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Thursday, August 29. 2024

Thursday morning links

 Guide to Hunting Clapper Rails


Oldest Wine in History Discovered in Ancient Roman Tomb


Prep schools and sexual predation


It's all schools...


 What School Didn’t Teach Us: How to Succeed - I wasted my college years. But my ambition would soon bail me out.


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Jack Smith’s superseding Trump indictment shows that norms are meant to be broken. The special counsel throws yet another Hail Mary


CIA And FBI Spread Disinformation And Interfered In 2020 Presidential Election. New Mark Zuckerberg letter provides further evidence that US officials broke the law to help elect Joe Biden


Mark Zuckerberg needs to spill all on how FBI censored Americans


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Kamala Harris's top economic adviser is a socialist with a longtime passion for seizing & redistributing Americans' hard-earned wealth


"So, Harris is trying something no sitting vice president has ever attempted: running as an insurgent and treating Donald Trump as the incumbent."

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You may have seen the videos of illegal immigrant gangs taking over entire apartment buildings in Aurora Co. The police and the Aurora leaders are doing nothing. It would be interesting to get the exact data on how many traffic tickets the Aurora police have given out in the last few months. Can you imagine fully armed and bullet proof vest wearing police spending 1000's of hours stopping and ticketing law abiding citizens in Aurora for minor traffic infractions while armed illegal immigrant gangs take over apartment buildings in Aurora? What do you want to bet that today, all day 100's of police hours are again spent on ticketing people for holding a phone or going 5 mph over the speed limit while these illegal alien gangs take over another apartment building. WTF are our police doing??? They sure as hell aren't "protecting and serving".
#1 OneGuy on 2024-08-29 12:15 (Reply)
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Jack Smith’s superseding Trump indictment shows that norms are meant to be broken . . . But their disregard for the rule of law hasn’t come without its fair share of setbacks.

It's not a disregard for the rule of law when a prosecutor files a superseding indictment in response to a court's ruling. It's a regard for the rule of law.

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The opinion read, “Under our constitutional structure of separated powers, the nature of Presidential power entitles a former President to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority."

That's a very problematic ruling when the concept that "no man is above the law" has been the basis of American jurisprudence since the founding. While perhaps not irretrievably breaking the entire edifice of constitutional restraint, the decision creates a roadmap for a nefarious president to abuse the system.

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So why can’t the DoJ abide by this cherished norm when it comes to the Trump case?

Uh, they did. The original indictment was last year, and the norm doesn't apply to ongoing cases which are governed by statute and court rules. They filed 70 days before the election, in any case.
#2 Zachriel on 2024-08-29 14:09 (Reply)
So you are admitting that you are Jewish, eh?
#2.1 Mark Matis on 2024-08-29 16:37 (Reply)
"It's not a disregard for the rule of law..." Smith completely ignored Fisher in his superseding indictment. The two interfering with a proceeding charges are not sustainable in light of SCOTUS precedent specific to the same events Smith's charges involve.

"That's a very problematic ruling when the concept that "no man is above the law" has been the basis of American jurisprudence since the founding." There is absolutely no evidence in the decisions of LW politicians, judges and prosecutors, or the rhetoric of progressives such as yourself that the left has any interest in behaving consistently with that idea. Stop pretending you can about it.

"...the decision creates a roadmap for a nefarious president to abuse the system." Ambiguity about the scope and breadth of presidential immunity could have some value. But also do some harm (as SCOTUS noted). Pity the left didn't give some thought to that before pursuing illegitimate, immoral, absurd lawfare against Trump. Which itself does more harm to the rule of law and the political system as the broadest presidential immunity would do.
#2.2 James4HJ on 2024-08-29 17:29 (Reply)
James4HJ: Smith completely ignored Fisher in his superseding indictment.

The allegations of conduct cited in the indictment are consistent with Fischer v. United States, which requires under the statute 18 U.S.C. § 1512 that the defendant "impaired the availability or integrity" of a document. Regardless, it is subject to appeal.

James4HJ: There is absolutely no evidence in the decisions of LW politicians, judges and prosecutors, or the rhetoric of progressives … Pity the left didn't give some thought to that before pursuing illegitimate, immoral, absurd lawfare against Trump.

Irrelevant to the points raised.
#2.3 Zachriel on 2024-08-29 19:58 (Reply)
Show me the man and I will show you the crime.
#2.3.1 OneGuy on 2024-08-30 00:31 (Reply)
"They filed 70 days before the election, in any case."

Incorrect. In some states early voting, which, little fella, is now the beginning of "the election", starts in September, most states start around the middle of October.. I'll help you with the arithmetic--that works out to less than 60 days. This clearly violates the spirit of the policy. Why is that OK with you? Oh, yeah...
#2.4 SK on 2024-08-30 04:49 (Reply)
SK: This clearly violates the spirit of the policy.

There is no 60-day rule. Nor is there even a written policy, but the "rule" has always been considered to apply to election day. Certainly, the closer to the election, the more careful the Justice Department should be about bringing charges that could affect the election. However, the 60-day "rule" doesn't apply to ongoing cases, which are largely in the hands of statute and courts which set the calendar.
#2.4.1 Zachriel on 2024-08-30 08:16 (Reply)
Stop changing the subject to suit your argument I said nothing about a "rule" or a "written policy"--that's your language. This indictment clearly violates the spirit--and moreover the purpose--of the policy.

Notably, you didn't answer my question.

Maybe Trump should have just used the "forgetful old man" defense Biden did in skating charges.
#2.4.1.1 SK on 2024-08-30 11:14 (Reply)
SK: This indictment clearly violates the spirit--and moreover the purpose--of the policy.

No, it doesn't because (which you ignored) ongoing court proceedings are not part of the 60-day norm, which isn't even a rule, and is based on election day.

SK: Why is that OK with you?

We didn't answer because your premise was faulty. If you are interested in our actual position, try asking a question without the loading.
#2.4.1.2 Zachriel on 2024-08-30 11:31 (Reply)
"If you are interested in our actual position"

Nope. Not even the tiniest little bit. Not at all. Even if anyone else was, improbably, even remotely curious, they'd just have to listen to the talking points of the mainstream propaganda machine.
#2.4.1.2.1 eeyore on 2024-08-30 17:56 (Reply)

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