[ZeroHedge] "Nonsense!" — Julian Assange shouted as during the second day of his resumed extradition hearing US federal government attorney James Lewis told a witness that the WikiLeaks founder is facing extradition over the publication of informants' names and not for merely handling leaked documents.
Judge Vanessa Baraitser promptly warned Assange, seated in the dock, that any further outbursts could get him removed from court and the hearings could proceed without him.
"If you interrupt proceedings and disrupt a witness who is properly giving their evidence, it is open to me to continue without you in your absence," Baraitser said. "This is obviously not something I wish to do. I am, therefore, giving you a clear warning."
The US side is hinging its extradition request argument on its prior claims that WikiLeaks under Assange's leadership revealed names of sources. These individuals then "disappeared" according to the government's argument, suggesting Assange actually got US operatives and assets detained or killed in foreign countries.
During the Tuesday proceedings, US wrongdoing was highlighted as well. Reuters reported that:
Stafford Smith, a dual US-UK national, said the leaked information had contributed to court findings that criminal proceedings should be taken against senior U.S. officials.
"I say this more in sadness than anger. I would never have believed that my government would do what it did," he said. "We are talking about criminal offences of torture, kidnapping, rendition, holding people without trial."
Meanwhile The Intercept journalist Glenn Greenwald blasted the deafening press silence this week as the hearing proceeds.
Julian Assange and the group he founded, @WikiLeaks, have broken most stories of historic importance than most of the US & UK journalists who hate him *combined.*
Do these journalists despise Assange despite this fact, or because of it?https://t.co/Cfcsc4EuLq
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 9, 2020
Greenwald pointed out that years ago "it was fairly accepted in liberal circles (and media ones) that prosecuting Assange would be a grave threat to press freedom."
But what's different this time, Greenwald underscores, is that "Now Trump DOJ is doing it, and liberals are silent-to-supportive because Assange hurt Hillary & liberals want him imprisoned for that."
#1
If those jealous journalists would do a little research instead of spending all their time spewing Democrat Party talking points, they might break a few important stories themselves.
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#2
"Journalist"? What is this beast of which you speak? Does it exist?
#4
Blue norther. Like being anywhere up north in winter.
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Cold here on the Space Coast will be mid 40s overnight. I brought some cold weather gear with me when I moved. I get compliments on it regularly when the weather requires. Born here types just tough it out.
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#6
Bird people had an absolute legendary weekend before the shift.
We are used to 100s May through August so this is a real treat, plus the 1.5"+ steady rain in time for planting wheat.
And an excuse to break out the Tony's Clam Chowder.
[Powerline] Today President trump released another list of potential Supreme Court nominees. These are described as additions to the president’s prior lists, so those original people are still in the mix. This is today’s list:
Bridget Bade is a Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Prior to her appointment in 2019, Judge Bade was a United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Arizona and an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Arizona. Judge Bade served as a law clerk to Judge Edith H. Jones of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Judge Bade earned her B.A., summa cum laude, from Arizona State University and her J.D., cum laude, from Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law.
Daniel Cameron is the 51st Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Before his election in 2019, Attorney General Cameron practiced law with Frost Brown Todd, LLC and served as Legal Counsel to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. He served as a law clerk to Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. Attorney General Cameron received his B.S. from the University of Louisville and his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law.
Tom Cotton is a United States Senator for the State of Arkansas. Prior to his election in 2014, Senator Cotton served as a Member in the United States House of Representatives and in the United States Army, rising to the rank of Captain while serving in both Iraq with the 101st Airborne and in Afghanistan with a Provincial Reconstruction Team. Prior to his military service, Senator Cotton practiced law at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP. Senator Cotton served as a law clerk to Judge Jerry Smith of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He received his A.B., magna cum laude, from Harvard College and his J.D. from Harvard Law School.
Paul Clement is a partner with Kirkland & Ellis, LLP. He previously served as Solicitor General of the United States and has argued over 100 cases before the Supreme Court of the United States. He served as a law clerk to Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court of the United States and Judge Laurence Silberman on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Mr. Clement received his B.S.F.S., summa cum laude, from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service; his M.Phil. from Cambridge University; and his J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School.
Ted Cruz is a United States Senator for the State of Texas. Prior to his election in 2012, Senator Cruz was a partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP and served as Solicitor General of Texas. Senator Cruz served as a law clerk to Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist on the Supreme Court of the United States and Judge J. Michael Luttig on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Senator Cruz received his A.B., cum laude, from Princeton University and his J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School.
Stuart Kyle Duncan is a Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Before his appointment in 2018, he was a partner at Schaerr Duncan, LLP and General Counsel of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. Earlier in his career, Judge Duncan served as Solicitor General of Louisiana. Judge Duncan served as a law clerk to Judge John M. Duhé, Jr., of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He received his B.A., summa cum laude, from Louisiana State University; his J.D. from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University; and his LL.M. from Columbia University Law School.
WHO'S WHO ON TRUMP'S SUPREME COURT SHORTLIST Republican Senators
Ted Cruz, Texas. 49
Josh Hawley, Missouri. 40
Tom Cotton, Arkansas. 43
Judges
Bridget Bade, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. 54
Stuart Kyle Duncan, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. 48
James Ho, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 47
Gregory Katsas, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. 56
Barbara Lagoa, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. 52
Carlos Muñiz, Supreme Court of Florida. 51
Martha Pacold, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. 41
Peter Phipps, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. 47
Sarah Pitlyk, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. 43
Allison Jones Rushing, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. 38
Lawrence VanDyke, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. 47
Current And Former Republican Officials
Daniel Cameron, Kentucky Attorney General. 34
Paul Clement, partner with Kirkland & Ellis, former solicitor general. 54
Steven Engel, assistant attorney general for the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel. 46
Noel Francisco, former U.S. solicitor general. 51
Christopher Landau, U.S. ambassador to Mexico. 56
Kate Todd, deputy White House counsel. 45
#3
Doesn't matter - as soon as Dems take the White House, they'll pack the Supreme Court with fifteen or more judges, appointing all hard left justices. They aren't interested in what's good for America. They're here to annihilate us utterly. If they have to destroy themselves by repealing our shared civil liberties, they're OK with that.
#4
The problem is getting them confirmed by the Senate. When you have a slim majority, then your weakest link gets to choose who you nominate. Looking at you, Romney, Murkowski, Collins.
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Greetings! I am Prince Xi Jing Ping Jr. and have $100 million (US) stuck in a Beijing bank. For your help in moving the money to Johannesburg, I am willing to share with you a 20% commission. Please provide your bank routing and account or Google Pay information.
[Wash Examiner] As Tesla struggles to maintain a rising stock price during the morning trading session on Tuesday, General Motors was busy inking a deal with one of its competitors.
Nikola Motor Company, the maker of an electric truck that is expected to compete with Tesla's Cybertruck, announced it is teaming up with General Motors in a deal that will send 11% equity to the Detroit manufacturer.
"Nikola is one of the most innovative companies in the world. General Motors is one of the top engineering and manufacturing companies in the world. You couldn’t dream of a better partnership than this," Nikola founder and executive chairman Trevor Milton said in a statement. "Nikola immediately gets decades of supplier and manufacturing knowledge, validated and tested production-ready EV propulsion, world-class engineering and investor confidence. Most importantly, General Motors has a vested interest to see Nikola succeed. We made three promises to our stakeholders and have now fulfilled two out of three promises ahead of schedule. What an exciting announcement."
Renderings of Nikola's first truck, the Badger, have been widely circulated on social media and is expected to begin production in 2022. The truck will use both fuel and hydrogen battery cells and is expected to have a 600-mile range and 906 horsepower.
As part of the partnership, Nikola agreed to hand over $2 billion in stock to GM.
#4
Besoeker I am working for CSX as a contractor and I wouldn't.
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Biggest side effect of COVID is people buying less stuff. Freight handlers hardest hit.
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Interesting at #4. Contracting is a rough game, about as close to prostitution as one can get and still keep your shorts on (if you're not the prime contractor, your stuff is very week). I had over 10 years of it, in and out of the country. Out of the country, usually better, but no guarantee. Thanks for sharing DB.
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Besoeker I get my information from actual employees. I am not in contact with CSX management. I do see first hand mismanagement. If you wish to discuss further rnorthinatgemaildotcom
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Russia's sovereign wealth fund RDIF said on Thursday that it had agreed to manufacture Russia's first registered COVID-19 vaccine "Sputnik-V" in Brazil.
RDIF, which is backing the vaccine's development, also said it planned to supply up to 100 million doses of the vaccine to Latin America.
#2
This is the vaccine that is barely in Phase 1 trials with hinky data? In an open letter to the editor of The Lancet medical journal, in which Russia’s Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology published early-stage trial results of its coronavirus vaccine last Friday, a group of scientists said the data was incomplete and had shown some “unlikely patterns.”
They said the results showed that groups of participants had reported identical antibody levels at different points in the study. There are 27 signatories of the letter so far — predominantly scientists based in Europe but also including several in the U.S. and Asia.
“There are several data patterns which appear repeatedly for the reported experiments,” the open letter said. “On the ground of simple probabilistic evaluations the fact of observing so many data points preserved among different experiments is highly unlikely.”
The scientists were also concerned at the lack of original numerical data presented in The Lancet, saying that “no conclusions can be definitively drawn on the reliability of the data presented, especially regarding the apparent duplications detected.”
#5
And we are supposed to summarily trust Big Pharma outside of Russia? Hardly. I sense mucho jealousy (from Big Pharma, Wall Street, FDA) because the Russians appears for the moment to have won the vaccine race. Of course, time will tell.
#6
US: we got da bill o rights, free speech, we'd never destroy people for incorrect speech - not us no siree, no never...
Russia: say whatever you like, no "RayCiss!!!" no cancel culture - so long as you don't threaten the oligarchs incl Putin...
US: oligarchs? What, us oligarchs?? No oligarchs to see here, move along now... [Your winnings Sir. Thank you.]
Russia: yes there are oligarchs. Bandits. Assholes who lie cheat steal. Are you telling us that Bezos Fuckerberg GooGooBlyz didn't pay off your politicians and bend the competition rules and the "platform, not publisher" scam in their favor? Are you retarded?
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.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
