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The best hobbies for warding off dementia revealed

I am skeptical, but all are good for life

Florida Board Of Medicine Moves To Ban Transgender Treatments For Minors

South America's 'lithium fields' reveal the dark side of our electric future

Israeli students accuse Ben & Jerry’s of ‘illegally occupying’ Native American land

New York bans the word "inmate" to describe people in prison

When high-school students can’t tolerate hearing the name of a book title, we know there’s a problem in education.

Glenn Greenwald Goes to Town on Why Dick and Liz Cheney Hate Trump so Much

If Dems’ DOJ doesn’t have enough to convict, Trump will be back in Oval Office

Convict about what?

The FBI Raids Mar-a-Lago, and I Have Questions

The NYS AG still persecuting Trump

Four freight ships leave Ukrainian ports carrying nearly 170,000 tonnes of vital corn and oil as export deal aims to prevent global food crisis

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The Althouse Law blog has a thread on the Charles Cooke column whining about Trump. Charles Cooke is bored with Trump.

There are several good responses, a couple of favorites:
"Blogger Amadeus 48 said...
Charlie Cooke is a proud naturalized citizen of the USA. He is as entitled to be bored by and of Donald Trump as the rest of us are.

Falling right into Charlie's stereotype, I will never forgive the FBI, DOJ, and Merrick Garland personally for forcing me to support Trump for president in 2024. Why did they do it? He's too old. He's too erratic. He is coming back, and this time he is mad.

I am too old for this. Do I have to spend the rest of my life listening to the tedious trio, Trump, Biden, and Hillary? Think about those Boomer presidents: Clinton, Bush 43, Obama, and Trump. Each ghastly in his own way. And Biden isn't even a Boomer. He is too old.

Like Charlie Cooke, I want to vote for DiSantis."
or
Gusty Winds said.....
'Basically in 2022 the whole shithouse is on fire, and this asshole is “bored”. What he’s saying is he thinks he’s above everyone else fighting in the trenches.

Yeah you &*#*head. It boils down to Trump right now. And it’s actually because of people like YOU. His fight for the freedom and the working class has turned everyone else into rabid totalitarians. You’re bored watching people betray a lifetime of values because “Orange Man Bad”? You’re bored watching 1984 and Animal Farm come to life?

It’s Dem/GOP/Globalism/Deep State establishment vs. MAGA America First. We're taking on an evil that has infected the world here. A completely new dynamic in a country and a society splitting apart at the seams, while western civilization sprints toward totalitarianism. An epic battle. The watershed of our lifetimes.

Hey Charles. Go buy a $4000 ticket to a Springsteen concert and pretend you understand America. "

https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6329595&postID=6987070855831550963

#1 FromtheAlthouseblog on 2022-08-11 10:07 (Reply)

For some reason Trump causes the wolves in sheep clothing to expose themselves and their real agenda. You would think they would be smart enough to hide their crazy side like Nikki Haley does. Lie, make believe you are actually a conservative and not just in it for the power.

It is strange that the very same politicians and pundits who have been preaching conservative ideals but never seem to get anything done are so angry with Trump when he accomplished so many of these conservative goals. Makes you wonder what these posers really want.

#2 OneGuy on 2022-08-11 10:43 (Reply)

So our Green future depends on not disturbing Mother Gaia in any way whatsoever? That's totally doable if humanity just went extinct. You first.

#3 Jerryskids on 2022-08-11 11:02 (Reply)

Europe is suffering a heat wave and have never seen it so hot. Meanwhile 5 million people in the Phoenix area and 2 million in Vegas are laughing at them and wishing their everyday temps would cool to the temp of the European "heat wave".

These things are cyclical. Every la Nina year we get these "unusual" weather patterns and every time it happens everyone acts like it never happened before.

#3.1 JustMe on 2022-08-11 11:39 (Reply)

Links are a construct of the white male patriarchy.
All clowning aside, saw a photo of muh civil servant e-cars junkyard in France, the batteries were too expensive to replace.
The issue is never the issue with the Long March statist utopian true believers and communists never care about the environment on the by any means necessary road to the global soviet

#4 Trotsky's Pick Axe on 2022-08-11 12:28 (Reply)

The raid on Trumps house was to get papers that Trump had declassified 2 1/2 years ago and then commanded his administration to release. The intelligence agencies didn't do it they stone walled Trump until after Jan 20th. But these papers implicate the senior officials in intelligence and FBI in their attempted coup of Trump. They had to get these papers out of fear that they would be released someday and it would put them in jail. In other words its a coverup.

#5 IdahoBob on 2022-08-11 14:32 (Reply)

IdahoBob: The raid on Trumps house was to get papers that Trump had declassified 2 1/2 years ago and then commanded his administration to release.

How do you know this?

In any case, it would be easy to prove. Trump just has to provide his order to declassify the documents. While he's at it, he could also release the search warrant. But, for some reason, he hasn't.

#5.1 Zachriel on 2022-08-11 14:53 (Reply)

Trump ordered all Crossfire Hurricane documents to be declassified while he was still president. As of February this year, the DOJ has refused to release those documents to senators on the Judiciary Cmte.

Trump does not have the warrant to release. That's why lawyers for Trump asked for and a Federal judge ordered the release of the warrant.

#5.1.1 mudbug on 2022-08-11 15:20 (Reply)

mudbug: Trump ordered all Crossfire Hurricane documents to be declassified while he was still president.

The Memorandum on Declassification, signed at the very end of Trump's administration, allows for a number of redactions. The Memorandum ordered the Attorney General to made the redactions and release the remaining records, but he didn't. If he has them, Trump could release the documents, but he hasn't. In any case, the new president can make his own determination of what should be released.
https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/memorandum-declassification-certain-materials-related-fbis-crossfire-hurricane-investigation/

mudbug: That's why lawyers for Trump asked for and a Federal judge ordered the release of the warrant.

Trump's attorneys were provided the warrant at the time of the search. It was the Department of Justice that petitioned the court to release the warrant.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/11/watch-live-attorney-general-merrick-garland-makes-statement-.html

#5.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2022-08-11 15:49 (Reply)

The DOJ was ordered by a judge to unseal the raid warrant
materials by Monday. Request was from Tom Fitton.

source is at Citizens Free Press

#5.1.1.1.1 indyjonesouthere on 2022-08-11 16:49 (Reply)

Is there anyone on earth naive enough to believe the DOJ on this?

Looks like that would be you, Zach.

#5.1.1.1.2 RJP on 2022-08-11 17:12 (Reply)

indyjonesouthere: The DOJ was ordered by a judge to unseal the raid warrant

Uh, no. That's not what the report by Citizens Free Press says. It says the Department of Justice has to respond to the request, not that they have to unseal the search warrant. Nor does it say that Trump doesn't already have the warrant, which Trump could release anytime he wants.
https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/tom-fitton-strikes-again/

RJP: Is there anyone on earth naive enough to believe the DOJ on this?

It's called accountability. The Department of Justice has asked the court to unseal the warrant. That will answer some questions, and probably raise others.

"Former President Trump, through counsel, was provided copies of each of these documents {search warrant, attachments, property receipt} on August 8, 2022, as part of the execution of the search."
https://embed.documentcloud.org/documents/22130852-govuscourtsflsd617854180_2

#5.1.1.1.3 Zachriel on 2022-08-11 17:27 (Reply)

The DOJ responded to the judge's order which was requested of the judge by Tom Fitten. The DOJ would be world class idiots to appeal the judge's order to a higher court.

#5.1.1.1.3.1 indyjonesouthere on 2022-08-11 18:43 (Reply)

indyjonesouthere: The DOJ would be world class idiots to appeal the judge's order to a higher court.

That makes no sense. The order was just to respond, not to unseal the warrant. Only the court can unseal the warrant.

#5.1.1.1.3.1.1 Zachriel on 2022-08-11 18:55 (Reply)

They have to respond. No response or fighting the response is near suicide for the DOJ clown posse.

Now we find out if everything matches. The Mueller investigators did show us they were not beyond falsifying statements. They finally caught the little weasel, but he only had his law license suspended for a year. No one trusts the admin state anymore and they deserve that distrust.

#5.1.1.1.3.1.1.1 indyjonesouthere on 2022-08-11 19:05 (Reply)

indyjonesouthere: They have to respond.

Yes, they have to respond. The Department of Justice could have argued against unsealing the warrant, due to an ongoing investigation, or because there could be national security issues involved. They chose not to do so, but have moved to unseal the warrant. It would be moot if Trump just released the warrant.

#5.1.1.1.3.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2022-08-11 20:56 (Reply)

Of course, Trump could release the warrant. But he hasn’t.

#5.1.1.1.3.1.2 Zachriel on 2022-08-11 18:58 (Reply)

Let the court unseal the warrant. Then we have ALL the information.

#5.1.1.1.3.1.2.1 indyjonesouthere on 2022-08-11 19:09 (Reply)

indyjonesouthere: Let the court unseal the warrant. Then we have ALL the information.

The only thing being considered for unsealing are the documents already provided to Trump: the search warrant, and the inventory. The vast majority of investigative information, including how the FBI found out about the files would not be made public.

#5.1.1.1.3.1.2.1.1 Zachriel on 2022-08-12 09:45 (Reply)

You are assuming that the FBI was looking for files but there is no evidence of what they were looking for as they only acknowledge the warrant and the property taken. Not a simgle word about what they were looking for or who or what provided that information. This could easily be nothing more than a snooping venture just as all the FISA warrants were nothing more than snooping ventures.

#5.1.1.1.3.1.2.1.1.1 indyjonesouthere on 2022-08-12 10:47 (Reply)

indyjonesouthere: You are assuming that the FBI was looking for files but there is no evidence of what they were looking for as they only acknowledge the warrant and the property taken.

General warrants are not allowed under Common Law or under the U.S. Constitution. A search warrant application must provide the court probable cause that a crime has occurred (though may not indicate the subject of the investigation), a place specified, that the place will have evidence of the crime, the particularity of the items to be seized as evidence, the warrant shown to the person whose property is to be searched, and the magistrate named to whom the warrant will be returned. (If something is found in plain view during the search that is also evidence but not specified, that can be seized, as well. See Horton v. California)

Court records show that Trump was provided a copy of the warrant and the inventory of items seized. The warrant and inventory will probably be unsealed in the near future.

#5.1.1.1.3.1.2.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2022-08-12 11:40 (Reply)

As I said, neither you nor I have any idea what they were looking for with that warrant.

#5.1.1.1.3.1.2.1.1.1.1.1 indyjonesouthere on 2022-08-12 12:47 (Reply)

You had claimed:

indyjonesouthere: This could easily be nothing more than a snooping venture

But general warrants are not allowed, and wouldn't be approved by the courts. Besides the requirements detailed above, there is a recency requirement. The information about the specific evidence and specific place has to recent. That's why the warrant was probably based on insider information.

#5.1.1.1.3.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2022-08-12 12:52 (Reply)

General warrants are not legal but faking the warrant information source isn't beyond their ability. The fake FISA warrants come to mind.

#5.1.1.1.3.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 indyjonesouthere on 2022-08-12 13:30 (Reply)

Zach provides proof that there is indeed someone on earth naive enough to believe the DOJ on this.

#5.1.1.1.3.2 RJP on 2022-08-11 20:45 (Reply)

RJP: someone on earth naive enough to believe the DOJ on this.

Apparently a federal judge believed FBI sworn attestations. But there will be accountability.

As for indicting Trump, proving intent would be very difficult, so they are probably just glad to have retrieved the documents.

#5.1.1.1.3.2.1 Zachriel on 2022-08-11 21:14 (Reply)

My God, you really are that naïve.

#5.1.1.1.3.2.1.1 RJP on 2022-08-11 23:17 (Reply)

Z: As for indicting Trump, proving intent would be very difficult, so they are probably just glad to have retrieved the documents.

RJP: My God, you really are that naïve.

Well, you could be right. The government may have evidence of intent. But that's supposition. There is a report that the documents include top secret nuclear information, but we'll just have to wait and see.

#5.1.1.1.3.2.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2022-08-12 09:48 (Reply)

Wonder what they found while sniffing through Melania's panties.

#5.1.1.1.3.2.1.1.1.1 Zachinoff on 2022-08-12 12:38 (Reply)

Funny how the warrant never mentions that vital "top secret nuclear information". Instead, it asks for anything marked classified, anything defense related and "Any government and/or Presidential Records created between January 20, 2017, and January 20, 2021;". Rather broad, wouldn't you say? And hardly indicative of any specific crime, but very much like a fishing expedition.

#5.1.1.1.3.2.1.1.1.2 RJP on 2022-08-12 19:30 (Reply)

RJP: Rather broad, wouldn't you say?

The warrant encompasses top secret documents, other classified documents, along with presidential records that are supposed to be under the legal and physical custody of the National Archives and Records Administration.

RJP: very much like a fishing expedition.

The warrant specifies things that Trump has no legal right to possess. After having subpoenaed the documents months ago, and apparently having current inside information about the whereabouts of the documents, it is entirely appropriate that a search warrant was issued.

#5.1.1.1.3.2.1.1.1.2.1 Zachriel on 2022-08-12 20:42 (Reply)

Here's the exact text from the warrant:

c. Any government and/or Presidential Records created between January 20, 2017, and January 20, 2021;

(You can read the warrant and inventory, along with commentary by a lawyer a lot smarter than me at the Legal Insurrection blog: Court Unseals Trump Search Warrant and Inventory of Items Seized )

But, according to Zach, that's not broad at all, it's very specific, very limited in scope, not a fishing expedition at all and why on earth would you think that. But then he has to say that, as earlier today he had stated that General Warrants are not allowed. Warrants must include, according to Zach, "the particularity of the items to be seized as evidence" and that particularity is completely missing from this warrant.

Zach also skips over the fact that he was quite sure there was "top secret nuclear information" (don't tell me you weren't) in Trump's possession. Funny how the warrant (or the inventory of confiscated documents) didn't mention those docs, eh, Zach?

I'm sure none of this matters. Zach will be distracted by the next enticing morsel the media throws in front of him and will forget any of this happened.

#5.1.1.1.3.2.1.1.1.2.1.1 RJP on 2022-08-13 00:55 (Reply)

RJP: that's not broad at all

If the warrant just said "documents," then it would be overbroad. The question the court will ask is whether the officers engaged in the search would be authorized to seize only those documents that would be evidence of the crime under investigation. In this case, "government and/or Presidential Records" are contraband and prima facie evidence of possessing "government and/or Presidential Records."

RJP: the fact that he was quite sure there was "top secret nuclear information

We never made that claim.

In any case, Trump can certainly contest the warrant in court. After all, the particularity requirement is right there in the U.S. Constitution. How do you think that will go?

#5.1.1.1.3.2.1.1.1.2.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2022-08-13 09:32 (Reply)

Back to the make-believe (((Quibble-DickZ))) mode when they've lost their grasp of the actual facts.

#5.1.1.1.3.2.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1 Zachinoff on 2022-08-13 12:31 (Reply)

Why is it Trump's responsibility to release that information?

Why isn't it the Feds?

#5.1.2 jimg on 2022-08-11 19:13 (Reply)

jimg: Why is it Trump's responsibility to release that information?

It's not Trump's responsibility, but it is his right. He has chosen not to release it.

jimg: Why isn't it the Feds?

The Department of Justice has moved for the warrant to be unsealed, but it is up to the court.

#5.1.2.1 Zachriel on 2022-08-11 20:53 (Reply)

Which court? The court where the judge was an Epstein guest of pedophile island and the FBI has all the videos of his visit or a unbiased court? It seems the more you find out about the FBI and DOJ the muckier and disgusting it gets.

#5.1.2.1.1 OneGuy on 2022-08-11 22:22 (Reply)

OneGuy: Which court?

The same court which unsealed the warrant and the inventory of seized items.

#5.1.2.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2022-08-14 07:17 (Reply)

The vaccine is deadly https://ninetymilesfromtyranny.blogspot.com/2022/08/you-are-25x-more-likely-to-be-injured.html and they have known it since it was first released

#6 OneGuy on 2022-08-11 15:01 (Reply)

Imagine if the FBI had used it's resources that it misused trying to stop Trump, on bringing the election fraud criminals to justice.

Why not reassign those 87,000 gun toting IRS agents to the Border Patrol once Republicans take congress. Kill two birds with one stone.

Does the DOJ have an inspector general? Where is he? Did they appoint Rip Van Winkle?

#7 IdahoBob on 2022-08-11 17:09 (Reply)

"The best hobbies for warding off dementia revealed."

I checked that list. Couldn't find 'Run for POTUS' anywhere on it.

#8 jimg on 2022-08-11 19:10 (Reply)

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