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Matt Damon

No but in all seriousness, fake news circulated that MD had purchased property in Australia and was intending to leave the USA to live here in a huff over Trump being POTUS, naturally this pissed me the fuck off so I added him to 'the list' and promptly did my thing. Now, before I get into this, it should be noted, that after I cracked the shits rather publicly about it, his publicist promptly denounced the claims that he had purchased property in AUS despite his recent visits being truth.

That's greeeeat.

You're still on my list, Matt.

wiki: Matt Damon

Matthew Paige Damon (/ˈdeɪmən/; born October 8, 1970)[2] is an American actor, film producer, philanthropist and screenwriter. He is ranked among Forbes magazine's most bankable stars[3] and is one of the highest-grossing actors of all time.[4][nb 1] Damon has received various accolades, including an Academy Award from five nominations, two Golden Globe Awards from eight nominations, and has been nominated for three British Academy Film Awards and six Emmy Awards.

~~In addition to acting in films, Damon has performed voice-over work in both animated and documentary films and has established two production companies with Affleck. He has been involved in charitable work, including the ONE Campaign, H2O Africa Foundation, Feeding America, and Water.org.~~

In the media

Political views

Damon appeared on Hardball with Chris Matthews in December 2006, and while discussing the ongoing war in Iraq, expressed concern about inequities across socioeconomic classes with regard to who in the United States is tasked with the responsibility of fighting wars.[101] Damon is a supporter of the Democratic Party, and has made several critical statements against Republican Party figures, but has also expressed his disillusionment with the policies of President Barack Obama.[102][103] In 2012, Damon, Ben Affleck, and John Krasinski hosted a fundraiser for Democratic Senate nominee Elizabeth Warren.[104]

Damon has had a close relationship with the Obama administration, primarily due to his friendship with former Harvard roommate and Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors to President Obama, Jason Furman.[105] In 2010, Matt Damon narrated the documentary film Inside Job about the part played by financial deregulation in the late-2000s financial crisis.

Social views

In October and December 2017, Damon made headlines when he made a series of comments regarding a large movement of backlash against sexual harassment and misconduct. On October 10, Sharon Waxman, a former reporter for The New York Times, mentioned that Damon, along with Russell Crowe, made direct phone calls to her to vouch for the head of Miramax Italy, Fabrizio Lombardo. In her report, she suspected Lombardo of facilitating incidents of Harvey Weinstein’s sexual misconduct in Europe.[106][107][108] However, Damon clarified later that the calls were solely to reassure of her of Lombardo's professional qualifications in the film industry.[109] Waxman endorsed Damon’s statement on Twitter hours later.[110] Also during this time, Damon said that he had heard a story from Ben Affleck that Gwyneth Paltrow, a co-worker on a feature film of his, had been harassed by Weinstein in 1996, but thought "she had handled it" because they continued to work together, and Weinstein "treated her incredibly respectfully."[111][112]

In another series of interviews during December 2017, Damon advocated for a "spectrum of behavior" analysis[113][114][115][116] of sexual misconduct cases, noting that some are more serious than others.[117][115][116] The comment drew backlash from prominent members of the #MeToo movement[117][118] and the public for being tone-deaf in "understand[ing] what abuse is like".[118][117] On January 17, 2018, Damon apologized on The Today Show for his social commentary stating: "I should get in the back seat and close my mouth for a while."[119] On 13 March 2018, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck announced they will adopt the Inclusion rider agreement in all their future production deals through their Pearl Street Films.[120]

In March 2018, a false report stating that Damon and his family will be moving to Australia to leave a Trump Presidency was circulated on tabloids such as Page Six and the New York Post. Damon's publicist, Jennifer Allen, refuted these claims.[121]

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/matt-damon-donald-trump-possibly-president-makes-nervous/story?id=40961422 | https://archive.is/xKvHe

Matt Damon on Donald Trump Possibly Being President: 'It Makes Me Nervous'

By MICHAEL ROTHMAN, ALEXA VALIENTE and ANGELA WILLIAMS

Jul 28, 2016, 2:02 PM ET

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"Jason Bourne" star Matt Damon has seen the global curiosity that Donald Trump's run for president of the United States has caused among everyday people.

"As an American and one who goes abroad ... every customs agent around the world, when they see your passport, they ask about Trump," Damon exclusively told "Popcorn with Peter Travers" on Thursday. "They go, 'Is that real?' They are kind of bewildered by the entire thing. I have to admit I am too."

Damon said he always saw Trump as "very entertaining," but he never saw him in a presidential light.

"I'm kind of amazed we've arrived at this point," he said of the businessman's nomination for president. "I'm concerned."

Damon added that it was Brexit -- England voting to leave the European Union -- that really woke him up to Trump's chances of possibly becoming commander-in-chief.

"Trump actually could win," he said. "I don't think he has the temperament. I have a lot of Republican friends and a lot of my Republican friends I wish were the Republican nominee."

Damon added that he believes the "rigging" of the election system led Trump to become the Republican nominee.

"Trump is almost like a protest vote," he added. "'I want to vote against all of you in Washington, D.C.' ... but to think about the actual practicality ... just this thing he did yesterday with, saying 'Russia release the emails,'" he added, referencing Trump's press conference on Wednesday in Doral, Florida, where he said that he hopes Russia finds Hillary Clinton's deleted emails.

"It makes me nervous," he said. "It's a binary choice.... There's no way we can let this guy be the [president]. To let that dude have the nuclear football, are you kidding me? That's dangerous. He's impulsive and rash, and doesn't seem to think deeply about too many things."

Suffice it to say, Damon says he is voting for Clinton.

The candid conversation wasn't all serious. Travers also told Damon that while sitting down with former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders recently for an interview, Sanders raved about his love for "Bourne," the amnesiac operative Damon has played onscreen for almost 15 years.

"That's the real deal!" Travers said.

Damon said hearing that was "fantastic" and that he would hop on the phone with his acclaimed director the second he left the building.

"Jason Bourne" opens in theaters tomorrow.

Why does it make you nervous, Matt? Hmm?

wiki: ONE Campaign

Emphasis added by me.

The ONE Campaign is an international, nonpartisan, non-profit, advocacy and campaigning organization that fights extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa, by raising public awareness and pressuring political leaders to support policies and programs that are saving lives and improving futures.[2]

In 2015, ONE raised $50 million.[1]

ONE was founded in 2004 by a coalition of 11 non-profit humanitarian and advocacy organizations, including DATA, CARE, World Vision, Oxfam America, and Bread for the World, with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In 2007, ONE announced that it would be merging with DATA.

It is a membership organization of nearly 9 million people worldwide.[3]

wiki: DATA

Emphasis added by me.

Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa (DATA) was a multinational non-government organization founded in January 2002 in London by U2's Bono along with Bobby Shriver and activists from the Jubilee 2000 Drop the Debt campaign.

DATA was created for the purposes of obtaining equality and justice for Africa through debt relief, adjusting trade rules which burden Africa, eliminating the epidemic of AIDS in Africa, strengthening democracy, furthering accountability by the wealthiest nations and African leaders, and transparency towards the people. In 2007, in the United States, DATA and Bono were jointly awarded the National Constitution Center's 2007 Liberty Medal for their groundbreaking efforts to address the AIDS crisis and extreme poverty in Africa.

Start-up funds came from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, financier George Soros, and technology entrepreneur Edward W. Scott.[1]

In 2007, DATA and the ONE Campaign decided to join forces, and, in January 2008, they formally merged under the name ONE.[2]

DATA received support from the Christian rock / alternative rock bands Switchfoot and Third Day.

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Let's hop back to the Matt Damon wiki again:

In the media

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Comedian Jimmy Kimmel had a running gag at the end of his ABC television show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, where he apologized for not being able to interview Damon at the end of each show. It culminated in a planned skit on September 12, 2006, when Damon stormed off after having his interview cut short.[96] Damon appeared in several of E! Entertainment's top ten Jimmy Kimmel Live! spoofs.[97][nb 7] On January 24, 2013, Damon took over his show and mentioned the long-standing feud and having been bumped from years of shows. It involved celebrities who were previously involved in the "feud", including Robin Williams, Ben Affleck, and Sarah Silverman.[100]

wiki: Jimmy Kimmel

Emphasis added by me.

Career

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Main article: Jimmy Kimmel Live!

~~Kimmel usually ends his show with "My apologies to Matt Damon, we ran out of time." When Matt Damon did actually appear on the show to be interviewed, he walked in and sat down only to be told just a few seconds later by Kimmel, "Unfortunately, we are totally out of time," followed by "my apologies to Matt Damon." Damon appeared angry but both performers have since indicated that their faux-feud is a joke.[21]

In February 2008, Kimmel showed a mock music video with a panoply of stars called "I'm Fucking Ben Affleck",[22] as "revenge" after his then-girlfriend Sarah Silverman and Damon recorded a similar video titled, "I'm Fucking Matt Damon". Silverman's video originally aired on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and became an "instant YouTube sensation."[23] Kimmel's "revenge" video featured himself, Ben Affleck, and a large lineup of stars, particularly in scenes spoofing the 1985 "We Are the World" video: Brad Pitt, Don Cheadle, Cameron Diaz, Robin Williams, Harrison Ford, Dominic Monaghan, Benji Madden and Joel Madden from Good Charlotte, Lance Bass, Macy Gray, Josh Groban, Huey Lewis, Perry Farrell, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Pete Wentz, Meat Loaf, Rebecca Romijn, Christina Applegate, Dom Joly, Mike Shinoda, Lauren Conrad, and Joan Jett, among others.

After this, Jimmy's sidekick, Guillermo, appeared in a spoof of The Bourne Ultimatum, which starred Damon. He was then chased down by Damon, who was cursing about Kimmel being behind all this. Guillermo also stopped Damon on the red carpet one time and before he could finish the interview he said, "Sorry, we are out of time." The most recent encounter was titled "The Handsome Men's Club" which featured Kimmel, along with the "Handsome Men", who were: Matthew McConaughey, Rob Lowe, Lenny Kravitz, Patrick Dempsey, Sting, Keith Urban, John Krasinski, Ethan Hawke, Josh Hartnett, Tony Romo, Ted Danson, Taye Diggs, Gilles Marini, and Ben Affleck, speaking about being handsome and all the jobs that come with it. At the end of the skit Kimmel has a door slammed in his face by none other than Matt Damon, stating that they had run out of time and then Damon continues with a sinister laugh. Jennifer Garner also makes a surprise appearance. As a tradition, celebrities voted off Dancing with the Stars appear on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, causing Kimmel to describe himself as "the three-headed dog the stars must pass on their way to No-Dancing Hell".

In October 2013, a new segment of the show, "Kids Table", showcased five- and six-year-olds discussing the U.S. government shutdown and U.S. debts. When one of the children suggested "killing all the people in China", as a way of resolving the U.S. debt, Kimmel responded that that was "an interesting idea" and soon jokingly asked a follow up: “Should we allow the Chinese to live?”.[24] The incident triggered discussions and protests on Internet, even from Mainland China. In an October 25 letter to a group called the 80-20 Initiative, which identifies itself as a pan-Asian-American political organization, ABC apologized for the segment, saying "We would never purposefully broadcast anything to upset the Chinese community, Asian community, anyone of Chinese descent or any community at large."[24][25]

More than 100 people took to the streets in San Francisco on October 28 to protest the show and demand "a more elaborate apology" and that Kimmel to be fired.[25] On that day's broadcast, Kimmel addressed the controversy personally, saying: "I thought it was obvious that I didn't agree with that statement, but apparently it wasn't … So I just wanted to say, I'm sorry, I apologize.”[26] Despite the apologies from ABC and Kimmel, protests continued. A White House petition was created to investigate this incident and reached the 100,000 signatures needed to require a response from the White House.[27] The Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus denounced the incident and demanded a formal apology from ABC.[28]

Damon waited until 2011 to state publicly, that their 'feud' was "a joke" - reference(21) article is from Feb 2017 by WaPo.
Robin Williams: 'suicide', popeye movie, etc...
Ted Danson: Whoopi Goldberg, #WHQOPSI
[Asia/China]: Q: "80-20" | Kids...? Political weapons? | ONE | Damon | Kimmel // Feed The Future? (Obama | Asia, Africa, LA&C | Monsanto, PepsiCo)

https://www.one.org/us/the-toughest-places-for-a-girl-to-get-an-education/ | http://archive.is/b2hED

Feed the Future Initiative

The Feed the Future Initiative (FTF) was launched in 2010 by the United States government and the Obama Administration to address global hunger and food insecurity. According to the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, it is "the U.S. government's global food security initiative."[1]

The Feed the Future Initiative began as an effort "to combat the global food price spikes of 2007 and 2008."[2] In 2009 President Barack Obama committed $3.5 billion over a 3-year period to a global initiative with the intent of combatting hunger and poverty; in May 2010 the United States Department of State launched the Feed the Future Initiative.[3] The Initiative was developed by the Department of State and is coordinated primarily by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).[3] The main objectives of the initiative are the advancement of global agricultural development, increased food production and food security, and improved nutrition particularly for vulnerable populations such as women and children.[3]

Focus countries and partnerships

The Feed the Future Initiative currently has 19 focus countries[9] across three regions; three countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, twelve countries in Africa,[10] and four countries in Asia:[9]

Africa: Ethiopia,[11] Ghana,[12] Kenya,[13] Liberia,[14] Malawi,[15] Mali,[16] Mozambique,[17] Rwanda,[18] Senegal,[19] Tanzania,[20] Uganda,[21] Zambia.[22][23]

Asia: Bangladesh, Cambodia, Nepal, Tajikistan.

Latin America and the Caribbean: Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras.

Feed the Future countries are chosen based on five criteria established by the U.S. State Department:[7]

"Prevalence of chronic hunger and poverty in rural communities;

Potential for rapid and sustainable agricultural-led growth;

Opportunities for regional synergies through trade and other mechanisms;

Host government commitment, leadership, governance, and political will;

Resource availability and commitments by host country."[7]

The 'Global Agriculture and Food Security Program' (GAFSP) multilateral funding mechanism associated with the initiative is "housed at the World Bank."[10]

Partner companies include Monsanto [24] and PepsiCo.[25][26]

There's also been rumblings recently. about Biden and China...

What am I looking at here? Well, I'm not exactly sure to be honest, but, I smell money-laundering and political agenda in favor of Obama/Biden et al. I can't remember exactly how I landed on the Feed The Future initiative, unfortunately I must have closed the prior tab(s) without making proper note. If I find it again, I will update this comment asap.

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