Sic Semper Tyrannis

Former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith gets probation after making a false statement in the FISA surveillance warrant process

By Robert Willmann

The pretense and bogus public face that an even-handed application of law exists in the federal legal system showed itself again today as former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith received 12 months probation and a $100 special assessment after pleading guilty to making a false statement during the process for the third renewal of a surveillance warrant on Carter Page, PhD.  The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) allows the most intrusive surveillance of a person and his or her communications, and can also include physical searches and the production of business records and other tangible things.  Clinesmith pleaded guilty on 19 August 2020, and court records and a transcript of the plea hearing were made available here on SST [1]. 

This is the only criminal case filed so far by Connecticut U.S. Attorney John Durham, who was directed by Attorney General William Barr on 18 May 2019 to conduct a preliminary review, which turned into a criminal investigation, about matters related to the 2016 presidential campaign and governmental conduct.   Part of what Durham is to look into is the FBI's "Crossfire Hurricane" investigation, which was officially opened in 2016 and which allegedly was about the Trump campaign and the Russian government.  Clinesmith's criminal conduct happened as part of that FBI activity.  Barr made Durham a "special counsel" under Justice Department procedures on 1 December 2020 that would give Durham some degree of independence as the Biden administration moved in.

The written order of conviction and sentencing is not yet in the court clerk's file, with the only notation being on the clerk's docket sheet about the sentencing on 29 January 2021.  One other bit of activity occurred in the case, when Carter Page filed a request under the Crime Victims' Rights Act to be acknowledged as a crime victim under that law, since he was subject to surveillance based on unlawful applications for orders from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) [2].  He also filed a supplement to that request saying that with the current posture of the case, it would not be workable to establish a dollar amount of restitution he should receive [3].  He was the target of four consecutive surveillance warrants, an original one which was then renewed three times.  Each one was for 90 days, which means the surveillance of him went on for an entire year.  

"Joe Biden's call for unity is a sham" The Telegraph

"In his inaugural speech last week, Joe Biden promised to unite his country. But read his words closely, and examine his first actions as president, and you will see confusion, contradiction and dogma that is likely to lead only to further division.

Of course, absolute unity is impossible to achieve in any political system. Autocratic regimes intimidate and bully their citizens into conformity with the ideologies of their leaders, and try to present an image of a united people to the outside world. But the whole point of liberal democracy is that it is supposed to tolerate difference and disagreement.

For liberal democracies are built on the premise that human values and interests are unavoidably and perpetually in conflict with one another. The solution to these conflicts is not to grant total victory to one side or another, but to accept a system of government and civil society that allows pluralism to flourish within a common culture and single legal framework."  Nick Timothy

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No comment is necessary.  pl

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/01/24/left-cannot-overcome-division-remains-obsessed-identity-politics/

Solar Winds was an Israeli penetration? Not Russia?

"As Russiagate played out, it became apparent that there was collusion between the Trump campaign and a foreign power, but the nation was Israel, not Russia. Indeed, many of the reports that came out of Russiagate revealed collusion with Israel, yet those instances received little coverage and generated little media outrage. This has led some to suggest that Russiagate may have been a cover for what was in fact Israelgate.

Similarly, in the case of the SolarWinds hack, there is the odd case and timing of SolarWinds’ acquisition of a company called Samanage in 2019. As this report will explore, Samanage’s deep ties to Israeli intelligence, venture-capital firms connected to both intelligence and Isabel Maxwell, as well as Samange’s integration with the Orion software at the time of the back door’s insertion warrant investigation every bit as much as SolarWinds’ Czech-based contractor. "   unlimitedhangout

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Pilgrims!  I am suggesting or at least raising the possibility that Israel has massively broken into American government IT systems.  Hmmm.  Does that mean that I am a Rooshan asset?

The sadly funny thing in this is how deaf, dumb and blind the main stream media are with regard to any, any, any possibility that Israel does not think its interests are identical with those of the US.

Natanyahu is quite open about his intention to bully Biden into continuing Israeli policy aimed at a Morgenthau model for Iran.  

People openly say on the TeeVee that not only must Iran give up its nuclear ambitions but it must also accept Israeli hegemony in the region.  Joltin' Jack Keane is one of the foremost proponents of such a vision of the future Middle East.  For him the Syrian military are merely "Iranian surrogate forces."  Perhaps someone should look carefully at the funding for the Institute for the Study of War.  Keane is the chairman thereof.  pl

https://unlimitedhangout.com/2021/01/investigative-reports/another-mega-group-spy-scandal-samanage-sabotage-and-the-solarwinds-hack/

Betrayal Of Leadership, Failure To Take Care Of Those Serving Under Them. by J.

The Joint Chiefs, including their Senior Enlisted failed in their leadership obligation to take care of those troops serving under them tasked with the Biden Administration's Inauguration. 

Retired Army Lt. Col. Allen West comments pretty much sums it up.

https://twitter.com/newsmax/status/1352881251913371651

 

J.

We're Back Baby! Bomb'n Biden says "Come on Man" We're Off to War....... by Fred

Happy Friday America! It's been less than 48 hours and already our brave redacted Commander in Chief has, finished with using 25,000 troops he says he can't trust to ethnicly cleanse the Capital of all Americans, sent troops back to Syria. Come on man, we gotta take on the Roooshans, just like we've been telling you for years. For (check's list) Freedom in the Middle East. 

"Antifa protests Biden ..." Newsmax

"Anti-government and anti-fascist protesters in Portland and Seattle vandalized a Democratic Party office and other buildings and scuffled with police on Wednesday, protesting against President Joe Biden's inauguration.

People dressed in black and with their faces covered broke windows and the glass door at the Democratic Party of Oregon business office in Portland, spray-painting an anarchist symbol over the party sign, video posted on social media showed.

"We don't want Biden. We want revenge for police murders, imperialist wars, and fascist massacres," read a banner they marched under."  Reuters and Newsmax

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Well, there it is.  The Deplorables don't need to mount an opposition, the Marxists and anarchists will do it for them.  pl

https://www.newsmax.com/us/antifa-anti-fascist-protest-portland/2021/01/21/id/1006552/

T for Texas - Call them home governor. Call them home ...

(36th Infantry Division - T for Texas)

"Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday said he finds it "offensive" that the FBI is vetting National Guard members, including those from his own state, ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Wednesday.

"This is the most offensive thing I've ever heard," Abbott, a Republican, wrote on Twitter. "No one should ever question the loyalty or professionalism of the Texas National Guard.""

"Approximately 25,000 National Guard troops have been sent to the capital -- including about 1,000 from Texas.

"I authorized more than 1,000 to go to DC," Abbott wrote. "I'll never do it again if they are disrespected like this.""   foxnews

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Governor Abbott indicates that he "authorized" the deployment of Texas Guardsmen to DC.  That says to me that the Texas National Guard HAS NOT been federalized and is at present under state control.  Given the disrespect shown by the Democrats, the RINO Republicans and the federal cops in distrusting the loyalty and devotion to duty of the Texas National Guard, Governor Abbott should withdraw his troops from the security mission in Washington.

The National Guard is a force with two masters, the state and the federal government when ordered into federal service.

Call them home!  Now!  pl 

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/texas-gov-abbott-rips-vetting-of-national-guard-the-most-offensive-thing-ive-ever-heard

United States National Guard - Wikipedia

 

Joe says we have 100 days to make it to America ...

"Guatemalan police and soldiers on Monday broke up a group of hundreds of migrants who had spent two nights stuck at a roadblock on a rural highway.

Some migrants threw rocks while authorities launched tear gas and pushed the migrants with their riot shields back down the highway. Migrants with children were more gently prodded back the way they had come.

The year's first migrant caravan had largely stalled two days before President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. Biden has promised to take a different approach to immigration and even though immediate changes at the U.S. border are not expected, it has created some hope in Central America."  newsmax

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Quoting President Joe, "There will be no deportations in my first 100 days."

Quoting Honduran migrant at the Guatemalan border.  "The new president says we have 100 days to cross the American border and find refuge."

It is an impeachable offense for the president of the US to not enforce US law.  pl

PS - I take note of the statements by Biden's crew that they have been talking to the Iranian government (denied by the Iranians).  This is what they accused Flynn of doing, i.e., conducting foreign policy before the inauguration of their regime.

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/central-america-migrants-guatemela-caravan/2021/01/18/id/1006123/

No floor action yet in Congress on an impeachment (updated)

By Robert Willmann

Four impeachment resolutions were filed on 11 January 2021 in the House of Representatives against President Donald Trump :  H.Res. 34 by Maxine Waters with 8 cosponsors, H.Res. 26 by Sheila Jackson Lee with 33 cosponsors, H.Res. 32 by Ilhan Omar with 84 cosponsors, and H.Res. 24 by David Cicilline with 160 cosponsors.  H.Res. 24 seems to be the one getting the most attention [1]. 

The proposed resolution to ask Vice President Mike Pence to start the 25th Amendment's procedure to declare a president incapable of executing the duties of the office has zero cosponsors, and is H.Res. 21, introduced by Jamie Raskin.  An attempt to get unanimous consent to take the resolution to the floor failed.  I think there will not be any floor debate on that one (See update below).

So far today, 12 January, the House has done nothing on any of the resolutions.  This morning it was in session for almost four minutes about electing members to standing committees, and then recessed subject to the call of the Chair [2].

The "Blue Dog Coalition" of 18 Democrats in the House are not Trump supporters but will probably not be in automatic agreement with everything Speaker Nancy Pelosi might want, which may narrow the Democratic majority on some issues [3].  

Careful investigation of the events of 6 January at and around the White House and Capitol building is essential, along with the public release of all videos and images that can be obtained.

UPDATE, 5:27 p.m. central time:  The House is going ahead with a floor debate about H.Res. 21 to suggest to Vice Pres. Pence that he start the process of the 25th Amendment.  It can be seen at the "live" House website at the link below and at c-span.org.

[1]  House Resolution 24, filed on 11 January 2021.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/24/all-info

https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/hres24/BILLS-117hres24ih.pdf

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/24/text?format=txt

[2]  https://clerk.house.gov/

https://live.house.gov

[3]  https://bluedogcaucus-costa.house.gov

 

News Updates From Inside The Forbidden City

The heeling is heading our way. Over the last few days I took a little time off from the 'net. Caught a re-run of Rumpole of the Bailey. "The Golden Thread" that runs through English common law. Good stuff, not taught in school nowadays. Too bad, really. Then I tried to catch up on all the goings on, and boy did somebody kick over the chamber pot ant hill. I'm barely keeping up.

"Not since Abraham Lincoln was smuggled into Washington has anyone assumed the presidency of a more divided and angry nation than Joe Biden. He brings with him a satchel full of scandals and an agenda of mumbled promises. His pledge to be the great healer rings hollow. His recent dishonest comments concerning Trump’s advocacy of violence at the Capitol only proves the point." "The elites have no idea how angry millions of Americans are." Quotes from above article in "free Republic" (see the link). Boy, there are  some irritated people out there. 

"Dear idiots, you’re like the wife with her arm in a sling and both eyes blackened telling her husband “Please don’t say anything to Joe. He’ll be mad.” Says woman and immigrant to America, now a citizen.  "The 2020 election was a fraud — and Congress including the Republicans — are cool with that." To quote another blogger.

Meanwhile inside the Nation's Capital ..... it is, to quote Rumpole, a question of rloyalty. 

President Trump should go. He should go now!

IMO President Trump did a lot of good things in his term until he was torpedoed by COVID-19 and the tangled skein of threads involved in the November 3rd election.  This electoral circus will be puzzled over for a long time.  I take note that Ossoff won in Georgia by just enough to avoid a re-count.  

Nevertheless, The president's actions since November 3 have grown more and more erratic and have now culminated in what can only be called an incitement of mob violence directed at the Congress.

People ask why the Capitol Police and other federal authorities were not better prepared to defend the Capitol complex against attack.  Well, pilgrims, nobody expected the president of the US to whip up crowd anger and then to send the mob to the Capitol.

I wrote some days ago that Trump's rage and pain were serious factors to consider in a moment of political crisis.   These things and his "one man show" mentality" overwhelmed him yesterday and in acting out his personal agony he did serious damage to the country.  He is done.  Stick a fork in him, maybe over-done.   

The Democrat leadership will not want to pursue him although his actions yesterday might make him criminally liable.  The squaddies will howl for his blood, but Schumer, Pelosi, etc. are not going to want to do anything that rash.

IMO he should leave the scene.  A retreat to Mar a Lago is what should happen.  He can let the clock run out there.  He can resign and let Pence deal with the mess, but he should go.

The populist revolt that he led is not dead.  It is not anything like dead.  The 75 million citizens who voted for him are still here.  They still want the same things, but he should depart and let a new leadership of the Deplorable Smellies emerge.  pl

Mostly Peaceful Protests in D.C.

Commentary by Fred.

The nation's capital witnessed a massive and mostly peaceful protest today. During this mostly peaceful event tens of thousands of law abiding concerned citizens gathered to discuss their greviences, to air them before the press and government officials. The national leadership was all gathered in the city to attend to pressing matters of state. What better time for a rally and protest and a march for peace than when all our leaders are there to hear and see. 

When using electronic voting machines you do not vote. Election workers do not count the votes.

By Robert Willmann

Everybody knows that a valid election has three parts:  qualified, eligible voters are listed; an eligible voter expresses a legal vote on a ballot; and the votes are counted accurately.  For a small organization or club, this is easy.  All the candidates and voters are in one room and everybody knows everyone else.  Each member writes the name of their choice on a piece of paper and folds it over, the votes are put in a box, and then the votes are opened and counted in front of everybody.  Everything is done in the same room.  A local, state, or national election has the same parts, but with many more voters, and voting and counting locations.  It is spread out over a much bigger area.  Many things are a system, including your cardiovascular system [1].  But since an election as a system is created by people, it is amateurish and simple compared to the sophisticated cardiovascular system.  Despite its simplicity, there is little or no "transparency", today's trendy term.  Because of human nature and the money and authority available through a government, an enormous incentive is created to rig and cheat in an election. 

Documents attached to various lawsuits, other information, and the blocking of public examination of ballots and electronic voting and counting machines are showing huge problems and fraud in the November 2020 general election in an amount that can affect the result.  But those with the authority to do the most the fastest are so far doing nothing, from the federal Department That Calls Itself Justice (DOJ), to local District Attorneys. 

The Attorney General and the U.S. Attorneys in the 94 federal districts have a lightening bolt in their hands.  Federal grand jury subpoenas are nationwide in scope.  A grand jury does not just issue formal criminal charges, it can also investigate, under the age-old rationale that "the public is entitled to every man's evidence".  Unlike the FBI, which is required by policy to have a factual "predicate" before it can open an investigation, a grand jury is in no way limited.  The U.S. Supreme Court in 1992 made clear that "the grand jury can investigate merely on suspicion that the law is being violated, or even because it wants assurance that it is not" [2]--

"The grand jury’s functional independence from the Judicial Branch is evident both in the scope of its power to investigate criminal wrongdoing and in the manner in which that power is exercised.  Unlike [a] [c]ourt, whose jurisdiction is predicated upon a specific case or controversy, the grand jury can investigate merely on suspicion that the law is being violated, or even because it wants assurance that it is not.  It need not identify the offender it suspects, or even the precise nature of the offense it is investigating.  The grand jury requires no authorization from its constituting court to initiate an investigation, nor does the prosecutor require leave of court to seek a grand jury indictment.  And in its day-to-day functioning, the grand jury generally operates without the interference of a presiding judge.  It swears in its own witnesses, and deliberates in total secrecy" [citations in this passage are omitted].

From 4 November 2020, the day after the election, until he left office on 23 December, Attorney General William Barr did nothing about electoral problems.  The DOJ could have started grand juries in multiple suspect states when anamolies began to appear the week of the election, but did zero.  When President Trump nominated Barr on 7 December 2018, I was very surprised, because of some of Barr's prior legal positions and associations.  But that is another story.

Happy New Year - 2021

The Commander in Chief.  Good luck to us all.  pl

Trump signs the pork-laden spending and covid-19 bill. Maybe a vote to come on more money and section 230.

By Robert Willmann

President Trump has signed the estimated $2.3 trillion Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021.  Its 5,593 double-spaced pages are stuffed with pork to grease domestic and foreign hands in order to get it passed for the piddling $600 for some people in the U.S., and possibly more for some illegal immigrants.  Referred to as House Resolution 133, the copy still sits at the House Committee on Rules.  Divided up into Divisions A-FF, it may be the longest law ever passed by Congress.  Divisions 'M' and 'N' are for "corona virus response and relief"--

https://rules.house.gov/sites/democrats.rules.house.gov/files/BILLS-116HR133SA-RCP-116-68.pdf

Trump is signing H.R. 133 in exchange for promises, instead of getting the promises passed by Congress first, and then signing all the bills at once.  But this was probably done because the government would run out of other people's money on Monday night, 28 December, and some sort of partial government shutdown would then happen [1]. 

When the Internet was getting underway for the general public with slow dialup connections over a telephone line using a modem, some computer technology companies planned for the future and got Congress -- under the name of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 -- to give them legal liability protection like a common carrier and almost as good as a telephone company.  If someone uses a telephone to slander and defame someone, or to plan or carry out crime, the telephone company cannot be sued in a civil lawsuit, nor can it be charged with a crime as a party or co-conspirator, including for such things as robbery and murder.  It is a "common carrier", and acts as a neutral carrier of communications between people, although a phone company does have to abide by laws concerning such things as wiretapping.  The phone companies used to keep your call records private (the "subscriber information"), unless a court order was obtained.  However, after the George W. Bush administration started the illegal domestic surveillance program, it also secretly got the phone companies (except for Qwest) to agree to hand over your calling information in clear violation of the law restricting disclosure without a court order.  Lawsuits were filed because a phone company was liable for $1,000 for each disclosure.  With millions of customers, that added up to billions of dollars, but Congress kneeled down and gave the phone companies retroactive immunity for their misconduct.  Then section 215 of the USA Patriot Act amended the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to allow easier collection of call-detail records, and the FISA court, operating in secret, was told by the government that everybody's phone metadata was "relevant", and the "judges" went along with it.  This misuse of the statute became well known to the public in 2013.  But the computer tech companies quietly got their own protection starting in 1996 [2].

Stolen, a holiday post by Fred

You are probably thinking this is a post about the election, what with that "I voted" sticker in the photo. But if you take another look you'll see something you can really sink your fangs into. MMM mmmmm. Yummy. Speaking of Fang,

Electoral College members meet in the states

By Robert Willmann

Congress set a date for presidential electors to meet as "the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December next following their appointment at such place in each State as the legislature of such State shall direct", which is today.  The Electors meet in their separate states and are to vote for president and vice president [1].  But that is not the end of it.  Parts of the U.S. Constitution apply to the Electoral College, and Congress has set out a procedure in Chapter 1 of Title 3 of the U.S. Code [2].  Ultimately, the U.S. Congress is to approve what the Electoral College does.  The photograph above is Congress counting electorial votes in 1917 [3].

Some states may have a live video of the meeting of the electors but might not keep it for later viewing.

Evidence of significant voting fraud exists, with the focus on Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, and Nevada, but courts have so far refused to allow the preservation and a forensic examination of electronic voting and counting machines in those states.

The Trump administration continues to challenge aspects of the election, as it is indeed not over at this point, even at the conclusion of the meetings of electors.  Today, White House advisor Stephen Miller appeared on the Fox and Friends television program to say that the problem of voting fraud will continue to be contested, and the interview starts at 23 minutes, 41 seconds into the video until 31 min., 20 sec.--

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSRa7ZpUHlM

A quest for the truth is not stopping.

[1]  https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2012/11/the-electoral-college-what-is-it-and-how-does-it-function/

[2] Title 3, U.S. Code, Chapter 1.  Presidential elections and vacancies.

https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title3/chapter1&edition=prelim

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/3/chapter-1

[3]  http://loc.gov/pictures/resource/npcc.27677/

 

Thanks Pelosi, You and your Friends Are To Blame for Growing Hunger. by J

In my years I have seen hunger and devastation around the globe, and it's not a pretty picture.  We as Americans take so much of what we have for granted.  Most have never had to witness a fellow human being starving to death, which is not a pretty picture. 

President Trump tried to initially give his fellow Americans $10,000 -to $15,000 a piece for starters to help get them through the tribulations that he saw coming.  Pelosi the Speaker of the House and her Communist Cohorts and Deep State plants in the Congress didn't like that.  It would have taken away precious dollars out of their personal slush-funds, private contractor buddies, and black projects funds.  Fifteen grand is not even a mere pocket change for the amount of Taxpayer money that the Congress funnels out of sight/out of mind away from the prying eyes of the  American public every year.

Because of Pelosi's road-blocks, there are long, and I do mean LONG LINES at the Food Pantries and Soup Kitchens, hoping there will be something there that will get them through the hunger they are experiencing.

Pelosi and her $25 grand refrigerators and $15 dollar ice cream that she is having to 'endure' when ever she spouts that we're all in this together mantra, hasn't got a clue, nor does she care about the horror she is causing her fellow Americans. 

The poor are always the one getting the shaft, because of factors beyond their control, like the devastation of the lockdowns heaped upon them by fat-cat Pelosi and her Commie Deep State buddies, and not to forget Fauci, NY Governor, CA Governor, LA Mayor, and NYC Mayor's who have pressed and pressed for lock-downs.  J

https://www.theorganicprepper.com/americans-stealing-food-to-survive/

The U.S. Supreme Court looks the other way, ignores illegality, and denies leave to file the Texas election lawsuit

By Robert Willmann

Kneeling down before documented voting fraud and conduct violating the U.S. Constitution's requirement that state legislatures alone create election laws and rules, the U.S. Supreme Court denied Texas "leave to file" its election lawsuit against electoral behavior in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin.  In a pathetic excuse containing no factual or legal detail, the court said permission to file was:  "... denied for lack of standing under Article III of the Constitution. Texas has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another State conducts its elections"--

https://turcopolier.typepad.com/files/tex_electcase_order_denying_leave_to_file.pdf

A side issue that Congress can remedy is the Supreme Court's own unconstitutional rule that says you have to ask for leave to file a lawsuit in that court which has original, exclusive jurisdiction over cases between states in the U.S.  The courts exist to hear and decide disputes that start with the filing of a document describing the problem.  If you have a lawsuit about an automobile wreck, or breach of contract, or a divorce, or anything else, filing the case is a "ministerial act" by the court clerk.  The court then processes the case under the rules of procedure and evidence.  If a lawsuit presents no real dispute, there are procedures for a court to address that issue, and some cases are concluded fairly quickly without a trial.

In a brief statement by Judge Sam Alito in the order, joined by Judge Clarence Thomas, this issue is mentioned:  "In my view, we do not have discretion to deny the filing of a bill of complaint in a case that falls within our original jurisdiction. ...  I would therefore grant the motion to file the bill of complaint but would not grant other relief, and I express no view on any other issue".

Their statement is vague to the extent that it does not specify what other relief they would not grant, because if they would not grant any relief requested by Texas and the other states trying to join the case, then there is no reason for them to say that they "express no view on any other issue".  They might be referring to not granting a stay order or temporary injunction.  Or they might be talking about the issue of voting fraud.

As we would say in San Antonio, using a little Spanish, "There are two kinds of judges in this world.  Con huevos and sin huevos".  At this point, the only judge in this country who is (metaphorically) con huevos is Patricia McCullough of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

UPDATE, 12 December 2020:  I realized last night that I did not mention the local description of judges was partly in Spanish, and so I have clarified it.  San Antonio, Texas has a Spanish and Mexican heritage, and so all sorts of expressions are a mixture of English and Spanish. 

Also, the Supreme Court's own rule that they can deny a state "leave to file" a lawsuit there when they are the court with  jurisdiction is unconstitutional because it violates the guarantee of "due process of law" in the constitution.  The idea of due process includes at the very least a meaningful procedure consisting of various steps -- a process.  If the Supreme Court can close the door and refuse to take any action in a case, there is no process at all.

 

Texas sues 4 states in the U.S. Supreme Court for election law changes and voting misconduct

By Robert Willmann

After 25 years of not being itself (with a few exceptions), that began with George W. Bush as governor in 1995, Texas has gone back to its roots and is standing up independently by filing a lawsuit against Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin over their unconstitutional election law changes and the voting misconduct those states allowed to happen.

This must have caught a lot of people by surprise, since legal actions rarely start in the U.S. Supreme Court.  But it answers the question:  when a state in the U.S. has a dispute with another state, where is the lawsuit filed?  Article 3, section 2 of the Constitution says, "The judicial Power shall extend ... to Controversies between two or more States ...."  And:  "In all cases affecting Ambassadors, other Public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction".  Congress made the authority to hear the cases (the "jurisdiction") exclusive to the Supreme Court, so that no other court would be involved [1].

Supreme Court Rule 17 describes the procedure to be used, which the court can tailor to each case and make it up as they go along:  "The form of pleadings and motions prescribed by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is followed.  In other respects, those Rules and the Federal Rules of Evidence may be taken as guides" [2].

Update: Judge Alito orders a reply by December 8 on the Pennsylvania state court lawsuit and a stay order about certifying the election

By Robert Willmann

A request was made to the U.S. Supreme Court asking it to issue a stay order and to agree to hear the state court lawsuit from Pennsylvania about whether that state's 2019 mail-in voting law violates the Pennsylvania constitution, and therefore Article 1, section 4, and Article 2, section 1 of the U.S. Constitution on elections.  A docket sheet has been created in the Supreme Court Clerk's office, and an order appeared today by Judge Samuel Alito that the defendants are to file a response by 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, 8 December 2020.  The document making the request asked for a stay order and an injunction that the State of Pennsylvania, Governor Tom Wolf, and Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar be blocked from "taking any further action to perfect the certification of the results of the November 3, 2020, General Election (the 'Election') in Pennsylvania for the offices of President and Vice President of the United States of America or certifying the remaining results of the Election for U.S. Senators and Representatives".  And, if actions were taken to do a certification of the election, an order is sought "to restore the status quo ante, compelling Respondents to nullify any such actions already taken, until further order of this Court"--

https://turcopolier.typepad.com/files/penn_kellycase_supcourt_request_injunction_and_review.pdf

A 213-page appendix was filed with the request that contains papers from the Pennsylvania state court proceedings which were included in the article here from earlier today, plus sections of the U.S. and Pennsylvania constitutions.  Also included are the Pennsylvania voting law, Act 77, from 2019; a Pennsylvania law from 27 March 2020 that amended Act 77 and other election law; and sections from Title 3 of the U.S. Code--

https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/20/20A98/162573/20201203162757140_final%20appendix%20with%20TOC.pdf

The lawsuit as originally filed in the state court named the Pennsylvania General Assembly (the legislature) as a defendant, but the legislature did not join the appeal to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that resulted in the dismissal of the case.  It will be interesting to see what position the Pennsylvania legislature will take in the U.S. Supreme Court, if it still considers itself a party to the case.

The powerful lawsuit in state court on the Pennsylvania voting process

By Robert Willmann

As the Trump Campaign unsuccessfully appealed a lawsuit over election problems in Pennsylvania to the federal Third Circuit Court of Appeals, an intriguing case filed in Pennsylvania state court by eight individuals represented by a Pittsburgh lawyer, Greg Teufel, produced a preliminary (temporary) emergency order blocking any remaining action "to perfect the certification of the results of the 2020 General Election", for the offices of president and vice president, until the completion of an evidentiary hearing that was scheduled for 27 November 2020 [1].

This state lawsuit presents a good, clean point that the 2019 law expanding absentee voting in Pennsylvania into mail-in voting for all voters violates the Pennsylvania constitution, which limits the scope of absentee voting in its Article 1, section 14.

The case is filed in the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, which is a hybrid intermediate court of appeals that is "primarily responsible for matters involving state and local governments and regulatory agencies.  It also acts as a trial court when lawsuits are filed by or against the Commonwealth," the name for the state [2].

The eight people bringing the case as plaintiffs are:  a sitting Republican Congressman in the House of Representatives, Mike Kelly, who was re-elected; Sean Parnell, who ran for Congress in this election but has been behind in a close race against an incumbent; Wanda Logan, who ran for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives; and five others as private citizens.  The defendants are the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (the state), the General Assembly (the legislature), Governor Thomas Wolf, and Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar.

Mike Kelly was elected to the U.S. House in 2010 and started in January 2011.  Sean Parnell fought in Afghanistan for over a year as an Army Ranger in the 10th Mountain Division, was wounded in 2006, and after completing the deployment, was medically discharged with the rank of captain.

Show us Gina Haspel.

The internet is alive with rumors that the CIA Director, Gina Haspel, is either under arrest or dead.  The country needs to be assured about this.  Let her show herself, walking, talking and up close enough for positive identification.  pl

A judge reverses himself on a restraining order in the Sidney Powell case in Georgia

By Robert Willmann

Attorneys Sidney Powell and Lin Wood (pictured), and other attorneys, filed lawsuits in Georgia and Michigan about voting fraud.  The Georgia case was filed on Wednesday, 25 November 2020.  On Friday, the 27th, they filed a request for an emergency restraining order because, in part:  "On November 27, 2020, Union County officials advised that they are going to wipe the voting machines of all data and bring the count back to zero on Monday, November 30, 2020.  Resetting the machines would destroy relevant evidence now existing on each voting machine. This cannot be allowed."--

https://turcopolier.typepad.com/files/spowell_ga_motion_emergency_injunction.pdf

Today, 29 November, the federal district judge issued a temporary restraining order to prevent the wiping or resetting of any voting machines in the State of Georgia until further order of the court--

https://turcopolier.typepad.com/files/spowell_ga_restraining_ord_machines_20201129.pdf

But then later he reversed himself, and entered another order saying that because the machines were in the possession of county election officials and not the named defendants of the state, "to the extent Plaintiffs seek emergency relief to impound and preserve the voting machines, that request is denied"--

https://turcopolier.typepad.com/files/spowell_ga_restraining_ord_machines_diff_20201129.pdf

These orders are not yet in the court clerk's file, but they appear to come from Lin Wood today.  I have not yet gone through papers in Powell's cases in Georgia and Michigan, and have only skimmed the first document that started the lawsuit, and it is designed well.  However, this development today, in light of the possible destruction of evidence in electronic voting or counting machines, or both, is important to know.

Lin Wood is also the party in another case in Georgia attacking voting fraud, and he is represented by a law firm in Atlanta.  I have been reading papers filed in that case, which began on 13 November 2020.  The trial judge denied a temporary restraining order on 20 November, and Wood is appealing that decision to the federal Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

 

Michael Flynn receives a presidential pardon

By Robert Willmann

According to the Twitter webpage of president Trump, he has issued a full pardon to Gen. Michael Flynn (ret.) today--

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1331706255212228608

Emmet Sullivan, the judge presiding over the case, continues to engage in disgraceful conduct unbecoming of any type of judge, including by intentionally delaying a decision on the motion of the Department of Justice to dismiss the prosecution with prejudice.  A dismissal with prejudice means the case cannot be re-filed.

Attorney Sidney Powell is working on the problem of voting fraud through electronic voting and counting machines, which is a very time-consuming and tedious task.  I have been thinking that Flynn would have to file two more original mandamus actions in the federal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.  The first one would be for the court to force Sullivan to quickly issue a written decision on the motion to dismiss by a date and time certain.  Then, after Sullivan would almost certainly deny the motion to dismiss, even though current law requires it to be dismissed, Flynn would file an additional mandamus action for the court of appeals to order Sullivan to grant the motion and dismiss the case.

However, since Powell is preparing legal action about election fraud issues, and one of the other lawyers representing Flynn is working on election problems in Nevada, they would not have time to bring two mandamus actions in the D.C. Circuit before 20 January 2021.  The risk is too uncertain about the status of the Justice Department and what will happen in January when Congress meets regarding the election results from the Electoral College and an inauguration is to take place.  Although Flynn would ultimately succeed in getting his case dismissed -- if he was not facing a tight time frame -- the unpredictability of the situation makes a pardon a practical result.

 

Election Analysis Using Biden's Law. By Fred

Fred here, reporting from the Office of the President Elect Fred.

Whoah! You say. President Elect Fred? Didn't you hear? It was reported by FOX - Fred's Original X-news. You might think I made that up, just like AP did with 'President Elect Biden' and you'ld be right. What authority did they have to declare who is president?

Well, check the original document. The Constitution. Here take a look:

A note to Scott Adams about Supreme Court judges assigned to federal circuits

By Robert Willmann

The creator and writer of the Dilbert comic strip, Scott Adams, has also studied about persuasion, and previously worked for a large company, Pacific Bell telephone.  He recognized the sales techniques that Donald Trump was using in the 2016 presidential election, and predicted that Trump would win.  Adams has also done writing and videos on his Internet website about current and political events. He saw or heard something about the new assignment of individual Supreme Court judges to the different federal appellate court circuits.  Yesterday (21 November), he said, at 12 minutes, 27 seconds into the audio [1]--

"The news is that the circuit courts have been reassigned.  Now, I don't know all the ends and outs of the court system, so I might not have a full understanding of this topic, but I'll try to bluff my way through it.  Uhm, and we're all learning a lot about our government in this process.   So effective immediately, there are four Supreme Court justices assigned to each of four states -- Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Georgia -- to be in charge of the election fraud claims for those states.  This is my understanding of what's happening.  Now, the four justices chosen is the story, right? So here are the Supreme Court justices who might be the deciding people, or at least, you know, the most influential people on whether these four states go to Trump or stay with Biden.  Are you ready?  Here are the names of the four justices:  Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas.  Do you notice anything that they have in common? ....

"[Starting at 17 min., 12 sec.] Now, if you were the Supreme Court, and that was your greatest interest, to keep the system intact, to keep the credibility of the system intact, and you're asked to judge something that, whichever way it goes, it's gonna be ugly, right?  What do you do?  Well, I'll tell you what I'd do.  I would assign the four most conservative justices, if -- and here's the big part -- if, I believed that Trump would ultimately lose.  That's why I would put four conservative judges on it.  To make sure that if Trump loses, the conservative part of the country says, 'F***, but I trust it'.  See where I'm going?  The Supreme Court needs the conservatives to back down.  The only way it is going to happen is if four super-conservative Supreme Court justices say, 'Look at this people. It's time. It's time.  It's time to to back down. It's time to put Biden in office and deal with it in 2024'.  I think the Supreme Court has just sent the country a big f***ing signal that Trump's not going to get a second term.  And it has nothing to do with the claims, has nothing to do with the lawsuits, has nothing to do with whether the election was or was not fraudulent.  It has everything to do with keeping the country together.  If they were thinking that way, and of course we have to speculate, right?  We can't read anybody's minds ...."

The U.S. Supreme Court has not yet agreed to accept the Pennsylvania voting case or to maintain Judge Alito's stay order

By Robert Willmann

A conference of the Supreme Court judges took place on Friday, 13 November, during which they discussed pending matters.  Possibly on the list was the request asking them to agree to hear the Pennsylvania voting case and to confirm Judge Samuel Alito's stay order directed at ballots received after election day in that state.  The court often issues orders on a Monday, and so the results of their discussion may be known soon.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro and Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar thought they would be cute and snooker the U.S. Supreme Court into not issuing an order to segregate and secure ballots that came in after the 8:00 p.m. deadline on election day, which had been (unconstitutionally) extended by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to Friday, 6 November, three days after the election.  Two applications were made to the U.S Supreme Court for a "stay order" on 28 September 2020 to block the extended deadline. The court denied them on 19 October, with the notation that Judges Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh would have granted the stay.  On 23 October, the Republican Party of Pennsylvania filed a request asking the court to agree to hear the case, plus a motion to speed up the usual time frame for that process.  The motion asking for a faster time period was denied on 28 October, and included a "statement" by Judges Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch which said, in part [1]--

"... we have been informed by the Pennsylvania Attorney General that the Secretary of the Commonwealth issued guidance today directing county boards of elections to segregate ballots received between 8:00 p.m. on November 3, 2020, and 5:00 p.m. on November 6, 2020.  Nothing in the Court’s order today precludes Petitioner from applying to this Court for relief if, for some reason, it is not satisfied with the Secretary’s guidance".

Four days later, Pennsylvania Secretary of State Boockvar put out a "guidance" about canvassing segregated mail-in and civilian absentee ballots received by mail after the deadline.  That document, and the inability to find out if all of Pennsylvania's election boards were following the earlier "guidance" of 28 October, caused the Pennsylvania Republican Party to file a request in the U.S. Supreme Court for an injunction order on 6 November.  Two days earlier, on 4 November, the Donald Trump campaign had filed a request to intervene in the pending matters [2]. 

Releasing the Kraken

Sydney Powell, the formidable lady lawyer from Texas, has taken up the cause of action against the Dominion vote counting machine company.   She alleges that the voting machines manufactured by this company were used to transfer "hundreds of thousands" of votes from Trump to Biden in the recent election and that Trump in fact won in a landslide.  Her allegation is basically an expansion of Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai's theory.  pl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFCXPw1t17o

Maybe they ought to sing "Marching through DeeCee" as they proceed.

 

"Trump supporters are reportedly planning to gather in Washington, D.C., on Saturday for a “Million MAGA March” and a “Stop the Steal” rally to show support for President Trump as his campaign spearheads lawsuits in several key battleground states alleging voter fraud connected to mail-in ballots.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Tuesday that her team was monitoring reports about a group of people from different states in the South planning on driving to D.C. this weekend. Nevertheless, the Democratic mayor, a staunch critic of President Trump, told a news conference that her office still recommended that businesses remove plywood coverings from their windows that were initially set in place in anticipation of election-related unrest last week if Joe Biden was not declared the victor.

"We continue to follow those activities and be prepared for those activities," Bowser said, according to WUSA. "Our police chief will have a similar posture this weekend as he did last week and we will be there to support peaceful exercise of First Amendment demonstrations."'

"An online flier for the “Stop The Steal” event circulating on Twitter said those who support President Trump planned to meet at Freedom Plaza on Saturday, Nov. 14, at noon. Other posts advertising the “Million MAGA March” said people would march toward the Supreme Court building to “stand up and fight against the fraudulent election” process."

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This ought to be fun. 

It will be really interesting to learn how big the numbers actually are.

I saw a lot of sanctimonious flim-flam on the TeeVee today because it is Veterans' Day. You know, the day the guns fell silent from the the channel to way over yonder where the watch making folks had been sensible enough not to butcher each other.

I am not very good at watching ceremonial posturing with wreaths and such, movies - same thing.  I started to cry in the pitcher show theater the first time I saw "Private Ryan" as the old man falls to his knees in the Omaha Beach Cemetery before Captain Miller's grave and begs his wife to tell him that he is a good man and that he has led a good life.  I understand that.  It is called "survivor's guilt."

You carry it with you until the last.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/dc-mass-pro-trump-marches-this-weekend-bowsers-coronavirus-restrictions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDBJ_FW8ato

Profiles in Cowardice ...... by Fred

In honor of Fake news pronouncing a Fake President I felt we should reflect upon those so under appreciated in the Republic. So, taking after the Kennedy's, just like Joe does, I offer this small offering for the public to peruse ....... America's Cowards. Because you, and they, deserve it. So without further fanfare:

Did President Trump Pull Off The Sting of Two Centuries? by J.

We have all witnessed President Trump both before, and during his Presidency playing level 4 chess with his opponents, as well as dribbling basketball with their brains. 

President Trump is a master of the feign, where he draws his opponents into thinking he is doing this, when in fact he isn't do this, but doing that.  And by the time they realize he had drawn them to the fools court, he was already in another area laying another trap that they wouldn't see coming until they'd fallen right into it.

Such appears to be this Presidential Election, President Trump set out a sting beforehand to ensnare those who would attempt to steal this election.

Infowars guest Steve Pieczenik lays out the groundwork in an interview with Owen Shoryer. 

"According to Pieczenik, President Trump assumed Democrat tomfoolery would be needed to prevent him from securing a second term via the 2020 election.  In order to ensure the election remained fair, POTUS devised an advanced trap.  Hidden, trackable watermarks were allegedly put onto ballots so they could be verified if necessary."

“This is really a sting operation, contrary to what everyone else said,” Pieczenik explained. “We watermarked every ballot with QFS blockchain encryption code. In other words, we know pretty well where every ballot is, where it went and who has it, so this is not a stolen election.”

Steve also said President Trump has been out of the spotlight of the media over the past few days in order to let the Deep State dig its own grave, politically.

Infowars article

QFS Blockchain Encryption Code USPS Patent filed Feb 7 2020

CISA has a graphic showing watermarks are used on election ballots.

President Trump's 2018 Executive Order that allowed DHS to work with election officials in all 50 states and over 1,000 local jurisdictions to secure election systems.

President Trump's June 22 2020 tweet talking about foreign printing of mail in ballots. [I assume he's referring to China.]

J.

The Fix

I received the following as a comment from "exiled off main street."  IMO it is worth posting as a front page post.  My apologies to him/her for its publication en bloc without the usual format.  pl

"They committed the perfect crime, knowing that proof would be nearly impossible to come by. When they stopped counting late Tuesday night, Trump knew the game was up.

They probably reacted quickly in reaction to his speech, so faits accomplis of fake votes were presented early Wednesday morning. Fake results were printed out with Stalinist unanimity, and even signatures can probably be forged since scrutiny will be difficult, and they may come up with a bogus standard argument such as "privacy concerns" or any number of other typical bullshit excuses, as a reason to destroy the ballots before any signatures can be checked.

I am sure that modern software reveals who didn't vote, so it was easy for them to come up with the necessary names. While limited proof of certain elements of the initiative may emerge, the propaganda press and the power structure, including the FBI et. al, will be able to cover it up. This is my best guess as to what has occurred, and I think this represents a sort of seizure of power under the circumstances which will have major permanent consequences. As a further indication of skulduggery, bear in mind that Trump will end up with 10% more votes than the harpy did winning the popular vote in 2016.

The fact the democrats ran no traditional ground game, using the virus as the excuse, is an indication that they had some "plan b" on the go. Biden, with his indications of incompetency and the family based corruption, was too weak a candidate to get 75,000,000 votes. The fact the media engaged in memory holing these facts was well-known, and any intelligent person had to swallow hard to vote for Biden, making it particularly highly suspicious that Biden trailed by 4% in Wisconsin, 7% in Michigan and 14% in Pennsylvania when counting unaccountably stopped. A plausible reason for the stoppage was that a target had been set for the degree of action necessary to get the desired result. This is the playbook in color revolutions where suddenly a "computer glitch" favors the yankee backed candidate in Latin American countries.

The spy agency formula came home to roost, and this will set a precedent; a rubicon has been crossed and the legitimacy of the Republic is seriously impaired from then on. Since stability is based on consent, I foresee major difficulties as a result. How was this able to happen? The problem from the get-go was that Trump assumed that the traditions would continue, so he relied too much on the usual expertise at the beginning of his term. In my view, his major failure was at the beginning of his term when he failed to secure friendly leadership in the Justice Department. Another key turning point arising out of the same problem was when he let himself be convinced to get rid of General Flynn a month into his term."  exiled off main street.

The Trump Campaign files to intervene in the pending request to the Supreme Court about the Pennsylvania voting case

By Robert Willmann

Pending in the U.S. Supreme Court is a document asking the court to hear and decide whether the changes to voting procedures ordered by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court are legal and constitutional.  Yesterday, the Trump campaign organization filed a request for leave to intervene and become a party to the effort to get the Supreme Court to agree to hear the case. [1].  A response by the Pennsylvania Democratic Party and other opposing parties is due by 5:00 p.m. today, 5 November.

The day before the election, we discussed here on SST the activity that occurred in the Supreme Court last week about the presidential election, including what was directed at the situation in Pennsylvania [2].  The "statement" by Supreme Court Judges Alito, Thomas, and Gorsuch about possible review of the Pennsylvania case is available in that article in note 4.  The three judges made it very clear that:  "... the Court's denial of the motion to expedite is not a denial of a request for this Court to order that ballots received after election day be segregated so that if the State Supreme Court's decision is ultimately overturned, a targeted remedy will be available".  Realizing that the petitioner, the Republican Party of Pennsylvania, would ask for that relief, Pennsylvania hurriedly gave "guidance" to the county boards of election to segregate mail-in and civilian absentee ballots received after 8:00 p.m. on election day [3].  The Pennsylvania Supreme Court had rewritten the election law that was established by the legislature of that state, which had required the ballots to be received by 8:00 p.m.  But the court changed the law and the deadlines.

The Fix is In..... by Fred

The polls, all of them, were wrong - massively. Did you see the blowout in Florida? I'm sure we'll be hearing more about how Brenda Snipes (fired before she could resign in 2018 because of incompetence and fraud) would have run things differently than Peter Antonacci, who was appointed by then Governor Scott to the position. 

The U.S. Supreme Court is facing requests to stop lawsuit orders that change election deadlines

By Robert Willmann

Twenty years ago in the presidential election, a close vote in Florida caused a recount to happen, and led to lawsuits in state and federal courts about the recount. In the midst of the spectacle, actual legitimate discussion was heard on television and in the media about the process and the Electoral College. The Supreme Court eventually short-circuited the state proceedings and essentially made George W. Bush the winner, when Al Gore, the nominee of the Democratic Party, decided not to challenge the situation in the Electoral College and Congress [1]. But in today's propagandized and polarized election cycle, court action has already started. 

Three times in the last seven days, the Supreme Court has ruled on requests about lawsuits. The court did not agree to hear and decide the cases. Instead, it was ruling on two requests about whether a lower court order would remain in effect until an appeal was concluded, and whether to shorten its usual timetable for deciding if a case will be accepted to be heard. 

The cases come out of Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina. They deal with who gets to decide what the election procedures will be, which is supposed to be the state legislatures, with a possible backup by Congress.  This general principle comes from Article 1, section 4, clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution--

"The Times, Places, and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators". 

The Wisconsin and North Carolina cases concern absentee ballots, and the Pennsylvania case is about all mail-in ballots, since in that state all registered voters can cast their ballots by mail. In 2019, the Pennsylvania legislature passed a law to allow voting by mail.  Voters can apply for absentee or mail-in ballots 50 days before the election. 

When the Supreme Court issues orders about requests that are not a final opinion and decision in a case they have agreed to hear, most of the time the order is just one sentence that the item has been granted or denied. Sometimes a judge will write his or her thoughts about the order when concurring or dissenting from the order, or issue a "statement" about the order. And one or more of the other judges may join in what was written about an order.  There is no listing of how each judge voted on each of these regular orders.

The Fall TV Lineup is Out. Just in Time. by Fred

Just when you were getting tired of all the political ads, polls, fake polls, and real and fake pols. I for one am looking forward to not seeing all the Hollywood has beens tell me what I should believe, the tweet storms telling me what I should believe, and the retweet storms repeating both. Happily we have a whole new season to look forward too, which is especially appealing as we set our clocks back to give us one more hour of political campaigning. Let's take a look and see what delights we have in store for us.

The purloined documents rest with the fishes?

"...  on Monday of this week, we received, from a source, a collection of confidential documents related to the Biden family. We believe those documents are authentic, they’re real, and they’re damning.”

“At the time we received them, my executive producer Justin Wells and I were in Los Angeles preparing to interview Tony Bobulinski about the Biden’s business dealings in China, Ukraine, and other countries,” Carlson continued. “So, we texted a producer in New York and we asked him to send those documents to us in L.A., and he did that. So, Monday afternoon of this week, he shipped those documents overnight to California with a large national carrier, a brand name company that we’ve used, you’ve used, countless times with never a single problem.”

“But the Biden documents never arrived in Los Angeles,” Carlson said. “Tuesday morning, we received word from the shipping company that our package had been opened and the contents were missing. The documents had disappeared.”

“Now, to it’s credit, the company took this very seriously and immediately began a search,” Carlson said. “They traced the envelope from the moment our producers dropped it off in Manhattan on Monday all the way to 3:44 a.m. yesterday morning. That’s when an employee at a sorting facility in another state noticed that our package was open and empty—apparently it had been opened.”

“So the company’s security team interviewed every one of its employees who touched the envelope we sent; they searched the plane and the trucks that carried it. They went through the office in New York where our producer dropped that package off. They combed the entire cavernous sorting facility. They used pictures of what we had sent so that searchers would know what to look for. They went far and beyond, but they found nothing.”

“Those documents have vanished. As of tonight, the company has no idea, and no working theory even, about what happened to this trove of materials, documents that are directly relevant to the presidential campaign just six days from now,” Carlson concluded. “We spoke to executives at that company a few hours ago; they seemed baffled and deeply bothered by this, and so are we.”  Daily Wire

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Well, well, perhaps Jimmy Hoffa has the stolen papers.

From the account of the investigation it seems clear that an employees of the company saw Carlson's name or some similar name like "Tucker Carlson Tonight"  on the envelope and decided to make a "statement."

I would like to thank several unpublished lefty drones for their assistance in this matter by pointing out to me that the story existed.  pl

https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-confidential-documents-obtained-by-tucker-carlson-on-biden-family-go-missing-report

"Plausible Deniability"

" ... the former CEO of SinoHawk Holdings, which he said was the partnership between the CEFC Chairman Ye Jianming and the two Biden family members.

“I remember saying, ‘How are you guys getting away with this?’ ‘Aren't you concerned?’” he told Carlson.

He claims that Jim Biden chuckled.

"'Plausible Deniability,' he said it directly to me in a cabana at the Peninsula Hotel,” he said.

In the interview, he outlines how an alleged meeting with Joe Biden took place on May 2, 2017. Fox News first reported text messages that indicated such a meeting. Bobulinski said that it was the Bidens, not him, who had pushed the meeting.

“They were sort of wining and dining me and presenting the strength of the Biden family to get me engaged and to take on the CEO role to develop SinoHawk in the U.S. and around the world in partnership with CEFC,” he said.

He went at length into how Joe Biden arrived for a Milken conference, partly held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, and how he was introduced by Jim and Hunter Biden to the former vice president.

"I didn't request to meet with Joe" Biden, he said. "They requested that I meet with Joe [Biden]. They were putting their entire family legacy on the line. They knew exactly what they were doing.""  FN

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Bobulinski is a successful international business hustler.  I know the type well.  The Biden familia wanted him in this China deal for the purpose of having him hold the reins of this enterprise even as they looted it for the purpose of quickly enriching the fam.  

A TV commentator remarked last night after watching the interview that this defection from the Biden camp is reflective of an old  business truth which can be stated as "don't screw your partner if he has enough material to sink you."

I am unimpressed with selfless patriotism as Bobu's most basic motivation in sticking it to Joe, Jimmy and Hunter Biden.  A sense of betrayal in a business deal wrecked by the Bidens' overwhelming greed and their desire to consolidate family riches as fast as they could is a more plausible. motivation.

This does not mean that Bobu is not telling the truth.  His collection of e-mails addressed to him and incriminating memoranda is most impressive.

IMO, what has been revealed is a truth with regard to the Biden crime family.  They are nouveau riche grifters who will have a much grander stage for their efforts if Joe is elected as a presidential figurehead.  pl 

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/plausible-deniability-tony-bobulinski-biden-family

Bobulinski will sing tonight

"Former Biden insider Tony Bobulinski allegedly has a recording of Biden family operatives begging him to stay quiet, or he will "bury" the reputations of everyone involved in Hunter's overseas dealings.

According to The Federalist's Sean Davis, Bobulinski will play the tape on Fox News' "Tucker Carlson Tonight" on Tuesday, when Carlson will devote his show 'entirely' to an interview with the Biden whistleblower."

"According to a source familiar with the planning, Bobulinski will play recordings of Biden family operatives begging him to stay quiet and claiming Bobulinski's revelations will "bury" the reputations of everyone involved in Hunter's overseas deals."

As The Federalist notes:

The Federalist confirmed with sources familiar with the plans that Bobulinski, a retired Navy lieutenant and Biden associate, will be airing tapes of Biden operatives begging Bobulinski to remain quiet as former Vice President Joe Biden nears the finish line to the White House next week.

Bobulinski flipped on the Bidens following a Senate report which revealed that they received a $5 million interest-free loan from a now-bankrupt Chinese energy company.

According to the former Biden insider, he was introduced to Joe Biden by Hunter, and they had an hour-long meeting where they discussed the Biden's business plans with the Chinese, with which he says Joe was "plainly familiar at least at a high level." "  Zerohedge

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First of all, Bobulinski is NOT a "retired Navy lieutenant."  He is a former Navy Lieutenant.

Well, folks, it's up to you to watch TC's show tonight if you want to learn about this.  Tucker's show is the most watched news show in the history of cable television, so the pain should not be too great,  pl 

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/youll-bury-everyone-involved-bobulinski-recorded-biden-operatives-begging-him-stay-quiet

 

A transcript of the hearing on the request to dismiss the Michael Flynn case as a starting point

By Robert Willmann

To bring events up to date in the Michael Flynn criminal case, a starting point is the hearing of 29 September 2020 on the motion filed by the Department of Justice to dismiss the prosecution.  A transcript does not supply parts of a communication that also provide meaning, such as the tone, pitch, and loudness of speech, and the facial expressions and body language of participants.  Nor does it show the reactions of those listening.  But an accurate transcript is useful because it contains the unfiltered words that are said, and sometimes also a brief description of behavior that took place.  The first 164 pages are the hearing, and the remaining pages are a machine-generated index--

https://turcopolier.typepad.com/files/michaelflynn_transcript_hearing_on_dismissal.pdf

Today (Monday, 26 October), the Justice Department is to file documents after an unusual order by presiding Judge Emmet Sullivan last Friday, 23 October.  It says, in part--

"Accordingly, the government is HEREBY ORDERED to file, by no later than October 26, 2020, a declaration pursuant to penalty of perjury under 28 U.S.C. sec. 1746 in support of its motion to dismiss that the Exhibits attached to its motion and supplement are true and correct copies. It is FURTHER ORDERED that the government's declaration shall identify each exhibit by name, date, and author. It is FURTHER ORDERED that the government shall provide transcriptions of all handwritten notes contained in the Exhibits. The government has also filed on the record in this case numerous notices of filing discovery correspondence and Mr. Flynn has generally filed the discovery produced on the record in this case as Exhibits to his supplementary filings....  [T]he government is HEREBY ORDERED to file, by no later than October 26, 2020, a declaration pursuant to penalty of perjury under 28 U.S.C. sec. 1746 that the discovery documents provided to Mr. Flynn and filed on the record in this case are true and correct copies. It is FURTHER ORDERED that the government's declaration shall identify each discovery document by name, date, and author. It is FURTHER ORDERED that the government shall provide transcriptions of all handwritten notes contained in the Exhibits. Signed by Judge Emmet G. Sullivan on 10/23/2020. (lcegs3) (Entered: 10/23/2020)".

It has been obvious that Sullivan is not going to rule on the request to dismiss the case until after the presidential election. 

A few other things have taken place since the hearing of 29 September, and I hope to describe them in the not too distant future.

 

Interesting things - 25 October 2020

Learned here on SST that a lot of the huge book contracts given to swampies are a form of money laundering.  I have long tried to figure out how the publishing companies could afford to pay yuudge advances for ghost written books in a country where so few people read much of anything any longer.  Simple answer!  Big money people order yuudge numbers of books in advance so that the publisher is assured a profit.  

I begin to suspect that a Trump wave election is coming.  The size and ubiquity of the rallies, and the enthusiasm displayed at them must mean something.  Who ever expected to see nuns at a political rally?  What is this, Spain before their civil war?  The nuns fear al paredon or lamposts on K Street?   And then, there are the pro-Trump demonstrations in such unlikely place as Long Giland and Manhattan, the boat flotilla parades, the convoys of Trumpies, even at  the Biden "rally" in Pennsylvania yesterday,  etc. 

Joe and that pathetic creature, Obama can't attract a crowd anywhere.  Don't tell me they are doing "social distancing."  That is a joke and 1984 type spin.

Trump said last night at one of his heartland love fests that the swampies of the Deep State extend into his administration and that people like Brennan, Clapper and company continue to be protected from prosecution by; Christopher Ray, Durham, Barr, Gina Haspel and the like.  The unspoken promise involved in a second term includes dismissal for these people as well as the upper crust at the Pentagon.  

Things could be worse.  pl 

Tora Tora Tora! ...... by Fred

Not a peep out of the MSM. 

Not a mention on NPR.

Not a single tweet. 

Surprise!

"His sister in law ---"

"A senior federal law enforcement official told Just the News on Tuesday night that the FBI is in possession of the laptop and that the bureau concurs with Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe's assessment that the laptop is not part of Russian intelligence operation, as some Democrats have alleged. That official declined to discuss the contents of the laptop.

Hunter Biden's attorney George Mesires did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

The Biden presidential campaign's Communications Director Kate Bedingfield did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.

Giuliani said the materials he gleaned from the controversial laptop — which a Delaware computer shop owner alleges was left with him by Hunter Biden — gave him concern for the welfare of a minor girl. Giuliani declined to identify the alleged minor victim or who was in the photos.

"There are many texts which I gave to them that point out that family was concerned about the safety of the child," Giuliani said. "I will tell you the evidence I gave them states it was reported to Joe Biden. What did he do about it?”

Kerik confirmed Wednesday he joined Giuliani in reporting the materials to police, suggesting the laptop content “raises serious questions as to Joe Biden‘s national security vulnerability.”"  Justthenews

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A mobbed up Irish crime family?  It surely sounds like that.  If you have never seen the great, great 1990 film "State of Grace," please do so.

I watched Giuliani's interview on Newsmax (link below).  In it Giuliani states baldly that Beau Biden's wife was Hunter's mistress for a number of years .  I am told that there is video proof of this on the hard drive. A trophy?  Sibling rivalry?  Who knows.  pl

https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/rudy-giuliani-reports-evidence-alleged-child-endangerment-delaware-police

https://youtu.be/coFx3ZDXWrg

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/10/20/exclusive-bevan-cooney-moved-from-prison-cell-after-providing-email-account-exposing-hunter-biden/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Grace_(1990_film)

A Bidengate summary from the Daily Mail

"Documents appear to show Hunter Biden's signature on $85 receipt for repair of laptops left at Delaware store at center of email scandal - while other paperwork reveals FBI's contact with owner

• A receipt from The Mac Shop in Wilmington, Delaware appears to show Hunter Biden's signature for work on three laptops for $85
• It has not been verified yet if that signature is actually Biden's 
• FBI paperwork also shows that shop owner John Paul Mac Isaac received a subpoena to testify before the US District Court in Delaware in December 2019
• Last week the New York Post published a report saying e-mails obtained from the laptop show Joe Biden allegedly was in on his son Hunter's business deals
• House Intel chair Adam Schiff said the 'smear' on Biden 'comes from the Kremlin' 
• DNI John Ratcliffe said the laptop is not a Russian disinformation campaign 
• Biden's campaign says the Democratic nominee engaged in no wrongdoing "

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Well, pilgrims, he sure looks comfy in the tub.  I still wonder who took the pictures.  Was it the gal in California who later sued him over paternity of her child/fetus, whatever. 

Did he take the pictures himself?  Interestingly, the Bidens have not denied the implicit charge of corruption, bribery, etc., etc. that is the mass of incriminating e-mail traffic on the hard drive.  And then, there are the disgusting sex videos.  Does anyone think that these were faked?

SWMBO says that the Bidens have set a new standard for depraved and addled stupidity.  As usual, she is right.  pl

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8857893/Documents-Hunter-Bidens-signature-Delaware-computer-repair-shop-receipt.html

Happy Anniversary to The World Turned Upside Down by Fred

On the 17th of October, 1781 – General Charles Cornwallis offers his surrender to the Americans at Yorktown, Virginia. Let's raise a glass and listen along to the song that brings such cheer.

Banned by Biden! A Digital Iron Curtain Descends Upon America. By Fred

Just what has been banned? Masks? Oh no, he's gonna make them mandatory nationwide, like women wearing a burkha in Saudi Arabia. You have undoubtablely heard about the Weineresque hard drive discovery involving Hunter Biden and his emails. You probably didn't see it on Twitter or Facebook. 

In a quite open effort to suppress news, restrain the trade of news organizations in competition with them, these two firms have actively 'shadow banned' the story and locked out a number organizations and people from their accounts, starting with:
The NY Post, one of the largest news organizations in the US and publisher of the story.

Censor the press? Why yes, that's exactly what was done here. Questions from other competitors in the press? Well those aren't banned; however, it sure looks like the Biden campaign supplies those to the fake news reporters. Let me suggest one.

Today is the filing deadline for papers on the request to dismiss the Michael Flynn case

By Robert Willmann

After the court hearing last week Tuesday, 29 September 2020, on the request by the Department of Justice to dismiss the criminal case against Michael Flynn, Judge Emmet Sullivan issued an order--

"09/29/2020 Minute Order as to Michael T. Flynn. In view of the discussion at today's motion hearing, the government, Mr. Flynn, and the Court-appointed amicus curiae shall file any additional motions or supplemental materials regarding [docket number] 198 the government's motion to dismiss the criminal information against Mr. Flynn by no later than October 7, 2020. Signed by Judge Emmet G. Sullivan on 9/29/2020. (lcegs3) (Entered: 09/29/2020)".

What is interesting is that Sullivan has invited both "additional motions" and "supplemental materials" from Flynn, the Justice Department (DOJ), and the judge's "friend of the court", John Gleeson.  The term "supplemental materials" implies that more documentary evidence may be filed with the court clerk, and does not seem to be limited to written arguments.  However, Gleeson is not representing a party in the case, and is an "amicus curiae" for the limited purpose of arguing against the DOJ's motion to dismiss.  He is not authorized to introduce additional evidence into the proceeding about dismissal.

Flynn's lawyers might file a formal motion to recuse or disqualify Judge Sullivan from presiding over the case, which could be seen as an additional motion related to the request to dismiss the case.

Adding to the situation is a statement made by president Donald Trump yesterday evening on the Internet Twitter website [1]--

"I have fully authorized the total Declassification of any & all documents pertaining to the single greatest political CRIME in American History, the Russia Hoax. Likewise, the Hillary Clinton Email Scandal. No redactions!"

Whether Trump's tantalizingly broad "authorization" for declassification will result in anything being declassified as an initial matter, and then with no redactions, and then publicly released remains to be seen.  

The DOJ can do its own release of documents relevant to Flynn by filing them in his case, disclosing material to him, or both. 

[1]  https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1313640512025513984

 

We don't want this simpleton over here. We have enough already.

"The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have called on Britain to grasp the opportunity to tackle structural racism, saying the world is “created by white people for white people”.

The Sussexes, who were interviewed via videolink from their Californian home, said the better representation in positions of power is necessary for young black Britons as they argue “we cannot change our history” but must fight to improve for the next generation.

“We cannot change history, nor can we edit our past,” they said. “But we can define our future as one that is inclusive, as one that is equal, and one that is colourful.”

Prince Harry, who told the Evening Standard of his own “awakening” to racism, said: “Because I wasn’t aware of so many of the issues and so many of the problems within the UK and also globally as well. I thought I did but I didn’t.”

He added: ““It is not about pointing the finger, it is not about blame. I will be the first person to say, again, this is about learning.

“And about how we can make it better. I think it is a really exciting time in British culture and British history, and in world culture."  Telegraph

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Please!  Please! Take this buffoon back.  

His sweetie is so stupid as to think she is riding a political wave.  She somehow persuaded this not too bright sprig of the House of Hanover to reprise the foolishness of Edward VIII.  This is the best woman Harry  had ever had?  She had her princess wedding at public expense, fought with his family endlessly and when she finally understood that he would always be "a spare," plotted to get the idiot to leave the UK so that she could resume her meteoric film and TeeVee career.

Now she thinks she can be president of the US.  Why?  Her Horrywood ("1941" reference) pals assure her that the world is awaiting her rule.  pl

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2020/10/01/prince-harry-meghan-call-end-structural-racism-britain/

Michael Flynn update with additional court documents

By Robert Willmann

The hearing in federal district court in Washington D.C. on the government's request to dismiss the criminal case against Michael Flynn is underway.  In a comment last night, Jim noted that more documents had been filed with the court clerk yesterday. 

Flynn filed a fourth supplement in support of agreed dismissal.  Attached were five pages of notes, heavily redacted.  The Department of Justice (DOJ) files copies of its cover letters for disclosures made to Flynn's attorneys.  The letter for these notes said they were of "three ODAG attorneys, numbered 23559-23562".  ODAG may mean the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, who is the number two person at the DOJ.  The numbers refer to those stamped at the bottom of each page which is done to keep track of documents that are provided to another party, often when disclosed during a lawsuit or other formal proceeding.  The number stamps on these notes include DOJSCO, which probably means the special counsel's office of the Robert Mueller group.  The pages of notes actually start with number 23558, and so the DOJ may have made an error about the number range in its cover letter.  Fred found a link to that filing--

https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.191592/gov.uscourts.dcd.191592.251.0_1.pdf

Another DOJ cover letter released two documents about national security letters (NSL).  One is an e-mail from Kevin Clinesmith, a former FBI attorney who pled guilty to altering a communication from the CIA in connection with an application to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for a surveillance warrant.  The warrant was said to be directed at Carter Page [1].  The e-mail is completely blacked out, except for his name, the date, "crossfire hurricane", "no further NSLs are authorized for Razor", and boilerplate at the bottom.  The second document is a summary of NSLs issued in the Crossfire Razor investigation, which targeted Gen. Michael Flynn.  These documents were filed by Flynn as a fifth supplement in support of agreed dismissal--

https://turcopolier.typepad.com/files/michaelflynn_clinesmith_nsl_email.pdf

https://turcopolier.typepad.com/files/michaelflynn_summary_nsl_razor.pdf

Now we come to the letter filed by the attorney for former FBI agent Peter Strzok, who, along with his paramour, former FBI attorney Lisa Page, were up to their eyeballs in this squalid manipulation.