renewables overtook coal as the leading source now providing 41% of Germany's electric power. And it's not just Germany and Australian Court this week delivered a landmark ruling rejecting plans to build a coal mine on grounds it would worsen climate change. Chief Justice set a planned open-cut coal mine in New South Wales would be in the wrong place at the wrong time. This ruling by the New South Wales Land and Environment Court was notable for citing not only local impacts of building the proposed mine but also secondary climate change impacts of the eventual use of the coal.

It matters not that this aggregate of the project's greenhouse gas emissions may represent a small fraction of the global total. Justice said not every natural resource needs to be exploited. The case was unusual in referring to the 2015 Paris Agreement and calling climate scientists to testify. Australia's surface temperature had increased by average one degree centigrade over the last century. A global head of climate law at a major Australian law firm said the decision reinforced the trend in legal judgments around the world that directly link fossil fuels and climate change adding to the growing perceived risk of coal investments according to the Australian Financial Review. Australia is one of the world's largest producers of coal. The world's largest exporter fueling power plants in Japan, China, South Korean, and India.

It is a judgment of enormous significance said a solicitor for the Environmental Defenders Office which represented local residents against the project. It heralds the arrival of climate litigation in Australia. He said the Australian Conservation Foundation described the ruling as significant. It was the warm ladies and gentlemen copyrighted feature of this broadcast. And now the apologies of the week. The customs and border protection office is apologized to a buzz new buzzfeed news reporter who says he'd been extensively questioned about his employer by a customs and border protection officer at Kennedy Airport. David Mack tweeted he'd been questioned by the officer about buzzfeed's report that President Trump told former lawyer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about Trump tower negotiations in Moscow. The administration denies the report and the Office of Special Counsel in the Mueller investigation disputed specific statements as not accurate.

According to CBP's website, international travelers entering the U.S. should expect questions about the nature of their trip and the status of their citizenship. Mack is an Australian citizen, but his feed news reports he was returning from the UK where he had to renew his work visa. In response, CBP called on Mack to apologize. The Assistant Commissioner for Public Affairs issued a statement reading on behalf of the agency I would like to extend our apologies to Mr. Mack for the inappropriate remarks made him during his processing upon his arrival to the United States. The officer's comments do not reflect CBP's commitment to integrity and professionalism of its workforce. The comments were that the agent was convinced Mueller had personally given a press conference calling us fake news, Buzzfeed, which he didn't. I had to politely assure him that didn't happen while also not wanting to tick him off any further.

There were literally dozens of people waiting and I kid you not, it was about to Google the Mueller response to see if it was televised or at least grill me about it. Mack was later entered into the country. International Ski Federation President John Franco Caspar has apologized to athletes for the controversy caused. After he claimed it is easier to organize the Olympics in countries governed by a dictatorship. The 75-year-old Swiss said the comment was, quote, not meant to be taken literally, but that he took, quote, full responsibility for the drama caused to international ski federations are currently taking place Caspar claimed he was sorry that focus had been taken away from the athletes. In an interview with a Swiss German newspaper, he was quoted as saying, Dicators can organize events such as this without asking the people's permission for us, everything is easier in dictatorships. Plenty has been written about bad in-flight meals, here India's latest gastronomic fail just might take the biscuit.

A passenger on a recent Mumbai-bound flight from Bhopal discovered a large cockroach in his breakfast. The passenger said he found the intruder in a lentil-based vegetable stew. I informed the crew but they ignored me, told the Times of India. I even objected to their serving food to others but to no avail. Another passenger tweeted a picture of the offending dish with the caption, cockroach and food served at Air India flight. The images very clearly show a large cockroach removed from the dish and covered in stew. The airline has since apologized for the incident issuing a statement on social media. We sincerely apologize for the incident where our valued passenger had a disappointing experience with the meal. Air India always endeavours to ensure our passengers enjoy our services. We've taken serious note of this incident. We have a zero tolerance policy in this respect and have initiated corrective action internally and we're in touch with the agreed passenger. Zero tolerance towards cockroaches, imagine that.

I can't. Leaked emails published by the website splinternews.com revealed racist jokes and conspiracy theories spouted and or shared by TD Ameritrade Founder Joe Ricketts, the patriarch of the family that owns the Chicago Cubs. The relations prompted statements from Joe and his son Tom the Cubs Chairman. I deeply regret and apologize for some of the exchanges I had in my emails. Joe said in a statement provided to the Chicago Sun Times. Sometimes I received emails that I should have condemned other times. I've said things that don't reflect my value system. I strongly believe that bigoted ideas are wrong. Joe and his sons have been especially active in conservative politics. Leaked emails also show Joe was an active participant in spreading the birth or conspiracy theory aimed at former president Obama. And at one point shared an email that suggested Obama was once a sex worker, had made money smuggling heroin, didn't attend Columbia, lied his way into Harvard and bought a fake diploma.

Speaking of airlines, Delta and Coca-Cola have apologized for their suggestive cocktail napkins. Be a little old school. Write down your number and give it to your plane crush. You never know. That was a napkin offered on Delta. Enough people complain that Delta and Coca-Cola apologized for the marketing stunt. The napkins have since been removed from flights. We rotate Coke products regularly as part of our brand partnership, but miss the mark with this one. Coca-Cola said we sincerely apologize to anyone we may have offended. You know what else the airline does as part of their brand partnership with Coke? Limit the water served on flight to Dishane. Florida's top elections official apologized for dressing in black face as a hurricane Katrina victim more than a week after he resigned when photos of his Halloween costume were made public.

Michael Urtel, Florida Secretary of State for less than three weeks, sent a Facebook post what he did in 2005 was stupid. And he's a better man than he was 14 years ago. For those who have not yet received personal apology yet, he wrote, I'm sorry. Japan's Finance Minister apologized this week for saying that childless people were to blame for the country's declining population and rising social security costs. Just before announcing her candidacy for President Senator Elizabeth Warren once again apologized for, quote, not having been more sensitive about travel citizenship. After the Washington Post published a 1986 Texas bar registration card where she listed her race as, quote, American Indian less than a week into black history month. Adidas and Gucci have apologized and pulled products criticized as racist. The defending Gucci item was an $890 black knit woman's balaclava. They could be pulled up over the lower half of the face. The sweater included bright red lips ringing and opening for the mouth. It detailed widely denounced on social media as evoking black face imagery.

Adidas included an almost entirely white pair of shoes in a line of clothing and sneakers inspired by the Harlem Renaissance movement and mountain to commemorate black history month. All white shoes from black history month. Ladies and gentlemen, a Reddit user spotted that IKEA is currently selling a map with a blank space where New Zealand used to be. IKEA is responsible for securing correct and compliant motifs on all our products. We regret this mistake and apologize. We'll take the necessary actions and the product is now being phased out from our shelves. Quote IKEA. Wells Fargo customers erupted on social media as the bank apologized for the second time in a week for problems with its online banking and mobile app. A city council member from a Dallas suburb called representative Alexandria Ocasio Quotez, a bimbo, the apologies of the week latest gentleman, a copyrighted feature of this broadcast. All white shoes from black history month. Ladies and gentlemen, a Reddit user spotted that IKEA is currently selling a map with a blank space where problems with its online banking and mobile app.

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