#6 | Posted by Twinpac

And testify he will because otherwise he will be going away for a long time... Amazing all those boxes of documents were in possession of him and his son to begin with.

Jennifer Weisselberg was married to Barry Weisselberg " the son of Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg " from 2004 to 2018. She has previously said that she had seven boxes of financial records from both her ex-husband and his father, some of which were obtained through divorce litigation. On Thursday, she loaded three boxes and a laptop computer onto a valet cart and wheeled them from her building to a black Jeep with dark-tinted windows that was waiting outside.

Sounds like a woman scorned and/or tired of a Trumpist husband and Trumpists-in-laws. How the hell did she get them through divorce litigation? Someone's lawyer must have been from Trump's election team.

#5 | Posted by cbob

I read that earlier. A kid is dead and she is in deep sh--. Mind boggling - you have to wonder how often something like that happens and IS NOT on camera. The kid was no saint by any stretch but his actions didn't warrant a street execution.

Also. If the Michigan insurrection proved anything. It's the Governor of Michigan has very little control of that state.

Georgia might be flipping blue. But Michigan is on the brink of red.

#2 | Posted by ClownShack

You may be right but we voted blue overall this past election. The GQP is strong here. We have that strong militia history too. The only reason the state government is such a cluster is GQP gerrymandering in 2010. Statistically, Democrats should hold more offices yet we have a GQP majority in both houses. The nice thing is we now have what is supposed to be a non-partisan board who will redistrict based on th2 2020 census. Of course even though almost 70% of citizens voted for it the GQP fought it tooth and nail to the state supreme court.

Oh and the last I knew they were struggling to get people to vaccinate anyhow...

As a resident of Michigan and in one of the counties with one of the highest positivity rates...

It is a combination of things.
- Restaurants and other venues were allowed to reopen @50% capacity about a month and a half ago.
- Most schools resumed in person classes for most days of the week about a month and a half ago.
- People started half wearing their masks in public in LARGE numbers about a month and a half ago.
- Gyms are going full speed ahead.
- Every other person I know is traveling with their families for Florida vacations for the last month or so. Very literally - I have never seen so many Florida vacations in March/April.
- B 1.1.7 became the dominant strain about a month ago.
- Entitled Karens and Kens are out in abundance everywhere.
- Gatherings are happening everywhere. (I admit guilt - small gathering - we had Easter with some of the family but most of us were also vaccinated.)
- Spring Shoppers are out in force. I haven't seen stores as busy this time of year in a long time.
- Workplaces like mine people became more relaxed and workers are gathering without masks or with poor mask wearing (nose fully expose, chin strap, etc.) This is despite HR and because of their direct management being Kens and Karens.

What it boils down to is we had a rough February weather wise and have had a warm spring since, the young don't care for the most part, everyone is getting really tired of isolation and we have LOADS of Trump Humpers.

Another preventable tragedy unfolding. This is so incredibly sad.

GQP posters - don't bother showing up and offering your prayers. Offer viable solutions that don't turn schools into prisons and children into inmates.

When you see polling numbers hitting 75% you know he's doing something right. I figured we wouldn't see 70% anytime soon for any president. I know it is on specific items but that's pretty amazing in this divisive time.

#7 | Posted by jpw

I completely agree. I found it humorous as the "whiny ass republicans" are usually the ones USING the seizure and saying things like "oh well, you shouldn't xyz." - turning it into the victims fault. Admittedly, I did that a little here because in my mind you have to be absolutely stupid to mess with border agents as they have too much authority and are all too entertained to use it. I don't even cut through Canada when we go East anymore because of how unpredictable things can be. Pre-Covid of course, it isn't much of an option now.

I posted an article like on this topic a couple years ago. Where a guy was a professional poker player traveling across country (NY to Las Vegas I believe) and some Podunk sheriff in I believe Kansas seized his cash because "it might be used for something illegal" or something similar. I believe it was a bogus stop as well. Civil forfeitures are a gross abuse of power. All to often the courts tell the victims "too bad" as well - the guy in the story was denied the return of the Cash.

Civil Forfeiture is in my mind an "unreasonable" seizure and should be unconstitutional. Now if you committed an ACTUAL CRIME and the property is involved, that's different. But to take something "just because". The agents here used a bogus 'munitions of war' "charge"/claim to take the truck. He wasn't criminally charged because they knew it wouldn't stick (was too much paperwork undoubtedly too) and this was more fun.

#3 | Posted by jpw

IMHO Civil Forfeiture is by definition an abuse by authorities. If there is no crime there should absolutely be no "forfeiture". An authority should not be able to take from a citizen "just because" and that is what this amounts to. The search itself without good cause is probably questionable BUT you are in that zone from the border where the Feds claim broad powers. It's something stupid like 100 miles so you don't have to be AT the border even. In other words you really probably don't have any rights in their eyes.

In this case there was no crime either. 5 Bullets present in your truck, even if you are leaving the country, is not a Federal Crime and most certainly not a Texas crime. This was about punishing someone who resisted their authority. Going INTO Mexico that may be another matter - depends on the Mexico Authorities.

Selfish and entitled. The slap on the wrist was not enough IMHO.

I really do feel sorry for those that had to put up with her belligerence and assault. Her kids too. They don't deserve to be treated poorly for her behavior.

I am so tired of people thinking this is over - especially in Michigan. The entitled freedumb crowd. Even the young aren't as bad as they are. I was in a store this weekend and some 50 something woman was wearing her mask as a chin strap in line behind me and getting too close. I asked "Karen" to put her mask on and back off. She started bitching about "not being able to breath" with the mask on. I just looked at her and said "Then you really need to make doubly sure you wear it because you can't imagine pneumonia, I have had it. In fact, you should use curbside pickup to not endanger yourself." She just glared at me. I just used my "go to" shrug in reply. Honestly I expected more. I told this to my Doctor this morning and she laughed and she told me I am intimidating. I asked her if it was my size and she said no it is my manner and explained it to me - I can see it.

BTW - UK variant is all we are seeing around here. It really is as contagious as they say. My Doctor said her patients 4 weeks out with Pfizer and Moderna have not reported any illness so far. She has had a couple get it in between shots and 1 that was just under 2 weeks past their second shot. She is not recommending the J&J shot to her patients - not effective enough but better than nothing if that's all you can get.

The fact he drove a mile to the Gas station almost assuredly triggered them. But it shouldn't have and there was no excuse for the treatment. None. It was about his safety as much as theirs in all honesty.

Side note - The stupid thing about putting those temporary tags in the Window in SUVs and trucks like that is they have glass tinted so dark you can't see it - especially at night.

I grew up in a town not unlike that. Population 2500. Not far from a city of 80k at the time. Looks like he received the kind of welcome I wouldn't be surprised to read about. We had a couple "quality" officers and a couple racist buffoons. The stories that went around about the buffoons... I have talked about one that became an officer later that I went to HS with. Card carrying member of the klan - later sent to the mental hospital and still a nutter to this day. Looked for ANY excuse to pull over a black person in town and harass them. He's lucky he didn't get prison time.

NOW he says his statements were "Grossly Inappropriate" - except they were then too and he knew it. These "freedumb" types who think they can get away with Libel are funny when the people go after them for their false claims.

I have to say like your typical GOP politician, he wasn't too smart.

Planning on taking a gun into Mexico - you can do it but it's a pain. Then not ditching the ammo too... BUT MOST OF ALL - Taking photos in customs. That is a big no no. There are signs. I guess he was illiterate or thought they didn't apply to him. You get caught taking pics, will be messed with.

Then refusing to hand over his password? He's lucky he didn't get a cavity search. I can't believe they let him keep his phone. Border agents are notorious for being jerks - not all but I have to say 70% are. Usually you don't get it LEAVING the country though, it's coming back in. Can't be the first time he crossed the border. I used to cross a couple times a month into Canada and you figure our REALLY quick there is no messing around at the border - even prior to 911. I can't imagine how much worse it is on the southern border. I have had mild searches done on my car - in the US and Canada but I have seen a car they tore apart too - like door panels off, back seat out, everything out of the trunk, etc. The guy was trying to put it back together while they watched. YOU have to put it back together and pack it back up if they find nothing. They don't give a sh--, honestly they think it's funny.

#1 | Posted by LampLighter

That's Trumpism - Tear it all down.

#3 | Posted by LampLighter

Did you read the article on here about a week ago? About how the GQP local leadership votes in SC - something that amounted to routine for probably decades - were hijacked by the Trump base?

Dude, it's not even approved by the Food and Drug Admin. This is experimental ----. How does it feel to be a lab rat? And if ---- goes awry, guess whos on the hook? You and me, because the drug companies sure as hell aren't. Keep swallowing the ----.

#30 | Posted by BellRinger

And neither were/are most of the vaccines received by our troops prior to Operation Desert Shield... Most were purely experimental. They were not even telling them what they were getting.

#17 | Posted by ClownShack

You should definitely risk death and severe side effects of the infection rather than receiving an inoculation of which many millions have already received. So far the odds are extremely in favor of those receiving a vaccine to those who didn't.

Weeding out extremists? Start with looking at the 40%.

As Snoofy said I wasn't aware it was an option to say "no thank you". Looking back to the original invasion of Iraq, everyone involved recieved all sorts of inoculations - many experimental.

Betting he's a "Blue Lives Matter" kinda guy too - just like the insurrectionists...

#29 | Posted by sentinel

I'm curious which articles you are reading. Pretty clearly they were concerned about safety - safety of who is somewhat up for debate. I would like to think I would have reacted by helping the woman in question.

#2 | Posted by LampLighter

Yup. I like the basic IDEA of a "nice" social media platform but anyone who uses the big social media platforms should at this point in time understand that:

1. They don't care about you.
2. They don't care about protecting society.
3. They don't care about illegal activities.
4. They don't care about much of anything but the bottom line.

When I say "they don't care" - they don't care any more than the absolute minimum that keep users from abandoning their platform and keeps regulators from stepping in. I mean Mark Zuckerberg himself called people who handed over their data "Dumb F****"

#2 | Posted by Tor

He was never a British Crown Prince, just a Prince. A Crown Prince is heir to the Throne. I would argue that while there are pros there are oh so many more issues with being a British Royal closely tied to the crown. Just ask Diana - oops, I guess Harry will do. Even Phillip had some big issues - especially early - with her family who saw him as an inferior match.

#2 | Posted by humtake

Critical thinking indeed.

Why do you think a "HUGE" proportion of those that got COVID are elderly? What do you mean by proportion? What's elderly to you? I would argue if anything it was a bigger proportion of the young who got it. Old folks played it safe in comparison. But I have no evidence nor do you.

So you think they are not taking into account "normal" rates of incidence when they are throwing these numbers out or are you asking for a comparison between the two?

Also the rate of new dementia diagnosis in the US is 0.14% annually. So a 2% rate is pretty damned high and that doesn't cover a full year.

BTW Your take on mental illness is both idiotic and telling.

"One in three COVID-19 survivors in a study of more than 230,000 mostly American patients were diagnosed with a brain or psychiatric disorder within six month" - Opening sentence says roughly 33% of COVID survivors had a brain or psychiatric disorder with 6 months. This means a new thing and you know - it might explain 1/6. New defense for the rioters and insurrectionists - COVID Dementia and mental illness... Just practicing Critical thinking humtake style.

#1 | Posted by qcp

Suicidal?

WWRPD? (What Would Rand Paul Do...)