I think you’ll find many ‘intellectuals’ have crap-for-brains when it comes to real thinking.


Melinda Gates Admits “We Hadn’t Really Thought Through the Economic Impacts”

In a wide-ranging interview in the New York Times, Melinda Gates made the following remarkable statement:

“What did surprise us is we hadn’t really thought through the economic impacts.”

A cynic might observe that one is disinclined to think much about matters than do not affect one personally.

It’s a maddening statement, to be sure, as if “economics” is somehow a peripheral concern to the rest of human life and public health. The larger context of the interview reveals the statement to be even more confused. She is somehow under the impression that it is the pandemic and not the lockdowns that are the cause of the economic devastation that includes perhaps 30% of restaurants going under, among many other terrible effects. Continue reading “”

This isn’t simply filing an amicus brief. This is actually joining in the suit.
This isn’t something some political pundits can blow off as grandstanding.


6 states formally join Texas in law­suit defend­ing the secu­ri­ty of the 2020 election

Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Utah have formally joined Texas in its Supreme Court suit against Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin—four battleground states who ran illegal and unconstitutional elections. The joining states agree with Texas: the defendant states exploited the COVID-19 pandemic to justify unlawfully enacting last-minute changes and ignoring both federal and state election laws, thus skewing the results of the 2020 General Election.

“Texas continues to lead the fight to protect election security and integrity, and today I gladly welcome Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Utah to this historic endeavor. By flouting state and federal election laws, the defendant battleground states have tainted the integrity of citizens’ votes across the entire nation,” said Attorney General Ken Paxton. “To restore trust in the integrity of our election process, we must tirelessly defend its security and hold accountable those who discarded our Constitution for their own convenience. Texas is proud to have these states by its side in shining the bright light of justice.”

Attorney General Paxton filed an original lawsuit in the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, December 7, arguing that the Supreme Court must require the four defendant-states to conduct their elections in a manner that complies with the Constitution and all federal and state laws.

Read a copy of today’s filing here.

 

St. Louis Judge Dismisses Prosecutor From McCloskey Case

ST. LOUIS (CN) — Citing a pair of political fundraising emails, a city judge on Thursday disqualified Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner from prosecuting Mark McCloskey on gun charges, in a case that made national headlines after the white attorney waved an AR-15 rifle outside of his mansion amid protesters.

The order by Circuit Judge Thom Clark II stated that a special prosecutor shall be appointed to take over the case. Continue reading “”

Well, we always knew she had crap-for-brains. And if we knew it, her fellow demoncraps knew it too. This is why you’ve seen Schiff-for-brains and Swelledwelledhead doing anything they could to get in the political spotlight. They want the publicity to try for her seat when she retires or vaporlocks.


Dianne Feinstein ‘seriously struggling’ with cognitive decline

WASHINGTON — Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the oldest member of the Senate at age 87 and the most senior Democrat on its powerful Judiciary Committee, is “seriously struggling” with cognitive decline, a new report says.

People familiar with the California lawmaker’s situation told the New Yorker on Wednesday that Feinstein’s short-term memory has grown so poor that she “often forgets she has been briefed on a topic, accusing her staff of failing to do so just after they have.”

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has had several “painful” discussions with Feinstein about stepping aside, but the octogenarian reportedly soon forgets about their talks, forcing Schumer to confront her again, one source said.

“It was like Groundhog Day, but with the pain fresh each time,” the source said.

Overtures were also reportedly made to Feinstein’s billionaire husband, Richard C. Blum.

Grumblings over Feinstein’s performance have grown increasingly loud, leading to her decision to step down last month as ranking member of the elite Judiciary Committee. Continue reading “”

Trump has done more to move the moslems to peace with Israel than all the rest of the previous Presidents combined. If Biden does take office, we can only hope his puppetmasters have the sense to leave things alone.


Sudan to join UAE, Bahrain in recognizing Israel

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Friday that Sudan will start to normalize ties with Israel, making it the third Arab state to do so as part of U.S.-brokered deals in the run-up to Election Day.

The announcement came after the North African nation agreed to put $335 million in an escrow account to be used to compensate American victims of terror attacks. The attacks include the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania by the al-Qaida network while its leader, Osama bin Laden, was living in Sudan. In exchange, Trump notified Congress on Friday of his intent to remove Sudan from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism.

Don’t forget that Feinstein’s driver for 20 years was a Chinese spy too.
Does it look more and more that the California caucus of politicians are just that stupid? Or, maybe it’s that they’re simply bought and paid for by the Chinese commies?


House Intel Republicans not told about Eric Swalwell’s relationship with Chinese spy.

House Intelligence Committee Republicans were surprised to learn this week that a member of their panel, Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell, was targeted by a suspected Chinese spy who slept with US politicians as a tactic to elicit information.

Swalwell, who represents a California district south of Oakland, received an FBI “defensive briefing” in 2015 on operative Fang Fang, but most if not all Republicans on the elite committee weren’t told that a colleague had been targeted by China.

Fang, also known as Christine Fang, returned to China in mid-2015 as US officials heightened their scrutiny of her string of honey-trap seductions. She reportedly fundraised for Swalwell’s 2014 re-election campaign before he joined the Intelligence Committee in 2015.

A congressional Republican source told The Post that Intelligence Committee Republicans had not been informed of the relationship.

Suspected Chinese spy Fang Fang, also known as Christine Fang, reportedly targeted Rep. Eric Swalwell.
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Brady United Files Lawsuits Against Ghost Gunner Inc. And 12 Others

Brady United has filed a pair of wrongful death suits against Ghost Gunner Inc. in California and 12 other gun part manufacturers.

The two suits stem from a shooting that took place 130 miles north of Sacramento in November 2017. The killer lost his gun rights after the courts ordered him to surrender his guns as part of a restraining order. The killer manufactured a homemade rifle and then killed his wife and four others.

Homemade firearms have always been legal in the Country and have a long history with firearms owners and advocates.

In recent years anti-gun advocates have given these guns the name “ghost guns” and insinuate they are a new product. These anti-gun groups point out the makers are not required to include a serial number, and people can make the guns without going through a background check. Continue reading “”

Store clerk shoots robbery suspect in Maplewood

MAPLEWOOD, Mo. (AP) — A robbery suspect is hospitalized after being shot by a store clerk in suburban St. Louis. Police say they won’t likely ask for charges against the clerk, who they say acted in self-defense. The incident happened Wednesday night in Maplewood. Police say the 21-year-old suspect was found inside the break room of the Boost Mobile store. He had been shot three times and underwent surgery. Police say the Boost Mobile employee was alone when the man came in with a gun. The employee was able to pull out his own gun and shoot the suspect. The clerk was unhurt.

“Justice Thomas, Justice Alito, Justice Gorsuch, Justice Kavanaugh, and, Justice Barrett.  All of them have shown an inclination to treat the Second Amendment seriously”

We shall soon see.


Deep State, Media, Supreme Court, Second Amendment and 2020 Election

Donald Trump’s election as President in November of 2015 has been the most effective part of the ongoing revolt of the electorate against the Left/Media/Deep State political machine flunkies, technocrats, liars, and cheats.

One of the great accomplishments of the four years of President Trump’s first term has been to rip the mask off the Media, the tech giants, the deep state, and the Left, to show how they all work together to control the population through the control of information.

In the urban centers, they have the most control over the “narrative”, over what people hear and read and see. It is there they have the greatest ability to falsify elections and cheat to insure their election and re-election.  It is there they have the most control over who has a job, can run a business, or can be harassed with multiple violations of everything from parking to lawn mowing to standing, walking, driving, voting, working, building, and eating.

For the first time in 80 years, the Supreme Court has an originalist/textualist majority on the court. It should be a 6-3 majority, but Chief Justice John Roberts has been shown to lack courage and/or conviction.

The five justices who have shown courage and strong originalist tendencies are:

Justice Thomas, Justice Alito, Justice Gorsuch, Justice Kavanaugh, and, Justice Barrett.  All of them have shown an inclination to treat the Second Amendment seriously.

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California’s Health & Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly admits the ban on outdoor dining is about control, not science.

If you watch the vid, go to 26:14 for this

“As it relates to the question about indoor dining or outdoor dining, I think one thing that I have tried to message and emphasize is that right now we’re seeing such high levels of transmission that…every activity that can be done differently and keep us at our homes, not mixing with others, is safer. Those are going to be the tools that help us get this under control.

“So the decision to include, among other sectors, outdoor dining, and limiting that, turning to restaurants to deliver and provide takeout options instead, really has to do with the goal of trying to keep people at home, not a comment on the relative safety of outdoor dining.

And we have worked hard with that industry to create safer ways for outdoor dining to happen, to keeping tables farther apart, to ensuring masking happens as much as possible, to create opportunities for air circulation to continue. All of those factors make sectors like outdoor dining lower risk. But right now, with the levels of transmission that we’re seeing, we advise against anything that you can do in another way, in a lower risk way, that avoids you either leaving your home or only leaving your home in a way that doesn’t expose you and cause you to mix with others.”

Suspect in string of Jacksonville robberies killed by homeowner

JACKSONVILLE, Ark.- Police in Jacksonville said the suspect in a series of robberies is dead after being shot by a homeowner while attempting another theft.

When officers with the Jacksonville Police Department responded to reports of a robbery near Military Road and Bailey Street Monday night, they discovered the body of a man matching the description of a robbery suspect from an earlier call.

Dispatchers received that call just after 8 p.m. about an attempted robbery at the Jacksonville Stop and Shop. Two hours later, police said the suspect attempted to rob another victim outside her home.

Investigators said the suspect’s third robbery attempt turned fatal when the man’s intended victim shot the suspect in self-defense after the suspect shot at them.

The identity of the suspect is unknown at this time, but was described as a Black man, 19 to 24 years of age, wearing a black shirt, black jacket and red sweatpants with brown Ugg boots.


Homeowner in Elizabethtown area shoots intruder

Police continue to investigate the shooting of an intruder Saturday night by a homeowner in the Elizabethtown (Indiana) area.

The homeowner called Jennings County dispatchers at 7:15 p.m. to report there had been an altercation and he had shot the intruder who was inside his home, according to a report from the Jennings County Sheriff’s Department.

While officers were en route to the home, Jennings County dispatchers received a call from a male who said he had been shot. That male was at the Elizabethtown Volunteer Fire Department State at 700 Washington St.

Police went to both the home and fire station where medical aid was provided.

Indiana State Police were contacted and during the course of the investigation, it was determined there was a physical altercation between the homeowner and a male subject who gained entry into the home. The homeowner discharged his firearm striking the male, who then drove himself to the fire station.

Medical aid was provided by members of the fire department and area law enforcement. The male was eventually airlifted to an Indianapolis area hospital for treatment of a gunshot wound and is listed in critical condition, police said.


Woman Shoots Man Attempting to Rob Her Car

HOUSTON — Houston Police reported an interesting event early Friday morning near Clear Lake.

A woman parked at an apartment complex in the 10900 block of Gulf Freeway around 12:30 a.m. After she parked, the woman noticed a man trying to break into her car. The woman went inside and grabbed a gun before going outside to confront the burglar.

During the confrontation, the woman shot him in the leg. The burglar was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive. He faces a burglary of a motor vehicle charge

The woman isn’t expected to face charges related to the shooting.

GUN OWNERS DEFEAT FEDERAL GUN CONFISCATION
Red Flag GCOs Removed from Defense Bill

While Nancy Pelosi was busy forcing Congress to vote on “Tiger King” legislation, banning the ownership of big cats, and legalizing marijuana nationwide, Gun Owners of America was busy successfully dealing the final blow to gun control.

Back in July, GOA alerted Congress when we discovered so-called “Red Flag” Gun Confiscation Orders (GCOs) buried deep in H.R. 6395, the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

But you didn’t hear this on the news. Back then, the world was busy debating whether we should rename US military bases.

The gun confiscation language lay buried on page 343 of 1427 of the NDAA.

Today, GOA is pleased to announce that this passage has been removed from the bill and that, at least for the time being, there will be no federal “Red Flag” GCOs for those subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).

But this gun control could easily have snuck through Congress.

Since discovering the gun control, GOA’s team of lobbyists in Washington D.C. tracked the bill and worked hand in hand with Republican leadership, members of Congress, and the White House to ensure that this nasty gun control was removed.

Our work came to fruition late last week, when H.R. 6395’s Conference Report, discussing the results of the House-Senate negotiations, was published.

In that conference report on page 3872 of 4517 was our result.

Authority of military judges and military magistrates to issue military court protective orders

The House bill contained a provision (sec. 542) that would amend chapter 80 of title 10, United States Code, to authorize military magistrates and military judges to issue military court protective orders [against] a person subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

The Senate amendment contained no similar provision.

The House recedes.

We had successfully blocked GCOs from the final bill and force House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to “recede” on her anti-gun policy goal.

Goodbye anti-gun §542!

In its place, §542 of the final bill now contains unrelated language regarding the Qualifications of Judges and Standard of Review for Courts of Criminal Appeals.

But, the fate of the 2021 NDAA is still up in the air.

Trump has threatened to veto the bill over Title 47 U.S.C. §230 reform and the renaming of military bases. However, this new Conference Report legislation is backed by a bipartisan and veto-proof majority.

We will keep you informed as this bill moves through the final legislative process.

Still, Gun Owners should celebrate the removal of gun control from this bill, as this represents only the first of many legislative battles to defeat gun control gun owners may face for the next four years.

 

BLUF:
These injuries, Texas asserts, demand a remedy. But the remedy sought is not what some may surmise is the goal—a second term for President Trump.

No, what Texas seeks is for the Supreme Court to mandate that the defendant states comply with the Constitution, and that means that electors are selected by the states’ legislatures. Texas makes this point clear, stressing: “Plaintiff State does not ask this Court to decide who won the election; they only ask that the Court enjoin the clear violations of the Electors Clause of the Constitution.”

6 Things To Know About Texas’s Supreme Court Petition Over 2020’s Messed-Up Election.

On Monday, Texas filed a motion for leave to file a “Bill of Complaint” with the U.S. Supreme Court to challenge the constitutionality of Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin’s administration of the 2020 presidential election. The combined filings, which also include a request for an expedited review and a preliminary injunction, spanned more than 150 pages. Here’s what you need to know about this latest election case. Continue reading “”

Americans under 40 or so think relatively orderly, low-crime cities are a natural phenomenon. Those of us who came of age in the 70s and 80s know better. The younger urbanites are going to get harsh lesson.


Los Angeles prosecutor plans to seek release of thousands of criminals.

The newly elected Los Angeles district attorney, George Gascón, plans to seek the release of thousands of criminals by eliminating sentence enhancements for repeat offenders. As NPR reports, “he calls for the banning of sentencing enhancements, a step which could lead to the release of thousands of inmates. Seeking longer prison terms for criminal defendants with past felony convictions … had become a common practice among LA prosecutors.” “Gascón estimated such a move could affect at least 20,000 cases,” according to ABC News.

Gascón is banning prosecutors in Los Angeles County from seeking the sentencing enhancements approved by California voters in Proposition 8. That ballot initiative increased penalties for repeat offenders who commit willful homicide, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault with a firearm.

Gascón also will not allow prosecutors in his office to seek the death penalty. Gascón additionally vowed to stop charging juveniles as adults, meaning that 17-year-old serial killers will not be held beyond age 25.

Nor will Los Angeles prosecutors be allowed to seek bail before a criminal defendant is released, if the defendant is not charged with a violent felony.  “According to a special directive effective Tuesday, prosecutors will now be instructed to ask the court for the criminal defendant’s release” instead. Gascón’s office will also seek the resentencing of many inmates serving enhanced sentences.

It is very disturbing that Gascón is banning the longer sentences for repeat offenders provided for in California law. It is only fair to punish repeat offenders more than a first-time offender. Continue reading “”

Why Did Chinese Spy Focus On Democrats?
I’ll take: “Because they know they’re the corrupt ones?” for $500


Exclusive: Suspected Chinese spy targeted California politicians

A suspected Chinese intelligence operative developed extensive ties with local and national politicians, including a U.S. congressman, in what U.S. officials believe was a political intelligence operation run by China’s main civilian spy agency between 2011 and 2015, Axios found in a yearlong investigation.

Why it matters: The alleged operation offers a rare window into how Beijing has tried to gain access to and influence U.S. political circles.

    • While this suspected operative’s activities appear to have ended during the Obama administration, concerns about Beijing’s influence operations have spanned President Trump’s time in office and will continue to be a core focus for U.S. counterintelligence during the Biden administration.

(yeah, right)

Montage of three images of Fang with Bay Area politicians
Clockwise from top left: Fang with then-Dublin City Councilmember Eric Swalwell at an October 2012 student event; undated photo of Fang, now former Fremont Mayor Bill Harrison and Rep. Judy Chu; Fang with then-Rep. Mike Honda and then-San Jose city Councilmember Ash Kalra at a March 2014 event at the Chinese Embassy in D.C. Sources: Renren, Facebook, Facebook

The woman at the center of the operation, a Chinese national named Fang Fang or Christine Fang, targeted up-and-coming local politicians in the Bay Area and across the country who had the potential to make it big on the national stage. Continue reading “”