Even bigger than justice for one young man!-----The Captain's Journal--Kyle Rittenhouse: Not Guilty On All Counts

The Captain's Journal--Kyle Rittenhouse: Not Guilty On All Counts

"UPDATE: Glenn Reynolds observes, “This is a big deal not only because of the merits of the individual case, which manifestly shouldn’t have been brought, but because all the effort around it by the left was aimed at establishing the principle that their thugs could riot in the streets, but that normals don’t dare resist. 

This is a huge setback for that effort.”...Read all.

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History for November 20

History for November 20 - On-This-Day.com

Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) 1925 - Politician

• 1873 - Budapest was formed when the rival cities of Buda and Pest were united to form the capital of Hungary.
• 1943 - During World War II, U.S. Marines began their landing on Tarawa and Makin atolls in the Gilbert Islands.
• 1945 - 24 Nazi leaders went before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany.
• 1947 - Britain's Princess Elizabeth married Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh in Westminster Abbey.
• 1983 - An estimated 100 million people watched the controversial ABC-TV movie "The Day After." The movie depicted the outbreak of nuclear war.
• 1993 - The U.S. Senate passed the Brady Bill and legislation implementing NAFTA.
• 1998 - Afghanistan's Taliban militia offered Osama bin Laden safe haven. Osama bin Laden had been accused of orchestrating two U.S. embassy bombings in Africa and later terrorist attacks on New York City and the Pentagon.
  

Horowitz: Are elites planning a COVID repeat ... with smallpox? - TheBlaze

Horowitz: Are elites planning a COVID repeat ... with smallpox? - TheBlaze: 

So when Bill Gates is warning about smallpox right before vials of smallpox are discovered, and in the same week a Maryland woman tests positive for monkeypox, we should pay attention. But that is not even the punch line. Just like with coronavirus, they were already working on a "cure." On June 4, the CDC randomly approved a smallpox drug, Tembexa (brincidofovir), because "there have been longstanding concerns that the virus that causes smallpox, the variola virus, could be used as a bioweapon."

The way we were-----Flashback to 1979 - A Timeline of Life in America

Austria Announces Nationwide Vaccine Mandate, Full-Scale COVID-19 Lockdown

"Austria will enter another nationwide COVID-19 lockdown and will make vaccination compulsory from February, Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg announced Friday, becoming one of the few countries in the world to take the drastic step to mandate shots as it struggles to boost stagnant vaccination rates and contain record levels of COVID-19."

Why are there not riots in the streets?-----Rewarding every combination of incompetence and theft?-----How Michigan's UIA shrugged off a $4 billion mistake | Michigan | thecentersquare.com

How Michigan's UIA shrugged off a $4 billion mistake | Michigan | thecentersquare.com
"(The Center Square) – When an audit found that Michigan’s Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) paid out nearly $4 billion in ineligible claims, the agency acknowledged “some errors were made.”
...“The agency had two choices: 

• Either get the money out the door as soon as possible 
• and don’t verify anyone’s eligibility, 
• or they verify the eligibility, and it takes a little bit longer to get the money,” Johnson said. 

“That decision cost the state of Michigan $4 billion.”
...Senior UIA staff said said that former UIA Director Steve Gray “made unilateral decisions” before his Nov. 2020 resignation and then, at that time, secretly pocketed an $85,872 severance deal and a confidentiality agreement amid months of record jobless claims.

DHS inspector general refuses to investigate Border Patrol agents whom media accused of whipping migrants - TheBlaze

DHS inspector general refuses to investigate Border Patrol agents whom media accused of whipping migrants - TheBlaze: 

The DHS revealed Tuesday that its agency watchdog, the office of inspector general, has not and will not investigate the incident, a telling admission. Instead, the agency's office of personal responsibility is handling the investigation.

Biden gets a colonoscopy so doctors can study his brain, and whatnot

Study: Charging Up EVs Costs More Than Filling Up Gas Tanks

Study: Charging Up EVs Costs More Than Filling Up Gas Tanks
"A study from Anderson Economic Group has found that it

costs more to charge an electric vehicle than it does to keep a traditional car filled up with gas. 
...Costs to drive an EV compared with a gasoline car are detailed in a report Anderson Economic released Thursday called "Comparison: Real W
orld Cost of Fueling EVs and ICE Vehicles."
The study has four major findings:
There are four additional costs to powering EVs 

• beyond electricity (the cost of electricity to charge vehicle): 
• cost of a home charger, 
• commercial charging, 
• the EV tax and 
• "deadhead" miles...Read all.

When elected politicians lie!-Lunch video-----Cori Bush CAUGHT Lying About Her Experience In Ferguson 7 Years Ago...

Noon-toon----- And they thought 2014 was awful??

 

Top general in US military warns of possible surprise nuclear attack from China, cites hypersonic missile tests and new silos: 'Should create a sense of urgency' - TheBlaze

Top general in US military warns of possible surprise nuclear attack from China, cites hypersonic missile tests and new silos: 'Should create a sense of urgency' - TheBlaze: 

The general also noted that for some reason the summertime hypersonic failed to create a "sense of urgency." This laissez-faire attitude was reflected in White House press secretary Jen Psaki's statement following initial reports of the summer's surprise hypersonic tests. According to Psaki, the people in the Biden administration "welcome stiff competition." Hyten seems to have a slightly different take.

This government is a mess!

 

Wait what? FDA wants 55 years to process FOIA request over vaccine data | Reuters

Wait what? FDA wants 55 years to process FOIA request over vaccine data | Reuters

"(Reuters) - Freedom of Information Act requests are rarely speedy, but when a group of scientists asked the federal government to share the data it relied upon in licensing Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, the response went beyond typical bureaucratic foot-dragging.

As in 55 years beyond.

That’s how long the Food & Drug Administration in court papers this week proposes it should be given to review and release the trove of vaccine-related documents responsive to the request. 

If a federal judge in Texas agrees, plaintiffs Public Health and Medical Professionals for Transparency can expect to see the full record in 2076...Read all.

Government at war with parents???

 

What Happens if the Vice President Steps Down?

What Happens if the Vice President Steps Down?
"There has been a strange rumor that Vice-President Harris may resign. 

...What happens when a Vice-President resigns—or dies or is impeached, or for that matter leaves office to become President—and in particular what happens when there's a 50-50 senate?
...Twenty-Fifth Amendment provides:
...[1.] If the Senators are tied, would Vice-President Harris be able to break the tie to approve her own replacement? No, I think...
...[2.] Can the President pro tempore of the Senate break the tie?...Read all.

#1 This day 1981-----Olivia Newton-John - Physical (Official Video)

Interesting observation. Excellent legal site-----Rittenhouse VERDICT WATCH: Has Jury Foreperson Gone Rogue And Holding Back Acquittal?

Rittenhouse VERDICT WATCH: Has Jury Foreperson Gone Rogue And Holding Back Acquittal?

• MY SUSPICION: JUROR #54, FOREPERSON, IS THE HOLDOUT AGAINST ACQUITTAL

"I have a growing suspicion that this jury has not yet arrived at a unanimous verdict of acquittal only because of the resistance of juror #54, a woman who also happens to be the foreperson, who seems to be the hold-out against acquittal.
The jury selection risk to Kyle was always going to be that a “mask Karen” type, usually of leftist political persuasion, bossy, entitled, and status-sensitive, would be seated on the jury. 

Such a person would be most unlikely to ever vote for acquittal—her social group would necessarily know she had done so, given the unanimous nature of an acquittal.
In addition, this type of person is likely to seize the leadership position of foreperson on a jury, to suit their bossy and entitled nature...
Then we have the jury note from yesterday asking for access to the Exhibit #5 drone video footage and related evidence. It was written by juror #54, the jury foreperson, and an apparent woman:

The tone of that note suggests to me that the person who wrote it is accustomed to giving orders to underlings—personal assistants, staff, household help—and here the note is being addressed in this tone to the trial judge as if the judge were a staffer to the jury foreperson...Read all.

And this: 

Judge allowing the jury to take home instructions raises concerns they’ll play the “dictionary game”

GOP women gots more balls than GOP men!

 

NY Times writer mocks 'inflation hysterics' and gets hit with brutal wave of backlash online - TheBlaze

NY Times writer mocks 'inflation hysterics' and gets hit with brutal wave of backlash online - TheBlaze: 

A New York Times writer faced some brutal backlash after she mocked the "inflation hysterics" that she said were actually favoring the poor. Sarah Jeong, a member of the New York Times editorial board, tweeted on Wednesday that inflation was actually hurting rich people and not poor people as is regularly reported in the media.

Little has changed!-----Malign Foreign Influence: China's United Front :: Gatestone Institute

Malign Foreign Influence: China's United Front :: Gatestone Institute

• Newsweek did an extensive report that linked 600 groups operating in the US to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

• [FBI Director Christopher] Wray used a phrase common among counter-intelligence professionals: "malign foreign influence." This phrase describes the covert efforts the FBI has seen in several cases where American politicians were influenced indirectly to adopt policies the Chinese regime desires, particularly in four areas: Hong Kong, Taiwan, human rights abuses against the Uighurs, and the Chinese government's role in the Covid-19 pandemic.

• That is fascinating considering that just this month, the U.S. State Department announced it would stop using that phrase.

• The irony here is that those "PRC nationals" the State Department wishes not to offend are exactly the kinds of people that are employed by or connected to [Chinese Communist] entities operating in the US.

• "This is the second time Chairman Meeks [D-NY] has blocked taking action against the United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party, an organization which literally exists for the purpose of undermining our democracy and engaging in political warfare. It baffles me why Chairman Meeks seems to oppose any measure holding the Chinese Communist Party accountable." — Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN), National Review, September 13, 2021.

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History for November 19

History for November 19 - On-This-Day.com

James Garfield (U.S.) 1831

• 1863 - U.S. President Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania.
• 1928 - "Time" magazine presented its cover in color for the first time. The subject was Japanese Emperor Hirohito.
• 1942 - During World War II, Russian forces launched their winter offensive against the Germans along the Don front.
• 1954 - Two automatic toll collectors were placed in service on the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey.
• 1959 - Ford Motor Co. announced it was ending the production of the unpopular Edsel.
• 1977 - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat became the first Arab leader to set foot in Israel on an official visit.
• 1993 - The U.S. Senate approved a sweeping $22.3 billion anti-crime measure.
• 2007 - The Amazon Kindle was first released.