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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Florida Popeye's drive-thru turns into wild brawl and robbery (gut wrenching video)
[FOX] A chicken sandwich run devolved into a "strong armed robbery" and wild brawl at a Popeye's in South Florida on Tuesday, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said.

A silver Nissan Sentra with four females inside was going through the Popeye's drive-thru in Lantana, Fla., when one of the passengers started arguing with the cashier.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/18/2021 09:04 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Hazardous-duty pay for drive-thru window cashiers? Arm the cashiers? Axle-catchers in the drive-thru lane?
Posted by: JohnQC || 03/18/2021 9:28 Comments || Top||

#2  Whitey's fault. With encouragement from Trump...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 03/18/2021 9:31 Comments || Top||


Florida vet held on child pornography, bestiality charges
MIAMI (AP) — A South Florida veterinarian is facing charges of possessing child pornography and sexually abusing a dog, authorities said.

Prentiss Madden, 40, was arrested by federal agents on Tuesday and ordered held pending a Friday bond hearing, court records show. Court records did not list a lawyer for him, and it wasn’t immediately clear who could speak in his defense.

Madden was medical director of Caring Hands Animal Hospital in Miami until he was fired two weeks ago, when colleagues learned he was under investigation for "these heinous and unthinkable crimes," the hospital said in a statement on Wednesday.

"Our legal team, and every single member of the Caring Hands family will be doing everything in our power to aid law enforcement and facilitate their investigation and prosecution," the statement read.

Madden’s charges fall under a federal law outlawing animal abuse, which was initially created in response to a genre of cruelty in which people record the harming of animals for the sexual gratification of viewers, the Miami Herald reported.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/18/2021 08:55 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:


Man with rifle and ammunition in car arrested near residence of Kamala Harris
[Washington Examiner] A Texas man sought by police was arrested on Wednesday near the home of Vice President Kamala Harris and found to have a firearm and ammunition in his car.

Paul Murray, 31, was stopped by the Secret Service and apprehended around the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., after law enforcement was made aware of a Lone Star State police bulletin that pinned him as a wanted man. Police found a rifle and ammunition in his car, which was parked in a downtown garage some distance away from the vice president's dwelling.

Murray was booked on charges of carrying a dangerous weapon, carrying a rifle or shotgun outside of a business, possession of unregistered ammunition, and possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device.

"A bunch of cops passed me at the National Cathedral, which is just up the road from the observatory," Andrew Leyden, a former Capitol Hill staffer who witnessed the arrest, told CNBC. "What was really odd was it was marked units and unmarked units."
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/18/2021 00:21 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:


#2 


Questions.
With the demand for AR's and the almost non-existent availability of 223/556 ammo. How was it he "RECENTLY" was able to acquire these items as claimed?


Also note:
Where he was arrested "the Naval Observatory" and where they claim to have found the weapon/ammo in a car parked in a DOWNTOWN Garage? I checked... 1.2 to 1.4 Miles away. Not close nor in his physical possession but stored/locked/secured in a vehicle.

Most Articles are using the catch phrase"... carrying a dangerous weapon, carrying a rifle or shotgun outside of a business, possession of unregistered ammunition, and possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device." He was neither carrying or in physical possession of a weapon.

These are NOT DC Gun laws So it seems the writer is writing from a UK/Canada or the general Liberal Lack of Knowledge of US Gun law perspective?


Also Note: Harris was at the Blair House 2.5 Miles away. Not the VP residence 1/2 mile from the Naval Observatory.


I smell an event embellished for the "Anti-AR" Ban agenda we al have heard of.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 03/18/2021 5:39 Comments || Top||

#3 
The guy was a tourist in WDC, if he was a serious threat, he wouldn't have driven a car with everything packed in his trunk.

This is what he would have driven, If he were serious.

Posted by: Slavic Spade6032 || 03/18/2021 6:36 Comments || Top||

#4  Any Parking Garage (reported that the vehicle was located in one) at is over a half-mile walk from the VP's house (1 Observatory Cir NW, Washington, DC 20008).

If the guy was there for nefarious reasons, and it sounds like he had a warrant already, lock him up.

If he was just walking around the area (as I have done in the past - pretty interesting buildings), then just go for the existing warrant and cut out all this other cr*p.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 03/18/2021 11:20 Comments || Top||

#5  Insurrection story was getting kind of thin after the FBI didnt find any firearms so amping up something was critical.
Second Secretary of the Central Committee Harris staying at the Blair House is most interesting given its proximity to the White House. Its across the street for those who don’t know the VP residence is way up Massachusetts Avenue by the National Cathedral. Important to have a sentient decision maker closer for the 2am call or paranoia about her future?
Inquiring minds want to know!
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 03/18/2021 12:38 Comments || Top||

#6  possession of unregistered ammunition

Never heard of that one before. Can I get a group discount if I register the whole box at once?
Posted by: Bobby || 03/18/2021 15:17 Comments || Top||


Boys, aged 14 and 16, are charged with murder and arson for 'killing man, 53, by setting him on fire in his upstate New York home'
  • [DailyMail, Where America Gets Its News] Zayvion Perry, 16, and 14-year-old Adriel Riley Jr, charged with second-degree murder and arson in the death of Steven Amenhauser

  • Amenhauser, 53, was sitting in a chair in his Rochester, New York, apartment when he was doused with flammable liquid and set on fire

  • Victim suffered second- and third-degree burns to 70 per cent of his body and died from his injuries three days later

  • Police say victim was familiar with the suspects from the neighborhood, but they do not know what prompted the attack

  • Amenhauser lived alone, had no surviving family and was in declining health and 'vulnerable'
Posted by: Fred || 03/18/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1 

What we do know is the victim was a White male.
Zayvion Perry, 16 & Adriel Riley Jr, 14 are both Black Teens. An the media is going out of its way to AVOID saying it was a Black on White Hate crime.


Quoting Bob Lonsberry @ WHAM 13 News.
“In a world where everything anymore seems to be about race, nobody wanted to mention the fact that the teens where Black and the old man was White, and they watched him burn a bit, after they sprayed him and lit him, and they told him to say it was two White guys who did it," and he added, “Nobody will ask if it was a hate crime."

Note: "Riley the 14 y/o was already on release for a violent felony charge at the time of the recent incident. His arrest history is sealed by Family Court because of his age.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 03/18/2021 6:01 Comments || Top||

#2  firing squad for both of them
Posted by: 746 || 03/18/2021 10:26 Comments || Top||

#3  The wheel to break their bones then the rack to tear their muscles apart.
Posted by: Ulomomp Hupimble9527 || 03/18/2021 11:45 Comments || Top||

#4  You should be adjudged by the crime you commit not some adjectival descriptive of who you are.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 03/18/2021 12:54 Comments || Top||

#5 
Procopius2k

I agree and would add.
Sentences for Physically abusive crimes should be directly related the method the criminal inflected on the victim.

1st
3 to 5 years to reflect on the pain and suffering caused.

2nd
Application of the related punishment:
Broken bone(s), Blinded, beat up, maimed, disfigured, Infected, set on fire, shot, stabbed, strangled, buried alive and etc..

Punishment in-kind sure would have a lot less violent crimes. ☺☻

In this case doused gas and lit up.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 03/18/2021 15:56 Comments || Top||


-Obits-
Tanzanian President John Magufuli dead at 61
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 03/18/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:


-Short Attention Span Theater-
'New Show With a Popular Host to Take Over Rush Limbaugh's Radio Time Slot
[Resist The Mainstream] Cumulus Media’s Westwood One announced on Wednesday that Dan Bongino will be launching a new radio show during the time slot left vacant by conservative talk radio icon Rush Limbaugh.

The program, "The Dan Bongino Show," will broadcast 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. ET in markets nationwide on May 24, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, and Washington, DC, according to a press release.

"The Dan Bongino Show will tackle the hot political issues, debunking both liberal and Republican establishment rhetoric," the press release described. "As a former Secret Service agent and NYPD officer, Bongino is uniquely positioned to provide commentary and analysis that directly questions the philosophical underpinnings of both the Left and Big Government Republicans."

Bongino, a Fox News contributor, said "I’m excited to embrace the immense power of radio to connect with my listeners live for three hours every day. This is an incredible privilege, and I pledge to honor the trailblazing work of those who came before me."

"Dan is passionate and relatable, with a natural ability to connect with his audience," said Suzanne Grimes, President, Westwood One President Suzanne Grimes said in a statement. "Dan has been on a meteoric rise since his podcast launched in 2019, and we look forward to watching his star continue to soar."
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/18/2021 15:22 || Comments || Link || [15 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
Rush leaves a mighty big pair of shoes to fill.

But I will listen and judge, accordingly.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 03/18/2021 15:35 Comments || Top||


Marine veteran saves neighbor from burning home in Norristown
[CBS] NORRISTOWN, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- James "Cowboy" Johnson is a hero on his Norristown, Pennsylvania block - not only for being a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, but also for what he did Monday morning.

Despite lung issues, 70-year-old Johnson ran into a burning home to save his neighbor. It happened around 10 a.m. on the 1000 block of Swede Street.

"I appreciate you so much," said Magistrate Judge Gregory Scott.

Late Monday night, Judge Scott, who is also a Norristown firefighter, presented a certificate to Johnson for his heroism.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/18/2021 00:48 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  A true American hero.
Posted by: Elmung Hatrack5948 || 03/18/2021 0:59 Comments || Top||


Wendy Williams Appears to Fart and Burp Live on Air
[DECIDER] Wendy Williams made a real stink about Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s divorce on her daytime talk show. In a segment about the famous ex-couple that aired on her Monday show, Williams seemingly burped and farted at the same time while live on air, and the show’s top-notch microphones picked it all up, per HuffPost UK.

While suspecting that Kardashian, who recently announced her divorce from West, could have "five new boyfriends" by now, Williams let out a burp and covered her mouth, but brief toot seemingly escaped, too. The host, who is filming her show with a limited live audience, took a moment to gain her composure as the crowd let out some whoops and began to clap. Clearly, they heard it too. "I apologize, I apologize," Williams said, before returning to the Kardashian gossip.
Posted by: Fred || 03/18/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
Very multi-talented individual, no wonder she is hosting a variety show, she can talk too !

Posted by: Opaque Barnsmell7648 || 03/18/2021 6:58 Comments || Top||

#2  Well, when you're that full of s**t...
Posted by: Woozle Theamble4130 || 03/18/2021 10:20 Comments || Top||

#3  Finally, some honesty on TV.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/18/2021 10:34 Comments || Top||

#4  The old joke is "Women don't fart because they never close their mouths long enough to build up the necessary pressure..."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 03/18/2021 13:58 Comments || Top||

#5  Another cow emitting CO2.
Posted by: Clem || 03/18/2021 22:59 Comments || Top||


Man chased across streets of frozen Western Siberian city by angry bear
[RT] If snow and bears are quintessential for any video from Russia, this one definitely makes the cut. An agitated animal was filmed chasing a man down the street of a chilly Siberian city... shortly after escaping from a local hotel.

The bizarre story, with some truly crazy visuals, emerged from Nizhnevartovsk in Western Siberia on Wednesday. Locals were puzzled after they witnessed a brown bear roaming the streets downtown in the morning. The animal was very out of place, given it’s a pretty big city with some 280,000 residents and no forests nearby.

The footage, caught on camera by eyewitnesses, shows a man clearly aware of the bear while anxiously talking to somebody on the phone as it gets ever closer. There’s a dramatic moment when the creature appears to get agitated and rushes at him, launching an intense, if short competition in who can run faster. After quite some chase, the quick-thinking man then makes a successful break by crossing the road and setting up his pursuer to be hit by an oncoming bus.

Luckily, the story resolved more or less positively for everyone involved, including the furry guy — or rather gal, as the bear was later revealed to be female. She wasn’t seriously hurt by the vehicle’s impact, thanks to the bus driver’s swift reactions and good brakes, and was soon tranquilized and taken away by the animal control team, which quickly arrived at the scene.

According to local media, the bear was not a wild species, but a captive pet, and had been kept by its owner at the nearby hotel. The police are now investigating how it managed to escape and whether its living arrangements had even been legal to begin with. A second bear was reportedly found in a cage at the same hotel.
Posted by: Fred || 03/18/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  If only it was a polar bear it would have been a racist attack...

Snark O'The Day
Posted by: Glenmore || 03/18/2021 14:50 Comments || Top||

#2  Kept in a hotel? Reminds me of a thing I saw on Facebook: a hotel sign that says "Pets welcome. Except bears. We're not making that mistake again"
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 03/18/2021 16:39 Comments || Top||

#3  Not a lot of bears which aren't angry. Glad to hear for the guy and "Mishka" that all is well. Bus, too.
Posted by: Clem || 03/18/2021 22:03 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
DeSantis slams critical race theory and says it will have no place in Florida classrooms: 'Not worth one red cent'
[WashingtonExaminer] Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis slammed critical race theory and pledged there is no room in his state’s classrooms for the controversial curriculum.

“There's no room in our classrooms for things like critical race theory,” the Florida Republican said Wednesday. “Teaching kids to hate their country and to hate each other is not worth one red cent of taxpayer money.”

DeSantis pledged that Florida's curriculum will "expressly exclude" the teaching.

DeSantis also said he is proposing a $3,000 bonus for Florida teachers who complete a civics education program that focuses on “foundational concepts” rather than the critical race theory that has been spreading nationwide.

The critical race theory movement, energized by the New York Times’s recent 1619 Project, deviates from a traditional curriculum and teaches that racism is embedded in the founding of the United States.

Earlier this year, government employees in San Diego County, California, were forced to take part in critical race theory training, including a lecture stating that only white people are capable of being racist.
Posted by: || 03/18/2021 17:57 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Dang I like that kind of talk as my Dad used to say. If Trump does not run in 2024...I'd say this guy is a likely contender if he keeps this up.
Posted by: Warthog || 03/18/2021 9:22 Comments || Top||

#2  The Pubs could use more like Gov. DeSantis. Gov. Kristi Noem is another good governor.
Posted by: JohnQC || 03/18/2021 10:17 Comments || Top||

#3  Warthog, JohnQC, Rantburgers who read the article before it was hit by stray gamma rays and the content erased:

Can you tell us what the article was about and from where? We would very much like to reconstitute the thing.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/18/2021 16:59 Comments || Top||

#4  TW it was his views regarding Critical Race Theory being taught in schools

Unsure this was the same article but you get the gist

DeSantis slams critical race theory and says it will have no place in Florida classrooms: 'Not worth one red cent'
Posted by: Beavis || 03/18/2021 17:10 Comments || Top||

#5  Yes, that was it. Thanks Beavis and TW.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/18/2021 17:34 Comments || Top||

#6  Wonderful — pausing in the middle of reconstituting to thank Beavis.

Besoeker, was it you who posted this, or was it someone else?
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/18/2021 17:55 Comments || Top||

#7  I believe I posted it.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/18/2021 18:39 Comments || Top||

#8  This was a good choice of article, Besoeker. Florida becomes more interesting.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/18/2021 20:30 Comments || Top||

#9  DeSantis may have to start thinking about things when he starts his car, gets into the tub, and when he sits down to eat.
Posted by: Clem || 03/18/2021 21:59 Comments || Top||


Colorado Judge Strikes Down Boulder's AR-15 Ban
Posted by: DarthVader || 03/18/2021 08:31 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Well crap. Hit submit instead of preview....

A judge struck down Boulder, Colorado's ban on the possession of AR-15s and magazines holding more than 10 rounds on Monday.

Colorado state judge Andrew Hartman ruled the city's gun ban violated the state's preemption law, which prevents localities from imposing gun regulations above and beyond state law. Judge Hartman's ruling declares the ordinance invalid and immediately bars the city from enforcing the ban.

"The Court has determined that only Colorado state (or federal) law can prohibit the possession, sale, and transfer of assault weapons and large capacity magazines," Hartman wrote in the ruling.
Posted by: DarthVader || 03/18/2021 8:33 Comments || Top||

#2  Boulder - the Berkeley of Colorado ..... sister city to Austin
Posted by: Warthog || 03/18/2021 8:51 Comments || Top||

#3  ...about those migrant Californistas learning to go local when they arrive. Ain't going to happen.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 03/18/2021 12:56 Comments || Top||

#4  Doesn't the current gun control law in the process of going through the Senate (passed in the House) ban these nationwide?
Posted by: Glenmore || 03/18/2021 14:37 Comments || Top||

#5  The government has graciously allowed you to "keep" them in the current bill. Boulder did an outright ban where you had to give them up or move them out of city limits.

Don't worry. I'm sure our demoncrat state controlled congress is working to make sure they are banned to help out poor Boulder.
Posted by: DarthVader || 03/18/2021 15:54 Comments || Top||


Americans likely to spend their stimulus checks on guns
[Forbes] Americans are looking forward to another round of stimulus checks and gun shops are looking forward to another round of stimulus stockpiling.

"Stimulus check equals gun money," said Brandon Wexler, owner of Wex Gunworks in Delray Beach, Florida. "I do anticipate that when people get a stimulus check they will spend it on firearms, accessories, high-capacity magazines and ammo, if they can get it."

Retailers have learned from the previous two rounds of stimulus payments that they can provide a temporary windfall for gun stores.
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Posted by: trailing wife || 03/18/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
Or they might spend it on pet accessories...

Posted by: Bugs Thrarong4946 || 03/18/2021 5:24 Comments || Top||

#2  Many thanks to the Liberals from Pro-Americans against Socialism.

In our case, we are actually spending the check on the credit card that was used to buy the items in June 2020 (we tend to plan and think way ahead).☺

So also thanks to the Bank for the 0% credit card on purchases for the 1st year.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 03/18/2021 6:14 Comments || Top||

#3  Like I could find an M1A Socom for $1400....8p
Posted by: Mercutio || 03/18/2021 8:27 Comments || Top||

#4  Got a Glock 43 with holster. Had change for lunch and a trip to the range. Thanks Joe.
Posted by: Vespasian Ebboting9735 || 03/18/2021 9:35 Comments || Top||

#5 
Just saying
M1A Socom -
$1900 on Arms List
$1,525.00 (Brand New) on Gun Broker
Posted by: NN2N1 || 03/18/2021 16:04 Comments || Top||

#6  ^Interesting.......
Posted by: Mercutio || 03/18/2021 19:39 Comments || Top||

#7  Have the guns, 1400 hundie went to a new safe.
Posted by: Slappy || 03/18/2021 22:12 Comments || Top||


China-Japan-Koreas
N. Korea says will ignore US while 'hostile policy' in place: Yonhap
[FRANCE24] North Korea
...hereditary Communist monarchy distinguished by its truculence and periodic acts of violence. Distinguishing features include Songun (Army First) policy, which involves feeding the army before anyone but the Dear Leadership, and Juche, which is Kim Jong Il's personal interpretation of Marxism-Leninism, which he told everybody was brilliant. In 1950 the industrialized North invaded agrarian South Korea. Twenty-one countries of the United Nations eventually contributed to the UN force opposing the invasion, with the United States providing around 90% of the military personnel. Seventy years later the economic results are in and it doesn't look good for Juche...
said Thursday it will ignore attempts by the US to contact it, the South's Yonhap news agency reported, hours before President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. We get to suffer the consequences...
's top envoys were to hold talks in Seoul.The comments from the North's first vice foreign minister Choe Son Hui came with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin in the South for the second leg of an Asian tour to bolster a united front against the nuclear-armed North and an increasingly assertive China.

The pair have repeatedly called for the "complete denuclearisation of North Korea" on their trip, which began in Japan.

There could be no contact nor dialogue between Washington and Pyongyang "until the US withdraws its hostile DPRK policy", Yonhap cited Choe as saying in a statement carried by state media, referring to the North by its official name.

"Therefore, we will continue to ignore such attempts by the US in the future," she added.



Posted by: Fred || 03/18/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  So Xiden's new name in North Korea is "Hostile Policy", does that translate anywhere close to "Hosspucky"?



Posted by: Craving Slaving4911 || 03/18/2021 6:48 Comments || Top||

#2  There isn't just a Trump Gap, there is a Pompeo Gap.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/18/2021 12:15 Comments || Top||


Economy
New and Continuing Jobless Claims worse than expected last week
The Department of Labor released its weekly report on new jobless claims on Thursday at 8:30 a.m. ET. Here were the main metrics from the report, compared to consensus data compiled by Bloomberg:

Initial jobless claims, week ended March 13: 770,000 vs. 700,000 expected and an upwardly revised 725,000 during the prior week

Continuing claims, week ended March 6: 4.124 million vs. 4.034 million expected and 4.144 million during the prior week
Posted by: Lord Garth || 03/18/2021 10:43 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under:

#1 

Simple......

$1.9 Trillion C-19 bill is loaded with Unemployment funds ON TOP OF the State UE check
a person is already getting.

Remember in 2020 we actually had UE people making more on UE that actually working to earn it.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 03/18/2021 15:38 Comments || Top||

#2  Only gonna get worse
Posted by: DarthVader || 03/18/2021 16:54 Comments || Top||


IRS postpones April 15 U.S. tax deadline to May 17
[CNBC]But delaying increases the ability of identity thieves to claim your refund for themselves, so getting your return in earlier is probably a good idea.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/18/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  They had to do this because the Biden administration made a change to the tax on unemployment compensation in the middle of fucking tax season (i.e., last week).
Posted by: Raj || 03/18/2021 11:17 Comments || Top||

#2  Surprised I haven't heard about a push to withhold fed taxes from the Biden Pretendership.
Posted by: Mercutio || 03/18/2021 19:44 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Months after Pres. Trump complaints, some courts are finding irregularities in 2020 elections
[Just the News] Long after former President Donald Trump dropped his legal challenges to the 2020 election, some courts in battleground states are beginning to declare the way widespread absentee ballots were implemented or counted violated state laws.

The latest ruling came this month in Michigan, where the State Court of Claims concluded that Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson's instructions on signature verification for absentee ballots violated state law.

Benson had instructed local election clerks a month before the Nov. 3 election to start with a "presumption" that all signatures on absentee ballots were valid and only reject those that had "multiple significant and obvious" inconsistencies. Republicans and one election clerk challenged her instructions in court.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/18/2021 00:26 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under:

#1 

But will it or has it changed one election where Fraud or Illegal processes were used?


Questions:

I am wondering if trump was looking at the Long Game like a fox when he dropped his court challenges?

Was he setting the stage for a 2022 congressional take over, like happened in 2014 under Obama? Where the House and Senate both were Republican Controlled?



Posted by: NN2N1 || 03/18/2021 5:02 Comments || Top||

#2  I'm sure Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani are on top if this.
Posted by: Clem || 03/18/2021 5:22 Comments || Top||

#3  Banana republic time. How far this country has fallen...
pray for us sinners, now and at this hour of the Republic's impending death, Amen
Posted by: Beldar Hatrack4448 || 03/18/2021 5:58 Comments || Top||

#4  four years is a short time to get any kind of legal changes made to elections when you have no standing before the election and it doesn't matter after according to our own high court.

Legislatures need to make the change and they need to hold rogue election officials accountable, legally.
Posted by: ruprecht || 03/18/2021 9:20 Comments || Top||

#5  But a school principle rigging an election is busted within hours.

I guess this is the "whoopsie oops oh well" stage act.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/18/2021 10:36 Comments || Top||

#6  Waiting for the nation-wide RICO convictions. Until then it's Kabuki.
Posted by: magpie || 03/18/2021 13:17 Comments || Top||

#7  Of course they are, now that it does not matter. They were terrified of doing so when it mattered.
Posted by: Glenmore || 03/18/2021 14:43 Comments || Top||

#8  If i were a fly on the wall i’ll bet i would have heard Roberts give an impassioned speech about how is they took this on it would insure the certain doom of a 9 justice court and fhe demise of fhe power of the judicial branch, not to mention certain personal consequences that might befall their personal futures. This was a guts-balls election theft for all the marbles, and i am certain the Marxist went all in on hardball tactics.
They won and fhe court will atrophy into another vestigial process for window dressing the dictats of the Presidium.
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 03/18/2021 21:07 Comments || Top||


Trump Makes Surprise Appearance at Sanders Campaign Event
[EpochTimes] Former President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and whatever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
made a surprise appearance at an event organized by the campaign of Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the former White House press secretary.

Sanders is running for governor in Arkansas. She was the first candidate to be endorsed by Trump after he departed the White House on Jan. 20.

"Great weekend on the campaign trail featuring a surprise appearance at one of my events by President Trump!" Sanders wrote on Twitter alongside a photo of herself with Trump.

A Trump adviser told The Epoch Times that the campaign event took place at Trump’s exclusive Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on March 12.

Earlier on Sunday, former Georgia State Rep. Vernon Jones posted a photo of himself with Sanders at a campaign stop, but it is unclear if the event is the same as the one Trump attended.

Trump formally endorsed Sanders on Jan. 25.

Sanders served as the White House press secretary from July 2017 to July 2019. Her tenure was marked by a series of viral exchanges with members of the establishment media, boosting her profile among Trump followers.
She was good, but not Kayleigh McEnany good
Sanders has promised that if elected she would work to lower the state income tax, reduce the cost and size of government, and create more good jobs.

Sanders, 38, the daughter of former Gov. Mike Huckabee, announced her 2022 bid for Arkansas governor on Jan. 25. She raised $1 million in the first four days of her candidacy, including donations from all 75 counties in Arkansas, according to her campaign.
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#1  Whew. For a minute there....
Posted by: KBK || 03/18/2021 0:22 Comments || Top||

#2  Me, too. The Babylon Bee and Bernie?
Posted by: Bobby || 03/18/2021 7:58 Comments || Top||

#3  Would have been interesting if he showed up at a Bernie event. He actually had a lot of support from Bernie bros for some reason.
Posted by: ruprecht || 03/18/2021 9:18 Comments || Top||

#4  At a Bernie event? Is this the Bee™? Oh! Never mind, walks off...
Posted by: magpie || 03/18/2021 13:13 Comments || Top||

#5  Sanders may not be McEnany 'good' but who is? Orders of magnitude better than the current position holder. Second best ever in that job is pretty fine.
Posted by: Glenmore || 03/18/2021 14:49 Comments || Top||

#6  Bernie Sanders was never running for anything except owner of another lake house.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 03/18/2021 17:35 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Arab Israeli tells UN: Claims local vaccination program is racist are baseless
[IsraelTimes] Arab Israeli activist Yoseph Haddad tells the UN Human Rights Council that accusations that Israel’s vaccination program is "racist" and discriminatory are baseless.

Israel has been criticized in some quarters for not doing more to provide vaccines to the Paleostinians while Jerusalem asserts it has no such responsibility.

Haddad, invited by the UN Watch to address the council, says: "Accusations have been made that Israel’s 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...
vaccine program is ’racist.’ This is false. Like me, my family, friends and hundreds of thousands of other Israeli Arabs have been vaccinated.

"The State of Israel is running campaigns in Arabic to encourage us Arab Israelis to get vaccinated, and Israel’s National EMS Magen David Adom, composed of Jews and Arabs, is working directly in Arab communities to vaccinate," he says.

"Any attempt to claim that Israel’s vaccine policy is racist is a blatant attempt to smear Israel and distract from the corruption of nations on this very council."

Haddad is CEO of the organization Together Vouch for Each Other that works to connect the Arab sector to Israeli society. He sometimes blogs for The Times of Israel.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/18/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:


Southeast Asia
Christian schoolgirls forced to wear Muslim jilbab in Indonesia
Posted by: Anon1 || 03/18/2021 04:11 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Devout Moslems

#1 

Tsk,tsk cameras these days are sooo unreliable.

Posted by: Spoilt Jerry1721 || 03/18/2021 6:10 Comments || Top||

#2 
Just terribly bad photos, bad camera, bad...



Posted by: Spoilt Jerry1721 || 03/18/2021 6:19 Comments || Top||

#3  The Islamists are spreading sharia rules as much as they can across Indonesia which is the world's most populous Muslim majority nation. Aceh province is the first to be ruled by sharia officially under semi-autonomy but the Islamists are organising and pushing everywhere there
Posted by: Anon1 || 03/18/2021 8:32 Comments || Top||

#4  What about Christian girls in California?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 03/18/2021 10:16 Comments || Top||

#5 

Yes California Christian Bikinis

Posted by: Herb Upnow1111 || 03/18/2021 12:19 Comments || Top||

#6  Way to skinny, Herb, bring in some of those Indonesian lasses and make them wear the California uniform...
Posted by: Glenmore || 03/18/2021 14:41 Comments || Top||

#7  Should Christian Women wear Bikinis?

No - they should go as God made them... :)
Posted by: CrazyFool || 03/18/2021 14:46 Comments || Top||



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