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Atmospheric river hits Southern California with risks of flash floods and deaths on stormy seas
apnews.com

... An unusually strong storm system called an atmospheric river doused Southern California on Saturday, prompting flood warnings in areas of coastal Los Angeles County that recently were ravaged by wildfire.

The National Weather Service in Los Angeles and Oxnard reported heavy rainfall at rates as heavy as an inch (2.5 centimeters) per hour in coastal areas that are prone to flash flooding.

The previous day more than 4 inches (10 centimeters) of rain fell over coastal Santa Barbara County as the storm approached Los Angeles. The National Weather Service urged people to stay indoors amid heavy winds.

The long plume of tropical moisture that formed over the Pacific Ocean began drenching the San Francisco Bay Area on Wednesday and unleashed widespread rain over Southern California on Friday and Saturday. More than a foot of snow was predicted for parts of the Sierra Nevada.

The California Highway Patrol said a 71-year-old man died Friday after his vehicle was swept off a flooded bridge in Northern California, and a 5-year-old was swept into the ocean by 15-foot (4.6-meter) waves at a state park on the Central Coast, triggering a search. ...


Taurus - Spirit (1968)
www.youtube.com

Was Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" just a cover song of this one?

You decide. ...


Another pre-DSotM soundtrack Pink Floyd song appeared on a playlist here ...

Pink Floyd - Cymbaline (1969)
www.youtube.com

en.wikipedia.org

... "Cymbaline" is a Pink Floyd song from the album Soundtrack from the Film More.[1][2]

Lyrics

Its lyrics vividly tell the tale of a "nightmare", which was the title of the song when it was first introduced in Floyd's The Man and The Journey Tour shows. The lyrics include a reference to the character Doctor Strange, who was popular at the time due to the psychedelic nature of his adventures and who had appeared on the cover of their previous album A Saucerful of Secrets. ...


Yeah, the pre-DSotM Pink Floyd albums, when Pink Floyd was doing a lot of soundtrack work, were quite interesting.

GOP senators distance themselves from provision allowing them to sue over phone record searches
www.nbcnews.com

... But Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said he would "definitely" sue the government, telling reporters Thursday, "It bothers the hell out of me and I'm going to sue, and I'm going to create opportunities for others to sue that weren't in the Senate."

Earlier in the week, he said, "If you think I'm gonna settle this thing for a million dollars, no, I want to make it so painful no one ever does this again." ...



@#22 ... The sad part is how much the MAGA aficionados have bought into those lies, and still believe them. ...

Reminds me of the old pre-DSotM soundtrack Pink Floyd song ...

Pink Floyd - Childhood's End (1972)
www.youtube.com

Lyrics and Composition
en.wikipedia.org(Pink_Floyd_song)

...
Lyrics and composition

"Childhood's End" is about the stress and pressure of becoming an adult and being faced with difficult decisions on one's own.
...


@#18

thx for that update.

More...

Trump said he has 'concepts' of a health care plan. What we know about his policies (September 11. 2024)
abcnews.go.com

... Health care was one of the topics at the forefront of Tuesday night's debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.

Trump said he was interested in replacing the Affordable Care Act -- also known as "Obamacare" -- but implied that he didn't have any specific plans in place.

"Obamacare was lousy health care. Always was," Trump said. "It's not very good today and, what I said, that if we come up with something, we are working on things, we're going to do it and we're going to replace it."

When asked by ABC News moderator Linsey Davis to clarify if he had a health care plan, the former president said he had "concepts of a plan" to replace the ACA but provided no details.

"If we can come up with a plan that's going to cost our people, our population, less money and be better health care than Obamacare, then I would absolutely do it," Trump said.

"But if we come up with something, I would only change it if we come up with something better and less expensive," he said later in the debate. "And there are concepts and options we have to do that. And you'll be hearing about it in the not-too-distant future." ...


The Gen Z anti-cartel protesters have managed to break through the police lines and into the Government Palace of Guadalajara at this moment.
x.com


Do try harder.
#7 | POSTED BY LAMPLIGHTER

Why? You're a gaslighter thats all there is to your questions. Gaslighting.

Back on-topic ...

Camper Van Beethoven - Pictures Of Matchstick Men (1989)
www.youtube.com

A cover of the Status Quo song from the late 60's

Camper Van Beethoven is a fun group ...

Edwards provided notice that he intended to depose Alan Dershowitz. Edwards
possessed a legitimate basis for doing so: (a) Dershowitz is believed to have been friends with
Epstein for many years; (b) in one news article Dershowitz comments that, "I'm on my 20th
book... The only person outside of my immediate family that I send drafts to is Jeffrey" The
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Talented Mr. Epstein, By Vicky Ward on January, 2005 in Published Work, Vanity Fair (See
article attached as Exhibit "00"); (c) Epstein's housekeeper Alfredo Rodriguez testified that
Dershowitz stayed at Epstein's house during the years when Epstein was assaulting minor
females on a daily basis; (d) Rodriguez testified that Dershowitz was at Epstein's house at times
when underage females where there being molested by Epstein (see Alfredo Rodriguez
deposition at 278-280, 385, 426-427); (e) Dershowitz reportedly assisted in attempting to
persuade the Palm Beach State Attorney's Office that because the underage females alleged to
have been victims of Epstein's abuse lacked credibility and could not be believed that they were
at Epstein's house, when Dershowitz himself was an eyewitness to their presence at the house;
(f) Jane Doe No. 102 stated generally that Epstein forced her to be sexually exploited by not only
Epstein but also Epstein's "adult male peers, including royalty, politicians, academicians,
businessmen, and/or other professional and personal acquaintances" " categories that Dershowitz
and acquaintances of Dershowitz fall into; (g) during the years 2002-2005 Alan Dershowitz was
on Epstein's plane on several occasions according to the flight logs produced by Epstein's pilot
and information (described above) suggested that sexual assaults may have taken place on the
plane; (h) Epstein donated $30 Million one year to the university at which Dershowitz teaches.
Based on this infoli__iation,

Take note of this

ershowitz reportedly assisted in attempting to
persuade the Palm Beach State Attorney's Office that because the underage females alleged to
have been victims of Epstein's abuse lacked credibility and could not be believed that they were
at Epstein's house, when Dershowitz himself was an eyewitness to their presence at the house;

That is fucking damning!!!!!!!!!!!
and diabolical

Bradley J. Edwards, Esq., provided notice that he intended to take the deposition
of Donald Trump. Edwards possessed a legitimate basis for doing so: (a) The message pads
confiscated from Epstein's home indicated that Trump called Epstein's West Palm Beach
mansion on several occasions during the time period most relevant to my Edwards's clients'
complaints; (b) Trump was quoted in a Vanity Fair article about Epstein as saying "I've known
Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy," "He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes
beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it --
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Jeffrey enjoys his social life." Jeffrey Epstein: International Moneyman of Mystery; He's pals
with a passel of Nobel Prize"winning scientists, CEOs like Leslie Wexner of the Limited,
socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, even Donald Trump. But it wasn't until he flew Bill Clinton, Kevin
Spacey, and Chris Tucker to Africa on his private Boeing 727 that the world began to wonder
who he is. By Landon Thomas Jr. (See article attached hereto as Exhibit "NN") (c) Trump
allegedly banned Epstein from his Maralago Club in West Palm Beach because Epstein sexually
assaulted an underage girl at the club; (d) Jane Doe No. 102's complaint alleged that Jane Doe
102 was initially approached at Trump's Maralago by Ghislaine Maxwell and recruited to be
Maxwell and Epstein's underage sex slave; (e) Mark Epstein (Jeffrrey Epstein's brother) testified
that Trump flew on Jeffrey Epstein's plane with him (the same plane that Jane Doe 102 alleged
was used to have sex with underage girls); (f) Trump had been to Epstein's home in Palm Beach;
(g) Epstein's phone directory from his computer contains 14 phone numbers for Donald Trump,
including emergency numbers, car numbers, and numbers to Trump's security guard and
houseman. Based on this information,

all crap we knew alrady

Edwards notified Epstein's attorneys of his intent to take Bill Clinton's deposition.
Edwards possessed a legitimate basis for doing so: (a) Clinton was friends with Ghislaine
Maxwell who was Epstein's longtime companion and helped to run Epstein's companies, kept
images of naked underage children on her computer, helped to recruit underage children for
Epstein, engaged in lesbian sex with underage females that she procured for Epstein, and
photographed underage females in sexually explicit poses and kept child pornography on her
computer; (b) it was national news when Clinton traveled with Epstein aboard Epstein's private
plane to Africa and the news articles classified Clinton as Epstein's friend. (c) the complaint
filed on behalf of Jane Doe No. 102 stated generally that she was required by Epstein to be
sexually exploited by not only Epstein but also Epstein's "adult male peers, including royalty,
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politicians, academicians, businessmen, and/or other professional and personal acquaintances" "
categories Clinton and acquaintances of Clinton fall into. The flight logs showed Clinton
traveling on Epstein's plane on numerous occasions between 2002 and 2005. See Flight logs
attached hereto as Exhibit "MM." Clinton traveled on many of those flights with Ghislaine
Maxwell, Sarah Kellen, and Adriana Mucinska, - all employees and/or co-conspirators of
Epstein's that were closely connected to Epstein's child exploitation and sexual abuse. The
documents clearly show that Clinton frequently flew with Epstein aboard his plane, then
suddenly stopped - raising the suspicion that the friendship abruptly ,ended, perhaps because of
events related to Epstein's sexual abuse of children. Epstein's personal phone directory from his
computer contains e-mail addresses for Clinton along with 21 phone numbers for him, including
those for his assistant (Doug Band), his schedulers, and what appear to be Clinton's personal
numbers. This information certainly leads one to believe that Clinton might well be a source of
relevant information and efforts to obtain discovery from him were reasonably calculated to lead
to admissible evidence.

ummm yeah clinton too, f him

@#33 ... As I pointed out earlier, it's amazing that a master bullshit artist like Lewzer just can't shake this. ...

Possibly because he has never had to try a cover-up for something like this before?


The drip, drip, drip, drip... of evidence that is being release (even by Republicans) has him on his heels and apparently floundering.

Ten Days That Shook Trump's Second Term
www.newsweek.com

... In the ten days since the 2025 elections, Donald Trump has faced a series of political blows that left his allies rattled, his base divided, and his once-durable administration suddenly strained. A humbling Election Day rout of GOP candidates up and down the ballots quickly gave way to finger-pointing, infighting, and the return of a scandal Trump had long tried to bury. ...

t all relevant times Edwards has had a good faith basis to believe and did in fact
believe that yet another of the minor girls Epstein sexually assaulted was C.L. When she was
approximately 15 years old, C.L. was brought to Epstein's home by another underage victim.
While a minor, she was at Epstein's home on multiple occasions. Epstein engaged in one or
more of the following acts with her while she was a minor at his house - topless or completely
nude massage on Epstein; Epstein used a vibrator on her vagina; Epstein masturbated in her
presence; Epstein ejaculated in her presence; Epstein also demanded that she bring him other
underage girls. See Rule 413 Notice, Exhibit "E"; Incident Report, Exhibit "A."
13. At all relevant times Edwards has had a good faith basis to believe and did in fact
believe that yet another girl Epstein sexually assault was A.H. When she was approximately 16
years old, she was brought to Epstein's home by another underage victim. While a minor, she
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was at Epstein's home on multiple occasions. Epstein engaged in one or more of the following
acts with her while she was a minor at his house - topless or completely nude massage on
Epstein; Epstein used a vibrator on her vagina; Epstein masturbated in her presence; Epstein
ejaculated in her presence; Epstein touched her breast or buttock or vagina or the clothes
covering her sexual organs; was made to perform sex acts on Epstein; made to perfoim sex acts
on Nadia Marcinkova in Epstein's presence. Epstein also forcibly raped this underage victim, as
he held her head down against her will and pumped his penis inside her while she was screaming
"No". S

Nadia Marcinkova

en.wikipedia.org

Marcinkova has reportedly been missing since early January 2024. Her disappearance may be linked to the release of the final batch of Epstein documents that same month.[23]

drive.google.com

JFC this guy was a monster

... continued from prior comment ...

...

Pres-elect Trump on healthcare:

"We're going to have insurance for everybody ... There was a philosophy in some circles that if you can't pay for it, you don't get it. That's not going to happen with us."
-- Pres-elect Trump to the Washington Post in January 2017

Pres Trump on healthcare:

"Our healthcare plan will lower premiums & deductibles -- and be great healthcare!"
-- Trump tweet in May 2017

Candidate Trump on deal-making

June 16, 2015 - we need a leader that wrote the Art of the Deal

October 14, 2015 - I will negotiate deals that nobody can negotiate like I do. Nobody is going to be able to do the kind of things I can do.

December 3, 2015 - I believe, because I'm a deal-maker, I believe that I can put both sides together.

Trump on classified docs

August 18, 2016 - In my Administration, I am going to enforce all laws concerning the protection of classified information. No one will be above the law.
(
www.politico.com )

September 6, 2016 - ...one of the first things we must do is to enforce all classification rules, and enforce all laws relating to the handling of classified information..
( thehill.com )

Trump on Shutdown under Pres Obama

9/30/13 - Who gets fired? It always has to be the top. Problems start from the top and have to get solved from the top. The President's the leader. Five years, 50 years, a 100 years from now, when they talk about the government shutdown, they're going to be talking about the President of the United States and who was the President at that time.

4/7/11 - If there was a shutdown, I think it would be a tremendously negative mark on the President of the United States. I hear the Democrats are going to be blamed, and the Republicans are going to be blamed. I actually think the President would be blamed.

4/7/11 - I'm a deal man. I made hundreds and hundreds of deals and transactions. He never did deals before. How can you expect a man that is not a deal man, that never did a deal, other than, frankly, becoming President of the United States. He never did a deal. How is he going to corral all these people? I'd get everybody together, and we'd have a budget. The President of the United States has to get this done. The shutdown is pretty said because the whole world is looking at us and laughing at us.

...


For those doubting that Epstein was a monster- looking at you megyn kelly

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 15TH
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR PALM
BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
Case No. :50 2009 CA 040800XXXXMBAG
JEFFREY EPSTEIN,
Plaintiff,
SCOTT ROTHSTEIN, individually, and
BRADLEY J. EDWARDS, individually,
Defendants,
STATEMENT OF UNDISPUTED FACTS
Defendant Bradley J. Edwards, Esq., offers the following specific facts as the undisputed
material facts in this case. Each of the following facts is numbered separately and individually to
facilitate Epstein's required compliance with Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.510(c) ("The adverse party shall
identify . . . any summary judgment evidence on which the adverse party relies."). All
referenced exhibits and attachments have previously been filed with the Court and provided to
Epstein.
Sexual Abuse of Children By Epstein
1. Defendant Epstein has a sexual preference for young children. Deposition of
Jeffrey Epstein, Mar. 17, 2010, at 110 (hereinafter "Epstein Depo.") (Deposition Attachment
#1).1
When questioned about this subject at his deposition, Epstein invoked his Fifth Amendment right to
remain silent rather than make an incriminating admission. Accordingly, Edwards is entitled to the
adverse inference against Epstein that, had Epstein answered, the answer would have been unfavorable to
him. "[I]t is well-settled that the Fifth Amendment does not forbid adverse inferences against parties to
2. Epstein repeatedly sexually assaulted more than forty (40) young girls on
numerous occasions between 2002 and 2005 in his mansion in West Palm Beach, Florida. These
sexual assaults included vaginal penetration. Epstein abused many of the girls dozens if not
hundreds of times. Epstein Depo. at 109 ("Q: How many times have you engaged in oral sex
with females under the age of 18?" A: [Invocation of the Fifth Amendment]); Deposition of Jane
Doe, September 24, 2009 and continued March 11, 2010, at 527 (minor girl sexually abused at
least 17 times by Epstein) (hereinafter "Jane Doe Depo") (Deposition Attachment #2); id. 564-67
(vaginal penetration by Epstein with his finger), 568 (vaginal penetration by Epstein with a
massager); Deposition of L.M., September 24, 2009, at 73 (hereinafter "L.M. Depo")
(Deposition Attachment #3) (describing the manner in which Epstein abused her beginning when
LM was 13 years old, touching her vagina with his fingers and vibrator) at 74, line 12-13 (she
was personally molested by Epstein more than 50 times), at 164, line 19-23 and 141, line 12-13
and 605, line 3-6 (describing that in addition to being personally molested by Epstein she was
paid $200 per underage girl she brought Epstein and she brought him more than seventy (70)
underage girls - she told him that she did not want to bring him any more girls and he insisted
that she continue to bring him underage girls); Deposition of E.W., May 6, 2010 (hereinafter
"E.W. Depo") (Deposition Attachment #4) at 115-116, 131 and 255 (describing Epstein's abuse
of her beginning at age 14 when he paid her for touching her vagina, inserting his fingers and
civil actions when they refuse to testify in response to probative evidence offered against them." Baxter
v. Paltnigiano, 425 U.S. 308, 318 (1976); accord Vasquez v. State, 777 So.2d 1200, 1203 (Fla. App.
2001). The reason for this rule "is both logical and utilitarian. A party may not trample upon the rights of
others and then escape the consequences by invoking a constitutional privilege " at least not in a civil
setting." Fraser v. Security and II1V. Corp., 615 So.2d 841, 842 (Fla. App. 1993).
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From the emails

From: J [jeevacation@gmail.com]
Sent: 12/15/2018 4:24:32 PM
To: Michael Wolff
Subject: Re: Chat? #?
The allegation: Harth claimed that Trump made repeated unwanted sexual advances as she and her romantic
partner at the time, George Houraney, pursued a business relationship with the mogul in the early 1990s. She
said that on January 24, 1993, at Mar-a-Lago, Trump offered her a tour of the estate, then pulled her into his
daughter Ivanka's empty bedroom.
"He pushed me up against the wall, and had his hands all over me and tried to get up my dress again," Harth
said, "and I had to physically say: 'What are you doing? Stop it.' It was a shocking thing to have him do this
because he knew I was with George, he knew they were in the next room. And how could he be doing this when
I'm there for business?"
In 1997 Harth and Houraney sued Trump for breach of contract, and she filed a separate sexual-harassment suit,
accusing him of "attempted rape." They reached a confidential settlement in the contract suit, and as part of the
agreement Harth withdrew her suit.

Attempting to rape a woman in his daughter's room.
Ivanka would have been 12 at th time

@#18 ... Marjorie Taylor Greene has been an enemy to the left for years, and she hasn't had to fear for her life. She's been an enemy to the right for one day, and now she has to hire security. ...

Greene Says She's Receiving Threats as Trump Coins New Nickname Amid Feud
www.newsweek.com

... Amid an escalating feud inside the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement between President Donald Trump and one of his staunchest supporters, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, the president has given her a new nickname"Marjorie "Traitor" Greene.

The congresswoman wrote on X on Saturday that because of the president's rhetoric and commentary about her, she has been receiving "a hot bed of threats" from people "being fueled and egged on by the most powerful man in the world." ...



How long before Pres Trump's unidentified masked militia start coming after her ...


Eff,

My opinion.

Democrats keep talking about the ACA as if it is a permanent, flawless solution, but it was never designed to fix one of today's major health care problems. The middle class is getting crushed by employer plans.

When the ACA first rolled out, the crisis was about the uninsured and the poorest Americans, and it succeeded in reducing that problem. But family coverage under employer plans has exploded in cost, deductibles have climbed, and many companies now split coverage into tiers where management might be offered "better" plans and workers get something else. That was not treated as a critical issue in 2010. It is now and Congress should address it.

Democrat politicians talk about protecting the ACA and say they want to help working families, but do they mean it? Will they actually make the difficult revisions needed, or will we just hear the same talking points every four years.

There is a real difference between talking about expanding ACA subsidies and actually fixing employer sponsored plans which is the part of the system that affects millions of people who go to work every day. The constant habit of blaming every failure on Republicans is getting old. Someone needs to own the problem.

To me, Trump is trying to acknowledge that the current system is failing without hiding behind excuses. He is not perfect and I do not know if he will get it right, but at least he is not pretending everything is fine. Democrats seem stuck defending the ACA as if admitting its shortcomings would hurt them politically. Honestly, it is getting hard to tell if this is strategy or if they are just in full blown denial.

The real question is whether anyone in Washington, Democrat or Republican, is willing to take on the corporate and insurance interests that benefit from keeping the middle class squeezed.

If all we get are more speeches about working families while nothing changes for them in policy, then extending the ACA without real reform is "politics as usual" and not progress.

@#28 ... We can't talk about Trump being a pedophile anymore!

We have to let him get away with his crime and ignore the Republicans covering it up! ...

Ya know what else is making that difficult to do?

The treatment that Ms Maxwell has received of late.

Not only being transferred to a country-club-like Club Fed facility (which do not usually accept sex offenders), but also receiving benefits while there that go above and beyond what others receive there.

Ghislaine Maxwell Has 'Customized' Meals Delivered to Cell and Pets Puppies -- Among Other Special Privileges: Lawmakers
uk.news.yahoo.com

... Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime co-conspirator of Jeffrey Epstein, is allegedly receiving special treatment in prison, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee claim.

Maxwell is serving a 20-year prison sentence following a sex trafficking conviction in 2021. She is currently incarcerated at Federal Prison Camp, Bryan, in Texas.

There, lawmakers allege in a press release, prison staff are waiting on her "hand and foot."

Democrats on the committee said in the press release that a whistleblower had come forward and revealed Maxwell's alleged favorable treatment.

According to the whistleblower, one of Maxwell's purported perks is having meals that were "customized and prepared by federal prison camp staff and then personally delivered to her in her cell by longtime federal employees."

Other allegations include Maxwell being allowed to go to recreation areas after hours and her visitors being given access to a "special cordoned off area for visitors to arrive, as well as an assortment of snacks and refreshments for her guests."

In one instance, according to the whistleblower, an inmate who trains puppies was instructed to give one to Maxwell for a period of time so she could "play with the puppy, even though neither inmates nor staff are ordinarily allowed to pet the service dogs in training."

Previously, NBC and CBS reported that Maxwell was seeking a commutation of her sentence from President Donald Trump. ...



Does Pres trump's cover-up continue?

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