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-Lurid Crime Tales-
BOMBSHELL: Hunter Biden Email Names Kamala Harris, Others as Key Contacts for 'Joint Venture' With China Energy Co.
[PJMedia] The emails purported to be Hunter Biden’s on that abandoned laptop have been verified by one recipient. They’re real and they’re spectacularly damning, according to Tony Bobulinski, a former business partner of Hunter Biden.

Another email begs for answers from Joe Biden’s vice-presidential running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris. Fox News reports:

A list of “key domestic contacts” for a joint venture involving Jim and Hunter Biden and now-bankrupt CEFC China Energy Co. included former Vice President Joe Biden‘s current running mate Sen. Kamala Harris, among other prominent Democrats, Fox News has learned.

An email exclusively obtained by Fox News, with the subject line “Phase one domestic contacts/ projects” and dated May 15, 2017, Biden’s brother, Jim Biden, shared a list of “key domestic contacts for phase one target projects.”

The email is unrelated to the laptop or hard drive purportedly belonging to Hunter Biden, the former vice president’s son.

Jim Biden is the Democratic nominee’s brother.

Here is the actual email. Mr. Bobulinski is one of the cc’d recipients, along with Hunter Biden and two others.

The Biden camp has not responded to it in any way. Joe himself remains under his self-imposed lid until after tonight’s final presidential debate, which will be moderated by a journalist with longstanding Democratic ties. Harris has yet to hold any sort of press event. The malevolent media have not clamored for one.

Sen. Harris is specifically named in the email, along with several other prominent Democrats and one Republican.

The list, included Harris, D-Calif.; Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.; Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.; Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.; Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y.; New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo; New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio; former Virginia Gov. Terry McCauliffe, among others.

Courtesy of Waldemar Flomonter9347, Breitbart‘s report on Mr. Bobulinski:
(Second) Biden Insider Claims He Was ‘Recipient of the Email', Says He Witnessed Joe, Hunter Discussing Deals

A whistleblower CEO and Biden insider, Tony Bobulinski, released a public statement on Wednesday evening backing up the reporting of the New York Post from last week and claiming that he personally witnessed Democrat presidential nominee former Vice President Joe Biden discussing business deals with his son, Hunter Biden.

Sources familiar with the matter told Breitbart News that Bobulinski is the person whose allegations and inside information are the centerpiece of a forthcoming investigation by the Wall Street Journal. That Wall Street Journal story has not published yet, several days after the newspaper staff indicated to some the piece would come out‐it is unclear why the Journal has not yet published‐but President Donald Trump hinted on a conference call earlier this week that such a story was coming from the newspaper.

Bobulinski's statement also seemingly authenticates at least one of the bombshell emails obtained by the New York Post, purportedly from Hunter Biden's laptop retrieved from a computer repair store in Delaware. The statement also contradicts claims from some Democrats that a Russian disinformation campaign is at the center of the burgeoning scandal currently engulfing the Biden campaign in the final days of the election.

Bobulinski said in a press statement he released Wednesday night:

My name is Tony Bobulinski. The facts set forth below are true and accurate; they are not any form of domestic or foreign disinformation. Any suggestion to the contrary is false and offensive. I am the recipient of the email published seven days ago by the New York Post which showed a copy to Hunter Biden and Rob Walker. That email is genuine.

According to Bobulinski, the use of the term "the Big Guy" in one such email was a direct reference to Joe Biden himself.
Posted by: DarthVader || 10/22/2020 14:36 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under:

#1  HA! HA! HA! HA!. What a GREAT soap opera! That computer repair guy should be awarded a medal or something! A real hero!
Posted by: Vespasian Ebbereng3110 || 10/22/2020 15:31 Comments || Top||

#2  Even better! We knew the Biden family make the Simpsons look like a family of Rhodes Scholars, but to see Chameleon Harris in the e-mail mix is fantastic. What a kurva.
Posted by: Clem || 10/22/2020 15:33 Comments || Top||

#3  Yes, but don't forget Trump sends nasty tweets and is icky.
Posted by: Tom || 10/22/2020 15:38 Comments || Top||

#4  Toast. Can't deny this anymore, Plugsy.

If Biden was selling White House access to members of the Chinese Communist Party, then he's guilty of treason.
Posted by: Black Charlie Wholuck9475 || 10/22/2020 16:48 Comments || Top||

#5  Fox News just reported that President Trump is bringing Mr. Bobulinski as his guest to tonight’s debate.
Posted by: trailing wife || 10/22/2020 17:10 Comments || Top||

#6  The list, included Harris, D-Calif.; Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.; Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.; Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.; Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y.; New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo; New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio; former Virginia Gov. Terry McCauliffe, among others.

Holy moly, talk about Coup Jijitsu! Include Pelosi and you have the entire Democratic Party leadership implicated in treason. Couldn't happen to more deserving sellout snakes.
Posted by: Waldemar Flomonter9347 || 10/22/2020 17:33 Comments || Top||

#7  as I understand it, Harris, etc. were targets

they probably didn't even realize they were targets and there is no evidence at this point that they participated in Hunter's company's scheme
Posted by: Lord Garth || 10/22/2020 18:15 Comments || Top||

#8  The list, included Harris, D-Calif.; Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.; Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.; Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.; Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y.; New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo; New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio; former Virginia Gov. Terry McCauliffe, among others.

The whole pogues gallery.(Intentional spelling)
Posted by: charger || 10/22/2020 22:59 Comments || Top||


Laptop connected to Hunter Biden linked to FBI money laundering probe
Much Much more at link
[FOXNEWS] It is unclear, at this point, whether the investigation is ongoing or if it was directly related to Hunter Biden

The FBI’s subpoena of a laptop and hard drive purportedly belonging to Hunter Biden came in connection with a money laundering investigation in late 2019, according to documents obtained by Fox News and verified by multiple federal law enforcement officials who reviewed them.

Multiple federal law enforcement officials, as well as two separate government officials, confirmed the authenticity of these documents, which were signed by FBI Special Agent Joshua Wilson. Wilson did not immediately respond to Fox News’ request for comment.
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: 3dc || 10/22/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under:

#1  This investigation will take months and they won't be able to comment on it in the meanwhile.
Posted by: gorb || 10/22/2020 0:55 Comments || Top||

#2  All of this under the table cash activity is what fueled the Democrat's push for "Globalism" over US National sovereignty.
Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 || 10/22/2020 18:18 Comments || Top||


Portland NAACP president resigns following accusations of sexual abuse
Is he secretly white, too?
[NYPOST] An NAACP president in Oregon has resigned after 11 people accused him of sexual and psychological abuse while attending his church decades ago, the civil rights group said.Portland NAACP President E.D. Mondainé submitted his "immediate resignation" late Tuesday, the organization said in a statement.

"The NAACP is firmly opposed to all forms of abuse, assault, harassment or discrimination," the statement said. "Such behavior has no place in the Association, regardless of whether these instances occurred in previous or current administrations."

An investigation into the accusations is ongoing — and "additional and appropriate action" will be taken if necessary, NAACP officials said.

The resignation comes less than a week after the Portland Mercury reported that three men claimed Mondainé, 61, sexually and physically assaulted them while they were members of his church, Celebration Tabernacle in Portland, between the mid-1990s and the mid-2000s.

Eight others also accused Mondainé of psychological abuse during the same span, according to the report.

Mondainé, who still serves as senior pastor at the Pentecostal church, has denied the allegations.
No, no! Certainly not!
saying they were flatly untrue.

"There’s no truth to it," he told the newspaper. "People can say whatever they need to say. I’ve never abused anyone."

Mondainé announced he would not seek re-election one day after the Mercury’s report, saying on Facebook Live that the allegations were a "manifestation of the current trend of cancel culture," The Oregonian reported.

"It would be pointless trying to defend against such egregious allegations," Mondainé said. "However,
a poor excuse is better than no excuse at all...
I must tell you that those allegations as presented bear no truth."

A relationship "that ended poorly" nearly 20 years ago likely led to the accusations, Mondainé said last week without elaborating, according to The Oregonian.
Posted by: Fred || 10/22/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  SOP for Dems. Why are they upset? This is who they are...
Posted by: Warthog || 10/22/2020 11:36 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
PJM: Colorado Court Rules Limits on Church Attendance Unconstitutional
Posted by: 3dc || 10/22/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Considering that attending church is a peaceful protest against iniquity (unless it's a lib church with ghey preachers) how could they rule otherwise?
Posted by: M. Murcek || 10/22/2020 9:35 Comments || Top||

#2  C'mon they call them Protestants for a reason. You support mostly peaceful protests, right?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 10/22/2020 15:20 Comments || Top||


Sex Pistol's Johnny Rotten: Trump is the only sensible choice for 2020 election!
Posted by: 3dc || 10/22/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Paging Neil Young: "Hey, hey, my, my". Hee, hee, ho, ho.
Posted by: JHH || 10/22/2020 1:30 Comments || Top||


Cyber
Chrome won't clear your Google and YouTube data — even if you tell it to
[Tom's Guide]
Posted by: 3dc || 10/22/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Another reason why I refuse to use Google Chrome.
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance || 10/22/2020 2:39 Comments || Top||

#2  Could be the navigator. Cold be that youtube memorizes your IP. (That would not be "disloylty" from Chrome) Or could be that when you install it Chrome generates a random signature and sends it to ggodle-owned sites thus allowing them to track you. Technically Chrome wouldbe clearing your data beut that Google would defintely be cheating you
Posted by: JFM || 10/22/2020 5:09 Comments || Top||

#3  They are all scum. But let's face it--if you put it on the Web, it's forever.
Posted by: Clem || 10/22/2020 6:03 Comments || Top||

#4  So what browsers are you folks using?


I'm looking at a Lynx machine but we use Blues Iris For Win 7 & 10. Any suggestion?
Posted by: Woodrow || 10/22/2020 7:31 Comments || Top||

#5  Firefox and Pale Moon
Posted by: Frank G || 10/22/2020 8:26 Comments || Top||

#6  I use Firefox as they used to be the anti-IE/Edge, but I thought I read/heard somewhere that they (FF) are "selling out" now.

I used to run Linux on my older machine...got lazy and haven't downloaded it to this desktop. I've already had two BSOD's in recent months. Thanks to Windows.
Posted by: Clem || 10/22/2020 9:14 Comments || Top||

#7  I use Brave and have alot of sites whining about not allowing ads on my screen:) It's built from firefox I think, given it's made under the Mozilla license. I also make sure it's set to search using duckduckgo.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 10/22/2020 9:28 Comments || Top||

#8  Use Firefox to access mail because Pale Moon won't display it well if at all. Otherwise PM.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 10/22/2020 13:52 Comments || Top||

#9  Opera. Also, DuckDuckGo now has a browser.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 10/22/2020 17:50 Comments || Top||

#10  Could be the DuckDuckGo browser is only for cell phones.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 10/22/2020 17:55 Comments || Top||

#11  /\ Interesting. I was going to download FF to my phone, but the reviews on FF for mobile devices were not that good. "Duck" has potential then.
Posted by: Clem || 10/22/2020 19:32 Comments || Top||


A go fund me to sue over YouTube censorship
Posted by: 3dc || 10/22/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:


Home Front: Politix
Trump: I Will Soon Be Posting My [full] Interview With Lesley Stahl
*Snicker*
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 10/22/2020 12:14 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The New York Post summary of the footage is here. Being the President of the United States doesn't give you the right to disagree with Leslie Stahl.
Posted by: Matt || 10/22/2020 14:06 Comments || Top||

#2  Breitbart has it. I just watched it. Leslie Stahl is a disgrace, typical of MSM propagandists.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 10/22/2020 17:56 Comments || Top||

#3  I like him. He fights.
Posted by: SteveS || 10/22/2020 18:25 Comments || Top||

#4  Leslie the Harpie:
Wearing the face
that she keeps
In a jar
By the door --
Who is it for?

All the Brave Resisters
Where do they all come from?
All the woke-ass sisters?
Where DO they all belong?
Posted by: Rupert Slirong6544 || 10/22/2020 19:22 Comments || Top||

#5  When will that old bag Stahl just retire?

Funny in a way, just like these old bag/geezer politicians, we have these old bag/geezer TV personalities. Perhaps it's not a coincidence.
Posted by: Clem || 10/22/2020 19:25 Comments || Top||

#6  Nice Beetles repart
Posted by: Frank G || 10/22/2020 20:42 Comments || Top||


Postal workers accused of interfering with US election mail-in ballots
[Jpost] Postal workers have been charged with interfering with the sending of mail-in ballots for the US presidential election in multiple states, according to The Washington Times. These incidents raised concern as many states have been encouraging voters to vote by mail as an alternative to in-person voting during the coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...
pandemic.

A Kentucky postal employee was fired after Sherlocks said that more than 100 mail-in ballots were dumped and collection boxes were ransacked outside of six Virginia post offices this month.

A postal worker in Florida allegedly stole close to two hundred pieces of mail including a mail-in ballot and 36 political flyers, according to The New York Post. It is unclear if the worker knew that the ballot was part of the stolen haul.

In the summer, a mailman in West Virginia pleaded guilty to switching voters from Democrat to Republican on presidential primary ballot requests and meddling with ballots, according to The Washington Times.

"If you want people to be disenfranchised, make them all vote by mail," said J. Christian Adams, a member of the US Commission on Civil Rights.

Voters in almost every state can track their mail-in ballots to ensure that they were received and will be counted. Some 47 states offer some form of ballot tracking, according to the nonpartisan nonprofit National Vote at Home Institute.
Posted by: trailing wife || 10/22/2020 04:39 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  It is unclear if the worker knew that the ballot was part of the stolen haul.

Don't care. Punishment should be severe. Except for junk mail, of course. They should get bonuses for that.
Posted by: gorb || 10/22/2020 9:50 Comments || Top||

#2  Irrelevant. The theft is the crime and involving ballots makes it worse.
Posted by: magpie || 10/22/2020 12:28 Comments || Top||

#3  From Denver, a report about ballot dumping all over town, which adds:

Another response stood out, too. "Please spread the word," it began. "If you have not gotten your ballot by Saturday, October 17, go to GoVoteColorado.gov to check your registration info. If it is correct, call 311 to request a replacement."
Posted by: trailing wife || 10/22/2020 16:11 Comments || Top||

#4  I still have not received my ballot. My wife did. I checked VoteWa.gov and I am still registered. it claims my ballot has been sent. I requested a replacement a week ago. No replacement yet.
I've been voting from the same address for over 20 years.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 10/22/2020 16:16 Comments || Top||

#5  I am planning on voting in person on November 3 (Election Day). That way, my vote is more likely to be counted.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 10/22/2020 16:40 Comments || Top||

#6  I had no intention of voting by mail. I will show up in person with my g(r)om special edition mask and cast my votes. I'm not totally convinced of these computerized methods, either, but that's another story.
Posted by: Clem || 10/22/2020 17:30 Comments || Top||


Joe Biden's Boosters Wrote His Prodigal Son's Entire Resume
[RealClearInvestigations] Hunter Biden profited from his father’s political connections long before he struck questionable deals in countries where Joe Biden was undertaking diplomatic missions as vice president. In fact, virtually all the jobs listed on his resume going back to his first position out of college, which paid a six-figure salary, came courtesy of the former six-term senator’s donors, lobbyists and allies, a RealClearInvestigations examination has found.

One document reviewed by RCI reveals that a Biden associate admitted "finding employment" for Hunter Biden specifically as a special favor to his father, then a Senate leader running for president. He secured a $1.2 million gig on Wall Street for his young son, even though it was understood he had no experience in high finance. Many of his generous patrons, in turn, ended up with legislation and policies favorable to their businesses or investments, an RCI review of lobbying records and legislative actions taken by the elder Biden confirms.

That the 50-year-old Hunter has been trading on his Democratic father’s political influence his entire adult life raises legal questions about possible influence-peddling, government watchdogs and former federal investigators say. In addition, the more than two-decades-long pattern of nepotism casts fresh doubt on Joe Biden’s recent statements that he "never discussed" business with his son, and that his activities posed "no conflicts of interest."

No fewer than three committees in the Republican-controlled Senate have opened probes into potential Biden family conflicts. Investigators are also poring over Treasury Department records that have flagged suspicious activities involving Hunter's banking transactions and business deals that may be connected to his father’s political influence.
Long list of high paying, no work jobs at link.
Posted by: Waldemar Flomonter9347 || 10/22/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Biden pimped out his son for 25 years. In best pimp fashion Biden took half of his son's proceeds and laundered them with real estate purchases in the Wilmington region.

Corruption plain and simple. Documented now thanks to the crack addict's texts and his and his biz partners' emails
Posted by: Grolung Lover of the Jutes7058 || 10/22/2020 4:35 Comments || Top||

#2  The same people saying "nothing to see here" about the Bidens had a near aneurysm over Trump getting an extra scoop of ice cream at a state dinner.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 10/22/2020 9:52 Comments || Top||


Bin Laden's niece 'wonders what hating America looks like' in Twitter attack on Ilhan Omar — and is immediately reminded
[RT] Noor Bin Ladin,
...who really does love America...
whose uncle criminal masterminded the 9/11 terrorist attacks, has drawn much ridicule online after "wondering what hating America looks like" as part of apparent attempt at humor during a political attack.

Bin Ladin, a vocal Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
supporter, was trying to go after one of the president’s many Democratic nemeses, congresswoman Ilhan Omar
...Somali-American Dem representative from Minnesota. She was apparently married to her brother and may be her own grandmaw on her mother's side...
, on Wednesday. The politician previously told MSNBC that she "reckoned" herself and some other prominent liberals recently criticized by Trump loved America "way more" than him.

"Ilhan Omar says she ’loves’ America. Gee, I wonder what hating America looks like then," Bin Ladin tweeted.

The potential irony was apparently lost on the late terrorist’s niece — but it wasn’t lost on Twitter commenters.

Bin Ladin’s post was flooded with replies trying to jokingly tell her what "hating America" really looks like. Most commonly, users sent her pictures of her uncle Osama and photographs of the September 11 attacks, or described them in text. "Probably something like this," responded one person, attaching an image of the World Trade Center towers burning.

Many Twitter users agreed Bin Ladin’s post was a "self-own," and the "congratulations, you played yourself" meme was a frequent reply to it.
Posted by: Fred || 10/22/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


Joe Biden breaks silence on Hunter emails scandal, calls it 'last-ditch' smear job as VIDEO shows staffer trying to end interview
[RT] Democratic presidential candidate Joe Foreign Policy Whiz Kid Biden
...Candidate for president in 2020. I'm not working for you. Don't be such a horse's ass....
said the story of his son Hunter using the family name to make business deals overseas is a "desperate campaign to smear me and my family," as an aide tried to stop the TV interview.

Though Biden had called a 'lid' on press appearances through Thursday, on Wednesday he accepted a remote interview with WISN-12, an ABC affiliate in Milwaukee. WISN news hound Adrienne Pedersen asked the candidate about Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson, the Republican chair of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, accusing Hunter Biden of profiting off his father’s position as vice-president in the B.O. regime.


"This is the same garbage that Rudy Giuliani, Trump's henchman..." Biden replied, trailing off. "It's the last-ditch effort in this desperate campaign to smear me and my family."

"Even the man who served with him on that committee, the former nominee for the Republican Party, said there's no basis to this," Biden added, forgetting once again the name of Willard Mitt Romney, aka Pierre Delecto
...former governor of Massachussetts, the Publican nominee for president in 2012, now Senator from Utah. He is the son of the former governor of Michigan, George Romney, who himself ran for president after saving American Motors from failure, though not permanently. Romney has a record as a successful businessman, heading Bain Capital, and he rescued the 2002 Winter Olympics from the midst of bribery and mismanagement scandals. He is currently a trans Republican and a member in good standing of the Never Trump Party, attempting to assume the mantle of the late John McCain...
(R-Utah)

"The vast majority of the intelligence people have come out and said there's no basis at all," the Democrat continued. "Ron should be ashamed of himself."

The GOP War Room somehow obtained the unedited tape of the interview, showing a Biden aide trying to stop Pedersen before she asked the question, telling her "Adrienne, that’s all the time we have, I’m so sorry."


Johnson led the committee investigation into Hunter Biden’s business dealings, including joint ventures in China and service on the board of the Ukrainian gas company Burisma, releasing a report last month that outlined "millions of dollars in questionable financial transactions" but stopping short of accusing the VP of taking foreign bribes through his son.

The senator’s statement Pedersen was referencing actually focused on the media blackout on stories involving the younger Biden’s business ventures overseas, including the social media censorship of the New York Post that first broke the story about Hunter Biden’s abandoned laptop at a Delaware repair shop.

Posted by: Fred || 10/22/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:


#2  A "BOMBSHELL"! So many lately, will there be anything left standing? I wish I could sleep through them like Bill Barr can.
Posted by: Clem || 10/22/2020 9:16 Comments || Top||

#3  Queue Adam "Schiff-fer-Brains" saying the source is a Russian operative in 3-2-1...
Posted by: Warthog || 10/22/2020 11:31 Comments || Top||

#4  #1 I like the "Biden Insider" part - it may indicate that these who know best beginning to doubt that they've hitched their wagon to the right train.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 10/22/2020 11:38 Comments || Top||

#5  What makes this Russian disinformation campaign really exceptional is that instead of forging Hunter's emails, they used Hunter's actual emails on Hunter's actual laptop. So the apparently false information is actually true -- taking maskirovka to a whole new level.

OK, that gave me a headache.
Posted by: Matt || 10/22/2020 12:26 Comments || Top||

#6  Omerta isn't as strong as the Clinton Mob's ?
Posted by: magpie || 10/22/2020 12:32 Comments || Top||

#7  Riiight.

Show me a Russian speaker - or any non-native, non-Mercian speaker - who could forge with any accuracy Hunter Biden's slang-filled, intimate family to family, term of endearment ridden text messages.

Fucking liars

Posted by: Count Galeazzo Turkeyneck7498 || 10/22/2020 14:04 Comments || Top||

#8  Breaking: a Biden insider has just outed Biden - completely, totally. This guy is the CEO who was hired by the Bidens and their Chinese partners to run their "CEFC" energy company.

This CEO is ex-Navy, a Democrat, with total access to all the inside dirt on Biden.

He's just come forth in what appears to be, if not a sworn deposition, then at least a very lengthy formal statement that Biden was absolutely taking kickbacks from the Chinese in exchange for political influence over the Vice President & the Obama White House. His documents have been provided to Sen. Hawley. Investigation next.

Biden's without a doubt guilty of serious crimes up to and including treason.
Posted by: Jurong Whort9186 || 10/22/2020 16:44 Comments || Top||

#9  Clears the way for Kamala.
Posted by: Cluper and Company4908 || 10/22/2020 21:29 Comments || Top||


Chuck Schumer refuses to defend Feinstein as Dems call for her to be bumped
[NYPOST] Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer
...Senator-for-life from New York, renowned for his love of standing in front of cameras and microphones. Schumer has been a professional politician since 1975, when disco was in flower, which is 44.87750 years. Senate minority leader as of 2017...
refused to defend Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein
...Dem Senator-for-Life from Caliphornica. She has been a politician since about the time she was weaned. Feinstein was the author of the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban, and tried it a second time in 2012. Feinstein has chaired the Select Committee on Intelligence since 2009. At age 80, Feinstein is the oldest currently serving United States Senator....
as consensus grows among Democrats against her leading the wildly influential panel.Speaking to news hounds during a presser Tuesday, Schumer (D-NY) would not say if he planned to make changes to the committee’s Democratic leadership. He did say, however, that he had a "serious talk" with Feinstein (D-Calif.).

"I had a long and serious talk with Sen. Feinstein. That’s all I’m going to say about it right now," Schumer told news hounds, adding a short "Nope" when asked if he could expand on their conversation.

During last week’s committee hearing on the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, Feinstein, 87, repeatedly infuriated Democrats with her conduct.

At one point during proceedings, the Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, Democrat asked Barrett to explain her judicial view on the topic of severability — a provision allowing for parts of a law to remain in effect even if other parts are struck down — in relation to the Affordable Care Act.

Enlarge ImageDianne Feinstein and Chuck Schumer
Dianne Feinstein and Chuck SchumerCQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
After the judge gave her answer, Feinstein praised Barrett, remarking, "That’s quite a definition. I’m really impressed. Thank you."

Feinstein also enraged the left with her praise of her Republican counterpart, Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham
...soft-spoken senator from South Carolina, former best buddy of John Maverick McCain. Since McCain's demise, Graham has become more outspoken, more Republican and more of a supporter of President Trump. The speech he gave in support of Brett Kavanaugh was downright manly and really cheesed off the Dems...
(R-SC), whom she hugged on Thursday while neither wore masks.

She also told the South Carolina Republican that this confirmation process had been "one of the best set of hearings that I have participated in."

Her handling of the hearings came under immediate scrutiny from Red Guards liberal groups including NARAL and MoveOn, as well as major progressive names like former New York Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Cynthia Nixon.

By the end of the week, multiple progressive groups had called on Democrats to remove the senator from her powerful position, in which she would have the ability to confirm or deny judicial appointments and have oversight authority over the Justice Department — if the party regains control of the upper house.



Posted by: Fred || 10/22/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Were I Feinstein, I know who I would vote for on my way out the door.
Posted by: gorb || 10/22/2020 0:59 Comments || Top||

#2  Committtee just voted to fwd ACB's nomination to the Senate with all 12 Pubs voting "Aye". All of teh Dems refused to attend and had pictures posted on their chairs to represent them - all "No-votes". So, 12-0
Posted by: Frank G || 10/22/2020 9:17 Comments || Top||

#3  Dem senators go autophagic—-they start eating their own.
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 10/22/2020 10:46 Comments || Top||

#4  ^Kilkenny cats?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 10/22/2020 11:14 Comments || Top||

#5  Implosion..Trump lives rent-free in their little pea brains
Posted by: Warthog || 10/22/2020 11:34 Comments || Top||

#6  Dems call for her to be bumped (off)

Hillary still calling the "shots"?
Posted by: Mercutio || 10/22/2020 13:06 Comments || Top||

#7  All of teh Dems refused to attend and had pictures posted on their chairs to represent them - all "No-votes".

You know that the Soviet delegation was boycotting the UN when it voted to intervene in Korea. They haven't repeated that act since.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 10/22/2020 15:18 Comments || Top||

#8  Sooner or later Schumer the Kapos will come for you.
Posted by: b || 10/22/2020 19:09 Comments || Top||

#9  "...came under immediate scrutiny from...as well as major progressive names like former New York Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Cynthia Nixon.."

Cynthia Nixon played the part of Miranda in Sex and the City. She lost big time to Cuomo in 2018 in the Dem primary.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 10/22/2020 19:22 Comments || Top||


Giuliani claims Hunter Biden's laptop contained 'numerous pictures of underage girls,' says explicit material given to police
[RT] President Donald Trump
...His ancestors didn't own any slaves...
’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani has claimed that photographs of underage girls and other "very sensitive" materials were discovered on Hunter Biden’s laptop and have been handed over to Delaware police.
In an explosive interview with conservative news channel Newsmax, the former New York City mayor said he found disturbing content on a hard drive that allegedly belonged to the 50-year-old son of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Foreign Policy Whiz Kid Biden
...Candidate for president in 2020. Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids....
. According to Giuliani, a text message sent from Hunter Biden to his father complains about how Hunter’s sister-in-law, who was once his lover, told his therapist that he had been "sexually inappropriate" with a 14-year-old girl.

His sister-in-law went on to say that "he had been sexually inappropriate with [redacted] when she says that I face time naked with her and the reason I can't have her out to see me is because I'll walk around naked smoking crack," the text message, read by Giuliani, allegedly said. The text went on to say that, when she was pressed, she acknowledged that "[redacted] never said anything like that," but that she maintained Hunter creates a "very unsafe environment for the kids."


Trump’s attorney went on to argue that Hunter’s father appears to have done nothing in response to the troubling message.

"This was sent to the vice president... What did he do about it? [It’s been] three years," Giuliani asked. He said the text messages were "supported by numerous pictures of underage girls" and that he had turned over all the potentially incriminating materials to the Delaware State Police.

Giuliani didn’t provide further details about the photographs, but stressed that "we’re very uncomfortable with the fact that these underage girls were not protected."

The Delaware Department of Justice told the Daily Beast it would not comment on the materials turned over by Giuliani, stating that there were "ongoing questions about the credibility of these claims." The department referred the matter to the FBI.



Posted by: Fred || 10/22/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:


Wikipedia says Hunter Biden scandal 'DEBUNKED'
[RT] Allegations of corruption against ex-Vice President Joe Foreign Policy Whiz Kid Biden
...Candidate for president in 2020. When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the princes of greed. He said, 'Look, here's what happened.'...
and his son Hunter have apparently been "debunked" and are merely a "conspiracy theory" according to Wikipedia, where editors are battling over the terms.
Hunter Biden was the subject of an explosive report last week as the New York Post published emails alleging that he involved his father in dodgy business dealings in Ukraine and China.

While the story is still unfolding, the Wikipedia page for Hunter Biden simply states that "he and his father have been the subjects of debunked right-wing conspiracy theories pushed by [President] Donald Trump
...Oh, noze! Not him!...
and his allies." The curious framing was highlighted by conservative commentator Ian Miles Cheong on Twitter on Tuesday.

Eight sources are listed for this one sentence, intending to support the view that any accusations of corruption against the Democratic presidential candidate and his son have already been proven false. In recent days, Wikipedia editors have been engaged in regular spats about the inclusion of the word "debunked."

The eighth source was added on Sunday by a frequent contributor to Biden’s son’s page, whose username is ’Soibangla’. A regular editor of American political topics on Wikipedia, Soibangla was previously found tweaking pedophile sex-trafficker Jeffrey Want Some Candy, Little Girl? Epstein
...A high class pimp financier who was alleged to maintain a stable of underage whores sex slaves who were paid big bucks to entertain the rich and/or famous. He is a registered sex offender and made att least 17 out-of-court settlements with former members of his stable, with some cases still ongoing. 2011 court docs reveal that 21 email addresses and phone numbers for Bill Clinton and an aide were found in Epstein's electronic black book, and that Clinton frequently flew with Epstein on his private plane between 2002 to 2005. But really, they were probably just discussing finance or politix or something. While getting massaged. Then things got serious, Jeff was tossed in the slammer in New York and then he killed himself. Really. That's what happened...
’s page, specifically to note that there is "no evidence" that he and former President Bill Clinton
...former Democratic president of the U.S. Bill was the second U.S. president to be impeached, the first to deny that oral sex was sex, the first to have difficulty with the definition of the word is...
were "friends" — despite the ex-commander-in-chief traveling on the disgraced financier’s plane 26 times, according to flight logs.

Curiously, the same Soibangla is one of the top authors on a new Wikipedia page titled, ’Biden—Ukraine conspiracy theory’. The page was created on October 15, the day after the Post published Hunter’s alleged email history. The article calls the controversy "a series of false allegations" and references an almost identical list of eight sources to back it up.

A war over Hunter Biden’s page has been raging since December 2019, when the word ’debunked’ was initially added in reference to the scandal involving the former VP’s role in the firing of a Ukrainian prosecutor who said he was investigating the Burisma gas company where Hunter sat on the board.
Posted by: Fred || 10/22/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I'm going to guess that half of the donors to the site are done with them.
Posted by: gorb || 10/22/2020 1:02 Comments || Top||

#2  So much for a reputation of reliable information. Amazing how many rather burn any integrity over the lust for power. It can only be so when they believe that once they get power again, they'll never give it up. Welcome to the world of the Soviet Encyclopedia.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 10/22/2020 8:58 Comments || Top||

#3  Read an article yesterday (well, just the first paragraph as I stopped reading) where they flat out (as if a priori/fact) called all this "dubious". It's f'in disgusting.
Posted by: Clem || 10/22/2020 9:20 Comments || Top||

#4  Just add "[citation needed]" to the "debunked" claim.
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 10/22/2020 9:40 Comments || Top||

#5  Debunked is for those who believe Bill "did not have sex" with that woman
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 10/22/2020 9:46 Comments || Top||

#6  Political items with the Dems is a bunch of lies surrounded by bodyguards of bull sh$t.
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 10/22/2020 10:40 Comments || Top||

#7  As a concept Wikipedia was a noble idea. But lefties are far more zealous about pushing their propaganda and everyone. Every once in a while a conservative position shows for a few hours, but inevitably the Liberal zealots wipe it out.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 10/22/2020 11:05 Comments || Top||

#8  'Reliable Information', Hah! For the melting point of Tungsten, sure maybe.
Posted by: magpie || 10/22/2020 12:44 Comments || Top||

#9  A standard reply of the left when they are under scrutiny: "Oh, that. It was debunked or discredited long ago." See Hillary Clinton's, Jim Comey, etc. responses before Congress or before real news reporters. A variation is "I never had sex with that woman." Yawn.
Posted by: JohnQC || 10/22/2020 14:06 Comments || Top||

#10  Wikipedia has had 'volunteer' editors (probably wearing pajamas in a basement somewhere) for some time that diligently monitor their respective interest pages. I put something up there several years ago that I knew to be absolutely true, and within minutes that had been changed.

I'll use it for looking up old movies and geography stuff, but that's about it.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 10/22/2020 16:04 Comments || Top||

#11  Their tech staff is quite good - at least if you looking up a new subject.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 10/22/2020 16:20 Comments || Top||

#12  I mostly check anime info and movies on it. Sometimes basic info. Beyond that, no.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 10/22/2020 19:24 Comments || Top||

#13  Any opinion topics, especially hot topics and people biographies, should be viewed with skepticism.

I'd like to see the John Wayne wiki from 5 years ago compared to today.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 10/22/2020 22:00 Comments || Top||


-PC Follies
Censored Glenn Reynolds: Big Tech Burned By Biden Blunder
[AccordingToHoyt] In my 2019 book, The Social Media Upheaval, I warned that the Big Tech companies — especially social media giants like Facebook and Twitter — had grown into powerful monopolists, who were using their power over the national conversation to not only sell ads, but also to promote a political agenda. That was pretty obvious last year, but it was even more obvious last week, when Facebook and Twitter tried to black out the New York Post’s blockbuster report about emails found on a laptop abandoned by Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s son Hunter.

The emails, some of which have been confirmed as genuine with their recipients, show substantial evidence that Hunter Biden used his position as Vice President Joe Biden’s son to extract substantial payments from “clients” in other countries. There are also photos of Hunter with a crack pipe, and engaging in various other unsavory activities. And they demolished the elder Biden’s claim that he never discussed business with his son.

That’s a big election-year news story. Some people doubted its genuineness, and of course it’s always fair to question a big election-year news story, especially one that comes out shortly before the election. (Remember CBS newsman Dan Rather’s promotion of what turned out to be forged memos about George W. Bush’s Air National Guard service?)
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: 3dc || 10/22/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  Search engine has turned into a censorship engine...

How orwellian.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 10/22/2020 9:47 Comments || Top||

#2  Force social media to allow all content without censorship or fine them insane amounts every year.

Break up Google. At the very least rip YouTube from them.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 10/22/2020 11:07 Comments || Top||

#3  Hypocrites want to "stealth censor" and "Safe Harbor" at the same time...
Posted by: magpie || 10/22/2020 12:27 Comments || Top||

#4  Mean while , back at the ranch , internal pollsters are shitting bricks with sharp edges , side ways , and looking at Trump's judicial recess appointments.
Posted by: Phinetch Wherese4624 || 10/22/2020 16:10 Comments || Top||



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