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-Lurid Crime Tales-
2 Chicago police officers and a suspect are hospitalized after traffic stop shootout
[EN.ALGHADEER.TV] Two reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown
...home of Al Capone, the Chicago Black Sox, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel...
coppers pulled over a person suspected of having a gun early Sunday, and all three ended up hospitalized with gunshot wounds, officials said.It marks the second time in a month Chicago officers were shot trying to take someone into custody. A suspected carjacker injured three officers as they tried to arrest him July 30, police said.

In Sunday morning’s shooting, one officer suffered injuries to the upper chest and left shoulder and is in good condition, said Dr. Hadyn Hollister at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, where both officers are being treated.

"The other officer sustained two gunshots to his left arm — one to the left, lower chest and one to the left, upper back. He did sustain a serious injury to his lung. He also appears to have sustained some abdominal injuries," Hollister said, explaining the officer is scheduled for surgery Sunday and is at death's door but stable.

The condition of the alleged offender is unclear. The suspect was transported to Loyola University Medical Center, police said, without elaborating on the person’s injuries.

Police with a summer mobile unit made the traffic stop in the Homan Square neighborhood about 2:30 a.m. (3:30 a.m. ET) after seeing a vehicle matching the description provided during a report about a person with a gun, the Chicago Police Department said in a statement. The officers saw a gun in the car, Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said.

"While attempting to place the individual into custody, a struggle ensued, and the offender fired multiple shots, striking both officers," according to a police statement.

The person in the car was in the back seat and did not comply with officers’ orders, Brown said. Officers broke the vehicle’s windows to get the person out of the car, and the suspect shot both officers, he said.

A third officer, called to the scene after the first two officers saw the gun in the car, shot the suspect, the superintendent said.

Sergeant acted heroically, officials say

The injured officers are both in their early 20s, and they have been with the department for two years, Brown said. They will be placed on administrative duties for 30 days, police said.

The weapon was recovered, and Sherlocks are reviewing the officers’ bodycams, Brown said.

The Civilian Office of Police Accountability and police have launched a use-of-force investigation, the CPD statement said.

"Our brave officers took someone off the street who had a very dangerous weapon," Mayor Lori Lightfoot
...the diminutive and vacuous Heronner da Mare of Chicago. When the corpse count rises she blames the guns, which are banned anyway...
said. "Our neighborhood is safer tonight because of the heroic work of there two officers."

Brown and Lightfoot praised the officers’ sergeant, who acted quickly to get them medical treatment.

"Their supervisor rose to the occasion and brought them here and probably saved their lives, so I want to say a special thanks to him," said Lightfoot, joining Brown in the media briefing outside the emergency room that received the officers.

Shootings often spike in Chicago during the summer, and Lightfoot has made curbing the gun violence an administration priority. Even with the added attention, there have been numerous fits of violence:

Summer mobile units, like the one involved in Sunday’s shooting, were deployed in May to bolster policing in "hot spots" throughout the city, Brown told local media.



Posted by: Fred || 08/31/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [17 views] Top|| File under:


The Karen Who Called the Cops on Jacob Blake Now Calls Herself His Fiancée
The latest in Wisconsin Urban Lottery News:
[VDare] Earlier this year, Laquisha N. Booker had the Kenosha police take out a felony sexual assault warrant against her ex-boyfriend Jacob Blake, telling them (according to the warrant):

LNB stated she and the defendant have three children together but have never resided together in the eight years they have been on and off. LNB stated the defendant is unemployed, has no vehicle, and would not tell LNB where he was currently living. LNB stated over the past eight years the defendant has physically assaulted her around twice a year when he drinks heavily.

But all appears to be forgiven now that Blake's financial prospects are looking up:
Posted by: Voldemort Platypus2749 || 08/31/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Well, he is a millionaire, after all. Can't blame the girl.
Posted by: KBK || 08/31/2020 0:18 Comments || Top||

#2  The loss of life is tragic, but there may be a payday involved so best to get in line early.
Posted by: SteveS || 08/31/2020 1:00 Comments || Top||

#3  Odds of him being able to chase and beat her again?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 08/31/2020 6:08 Comments || Top||

#4  no loss of life in this circumstance, and if he can manage to string 2 words together semi-coherently, the leftists have their latest saint made flesh.
Posted by: Bob Grorong1136 || 08/31/2020 7:46 Comments || Top||

#5  no loss of life in this circumstance,

You are correct. We have had so many "Idiot get shot fighting with the cops" stories that I'm starting to lose track.
Posted by: SteveS || 08/31/2020 11:58 Comments || Top||

#6  Looking for Virginia’s to replace one well used BFF. Allen says it’s ok to beat the opposite sax.
Posted by: One Eyed Lover of the Danes1100 || 08/31/2020 12:49 Comments || Top||

#7  Calling the cops on an asshole who has a history of roughing you up when he shows at your house at 6am isn't what I'd call a Karen move.

Raising three kids by him, yeah think she should get some of that action. Don't know WI law but I would think there is a good legal argument for it.

Sounds like a hit/defamation piece to me.

Expect more, especially as more people get turned onto the fact this guy is the very stereotype everyone is supposed to be ashamed of - out of control single black man father of three with a history of woman beating, drug and alcohol abuse, and sleeping with anyone he can get his hands on age be damned.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 08/31/2020 14:41 Comments || Top||

#8  Definitely a hit piece, especially considering how muddled domestic abuse cases can be under "normal" circumstances. She could very well be both the fiance and a person who hated his guts and needed to call the police on that day, but won't talk about it today. How many millions of times has the woman called the police and then clammed up the next day/week in domestic abuse calls?
Posted by: Vernal Hatrick || 08/31/2020 14:53 Comments || Top||

#9  How many millions of times has the woman called the police and then clammed up the next day/week in domestic abuse calls?

That happens far too often.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 08/31/2020 15:12 Comments || Top||

#10  When this story broke, he was described as the ex-boyfriend and father of 5, 3 hers. She hadn't seen him in months. With a Go Fund Me account over $2M, the tune suddenly changes in a stereotypical way.
Posted by: Ulolump Grumble1426 || 08/31/2020 15:33 Comments || Top||

#11  Watch as every single mom he's ever been inside of files for child support.

I was hoping every shitbird possible would come feed from this trough.

'NFL players honor JakeTheRape Blake'

moar plez, is there not a team with enough wokeness to hire him on as a honorary player?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 08/31/2020 16:15 Comments || Top||

#12  He would make an excellent NFL players' mascot.
Posted by: Groger Noodleman4062 || 08/31/2020 17:20 Comments || Top||

#13  The Pittsburg Wheelers.
Green Bay Stalkers.
Minnesota Strikings.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 08/31/2020 17:55 Comments || Top||

#14  He would make an excellent NFL players' mascot.

Maybe he has skills. They should let him tryout as a walk-on.

What? Too soon?
Posted by: SteveS || 08/31/2020 17:56 Comments || Top||

#15  Wide Receiver; hear he has some wheels on him.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 08/31/2020 18:11 Comments || Top||

#16  He doesn't have a leg to stand on.
Posted by: Canuckistan sniper || 08/31/2020 18:19 Comments || Top||

#17  Bay City Roller
Posted by: Shinese Gray2087 || 08/31/2020 18:48 Comments || Top||

#18  #14 - Snark O' The Day
Posted by: Frank G || 08/31/2020 18:59 Comments || Top||

#19  Make a mural of him and paint some angel wings on him and all is forgiven.
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 08/31/2020 19:16 Comments || Top||

#20  Does seem that the embracing of African names like Laquisha is somehow related to a step-back in equality for some reason.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 08/31/2020 20:20 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
KEI asks DOD to investigate failure to disclose DARPA funding in Moderna patents
[KEIonline] Luis Gil Abinader has taken a deep dive into Moderna’s
[stock ticker MRNA]
surprising practice of never declaring government funding in its 126 patents and 154 patent applications, despite having had funding from multiple federal agencies.

One outcome of his research is a 25 page report (RN-2020-3) on Moderna’s failure to report funding from DARPA, and a request by KEI to DOD and DARPA to remedy this, including by taking title to patents where disclosures should have been made. (Text of letter below, and PDF version here).

KEI will also send a letter to BARDA. The letter below was addressed to DOD and DARPA, and focuses on their funding.

CONTEXT
The obligation to disclose federal funding in patent applications has been subject to presidential executive orders, statutes, regulations and contracts, including those cited and quoted in Abinader’s report. The disclosure clarifies the public’s rights in the inventions and the obligations on the entity getting the money, on everything from the government’s worldwide royalty free license to the public’s march-in rights, obligations to make inventions available to the public on reasonable terms, and additional safeguards that can be exercised by a government inclined to do so.

Secondly, the disclosure changes the narrative about who has financed the inventive activity, often the most risky part of development.

One of the earlier norms on this was Franklin Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9424, on the Establishment of a Register of Government interests in patents.

In 2018, the regulations on disclosure were modified by NIST (see 83 FR 15954), where, among other things, the government gave itself unlimited time to remedy a failure to disclose federal funding, to eliminate one loophole that created an incentive ignore the disclosure requirement.

In the past, the US Department of Defense has taken title to patents where federal funding was not disclosed. See: Campbell Plastics v. Brownlee, 389 F.3d 1243 (Fed. Cir. 2004).

There is more on the broader issue of disclosure of government funding in patents here: https://www.keionline.org/bayh-dole/failure-to-disclose

The research on the Moderna/DARPA funding is outlined in a 25 page August 27, 2020 report by Luis Gil Abinader, titled: "Moderna failures to disclose DARPA funding in patented inventions." RN-2020-3

Below is the text of the KEI letter to Dr. Mark T. Esper, Secretary of Defense, and Dr. Amy Jenkins, of the Pandemic Prevention Platform for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), regarding the apparent failure by Moderna to disclose DARPA funding in patent applications....

Related: Zerohedge take
Posted by: Clem || 08/31/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Provisional Death Counts for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
[CDC.gov] COMORBIDITIES
Table 3 shows the types of health conditions and contributing causes mentioned in conjunction with deaths involving coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). For 6% [150,000 * %6 = 9,000] of the deaths, COVID-19 was the only cause mentioned. For deaths with conditions or causes in addition to COVID-19, on average, there were 2.6 additional conditions or causes per death. The number of deaths with each condition or cause is shown for all deaths and by age groups.
Posted by: Anomalous Sources || 08/31/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  In the table data preview I scanned, upwards of 2/3 of the deaths are over 65 years old.

A lot of lack of perspective in the media reports, doncha know?
Posted by: Bobby || 08/31/2020 8:51 Comments || Top||

#2  My 44-year old son has a 44-year old wife with type 1 diabetes and has his parents, in-laws, and sister's family in a virtual lockdown out of concern for his wife. If we were to eat inside a restaurant, he wants us to quarantine for 14 days - from him and his wife and kid.

The CDC data says 463 people have died of COVID with a diabetes comorbidity since Feb. 1. Not a single one under the age of 45. Do you think my otherwise fairly bright kid would accept that fact?

I'm not even gonna try.
Posted by: Bobby || 08/31/2020 17:16 Comments || Top||

#3  Gee.

Bobby, I mentioned to my wife that someone concerned about catching the Wu Flu, especially with her background, wouldn't be doing half the stuff she was doing.

Ask me about my livable garage.

(That was back around round 2 of 'only 2 more weeks of shutdown'. Much better now.)
Posted by: swksvolFF || 08/31/2020 18:24 Comments || Top||


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Putin and Lukashenko plan to meet in Moscow - Kremlin
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 08/31/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Bring a food taster.
Posted by: Ulolump Grumble1426 || 08/31/2020 19:34 Comments || Top||

#2  Lukashenko is Putin's bitch. He wouldn't dissident him
Posted by: Frank G || 08/31/2020 22:24 Comments || Top||


Europe
Senior French officer detained on charges of cooperating with foreign power (Surprise! It’s Russia!)
[PUBLISH.TWITTER] French senior officer investigated over suspected security breach, armed forces minister says
[EN.ALGHADEER.TV] French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly said on Sunday that a senior officer had been placed under investigation over a suspected breach of security.

According to Europa
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
1 radio, a French lieutenant colonel, based in Italia and stationed with NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
, is suspected of having transmitted sensitive documents to the Russian secret services.

Asked to comment on the report, Parly said the ministry had informed prosecutors about the case. She did not elaborate on what the officer was suspected of having done.

"We have taken all the necessary safeguard measures," she said.

According to Europe 1, the officer was detained by the French security agency when he was about to return to Italia and was remanded in jug at "La Santé" prison in Gay Paree.

Courtesy of Clem, Russia Today’s quietly triumphal version of the story adds:
The suspect is reportedly a man in his 50s who's been working at a NATO command center near Naples. He is said to have some "distant family roots" in Russia and is presumably fluent in Russian. The man reportedly came under suspicion after he was caught contacting a known "Russian spy" working for the military intelligence, which French media referred to by its Soviet-era abbreviation, the GRU.
Posted by: Fred || 08/31/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Methinks this may have occurred at Lago Patria outside of Naples at Joint Forces Command-Naples.
Posted by: Clem || 08/31/2020 0:07 Comments || Top||

#2  Maybe that SF shitstain gave him up. Hopefully we're wrapping up the entire network.
Posted by: Bangkok Billy || 08/31/2020 1:03 Comments || Top||

#3  You have to wonder how much of this Euro crime is related to the Russian, or former Russian satellite mafia ?

Armed robbers take £8m after attack on security van in Lyon
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/31/2020 3:06 Comments || Top||

#4  I'm amazed betraying France is even illegal in France anymore.
Posted by: Vernal Hatrick || 08/31/2020 15:00 Comments || Top||


Germany coronavirus: Anger after attempt to storm Reichstag
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 08/31/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Now if the immigrants tried this, they'd have no problem with it, officially.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 08/31/2020 6:15 Comments || Top||

#2  "Attack on .... democracy"? You government slobs are the ones attacking democracy, bucko.
Posted by: Clem || 08/31/2020 7:41 Comments || Top||

#3  Oh, and how could I forget that little false-flag fire from 1933. Wash, rinse, repeat.
Posted by: Clem || 08/31/2020 9:53 Comments || Top||

#4  "Democracy" = Chancellor Merkel
Posted by: Vernal Hatrick || 08/31/2020 15:01 Comments || Top||

#5  People who carry the Reichskriegsflagge to the Reichstag won't earn sympathy points.
Posted by: European Conservative || 08/31/2020 18:40 Comments || Top||

#6  Screw 'em if they can't take a joke.
Posted by: Clem || 08/31/2020 19:05 Comments || Top||


Fifth Column
Ex-Green Beret’s First Act Of Collusion With Russian Spies Involved American Nuns
[DailyCaller] Former Army Green Beret Peter Debbins
... Peter Rafael Dzibinski Debbins when he’s in trouble...
’ first act of collusion with Russian intelligence officers occurred in 1996 as a college student, when he provided a Russian spy with the names of four American nuns from a church in the Russian city of Chelyabinsk.

For the next 15 years after that fateful turn, Debbins would provide information under the code name Ikar Lesnikov to officers with Russia’s military intelligence agency, the GRU.

Continued on Page 49
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/31/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:


Home Front: Politix
C-SPAN Buries The Lede And Changes Their Poll
It must've been pretty bad if even the alleged neutral C-Span's pulling this shit.
[Federalist, via Insty] - C-SPAN changed their open phone line labels after an overwhelming number of Democratic viewers called on Wednesday night proclaiming their support for President Donald Trump in the upcoming election.

"I’m a longtime Democrat, born and raised ... After watching tonight ... I have made up my mind. I am definitely gonna vote for Donald Trump," said one of the many voters who dialed in.

Before the Republican National Convention, C-SPAN’s open phone lines were labeled as open for "Democrats," "Republicans," and "Other" viewers to call into and share their opinions on-air. After Trump’s acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention, however, C-SPAN received an influx of callers who identified as Democrat but said they would be voting for Trump in November.

Due to the increasing nature of these calls, the network adjusted the phone lines to encompass those who "Support Trump," "Support Biden," and "Support Others."
I'm using this as a pretext to tell the following story, and although I don't think I told it before, my apologies if I did. There was once a man (call him The Chief) in charge of a major part of a municipal government adjoining mine. He then ran for selectman of same said town out of spite because the selectmen at the time he retired had this position that denied him these two benefits, which were some form of step raise (for the pension boost) and his accumulated sick and / or vacation days, which we all know to be serious causes of erections with government employees. The selectmen (I'm assuming gender, I know) said 'one or the other but not both', and that was it. I took an instant dislike to this pissant as soon as I heard him on the local video feed which my roommate showed me. Said roommate also works at the same municipality and hates him like I do (ok, worse!).

OK - onto the C-SPAN comparison. The Chief was accused of involvement in both a liquor store robbery and theft from the MBTA (Boston subway) turnstile boxes back in 1977 before joining the local municipal organization. Chief's dad conveniently was also a high ranking municipal employee in the same organization and got the charges squelched, thus ensuring The Chief would not be charged with / convicted of a felony which would then have disqualifed him from this exalted municipal post.

He's on one of the local radio shows (Dan Rea on WBZ 1030 AM, as obsequious brown nosed an SOB as I've had the displeasure to know even from a distance) to make his case, but his opponent ducks out of the appearance for some reason. My roommate says 'I wish I could call in', and two seconds later I told him I would. I went Jerky Boys on his ass and threw a haymaker. Amazingly I was the first caller up, so I ID'd myself as 'Raj from ******' and said 'I just wanna ask you... about that time you and your buddies robbed that liquor store back in Dorchester...', at which point they cut me off. I then heard 'cut, cut', with The Chief handling it well, saying 'that's the world we live in', so he took care of that. I then heard someone else say 'kill it, kill it', which only made it that much more glorious. That part of the interview was (surprise) chopped off their podcast but my roommate gave me an MP3 file of that part of the broadcast about a week later because one of his buddies recorded the whole thing. I listen to that like I watch this guy every couple of months - gives me a strange feeling of inspiration!

What was even funnier than that? Right after I said that, Dan Rea (the WBZ host, a real rumpswab asskisser, a point which cannot be emphasized enough) called me 'deranged' and mentioned the call at least two other times.
In the radio business, this is incredibly stupid because you're repeating the fact that you got your pants pulled down something fierce. I thought this was funny and wanted to pass it on.

Long live the spirit of Jerky Boys!
Posted by: Raj || 08/31/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I'd say Jerky Boysing or seminar calling from the Right, except the Right never does this sort of thing.

4chan?
Posted by: charger || 08/31/2020 0:36 Comments || Top||

#2  Raj, from Boston?
Where have I heard that?
Posted by: jvalentour || 08/31/2020 9:22 Comments || Top||

#3  Support Trump, Support Biden, Support Others, is in the spirit of their phone lines. The purpose of their calls has always been to get calls from all sides of the aisle, and if the Democrats are newly minted Republicans, they're not really doing that.

Just saying I don't think this is quite as dastardly as is presumed here.

Also, it's actually a gift for Trump, whether or not they know it. I believe it was Sara Hoyt who said it on the night this was happening, but we can't let them know how many votes they'll need to fake. Let the Democrats think nobody has defected until the last minute.
Posted by: Vernal Hatrick || 08/31/2020 14:59 Comments || Top||

#4  Sara Hoyt who said it on the night this was happening, but we can't let them know how many votes they'll need to fake.

That’s been one of her talking points throughout this campaign season, along with her longtime points: don’t despair and work over, work under, work around — in the end they lose and we win.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/31/2020 23:12 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Professor Gamzu said Monday that COVID-19 morbidity in the Arab sector has quadrupled
[Ynet] - Coronavirus czar Professor Ronni Gamzu said Monday that COVID-19 morbidity in the Arab sector has quadrupled from 150 new cases to 600 per day.

Gamzu spoke at a press briefing adding that the rise in cases began during the Eid al-Adha - Feast of Sacrifice holiday in late July.

"We are doing all we can in cooperation with local leadership," he said.
And, unlike the local leadership in Bnei Brak, Arab leadership cooperates.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/31/2020 11:06 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I believe Allan is telling them they are wrong!
Posted by: One Eyed Lover of the Danes1100 || 08/31/2020 12:46 Comments || Top||

#2  Quarantine them in Gazoo
Posted by: Frank G || 08/31/2020 12:58 Comments || Top||


Government
IRS revokes tax-exempt status for Trump allies' charity that organized Cleveland cash giveaway
[Cleveland.com] The IRS revoked the tax-exempt status for a Cleveland Heights charity founded by two high-profile Trump allies that drew national controversy after it held an event in Cleveland last December to give away $25,000 in cash.

On the searchable non-profit portion of its website, the IRS writes the Urban Revitalization Coalition is among the organizations "whose federal tax-exempt status was automatically revoked for not filing a Form 990-series return or notice for three consecutive years." The decision was posted earlier this month and is effective as of May 15. Form 990s, essentially tax returns, are a mandatory filing for non-profits in which they disclose basic information about their financial activities to the IRS and the public as a condition of being exempt from paying taxes. Without non-profit status, donors to the group cannot deduct their contributions from their taxes.

Urban Revitalization Coalition co-founder Kareem Lanier declined to comment for this story. But he told CNN the organization's offices were closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, so it missed mailed notices from the IRS notifying them the group's tax-exempt status was in jeopardy. He also told CNN his organization would file paperwork with the IRS in the coming weeks to get its non-profit status re-instated.
A sensible response. I’m sure a decent tax attorney will ensure everything is straightened out quickly.
The Urban Revitalization Coalition was co-founded by the Rev. Darrell Scott, a Cleveland-area pastor, and Lanier, a Cleveland businessman who was chosen as an alternate Trump delegate for this year's Republican National Convention. Scott and Lanier both lead the National Diversity Coalition for Trump, an outside group that leads Trump's outreach efforts to Black and other minority voters. The URC's business address is at Scott's church in Cleveland Heights.

The URC drew widespread attention after they hosted an event, geared toward Black residents, last December at the Galleria in Cleveland, where they gave away $25,000 in small increments to audience members. Before the cash giveaway, they presented awards to two Trump administration officials ‐ Pam Ashby, a Cleveland regional HUD official, and Ja'Ron Smith, a White House official and Cleveland native – and to pro-Trump TV personality Geraldo Rivera
[really?]
Show biz buddies, one imagines.
Democratic City Councilman Basheer Jones and others. Some of the attendees during their remarks praised Trump administration policies they said had been meant to help urban America.

A second Cleveland event, at which URC leaders said they planned to give away $50,000 on Feb. 29, was canceled for what the group said was safety reasons. The URC had planned other follow-up events in other states. But it has gone quiet during the coronavirus pandemic.....
Posted by: Clem || 08/31/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "Attention! Ms. Lois Lerner, Ms. LOW-is LERNer, white courtesy phone."
Posted by: Clem || 08/31/2020 0:10 Comments || Top||

#2  It's like we have an Obama administration with a Trump Presidency veneer.

Thanks, Mitch and Paul!
Posted by: charger || 08/31/2020 0:28 Comments || Top||

#3  Meanwhile, there left-wing money-laund... er, "charities" that haven't filed a 990 in years.
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 08/31/2020 7:22 Comments || Top||

#4  It's fairly straightforward stuff to get reinstated - write the IRS a letter, cite instances of 'reasonable cause' leading up to the administrative revoking of tax-exempt status (coronavirus panic helps in this situation) and list the steps you'll take to correct the situation. Also say and 'did not intend to ignore or evade any tax laws', yadda yadda yadda and that should be it. That's what you do in penalty waiver situations; same shit here.
Posted by: Raj || 08/31/2020 8:31 Comments || Top||



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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.

Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.

Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has dominated Mexico for six years.
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