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On August 7, 2021, I wrote about how states along our southern border could thwart the Biden (*) administration’s material support for the drug cartels and the crimes being committed by invoking the RICO Statute. The statute seems to address directly the various activities in which the administration has engaged over the last ten months at our Southern border. Here, from NOLO, is the meat of that statute: Passed in 1970, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) is a federal law designed to combat organized crime in the United States. It allows prosecution and civil penalties for racketeering...

Once upon a time resident Joe Biden was against vaccine mandates. As president-elect in December 2020, he was asked, "Do you want vaccines to be mandatory?" His answer at the time seemed clear, "No I don't think it should be mandatory, I wouldn't demand it be mandatory." But that was then, and this is now. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi agreed. Last April, when asked about vaccine mandates, she made her position clear, "So—so here is the thing. We are—we cannot require someone to be vaccinated. That's just not what we can do. It is a matter of privacy to know...

So...it's 2:30 Pacific Time. I woke up after a bad dream and my mind started spinning. Like an epiphany, but in the very worst way. I am normally not one to give up on things I care about, as was the case after the 2020 election*. Demoralized yes, but determined to make my voice heard more than ever. Became very active on social media etc. It's just been blow after blow since this administration was installed and I was starting to think that a majority of people support it all. Then Virginia happened. I was elated! I felt like there...

The California business community has an idea for easing the supply chain crisis: Suspend recent labor-friendly laws affecting warehouse workers and independent contractors. Businesses say they will be able to move goods more quickly if the state suspends the 2019 law that requires companies to provide more workers with employment benefits. Ditto for the law that prevents warehouses from enforcing quotas that limit people’s ability to take bathroom breaks. Nineteen state business organizations argued those points in their Oct. 19 letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom. Newsom and labor interests strongly disagree. “Getting rid of bathroom breaks for warehouse workers, and...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom briskly scheduled a livestreamed appearance after a day of inquisitive reporting on his whereabouts. His office released a media advisory late Monday to say Newsom, who has not had a public appearance since canceling his visit to a United Nations climate summit last month, will speak at the California Economic Summit at approximately 11:45 a.m. local time. The "fireside chat" at the event hosted by California Forward will be livestreamed, the statement said. Newsom's last public appearance was on Oct. 27, when he received a COVID-19 booster shot. He abruptly canceled a visit to Glasgow, Scotland,...

November 9th, 2021Dedication of the Lateran Basilica Lateran Basilica high altarBy Wiki ktulu - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25144249By Tango7174 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11955729Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White When a Feast of the Lord is celebrated on a weekday there is only one reading before the Gospel, which may be chosen from either the first or second reading.First readingEzekiel 47:1-2,8-9,12 ©Wherever the water flows, it will bring life and healthThe angel brought me to the entrance of the Temple, where a stream came out from under the Temple threshold and flowed eastwards, since the Temple faced...

Grosskreitz (aka The One Arm Man) allegedly blew well over the legal blood alcohol limit but had his charges dismissed. He openly admitted in court to illegal conceal carry of a handgun as well. No charges. Despite a search warrant signed by a judge, the DA’s office told the investigating officer not to search Grosskreutz phone for evidence. This despite his live-streaming and taking photographs during the riots.

*** SNIP *** Alexander Cardinale expected to feel joy when his second daughter was born in September 2019. He and his wife Daphna had been trying for years to complete their family, and they underwent in vitro fertilization, including one failed cycle, to finally conceive. The couple said they trusted their fertility clinic, California Center for Reproductive Health, and doctor, Dr. Eliran Mor, who came recommended by friends. But when their baby was born, Alexander couldn't help but notice her darker complexion and jet-black hair. "I immediately felt shaken, confused as to why I didn't recognize her," he said during...

most sf bay internet down for 1.5 hours (11 pm pst monday to 12:45 am pst tuesday) down- comcast/infinity cable, t-mobile cellular data up- att cellular data very odd, possibly storm related. annoyingly ineffective comcast/infinity help line (wait was 1.5 hours, but they hung up at 30 minutes) i have never experienced such a long time off the internet, at least since the early research days... not good...

"To feel like you can't provide shelter for your kids is the biggest sense of parenting failure," says Brandi Dailey, of Loma Linda. Sadly, it's a common feeling for many families who struggle to keep a roof over their heads. It’s especially true for single moms. Dailey who founded the nonprofit, Thrive Single Moms, says housing costs in the Inland Empire have risen by 12% in one year alone. "Housing costs is the majority of your income coming in every single month and you're scraping by usually two or three jobs just to keep housing over your head," says Dailey....

California governor has not been seen in public for 12 days; Bill Melugin has the details on 'Tucker Carlson Tonight.' ...

The hype around #PoopyPantsBiden had just started to die down when another news surrounding Joe Biden's bowel issues have yet again made a splash on the news as well as on the Internet. The hashtag #RoyalFartJoe is one of the top trends on Twitter currently. Previously, the President seemed to have a "bathroom accident" during a meeting with the Pope at the Vatican. Republican Amy Tarkanian revealed this news via Twitter and netizens just couldn't stop trolling Biden over it.

[H/T Carl Vehse]ransomnote: Full document (pdf) linked in thread title. Carl Vehese idenfied some key elements in a post elsewhere on FR. Here's his excerpt post.In the General/Chat forum, on a thread titled CDC Scientists admit they did manipulate study data to show the Covid-19 Vaccines are safe for Pregnant Women as researchers discover 91% of pregnancies resulted in miscarriage following Covid-19 Vaccination, Carl Vehse wrote:The Editor of Science, Public Health Policy, and the Law recently published an editorial (Volume 3:81–86, August, 2021), "If Vaccine Adverse Events Tracking Systems Do Not Support Causal Inference, then ‘Pharmacovigilance’ Does Not Exist,” in...

Remington Firearms announced Monday that it will invest $100 million in a factory and research operations in Georgia, the Associated Press reported. Remington's headquarters will be moved from New York to LaGrange, Georgia, which is southwest of Atlanta. The country's oldest gun maker is one of many corporations to leave the Northeast in favor of the politically gun-welcoming South. "We are very excited to come to Georgia, a state that not only welcomes business but enthusiastically supports and welcomes companies in the firearms industry," Remington CEO Ken D'Arcy said in a statement. D'Arcy said he plans to create over 850...

A 29-year-old Catskill man is in a Syracuse burn unit after he burst into flames when Catskill police officers used a Taser to subdue him after he had doused himself with hand sanitizer, police confirmed on Friday. Jason Jones, a celebrated athlete at Catskill High School more than a decade ago, is in an intensive care unit at Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse. His condition is grave, according to people briefed on the matter. The incident unfolded last weekend when Jones, who appeared intoxicated, walked into the village police department and got into a confrontation with officers. Chief Dave Darling,...

On Monday morning, thousands of citizens gathered in Grand Park outside Los Angeles City Hall to protest the city’s authoritarian vaccine mandate. A large percentage of the crowd – if not the majority – were municipal workers, including members of the LAPD and LAFD, as well as employees of several other city departments. Los Angeles’ citywide deadline for its employees to get the jab is set to kick in on December 18th. Anyone who is not vaccinated by that time will be fired from their jobs unless they have obtained an exemption – and we all know how likely they...

Not for the first time, Pete Buttigieg is vowing to do something about America's "racist" interstate highway system. As absurdly silly as it might be for the Biden-tapped US Transportation Secretary to be prioritizing tackling supposedly racist roads, it was perhaps the question itself from a reporter that reached new asinine depths - made all the more laughable given the "seriousness" of the lengthy exchange related to last week's bipartisan infrastructure bill which passed through Congress.This was a real question by CNN (who else?) White House correspondent April Ryan during a Monday press briefing... amid Biden admin plans to "deconstruct...

It was a bad day for key prosecution witness Gaige Grosskreutz, the third person shot by Kyle Rittenhouse during the Kenosha riots last year, during cross-examination by the defense on Monday as they got him to admit he lied several times about what happened in the aftermath of the shootings. Grosskreutz testified he was carrying a Glock 27 handgun the night of the shootings despite the fact his concealed carry license was expired. Grosskreutz added he saw Rittenhouse running away after hearing gunshots. Grosskreutz said when he found Rittenhouse running away and asked him if he shot someone, Rittenhouse told...

Australians will need to get COVID booster shots annually “for the foreseeable future” to combat CCP Virus, according to the country’s Pharmacy Guild.Trent Twomey, the president of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia (PGA), warned that people may need to get booster shots every 6 to 12 months to keep more deadly variants at bay.“The question is what booster and what interval we need to get that booster, whether it’s every six, nine or 12 months. Those decisions need to be based on evidence and facts and at the moment that is an evolving space,” he told Nine newspapers.Twomey noted that...

Early Excess Power Using NRL Pd-B Cathodes Melvin H. Miles College of Science and Technology, Dixie State University St. George, Utah 84770 (USA) Email: mhmiles1937@gmail.com The excess power in cold fusion experiments appears unusually early for Pd-B cathodes prepared by NRL (U.S. Naval Research Laboratory). This early excess power may exceed 100 mW and can be measurable within minutes of the start of the D2O + LiOD electrolysis. This effect readily exceeds the maximum possible excess power for deuterium loading into the palladium. This unusual early excess power effect was first noted by Martin Fleischmann in his analysis of the...