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What was 300 mil spent on?>>> When you only have a limited bunch of people you have to make sure that they can be at all of the protests for that day. So the buses moved the people from one protest to the next protest. that way you get 7 million counted but you only have about 1 million cuz they were counted 7 times at the 7 protests they went to.

Go locate the Jim Caviezel video on how EVIL Biden was. Biden was a pedophile!

Trump, in his first presidency, had shut down rampant child sex trafficking by having a rule at the border that arriving children would be separated from the people transporting them until a DNA test could prove they were related. In the first three days of Biden’s presidency he rescinded that rule.

The cartels responded by providing planes to set up child sex trafficking in all 50 States.

I’m aware of that and there may be some fudging of the numbers to the plus side. I’d still be cautious going forward without more verification other than Grok

https://www.mltaikins.com/insights/what-is-the-cowichan-decision-and-why-is-everyone-so-worked-up/

LOL, ah yes, the casinos.

Friend took me to local one. I had really good luck, first time I tried one of those machines, , I made $100. Made a a lot of money on that machine every time we went. Then he met Miss Right and got married. I never went back to casino. Really I have better things to do. We all do.

“ The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Monday that President Donald Trump has the authority to deploy the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, reversing a decision by a district judge earlier this month.”

I’m happily Stuned by this decision.

As I recall, it was not rimlock. It was a feed ramp issue.

I’m surprised it wasn’t more.

Europe moves to end all Russian gas imports (phasing out all Russian oil and natural gas)

Kyiv Independent (20 Oct);

“EU energy ministers agreed to support a plan to ban Russian gas imports from Jan. 1, 2028 due to Moscow’s “weaponization” of gas supplies, the Council of the European Union said in a press release on Oct. 20.

Despite largely weaning itself off Russian oil, the EU is still the biggest importer of Russian liquified natural gas (LNG), purchasing nearly 5 billion euros ($5.8 billion) worth in the first half of 2025 — 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) more than the same period last year. In turn, Washington has pressed Europe to speed up its total embargo of Russian energy, including gas, as it looks to put more pressure on Moscow to end its war.

Only Russia friendly Hungary and Slovakia, refused to back the bill, which terminates Russian pipeline and LNG imports, the Financial Times reported.

The first phase of the ban will begin on Jan. 1, 2026 with a grace period for existing contracts: short term contracts concluded before June 17, 2025 can run until June 17, 2026, and long-term contracts until Jan. 1, 2028.

The text of the law — which is not final — will be sent to the European Parliament for approval.

“The regulation constitutes a central element of the EU’s REPowerEU roadmap to end dependency on Russian energy, following Russia’s weaponization of gas supplies and repeated disruptions of gas supplies to the EU with significant effects on the European energy market,” the council wrote...

...The main opponents to the bill are Hungary and Slovakia, which have repeatedly kicked up a fuss when pressured to cut their ties to cheap Russian energy. They remain the last two importers of Russian oil in the EU.

Both countries complain that it is harder for them to find alternative gas imports since they are landlocked, despite Brussels proposing several alternative routes, including via Croatia...

...As part of the proposed regulation, existing gas contracts with Russia cannot be amended “except for some specific flexibilities for landlocked member states affected by recent changes in supply routes,” the council wrote. That gives Hungary and Slovakia the chance to change and increase gas volumes under their current contracts with Russia.

The council also said those members continuing to import Russian gas will have to submit a diversification strategy detailing their plans and possible challenges to sourcing new gas supplies. The same will be required for countries importing Russian oil imports, i.e. Hungary and Slovakia, which the council also wants to phase out by 2028.

Russian gas imports to the EU will be subject to additional checks and scrutiny during the transitional period, according to the council. Further monitoring mechanisms will be set up to prevent Russian gas from being transited through Europe to other markets.”

Pronto.

All this will do is change the gerrymandering from being based on “race” to being based on political leanings of the area. Not much change, really.

What we should do is just use mathematical algorithms to make districts that are compact as possible, and sized with equal weight for population and area.

If they’re smart, they will.

The Canadians call them First Nations people.

Big time.

Exactly.

Good advice.

There’s such a thing as estoppel.

If you wait too long to make a claim the claim is void.

If I bought the property 20 years ago and you didn’t show up before a significant part of the sales proceeds were spent, it’s too late.

They can sit on MY hands ANYTIME!!!

Wait!

That’s the Old Man talking!

The same thing happened here in Oneida County, NY several years ago. Oneida County sued Oneida Indian Nation, and the Nation won the suit in the U.S. Supreme Court in 1985.

County of Oneida v. Oneida Indian Nation of New York State

If I were still in the National Guard and had any choice I’d rather go help the IDF clean out Gaza.