Good morning one and all to another beautiful day and to the morning links!
CIA Sued Over COVID Records After Allegations Of ‘Monetary Incentives’ Paid To ‘Change’ Findings
Jack Smith asks court to ban Trump from introducing evidence of Jan. 6 security failures
Colorado GOP Appeals Supreme Court Ruling Ousting Trump From Ballot
Three times Biden forgave student loan debt despite Supreme Court ruling
New testing finds electric vehicles fall short of EPA range estimates
Apple wins appeal to temporarily pause Apple Watch ban
Gaston Glock, Maker of the Signature Glock Handgun, Dies at 94
Comedian Tom Smothers of Smothers Brothers dies at 86
These Are The Gayest States In The US
Wendy’s selling bacon cheeseburgers for one cent this week
That’s all I got for today. I’ll leave you with some songs and move along with my day.
Hmmm. Bacon cheeseburger for breakfast?
Sounds like a solid plan to me… even if the cheese is likely Swiss.
Morning, Swiss! Morning, Banjos! Morning rest of ya reprobates!
“Morning rest of ya reprobates!”
You talkin’ to me?
Morning!
I think we’re more of a ragtag band of misfits and ne’er-do-well’s.
Reprobates, never do wells, misfits… Potato… Tomato… Something something..
The real list would probably be longer than the categories rattled off by the bad guy in Blazing Saddles… Hedy something.
Sure.
DO IT
Best part of Whataburger is that this is a thing.
Took me a moment to remember if I’d been to one of that chain. The answer was yes, in Dallas.
It did not leave a strong impression one way or another. So, I suppose it was okay?
Their burgers are of a specific type, but you can buy them 24/7. Also their specialty/novelty/limited time burgers are pretty good.
Oh, and their default fry setting is “undercooked” but you can order them “well done” or “extra crispy.”
I just had a continental breakfast.
Fig Newtons
Momentous!
BTW – I have engaged STEVE SMITH to look for SugarFree. I am hopeful STEVE will merely find him, and naught else…
STEVE SMITH HUNT FOR SUGARFREE, ONLY TO FIND GHOST OF SPLENDA, WRAPPED IN OCTOPUS PENTACLES.
STEVE SMITH PROBE EVERY CREVICE, NOOK AND CRANNY ANYWAY — BUT THANKS SWISS FOR THE GRACIOUS PERMISSION FOR A CHANGE.
From the Jack Smith story:
You know — if I were a judge and the prosecution wanted me to prevent the defense from mounting an argument based on fundamental constitutional rights… I’d be really tempted to throw the case out and sanction the prosecution….
Which of course is why sane people aren’t judges, I suppose….
“Counselor – you may make your case, not the opposition’s”.
As if that even matters anymore..
See Colorado where 4 asshats decided their political ambitions/party ass-pirations mater more than the law or the constitution…
“We said he is responsible but one cannot defend against that because we say so”.
To summarize what the prosecution is trying to exclude:
Any evidence that Jan 6 was not an insurrection because the capitol security chose to let peaceful protesters into the capitol, thus showing that the government forces who were actually there did not view the defendants as threats.
Any assertion or defense that the statements made by Trump were protected 1A speech, and thus he was not inciting an insurrection.
So…. any actual defense. “Guilty Because We Say So!” indeed.
Or as Constitutional scholar Nancy Pelosi put it, “He will have his chance to prove his innocence” Which with this filing, even with the backwards logic, won’t even have that chance.
So much that…
The state is making the case that against its enemies, going forward, the standard of justice when accused by the state will be that the defendant needs to prove their innocence…
(Continued)
Raising the defense that other people in government were in fact the ones trying to incite insurrection, including the known DBI plants.
Raising the defense that similar protests by left wing groups were selectively not prosecuted, thus defining insurrection as activities that are only criminal if done by people the administration dislikes.
Shorter: “You are entitled to defense counsel, so long as your lawyers sit silently and don’t raise any defense.”
FBI, not DBI.
Democrat Bureau of Investigation
Slow clap or #1 ass smack is appropriate here
“Raising the defense that similar protests by left wing groups were selectively not prosecuted, thus defining insurrection as activities that are only criminal if done by people the administration dislikes.”
A thousand times this. Mostly peaceful protests, AOC and her supporters occupying Pelosi’s office, the spectacle of the Kavanaugh hearings, all flip off Trump and his lawyers.
Going big on popcorn futures.
It wouldn’t surprise me (given that from what I’ve seen current AI looks more like overgrown web search bots with a prettier finish and all) — but then again, it also wouldn’t surprise me if NYT is stretching “copyright” beyond credulity (as in… it was on the web and publically accessible — but we want
a cut of the moneyto formally approve this usage….)Yeah, I don’t see how copyright bars this. Would it also bar, say, a journalism department from assigning NYT articles for students to read as a classroom assignment.
The NYT should call Claudine Gay as a defense witness, to explain how copying others’ work is fine based on the context.
“ The lawsuit claims “millions” of articles published by the New York Times were used without its permission to make ChatGPT smarter…”
Stop right there. Your premise is flawed.
“to make ChatGBT smart enough that it can parody NYT writers so well that it seems as dumb as they are”
FTFY
Why would anyone not left of Mao think that ChatGPT is a woke piece of shit? Well, garbage in equals garbage out..
Encyclopedia Brittanica should rise from the dead and proclaim all humans who read and learned from them have infringed their copyright. Or at least against the creator of the internet, Al Gore.
Questions:
Would it make a difference if OpenAI had bought a subscription to the NYT specifically for the chatbot?
Is it just because there’s money involved? If Encyclopedia Brown opens a “Questions answered $1” stand, can he be sued if he reads the NYT?
Can a human subscriber read the NYT aloud to a group of other humans? Does it matter if he charges admission to hear him? Can one of the audience members record him, use speech-to-text software and feed the chatbot that way? And which of the people in the chain can the NYT sue?
“Would it make a difference if OpenAI had bought a subscription to the NYT specifically for the chatbot?”
The NYT owners are just looking to find a pot of money as their industry collapses and the idiots that read their parrot cage dropping covering masquerading as a news paper die out. Desperation not just for relevance, but cash.
I concur. Just having fun with the premise.
So much of the NYT is paywalled that I have no doubt they bought a subscription.
If you store NYT stories (that you paid for), is that a copyright violation? Is keeping old paper copies of the NYT a copyright violation?
If you run a search engine on your copies of NYT stories, is that a copyright violation?
If you run analysis on your copies of NYT stories, is that a copyright violation?
Exactly where in OpenAI’s activities was the NYT’s copyright violated?
Maybe don’t rely on the infrastructure of the state for your within-party polling selection of your candidate for the general elections (and have the states stop using Primary contests as ways to sneak bonds and other crap that won’t pass in the general but might with the more politically rabid primary voters)? Just a thought there since there’s no reason for the Parties to be arms of the State (busts a gut laughing… couldn’t get that out given the long history of the Uniparty and their firm lock on the instruments of power…)
Asshats: They don’t have standing…
I wonder if those “red states” not buying EVs just happen to be states that aren’t heavily urbanized and have the kind of roads/drives that induce range anxiety? I know it’s hard for journalismists to grasp, but not every single goddam thing is political.
When the political class decides a thing is political, it is, regardless of what normal human beings think or want.
The Daily Mail? Have a headline that isn’t clickbait? Are you new to these Internets, good sirrah? 😉
But yeah — range anxiety for those who actually drive solid distances more than urbanites… what a shocker.
That, and states with weather extremes. Nobody in the NE could buy one and expect it to run properly in the winter.
Apparently that doesn’t stop the Maine version of CARB (of all places) from trying to sneak in a mandate. Lunacy.
Is Maine one of the states where Democrats pushed through “We outsourced regulation to California.”?
Didn’t seem so; they went with their own lunacy.
Pretty much. That was linked here recently, I think — though I can’t remember by whom, sorry.
My personal favorite bit from the Maine story is their version of CARB is trying to sidestep legislative oversight because the proposed regulations aren’t “a major impact” (because apparently Maine law requires legislature approval when they are or something). Sure… just upending an entire market, mandating a charging network, etc….. all minor stuff that’s equivalent to “must provide a lunch break of at least 30 minutes”…
NH Democrats tried to outsource to CARB.
They failed.
Good.
Pennsylvania did – dumbshits.
I was at a truck stop in ME that sold all of the petroleum products — gasoline diesel, CNG, LNG, home heating oil and coal.
And a remarkably good restaurant too.
Let me guess – they cooked on electric ranges.
No idea, I couldn’t see the kitchen.
https://www.dysarts.com/
Should be cited charges in impeachment articles… but oh well. (The explicit refusal to enforce immigration law should be in there as well…)
So when this thing gets back to the SCOTUS, will all the idiots that think they got free money get a bill? Or will they say “what’ done is done” and leave us fucked?
“moot.”
So they are moving towards parity with ICE vehicles? (I’ve always taken the estimated MPG as “best case scenario” numbers, and thought everyone else did as well.)
Oddly enough, I get better mileage on my manual transmission (no longer available even as an option) Subaru than they advertise on the automatic (which is the supposed reason for only having automatics).
Doesn’t surprise me — back in my teenage years, all the manual folks (I can drive one in a pinch, but all my cars have been automatics) were adamant that they handled shifting better and somehow (I don’t remember details) did idling better as well. I suspect it is more of the self-selection than anything else — those who seek out manuals these days and are good at it can eke out optimal performance curves… but the hype included teenage boys back in the day doing stupid crap with their cars or people who didn’t really know how to drive stick well (like Winston’s Mom… no one handles a stick shift better…)
What year Subaru?
Almost every modern automatic will beat out manual transmissions. Torque converters have gotten much, much better than they used to be.
Plus dual clutch setups…
https://tremec-blog.com/the-differences-between-a-dct-and-a-traditional-automatic-transmission/
If he has an older Subaru, the weight difference alone will give him an advantage. Modern cars are bloated by regulation. We could have gas cars routinely at 70+ MPG now if all the overbearing safety regulations were made voluntary. Who’s business is it if I choose to drive a tin box with great mileage? My risk to take.
Perhaps you drive so carefully that if you drove an automatic, you would exceed the advertised mileage for automatics.
I anticipate what’s ahead when I drive, slowing down by taking my foot off the gas in lieu of braking.
Same. When I drove a stick, especially in the snow, I used my transmission to brake all the time. However, I wouldn’t think that would make a difference in gas mileage.
It bumps your revs up, thus using more fuel.
But, it gives you WAY more control of the vehicle. I miss my stick shift.
Ditto..
I don’t dislike an automatic transmission, but given the chance to drive stick, I will pick that any time.
I had a Honda CRX, the little flat-assed hatchback. Front wheel drive, 5-speed. Absolutely adored that car.
ESPECIALLY in the snow.
“ESPECIALLY in the snow.”
One of the big reasons why I love stick so much too Mojeaux!
Around 2007 they updated the testing (they used air conditioning and other accessories and accelerated more robustly and raised the speeds above 55) so new models that year and beyond tend to test more realistically than previously. I have a 2014 Cadillac that frequently bests the highway numbers of it’s EPA rating. I also have a 2006 Dodge Hemi that can’t get near it’s highway number unless driving downhill. City estimates fail to take urban traffic into consideration and can’t be trusted.
I blame the Flintstones — mental programming to get all the conservative families to have a gay ole time….
We’ve been seasonally donning gay apparel since before the Flintstones.
“The study estimated the total population of LGBTQ individuals is 13.9 million, or roughly 5.5% of the United States population, according to The Hill.”
Sounds high to me. I see a lot of “estimates” in that article. The methodology, sadly, goes unstated.
And what’s with the bigoted “LGBTQ”, anyway? Where’s the other letters and the plus? Literally shaking, here.
https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/LGBT-Adult-US-Pop-Dec-2023.pdf
Its the PDF and has the methodology.
In short
So about as accurate as when they claim school kids go hungry because school kids will claim not having a lumberjack breakfast means they didn’t get enough to eat.
“an anonymous, self-report survey is conducted by telephone with representative samples”
Oof.
Just for starters, no phone survey is anonymous.
What? You mean this list of numbers I bought from a mass marketing company that tracks LGTBQ customers spending habits isn’t anonymous?
+ 1 reverse lookup
Or representative.
As they keep adding letters and grooming kids, the numbers go up.
Is there truly a method to pulling numbers out of your arse?
They’re saying that the small percentage of people who choose to respond to their survey can subjectively define whether they feel like they are LGBTQ. And then the surveyors “interpret” those numbers.
I mean, Pornhub defines a biological male dressed up as a woman having sex with a biological female as “lesbians”. Even though that is heterosexual sex, for fucks sake.
The 5% number feels low to me, if you include anyone who has ever had a sexual encounter with someone of the opposite sex. Lot of “straight” dudes getting the occasional BJ from a guy.
That is absurdly high.
According to the TV, most people are some variant of “not boring,” so this seems absurdly low.
“The methodology, sadly, goes unstated.”
Then just ignore the claim because it is 99.9999% chance of being madeup shit.
“Colorado GOP Appeals Supreme Court Ruling Ousting Trump From Ballot”
What would happen if the GOPers just ignored the Colorado Supreme Court and put him on the ballot anyway?
You know, like Biden ignores the US Supreme Court and forgives student loans anyway.
That’s kind of what I was alluding to above — the CO GOP can use whatever process they want to decide what candidate they’ll be pushing in the general. The state government should only be involved in the general election, so if they need to be sued (as I recall, they punted on the whole question of the general since they knew the appeal would get there first) for that… get that going. But if the GOP wants to go back to smoke filled back rooms — that’s their business and the members of the party, not the state’s.
Yeah.
If you use the state-run primary, you’re subject to their rules. If CO GOP stays in the state run primary, which I understand they are not, then the state gets to tell them Trump won’t be on the ballot.
Parties should run their own nominating process.
If the GOP doesn’t get this ruling curb- stomped, Trump will be taken off the ballot for the general election, even if the state GOP runs a private nomination.
And other states will be emboldened to try this lawfare tactic.
Exactly.
The precedent is the real point, getting Trump off the ballot is just a bonus.
Ding ding ding. It is democracy to exclude icky candidates. They do it only because they love us.
I swear to doG they are trying to force me to vote for Trump.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/23/reptim-burchett-jeffrey-epstein-flight-logs-not-re/
Most Republicans seem happy to keep Epstein’s records sealed.
The most prolific house of ill repute, aka United States Government has every reason to keep this quiet.
The various sex traps and blackmail by the IC (of which I know folks around here have conjectured Epstein was part of… and which frankly looks more likely as time goes on) would account for that.
Didn’t a senator or representative come out and say that? That every member is compromised cause they all succumb to D.C. honeypots that then turn and blackmail them?
One-termer (and human lightning rod) Madison Cawthorn.
More recently…
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/gop-representative-blackmail-honeypot-congress-b2468559.html
They did that poor guy dirty and smeared his name.
Silver or lead. Either take the bribe or suffer the consequences.
Your choice.
When they finally took down Epstein, the FBI took all his blackmail material – and kept it. That’s why the Director can literally smirk at Congress and refuse to answer questions.
Wray literally walked out of a hearing to go on vacation in a government jet.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/nov/17/fbi-director-christopher-wray-left-congressional-h/
Shades of J. Edgar, eh?
Epstein was fool for not having multiple copies on a deadman switch for wide distribution.
I’m reminded of the end of Three Days of the Condor – what if they don’t publish it?
Have a set that automatically uploads all over the internets if you don’t stop the upload every so many days/weeks.
I think Maxwell is still alive because she has a better deadman switch.
Yes. I’ve often said that Snowden MUST have a dead-man’s switch because he’s not dead.
Not my best work by a long shot.
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The fast-food chain is selling its Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger for one penny through Jan. 2. Customers must order another item through the Wendy’s app to take advantage of the deal.
Though an app? no thanks.
I say keep it up
Nothing like a super PAC for the opposing party initiating a lawsuit to bar a candidate they don’t like from the ballot.
Suspiciously missing from the article on who Kirk Bangstad is.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2023/11/07/minocqua-brewing-company-kirk-bangstad-uses-pac-to-support-democrats/71298366007/
Call it range-phobia and anyone who expresses it a rangaphobic and make it a hate crime not to buy EVs. Problem solved.
Shhhh! Don’t give them ideas!
But what If my Chrysler Sebring identifies as an EV? Wouldn’t be a hate crime to not acknowledge its own truth?
All the best to my fellow Glibertarians!
As to you too Rufus!
It’s been a slow week at work – so many people on vacation.
Rufus!! Where have you been??
My morning routine has changed so by the time I have a moment, it’s too late for morning links.
Like that has stopped anyone from glibposting on the next article 😉
The kidlings sleep in later in the winter?
The kidling is a full 18 years-old. Out parading the streets of Montreal with her friend from San Diego.
I thought you were a professional tot-herder.
Working.
Duh.
* Pounds chest twice, flashes peace sign *
Thot Thursday!
https://archive.is/Wc1vg
This guy at work..I gotta say. Bugs me to all hell. He is a parrot, terrible troubleshooter, has service knowledge of complex systems, plays swap-tronics just because and just overall unbearable.
I was questioning his logic in front of the boss and the boss can clearly tell with each question I was making this guy look like a complete asshat because his answers were “Well why not?” in which all my answers to that were theory related and on why it was a waste of time.
Supposed to be a quiet period for us in the tech world in the FAA as we aren’t touching equipment unless broken.
Is this the guy who thought he should have gotten your job?
Yeah. He took another temp position as our 2nd level technician and just so…bad.
Sounds like a worker who will have an easy time documenting what he does during eval season.
We are pass/fail (yay union!) so as long as you do the bare minimum and don’t have a supervisor that hold you accountable (its FedGov) he will continue on.
Are you hiring?
Hell, I’ll drive to CVG.
“I’ll even get there a day early!”
“Newly-opened New York City Palestinian restaurant sparks fury with ‘anti-Semitic’ seafood menu titled ‘from the river to the sea'”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12905993/New-York-City-Palestinian-restaurant-Ayat.html
CWABOA
Boo! Also Lol.
What is Palestinian food beyond Arabic or North African?
Served with a side of hatred?
I think it’s mostly just like Lebanese or Greek.
“Some of my best friends are Jews.”
I’m sick of this clown-nose on, clown-nose off routine with the Hamas motto.
It means kill all the Jews. Period. You don’t get to pretend it means peaceful coexistence when talking to the rubes.
to another beautiful day
At least it’s overcast and grey.
Jack Smith asks court to ban Trump from introducing evidence of Jan. 6 security failures
It’s the Alex Jones treatment then. IOW, not allowed to defend himself.
The Colorado Republican Party appealed the state’s Supreme Court ruling disqualifying former President Donald Trump from the upcoming 2024 GOP primary ballot, asking the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to step in, according to Reuters.
I don’t see where they get the idea that they can ban a candidate from the ballot of a primary for a private entity.
Somebody here (the Bro?) linked to an article arguing that being banned from the ballot is a civil penalty, so it doesn’t matter that he’s never been criminally convicted of insurrection. Which is a nice exercise in question-begging, since he has also never been found to have committed insurrection in a civil trial. And also begs the question of where in the federal statutes insurrection is treated as a civil, not criminal, offense. The statute reads:
“Whoever incites, sets on foot, assists, or engages in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof, or gives aid or comfort thereto, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.”
Which is clearly a criminal statute (imprisoned or fined). And note that the penalty of being banned from office is embedded in this criminal statute, which means, it, too, is a criminal penalty, not a civil penalty.
Three times Biden forgave student loan debt despite Supreme Court ruling
“They made their law. Let them – uh – you know the thing.”
Gotcha!
President Biden took a swipe at Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley for failing to mention slavery while responding to a question about the cause of the Civil War.
Reposting a video of Haley’s response during a town hall in New Hampshire on Wednesday, Biden offered a response on X, the social media platform formerly called Twitter: “It was about slavery.”
The video captured the exchange between Haley, the former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador, and a New Hampshire voter who asked the White House hopeful about the cause of the Civil War.
“Well, don’t come with an easy question, right,” Haley said during Wednesday’s town hall in Berlin, N.H. “I mean, I think the cause of the Civil War was basically how government was going to run, the freedoms and what people could and couldn’t do.”
Haley said it “always” comes down to the role of government, telling the crowd, “We need to have capitalism, we need to have economic freedom. “
She’s toast. Jefferson Davis is brown womanface.
The whole thing was a perfect setup. 10 to 1 that the question asker was a political operative for the DNC and they had the tweet in the hopper waiting for the clip to go public
Yeah, obvious.
Because this is a normal thing that happens during election season. 🙄
^^ Tedious people being tedious. News at 11.
The South seceded over slavery.
The North went to war over territory.
A more inflammatory version would be “The South seceded over the right to own Black People. The North went to war over the right to own everyone.“
Better, “The Democrats seceded over the right to own Black People.”
I would go with: “Democrats seceded when a Republican won the Presidency, after those Democrats failed in their attempt to keep the Republican nominee off the ballot. The underlying cause, of course, was those Democrats wanted to keep owning slaves, and the Republicans wanted to end slavery.”
I mean, it’s the kind of question I would set up for a Repub candidate as a Repub operative, if they could be trusted to follow the script. Sure, people can quibble about the whole “ending slavery” thing, and there were other burrs under the South’s saddle, but this is politics. Harnessing the mal-education of the citizenry to win elections is a time-honored practice.
I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so
– AL16, quoting himself in his first inaugural address
I am sure that any day now Democratic candidates will be asked, “Due to the significant role that the Party played in the institution of slavery in the United States, and seeing current calls from Democrats for reparations, should the Democratic Party take the lead in paying reparations to the descendants of slaves?”
Another day, another play of the race card. “It’s all so tiresome.”
The Granite State voter then pressed Haley on her answer, saying it was “astonishing” that she did not mention slavery in a discussion about the Civil War.
“What do you want me to say about slavery?” she asked.
You answered my question. Thank you,” the voter said.
The smug literally wafts from the page.
10 to 1 that the question asker was a political operative for the DNC
A Grievance Studies major from Dartmouth.
Same difference
many drivers in red states shun the technology altogether
Low brow, knuckle-dragging Republitards.
New testing finds electric vehicles fall short of EPA range estimates
*shocked face*
The price of free love
Joe Gow has just one regret about the recent sex videos that ended his 17-year career as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
He wishes he hadn’t self-censored that part of his life for so long, fearing his secret would lead to his being shunned by the higher education community.
After years of hearing UW leaders profess the importance of free speech, Gow decided to test that commitment. He felt the timing was apt, with months left in his chancellorship and plans to return next fall as a faculty member.
“I felt a little bit more open about ‘let’s raise these free speech issues and see how the board responds,’ and now we know,” he said.
He talked it over with his wife. They decided: “Let’s be more open.”
Gow spoke with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Wednesday evening, minutes after learning of his termination. The news stunned him.
Swing for the fence, Joe.
Was he banging students? If not, why was he working for a university?
Gee, I can think of other recent campus activities that were “abhorrent” and “reckless” and “disgust[ing]” and nothing else happened.
Once again, somebody confuses “freedom of speech” with “freedom from consequences”.
President Pen-and-Credit-Card
The U.S. on Wednesday announced what officials say could be the final package of military aid to Ukraine unless Congress approves supplemental funding legislation that is stalled on Capitol Hill.
The weapons, worth up to $250 million, include an array of air munitions and other missiles, artillery, anti-armor systems, ammunition, demolition and medical equipment and parts. The aid, provided through the Presidential Drawdown Authority, will be pulled from Pentagon stockpiles.
In a statement, Marine Lt. Col. Garron Garn, a Pentagon spokesman said there is no more funding to replace the weapons taken from department stocks. And the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, which provides long-term funding for future weapons contracts, is also out of money.
As a result, Garn said Wednesday, “Without the supplemental funding, there will be a shortfall in replenishing U.S. military stocks, affecting American military readiness.”
This seems almost reckless and irresponsible, coming from the commander in chief.
Licensed to kill, but NOT licensed to randomly walk around Yellowstone.
https://www.wtaj.com/entertainment-news/pierce-brosnan-cited-for-alleged-incident-at-yellowstone-national-park/
Sounds like he’s in hot water.
Gaston Glock, Maker of the Signature Glock Handgun, Dies at 94
article submitted
You killed him?
I thought Kathrin Tschikof schtupped him to death
“BREAKING: Now There’s Proof! Brad Raffensperger Lied to President Trump When He Told Him in Jan 2021 Phone Call There Was No Fraud in 2020 Election
Georgia Chairman of the Republican Party David Shafer later revealed that Raffensperger and Fuchs lied to the Washington Post about Trump demanding that they “find the fraud.”
Then after they leaked their version of the story to the Washington Post they deleted the audio of the call.
The audio file was later found in the laptop’s “trash” folder.”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/breaking-now-theres-proof-brad-raffensperger-lied-president/
I’d like to see a comparison between a real transcript and the allegedly fake transcript.
I thought this was previously known?
Yeah, the audio came out in 2021.
“The audio file was later found in the laptop’s “trash” folder.”
I will never cease to be astonished at how many people still don’t understand this. It’s not even “We better bleachbit this computer”. It’s “Who knew that when you delete something, it just goes into a different file.” They didn’t even have to do a forensic analysis to find/reconstruct it from the computer’s memory. It was just sitting in a different file the whole time.
There politicians and government employees. You really expect these people to be bright instead of fucking snakes/rats?
god damn autocorrect
There = They’re
Wait – There are people who don’t immediately switch their settings to “Skip the Recycle/Trash, delete directly” on day 1?
“Biden’s Decision on Apple Watch Ban Will Benefit Close Friend and Donor
Fans of Apple products will soon be unable to purchase the latest models of the Apple Watch and Apple Watch Ultra due to a ban on U.S. imports of the devices due to what is alleged to be an infringement on patents held by Masimo for the Apple wearables’ blood oxygen readings.
President Joe Biden — via the U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai — could have blocked the ban levied by the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) from taking effect, but decided not to intervene by the Christmas Day deadline to stop the ban….
“”Joe Kiani, the multimillionaire founder and CEO of Masimo, has donated millions to Democrats and is a particularly close supporter of Biden, with donations including $1 million to his Biden Foundation,” the Post reported on Thursday. The tech executive “has cultivated exceptionally close ties to Biden, who in 2019 spoke at an event where Kiani was in the audience and called him out as ‘one of my closest friends,'”
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2023/12/28/biden-donor-to-benefit-from-biden-refusal-to-block-ban-on-apple-watches-n2632936
Is there anything that isn’t election interference?
Buried lede:
Biden has a foundation, too? I wonder what its banking records would show.
Money laundering.
Anything Biden admin does will result in Biden (and members of the admin) making bank. See Ukraine money pissed away.
Daily Ray of Sunshine
WTF?
Unfortunately, buying a car proved to be difficult. One lender backed out after learning about the Prius. Another dealership refused to work with transgender people. One dealer dragged Sheryl through the whole process and multiple hard credit pulls before eventually claiming that they could not work with people who changed their gender markers. Eventually, I told Sheryl that I’d just buy her a winter beater from Facebook.
Before I could do that, Sheryl tried a couple of more dealers. One of them was nearby and had a Scion iQ in stock. Sheryl told them what was going on and for the first time since we started the car search, we heard back something heartwarming. The dealer told us her issues weren’t a problem. And that iQ? Yeah, they didn’t see why she couldn’t just come down and drive out with it.
I thought i was going to be reading some sort of car review, and I ended up with this. Virtue signallin’ ain’t got no end.
My takeaway- some “lenders” have the weird notion that crazy people are bad credit risks.
As for the Scion- it looks like an effective tool for specific circumstances, just like an EV.
“My takeaway- some “lenders” have the weird notion that crazy people are bad credit risks.”
So much this…
They denied me a loan because they are haters!
Not because I am a fucking huge security risk with a long record of being financially inept and stupid to the point sane people would simply see that I do not take my obligations to pay for shit I bought seriously.
Idiots always want to blame something or someone else for their own faults. Idiots outnumber the non idiots. By a wide margin. Hence we have a society where idiots are destroying everything by imposing their idiocy on those that don’t want none of that stupid.
Goddam fucking italics tags.
If this author believes border security is a bad thing, why not demand we ban TSA and any airport screening shit. I can save me some money avoiding the cost of a passport every 10 years too!