“Hint: It’s not fossil fuels. It’s not nuclear power. It’s not even wind or solar, although the state will undoubtedly keep expanding both.
The answer? California’s largest electric utility PG&E wants to suck the batteries of electric-vehicle owners plugged into charging stations to stabilize the grid during unstable periods. The Ford F-150 already allows for bidirectional charging, but that was sold as a benefit to the owner as a kind of independent generator for households during blackouts. PG&E wants to use it to commandeer all EV batteries and use their power to prevent grid collapse:
It’s been said before, California’s power grid will have to expand in order to meet the demand for more energy. PG&E’s CEO Patricia Poppe has come up with an “unconventional” idea, using electric cars to send excess power back to the grid to prevent blackouts. …
Lawmakers in Sacramento are helping to move things along. For example, Senate Bill 233 would make bi-directional charging mandatory for all new electric vehicles.
Now the question is how quickly can that electrical connection be up and running in any ordinary home to make vehicle-to-grid a reality.
Does anyone see the problem here? California’s power grid is destabilizing for a number of reasons, mainly from nonsensical and hypocritical public policies. Chief among those are (a) a refusal to use scalable power sources (oil, gas, coal, nuclear) for demand at current levels, and (b) forcing Californians to transfer their vehicles to the grid rather than use gasoline for independent power, thus escalating demand on the grid dramatically.
This proposal doesn’t solve either of those problems. It instead creates a kind of three-card Monty with the grid — shifting power to the vehicles, and then pulling it back when the state decides to apply it elsewhere. It’s only an illusion of a solution; no additional power gets created. PG&E and the state would simply confiscate that power for their own uses as they see fit. Technically, the grid would operate more efficiently if it never charged the EVs at all, considering the inevitable power losses that would take place in regional “bidirectional charging.”
It’s the ultimate in authoritarian redistribution — no real production, and lots of opportunity for losses and scarcity rationing.
And what does that mean for car owners? PG&E argues that cars are parked 95% of the time, a rationalization for energy seizure which may be true but is irrelevant. The issue for car owners is having the car function the (arguable) 5% of the time they need to travel — to work, school, social functions, and commerce.
What happens when car owners wake up in the morning to go to work to find that their car has been drained overnight to “stabilize the grid”? What happens when they all plug them in at the same time to get them charged enough to go to work? Wouldn’t that sudden demand destabilize the grid?
Nor is that the only issue for car owners in this new proposal. Unlike gas tanks, which can last for decades, batteries have a finite number of charge/discharge cycles before they begin to fail. Bloomberg noted that concern near the end of their otherwise sunny report on this idea:
Utilities will need to offer drivers incentives, such as paying them for the kilowatt hours they contribute. One study estimates ratepayers could save as much as $1 billion a year from using the technology.
However, some EV owners have reservations about the potential impacts on their car battery’s lifespan, while concerns linger about the installation adding an estimated $3,700 to an EV’s cost, according to the Alliance for Automotive Innovation.”
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a new rule limiting CO2 emissions from fossil fuel-fired (coal and natural gas) power plants. As you might expect, given the ideological bent of EPA, the rule is a Trojan horse, the real purpose of which is to induce the nation’s coal plants and some natural gas power generation to shut down under the increasing weight of federal regulations.
Center of the American Experiment is sounding the alarm on EPA’s rule. Our energy team was hired by the State of North Dakota to model the EPA proposal to determine whether it could supply reliable electricity to the 15 states on the MISO (Midcontinent Independent System Operator) grid. Our team found that the grid implied by the EPA rule, heavily dependent on sporadic wind and solar power, would result in devastating blackouts. They further calculated that if the grid were to be made mostly (but not entirely) immune to blackouts, while still complying with the EPA rule, another $246 billion would have to be spent within the MISO system alone. That public comment is embedded below.
EPA’s power plant regulations will devastate ordinary people–those who rely on electricity and want affordable transportation–while enriching a handful of well-connected industries that have curried the favor of the current administration.”
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“EPA’s New Climate Rule Would Cause Rolling Blackouts In Huge Swath Of America, Analysis Finds”
“Proposed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations for power plant emissions could spur blackouts in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) power grid region and cost stakeholders nearly $250 billion in the coming decades, according to comments filed in response to the rule by the Center of the American Experiment (CAE).
The average annual cost to stakeholders of building enough capacity to stave off the blackouts CAE projects in the MISO region is greater than the average annual benefit the EPA estimates its proposals will bring for the entire country by 2055, according to CAE’s analysis.
“This is the regulatory equivalent of studying the structural integrity of the top floor of a 100-story building without doing so for the preceding 99 floors,” Isaac Orr, policy fellow for the CAE and coauthor of CAE’s comments, told the Daily Caller News Foundation.”
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Midcontinent. Let me translate that for you.
Red states, the middle of America, aka flyover country. They’ll spare the states who vote for them when possible.
Remember how that worked out last time. They demanded a loyalty pledge, and then broke it when Trump won the nomination. Why make another deal with the devils?
“The debate is only a couple of weeks away now and it’s time for the candidates to get serious about whether or not they intend to participate. They all want to do so but some have not met the requirements to have a place on the stage. Eight candidates have qualified so far. Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, Tim Scott, Nikki Haley, Chris Christie, Doug Burgum, and Mike Pence have met the polling and campaign contribution requirements.
This week some of them are beginning to sign the RNC loyalty pledge, also a requirement to be on the debate stage. The pledge is one that states the candidate pledges to support the eventual nominee. As of this morning, as I write this, the only two candidates that have signed the pledge are Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy. Look for the others to do the same soon. Everyone but Donald Trump, that is. He told Eric Bolling he will not sign the pledge.
“I have a problem with the debate for another reason: I wouldn’t sign the pledge,” Trump told Wednesday’s “Eric Bolling The Balance” in a 42-minute interview from his summer home in Bedminster, New Jersey. “Why would I sign a pledge? There are people on there that I wouldn’t have.
“I wouldn’t have certain people as, you know, somebody that I endorse. So they want you to sign a pledge.”
“I can name three or four people that I wouldn’t support for president,” Trump told Bolling. “So right there, there’s a problem right there. There’s a problem.”
Trump wouldn’t say which three or four he wouldn’t support for president. Who do you think they might be? I think it’s DeSantis, Christie, Asa Hutchinson, and Will Hurd. I don’t think Hutchinson and Hurd matter because I don’t think they will be in the primary for long and they aren’t going to make the debate stage. All four are candidates who have been critical of Trump. Not so much DeSantis (he is only now starting to speak out about Trump) but Trump considers DeSantis to be disloyal, so that’s a big no-no in Trump’s mind. And Christie? That is a complicated relationship. They are frenemies. They’ve been friends for decades but there are times when they have been competitors and that throws the relationship off. Remember, Christie was a candidate in 2015. He duked it out with Trump as well as the others. Then he turned around and sought a position in the Trump administration. He wanted to be Attorney General. Trump denied him that job. Then Christie helped Trump in 2020 and was a part of Trump’s debate prep against Biden. He was a supporter up until Trump’s reaction to the 2020 election loss. Now he is out to stop Trump from winning the nomination.
Trump said he has made his decision on whether or not he’ll participate in the debate. He won’t make his decision public until next week. He doesn’t want to give the other candidates a shot at him on the debate stage, that much is clear. Trump knows that he’ll jeopardize his substantial lead if he’s on stage with the others, allowing voters to size everyone up at one time.
Also, Trump asked, “what’s the upside” of giving also-rans polling with “2%, 1% or zero %?”
“They could go up,” Trump said. “You know, they’re not dumb people. They’re senators. They’re governors. They’re intelligent people. You have some very good people, I think.””
“If you need any evidence to show that we’re marching closer to becoming a Banana Republic, these are the nesting dolls of proof. My colleague John Crump is a journalist who writes for AmmoLand News and he also distributes his content through online video platforms. Crump has covered some groundbreaking stories and events since he was added to the list of contributors at AmmoLand News, one of which involves the “Autokey Card Case. Assistant United States Attorney Laura Cofer Taylor, the prosecutor leading this witch hunt turned kangaroo court, did not take kindly to Crump doing his job as a journalist and filed a “gag” order against Crump and a collaborator of his, Richard Hughes, aKa “Flying Rich,” on what they can and cannot report on.
The details of the cases Crump and Hughes are covering revolve around Justin Ervin & Matthew Hoover of CRS Firearms, and them being charged with “violating the National Firearms Act (NFA) of 1934 for selling machineguns and conspiracy.”
The “Autokey Card” was a novelty metal card being sold that had the outline of a “lightning link” etched on it. The ATF maintained that the card itself was a machine gun – which it’s not – and then launched this assault on Ervin and Hoover. The implications here go beyond the Second Amendment and any unconstitutionality of the NFA, but further, this is a huge First Amendment case. If the hokey book “The Anarchists Cookbook” can survive judicial scrutiny of being constitutionally protected, clearly the Autokey could too. Does it matter on what medium plans and information is printed on?
Crump covered the details of these cases and drew the ire of Assistant U.S. Attorney Taylor. Crump was critical of the process and reported on the facts that were available, the most damaging perhaps to Taylor’s reputation being;
The U.S. Attorney’s Office requested that the jury be instructed that the Autokey Card is a machinegun whether it works or not and that they must rule if the men transferred the items and if the men’s intent was to transfer uncut lightning links. They also wanted the judge to prevent the defense from arguing that the Autokey Card was not a machinegun.
Ervin and Hoover were both found guilty and have been awaiting sentencing. Aside from the fact that the charges and convictions are gross acts of injustice and show that a government with contempt for the people will go to any lengths possible to usurp their rights, the story gets weirder when the government moves to gag the reporting on this topic.
Crump put out an informative video yesterday alerting the subscribers of John Crump News that Taylor has decided to go to the mattresses against him and hush his voice. In the video Crump explains that he’s not going to back down and in essence, Taylor best pack her lunch.
If it was Taylor’s intention to not draw attention to documents that Crump reported on, she sure did botch that too, as an explosion of reporting is on its way covering the topic.”
“From Taylor’s motion for an order prohibiting dissemination of presentence investigation report:
The United States of America, by and through the undersigned Assistant United States Attorney, hereby notifies this Court that there is cause to believe that defendant Hoover, via his wife, has transmitted a copy of his Presentence Investigation Report (PSR) to certain YouTube personalities with the intention that those individuals use the PSR to create YouTube videos.
Taylor’s request is that all copies of the presentence report be destroyed. Further she accused Hughes and Crump of using the information to obstruct justice and grift, stating the sharing of the content “appears to be aimed at generating vitriol against the undersigned and this Court with the intent to intimidate and obstruct these proceedings while generating views and profits for Hoover, Crump, and Hughes.” Emphasis added.
The motion concluded with:
WHEREFORE, the government requests that this Court issue an order reiterating that the PSRs are non-public documents and may not be disseminated beyond court personnel, the defense teams, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office, and order that any individuals who possess a copy of the PSR without authority (including Crump, Hughes, and Erica Hoover) destroy it and confirm its destruction in writing, and any other relief this Court deems necessary to protect the sentencing process in this case.
There’s a thread through this entire set of allegations by Taylor that’s worth noting. Crump’s status as a journalist and protections he should be provided as both a journalist and publisher, seems to be in question. Crump and Hughes both engage in sharing news of national importance, and as such should not have their First Amendment rights subverted due to them exposing procedural, judicial and executive malfeasance.
In talking with Crump about his status as a “journalist,” he confirmed with me his membership to the Professional Outdoors Media Association is current as well as he being a registered Media Member with the National Shooting Sports Foundation. In the instances of joining POMA or the NSSF as a Media Member, there’s an aggressive vetting process where applicants must prove that they are professional members of the media. You don’t just send in a check and call it good. You have to prove that you are in fact a journalist of some sort on a professional level.
Crump said that his legal expenses for this debacle are going to be paid for by the Gun Owners of America, who stepped up and offered to help him out in this arena. The legal team that he’s assembled is an all-star cast including Robert Olson, Stephen Stamboulieh, and James Phillips. The team quickly replied to the motion and filed their own emergency motion to intervene:
John Crump is a professional journalist and thus part of the “press,” as well as being engaged in press activities protected by the First Amendment. While the government seeks to diminish his status by pejoratively calling him a “YouTube personalit[y]” (Motion at 1), nothing in the government’s motion makes the claim that Mr. Crump is not a journalist, that he is not part of “the press,” or that he was not engaged in press activities. And for good reason. Not only does Mr. Crump operate a YouTube channel, “John Crump News,” but also (among other things) he writes extensively for AmmoLand Shooting Sports News2 and is a regular contributor to One America News Network. Several of Mr. Crump’s Ammo Land articles have reported on this case, and have been viewed by tens of thousands of readers
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Mr. Crumps seeks to intervene in this action for the limited purpose of responding to the government’s Motion to censor him. Fed. R. Civ. P. 24(a) governs intervention as of right, and requires a court to “permit anyone to intervene who: (1) is given an unconditional right to intervene by a federal statute; or (2) claims an interest relating to the property or transaction that is the subject of the action, and is so situated that disposing of the action may as a practical matter impair or impede the movant’s ability to protect its interest, unless existing parties adequately represent that interest.”
Where the filing really bites at the government’s argument is where the emergency motion asserts, “Tellingly, the United States has failed to cite a single authority for the proposition that Mr. Hoover cannot comment on his own criminal case, or disclose information contained in his own PSR to others.” Emphasis added.”
Gee, if only our good Catholic president would speak up about it….
With Turkey's help, Azerbaijan has blocked the free flow of aid and people in and out of the Christian enclave of Karabakh. Both countries must face consequences for their actions. @POTUS should stand on principle, not diplomatic expediency. #SaveKarabakhhttps://t.co/JJxIwLhG0P
“More than 120,000 Christian Armenians are currently trapped, without food or medicine, behind a blockade of the Nagorno-Karabakh region maintained by the Muslim-majority nation of Azerbaijan.
Former ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom Sam Brownback, who recently returned from a fact-finding mission to Armenia, said Azerbaijan is “strangling” the Christians in the region and that the blockade is the regime’s latest attempt at “religious cleansing.”
“They’re working to make it unlivable so that the region’s Armenian-Christian population is forced to leave, that’s what’s happening on the ground,” Brownback said in June.
Since 1988, Armenia and Azerbaijan have been fighting over the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, or “Artsakh,” as the Armenians call it.
Though some see the conflict as strictly one over borders, experts have emphasized that religion also plays a central part in the war between Christian Armenia and Muslim Azerbaijan. Armenia wants to retain its hold on Artsakh, while Azerbaijan wants to expel the Armenian Christian population to solidify its hold on the region, according to Brownback.
Azerbaijan is both politically and philosophically aligned with the major regional power, Turkey. Brownback believes Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has ambitions to reestablish the Ottoman Empire, which committed genocide on Armenian Christians in the early 20th century.
Sandwiched between the Muslim nations of Turkey and Azerbaijan in the southern Caucasus Mountains, Armenia has long been under threat from its larger and more powerful Islamic neighbors.
With Christian roots that go back to ancient times, Armenia has one of the oldest Christian communities in the world.”
“With the amount of money that they’re uncovering-with the structured money laundering that’s obviously been set up, we can conclude that Joe Biden and his family were for sale,” Brock said on the “Just the News, No Noise” television show. “And that was just certainly a reasonable suspicion to investigate based on those indicators.”
Congressional investigators disclosed Wednesday that firms tied to the Biden family collected more than $20 million from foreign sources, including big payments from controversial oligarchs who afterwards had private dinners with Joe Biden when he was vice president.
The memo outlined numerous foreign payments, including from from persons tied to Russia, China, Ukraine, and Romania.
Brock added that Biden could face an inquiry under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
“Absolutely. That, as well as the FARA [Foreign Agents Registration Act] violations that were never charged,” he said.
Brock further suggested that investigators ought to explore the breadth of the alleged operation, saying “[a]s an investigator, I’d want to know, does this conspiracy go broader than just the Biden family?”
“Are there others in that administration at that time that were benefiting from all this activity?” he continued. “So I’d widen the scope a little bit, and start really digging and following the money wherever it leads. And I frankly, wouldn’t be surprised if this has broader parameters.”
“Former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund: “It Doesn’t Seem Like People Want To Get To The Bottom” Of January 6″
Ep. 15 Former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund reveals what really happened on January 6th. Our Fox News interview with him never aired, so we invited him back. pic.twitter.com/opDlu4QGlp
On January 6, even while we’re under attack, I was restricted by federal law (2 U.S. Code § 1970 Assistance by Executive departments and agencies) from bringing in federal assistance, to include the National Guard, without FIRST obtaining approval from the House and Senate… pic.twitter.com/Ajn6ZSSdQy
"Department of Defense organizations make up half of the intelligence community’s eighteen agencies. It is now apparent that both Miller and Milley had significant concerns regarding upcoming events at the Capitol on January 6. The… pic.twitter.com/Uhe5CElZA9
Disturbing Chain of Events Makes Damning Case That January 6 Was Allowed to Happen
Steven Sund, the former Chief of the Capitol Police, was left in the dark in the crucial days leading up to January 6. This communication breakdown, whether intentional or unintentional, hamstrung… pic.twitter.com/wPJy1MndCn
“Disturbing Chain of Events Makes Damning Case That January 6 Was Allowed to Happen
Steven Sund, the former Chief of the Capitol Police, was left in the dark in the crucial days leading up to January 6. This communication breakdown, whether intentional or unintentional, hamstrung the response to January 6:
• Before January 6, regular conference calls were hosted by Metropolitan Police. No intelligence was shared about potential threats to the Capitol or harm to Congress members or police officers.
• On January 5, around 1:00 p.m., A conference call coordinated by Steven Sund, the Chief of Capitol Police, included leaders from the Metropolitan Police Department, Steven D’Antuono (Director of the FBI’s Washington Field Office), General Omar Jones (Military District of Washington), and General William Walker (Head of the National Guard). No one on the call expressed concerns about the intelligence or potential threats. The head of the Metropolitan Police Department also did not receive specific threat notifications.
• However, a Senate report released in July revealed that Steve D’Antuono received multiple emails on Sunday (January 3), Monday (January 4), and possibly Tuesday (January 5) about potential violence at the Capitol. This was not communicated to the Chief of Capitol Police during their video call.
• The U.S. military, including Acting Secretary of Defense Miller and General Milley, discussed the possibility of locking down Washington, D.C., due to concerns about violence. Despite concerns, Miller issued a memo on January 4 restricting the National Guard from carrying weapons or civil disobedience equipment for January 5 and 6. This affected the National Guard in Virginia and Maryland.
• On January 6, as violence erupted, the Chief of Capitol Police sought assistance, but the National Guard’s response was initially restricted due to the January 4 memo. Governor Hogan of Maryland also expressed frustration at being denied permission to respond by the Pentagon.”
Absolutely correct. Now they are not wanting to be. Let them feel what the border states they judged so quickly feel. This open border from this administration is pure insanity.
“Hugh Culverhouse donated $350,000 to the Never Back Down super PAC backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s presidential campaign in June, but he won’t be giving any more money unless the governor’s ongoing campaign reboot includes a new message.
An attorney, investor and major Southwest Florida landowner involved in the development industry, Culverhouse believes the DeSantis campaign has suffered a series of “self-inflicted” wounds that require a new pitch to voters.
“What the guy did in Florida doesn’t resonate well in America,” Culverhouse told the USA TODAY Network-Florida in an interview.
Once viewed as a major force that could test Donald Trump’s hold on the GOP, DeSantis’ campaign is limping toward the end of summer and the start of the busy fall campaign season, hobbled by missteps that have raised big concerns among some allies and have left him far behind the former president in the polls.
DeSantis’ support has fallen to its lowest level in more than a year, with just 16% of GOP voters preferring him, down from a high of 31% in February, according to the Real Clear Politics average of national polls.
Trump, meanwhile, has surged to 54% support and now looks nearly unbeatable in the primary.
DeSantis’ poll numbers have dropped steadily since the end of March and, along with big staffing changes, are creating the impression of a campaign stuck in a downward spiral, with an upcoming debate on Aug. 23 a pivotal test.”
How dare you peons try to play a part in our democracy! That’s only for the rich and well connected establishment puppet buying masters, aka the donor class.
Jonah Goldberg knocks small-dollar campaign donors: "Large donors actually have a strategic view about moderation, who can win, who can't. Small donors really are just venting their spleen with their credit card." pic.twitter.com/PaJteFMWbq
Where I live in fire country, people are not happy about electric cars because of the simple question: what if your car isn’t charged and fire sweeps in?
And, if you do escape, where do you charge your car afterward?
One of the more interesting storage ideas out there is to use the water in the Geysers and the Salton Sea area during the day to store all the solar energy, and then release it during the night–to charge the cars, run the lights, washers, and other appliances, etc.
That is requiring a change in rules by the state legislature which may come to pass. It also will eliminate the need for massive (and expensive) battery storage.
One of our outlaws, a retired engineer prof in the UC system, once pointed out that “engineers are the slaves of the world,” in that people come up with all these great ideas and then expect the engineers to solve them.
Remember, someone needs to be here to help. As a registered Independent, I have voted for very few people/ballot measured that have passed in the last 23 years.
According to 2 Samuel, the people get the government they deserve. Until we see a change in heart, we’re not going to see a change in our government–state or nationwide.
There’s no doubt Hunter benefited from the “illusion of access” (whoever devised that term deserves an award) and maybe even reality of access. However, there’s yet to be a quid pro quo. However, that’s the nature of capitalist democracies – those with capital can buy access. If we dug deep enough, we could see the same benefits reaped by presidential relatives in previous administrations. It’s immoral and unfair but rarely illegal.
If you wish to limit benefits to family and friends, you need transparency and regulation. The best means to limit corruption is to adopt the Nordic model. The Corruption Index (rating perceptions of corruption) consistently ranks all the Nordic countries in the top 5 – 6, along with Singapore and New Zealand. With out the moderation of social democratic policies, capitalist societies tend to concentrate power into oligarchies, which makes corruption far easier.
As for Hunter, the Republicans keep claiming they have damning evidence and then have nothing or near nothing. The Archer case is the perfect example – private testimony and only one representative stayed for the entire hearing, a Democrat. In the end he had nothing to say. If it was so damning, you’d think the Republicans would have a public hearing. Now a headling suggests an FBI expert says evidence suggests bribery and corruption probe. Click the link and it’s a former associate director. (Then again I though the FBI was corrupt and should be defunded??) When you call wolf too many times, people stop paying attention.
I suppose a reverse flow could smooth over “brown outs” but doubtful it will prevent black outs. And if I was charging my car overnight, I’d pull the plug before I went to bed if it was fully charged.
AJ – I think you misread the second article. The EPA is proposing these rules for all grids, not just MISO. And the study is obviously biased – North Dakota (an oil state) hired a conservative think tank to evaluate the EPA’s idea so of course they criticised it. And I’m not sure how they could evaluate just MISO’s effect. North American has four grids – Western, Eastern (includes MISO) Quebec, and Texas. Although California may have its issues, the weakest grid is Texas. Texas’s infrastructure is not designed for extreme weather events and this results in a Cruz family vacation.
A loyalty pledge is rather silly – if I was Trump I wouldn’t sign nor would I appear at any debate. He has everything to lose and nothing to gain. DeSantis blew it when he tried to out-Trump Trump. He needed to be an alternative. Christie is trying this approach but he lacks credibility. McConnell could’ve done the Republican party a favour and have led the Senate to convict Trump. Without Trump, Haley or someone like her could easily win against Biden. Then again I think Biden wouldn’t run if Trump wasn’t running. In addition, without Trump, Republicans would have a better chance of keeping the House.
Armenia is a member of the CSTO; a Russian led military alliance. In the past, Russia protected Armenia from Azerbaijan and Turkey. However, Russia is occupied right now and did not help Armenia in the last war in which Nagorno-Karabakh was cut off from the rest of Armenia. The current border is now very similar to 1991. The enclave was always there; in the post Soviet era, Russia helped Armenia to connect Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan armed and trained by Turkey more or less re-established the old border with some changes.
The blockade is probably in retaliation for the Armenian partial blockade of the Azerbaijan enclaves in Armenia. Its more or less a who started what first situation.
Is it a religious dispute? For the Armenians it is; the Armenian Apostolic Church is an intrinsic part of what it means to be Armenian. As for Azerbaijan – its the territory. Azeris are not that religious. For a country that’s 99% Muslim, its extremely secular in comparison to other Muslim counties. Surveys suggest less than a quarter consider themselves ardent believers.
I read an interesting article about storing electricity using iron and rust in a cycle. It will be interesting to see what is invented in the future. We are not there yet and all the laws in the world cannot force it. We consistently get notices that power for AC or for heat will be cut because of overage possibilities. Yet they want more electric cars using the grid.
Getting to the bottom of January 6 is a good idea. Too bad more Republicans didn’t participate in the cmttee. But even the article posted here seems to indicate some intervention or lack of action on the part of some Trump gov’t supporters. It will be interesting to see what will be exposed in the Jan 6th Trump trial.
There’s a real housing crisis in North America – refugees, migrants, unemployed, mentally il, and working poor all struggle to find affordable housing. A full time min wage worker in Ontario would make 2480 gross (net would be 2200) per month (4 weeks). Average 1 bdrm rent in my neighbourhood is $1700, more than 75% your income. Obviously unsustainable. And obviously capitalism has failed to provide afforded housing – time for the gov’t to step in.
My daughter has lived in Berlin for over 9 months working part time and selling some of her paintings. She lives better there than if she worked here full time. And Berlin is definitely a better city to live in than the rust belt city that she grew up in.
I think Goldberg’s point was corporate and large donors seek out stable candidates whereas individual donors donate on personal appeal not looking at the greater picture. Its a class based observation on Goldberg’s part.
kathaleena – no matter what side of energy production people are on (fossil fuel vs other), both don’t seem to entertain the possibility that we may be living over and beyond the means of the earth to support.
That’s it HRW, keep pretending the Big Guy isn’t corrupt and being paid millions laundered thru his son’s front companies, as the actual evidence I’ve been providing you shows….. 🙄
Is it heavy carrying all that water for Dems?
Hope you don’t hurt your back with all that lifting. 🙂
BREAKING: Attorney General Merrick Garland appoints Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss as a special counsel in Weiss' investigation of Hunter Biden. https://t.co/N1819adZITpic.twitter.com/NC1updpP4b
Just kidding, Weiss will bury it and destroy evidence, which is a Dem thing now….
Don’t forget, he tried to give Hunter that sweetheart plea deal with immunity for everything but 2 small crimes. This is for show.
The same U.S. Attorney who gave Hunter Biden the sweetheart plea deal (misdemeanors instead of felonies) that is currently being renegotiated because it completely fell apart after a judge caught a buried broad immunity clause, has been appointed as Special Counsel? ….ok https://t.co/dwxjIFeMp1
The corruption at the DoJ will just continue on pace….
This ensures the R’s can’t drag him in before Congress and question him. CYA, nothing more.
…The question is, if Weiss always had this power to ask for an appointment, why didn't he when he was reportedly prevented from pursuing charges in two other jurisdictions?
“A federal judge on Friday ruled that former President Donald Trump is allowed to publicly share some non-sensitive evidence that will be used in his trial on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election, handing his lawyers a victory.
Her ruling went against the objections of prosecutors, who are concerned that Trump could use details of the confidential evidence to intimidate witnesses. They cited a threatening message Trump posted last week on social media.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Friday ruled that the government had not met its burden to show why all of the evidence should be subject to a “protective order,” which safeguards evidence from being shared with the public in order to prevent witness intimidation or tainting a jury pool.
However, she warned that Trump is nevertheless subject to release conditions which ban him from intimidating witnesses and said she will be watching his statements and “scrutinizing them very carefully.”
The government will still be allowed to petition the court for certain pieces of evidence to be covered by the order, and Chutkan also on Friday agreed with prosecutors and rejected an argument by Trump’s lawyers that the hundreds of transcripts of witness interviews, recordings and related exhibits are sensitive and cannot be publicly shared.”
“As Tucker explained, he’d filmed an interview with Sund earlier in the year (when he was still working for Fox). It was scheduled to run on Monday, April 24, Carlson said. Then Carlson was let go from Fox that Monday morning and the interview never aired. Because the interview footage is owned by Fox, Tucker can’t run it. So instead he invited Sund to come on his X show and tell what he knew.
It’s a fascinating story that everyone should watch. This is the whole thing, almost an hour, but I’ll also include some clips in case you can’t listen to the whole thing.
One of the biggest points Sund made was that it was revealed after Jan. 6 that other agencies had intelligence of how dangerous it might be but that wasn’t passed on to him. He said the intelligence he received indicated it would be like other MAGA rallies. But the FBI, the DHS, and even the military had intel suggesting more was afoot. But they didn’t tell Sund or put out any alerts as they might normally do, “But there were zero for Jan. 6,” Sund said. “It doesn’t make sense.”
Sund wasn’t told, even though he was on a conference call around midday on January 5 with the law enforcement leaders from the D.C. Metro Police and the FBI (head of the Washington Field Office Steve D’Antuono). He even had the military and the National Guard on the call, he said. But he was not told about the intel. Sund explained it wasn’t only him, the head of the MPD also was not told. He said a new report that came out last month revealed that Antuono had a lot of information.”
Disturbing Chain of Events Makes Damning Case That January 6 Was Allowed to Happen
Steven Sund, the former Chief of the Capitol Police, was left in the dark in the crucial days leading up to January 6. This communication breakdown, whether intentional or unintentional, hamstrung… pic.twitter.com/wPJy1MndCn
Steven Sund Exposes Nancy Pelosi’s Role in the Delayed National Guard Response on January 6@TuckerCarlson: “So this is an event that Pelosi herself has likened to Pearl Harbor and 9/11 — the worst thing that’s ever happened on American soil. And she’s in charge of allowing the… pic.twitter.com/Dnwse5v8eg
This move is designed to prevent any oversight or accountability of Weiss’ coverup of the Biden influence peddling operation and crimes associated with it. https://t.co/44n6ACXi3J
Nothing to see, just more govt corruption, this time at the weaponized DoD.
Mark Milley very clearly was involved in the events of January 6 (per his own testimony to J6 committee). He even admits tracking the Proud Boys–this is in violation of US law since the military is forbidden from being used in domestic law enforcement (with a few exceptions.)… https://t.co/MSRZ2klqLN
“Mark Milley very clearly was involved in the events of January 6 (per his own testimony to J6 committee). He even admits tracking the Proud Boys–this is in violation of US law since the military is forbidden from being used in domestic law enforcement (with a few exceptions.) And we of course know he was prepared to do ANYTHING to get rid of Trump.
Chris Miller’s conduct also is odd. I interviewed him a few months ago and directly asked about the conflict of DOD taking a lead role in domestic law enforcement. (At one point during high level discussions BEFORE Jan 6, someone called out DOD for asking about local police preparedness.)
In fact, there was dispute among cabinet officials (per transcripts) as to which agency was the lead on Jan 6. Acting atty gen Rosen said it was DOD. But others said it was DOJ.
Are y’all starting to finally smell the inside job?”
The House committees are flagging this photo that shows Biden being briefed on his famous flight to Ukraine by Amos Hochstein, President Biden’s current special presidential coordinator. Hochstein was allegedly one of the contacts of Hunter and his Ukrainian clients. pic.twitter.com/hp22ah4CEn
…It is not clear what was conveyed by Hochstein can expect a subpoena. My interest is more in the continued absence of FARA charges in light of these layers of alleged interaction with government figures on behalf of Ukrainian interests. https://t.co/Op7nRylE4z
“If you believe in TRUTH, but believe people can change sex, you don’t believe in truth.
If you believe in SAFETY, but believe that men who want to be women should be in women’s prisons and shelters, you don’t believe in safety.
If you believe in FAIRNESS, but believe men who want to be women should play sport in the women’s category, you don’t believe in fairness.
If you believe in HONESTY, but tell a girl she can be a boy, you don’t believe in honesty.
If you believe in DIGNITY, but believe men who want to be women should be allowed in the changerooms and showers with women and girls, you don’t believe in dignity.
If you believe in SCIENCE, but believe a man who wants to be a woman is a woman, then you don’t believe in science.
If you believe in RESPECT, but don’t believe women have the right to require some female-only spaces and services, then you don’t believe in respect.
If you believe in DIVERSITY, but only believe that views that align with yours are allowed, you don’t believe in diversity.
If you believe in KINDNESS, but attack and call people you disagree with ‘Nazis’ and other slurs, you don’t believe in kindness.
When people bust into your home at 6AM it tends to make you think it’s a robbery or home invasion. Him grabbing a gun makes sense. Them shooting him full of holes before he ever fired a shot does not.
Don’t get me wrong, threats to the president are serious and deserve a law enforcement response, and charges. But did Kathy Griffin get this treatment?
“Trump supporter killed in FBI raid was a ‘teddy bear’ who cared for blind son but the ‘type to sleep with gun under his pillow’: neighbor”
“Neighbors described the man shot in an FBI raid on his home in Utah after he made threats to assassinate the president as a “decent guy” who cared for his blind son but was the “type to sleep with a gun under his pillow”.
Craig Robertson, 75, allegedly pointed a gun at law enforcement during the incident Wednesday which led to what locals described as a ‘hail of bullets’ at the home in Provo.
Robertson was then dragged out of the house and bled out on the sidewalk outside his home covered under a sheet, according to local reports.
“I just can’t believe that this man warranted that kind of response,” Travis Clark, who lived on the same street as Robertson, told the Deseret News.
Others were shocked by the huge police response to the home of the 300-pound Air Force veteran turned carpenter, who walked around with a cane as he was barely mobile, according to people who knew him.
Local Connor Bunch said the entire neighborhood was shocked with how the events unfolded One day before Biden visited the state, describing Robertson to The Post as a “teddy bear” who took care of his blind son, Sean, who is in his 50s.
Bunch said he heard authorities knock on Robertson’s door the day before the raid, but he turned them away because they didn’t have a warrant.
“I don’t think he was even given a chance to even see a warrant when they went in and raided his house,” Bunch said.
“That was them serving the warrant but in the most spectacular way. It just seems like a tremendously unnecessary display of force.”
A federal complaint obtained by The Post from the Utah US Attorney’s office detailed threats made against Biden and other senior Democrats, including Kamala Harris, New York Attorney General Letitia James, US Attorney General Merrick Garland and California Gov. Gavin Newsom, among others.
“I hear Biden is coming to Utah,” Robertson wrote Sunday. “Digging out my old ghille suit and cleaning the dust off the M24 sniper rifle. Welcome, Buffoon-in-chief!”
Bunch added: “It makes you wonder who will be next because there are no shortage of people out there who don’t say the smartest things online.
“Is the FBI going to bust in their door too with guns blazing? It just seems like a very inappropriate way to have handled the situation.”
Connor said Robertson owned at least 20 guns and attended church every Sunday. He described him as “well-liked” in the community but added his neighbor “would be the type who would sleep a gun under his pillow.”
RACISM: @JamesOKeefeIII broke the story that Best Buy hired McKinsey to help them start a Management Training Program that excluded whites. Here is the story that started everything: https://t.co/ZeJUSuiM42
OMG! Two days ago we find out Best Buy won’t let whites participate in its management training program, now we learn the retail giant discriminates against Christians. WTH?!? #boycottpic.twitter.com/UYdjAvosK2
AJ — I quit the gym during Covid and haven’t returned. Perhaps some heavy lifting is a good idea.
The Weiss appointment is interesting. I don’t think it’s to delay rather the opposite. Instead of appointing someone who will need to read everything, Garland appointed someone who already has a good knowledge of the case. This should speed things up. Biden doesn’t want Hunter to be the “Clinton emails” of 2024.
So Judge Chutkan is fair? I just learned she’s Jamaican; Trump needs to be careful, Jamaican women are not to be messed with.
FOX stopped airing Carlson due to legal liability issues. Dominion’s lawsuit, the discovery phase and the settlement gave FOX a serious slap to the face to behave. FOX is still a conservative Republican channel but its behaving itself making sure their claims are valid before they air them.
US police (including the FBI) kill people; it’s what they do. This should come as no surprise. Remember the young lady who was shot in her bed by a SWAT team in Louisville? Why are people surprised here? And as is the norm, neighbours will know paint the individual as a decent guy while the police will dredge some obscure incident in his past.
Wandering Views 
Genius!
Not.
“Guess where California plans to get energy to ‘stabilize’ its power grid?”
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2023/08/10/guess-where-california-plans-to-get-energy-to-stabilize-its-power-grid-n570321
“Hint: It’s not fossil fuels. It’s not nuclear power. It’s not even wind or solar, although the state will undoubtedly keep expanding both.
The answer? California’s largest electric utility PG&E wants to suck the batteries of electric-vehicle owners plugged into charging stations to stabilize the grid during unstable periods. The Ford F-150 already allows for bidirectional charging, but that was sold as a benefit to the owner as a kind of independent generator for households during blackouts. PG&E wants to use it to commandeer all EV batteries and use their power to prevent grid collapse:
It’s been said before, California’s power grid will have to expand in order to meet the demand for more energy. PG&E’s CEO Patricia Poppe has come up with an “unconventional” idea, using electric cars to send excess power back to the grid to prevent blackouts. …
Lawmakers in Sacramento are helping to move things along. For example, Senate Bill 233 would make bi-directional charging mandatory for all new electric vehicles.
Now the question is how quickly can that electrical connection be up and running in any ordinary home to make vehicle-to-grid a reality.
Does anyone see the problem here? California’s power grid is destabilizing for a number of reasons, mainly from nonsensical and hypocritical public policies. Chief among those are (a) a refusal to use scalable power sources (oil, gas, coal, nuclear) for demand at current levels, and (b) forcing Californians to transfer their vehicles to the grid rather than use gasoline for independent power, thus escalating demand on the grid dramatically.
This proposal doesn’t solve either of those problems. It instead creates a kind of three-card Monty with the grid — shifting power to the vehicles, and then pulling it back when the state decides to apply it elsewhere. It’s only an illusion of a solution; no additional power gets created. PG&E and the state would simply confiscate that power for their own uses as they see fit. Technically, the grid would operate more efficiently if it never charged the EVs at all, considering the inevitable power losses that would take place in regional “bidirectional charging.”
It’s the ultimate in authoritarian redistribution — no real production, and lots of opportunity for losses and scarcity rationing.
And what does that mean for car owners? PG&E argues that cars are parked 95% of the time, a rationalization for energy seizure which may be true but is irrelevant. The issue for car owners is having the car function the (arguable) 5% of the time they need to travel — to work, school, social functions, and commerce.
What happens when car owners wake up in the morning to go to work to find that their car has been drained overnight to “stabilize the grid”? What happens when they all plug them in at the same time to get them charged enough to go to work? Wouldn’t that sudden demand destabilize the grid?
Nor is that the only issue for car owners in this new proposal. Unlike gas tanks, which can last for decades, batteries have a finite number of charge/discharge cycles before they begin to fail. Bloomberg noted that concern near the end of their otherwise sunny report on this idea:
Utilities will need to offer drivers incentives, such as paying them for the kilowatt hours they contribute. One study estimates ratepayers could save as much as $1 billion a year from using the technology.
However, some EV owners have reservations about the potential impacts on their car battery’s lifespan, while concerns linger about the installation adding an estimated $3,700 to an EV’s cost, according to the Alliance for Automotive Innovation.”
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Bloomberg is burying the lede.
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Not to be out done by the amateurs in Cali……
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/08/epa-tries-to-destroy-the-grid.php
“EPA TRIES TO DESTROY THE GRID
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a new rule limiting CO2 emissions from fossil fuel-fired (coal and natural gas) power plants. As you might expect, given the ideological bent of EPA, the rule is a Trojan horse, the real purpose of which is to induce the nation’s coal plants and some natural gas power generation to shut down under the increasing weight of federal regulations.
Center of the American Experiment is sounding the alarm on EPA’s rule. Our energy team was hired by the State of North Dakota to model the EPA proposal to determine whether it could supply reliable electricity to the 15 states on the MISO (Midcontinent Independent System Operator) grid. Our team found that the grid implied by the EPA rule, heavily dependent on sporadic wind and solar power, would result in devastating blackouts. They further calculated that if the grid were to be made mostly (but not entirely) immune to blackouts, while still complying with the EPA rule, another $246 billion would have to be spent within the MISO system alone. That public comment is embedded below.
EPA’s power plant regulations will devastate ordinary people–those who rely on electricity and want affordable transportation–while enriching a handful of well-connected industries that have curried the favor of the current administration.”
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“EPA’s New Climate Rule Would Cause Rolling Blackouts In Huge Swath Of America, Analysis Finds”
https://dailycaller.com/2023/08/10/environmental-protection-agency-rule-climate-power-plants-blackouts/
“Proposed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations for power plant emissions could spur blackouts in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) power grid region and cost stakeholders nearly $250 billion in the coming decades, according to comments filed in response to the rule by the Center of the American Experiment (CAE).
The average annual cost to stakeholders of building enough capacity to stave off the blackouts CAE projects in the MISO region is greater than the average annual benefit the EPA estimates its proposals will bring for the entire country by 2055, according to CAE’s analysis.
“This is the regulatory equivalent of studying the structural integrity of the top floor of a 100-story building without doing so for the preceding 99 floors,” Isaac Orr, policy fellow for the CAE and coauthor of CAE’s comments, told the Daily Caller News Foundation.”
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Midcontinent. Let me translate that for you.
Red states, the middle of America, aka flyover country. They’ll spare the states who vote for them when possible.
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Why would he?
Remember how that worked out last time. They demanded a loyalty pledge, and then broke it when Trump won the nomination. Why make another deal with the devils?
https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2023/08/10/trump-wont-sign-the-rnc-loyalty-pledge-and-thats-a-problem-n570369
“The debate is only a couple of weeks away now and it’s time for the candidates to get serious about whether or not they intend to participate. They all want to do so but some have not met the requirements to have a place on the stage. Eight candidates have qualified so far. Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, Tim Scott, Nikki Haley, Chris Christie, Doug Burgum, and Mike Pence have met the polling and campaign contribution requirements.
This week some of them are beginning to sign the RNC loyalty pledge, also a requirement to be on the debate stage. The pledge is one that states the candidate pledges to support the eventual nominee. As of this morning, as I write this, the only two candidates that have signed the pledge are Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy. Look for the others to do the same soon. Everyone but Donald Trump, that is. He told Eric Bolling he will not sign the pledge.
“I have a problem with the debate for another reason: I wouldn’t sign the pledge,” Trump told Wednesday’s “Eric Bolling The Balance” in a 42-minute interview from his summer home in Bedminster, New Jersey. “Why would I sign a pledge? There are people on there that I wouldn’t have.
“I wouldn’t have certain people as, you know, somebody that I endorse. So they want you to sign a pledge.”
“I can name three or four people that I wouldn’t support for president,” Trump told Bolling. “So right there, there’s a problem right there. There’s a problem.”
Trump wouldn’t say which three or four he wouldn’t support for president. Who do you think they might be? I think it’s DeSantis, Christie, Asa Hutchinson, and Will Hurd. I don’t think Hutchinson and Hurd matter because I don’t think they will be in the primary for long and they aren’t going to make the debate stage. All four are candidates who have been critical of Trump. Not so much DeSantis (he is only now starting to speak out about Trump) but Trump considers DeSantis to be disloyal, so that’s a big no-no in Trump’s mind. And Christie? That is a complicated relationship. They are frenemies. They’ve been friends for decades but there are times when they have been competitors and that throws the relationship off. Remember, Christie was a candidate in 2015. He duked it out with Trump as well as the others. Then he turned around and sought a position in the Trump administration. He wanted to be Attorney General. Trump denied him that job. Then Christie helped Trump in 2020 and was a part of Trump’s debate prep against Biden. He was a supporter up until Trump’s reaction to the 2020 election loss. Now he is out to stop Trump from winning the nomination.
Trump said he has made his decision on whether or not he’ll participate in the debate. He won’t make his decision public until next week. He doesn’t want to give the other candidates a shot at him on the debate stage, that much is clear. Trump knows that he’ll jeopardize his substantial lead if he’s on stage with the others, allowing voters to size everyone up at one time.
Also, Trump asked, “what’s the upside” of giving also-rans polling with “2%, 1% or zero %?”
“They could go up,” Trump said. “You know, they’re not dumb people. They’re senators. They’re governors. They’re intelligent people. You have some very good people, I think.””
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Hello?
Media?
“Journalists being targeted by U.S. Attorney seeking to ‘gag’ reporting on ‘Autokey Card’ case”
I guess it’s OK with the MSM as long as the right journalists are targeted, much like with Fox News.
https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2023/08/10/journalists-being-targeted-by-u-s-attorney-seeking-to-gag-reporting-on-autokey-card-case-n73497
“If you need any evidence to show that we’re marching closer to becoming a Banana Republic, these are the nesting dolls of proof. My colleague John Crump is a journalist who writes for AmmoLand News and he also distributes his content through online video platforms. Crump has covered some groundbreaking stories and events since he was added to the list of contributors at AmmoLand News, one of which involves the “Autokey Card Case. Assistant United States Attorney Laura Cofer Taylor, the prosecutor leading this witch hunt turned kangaroo court, did not take kindly to Crump doing his job as a journalist and filed a “gag” order against Crump and a collaborator of his, Richard Hughes, aKa “Flying Rich,” on what they can and cannot report on.
The details of the cases Crump and Hughes are covering revolve around Justin Ervin & Matthew Hoover of CRS Firearms, and them being charged with “violating the National Firearms Act (NFA) of 1934 for selling machineguns and conspiracy.”
The “Autokey Card” was a novelty metal card being sold that had the outline of a “lightning link” etched on it. The ATF maintained that the card itself was a machine gun – which it’s not – and then launched this assault on Ervin and Hoover. The implications here go beyond the Second Amendment and any unconstitutionality of the NFA, but further, this is a huge First Amendment case. If the hokey book “The Anarchists Cookbook” can survive judicial scrutiny of being constitutionally protected, clearly the Autokey could too. Does it matter on what medium plans and information is printed on?
Crump covered the details of these cases and drew the ire of Assistant U.S. Attorney Taylor. Crump was critical of the process and reported on the facts that were available, the most damaging perhaps to Taylor’s reputation being;
The U.S. Attorney’s Office requested that the jury be instructed that the Autokey Card is a machinegun whether it works or not and that they must rule if the men transferred the items and if the men’s intent was to transfer uncut lightning links. They also wanted the judge to prevent the defense from arguing that the Autokey Card was not a machinegun.
Ervin and Hoover were both found guilty and have been awaiting sentencing. Aside from the fact that the charges and convictions are gross acts of injustice and show that a government with contempt for the people will go to any lengths possible to usurp their rights, the story gets weirder when the government moves to gag the reporting on this topic.
Crump put out an informative video yesterday alerting the subscribers of John Crump News that Taylor has decided to go to the mattresses against him and hush his voice. In the video Crump explains that he’s not going to back down and in essence, Taylor best pack her lunch.
If it was Taylor’s intention to not draw attention to documents that Crump reported on, she sure did botch that too, as an explosion of reporting is on its way covering the topic.”
“From Taylor’s motion for an order prohibiting dissemination of presentence investigation report:
The United States of America, by and through the undersigned Assistant United States Attorney, hereby notifies this Court that there is cause to believe that defendant Hoover, via his wife, has transmitted a copy of his Presentence Investigation Report (PSR) to certain YouTube personalities with the intention that those individuals use the PSR to create YouTube videos.
Taylor’s request is that all copies of the presentence report be destroyed. Further she accused Hughes and Crump of using the information to obstruct justice and grift, stating the sharing of the content “appears to be aimed at generating vitriol against the undersigned and this Court with the intent to intimidate and obstruct these proceedings while generating views and profits for Hoover, Crump, and Hughes.” Emphasis added.
The motion concluded with:
WHEREFORE, the government requests that this Court issue an order reiterating that the PSRs are non-public documents and may not be disseminated beyond court personnel, the defense teams, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office, and order that any individuals who possess a copy of the PSR without authority (including Crump, Hughes, and Erica Hoover) destroy it and confirm its destruction in writing, and any other relief this Court deems necessary to protect the sentencing process in this case.
There’s a thread through this entire set of allegations by Taylor that’s worth noting. Crump’s status as a journalist and protections he should be provided as both a journalist and publisher, seems to be in question. Crump and Hughes both engage in sharing news of national importance, and as such should not have their First Amendment rights subverted due to them exposing procedural, judicial and executive malfeasance.
In talking with Crump about his status as a “journalist,” he confirmed with me his membership to the Professional Outdoors Media Association is current as well as he being a registered Media Member with the National Shooting Sports Foundation. In the instances of joining POMA or the NSSF as a Media Member, there’s an aggressive vetting process where applicants must prove that they are professional members of the media. You don’t just send in a check and call it good. You have to prove that you are in fact a journalist of some sort on a professional level.
Crump said that his legal expenses for this debacle are going to be paid for by the Gun Owners of America, who stepped up and offered to help him out in this arena. The legal team that he’s assembled is an all-star cast including Robert Olson, Stephen Stamboulieh, and James Phillips. The team quickly replied to the motion and filed their own emergency motion to intervene:
John Crump is a professional journalist and thus part of the “press,” as well as being engaged in press activities protected by the First Amendment. While the government seeks to diminish his status by pejoratively calling him a “YouTube personalit[y]” (Motion at 1), nothing in the government’s motion makes the claim that Mr. Crump is not a journalist, that he is not part of “the press,” or that he was not engaged in press activities. And for good reason. Not only does Mr. Crump operate a YouTube channel, “John Crump News,” but also (among other things) he writes extensively for AmmoLand Shooting Sports News2 and is a regular contributor to One America News Network. Several of Mr. Crump’s Ammo Land articles have reported on this case, and have been viewed by tens of thousands of readers
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Mr. Crumps seeks to intervene in this action for the limited purpose of responding to the government’s Motion to censor him. Fed. R. Civ. P. 24(a) governs intervention as of right, and requires a court to “permit anyone to intervene who: (1) is given an unconditional right to intervene by a federal statute; or (2) claims an interest relating to the property or transaction that is the subject of the action, and is so situated that disposing of the action may as a practical matter impair or impede the movant’s ability to protect its interest, unless existing parties adequately represent that interest.”
Where the filing really bites at the government’s argument is where the emergency motion asserts, “Tellingly, the United States has failed to cite a single authority for the proposition that Mr. Hoover cannot comment on his own criminal case, or disclose information contained in his own PSR to others.” Emphasis added.”
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Gee, if only our good Catholic president would speak up about it….
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https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/255052/armenian-christians-trapped-and-facing-genocide-an-explainer
“More than 120,000 Christian Armenians are currently trapped, without food or medicine, behind a blockade of the Nagorno-Karabakh region maintained by the Muslim-majority nation of Azerbaijan.
Former ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom Sam Brownback, who recently returned from a fact-finding mission to Armenia, said Azerbaijan is “strangling” the Christians in the region and that the blockade is the regime’s latest attempt at “religious cleansing.”
“They’re working to make it unlivable so that the region’s Armenian-Christian population is forced to leave, that’s what’s happening on the ground,” Brownback said in June.
Since 1988, Armenia and Azerbaijan have been fighting over the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, or “Artsakh,” as the Armenians call it.
Though some see the conflict as strictly one over borders, experts have emphasized that religion also plays a central part in the war between Christian Armenia and Muslim Azerbaijan. Armenia wants to retain its hold on Artsakh, while Azerbaijan wants to expel the Armenian Christian population to solidify its hold on the region, according to Brownback.
Azerbaijan is both politically and philosophically aligned with the major regional power, Turkey. Brownback believes Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has ambitions to reestablish the Ottoman Empire, which committed genocide on Armenian Christians in the early 20th century.
Sandwiched between the Muslim nations of Turkey and Azerbaijan in the southern Caucasus Mountains, Armenia has long been under threat from its larger and more powerful Islamic neighbors.
With Christian roots that go back to ancient times, Armenia has one of the oldest Christian communities in the world.”
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Corrupt judges do corrupt things.
This is laughable, a joke. Much like the judge and prosecutor.
Witch Hunt #….
What is it, like 10 now?
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Meanwhile, the Biden Crime Family operates without a worry.
“FBI expert says evidence now justifies bribery, money laundering probe of Biden family
Brock said that President Biden could be looked into under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.”
https://justthenews.com/accountability/hold-ex-fbi-intel-boss-says-biden-probe-warrants-money-laundering-and-bribery?utm_source=justthenews.com&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=external-news-aggregators
“With the amount of money that they’re uncovering-with the structured money laundering that’s obviously been set up, we can conclude that Joe Biden and his family were for sale,” Brock said on the “Just the News, No Noise” television show. “And that was just certainly a reasonable suspicion to investigate based on those indicators.”
Congressional investigators disclosed Wednesday that firms tied to the Biden family collected more than $20 million from foreign sources, including big payments from controversial oligarchs who afterwards had private dinners with Joe Biden when he was vice president.
The memo outlined numerous foreign payments, including from from persons tied to Russia, China, Ukraine, and Romania.
Brock added that Biden could face an inquiry under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
“Absolutely. That, as well as the FARA [Foreign Agents Registration Act] violations that were never charged,” he said.
Brock further suggested that investigators ought to explore the breadth of the alleged operation, saying “[a]s an investigator, I’d want to know, does this conspiracy go broader than just the Biden family?”
“Are there others in that administration at that time that were benefiting from all this activity?” he continued. “So I’d widen the scope a little bit, and start really digging and following the money wherever it leads. And I frankly, wouldn’t be surprised if this has broader parameters.”
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Hello?
#USELESS GOP…….?
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It’s just another farce.
“Former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund: “It Doesn’t Seem Like People Want To Get To The Bottom” Of January 6″
“Disturbing Chain of Events Makes Damning Case That January 6 Was Allowed to Happen
Steven Sund, the former Chief of the Capitol Police, was left in the dark in the crucial days leading up to January 6. This communication breakdown, whether intentional or unintentional, hamstrung the response to January 6:
• Before January 6, regular conference calls were hosted by Metropolitan Police. No intelligence was shared about potential threats to the Capitol or harm to Congress members or police officers.
• On January 5, around 1:00 p.m., A conference call coordinated by Steven Sund, the Chief of Capitol Police, included leaders from the Metropolitan Police Department, Steven D’Antuono (Director of the FBI’s Washington Field Office), General Omar Jones (Military District of Washington), and General William Walker (Head of the National Guard). No one on the call expressed concerns about the intelligence or potential threats. The head of the Metropolitan Police Department also did not receive specific threat notifications.
• However, a Senate report released in July revealed that Steve D’Antuono received multiple emails on Sunday (January 3), Monday (January 4), and possibly Tuesday (January 5) about potential violence at the Capitol. This was not communicated to the Chief of Capitol Police during their video call.
• The U.S. military, including Acting Secretary of Defense Miller and General Milley, discussed the possibility of locking down Washington, D.C., due to concerns about violence. Despite concerns, Miller issued a memo on January 4 restricting the National Guard from carrying weapons or civil disobedience equipment for January 5 and 6. This affected the National Guard in Virginia and Maryland.
• On January 6, as violence erupted, the Chief of Capitol Police sought assistance, but the National Guard’s response was initially restricted due to the January 4 memo. Governor Hogan of Maryland also expressed frustration at being denied permission to respond by the Pentagon.”
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Own it. This is what you said you were, and wanted. No crying now.
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Starting to look more and more like Trump is the only real contender here. Ron D. was his only real competition. Was……
Time to admit the obvious and get on board.
Or just pretend Biden and Dems aren’t destroying the country and not vote. Again. You do you.
“DeSantis’ ‘terrible summer’: Donors, experts see narrowing path to overtake Trump”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/desantis-terrible-summer-donors-experts-see-narrowing-path-to-overtake-trump/ar-AA1f8v2R
“Hugh Culverhouse donated $350,000 to the Never Back Down super PAC backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s presidential campaign in June, but he won’t be giving any more money unless the governor’s ongoing campaign reboot includes a new message.
An attorney, investor and major Southwest Florida landowner involved in the development industry, Culverhouse believes the DeSantis campaign has suffered a series of “self-inflicted” wounds that require a new pitch to voters.
“What the guy did in Florida doesn’t resonate well in America,” Culverhouse told the USA TODAY Network-Florida in an interview.
Once viewed as a major force that could test Donald Trump’s hold on the GOP, DeSantis’ campaign is limping toward the end of summer and the start of the busy fall campaign season, hobbled by missteps that have raised big concerns among some allies and have left him far behind the former president in the polls.
DeSantis’ support has fallen to its lowest level in more than a year, with just 16% of GOP voters preferring him, down from a high of 31% in February, according to the Real Clear Politics average of national polls.
Trump, meanwhile, has surged to 54% support and now looks nearly unbeatable in the primary.
DeSantis’ poll numbers have dropped steadily since the end of March and, along with big staffing changes, are creating the impression of a campaign stuck in a downward spiral, with an upcoming debate on Aug. 23 a pivotal test.”
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What happened to Jonah?
He sold out.
How dare you peons try to play a part in our democracy! That’s only for the rich and well connected establishment puppet buying masters, aka the donor class.
C. – Both.
That’s it Jonah, keep digging. 🙂
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This is just such a great example of spin: https://www.americanexperiment.org/police-quit-and-crime-dropped-in-golden-valley-not-quite/
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Where I live in fire country, people are not happy about electric cars because of the simple question: what if your car isn’t charged and fire sweeps in?
And, if you do escape, where do you charge your car afterward?
One of the more interesting storage ideas out there is to use the water in the Geysers and the Salton Sea area during the day to store all the solar energy, and then release it during the night–to charge the cars, run the lights, washers, and other appliances, etc.
That is requiring a change in rules by the state legislature which may come to pass. It also will eliminate the need for massive (and expensive) battery storage.
One of our outlaws, a retired engineer prof in the UC system, once pointed out that “engineers are the slaves of the world,” in that people come up with all these great ideas and then expect the engineers to solve them.
Remember, someone needs to be here to help. As a registered Independent, I have voted for very few people/ballot measured that have passed in the last 23 years.
According to 2 Samuel, the people get the government they deserve. Until we see a change in heart, we’re not going to see a change in our government–state or nationwide.
Therefore, we’ll be ruled by the worst of them.
Come, Lord Jesus, come.
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There’s no doubt Hunter benefited from the “illusion of access” (whoever devised that term deserves an award) and maybe even reality of access. However, there’s yet to be a quid pro quo. However, that’s the nature of capitalist democracies – those with capital can buy access. If we dug deep enough, we could see the same benefits reaped by presidential relatives in previous administrations. It’s immoral and unfair but rarely illegal.
If you wish to limit benefits to family and friends, you need transparency and regulation. The best means to limit corruption is to adopt the Nordic model. The Corruption Index (rating perceptions of corruption) consistently ranks all the Nordic countries in the top 5 – 6, along with Singapore and New Zealand. With out the moderation of social democratic policies, capitalist societies tend to concentrate power into oligarchies, which makes corruption far easier.
As for Hunter, the Republicans keep claiming they have damning evidence and then have nothing or near nothing. The Archer case is the perfect example – private testimony and only one representative stayed for the entire hearing, a Democrat. In the end he had nothing to say. If it was so damning, you’d think the Republicans would have a public hearing. Now a headling suggests an FBI expert says evidence suggests bribery and corruption probe. Click the link and it’s a former associate director. (Then again I though the FBI was corrupt and should be defunded??) When you call wolf too many times, people stop paying attention.
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I suppose a reverse flow could smooth over “brown outs” but doubtful it will prevent black outs. And if I was charging my car overnight, I’d pull the plug before I went to bed if it was fully charged.
AJ – I think you misread the second article. The EPA is proposing these rules for all grids, not just MISO. And the study is obviously biased – North Dakota (an oil state) hired a conservative think tank to evaluate the EPA’s idea so of course they criticised it. And I’m not sure how they could evaluate just MISO’s effect. North American has four grids – Western, Eastern (includes MISO) Quebec, and Texas. Although California may have its issues, the weakest grid is Texas. Texas’s infrastructure is not designed for extreme weather events and this results in a Cruz family vacation.
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A loyalty pledge is rather silly – if I was Trump I wouldn’t sign nor would I appear at any debate. He has everything to lose and nothing to gain. DeSantis blew it when he tried to out-Trump Trump. He needed to be an alternative. Christie is trying this approach but he lacks credibility. McConnell could’ve done the Republican party a favour and have led the Senate to convict Trump. Without Trump, Haley or someone like her could easily win against Biden. Then again I think Biden wouldn’t run if Trump wasn’t running. In addition, without Trump, Republicans would have a better chance of keeping the House.
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Armenia is a member of the CSTO; a Russian led military alliance. In the past, Russia protected Armenia from Azerbaijan and Turkey. However, Russia is occupied right now and did not help Armenia in the last war in which Nagorno-Karabakh was cut off from the rest of Armenia. The current border is now very similar to 1991. The enclave was always there; in the post Soviet era, Russia helped Armenia to connect Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan armed and trained by Turkey more or less re-established the old border with some changes.
The blockade is probably in retaliation for the Armenian partial blockade of the Azerbaijan enclaves in Armenia. Its more or less a who started what first situation.
Is it a religious dispute? For the Armenians it is; the Armenian Apostolic Church is an intrinsic part of what it means to be Armenian. As for Azerbaijan – its the territory. Azeris are not that religious. For a country that’s 99% Muslim, its extremely secular in comparison to other Muslim counties. Surveys suggest less than a quarter consider themselves ardent believers.
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I read an interesting article about storing electricity using iron and rust in a cycle. It will be interesting to see what is invented in the future. We are not there yet and all the laws in the world cannot force it. We consistently get notices that power for AC or for heat will be cut because of overage possibilities. Yet they want more electric cars using the grid.
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Getting to the bottom of January 6 is a good idea. Too bad more Republicans didn’t participate in the cmttee. But even the article posted here seems to indicate some intervention or lack of action on the part of some Trump gov’t supporters. It will be interesting to see what will be exposed in the Jan 6th Trump trial.
There’s a real housing crisis in North America – refugees, migrants, unemployed, mentally il, and working poor all struggle to find affordable housing. A full time min wage worker in Ontario would make 2480 gross (net would be 2200) per month (4 weeks). Average 1 bdrm rent in my neighbourhood is $1700, more than 75% your income. Obviously unsustainable. And obviously capitalism has failed to provide afforded housing – time for the gov’t to step in.
My daughter has lived in Berlin for over 9 months working part time and selling some of her paintings. She lives better there than if she worked here full time. And Berlin is definitely a better city to live in than the rust belt city that she grew up in.
I think Goldberg’s point was corporate and large donors seek out stable candidates whereas individual donors donate on personal appeal not looking at the greater picture. Its a class based observation on Goldberg’s part.
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kathaleena – no matter what side of energy production people are on (fossil fuel vs other), both don’t seem to entertain the possibility that we may be living over and beyond the means of the earth to support.
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That’s it HRW, keep pretending the Big Guy isn’t corrupt and being paid millions laundered thru his son’s front companies, as the actual evidence I’ve been providing you shows….. 🙄
Is it heavy carrying all that water for Dems?
Hope you don’t hurt your back with all that lifting. 🙂
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Ruh-roh.
Just kidding, Weiss will bury it and destroy evidence, which is a Dem thing now….
Don’t forget, he tried to give Hunter that sweetheart plea deal with immunity for everything but 2 small crimes. This is for show.
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The corruption at the DoJ will just continue on pace….
This ensures the R’s can’t drag him in before Congress and question him. CYA, nothing more.
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Awww…. poor govt stooges. 🙂
The govts attempt to censor and muzzle Trump has hit a road block.
But only mildly restricted.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/january-6-chutkan-trump/2023/08/11/id/1130444/
“A federal judge on Friday ruled that former President Donald Trump is allowed to publicly share some non-sensitive evidence that will be used in his trial on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election, handing his lawyers a victory.
Her ruling went against the objections of prosecutors, who are concerned that Trump could use details of the confidential evidence to intimidate witnesses. They cited a threatening message Trump posted last week on social media.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Friday ruled that the government had not met its burden to show why all of the evidence should be subject to a “protective order,” which safeguards evidence from being shared with the public in order to prevent witness intimidation or tainting a jury pool.
However, she warned that Trump is nevertheless subject to release conditions which ban him from intimidating witnesses and said she will be watching his statements and “scrutinizing them very carefully.”
The government will still be allowed to petition the court for certain pieces of evidence to be covered by the order, and Chutkan also on Friday agreed with prosecutors and rejected an argument by Trump’s lawyers that the hundreds of transcripts of witness interviews, recordings and related exhibits are sensitive and cannot be publicly shared.”
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Remember, Fox had this info, and could have aired it. They didn’t.
The question is, why? You know the answer.
“Tucker’s Explosive Interview With Former Capitol Police Chief: The Story Fox Didn’t Air, Pelosi, and Who Knew What When”
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2023/08/11/tuckers-explosive-interview-with-former-capitol-police-chief-the-story-fox-didnt-air-pelosi-and-who-knew-what-when-n790895
“As Tucker explained, he’d filmed an interview with Sund earlier in the year (when he was still working for Fox). It was scheduled to run on Monday, April 24, Carlson said. Then Carlson was let go from Fox that Monday morning and the interview never aired. Because the interview footage is owned by Fox, Tucker can’t run it. So instead he invited Sund to come on his X show and tell what he knew.
It’s a fascinating story that everyone should watch. This is the whole thing, almost an hour, but I’ll also include some clips in case you can’t listen to the whole thing.
One of the biggest points Sund made was that it was revealed after Jan. 6 that other agencies had intelligence of how dangerous it might be but that wasn’t passed on to him. He said the intelligence he received indicated it would be like other MAGA rallies. But the FBI, the DHS, and even the military had intel suggesting more was afoot. But they didn’t tell Sund or put out any alerts as they might normally do, “But there were zero for Jan. 6,” Sund said. “It doesn’t make sense.”
Sund wasn’t told, even though he was on a conference call around midday on January 5 with the law enforcement leaders from the D.C. Metro Police and the FBI (head of the Washington Field Office Steve D’Antuono). He even had the military and the National Guard on the call, he said. But he was not told about the intel. Sund explained it wasn’t only him, the head of the MPD also was not told. He said a new report that came out last month revealed that Antuono had a lot of information.”
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Fed. Op.
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CNN hardest hit…. 🙂
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Yep.
CYA, nothing more.
It’s weird seeing Bream and her New Fox News co-workers nowadays, buying this CYA garbage and pretending it’s bad for Biden.
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🙂
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You smell that?
Nothing to see, just more govt corruption, this time at the weaponized DoD.
“Mark Milley very clearly was involved in the events of January 6 (per his own testimony to J6 committee). He even admits tracking the Proud Boys–this is in violation of US law since the military is forbidden from being used in domestic law enforcement (with a few exceptions.) And we of course know he was prepared to do ANYTHING to get rid of Trump.
Chris Miller’s conduct also is odd. I interviewed him a few months ago and directly asked about the conflict of DOD taking a lead role in domestic law enforcement. (At one point during high level discussions BEFORE Jan 6, someone called out DOD for asking about local police preparedness.)
In fact, there was dispute among cabinet officials (per transcripts) as to which agency was the lead on Jan 6. Acting atty gen Rosen said it was DOD. But others said it was DOJ.
Are y’all starting to finally smell the inside job?”
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But we only talked about the weather, right Joe?
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Yes, yes they were.
That’s why they destroyed evidence.
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Nailed it.
“If you believe in TRUTH, but believe people can change sex, you don’t believe in truth.
If you believe in SAFETY, but believe that men who want to be women should be in women’s prisons and shelters, you don’t believe in safety.
If you believe in FAIRNESS, but believe men who want to be women should play sport in the women’s category, you don’t believe in fairness.
If you believe in HONESTY, but tell a girl she can be a boy, you don’t believe in honesty.
If you believe in DIGNITY, but believe men who want to be women should be allowed in the changerooms and showers with women and girls, you don’t believe in dignity.
If you believe in SCIENCE, but believe a man who wants to be a woman is a woman, then you don’t believe in science.
If you believe in RESPECT, but don’t believe women have the right to require some female-only spaces and services, then you don’t believe in respect.
If you believe in DIVERSITY, but only believe that views that align with yours are allowed, you don’t believe in diversity.
If you believe in KINDNESS, but attack and call people you disagree with ‘Nazis’ and other slurs, you don’t believe in kindness.
If this is you, you are a hypocrite.”
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Oh noooooos!!!!!!
Drama queens. 🙂
https://twitter.com/KevinTober94/status/1689990099168075778
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More on that FBI assassination the other day….
When people bust into your home at 6AM it tends to make you think it’s a robbery or home invasion. Him grabbing a gun makes sense. Them shooting him full of holes before he ever fired a shot does not.
Don’t get me wrong, threats to the president are serious and deserve a law enforcement response, and charges. But did Kathy Griffin get this treatment?
“Trump supporter killed in FBI raid was a ‘teddy bear’ who cared for blind son but the ‘type to sleep with gun under his pillow’: neighbor”
https://nypost.com/2023/08/10/craig-robertson-cared-for-blind-son-before-being-shot-by-fbi-neighbors/
“Neighbors described the man shot in an FBI raid on his home in Utah after he made threats to assassinate the president as a “decent guy” who cared for his blind son but was the “type to sleep with a gun under his pillow”.
Craig Robertson, 75, allegedly pointed a gun at law enforcement during the incident Wednesday which led to what locals described as a ‘hail of bullets’ at the home in Provo.
Robertson was then dragged out of the house and bled out on the sidewalk outside his home covered under a sheet, according to local reports.
“I just can’t believe that this man warranted that kind of response,” Travis Clark, who lived on the same street as Robertson, told the Deseret News.
Others were shocked by the huge police response to the home of the 300-pound Air Force veteran turned carpenter, who walked around with a cane as he was barely mobile, according to people who knew him.
Local Connor Bunch said the entire neighborhood was shocked with how the events unfolded One day before Biden visited the state, describing Robertson to The Post as a “teddy bear” who took care of his blind son, Sean, who is in his 50s.
Bunch said he heard authorities knock on Robertson’s door the day before the raid, but he turned them away because they didn’t have a warrant.
“I don’t think he was even given a chance to even see a warrant when they went in and raided his house,” Bunch said.
“That was them serving the warrant but in the most spectacular way. It just seems like a tremendously unnecessary display of force.”
A federal complaint obtained by The Post from the Utah US Attorney’s office detailed threats made against Biden and other senior Democrats, including Kamala Harris, New York Attorney General Letitia James, US Attorney General Merrick Garland and California Gov. Gavin Newsom, among others.
“I hear Biden is coming to Utah,” Robertson wrote Sunday. “Digging out my old ghille suit and cleaning the dust off the M24 sniper rifle. Welcome, Buffoon-in-chief!”
Bunch added: “It makes you wonder who will be next because there are no shortage of people out there who don’t say the smartest things online.
“Is the FBI going to bust in their door too with guns blazing? It just seems like a very inappropriate way to have handled the situation.”
Connor said Robertson owned at least 20 guns and attended church every Sunday. He described him as “well-liked” in the community but added his neighbor “would be the type who would sleep a gun under his pillow.”
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And the feds used this to justify his murder.
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She gets it.
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Boycott Best Buy.
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AJ — I quit the gym during Covid and haven’t returned. Perhaps some heavy lifting is a good idea.
The Weiss appointment is interesting. I don’t think it’s to delay rather the opposite. Instead of appointing someone who will need to read everything, Garland appointed someone who already has a good knowledge of the case. This should speed things up. Biden doesn’t want Hunter to be the “Clinton emails” of 2024.
So Judge Chutkan is fair? I just learned she’s Jamaican; Trump needs to be careful, Jamaican women are not to be messed with.
FOX stopped airing Carlson due to legal liability issues. Dominion’s lawsuit, the discovery phase and the settlement gave FOX a serious slap to the face to behave. FOX is still a conservative Republican channel but its behaving itself making sure their claims are valid before they air them.
US police (including the FBI) kill people; it’s what they do. This should come as no surprise. Remember the young lady who was shot in her bed by a SWAT team in Louisville? Why are people surprised here? And as is the norm, neighbours will know paint the individual as a decent guy while the police will dredge some obscure incident in his past.
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HRW,
Appointing Weiss is illegal.
Not that it will stop corrupt Biden or the corrupt DoJ from doing it anyway. And it’s not like Rs will do anything about it anyway.
It’s CYA, nothing more.
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