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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Ex-FBI lawyer convicted of forgery in probe of Trump ties to Russia reinstated by D.C. Bar and can once again practice law
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Kevin Clinesmith was convicted of forgery during the federal investigation of Russian interference into the 2016 election

  • In January, Judge James Boasberg ordered the disgraced lawyer to work 400 hours of community service and 12 months probation

  • Clinesmith agreed to suspend his own license in August 2020, allowing him to serve out the sanction before his criminal sentence was up

  • His Washington DC license was reinstated on September 2
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/18/2021 09:31 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Took one for the team, sin now memory holed, lucrative law job now being provided. demokrat corruption on display.
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 12/18/2021 15:57 Comments || Top||

#2  Clownshow. The little sh!t FORGED a document from the C!A to read the exact opposite of the truth.

This is Stasi stuff. Why is this POS not in prison?
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/18/2021 16:45 Comments || Top||

#3  Reasonable doubt at a reasonable price!
Posted by: Raj || 12/18/2021 18:18 Comments || Top||

#4  Why is this POS not in prison?

He was guaranteed protection if the POS followed the script. This was critical at keeping the rest of the FBI on board of the left.
Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 || 12/18/2021 20:14 Comments || Top||

#5  It doesn't appear that justice is not meted out fairly when Robert Palmer (in another 1-6 story posted today) got five years so that a Dem narrative could be satisfied. Or that a Congressman psycho from California can repeatedly lie on TV and in Congress with impunity.
Posted by: JohnQC || 12/18/2021 23:15 Comments || Top||


-Great Cultural Revolution
San Fran Mayor Breed: State of Emergency in Tenderloin District
Posted by: 3dc || 12/18/2021 01:57 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life,

#1  from The Anarcho-Tyranny Playbook:
1. Castigate White Rayciss; gain power
2. De-criminalize Crime -> ANARCHY
3. Elect pro-criminal Commie DA; watch crime soar
4. Declare Emergency; gain more power -> TYRANNY
5. repeat steps 1-4
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/18/2021 5:08 Comments || Top||


#3  Step #6: Target Asians for beatings and blame "White Supremacists"
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/18/2021 10:17 Comments || Top||

#4  How bout a merger of the KKK and the John Birch Society? Let SE Asians join free.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/18/2021 10:21 Comments || Top||

#5  I really don't care how many "asians" in the UK usage get beaten. I'm actually all in.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/18/2021 10:22 Comments || Top||


Woke Los Angeles DA George Gascón will NOT prosecute juveniles accused of sexual battery, assault and burglary under his expanded 'restorative justice' program in favor of 'rehabilitation'
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Leaked memo outlines Los Angeles district attorney's new diversion program

  • Plan would drop criminal charges against juveniles for certain felonies

  • Burglary, assault, robbery, arson and sexual battery charges would be eligible

  • However, firearms charges, rape and homicide are not part of the program

  • DA George Gascon has called for more rehabilitation in the justice system

  • He cites the murder of Jaqueline Avant as a failure of 'tough on crime' policies
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/18/2021 01:10 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Gangster Government.
Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 || 12/18/2021 1:29 Comments || Top||

#2  One of the Soros DAs.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/18/2021 2:01 Comments || Top||

#3  Will he bring back Midnight Basketball? Or maybe midnight Airport Festivities?
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/18/2021 4:50 Comments || Top||

#4  Gangster Government

By design. The correct term for this is Anarcho-Tyranny
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/18/2021 5:39 Comments || Top||

#5 
DA George Gascón is in violation of his oath of office to enforce the laws of Cal.

Also were are the Women Rights and Parental groups?
Given this basically an open invitation for Sex related crimes for up anyone up to 17 years 11 months?

Question: What if a 17 year old teen decides to sexually assault a bucket list of Famous Hollywood Movie stars. Or fellow student, or someone walking down the street. Will each arrest only result in counseling?


Posted by: NN2N1 || 12/18/2021 6:37 Comments || Top||

#6  ^-- you must pinky swear not to do it again.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 12/18/2021 7:14 Comments || Top||

#7  What NN2N1 said.
Posted by: Tom || 12/18/2021 8:55 Comments || Top||

#8  Well, liberal advice on rape is "just lay back and enjoy it."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/18/2021 8:57 Comments || Top||

#9  Shortage of UHAUL trucks in Los Angeles in 10…9…8…7…
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom || 12/18/2021 9:50 Comments || Top||

#10  It will be rayciss thoughtcrime to flee the urban shitholes.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/18/2021 9:55 Comments || Top||

#11  ^ Since you mentioned leaving, Peasant, get ready to pay us for the privilege

A person subject to the California State Exit Tax who chooses to leave the state will still be subject to it for ten years, at a sliding scale, amounting to a 1.80 percent exit tax, as Figure A shows. Understatement of tax would carry a penalty of the greater of $1 million or 20 percent of the tax due, on top of existing tax penalties.
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/18/2021 10:10 Comments || Top||

#12  ^ Raj, tell us how you beat this. I'm sure, like all brilliant leftist laws, there are holes you can drive a truck through.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/18/2021 10:18 Comments || Top||

#13  #11 they're Donks, they've never given up on the Fugitive Slave Act.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/18/2021 12:08 Comments || Top||

#14  I suspect justice will become more local.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/18/2021 12:10 Comments || Top||

#15  A person subject to the California State Exit Tax

Merrick, note that your exit tax article is dated August 27, 2020, which means the proposal didn’t make it as far as the election that November. If itcan’t pass even in California...
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/18/2021 12:34 Comments || Top||

#16  A first effort to recall Gascon failed but a group of citizens have plans to try again.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 12/18/2021 12:53 Comments || Top||

#17  All I know is the people of Los Angeles County California, better lay-in a tremendous supply of Gaviscon to put up with George "The Bag of Illegal Legalities" GasCon, if they are ever going to survive his surreal interpretation of law, he calls 'Restorative Justice.
Geo needs to have his Aniseed delivered via suppository double the size of the bottle you see here ⬇️
Posted by: Oscar Henbane3878 || 12/18/2021 12:53 Comments || Top||

#18  They all feel white guilty for living in paradise. Their intentions will change that for them, right quick.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/18/2021 13:17 Comments || Top||


Rioter gets 5 years in harshest sentence yet over Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection
[IsraelTimes] 54-year-old Robert Palmer says he is ashamed of his actions, after watching a video of himself attacking officers with a pole and hurling a fire extinguisher at them.

A Capitol rioter who attacked coppers working to hold back the angry pro-Trump mob on January 6 was sentenced Friday to more than five years behind bars, the most so far for anyone sentenced in the insurrection.

Robert Palmer, 54, of Largo, Florida, wept as he told US District Judge Tanya Chutkan that he recently watched a video of his actions that day and could not believe what he was seeing.

"Your honor. I’m really really ashamed of what I did," he said through tears.

Palmer was one of several rioters sentenced on Friday in District of Columbia court for their actions that day, when the angry mob descended to disrupt the certification of Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. The nincompoop who dumped Afghanistan. The copier doesdn't exist that could reelect him....
’s victory following a rally by then-President Donald Trump
...Oh, noze! Not him!...
. Scores of police were beaten and bloodied, five people died
No, Ay Pee journalist. One person died — Ashlee Babbit, shot dead by a Capitol Police lieutenant. The others died of various causes, including suicide, over the next six months or so.
and there was about $1.5 million in damage done to the US Capitol.
How much done by Antifa and FBI informants leading and encouraging misbehaviour vs. Trump voters?
Palmer is the 65th defendant to be sentenced overall. More than 700 people have been charged.
The rest are experiencing justice so long delayed as to be justice denied.
A college student who posted online that "Infamy is just as good as fame" after she climbed through a broken window at Capitol was sentenced to a month in jail for her actions. Gracyn Courtright, 23, of Hurricane, West Virginia, didn’t injure anyone, though, and her sentence reflected that.
Is that in addition to nearly a year in prison awaiting trial? If yes, it suddenly is not a minor sentence.
But Palmer made his way to the front line during the chaos and started to attack, throwing a wooden plank, spraying a fire extinguisher, then hurling it when it was done. He rooted around for other objects, prosecutors said. He was briefly pepper-sprayed by police before he attacked officers again with a pole. He pleaded guilty to attacking officers.
If that is indeed what happened, so he should. The next question is whether he was a ringer or an overenthusiastic Trump supporter.
Palmer said in a handwritten letter to the judge that he felt betrayed by Trump and his allies who fed them conspiracy theories.

"Trump supporters were lied to by those at the time who had great power," he wrote. "They kept spitting out the false narrative about a stolen election and how it was ’our duty’ to stand up to tyranny."

Palmer, who has been held at the DC jail among fetid conditions that prompted a review by authorities, said it wasn’t fair that he be punished so severely when the ringleaders aren’t even behind bars.
The top floor of the FBI and Antifa cadres? Agreed.
The judge agreed — to a point. "It is true that the people who extorted you and encouraged you and rallied you to go and take action have not been charged," she said. "That is not the court’s decision. I have my opinions but they are not relevant."

Before Palmer’s sentencing of 63 months, the longest prison term handed down for a Capitol rioter was 41 months. That was the sentence received by both
Jacob Chansley
, the
...mentally ill — they keep forgetting to report that he’s mentally ill....
Arizona man who wore a horned fur hat, bare chest and face paint inside the Capitol; and New Jersey gym owner Scott Fairlamb, the first person to be sentenced for assaulting a law enforcement officer during the riot.

"It has to be made clear ... trying to stop the peaceful transition of power and assaulting law enforcement officers is going to be met with certain punishment," the judge said. "There are going to be consequences. I’m not making an example of you. I’m sentencing you for the conduct you did."

Courtright, 23, of Hurricane, West Virginia, sobbed as she told US District Court Judge Christopher Cooper that "if I could take back anything in my life it would be my actions on January 6."

She posted photos of herself online — like scores of other rioters — reveling in the moment. "Can’t wait to tell my grandkids I was here!" she wrote, and inside the Senate chamber, she was photographed holding a "Members only" sign.

"I will never be the same girl again," the University of Kentucky student said through tears. "This has changed me completely."

After the riot, she dug in on social media when she was criticized for her actions, before eventually deleting her accounts. Courtright is among the youngest of those charged in the Capitol riot so far.

Her attorney on Friday argued she had no idea what she was doing and that she wasn’t a political activist — she didn’t even vote in the election she was there to protest. The judge seized on that during his remarks.

"That is your choice obviously, but in my view — if any citizen wants to participate in our democracy, casting a vote is the price of admission," he said. "Because when you do that, you have to study the issues and the candidates, learn what their policies are, figure out how those policies are affecting your community."

Participating in a democracy isn’t like going to a University of Kentucky game and "rooting for a team just because of the color of their jerseys," the judge said. "It’s certainly not resorting to violence when your team doesn’t win the game," he told Courtright.

Cooper also noted that Courtright made it to the floor of the US Senate at about the exact time that Ashli Babbitt, on the House, side was rubbed out.

"Do you know how many people died on January 6, 5. Including Ms. Babbitt?" he asked. "Five."
Lie. Only one, including Ms Babbitt.
"Do you know how many Capitol coppers did away with himself after January 6, harmed from the trauma of that day? Four," the judge added. "So was it cool to have been there?"

"No," she answered emphatically.

Still, the judge said the recommended six months in prison was too high and sentenced her instead to 30 days, one year of supervised release, and 60 hours of community service.

He said he hoped she could pull her life together and that she "should not be judged by the worst mistake you have made in your life."

Courtesy of Skidmark, the Daily Mail has photos from the day, and also Mr. Palmer’s written contrition.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/18/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  If only he'd been a juvenile in Los Angeles...
Posted by: Glenmore || 12/18/2021 1:49 Comments || Top||

#2  Complete shitshow.

Do you know how many people were killed, you lying asshole? ONE. Ashli Babbitt -- who threatened no one.

Can you mendacious f--kwads count for us the number of citizens slaughtered so far by your BLM paramilitary wing in its carnival of violence?

Do you even know how many Secret Service and White House Security officers these violent monsters sent to the hospital in their assault on the White House in May 2020? Here's a clue for you: it's a very large multiple of your bogus "five" number for the Capitol Hill trespassers' non-victims.

How many of those ACTUAL insurrectionists have you convicted and given multi-year sentences to?

Zero? Then STFU you mendacious POS

We Are Tyrannized By Robed Morons

Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/18/2021 5:34 Comments || Top||

#3 
"Attacking officers with a pole and hurling a fire extinguisher at them."

I have to agree... he went ape $hit and should be locked up. But while we are at, it let us apply EQUAL JUSTICE across the board. By doing so for PORTLAND, LA, SEATTLE RIOTERS like ANTI-FA / BLM person also.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 12/18/2021 6:43 Comments || Top||

#4  after she climbed through a broken window at Capitol was sentenced to a month in jail for her actions.

Why wasn't she shot for the same crime Ashlee Babbit was committing?
Posted by: Bobby || 12/18/2021 9:00 Comments || Top||

#5  Doesn't look like Robert Palmer's putting the band back together now!
Posted by: Raj || 12/18/2021 9:17 Comments || Top||

#6  "Mr. Bob? Him dead. Hin gah dam dead..."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/18/2021 9:18 Comments || Top||

#7 
Posted by: Chris || 12/18/2021 16:27 Comments || Top||

#8  You asked for it and you got it, Jeebus. Phrase it more artfully and it could stay, Chris
Posted by: Frank G || 12/18/2021 18:33 Comments || Top||

#9  nah, some shit just needs to be said
Posted by: Chris || 12/18/2021 21:37 Comments || Top||

#10  they can put that 1 on with the rest of my list
Posted by: Chris || 12/18/2021 21:38 Comments || Top||

#11  IANAL, but can't anything be done about the judge Coopers's erroneous statement of deaths? Appeal filed due to his statements of ignorance or outright lying during his sentencing process?
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 || 12/18/2021 21:59 Comments || Top||

#12  ^ My question, too, Bubba. Dunno either, just didn't want you feeling lonely if you got no answer. ;-)
Posted by: George Unolugum2040 || 12/18/2021 23:27 Comments || Top||


'She's a lobbyist for Senator Karen': Now Elon Musk turns his fire on MSNBC's '(Lack of) Joy Reid' after she claimed he culturally appropriated his Karen insult for Elizabeth Warren from black people
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Elon Musk and Senator Elizabeth Warren on Monday began their most recent spat

  • Musk was named Time's person of the year, but was criticized by Warren - who has long called for the rich to pay more tax - as 'the world's richest freeloader'

  • The two then traded barbs, and on Wednesday Warren appeared on MSNBC's Joy Reid's show and continued her attacks

  • Musk had called Warren a 'Senator Karen', and then accused Reid of being a lobbyist for 'Senator Karen'

  • Reid accused Musk of 'misappropriating black vernacular for misogynistic purposes' with his use of the term 'Karen'
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/18/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Mob Rule

#1 
Using the Liberal idea that women are equal to men in every way.

Doesn't it this allow Men to respond and defend themselves in a equal manner?

Besides Warren is a well documented Lair.
But Liberals Love her and keep putting a KNOWN Lair back in office.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 12/18/2021 7:05 Comments || Top||

#2 
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/18/2021 7:33 Comments || Top||

#3  Musk has no use for that vile windbag and neither do I.
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/18/2021 7:35 Comments || Top||

#4  He seems to be using her as a speed-bag right now. Rock on, Elon.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/18/2021 7:41 Comments || Top||

#5  He's not wrong.

It isn't about equality. It is about habitually poor decision makers having an excuse to gang up on productive people while users make profits off of the chaos.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 12/18/2021 13:56 Comments || Top||

#6  These people act like 4 year olds.
Posted by: newc || 12/18/2021 14:40 Comments || Top||

#7  And the media tells us childish ways are the epitome.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/18/2021 14:43 Comments || Top||

#8  Karen is a black name? Who Knew?
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 || 12/18/2021 20:45 Comments || Top||

#9  My caucasian sister Karen was surprised
Posted by: Frank G || 12/18/2021 21:46 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
House Democrats Show Their Priorities, Approve New State 'Anti-Islamophobia' Office
[RedState] I know, right?

The continuing border crisis. Rising gas prices and overall inflation spiraling out of control. American citizens, purposely left behind in Afghanistan and still trapped behind Taliban lines. Plummeting Biden approval rates. An out-of-control infectious and emerging diseases "expert" and a disastrous vice president.

The list goes on.

At least no one can accuse Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats of failing to keep their priorities straight.

As reported by Reuters, the House on Tuesday voted along straight party lines (219-212) to approve a bill to create a State Department office to "address anti-Muslim bias," after Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) called Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) a member of a "Jihad Squad."

In addition, as reported by my colleague streiff, earlier this month, Boebert called out Omar for "financial shenanigans, a fraudulent (we hope) and incestuous marriage, and for being a member of above-mentioned ’Jihad Squad." — all of which, Omar has been accused of in the past, multiple times.

As to the "Jihad Squad" blast, call what you want, it matters not. What does matter is that the dopey so-called "Squad" — Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, and Ayana Pressley demonstrate anti-American, anti-Israel, pro-Islamist behavior on a regular basis.

The silly "Oh, yeah — I’ll show you!" bill was authored by Omar and would even create a special envoy for "monitoring and combating Islamophobia and include state-sponsored anti-Muslim violence in the department’s annual human rights reports," as noted by the wire service report.

Said Omar, on the House floor:
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/18/2021 07:37 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
Posted by: Frank G || 12/18/2021 7:54 Comments || Top||

#2  ^^^^^ This is spot on and never gets old.
Posted by: Tom || 12/18/2021 8:56 Comments || Top||

#3  As Capt. Willard said, "It was a lie. And I had learned to hate lies."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/18/2021 8:58 Comments || Top||

#4  The State Dept. - working against American interests since the 1950's. I'd love to be the guy giving at least half their employees the big Size 10 boot in the ass out the flippin' door in a real Republican administration.
Posted by: Raj || 12/18/2021 9:11 Comments || Top||

#5  We will need electric park benches. And clones of Robert Elliott.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/18/2021 9:14 Comments || Top||

#6  Some Republican should introduce a bill that mimics the Ilhan Omar bill, but substitute 'anti-Semitism' and 'Christophobia' for 'Islamophobia'.
Of course, such a bill would go nowhere. It would be accused of promoting one religion over another, and on and on.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 12/18/2021 10:39 Comments || Top||

#7  The Corbynification of the Democratic Party ... But will it get passed in the Senate, or is this just posturing for the rubes?
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/18/2021 12:01 Comments || Top||

#8  "Islamophobia": A reference without a referent, since a "phobia" is defined as an "irrational fear or hatred".
Posted by: Mercutio || 12/18/2021 12:49 Comments || Top||


Biden calls Kamala 'President Harris', says black entrepreneurs don't usually have lawyers in speech attacking the Republican 'assault' on voting rights
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Biden gave a commencement speech at South Carolina State University Friday

  • In a slip, he referred to his vice president as 'President Harris'

  • He called on his young, Black audience to become leaders in society

  • And he condemned attacks on voting rights as 'unAmerican'

  • His visit was a favor to Rep. Jim Clyburn who helped revive his 2020 campaign
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/18/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  Someone done need' put y'all in chains, Magoo. Or at leas' chain yo' mouf
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/18/2021 4:56 Comments || Top||

#2 

Correction ☺☻
Democrat Race Pimps and Baiting entrepreneurs usually have a Bus Load of slimy Lawyers ready to defend the Democrat's clear violations of Civil Rights & Voter Rights by use of Democrat fraudulently cast votes.


BTW: The South Carolina State University system is 93% Black vs. 3.4% White. So where is the discrimination?



Posted by: NN2N1 || 12/18/2021 6:59 Comments || Top||

#3  MC Escher said the picture gave him a migraine.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/18/2021 7:17 Comments || Top||

#4  Considering his historical attitude concerning black people, bet he was a little bit more curdled than usual.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 12/18/2021 15:58 Comments || Top||


Democrat Senator Under Fire After Speaking at Communist Group's Gala
[THEEPOCHTIMES] Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) spoke during a recent gala held by a communist group, hailing the event as a "remarkable occasion."Blumenthal was present when the Connecticut People’s World Committee, a branch of Communist Party USA, held an awards ceremony earlier this month. He was introduced as a "special surprise guest."

"I am really excited and honored to be with you today and to share this remarkable occasion," Blumenthal said.

"You don’t have to agree with anyone or everyone, with any party or any particular union or organization. I’m here to honor the great tradition of activism and standing up for individual workers that is represented by the three honorees here," he added.

Blumenthal spoke for about six minutes.

"If you are not already part of the Communist Party, we invite you to participate and contribute and join," Lisa Bergmann, one of the event’s hosts, said after the speech.

The senator’s appearance was promoted by the committee in a summary of the night’s events.

But it drew criticism from others.

"My father was held captive and tortured by the communist regime in Cuba It is INSANE to watch politicians in our country embrace the ideology that caused millions across the world to pay a heavy price," Mercedes Schlapp, a former Trump administration strategist who hosts the Conservative Political Action Conference, wrote on Twitter.

"Blumenthal, one of the wealthiest US senators, is cozying up with the COMMUNIST PARTY," the Connecticut GOP said, adding that "It’s time to send our embarrassment of a senator to an early retirement in 2022."
Posted by: Fred || 12/18/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Given the historical record, you have to be a special sort of idiot to think Communism is good idea.
Posted by: SteveS || 12/18/2021 0:47 Comments || Top||

#2  He learned a lot about communism while fighting in VietNam.
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 12/18/2021 16:05 Comments || Top||

#3 
He learned a lot about communism while fighting in VietNam.

Which side did he fight for?
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 || 12/18/2021 22:12 Comments || Top||


Nancy Pelosi DEFENDS members of Congress trading stocks after report said 49 have violated conflict of interest law and with her husband Paul buying thousands of shares
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • 'We are a free-market economy. They should be able to participate in that,' Pelosi said when asked about dozens of lawmakers

  • She was responding to report that dozens of lawmakers had failed to meet reporting requirements in STOCK Act

  • Former Obama ethics official Walter Shaub called Pelosi 'wrong'
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/18/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  She knows we can't do anything about it. So we can go fuck ourselves.

The real problem here is the media bringing it up. They know better, they know their place is supporting the powerful and punching down on the little guy.
Posted by: Clulet Splat5443 || 12/18/2021 0:54 Comments || Top||

#2  Well, just prosecute the Republicans then.
Posted by: Glenmore || 12/18/2021 1:50 Comments || Top||

#3  This has been going on for years. Medicare, solar panels all known about and invested in before government approves payments. Insider trading for the elites.
Posted by: Dale || 12/18/2021 4:00 Comments || Top||

#4  Classic example: then-Senator John Kerry going short the market in Sept 2008 right after hearing closed-door Senate testimony from ex-Goldman Sachs exec Hank Paulson about the impending financial market meltdown

We Are Ruled By Contemptuous and Corrupt Morons
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/18/2021 4:54 Comments || Top||

#5 

So who investigates the investigators and criminally charges them?
Would it be the Biden Juntas Liberalized DOJ?, The SEC? ... who?
Posted by: NN2N1 || 12/18/2021 7:08 Comments || Top||

#6 
Posted by: Greng Black3494 || 12/18/2021 13:33 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
Google Play App sends user info directly to Russian Hackers
[ARS TECHNICA] Google Play app with 500,000 downloads sent user contacts to Russian server

Joker malware, which surreptitiously signs up users to pricey services, strikes again.

An Android app with more than 500,000 downloads from Google Play has been caught hosting malware that surreptitiously sends users’ contacts to an attacker-controlled server and signs up users to pricey subscriptions, a security firm reported.

The app, named Color Message, was still available on Google servers at the time this post was being prepared. Google removed it more than three hours after I asked the company for comment.

Posted by: 3dc || 12/18/2021 02:06 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Pirates



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